will i am's delayed diary

Once again, I was at Bandar Rimbayu for a party with SK's ex-colleagues. The potluck luncheon was to celebrate Chap Goh Mei, marking the end of CNY, and to fete the February babies. The host prepared some delicious dishes like kam heong prawns, vinegar pork trotters ( with black beans ), steamed pomfret, and a luxurious dish of abalone and scallops in brown sauce. SK brought a dish rice wine chicken, while another guest came with osmanthus-goji konnyaku jelly. For dessert, we had birthday cake with kopi o .  Come evening, KH brought mum and I to Dong Zhen Temple in Jenjarom. It was his second visit in the span of the week. He had just visited with his mum. Before admiring the lights at the Buddhist temple, we had dinner at Ban Siew Keng, a Taoist temple along the main road. The plaza in front of the temple was transformed into a Taiwanese night market complete with food stalls and carnival games. At the side were permanent structures that housed various food vendors. We chose to e...

On the first Friday of February, YB Teresa Kok threw a big Lunar Chinese New Year party for her Seputeh Constituents at the Taman Desa community center. Once again, mum's association was invited to provide traditional snacks for the public. Mum was the person in charge for preparing tang yuan and ginger soup. Hard work started days before the event. And on that day, we had to lug pots, stoves, ingredients, and clean water to the event space. Other than our  tang yuan , there were other stalls preparing satay , apam balik , cendol , rojak , curry noodles, and halal siew mai . That was just the snacks, dinner was a buffet line provided by Restoran Talipon.  While mum and her crew were busy preparing and cooking, I went gallivanting and taking photos. Since they were so busy, I brought the food to them, so that they didn't need to step away from the stall. Many people started turning up at 7 PM, and that was also when the performances started, song, and dance, and wushu . YB T...

Felt that my Wi-Fi router was a bit wonky. The plug didn't connect well in my Belkin 4-gang extension. Some movement might cause my Wi-Fi router to lose power. I tried to move things around a little, I heard some sizzling and that was the end of my Wi-Fi router from Maxis. Not only that, the particular power socket in the extension also died.  Lesson 1 : Don't stick a two-pin plug into a three-pin socket without a proper adapter. Don't be tempted to stick a pen into the socket, and then push the plug in.  Lesson 2 : You can't connect your laptop directly to the TM Unifi modem and expect to get an internet connect. A router is necessary.  So I had to live without Wi-Fi for a few days while waiting for my new D-Link router to arrive. While lugging it home from the office, a well-meaning fellow passenger on the LRT commented that I should have gotten Asus instead. I took note of his suggestion.  Although I had the replacement on hand, I couldn't set up the new router i...

  The Year of the Rat luncheon organized by Apollo's mum fell a bit short on guests. The Tribe, KT,  MiniMe, and SK all couldn't make it. KH arrived ahead of mum and I, who came after Sunday mass. Interestingly, Apollo had drinks display at his living room, showcasing the variety of beverages that he had stocked up. He had everything from canned coffee, to sodas, to pre-packed leong cha. Wicked.  Our absent guests for 2020 missed out on a lot of delicious dishes like roast chicken, spring rolls, sweet and sour pomfret, vinegar chicken ( a halal take on vinegar pork leg with peanuts! ), assorted tempura, vegetable curry, stewed sea cucumber, crab meat and fish maw soup, and arrowroot chicken. However, that didn't stop us from polishing the food off the plates. Even opened a bottle of wine. My CNY binge continued in the evening. An ex-colleague of mine organized a potluck at their new home. As usual, I brought roast duck, while my more talented colleagues cooked. The host p...

The day after Ren Ri is the 8th day of the Lunar Chinese New Year. At night, the Hokkiens will go crazy over the Pai Ti Gong ritual which involves elaborate preparations of food offerings, prayer items, sugarcane, and fireworks. It's the CNY season's second wind. Some households turn it into a major gathering of family and friends. The energy can be felt at the morning market as people do last minute shopping for the occasion.  In the afternoon, I had a lunch date with SimonLover. The main point was for him to pass me an underwear stash. Haha. He helped me buy some stuff from the STUD warehouse sale. We met at Happy Sabah Pork Noodles , a place that serves sang nyuk noodles. It was too hot to chat there, so we moved on to ATE TEA Cafe .  Here's my stash : STUD scribble swim shorts STUD camo swim trunks STUD camo mesh brief -  Thank you SimonLover! <3   Zara camo socks -  Thank you SimonLover! <3 <3 Aussiebum Pride Mesh brief - Thank you SimonLover! ...

The celebration of Renri , or literally People's Day, dates back to the Han Dynasty. The 7th day of the Lunar New Year, marks the creation of mankind, literally everyone's birthday. Before lou sang became generic affair, it was customary to lou sang on Renri . This year, I joined a bunch of sisters whom I never met before. Every month, they have a sharing session, discussing about various topics affecting the gay community. Primarily a Chinese-speaking group. Surprised that KH actually can fit in. They organized a dinner at Restoran Sek Yuen , one of KL's oldest Cantonese restaurants ( since 1948 ). The restaurant along Jalan Pudu now occupies three shop lots, and on that night, they seemed to be operating at full capacity. Our party occupied three tables on the second, and boy was it cramped ( the good 'ol pre-Covide-19 days ). KH introduced me to all the fabulous guests. I only knew three of them, the rest were all fresh faces. I had to be on my best behaviour. :P. ...

