Future Me

Being bored online does have a few advantages. One of them is to discover interesting sites that you never heard of before, but is exactly what you were looking for some time in your life. I discovered once as such: FutureMe.


Back when I was Form 1 at the Malay College, all of us were to write a letter for our future self that will be kept by the then Prep School prefects only to be given back to us when we were in Form 5. Back then, it was quite a remarkable idea to write a letter to your future self and I did wrote quite hell of a lot in that letter, about my hopes of what I'll acheive in 5 years time. Nevertheless, there's always Murphy's Law. The particular prefect that was supposed to keep the letters went oversea and while he was there, his family did a spring cleaning of his room and found a box of letters and accidentally thought it was junk and threw it away.. Tisk..

Enter FutureMe. This site works around the same fundamentals of the future letter idea but instead of analog, written letters, they do it using emails. Here's according to the website:

two fellas started this here site so that you could write yourself a letter to be delivered at a later date. we've all had to do them in high school and college. it's sorta cool to receive a letter from yourself about where you thought you'd be a year (two years? more?) later. FutureMe.org is based on the principle that memories are less accurate than emails. we strive for accuracy.

How cool is that? Not only could you write something for yourself to receive in the future, you could also email it to anyone you like. On top of that, we don't need to worry about the wear and tear of letters, or even the kind of mishap I mentioned earlier.. and you can basically set it to a maximum date of 30 years from now! Well, as long as you still use that email, the website is still running by then, there will still be an Internet and of course, no Nuclear War outbreak that'll wipe out entire humanity happening in that time frame.

Already have something in mind? Just click on the picture above to be transported to FutureMe.

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Mancongkam?

My dad once suggested me to do a blog on restaurants and eateries since our family often argues when the question of where to it is coined up. Well, I did give it a thought but as days go by I kindof forgot about it. The thought of dedicating one whole blog for eating spot is also something I'm not particularly keen of.. Anyway, after doing an entry about SS2 Murni I think I could give the idea one more chance, albeit doing it in this blog instead of a new one.

Though I happen to spend quite some time in Cyberjaya, I still do travel to KL quite often thanks to my friend Dzul and his venerable red Kancil Turbo. One particular night, he asked me to teman him to Danau Kota as a bouncer since he was going to ask for rent from a guy who is renting his dad's house there. Needless to say he paid on the spot at the sight of two of us. So after that we both went looking for a place to eat where he introduced me to Nasi Ayam Mancongkam.

First of all, I don't have any idea what Mancongkam really means but I do know from Dzul that this folks just moved their restaurant here from a less permanent spot. The specialty of this place is a particular dish called Nasi Ayam Garing where the chicken is very much crispier than its Nasi Ayam Biasa counterpart. They also offer the Ayam Garing with other type of rices such as Nasi Goreng which, taste quite awesome too.

Though the crispy chicken sounds quite tempting, the normal Nasi Ayam is also a winner. Remember those skinny strip of chicken they call Nasi Ayam at food courts? You don't get em here. What you get instead is a healthy portion of chicken flesh in a shallow pool of kicap garnished with healthy looking and crispy salad. Though the kicap might prove to be a tad too salty for some, there's always the chilli sauce to counter the taste and leave you with a very delicious meal. And I do mean delicious.. look around; most people are ordering their second helping.

So, how do you get here? Well, from Bulatan Pahang take the turn into Setapak and drive all the way till the juction to Danau Kota. From there, drive straight through Taman Ibu Kota until you reach a junction at the end of the road. If I'm not mitaken, the right turn will lead you to Sungai Pusu. Don't go there. Take the left turn into Jalan Gombak (again, if I'm not mistaken) and drive happily until you reach a traffic light. From there, drive slowly cause this thing is quite easy to miss. You should keep an eye on the right hand side of the road and look for a big orange-reddish coloured mosque. Opposite the mosque is a restaurant Haji Tapah. Mancongkam is right next door. Not that hard isn't it? Bear in mind though that Mancongkam is only open until 9 o'clock so don't be expecting to eat there during your night out in the city.

Well, whatever it is just go ahead and try it. If you get lost, feel free to ask around. They should know where it is.

Labels: as seen at, food

Blue Karipap

I rarely read comics in real, apetah lagi on the Internet. I stubled upon this website a few weeks ago in KLue magazine since the guy who made the Blue Karipap is also the one who did Malaysian Super Heroes for KLue sometime ago.

It consist mostly of short clips, something like YouTube so you ought to have broadband to enjoy it properly.. but that won't be a problem isn't it? All of us are on broadband these days. Anyway, it is about an orphan who after being too old for orphanage, went to KL to work. Its still new and if I'm not mistaken, they currently have around 3 episodes available for viewing. Not much in numbers but you should try it. It's not like the Malaysian mainstream cartoons we see on TV.

It's great to see that Malaysians are capable of making cartoons that could probably be on par with what the rest of the world had been doing for years. Though I guess it is quite hard for the Blue Karipap to be aired elsewhere other than the new media, it's a start.

Go ahead, click on the photo and give support, it's better than wasting your time on porn. Honestly.

Labels: as seen at, media

As seen at..

...a Caltex near the Sunway toll plaza. We are all accustomed to go to public toilets such as these just to findout that it was dry right? But the fellas at this petrol station did some PR work to clear their name and blame Syabas instead.

I also noticed how the icon of the female seems like she's closing her ears with her outstreached arms as if she doesn't want to hear any comments. And did you notice the colour red? Red usually mean something important right? I guess this lady must be serious.. or even mad. If she can talk, I figure this is what she would say:

Look, read down there.. No water, Syabas's fault. If you want to complain, complain to Syabas, I'm not listening

People look at me with funny faces whenever I tell this kind of story to them. To them, it's just a notice on the door of a loo. Me, I'm a student from the Communication school and I think being in that school teaches me to look at these sort of messeges in various ways because sometimes media doesn't give a straight to the point view of a matter, you got to analyze what is given to you. Try it, and you'll see what I mean.

Anyway, maybe this people didn't pay their bills.. no wonder they got a ganguan bekalan from Syabas. What's your take?

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