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Monday, August 28, 2006

Malfil Club: Monthly Activity for September 2006


Malfil Club Monthly Activity for September 2006
You are invited to attend………………………


What on? : Cooking & Baking Courses
Date : 9th Sept. 2006 (Saturday)
Time : 2.30p.m. to 6.00p.m
Venue : Nik and Zabeth’s home
(XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor

Facilitator : Ms. Arlene Diego


Note:
*We will all get to taste the food that we learn to prepare.

* You may bring additional food to add-on for our afternoon tea.

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Calling all Filippinos/nas, do contact me if you like to join us. We welcome you with open arms. There will be courses on both Filippinos food and Malaysian food...humm...yum yum....

posted by Fariz Abdullah @Francis @ 6:48 AM

11 Comments:

At August 29, 2006 8:44 PM, Blogger Madame A said...

Happy Cooking! Why don't you share with us some Filippinos recipes - the simple ones will do!

 
At August 30, 2006 12:21 PM, Blogger Fariz Abdullah @Francis said...

Hi mama chops,

I will see what I can learn from the course on Sept.9th. And I will share with you if there is any "simple one".

Are you specilized in lamb chop, chicken chop, all the chop chop....ha ha ha, reminds me of mama chop, Papa Grill.

Thanks for dropping by...

 
At September 05, 2006 9:28 AM, Blogger kimi azhan said...

Fariz, I'm more of an "eater" compared to "maker"... so you know who to call if you have loads of food to finish! Hehehehe.. good luck with the class and yes, do share some interesting recipes... bet NAH@Zura will like it to!

 
At September 05, 2006 12:11 PM, Blogger D.N.A.S said...

Filipino food? Is there going to be 'ikan susu' in any of the dishes?

Ok, other than food, Fariz are you going to share your thoughts on our 2007 budget? Many seemed to have forgotten about it over the weekend. I missed it last Friday and now bloghopping for raw reviews.

 
At September 05, 2006 12:44 PM, Blogger Leilanie said...

haa haa...... Dnas! bet Fariz has a lot to share on the recent 2007 budget.

........ kan, darling.... :)

 
At September 05, 2006 4:02 PM, Blogger Fariz Abdullah @Francis said...

Hi Kimi,
You are like us, me and Lanie -"the eaters" we can eat and eat. We love food. I think if we all go for holidays together it will be fun....eat, eat and more eating..yum..yum....
we should be living in Foodtopia.


Hi dnas,
I like the ikan susu too. While we were in the Philippines, we bought some and ate by the road side...sedap nya !!!! hummmm...yum yum...
In fact, mom do prepare ikan susu sometimes....yum...yum...
Sorry to disappoint you, I do not think ikan susu is on the list for Sat. cos' you need to BBQ the ikan. Its more of cooking and baking...maybe next time ok... ;-)


And as for the budget 2007...nothing to shout about. It looks like the Gov't servants will benefits a lot. They will get 2 months bonus, cola and higher pension for the retired. I am more interested in Individual tax relief, but there is non. Only increase in tax allowance for purchase on books & computers. Sin tax (Alcohol & Cigerattes) has also increased as expected -which is a good move. No more exam fees for all secondary schools -some relief here.
After the announcement of the Budget 2007 - the market is not even moving, the stock market which is "sensitive" to the budget announcement is NOT reacting. All these tell us that, there is very very minimal impact the Budget is going to have on our economy and that the budget is NOT attractive enough to "arouse" domestic economy.
From an economist point of view, it is either the market is slowing down (dues to several factors - Gov't fiscal policy & monetary control, interest rates and the social-Political climate) or we are heading for another recession. The cycle is BACK, in 1987, 1997 next year is 2007.
Question is: are we heading for another recession? Can our economy takes another beating? Can we pull through 2007?
One thing is obvious, the recent budget does not seems to stimulate much activities in our domestic economy.
Though it did address certain issues on the Finance Bill 2006, foreign tax, Corporate sector tax, re-defining "investment company" pertaining to tax, 9th M'sian Plan - all these are for the Corporate sector.
So for income earners, or employees - there is nothing to shout about.

Now The Sweetener: Well, to counter-act the "not so attractive" budget, the Polis is giving a reduction in all summonses issued. The Polis said, "to lessen the burden on the rakyat...."

That much I can say about the budget 2007.
Personally, for 2007, my advise is be prudent, unemployment will rise (too many VSS, MSS), prices of goods will rise, petrol will rise (another round), interest rate will rise, domestic spending will fall. We will go into a mild "stroke" - our economy I mean. We could go into an inflationary recession if our economy could not recover from the mild "stroke".
We will (wait and) see what the Gov't could do to tackle all these issues-in the most efficient manner - for the benefit of all Malaysians in the spirit of "Malaysia Boleh".

 
At September 05, 2006 4:10 PM, Blogger Fariz Abdullah @Francis said...

And dnas, thanks for visiting my blog. You must be a friend of my sweet Leilanie....he he he...

The sweetener in my life...that explains why I take coffee without sugar....

 
At September 05, 2006 5:09 PM, Blogger Leilanie said...

oh my.......
tu lah Dnas.... you mintak Fariz's thoughts on the budget 2007, you get a whole post.

Darling, you should post this on its own. syiok.....
:)

 
At September 05, 2006 5:13 PM, Blogger Leilanie said...

Oh Dnas......

Ikan susu = bangus
(pronouced as "ba ngus").

It's marinated with kalamansi, soy sauce, vinegar (apple cider), black pepper, a bit of sugar and salt.
:)
yum yum yum.

 
At September 06, 2006 12:17 PM, Blogger kimi azhan said...

ops... Fariz, do I chose a wrong year to start my masters? It's supposedly to commence in Jan 2007...hmmmppphhhh

Anyway, God is great. Thus I do believe there is always a reason for anything that happen in this world! Let us all wait for 2007 to come together!

 
At September 07, 2006 11:42 AM, Blogger Fariz Abdullah @Francis said...

Hi Kimi,
On the contrary, you have made the right decision. Let me give you an example, "when times are good (boom time)go into business, and when times are bad (recession) go back to school. This is clearly displayed by our very capable Tun Daim, when times are good, he goes to do business (e.g. asking the Govt to buy MAS shares; at a much higher price than market price - kool - think for a moment--- who is CAPABLE ENOUGH to pull such a deal -its NOT easy, I admire him !), and when times are bad -he goes back to politics.
You did the right time - way to go Tun Kimi !!!

All the best in your MBA.
Fariz

 

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