will i am's delayed diary

London, Tate Gallery, Anna Lea Merritt: Love Locked Out, 1889 Swiped from groenling . For years and years I had been using the same old e-mail password. It originated from the address of my old industrial training site in Cyberjaya. That was like a decade ago! However, that password is no more. For some reason, I could not log into my GMail account the other day and I had to reset my password. I tried the SMS method and I got the reset code on my phone 5 times faster than an m2u TAC. Impressive. Quickly changed my password and went through the account activity. Found nothing suspicious. I still don't know what happened. In the midst of all this, Kidz could not access my blog and immediately got KH to ask me. He thought that I closed my blog down. Later on, I found that my GTalk auto sign-on failed with an "Account locked" message. Hmmm, I really wonder...

Colour Rabbit Swiped from ssoosay . Last Sunday, SK, mum and I ventured to Michael & Guys , One Utama to get our hair done. The senior stylist there was clever enough to call SK and entice her with some CNY promotions. Cut + Dye + Treatment for only MYR168. For longer hair, just add MYR30. SK and I opted for colour, whereas my mum just did a hair treatment for MYR60. This time round, I did not go for anything too obvious. Chose a more subdued and natural hue. So subdued that none of my colleagues noticed! @&^%$#$#. But I guess that was the desired effect. The shampoo guy was most talkative. Typical beng -ish type from JB with super-blonde, straightened hair. At first I thought that he was the curly type, but later on, he kept asking about girlfriends and how after a certain age one should be quite ashamed of receiving red packets. Goodness. Even after my chemical treatment was done, he kept chatting with me and even let me play with his new Nokia N8. Tak faham betul! ...

Anuar Zain for MStar Caught sight of this full page item on MStar , The Star's weekly Malay pullout. It featured Ziana Zain's kid brother ( still applicable now that he's over 40? ), Anuar Zain. For the benefit of my beh hiau Bahasa Melayu readers, the caption reads: "Anuar Zain: Selesa Tanpa Wanita" Yes folks, he's forty. Unmarried. Not bad looking. And most importantly, comfortable without women . If I were him and if I was straight ( choi, choi, choi! ), I would definitely feel uncomfortable with that statement emblazoned on a tabloid. Sounds too ghey kan ?

Puppets! Swiped from cgines . Celebrated Janvier's 30th birthday at E42T: 42 East Restaurant and Bar , TTDI on Thaipusam. The name of the restaurant is a bit of a word play. In the logo, the "42" in "E42T" is manipulated to look like "AS", hence giving you "EAST". SK and I did not easily find the place although it was facing the main road. Got cheated by Google Maps. Somehow Lorong Rahim Kajai 14 does not show properly in it. The Chief managed to secure a private party at the venue. Most of us pre-ordered the pork ribs set. At just 40++, one gets mushroom soup ( watered down ) with garlic bread, grilled pork ribs ( tender, but had a weird citrus rind taste ) and fruits to close. And you get a pint of Carlsberg too! The table was split into two, so Janvier sat in the middle with a swivel chair so that no one would feel left out. Nah, it didn't happen like that. He chose the boring way and just moved around. This time round, Leggy ...

connection Swiped from rent-a-moose . If you're reading this, you most probably live two lives. One~ flesh and bone. Blood and sweat. The other~ 1s and 0s. IE and Firefox. Truth be told, we feed quite a lot of our REAL lives into our digital lives. Much time invested into uploading our lives onto the WWW. Not quite Tron, but I'm sure we can get there some day. For me, both lives are important. Imagine IM-ing about everything under the sun, but clam up when meeting each other Imagine having animated discussions in person, but ignore each other in social networking sites and blogs Scenario 1 is definitely disastrous, but to me scenario 2 is also bad. In my opinion, we should try to connect with each other in all possible channels, not just stick to one. But I guess there are many people who are Cyberspace lurkers . They read and read and read. Stalk and stalk and stalk. But never make their presence known and never leave their thoughts. Or, there are people who rely...

Chirashi-don Swiped from williamnyk . Ever since I put up my Contact Me feature I have made some interesting interactions with my readers. Some normal. Some abnormal ( definitely something for another post ). Enjoyed some e-mail conversations, perhaps some FB and IM interaction. If things click, we may end up meeting face to face. So far I've met Lun, a youngn' who works near my office. And recently, Finnegan, an Irishman based in HK. He was in town for a couple of days, so we arranged a lunch date on Saturday. Picked him up from the Gardens Hotel ( the traffic was exceptionally smooth. I was expecting Hell from CNY shoppers! ) and drove over to nearby Nihon-kai . Had their Chirashi-don accompanied by a nice chat. More often than not, the topic veered towards food and travel. Found him to be quite a shy person. Likes to think before he speaks ( So unlike me. Should I tone down my laser? Haha, I think not ). Can tell that he loves having intellectual discourses but I do...

