A Trip to Our Neighbour's Land

Malaysia is just across the causeway and I thought any trip there would be normal and not worth mentioning.

Except for the food of course. My camera is spoilt, so I've no pictures to offer. Haha.
Should you go to Malaysia, enter via the Causeway so you can taste the delectable, crispy peanut pancakes sold by the street. Get across to the Mobil station via the underpass (only when it's lit) or jaywalk. Left of the petrol station is Restoran Lucky. In front of it is a roadside stall that sells thin crispy peanut pancakes at 2 for RM1.00 and closes at 9pm.

The pancakes taste tons better than the ones from Dover Pancake. They are made the traditional way, using a paintbrush to slowly and evenly spread the dough over 8 metal pan-like depressions. Then, coarse-grained sugar and peanut bits of a size easy to eat while maintaining the crunch are spread over the pancakes. If the uncle makes them, he'll add butter to give the taste a fuller body. Somehow, he will know when the pancakes are done and skilfully lifts them out.

I personally prefer the auntie's version because with no butter, the taste is simpler and the food doesn't go soggy for a long time. Oh, and the crust is thinner than 0.3cm and the bits don't fall out! I like to have 2 each time, but for guys, 4 would be nice. : )

Who can not equate Malaysia with shopping? Lots of street clothes (Haz, you'll love them!) at pseudo-Level One innercity, City Square Johor Bahru, with prices comparable and even cheaper than those at Bugis Street. We shopped like mad, but I think I can go madder. Haha. And I thought our class was supposed to go for a trip there? At least the girls.

What amused me quite a bit was a hawker centre called Restoran Lian Boy, whose oxymoronic name is supposed to mean Lion Boy. LOL. That kind of reminds me David Charles, whom Geoff said was called Ah Lian in ACSI. LOL for the second time.

Oh, and I saw a landslid site! All the related geographical terms, concepts and diagrams came to my mind's eye at that instant. You could actually see the successive minor scarps and the smooth arcuate scars. If I took a picture of that for the Geography assignment, I'm pretty sure my group would have gotten a perfect score. But 9 is great too. Haha.

I am extremely looking forward to my backpacking trip to North Thailand. I can almost imagine the scenery, food and clothes beckoning me already, save the mosquitoes and the flies that don't get shooed away despite desperate hand-swatting.

But before that, I'll have to earn my keep by teaching Sec1 English and Sec3 Geography at Clementi Town Secondary. Shoe selling at Level One gives you a $1350 pay per month, but it's too late to back out. Haha. Teaching and shopping, here I come!