Back in one piece

Checked out and left at 0900. Stopped at two places for half an hour each. Had a Baskin Robbins 30% off at one of the stop. She took AL again. Got back just in time to return Waja at 1530. Ate dinner with chopstick again after being picked up at 1730. Stopped playing Tum tum to watch the year end fireworks all over sky line. A new year has begun.

Hawk a road trip

She worked from home today. After having lunch together at YMS, I was picked up by Rr and we went to collect the Waja. Dropped by TnG (Tmn D) to buy a new one but plan cancelled by a call from Jp telling me that she has one to spare so I just reloaded mine. Left at around 1700 and reached north at around 2100. It was dark and raining cats and dogs when we passed through Ipoh. Checked into the hotel. Was driven around for food.

Gathering of schoolmates

While J went to return the series gokusen3, we went to Marco Polo again for dim sum with many toddlers in sight. The meal was well on its way when we reached there because of the delay. Then stopped by CS to pick up 2 chicken buns 1.3, 2 egg tarts 1, and 2 choux 1 and the car say hi to a tricycle by the road. Fatty M for dinner. In the morning, I called up a few car rental company and settled on HawkRentaCar for a Waja.

Sunday dinner parking woes

Normal economy rice lunch using chopsticks 9.5 and add on a small plate of leeks 2 with a cup of coffee c less sugar 1.2, should have ordered no sugar. Craving for Tien Pin Hainan Tea so went there for dinner but it was closed. Went to SS2 food court but couldn't find a parking space so went to eat Nasi Kandar Kayu, nasi kandar ayam 6, nasi briyani kambing 9, nasi briyani daging 8, nescafe, lasi vanilla, lasi mango, 11.5 and later got 4 takeaway ABC 3 each from DU Arena ABC stall. Rr suddenly told us that she planned to go by bus to Penang next week and drive the antique down. I suddenly had a brain wave to rent a car and went up with her.

Dim sum pils at Marco Polo

Woke up early and picked up pils and ysil at 1030 to go for Dim Sum at Marco Polo. Parking costs 4.5 and later dropped ysil for her slimming session at mmall. Dinner at YL again - spring onion, ginger, fish slice stirfry 15, sweet and sour pork 10, old cucumber soup 6, 1 rice 1, 2 barli gingko drinks 5 making a total of 37 which is not too bad.

Tarts and balls

She took AL today so we had dinner at GW. Fish head mee hoon 16, pig's intestines 13 (I didn't eat this) and chrysanthemum drink 1.3 only because the kids do not want any. Tried out using the replacement HL ccd at the Store. Bought 2 different kinds of pineapple tarts and bee hive pastries. Total 60.25 and the ccd went through successfully. Had dinner at YL again, tomato sauce pork chop 10, vege 8, tofu 6, gave in and ate rice for dinner again - 2 rice 2, 1 chinese tea 1.5 and later went to buy Walls mini choc balls 7.5 for 18 balls at 13ml each.

Christmas is just another day

Had lunch in YYL and then dinner at YL with pils. Ysil did not join us cos she has a pow wow session with bf. Told pils that HLT does not serve their usual dishes during CNY eve so have to look for alternatives. Ate steamed fish 28, claypot steamed salty chicken 23, vege soup 10, tofu 10, rice + tea 8. Total cost for dinner 79.

HP Officejet 5610 All-in-One

Got one from Low Yat at rm359 only.

Washed shoe rack

Cleaned the corner left entrance. Got black hands and fingers. Ate yam cake. Zombie state for him. Contacted JH and asked them to extend the booking period.

No internet access

I want u to allow me to go online whole day and u allowed it but then I can't access the internet. Keep on having the status of allocating address. It was a long, long day.

Steamboat scald my throat

Was invited to work for my dinner. Wiping, wiping, wiping all the crockeries after meal.

Finished off Yukie gun

Spent whole day lazing around and watching last dvd of coppas.

Last minute home work

Stayed at home whole day due to work, work, work.

Lunch with LML

Had lunch with LML at Sushi Zanmai while wifi and J were shopping all over. Dinner at ducky mpp. Went out to send sticker and walk back in.

