Wash WC day

Spent 1.5 hours washing and cleaning the walls and floor until they are clean. Good exercise. Then another 1.5 hours washing the top and whole trunk. Watched Sex and the city (the movie) and Ghost Rider until need to eat instant noodles and canned tuna for dinner due to the rain.

A 38 and a half day

Spent whole day in the office. Ate lunch at lameeya 26.2 and dinner at PFlavour 19.55 for food that can be considered palatable only since it is too salty and the kt has a springy texture making it difficult to chew. Just as I expected, interest rate went down yesterday at most banks, the new rate since 26 Feb 2009 is as follows:

2% pa for anything less than 1 year
2.5% pa for 1 year

but BLR still stays the same at 5.95% pa. For many years the interest rate was 3% pa for 1 month and 3.7% pa for 1 year. Then in January this year, it was revised to 2.5% pa for 1 month and 3.0% pa for 1 year.

I wonder at the end of this year, will the rates end up as 0.5% pa for 1 month and 1% pa for 1 year?

Got another 8x10 pieces and had conversations with two strangers. One stranger who claimed to be 71 told me about this place where she was heading to for lunch. It sells vegetarian meals at RM2 for 3 portions of vegetarian dishes and 1 portion of rice. The address is:

Buddy Vegetarian Restaurant,
No.57, Jalan 21/12,
Taman Sea, PJ

More info at this blog entry:

http://cumidanciki.blogspot.com/2009/02/buddy-restaurant-sea-park.html

Is this a good way to spend 3 hours for 2? Not really because the exhaust gas will kill you.

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Total wtime = nearly 1 hour, itime = nearly 1.15 hour, ptime only = 45mins. I am not interested in caring yoga and neither is my friend.

Last training day

Got to prepare the schedules and check all the stuffs until I forgot to turn off the switch to the boiler when I left. Paid up and handed in the stuffs. Went to have handmade wanton mee at KI, price is reasonable, 2 small plates and 4 dumplings total 11.20 and then later bought thousand thin layers cake with strawberry and cream (9x2=18). Not comparable to the original because the layers are not as soft and thin and the cream in between is too thick and makes one satiated after just a small bite. Last day of training but got to rush downtown for a 5pm meeting. HLB was there as well with ML. Dinner of fish head and paste meehoon with hot chinese tea (7.5+9.5+1=18).

Training day 3.89

No place to park. Later we discovered that it was due to Jusco member day. We have never been to this event so we were lucky to run into one without planning to but surprisingly we have nothing to buy at all from Jusco on this day when usually we have so many things to buy from Jusco. Did the 5835 turns for 150times. Morning went to training and then he said "I want you to go back to office now" so I went. Ran into some TV3 celebrities on the way. The planet earth is going out of 145 shells at the 715 station. BK grilled chicken is quite expensive at 7.95 each.

Training day 2

Saw the traffic jam ahead before reaching it so made a detour and took another route. Send in application just to try. Ate lots of stuffs including brwn walnut and cafe latte at secret recipe (11+1.65sc>=12.65). A caring madam called and told me of imminent visit in mid March. Did laundry (B+HC) after deciding DD is the best way and to handcarry by M in May or June. Heard that interest rate is going to fall again. How low can it go? The itchiness all over the body is still happening. Wonder what is causing it. The training ended late today. WH+S=2200-2330. Had time to trim the bushes in the garden at both ends.

Training day

Was caught in the traffic jam while traveling to the training venue. Spent half a day there and then went to pick up them at M's. Emailed DI for the earliest check in time and got a reply. It is 2pm. One important criteria for enjoying a meal for me is having the time to eat the meal at my leisure and to taste the food properly. Must remember not to order any drinks because it makes me too full and I have plenty of good old plain drinking water available. Wanted to have asam laksa and curry for dinner but the shop was closed so went for seafood meehoon and pork mee plus meehoon instead.

Ironing day

The usual sleep, eat, rest, play routine inserted with a two-hour ironing session cum watching a straight-to-video movie on AXN (701) entitled "The Marksman" starring Wesley Snipes. At night, the whole body felt itchy and was scratched until rash-like tiny spots appeared under the skin.

