will i am's delayed diary

The 31st of March 2016 marks the day I lost my UBER virginity. And it was all thanks to RapidKL. On that day, there was a failure on the Ampang Line. KH and I discovered the platform to be overflowing with passengers, yet no announcement was made. Did some quick checks on Twitter and found many angry comments directed at @myrapidkl and @askrapidkl. No point waiting there like idiots so we went to have dinner at Leboh Ampang. Found a table at Restoran Kader and ordered a rava thosai with some butter chicken. Waited till 8:00 PM and RapidKL still could not give a definite answer on service resumption. KH suggested that we take UBER home, so I downloaded the app. My first experience was in a Toyota Vios with a Chinese fella who so happened to live in my neighbourhood. Small talk revealed that he would pick up one passenger every day on his way back home. He is a vegetarian marathon runner who actually invited me wake up at 5:00 AM on Saturdays to join him. Thanks, but no thanks. Over...

Pictorial for Holy Week 2016: Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week: Jesus comes to Jerusalem as King -- Matthew 21:1-11 Maundy Thursday, Jesus washes the feet of his Disciples --John 13:12-16 Hot Cross Buns. Our Lord's Passion --Matthew 27:11-65 Empty holy water fonts after Holy Thursday till Easter Vigil. Service of Light on Easter Vigil. Baptism and Confirmation on Easter Vigil. Christ is Risen! --Luke 24:6-7

I arranged a belated birthday celebration for KH with the BFF at Koyaku , Taman Desa. During the BFF's golden age, birthday gatherings were 'our thing' and would be a great chance to get together. Now our gatherings are much smaller with fabulous fall-outs and some of us living away from Kuala Lumpur. Alexander the Gay is in Singapore, Savante and Legolas are in East Malaysia. DanielH is in the Philippines. Among those who turned up were Jaded Jeremy, Bunny, Janvier, BeautifulMale ( he came although he was down with fever, really bagi muka ), Khatijah, JL and of course SK. Additional VIP guests were SimonLover and Sharky. We were given a private room that we shared with another party but we pretended that they weren't there. Haha. With Janvier around, sake would definitely be served. Once again we plied Sharky with drink as he always gives the most adorable of facial expressions. At the end of the night, we cut the cake and tried to get the ultimate group photo by st...

Sometimes my mum skips Saturday marketing at OUG. On such days, the only concern would be to decide on a breakfast venue. Nothing fancy, just randomly chose a neighbourhood wantan noodles stall. Although we did not go to the OUG market, doesn't mean that she won't do any grocery shopping at the neighbourhood market! Did a quick stop at the newly-opened Hero Mart, one of the many grocery shops in the area. Very stiff competition really. They sell everything from poultry, vegetables and seafood, to canned food and small electrical items. Heck, they even have extra strong beer. Never knew such a thing existed. I was due for a haircut, so I paid a visit to my stylist at Bandar Park. A quick cut to get things short and neat. By the time I was done, it was time for lunch. Mum wanted fish head noodles so we went to Woo Pin at Taman Desa. The price increased again, but its not so bad cause mum and I always share one large bowl. Felt like melting after our lunch there so we we...

In the early stages of our relationship, KH and I had not much chance to celebrate each other's birthdays. Now that we're working in the same city, we try to make up for lost opportunities. KH celebrated his 35th birthday on the 10th of March. Since the exact date was a Thursday, we decided to postpone the celebrations a day late. No fun celebrating with an impending work day over one's head. Early on Friday morning, we took the LRT to Hang Tuah station and had breakfast at Sarang Cookery ,   where we ate roti jala with kapitan curry chicken. We were quite impressed with the food and might return for lunch one of these days to explore their full menu. Obviously with VCR Cafe just next door, we had our morning coffee there.Spent most of our morning there talking about this and that. For the first time, I noticed a whole bunch of Malaysia Barista Championship awards at the counter. 1st Runner Up for Latte Art but I never got anything remotely award-winning in my cup....

Ever had the mixed pork soup at Jalan Tan H.S. Lee ( across the road from Raggae Mansion )? They serve a steaming bowl of soup with lean pork, belly meat, tripe, intestines, blood cake, bean curd and bean sprouts. FYI, they only open at night and operate at the five foot walkway. According to my super senior colleagues, they've been around for a long time ( the shop and the colleagues ). Some of them even had dates there in their younger days. Just the other day ( in the will.i.am. time continuum ), KH and I had a dinner date there. We ordered the signature mixed pork soup and chicken rice. The latter wasn't impressive. Obviously not the most romantic place to have a date with a giant of wok of intestines bubbling a few feet away. But there is certain kind of retro charm dining in front of old shop lots in the city center. Do give it a try if you're looking for non- halal goodness.

Sunday didn't quite turn out like I expected it. Went to early mass with SK and went to have breakfast at Chow Yang. Thought of Yu Ai's seafood noodles, but they actually don't open in the morning, so we ate at Super Kitchen instead. Immediately rushed home to work. Did a short accounting of the outstanding items and found around ninety even after I spent three hours revising the proposal. Due to the gummy weather, I worked in the nude. Can scratch that off my bucket list. I sent out my second draft and told myself in Cartman's voice, "Screw you guys, I'm going out for lunch". Of course I get dressed before heading out to a neighbourhood shop for some chicken rice. Disappointing to say the least. Hardly any meat at all for MYR5.80. Its definitely on my blacklist now. SK scheduled a Japping session at Senjyu in BVII with KH, #BF, Brian and Lifebook. Guess Bangsar is on the terrorist alert list with armed military men patrolling the night market ( n...

Mum was still away on her cruise so I need not venture into the chaos at the OUG wet market on a Saturday morning. Took my sweet time having a bowl of pork ball noodles at Restoran Yoong Seng . Remembering that my bathroom tap was leaking, I headed to SuperSave to get an Allen key. Thought of getting one, but I left with a set of twenty! Back home, I attempted to disassemble the tap but failed. Couldn't get the top off. Must the years of accumulated grime and metallurgical reaction. Gave up and got dressed to go watch Shakespeare at PJ Live Arts ( had a short lunch of soupy rice with fish at Go Noodle House -- recommended! ). KH had bought tickets to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by the Handlebards . The Handlebards is a troupe made up of four guys who go around cycling from venue to venue playing famous works from Shakespeare. It was their first tour outside of the UK. With only four of them, they frequently rely on audience members to make up the numbers and o...

Took a day off to paktor with KH. We started our morning with a dim sum breakfast at  Tian Xin , Equine Park. Took our sweet time sipping our kopi c  before driving over to IOI City Mall. Slowly roamed the mall before stopping for food again at Franco . Not that we like the food there that much, but KH bought a Groupon voucher. But to be honest, I like their green tea latte although I generally hate that beverage. With KH, it wouldn't be a date if we did not watch a movie. The movie of choice was  "London Has Fallen"  with Gerald Butler. So much different from his performance in "Gods of Egypt". Heh. Then it was coffee at Piccolo Cafe and finally dinner at Zen & Co .  Not often that we can spend the whole day together, makan-makan, minum-minum . Better yet if we could end the day in bed. Hehe. However, that was not to be. Received a call that my mum's cousin had passed away. I've met him twice during the occasion of his daughter...