will i am's delayed diary

Guan Yu Swiped from kam kah zen . To many Chinese, Guān Yǔ is a familiar figure immortalized as a Taoist diety in many homes and business premises ( if you watch HK triad movies, he is worshipped by the cops and criminals alike! ). He is often depicted with his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, either standing majestically or riding a horse. Sometimes, the idols are made of him sitting down with a book. From the stories, he is described as someone with a dignified stature, a red face and a long beard. Quite a sight, no? Now, why do I blog about this? Well, because I am a sucker for period dramas and I'm currently watching "三國" although I hardly understand 20% of the dialogue. Episodes 25 through 26 really brought out the cool factor, kinda like how Taiwan pop-star idol shows do it. Much screen time was dedicated to him, where he "crossed five paths and slayed six generals". So invincible! And gotta love how he flicks his beard and wields his blade with a flo

Chu Cheong Fun Swiped from williamnyk . Overheard at the Taman United Wet Market. All in the same morning. Scene 1: 10 year old kid sitting on the chu cheong fun seller's motorcycle. CCF Seller: Boy, you sleep alone ah? Boy: (nods his head) CCF Seller: You not scared meh? Later cat come and bite you how? Boy: (has the call-the-paedophile-police look in his eyes) Boy's Mother: (rushing over) Wei, don't teach my son yang bukan-bukan. CCF Seller: Aunty... Can't be too careful. Nowadays 10 years old also got watch XXX film lo! Scene 2: Two aunties having a chat at the kuih-muih stall and the Indonesian maid from the coffee shop brings her a cup of kopi-o Smoking Aunty: Hey, hey, you got boyfriend ah? Maid: (confused) Huh?! Smoking Aunty: 男朋友 ah... Maid: 没有! Smoking Aunty: Ahhh... I recommend a good man for you!!! Very good one! How old are you ah? Maid: 35 (quickly makes her getaway) Smoking Aunty: (telling her friend) Aiyah... 35 stil

You Know It's CNY When... Swiped from williamnyk . You know it's Chinese New Year when... You hear tok-tok chang on radio. Wrong. You see houses decked with lanterns and faux red crackers. Wrong. You see a mad rush for bak kwa . Wrong. Banks start giving out red packets. Wrong. People start shopping for red clothes. Wrong. You see the wet markets inundated with waxed meat, assorted nuts and new year cakes. Wrong. You see la la zhai after la la zhai buying new underwear. Bulls eye. Happy Chinese New Year to all my readers. May you be jumping with joy and f*cking like rabbits in heat. And that your renunion brings your family closer together. Enjoy the holidays, drink more water, eat less junk food, don't play with illegal fireworks, do not gamble and drink excessively and drive safely! Hehe.

Marie Suzuki taffeta polka dots party dress #4 Swiped from shiroibasketshoes hopper . At Salabiance, One Utama, I caught sight of a middle-aged aunty trying on a new dress. Polka-dotted with a flowery sash. And best of all, it had a big flare with some kind of underwire and lace at the hem. She was a petite woman and that dress managed to make her look like a blimp. It's magic! Doubtful at first, but after looking at herself in the mirror and getting more convincing comments from the saleswoman ( she can really lie through her teeth ), she bought it in the end. Such a scene repeats at the many hundreds of retail outlets in malls across the country. I for one don't need to buy any new clothes this year. It's a blessing really not needing to frantically join the shopping rush. Sitting in my wardrobe are several surviving new articles of clothing from 2010. A couple of T-shirts, one short sleeve shirt, one long sleeve shirt, one tank top and countless briefs and trunk

London, Tate Gallery, Anna Lea Merritt: Love Locked Out, 1889 Swiped from groenling . For years and years I had been using the same old e-mail password. It originated from the address of my old industrial training site in Cyberjaya. That was like a decade ago! However, that password is no more. For some reason, I could not log into my GMail account the other day and I had to reset my password. I tried the SMS method and I got the reset code on my phone 5 times faster than an m2u TAC. Impressive. Quickly changed my password and went through the account activity. Found nothing suspicious. I still don't know what happened. In the midst of all this, Kidz could not access my blog and immediately got KH to ask me. He thought that I closed my blog down. Later on, I found that my GTalk auto sign-on failed with an "Account locked" message. Hmmm, I really wonder...

