The best I ever had

It just seems like yesterday when I found you on Skype. I didn’t know Jose Cuervo was an alcohol, it sounded like a Spanish name and I remember asking you “You are orang apa?” and you asked me in return “What do you mean orang apa?” :)

Our first date was at Nippon Tei in KLCC. I remember your blog post without having to read it. And that led to the 2nd date, 3rd date, 4th date and we stopped counting anymore. We blogged about our first few dates. Those early days when I attended a dinner with your ACN colls and was mistaken as a new colleague. The times when you would wait outside McD at MV and I would look out for a ‘hatted’ man :)

I still remember the time before I left for Kuching. You came all the way from your annual dinner, just to see me before I left. And you curi a stalk of rose from the dinner :) And that night, you held my hand, and from there I guess we were officially an item. 26th October 2007. Our anniversary and the beginning of the 3 great years we had.

We’ve been through so much. 6 jobs between us. The breakfasts in AGB days where my favourite sight would be your car there awaiting me in the mornings with you catching some shut eye inside, sometimes you’d walk over to my car and I’d admire you in the side mirror. Having dinner together at B3, the mornings at Toyota when you would come as a surprise and I’d burst into tears, we’d meet at MV after work once in a while, the times when I’d go over to KLCC or you’d come over to MV after work. Sometimes, I’d come and watch you play badminton and then we’d go to the food court where I’d eat that huge spaghetti. And then you’d accompany me til KL Sentral when you could have gotten off at Masjid Jamek. The times when we would have quickie breakfasts at Warong Kita or MV once in a while. It still pains me to see Warong Kita in the mornings, where we used to sit in the corner. 3 kuih for you, 3 kuih for me and 1 teh tarik for us. And then we’d walk hand in hand until we reach my turnstiles. And I’d watch you walk through yours. Every morning, you sent me a ‘zao an’ sms when I’m in the train to work.

Once, you came from Bangi (or was it KLCC) to pass me some chocolates. I had to rush home right after work, but you just wanted to see me walk to the car. That was sufficient for you. And in those times, we used to berbalas pantun. I marvelled at your ability to come up with verses that rhymed so well and meaningful; I thought that between us, I was the better wordsmith. And in Pangkor, which was the happiest time we had, you sms me ‘I love you’ from your side of the bed. I thought it was a delayed sms, but I checked the time, it was just sent. And there you are, facing the other side with phone in hand. That was the most romantic thing ever. Needless to say what fun we had in Pangkor; the world belonged to us and our little motorbike.

We’ve been to almost every mall. Playing that shooting Jungle game in Pyramid. You playing that old white monster shooting game. Eating Pepper Lunch. The waiter recognising us despite being there months ago. Having ayam penyet, soda gembira and teh botol. Checking out that smoky FOS, which is now 2-storeys I think. I haven’t been able to step into an FOS til now; it’s so strongly associated with you as I’ve never shopped there prior to knowing you. That huge bag of clothes we bought at FOS Cheras Selatan, which included all my winter clothes. We were looking at the Samsung Galaxy in Sungei Wang. We ate at T-Bowl. We had a miserable breakfast at Delifrance Leisure Mall and vowed never to go there anymore. We had dinner at Igentis at Tropicana. The purple ice-cream you had at Empire. The time when we waited for a table at Chilli’s at Empire, had coffee at Coffee Bean (and had stomachache after that) and then to Subang Parade for TGIF. We went to Digital Mall to find nothing. The Mines to buy branded clothes and contact lens. I kinda miss going to the Mines with you, eating Kenny Rogers there. And we couldn’t finish our meals at 1U’s Chilli’s. We had Slices of Heaven in Bangsar. We walked around BSC and was bored. The time when you bought lots of stuff from Ikea when all we were there to buy was a toilet brush. Bowling in Klang Parade.  Went to Alamanda several times, checked out the Esprit factory outlet each time but never bought anything. Once, you reparked Emily cos you don't want to leave her by the road side. Checking out Reject Shop in Jusco Bukit Raja. I wanted to buy that Burberry scarf but in the end you did, which was after we were over.

There are so many things we’ve done together. Genting when you didn’t want to go to the theme park until it started raining. I understand now, I don't want to go to the theme park anymore as well. just sitting by the sea in Tanjung Harapan, watching ships go by. Sepang Gold Coast, rainy BBQ. Morib, looking at monkeys. A Famosa, riding in the safari. Port Dickson, eating keropok and fried cempedak and throwing the seeds everywhere. Which reminds me of the times when you fried cempedak for me and gave me bekal to bring to work at AGB. And the time when we were perched high up there in Taman Rakyat, rolling cempedak seeds down. Also when you came to MV in the morning just to pass me some that your mum fried. You know I loved them. The Klang town pasar malam is where we go to buy some too, but you don't like the flour on those.