Another crazy Doc Swiped from Erik K Veland . Mum complained about a mysterious itch on her right thigh for more than a week. On and off with a wave of numbness now and then. How weird right? No marks on her skin whatsoever. Must be some kind of nerve problem I thought. Quite at a lost on which specialist to consult. Then on Thursday, she complained of body ache, sore throat and rashes started coming out on her thigh. Aha! That's something to go on. I actually thought it was shingles, but she reported no pain. Advised her to see the nearby doctor. A big clinic franchise~ MedivXXXX. The doctor said that it was viral, but it was not shingles. "Aunty, very serious already, need to give you a jab. It costs $150." After paying the fees of MYR190, her sore throat and body ache did go away, but the itchy rashes stayed. I told her to get a second opinion. SK recommended Alam Medic in OUG. I was quite surprised at what the doctor there said. "Aunty, don't wor...

Thrust Swiped from Glenn Peter Perez . It was a day of doubles. Had egg sandwich twice today. Mum and SK made the same thing for breakfast. Had lotus root twice today. Once at Food Republic and another time at home. See a pattern? I'm looking forward to a hunky pair of twins in my dreams tonight. Good night.

ck free-耿乐 Swiped from 普渡众神 花 . Just received a spill-over from Christmas 2010-- A 100ml bottle of cK Free from SK!!! Hehe. And it came with an embroidered Christmas card. Thanks a bunch! *muacks! Here's a bit of trivia for you: 1) I use Lacoste Pour Homme purely for work 2) I use Bvlgari Aqva only on weekends and holidays 3) I use Esprit Connect randomly Don't have to sniff me to confirm this. I adhere to it semi-religiously. :P. Perhaps I should have a special scent for when I go on dates with KH. :P (1) and (2) should be finishing soon, so I can start cK Free soon lo. What do you use to smell good?

iPhone6-2Duck Swiped from williamnyk . Right after my trip to Brunei, mum made an ad hoc decision to go to Teluk Intan the next day to settle some legal issues. I just nodded lo. Luckily I wasn't too tired from the short trip. On touchdown, I waited an hour at LCCT for my sister to arrive ( used the time to have a teleconversation with SK and What's App my client due to some work problems ). Mum and Cyan tagged along. The kid was sleeping in the car, exhausted from his second day in pre-school. Ended up at Restoran Puchong YTF for dinner. Still nice, but portions have taken a dive. The journey out of KL took place at 7:30am the next day. BIL drove. We wasted one hour trying to get to the PLUS highway as the roads were choked by a stalled trailer on the Puchong-Sg. Besi Highway. %$#@%^. Stopped for breakfast at Restoran Sin Thien Thien , Bidor. I had wantan noodles while the rest tried the herbal duck noodles. When I compare the duck noodles, I found it better than P...

Red Wine Mee Suah Swiped from J2Kfm . Brunei is quite an alcohol-free country. I don't see alcohol being sold openly. If you bring it in from outside, you'll have to declare it at customs. The other day, my colleague ordered chicken soup mee suah . The boss immediate put on a shady look, tapped him on the shoulder and whispered: "Pssst. Wanna add wine or not?" Goodness. From the way he was asking, I thought he was offering porn DVDs or China Doll blowjobs! So poor thing kan ?

JOM esok kita ke Perhimpunan Wira Negara Revolusi 1Malaysia. Program ini bermula pada 7 hingga 9 Januari 2011 bertempat di Perkarangan Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Program yang julung kali bakal diadakan adalah satu lagi inisiatif Wira PERKASA Malaysia untuk mendekati golongan yang sering dilabelkan sebagai remaja liar/bermasalah seperti rempit, skin head, punk, underground band, x-treme dan membantu untuk mendaftarkan diri mereka kepada Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR). Pelbagai aktiviti menarik disediakan utk menarik minat golongan belia yg terbiar ini supaya mereka sedar bahawa Wira PERKASA Malaysia mendengar luahan hati kecil mereka. If a Mat Rempit can be called a Wira Negara , why not glorify the Mat Gian  as well? They've been around longer than anyone can remember. Syabas Wira Perkasa ! The money could have been better spent buying bullets for our trigger-happy police. I'm sure we'd see positive change in their luahan hati kecil  with gunfire to moti...

iPhone65AirAsia Swiped from williamnyk . "Suddenly Brunei", as Alexander the Gay likes to put it. Had to make a trip to Brunei for several wrap up meetings with my client's consultant. An annoying Hungarian guy. Ugh. In case you're wondering~ no, he's not hot. Anyway, SK was supposed to pick me up but somehow, her alarm didn't go off. Ended up half an hour late. Still, I had ample time. This time round, I discovered something new about AirAsia's self check-in system. One can now use one's iPhone. Log on. Key in the information and they will send you a 2D barcode. Bring it up on your iPhone and flash it at the scanner kiosk. A boarding pass will be printed for you. Not bad. Just had fifteen minutes to talk to SK before I went into the departure hall. The flight was uneventful except that it was quite full and people turned up right up till the last minute. Blegh. I wanted to fly on Sunday afternoon, but it was sold out, no doubt due to the end ...

