will i am's delayed diary

Voodoo , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. On Saturday morning, I woke up at 2:30am to send my mum, Sis, BIL and the kids to the airport. Was in a daze when mum knocked on my door. They were going to Guangzhou for eight days. When I arrived back home, it was already 4:00am. Took me some time to get back into deep sleep. Woke up again at 8:30am feeling a little refreshed. SK came over to fetch me and we went to Kuchai Lama for breakfast. Our initial plan was to try Jade Pot at OKR, but we left after finding it desserted ( turns out that it opens for lunch :P ). Took a gamble and tried Dim Sum Yum Cha at Kuchai Avenue. Screwed up place where everywhere you turn is private parking where you are liable to get your car clamped. Well, the place looked good enough. The decoration anyway. Very oriental. But we should have gotten the hint when we were told that we couldn't order tea because the eletrical wiring in the kitchen had died. And when we tried to redeem the free xiao long bao...

Salmon Kabuto Miso , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. For two years in a row, Citibank had charged me the MYR50 government service tax for a credit card that I did not want to use. All because I had forgotten to terminate it before the expiry. "Aiyah sir, charge already can't reverse. How about use it for another year since you already paid?" This year, I made a very conscious effort to cancel it was earlier to avoid another repeat. So on Sunday after mass, mum and I went e@Curve to burn my rewards points over lunch. Wanted to eat at Senjyu, but they declared that their promotion with Citibank had ended. But strangely, they were still prominently displaying the placards. Wnatever. Went to Sakae Sushi instead. Confirmed with the waitress that I could use my Instant Rewards there to offset the bill. Sat down and ordered. It was really crowded. When my Sakae Chawanmushi arrived, it looked like it had took a tumble down a flight of stairs. The moment of truth came when I w...

It has been six years since you kissed me in my car bathed by the garish lights of a nearby kedai mamak ( romantik sial ). I'm glad I answered "Yes".  Happy Anniversary, KH.

Badminton , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. How would you like to have this table-top calendar? For six months in a year, you can stare at the exact same topless picture of our beloved Dato' Lee Chong Wei. Please Give Me Lin Dan.

Packets , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. The Chinese New Year mood hath invaded the morning market at OUG. With Christmas and New Year out of the day, the redness just popped out! Decorations, flowers and biscuits for sale. Can start stocking up jor . Keep those Christmas print undies and start wearing red thongs! Ate breakfast at my favourite alley-- clear soup noodles with chicken. Love their soup. When I got home, I packed my work bag and waited for SK to pick me up. Accompanied her for breakfast ( had a nip of her curry noodles ) before proceeding to the office. Walking through Citibank Tower, I observed that they were taking down their tall Christmas tree. Another sign of the impending year of the snake. Wasn't very productive at work that day. Went out for a late lunch at two-ish. Walked into Secret Recipe and asked them to pack me a chicken cornish. The moment I paid and turned around to walk out, I saw that the sky had poured out it's contents. I asked them to bring...

Cream , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Believe it or not, I started 2013 by doing OT. SK picked me up and we went to get KH. Broke fast together at Restoran MCP . Was hankering for some curry noodles. After that, they dropped me at work while they proceeded to KLCC for some jalan-jalan . During lunch time, I walked over to Suria KLCC to have lunch with them at Umaiya . Surprisingly horrible service although they were hardly under-staffed. A whole lot of standing around and doing the wrong thing. Just to get green tea, we had to holler thrice. And one waitress even came with the pot, only to realize that we did not even have cups! Exasperating. Still full from breakfast, I just ordered a snow roll. Maki dusted with dessicated coconut, with a minty after-taste. Very interesting. Halfway through our meal, SK received a call from Umaiya confirming her ealier reservation, to which she sarcastically replied, "I'm already in the restaurant, EATING". What a bunch of idiots...

Bacon , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Note: My back posts have finally crawled to the edge of 2012! Bear with me a while more. Worked on New Year's eve but at least I did not do any OT. Left sharp at 5:45pm and met KH at the LRT station. From Sri Petaling station, SK fetched me home, while they proceeded to secure our table at The Pork Place , IOI Boulevard. After mum got read, we drove out to the restaurant. Took us some time to locate the restaurant because we had parked in the basement car park and once we got out we didn't know which side of the square the restaurant was on. Attempts to ask the security guards were returned with blank stares. Useless. But we did manage to find it after one wrong guess. The gang was already there with the exception of Parco and Briyani. I sat in between KH and mum. Huhu. Reminds me of a classic Indonesian song with the following lyrics: Madu di tangan kanan mu; Racun di tangan kiri mu . Food wasn't all great and they were short-hand...

