Hash brown

As usual, everyday, a sheep was to be dragged to a cold, dark cave up in the mountains of Hash brown. There, the sheep will be tied to a poll made ready at the mouth of the cave. Then, all men who dragged the sheep up the mountain will run for their lives as they hear his breath. It seemed forever the village of Hash brown lived in fear of a fearsome dragon. Its scales are as hard as celestial bronze, armoring his entire body. His breath of fire destroys corps of people, who are then left to starve. The King has lost many of his noblest knights in order to kill the mighty dragon.

One afternoon, as all villagers fear once, the dragon paid a visit.
"I am tired of feasting upon sheep which none other tastes like sticks and stone!"
"But we feed you with the finest sheep we've ever had. With the burning of out crops, our people themselves have not much to eat, never mention of the sheep!" said the King.
"Have I not warned you that if I am not fed well, then your village will I destroy?!" said the dragon. "If your majesty were to ensure the survival of His kingdom, then once of every month, you shall send me a fair maiden from the village for me to feast on".
"I cannot do that! I have...”
"SILENCE!! I think my orders are precise and well understood! I shall be expecting my dine four days from now". And the dragon flew away to his cave, till he's out of sight. The King, with a million stones of burden in his heart, has no choice but to obey, and ever so every month since the event, a maiden was sacrificed.

Then it was heard a stranger from the North, who's a dragon slayer and expert of hand, was called upon Hash brown. The doors of the castle then opened as the stranger enters. He was not what the King expected him to be. He appears to not look like a dragon slayer, but an old crooked man who walked crookedly, with nothing on him but a leather bag which could not bear any type of weapon.
"Old man, as I have heard you slay dragons, chases them away, tame them! Are you not the man of whom I've spoken?" asked the King,
"Yes, I am. Your dragon cannot be slayed my King. To kill it, there’s a way, but you must find the answer  in the name of your village."
"I don't understand you, old man! Are you saying, to kill the dragon will take no brave knights and weapons, but merely by the name of the village? The dragon has spoken the village's name a thousand times. I have you know that there are many of the village's maidens been sacrificed for the sake of the kingdom!"

But it is in a blink of an eye that the old man disappears from sight, and the king was left in despair. Then, a subject of the castle gathered his courage, for he is the man of medicine in the castle, as wise as he is, said.
"Your majesty, if I were to translate the message of the old man, I would say that we should feed the dragon...our 'village' "
"Have you gone mad?! Have the sorcery of the old man taken your wisdom? How could you possibly say that I have to feed the entire kingdom to the dragon? If I were to do so, am I not speeding up the dragon's wish?"
"By means Your Majesty, not the people of the kingdom, but the name of it, Hash brown. To my knowledge, the word ‘Hashbrown’ is a type of potato snack, flattens and fried, and happens to be a favourite snack of a distance land. But the potato, as to all, when fried will drain a whole lot of oil from the pan. To my medical knowledge, a wholesome diet of oily feast will eventually create a plague of the arteries of the heart, which results to heart failure and death"
"Have my ancestors gone mad...naming the kingdom after a far away land snack? Death you say? Then summoned all my subjects to grow potatoes, and it will all be fried when the dragon is away, and to be shaped into a maiden, and to be fed to the dragon every day, till his death visits him, and we shall finally have peace"

And so the people of Hash brown planted potatoes, and did what the king have ordered them. And at every feast the dragon, whose eyes like all other reptilians, aren't clear, was tricked by the delicious-ness of the maiden shaped hash browns. And through the months he got too fat to fly, but still addicted to the hash browns. On one feast, he dropped a hash brown which has its head and left leg eaten. He shivered and fitted. As the people watch to their delight, the dragon dropped to his death and died.

As they celebrate that night, the old sorcerer came back, and asked to be rewarded. The King refuses to do so, as he claimed the old man vanished without a clear explanation, and could have lead to more destruction, with an addition that there was no reward in their agreement. The old man then cast a spell to all humanity, with power so might driven by his anger, that all people were to be addicted to their weapon as the dragon, and die as the dragon. And the curse lingers to this very day, with thousands of heart failure cases across the world, due to food of high fat content. Eat well.

Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief movie....

You should have been there to see my expression when I finished the book. You should have seen the expression on my face when I have complited the 4th book last year. You should have been there to see the look on my face when Chris Columbus decide to make a movie out of one of my favourite books by my favourite author...You're not even close when I found out my dad's Zeus!! (oh, and the Oracle told me I'll die..soon)
And boy, you should have seen how i reacted when I found out who were the casts....

NOT SURPRISED

Percy Jackson...though he looks older than the real Percy Jackson. But they do ace at one part...his hair. Anyway, there was this scene, he was in a pool, and Grover was counting out how long Percy lasted underwater...well...Percy could never get wet...seriouly...hollywood, do your homework!!

Yes people, meet Luke. Yes, Luke does look like this, but with a scar across his face.I knew i could never doubt my suspicions when i was first introduced to Luke. I totally love Luke, and became the saddest person in the world when he decided to follow Kronos.I just cannot accept his fate in the end, and I felt sorry for what happened to his mom.Hollywood scored a point though.

Meet the Lord of the Underworld, Hades (woops, I better be careful with names...I might cause a storm, online!!) Thumbs up for choosing Steve Coogan as Hades. Very much matched the real one too..well, once you see him in his black robe...chill Hades, Hell was pretty good...

Meet Medusa..wait!! Don't look at her head!! You don't want to end up being a member of her garden deco. Anyway, Uma was born to do this.

Meet Chiron. Please don't call him a pony. Tyson did it once, in The Sea of Monsters. A good choice choosing Pierce. Hollywood did their homework after all....a portion of it...

Sean as Zeus. Good choice...great...after taking that stupid "Who's you daddy" thingy,now I knew how my dad looks like...Imagine this guy with lightning bolts. Great image for a man with bad temper...

Add the beard and flaming eyeballs, with a Harley on Ray's side and you get Ares...

SHOCKED

Meet the biggest time stopping, egg craking shock of my life!! Luke as MR.D!! The God who dresses funny, has drinking problems and serving punishment, just plain mean, with his grape veins and all ,and the most annoying part is that he kept calling Percy 'Peter Johnson'...till the very end!!!,...oh my Gods!!! Hollywood, BOOOO!!!!!

This particular satyr is not black in the first place.Get your facts right. I can't imagine seeing this face, craving for soda cans!!!Brandon looks so brave and....cool!! Brandon is definitely not Grover. Hollywood lost a point.

                        This is just gross. Alex as Annabeth?! First of all, Annabeth's blonde. Secondly, she's 12, not...old. But, since I hate Annabeth, all the way, I don't care much.

And to my biggest disappointment, this guy DOES NOT look like my uncle,Poseidon...doesn't even look like Logan!! I prefered that seaweed surfer dude with bad highlights that kept bugging everyone when they consult The Oracle....I hate Hollywood sometimes...

Additional fact, I could not find who's playing the role of Clarisse, Daugther of Ares, God of War. She plays an important role, and if she's missing in the movie, you guys are just wasting money and time.Man, I'm an unhappy fan!! I felt like throwing the entire nation into the depths of Tartarus... Where is Andrew Adamson when you need him? Hollywood, never pulverise the hearts of all fans and demigods...or we'll send some monsters....

PUSINGAN !

Post ini mengisahkan keakraban hubungan Ah Chong dengan seekor angsa bernama Pusingan.

Pada suatu hari,  Ah Chong (versi pelajar sekolah rendah) sedang berjalan kaki pulang dari sekolah. Hari itu merupakan hari yang paling panas di kampung tersebut. Kesian Ah Chong, terbengah-bengah dia sepanjang jalan itu, menahan panas terik dan suasana yang bahang itu. Dalam kepala otaknya, teringat pula makan tengah hari yang disediakan oleh ibunya. "Apa yang dimasak oleh ibu hari ini?Nasi ayam? Kalau nasib aku baik, mesti ada teh'O ais".

