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Do Movies & Birthdays Mix?

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Mum ajak me pergi pasar on Saturday and a neighbour tagged along. The old lady seemed thrilled for the chance to go to a little-explored wet market. Found parking easily at the multi-level car park. Life is easier when you're willing to pay. The place was a little quieter than usual during the school holidays, but not by much. Breakfast was at Restoran Sun Sea which houses the famous pork noodles ( more like the bastard child of pork noodles and seafood noodles ) of yesteryear. Their business is a far-cry from what it was more than a decade ago. No more crowds. No more queues. But then, I did not eat that. Think their soup is a bit sickly-sweet. Simply ordered from wantan noodle stall at the back and boy was it bad. Mum's choice of mee kolok was much better. Also noticed that the Penang curry laksa stall is now manned by two twinks. From their looks, definitely the sons of the owner. Not bad. Back home, I swept and mopped the floor. High time to clear the cockroach kill

A & E

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In the same week, Little Monster visited the A&E twice. Scary, right? The first time happened right after the kid visited his paediatrician for fever and cough. The kid has mild asthma, so the doctor prescribed him some chewable medication. For some reason, his mum decided to dig out some of his leftover medication from the refrigerator. The blister pack looked very familiar to me. By the time I had realised that it was actually adult flu medication, it was too late, my sister had already fed him the pill. Yikes. I consulted Antinous on the matter. He warned me to look out for breathing difficulties during sleep. That kinda freaked my sister out, so she quickly brought him to TDMC. Since it was a school night, Big Monster was already sleeping, so I went over to keep an eye on him. While waiting, I tried out my new toy, which was the Chromecast that just arrived that day. Not a very useful device, but its two primary uses was good enough for me. One was its YouTube casting functio

Yes, DuanWu Festival

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My church organized a Duanwu festival celebration after mass on Sunday. Just a small affair with presentations on how to make dumplings, dumpling wrapping competition, food, music and singing. The MC went on and on about the history of the festival but I don't think the audience was very interested. Everyone was hyped about the competition! Moi: Wah, she really can talk hor? Aunty: Sunday school teacher ma... Lunch for me was a bit of porridge and noodles from the temporary stalls. Initially, there was a lot of confusion, but the activities went smoothly after that. They set up dumpling making stations-- tables underneath a suspended ladder. On each table was glutinous rice, fatty pork, black eyed peas, dried chestnut, dried shrimp, salted egg yolks and bamboo leaves. A bunch of ham sui chou were tied on the rungs of the ladder, suspended over each table. Mum entered the contest in the individual category and she came out with third prize. Not bad at all. Judging was base

Pleasure After Business

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A major deployment was performed for my client spanning almost two days. Six am on Saturday, I went into their data centre to meet my bleary-eyed colleagues who had been there since midnight. They told me there was a problem when starting up the system. Had to do some manual intervention to make it work. I checked the logs and found that my program couldn't connect to the interface server. Koyak! . Contacted the IT PM and she quickly mobilized her network team. Settings and firewall rules had been 'settled' days before and yet we still see these problems on D-Day. As the hours went by, I saw the network and firewall team fighting with the AS/400 team on the What's App group that was created to coordinate our actions. So funny that they couldn't agree on the actual IP address to be used. Seeing that it was going no where, we went out for a nasi lemak breakfast at a nearby food court. During the whole meal, the tone was quite sombre because of the recent salary inc

LRT Celebrities: Tight Todd

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Hi guys and gals! Definitely been a long time since my last edition of LRT Celebrities. At first I was wondering whether I should give it a rest during the holy month of Ramadhan, but I don't think my Muslim readers mind ( not sure how many I have actually ). Anyway... here's Tight Todd . He's not here because he's exceptionally cute or fabulous. I just want to use him as an example to highlight many of my gay lou friends' fetish for men in tight work clothes. Just look at the chest and sleeves. Don't see much excess material at all! Slim fit shirt + wide chest = drooling in the LRT. Fantastic equation. And lets not talk about slim hips and perky ass in tight slacks. That would membasahkan . Kinda reminds me of the guy on Astro's Brands Essence of Chicken advertisement. Could pop out of his shirt at any moment. Do you have such a festish?

