will i am's delayed diary

2012 Nissan Almera ST , swiped from TuRbO_J on Flickr. Early Sunday morning, woke up and got ready for the 8:45am English mass. The reason for this was because mum had a function to attend in the afternoon. After mass had ended, we went to Taman Sri Manja to use up a jumble sale ticket that I had bought months back at church. Took us some time to find it among the messy shophouses there. It was not open. What a rip off. Since we still had time to burn, we joined SK for a Nissan Almera test drive at Puchong, near Tesco. Compared to the Mitsubishi woman the day before, this salesperson was MUCH better. The appointment was supposed to be for the afternoon, but she quickly rushed over to meet us. Compared to the Mitsubishi Mirage, the Nissan Almera is much bigger, with just a small gap in price. A simplistic comparison: MYR69k vs MYR62k 1.5 vs 1.2 Sedan vs Compact CKD vs CBU Taking all factors into consideration, I found the Nissan Almera to be a better choice although its a...

Kampung Chicken , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Saturday's brekfast plans were changed to Subang's Kar Heong Chicken Rice where I ordered their kampung chicken hor fun . The soup had a good shrimp base but in my opinion, the hor fun wasn't thin enough. The porkballs were good as usual. Excellent texture and taste. Next up was to accompany SK to test drive the Mitsubishi Mirage. The showroom was located just beside IOI Mall, so the traffic condition was horrible and parking as scarce as leg hair on my shins. Just parked illegally at the Korea Wallpaper's reserved parking and proceeded to meet the saleswoman. During the small talk, she told us that she used to work for Perodua. Her first month with Mitsubishi. And her newbie-ness showed. She didn't know anything about the car. We even needed to go to the petrol station first because the tank was nearly empty. And she didn't even know that the beeping warning was actually from the partially released hand br...

Amitabha , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Mum had too much drink the night before and I guess she got a bit heaty from the tomyum steamboat, giving her a sore throat on Sunday. SK asked us to join for BKT lunch after mass, but we declined due to mum's health condition. Explored Paradigm Mall instead and decided on Paradise Dynasty . Just like a banking hall, they had a number queue system. Been wondering about that place ever since they opened. Day in, day out people crowd at 'kitchen aquarium' watching their ramen and XLB chefs work their magic. The waitress seated us near a giant status of Buddha with a water canal right in the middle of the restaurant. A bit weird having him watch us eat the signature eight flavour XLB and double boiled chicken soup ramen. Truth be told, I couldn't tell which flavour was which. Ony got the pungent one's right-- garlic and Szechuan malat . Mum ate the black truffle and I think she wasn't impressed. LOL. And it was kinda di...

Housewarming , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Months and months of heartache later, my sister's new house was finally done up and they moved in. Unfortunately, the renovations were actually far from over. Too much unfinished business and loose ends. Due to the chaotic conditions, mum had to go babysit on a Saturday. Similarly, I had to work too. System integration testing was starting and funny enough something that is traditionally internal ended up involving our clients. Hence, we all scrambled to get things up and running. Before going to work, I had Teochew porridge at SK's place. CCC also came. She prepared a yummy spread of steamed pumpkin, fried mackerel steaks, fishballs and french beans, blanched pork belly and salted duck eggs. CCC was his usual self. Heard that he was quitting his job and becoming his own boss. Bought over a friend's business. Kaya-raya that guy. Drove to the LRT after that. Arrived at Jalan Raja Laut some time before 1:00pm and saw the tra...

Doraku , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. The first Japanese restaurant I frequented at Life Center was Kamimura. The place had a great ala carte buffet but have since moved out after extensive renovation of the building. Now, it houses two new Japanese restaurants, namely Kingyo and Doraku . The latter is actually a branch of the famous fusion restaurant in the US. KH bought some dining vouchers off Living Social and we kinda delayed eating there until the expiry date forced us to go. Terms and conditions required KH to make a booking three days in advance and failure to honour the booking would render the voucher void. How annoying. Anyway, we booked for dinner on Friday with SK in tow. At first, they were seated inside, near the sushi counter. But SK complained about a weird smell. The waitress reassured them that it was the smell of the seafood ( which wasn't reassuring actually! ). On the other hand, my nose confirmed it to be coming from the ceiling. A whole bunch of hem...

Waiter Wally , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Due to a severe drought on the LRT, today's celebrity is brought to you by a friend of mine, Ken. He spotted Waiter Wally while he was dining at a seafood restaurant in Kepong. Looks to be of Myanmarese descent. Well-dressed for a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. Kinda like his shirt. And of course would like to see him out of it. Not the cutest of guys but I won't mind him starring in my own personal porn video. Seems to be the lean, lightly-muscular that I heart. What do you think? Is he your cup of tea?

Pai Tee , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Dumpling festival was around the corner, so mum went to a friend's house for a dumpling party ( a whole bunch of aunties masak-masak la ). Sent her to Seri Petaling after church and lunch ( which we ate at Heritage Village Cafe -- quality deteriorated! ). It was a perfect opportunity for me to smuggle KH home for some quality time . Huhu. Can you imagine that we did not get intimate since our Taiwan trip?! Immediately went over to fetch him. My car's air-conditioning was on the blink again and that really got on my nerves, coupled with the heat wave and KH's tardiness! Hmmph. But that quickly evaporated. Back at my place, KH immediately had me in his arms and showered me with kisses. Could really see the longing and affection in his eyes. He manja -ed with me for a while before proceeding to strip me for a shower together. Both of us were so sticky and sweaty from the sauna car-ride. Once all cleaned up, we proceeded to the be...