Colour Rabbit Swiped from ssoosay . Last Sunday, SK, mum and I ventured to Michael & Guys , One Utama to get our hair done. The senior stylist there was clever enough to call SK and entice her with some CNY promotions. Cut + Dye + Treatment for only MYR168. For longer hair, just add MYR30. SK and I opted for colour, whereas my mum just did a hair treatment for MYR60. This time round, I did not go for anything too obvious. Chose a more subdued and natural hue. So subdued that none of my colleagues noticed! @&^%$#$#. But I guess that was the desired effect. The shampoo guy was most talkative. Typical beng -ish type from JB with super-blonde, straightened hair. At first I thought that he was the curly type, but later on, he kept asking about girlfriends and how after a certain age one should be quite ashamed of receiving red packets. Goodness. Even after my chemical treatment was done, he kept chatting with me and even let me play with his new Nokia N8. Tak faham betul!

Anuar Zain for MStar Caught sight of this full page item on MStar , The Star's weekly Malay pullout. It featured Ziana Zain's kid brother ( still applicable now that he's over 40? ), Anuar Zain. For the benefit of my beh hiau Bahasa Melayu readers, the caption reads: "Anuar Zain: Selesa Tanpa Wanita" Yes folks, he's forty. Unmarried. Not bad looking. And most importantly, comfortable without women . If I were him and if I was straight ( choi, choi, choi! ), I would definitely feel uncomfortable with that statement emblazoned on a tabloid. Sounds too ghey kan ?

Puppets! Swiped from cgines . Celebrated Janvier's 30th birthday at E42T: 42 East Restaurant and Bar , TTDI on Thaipusam. The name of the restaurant is a bit of a word play. In the logo, the "42" in "E42T" is manipulated to look like "AS", hence giving you "EAST". SK and I did not easily find the place although it was facing the main road. Got cheated by Google Maps. Somehow Lorong Rahim Kajai 14 does not show properly in it. The Chief managed to secure a private party at the venue. Most of us pre-ordered the pork ribs set. At just 40++, one gets mushroom soup ( watered down ) with garlic bread, grilled pork ribs ( tender, but had a weird citrus rind taste ) and fruits to close. And you get a pint of Carlsberg too! The table was split into two, so Janvier sat in the middle with a swivel chair so that no one would feel left out. Nah, it didn't happen like that. He chose the boring way and just moved around. This time round, Leggy

connection Swiped from rent-a-moose . If you're reading this, you most probably live two lives. One~ flesh and bone. Blood and sweat. The other~ 1s and 0s. IE and Firefox. Truth be told, we feed quite a lot of our REAL lives into our digital lives. Much time invested into uploading our lives onto the WWW. Not quite Tron, but I'm sure we can get there some day. For me, both lives are important. Imagine IM-ing about everything under the sun, but clam up when meeting each other Imagine having animated discussions in person, but ignore each other in social networking sites and blogs Scenario 1 is definitely disastrous, but to me scenario 2 is also bad. In my opinion, we should try to connect with each other in all possible channels, not just stick to one. But I guess there are many people who are Cyberspace lurkers . They read and read and read. Stalk and stalk and stalk. But never make their presence known and never leave their thoughts. Or, there are people who rely

