will i am's delayed diary

Train: Monorail Station: Hang Tuah Direction: Titiwangsa Spotted Floral Flynn on my way to work one morning. The Kelana Jaya Line experienced a meltdown, so my colleague and I doubled back to the Ampang Line and interchanged to the Monorail at Hang Tuah. As you can see, he's very easy to spot in that loud printed T. It highlights his fair skin. Judging by his arms ( the muscles and the veins ), Flynn definitely works out. Keep an eye out for him if you're ever on the Monorail.

On Monday morning, bundled the kids out to The Pavilion to absorb the Christmas atmosphere. Mum and kids loved it and we took lots of photos. SK also joined us there. For our mid-day meal, we ate at Food Republic . Been a while since I joined the lunch time crowd there. Back when I was working nearby, I used to order the lotus root soup set from Ah Yip's Nourishing Soups  a couple of times a week. Amazingly, the price increased from MYR10.50 to MYR17.80 in just a span of a few years! And the Toastbox  counter is still enjoying brisk business after all these years. Unfortunately, their throughput seems to have dropped. Huge queue there. Also ordered a plate of oyster omelette and kimchi soup which added up the bill to more than MYR50. So much for having a cheap and quick meal at the food court. Haha. Mum had a fruitful shopping spree at Parkson and Ms. Read which is good. At least she got some new clothes. Truth be told, its no simple task. With all the upcoming weddings, she was

The next morning, we left before the other relatives since they were too slow to get ready. Mum and I drove back to Bentong to check out their famous morning market and have breakfast. Took a gamble with  Yuen Kee Kopitiam , an old corner coffee shop without a signboard. Judging by the crowds, it must have some good food. Took us twenty minutes of circling to secure a table. Mum ordered  wantan  noodles from  Hooi Kee  but seeing that they seem to be operating so chaotically, she ordered  chu cheong fun  from the other stall just in case. The CCF was quite impressive. The flat noodles had a good texture and the they use a combination of sauces not seen in KL. In addition to that, they also have a wide selection of stuffed beancurd, fishballs and fishcakes that are quite yummy. That tided us over for the forty-minute  wantan  noodles wait. I just sat there sympathizing with all the other customers who couldn't get a seat while mum went gallivanting at one section of the market.

Recently ( in the context of this blog ), my maternal cousin tied the knot with a lass from Karak. Since mum us closest with this uncle of mine, we were invited to both wedding banquets. The bride's function was a week before the groom's and was held at Bentong, a twenty minute drive from Karak. In the morning, I went to tidy up my unruly hair and mum got her's washed and styled. By the time we finished lunching at Nam Heong and got home, we only had a short time to get ready and drive to Bentong. My stylist who is a Bentong boy warned me that wedding banquets there start on the dot. Our drive there took ninety minutes and lots of highway tolls. Arrived with fifteen minutes to spare, but sad to say, the dinner started ninety minutes late. Guess the KL virus got to them. The venue was Grand Court Restaurant and was obviously pretty new. It had it is own compound and the interior decoration was pretty posh. Interestingly, the groom was warded at the Bentong Hospital for d

Arranged to have dinner with Cutipie early in December to celebrate her belated birthday. She managed to get her hubby to look after the kids so she was free of 'encumbrances'. Pork was calling to her again so we had dinner at Morganfield's  for the second time in a row! But for some reason, their business is brisk compared to the rest. Perhaps they take their babi -ness more seriously. Even their paper napkin is printed with "Pork: It's the Meat of Kings". Hope they won't get in trouble with the law. Might be misconstrued as waging war against the YDPA. Our dinner was a meat overload really with a full rack of Hickory pork ribs and a chicken roulade. But paired with Asahi beers, it wasn't too bad. My darling KH kept piling her plate with meat earning him some brownie points. Not wanting to go home so early, we looked for a place to have coffee. Our wanderings brought us to dipndip , a coffee parlour that serves coffee as well. The place seems