Movies day

Just a lazy day in the weekend. Woke up at 0930. Ate roti telur - I just can't seem to get enough of eating this. It is so addictive. I wonder how many roti telur I can eat before feeling satiated but I don't want to test it. Had a little explosion back home again. Watched Dark Knight and In Bruges today. It is so comfortable to watch movies in the warmth of your own home, snuggling up to your favourite pillow and taking a break whenever you feel like it that I don't think that I will ever go and watch movies in cinemas again. I find the Dark Knight movie a tad long for my taste - I kept on asking when it is going to end, it just drags on and on. Ate at YL and this time the pai kuat wong dish wasn't nice at all, the pork has lots of fat in it and the 5 spices powder was too thick and wasn't cooked enough so I won't be ordering this dish anymore. Read the few diary entries that I did while overseas and was surprise to find that there were some things that I totally cannot remember for the life of me. So I guess whatever that happens to me now is not important as most likely I will not remember them a few years down the road. After dinner, it was drizzling and we went in search of the "no brand house". Found it after scouting a few roads and after 46 houses and a gold statue. It was mainly raining.

Ptptn payback day

Went to kl sentra to meet up with Ally Z from 0930 to 1120. Parked at a nearby carpark - first 2 hours at 2 for every half an hour and 4 for each hour after that so the total came up to 12 for 3 hours. It was another installment of 72 paid and top up T&G card. Then it was I want you to do this and that. Watched Ip Man free of charged outside a DVD shop. Don't like the movie because it does not have much of a story line, just lots of martial art displays, somehow it seems to be overflowing with chinese pride and it seems to be bragging about chinese martial art. I pretty much can't stomach some of the scenes. Had a little cravings for sweets so ate roti jala with curry chicken 8.9 and Tab Tim Grob (ruby chestnut Thai dessert) 3.8 and unfortunately the coconut milk in the dessert tasted a bit off - very salty and oily so I felt queasy after eating it. Even worse, for dinner, I ate a very, very greasy lo mai kai at corner shop giving me an explosion four hours after that. Handing the discussion over today.

Pay bills day

Worked from home in the morning. Then went out at 1300 for lunch at YMS. Had to jostle with Chinese people from China for food. They eat mountainous pile of rice while I asked for my rice portion to be halved. Just managed to take some curried potatoes and tou nga for 3.8 with 4.8 = 8.6 and ate them at lightning speed because the meeting in CBJ is due at 1400 NTT. Took a bus to central market and walked to pay 2 bills at Rumah Persekutuan and then walked to DBKL building and pay another 2 bills. Went to gather more information about the relational exchange. Then pay a 1.66 bill with 1.70 and took the bus back using the same 2 ticket. Walked back home and then fax the required document. Dinner at JS and forgot to say no to the wet tissues thus paying 1.6 for them. Trying to save by taking the bus but ended up wasting money on wet tissues that I do not need.

The letter is in

Changed the letter as suggested but still there was apprehension until the letter was accepted by the department-in-charged. Is it out of the norm to have such aspiration? Found out that DBKL office has moved. Luckily I didn't walk there on Monday. Would have wasted my energy and lots of effort.

It is done!

Spent the whole day at Sunway Pyramid. For lunch, I had the McValue set (double cheese burger) for 5.95++ => 6.25 that comes with a medium sized fries and medium sized soft drink. I was later told that the gassy drink will slowly wear my bones away and will prevent any nutrients from being absorbed into my body so my meal is as good as wasted. Actually I have stopped drinking soft drink but since this drink came with the meal, I thought just once after so long, why not. But since knowing the ill effects of the drink for people my age, I will not drink it any more. For dinner, I had tendon braised mushroom, bittergourd pork ribs soup, and teochew dumplings (3 for 7) at CY for a total of 66. It has been said today so a little more than 1 month to go.

Worked from home

For the whole day I was at home, eating just bread for lunch and then shared a bowl of rice for dinner at YL with fu yung egg, yin choy soup, and ginger spring onion fish slice for 32. Top up petrol. Bought Gardenia banana cake 1.6 for a quick fix. Wiped the 11x3 pieces of tiles in front of the kitchen hatch and the tiles underneath the dining table.