JJ's Birthday : Slot IV

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Swiped from Yip Choon Wai @ Flickr Been some time since mum and I went to the market. A leisurely trip with nothing much to buy. For some reason, it was less crowded than usual. Just the random rush for bak zhang leaves. A opportunity for skanking presented itself because mum had an AGM in the afternoon. Told KH about it and he arrived at my home at around 3:00 pm. Plenty of time for me to 'freshen up', make the bed and line up the lube and tissues. No rose petals, no candles, no essential oils. LOL. A sweaty affair that afternoon. Moaned my heart out with a new position. Finished up within an hour just in time to receive a call from my mum that her meeting had ended. Need more time to switch a few positions at least. Didn't even have the time to finish for KH ( sorry baby xoxo ). In the evening, we went to Paradigm Mall for Jaded Jeremy's birthday dinner. Originally, it was scheduled for two weeks ago, but was rescheduled due to KH's company trip and SK'

Red Letter Day

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Tuesday was Wesak, so SK arranged for a breakfast gathering at Coffee Factor , Setiawalk. Just as I was gonna drive out, I received a call from SK. She was having a serious nose bleed again! Jeng jeng jeng . Told her to call her doctor. Off I went to tapau breakfast for her granny and Apollo's mum. Upon arrival at her apartment, I saw her with two packs of ice on her face and a large towel over her mouth. When she removed the towel, her whole chin was dripping with blood. Whoah! Immediately rushed her to the Pantai Hospital A&E where her doctor was already waiting. SK: Doc! I wanted to go out to eat breakfast, then this happened! Doc: I wanted to go eat breakfast too, then you called! First thing he did was irrigate her nasal cavity with loads of saline solution. Sooooo much blood. Then he gave her a shot to stop the bleeding. Fearing a repeat, the doctor warded her for observation. Couldn't really think where else to go for food, so mum and I followed the original

Mothers Day Surprises

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Sent mum out at 9:00 am ( another full day at the 5th Tastefully Food & Beverage Expo in MV ) and went straight to church after that. Went to my favourite mall in the whole wide world after that-- Paradigm Mall. With its close proximity to church, easy parking and decent shops, I seem to be going there regularly on Sundays. Even Big Monster realizes it. Had lunch at the Pasta Zanmai there with SK. Just ordered some sushi and salad. Simple, but satisfying. After disappearing for months, KT made an appearance so we sat down to coffee at Komugi Cafe . Filled us in on the happenings of the previous months and boy, she dropped several bombs. BIG bombs. Didn't lecture her or anything as things were beyond my control. Hopefully she will be able to map things out for the months to come. Uniqlo was having some reductions on their Ts so we went crazy in there for a while. MaisonSK hosted another dinner that night with the usual gang making an appearance-- Apollo, QueerRanter-D and Bria

Late Little Fox

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SK was thrilled when I asked her whether she wanted to join me for breakfast on Saturday. Discharged from the hospital just a few days ago, she was itching to go out. On the way out, I dropped mum at a friend's place as she had a charity sale at the 5th Tastefully Food & Beverage Expo in MV. Bright and early, SK and I arrived at Three Little Pigs & The Big Bad Wolf  at BV I. Even found a beautiful parking space right out front. It was supposed to be a meet up with Little Fox, but seeing that my SMS and What's App went unanswered, we went ahead and ordered food. Started off with Eggs Royale and some twenty minutes later, our baked eggs arrived. Food was good as usual and the pinoy staff super attentive. Sitting opposite us was girl who had been waiting as long as us. She seemed content and happy, not upset at all that her date was late. When he finally arrived in a white, slim fit white shirt and tight jeans did it dawn on us why her EQ was so high. She practically sig

Zemien + 1

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The last I met Zemien was during my Penang trip with the gang. We had the opportunity to meet again in May as he was bringing his boyfriend around the region for their Skank Around The Region Tour. Their travels brought them from New Zealand -> Singapore -> Hanoi -> Krabi -> Penang -> Kuala Lumpur. We were lucky enough to meet up right before KH was to fly off to Japan the next day. Since they were in Bukit Bintang for a shopping binge, we arranged to meet up for dinner at The Pavilion's Ichi Zen . When I walked into the restaurant, Zemien and his angmoh boyfriend was already there. Naturally I offered my had to Zemien, but he said, "Why so formal?" and proceeded to give me a big hug. LOL. Was my first time meeting his BF, whom he introduced as Paige. I had forgotten that Zemien is nine years his senior. If you go by stereotypes, its normally the other way around. KH was the last to arrive. We made two sets of orders and when everything arrived we had n

