Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Hey! Remember Me?


Eh! Eh! Rasa-rasa macam kenal je... rasa-rasa pernah tengok pakcik ni... tapi kat mane, ye? Haa... jangan buat-buat lupe... Kalau anda lebih kurang sebaya saya, zaman sekolah menengah dulu, kalau anda jenis yang suka sangat tengok TV tak kira waktu, tentu kenal pakcik nih. Tak ingat? Tak ingat takpe... meh saya ingatkan. Inilah Ken Wahl, hero WiseGuy, yang memegang watak Vinnie Terranova.



Hidup lagi ke pakcik ni? Lama tak tengok dia 'on air'. Sibuk di grup membincangkan hal bayang-membayangkan, teringat pulak pada pakcik macho ni.

La... kata tak terbayang2kan lelaki. Apa dah jadi ni? Sebab tak dapat bayangkan dialah, saya usahakan juga carik gambor pakcik ni.

Jangan tenung lama-lama... dosa. Takat 'kagum' dengan kehenseman dia (masya Allah, cantiknya ciptaan Allah SWT), takpe kut... :)

Serba-serbi tentang Ken Walh :


Updated: 4/22/2007

Name: Ken Wahl

Birth Name: Anthony Calzaretta. "Ken Wahl" is in honor of a man who saved his father's life in the Korean War.

Born: October 31, 1959, Chicago, Illinois

Claim to Fame: When I think of the oh so very handsome Ken Wahl, I immediately think of the TV series 'Wiseguy.'

Family Life: Shane Barbi (September 1997 - present?)
Corinne Wahl (1984 - 1991) (divorced) 1 child, son, Raymond

Info:
In an interview with E! Entertainment Ken talked about the 1992 story he told of the horrific Motorcyle crash He had said that it occurred when he was riding his Harley at 2:30 a.m. and was cut off by a car. Only one problem -- the accident never happened.

In actuality, Ken fell down a flight of stairs. The problem is that they were not his stairs. The incident, he says now, really happened at the home of Rodney Dangerfield's girlfriend, Joan Child. "We were dating casually, Ken says, "I stayed over at her house one night, fell down these stairs,
and she begged me not to say that in the press. She said, 'Because if Rodney finds out, he's going to cut me out.'"

Joan went on to marry Rodney.

Trivia: Has eleven brothers and sisters.

Wife Shane Barbi was a Playboy model and magazine cover girl in the early and mid-1990s, half of the famous blonde Barbi twins with identical-twin sister Sia.

Was arrested in December 1996 after pulling a knife on a bartender who refused to serve him any more alcohol at the Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel. Was charged with making a terrorist threat, assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a knife, and vandalism for $800 in damage done to the bar with the knife. Pleaded no contest, and was sentenced to a live-in alcohol rehabilitation program and ordered to pay the hotel damages. Was also ordered to stay away from the hotel and write a
letter of apology to the bartender.

First wife, actress Corinne Alphen Wahl was Penthouse Pet of the Year in mid 1980s.

After September 11th he began selling personally designed commemorative American Flags, for $155 each on his web site

Crashed his motorcycle in 1984 as he was on his way to a meeting with Diane Keaton to co-star in Mrs. Soffel. The part went to Mel Gibson.

Admitted his problems with alcohol on Entertainment Tonight in a 1997 appearance. When asked if he was an alcoholic, his response was "I don't think I am. I know I am." After an incident at a Beverly Hills hotel bar, in March of that year he was sentenced to a court-mandated alcohol live-in treatment center. The actor claimed that vodka is the only thing that dilutes the pain from a 1992 motorcycle accident.

In 2003 the Barbi Twins filed suit against Hustler publisher Larry Flynt to stop publication of photos of "intimate sexual acts between the twin sisters" which were taken by Ken Wahl, who is married to Barbi Twin Shane. This revelation in the lawsuit apparently contradicts an earlier statement made in 2001 by the twins that they had experimented with lesbianism but not with each other. Unspecified damages were sought.

