The Terubuk Fish

This is no fish to eat if you are afraid of fish with fine hairy bones. The closest relative is the parang.

Terubuk is well liked by the Malay community and are often roasted or deep-fried and eaten with some chili-onion-dark soya sauce dip.

I started eating terubuk this year after buying one from Mydin Hypermarket in Subang Jaya.

The flesh of this fish is certainly tasty and flakes off easily. In fact, you can say it practically 'melts' in your mouth as the flesh is soft and tender.

Whatever you do, just eat the fish carefully and gingerly. Do not ever attempt to eat it together with rice at one go because chances are, if you are unfortunate, you will get choked with an irritable terubuk bone sticking somewhere down your throat. Believe me, the experience can be most unnerving.

I remembered clearly what my mother said: the only way to get rid of it is by swallowing dollops of rice to dislodge it! Yes, it does work for me in bygone days- a frightful and painful procedure I could recall.

Does a Millionaire Need a Salary slip to Get One of These?

I was shopping at the Kelana Mall with my wife this evening.

A guy canvassing the illusive co-branded Giant-Citibank Visa credit card approached my wife and inquired whether she holds any card currently. My wife replied she has some supplementary cards.

No that won't do, they say. You got to be a principal credit card holder to get one of these.

Otherwise, you would have to show a salary slip of employment.

And that is where I cut in.

So, does a millionaire who choose not to work and as such does not have a salary slip entitle to apply for one of these?

Moreover, isn't it obvious that my wife who shops for the home will spend more on the supplementary than me using the principal card.

Well, looks like Citibank may need to review its policy again to net some big missing opportunities out there....