will i am's delayed diary

For a long-long time, SK did not join mum and I for Saturday marketing at OUG, preferring to settle it in Puncak Jalil. Quite miracle that she joined me that morning. Must have woken up too early and couldn't get back to sleep. Nothing new at the OUG Wet Market, except for a new stall selling birds nest! Basically the type that they rear in swiftlet houses. Unprocessed and chock full of feathers and pieces of wood. Mum bought two pieces and that came to around MYR30. Breakfast was at Restoran Alisan , Seri Petaling for the famous Hakka noodles. Lovely texture and big portion ( but a tad oily ). Too bad the place is ventilated like an oven. In the afternoon, was supposed to have lunch with ConanCat but he didn't turn up at  Burger Bar , Kuchai Lama. Didn't reply to the group chat and our calls went unanswered. Didn't think too much about, so we went ahead without him. We ( KH & SK joined ) tried all three types of meat-- pork, chicken beef. My jumbo sausage wa

Do you watch Taiwanese and Korean dramas? At times, do you feel that the plots are far-fetched and all things that can go wrong will go wrong. And secrets always get out in the open with a bang? One doesn't need to be too creative really as these things happen in reality, with perhaps even more twists. One such example is my colleague of Ceylonese descent. Similar to India, society in Sri Lanka also favours arranged marriages. And with my colleague reaching marriagable age, his parents were already busy engaging marriage brokers and poring over catalogues of brides that are compatible with him from an astrology point of view. Wanting to be in better control of his future, he presented his own candidate to his parents. Lucky for him, they relented. Initial astrology checks did not raise any red flags so they continued on for more than a year. As the plans for marriage became more concrete, his future-in-laws consulted another astrologer. A celebrity astrologer mind you, someone wh

SK bought several discount vouchers to purchase air-flown fish from Kuriya , Bangsar Shopping Center. Ever since she visit Tsujiki and Kuromon Market in Japan, she had wanted to recreate that experience. We planned to arrive earlier to have a better selection, but many more patrons were more kiasu than us. But actually, the crowd was due to a tuna cutting event there. Labelled it as "Chef vs Pacific Bluefin Tuna". Not much of a challenge since the fish was dead, but still. Haha. It definitely takes skill to prepare a fish that large and expensive! We did not have much choice left in the air-flown fish department. The only affordable fish was the madai ( Sea Bream ) and uni ( sea urchin ). Started with a sashimi and later the head and bones were made into delicious miso soup . Also ate a grilled hamachi collar, teppanyaki prawns, nigiri sushi and handmade soba . Shopped a bit at The Gardens Mall after lunch. A big haul of clothes from G2000 and Banana Republic. Some g

Been a while since mum and I made a trip to the wet market. So it was a great chance for her to stock up on free-range chicken that are so great for soups and stocks. Had a simple breakfast of soup noodles at the OUG side lane. Simple, hot and wholesome. For lunch, KH arranged for lunch with Kenny at Delicious @ Bangsar Village II. I've not set foot in Delicious in years. Couldn't recognize the menu. Total revamp. Their branch in BVII is quite large and poorly-manned. Lethargic service, ten-cent faces... well you get the picture. Took a long look ( several looks actually ) at the menu before finally deciding on their pesto pasta with grilled chicken. Not bad la. Anyway, back to Kenny. The last I saw him was years ago during CNY. Since then his health was a bit of a roller coaster ride, but he has since recovered. Didn't take long to catch up. Walked around a bit after that, but truth be told, nothing much to shop at BV. On a whim, I decided to see Antinous to pass him th

Late post: Memang dah raya pun! :P According to central bank requirements, banks need to perform disaster recovery exercises twice a year. For my client, the original date was on Easter Sunday, but they postponed it twice and finally it ended up on Father's Day. Crazy type of date selection. Went to the data centre at 5:00 am, but things didn't require my attention till 8:00 am due to some delays. Plenty of time to yawn, chit-chat and eat the free nasi lemak . The rest of my colleagues heboh bola while some even brought Astro-on-the-Go. Some hiccups while trying to bring up the system on the DR server but the worst was the network issues. Quite debilatating. Scrambled to get the workaround in place. My shift ended at noon, but I was still there after 2:00 pm. Ended up having the free nasi tomato for lunch. Reached home at 3:00 pm and konked out for three hours. Big Monster had a birthday bash at home. His dad invited his friends over. All young families, so plenty of kids

Apollo created a What's App group to organize QueerRanter-D's birthday gathering. Seems like the better alternative to e-mail threads these days. Much dispute about the date and time but we finally managed to arrange it on Saturday noon at U-Yen Vegetarian Restaurant . Two new faces joined the lunch-- Sam and KreamKing. I won't elaborate much on the food... cause it's vegetarian. But quite nice la. :P. Provided you don't let the fried stuff get soggy in the gravy. But I loved their passion fruit tea. Too bad they didn't have a large table to fit ten of us. Weird to have lunch with two small round tables. Awkward seating and forced to pass dishes up and down like musical chairs. Hate that. Didn't cut the birthday cake at the restaurant as the cake wasn't there yet. LOL. Apollo and gang went off in one car to pick up the cake from Foret Blanc while we went to buy 4D before going to Coffee Factory , Setiawalk. Tried their recommended Salted Caramel Latte

I just got back from a trip to Osaka and I have tonnes of photos to process and notes to elaborate. And of course I came back with spy shots of cute Japanese boys! But that will come two months later. Hahahahaha. In the mean time, here's a submission from KH while he was going home on the STAR line. So unbecoming of him to spy at twinks in my absence! Hmph. But anyway, enjoy Innocent Ignatius with his angelic face.