Blake Mitchell is another favourite of mine from Helix Studios. A bespectacled top with a lion tattoo on his chest. With the right amount of muscle on him, he's quite a dreamy top. I really love how he moves when he's topping. Very sensual to see the way his body curves around the bottom, and how his thrusts seem so natural. In many scenes he tops in a push up position ( what's the name for this position? ), and later moves down in close contact, while maintaining slow. forceful thrusts. Very sexy. Taking control and possession of his partner. Among the titles that I have nut to many times are : Helix Studios - Mine - Blake Mitchell & Joey Mills Helix Studios - Blake Mitchell & Leo Frost Helix Studios - Book Tour Score - Blake Mitchell & Dylan Hayes  In May 2019, he dropped his porn star name, and revealed his real name to the world~ Lane Rogers . You show him some love on Instagram too. His handle is @lanevrogers. 

Covid-19 first made headlines in Malaysia when several infected Mainland Chinese tourists in Singapore crossed the border to Johor during the final week of January 2020. The general public was quite dumbstruck on how the tourists ( without a care in the world ) decided to travel around knowing that a few of their family members were down with the deadly infection. From then on, some Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur had already started taking precautions, especially those who take the LRT and MRT. Truth be told, during those initial stages, I only wore a surgical mask once. My travel times to and from the office were quite off-peak, so I was spared much crowding. Just took the precaution of not unnecessarily touching the train surfaces, and refrain from touching my face. Also had a bottle of hand sanitizer handy in my backpack. As the days went by, and things got more alarming, more and more people started taking precautions. Most wore surgical masks. The more discerning used N95 masks. ...

Gratitude came all the way from Klang to treat us to a CNY lunch at Restoran Jing Man Lou in Seri Kembangan . It was a shocker to find that the whole restaurant was crawling with multi-coloured Styrofoam dragons. A few tables were occupied, but hardly full. The CNY menu was also limited which did not please our host.    The main point was to have lou sang , and of course have a pot of waxed meat rice. The food wasn't very impressive, but perhaps it was because we didn't order their signature set which is a 10-dish platter with one soup in the middle.    As though the meal wasn't enough, we went to Day Nine Kitchen for coffee and dessert.   SK's stomach is like a black hole, she could still order bagels immediately after a heavy lunch.   Back home, I put up customized Catholic CNY couplets that I requested from my secondary schoolmate. SK collected it from him during her recent trip to Kuantan. 

KH and I had been together for 13 years. So many things had happened in between that I would definitely have many "Oh yeah!" moments if I reread my old blog posts. Recently, KH was spring cleaning his external hard drive that he came across love notes and messages that I used to send to KH while he was working in Singapore. Completely forgot about those. To mark our 13 years together, KH arranged a nice dinner in the heart of KL. FOOK is a contemporary Asian fusion restaurant located along Jalan Sultan Ismail, right before the now defunct Wisma KFC. We were actually earlier than valet attendant. Left the car out front, and climbed the long flight of stairs up to the restaurant which squats atop a small wooded hill. The bar area is large, with the counter dominated by large red lanterns. The dining area is mainly composed of wood and glass themes, and lots of paintings. The waitress showed us to our table which was located in one of the semi-private niches overlooking Jalan ...

The second day of CNY fell on a Sunday, so we were at church for the second day in a row. From church, we immediately set out to Teluk Intan for a day trip. My body was creaming for coffee, so we made a short stop at one of the larger Shell stations along the North-South Highway for Costa. Truly an overpriced cup of coffee. Weak. The moment we exited the highway at Sungkai, we saw a huge commotion by the side of the road. Loads of people of were stopping to have lunch at Nasi Bambu Sungai Klah . Heck, why not give it a try. My brother loves Malay food anyway. The place is like a huge mess hall. Although it's open air, the interior was super stuffy. Twin queues start right at the entrance. There's small table stacked with large stainless steel trays in between both lines. Mum and bro took the left queue, while I took the right queue. The right queue was for the grilled section. Among the specialties there were kambing salai buluh perindu , ayam percik , ayam nusantara ...

The first day of the Lunar Chinese New Year is always a tiring day for me. We'll be at church bright and early to help out with all the preparations : Moving a few hundred kilograms of mandarin oranges into place at the side of the altar. Arranging extra chairs outside the church. And make preparations for the Rite of Commemoration of Ancestors after mass proper. Here's an excerpt from the Herald :  Since giving respect to the family’s ancestors is also vital to Chinese New Year, the Rite of Commemoration of ancestors began after the final blessing. First an introduction on it was given, detailing why departed relatives are remembered with great  respect — because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the family. Honouring the ancestors on the first day of Chinese New Year is a way of fulfilling filial piety. It is a tradition of the church to offer special prayers to our departed loved ones during Mass. The rite of commemoration of the anc...

Weeks of CNY marketing culminates in a lavish reunion dinner. Always way too much food for three of us to finish. But then, that's done on purpose to symbolize abundance. Check  out the Year of the Rat's centerpiece! Tired of the lou sang style, so did something different this year. YouTube is really the place for all sorts of DIY guides.

As it got closer to CNY, flowers were going at bargain prices. The beautiful blooms were such a cheerful sight to behold. The prayer items were also pleasing to the eyes, for example the cute plate of fishes surrounding a longevity peach. Made with pressed rice flour and no doubt industrial coloring, its a modern twist to a traditional cake. Happiness at the morning market was replaced by annoyance at my AirBnB. Had to deal with a never-ending plumbing problem at the kitchen. Some idiotic guests shoved food stuff down the sink, causing problems for both the kitchen and washing machine drainage. Ugh! My mood during the evening picked up because SK treated mum and I to a Japanese dinner at Jyu-Raku , SS15. Ordering is never a difficult thing when dining with SK. She would just breeze through the menu and pick out all the good stuff. Easy-peasy.