Driving solo from Duo Inn

Got to drive for my lunch at yms today with a supervisor. Then for dinner, it is a solo drive to tapau chicken rice from Ipoh. Got reply from Duo Inn, the room we wanted is available. I contacted them via their website contact form about 2 days ago. Straight away I replied the email to make a booking. I also called up JH and made the booking for flights. Cost is flight 1500, tax 1540, acf 30 and was told that the fuel surcharge will be revised in Jan 2009.

Three women

Worked from home due to fever. Can't stuff food as usual. Sketchers at 20% off and 199 got size 5. Milo and biscuits for easy digestion. Can't find jog card. Self made steam boat contribution asked.

Card cover card

Some things thought lost came back. Missed chance of eating at taj. Free sauna trip to tower m and ended two to top up. Number 13721 came up. Tapau m's soup and meal. Fever started.

Paint the town red

Early start at Hon Kee raw fish slices and fried pork offal congee after drop off at Sentul Timur. Picnic in car at Lake Gardens Bird Park car park with ham ham chin peng, sweet ham chin peng, yau tiau, kap peng and pak tong ko. Popular car at day bum for buy and sell as and when. Trick 3 people for RM32.3 and give out police woman teacher series as gift. Dead tired so tapau har mee as lunch. Tried out night yat yat lai special sauce pork ribs, yin choy soup, and spinach taufu.

Sleep over at m's

Stayed in. Heard Mr. Chong singing la la la again. Stuffed face until eye balls nearly popped out. Bamboo clams, half steamed chicken with ginger garlic sauce, ham dan prawns, oysters egg, taufu crab meat soup totaled RM144 for 4. At m's burned midnight oil and went back in time for blocker corp machine blaster, G Force, visionaries, herculoids, and The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon.

Day 2 of two days off

San Peng har mee is nothing much to shout about. SNM turned into klcc. There's too many people at PC Fair that most deals are sold out the moment one reaches the booth. Got 1TB maxtor at RM359, more than the RM299 deal. and 8GB Kingston thumby at RM49. Siti paid us and then it was dan dan dan, dun dan and tong sui dan. Went Japanese Kai for dinner with Fam. Was carried away by deals as usual and the chickadees were most disturbing.

Spanish Omelette

After eating food in Madrid, Spain, nothing here can compare to that. Soft shell crab, fried squid, potato omelette, seafood soup, sangria, ice lemon tea, strawberry yogurt, chicken wings, lamb meat balls, salmon and paella. The search is futile. Set back is just RM181 and 46km. The search continues. Ducky ducky mamee mamee here we come!

Tien Pin

Provided pick up and drop off service. Not enough time at all and she wants you to buy this and that. Set lunch at vietnam kitchen. Just white taufu, sweet sour chicken, dark sauce braised pork ribs, and taugeh salted fish bonito flakes listed RM33.9 and after rice, nuts, drinks totalled RM54. Hainanese tea was as good as HK silk stocking tea. Exchanges smses. Now a lbp game develpr. Read lilian blog.

Shopping Tree

The food foundry most expensive Asian fare food cost only around RM10. Tried the millicrepe. Used by the RM50 Tiger cashback deal. No safe disposal for hp at mmall.

Hari Raya Haji

Public Holiday today. Had dinner with extended family at The Fly. Pak su kong fish steamed, claypot yok choy steamed chicken, nam yu pork ribs, su miao vege, four big sky king vege, sian vege, claypot taufu, and marmite sotong for ten came up to RM195 and bil took care of the bill. Sil went knee massage therapy at dp while car went for earlier tuition. No psp and gameboy forever.

MyVi vs BLM

Collected brochures and studied them over vit noodle, tuna, and egg dinner at home.

Ten Thou Transfer

Moonlight buddy got his deal approved. Motorstorm 2 and Prince of Persia were delivered at The Fly and RM175 and RM185 were gone. Motorstorm does not have 1997 Kawasaki ZXR250 amongst the 11 tou models.