My first birthday that we celebrated at the revolving restaurant. It was romantic, as well as the Valentine dinner in Armada. I was touched. And then yours in Pangkor. And a simple dinner at a significant place – Strawberry Fields. I remember sitting on the benches til late and then using MBPJ toilet. The last birthday we celebrated at Sassorosso, where again the waiter recognised you.

I’d never do Snowflake again, not in the near future. It’s something that is reserved for just you. Remember the time when I took so long to finish mine and we were both freezing cold? As soon as I put the last mouthful in my bag, I ran off leaving you and you laughed at me. And there was once when it was raining heavily and we ran to the car and sat inside and shivered. We ate a lot at Yuen as well as at KEC for dim sum. Sometimes, at Bukit Tinggi dim sum as well. You always say that you don't wanna eat anymore for the next 15 years. You loved chicken feet. Korean BBQ is our food. The last time we had it was for our anniversary. It’s always our special food – the first time was on one of the first few dates.

We never shared the same interest in music. I was attracted to the fact that you listened to weird music like Nouvelle Vague and Rammstein. But Lucky was sort of our song. We did a duet in the car several times. And a drunken one speeding back from Desmond’s wedding. Then at one time, it was Gasolina. Yelled it while riding our bike in Pangkor. Just recently, those beach-y Kalabu Malami you gave me was played at my annual dinner.

We enjoyed laughing at each other. You used my towel to wipe your sweat at badminton and I had to use toilet paper to dry myself after bath. The time when you made the toilet stink and thought I was exaggerating until you realised it stank bad and closed the door. You ‘pushing’ me out of the ‘truck’ at the arcade cos you played it the wrong way. You melutut my buntut when I made fun of you. The times when we’d bring food and hang out at Ajoy’s place. The time when you fell asleep on my lap. I used to put my cold hands on your tummy. And you love to tumbuk you-know-where. The time when we both fell asleep watching Horton Hears a Who after the marathon. I remember you said I was pissing you off cos I kept asking if we were there yet. And of course, we called each other names, which doesn't sound loving but definitely is. I might not get cuddles and hugs from you in public but I know you love me. Just today Cath said she noticed you like playing with my hair. I know you sometimes run your fingers through my hair.

We’ve been through each other’s ups and downs. We secured Emily together. I remember being in Bangsar withdrawing money for her. Many problems saw us losing her but she took us through HPC and many fun rides. Actually I only found out later that you preferred Silvia/Skyline but took Emily cos I liked her. Toyota days were a down side when my mood was rotten. You were with me to lodge the police report for being cheated of tkd money, as well as my medical check-up. It was such a waste to have spent time teaching tkd for nothing; we could have gone out early in the morning. I remember that when I came out after bath then, you’d towel my hair dry and then carried my stuff to the car. And then we went to book Civic together. We took Civic for her first long drive to PD. I’ve seen you through 3 cars – City, Emily, Civic. We first drove Emily to Chan’s wedding, you came to pick me in your nice white shirt and then you were uneasy parking the car out there. And then there was the time we sang Lemon Tree; I still have the videos, the zig-zagging one.

It pains me most because it was a perfect relationship; there is nothing I would do to change things. Secondly, it was abrupt and shocking. 3 years of being your princess, baby and bam bam were the best times I’ve ever had, for you’re the one I loved the most. You'll always be my Timmy, gemok and lala bf. Fate had really brought us together. Who would have thought by a person found out there somewhere can lead to 3 years of happiness. I wished it could have been more, if not forever.

This is an attempt to reminisce and then move on. I must tell myself: “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” - Dr. Seuss

I miss you, I love you so much and always will. Thank you for your love and the great times.

Super fun day in Melaka

Happening month! 2 weeks after ATV, we went to Melaka! It was like we suddenly realised we are getting old and need to squeeze in as many activities as we can. Or the Restless Legs and Hearts Syndrome had intensified.

So... we convoyed and followed behind Lawrence who was driving very ‘cautiously’ :D The brilliant me suddenly had an enlightenment *ting!* Hunger drives people to produce intellectual thoughts. Siew pau!

I’m not exactly a fan of siew pau but let’s just say I eat a lot nowadays and we’re passing the Land of Siew Pau. Actually there was a huge siew pau empire by the highway but we went deep deep in Seremban to find a shop. Paiseh also.. but I saw a shop called HATIM. We were so excited to see such a shop but didn’t catch what it was selling.

The itinerary at A-Famosa:

• Elephant show – exploitation of elephants and nice to see elephants exploit humans back by using their trunks to thump their dicks lol. And then step on it, bigger lol. 
• Multi animal show - cats, parrots and don't remember what else. 
• Safari ride – The reason we are there. Definitely something different than what we get from the zoos. The animals were exactly crowding around our truck as in the Kenyan safaris but it was definitely cool seeing strange species of animals upclose.

• Bird show - beautiful parrots, majestic eagle and hornbill and don't-know-what bird that does mimicry VERY well) 

Us posing at the bird show. No pics of birds worth posting =P

• Wild Wild West show - surely could do better in storyline but I was impressed by the stunts. The gunfire made me terperanjat, the Red Indians actually rode horses at full speed, they actually burned the windows of the ‘bank’ and a guy leapt 3 storeys from a water tank into water beneath. Wow.. 