He was teamed romantically with Bette Midler in the aptly named "Jinxed!" (1982); their off-screen animosity spilled onscreen.

Where is He Now: To this day, Ken says he still experiences excruciating pain from his spinal column all the way down to his right toes. ''It feels like somebody is stabbing you with a heated
knife,'' he explains. ''It's searing, like your flesh is on a barbecue.'' He's supporting himself, he says, with monthly disability checks.

While he says he doesn't want anyone to feel sorry for him -- one of the main reasons he has stayed quiet for so long -- Ken can't help but pity himself: "I try to keep a positive outlook on life
and a sense of humor, but I'm only human and sometimes it does get to me. Yeah, I know that other people have got it worse, but I truly did lose everything. I lost my insurance and all the money that I had, my health, and my livelihood. Everything -- gone."

He now devotes much of his time to animal charities, namely... New Leash On Life and The Feral Cat Alliance

WRITE TO Ken:
Ken Wahl
c/o Sherry Salerno Management
9654 W 131st St #206
Palos Park, IL 60464


Official Website: www.kenwahl.com
(please note at press time the site was down)

CREDITS:

Wiseguy (1996) (TV) .... Vinnie Terranova
Search for Grace (1994) (TV) .... John Danielli
The Favor (1994) .... Tom Andrews
The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) .... Boomer Hayes
"Wiseguy" .... Vinnie Terranova (32 episodes, 1987-1990)
Omega Syndrome (1987) .... Jack Corbett
The Gladiator (1986) (TV) .... Rick Benton
"Double Dare" (1985) TV Series .... Ken Sisko (unknown episodes)
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985) (TV) .... Louis Valentine
Purple Hearts (1984) .... Don Jardian
Jinxed! (1982) .... Willie Brodax
The Soldier (1982) .... The Soldier
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) .... Corelli
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981) .... Barney
Running Scared (1980) .... Chas McClain
The Wanderers (1979) .... Richie

DIRECTING CREDITS:
"Wiseguy" (1 episode, 1990)
- Romp (1990) TV Episode

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Hem... takdelah ape yang menarik sangat tentang pakcik nih. Asetnya cuma mukanya yang hensem, tak dimamah usia.... Bandingkan muka hensem dan biografinya, takde apalah yang nak dibanggakan sangat.

Tapi, kalaulah dia berlakon lagi, saya musti tengok! Hik! Hik!




Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Kenali ulam: Kemumu a.k.a. lambuk

Sibuk cakap fasal batang pisang di grup Al-Falaah, teringat pula pada lambuk. Siapa pernah makan ulam 'batang' yang menyerupai batang keladi? Macam mana nak kenal/bezakan lambuk dan keladi? Lama saya tak makan lambuk, tak pasti di lembah Klang ni pernah jumpa ke tak, sebab saya sendiri tak kenal lambuk dan keladi...

Selama ini lambuk yg saya kenal adalah sejenis pokok yang sebiji macam pokok keladi. Batang lambuk ini kena buang kulitnya dulu, rendam/basuh dengan air. Biasanya dibuat ulam, cicah pulak dengan tempoyak masak. Kalau orang tak tahu, dia ingat kita makan pelepah pisang cicah tempoyak. Buruk benar org Perak, ya... duduknya di Parit, makan pulak pelepah pisang! Heh heh...

Ok, ni sedikit info yang dikirimkan ummu. Semoga ada manafaatnya.


