Since my last trip to Korea, I told myself that I would ban Korean food once and for all!!! I don't know why but I'm really scare of Korean food now and I don't really fancy them in the very first place... But if the Korean food consist of only barbecue item, then I'm on... On the other side, my darling is a BIG fans of Korean food so sometimes there are some compromise that we need to made...

But fear not because I found myself a very nice Korean restaurant and the best part is, it is a buffet style restaurant meaning you can eat all you want until you puke!!! But that is not the way to have buffet!!!

If you ask me, I think the design of the restaurant looks almost similar to 'Hertz Chicken Buffet' or all buffet style restaurant looks the same???

There are a few choices of broth and my darling chose 'kimchi'... I'm okay with it cause I don't fancy soup and she can have whatever flavour that she likes as long as I got my barbecue!!!

Lovely salad!!!

There are a lot of meat for you to choose ranging from beef to chicken and fish... Besides that, there have prawn and clams as well... This is a HALAL restaurant so obviously there is no pork around...

What I like most is their garlic beef... Nicely marinated... If you like beef, make sure you get yourself some of this...

As usual, you can get yourself some of the side dishes that make Korean food famous besides the kimchi...

Some fried sausages and tofu when you are bored of barbecuing...

This the best part if you ask me... There is a tiny machine that allow you to make your own 'ice kacang'!!! Nice!!!

As for the price it is RM26.88+ per pax for lunch and RM35.88+ per pax for dinner...

Overall Rating - 3/5

Restaurant Seoul Garden

LG345, Lower Ground Floor,

Highstreet,

1 Utama Shopping Centre,

Bandar Utama,

47800 Petaling Jaya.

03-7722 1339

Mounting done and the new engine is in the bay now!!! What a sight to behold!!! It looks so much neater compare to the old 'Merc M103' engine... The wiring is not ready yet so the car is still unable to start...

I'm very particular with engine bay neatness so I told my mechanic to hide all the wiring if is possible... Try to make it as neat as possible... I know a lot of people dislike engine transplant because they think that the engine bay will looks awful with all the wiring running around and it doesn't looks original... So I'm trying to prove them wrong here...

Still retaining the original 'Merc' engine mount... Can't change the mounting if you are going for endorsement...

Original 'Toyota Soarer' intercooler... It is situated at the side of the car instead of the norm which is in the middle... The intercooler is small if you ask me but I believe that it is sufficient for my usage as I'm not going for high horsepower...

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What do you think is the scariest 'COLOUR' and 'WORD'??? It seems like in Malaysia, a lot of people are getting paranoid and scare about the colour 'YELLOW' and the word 'BERSIH'... Frankly speaking I can't think of any bloody reason for these people to be afraid of... Unless there is something going on behind close doors!!! If not, it just doesn't makes sense at all...

If you ask me, I think that 'RED' is much more scarier than 'YELLOW'... Normally people associate blood with 'RED' and normal people like me don't like blood... But this is not the case in Malaysia because I find some people like the colour 'RED' and also blood in terms of bloodshed!!! They embrace 'RED'!!!

As for 'YELLOW', I find it rather pleasing to my eyes... 'YELLOW' are suppose to be jolly don't you think??? But seems like it is really hard for us to see this colour very soon!!! Poor 'DIGI'... I don't know how you are going to survive!!!

So what about the word 'BERSIH'... No problem if you ask me... When I was a kid teacher used to teach us to be 'BERSIH'... I wonder how our teachers are going to teach our younger generation now... Maybe they start to talk like this... "Ali, remember to 'TAK KOTOR'kan your hand after eating!!! In order for you to grow big and strong, you must remember to 'TAK KOTOR'kan yourself, understand"??? I really can't imagine IF this really happen!!!

If you ask me, no colour or word is scary... It is HUMAN that is the scariest of all!!!

I'm very sure everyone will encounter this before in their life time... The only difference is some might need to endure it everyday while some might just endure it for a few days... Actually I don't think is appropriate to use the word endure as I know some of you out there actually prefers to be left alone... I don't know what you're thinking but I'm definitely not one of you...

In this aspect, I'm really bless I guess because my darling have been my companion for such a long time that I felt a bit uneasy when she left me alone for two days where she went 'Singapore and Bintan' celebrating hen night for a lovely bride to be... And to make matter worse, her little brother which is staying with us went back to hometown that particular weekend... This is really home alone for me I guess...

But fret not as these two days, I have my best buddies with me... One of it's name is 'Internet' and the other one is 'Astro'... If you ask me which is better in terms of accompanying me, I can't give you a definite answer but I can tell you that they are both inseparable... When you are bored of surfing the net then find a program that you like on 'Astro' and watch it... But after half a day, I will advise you to revert back to surfing the net as 'Astro' decided to repeat the program over and over again!!! And this is the time that the 'Internet' outshine 'Astro' where it don't repeat itself... But after surfing for a while, you ran out of idea on what to surf!!!

And I believe the time is right for me to introduce my third buddy... I call it the 'Bed'... Believe me, after you are bored with those two, the third buddy is the BEST if you ask me... After a good night sleep, repeat the damn process again the very next day!!! This was how I spent my two days home alone!!!

