The Kayu wars

My big, big, big boss sent me a text message this morning.It read: "Please do a story on the 'other' Kayu'.Orders are orders, I replied and said: "Will do".This was made in reference to my column on Nasi Kandar.I featured Kayu Nasi Kandar in USJ 10 Taipan. It was done to fulfill my pork-free food quota for Ramadan which I have
pledged to my boss.So, I went on a mission to feature some makan places during my rounds and
one of those nights, I landed myself at Kayu.I ordered a plate of Nasi Kandar and paid RM13.50 for the meal consisting
fish roe, beef cooked in soya sauce and some vegetables.It was overpriced and service sucked.All I needed was a set of pictures to corroborate my story which I wrote
according to what I had experienced. That was it.And today, there was a mixed reaction and some dude actually text messaged
me to say: "Wah, so you brave ah?""Brave?," I asked."Yeah, most reviews would be nice," replied the guy.I told him that I paid for my meal and gave an honest view of what I ate. That
was all.Its never ballsy to do so as I would be sincere on sharing my experience.There some interesting developments arising from the comment and I'll have
to wait and see what's on my plate in the days to come...

Tale of the longhorned beetle

I received a phone call from a reader by the name of Mr Chan who asked me a sackload of
question about the longhorn beetle shot which was published on the 'Thousand Word' page
on Starmetro (April 19)He was fascinated with the shot and floored me with questions on equipment and focal
length of my lens.I told him that any camera with the right equipment can do the job and that if you join the right
crowd, you would be exposed to such bugs and get the correct pointers on how to shoot it."I have cut out the page so that I could show it to my grand child. Its top quality and has
National Geographic standards..," he said.Well, for a moment in gloom, that lifted the dark clouds over my head.I felt that I have done something right by communicating through that picture and hope to do
more with so many outings in store..