will i am's delayed diary

Take Your Pick , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. On Friday, I went home a tad earlier to attend a small family function at my sister's place. My BIL's younger brother came back from a road trip and came back with lots of yummy goodies from Ipoh and Melaka. My elder brother was also in town for my mum's birthday. Seeing that there was one salted chicken drumstick leftover, we decided to set up the 'Choosing Ceremony' for my nephew who was turning one. Basically one gives the kid a selection of items on a tray to choose from. The item chosen would show the kid's affinity for a certain field of interest. I'm sorry that it's nothing like what happens at Hogwart's with the Sorting Hat. We put the following items in the tray-- chicken drumstick ( gluttony - traditional option ), book ( academia ), calculator ( arithmetic ), ten ringgit note ( business ), gold tael ( corruption? XD ), ruler ( architecture? design? ) and a pencil ( desk jockey?! ). We ...

Eggs Benedict , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Note: June is coming soon, and I'm just doing the start of May! Hehe On May Day, one woud definitely sleep in. But my beauty sleep was interrupted by a raging hard-on at 6:00am. At times like that, a boyfriend in your bed would be very much welcome, but when the tough gets going, the hand starts fapping. Continued to sleep after that till about 9:30 am. Mum had whipped up some Cholerra instant noodles ( the noodles were green! ) for breakfast. SK picked us up for brunch not long after. Met Lifebook at Plan B . Paradigm Mall. By the time we arrived, it was nearly full already and service was expectedly bad. The couldn't serve us water because they did not have enough glasses to go around. Wonderful. Food and coffee came slow as molasses too. Ish. I went to ask a waiter about our orders and he said that he would check. He checked by standing there they way he did before I came up to him. Commendable. The food wa better than the s...

Fennel & Artichoke , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Usual deal of Sunday church. Exhausted most of my Sunday lunch option, so brought mum to Publika instead. Her first time there. Parking was easy enough to find. First choice was Red Bean Bag at Block A. Still had not fulfilled my Western lunch option so I though I'd give it a try. Disappointment greeted me again. Full house. Trudged all the way back to Journal by Plan B only to find that there was no table available as well. Ugh. And worse of all, my Van's were biting my toe again. :(. Decided to go to the foodcourt. Ordered Woo Pin fish head noodles and the wantan noodles. Both were quite good. Walked around a bit after lunch. Exploring the many stalls at the flea market. Bumped into Jonathan Cheng and his 'friend'. Immediately went into spy cam mode and got some shots for a friend who goes wet at the mention of his name. Also explored B.I.G., a treasure a trove of imported goodies and groceries. Even a bott...

PBN , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Woke up early on Saturday to morning to have breakfast with mum, SK and an elderly neighbour who is my mum's morning walk kaki . These days, can't seem to sleep on after the morning sun invaded my room. Getting old. Ate at Restoran Yoong Sheng . They make quite a mean bowl of pork ball noodles ( quite a good kon lou too ). And they make their own 3JC. In the afternoon, mum went out to her society's AGM. I went out too to have lunch with KH and SK at Thai Kopitiam , Kuchai Lama. Getting there was hell. For some reason, the roads were all jammed up and to make things worse, there was a road block ner Seri Petaling. Ugh. Trust everything Thai to have their fair share of gay customers and gay staff. Took their lunch set of rice with basil chicken. For just MYR7.90, it came with mini fried fish cakes and a cold drink. Loitered until 2:00pm, then we went over to Residensi Desa for a viewing with a real estate negotiator. He showed us ...

Amberjack vs Salmon Toro , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Note: It's still pre-GE13 in my timeline! Bersabar ya? :P Like the previous week, my church followed up on its general elections awareness programmes. This time, they got someone to brief the parishioners about the flow during the voting process. Told us what to look out for and what to avoid. Also educated us about our rights and what we should if certain scenarios should arise. Was thinking of splurging on lunch, so I brought mum to Yamada at SS15. I love their sets because they usually feature a diverse combination of items. Departing from the norm, I ordered some ala carte nigiri sushi . The salmon belly and amberjack that I ordered were delish! Expected since it came with a premium price tag of MYR6 and MYR9 per piece respectively! Well-worth the price. Later that night, mum and I went to a PR ceramah at Happy Garden. Thankfully, we found a parking spot that was quite near to where the action was. Stood by the ro...

