Germany trip - Koln ( Cologne )

Cologne ( Koln ) ...... does this name sounds familiar ?? Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than 10 million inhabitants. It is one of the oldest cities in Germany, having been founded by the Romans in the year 30 BCE. Cologne was granted the status of a Roman "city" in the year 50 CE. Till today there is a bitter rivalry between Cologne and Dussedolf , as both of them are only 30km away and both fighting to be the dominant one. Cologne is a larger city , but not an economic power house as Dussedolf is. Cologne is also the birth place of the legendary 4711 eau de cologne....theres how the word came about..named after this beautiful city.




















Koln famous dome....beautiful..and also the stained glass panels inside..

















































The birth house of Eau De Cologne ( direct translation Cologne Water )






























Left : Beer Museum Right : Kölsch, the beer of Cologne. Brewed here since 874.

My Germany Trip- July 2007 ( Weilburg/Wetzlar )

Continuation from my Italy trip was to Germany for a world conference for dealers and stockist for Buderus Edelstahl , the biggest plastic mould steel manufacturer in Europe. This conference was held in a beautiful small town Weilburg located about 100km away from Frankfurt. Arriving from Venice by Ryan Air , we landed at Frankfurt Hahn airport. Dont be fooled by its name...its located very far away from Frankfurt, and it took us 1 1/2 hours by taxi to the conference site . Luckily the taxi was courtesy of the organizer, if not we would be € 400 poorer as taxi's in Germany is very expensive ..













































Can you spot me ??? No prizes for correct answer !!!!
















After our official dinner, we were entertained to a classical concert by a Japanese chronographer.....















Safety first.............. Also includes a trip to my steel mill















Top : Hiking along Lahn River, during my free time..beautiful
Left : What is a trip to Germany without tasting their local beer ???

















Left : We were very well taken off with lots and lots of yummy and good food and free flow of beers and wines. Right : My fav dish there, veal medalions in Remy Martin gravy...perfect !

















A great night with some beautiful samba dancers all the way from Brazil.......

SICK SICK GO AWAY , AND PLEASE COMEBACK ANOTHER DAY

Phew damm it....Mr Flu has decided to pay me a visit again I am down again with flu.... WTF ..my second time in 2 month ???? Started with a sore throat on Monday which gradually went away on Tuesday....but it get worst after a dinner with one of my sayang ( hehe lansi argh me ??)...had 'malat steamboat' with her in Sunway...and it grew from there.

Was having a waterfall running from my nose yesterday but took Clarinese to plug da running nose.Have anyone tried it ??? Its quite effective for treating cold and Flu...and interestingly its kinda sweet tasting. Pumped myself with medicines and Vitamin C...but my unwanted guest still stays...















Left : remedy for fast relief..mix all 3 together ( just joking !! ) Right : Fresh orange juice my mum made......

Damm, still has to study two catalogues on 2 new steel grade ..as on Monday we would be having a meeting with my supplier and few overseas steel supplier friends on this, and I need to get myself familiarize myself with this..damm cant concentrate as I am too busy balut wantan now........



Hmmm...... new steel..new grade......new challenge for me ......












If anyone is reading this please pray for my speedy recovery ...or else I am gonna miss my durian session with my guest tomorrow !!!! Hmm...yummy.......

LOOK WAT I FOUND ON YOUTUBE .....



A total waste of public funds ..... police escorts 2 mat sallehs to .........

Need I say more ???????

Malaysia Boleh !!!! Malaysia ( tak ) boleh !!!!!

Left : Shame!! Shame !! Headlines on our football team..compares to RIGHT : Our junior badminton tea,


MALAYSIA BOLEH !!!! MALAYSIA ( TAK ) BOLEH !!!!

Was kinda sad and humorous seing the newspaper this few days reporting on the current state of our beloved(not) national football team. With headlines like " Its only a misery for host ", " Malaysia hit the skids " , " Shameful " etc.... we cant blame anbody , but ourselves.

We'he heard " from rags to riches "..but I've found a new word for our dismay national football team ... " From fame to lame ". I myself played football when I was young, and ofcourse I supported our national team at that time. If you fellow fans, have remembered we were at least the SEA Games football champion back in 1989, when KL hosted it, also on 1991 when Malaysia gave England a good fight , even we lost 4-2 , wth the Sabah lass, Matlan Marjan scoring 2 goals pass Chris Woods then..I could clearly remember the roar in Stadium Merdeka then.....but things went downhill when we lost to then-whipping boys Philipines 1-0 at the 1991 games.

At least our FAM VP, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Abdullah , did the honorary by resigned from his post and accepted his failure .should the council folow the same ??? I think its about time that our FAM be run by professional ..be coached by a real professional coach , unlike now getting the Malaysia Cup champion coach as our national coach...living up to the "Jaguh Kampung" name ???

I really hope when our national team , would one day fwake up and climb back up the stairs in the latest FIFA rankings, from now 154 ( new record !! )...to the days when we were one of the top teams in Asia, feared by even the Koreans and Japanese.....

At least we have our our national junior team winning the Rakan Muda Yonex Sunrise Asian Junior Championships, well at least we have something to be proud of. Hope that our football team would one day join the league of some of our national sportsman/women and teams like our Badminton, hockey and bowling team..as well as people like Nicol David and Shanlin etc..whom qualifies to use the name " Malaysia Boleh''......

In the mean time..dont feel proud wearing the yellow black jersey with our FAM logo bearing the tiger...you dont deserve to wear it...... I think wearing a logo with a sang kancil or a tikus would be better for the time being.........

A new FAM logo. Curi from Kenny Ng


















Left : A hero...and right a zero

Now everybody can fly..... ???