Lost in Klang

Early start to the day as J picked us up at 6.45am and went to SS2. It was CCF at old Jaya, curry mee and popiah at OnS, pan mee at Taman Berkeley and then got surveyed by AADK at Jusco Bukit Raja. Saw lots of abandoned buildings (near acmar). From TB to Taman Maznah, Lorong Sulam got lost, did a round and ended up stuck in the jam in Klang town. Experienced little India in Jalan Tengku Kelana, Shaw Centrepoint, Klang Parade and Mydin. What was a 30mins trip took 2 hours. Wrong point - went right to Klang instead of left to Shah Alam at the first T. Bought an extra book and got it right. Wrapped up the day with home cooked dinner.

Nice lunch date

Kura-kura in the Malay language means tortoise. Kura in Japanese means storehouse or saddle. As a name, Kura means treasure house. There isn't any Kura mentioned in Alice in wonderland at the seven photo spots although Alice said I want you to search further. By 5.30pm, all we can say is Ta to you and chop off we go to pick up the stick.

Morning sun, afternoon star

PTPTN started counting from Nov 08 so gotta pay for 2 months. Didn't know that Touch n Go card will be given dormant status if not used for 2 years and to reactivate it, the user will be charged RM5 per month since the dormant date. Saw a big fat rat at dinner around the corner after coming back from the east in the evening. Luckily we weren't hungry due to a heavy lunch served by Madam.

Never assume

Premium parking rate of RM6 per hour for just a space without covers behind the building near the commercial loading and unloading bay at Wisma Chase Perdana is just too much.

One minute away

Went separate ways - to work and to shop. Picked up by J and ferried all around. Shopped and got two hours free parking. Collected the newly issued magazine and ate a home cooked meal.

Goodbye again

Finally fed the birds and then set them free towards the sun just in time for them to fly back up north in a pyramid like form. Then the plump dame cooked dinner and we went home.

High cholesterol meal

Caught a couple of birds from the north at around 5.30am but didn't get around to feeding them. Pushed the birds' carrier to be fixed and then sold it for just RM4 with another 0.5 to be collected when the cover is handed over. With that, it is not even enough to eat 6 nai yau prawns costing RM20 for dinner at the fly coffee shop.

Bangkok Changes

Due to someone being stuck in Bangkok airport and couldn't come back to KL to be with her son, plans to go shopping at the sun have to be changed. Day off was just spent at home indoor tum tuming away. Couple of birds flew from north to mid via the midnight express.

mbb n akl

Hang out all day. Ran into akl and mbb. Back from a 3 years stint in Bermuda. Now6 months into a job in an office next to a lake with waters that look silvery from a far. Bought a car shaped piggy bank after finishing the book by YF and the big little planet book has been delivered.

Sudanese Food

An outing that costs RM15.5 for 5 and a half hours of parking, RM19.90++ per person of set meal. The food is delicious no doubt. Beef rendang, BBQ chicken leg, salad, paku pakis in lemak, squid, stuffed taupok. Total bill is around RM51. Not too bad. Got thrown in bus fare worth RM220 that is transferable. The world is curved most definitely. Tum tum to bed.

Play home role

Shopping plan canceled at the last minute while the phone was engaged. So it was pack, pack, pack at home. It was a full star day round the corner shop.

Parade in Subang

Repeat to yourself, "I'm not a business machine. I'm a person." Everyday you must eat a full meal so that you can be a star. Meals must not be salty fish head bee hoon at twenty three or sixty nine years of age. Today the book recommended for your reading is "Not Without My Sister" by Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones, and Juliana Buhring.

Chong sings la la

Mr. Chong lives a few doors down the street but on most days, you could hear him sings, "la la" in the morning when he waters the plants in his garden. There are a few things that everyone knows about him. He likes to eat steamed crabs, kam heong bamboo la la, peppered salted mantis prawns, buttered prawns with chopsticks. He loves to watch old kungfu movies especially the show "snowy mountain flying fox". He buys iTalk RM30 every month to call his daughter who lives in Canada. That's all.

Welcome back!