Emergency pit stop

Woke up at 0830. Can be considered very early for a weekend morning. Went to have dim sum at a 24 hour dim sum place. It is definitely not a yan can cook place. Rather it is a yan....yan....? cook? Left one piece each of three types (siew mai, chives siew mai, water chestnut siew mai) untouched. On the way back, had to stop by the BP petrol station. Thank goodness the washroom is clean and smell ok. Never once had this happen to me before. In the evening, parked at citrus to check out the secret. Ended up having early dinner at a station with bak kut teh but ate wine martell pig's kidney (8.9), rice wine chicken (small 18.90) with 2 rice. Bought choc bread and honey (13.19). Then ate banana choc cake and latte (14.70). Valentine buffet at gigi cafe is priced at 88+ per pax.

YROD

Sent the PS3 to the Gamers for a Solution. Hopefully it can be fixed at an estimated cost of 350. YROD = Yellow Light of Death? Bought Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player for 399 to play mkv files. Now I can c the zone directly on TV. Had to take the public transport back to rendezvous with the pickup car due to early closure of roads for the last stage of Le Tour De Langkawi, the Kuala Lumpur Criterium, tomorrow. Ate Valentine's day dinner at cafe 2369. Looking into each other eyes eating fish paste mee hoon.

D-day PS3 dies

In the middle of a game, PS3 suddenly shut down on its own. Then when the start button is pressed, it just flashed red light and would not start. Powered off and on and pressed start again, it showed green light, yellow and then flashing red again. Just won't start. It was bought a few days after CNY 2007 so it is nearly 2 years. I don't want to believe in Friday the 13th but then this had to happen on Friday the 13th so is it true that bad things happen on this day?

A decision made

Suddenly in the midst of the traffic congestion, the decision was made. Submit end of this month to be ended after one month. Violent cough at around 3am.

My appetite is back?

Still burping and just ate congee, bread and a little mee hoon in home made assam laksa soup today. Cough is turning bad, phelgm is greenish yellow so decided to go and see the doctor today. Didn't ask for MC though. Meeting with hl was postponed from today's 5 half pm to tomorrow's 7pm. The doctor just measured the vapour of my mouth for temperature and declare that I have no fever. I was not sure what was happening so I didn't even breathe out so I don't think the result is valid. Was given 12 MOXILEN capsules 500mg (3 times a day), 5 small pink round generic looking tablets with C embedded in them (told me it was polaramine) 1 each night, a few Dequadin lozenges (lemon flavoured 3.8g), and a bottle of Axcel Dextrozine syrup (labelled controlled medicine) manufactured by Kotra Pharma (M) Sdn Bhd (10ml each night). Spent whole day at work and didn't even went to the loo for a biggie. Let TP knew about my plans to be made into an action film. Today left home at 0800.

Is it more painful to be ill or is it more painful to watch a beloved being ill? My answer is that it is more painful for me to watch someone I love being ill. M says the pain is the same for her. P says it is more painful for him himself to be ill.

Persistent coughing

Still went to work despite the cough and runny nose. Left early at 0730. Coughing has became worst and throat hurts a lot. Still can't feel stomach. Just ate some bread and some lean pork meat congee as lunch and dinner. At night, ate boiled cauliflower and celery. Still burping but does not feel so nausea now. Felt a lump and soreness in the throat so thinks it is phlegm but can not be coughed out so kept on coughing to try to cough the phlegm out. Got a paper cut beside my finger nail on the right of my right index finger. Not fatal but annoying cos it is difficult to heal and will keep tearing apart and seep a little blood now and then.

