Good Brands to Buy
If you want to buy good mosquito coil, you need to buy one and only one kind – Fish brand mosquito coil. It’s in a yellow and white box, with a picture of a big-eyed goldfish on the cover. I’ve tried other modern brands, like Shelltox or don’t-know-what, but they tend to break easily, and drop shavings all over the place when you handle them.
If you want to buy matches, there is only one good brand to buy – the one with the picture a flying superhero on it. What do you use matches for nowadays, you may ask. To light the mosquito coils, of course. Anyway, if you can’t find the brand with the flying superhero on it (I believe that guy looks like Shazam), there are two alternatives. One is the three coin brand (the coins have pictures of people on them) and another brand is this gorilla holding a giant matchstick.
Actually there are all probably from the same manufacturer, but it doesn’t matter, the superhero brand is first choice.
And if you think Gardenia and High 5 bread is too expensive, don’t worry, there is a really cheap alternative that tastes just as great. Sure, it may not have a thousand and one minerals and vitamins, but hey, bread is bread. You may want to try ‘Kunci Emas’ brand (that’s Golden Key brand), it’s cheap, it’s tasty, and it has a way cooler name than Gardenia.
And finally, this one is for college students and bachelors who are tight on cash. If you hate to stump out lots of money for powder-ful bath soaps or gel like Seba Med or Palmolive or Lux, try buying Sabun Buku Klorofil 999 (‘999 Chlorophyll Soap Bar’). Trust me, it works just as well, if not better. It comes in a small squarish bar, it has a green paper packing and has a picture of a parrot on it. You can find it in almost every Malay sundry shop all across the country. What on earth of is a chlorophyll soap? Beats me. But if there’s a picture of a parrot on it, it has to be damn effective.
Works the same, fraction of the price.
November 18th, 2005 at 6:54 am
ewwww.. the parrot soap.. my mum calls it something like “popinjay” soap…
i don’t like it because the smell is really strong… it smells like old people.
November 18th, 2005 at 7:04 am
Buahaha, you crack me up Simon. Good one (and no 10’s? You are cured?!!)
November 18th, 2005 at 7:20 am
the klorofil 999 factory is in my home town of Kota Tinggi! We had to pass it to get to Maths tuition!
November 18th, 2005 at 7:41 am
hedonistic - popinjay also another brand, slightly more expensive than ‘999′…
mahagurusia - one week no top 10 la…
nicktay - wah, was the factory green in color also?
November 18th, 2005 at 8:26 am
hehehe, i used popinjay a lot when i was staying in a hostel. cheap and doesn’t “melt” as fast as the popular TV brands
November 18th, 2005 at 8:36 am
Eh..you know those “hair ko” the prawn paste for Assam Laksa? There’s only one brand also. We always refer it to “the one with the red cover”
November 18th, 2005 at 9:23 am
wuah ini benda senior citizen like us only know la hahaha young chaps nowadays tarak use “Sabun Buku Klorofil 999″ anymore ledi haha
November 18th, 2005 at 10:43 am
Chlorophyll eh? If I turn green how?
November 18th, 2005 at 11:48 am
hey! what about sabun cap panah? got to use it if your choice of shirt is “Arrow” he!he!
November 18th, 2005 at 12:46 pm
sabun cap buruh also not bad you know ? can wash baju n can use for mandi also lol
November 18th, 2005 at 1:10 pm
Ewww…you’ve just reminded me of the days when I washed my hair with Popinjay soaps!
November 18th, 2005 at 1:10 pm
I thought for soap, “cap kapak” is the cheapest. And I still remember I used it during Form 2, when the teacher called us to carve into a sculpture.
November 18th, 2005 at 1:12 pm
Want to buy notebook, get “Cap 555″. Cheap. Don’t get a loptop.
November 18th, 2005 at 2:04 pm
buaya99 - yeah, kita sama geng!!!
s-kay - soli i dun eat prawn products one. especially if it comes out of a bottle…
coppersnare - but green is healthy mah. Like pokok.
ali - last time i got one arrow shirt. that time was damn cool.
wingz - cap buruh damn good man!!! actually a lot of my malay pals use cap 999 in college. dunno why, maybe their parents also use it…
anjali - EEWWWWW… wash hair?! nanti your hair green la…
kiasi - Cap 555 still got know. hard to find, but still got… i thot cap kapak is ‘minyak angin’?
November 18th, 2005 at 2:05 pm
Comment by Wingz
sabun cap buruh also not bad you know ? can wash baju n can use for mandi also lol
No wonder your skin so tough la. Pui fook lei.
Simon, Die ler, you reduce from 10 to 8, now 8 reduce to 4. What happen? Next week, left 4 to 2 and then….. Quick, bring back the Top Ten.
I remember Sunshine Bread which is round instead of square;
Roti Planta (like those Gardenia buns with cream)
Kotex! LOL.
Darkie
Dutch Baby
November 18th, 2005 at 2:10 pm
Darkie and Dutch Baby still around, but change their name. Wahh, i love sunshine bread. i used to collect these pictures of fighter jets that came with the oil paper bag. but my time it was square oredi…
November 18th, 2005 at 3:07 pm
Kotek is still mild and have improved. I remember the Cap Daun brand, they are HUGE! kekeke….
November 18th, 2005 at 5:14 pm
are you sure Sabun Buku Klorofil 999 works? Did you try it yourself or are you using LUX???
Great idea … I won’t try! I live with LUX
November 18th, 2005 at 6:22 pm
mahagurusia - cap daun? that one i neber heard.
Maverick - i used to buy lux. now ibuy whatever’s on sale…
November 18th, 2005 at 9:49 pm
Wah, when here become ah-sahm topic ah?
November 19th, 2005 at 8:52 pm
popinjay reminds me of the confinement lady who helped look after my sis when she was born.