First we have sokoban:
- move A and B
- get C
- move A, B, and C
- drop A
- move B and C
- get D
- move B, C, and D
- get A
- move A, B, C, and D
- drop C and D
- move A and B
- done

Then we have a go at the flight maze:
- pass checkpoint
- miss left turn to dgk
- go on to pjy
- u turn in pjy
- head towards dgk
- turn into dgkt
- should go straight ahead
- round the curvy shady path
- reach cross split
- see sign to exit
- follow sign
- go all around
- come back to the same cross split
- turn left?
- reach a t split
- turn right
- go under bridge
- straight on
- turn left at mos
- reach go round
- do 3 o'clock
- saw exit
- finish maze

mbb n uoa

Miss Em Bee Bee (mbb for short) is so into white coffee. In the morning, she will drink it everyday without fail. In the afternoon, even though she is with her frienemy, Miss Ewe Oi Ai (uoa for short), she will still insist that they drink white coffee. She is disappointed to know that the Dome does not sell the white coffee that she likes. Another one of her many habits is to hang out in Kinokuniya to read books, especially short fictions. Once in the blue moon, she will buy a book like YF's NF bio. She has just started reading it on this day. It started her thinking on people with special needs especially babies born with them.

So salty, it burns the mouth

In the morning, he told me, "I want you to eat Ramen with me." Ok said I, what's the big deal? It's just ramen. Well, it is just not any ramen, it is Ramen with mussels and the soup is so salty that my mouth felt like it was on fire for the rest of the day. Just awful, if I had known that, I wouldn't have agreed. In the afternoon, the alliance and us went to the may flower fair and play touch and go to win a blue boy toy. The winning team then has to treat the losing team to a bak kut teh meal. What sort of compensation is that?

Yummy Durians

After a whole day at the shopping center, there is no better way to end the day than by eating durians. Feel the creamy texture and be surprised by the various tastes on your tongue - slightly bitter, sourish, sweet, and tangy. One westerner exclaimed after spitting it out that it tastes like stinking rotten onions. But to most Malaysians, the taste is heavenly and some even just eat durians as their main meal. It sure beats eating fried rice, fish and chips, grilled chicken burger and ginger tea.

Gardens in Seoul

Gloria has always wanted to travel to Korea especially its capital Seoul and to walk in its beautiful gardens and parks but she is holding out for a 50% discount on the airfare to Korea. She smacks her lips thinking of all the Korean BBQ and hot pot she is going to eat there. All that is just a dream for her now. In reality, she is in the post office and has just purchased an express post A4 envelope which sets her back RM4 to send three documents to her nephew after making copies of them. For lunch, she can't decide what she will eat. She eyes the blueberry muffins in the bakery shop hungrily but decides she won't have them with a cup of latte as she is feeling fat lately. Her jeans is hugging her bottoms like a natural layer of skin. She then walks past a guy eating Famous Star from Carl Jr but a look at the price on the menu - RM8.35net caused her to shake her head in disbelief. It is just too expensive for a burger from a fast food joint. Then she smells the porky aromas wafting from people enjoying bowls of pork noodle with pork offal (liver and kidneys and yucky bits from pig's innards). She shuddered, she can't imagine herself eating those. So she goes home and ate her 3-seeds sprouted bread (sesame, sunflower and flax seeds) with virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar and finishes off the meal with red tea (Hong Cha).

You go work, I go mall

Recently she came to know of a certain she who does not work. The person will leave the house every weekday with her husband. While the husband goes to work, she will go to nearby shopping centres and hang out the whole day until the husband gets off work. Sometimes the person will join the husband for lunch but most certainly the person will eat dinner with her husband at restaurants or roadside stalls before returning home. What the person does in the shopping centre, she does not know as the person does not cook so does not need to do grocery shopping and seldom wears any new clothes or new shoes so does not buy new clothing. Can't the person just stay home and watch TV3, 8TV, NTV7 or any other tv networks that are under the umbrella of Media Prima? The person also never put on any makeup, does not even go to any hair or nail salon. Nevermind about a haircut, as far as she can tell by looking at the person, the person does not even comb her hair. Even though her husband is a homemaker now he often says to her, "I want you to tell me off immediately if you ever see me looking sloppy." Now she has come close to doing that but always stop herself in time. Instead she told him that she has some cravings for oriental dishes like wattanhor and asked him to cook those for weekend lunch. She can't imagine having chap fan for dinner like the couple do everyday and having to eat with chopsticks. She feels so lucky that her husband agrees to be a homemaker. Thinking that to herself, she swung by her MIL's house to drop some soya tubes off and pick up the children's registration cards. On her way back, she noticed that traffic lights have been installed at the new junction near Mr. Siew's house.

