Malaysia News: William Yau's body cremated

MALACCA: The body of six-year-old William Yau was cremated here on Monday ending his parents' ordeal which started on Jan 16 when he went missing.

The memorial service in Jelutong on Monday, however, was highly emotional for William's paternal grandmother who wept openly asking for the opportunity to embrace the boy for a last time.

Chee Chau Moy, 68, wailed openly and called out William's name. She had arrived when the funeral undertaker was already making arrangements for the coffin to be placed in the incinerator.

"I want to see William, Oh please let me see him, I want to hug him, Ah Poh (grandma) is here," she cried as relatives calmed her down.

Among those who joined William's parents Yau Kok Kang and Goh Ying Ying to pay their last respects was Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam.

William's parents watch from a room as the boy's coffin is placed in the incinerator at the memorial hall in Jelutong, Malacca

Mohd Ali announced a RM5,000 assistance to the family as funeral expenses.

Earlier at 10.20am, the parents claimed the body at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.

They had also conducted prayers for William at the spot in Sungai Sireh in Port Klang where his body was found. Source: The Star Malaysia 28/1/2013

Cinema Movie: Taxi! Taxi! (德士当家)

 

 

Release Date: 24 Jan 2013

Language: Mandarin

Subtitle: Bahasa Malaysia / Chinese

Genre: Comedy

Running Time: 92 minutes

Director: Kelvin Sng

Cast:Mark Lee, Gurmit Singh, Gan Mei Yan, Aunty Lai Meng

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Synopsis:
 

Most people do not give much thought about their taxi journeys, perceiving their meetings with taxi drivers as mere one-off random encounters. What happens when two taxi drivers cross each other's path? Especially when one is a newly taxi driver that used to be a highly educated professor that was heartlessly retrenched. However, he now needs to relearn everything. On the other hand, there is a veteran taxi driver without responsibility and ambition for his future.

 

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My Comments: This is one of the best Singaporeans movie that I've seen for the year 2013 and of course this is the first movie I watched for the year 2013 as well. Credits should be given to director Kelvin Sng as he is not only adopting funny jokes that makes its audiences laugh during the movie but also adopting great moral values and it tells about Singaporeans society as for now and I find it very true and beneficial. It talks about a Professor who has difficulties finding for a job and finally he have to settled down to be Taxi Driver. What will happen next? You have to find out yourself. With the big casts such as Mark Lee, Gurmit Singh and supported by Malaysian Gan Mei Yan and Aunty Lai Meng, this movie promises to gives it audiences a 2 in 1 combo as describe earlier and the storyline is very meaningful and well too. Singaporeans movies are always famous for its funny scenes that is spoken mainly in hokkien and mandarin and this movis is not lacking any of these. I would strongly recommend you to watch this movie and have a great laugh with great moral value this coming Chinese New Year! Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 4/5

 

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOuKASOYI60

Movie Soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01HHljnXn9U
 

Leisure: 1 Utama Shopping Centre Chinese New Year Decorations 2013

Hi All,

We are almost at the end of our journey towards the Mall Marathon this year and we do have another week to go before Chinese New Year. This week around, we have make our next visit to 1 Utama Shopping Centre in Petaling Jaya to check out their mall decorations over there. This year theme for them would be "Master Of The Year : Lead The Way To Great Fortune" which will commence from 18th January to 17th February 2013. It's one of the longest theme ever for this year Chinese New Year if compared to other malls.

 

 

At the concourse area, it features ancient buildings once again but this time it's one of the most detailed and the most beautiful ancient buildings if compared to Paradigm and e@Curve. The buildings are very detailed made and it's very beautiful and it has the name for its street and it's called the Golden Street. What's installed on the Golden Street? Actually besides those ancient buildings, there's also some lamp post and some traffic lights that was installed along those street and this makes the street very unique and beautiful. One word, simply irresistable.

The mall is super duper crowded especially during weekends and I am one of them who visited this mall during weekends and I have some regret for not visiting it during the weekdays. As many shops are doing promotions, many had taken this opportunity to come over here to shop and in the same time to catch this unique street and I believe many would have praise this lovely decorations from 1 Utama Shopping Centre. Great job!

 

I would strongly recommend you to come over here to catch this unique Golden Street and just a gentle reminder that it would be best to come here during weekdays rather than during weekends due to the super duper large crowds during weekends. Enjoy your shopping over here as well. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5

Festival: Happy Thaipusam 2013

alexleow-kimmy.com would like to wish all Hindus a Happy Thaipusam. Enjoy yourself in this festival and remember to be extra careful on the road.

