will i am's delayed diary

Sushi Sunday , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Church was quieter with a lot parishioners away for the long weekend. A visiting CDD priest celebrated mass and gave a nice sermon about the pros and cons of the notable ex-SIC parish priests. Happy are those who see the good in people. Or something to that effect. LOL. Maison SK had a lunch special again. This time round, SK was experimenting with maki , nigiri sushi , tamago and temaki . She bought a salmon block from OUG and she came home fuming: SK: Can you slice the salmon for me? Fishmonger: We charge MYR2 per piece. SK: Per block you mean. Fishmonger: Per slice. SK: WTF. Fishmonger: We sell fish, we don't slice fish. Apollo, Brian, my sister and the kids came along as well to sample her first attempt at nigiri sushi . Not a bad attempt, but she could improve on the rice a bit. In addition to that, she made fried dumplings, teriyaki chicken and oven-baked mushrooms wrapped in ham. An excellent feast. She even opened a bottle ...

Some Like It Thick , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Decided to flock to the mall on Saturday ( orang KL mana ada kerja lain? ), but hearing the horror stories about parking woes made us start early. Went out for wantan noodles at 9:00am, and by 10:00am we were good to go. Actually managed to park at B1 at The Gardens Mall, near the entrance. Hahaha. As Ridhuan Tee would say-- "Ultra Kiasu". Our main stop was at Isetan to use up SK's cash vouchers. We definitely spent more than that as mum went shopping for clothes. Noticed that the official LINE merchandise was finally on retail shelves, so if you're a fan of the plushies or vinyl dolls, go check them out at Isetan. SK also changed some money for her upcoming trip to Taiwan and Japan. Since we had Japanese the day before, we lunched at Foong Lye for a change. As usual, one had to take a number and they gave me sass because my party of four had not arrived. "My grandmother is making her up from the ...

Eggy Breakfast , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Breakfast on Raya 2 was a simple affair of bread and soft-boiled egg. And it was very uncharacteristic of me to get the urge to do housework. Swept the floor and turned up about fifteen dead cockroaches in my dustpan, some still twitching like zombies. Really wonder poison they have been ingesting in my house. Proceeded to mop the floor after that. Sooo tired and sweaty after that. Lunch was at Maison SK. She had watched the famous roast pork video that had been making its rounds on FB. Presentation was good. The skin was super crispy and the meat moist. But it just didn't quite taste like siew yuk . But a very good first attempt. She also made squid ink pasta topped with arugula, cherry tomatoes and pan-fried salmon steak. For after-lunch bites, mum made fruit rojak . Back home, I rested a little before going for a swim in my new Private Structure swim trunks! Quite a fun kermit-y green. Especially love the rainbow s...

Aidifitri , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Note: It's no longer the month of Syawal and here I am blogging about Raya Pertama . How can William not pull a William right? Can you believe that KH has never attended a Hari Raya open house before?! No Muslim friends? No Muslim colleagues? A Malaysian family that does not gravitate towards free food? I was flabbergasted. LOL. So SK and I dragged his ass to the Selangor State Government Open House at Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, Shah Alam together with my mumsy. Waze taught us to use the LKSA which was quite convenient. Parking was a little chaotic as those RELA personnel really had no inkling on how to direct traffic. Arrived at about 11:30am, and the Menteri Besar was already there giving out duit raya . The only other VIP I sighted was Elizabeth Wong. Compared to 2011, the food wasn't very good. But I liked the fact the the lines moved very quickly. The lemang didn't taste like lemang , the satay was too...