Fish , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Sunday was pretty uneventful. Didn't have to crack my head thinking about where to have lunch that day because SK invited mum and I over for lunch. The occassion? Cause Lifebook was coming over too. The clever fellow bought SK a pressure cooker and with that comes with free nutrituous soup. In addition to the lotus root soup, SK also whipped up her trademark marmite pork ribs, french beans with fishballs and stewed siakap with ginger. Lazed around and chatted over hot bowls of barley and beancurd skin while watching a supernatural Taiwanese series in Hokkien. Totally entertaining. Wonder if I can find it on torrent. Later in the afternoon, I looked KH up for some pool activity. Wore my white trunks and I think one of the mothers gave me a second look. :P. Swam with him for several laps before it started raining heavily. Bah! In the evening, I scheduled a belated birthday dinner with Mel. Surprise guests came with her, namely her hubby ( da...

fresh foot stain , swiped from azmirahrouge on Flickr. Recently, mum bought a pair of GoodArch shows for a whopping sum of MYR2,980! She didn't even go to the shop. The saleswoman just did it on the side at the neigbourhood mini market. Amazing. At least another three aunties bought it. Basically they are orthotic shoes. Just by stepping on a special inkpad, they manage to get the contour of your foot. And based on that, they manufacture customized insoles for you. On Saturday, I fetched mum and a neighbour to their HQ in Seri Petaling. The initial directions I was given was that the place faced a housing area and was nearby the night market. Great. That's about anywhere in Seri Petaling. Anyway, I managed to get better directions after calling the PIC. The place was large. Three shoplots combined. And it was crawling with customers ( old and young alike ). Every ten minutes, the doorbell would ring. And the place was very 'Chinese', rightly so since the product is mad...

Wallet , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Note: This post induces severe hunger pangs. You have been warned. On Christmas morning, I handed mum her gift-- a blue, long leather wallet with a girly bow on the front. Guess she liked it because the started migrating the stuff from her old wallet right away! Haha. Went out for breakfast with SK and her granny while mum stayed at home to do some chores and freshen up. Just a simple wantan mee . I notice that I've been eating a lot of that of late. Around 11:00am, we got dressed and headed to Levain for brunch. It was actually a farewell outing for CK's housemate CY. She was leaving before the year was out, bound for the United States. After learning of my plans for Christmas, KH was a little upset that I did not invite him. So, he arranged for Apollo to pick him up and voila, we had my boyfriend and mother sitting at the same table ( we actually changed tables twice ). Think I was sweating a bit. As expected, Levain was the usual ...

Pan Mee Breakfast , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. On Sunday night: fired up my laptop > chose my Jap porn du jour > spanked the monkey > cleaned up > went downstairs for a drink of water > came back up and found that my lappie was dark! Tried some troubleshooting by removing the battery and etc, but it still wouldn't start up. Just blinked a bit and went silent. I'm pretty sure I didn't shower the lappie with my jizz causing it to shortcircuit and die! Oh well. The next morning, went out early with SK to get it looked at. Stopped at TTDI's Restoran Kuan Lee to have pan mee . The uncle's finally out of the hospital and back in business. Parked at KPMG Tower and went looking for the service centre. Think the place was quite new. Never noticed it there before. Didn't even have a signboard. Manned by a bitchy looking support staff ( she earlier barked at an IBM employee, telling him that the in-house support's on the 18th floor ). She asked...

curlers , swiped from gaetano pavano on Flickr. Sunday was quite uneventful. Church as usual. But right after mass my mum told me that she wanted to perm her hair. But she did not make an appointment! She always does this. Same goes for facials. Luckily for her, the Creative Director at A-Saloon IOI Mall took her in although she had four customers in concurrence. Another gamble. The stylist who did her hair last year had resigned and this woman was unproven. If she dislikes the outcome, she can go on and on and on and on... Had a quick lunch at Next Station . SK joined us for some marmite pork ribs rice ( sedap ) and seafood kuay teow ( very wet ). Got mum settled in and we went around the mall for an hour. I was feeling a little feverish again, so we sat down at Koong Woh Tong for some herbal jelly. Went to SK's place after that for a nap after popping a Paracetamol. At about 5:00pm, SK dropped me back at the mall. Mum was done by then ( thank God she was satisfied with the cur...

Coconut , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Went to wet market as usual on Saturday but it was horribly lacking in parking that day. Turned around and around and around before I found a spot. Was also sick that day. After more than a week of trying to evade a skulking sore throat, it had finally jumped on stage to start its Gogo Boy show. Bought some coconut water to accompany my breakfast of charsiew wantan noodles. In the afternoon, I bought tickets for "The Hobbit" at Tropicana City Mall at 2:10pm. I had forgotten that KH's mum had arranged for a massage session him at 4:30pm for him. Naturally, he chose me over the massage. LOL. And his mum wasn't happy. Oppps. Another MIL and SIL clash! Found some time to have lunch, so we chose the nearest restaurant to the cinema-- Taiwan Street . Simply ordered their braised duck rice. Lucky for and lucky for them, it was delicious. A generous portion of braised duck and it even came with some stewed tendon and kimchi . The...