Look what I came across while in Petaling Street today! People making 'love letters' or as the locals know it 'kuih kapit'. Wait a minute, I just typed the phrase 'as the locals know it' that's totally ridiculous since I'm local too. So anyway, I came across people making kuih kapit the traditional way, love letters are actually thin and crispy biscuit normally eaten during Chinese New Year, there are auspicious writings on top of the biscuit and it's sweet and crunchy. My personal favourite. The traditional way to cook it (as you see on top) is to prepare the batter and pour it into flat metal clamps and cook it over a CHARCOAL fire. Then (a lot of skill is involved at this stage) the batter has to be cooked until golden brown and taken out to be folded into triangular shapes, if you fold too late the biscuit will have cooled and will break before the desired shape is achieved, if you fold too early then, lumpy biscuit ahoy.
My relatives once told me I should go back dad's hometown so that I can learn to make this biscuit, and I didn't commit myself yet. Squatting over a charcoal grill and burning my fingers for the sake of a few biscuits doesn't sound really exciting, but maybe one day I will, just to get in touch with my roots and next time brag to my kids about how 'mommy' made wonderful kuih kapits, and how lucky their generation is now and all that. I'm such a long winded person lar.
I can't believe that while people are busy preparing for Christmas, Chinese New Year decorations and goodies are already on sale. There's even dried meat (ba gua) to be found all along the street, talk about early planning!
Well the usual hustle and bustle of the crowd at Petaling Street adds on the excitement and anticipation. While it's not air conditioned and the roads aren't exactly marble tiles, it still kinda nice to go there just to mill about with the crowd. Watching all the going ons in the busy market and of course seeing the sights and sounds. Untillll, someone pushes a fake LV bag in front of you. Yeah, Petaling Street.
Anyway, while I've been busy shopping shopping shopping, my friends been sending me links to read about Alviss Kong the 22 year old Malaysian who posted a countdown to his death on facebook before committing suicide because he broke up with his girlfriend of four months.
LAME!
I'm terribly sorry if I've insulted him but it IS kind of lame and pathetic to kill yourself over a failed relationship of just four months, like FG and I dissected, you could probably have a more justified reason to kill yourself IF, 1) you're married to the girl for nearly 10 years 2) you lost your job in an economy crisis, or the company's cutting losses or you're being retrenched 3) you have 2 kids needing special medical attention that costs a bomb 4) you're diabetic 5) you're divorced. ( All 5 above must apply)
Think about it, he's 22, he has a lifetime of opportunities in front of him waiting to be discovered and he chooses to end his own life over a girl. I see no logic in his actions. Also, he's doing something really selfish, think about all the agony and anguish he's putting the people he love through, think about the public scrutiny now given to his ex girlfriend. If he truly loved her, or himself or his family, he wouldn't choose such a selfish way to deal with heartbreak.
Kids these days. Pfft.
*By the way I was kidding about the 5 necessary qualifications entitling you to kill yourself, I repeat it was JUST A JOKE! No one should kill themselves, please! Problems are meant to be solved, and not by taking the easy way out.*
Alviss Kong's Facebook Message
i love u…i said it i meant it…i’ll love u till the moment i die
devil bin this is the way how i love,perhaps ppl will think it was crazy
i’ve never tried to put down my pride my dignity my ego-ness on my first ex…but u were totally diff,i put down my pride my dignity my every shit
just to beg u….but i failed…as always im just a failure in a relation
but that’s just me,i’ll only do the things which i think its worth…
will i became ur memory forever ? who knows..since u were already special when the first sight i saw u…
perhaps,u’ll just fucking laugh at me…i bet there’s plenty of ppl will laugh too =) but who cares ?
that’s just me…that’s the way i are….
the last thing
i do appreciate everything about us….u were the light in my life..u given me determination for my future…but everything is gone…i don’t blame u actually…
because ~ so just wish u’ll have ya happy life in d future
ILY & IMY ~ sorry that i couldn’t brings u to walk until the end of the day
P/S : Please do not blame her….Im the one who decided this..she’s just the one given me the motivation n courage…..to my FAMILY,please..i beg of u all,dont ever blame on her…
To her future BF : IF U DID ANYTHINGS THAT WOULD HURT HER..I FUCKING SWEAR I’LL FUCKING HAUNT U DOWN EVEN IM JUST A SPIRIT =) !
I don't know about you guys, but I think he already caused his girlfriend to have a lifetime of unhappy memories, do you think she'll be able to get into a relationship again? All thanks to Alviss himself, part of his sick plan to keep her single? Does he really LOVE her? If he did, he would have understood that she also needs her own life, wonder what sort of life she can lead now?
IN CONCLUSION, relationships are a fickle thing, just do your best in life and everything will fall naturally in place. Killing yourself = bad idea.
Signing off, with hopes that this hat will appear under the tree this Christmas,
Jean.
But if I tell the world, I'll never say enough.
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