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Finding Fuzhou

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Failed Fuzhou With Sunday Mass and Stations of the Cross done, SK, mum and I headed out to cari makan tengah hari . SK suggested Old Fuzhou , Damansara Kim. Obviously famous looking at the Sunday weekend crowd. Waited for a while before we were seated inside by the tai-tai -looking lady boss. Ordered two of their famous dishes-- red wine chicken and Fuzhou fish balls. Both failed me. I found the soup too watered-down for my liking. But one must admit that they use a better stock of chicken rather than the usual supermarket variety. The fishballs costed us MYR1.59 per piece and it was just of normal size. The texture was a disaster. Soft. 'Crumbles' in your mouth. :S. Perhaps that's the genuine Fuzhou style, but I'm not going back there again. Then we walked down the row of shops to "Above Treasures". A very interesting Christian gift shop. According to the woman manning it, the shop is affiliated with "Sweet Incense", a Christian group formed jus...

MarketWhat(tm): Sick Sally

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Bring it on! Overheard at the OUG Wet Market: "Oh no! It's gonna rain. You better go find some shelter lest you get sick!" "Cheh! Sick ma sick lo. Sick ma go see doctor and MC lo." "But if you sick ma san fu lo. Not feel well." "Don't work I feel even better! No need to go office. No need to think! If sick, go Midvalley Megamall also can!!!" Got to love her point of view. :P

Salah Sambal

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Sambal yang sedap? This is container full of sambal at Restoran Leong Ya Indah . Looks 'lovely' doesn't it? All immersed in oil. Went there with ChatMate some weeks back. At a glance, doesn't it look like the byproduct of an 'explosive' session on the porcelain throne?

Microsoft Loves You

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Battle Los Angeles Movie Wallpaper Swiped from fesiyal_2011 . Last last ( so sue me ) Thursday, my colleagues and I went to Tropicana City Mall to watch Battle: Los Angeles . A free movie night sponsored by the rich folks at Microsoft. An ISV Appreciation Night. Basically it means, thanks for using the Microsoft platform to develop your software products which in turn helps us sell our expensive software licenses. And so we get a free movie ticket. Arrived at 6:00pm for some refreshments. Mee Siam , sandwiches, sardine puffs and etc. Went to get some tea and I found nearly 60% of the teacups contaminated by some kind of black ash. It's like someone was using the teacups as an ashtray. Believe or not, the waiter just picked up a cup with the biggest, baddest chunk of ash and poured in the Lipton tea. I stared at him with my eyes bulging. He finally got the cue and used another cup. =_+. Before going in, we also got to redeem popcorn and Coke. Bumped into two ex-colleagues. ...

Flu Season

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Flu Season Swiped from Daniel Y. Go . Can a doctor or pharmacist explain to me why flu medication like Clarinase and Zyrtec-D affect urine flow? Anyone else with the same side-effect?

All Drugged Up

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Pill Mandala Swiped from ms.maisol . Couldn't take the constant coughing and hiccuping ( weird combination ), so I went to see the doctor. She looked very motherly in her blue saree. The same doctor who helped me dislodge the naughty fish bone some months back. "Show me your throat." (Ahhhhhhhh....) "Good. Good. Most patients don't know how to do it." (experience from BJs? :P) "BP is good. Lungs are clear. No gas. But you have a slight fever. 37.5." "No pain on your face. So I guess the sinuses are clear." "Time to go home. Better not be spreading germs!" I went to the dispensary to collect my medicine. Cough mixture. Clarinase. Amoxicillin. Polaramine. Paracetamol. Antacids. It's been a long time since I've been so drugged up. With the MC in hand, I sat in the office until after lunch time. Went for a meeting at my head office and at 3:30pm, left for home. :P. KH and ChatMate were 'upset' at my stubbor...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms: End

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Three Kingdoms City 三国城 - Wuxi - 13th Jun Swiped from wilson7887 . I've finally finished all 95 episodes of "Three Kingdoms" ! Quite a feat, eh? My curiosity has been satisfied. Nearly everyone died and still things were not settled. Watching it is much better than reading the translated version online. Couldn't make heads or tails of things due to the archaic presentation. Here are some funny observations from the series: Loss, failure, anger and regret can cause totally healthy men to cough up blood and die ( thumbs up! ) If after they cough up blood and NOT die, their hair turns white overnight( thumbs up! ) In the 3800 minutes of screen time, I think less than 60 minutes were dedicated to the female characters Generals can down 10 foot soldiers with one swoop of the halberd But the part about coughing blood is accurate. Apparently it features in the text. On to my next series, "倚天屠龙记"! P.S.: ChatMate is now watching the series. See whether he ...