Sour Vege Sour Puss

He woke up around 10.30am on this day but returned to dreamland until 12pm when he really needed to get up for food. Went out and ate Ipoh chicken rice without the rice. Was crossed when someone said he said something which he knew very well that he didn't say. Came back, had a few rounds of games on his PS3. Then it was time for dinner. Ate chicken rice again, this time with the rice and with sour spicy mustard veges as well. Watched the 1st arc of the 2nd season of a Japanese series. Was tricked into answering the door when he was washing his hair in the shower after his weekly exercises. Worked on some office stuffs for 3 hours and then it was time for bed.

Back to back movies

J called again this weekend. Apparently the association needed the members to sign some things at 2pm.
H: Ok, ok, come and pick me up then.
Off the three of them went and ate some golden pumpkin noodles before signing the things. Then it's back to H's place and watched "Wanted" followed by "Iron Man". J fell asleep during Iron Man. He definitely is not her type. Then they all went to the new mamak stall at esplanade near to the beach. The food was quite expensive.

Dinner with family

Mr Tan works for a multinational company that allows him to occasionally work from home. His office is near to Menara MIDF on Jalan Raja Chulan and he goes to work by car via the SMART tunnel. On Friday, he left for work at around 3.30pm, took a detour to pick up his spouse and daughter from his MIL's house and drank a cup of latte at Starbucks before his meeting started. After work, he and his family ate dinner at Marco Polo Restaurant, Wisma Lim Foo Yong before going home. They had 4 dishes - one roast duck leg, spare ribs with pineapple and capsicum, taufu taukan, stir-fried sang yu, ginger and spring onion, for a fixed price of RM68. The deal also included tea, rice and soup of the day which was water cress soup. It was raining heavily on their way home but they reached home safely. Due to the rain, they had to leave the car at MIL's. Being able to work from home allows Mr Tan to spend more time with his family. He even have time to play the whole Tum Tum Island game from scratch again with his children.

Shopping Centres

Capital Square or better known as CapSquare houses one of the latest shopping centre in the heart of Kuala Lumpur amidst its office buildings (such as Menara Multi-Purpose where Alliance Bank has its head office) and residences. It is situated next to Wilayah Complex and is within walking distance to the Dang Wangi LRT station where it costs only RM1.30 to get to Suria KLCC for another round of shopping. When hunger strikes, just pop over to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel or walk a short distance to Hotel Nikko for a meal. For financial needs, Menara Citibank is just next to Hotel Nikko. Back to CapSquare, coffee lovers can enjoy a cup of coffee at Starbucks or Coffee Bean and book lovers can discover newly published book like A Crime So Monstrous by E. Benjamin Skinner or oldies like Teach Your Child How to Think by Edward de Bono at Times. At this point in time, it is not another One Utama yet. In time, will Kluang Station with its Chicken Chop and Nasi Lemak Mutton Curry be found here? What it is not likely to have are restaurants that serve dishes like those from Restaurant Kam Heong (near Menara MPPJ) - braised duck TeoChew style and braised pork knuckle. Also it does not have a games specialty shop that sells PS3 games like Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2. And don't expect it to function like a local The Store.

