Food, Glorious Food!: Nasi Bamboo Sungai Klah

NASI BAMBOO SUNGAI KLAH lived up to expectations! Big crowd today (as usual), but they have a good self service system going, so you'll get your food hassle-free. And most importantly, semua sedap. Alhamdulillah. The nasi buluh itself is a winner. Good stuff from the grill station too: kambing salai buluh perindu, ikan tilapia, ayam panggang, semua 👍👍 Air per jug murah. We also had the keledek and pisang goreng. Panas and so good. So overall, highly recommended 😊

Ol' Skool Writers, What Say You?

 

I just read this on RollingStone.com :

"Ziggy Marley is a global music royal with a deep Rolodex."

A couple of things. Pretty sure most of the younger generation don't even know what a rolodex is. And really, do people even use it anymore?

But most of us would know what the expression means. Even if not literally. So you can say that the sentence works. 

Which brings me to something I've been thinking about. If you've been writing for a long time, you're used to old school idioms, metaphors and expressions. So, is it time to evolve and update our own writing, or maybe it depends on the platform and audience?

I mean, when I read "Lagu yang sering bermain di corong radio", I'll be like, who has radios with corongs anymore? Or even, "Lagu yang menjadi siulan ramai". Really? People might share the songs on TikTok, but whistle? But still, we know what they mean lah. 

When I wrote the lyrics to "Lihatlah" for Yazmin Aziz, I began with "Malam tu aku terima nota suara". Cos I highly doubt people breakup via airmail or the public phone anymore. (Hey, at least I try to sound young 😕 )

So, what say you guys? Should we be dropping these words and expressions that have nothing to do with real life anymore, or do we keep them cos you know, we're incorrigibly old school...

Jalan-Jalan Korea 2019/20

Just realised that this post was still in Draft! Anyway, it was a last minute decision, but we actually ushered in the new decade in Seoul, Korea earlier this year. And what a memorable trip it was! It was my third time in the South Korean capital, but this was by far the most memorable.

And when I say last minute, it was really a last minute deal. We were planning to make the trip in March 2020, but Tia dropped the news that she would be busy during the school holidays, so we had to scrap the idea. That's when we decided to make the trip earlier than intended and booked everything just days before the departure date. 

And you know what? If things didn't work out the way it did and we had booked the trip for March anyway, we would have been left scrambling for refunds instead of enjoying a winter sojourn seeing how a global pandemic eventually unfolded some time in February. Alhamdulillah. 

I might update this into a longer write-up one day, but in the meantime, here are videos of our awesome trip!