Double Rainbow , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Out of all the people who leave a message for me on my blog, Insequeerity is one of the few who actually respond back. Our e-mail conversations graduated to What's App and we subsequently arranged a meet up over coffee. Quite a whirlwind 'romance'.All happened in a short time span. Our stars finally aligned and perhaps that's why I saw a huge ass double rainbow after work. He arranged to have coffee at Podgy and the Banker because he likes the eye candy there. On Raya eve, I picked KH up and we made our way to Seri Hartamas. Halfway there, Insequeerity messaged that he would be late cause he was at the police station! Yikes! Since that was the case, we took our sweet time getting to the venue. Once we found parking, we still had the time to snog. As much as we wanted to smooch the night away, we got out of the car and secured a table. Quite good business for a Wednesday night. Saw the cute barista that he was talki...

BKT , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Woke up Sunday morning with no breakfast or church plans. Just cooked up a packet of instant rice vermicelli and later sent mum to my sister's place. They planned a trip up to Genting for a couple of days with the kids. Sounded like a perfect opportunity for me to skank with KH, alas he was in Bangkok and would continue on to Colombo the following Monday. A wasted chance. :(. Oh well. The kids had just woken up and my sister was busy packing and making breakfast. When kids are involved, trust the whole boot to be filled. The little monster was cranky cause he slept at 2:00am the night before. It fell to me to keep him occupied while the rest of the adults settled things. At about 11:00 am, I drove over to SK's place and we both made our way to Klang to visit Gratitude's mum. Few days earlier, she had been warded for abdominal pain and subsequently underwent surgery to fix things up at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah. Since we had some...

Avacado Roll , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. With just 857KM mileage and three days shy of a month on my Almera, I sent it in to the Nissan Service Centre at Puchong Jaya. They actually had ushers and a giant white board with all the appointments marked on it. Service with a smile. Dropped my car off a tad earlier as I had a 10:30am appointment at Imperial Pot , Solaris Dutamas. SK picked me up from the service centre. Used the Groupon voucher that KH bought earlier as he wasn't in town to use it. Hehe. It was a dim sum set for two. Nothing much actually-- white porridge ( very basic, but very smooth ), siew mai ( small-ish ), unagi puff ( quite different ), piggy custard buns, stir-fried lotus root, char siew and tau fu fa . That was about it. Since there were four of us, we made additional orders of organic red CCF ( an interesting variation ), century egg porridge, avocado roll ( yummy, but I think the filling was made with more sweet potato than anything else ) and ...

Taiwan Beef Noodles , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Church as usual on Sunday and lunch was at Lai Lai Casual Dining at Kuchai Lama. Their signature dish is Taiwanese stewed beef noodles and it ain't cheap. Basic noodles cost MYR13.80. I added MYR2.00 for all tendon, and another MYR2.00 to add on a cup of bubble tea. Price aside, the noodles were OK. Same style of thick noodles. Portion wasn't big though, and the soup was tad too sweet for me. For an extra kick, you could add chili oil that comes with crunchy bits of shallots in it ( way too crunchy! Ada plastik kot? ). Mum ate the mixed mushrooms ramen. She liked it. Went to Endah Parade after that. A very quick stop at the silver shop and shampoo shop. Took less than fifteen minutes. A record for mum. When I tried to pay the ticket, I was presented with the error: "Invalid ticket". Enquired at the control centre. Moi: Bang, dapat invalid ticket la. Bang: (counting... counting) Sebenarnya tak payah bayar. Eh, y...

Incensed , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Saturday was a day of shopping. Woke up early for marketing and breakfast. Bumped into my MIL ( or my mother-out-law as Chan Beng Chin reminded me ) outside of DaMaCai. She always seemed surprised to see me. A very "WTF are you doing here?!" face. -_-. Cheered myself up with some retail therapy at The Gardens Mall. Mum had a field day at Isetan. Didn't have lunch until 2:00pm. Thought of having Taiwanese as I was a little overwhelmed with Japanese lately but the line was too long. Ended up at Kita No Zen @ Hokkaido Ichiba . Can't escape. LOL. Had a chirashidon set, ankimo ponzu ( fish liver in ponzu sauce ) and a salmon ozisushi ( had the aroma of perilea leaves ). Lotsa twinky waiters at that place. Huhu, but service was a bit sketchy. Only the captain was attentive. Ventured over to Midvalley Megamall after that cause mum wanted to shop at Ms. Read. Hate going there because of the crowds and bad air. Ugh. Wasn't i...