Pada masa yang sama, terdengarlah Ah Chong akan suatu bunyi. "Bunyinya seperti seekor angsa", katanya dalam hati. Bunyi tersebut datang dari arah sebuah benteng kecil berdekatan sawah padi. Tanpa membazirkan masa, Ah Chong bergerak ke arah bunyi tersebut. Alangkah terkejutnya Ah Chong apabila terjumpa dengan seekor anak angsa yang kecil.
"Kesian anak angsa ini, dimana ibunya? Baik aku bawanya pulang sebelum dibaham haiwan lain".

"Ah Chong!! Kamukah tuh? Ah Chong, kenapa balik lewat hari ini? Ada hal di sekolah?" tanya ibunya.
Ah Chong tidak mempunyai banyak kawan di sekolah, jadi tidak biasalah dia meluangkan banyak masa di kawasan sekolah.
"Tidak mak, Ah Chong terjumpa anak angsa ini dalam longkang. Ibunya tidak tahu dimana. Oleh sebab Ah Chong kesian akan anak angsa ini, Ah Chong bawanya pulang, mungkin boleh berinya makan minum".

Anak angsa itu sangat comel. Dengan serta merta, Ah Chong terus sayang akan anak angsa itu. Oleh kesayanganya yang sangat mendalam, Ibu Ah Chong membenarkan Ah Chong pelihara anak angsa itu. Pada suatu malam, sebelum Ah Chong masuk tidur, Ah Chong menjenguk ke dalam kotak yang disimpannya anak angsa itu untuk mengucap selamat malam.Lepas itu, diciumnya anak angsa itu. Tiba-tiba, kepala anak angsa itu berpusing 365 darjah. Ah Chong bisu terkejut.
"Boleh buat lagi?" tanya Ah Chong. Berpusing lagi kepala anak angsa itu 365 darjah. Ah Chong begitu kagum dengan kebolehan anak angsa itu, begitu juga dengan ibubapa Ah Chong. Oleh itu, anak angsa itu dinamakan 'Pusingan'.

Sehingga besar anak angsa itu Ah Chong peliharakan. Setiap hari masanya diluangkan dengan Pusingan. Ah Chong tidak mahu berkawan dengan budak-budak yang lain. Antara Ah Chong dengan Pusingan terdapat pertautan yang aneh. Jika Pusingan sakit, Ah Chong juga akan sakit. Ini menimbulkan rasa bimbang dalam ibubapa Ah Chong terhadap anak mereka yang leka melayan anak angsa itu buat bertahun-tahun. Apabila Pusingan tidak mahu makan makanan yang disediakan, Ah Chong akan memarahi Pusingan. Kemudian, Pusingan akan bermanja dengan Ah Chong. Menurut bomoh di kampung itu, Ah Chong dan Pusingan  merupakan anak kembar tetapi tidak dipercayai oleh ibubapanya. Mereka hantar Ah Chong ke sekolah yang jauh dengan harapan Ah Chong dan Pusingan akan berenggang. Namun, harapan itu tidak menjadi kenyataan. Perhubungan mereka tetap akrab dan mesra.

Menjelang Hari Tahun Baru Cina, ibubapa Ah Chong telah menyimpan Pusingan di dalam dapur belakang rumah mereka. Ketika itu, Ah Chong berada di sekolah. Apabila Ah Chong pulang, dia terus menyedari kehilangan Pusingan dan segera mencari Pusingan sambil menangis. " Ibu, Ibu nampak tak Pusingan?"
"Tak, rasanya Pusingan sedang merayau di kawasan sawah. Pergilah carinya di sana".

Ah Chong lari sekuat hati menuju ke kawasan sawah. Sehingga petang dicarinya Pusingan, namun tidak dijumpai. Hari semakin gelap. Dengan hati yang penuh gelisah, Ah Chong terpaksa pulang ke rumah. Apabila sampai di muka pintu depan rumahnya, Ah Chong terbau akan masakan ibunya untuk makan malam Tahun Baru Cina. Ah Chong terus masuk dan duduk di meja makan. Ibunya sedang berkemas di ruang dapur. Ayahnya sedang melipat surat khabar yang baru dibaca dan menuju ke meja makan.