Salmon Steak & Scallop Chutney , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Breakfast: Wantan noodles ( dedicated to Kenni ) Lunch: Pan-fried salmon steak and scallop chutney with white porride at home + home-made markisa berlian Dinner: Dengar ini cerita... During the early stages of our relationship, KH loved to bring me out to meet his friends, gay and straight alike. Back then, I even agreed to go to his ex-F6 classmates chip san leong ceremony. You can read about it here . Can you imagine the awkwardness when his friends look at me and ask, "Mamat ni siapa ah?!". Well, this friend of his, let's call her The Bride ( macam Kill Bil pulak ), actually got divorced some years back. Right after KH relocated back to KL, we did meet her again . Some months after that, she invited the both of us to her wedding. It was held at Jaya Palace . Picked KH from his home. Thank goodness it was quite close to his home, else would have to sauna longer in my car. KH sweated like ...

Pepes Tenggiri , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Took my replacement leave on Monday compliments of our two-times lucky YDPA. Used the off day to do some banking. Dragged the kids along with us as my sister had renovation-related chores to do again. Main objective was to replace my BSN ATM card. Managed to get it done in just half an hour. With the new card in hand, I gave it a test at the ATM. While I was changing the password and registering for their internet banking, an Indian woman suddenly walked way close to me and shoved me her ATM card. "Tolong tekan", she said. Shocking, but I calmed down catching a whiff of cheap alcohol off her and noticed the Welfare Department tag around her neck. Told her to wait while I finished my transaction. When I took her card, she just stared at me blankly. At the ATM pin screen, she expected me to know her secret pin. :S. I told her to key it in herself. Continuing from there, I navigated to the withdrawal screen where again I asked ...

Salted Caramel , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Early Sunday morning, I woke up at 6:30am to get ready and send my mum out to her day trip. A free makan-makan, beli-beli thing to Sepang and Tanjung Sepat. Dropped her at the center, then SK & I went to Yat Yat Lei for some breakfast. Just some soup noodles and a cup of coffee. Clear soup noodles are so easy these days. MSG soup, some noodles, ready to eat fried beancurd skin and some fishballs. No satisfaction. Went to church after that to catch the 8:45am mass. Straight home after that. SK packed me some chicken, dried oyster and pumpkin porridge for lunch later. So just camped at home in front of the lappie. Watched some TVB series episodes and anime. At about 1:00pm, I reheated the porridge. I only managed to get at the porridge in the microwavable container. Those in the Thermos was locked tight! Twisted and turned the cover, but it refused to budge. Nearly whacked it with a hammer. Fortunately, I am small eater. BWAHAHAHA...

Soupy Breakfast , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. The kids ( C & R ) landed in my mum's lap again on Saturday. BIL was still rushing his home renovations. The contractor is definitely incompetent and doesn't know how to manage his time and resources. So convicted is my BIL to have the whole major project done up by early June that he is now the one barking orders to the workers. Bizarre. Anyway, went out to have pork ball noodles again at Restoran Yong Sheng with SK and the kids were handed over to us. Although my sister already fed the toddler, he still ate a whole bunch of kuay teow from my bowl. Slurped up the noodles with ease. Cute giler . Let the kids horse around at home for a while before deciding to bring them out to The Gardens. But that in itself posed a challenge because mum had to pack a 'field kit'. SK and mum settled that back at my sister's place while I entertained the elder monster with "Wreck-It Ralph". Quite entertaining I must...

Deconstructed, Reconstructed , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Sunday was the usual church day with the exception of fantastic traffic ( not like Sunday traffic in the morning is bad to begin with ), thanks to the school holidays. That means that Sunday School's also off and that practically cleared up traffic around the church. Went to have YTF at OKR's Ipoh Road Yong Tau Fu , but the weather made it quite unbearable. And it didn't help that there was a TNB mobile electric generator grumbling just around the corner. Cut my hair after that at my regular stylist. He was itching to use the shaver again, so I went along with it. Shaved most of the sides and the back. Definitely felt good to have such a haircut in this horrible heat wave. Trimmed a bit of my fringe, but just to get the hair out of the corner of my eye. A little swelling there, no doubt infected due to my product-laden hair poking into the tender bits. Overall, I liked the new look. Did a little grocery sh...

Hotel or Dentist Office , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. It was time again for my annual dentist's appointment of scaling and polishing. But I had to bring my nephew along cause his mum was busy with her house renovations. Fetched the kid at about 9:00am. Usually, he slept till after 10:00am, so he was pretty zombified in the car. Puffy eyes and all. Went to Drs Wong & Partners at Seri Petaling and when we went up, I was surprised at the total lack of patients. I went over to talk to the nurse, while my nephew immedately gravitated towards the toy corner. There was a toy lion that would sing and whose nose would light up if you press it. The nurse told me no dentists were around that day and asked me to try the other branches. Crap. The kid nearly did not want to leave. Dragged him downstairs to the nearby Dentiste's Clinic ( which is also part of their Smile Link Group ). Turns out that they had no walk-in on Saturdays and I did not want to wait till 2:00pm so I went t...