• Monkey Island – where the guys had great fun feeding monkeys and seeing a group of Iranian tourists being called beruk for dancing on the raft :D

And then there was the chicken farm! The highlight of the trip! When I entered the 'farm', I instantly saw the room of a thousand yellow fluffy chicks! I was not drawn to enter it until Cath went in. I'm amazed that I did for I'm against the touching of all animals.

                                      

They's so fluffay!!

I can't believe I'm holding an animal in my hand

                                      

Last camwhore pic before we say bye bye to the animals

Hahaha, I’m not much into animal shows actually; they remind me of the sea lion shows that I watched at the zoo when I was young. But I’ve never been there and it’s not like I had anything else to do anyway. Definitely an experience with bf :) and being all sweaty and sticky, we took a bath at the Ayer Keroh R&R before heading to Jonker!

There was this stall selling wallets of ‘Korean influence’. It was cool; open it up, put the notes inside, flip to open it at the back and the notes somehow has gone into the rubber straps. I wanted to buy one because it was a novelty and also to go home and analyse how it works. But I told myself not to buy things that I will not use, bravo me!

Curly potatoes, the new in-thing! Yummy yummy, couldn't find it in Pandamaran pasar malam

                                      

Egg-shaped ice-cream that I asked someone "Hai pin tou mai ga?" rather than go home dejected at not being able to eat Melakan ice-cream. We had already walked up and down the pasar malam and of course we didn't see the freezer situated along the corridor. How did people see them then, I wonder..

We had a long long drive to Umbai for ikan bakar. It wasn’t the kind I anticipated with sambal and lady’s finger on the top. Instead, it was bakar-ed just like that, kosong. Hmm.. I was already super full from all the nonsense I had been eating plus the drinks I had to take due to the spicy otak-otak, so I couldn’t finish the little rice and so I started to day dream and forgot to chew til Timmy marah.... :D

Tired and super full, I slept in the backseat, just like how I did when I was 5 :D Nice outing, nice pictures, nice friends, nice paktor with bf!

Now planning the next one ngek ngek ngek.. I already know what it is! Nom nom nom..

(Belated posting of) ATV outing

August is an eventful month – ATV and Melaka trip. Let’s revisit one by one..

It was hectic before we went for the ATV. Timmy picked me after tuition, then I went to buy rojak, we went to wash car, Timmy went to cut hair and then we went to JJ. By the time we went to JJ, we only had about 1.5 hours left. But.. we bought lots of clothes! Timmy got Hilfiger and fcuk tees (cheh!) and I got 4 tops at fantabulous prices from Padini. Yes I admit that again, I bought clothes because they were cheap and not that I really liked them. Who cares. And it didn’t help that it was a Saturday and I walked out of Padini holding 4 tops; people stared at me and the guard wanted to check the receipt. If I had wanted to steal, I would have put them on instead of carrying them out like that *roll eyes*

So.. we did a trial run before going off into the woods. The oil palm plantation, I mean. The trial circuit was just soil with some bumps. It was fun yelling and honking at whoever that was in front! And then we crossed the road and off into the woods..

We took off first.. vroom vroom to the top. And looked behind to see the guide chasing after us, asking us to hold on bwahaha! Then we set off... and realised some distance later that Lawrence and Cath were no longer behind us. We waited a while for the guide to ‘investigate’, and later he told us to go on; his bro will lead them. Turns out that at the start, Cath langgar pokok and we didn’t know and didn’t wait up lol!

Timmy and I took turns to drive. He taught me that if Soren or anyone else is behind, rev the engine and mud will splutter behind. Yeah, ‘behind’ as in the passenger behind. And clever me saw a huge pool of mossy green water *evil smile* and *SPLOOSH!* damn the water did not go behind but went up in th air and back down on us!! Timmy was horrified bwahaha.

I think I look cute in those helmets! So round and covers my forehead.

Group pictar upon our completion of the ride. Posing in front of our trial run circuit.

For photo-taking purpose

Some parts are scary cos Timmy was going quite fast especially at the lumppity-bump Dataran Ezzy. After a short 1 hour, we were back at the trial run circuit already. It was supposed to be 1 hr 20 mins; guess we drove too fast? We were allowed to ride around the trial run circuit again but after being in the woods, it was so lame laaa..

After taking bath, we went to Eat Workshop. It was located in an industrial area, surrounded by factories. For its ‘prime’ location, it’s gotta be good right? My foot! Not only was the food inedible but it was expensive! I don't mind paying for good food but they have the cheek to charge us that. The chocolate fondant with melted choc oozing out looked so tempting but the real one tasted like plastic. Gardenia muffins taste better. And they had the audacity to charge 15 bucks for that nonsense? I had expected heaven for that price! The waiter said that I’d be getting a quarter chicken but all I got was 2 smelly lumps of chicken for RM26.90. Fubar!

