will i am's delayed diary

Teh C , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. It was the last day of mum's course at church, so I sent her out again and lalu attended the 8:45 English mass. Father Lawrence was the celebrant and as with most of the CDD priests, English ain't their forte. He admitted that it was his first time, but I found his sermon quite legible. At least I could get the words although the language structure exposed the fact that he is not a native speaker or the language. Quite intriguing because his sermon revolved around Candy Crush Saga. LOL. After mass, I went over to Paradigm Mall for breakfast. Not many choices really. Wanted to try Uncle K Kopitiam, but all the food was spicy ( I was nursing a dry throat that I guess was due to my moaning the day before :P ) and the price ain't exactly cheap. Went down to Tea Garden instead and had shredded chicken flat noodles and Hainanese milk tea. Loitered around at Uniqlo while waiting for SK to finish her manicure. Bought some Ts for the kids

Cold Cuts , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Mum was attending a three day course in church, so I had to send her out early on Saturday morning. On the way to Kelana Jaya, I picked up SK and we later had breakfast at Aman Suria after dropping mum off. Had leisurely bitchin' session over coffee in the cool morning breeze on the five-foot walkway. Back home, I spent the morning washing the car ( wish it was like an Andrew Christian video ). At noon, we went out for lunch at Mediteca . Ever since SK heard about their lunch buffet with free flow of cold cuts, cheese, salad and desserts, she was elated. KH, her granny and Lifebook tagged along. Judging from the amount of cold cuts and cheese alone, we definitely exceeded the price tag of MYR58++. KH's regular waiter Morsey was sooo happy to see us. We weren't too happy with the mains though. Salty! I wanted the lasagna with pesto clams, but they were out. Second choice was eggplant parmagiana. Quite good, but to finish it all

Sushi Sunday , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Church was quieter with a lot parishioners away for the long weekend. A visiting CDD priest celebrated mass and gave a nice sermon about the pros and cons of the notable ex-SIC parish priests. Happy are those who see the good in people. Or something to that effect. LOL. Maison SK had a lunch special again. This time round, SK was experimenting with maki , nigiri sushi , tamago and temaki . She bought a salmon block from OUG and she came home fuming: SK: Can you slice the salmon for me? Fishmonger: We charge MYR2 per piece. SK: Per block you mean. Fishmonger: Per slice. SK: WTF. Fishmonger: We sell fish, we don't slice fish. Apollo, Brian, my sister and the kids came along as well to sample her first attempt at nigiri sushi . Not a bad attempt, but she could improve on the rice a bit. In addition to that, she made fried dumplings, teriyaki chicken and oven-baked mushrooms wrapped in ham. An excellent feast. She even opened a bottle

Some Like It Thick , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Decided to flock to the mall on Saturday ( orang KL mana ada kerja lain? ), but hearing the horror stories about parking woes made us start early. Went out for wantan noodles at 9:00am, and by 10:00am we were good to go. Actually managed to park at B1 at The Gardens Mall, near the entrance. Hahaha. As Ridhuan Tee would say-- "Ultra Kiasu". Our main stop was at Isetan to use up SK's cash vouchers. We definitely spent more than that as mum went shopping for clothes. Noticed that the official LINE merchandise was finally on retail shelves, so if you're a fan of the plushies or vinyl dolls, go check them out at Isetan. SK also changed some money for her upcoming trip to Taiwan and Japan. Since we had Japanese the day before, we lunched at Foong Lye for a change. As usual, one had to take a number and they gave me sass because my party of four had not arrived. "My grandmother is making her up from the

Eggy Breakfast , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Breakfast on Raya 2 was a simple affair of bread and soft-boiled egg. And it was very uncharacteristic of me to get the urge to do housework. Swept the floor and turned up about fifteen dead cockroaches in my dustpan, some still twitching like zombies. Really wonder poison they have been ingesting in my house. Proceeded to mop the floor after that. Sooo tired and sweaty after that. Lunch was at Maison SK. She had watched the famous roast pork video that had been making its rounds on FB. Presentation was good. The skin was super crispy and the meat moist. But it just didn't quite taste like siew yuk . But a very good first attempt. She also made squid ink pasta topped with arugula, cherry tomatoes and pan-fried salmon steak. For after-lunch bites, mum made fruit rojak . Back home, I rested a little before going for a swim in my new Private Structure swim trunks! Quite a fun kermit-y green. Especially love the rainbow s

Aidifitri , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Note: It's no longer the month of Syawal and here I am blogging about Raya Pertama . How can William not pull a William right? Can you believe that KH has never attended a Hari Raya open house before?! No Muslim friends? No Muslim colleagues? A Malaysian family that does not gravitate towards free food? I was flabbergasted. LOL. So SK and I dragged his ass to the Selangor State Government Open House at Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, Shah Alam together with my mumsy. Waze taught us to use the LKSA which was quite convenient. Parking was a little chaotic as those RELA personnel really had no inkling on how to direct traffic. Arrived at about 11:30am, and the Menteri Besar was already there giving out duit raya . The only other VIP I sighted was Elizabeth Wong. Compared to 2011, the food wasn't very good. But I liked the fact the the lines moved very quickly. The lemang didn't taste like lemang , the satay was too

