KompiaTiam is the former Applebee Bakery located next to the Sugarbun, Gateway in Sibu.

For the uninitiated, this is how KOMPIA looks like

Fresh from the traditional charcoal oven

Typical blogger taking pictures of almost everything. Hahaha! He has posted on this today!

When I first looked at the logo, I found it has an uncanny similarity to the logo of the high-end donuts franchise. Try to Google for it

I have never read or known about the history of kompia. Nothing surprising there because most of the time I’d just eat the thing and ask no question

In the KompiaTiam, you can find a variety of kompia with different fillings, such as

Chicken Mayo on the left; Tuna on the right…

Sambal Ikan Bilis on the left; Sambal Prawn on the right…

Lamb Curry, just to name a few.

We had the

Lamb Curry and Beef Masak Hitam

They also have the sauce version where the kompia is dipped in sauce. Well, like STP, I do not really like the kompia all soggy, so we did not have that one.

Besides kompia, they also have what they call the sweet kompia or locally known as Chinumiang.

These are the kosong ones (without fillings/toppings).

However, they brought it a notch higher to resemble those expensive high-end donuts. How creative!

This looks like a version of Alien & Predator of that particular high-end donuts

We ordered these

Front: Cheese; Back: Chicken Floss (we ordered the Nestum one instead of this but they gave the wrong order)

I agree with STP that Chinumiang taste better with sweet topping because Chinumiang is originally sweet. I didn’t quite like the chicken floss topping (which the salesgirl claimed to be the most famous flavour) because it was a bit salty and did not blend well with the Chinumiang.

We made a mistake by sitting beside the charcoal oven because that table was situated right below the fan. We got a free sauna session when they started baking when the kompia ran out!

No, I don’t mean physical freedom of being confined in an ATR-72 for 30 minutes

But the freedom of not being a modern slave, for a week! Haha!

From a different angle…

After realizing what you have just done, be prepared…

Even Google also don’t want to be left out!

At the time of writing, there are 4 hours to go to the grand opening *excited*

THANK goodness for the Thomas and Uber Cups, as ‘American Idol’s’ dullness and yawn-inducing performances have been driving me up the wall.This week, instead of religiously watching ‘American Idol’, I switched channels to watch the ‘live’ telecasts of the Malaysian team playing in the quarter-finals of the Thomas Cup, which proved to be a wise move.

At the time of writing, the semi-finals had not started yet and therefore I cannot comment on the games. I will simply give my two cents’ worth on the quarter-finals.

On Tuesday, the whole nation witnessed a historical event. For the first time ever, we lost to the Japanese in the Thomas Cup. If my memory serves me correctly, Malaysia had never lost to Japan before, not until that fateful day.

If you watched the match, you must be wondering why Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif and Mohd Fairuzizuan were selected for the Thomas Cup instead of other higher-ranked players. Former national doubles star Razif Sidek actually said that Ong Soon Hock and Hoon Thien How should be playing instead of Zakry-Fairuzizuan.

It was a total letdown. Apparently, according to the grapevine, the excuse given by them during an interview after the match was along the line of: “…belum menyesuaikan diri dalam gelanggang…” On home ground? Seriously?

Emotions ran high at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil when Malaysian supporters openly showed their disappointment by booing the players in unison. A friend who was there to watch the matches said that he regretted paying to watch such a defeat and therefore, watched the rest of the matches the next day in the comfort of his home.

Rumour had it that there was commotion after the interview, when Mohd Fairuzizuan lost his cool and retaliated at one of the supporters in the stadium but was stopped and then led out of the hall. The video of the incident has been widely circulated on Facebook and YouTube, of course.

After that, we saw Mohd Hafiz Hashim in the third singles, playing poorly with weak smashes and errors all over. He could not lift his game. Malaysian supporters from inside and outside the stadium were fuming mad. A lot of people criticised him for giving weak, ‘girlie’ smashes.

Well, he lost the game. Maybe he was de-motivated after Malaysia was defeated by Japan earlier.

On Wednesday, the game started with an exciting match between Malaysia’s Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Denmark’s veteran Peter Gade. Malaysia’s victory in this first match had motivated the rest of the national players. We won again in the first doubles through Koo Kien Kiat and Tan Boon Heong, who gave Malaysia a 2-0 lead.

In the second singles, we could see that veteran Wong Choong Han played his best although not as well as during his golden era a decade back, but much better than his performance the day before, which he himself admitted was uncertain and weak.

Unfortunately, Denmark managed to reduce the deficit when Jorgensen defeated Wong with 22-20, 16-21 and 21-18. Thus, we were hoping for the win in the second doubles in order to put Malaysia into the semi-finals.

However, things were looking bleak when scratch pair, Hoon and Zakry lost the second doubles match. In the first set, they seemed to do well with 26-24 but their skills, speed and communication deteriorated from second set onwards.

Therefore, Hafiz had to take on the challenge in the third singles to send Malaysia into the semi-finals.

Facebookers were anxious due to Hafiz’s unsatisfactory performance the day before. The Facebook wall was flooded with comments and criticisms. I sat at the edge of my seat throughout the game.

To cut a long story short, Hafiz was the man of the hour when he managed to keep Malaysia in the game with a 3-2 win over Denmark. Supporters from all over Malaysia celebrated.