Kemumu a.k.a. lambuk

  • Nama Saintifik: Colocasia gigantea cv.
    Famili: Araceae
    Nama Lain: Lambuk

    Kemumu atau Lambuk adalah sayuran tradisional dan digemari penduduk desa. Pelepah atau petiolnya yang masih muda menjadi ramuan dalam masakan ikan seperti asam pedas, tempoyak dan resipi masakan tradisional. Cara memasaknya hampir sama dengan sayur keladi (Colocasia esculenta). Tidak banyak diketahui mengenai khasiat makanan sayuran ini bagaimanapun sering disebut dalam pantun:

    Kemumu tidak Keladi pun tidak,
    Kelopak seperti ranting Ketapang;
    Ilmu tidak budi pun tidak,
    Lonjak seperti kambing tempang


    Sayuran ini berasal dari Indo-Malaysia dan herba berumpun setinggi 1 hingga 2 meter. Batangnya pendek dan tegak dari permukaan tanah. Pada satu rumpun ada beberapa daun yang mempunyai petiol atau pelepah daun sepanjang 60 hingga 90 sm. Lai daunnya berbentuk orbikular atau ovat-kordat, pelbagai saiz sehingga 2 meter panjang dan tepi daun undulat, berwarna hijau muda dan permukaan bawah daun pula kadangkala glaukus. Infloresen tumbuh pada aksil pelepah dan mempunyai batang 15 hingga 30 sm panjang. Seludang berukuran 12 sm panjang. Bahagian bawahnya berwarna hijau dan bahagian atas yang berbentuk seperti sampan berwarna putih. Spadiksnya berwarna putih atau kekuningan.

    Lambuk mudah dibiakkan dengan mengambil anak yang mudah didapati di pangkalnya. Anak ini ditanam terus ke tempat yang lembap dan teduh sedikit seperti di bawah pokok. Herba ini tidak memerlukan penjagaan yang rapi.

  • Dipetik dar: http://www.bharian.com.my/Current_News/BH/Sunday/HiasLaman/20080316132859/Article/

    Al-Fatihah for Atuk T'ganu

    This is Muhammad Ilham Darwish (1 yr old) with his atuk "t'ganu kite". Pix was taken in March, when atuk's visit to my MIL house in KJ. I never knew that this will be the first and last time for Ilham to spend his time together with atuk.

    My FIL was admitted to KTH and passed away last Saturday, 17/05/2008 (12 Jamadilawal 1429) at 8:30pm, due to asthma and HBP.

    Thursday, May 15, 2008

    Pisang kapal a.k.a. pisang bunga

    Alhamdulillah, mcm2 ilmu alam saya dapat dari Al-Falaah. Ummu cerita fasal pisang kapal a.k.a. pisang bunga.

    Pisang kapal a.k.a. pisang bunga

    Ini rupanya pokok pisang kapal yg sedang berbuah, ehsan dari Ummu Waheeda. Gambar ini diambil olehnya di Felda Bukit Tajau, Pahang. Menurut cerita ummu, orang tua-tua menamakan pisang ini sebagai 'pisang kapal' kerana ia biasa di tanam atas kapal semasa pelayaran ke Mekah. Orang dulu-dulu kan pergi Mekah naik kapal laut... Dulu belayar ambil masa lebih sebulan, kalau tak silap, baru sampai. Bila balik dari Mekah, pisang dah berbuah. Pokok pisang ni tidaklah tinggi. Tingginya sekitar 6 kaki sahaja, tapi buahnya banyak hampir 12 sisir setandan. Saiz tandannya sahaja sepanjang lebih kurang 3 kaki atau lebih. Pisang ini enak dimakan begitu sahaja seperti pisang berangan, rastali, embun, emas dan kapas. Boleh juga dibuat chokodok tapi tak pernah pula orang buat goreng. Cara pembiakan, setelah buahnya masak, bolehlah anaknya diambil. Petua orang tua2, kalau pokok pisang tengah berbuah jangan ambil anaknya, nanti tak berbuah pisang tu... (patutlah ada pisang yg 'mandul' mungkin tak ikut petua ini)

    Saya pernah jumpa pisang ini di Pasar Tani Sec13, di gerai jual sayur. Penjual kata pisang ini dibuat masak gulai (disebut pisang bunga jugalah).