Monday was my replacement leave for YDPA's birthday celebration on Saturday. Woke up early and went over to my sister's place for a bakzhang breakfast. Little Monster was also up and he was super sticky to his mother. When she left for work, he threw a big tantrum and rushed out to the porch crying saying that his mum had not kissed him yet ( although in fact she did ). Once he had got it all out of his system, he was cheerful as though nothing happened. Fed him breakfast and played with him till lunch time. Went out to have lunch with KH after that. Took a walk to Central Market. Been ages since I've been to that tourist trap, but its Art Deco facade and vintage tiles still captivate. Precious Old China was our choice of venue as KH had not tried it. For some reason, the air conditioning wasn't working well that day, so it was quite a stuffy affair among all those antiques. We ordered the Devil Chicken Curry and Okra Kerabu . Unfortunately, the latter took very lon

Been ages since we tried out a new Japanese restaurant. So when SK sent me screenshots of an article about Kogetsu in the newspaper, I agreed to it in a heartbeat ( already very quick by my fickle Libran standards :P ). Initial guests were SK, SK's granny, mum and I. Roped in the fifth person, who else if not my boyfriend KH? But it wasn't entirely due to the fact that I let him into my pants-- with his CIMB credit card, the fifth diner eats for free. Haha. Drove to Saujana Hotel in one car. Went up to the main building only to be told that it was near the recreational club instead. Turns out that the restaurant is a low wooden building located next to a lake. Like a nice little ryokan in Subang Jaya. We were given a table with a view of the lake. Beautiful to see the rippling reflection of the sky while shoving sashimi into my mouth. LOL. FYI, the buffet at Kogetsu is ala-carte with 99 items on the menu. As with all places that attempt to do an ala-carte buffet, they usua

Mum ajak me pergi pasar on Saturday and a neighbour tagged along. The old lady seemed thrilled for the chance to go to a little-explored wet market. Found parking easily at the multi-level car park. Life is easier when you're willing to pay. The place was a little quieter than usual during the school holidays, but not by much. Breakfast was at Restoran Sun Sea which houses the famous pork noodles ( more like the bastard child of pork noodles and seafood noodles ) of yesteryear. Their business is a far-cry from what it was more than a decade ago. No more crowds. No more queues. But then, I did not eat that. Think their soup is a bit sickly-sweet. Simply ordered from wantan noodle stall at the back and boy was it bad. Mum's choice of mee kolok was much better. Also noticed that the Penang curry laksa stall is now manned by two twinks. From their looks, definitely the sons of the owner. Not bad. Back home, I swept and mopped the floor. High time to clear the cockroach kill

In the same week, Little Monster visited the A&E twice. Scary, right? The first time happened right after the kid visited his paediatrician for fever and cough. The kid has mild asthma, so the doctor prescribed him some chewable medication. For some reason, his mum decided to dig out some of his leftover medication from the refrigerator. The blister pack looked very familiar to me. By the time I had realised that it was actually adult flu medication, it was too late, my sister had already fed him the pill. Yikes. I consulted Antinous on the matter. He warned me to look out for breathing difficulties during sleep. That kinda freaked my sister out, so she quickly brought him to TDMC. Since it was a school night, Big Monster was already sleeping, so I went over to keep an eye on him. While waiting, I tried out my new toy, which was the Chromecast that just arrived that day. Not a very useful device, but its two primary uses was good enough for me. One was its YouTube casting functio

My church organized a Duanwu festival celebration after mass on Sunday. Just a small affair with presentations on how to make dumplings, dumpling wrapping competition, food, music and singing. The MC went on and on about the history of the festival but I don't think the audience was very interested. Everyone was hyped about the competition! Moi: Wah, she really can talk hor? Aunty: Sunday school teacher ma... Lunch for me was a bit of porridge and noodles from the temporary stalls. Initially, there was a lot of confusion, but the activities went smoothly after that. They set up dumpling making stations-- tables underneath a suspended ladder. On each table was glutinous rice, fatty pork, black eyed peas, dried chestnut, dried shrimp, salted egg yolks and bamboo leaves. A bunch of ham sui chou were tied on the rungs of the ladder, suspended over each table. Mum entered the contest in the individual category and she came out with third prize. Not bad at all. Judging was base