Which shows that the quality of food can deteriorate in time; as the blogs review weren’t as bad. Wonder how it survived in that factory area. Well, tak cuba, tak tau.. Dinner was very funny with Pam asking Soren to not waste her time saying 'Welllll...'. I did think before that Soren likes to leave the sentence hanging hahaha.

ATV was so tiring that I slept as soon as I reached home at 9.30pm that night. Personal best record.

Timmy’s trip to Sweden

It was Timmy who went but I blog about it. Actually all I have is the sending off and the receiving =)

This time, I decided to send him off at the airport. Hehe, a change from last time when we don't send each other off (other than the time he picked me from London). Jee was right; she said sending off is more difficult and she doesn't do it too cos will be um seh tak. I thought I’d be strong but when parting at the car park, trickle trickle trickle.. and then I couldn’t find the exit, so I made 1 more round. I really couldn’t find the exit, not that I wanna wave bye bye again :D

By the time I drove out of the parking complex, boo hoo hoo already. I remember the turn where the road diverges into 2 – back to the parking complex and the other to KL. When I showed Timmy that spot when I picked him back, he laughed some more. Apalah. And somewhere along the way home as well, when we kept calling before he board the plane. Boo hoo hoo. Then I told myself, “Hey, it’s a good opportunity for Timmy. What’s there to be sad about?” And that really cured it. See, it’s all in the mind :D And I didn’t want him to worry too (don't know if he actually did)

Fast forward to 2 weeks later, time for pick up! I left the office at lunch and drove slooowly there, knowing that I had a lot of time. But when I got there, I saw that the flight was arriving earlier than scheduled. And it was arriving at that same time! Good, less time to wait, less anxiety. Quite wanna pee but afraid to miss him. I know that it’s gonna take some time to come out but I think I can hold it. And I hold it and I hold it and I hold it. I see some men wearing big D&Gs emblazoned over their chests; they must be Middle Eastern on Timmy’s flight :D No sight of Timmy. Wait some more and I see these..

Strange uniforms with cloths hanging from the sides of their heads

Looks Middle Eastern too, it must be Timmy’s flight. But no sight of Timmy. Then I saw someone familiar; I can’t recall. It must be Timmy’s coll! Think think think, nope it’s the CIMB loan guy. not sure if it’s him actually, thought of giving him a call but no need la, later Timmy comes out and I miss him while sibukking with other people.

Half an hour later and still no sight, getting worried and bladder going to burst. Another round of stewardesses with different colour hanging cloths emerged and my hopes were raised, but nothing. Went to check the board, flight indeed landed. Asked the counter if there’s any other arrival hall, nope. Made a quick dash to the pee room. 45 mins after the flight landed, sunshine boy called! :D Said that he’s waiting for his bags. Phew.. Then I saw those maroon uniforms and they ring a bell: Qatar Airways! And like 15 mins later, sunshine boy emerged wearing a formal jacket hahaha!

Actually I was kinda worried. Shortly before his arrival, I asked myself, how often do we hear of things happening? Almost nil. After that, I relaxed.

Keh keh keh, so I got my Timmy back AND these..

Lovely chokolats that came in a diamond-studded tin :D Every day I take one. A chokolat a day makes me feel happy. At the time of writing, no more already.

Moose, the mascot of Sweden. The moose is soft and nice and its butt has lots of beanie bag balls. And moosie is holding something!

The something! Woot woot woot!

Funny thing was that, I was just asking Jee to get me a phone on her trip to London, since she's going there earlier. I showed her the site and the model I was interested in. I had been saying that I've been wanting to ask a favour but haven't actually done so, until that exact same day. Was not expecting it at all cos I have been saying all along that I wanna get a phone cheap from UK. And then Timmy took it outta his bags, surprise surprise surprise! Bought from Doha airport some more, hehe. Lub lub and enjoying my wifi! :) :)

“Nice time spent” (pangsai-ing)

We did something different, not the usual Pyramid haha. We wanted to watch How to Train Your Dragon in 3D but both of us can’t bear going to Pyramid anymore :D 1U’s GSC booking was crap. Website kept asking to try again later, the phone booking went dead. Later we found out that the cinema was burnt. Why don't they just say so over the phone and the site.. duh.. Finally we decided to go to Times Square woot woot!

Troot troot troot.. we took the LRT and monorail there. Big crowd at the monorail station. We went to Sg Wang first cos Timmy said we waited so long for the monorail, might as well go further to make up for it :D And then we found T Bowl restaurant.

I've seen this concept restaurant on tv before but didn't knew it existed here too. Since there wasn't any other interesting place to try (and hot and thirsty from the commute), T Bowl it shall be!

We pangsai..

Timmy pangsai..

Me pangsai..

