will i am's delayed diary

Textures @ Fukuharu Swiped from williamnyk . JL's birthday was around the corner. Alex waited until the last minute to get things finalized! Many, many suggestions were thrown around. Knowing the BFF, half of the suggestions would be sampat de . But anyway, DanielH gave a very good suggestion-- Terrace at Hock Choon , Jalan Ampang. A nice cozy bungalow housing 9 restaurants. Definitely a snooty place, but the staff were not snooty at all! JL chose Japanese cuisine, so it was Fukuharu . The moment we stopped the car, we were greeted by a grinning Bangladeshi parking attendant who even opened the car door for us. In the background, one hears Pop Gemalan being piped out from IR1968, their Indonesian restaurant. Cool. KH, SK, LifeBook, Leggie and I were the first to arrive. We were shown into our room-- a glass room that housed their bar. A good choice on their part cause we are quite a boisterous group. We have had our fair share of complaints. :P. The early bird gets the worm--

On Saturday morning, mum, sis and my BIL left for Ipoh to go on a JJCM trip. When I awoke, the house was already empty. I took my Iswara Skyline ( as my colleagues affectionately call it-- a Skyline converted into an Iswara, I kid you not, :P ) for an overdue oil change. SK picked me up from the mechanic's and we headed out to Citrus Park for a haircut. I was the first customer of the day. Found out that my shampoo girl got married on April's Fool! Was waiting for Grat to arrive, but we finished early and he was running late, so we burned some time with my stylist. Did a lot gossiping and FB-ing. By noon, we headed off to Kuchai Lama for our appointment. Lunch was at Kam Hin . Never tried the dim sum there. Supposedly famous. My verdict-- mediocre at best. The wu kok had a nice filling, but the skin failed. The siew mai was super big! Yummy to sink your teeth into. The har kaw failed due to the skin. They have issues with their translucent dim sum skin. The chu cheong fun

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Swiped from sproutgrrl . My last blood profile was done about two years ago and so after marketing one Saturday, I marched myself into Pathlab. The process was painless as the phlebotomist was very skilled. However, I was a bit shocked that she handled blood without any latex gloves on. Errr... She touched the blood-soaked cotton with her bare hands hor... Anyway, I came back on Friday to collect the results and boy were they shocking! The total cholesterol was out the roof!!! Even higher than my mother's! So sad. Luckily, my HDL is high, but then, so is my LDL. Looks like I have to start making some adjustments. It's not like I eat unhealthily to begin with... sigh. Gonna increase my fiber intake wth oats and try to reduce overall fats. No more egg yolks and internal organs. KH tells me to take some nuts too. And of course exercise. Need to fit in more cardio. This would be challenging. Wish me luck!

Thomas & Barney Swiped from Soggy Semolina . Of all the evils in the world, my sister had to expose little Cyan to Barney ! The purple dinosaur touted as a "valuable resource to child educationists all over the world". I really have no idea how this purple menace who looks like it had one too many botched collagen implants managed to gain popularity. The kid watches the video at least twice a day. He gets so excited and rocks left and right whenever he hears the theme song. Then he'll find a comfy spot on the sofa and watch it. To him, Barney is gong long , dinosaur in mandarin. And when he sees Baby Bob ( a slutty, green female triceratops with way too much mascara ), he'll go "Who this? Who this?". Whatever the case, Barney helps us keep Cyan out of our hair for a while. Have to admit that... I on the other hand grew up watching Sesame Street and TV Pendidikan . The younger generation may have been exposed to Teletubbies , Pork Chop and wha

