Remember these dramas? part 1

varieties....the best word to describe my lovely homeland Malaysia... well, for all that i know there is no other ways of describing the multi-everything of this country. foods,clothes,festivals...i had a blast living peacefully here. But forget all these country-loving cliché craps that i wrote...well because today i'd love explaining to you guys of some things that will enable you make a trip back down the memory lane...once we all knew and loved(just generalizing)that is watching dramas on TV. hmm so to ignite those memory back, let me just "explained" (uggh...so school-like) several soap operas that we used to fall in love with. the first one is la intrusa.Yes, the magnificent story of virginia martinez (played by the mother of all mexican drama actresses, Gabriella Spanic)and her evil twin sister Vanesssa Martinez (which is also played by the same actress). who could forget how awful Vanessa is to her fairy like sister virginia. When Vanessa married rodrigo just to take care off the spoiled brat that he had at the time. tragic!!!.but of course she made it through against her devil like sister who just wanna reap those money that rodrigo left(ofcourse after his death) for her to take care off.well it ended happily( haha love watching latin dramas).





The next heart-wrenching show is quite similar to la intrusa that is la usurpadora...well guess what gabriela spanic just love being a twin. As this story has a quite similar synopsis to la intrusa. wathching the drama at the time was kinda like deja vu..except that paola and paulina(the anti parallel twin sisters) are separated and met after years of separation. At least Carlos daniel bracho finally married the good one(Paulina).





Well next come betty...yes Yo soy betty lafea who made her debut in NTV 7 during the early milennium..(both la usurpadora and la intrusa were on TV2). Who dont know betty...a good worker, a great supporter of her handsome boss, armando mendoza. the story goes as she try to rescue Armando mendoza's company from bankruptcy and how she was reminded by everyone of how ugly she is (oooh poor betty)..all in all betty got beautiful and finally she got together with Armando( GOOd for HIM!!) and they had a baby..(WHAT A NICE SUPRise)actually before this particular drama there's another one on NTV7 it's "maria mercedes" played by the one and only thalia...(.i'm not gonna elaborate more on this drama you gotta search it in wikipedia...its just a beatiful drama you guys should watch it...)






TV3 than land on its first latin soaps opera..Rosalinda...It's a story of how a people loving, kind hearted, village girl..Rosalinda(potrayed by thalia)who worked as a florist keeper, deliver her flowers ordered by a handsome hunk, Fernando jose and fall in love with the man. The story includes plot that are kind of mind blowing as well. One of'em is rosalinda was saved from a fire at the asylum in which she was treated after losing her mind. later,she got amnesia and forgot her name.she was then known as a singer named Paloma Dorantes after being discovered by a new lover aka a talent agent(alejandro alex) which made her rose into a great singer.finally she remembered being married to fernando jose.She got back together with the jose after going through such a harsh route of life.







well that's it from me for this particular post.Later we look at some dramas from other countries that used to be popular here in Malaysia before ....see ya'll later......tata

Malaysian Food phenomenon (part 2)

i've talked about how foreign food company infiltrated Malaysian food industry in my last post..so today i would like to tell you how has the condition changed since then. well finally i believe the road has taken to a whole new direction. In 1997 the franchise of secret recipe restaurant has been able to make its way into Malaysians' tummies and believe it or not this high end, classy cafeteria has capture the heart of Malaysians since it's debut days. The company's provision in taking care to cater it's muslims customers has become the major magnet that attracts Malaysians( which mostly are muslims) to come and dine in. Their cakes were just magnificent. in fact, due to its unending popularity it has expanded its wings to other asian countries like the Philippine, thailand and china. Thus, it is no surprise for this multi-million company to be established in other region including the USA and Europe. well it all started from the little steps of kelantanese chinese who experienced and developed recipes for the foods served. It's this man hardwork that brings Secret Recipe on top. Datuk steven Sims is the person behind this success. hahaha( i guessed those cheesecake could help me now somehow) really craving those cheesecake right now!!!






Well what i could say is that at least we have someone who's from its own country to be able to reap the wealth. Here's another one, The Chicken Rice Shop.. it is truly a good restaurant that serve chinese hainanese based food that sells like hot cakes these days. The foods are so amazing. They are fresh and most importantly, refreshing.





As for me i still prefer the good all time street foods that made me drool all over just by thinking of them.... hmm well i guess Malaysians are not bad at competing with those american brands....Good for Malaysia ...Malaysia boleh!!!!

Malaysians food phenomenon (part 1)

When we talk about serving ourselves, indulging in foods that intrigue our taste buds we sometimes overlook at the phenomenon that ones struck Malaysia. Well guess what i'm gonna share an inside of the "phenomenon" with you guys. Well it starts with a story...once upon a time......arghhh enough with the lame introduction hahah(losing my mind)well anyway the story goes...when i was a kid i live in an apartment in the bustling city of Kuala Lumpur. My family was not too well off at the time. our home was literally the size of a box of about 150 - 200 ft sq in size. we lived up and away reaching the clouds at the 14th level. It was a fun and lovely house before we moved to a much comfortable cozy home in Gombak. (this is not seri serawak flat but my house kinda look like this once)

At the time the tv always advertised an array of fast food restaurants such as KFC(kentucky fried chicken) that emphasize on the crispness and tenderness of their american style deep fried chicken. I was tempted and i would forced my mom to buy me one when she goes out teaching ( she's a teacher at the local convent school in peel road). Well i was always turned down....the reasons were it's not healthy and it's not affordable (in 1998 rm 10 was considered too expensive for a meal). however we got the taste of the crispy crumbly fried chicken when i scored good marks in my examination(thank god!!). that evening mama and ayah (my dad and mom) treated me with the snack plate, one of kfc's delights. (kfc's menu hardly changed since it's establishment. Only just the addition of the usual meal)Well my thought of kfc at the time was WOA!!!! fast food was made for the posh. T.T

                                 ( the ever scrumptious snack plate YUMMMMMYYYYYYY!!)

                                                      (one of the malaysia's outlets)

From my story can you see how such incident affected our mind (those from the middle and lower income family). Up until today many people think that going for a drink at these restaurants (those that has undergone the branding for trademark) are considered to be lofty and filthy rich. There are so many kindda restaurants that has been growing like crazy over a decade. A&W, Mcdonald and Dunkin donuts are some other examples of the foreign companies that has critically set Malaysians' minds so that we think that these places are a social loafing spots for the loaded couch potatoes from all over the country.
                                                                 (dunkin donuts outlet)

(mcd)

                                                                                (A&W)
In a retrospect, i can conclude that our mind have been shaped over these years so that the rich are like separated from the middle and lower social class society. The situation left quite a scar for Malaysians as those from the upper class social status brag about how they are able to spend their money and be socially active in these spots. hmm ok that is for the first part of my study about malaysia food phenomenon see me in the later post on how malaysia changed today....seee ya!!!

haiya.............Long time no see

okay...i admit it has been so damn long since i've updated my lonely...lovely blog. Hahaha i kinda feel sinful to it that today i'll write anything that i want. Anyway i'm so sure that some of u who read anything written in my blog(if there are anybody reading :P) are missing me don't you bwahaha( i suggest i should have taken the medicine for hallucination). Well thank you for reading this unknown blog. OK see me in my next post...adieu!!