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Seems like that Air Asia doesnt live up to their motto " now everybody can fly ' anymore. I was both sad and angry when I read the article (click here) on Page 14, Nation , The Star,Monday 16 July 2007 article. Despite our government effort to help the needy and the less fortunate, why cant just Air Asia follow ? Rather than to take passengers who were completely immobile , why cant they just carry them up ? Other than just focusing on making $$ ( they charge RM12 for renting out a wheel chair , which passengers could use to go fromthe ticketing counter to the departure hall) Why cant they show some caring attitude to the handicapped , and I was just wondering , who ever make this decision , did they ever put themself into their shoes ?? Talking about social responsibility here ????

We the able bodies , should stand up for our wheel chair bound friends of the Barrier Free Environment and Accesible Transport Group ( BEAT ) . To get a better understanding on BEAT click here .


DISCLAIMER : The above post is made purely as an expression of my own feelings and thoughts and doesn't represent anything. The facts and figure above are however is best to my knowledge from newspaper reading ( see link above )



UPDATES : Read today newspaper.... now the disabled can fly after all. Air Asia has finally seen the need for disabled flyers and has takes steps to address this matter by investing RM6 million to install ambulift and provide wheelchair . Syabas Datuk Tony. Good job !! Syabas also to BEAT for winning another war.... one down more to go !!!!

updated on Sunday 5th August 2007.

Air Asia '" Now Everyone can Fly ( except the disabled ) "

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Seems like that Air Asia doesnt live up with its motto " Now everyone can Fly " anymore. Was both sad and angry when I read the article ( click here ) on Page 14, Nation, The Star, Monday 16 July 2007 article. Despite our government's effort to help the needy and the less fortunate, why cant Air Asia follow the same ? Rather than refuse to take passengers who were completely immobile, why cant they just them up ??? Other than just focusing on making $$ ( they charge RM12 for renting out a wheel chair, which passenger could use to go from the ticketing counter to the departure hall ). Why cant they just show some caring attitude to the less fortunate, and I was just wondering , who ever make this decision , ever put themself into their shoes...remember there is a saying .." What ever goes around, comes around ".

Connie girl.....UK 's unbelievable 6 year old talent

Saw this in Jen Nih Surf page...... unbelievable 6 years old girl talent from UK with her performing ' Somewhere over the rainbow ' ..Fantastic..just fantastic !!!!!!!

Kari Kepala Ikan- Kapar, Klang,Selangor

Its been a while since I blog something about food...guess that it's not been in my mind for quite a while..guess that the feel comes back again...so keep on reading dor some yummy mouth watering reviews..

This outlet has been around for years and its been exceptionally popular with lunch crowd around Meru/Kapar , especially for curry fish head lovers. The place is very well planned with a waterfall situated in its main entrance giving its visitors a feeling of calmness and the much needed cooling effect to counter its awaiting fiery curry experience. The stall is operated by an Indian family. There may not be air conditioning, but there are plenty of trees surrounding the area, making it quite cool.

Me and my partner, ordered a fish head curry for the two persons and fried baby shark. Papadum and accompanying vegetable dish comes standard with the banana leaf rice fare.
After taking in the tantalising aromas from the cooking for15 minutes, we were finally served with all the dishes. The fish head was the size of a tiger’s paw, and it tasted very good. The curry flavour was strong and yet not overly spicy with hints of sourness either from the tomatoes or assam used. The fish was fresh and was garnished with ladies’ fingers. This place also serves other dishes like fried deer meat ( Chinese style, yummy ) , prawn sambal, roast lamb shoulder, stuffed crabs shell etc.....

As for the price, this place doesn’t comes cheap , but it is certainly one of the best in terms of gastronomical satisfaction. The lunch costs us about RM20 per person but it was well worth it. This place opens for lunch at noon. I suggest you get there early as the crowd starts to come in after 1230pm . Oh yes, their Meru pineapple is also to die for.....

How do i get there ??? Drive along Jalan Kapar heading towards Kapar town. If you are coming in from town side, drive past Bata factory ( if you see it on the left side you are on the right track ). Drive further up till u pass a Projet station on your right. From Projet drive up for another few kilometres and look out for a furniture shop with a big globe outside. The well kept secret is just nest to the furniture shop. Its facing a TNB field.

Damage : Other than putting another extra pounds and possibility of getting Curry Withdrawal Syndrome ( the curry is very addicitive ) , you have been warned !!. Prepare to pay about RM20/person for a decent meal, for a fish head , a drink and a side dish as well.

Bloggers don’t enjoy more rights - Sunday Star

Dear fellow bloggers , take a look at this. Read the article on Page 20, Sunday Star 15thJuly 2007.

Click here

So beware and please do take extra precaution.

Bloggers Meeting @ Friendster

Guess that this is the hottest subject for fellow bloggers this few days, especially for the ones who were at Friendster yesterday. Thanks those guys advertlets.com and Hypertune ( Thanks Murali and Kumeran ) ..and also nor forgetting my buddy and blog mate Mike from mikemerry.blogspot.com for inviting me to this meet. Its nice to meet some cool fellow bloggers namely Jenny , Sky Keep You and loads and loads of preety chicks and handsome blokes ..

They even have a session of Nintendo Wii between fellow bloggers and the best one was when Josh picks Jennisurf for a game of tennis ( Hey Josh, I heard u calling uot to Elaine to pick Jenny huh !!!)
















Left : The joker Kumeran from Hypertune Right :No wonder all da foods gone missing lah...it landed here on Hypertune's table !!!!!















Left : Josh waiting for his next opponent Right : Side view of Mikemmery.......
















LEFT : Guess whose angry face is this ( oppss Kumeran, I dont mean to put yr face here !!) Oppsss identity revealed Right :Yeah I KO you.......
















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Picture grabbed from reverend Timothy