Meeting for the first time Swiped from rich66 ~~ . My little chat with Janvier over lunch the other day got me thinking how my friendships with the BFF started. I don't have the full details but I can remember some bits and pieces. For KH, itu sudah story la . Mentioned it several times already, here and there. Back in those days, KH was known as The Godfather . Why you ask? It's because he was the biggest 'social-slut' back then. He kinda knew everyone. And he was the person who introduced me to the pioneer group of the BFF. It happened on 2007/01/01. So easy to remember, right? At Siam Square , BTS. I wonder if that Thai joint is still in business. At that lunch party, I met Alex, Apollo, QueerRant, Clay, Harv and Bunny for the very first time. I hope I did not leave anyone out. It was a culture shock for me. I was so naive back then and QueerRant's flamboyant character nearly made me wanna bolt for the LRT station. Kidding la. Hehe. And I still rememb

On Mothers Day, we did not do anything specific as a cake ( a delicious Green Tea from RT Bakery ) was aleady cut on the 5th. The whole thing kinda got mixed up. 1st of May - Mum's early birthday celebration. 5th of May - Mum's exact birthday, but we celebrated Mothers Day instead. So come the 9th of May, what does one do? Celebrate again of course! LOL. Went to mass as usual, but with the special blessing for mothers of course. On that day, I was at the last minute roped in to become a hospitality minister again. Aih. Made some mistakes as the liturgy was a little different, but anyhow quite ok la. At least this time round I wasn't wearing my eye-catching deep-V chili red top! For lunch, we wanted to go to Delicious . Not keen to jam at MV, so we headed to BVI. Little did we know that it was actually D'Lish and not Delicious. The same group, but heck of a different menu. Took some time to order as what I wanted wasn't available. Ended up ordering Spaghetti Arrab

Stormies prayers Swiped from JDTX63 . MYR1,000,000,000 for flood mitigaton in Sibu. MYR50,000 for 363 FELDA settlers each. Money is being poured out generously at by-elections. Pray that your elected representative croaks. From the same Sibu flood mitigation article: "Muhyiddin, who is also education minister, said that education was a sensitive issue that should be kept separate from politics." Goodness. If this was the case, then MCA would have nothing to talk about during rallies.

It had been some time since my last lunch break with Janvier. I still remember that he was just starting out with The Chief. At that time, I was attending some training course in Petaling Jaya, so he recommended that we meet up at Amcorp Mall's Ume Tei . I still remember being shocked that he ordered sake . After the lunch, I boarded the LRT back to the office and I remember being a little lightheaded. Fast-forward to 2010, SK and I had another lunch with him at the same restaurant. But this time, the main point was to have sake during lunch. LOL. So we sat down to chirashi don , salmon battayaki ( you ordered this the last time too! ) and mixed sashimi . The cuts of the fish was quite thick and the price reasonable. The chawanmushi was also very smooth and flavourful but it looked really 'tanned'! We finished two bottles of sake and talked till the lunch crowd left. Back in the office, I felt sleepy... either from the alcohol or the sushi rice!!! Back at the office, it w

Car Chase Swiped from Prints Charming Original Fabrics . About the shooting of Aminulrasyid : "There is a danger that the Attorney General may be influenced by public pressure in deciding to prosecute the Police Officers on duty due to public pressure instead of basing on the facts of the investigations. This is similar to instances whereby innocent victims were penalized or made scapegoats for a crime they did not commit due to mounting public pressure." I don't think the AG has ever been pressured by public perception. There should be more pressure from the powers-that-be. But anyway, just look at the Kugan case. If emotions did not run high, his death would have gone unpunished. The truth never revealed with their so-called 'investigations' and 'autopsies'. People feel that the system does not protect them, hence some 'sensitive' things must put in the spotlight so that justice can prevail. Well, at least some times.

ice-kacang-puppy-love Swiped from tallboyz . Note: A bit of a mix up, this comes before yesterday's post. :P On Sunday afternoon after mass, Sis, my BIL and Cyan joined us for lunch. They had planned to watch Aniu's Ice Kacang Puppy Love at Tropicana City Mall, so we agreed that the lunch venue be there as well. After walking around a bit, we settled on Santini . A restaurant under the San Francisco Steakhouse family. Three of 'em in a row sharing the same kitchen-- Western, Italian and Thai. The food at Santini is reasonably-priced and quite yummy. We ordered some set lunches at only MYR14.90. One gets one main, bottomless fizzy drink and a choice of coffee, soup or salad. Of all that we tried, the Capellini Salmon with Cream was the best. The brocolli soup kinda got a bit bitter when cold. Their lava cake is also superb. At MYR18 you get chocolate of high quality. However, their chocolate gelato was a super let down. Tasted like Kings. So many ice crystals inside. I