I have no intention of turning this into a "Mind Your Language" segment ( people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones :P ), but I just had to post this. Spotted it at Mayflower , Jalan Tun Sambanthan. This stall serves quite a wicked fried spaghetti. A bit oily, but OK la. When you look at that cute little note, I'm sure you can understand where the owner is coming from. But I just can't help but think that he has a frozen piece of Dory jumping up and down in his freezer some where. Hahahahaha.

paper ornaments 2 Swiped from minimallyinvasivenj . Mum was complaining about her limp hair for weeks, so after church we went to Taman Megah to get her hair curled. Before that, had lunch at the nearby kopitiam . Ordered a tomato kuay teow . Did not know what it was, but gave it a try anyway. A BAD gamble. The bloody dish took half an hour to arrive. It was just wat tan hor with egg gravy replaced with tomato sauce. KNS. A family beside me also ordered three plates of that stupid thing and after fifteen minutes of waiting, the hawker told them they had run out of stock. I wanted to tell the lady, "No loss!". Since mum's chemical service would take around 3 hours, SK and I decided to go to One Utama. Upon seeing the jam into One Utama, we went to The Curve instead. Plenty of parking at Cineleisure. As usual, SK spent a few hundred ringgit in just half an hour of shopping for bras and cosmetics. :S. Later on, we met up with Lifebook at Pappa Rich. Then went birth...

Little Korea On Friday morning, I got up at 7:00am and drove mum to Taman Bukit Jalil for a jog. At the start, it was mostly brisk walking. Only later did I ditch mum and did some jogging. Thought I was doing OK until bent over to pull up my socks. When I got up, I felt that the blood flow to my brain wasn't quite right. Started seeing static and white stars. Goodness. Took some time before the feeling of faintness passed. Wonder if it was due to me bending over ( jangan fikir lain ) or because I did not eat before going for the jog. Guess it was a little bit of both. While walking back to the car, we saw a father-daughter team who were both having a leisurely walk while munching on big pau 's. That's how we should all exercise! Breakfast was at Jalan Lazat, OUG. Ordered seafood noodles that came in a soup so sweet that I could very well had been drinking tong sui . The only positive was the fact that the auntie gave many prawns and it was fresh. Give me some grub! ...

La-la-li-tam-plong! Today is 2011's first edition of LRT Celebrities. No format change will take place and we shall continue to uncover the interesting side of commuters on the LRT. This time round, I highlight the height of lala-ness . Lala #1 on the left is your typical big-eyed kid with sharp facial features and J-Pop hair. At certain angles he does look quite pleasant but what caught my eye was the fact that he was using powder on his face. I guess it was cover some of his acne scars. Still it was quite obvious and I don't I will ever paint my face with the exception of doing a studio photoshoot. Clothes-wise he was in tight fitting slacks, slim-cut shirt and pointy leather shoes. The look is completed with a little angst-y frown. The epitome of the office lala . Lala #2 is your typical Berjaya Times Square breed. Going around town shopping at MYR10 shops. Gangly and tanned with fantastic plunging V-neck, complete with super bling necklace. He's going for the whole W...

A Golden Christmas Swiped from williamnyk . Note: More leftovers from 2010. Hehe. With the holiday season in full swing, even church attendance suffered. Parking was not a hassle and it was relatively easy to find seats. After church, we went to Pavilion to catch the "Golden Christmas" there. Did not get to see the artificial snow as reported by the newspapers. But it was impressive none-the-less. Plenty of people were streaming in to cam-whore. Seeing that the Food Republic was crawling with shoppers, we chose something less chaotic~ Ichiban Boshi . Been some time since I ate there. Noticed a difference in the menu and uniforms. SK wasn't feeling well ( after downing a whole packet of nasi lemak no less! ), so she just munched on a temaki . Mum and I shared a salmon head misu soup and a unagi omelette set. Just window shopping that day. Mum wanted to get a pair of Skechers, but no size. SK wanted to get a dress for HP's wedding, but the price was prettier t...

I can't believe that it's 2011. So many things that I procrastinated on at the end 2010, telling myself that I'd do it after all the holidays were over. The new year is now here and I still don't feel like doing my work!!! Argh. Focus! Focus! Focus! Anyway, hope everyone had a good time ushering in the new year. Here are some leftovers from 2010 that I really should blog about-- gifts from friends and loved ones! Seeing that I had collected the keys to my apartment, SK got me a very practical and classy gift-- Clipsal switches and sockets. She even calculated the exact number of points that I would be needing! Thanks a whole lot! A little piece of New York that Kidz brought back for me. Laser-customized with my name! Thanks a whole lot! It's hanging on my laptop bag now. ^_^ And this crystal pendant was given by KH. Supposed to protect the wearer from physical harm. He did not know my Chinese name, so he engraved it in English instead. Muacks! May everyone ...