Double Rainbow , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Out of all the people who leave a message for me on my blog, Insequeerity is one of the few who actually respond back. Our e-mail conversations graduated to What's App and we subsequently arranged a meet up over coffee. Quite a whirlwind 'romance'.All happened in a short time span. Our stars finally aligned and perhaps that's why I saw a huge ass double rainbow after work. He arranged to have coffee at Podgy and the Banker because he likes the eye candy there. On Raya eve, I picked KH up and we made our way to Seri Hartamas. Halfway there, Insequeerity messaged that he would be late cause he was at the police station! Yikes! Since that was the case, we took our sweet time getting to the venue. Once we found parking, we still had the time to snog. As much as we wanted to smooch the night away, we got out of the car and secured a table. Quite good business for a Wednesday night. Saw the cute barista that he was talki

BKT , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Woke up Sunday morning with no breakfast or church plans. Just cooked up a packet of instant rice vermicelli and later sent mum to my sister's place. They planned a trip up to Genting for a couple of days with the kids. Sounded like a perfect opportunity for me to skank with KH, alas he was in Bangkok and would continue on to Colombo the following Monday. A wasted chance. :(. Oh well. The kids had just woken up and my sister was busy packing and making breakfast. When kids are involved, trust the whole boot to be filled. The little monster was cranky cause he slept at 2:00am the night before. It fell to me to keep him occupied while the rest of the adults settled things. At about 11:00 am, I drove over to SK's place and we both made our way to Klang to visit Gratitude's mum. Few days earlier, she had been warded for abdominal pain and subsequently underwent surgery to fix things up at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah. Since we had some

Avacado Roll , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. With just 857KM mileage and three days shy of a month on my Almera, I sent it in to the Nissan Service Centre at Puchong Jaya. They actually had ushers and a giant white board with all the appointments marked on it. Service with a smile. Dropped my car off a tad earlier as I had a 10:30am appointment at Imperial Pot , Solaris Dutamas. SK picked me up from the service centre. Used the Groupon voucher that KH bought earlier as he wasn't in town to use it. Hehe. It was a dim sum set for two. Nothing much actually-- white porridge ( very basic, but very smooth ), siew mai ( small-ish ), unagi puff ( quite different ), piggy custard buns, stir-fried lotus root, char siew and tau fu fa . That was about it. Since there were four of us, we made additional orders of organic red CCF ( an interesting variation ), century egg porridge, avocado roll ( yummy, but I think the filling was made with more sweet potato than anything else ) and

Taiwan Beef Noodles , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Church as usual on Sunday and lunch was at Lai Lai Casual Dining at Kuchai Lama. Their signature dish is Taiwanese stewed beef noodles and it ain't cheap. Basic noodles cost MYR13.80. I added MYR2.00 for all tendon, and another MYR2.00 to add on a cup of bubble tea. Price aside, the noodles were OK. Same style of thick noodles. Portion wasn't big though, and the soup was tad too sweet for me. For an extra kick, you could add chili oil that comes with crunchy bits of shallots in it ( way too crunchy! Ada plastik kot? ). Mum ate the mixed mushrooms ramen. She liked it. Went to Endah Parade after that. A very quick stop at the silver shop and shampoo shop. Took less than fifteen minutes. A record for mum. When I tried to pay the ticket, I was presented with the error: "Invalid ticket". Enquired at the control centre. Moi: Bang, dapat invalid ticket la. Bang: (counting... counting) Sebenarnya tak payah bayar. Eh, y

Incensed , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Saturday was a day of shopping. Woke up early for marketing and breakfast. Bumped into my MIL ( or my mother-out-law as Chan Beng Chin reminded me ) outside of DaMaCai. She always seemed surprised to see me. A very "WTF are you doing here?!" face. -_-. Cheered myself up with some retail therapy at The Gardens Mall. Mum had a field day at Isetan. Didn't have lunch until 2:00pm. Thought of having Taiwanese as I was a little overwhelmed with Japanese lately but the line was too long. Ended up at Kita No Zen @ Hokkaido Ichiba . Can't escape. LOL. Had a chirashidon set, ankimo ponzu ( fish liver in ponzu sauce ) and a salmon ozisushi ( had the aroma of perilea leaves ). Lotsa twinky waiters at that place. Huhu, but service was a bit sketchy. Only the captain was attentive. Ventured over to Midvalley Megamall after that cause mum wanted to shop at Ms. Read. Hate going there because of the crowds and bad air. Ugh. Wasn't i