Working from home means

getting faster to work
not getting stuck in traffic congestion
getting work done faster
better concentration
no interruption from just-happened-to-walk-by co-workers
no background noise drifting in from the water cooler area
eating lunch with loved ones
watching the cat takes its long after lunch nap
having time to clean the house after works
discovering that the cooking gas has run out
helping gf do a report on corticosteroid cream and eczema

Better late amlaksa than never

The wife left for work at around 7.45am. Even before then, he had already started on the routine schedule - picked up the kiddy cousins and sent the children to school. Then he did the Tuesday grocery shopping at CFEP, started cleaning the house, and he even bought yong taufu as takeaways to be a treat for the children as the children love this dish and there is no way he is making yong taufu on his own as it involves too much work. Dishing up complex meals is not his forte. Before he knew it, half the day was gone and he had to go and pick up one of the children at 3pm. The wife came home early but dinner was not ready. In the end, they settled for a late dinner at about 9pm as the wife wanted to eat assam laksa and both of them took a while to cook that. The effort was worth it as the assam laksa was comparable to Ah Loy's.

Antonym

He read the book "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie years ago. It was first published in 1937 but the contents can still be applied in this modern age. Recently he noticed another book that has a somewhat reverse title, "How To Lose Friends And Alienate People: A Memoir". Unlike the former, this new book first published in 2002 is not a self-help book.

Sunday came and gone

She went and hand delivered the assignment given by the association at 3.30pm. Stopped by a road side stall to eat pumpkin noodle. At night, she tried to finish some admin work she started earlier in vain. At least she finished clearing out some of the tricks and items pending since mid summer. That would have to do for now.

Just another Saturday

J called her again telling her that the association is having another meeting at 2pm today and urged her to attend this time so she said yes. She attended the meeting without having taken any lunch and listened to all the testimonials with a growling stomach. The undertaker was there to present a letter of thanks from the family of the affected. At the end of the session, everyone was invited to sign the book of condolence. It was a sad day indeed.

Spring Cleaning

Now is not exactly spring but he has started cleaning his home in preparation of celebrating the new year. He spent nearly the whole day sorting out his things. He has the time to do so because his boss in the office has asked everyone to start clearing their annual leaves and he has taken today and the following Monday off. Hopefully he'll make good progress for the next three days.

Just another day

Errand day again. The same old round except for eating at a new place, "Restoran Ayam Kampung Tuan Faridah" and dropping by the lawyer's office to sign some documents. Will have to wait for more than one month for the whole process to be through but made the full payment for legal fees. Son was shouting over and over again, "I dragon I dragon," after watching a dragon cartoon. Corrected him, "It is I am a dragon, not I dragon." So common for children to speak without the verb to be. Will need to teach them patiently.

Bookworm

After school, he wandered to the mall and went to the bookstore. He wasn't looking for a specific book, he was there just to browse. His love for books borders on addiction and he spent a little more than 3 hours in the shop. While he was there, he overheard someone saying, "Obama berjaya menjadi Presiden Amerika Syarikat!", and asked himself, how would this affect his life in Malaysia. He left when he remembered the maid has asked him to buy some lemongrass for her and to get it home to her before dinner time. Actually throughout the day, an unsolved math equation during school: "2 times (square root of x) minus square root of (2x+1) = 1" kept appearing in his mind over and over again. He wondered who he could ask to help him solve it. On the way out of the mall, he noticed a laptop advertisement asking, "Are you mobile enough to work anywhere?". "My mum is, her blackberry never leaves her side", he burst out suddenly, startling the people around him, who thought he was crazy to be talking aloud to himself.

Supermarket sweep

He has to shop for grocery today as it is Tuesday and there is a special 10% cash rebate just on Tuesday. On other days, it is just 5% cash rebate. Recently, his wife applied for a supplementary card for him just so that they could get to enjoy this savings. A few days before, he made a long list of things that he has to get for the household. He estimated that it would take him at least 2 hours to get all the things on his list. Just 1 hour into his shopping, his phone rang and it was his son, Wen Kok's primary school teacher. The teacher told him that his son is not feeling well and wants to go home. So can he please go over and pick him up as soon as he can? Well, his shopping is not done yet but his son is his priority. He rushed around the supermarket and basically just grabbed the things on his list. Paid up and went to get his son. Miraculously, his son felt much better in his car and they went to have lunch together at Esquire Kitchen. At home, when he was putting away the things he bought into the cabinets, he discovered that in his hurry, he has bought a new 750ml bottle of shampoo at an expensive price of RM30 when there is still a full bottle, unused in the cupboard. There are times that the bottle of shampoo is sold at a cheaper price of RM19. The wife is not going to like this.