Apart from the idiot box, there were non-stop ‘live’ commentaries on Facebook, Twitter (which could be seen on Facebook walls), in various forums and even SMS-es, all at the same time, sometimes by the same person! Talk about multi-tasking.

It was an intense quarter-finals on Wednesday. According to the criticisms and comments left by people on Facebook, Twitter, forums and SMS-es, the players surprisingly fared better on that day.

That just showed that Malaysians are as passionate about badminton as football, if not more. People had their eyes glued to the screen of the television from the start of the game and at the same time updated their status on Facebook and Twitter with one hand while SMS-ing with the other.

At the time of writing, I am looking forward to watching the semi-finals. Again, according to comments and criticisms online, the Malaysian team needs Lady Luck to be with them to win because China is known for their strong badminton squad.

However, there could be surprises, we never know.

Unfortunately, we lost 3-0 to China, who then proceed to win the Thomas Cup 2010!

That’s the bad thing about Facebook. The update is short, precise and random. So I rather update short, precise and random status on Facebook because I am too lazy to blog.

There are a lot of food, travel and random candid photos to be uploaded. But I am too lazy to do it.

Too many things to write/rant about, too restricted to write even in the world without border.What I write might and most likely will affect how I feed my pet Myvi and myself. Heh!

Oh well! To close or not to close…shop!

GONG XI FA CHAI!!!

It is STILL new year and I am STILL in the new year mood. Well, wishing you all the best and prosperity in the year of Tiger. Like one of the CNY sms-es that I received: “Tiger year must drink Tiger beer, eat Tiger biscuit, use Tiger balm and watch Tiger show but don’t play play like Tiger Woods. Wishing you Happy Tiger Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai! Have a good one!”

• Yes, I know…lack of updates…lack of substance…about time for me to close shop (?) Well, I am contemplating. Hmm~
• With Facebook, I have short updates every now and then when I feel like it. No need type long long.
• Almost everyone on my friends list can see my update in Facebook but not all of them read this blog.
• Refer to previous post entitled “TULAN”, other people’s job is still piling up on my desk. *refrain from cursing*
• I am on a 40-day non-meat diet during this Lent season starting Ash Wednesday last week. Pork, chicken, duck, beef, lamb, mutton, rabbit, etc considered not halal for me. Not that I am holy-molly whatsoever but just want to see if I can do it/determined enough or not. So far so good
• It feels so nice to be the one with the lampar being hu-ed. Not that I have any but you know what I mean.
• Slacking from gym since CNY. Muscles turning into lard.

ROAR!!!

Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Such number as may be deemed to perform the stated task in a timely and efficient manner within the strictures of the following agreement:

Whereas the party of the first part, also known as “The Lawyer,” and the party of the second part, also known as “The Light Bulb,” do hereby and forthwith agree to a transaction wherein the party of the second part (Light Bulb) shall be removed from the current position as a result of failure to perform previously agreed upon duties, i.e., the lighting, elucidation, and otherwise illumination of the area ranging from the front (north) door, through the entry way, terminating at an area just inside the primary living area, demarcated by the beginning of the carpet, any spillover illumination being at the option of the party of the second part (Light Bulb) and not required by the aforementioned agreement be tween the parties.

The aforementioned removal transaction shall include, but not be limited to, the following steps:

1. The party of the first part (Lawyer) shall, with or without elevation at his option, by means of a chair, stepstool, ladder or any other means of elevation, grasp the party of the second part (Light Bulb) and rotate the party of the second part (Light Bulb) in a counter-clockwise direction, said direction being non- negotiable. Said grasping and rotation of the party of the second part (Light Bulb) shall be undertaken by the party of the first part (Lawyer) with every possible caution by the party of the first part (Lawyer) to maintain the structural integrity of the party of the second part (Light Bulb), notwithstanding the aforementioned failure of the party of the second part (Light Bulb) to perform the aforementioned customary and agreed upon duties. The foregoing notwithstanding, however, both parties stipulate that structural failure of the party of the second part (Light Bulb) may be incidental to the aforementioned failure to perform and in such case the party of the first part (Lawyer) shall be held blameless for such structural failure insofar as this agreement is concerned so long as the non-negotiable directional codicil (counter-clockwise) is observed by the party of the first part (Lawyer) throughout.
2. Upon reaching a point where the party of the second part (Light Bulb) becomes separated from the party of the third part (”Receptacle”), the party of the first part (Lawyer) shall have the option of disposing of the party of the second part (Light Bulb) in a manner consistent with all applicable state, local and federal statutes.
3. Once separation and disposal have been achieved, the party of the first part (Lawyer) shall have the option of beginning installation of the party of the fourth part(”New Light Bulb”). This installation shall occur in a manner consistent with the reverse of the procedures described in step one of this self-same document, being careful to note that the rotation should occur in a clockwise direction, said direction also being non- negotiable.

NOTE: The above described steps may be performed, at the option of the party of the first part (Lawyer), by said party of the first part (Lawyer), by his heirs and assigns, or by any and all persons authorized by her/him to do so, the objective being to produce a level of illumination in the immediate vicinity of the aforementioned front (north) door consistent with maximization of ingress and revenue for the party of the fifth part, also known as “The Firm.”

Sendiri punya work already cannot finish, now have to do other people’s unfinished job. Summore no increment/bonus/incentives how to be motivated/productive? Bodoh-seng! %$@#@%^$*&^$@#!!!