Sat for my exam again on Monday ( replacement leave for Labour Day. :) ) and I passed with flying colours. Hehe. The questions did not quite repeat, but still I managed. I have now officially upgraded to a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer for .NET Framework 3.5 . Does that mean I get paid more? No. :(. SK waited for me at a nearby cafe and after I broke the good news to her, we immediately headed for The Gardens for some shopping. I had my eyes set on a pair of Democrata shoes, but it turns out that they're too narrow at the toe. That wasn't a problem, as its neighbour brand immediately caught my eye. Tried on a pair of J Shoes and liked it on the spot. Much cheaper and that is good seeing how I had thrown MYR300 down the drain last week. Next stop, Braun Buffel . SK stopped to buy a beautiful dark maroon wallet for KH. Much better than the boring black. Moi: Why are you buying the wallet? SK: Haiyah. I paiseh he bought the VS for me ma... Moi: Then why you ask him

MumsBday2010 Swiped from williamnyk . Mum's birthday is on the 5th of May. Since that is on a Wednesday, we had the choice of doing it on the weekend before or after the 5th. I advised my brother to come back on the Labour Day weekend since the following weekend is Mothers Day, so you can imagine the chaos at F&B outlets. I dunno about other mothers, but my mum is a difficult woman to shop for. Every year we have to crack our heads to think of the perfect gift. This year round, we got her a watch since her Maurice Lacroix is already quite old. With that determined, it's still a challenge to get the right watch. Knowing my mother, she has two requirements for watches: 1) Must be light 2) Must be bling And so, we decided on a gold Skaagen steel mesh watch with crystal and mother of pearl from Tangs. I tested it with my own wrist, as mum and I have a similar construction and size. Haha. Squarish wrists. With that buy, we got 10% cash rebate and some vouchers. Dispose

Birthday Shriya 5th Swiped from Partha Sarathi Sahana . Nat is an ex-colleague of mine from India. Several years ago, my company hired him as a contract staff and we worked together on of my past projects. Some time back, my company terminated his contract and he also moved on to another company. Back in those days, he was quite a good companion, exposing me to much Indian culture. Some days, I would introduce him to local, Japanese and Korean food and on others, he would bring me for chapati and my favourite chickpea curry. Even after he left, he would ping me on GTalk and send me occasional SMS-es. I was invited to his wedding, housewarming and etc, but I never made it. So when he invited me to his daughter's first birthday party, I really couldn't refuse. Nat: Come for my daughter's birthday party on Labour Day! Block out that date for me. Come after 5:00pm. moi: Erm, my mum's birthday celebration is only on that night. Can I come for lunch instead? Nat: Co

Scrabble Nerd. Swiped from Sheri is Ridiculous . KH recently asked me to install Words With Friends on the iPhone. It's actually Scrabble la. Quite addictive really. Currently, I'm simultaneously playing SK, KH, Janvier and KH's wife in Singapore. At every red light, I'd be thinking of double letter scores and triple word scores. Quite a nice way to survive the rush hour jams. So far, KH has beaten me twice with big margins! Hmph. Always running up tonnes of points with weird words and uncanny placements. Somehow it doesn't feel so bad losing to a friend ( Janvier is a demon at these things ). It's not that I want KH to purposely let me win, but I was hoping for a little more face from him! Cis .