Finally I managed to get myself a ticket for what seems to be a blockbuster movie of the year, 'Transformer - Dark of The Moon'... I've always been a BIG fans of 'Transformer' since I'm a little kid... What's not to like about 'Transformer'??? Err I can't find any for the time being... They are BIG and they transform!!! If you want something cooler than that, I guess you need a 'Slurpee'!!!

I guess I don't have to talk about the CGI cause I'm very sure that most of you know that it will be awesome... No doubt about that the CGI is indeed awesome... So what about the storyline... If you ask me, I find it a bit messy... But I really like the twist where 'Sentinel' is not what it seems to be... But other than that, is just the normal stuff just like the previous two movies... 'Autobots' protecting earth whereas 'Decepticons' out to destroy it... Same old story I'm afraid... But the CGI alone is worth the money so I will still recommend this movie I guess...

While waiting for my engine to be fitted, I did some shopping and bought some essential items for a turbocharged car... Boost meter is one of it... I know is not necessary to install one but I think that it is good to have one... At least I know how many bar my turbines are boosting and it makes me know whether I'm over boosting or not...

Next item is the turbo timer... Again I know that it is not necessary but I believe it is important for a turbocharged car to have one... It is not advisable to switch off your turbocharged engine after running it... At least let it idle for around 20-30 seconds before shutting it off in order to prolong the life of the turbine... With a turbo timer install, you don't have to wait for 30 seconds before shutting of the engine... You can just switch it off and let the timer do its thing...

Okay this item is not only for a turbocharged car... All cars needed one... It is important to run your car with an air filter... I know some hardcore driver running their car without one... Last time I did it too with my individual throttle bodies 'Kelisa'... But definitely not advisable!!! I'm using a 'HKS Reloaded' open pod air filter for my car... I'm using this air filter on my previous car... Since the filter is still in a very good condition, I only change the filter element... Nowadays there are a lot of imitation one around so please be careful when you purchase one unless you are looking for an imitation one in the very first place...

Still looking good after all these years...

Looks just like new...

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I can't remember how many times that I have watched this movie... If I'm not mistaken, it should be three... This is something very normal for me if I find the movie worth watching... So I guess you know that I love this movie just because I have watched it three times!!! The third times just happened yesterday night... I'm not going into politics here but I believe it is the right time to watch this movie now!!!

If you are Malaysian and you don't know what I'm talking about, then I suggest you log on to 'Facebook' or read the newspaper... Okay let me give you some heads up... The latest news was the radio stations are not allow to say the word and the date!!! Get it??? No??? What about a colour that you can't wear next weekend??? I believe you know what I'm talking about now...

If is possible, I would like to recommend this movie to all Malaysians regardless of race, age or sex... Watch it and think for yourself... I know some might not accept what 'V' did in the movie while some might believe that this is the way to go... If you think and see carefully, you will find some similarities if you compare our beloved country with the one portray in the movie... This is really sad but is true... I won't give you an answer on which side I'm on but if you have my 'Facebook' then I'm very sure you know the answer!!!

I can still remember a phase that 'V' said in the movie... "The people SHOULD NOT xxxx the Government, instead the Government SHOULD xxxx the people (please replace the xxxx with the word that you find fit)... This is very well said!!! I couldn't agree more!!!

Their specialty... 'Steamed White Promfret'... Definitely a must order dish...

This year we celebrated 'Father's Day' at one of our favourite restaurant in 'Batu Pahat'... No fancy restaurant for us as we are looking for quality food... So let me introduce you to the magnificent 'Restoran Chor Kee'!!! If you are in 'Batu Pahat' and looking for something to feast on, look no further... Trust me...

Also their specialty... 'Steamed Egg'...

'Fried Chicken'... This is my first time trying this and it tasted okay for me... Nice but not spectacular...

This is definitely my favourite dish... We call it 'Bak Pa' which is 'Hokkien' for 'Pork Chop'... Frankly speaking, I believe I can wallop the whole plate!!! This is also a must order dish!!!

First time trying this tofu as well... Quite nice...

I like their fried fish too... But remember to use black promfret because it tasted much better compare to this fish which I don't really know the name...

Overall Rating - 4.3/5

Restoran Chor Kee

49-4, Jalan Pegawai,

83000 Batu Pahat,

Johor.

07-434 6955

Finally the 'Toyota 1JZ-GTE' engine is ready... Didn't do much to it just the usual timing belt, oil filter, engine and gearbox oil change... Frankly speaking, is been a long time since I'm this excited!!!

Adding some final touch to the engine...

Measuring the cross member in order to fabricate a custom engine mount... The original 'Merc' engine mounting is still retain though... Can't wait for them to fix the engine in!!!

My goodness... Just look at all the rust!!! The whole battery tray is gone...

Another 'Merc' sitting in the workshop... This is a W140 model with a 'Toyota 1JZ-GTE' engine with manual gearbox... If I'm the owner I will not go for manual although I love manual transmission... But I think that a 'Merc' is more suitable with an auto gearbox... Besides that, I would opt for the 'Toyota 2JZ-GTE' instead of '1JZ-GTE' as this 'S-Class' is one BIG and heavy car... So I believe the '2JZ-GTE' with all the extra torque is a much wiser choice...

To be continue...