"Ayah, Ayah ternampak Pusingan? Sudah sehari saya tidak berjumpa dengannya"
"Kau cari Pusingan sepanjang hari ini?"
"Ya Ayah, masih tidak dapat dijumpanya"
"Errm...tak tahulah Ah Chong...ummm...sudah, jangan risau banyak-banyak...nah, makanlah angsa ni yang dipanggang oleh ibu kamu...."

A Long Flight (2)

It was the longest period of time I've ever experience, hearing the alarms go off. The entire cockpit blacked out, and then lighted up with red coloured emergency bulbs .I lost control of her. I was falling. I could not eject myself. I won’t if I could, it would be suicide to the power of three if I do so. She was spinning like a giant eagle shot dead from the sky.

“Mayday!! Mayday!! "
A loud bang accompanied the event. Then, it was black.

I heard the sound of a river. I felt mist flirting with my face. My shoes are wet, I'm aware of that. I woke up. The sun was shining a little too bright. I got myself up, even though my head was spinning like two monkeys falling in love. I was in a shallow river. I turned around. I saw her...all smashed up. I felt like crying, I got this thing for planes you see. But I could not spare more time for mourning over pieces of metal. Besides, I could not waste the Author's time, typing will drive you mad. I tried one step at a time. My left shoulder was badly cut. I tore a portion of my shirt, and tied it around my wound. To survive and meet civilization, to escape this unknown Mediterranean forest, I must follow the stream.

I have never drunk water so fresh and sweet before in my entire life. And drank till I'm full I did. I filled up my bottle, and planned to continue. Then, I heard a twig snapped behind me. I turned fast and to my amazement-ness, a satyr, a young one I say, judging by the size of his horns, standing, staring at me.

"You lost, Sir?"
"You're...you're...you're a goat man?"
"Satyr, Sir, yes, half man, half goat".
"You've got to be kidding me!"
"I did not throw a joke, Sir"
"Look, goat man, I...”   "Pip, Sir"
"Pip, whether you're real or not, I'm lost, so if you don’t mind......Pip?"

Pip turned pale. He was staring blankly into the air. The flute in his hands dropped on the forest floor. Then, his jaws started to buff. His eyes turned yellow. He raised his hands up, like little children in kindergarden, lining up, heading for class. He opened his mouth. His saliva drools over his chin. He started to choke out some sort of word, but I could not make it out. His 'symptoms' are extremely familiar. Too familiar. He started to choke a little more. Sooner, he'll spit out that word, that very word, the word which I fear most, spitted out of a mindless,lifeless body.
Hell yes he spitted it out.
"Brraaaiiiinnnsss!!!"

I ran. I ran for my life. The flashback of events from ‘84 raids my mind. '84 was the worst year, but it was the end. We were at war, but the cure was released. Strange, is it back? It must be back! The Satyr got it! Satyrs run fast. They're half goats for Neptune's sake. What's worst than being chased by a Satyr? Being chased by a Zombie-Satyr, screaming out for brains! To my dumb-wits, I was running while looking back. To make things worse, I reached a cliff, a cliff so high, you could barely think you're on the same planet your own mother plopped you out, I fell. As I was falling, I could see the young zombie-satyr looking down at me...still mumbling out "brains". Falling was forever. I screamed my lungs out. Then, the stalagmites came to my sight. Ouch.

"Boom!!"
I woke up. I was at my couch. The sun light beamed across my living room. I turned and saw yesterday's pizza on the table. My door was whacked...knocked. "George!!"
I walked towards the door, feeling dizzier than ever.
"George, it's been a week now! Where's the rent? You pay, now!"
"Mr.Timh, please, another week?"
He gave a pity look, with a slight touch of anger.
"Three days tops, George, three days!"
And he was off. I closed the door behind me.

I turned and saw the sky outside of my window. It was green!! Then, there were sounds of jet engines. It was the haze thingy.They're spraying out seeds. Coincidence-ness? I walked into my bathroom. I took off my shirt. My entire arm suddenly jammed. I look over my left shoulder. A wound stitched up, probably three weeks old. All I could do was to stare at that wound. Then, a sudden thud on my door moves me out of the bathroom. Can't he just get it? He gave me three weeks, tops! What's more to ask? I opened the door.