Chirashi-don Swiped from williamnyk . Ever since I put up my Contact Me feature I have made some interesting interactions with my readers. Some normal. Some abnormal ( definitely something for another post ). Enjoyed some e-mail conversations, perhaps some FB and IM interaction. If things click, we may end up meeting face to face. So far I've met Lun, a youngn' who works near my office. And recently, Finnegan, an Irishman based in HK. He was in town for a couple of days, so we arranged a lunch date on Saturday. Picked him up from the Gardens Hotel ( the traffic was exceptionally smooth. I was expecting Hell from CNY shoppers! ) and drove over to nearby Nihon-kai . Had their Chirashi-don accompanied by a nice chat. More often than not, the topic veered towards food and travel. Found him to be quite a shy person. Likes to think before he speaks ( So unlike me. Should I tone down my laser? Haha, I think not ). Can tell that he loves having intellectual discourses but I do

Another crazy Doc Swiped from Erik K Veland . Mum complained about a mysterious itch on her right thigh for more than a week. On and off with a wave of numbness now and then. How weird right? No marks on her skin whatsoever. Must be some kind of nerve problem I thought. Quite at a lost on which specialist to consult. Then on Thursday, she complained of body ache, sore throat and rashes started coming out on her thigh. Aha! That's something to go on. I actually thought it was shingles, but she reported no pain. Advised her to see the nearby doctor. A big clinic franchise~ MedivXXXX. The doctor said that it was viral, but it was not shingles. "Aunty, very serious already, need to give you a jab. It costs $150." After paying the fees of MYR190, her sore throat and body ache did go away, but the itchy rashes stayed. I told her to get a second opinion. SK recommended Alam Medic in OUG. I was quite surprised at what the doctor there said. "Aunty, don't wor

Thrust Swiped from Glenn Peter Perez . It was a day of doubles. Had egg sandwich twice today. Mum and SK made the same thing for breakfast. Had lotus root twice today. Once at Food Republic and another time at home. See a pattern? I'm looking forward to a hunky pair of twins in my dreams tonight. Good night.

ck free-耿乐 Swiped from 普渡众神 花 . Just received a spill-over from Christmas 2010-- A 100ml bottle of cK Free from SK!!! Hehe. And it came with an embroidered Christmas card. Thanks a bunch! *muacks! Here's a bit of trivia for you: 1) I use Lacoste Pour Homme purely for work 2) I use Bvlgari Aqva only on weekends and holidays 3) I use Esprit Connect randomly Don't have to sniff me to confirm this. I adhere to it semi-religiously. :P. Perhaps I should have a special scent for when I go on dates with KH. :P (1) and (2) should be finishing soon, so I can start cK Free soon lo. What do you use to smell good?

iPhone6-2Duck Swiped from williamnyk . Right after my trip to Brunei, mum made an ad hoc decision to go to Teluk Intan the next day to settle some legal issues. I just nodded lo. Luckily I wasn't too tired from the short trip. On touchdown, I waited an hour at LCCT for my sister to arrive ( used the time to have a teleconversation with SK and What's App my client due to some work problems ). Mum and Cyan tagged along. The kid was sleeping in the car, exhausted from his second day in pre-school. Ended up at Restoran Puchong YTF for dinner. Still nice, but portions have taken a dive. The journey out of KL took place at 7:30am the next day. BIL drove. We wasted one hour trying to get to the PLUS highway as the roads were choked by a stalled trailer on the Puchong-Sg. Besi Highway. %$#@%^. Stopped for breakfast at Restoran Sin Thien Thien , Bidor. I had wantan noodles while the rest tried the herbal duck noodles. When I compare the duck noodles, I found it better than P

Red Wine Mee Suah Swiped from J2Kfm . Brunei is quite an alcohol-free country. I don't see alcohol being sold openly. If you bring it in from outside, you'll have to declare it at customs. The other day, my colleague ordered chicken soup mee suah . The boss immediate put on a shady look, tapped him on the shoulder and whispered: "Pssst. Wanna add wine or not?" Goodness. From the way he was asking, I thought he was offering porn DVDs or China Doll blowjobs! So poor thing kan ?

