Simonsig Tiara 2000

this is where i give my unsolicited, unqualified review on good bottles and places to eat......


Last weekend i got together with my regular buddies and as usual we pooled our money together and bought a couple of bottles at our usual wine shop in Damansara. This practice has been goin on for quite some time now and its a great way to experience wines without burning a hole in your pockets. No thanks to our countries sin tax on alcahol.

Well here's a bottle we thought was quite fantastic value for money, Simonsig Tiara 2000 from South Africa, we were very surprised at it was, delicious smooth and it had a nice long aftertaste. I have always been wary of new world wines for being rough, too sharp and lacking any pleasant aftertaste. I personally recomend decantering it a bit to allow more of its flavours to come forward. It retails for around RM115.




The flagship wine of Simonsig, this Bordeaux-style red blend exhibits a deep, black cherry color, with a nose of ripe blackcurrant and cassis, and subtle toasty wood, vanilla and cinnamon influences. Delicate crushed berry fruit on the palate is well balanced by the classic, mature tannic structure. The overall impression is elegant, with lots of hidden flavor that will emerge with further maturation.

GE2008

So the elections are coming, Malaysians are given their constituitional chance to decide who and whom they want to represent them. Frankly i'm not expecting much to change except maybe the opposition making minimal gains with a few extra seats.
Lets face it i'm not holding my breath for the opposition to deny BN a two thirds majority. None of the opposition parties are even contesting in enough seats to win two thirds of parliament. So thats that.

The oppositions so called Barisan Rakyat is so varied on their opinons that even if they do deny BN two thirds majority i really can't see how they can form the goverment. All this talk about Anwar Ibrahim factor is nothing but hot air. I've been hearing so much about him having boxes of documents and proof that can topple the goverment, well i guess its just more hot air. DAP's Lim Guan Eng already concedes defeat so why bother?

For all the manifesto's being thrown about keeping the cost of living low etc etc, GET FUCKED!! PRICES WILL STILL RISE!! irregardless who wins, like it or not oil and gas is heavilly subsidised and will have to be reduced = The reality is prices of goods and services will rise, so lets stop fooling ourselves and shame on you politicans for misleading the people into somehow thinking that it won't.

So how does a goverment that has really fucked up the stay in power?? Well notice how nothing much has happened this last 4 years and goverment telling the public to cut back on their expenses and lifestyle then WHAM! in the 11th hour they seem to be handing out loads of cash and dividends from the Felda schemes up to Amanah Sahams, Superduper Corridoor Projects. Education Minister given carte blance with hundreds of millions of ringgit to give away. Our so called leaders are now circling the country handing out goodies,Tell me if thats not called money politics and come election day they will achieve the two thirds majority that will allow them to fuck us all up for another five years.

The PM lies, practices nepotism, cronyism ,SIL promotes Mat Rempits, DPM's associate allegedly involved in the murder of a beautiful foreigner, Education Minister waves his kris, Health Minister is filmed having extramarital sex, Tourism Minister and a politically connected lawyer is accused of brokering top judicial appointments. The list of wrong doings by the very people elected by the people goes on and on and I think its only the tip of the icebe. But sadly Malaysians suffer from "Having very short memories " so that allows the very people elected by the people to continue spinning and sweeping it under the carpet until the next scandal comes along.

I don't support any political parties, i will support the candidate that say and do the right things regardless of which party they come from. And i can say for a fact that i hope to see some people lose as i feel they have no business being in politics.

BYE BYE The Sun

The reason i read blogs have something to do with the way our mainstream media gives us the news. To put it simply i just don't like the characters put in charge of giving us the news.The Information Ministry treats us like fools with their censored sugar coated interpertation of whats happening around us. They only publish and air what they feel is news worthy to deceive the general public. Why do they think the public are idiots!

I have already given up on the print media and have not bought a newspaper in a while. I must admit though to browsing the copies left behind in the coffee shops and waiting rooms. The Sun (its free) is one paper i use to read up to recently until business tycoon Vincent Tan bought it up. After the Royal Commission debacle how the fuck are we suppose to get the true stories. This character was in the centre of the judiciary debacle and we allow him to buy a newspaper!!
I'm sure this will spell the end of R.Nadaeswaran and Terence Fernandez coloums that highlights and exposes the crap we have to put up with our everyday lives.

It's bad enough we have to put up with all the goverments media censorship and spin the last bastion of free press is now all but gone.

Hello World

I have no idea about what i will be writing about at any given time. But having spent the last 4 years or so reading up other blogs and getting angry and frustated with things happening around me. Thus i will now use this oppurtunity to let it be known how i feel about things that effect our daily lives.
Such as the state of my country, the economy, politics, human rights and stray animals.
When its not all doom and gloom i will also post other more of life's interest that i stumble upon such as books, film, music, food wine and anything i find of interest.
Well let's see how this goes ;-)