Vote for Wantan Mee Again! , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. My old Iswara turned into a moving sauna so I sent it to the mechanice for a quick fix. Hoped that an air-cond gas refill would solve my woes. Actually it did. For a week to be precise. By the next weekend, all the gas had leaked out and I had my mobile sauna once again. MYR30 down the drain. This time round, the mechanic did a more thorough check. Found two leakages-- at a metal tube near the cooling coil and at a long rubber tubing. The welding and tube replacement cost me another MYR240. :(. For breakfast, SK brought mum and I to Kim Kee at Kota Kemuning. Their wantan noodles were quite good and came with extra minced meat. The curry noodles also scored an A in terms of aroma and taste. Another winner was their kuay teow soup and pumpkin barley drink. Gotta try their other items. Promising! Went to Hero Market after that. Grabbed a latte and croissant( sedap giler! ) at their in-house cafe and bakery: Moi: Melloyello...

Foochow I , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. With the polls just less than a month away, my parish priest started talking about our rights as voters and that we have a civic duty to vote. During the sermon, he reminded that the rakyat were the bosses and we should not be afraid of changing our government. Not happy? Change. Still not happy? Change again. At the end, a video fom Catholic Research Center & The Council of Churches Malaysia was screened. Responsible stewardship. Something everyone should think about. Suddenly had a hankering for the wantan noodles at Aman Suria, but apparently they had moved again. Difficult to do business there. Shops keeps closing down. Restoran 747 is no longer in business and the spanking new Ipoh Kopitiam just opposite it also went under. Can anyone tell me where they moved to from Restoran Shang Yi Fatt? :(. Ended up at Restoran Yong Hao that serves up Foochow food and dim sum . A horribly hot and stuffy restaurant with the workers c...

Triple Mango Delight , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. I have been eyeing the Hui Lau Shan at KLCC for a couple of weeks now. Every time KH and I want to have some after-lunch dessert ( not toilet quickies ), the place would surely be out of available seats. Maklumlah , just a small kiosk on the 4th floor. But luck was on my side one Friday and we managed to get a seat. I wa quite skeptical about it when KH suggested to go take a look. Luckily I didn't say something like, "if got seats I let you go for happy ending massage". XD. So I ordered their triple mango delight. Basically mango on mango on mango. Mango pudding, mango puree, chunks of mango and mango ice cream. Only the puree impressed me. But what was most interesting was the fact that the women sitting beside us were enjoying their cold desserts while sharing a plate of potato curry! Seems like a weird combination to me. I hear that Tong Pak Fu has something in the same vein-- curry fishballs. Gom dou tak!

Chili Pan Mee , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Went for a pan mee breakfast at Super Kitchen , Seri Petaling. A word of advice, if you want to drink their gingko barley, don't go too early. Loitered at the Seri Petaling wet market while waiting for CK to arrive at the LRT station. Amazingly SK found granny blouses selling for just MYR5 at one the stalls. Reject items no doubt. But still, just five bucks le! Later in the afternoon, I picked up SK's granny and we met her at Serai , Empire Subang. It was a farewell tea gathering for CK who was leaving for his doctorate in Scotland. We were joined by several of SK's colleagues and also CK's suspected love interest ( but of course they deny it, though they were caught massaging each other in just their swim trunks by the moonlight :P ). Shared some cakes, drank some juices ( the Honeydew Blast put me into a coughing fit! ), did some chit-chat. Sensing that mum was getting bored, we left halfway through to do some shoppin...

Retro , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Once again, post-church lunch plans at Plan B were scuttled by the lack of available tables. Waiting for a table is unacceptable! Walked around wondering what to eat and stumbled upon Purple Cane Tea Restaurant at one of the hidden corners of Paradigm Mall. Newly-opened and with interesting interior design-- wooden furniture with the use of painted bamboo, giant lanterns, patterned tiles, tea containers and old world tableware. From the menu, I picked out stewed duck wings ( cheap and yummy ), shrimp omelette, stir-fried pumpkin and fried artisanal noodles. Thought the portion was small, but turns out I over-ordered. Also ordered a teapot of Jasmine tea at just MYR2/pax. We drank pot and pots of it and the aroma was still strong! Worth it. Paradigm Mall was abuzz at around 1500 due to the appearance of several TVB stars who were in town to film a TV series entitled "Outbound Love". Don't find the male actor cute. Mum ...

To The Roof We Go , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. For about one week, I had noticed a funny smell in my water supply. Whenever I washed my face, or brushed my teeth, I caught whiff of a fishy smell. At first I thought that the smell came up from the drainage pipes, but I later realized that it was from the tap itself. Did tests at all of the bathrooms in my house, but only my attached bathroom was problematic. That was very peculiar. Was there something wrong with my piping? Highly unlikely. Further tests revealed that all the bathrooms had a problem. It was just a matter of letting the water run long enough before the odour appeared. Yucky. Conclusion was... there's something very wrong with my water tank. Immediately my mind started imagining that several bloated rats were floating in my water supply. Ewwwwww! Started scouring the FB forum for a reliable plumber. Found a guy who would do it for MYR150, but the earliest he could come was the following Saturday. Gawd. Had t...