Last Wednesday evening, I finished up my studying and quickly registered for my Microsoft exam for Thursday morning. I arrived at the venue early, but there was so error with the system, causing the exam paper to not be downloaded until an hour later. Little did I know that it was a bad sign. I failed that exam! I passed the first section with 960 points, but failed the last section with only 560 points. I need a minimum of 700 points on both sections! Ugh. T_T. The worse thing is that during the registration, I did not apply the Second Shot Voucher-- basically a backup plan to retake my exam free of charge in case I fail it the first time. That's MYR300 down the drain. :(. Sigh. I could have bought a pair of shoes with that money!!! So, I did more preparations and will be taking the exam again ( with the Second Shot Voucher! ). Wish me luck people!

August's Big Gay Kiss Best Picture Winner Swiped from InteractiveMale . Remember Jolin ? She surprised me over cofee the other day ( BTW, she treated. Brownie points! ): "Oooo... I like to go to The Pavilion. So many gays le! All very leng zai one!" "But I think I better not see so much. Later cannot find BF. :P" Priceless. P.S.: SK, please take note. :P

CSA Images 773231 Swiped from csa images . On Friday, I did not take leave, so I only visited SK at night. Earlier on, Gratitude had brought her roast pork bones + dried oyster + salted egg porridge. Very yummy in comparison to the hospital food. Sodexo sucks! SK was lethargic, spending too much time in bed. Luckily she had her iPhone and magazines a companions. By that time, 2 of her roommates had been discharged, leaving her with the Mat Rempit aunty. Later, Apollo also visited. According to SK, her condition was kinda 'misdiagnosed'. Doctor: Good news! It's not Disease A! SK: Har?! Doctor: It's actually Disease B! Disease A is a life-long disease le. But Disease B is not! But the specialist failed to mention that there is no clear cure for Diease B either. >_____<". Either way, it was kinda like an overkill to conduct surgery for Disease B. How unlucky. Sigh. Anyway, SK needed a couple more days at the hospital. On Saturday night, Gratitude visit

Last Thursday, I took leave to admit SK into Pantai Specialist Hospital for her surgery. The admissions clerk was a very cheerful Malay girl who was smiling all the way. Even better than some hotel front desks I've seen. But truthfully, most private hospitals are starting to look like hotels with jockey service, opulent lobbies and patients zig-zagging in and out with designer luggage. It was a painless check-in procedure, but we had some trouble finding a room because the hospital was quite packed. So while waiting for things to be finalized, I had a lousy nasi lemak at their food court and ordered a large cup of Sumatran Black from Starbucks. Although SK was entitled to a two-person room, she had to make do with a four-person room due to the constraints. Nothing much went on in the morning, except for some pre-op tests and preparations. SK changed into the hospital gown, did some shaving ( tee hee ) and took the ECG test. Basically she just sat on the bed, and we played scrabble

42-17597553 Swiped from ducmanhmaster . My company recently 'acquired' two companies from its parent. Due to that arrangement, four extra accounts personnel are now stationed in my office. One of 'em is Jolin. For quite some time, she was quite the plain Jane, staying under the radar most of the time. Then all of a sudden, she became the talk of the town. Let's just say that we're a stressed out bunch of people and any minor office gossip we turn into a major epic as a form of entertainment. It all began after she started approaching my colleague, Lan after office hours to help her with 'computer problems'. And the both of 'em are usually the latest to leave the office, giving our imaginations much fuel for tale-spinning. As the days went by, Jolin became bolder and bolder. Can I join you guys for lunch? You went for tea? Aiyoh, should have asked me ma....! Then one day, another colleague of mine followed her car back to Wangsa Maju: Jolin: (out

Alex was telling me the other day that he wants to learn how to swim. Since he's more comfortable with professional instructors ( it is more sensible ), I suggested that he scout the public pools around his area for classes. Just a few days after that, lo and behold, I find this search phrase in my search engine hit log: cute gay swimming instructor in KL I immediately ask Alex, "Was that you?!". Of course he denied it. Hehe. If your instructor is cute, would you learn faster or slower? :P