Two = sick

It started yesterday night at around 11.59pm. Passed very watery stools. Then the throbbing left eye and headache makes me want to vomit. Keep wanting to burp but all came out halfway so was feeling nausea and dizzy. First time vomit, I can see yellowish stuffs like egg yolk in the vomit. Finally figured out that it was the oranges that I ate at around 9pm. Then I feel the chills. All the hairs on my arms stood up. So I went to bed and covered myself up. At 0120 I woke up feeling terrible. Vomited again. This time 3 batches of vomit came out. I can see semi digested vege, and lots of yucky stuffs in the vomit. The smell was terrible, a strong pungent whiff of Beryl hazelnut chocs that I ate at 2pm in the afternoon. They should have been fully digested yet they were not. I can see bits and pieces of semi-digested food around my mouth. It was disgusting. Cleaned up and went to bed again. By this time, the headache was totally gone. At 0220 I woke up again. Vomited again. Same strong choc taste. I think I will not be able to eat anymore chocs after this. Cleaned up again and went to bed. Woke up at 0500. Could feel gases churning in my stomach, wanted to eat po chai yuen but can I eat them on an empty stomach? Since I threw all the food that I ate out already? Slept upright on the sofa. Then went to bed again at 0630. Woke up at 1000. Passed out water and air only. Sipped a bit of milo and ate bo chai yuen. Then ate eno so that I can burp fully. Then at 1400, just ate 2 tablespoons of quaker oats. I suspect that I have stomach flu (gastroenteritis) rather than food poisoning since no one else vomited after eating the same things that I ate. So we did not go out today as partner was suffering from cough and runny nose and queasy stomach. What a terrible day!

Throbbing left eye ball

Woke up at 12pm. Ate and play and ate again. Washed the socks. Did the dry kitchen planning using visio. Felt like hell. One had flu and coughing, the other has pain throughout the neck and shoulders and a splitting head and gastric pain. Xmas2000 has been successfully retrieved by B. Yah! A big thank you to you, B!

Rate at 39.5

Slept at 5am in the morning and got up at around 11am. The 3 of us went to mmall at about 1pm and surprisingly there was no traffic jam. Ate dimsum at jade, browse books at basheer which borders another bookstore. Then change 120k for 4740 which was the main purpose of the trip. Got back and rest for a while. Washed hair and then very soon it was time to make a move. Got the pressies book and 50 ready and left at 1930 which was very late. CK and family couldn't make it due to another birthday. Had to park the car further away and spent just 1.5 hours at Lucas C 1st birthday party. It was a big do with games and prizes for children and balloons twisting figures. Slept at 0230.

A nostalgic day

Had a sudden urge to housekeep photos from 2000 to 2003. Got the cds out and found that a few folders can't be opened. Got the error "The file or directory is corrupted or unreadable". Felt a sudden wave of sorrow that I wouldn't be able to look at those pictures again. Xmas 2000 is gone forever. Finally disposed the old handphone responsibly into the recycle bin provided by the department of environment in their Recycling Campaign Mobile Phone. Other centers where I can drop the phone off is too far from my place. Luckily I found this bin which is located at a site not in the list. Was picked up at 3pm and continued my interrupted nap until late evening. Slight cough.

3 shopping centers in a day

Before lunch, it was hl and rc. After lunch she told me that I want u to go back office so off I went. Read "Unpolished Gem: My mother, my grandmother and me" by Alice Pung, not finished yet. Finished reading the book recommended by wify "You Can't Have Him, He's Mine: A Woman's Guide to Affair-Proofing Her Relationship" and will not recommend the book to the wives of my friends.

Long wait for car rebate

Went to the pos office today to renew the antique road tax and get the cash rebate of 625. Got the number 1184 while the current number being served is 1070 so I went to shop first. Used two of the 8 vouchers. Went back to po, number is just 1138 so waited for another one hour before it was my turn. The team had vegetarian lunch at YS. It was morning at the office and afternoon at usj. I go sb again and felt as if someone drew lines on the inner linings of my throat.

Meeting 1430 cancelled

Worked from home in the morning and then I go gsb meeting at 1430 but in the end it didn't happen so whole day worked from home. Watched a lot of housework get done.

No holiday for me

Today is a replacement public holiday for Federal Territory folks but not for me. Whole day in the office until I saw flying chicken and mushrooms off the lo mai fan. Gotta chase them and gobble them all up. 3-8 that's where I'll be.

Lazed in Sunday

Sleep, eat, play, eat, sleep. It's a palindrome. Tried out the new friendship cafe for dinner - so so only.