Rise and Shine Baby! Rise and Shine!
Written on Dec 06, 2007 // Musing.I drove, in the slow trails of Cat city’s traffic regardless there are plenty of spaces for you to drift but i vowed to lean on the state of mind instead, just like everyone here in Kuching does, driving their cars… remotely humming a verse from Cliff Richard’s Summer Holiday in this tingling frission of empathy.
Dum Dee Dum Dee Dum…
As i hovered along the roadside, scouting for what i remembered what Annna told me yesterday at Igloo as “Choo Choo Cafe” (?!?!), the best Laksa in town for our breakfast venue. I couldn’t caught sight of it anyhow. So i panic.
Me: Hello? Annna, what’s the name of the place we’re supposed to meet again?
Annna: It’s CHOO CHOO cafe!
Me: CHOO CHOO? As in CHOO CHOO TRAIN?
Annna: It’s just few shops away from Air Asia!
Me: I see Air Asia alright… I still don’t see any CHOO CHOO!
Annna: Look to your left!
Me: Where?!
Annna: Here! (waves madly)
Me: Huh! (swifted to my right)
Annna: LEFT!
Me: Oh?! (swifted to left, searching)
Annna: Here!!! (jumping madly and waving)
Me: Oh!
Annna: IN FRONT OF YOU YOU YOU YOU!
Me: OMG! I see you!
And there she was, standing in her baby blue singlet and her slim cut jeans. And right above, there those big prints hanging tall…
CHONG CHOON CAFE
Annna: You are late!
Me: I’m so sorry! Traffic jam!
And she gave me a killing long squints from the eyes, she didnt buy it.
Me: Okay fine. I lied. I overslept!
Dammit! How could i forget that there is no such thing as traffic jam in Kuching!
She gave me a winning smirk and ushered me into the cafe. There at a distance, Gladys in her red polo was hissing at me at my unpunctuality with a weirdly miniature shelled reptile in her palm. Ah Wong, is the name of her new pet, a dessert star tortoise.
We didn’t hassle much upon ordering what we’re coming for, one of the best Sarawak Laksa in town. The authentic vermicelli served in a bowl of self made thick creamy Sambal belacan-based curry gravy, traditionally garnised with Vietnamese coriander. Tickling your taste buds by the sour tamarind, the culinary made it deliberately a whole new differently experiences than the one you have for your Penang Laksa.
Allen Ang, my old school mates which i have not seen for almost six years now came an hour late later to join us. And the menacing us have decided to pull his legs by pre-ordering him the BIGGEST Teh C Peng (Teh Ais) available in the shop. Upon serving, you could see that startled face of his opening and closing his mouth like a goldfish suffocated from air.
And of course, that annoyingly cute tortoise became the highlight of the day. We were much entertained by his clumsy crawls and were throwing spinning poking tossing him around.
Annna loves this pet so much that she made him her new boyfriend?
Like bunches of naive kindergarden toddlers, we had a mad session of biology lesson identifying the genitals of the pet, and God knows how much we have learned that day!
Chong Choon Cafe
Abell Road, Kuching
Sarawak, East Malaysia
After Tun Jugah on your right and Sarawak Plaza on your left, straight on, notice your right, Chong Choon is just the corner shop sharing the row with Air Asia and Eu Yan Sang.
Splashmilk is Mikel, an engineer (that doesnt quite epitomize his presentation),
a photography amateur (because he just want to shoot Angelina Jolie... naked), an insanely quirky graphic designer.
Your pure evil let loosed around Kuala Lumpur urbanscapes, Malaysia.
gLaDieZz
Dec 06, 2007, 3:58 pmDidn’t I just tell you a minute ago that it’s Allen Ang instead of Alan Ang? Besides, my pet’s is Xiao Huang or you prefer to call it in Cantonese, Siew Wong and never Ah Wong!
AHHAHAHAHAAHAHA!
t-mo-t
Dec 06, 2007, 4:03 pmAH WONG AHHAHAHAHAHH!!! LO PO CHAI LER !!!! AHHAHAHAHAHHA!!!
I USED TO LIKE THE LAKSA THERE BUT NOW….
I PREFER THE ONE IN RUBY CAFE!
LETS ROCK!!!!!
ahlost
Dec 06, 2007, 4:17 pmEeee.. Laksa.. Am going to eat Laksa this coming Sunday.. ~wheee ~~ somebody needs to wait till he’s back then can taste Sarawak Laksa.. Hiak hiak..
annna
Dec 06, 2007, 6:01 pmmiahahahahaha.. pranked.. miahhahahahaa.. who’s next??
Jason
Dec 06, 2007, 7:29 pm-___-ll
chingy
Dec 06, 2007, 7:32 pmKesian la the tortoise. =(
gLaDieZz
Dec 06, 2007, 9:20 amchingy : ANOH! penGZz how I see them deal with my Xiao Huang. OMG! -_-”
ahlost
Dec 06, 2007, 12:03 pmGladys: anoh.. last time I saw at happy valley already wanna peng lar.. *LOL*
ehon
Dec 06, 2007, 12:34 pmu’re lucky she’s not late! cos she normally is.. *hides before she kills me*
splashmilk
Dec 06, 2007, 6:07 pmgladiezz: Eleh… I like calling him that!
t-mo-t: Maybe i havent taste Kuching laksa for a long long time, that’s why i am so tempted to it.
ahlost: Stop cajoling me!!!
annna: EHON!!!
Jasonmumbles: What’s with the sweatiness?
chingy: Don’t take me wrong but he’s really enjoying it can?
gladiezz: Oi! We all love him alright?
ahlost: Oi! What lar! All tentang me!
ehon: Ah really? Annna or Gladiezz? Tee-hee
annna
Dec 06, 2007, 12:34 amEHOOOOOOOOOON!!!
Not always I turn out late larrrr… Wuuwuuuwuu.. Smack u.. =P
ahlost
Dec 06, 2007, 1:10 am*LOL* where got all tentang you.. I tentang the taukeneo and friends.. cos that day they put XH terbalik ler.. Then XH’s mother beh song *LOL*
Alistair
Dec 06, 2007, 3:17 amI dunno if you notice but the 5th picture with you in it holding the tortoise, if you look carefully the lady in the blue shirt at the background seem to make a weird face. Very weird and funny face.
pinksterz
Dec 06, 2007, 3:20 amOMG THE LAKSA LOOKS SO DAMN……..*drooooooolssss*
T_T
takde kerja betul cari genital tortoise *swt*
ahlost
Dec 06, 2007, 9:07 am[Alistair] OMG.. Aunty with weird and funny face.. Just notice that.. *LOL*
splashmilk
Dec 06, 2007, 11:48 amannna: So far, you have never really been that “late” when meeting up with me lor.
ahlost: Ya ya ya ya… what to do, XH too favorable among everyone d.
Alistair: Yea, i thought no one would notice it. Hehehe! Is she picking her nose or something?
pinksterz: Hahaha! U wanna try any Sarawak Laksa?
ahlost: Kekekeke!
BIGboy
Dec 06, 2007, 3:55 pmGOT BIG TC at there kah … i never know … see thursday i go and test liao … hiakhiak …