Monopoly? Swiped from nascity . Some nostalgia today. Believe it or not, it all started from KH's ex's blog. From there on, I found KH and some of the initial BFF. We read each other's blogs and left occasional comments. I knew he was gay, although I wasn't so sure about myself. My denial phase so to speak. But it was swiftly coming to an end. On the 19th of October 2006, an unsuspecting comment on my blog : I would be more impressed if it was fire burning on water and the water dissipates slowly. LOL Sigh, nowadays anything can be art. Have a good and long weekend ;P P/S Can't find your contact. Can u pls email me? Thanks. This is what got the ball rolling between KH & I. Simple e-mail conversations evolved into SMSes. Naturally we started talking over the phone. Then we met for the first time at Coffee Bean, Citrus Park. At that moment in time, I wasn't honest with myself regarding my sexuality. I had no intention of getting in contact with real peopl

Swiped from ~ezs . Overheard at a private pool in Taman Danau Desa: Voice 1: Dia tu kan... peluk saya tau. Pegang tangan saya. Voice 2: Lepas tu? Lepas tu? Voice 1: Dia beritahu saya, "Takpelah, sini kan sunyi, takde orang nampak!". SK was so shocked that the conversation actually came from a couple of Malay girls at the pool. I don't think they were any older than 10. Shocking. After I finished my laps, I rested at the poolside again and stole a few glances at the cute-ish queers in white arena trunks on my right. The kids were there again. Voice 1: Wei. Wei. Tengok tu. Voice 2: Mana? Voice 1: Tu. Jantan kat hujung tu. Bukannya hensem sangat. Amazing. Kids start really young these days. Who cares if you've not had your first moon? Who cares if you're still flat-chested? The early bird catches the worm.

Lady GaGa - Telephone Swiped from Lee_Way . How much do you remember of your physics? Amplitude? Frequency? Interference? Resonance? Maybe some physics genius can help me on this: For some strange reason, KH can't hear my voice well over the phone. According to him, my intonation is so erratic that he usually misses the last part of my sentence. Kinda tapers off. Well, let's investigate this in a scientific manner: ~ The problem persists with my Samsung SGH-X700, Nokia 5220 and iPhone. ~~ Hence, there might be something wrong with my voice. ~~~ But nobody else seems to complain about this. ~~~~ Hence, there might something wrong with his ears. ~~~~~ But he says he can hear other people well. ~~~~~~ Perhaps my voice and his ears are at odds? Since I have no wish of shouting into the phone, perhaps I should enunciate more slowly. But that kinda makes chatting so robotic. I like to be manja over the phone and that kinda spoils the mood. Dunno la. So difficult at times. P

iPad Spoof Colour Swiped from melekalikimaka . What's the best business model in the world? Your product must be a necessity . Your target customers are women . Use the MLM framework to make the most money in the least amount of time and effort! What could that product be? You get a free pack of pantie liners if you answered sanitary pads . My ex-coursemate, Egg rang me up for drinks. Said she was bringing another ex-coursemate whose name did not ring a bell ( not surprising since I have bad memory and couldn't care less about most ex-coursemates ). I was quite oblivious to the trap I was walking into. Luckily I brought SK along. Years and years ago, Egg had a crush on me ( ala "Fatal Attraction" ), and all the while she thinks that SK is her arch-nemesis. So, the purpose of having SK there was actually to act all lovey-dovey and create further scandals. Evil, aren't we? But it might trigger her psychosis again too... so not sure if it was wise. Well, Eg

Tax Collector Swiped from OCPetPhotos . Someone knocks on my door. "Hello, who issssss ittttt...?", I answer in my best Bree Van De Kamp voice. "Open up. I'm here on the King's business.", comes the voice behind the door. I unbolt the door and see the tax collector standing before me. "Great, you're finally here", I say merrily. "You owe me money!". I overpaid about MYR400+ in taxes for the year 2009! But when will they refund me?!