No eye see mall rat

Win Keong's parents work hard to give him a good life so most of the time they are not around at home to be with him. They once said to him, "We want you to concentrate on doing your best in everything that you do, don't worry about anything else, especially the money, we'll take care of it". Feeling bored staying at home with just the maid, he often goes to the mall to hang out. He just loves to wander around the mall and to look at new innovative products. He seldom buys anything because he does not want his parents to find out about this habit of his. One day, a friend of his father who has a shop at the mall that Win Keong frequents, met up with his father and casually mentioned to his father about seeing Win Keong there almost everyday. Normally, one would expect the father to blow up or to advise his son to spend more time on his studies but no, the father just kept this piece of information to himself and did nothing.

Sleeping the day away

For the third consecutive morning, she woke up to the ringing of the telephone. It was J again.
J: "There's another association meeting tonight at 8.30, will you be going?"
H: "No, I won't."
She then put down the phone and returned to dreamland. She practically slept the whole day, getting out of bed once or twice for meals only. In the evening, the neighbours were having friends over and making a ruckus. She went over to have a word with them about the noise. She noticed that the friends were playing PS3. "Little Big Planet" and "FIFA 09" were amongst some of the titles lying around in their living room. She had no idea what the games were about and glanced around. Her eyes stopped on a book, "I’m not sick, just a bit unwell", written by a local girl. Instead of getting into an argument with the neighbour about the noise, she ended up borrowing the book from her. Getting home, she got into bed again.

Another day lost?

J called her again.
J: "Are you going to the association session at 3pm?"
H: "No, I don't think so, gotta finish my tv series".
So she stayed indoor all day and finished her tv series marathon. Just went out once during the afternoon to take her nephew for a hair cut.

A day lost?

She wanted to sleep in but had to get out of bed when her phone started ringing.
J: "Hello H, I called you at the office and they told me that you are having a day off. Do you remember you owe Bee Yin Han a lot of money and you promised her that you will return her money by today? I'm just calling you to remind you of this. We can go see her together and then have lunch."
H (Still feeling sleepy): "Ok. I'll swing by to pick you up around 11am."
So she got ready, went and picked J up. Then both of them went to see Bee and paid up. After that, the three of them ate lunch at a restaurant in a tall people-oriented building. She reached home at about 2pm because she had to drop J off. She then spent the rest of her second day off work catching up on a TV series that she didn't have time to watch during her work days. Soon she developed a headache from watching 6 hours of TV non-stop and had to get a takeaway for dinner. Winter was imminent - the fourth season in a year but yet living in a country near the equator, the weather was as hot as it can be. She went to bed at night with a throbbing head.

Long weekend

It was the beginning of an extended weekend as she took two days off work. For the past week, her schedule has been very taxing. Today was also the 17th anniversary of her getting into the company. Since morning, she relaxed at home and watched a comedy about how easy it was to misunderstand one another. The things that were unsaid but understood by the speaker were perceived differently by the receiver causing the two to appear at different places for their rendezvous. She made a note to herself to remember this and to be more specific in her communications with others. She couldn't finish the show in peace as she had to make several trips to the washroom. It must be due to something that she ate the previous day but she couldn't pinpoint the cause. She hoped to enjoy her remaining days off leisurely.

Only One

Role swap

Wen Kok knew that there was something different with his family when he started schooling. He noticed that his friends' mothers sent them to schools and were always around to attend to them while their fathers went to work. It was the other way round in his household. His father stayed at home to see to their needs whereas his mother went to work in an office. His father even took them along after school to shop for grocery, pay all the bills - utilities, insurance, legal fees, and even bought them clothes when necessary. His mother worked hard. She tried her best to leave her office on the dot at 6 in the evening but occasionally she had to work late until 9 at night. He wondered whether this kind of alternative arrangement would start a domino effect in society and that more of his friends would see their fathers as homemakers instead of their mothers.

