Monthly Archives: July 2004

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: : I’m thirsty! : :

Meet Bear minus the Ralph Lauren red sweater. And yep, he’s thirsty. Or rather, I’m thirsty and he’s bringing me the bottle of water. Borneo Water from the land of Borneo.

It’s been an interesting past week. The water supply has been turning salty on and off. Hey, even in the middle of a thunderous tropical storm, it still gets salty. Turned salty on Wednesday so after work bought 2 crates of mineral water just in case. The supermarket only had 9-10 crates left.

Water supply is ok now. Well, let’s see for how long, shall we?

On another blog, this blog is now a year and a month old. I’m also a year old. Can’t believe it. Hitting the next decade soon. Too soon. I don’t feel that old. I don’t act that old. Got calls from parents and sisters. It was nice to hear from everyone. I’m touched.

My sis is getting married soon. Real soon. Love the dress, hon. Took me awhile to find the link. Looks very gay @ happy and carefree. Love you lots. Wish I could have been there. Are the two of you going to ride up in motorcycles? hee hee… I can imagine white ribbons and balloons trailing in the wind. That would be fun.

Cheerio all!

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: : Clarification : :

In my mailbox just now from Sam Rawat.

dear weni,

i read your comment on halal,as per my knowledge,halal doest related to cooking if a cheif is non-muslim then also he can put halal sticker on his shop or retaurent subjected to meat is certified.

sam

My reply,

Dear Sam,

Thanks for the info. It is true that the current ruling was like that but in the past, it wasn’t always like that. The older establishments who received the halal certification/authorisation (or however you call it. someone please correct) did receive permission to display the words ‘Ditanggung Halal’ (Halal Certified) provided that the food served did not contact pork. It need not be that the Head Chef be a muslim as long as the establishment did not cook pork on the premises. I think it must have been in the last 10-20 years that the meaning of halal cooking was clarified i.e. certificates showing that the food served are slaughtered in the proper manner. I know that new establishments now need to have a Muslim as the Head Chef in order to obtain the permission to put up signage stating ‘Ditanggung Halal’ (Halal Certified). (Anyone else care to comment about this?)

I know that a lot of food lovers visit this site are from Kuching or are visitors to Kuching. Hence, I would put a note up about whether the establishment whether it’s Halal or not and leave it to the readers to decide what they want to do next.

Bear in mind that this blog WAS and IS for my sister and Mum who are residing in the US as well as family members elsewhere. All that I write are subjected to interpretation but then again, it is my blog @ weblog @ online diary. To describe the content of the blog community : take it or leave it.

Wena with an ‘a’

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: : Overdue : :

Yes yes, I’m overdue for some pictures. Please bear with me. It’s been a long week.

But I enjoyed myself today at my cousin’s wedding. It was a fun-filled time full of laughter. Would you believe that we were informed to spread the high breed of seeds? It’s a long story.

Suffice to say that the night ended up well but unfortunately my camera is with my Dad. I had to rush Gwen and Tidan to the hospital as he broke out in rashes. He is fine now with the medicine that the doctor gave him.

So, cheerio. This time I have some great movies which I hope turns out well. The lighting wasn’t that good so it’s anybody’s guess how the video will turn out.

So toodles!