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Personal Trip 101: Ipoh Family Day – Day 1 Concubine Lane & Quick Shopping

Ipoh Housing Bungalow

The view from the room simply shows how serene & calm outside the city center can be. Quite a number of the houses are still based on single-storey designs with a huge surrounding space that can easily accommodate at least 5 cars and this used to be the style of houses we used to have in the Klang Valley in the 1980s.

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Economy 101: The Truth Behind Malaysia’s Chicken Shortage

Fried Chicken Food KFC

When it comes to meat protein, one of the best and healthier ones is sourced from fish and meat but due to overfishing and sometimes weather, fish sold in the market is not cheap. So often we will turn to chicken especially freshly cut ones as the more affordable source for our protein source. Photo by Pixabay from Pexels

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Personal Trip 101: One Day Drive To Lush Green Sekinchan Part 1

Sekinchan Paddy Field Green

It was the last day of the Deepavali week and at the very last minute, we decided to take a break away from home and go for a short drive out of the town to . Before that, we were considering several options for a quick, one day drive which included Sepang Gold Coast but Sekinchan which is famous for the lush green field, fisherman village and great restaurants seems to be a better place to go.

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Customer Service 101: KFC, Please Buck Up Your First Level Customer Service!

Customer Service Fast Food KFC

What constitutes good ? According to this website, there are 8 rules that need to adhere to if a wants to provide good service with the very first rule being to answer your phone. Infographic source: The Balance

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Mandatory Quarantine 2020: Part 6 – Glorious Malaysian Quarantine Meals (3)

Food Quarantine

This will probably be the last post on for the obvious reason – the rest of the menu was more or so a mix of the previous meals. I guess this is due to the control of the by the Ministry of Health and not left to the creativity of the chefs (but then again it could be worse).

Another reason for having a similar dish served on a daily basis was probably is the cost factor. Having limited menu would probably make it easy for the hotel to plan their purchases and prepare the meals.

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Mandatory Quarantine 2020: Part 5 – Glorious Malaysian Quarantine Meals (2)

quarantine MOH food

One of the key things that caught my eyes when it comes to daily meals during the 14 days is this – the label on top of the box. It explains 2 main things namely the date & timing when the meal needs to be finished and the fact that the Ministry of Health vetted through the daily meal to ensure a balanced meal.

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Mandatory Quarantine 2020: Part 4 – Glorious Malaysian Quarantine Meals (1)

food oats fruits quarantine

A big part of the “fun” of being quarantined down in a small room for the next 14 days without anything much to do is to watch for the 3 meals of the day that will be hand-delivered to the small table just outside our room. Of course, one also needs to be prepared with standby of their own – in my case, 3 in 1 cereal, biscuits and packet drinks.

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Kingdom of Cambodia 2020: Part 10 – No Fear, Foodpanda Delivers (2)

Online food ordering cambodia foodpanda

Continuing with the 2nd part of the Cambodian series on online services, the choice of a great, fast and cheap meals are now all at one’s fingertips. Photo by Kaboompics .com from Pexels

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Kingdom of Cambodia 2020: Part 9 – No Fear, Foodpanda Delivers (1)

foodpanda online food cambodia

The next 3 parts in this series would be on the various dishes ordered online using delivery services from in , a true blessing in disguise for those working late and do not want to be walking around looking for in time of a major pandemic. Photo by Erik Mclean from Pexels

Perhaps it was a blessing disguise but back in March when the lockdown in place, we had no choice but to start ordering food, grocery, , etc online and names like Foodpanda, Grab, Lazada and yes, McDelivery was fast becoming a household name. Before March, we had never had to order online for food because we either cook dishes at home or just drive out to “tapau” from outside.

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Blogging 101: News Snippets As At 21 February 2014

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(News snippet – upset a group of people in this country, you will end up getting a dead on your doorstep. Well, it used to be a cow head. That is what will happen when you have people thinking with their emotions and not their intelligence. Image source: https://modernfarmer.com)

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Food 101: The Chaos Of Organising A Departmental Lunch

departmental lunch food tray

Sometimes, organizing a departmental can be more complex than implementing a full-scale project. On the other hand, sometimes it is easier if it is cheap, healthy, tasty and a standard menu tied to it. Image source: http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com.

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Fantastic Trip to Iran 2009: Time To Be A DIY Chef Part 2

chef food iran

(Another item on the chef’s list is a cooked chicken cocktail with fried and a good dose of sauce – not healthy, I know but who cares?)

Lately, we have been finding harder to get by without having a good dose of – going for the ‘big job’ has not been as smooth as it used to be.

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