So the whole place is decorated like a toilet. You can sit on the floor too, you will be sitting on a piece of glass covering a squat toilet :D Their ice-creams really look like shit, I tell you! Dark brown and that swirl, oh my.. We avoided ordering anything soupy for they came in little toilet bowls. Yeah, we might have come to a toilet bowl restaurant but wasn't adventurous enough, but it was really putting off hahaha!!

Verdict: Good concept. good for laughs but wouldn't return for the food. No, not because of the presentation but the taste..

And then we watched the much-awaited How to Train Your Dragon. The 3D effects was better than Avatar since it was an animation but not very 3D-ish that they came out of the screen into your face. The ending where Hiccup’s leg was amputated disturbed me. It was quite a surprise for the movie didn’t end 100% happily as expected.

Amputated limbs always disturb me, I don't know why. Maybe it’s because I once dreamt I lost my leg, maybe it’s also because I realise it’s one of God’s greatest gift to just move around, besides the gift of sight.

The sight of a beggar tertiarap on his front at the station and a passer-by who threw coins outside his cup didn’t help. The beggar’s legs were amputated actually; he didn’t have to tertiarap as he sat up soon after. And the passer-by was a jerk. If he didn’t want to donate, it’s fine. He didn’t have to throw the coins down like that and end up all over the road.

Anyway.. those were the sights of KL that I don't see often hehe..

We learnt some other things too, like:
• Pirated software isn't available easily anymore. I thought Low Yat is the place to go for them =p
• Times Square is the best place where you can show full support for Uncle Tan, by doing Starbucks, 7-11, U-Mobile, Krispy Kreme and Papa John
• Those might be Uncle Tan’s friends whose Bentleys (plate number 1), Lamborghini Diablo and F40 were parked there. They came to yum cha with him at Starbucks, Papa John or Krispy Kreme (only). (car models courtesy of Timmy. I don't know what cars were those. There is another one there, but forgotten what it was already)
• There is a Sports Toto Fitness Centre!

And dragons don't like eating unagi, they collapse on their sides when tickled on the neck and they have a something for grass.

So that’s why we need to go to KL and meluaskan pandangan :D

As Timmy said, it’s a ‘nice time spent’ :)

On the way home in the LRT :)

Sunshine Tim's birthday

After a hiatus, it is time to have a nice romantic celebration again since the last one on V-Day 2008. So the gf goes in seek of the ultimate venue and the ultimate gift. Scoured the food blogs and LYN for dining ideas around KLCC, and scoured MV and Gardens for the ultimate design and brand. And decided to throw in a little something to make his day :)

Starters:
This arrived in the office via PosLaju :D

Just wanted to send a little something, intended on a box of chocolates but found this cute hamper instead. Had trouble stuffing it inside a box :D

                                      

Main course:
Sassorosso at Lorong Yap Kwan Seng

                                                 

I’m not much of an Italian food fan, other for pizzas, but I chose the place for its great ambience. Sassorosso triumphed over the other considerations for its nice atmosphere. Besides, it had rave reviews and touted as the best Italian restaurant in KL. The menu was very extensive but I don't know what to have. We had Pan Fried Scallops with Belgium Endive and Taleggio Fondue for starters, and then I finally decided on Chicken Scaloppine with Broccoli and Creamy Mushroom Sauce which was chicken breast with all those stuff. Sunshine had Wild Mushroom Risotto with Fresh Herbs and Shaved Parmesan Cheese. These were after referring to the menu again while writing; it's hard to remember the boombastic names and especially when you don't know what scaloppine meant =P The scallops were good but sikit only, and the sauce that came with my chicken was yummy too. I would actually want to have pizza since they were wood-oven baked. Quattro staggioni would have been nice.. mmm...

Dessert:
Not the ‘real’ dessert cos Timmy don’t wanna have tiramisu cos he’s so full. Dessert was the gift, an item that I think he would want to use. No pic cos forgotten to take one but I think it’s the best among the Guess, Renoma, Bonia, Daniel Hechter and Obermain that I checked out.

So, that’s the birthday celebration I planned for my ah pek. Think it was a good job, pat myself on the back pat pat pat :D

My Honeymoon and Bar M

When bf and I have run out of places to go or things to do, we eat. The past 2 dates were spent exploring  eats, something we don't usually do.

When the place was newly opened and there were no people, we don’t wanna eat. We only wanna go there when there are a lot of people, so we had hang around and pressure people for a table.

People were eating some blackish thing til their lips and teeth were all black, so Timmy wanted to join in the fun. Bak kata pepatah "Once comot, twice comot-er".

My Forgotten-What-Its-Called, Timmy's mango drink with coconut milk and Timmy's tau fu fa soaking in sesame cream

The menu was extensive with all kinds of dessert hot and cold. Upon further perusal, they were basically using the same ingredients or 'base'. Nevertheless, still very impressive and creative.

Somehow I always end up ordering something yucky while Timmy's is nice. Like my super-full-wanna-die potato au gratin at Pasta Zanmai while Timmy's Jap curry was tasty. And like my very-super-peppery rice at Pepper Lunch while Timmy had curry rice again.