"Look, Mr. Timh, I told you I.........Pip?"
"Brraaaiinnnss!!"

A Long Flight

It hasn't rain for 4 weeks. The haze was as horrible as a slice of a 5 year old frozen pizza. The newspapers were filled with headlines like "Haze Baze","Caution of Haze","Asthma Patient Taken by the Haze". Everyone was advised to wear a facial filter mask. Driving became hazardous. Tourism polls plunged to dead bottom, like waterfalls from a distant planet (read some sci-fic stuff). People just stayed indoors. The blueness which once coloured the sky was bleached (no, the haze has not contents of peroxides). Hardly has anybody walked on the pavements of the city. The bird which always chirps at your window at 7:30 a.m disappeared. You started to miss that bird. You regret that you've thrown a ka-jillion curses at him..her..him. The haze silenced all.

Then, the government made a call. They started ordering planes with special gadgets, equipped with a special compartment containing a man-developed chemicals.Chemicals which will be ejaculated by the planes. Chemicals engineered by scientist. Chemicals which are certified for using, even though we don't really know their exact chemical composition. This special chemical are to be sprayed into the air. They were considered as seeds of rain. They will make rain and this rain will wash the haze away.

Calling on duty. Hi-hoa. This is your captain speaking. I'm Captain Wright, pilot assigned for every mission and quest carried, in purpose of saving mankind. This flight, was the first flight 2345 under government command. This flight is another adventure. This is my first time flying under government command. Yes, i grabbed it after a huge hesitation. I grabbed it hard for the sake of...well..my rent issues.

I suited up.I had my special shoes and hat on. I walked out. There she was, what a beauty. Then, there were a few people wearing red jump-suits, filling her empty tanks with some greenish liquid, and shut it tight they did.
"She's all yours now, Captain".

She was one fine piece of art, in the cockpit. There were...buttons...everywhere...and a digital navigator right in front of me. I never had a digital navigator on my personal sweetheart back home. I trust my guts, I don't need a digital navigator. Then, I was introduced to a yellow liver with a red button on top of it, by some other guy in a red jump-suit. That specific button will release the icky green goo, which will make rain.

At the field, where we're all lined up, awaiting the commands from the control tower, the feeling of excitement filled me. "I'm gonna fly this baby sweet!"
"Flight 2345 Wright heading west 45..."
"This is flight 2345 Wright awaiting for west 45, over"
"Flight 2345 Wright, take runway, proceed"
"Copy that"

She moved gracefully over the runway. Then, I gave a full throttle.
"Flight 2345 Wright altitude reading stable now...await order of releasement"
"Flight 2345 Wright, copy that, over"
She went smooth into the sky. This girl fly like she owned the sky. I just kept my bearing on west 45. In approximately 36 minutes, I'll receive my next order.

36 minutes flew by, like a duck knowing his luck in the oven. Then, the radio has 'spoken'.
"Flight 2345 Wright, order to release subject matter in 30 seconds"
"Flight 2345 Wright, copy that, await order"
The radar picked the signal up. I held on the yellow liver. My thumb released the cap.The red button was exposed, being totally under control of my thumb.
"Flight 2345 Wright, order to release subject matter in T-minus 10 seconds, 9..,8..,7..,6..,5..,4..,3..,2..1,..engaged"
My thumb responded. The rear of the plane jerked, The co-hatched opened. Then, the air was suddenly green.

The volume of the tank was signaled empty. The co-hatched shut automatically. My job was done. Now, to fly her safely back port through the thick haze.
"Home court,this is flight 2345 Wright on radio, subject matter released fully,over"
"Copy that Wright, waiting for your arrival, keep bearing on east 135 degrees, over"
I knew at that moment, rent issues, settled for sure.