Mediteca_2 Selected5 , swiped from cherylchanphotography on Flickr. Last Friday ( I'm pulling a William here, so it's actually God know last, last, last, last or last, last, last, last, last Friday ), KH FFK me for lunch and dinner, so he made it up by bringing me to Mediteca . SK was invited along, but she was a little late due to fantastic traffic conditions. Like the previous Fridays, I was dogged by production problems at work and had to take calls, but luckily it was settled while waiting for SK to arrive. The waiter, Morsey and his female counterpart immediately recognized my boyfriend and ushered him to the table. Business was OK that night. A bunch of middle-aged ladies of leisure were having their oestrogen party ( kalau belum menopause ). Definitely kaya-raya judging from the way that they were carrying themselves-- when camwhoring, when laughing. Kepalsuan yang teramat . When the camera's trained on them, their backbones snap straight and they bring their ches...

OOAK Bree Van de Kamp Hodge da "Desperate Housewives" SOLD , swiped from eleutheria_bratz on Flickr. Case 1: Neighbour X: Wah, Neighbour Y, your daughter's house is beautifully renovated! Neighbour Y: ... Neighbour Z: Aiyah, my daughter also will renovate her house. Getting married ma! Case 2: Neighbour X: Oh, Neighbour Y's son bought a new Nissan. Your daugther's car also Nissan right? But a few years jor right? Neighbour Y: ... Neighbour Z: Aiyah, my daughter getting married end of the year ma, sure change car de! Case 3: Neighbour Z: Aiyah, my youngest daughter's boyfriend very good de. Always buys expensive stuff for her. (3 months later) Neighbour Y: Eh, how come don't see your daughter's boyfriend jor? Neighbour Z: Aiyah, that guy no use one lah. My daughter never liked him in the first place. Neighbour Y: ... 'Want face' and 'money face' all rolled into one. :S. Seriously, I have an acute dislike of braggarts who 'blow their...

Teriyaki Chicken Pasta with Hot Spring Egg , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. The kids were still with mum and I on Sunday, so they followed us to church. To avoid minimal fuss and disturbance to the mass, mum packed along several 'distractions' for the kids. We brought Milo, bread, cheese rings, toy cars and other stuff to keep them occupied. Still, it was a challenge to keep them still and quiet. In the future, the parish priest would surely push for sound-proof kiddy rooms. Sick of Paradigm Mall already, so for lunch I decided on Tropicana City Mall. Ate at Pasta Zanmai as the menu had rice, noodles and pizza that was agreeable for the kids. The teriyaki chicken pasta, hotate pizza and tomato seafood omu garlic rice. I settled the elder while mum fed the little monster. Both couldn't sit still during meal. Had to keep the 'dangerous' and fragile items from the baby. The hot teapot pun nak main . After the feeding frenzy, the whole booth was showered with...

ChocoCake , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. In a bid to get more familiar with Malaysia's corporate taxation, my sister and BIL went for a weekend course on the subject. Goes without saying that mum and I had to do some monster-sitting that weekend. As early as 8:30am, my mum had gone over to my sister's place. On the other hand, I tried sleeping in a bit, but couldn't. Did some exercise routines and freshened up for breakfast with SK. Nothing special, just wantan noodles at my favourite neighbourhood shop. Tapau -ed a packet for mum as well. When I got to my sister's place, the kids were already up and about, tearing up the house. Told Little Monster that we were going out and his eyes immediately lit up. He drunkenly dashed to the shoe cabinet to get his shoes. Mum wanted to buy 4D and do some banking, while I had an overdue appointment with my hairstylist. The elder monster had his hair cut too although it was only a week since his last cut. During the whole time...