Beware! Tongue Eaters

There is this rare parasite which burrows into host fish before eating and replacing their tongues with itself has been found off the Jersey coast.

The man who found it, Mt Chambers has this to say.

"Really quite large, really quite hideous - if you turn it over its got dozens of these really sharp, nasty claws underneath and I thought 'that's a bit of a nasty beast'.

"I struggled for weeks to find an identification for this thing until, quite by chance I stumbled across something that looked similar in a Victorian journal.

"Apparently there's not too much ill effect to the fish itself except it's lost its tongue."

Experts at the University of Southampton confirmed that the creature was an isopod and that there had been several sightings of them in Cornwall in 1996.
Mr Chambers added: "It doesn't affect humans other than if you do actually come across a live one and try and pick it up - they are quite vicious, they will deliver a good nip."

Some Things I found at the Central Market

Yes, we were early.There was no other place to go and so we went to the Central Market.

So what did I find? You have seen all those pictures of Chinese gods in my earlier post.

So let us look at the other shots I took.


Traditional Nyonya Slippers

Traditional Violins

Candy Floss


Magazine Covers. Cheryl Chung look fetching!

Petaling Street and Its Environs

One of two main Entrances to Petaling Street

H. S.Lee Road adjacent Petaling Street

The UDA-Ocean Supermarket Block just on the corner of Petaling Street

The Dayabumi Building Looming in the near Distant

Yes, its Petaling Street-the haven of the tourists. Unlike Portabello Road in London,tourists come here specifically for imitation designer goods. You can never get such goods galore in a Western country.

In the morning hours,though it is rather quiet. The hustle and bustle of the evenings has yet to come. The morning market is generally slow and pretty quiet. The food stalls being put up early are to cater for those going to work. Cooked food in many varieties are placed alongside the roads. Here, you can get yam cakes, a cup of tea as well as porridge with Chinese croissants as well as Western breakfast and tim sum.

There will be a few cars moving in Petaling Street until the evening when they would not be let in anymore.

So, here I was just walking in the morning air. I took a few shots of the buildings around Petaling Street.

Gods at the Central Market!

Oh, yes in my gallivanting down KL yesterday morning, I also took some shots of the Chinese God figurines on sale at the Central Market. There was one that almost wanted to be a god as well, Napolean!

Two Ancestors as in Ancestral Worship-The Taoist Way

As it was still dark, some of the the photographs did not come out well.


The God of Learning

The God of War turned God of Prosperity

The God of Fortune

The God of Business Success (Too bad it is blurred!)

Napolean-the Wannabe God!

The Folk Gods of the Chinese

Yes, they have Gods for almost everything. Chinese ,mostly love the God of Prosperity. To most Chinese who are in business, the God of Commerce is equally important.

To the ordinary Chinese, they will be contented with the 3 Gods called 'Fu, Look, Shou'. These three Gods which you find in most Chinese homes represents the 3 important things in life-'Fook' symbolises Luck, 'Look' symbolises longevity and 'Shou', Health.

Here are some Gods. There is rich history behind how some mortals becomes immortals. Kwan Kung, the God of Wealth had a double transformation. From a mere mortal, he became the God of War and today he is the God of Wealth.

God of Fortune

God of Commerce

God of the Doors

Fu, Look, Shou

God of Education

God of War

Interestingly, from the feedback of sales of God figurines from feng-shiu shops, some Gods are more popular than others. The popular Gods vary from month to month. This is a sample of Gods popular at one period of time.

1st : Monkey
2nd : Guan-yu
3rd : Jade Emperor
4th : Eigth Immortals
5th : Feng-du
6th : Yen-lo-Wong
7th : Guan-yin
8th : A0-chin
9th : Cao-Guojiu
10th : Dao

Delicious Deepika

Yes, she has stolen many hearts.


This young nubile actress hailing from Bangalore has taken the Indian fashion world by storm. She is the TISSOT watch ambassadress and played the kinky model in that cheeky Levi Signature advertisement.


I now showcase the beauty of this angel.




The springtime of Deepika. What wondrous joys she brings!

Cake Hampers for Ramadan

Perchance I was at Central Market this morning. It was still very early hours and most stallholders have yet to open up shop. So I moseyed around and try to see what are the changes in this so-called art market?

Since it is the month of Ramadan, all the artist are missing. I hope they are still there.

I managed to take some photographs of cake hampers that were displayed in the Central Market. They never had things like this in the past. The Malay community is really opening up to modernization or are they?

Kueh Bahulu

Cake Hampers in all sorts of packaging