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Dinner at UkAsia - डिनर @ उक एशिया

2009-07-12T03:00:00.003+08:00

@ bukit bintang right at the centre of Kuala Lampur's shopping district is this amazing 'Desi' rest. costing just a little more than a bigmac is an amazing,delecious and filling plate to your service.
Just opposite Pavillion, dont miss it :) when your in KL
try out the chicken jalfarezzi when your there :)

Midnight Trip to Genting Highlands!!!

2009-07-08T06:32:00.004+08:00

Known for its awesome game park and offcourse for being the only casino in Malaysia, The Genting Highlands is an amazing place to chill. well very few people go there on a Tuesday night/Wednesday morning but as a group of close friends of mine were done with thier examinations ( Pray they get the best results! ) we headed out for an hours drive just after dinning at our regular D'santai. too bad i had to go thru the infamous ear hurt or whatever its called that some unlucky people like myself get when were going elevating or the opposite.
Now that we were there and after a regular round around the place just to see how it looks when its closed (the theme park) we headed out for another mini adventure... to search for coffee, having coffee at the cool 20 celsuis and below temperature is a feeling we dint want to miss out.
after an hour of driving around only to find closed cafe's we landed up at Oldtown coffee, a famous malaysia coffee chain thats been around for quite some time. an hour of soothing coffee and free wifi surfing :P made things feel so good it was already five in the morning before we could realize it. so that was the end of a day or a begining of another and we started the journey back home dont remember much of that as i probably slept all the way back since it took just a few minutes for us to reach back home...

2009-06-28T16:52:00.005+08:00

Realization

2009-06-27T16:55:00.000+08:00

5 minutes by train from the place i live (Subang Jaya), I arrived at what is called bukit tiga. what was supposed to be a random trip to a new area only to rejuvinate my senses turned sour when i witnessed the poverty around me. This wasn't the first time, but it was a different moment. This time a deep sense of realization occured. I thanked the Lord for his kindness on me and prayed that the people get a better life. I returned home with a strange feeling and decided to convey my thoughts through a little bit of poetry. I hope this writting touches you and gives you that strange feeling i had when i observed the area and its people.

Poverty As it is.

Pandora’s box was opened, and out came a Wight
A misery that ruined it all, left us only to adight
Every morning somewhere, a mother’s child cries in plight
with nothing to eat, the future doesn’t seem so bright
Even the stars bear witness, to this disastrous sight
Millions die every day, hoping one day it would all be alright

Of all that we see and feel, nothing is more visible
this disease stays amongst us, like liquid that is immiscible
boys dying of hunger, fighting wars for the bad man’s coffers
teenage girls growing up with Aids, living a life for others pleasures
with no place to offer shelter, families left begging on the ground
this is poverty as we see it, if only we ever bother to look around

Very treacherous are its effects, it makes a man kill another
Crime’s on the rise, poverty makes us forget our brother
like a burning arrow it hits, it causes wounds like no other
robbers and burglars spend nights in their hive
then one night they appear, after all they need to survive
society is falling apart, This poverty has become so erosive

Even though it lies so clear, society turns its back
pretending nothing is wrong, and everything is on track
with Zero opportunity, and no place to prosper
the injustice is all around us, only the rich get richer
for every Wealthy man born, a thousand poor die
that’s how we roll, that’s exactly u and I

Right in the middle of a slum, which was for some once home
now the government is constructing, a landmark for national income
poor planning and neglect, for all this someone is to blame
how can there be development when the majority lives in a flame
yet the growth of cities is inevitable, at the cost of the farmers land
the rich get tax cuts, the poor get peanuts and are left only to demand

Time to join hands; it’s time to work together
united and committed is the only way we can deliver
social equality and good governance are the key
as a team we can push poverty out, thru the chimney
it takes just one man to blink an idea, a lot more to bring change
if we work on it as one, solution is in our range

Years have faded away, but tomorrow will be a better day
a new sunshine will fall on us, poverty will be blown away
a new era will emerge, a new time will set in place
we all will live together as one, with God’s grace
its only a matter of time before everyone is a benefiter
as some great man once said, it only gets better!!!
-Shuaib Kadri