JOM esok kita ke Perhimpunan Wira Negara Revolusi 1Malaysia. Program ini bermula pada 7 hingga 9 Januari 2011 bertempat di Perkarangan Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Program yang julung kali bakal diadakan adalah satu lagi inisiatif Wira PERKASA Malaysia untuk mendekati golongan yang sering dilabelkan sebagai remaja liar/bermasalah seperti rempit, skin head, punk, underground band, x-treme dan membantu untuk mendaftarkan diri mereka kepada Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR). Pelbagai aktiviti menarik disediakan utk menarik minat golongan belia yg terbiar ini supaya mereka sedar bahawa Wira PERKASA Malaysia mendengar luahan hati kecil mereka. If a Mat Rempit can be called a Wira Negara , why not glorify the Mat Gian  as well? They've been around longer than anyone can remember. Syabas Wira Perkasa ! The money could have been better spent buying bullets for our trigger-happy police. I'm sure we'd see positive change in their luahan hati kecil  with gunfire to moti

iPhone65AirAsia Swiped from williamnyk . "Suddenly Brunei", as Alexander the Gay likes to put it. Had to make a trip to Brunei for several wrap up meetings with my client's consultant. An annoying Hungarian guy. Ugh. In case you're wondering~ no, he's not hot. Anyway, SK was supposed to pick me up but somehow, her alarm didn't go off. Ended up half an hour late. Still, I had ample time. This time round, I discovered something new about AirAsia's self check-in system. One can now use one's iPhone. Log on. Key in the information and they will send you a 2D barcode. Bring it up on your iPhone and flash it at the scanner kiosk. A boarding pass will be printed for you. Not bad. Just had fifteen minutes to talk to SK before I went into the departure hall. The flight was uneventful except that it was quite full and people turned up right up till the last minute. Blegh. I wanted to fly on Sunday afternoon, but it was sold out, no doubt due to the end

I have no intention of turning this into a "Mind Your Language" segment ( people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones :P ), but I just had to post this. Spotted it at Mayflower , Jalan Tun Sambanthan. This stall serves quite a wicked fried spaghetti. A bit oily, but OK la. When you look at that cute little note, I'm sure you can understand where the owner is coming from. But I just can't help but think that he has a frozen piece of Dory jumping up and down in his freezer some where. Hahahahaha.

paper ornaments 2 Swiped from minimallyinvasivenj . Mum was complaining about her limp hair for weeks, so after church we went to Taman Megah to get her hair curled. Before that, had lunch at the nearby kopitiam . Ordered a tomato kuay teow . Did not know what it was, but gave it a try anyway. A BAD gamble. The bloody dish took half an hour to arrive. It was just wat tan hor with egg gravy replaced with tomato sauce. KNS. A family beside me also ordered three plates of that stupid thing and after fifteen minutes of waiting, the hawker told them they had run out of stock. I wanted to tell the lady, "No loss!". Since mum's chemical service would take around 3 hours, SK and I decided to go to One Utama. Upon seeing the jam into One Utama, we went to The Curve instead. Plenty of parking at Cineleisure. As usual, SK spent a few hundred ringgit in just half an hour of shopping for bras and cosmetics. :S. Later on, we met up with Lifebook at Pappa Rich. Then went birth

Little Korea On Friday morning, I got up at 7:00am and drove mum to Taman Bukit Jalil for a jog. At the start, it was mostly brisk walking. Only later did I ditch mum and did some jogging. Thought I was doing OK until bent over to pull up my socks. When I got up, I felt that the blood flow to my brain wasn't quite right. Started seeing static and white stars. Goodness. Took some time before the feeling of faintness passed. Wonder if it was due to me bending over ( jangan fikir lain ) or because I did not eat before going for the jog. Guess it was a little bit of both. While walking back to the car, we saw a father-daughter team who were both having a leisurely walk while munching on big pau 's. That's how we should all exercise! Breakfast was at Jalan Lazat, OUG. Ordered seafood noodles that came in a soup so sweet that I could very well had been drinking tong sui . The only positive was the fact that the auntie gave many prawns and it was fresh. Give me some grub!