will i am's delayed diary

Months and months ago, KH tried to convince me to go on a holiday to Cambodia. To be honest, I wasn't thrilled. In my mind's eye, I could already see "stone, stone, stone, temples, temples, temples, ruins, ruins, ruins". I replied "No". He went ahead with his plan anyway by jio -ing Moonlight Piggy. However, she FFK-ed in the end because the trip came too close after her London trip. KH came back to me and I said "Yes". I wasn't busy at work and it would be a great opportunity to spend time with him regardless of "stone, stone, stone, temples, temples, temples, ruins, ruins, ruins". Bought my flight tickets one month before the departure date and it cost about MYR500. I had just started working on Tuesday after the long Raya weekend and I flew on Wednesday. Lovely. On Wednesday morning, KH's dad dropped him at my place and we took a cab together. It was actually his first trip from KLIA2. Had his first experience trudging from i

I grew up with Gila-Gila and Ujang. When my brother returned from Alam Shah boarding school, he would normally bring home a few of those comics. Normally it would be Hari Raya bumper issues that he buys at the bus station for the long trip back. Would go through those issues over and over again until they end up looking like ham choi . So when Galeri Petronas had the "Lagi-Lagi Gila-Gila" exhibition, I had to attend. It was really a trip down memory lane with 200 pieces of original artwork ranging from comic strips, editorial cartoons, rare first editions and sketches and drawings. The humour was quite universal with simple laughs and satirical pieces that required thinking and knowledge on current issues. As BERNAMA reported, "Those were the days when satire was a source of laughter, not a charge under the Sedition Act". Time to relive some 'madness'... I end this post with a quote from Profesor Serba Tahu: "Waktu kanak-kanak kita cuku

Over lunch one day, KH told me about his colleague's involvement in Tzu Chi's "Dharma as Water" performance. She wanted him to see her perform so she offered him free tickets. He took four so that both of us could bring our mothers. Knew little of it was until the day of the performance, but I did know there would be a lot of people watching. Even the rehearsals caused jams at the vicinity of Putra Indoor Stadium. Trust Tzu Chi to be able to mobilise a force of 2016 performers and countless support staff to present something spiritually beautiful to an audience of 16,000! The culmination of 50 years of experience. Mum and I arrived at the venue a little after noon. It wasn't so chaotic yet, but the crowd was building up. Plenty of volunteers smartly-dressed Tzu Chi style ( white shoes, polo T buttoned to the top and tucked into dark pants ) directed traffic, ushered guests, manned product counters, took photographs and videos and helped out at food stations. And

Sunday breakfast was nasi lemak packed by mum. T'was a lazy Sunday morning with no place to go. Just had to keep the kids entertained by looking up some funny clips on YouTube. Dinosaurs. Hot air balloons. Fountains. Peppa Pig... Mum cooked a late lunch. Ate at 1345, just 15 minutes before KH picked me up for our play at KLPAC. Didn't know what I was watching until we entered Pentas 1. It was David Mamet's "Speed the Plow", starring Douglas Lim, Gavin Yap and Amelia Henderson. Truth be told, the Hollywood movie business satire was lost on me. The blazing American-ish dialogue between the two main characters didn't do it for me. Supposed to be "quick, witty, outrageous and ridiculously funny", but it didn't squeeze many laughs from the audience. Gavin looked so short beside his leggy P.A., but still, he had his boyish charms. Ended in about 90 minutes and I was free! Still to early for dinner, so we looked for a nearby cafe to relax and tal

Did my yearly dental check-up on Saturday. For some reason, I always eat wantan noodles before getting my scaling and polishing done. My dentist never commented about my impacted wisdom tooth. He knows that I will come begging and crying when the pain sets in. Later in the afternoon, KH and I went to The Gardens Mall for a paktor session. Coffee at Jamaica Blue , then we went to watch "MACC: I Want To Touch a Douglas" at The Gardens Theatre. Susahnya nak cari tempat tu . Have to go up from a very specific escalator. The show was quite funny, with a series of stand up comedy from Jason Leong, Phoon Chi Ho ( I remember him from Shear Madness ), Kuah Jenhan and of course Douglas Lim. All sorts of jokes about politics, religion and race. Jason's material was mostly about his career change from doctor to comedian. Chi Ho talked a lot about his wife. Kuah shared an interesting personal story about interracial love. And Douglas really hates one of our national badminton

My sister was still ironing out stuff at her home after the break-in, so we offloaded the kids from her hands and brought them to church. Quite stumped when it came to lunch. Simply stopped at a new restaurant near KH's place called Restoran Lian Hin . Typical kopitiam fare at slightly more jacked up prices. Halfway through lunch, Little Monster actually fell asleep. Sent them home after that while mum and I made preparations to go out to Gospel Hall KL. Mum was helping out at the Petaling Street Lunar New Year Festival ( a project championed by Chong Keat Aun and Co., defenders of Jalan Petaling ). KH also tagged along ( muacks! ). Arrived there at about 5:00 PM and helped out to set up the stall. Settled that in forty minutes. Left the aunties to the other logistics while KH and I went to paktor at Einstein Cafe , one of those hipster-vegan joints. A woody interior fused with random art with a high retro feel to it as they had maintained some of the original features. I