Thaipusam (Tamil: தைப்பூசம்) is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). It is also referred to as Thaipooyam or Thaippooyam in the Malayalam language. The word Thai-pusam is derived from the month name Thai and Pusam, which refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of god Shiva and his wife Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (spear) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman.

 

Skanda (or Murugan) was created during one of the battles between the Asuras and the Devas. At one point, the latter were defeated several times by the former. The Devas were unable to resist the onslaught of the Asura forces. In despair, they approached Shiva and entreated to give them an able leader under whose heroic leadership they might obtain victory over the Asuras. They surrendered themselves completely and prayed to Shiva. Shiva granted their request by creating the mighty warrior, Skanda, out of his own power or Achintya Shakti. He at once assumed leadership of the celestial forces, inspired them and defeated the Asura forces.

 

Kavadi Attam is a dance performed by the devotees during the ceremonial worship of Murugan, the Tamil God of War. It is often performed during the festival of Thaipusam and emphasizes debt bondage. The Kavadi itself is a physical burden through which the devotees implore for help from the God Murugan. ^[ Generally, Hindus take a vow to offer a kavadi to idol for the purpose of tiding over or averting a great calamity. For instance, if the devotee's son is laid up with a fatal disease, he would pray to Shanmuga to grant the boy a lease of life in return for which the devotee would take a vow to dedicate a kavadi to Him.

Devotees prepare for the celebration by cleansing themselves through prayer and fasting. Kavadi-bearers have to perform elaborate ceremonies at the time of assuming the kavadi and at the time of offering it to Murugan. The kavadi-bearer observes celibacy and take only pure, Satvik food, once a day, while continuously thinking of God. On the day of the festival, devotees will shave their heads undertake a pilgrimage along a set route while engaging in various acts of devotion, notably carrying various types of kavadi (burdens). At its simplest this may entail carrying a pot of milk, but mortification of the flesh by piercing the skin, tongue or cheeks with vel skewers is also common. The simplest kavadi is a semi circular decorated canopy supported by a wooden rod that is carried on the shoulders, to the temple. In addition, some have a small spear through their tongue, or a spear through the cheeks. The spear pierced through his tongue or cheeks reminds him constantly of Lord Murugan. It also prevents him from speaking and gives great power of endurance. Other types of kavadi involve hooks stuck into the back and either pulled by another walking behind or being hung from a decorated bullock cart or more recently a tractor, with the point of incisions of the hooks varying the level of pain. The greater the pain the more god-earned merit.

The largest Thaipusam celebrations take place in Singapore, Mauritius and Malaysia. It is a public holidays in several states in Malaysia including Selangor, N.Sembilan, Penang, Perak, Johor, Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur. The temple at Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur offen attracts over 1 million devotees and 10 of thousands of tourist. The procession to the caves starts at the Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur in the heart of the city and proceeds 15 kilometres to the cave, an 8-hour journey culminating in a flight of 272 steps to the top.

In Malaysia, although rare, scenes of people from different ethnic groups and faiths bearing "kavadi" can also be seen. Thaipusam is also increasingly being celebrated by ethnic Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia. Thaipusam is also celebrated at other cave temple site, the Sri Subramaniar Temple in Gunung Cheroh, Ipoh Perak and at the Nattukottai Chettiar Temple along Jalan Waterfall in Penang. Temple Secretary P. Palaiya Sri Subramaniar Temple in Gunung Cheroh reported that about 250,000 devotees participated in the festival in 2007, including 300 "kavadi" bearers, while 15,000 came with milk offerings.

 

Food Hunt: Spaghetti Grill, Paradigm Mall, Kelana Jaya

Hello All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of Food Hunt and we continue our journey of looking at some good food around town. Our next destination would be Spaghetti Grill located at Paradigm Mall in Kelana Jaya. ME & Alan had eventually go for a short window shopping and then have our dinner there as well. We reached the restaurant at around 8.00pm and the restaurant is almost full but there are still places for us to seat. Once we sat down, we were then showed the menu and we took almost 5 minutes to decide what to eat. There's a promotion going on at the restaurant so we've decided to take a Buy 1 Free 1 package where we buy 1 Pizza and Free 1 Pasta (RM35.95). During weekdays you can also enjoy a lunch and dinner promotion at RM10.95++ and RM16.95++ respectively which inclusive of Beverage & Choice Of Main Course for lunch and additional Soup Of The Day & Dessert for the Dinner set.