This time, he had black-but-ok sesame cream while my Forgotten-What-Its-Called actually consisted of mashed boiled sweet potato. Omg, it was a small cup but sweet potatoes are oh-so-filling and both of us couldn't even finish it. If it was chilled, I could have pretended it was a very value-for-money ice-cream instead :D

And then we camwhore la..

I like this pictar, we are sweet and happy =)

This is my current phone wallpaper and contact pic. After a few attempts at camwhoring, muka masam a bit already.

If I am bored while waiting for the train, I look through my phone and lol when I see this. The mouth depicts mischieviousness.

Oh before that, we had already been eating non-stop. Timmy had McD for breakfast at our favourite outlet and then we tried the much-anticipated Wendy's for lunch. Been there, done that and don't wanna go to Wendy's anymore. Super salty fried chicken and very sour punya sour cream on boiled potato. *shiver*

And last weekend, we drove around without a destination in mind. We had roti kosong for breakie and then we arrived at SS15 and saw the famous rojak.

"We try, hao?" Timmy said. Hahaha..

Our spot in the queue

While Timmy queued, I went to buy coconut water and Timmy laughed at me when he saw me holding the big stainless steel mug of coconut water. It is so huge wan, the whole coconut's worth is inside there.

2 full people struggled to finish 1 plate of rojak. We left it there half eaten. People must be wondering what was wrong with the popular rojak. I didn't find it any spectacular; I still think the one near Giant is the best, even better than this. The flour pieces must be crunchy to me. No, this review is not influenced by being super full.

Went to SP but no parking. Drove on aimlessly until we almost reached MV. I saw the TTDI signboard, let's go there, Timmy suggested Hartamas instead. But we arrived at Solaris in the end woot woot!

We eventually parked ourselves at Biz Cafe. Not many cafes open surprisingly. Yeah there is also a Biz here in BT but I don't feel like kaw chocolatey stuff at Schokolart. Makan dan minum lagi..

Wait for Lawrence til bored already, so we moved to Bar M by Michelangelo and makan and minum again.. had only chicken wings shared with Timmy though, no pics but I have this..

Timmy's mojito. Can also see someone else busy photographing in the background.

Interesting drink that Cath said isn't suitable for a 1st date cos all the mint leaves get stuck on your teeth and you look extremely stupid with vege all over. And then Timmy answered "It's ok, dated for 2 years already!" *roll eyes* It tasted nice at first but at the bottom, the rum and tequila is hiding there and tasted so vile.

Dunno what's up for eats this weekend =) Long weekend indeed, we KL-ites get our well-deserved 'state' holiday. It feels kinda good to call myself a KL-ite rather than a Klangite haha. 1 more day of work , I should be free at the office tomorrow but no part-time work that can be done at the office unless I open the thick Maths textbook on my desk :S Nitez..

New Year post on all things new year

I received the 'Lifebook 2010' in both my work and personal mail.

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water
Ok

2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar
Oh uh, no wonder I’m so fat. I eat the other way round cos I see dinner as a reward for a good day’s work done :S

3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in plants
Nothing is mentioned on the food that FEEDS on trees and plants?

4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy
Ok

5. Make time for prayer
Yes, I think I should. But not everyone ok, please

6. Play more games
Don't have PS3, cannot play :D

7. Read more books than you did in 2008
I think I can since I bought quite a number from the book fair. Eh wait, this says 2008, not 2009..

8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
Whatever for, meditation and silence is not for me. I have a short attention span.

9. Sleep for 7 hours
I do, it’s just that it’s 6 hours in bed and 1 hour on the way to and fro work. So my motto would be 7 hours straight

10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day ---- and while you walk, smile
Can you imagine what an utter cracko would that be to be smiling while walking? I think I do walk for 5 minutes a day through MV from one end to the other, KTM station at north court to the office at south court. So far and tiring especially when rushing for the train

Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
True especially if you compare yourself to those (seemingly) better off. Compare yourself to those perceived to be worse and you’ll feel very much thankful of what you have.

12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
I can control, so I am entitled to have them

13. Don't over do ; keep your limits
I haven’t done my best, so I’m gonna do more

14. Don't take yourself so seriously ; no one else does
I think I’d be afraid if no one takes me seriously!

15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
But gossip is fun =)

16. Dream more while you are awake
Huh? Dreams aren’t going to help you, working towards dream when you’re awake is.

17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
How do you know I already have all I need? Being envious of what others have makes us work hard to achieve things. But if I were to think on the ‘easy’ end, yeah I already have all I need like family, love, a job, lots more other jobs.. don't know which way to think as people don't usually call it ‘envy’ when it comes to referring to necessities

18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness
True. Sometimes there are things that we can forgive but can’t forget but as long as the issue is resolved, then the case is closed.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
I’ve made amends with some people from school that I’ve had a fall out with (actually they approached me first, but I would have even if they hadn’t). Except for one. She never ceases to be irritating since our schooling days. In fact, she has become even more irritating when I met her a few days back! Gosh! It was irritating to the point that menjengkelkan would be most apt to describe her.