Wish You Luck Swiped from amy (mndcakes_penang) . I suddenly had high motivation to buy 4D from a receipt number I had received: 3335 I bought all permutations for MYR2 at Magnum, Da Ma Cai and Toto on Saturday and Sunday. I did not strike. Come Wednesday, I decided not to buy. On Thursday, my mum pointed it out to me. Toto ~ 5333 ~ Consolation Prize MYR100 terbang .... T_T

100_0850 Swiped from incurable_hippie . Remember the brand new Full-HD LCD TV that I bought during the CNY period? The Sharp Aquos 32" A66. It's not so SHARP after all. It has been giving me overheating problems. Just after 2 hours of watching, the word "TEMPERATURE" starts to flash in red at the bottom right of the screen. The blinking will get more and more frequent until it shuts itself off. How annoying. I had called the technician to look at it once before. The fella just reset the factory settings and refreshed the firmware. The problem went away for a while and now it's back again! Terukz . The second technician changed the main board and the results were horrible! The colours were leaching! And the sound disappeared after a while too! Then the video inputs went erratic. :S. Blur Technician: Actually never see before this problem, but now OK already right? Me & SK: NOOOOOOOOOO. And my sister's Sharp LED TV is also giving her problems. Th

No U-Turns while Walking your Moose Swiped from Beothuk . From Puncak Jalil, there are several alternatives to head to Kuala Lumpur. Get on to the Lebuhraya Bukit Jalil via the Giant Kinrara 5 bridge. Get to Jalan Puchong via Kinrara 1. Turn out to Lebuhraya Bukit Jalil via the traffic light near the fire station at (B). Make an illegal u-turn at the Lebuhraya Bukit Jalil near SIRIM at (B) The turning at Kinrara 5 would incur an extra 10km and also one would have to brave the jam at Bandar Seri Bukit Jalil turning. No points for guessing which method I like to use. Many motorists make that illegal turn and as a result, the traffic heading towards Puchong is quite jammed. Recently, the police have taken an interest and they have been issuing summons. The traffic towards Puchong is much smoother when they do it, but looking at the traffic light, the queue was unbelievable. It can easily take you half an hour just to clear the traffic light. :S. Butttt.... our dear traffic polic

The iPhone is cool no doubt, but it does miss out on some hardcore cellphone features that I've been soooooooo used to! Here are a few: Once you hit send for an SMS, there's no turning back! Better do a double take before sending flirty SMS-es to people other than your BF! You type and type and type your SMS, but you dunno how many characters you have used up. More chances to blow an extra 15 cents on just a few extra characters. Give me T9! I don't really like the predictive text. I usually miss the hints cause I stare to intently at the keyoard. Related to the previous item, I have been avoiding apostrophes when typing! There's no zoom for the camera! I hope this won't hamper my work on LRT Celebrities! As I mentioned before, I have itchy fingers. And with each itchy attack, the battery life drops quite drastically. -1%. -1%. -1%. Goodness. It's like watching a taxi meter tick. And no caller groups! I have to assign ringtones to individual contacts. So trouble

Purple Tummy Warmer Swiped from williamnyk . My brother-in-law had gone to Redang for a holiday, so my sister and Cyan joined us for Divine Mercy Sunday at church. Cyan was considerably well-behaved throughout the whole thing. The only funny thing that happened was that he remarked "Do what?!" during a moment of silence. LOL. Luckily it was already after the Eucharistic Prayer. Since mum had MYR10 to kill at a jumble sale in The Atria , we all headed there for lunch. After a quick survey of the shops surrounding the mall, we decided to go in for food. It looks so dead. We finally decided on Kopi Time Kopitiam seeing that its business was quite brisk. Cyan was a handful. Couldn't sit still. Malls put him into a frenzy of sorts. Just can't stop of horsing around. We tried their Chicken Udon ( in an interesting carrot and radish soup base ), Fishball Noodles ( the fish content was high ), Nasi Lemak KT ( rendang chicken and sambal sotong on one plate! ) and Kay