The flight went smoothly, just like departure and during mission. Then, the haze started to get thicker. Then, it's colour changed darker. She started to shake, and shaken hard did she get. My hands griped a little harder. The green crap must have worked fast. I'm Captain Wright, I'm used to this stuff. But at that very second, my hands gripped harder than any pilot had gripped a steer. I was struggling. I called on radio, but there was no respond. The signals were all blocked. The radars are jammed. Everything went haywire. Suddenly, her tail was hit. I flew across many storms.For Mary's sake,I flew THE West Haley storm back in '86, a storm nobody survives. I'm friends with storms. For sure, I'll bet you a thousand rich man dimes, that hit, was no old man Jenkins lightning. Not a single bolt of lightning at all. Not even another plane. My plane was hit by something else, and God right I don't know what was it.

TheLaVa's Fireflies (Owl City) Parody

You would not believe your eyes
If ten million Chinese guys
Drive up so fast in the city

Cause they bought a teddy bear
And simply toss it everywhere
you'd think its cool
But i pity the teddy bear

I'd like to make myself believe
That Chinese man will fry mee
It's hard to say that he'll reduce the
amount of MSG
Cause he's mee goreng is making me dizzy

Cause i got a Chinese bud
Who's best friends with a big strud
As he tried to teach the bird how to dance

A lantern above my head
Loh mai kai beneath my bed
A roasted chicken ,hanging by a thread

I'd like to make myself believe
That Chinese man will fry mee
It's hard to say that he'll reduce the
amount of MSG
Cause he's mee goreng is making me dizzy

Leave my door open for some air
(please take me for bak kut teh)
I want that Chinese man's teddy bear
(please take me for bak kut teh)
My friend Kong said she's not chinese
(please take me for bak kut teh)
But she's definitely not Lebanese

To ten million chinese guys
Who knows how to stir and fry
Are better cooks than Simon Cowell

But I'll know where several are
Famous chinese makan plaza
We can walk from my house cause its not too far

I'd like to make myself believe
That Chinese man will fry mee
It's hard to say that he'll reduce the
amount of MSG
Cause he's mee goreng is making me dizzy (x3)

-Salam Satu Malaysia everyone!!-

JACK AND JILL

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.

So down them go ,tumbling down, their way was a little bumpy,
After that, came down the pail, tumbling down empty.

Jill woke up, a little woozy, and saw Jack fell upside down,
And he landed and crushed on a pretty flower, Jill gave him a big frown.

"Jack, you idiot, you crushed that poor flower"
"Woops! My dear, hope i did not crushed it into powder!"

"Forget the flower"said Jill, "Look what's inside!"
A little caterpillar, in the flower it hides.

The little fellow's unconscious, he did not move much,
To home they brought it, to save it with a gentle touch.

The caterpillar awakes, with a headache, in a Tupperware,
His where abouts and injuries is what he was not aware.

Then Jack and Jill came, to gave a look and see,
The frighten little fellow gave a shrilling scream of "eeeeeeee!"

"Do not fear" said Jill "A friend of little one",
"We saved you when you're out, before you're really done!"

" Then I thank you my friends, for what you've done for me",
"Now lets head for the garden, and have a time of sweeee!"

For so many days, fun and play they had together,
And play they did all day, despite of the moody weather.

One day, Jack and Jill went out to the garden, to meet their little friend,

Then they found out that their day's fun was at an end.

The caterpillar was not to be found but a large cocoon hanging,

Jack and Jill could do nothing, but sit they did and wondering.

After a week they wait, all lonely and weary,

Out came from the cocoon, a beautiful lady of a fairy.

"You saved my life, and helped me avoid being a bird's dish",

"For this good deed of yours, I'll grant you a wish".

Before Jill could say it, Jack shouted out his bill,

"A well which spurts out lots of Coke, sitting right up that hill!"

Then the fairy took her wand and gave it a wave,

while Jill sat angrily for Jack did not behave.

Then a bright light appeared, and the fairy vanished,

And Jack and Jill knew her work has now finished.

So up they went on the hill to fetch a pail or two of coke,

"We won't be tumbling down this time, Jill!", Jack gave out a poke.

So down they went, to sell their coke to the local pub,

Across the road they went to go out to the sub.

Thinking bout the money that soon will fall to their pockets be,

A huge truck came fast and gave a whack,

and you've guess it, they both mati.