KH for Lunch, KH for Dinner

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Had an unlikely breakfast of CKT on Saturday and bro had his nasi lemak craving fulfilled. Didn't do much in the morning, but bro was busy planning for his upcoming vacation in Italy ( Florence and Cinque Terre ). At around 1:00 pm, SK and I sent mum out to Kuchai Lama to attend a free grooming course. To keep my brother entertained, I made sure that the video player was stocked with enough movies to last the afternoon. Took the chance to have lunch with KH at Casa del Cocco , Taman Danau Desa. Thought perhaps my Mei could join for lunch, but she was on her way back to Batu Pahat for some important personal matters. Actually we ordered a little too much-- grilled pork shoulder ( not recommended ), slow roasted pork ( recommended ) and a Margherita pizza ( recommended ). Such a lazy afternoon. Great to be just being in each other's company and sipping coffee ( while our hands get a little busy LOL ). Got home at about 3:30 pm after picking up mum's birthday cake from RT B

Post-Labour Day

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Late Wednesday evening, I decided to take leave on the Friday after May Day. Not a big deal since I had 10.5 days of annual leave off the books that I need to clear. Realized that I could go up to Teluk Intan to settle my mother's property issues. Wasn't quite sure if legal assistant was working on Friday, so I waiting till 9:00 am before giving her a ring. Once I got the confirmation, we jumped into the car and headed North. But we did have a teensy little time to stop for breakfast la. :P. Arrived in Teluk Intan at about 12:30 pm, just in time for the lunch break. Not quite hungry yet, so we went to Sin Joo Heong to buy their famous heong peah . Funny to note that they have a membership scheme now. For seventy points, one could redeem a cheap looking key chain. Was so tempted to register. LOL. Parked at Jalan King and ate chicken rice at a very old coffee shop by the name of Aik Hoong . Even the wooden signboard was half-rotted. Not many choices as the market stalls

Labour Day

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On Labour Day ( yes, I know... that was nearly two months ago ), my brother arrived home from Singapore. Impeccable timing as it was the end of water rationing in Selangor. SK suggested breakfast at Kar Heong , Subang Jaya. We all had curry noodles with the exception of Apollo's mum who ordered the sliced chicken hor fun . I pimped mine up with siew yuk . Huhu. Right after breakfast, we raided Jaya Grocer at Empire Shopping Gallery for some groceries. Mum was planning a big welcome dinner for my brother. At half past noon, I went off to pick him up from LCCT. At around the same time, Apollo and his mum went to LCCT too for their Bangkok trip. So ngam . I left mum at home as she was fretting in the kitchen preparing dinner. By the time I had come back from the airport, it was already 3:30 pm and my tummy was still without food. Stopped at Kong Kee Wantan Noodles to pack some late lunch and bro got his keropok lekor and pisang goreng fix. Spent the whole afternoon playing wi

Air Stewardesses Don't Make Good Tenants

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This is a follow up from my last post about securing new tenants. The air stewardesses and my real estate negotiator both turned out to be a pain in ass. Firstly, the real estate negotiator seemed to be more Hell-bent on protecting the interests of the tenant rather me! The landlord! I was paying for his services! That idiot kept on arguing with me regarding a non-existent wardrobe in the master bedroom. He kept insisting that there was a wardrobe when he brought the tenants for a house viewing. (On What's App) Idiot: What happened to the wardrobe. Moi: There was no wardrobe to begin with. Empty wall. Idiot: Gooottttt. We all saw. Moi: I did not take a picture of it because there was nothing. Do you have a picture of it? Idiot: I did not take a picture too. Moi: Real estate agents should right? Idiot: ... (Days later on What's App) Idiot: Why haven't you put in a wardrobe? Moi: When did I say that I would do so? Idiot: Please remember your promise.

Patron Saint of Foodies

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On Divine Mercy Sunday, mum and I went to church and lunched at Paradigm Mall ( my second home ) as usual. Used the LivingSocial voucher that KH bought me-- MYR30 value at Heritage Village Cafe . Perfect for a lunch for two. Chose the asam fish with rice ( unfortunately the chunks of stingray were too far frozen and it showed ), fried rice and ABC. The dessert was very good. Balanced sweetness and the sugar syrup was fragrant. Went for some shopping after that. Bought some random articles of clothing. Walked past Cielo Dolci on my way out and caught sight of some weird flavours that I really wanted to try. All of them were disappointing. LOL. Tried Nasi Lemak, Coconut Gula Melaka, Strawberry Balsamic and Teh Tarik. Ended up going for Fig & Walnut and Lemon Yoghurt. Always a good choice to pair something creamy with something sour. Made a short stopover at Giant BK5 to buy some groceries before going home. Salmon steaks are a must have for the kids' meals these days. N