Happy Deepavali!

On festive days, children should treat parents to a meal be it lunch or dinner, especially when the children have grown up and are no longer living with their parents. And also on festive days, one should not eat too much of the same dish and if one is eating out, please make sure that one does not order too large a portion of a dish. For example, order half a chicken instead of a whole chicken for a table of four.

More or less?

The proverb "Many hands make light work" means "Large tasks become small when divided among several people" (source: Bartleby.com - The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition). This is true for many cases. For example, when collecting funds for charity, assembling components of furniture, and finishing a huge meal with many dishes - it is better to have more people in your company. However, there is another saying: "Too many cooks spoil the broth". In your life, which one is more applicable to you?

This is just raw

Overheard in the sea of Japan.

Salmon: I want to play and swim with you always.
Tuna: I know but my school expects me to swim with them.
Salmon: Please don't give me resistance too.
Tuna: Don't say that, I do want to play with you.
Salmon: I'll swim with your school then, just to be with you.

So far yet so fast

Hansel and Gretel's trail of crumbs

Son, make way for Pac-Man!

It was a nice afternoon when I decided to treat my son to a very scrumptious meal at a nearby hotel that was having a promotion for people holding city cards. When we reached there, we were shown to a table with a nice pool view and cool breeze as the inner icebox was fully occupied. We went to get our food and whoosh! something zoomed past us and nearly knocked my boy over. I have to grab my boy out of its way. Hah, the thing can't be blamed as it was Pac-Man! What does Pac-Man know - except to eat, eat and eat. Despite that, my son and I enjoyed our day together and our food.

Truly Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget armed with his baby and PSP went to the local mall to get a Nokia E71 to feed his gadget monster. Lighter by RM1699, on the way home, he ran into John and Andy. Wanting to be friendly, he stopped to make small talk. Waving goodbye, he said to Andy, "Send my regards to your girlfriend, Mary". Andy looked uncomfortable. Oops, Mary is not Andy's girlfriend, she is Andy's ex-wife who left him for another. Andy's current girlfriend is John's sister, Anne. So it was an awkward moment for all three of them. What a silly mistake. He must work on his absent-mindedness, must remember to think before speaking and to concentrate on what he is speaking about. What a day!

Hao qi hai si mao

What exactly does "Curiosity Killed the Cat" mean? According to The Phrase Finder website, it means "Inquisitiveness can lead one into dangerous situations".

On the other hand, "Curiosity Kills the Cat" is the English title for a Chinese movie in which Carina Lau won best actress in the Golden Rooster Awards (2007). Note: The best actress award for that year was shared between Carina Lau and Yan Bingyan.

Humans are curious creatures. We are curious about the '"real" person behind blog persona. Bloggers are curious about the "real" person who left comments on their blogs. Will curiousity kills us then as it killed the cat?

Avanti Sunway Hotel

BierHaus Curve

Hard Rock Cafe stakeout

Receipt found during cut-up on 6 Dec 2010 (Mon).

Hard Rock Cafe (KL)
4 Jun 08 7:51:13 PM
1 Bloody Mary 25.00
1 >fries(s) - unfinished 10
1 grilled salmon (on carbonara creamy pasta) 32 - very nice
5% gt
10% sc

tot 77.05

Prego

Receipt found during cut-up on 6 Dec 2010 (Mon)

01 Jun 08 11:43

5 La Tavolata(A) 840.00 (168 each)
5% gt
10% sc

tot 966

Jack's Place

Found this receipt during cut-up activities on 6 Dec 2010 (Mon). The date printed on the receipt is 04/07/2008 12:13 so I don't know whether it is April 7 or July 4.

I think this is the only time I ate in the restaurant called Jack's Place. I believe that I was with Jp.

1 NZ Ribeye S/L 28.50
1 Grilled salmon 25.00
1 Single 5.50 (I think this is for the 1 drink - not sure what drink we had)
10% sc
5% gt

tot 67.85