We've ordered the 1 Pizza (Hawaiian Pizza) & 1 Pasta (Bolognese Chicken) and we share the food. For drinks I've ordered Ice Lemon Tea (Heaven & Earth) (Bottomless) (RM7.95) while Alan ordered Coke (Bottomless) (RM6.95). It does not take very long for the food to arrive and we have waited for about 8 minutes although there's a lot of people at the restaurant. The service as this restaurant is good too. The Haiwaiian Pizza is average and not up to our expectation. The thin crust is crunchy and nice but the taste is just so-so with very less toppings. The Pasta Bolognese Chicken is also just so-so and nothing so special about it. The drinks is normal and luckily it's bottomless and the price is reasonable if you drink and refill for more than 4 times or else you can forget about it.

Ice Lemon Tea (RM7.95)

Coca-Cola (RM6.95)

Hawaiian Pizza

Pasta Bolognese Chicken

I find the price is a bit expensive and after 5% service and 10% government tax we pay RM59.00 total price. The portion is acceptable and just nice for 2 persons. But for the price I pay, the quality of food is not there and I am a little bit dissapointed with the food as well. I would not so recommended you to come over to try out their food as it's just so-so only. Enjoy! MY RATING: 3/5 ; ALAN RATING: 2.5/5

*Food & Drinks Rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambiance: 5/5
Cleanliness: 5/5
Value Of Food: 3/5
Customer Service: 5/5
Ditanggung Halal: YES

Address:

UG 15, Upper Ground Floor,
Paradigm Mall,
1, Jalan SS7/26A, Kelana Jaya,
47301, Selangor.
Telephone: 03-78873938
Business Hours: 11.00am - 12.00 Midnight Daily


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Leisure: Paradigm Mall Chinese New Year Decorations 2013

Dear All,

Our mall marathon continues today and today ME & Alan had made a visit to Paradigm Mall to catch the Paradigm Mall Chinese New Year Decorations and in the same time to have our dinner over there. We reached the mall at around 8.00pm and there are still a lot of people at the mall itself and many of the shoppers are there to shop for Chinese New Year as well. Since this is Paradigm Mall first Chinese New Year Celebrations, the theme this year would be "Prosperity Of The Orient" which will commence from 18th February 2013 to 17th February 2013.

The mall decorations this year features the ancient building theme just like e@Curve decorations but Paradigm Mall is way better as it looks brighter, more reddish and more beautiful. Even the buildings are well decorated with some clothes hanged at the respective houses and the decorations of festivities are way better. I feel so comfortable too when I reached there by looking at their decorattions I would say it's good too. There are several stalls selling the Chinese New Year stuffs which at the top of every shops, there's a ancient house at the top of it. You can even see some ancient movie posters that was put up at those houses as well. It really brings you back to ancient times too.

 

 

I would strongly recommend you to come over to Paradigm Mall to catch the beautiful ancient buildings theme which is very nice if you step into the concourse area. Besides, there are also a lot of promotions going on around the mall especially Tesco which offers lots of promotions and discounts in conjunction with the Chinese New Year Celebrations. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 ; ALAN RATING: 4/5

Leisure: Sunway Pyramid Chinese New Year Decorations 2013

Hello All,

Our mall marathon continues today with our next visit to Sunway Pyramid in conjunction with the Chinese New Year Celebrations. We have chosen to go on Friday considering there's less crowd at the mall and in the same time, both of us are not working today. We reached the mall around 2.45pm and as usual there are pretty less crowd at the mall as today is a working day.

This year Chinese New Year theme for Sunway Pyramid would be "Winds Of Fortune" and it's one of the most symbolic Chinese New Year decorations of all time and I would say it's the best so far I've seen. It commences from 11th January 2013 to 12th February 2013. This year, it features a huge ancient Chinese Ship which was then placed at the middle of the concourse area and most importantly is it's surrounded by a small lake with a small boat as well. The best part is you're also given the opportunity to step into the huge ancient ship to take photos but bear in mind that you must be careful as the management is not responsible for any injuries occured.

 

 

It was one of the best so far that I've seen throughout the years of mall decorations and I would strongly recommend you to come over here at Sunway Pyramid to take some beautiful photos of it's Chinese New Year Decorations. You will not regret and credits should be given to the management of Sunway Pyramid Shopping Centre for setting up such a beautiful Chinese New Year theme this year. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 (PERFECT) ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5 (PERFECT)