20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
Oh, so now I’ve gotta make peace pulak with this person? Bwahaha! Nope, it’s not going to spoil the present and I don't have anything else from the past that I can think of affecting my present.

21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
Agreed. Every single route we take is our decision to make. Problems are also brought upon ourselves, most of the time. Or we can choose to drop those problems. It's all our choice, it's whether we want to do it or not.

22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
Yup

23. Smile and laugh more
I realise that I’ve had some of the best laughters when hanging out with the girls. Some of the things we laugh at are pretty silly but wth, it was surely good fun and feel rejuvenated after that!

24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
I’m born to win hahaha! Nah, but sometimes always being on the losing/yelled at end makes me stand up and yell back for I do have arguments/justifications and I do not everything thrown at me.

Community:
25. Call your family often
I see them everyday =)

26. Each day give something good to others
It’s hard to do this everyday but I sure want to try. One thing I could do is to give up my seat in the train but I must be nuts for doing so unless the person needs it of course. 

27. Forgive everyone for everything
I can’t think of anything that I hold a grunge against anyone for. The one mentioned above needs not be forgiven for she did not wrong me, it’s just that she is menjengkelkan

28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
My grandma? Err.. I try to layan her when I see her but err.. I don't make an effort to see her. Bu yao la.

29. Try to make at least three people smile each day
I’ll try to. Sometimes I'm funny, so not only I make them smile but I made them laugh too :D 

30. What other people think of you is none of your business
Yeah, and it’s none of their business too. Why go around thinking things about me? Good things are fine, of course.

31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch
Agree. One thing that I would like to add: Your job might take care of you financially (from the insurance coverage) when you are sick

Life:
32. Do the right things
If I know the thing isn't right, then I don't do la

33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful
Brand new pants but not worn (yet) – not useful. Throw? Scratched car – not beautiful, throw? Busy at work – not joyful, quit?

34. GOD heals everything
Amen

35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
Of course it will, for the better or worse, because the rule of inertia doesn't apply to things in life. Change always occur.

36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
It depends. You can feel rotten sick in bed, mucus coming out of your nose, your head throbs behind the eyes and your throat is sore and there’s no voice when you speak. Show up at work? You must be kidding me.

37. The best is yet to come
I hope

38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it
Yes, I think sometimes we need to thank God for the simple things. Like being just able to wake up, to get out of bed, to have food on the table. Many struggle for just a meal and we have all this good food that we don't even finish sometimes. Gosh, how sinful we are sometimes.

39. Your inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
If I am not happy then, does it mean that it was my outer most feeling so? What's my outer most anyway, my skin?

Last but not the least:
40. Do forward this to everyone you care about.
Let us all reduce spam in this world. Let’s not give them for free but get those who need them, buy them.

I had a picture of this taken from the supermarket but must have deleted it, so I had to search for another.


Am I being jumpy? These kinda emails usually kick some sense or hits a spot in me but I just think that some of these things are well, not so right, do you? Maybe if I read this on another day, I might feel enlightened instead. Thanks though to May Ling and Jenny for forwarding this to me =)


Here is a nice one though via sms, thanks to Els. I love it a lot, probably cos I'm a sucker for rhymes.

This New Year's eve receive seeds from the garden of daily living and follow these instructions.
Plant three rows of peas:
peace of mind,
peace of heart ,
& peace of soul.

Plant 4 rows of squash:
squash gossip,
squash indifference,
squash grumbling,
squash selfishness.

Plant 6 rows of lettuce:
lettuce be faithful,
lettuce be kind,
lettuce be patient,
lettuce be generous
lettuce be humble
& lettuce really love one another.

To enhance your garden here is our seed of thyme:
thyme for God,
thyme for each other,
thyme for family,
& thyme for friends.

Water regularly with patience & cultivate with love.

There will be much fruits in your garden. Remember: You Reap what you Sow.

Beautiful, ain't it? Now this is one that touches. Is the difference in new year greetings due to the different main language that the senders speak? ;)

The Wok
Ok, I can’t help writing about food places that interest me. I wanted to blog about The Wok in Kota Damansara but I couldn’t find the pics, I think I must have deleted them together with the accident pics for I came from there before the accident and now associated the restaurant now with it.

All I have to say about The Wok is the otak-otak sucked and the cincalok pork sucked even more. The otak-otak was a super soft and spicy mash. I took 1 piece of the pork and just can’t bear to have another. The assam fish and jiu hoo char were just mediocre. I wonder what were the raves about this place. Grr.. now how could I have deleted those pics? The interior was nice though, very nyonya-ish.

Pepper Lunch
Now, on Pepper Lunch, it’s unique!


I think it stands on what used to be Senjyu Sushi in Pyramid. We passed by and decided to try.
 

