Reflections are only appropriate for moments like these. When we discover what we never expect to discover, and when we discover something oddly beautiful. What better way is there to celebrate the existence of inspiration, than by appreciating the memories embracing its creation? Yes my readers, the sculpture of what the icon www.mqdoido.com represents today, is truly an inspiration to us all.

This month, marks the anniversary of a website many of us take for granted. A website we love to read and enjoy, criticize and support, cry and laugh at or with. A website whose author shares with us, every single one of her many magical moments selflessly, indiscriminately. And yet, it still remains a website whose humble beginnings we still know very little about.

So let us reflect and let us discover, how and what www.mqdoido.com grew to become today. Let us celebrate this month of July.

Let us celebrate www.mqdoido.com’s first birthday.

It may be a surprise for those who do know the first chapter of this story, because accurately speaking, www.mqdoido.com only surfaced onto the world wide web last December. Then why, you may ask, celebrate the first birthday of something not born a year ago? My answer, I believe, is more subjective than it should be. July was the month, our beloved author, took her first step into the world of blogging. Her first typed characters in the vast blogosphere pieced together the question many bloggers ask themselves before they begin. Why do we blog?So why did she started blogging?

“It’s definitely not about bitching about people though that can be very tempting at time =) I start this blog because I’m currently jobless and I have no purpose in life besides waiting for my offer letter. So I think to myself, why don’t I start a blog to fill up my time? Besides that, I can practise my written English while I’m at it. At least when I go to university, I would still know how to spell =P”

And there you have it, complete brutal honesty at its finest. The real true reason why mqdoido was born. Believe it or not, mqdoido used to be labeled “lu tahu tak?” A name strung together (obviously in a very grammatically incorrect attempt) with words from two different languages (both of which are not even used in the blog). A name you can’t help admiring for its lucid humor and successful attempt at inviting smiles. A name which screams Malaysian, and harbors an atmosphere of comforting assurance. You know or not? The name that started it all.

After that virgin post, her humble writings exploded into a variety of engaging topics. From lame jokes to eye-catching articles, and interesting fun facts to strikingly useful advices, and not forgetting her daily happenings. Her love, her hates, her emos and her thoughts. Nothing escaped her industrious desire to blog. Lu tahu tak, slowly emerged as her icon. Her stepping stone into the fiery world of blogging.

So blog was what she did. And blog, was what she learnt to excel in. And eventually, she became a blogger.

What made her blog so special, was the fact that it was her blog. Her diary. It was all about her. It didn’t matter who read her blog, who hated her blog, who loved her blog or who didn’t read her blog. All that mattered was her blog. Her blog became her friend, her companion, a great listener and a great provider. On those days when she was tormented by sadness, her blog was there for her. On the days when she needed someone to share her joy, her blog was there for her. And on those days when she had absolutely nothing to do (quote: jobless), her blog was there for her. It sparked a life-long relationship that still stands strong today.

She blogs because her blog is her best friend. One that will never leave her, criticize her, control her, hate her, hurt her or disrespect her.

Her blog loved her. And she loved her blog.

Her writing slowly matured, from long detailed posts, to now short, sweet and simple ones. Colorfully decorated with her ever expanding library of pictures, beautifully captioned with the most sufficient and minimum of words. Every post was an exciting one. Every post was a post to look forward to. And come December 2006, lu tahu tak got its first Christmas gift: a makeover.

Blog-makeover, Christmas edition: Lu tahu tak? From unseen to beauty queen

“I have MOVED! New Bloggie! Do Check it OUT!

I HAVE MOVED!! BYE-BYE FRIENDSTER! No more limits of uploading photos!

No more horrible alignment of pictures!”

It was a special Christmas gift thoughtfully given from a close blogging friend benghan. A gift that sent our author hurling into the limelight of blogging. Lu tahu tak’s first and very own dot com. A major change deserves a major transformation, and so on December 23^rd 2006, Lu tahu tak left behind its unprecedented humor to become its own new star: mqdoido.

Precisely speaking, mqdoido dot com.

Now, there is less that needs to be said, because mqdoido’s archives are so easily accessible on the website. Instead of dwelling in details, why not pick your own adventure, and experience the growth of mqdoido yourself first hand? Read its humble beginnings, and enjoy the many moments that have shaped what it exists to us today as.