Bon Appetit Swiped from williamnyk . My colleague has an iPhone. KH has an iPhone. Nic and POD both have iPhones. SK recently converted too. And with the What's App Messenger touted as THE TOOL to keep me better connected with KH, there had been subtle hints for me to bite into Apple. I'm not really a gadget-crazy person and I'm usually quite practical ( read: miser ), so I had never really considered getting it. For one thing, my Nokia 5220 is still in good working order. It's just a little rough the edges, what to expect when it had kissed the asphalt many times since I got it. Of course, it also has sentimental value since it's a birthday gift from the boyfriend. Putting that aside, let's talk about dollars and cents. My fingers are very itchy. I send a lot of SMS. When bored, I'd use GPRS to check my e-mail. And these constant fiddlings usually augment my prepaid phone reloads to an average of MYR125 a month. And since the DiGi promotion is MYR159

pointy-haired-boss Swiped from geoffreyhpierson . Drama at the office told in parables: Fatty enjoys himself at the buffet table. He eats like a glutton and mistreats the waiters and annoys the other guests. Having had his fill, Fatty wants to leave the restaurant to try the food at the restaurant next door. He believes that the competing restaurant owners will give him a better deal. However, when leaving, he wants to tapau ( take away ) as well. The restaurant owner gets angry and stops him. In his defence Fatty says that he did not take any food away, the food jumped into his pocket. After arguing with the owner for 4 hours, Fatty gives up and continues eating. The food are happy. The end. Tak faham? Tak apa.

angry cat Swiped from benny7am . During my lunch with JJ, the topic of his sister's new pet dog came up. So this got me talking about my pet cat from years ago, Miao-Miao . It all started at my old house in Kuantan. My mum always had a soft spot for cats and Miao-Miao always came around outside the kitchen window looking for scraps. Eventually, my mum took her in. Miao-Miao is your usual stray cat with brownish spots over a canvas of white. Quite the aggressive type. Never really warmed up to us, but she would seek attention once in while. Purring and rubbing against my leg. But catch her in the wrong mood and she won't hesitate to take a swipe at you. All the while, she treated my place like a hotel. Here today, gone tomorrow. Makan, then cabut . Mum would make her rice boiled with fish and I remember that the dish was congealed with some pinkish jello. Sounds appetizing right? :S. A cat with attitude. Chased dogs. Jumped halfway up to the ceiling to attack a stray ba

servers and paschal candle Swiped from danielkedinger . On Holy Saturday, SK, mum and I left for church at 5:45pm to catch the Easter Vigil Mass for the mandarin-speaking congregation. Experience tells us that the turnout would be huge and the roads would most probably be jammed. But our kiasu-ness was for naught this year. It was smooth all the way and it was easy to get parking. The mass started at 6:45pm. All the lights were switched off and everyone moved to the main entrace where a coal stove was burning. It was used to light the Paschal Candle, a tall white candle about 50cm long. On the surface is a cross where the priest will symbolically use incense to mark the wounds of Christ during the Passion. Then, the priest will carry in the lighted Paschal Candle and announce the "Light of the World" for 3 times. Halfway through, the congregation will have their own candles lighted from the Paschal Candle. From then on, the liturgy will start and the Gloria would be

geoduck-jockey-lrg Swiped from Rhonda Lewis . Jaded Jeremy was in town for the Easter weekend, so he made a lunch date with SK and I on Holy Saturday. We gave his designated driver, Bunny one hour to find SK's place. Luckily, the detailed instructions that she gave were not in vain as they arrived with 15 minutes to spare. The last time Bunny came, he took close to 2 hours. SK nearly pulled all her hair out. So, we drove them to Serdang to have some fresh seafood at the restaurant with a BKT name. It was the same restaurant that we brought Anakz last month ( already received grumbles from KH that I did not bring him there. Anytime baby, as long as you're paying for Geoduck. :P ). As usual, JJ gave me his signature bear hug and Bunny looked blur as usual ( must have been all the clearing of the skanking backlog ). We were discussing what to order: Moi: We should order the salt-chilli prawns. JJ: Sounds spicy. I can't take spicy. Moi: But you can take curry, right?