I ordered the pepper chicken lunch. Everything comes on a hot place and it cooks there and then. You have to mix everything up and then add the honey brown sauce if you wish. It was nice and interesting, the only thing that I wasn’t fond of was the pepper. Yeah, it is called Pepper Lunch but having lots of pepper on hot plate makes me .. so hot! Timmy’s Japanese curry was quite tasty, I think I liked it better than my order. They had seaweed soup too, I prefer this to miso as miso just feels salty salty salty.

The service here is also good. The person who took our order figured that it was our first time and started recommending dishes. That helped a lot. Then the server checked if we know how to cook it and demonstrated too. I thought the prices are kinda pricey though, RM17+ for rice + Japanese curry and RM14 for rice + chicken.

The menu wasn't as extensive as the one in SG though, I don't remember their menu here having as many things.

Verdict: Nice to play masak-masak and watch my meat and rice sizzle sizzle sizzle.

New Year dental treatment
Today is the 2nd time to Tiew Dental clinic. Never mind the surname, I was impressed by Dr Tan that day and Dr Forgotten-Who today. Both lady dentists, they were gentle and reassuring. It really helped a lot since I have a fear of dentists. They explained what they were going to do, showed me what was done and informed me it if was going to hurt a little. Dr Forgotten-Who even did the drilling bit by bit so that I wouldn’t have a long stretch of pain. I’m impressed. I’m not sure if these are part of the clinic practices (one of it is that they would explain every cost for the treatment before they proceed, so that you wouldn’t get a shock at the end) but I think the compassion comes from within, not from the company =)

A bit tulan though as after I left the room, I realised the filling was a bit weird. By then, the next patient have just been called in, so I was asked to wait a while. When that patient was done, they called in the next! Now, dental treatments take eternity and I had to wait for 2 people just to have a little check. Spent precious 30mins waiting, might sent in a complaint since Tiew Dental seems to be very customer-oriented =)

You call yourself a writer?
Last but not least, here is a sample of an article that someone sent to me as part of the application for freelance writer. Yup, I am hiring someone to help me out. Just in case I’m not able to handle things when a new project starts. I don't know which is worse, someone caught copy-pasting something from the Net or this:

The thing to do in Italy by CPL
Italy is famous for its many landmark and story. It once housed a museum of sort and that is called the ‘Aquilera house’ of horror and stuff. It comes equipped with the standard fare of the mausoleum also. The thing is it is also the time of the decadent sore meaning the buildings were old and encrepit. The time system is also not up to par and thus is also named the time museum.  I call it that because it used to be a house of acrylic also. The time museum can also be said to standardize things and to become what is commonly known a s goods sold elsewhere. T he money changer can give you a story to tell oversea. The time museum is also known as the house of Nautingham and stuff. The thing is it is named after the once famous Abraham Lincoln in the 1970’s. It is also what is commonly known as the time factor itself. The time travel is a thing of substance also. The thing is known for its many splendour stuff and is called the time machine thus afar. It is also used to house the time travel series of the dinosaur. It is also the time factor of the time series itself and is commonly known as the time travel machine place.

Italy is also famous for its many landmark of land and flora. It is commonly known as the Italian place restaurant in the street of Monaco and is commonly cooked by the locals. The thing is the museum itself is the time equivalent of the nineties. The thing about Monaco is that Princess Caroline used to travel there to give her speech in the 1960’s and is commonly named the ilk town. The thing about Monaco is that it is a place of time travel also. The thing about the islander is that you must know what to do for yourself in the travel time you have. The money is euro 60 rupee for usd 1 pound. End

What.the.fcuk.was.that? Highlights in red are grammatical errors, highlights in green are 'Apa tahi awak cakap?' Count the number of times 'The thing' appears. There are double spacings here and there and there are spacings where there shouldn't be.

"Time travel series of the dinosaur"?? Laughing my ass off!! Everything here is about time travel, this 44-year-old woman must have been such a fan of Marty McFly especially when he and his dinosaur goes inside the time machine and travels back into the future. Bwahaha!! Omg, what's wrong with this woman. I know enough to know how she 'produced' such an article, so my halo is being replaced with horns now and I'm shooting off an email to her after this.

Funny thing is her name is very familiar, I think I might know her but I just can't recall where. I just saw this not-so-common name a few days ago.

And I must say that it was a great sense of satisfaction catching someone copy-pasting from the Net. I had had even more satisfation when I told her she's busted.

Half a dozen doughnuts on Christmas Day

Weird cos:
1. We went out
2. Timmy said he wanna eat donuts
3. He ordered half a dozen doughnuts when we usually just have 1 each

The result:

 

     

Teacher and her bf are the big buffalo version of choco kids. And doughtnuts are horrible if more than one is consumed. They're so sweet like their grandmother owns the sugarcane plantation.

And then we walked all the way to GM Klang from JJ and back, had dinner in Vivo til late, tickle til terduduk on the mall floor.. ahh, haven't bercinta like this for a long time already...