Why am I so interested in mqdoido’s history you may ask, and why is it so important? Frankly speaking, apart from the fact that we (and I) are her fans (if you support this post anyways), it was also responsible for the beginning of something new; something beautiful.

This statement may sound stupid, but if it wasn’t for mqdoido, this post wouldn’t exist. (I guess in one way if there is no mqdoido, there’s no point writing about it). More accurately speaking, if it wasn’t for mqdoido, this author (me), would never have taken the time to write this.

“I’m sad.I’m depressed.

I cannot live anymore.

I’ve lost my beloved W550i.”

hate to say it but I’m kinda glad u did – ranz

Because if it wasn’t for mqdoido, I wouldn’t have met the love of my life today.

Happy 1^st blogging birthday www.mqdoido.com, and many more to come…

“cheerios!”

-ranz

Everyone’s tummy must be really rumbling and angry now =(

But I’m going back to canada soon (on wednesday), I will have no choice but to cook and eat out (no more lazy home cooked meals by mom). And as a result, you will definitely have a piece of all the recipes I’ll think off. I will update the kolo mee post first, and then, pictures and reviews of the Foods me and meiQ ate in singapore! (Check out her blog for the shopping post!).

Anyways, for the mean time. The next post is going to be an off-topic (non-food related post). Rather its a dedication.

You’ll know why when you read it.

Dedicated to my meiQ

I now just need to find access to a camera…

After all, the most enticing moment (apart from the smell) about eating, is looking at how good the food looks!

Food presentation is almost always responsible for tummy rumbling…

So prepare yourselves…

.. it will be a tummyliciously-finger lickin good week!

2) Paradise – A place like hawaii

3) Tummy paradise - That special place you drift off to after enjoying your favorite dish on a growling unhappy tummy . Quite similar to the experience of satisfying the munchies. Also described by some as a sleepy, silly but comforting sensation.

Now that definitions are taken care of, its time for my introduction.. drum roll please!

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*DUM DUm Dum*

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Today marks the day where I embark on a new journey as an amateur chef (with a frightening passion for the yummy-yummies) to discover and share with others, the wonders and joys of enjoying food. Everything edible and tasty I will discover, I will try out and I will write about.

To begin with, I asked myself “why the sudden spontaneous urge to create this blog?” Yes I asked myself.

Then I thought..

It is all about the joy of food. The joy of silencing those irritating cries of your hungry tummy. The heavenly aromas creeping in from the kitchen, agitating your impatience for the arrival of your meal. The absolute magic of your first bite after enduring the aching, burning, empty sensations hammering your belly. The juicy contours and accents of your nourriture explosively pampering your taste buds until you elope into a state of unimaginable ecstasy.

Yes.. absolute ecstasy..

It is all about calming the most powerful and dangerous sensation man (and woman) has ever known.

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HUNGER *thunderclap + lightning*

You don’t want to disturb this creature when its eating ><

Hehe and what better way is there to tame it than taking your grumpy-tummy on a vacation to a tummy paradise

On this blog I will be sharing the many experiences I encounter whenever my tummy beckons for attention. From dishes ordered at restaurants to the dishes I conjure from my very own kitchen, any meal which makes my taste buds dance and my tummy happy, I will share, so that the joy will spread, and every tummy will be able to enjoy its own piece of paradise.

For the sake of all tummies, I will only blog about dishes that are yummy-liciously worth writing about. Only the best, since this is after all, supposed to be a Tummy’s Paradise. I will share recipes that I have tried, tested and tasted. This blog, is only about food, how to make food, how to eat food, how to admire food, pamper food and appreciate food. Because in the presence of great and splendid food, is a tummy truly in paradise

I encourage anyone and everyone to send me any recipes they can recommend! I will gladly attempt to recreate its respective dish, taste it and review it for all!

As this is my first and I mean very, very first attempt at blogging a normal blog post (I’ve only blogged emo before) I welcome all comments, constructive, deconstructive, demeaning, encouraging and sarcastic

Check back very soon as I’ll begin writing my first food post (this doesn’t count) and I hope all your tummies will find this blog truly…

a tummy paradise!