Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Roti Canai & Teh Tarik No More!

No nasi lemak or teh tarik, but Jalur Gemilang is OK

There will be no teh tarik and roti canai in space. But Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor or Capt Dr Faiz Khaleed will only be allowed to take along a Malaysian flag.

In March last year, National Space Agency director-general Prof Datuk Dr Mazlan Othman said she wanted oto send teh tarik, roti canai and sambal belacan.

But it is too difficult to package these food items for space, according to Deputy Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Kong Cho Ha. He added that the Jalur Gemilang would make a good reminder of home.

The Star reported that Kong Cho Ha said that even during their one-year training at Star City in Moscow, space candidates Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and Kapten Dr Faiz Khaleed have to go without these local favourites because their food and diet would be planned by nutritionists.

Is it because of difficulty to package the food for space or is it because the Russian refused to allow these food to be shipped up there?

Malaysian Ministers loves to bullshit. They can't admit that their ego had signed cheques that their body can't pay. They boasted about taking the teh tarik up in space only to find out later that the Russian authorities wouldn't allow it as it is political in nature.

So, Malaysia cannot set another Guinness book of world record for being the first astronaut to drink teh tarik and makan roti canai in the moon. Maybe, we can request russia to allow us to bring along a Proton to the moon; if not at least a miniature one.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

our ministers always like to talk big and sound so proud. wanna do this lah, that lah but in the end found out they can't or not allowed... and then we become a laughing stock... yet they are not embarrased but will blame this lah, that lah.

*sigh*

Helen said...

If it's not OK by the nutrionists, folks over here better cut down on it as well. ;-(

Maverick SM said...

Wah mmudahlupa, u also now a politician ah!

Lucia, "action mau, malu tak apa!

Helen, I think the diet for astronaut may be different as they are prepared for environment where gravity is 0.