Seen at my training center-- a coffee maker that dispenses whitener . Common sense would tell me that it's actually non-dairy creamer, but somehow I'm afraid that I'll end up with bleach in my cup. Perhaps it's hydroquinone for fairer skin. Hard to say. Well, I did not get my coffee fix that day. :P

Mega Collage HD Swiped from oxigeneric . Bloody hell. Just one time of unprotected sex with a USB stick and my laptop's virus test came back positive. And a very tenacious virus too. Very stubborn. I don't think Dynamo could have handled it. Win32:Malware-Gen & Win32:Inject-XX Symantec could not help me. It just managed to catch the spam e-mails that it was trying to send out from my lappie. The alerts were super annoying. At least 20 would pop-up at one time. Don't worry, I don't think anyone received any Rolex or pharmacy offers from me. A simple port scan showed that whenever my lappie was connected to a network, it would suppretitously make numerous connections to random SMTP servers on the internet. Ugh! My colleague suggested that I install Avast. At least that managed to DETECT the virus, but I was not fully-cured. I would still need to deal with deleting the virus copies as they popped up. So hard to kill. I did several full scans ( it bloody takes

enseigne lumineuse Carrefour Swiped from Dominique Pipet . Note: This is a blast from the past! A decade ago when I started my tertiary education in Kuala Lumpur, Carrefour was THE PLACE to be. Hypermarkets were such an attraction. Every weekend I would be at Endah Parade, Seri Petaling, either with my sister or with SK and JM who would drive all the way down from Bangi for the same reason. Unthinkable? But it's true. And you know what was the most mesmerizing thing about Carrefour? Potato Bread . Back in those days, people actually stalked the bakery for freshly-baked potato bread. When the staff pushed out the cart, the bread would be gone in less than 2 minutes. Half the time if there was a promotional price. And people would be munching away and end up with only the plastic bag left when they reached the cashier. Some just discard the plastic bag altogether. Free food. Things are so much more different today. Tesco and Giant have joined the fray. So many branches have

LittleSistersOfThePoor-1 Swiped from williamnyk . Last Sunday, my BEC visited the Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Francis Xavier's Home for the Elderly under the patronage of the Little Sisters of the Poor at Taman Sri Bahtera, Cheras. Nestled inside a housing area, it's quite a challenge to find. The visit was in conjunction with the Lenten season, to do some charity and raise awareness about the old and destitute. Sister Cecilia was there to welcome us and she gave us a guided tour of the place. With a large floor space and serene surroundings, it's nothing like your usual old folks home. According to the nun from Hong Kong, they currently care for only 67 old folks at the home. And each of them are given their own room. According to her, the concept employed there is that the elderly should be given privacy and their own space ( especially for those who are infirm and having illness ). Therefore, creating a better environment for everyone and reducing conflicts.

Three Red Birds Escape Swiped from lucadipierro . One night, while I was spending some time with myself ... I noticed movement at the corner at my eye. I lifted my head from my pillow and looked at the window. What do you know, it was a cute little bird peeking from behind the curtain! We locked eyes a moment and it jumped into my room without even an "excuse me". Well, I usually wouldn't mind, but I was kinda preoccupied at the moment. And so with my jap porn blaring in the background, the little birdie flew from one corner of my bedroom to the other. Utterly chaotic! I stopped my ministrations and ducked into the bathroom to get my gayung ( water scoop ). I tried my best to net it, but it eluded me several times. It was quite a challenge trying to catch a darting birdie while having an exposed birdie too you know? Finally, I got it and I guess it was exhausted. It just sat quietly in the scoop while I gently launched it out the open window. I heard it flap its wings