Note: A bit of a rewind. I seem to have gotten all my posts mixed up. Ugh. The last quarter of 2015 was really the peak season for weddings. My paternal uncle's youngest son got married on the first week of November. He is the same age as me. The wedding banquet was on the 7th, so we postponed our All Soul's Day visit to that weekend. The whole family traveled north in my sister's Serena. Reached Teluk Intan around noon and checked into the home stay that I booked on AirBnB. A new house with loads of rooms and beds, but lacking in cable TV and WIFI. However, the kids were thrilled and wasted no time in sprinting upstairs to have dibs on the rooms. Had a quick lunch at Ah Chai Bak Kut Teh , a famous BKT shop in the area. The owner has a Nissan FairLady parked out front and a picture of him receiving a P.M.P. from the Sultan of Perak. Not exactly a common sight. Regardless how famous the shop is, I didn't like the BKT. The soup was not to my liking, but the other dish

On Sunday evening, I fetched mum to Bukit Jalil Golf Club to attend a wedding banquet. A perfect chance for me to spend quality time with KH on a rainy evening. Picked KH up and we had dinner together at Restoran Hong Cha , Taman OUG. Been quite some time since I ate their pork noodles. Found it to be a far cry from what I remembered. The soup wasn't even porky anymore. Noticed that Seapark Dessert  had opened next door, so we gave that a try. Restoran Ah Loy had given up one shoplot due to their diminished business. Tried a bowl of hot bubuchacha  and I wasn't impressed. The dried jelly wasn't cooked with the soup, but soup was poured over a type of powdered mochi . Seemed to be a very instant version of this classic dessert. Back home, KH gave me a more satisfying dessert. The salty type. It was an enjoyable session. Since we don't smoke, we went for post-coital coffee and cake at Doors Cafe , Taman OUG. Seemed that each time we ordered cake there, it was something

One week after my blood test, I collected the results from the clinic. The doctor was very surprised with the results. According to her, my response to the medication was much better than expected. Her target for me was just a 30% drop in bad cholesterol, but my results showed a more than 50% drop to healthy levels. She declared that it was good news and that I should continue whatever I was doing ( not exercising and eating like crazy? ). Could also consider halving my dosage since my cholesterol level was pretty low. Celebrated with a big plate of chicken rice + roast duck + roast pork at Taman United. Since the uncle was closing shop, he gave us a huge portion for just RM15.

It was the end of November, so I went to check out the Christmas decorations at One Utama after mass. Unfortunately, still WIP. Felt like having Japanese food for lunch, but truth be told, One Utama does not have a very good selection. Bored of Kura; Ichiro was too expensive, so I went to Senya Dining instead. At least mum had never ate there before. Mum's not very fond of red meat, so I ordered a variation of Senya's famous Hokkaido Pork Don-- the Pork & Salmon Don. Surprisingly, it was quite good. The slices of Salmon were just lightly seared which went wonderfully with the chili powder. Mum gave a thumbs up. We also shared a pot of yummy kimchi salmon head nabe. Shopped a bit after that. Christmas trimmings don't seem to be in high demand this year. Left just as was starting to pour. Later in the evening, had a typical mamak dinner of naan , Tandoori chicken and dhosai at Restoran Rishadh . Back at home, dug out my Christmas cards only to find that I don'

Every end of the year I have leave that must be cleared lest it be forfeited. Employees are only allowed to carry forward 20 days of annual leave to the following year. Yes, I have that much annual leave. Hehe. KH and I took a day off on Monday to spend the time together. Joining the rush hour crowd, we boarded the LRT to Hang Tuah station. Made our way to VCR Cafe  because of its early opening hours. At first I was a bit confused by the directions from Google Maps but I finally understood the convoluted route after experiencing it firsthand. Amazing that Google Maps can properly map pedestrian walkways and crossings. Just a short walk and we arrived at the cafe. At that hour, there were people already comfortably ensconced at their tables, sipping coffee. KH and I moved upstairs to share a big breakfast. For MYR34, one gets slice of bread with two eggs ( mine were poached to perfection ), two yummy sausages, tomatoes on the vine, sauteed mushrooms, stewed beans and beef bacon ( turk