Where Are The Trees?

Gone: The trees have been completely removed.

I was shocked when I drove by this row of shops that form the lower ground of the Pelangi Apartments along Jalan Genting Kelang. What used to be a lovely row of trees in front of the shops have been cleared out. The shopfront look bare and since many of them are restaurants, I wonder how they are dealing with the dust and din!

Do you think the UPSR and PMR should be scrapped?

I have been reading about the possibility of the UPSR (standard 6) and the PMR (Form Three) examinations being scrapped. Why the government is mulling such a move is mind-boggling. If you have school going children, chances are that you will want to benchmark their academic performance with a national-level reference point. In this case, it's the public examinations such as the two as well as the SPM and STPM.

Now the talk is that these scrapped exams will be replaced with school-designed tests. How they are going to implement it, I dont know. But what do you think? Is it such a great idea scrapping UPSR and PMR and allowing self-assessment?

We claim that too much pressure had been put on our children to do well in schools and in performing in public examinations. But isnt that the way it was back in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s? Or even 90s?

Mee Kolok at Dapur Sarawak

Kolok Mee is a type of noodle found in Sarawak. It is served for breakfast, lunch or even supper, blanched in water and served in a light sauce with some condiments like shredded chicken or beef. It is similar to the Wantan Mee but Kolok Mee is not drenched in dark soya sauce.

Sarawakian living in Wangsa Maju might want to know that there is a restaurant in Gombak serving Mee Kolok near Diamond Square. This is a halal restaurant operated by a Malay from Sarawak. It is called Dapur Sarawak or Sarawak's Kitchen (picture above). Among stuff found in Sarawak you can get here include the famous three-layer-tea served with apong (or palm) sugar. There is also free Wi-Fi here.

The mee kolok with its tangy black sauce and soup.

The Mee Kolok specialities on the menu, among others.

Nasi Lemak Air Panas

If you pass by the Resource Springs Condo in the evenings, look out for the nasi lemak stall beside the bus stop. The nasi lemak biasa goes for RM1 a packet and that with sotong slightly more. His stuff is quite good and the sambal really hot. The chap sells late into the night and if you have a craving after 10, you might want to check him out. His stall is not lit and he depends on the illumination from the street lamp nearby.

(On Google Maps)

Do you know or any good nasi lemak joint around Wangsa Maju and Gombak? Let us know!

Closure of car park at Gombak LRT station

The car park at the Gombak LRT station has been closed temporarily from yesterday to allow the construction of a multi-storey car park in its place.  According to a news report by Bernama, Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad communications general manager Ebi Azly Abdullah, a temporary car park will be provided near the current site while construction is taking place.

For further details, call 03-7885 2585.

An artist's impression of the new multi-level car park when completed.

Genting Kelang road divider a potential cause of more jams

IF you have been driving along Jalan Genting Kelang near the Pizza Hut junction, you would have seen that a divider has been built from the junction into Jalan Perusahaan until the traffic lights leading into Taman Forlong. The City Hall planners must have thought of this as a short-term measure to curb jams along Genting Kelang in  the mornings for traffic heading towards the city because if turning is allowed near Pizza Hut, then traffic would be held up.

The traffic lights junction at Genting Kelang-Jalan Perusahaan.
City-bound cars make U-turns here.

However, they did not realise that by closing the breaks in the road, cars on Kenny Rogers/Pelangi Condo side of the road wishing to head to the city would have to make a U-turn at the Genting Kelang-Jalan Perusahaan junction. Since the traffic lights there have a habit of turning red too fast, jam is created here. It is only a matter of time when a long bottle neck happens to frustrate everyone.

The junction near Pizza Hut into the slip road to Air Panas now clear of traffic early in the mornings. Note the divider at right. 

We Have A New Logo For Facebook

Checkout our new logo on Facebook yet? Here it is. It represents two figurines made up of light and deep blue representing the torsos, with a black-O and a red-O to represent the male and female gender. Tell us what you think.