Pak Idrus's Blog

2016 have been a good year for me. I start the year still recuperating from my surgery of August 26, 2015 when I was in coma for a week, where I lost living in the physical world for that week. Anyway, as I had blog earlier I had a good time in the spiritual world during the period of the coma. I blog about the Comatose period here . I came back with a new perspective of the reality of living. I move on and continue to enjoy life as usual and as colorful as ever. And today I have almost healed from that surgery and thanks God for giving me a second chance to continue living. Like blogging I am sharing my thoughts with the world on Facebook and Twitter with the hopes that whatever I share would be useful to others. Perhaps it would help them to continue to have a good life in this beautiful physical world of ours. Live the moment folks for that precious moment would be with us for only a moment in time. Yesterday has gone for good and tomorrow is yet to come The present i...

It the end of the year again and come this Sunday December 25, 2016 it Christmas again. The malls are decorated with  pomp and splendor of the festive week. About is a  scene at the GE mall at Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.  Merry Christmas folk. Enjoy life.  Have a nice day.

At this age [77], I can safely say that I did not know where I was heading after I left school. But I know that I was ambitious and an optimist. Yes, very ambitions indeed. I knew that I must acquire knowledge to be successful in any endeavor that I take. In the forties and fifties folks on the East-coast of Malaya was not even aware that there is such an institution as University. In the state of Pahang there is only one school that take students for the post School Certificate Examination; now known as HSC. Without the HSC, you do not get into the University. And that class is at the Clifford School in Kuala Lipis, the capital of Pahang at that time. After completing my Darjah Sembilan [Form V] or the Cambridge School Certificate Examination in 1957 I went to seek employment. The year was 1958 and I was just nineteen years old. I got into the State Higher Clerical Service, a Division Three post where I work in various government departments for ei...

It the first day of December 2016. It rain all night and continue to drizzle till this morning. Felt real good waking to the cool weather of the monsoon rain. Nostalgic indeed of my childhood days growing up in Kuantan. It rain and rain cat and dog for days without the sun insight. Folks had to wear sweater to keep warm. Umbrella and raincoat is the order of the day if one venture out of the house. It school holiday time and for us kids it was playtime care less of the world. Folks when I was thinking of umbrella, at that moment in time I could smell the umbrella which at that time is made of waterproof paper. Amazing that the smell came back from one's memories. And now it smells rain! Have a nice day.

A posting from my other Blog... Memories

A few days ago my spouse had this done; one of my favorite way of enjoying the Kembong fish. Fried crisps with chili sauce. The blended dry chili and anions etc. had to be fried into a thick paste and only then would the fish, which had already been deep-fried be added to it. Otherwise it would not taste as good. She always did it perfect to my liking. To me personally the Ikan Kembong Goreng Belada always bring back memories of my childhood in Kuantan. I grew up in a restaurant which is also a place where we live, thus we always eat foods cook for the public consumption and it the same every day. To get to eat something different we kids had to go to our mother's home and enjoy her cooking and that is not often. One such fish that I had always enjoyed at my mother's house is the Ikan Kembong Goreng Belada, like in the image above. At the restaurant, it does not taste the same perhaps because mom cooking always has that special ingredient that is call love. They say the r...

I walk into the kitchen and saw this. It the creation of my spouse. She love interior decoration and from time to time shows her true creative mind. Loved it.  Have a nice day.