will i am's delayed diary

The school holidays were starting in a few days and all of a sudden mum told me that she was going for a week-long trip with my sister! My eyes lit up because it would mean quality time with KH! Turns out that they would be heading out on Sunday morning to the east coast city of Kuantan, my home town. Two days there, then two days in Bukit Gambang Water Park and the final two days in Cameron Highlands. Quite a journey. Early Sunday morning, I went to English mass and went to Paradigm Mall ( where else? ) to kill some time before my appointment with my hair stylist. Got a replacement clock at Kaison and other knick-knacks that caught my eye. Then sat down to a latte at Starbucks. Not long after I got my drink, two fellas occupied the table beside mine and my gaydar immediately bleeped. Turns out it was PT from FF doing some marketing. They were close enough that I could catch their serious conversation on fitness, nutrition, exercise and sagging muscles. With a swipe of my fingers, I

Did my yearly dental check-up on Saturday. For some reason, I always eat wantan noodles before getting my scaling and polishing done. My dentist never commented about my impacted wisdom tooth. He knows that I will come begging and crying when the pain sets in. Later in the afternoon, KH and I went to The Gardens Mall for a paktor session. Coffee at Jamaica Blue , then we went to watch "MACC: I Want To Touch a Douglas" at The Gardens Theatre. Susahnya nak cari tempat tu . Have to go up from a very specific escalator. The show was quite funny, with a series of stand up comedy from Jason Leong, Phoon Chi Ho ( I remember him from Shear Madness ), Kuah Jenhan and of course Douglas Lim. All sorts of jokes about politics, religion and race. Jason's material was mostly about his career change from doctor to comedian. Chi Ho talked a lot about his wife. Kuah shared an interesting personal story about interracial love. And Douglas really hates one of our national badminton

Truth be told, my own birthday had never been a big thing for me. Unlike some, I do not look up whether it falls on a weekday or a weekend. I don't throw parties nor do I take a day off. As an exception to the norm, KH took leave on his birthday this year. As his loving boyfriend, of course I would do the same! Bright and early, I picked him up and we both mulled over the idea of breakfast. I was thinking of dim sum on Old Klang Road, but was concerned about the rush hour traffic and lack of parking. The birthday boy decided to go to his favourite dim sum place in Pudu. Switched on Waze and it guided us to Kampung Pandan. At a critical turning, we screwed up and ended up on MEX heading back to Bukit Jalil! 天啊! Then when we tried to go back to KL again via MEX, I got on the wrong direction towards Putrajaya! F*ckity-f*ck! Sigh. Skipped the idea of breakfast and directly drove to Corus Hotel. Had half an hour to spare before our massage appointment at Danai Spa ( they were having a

Mum suddenly felt sick on Sunday, so I sent her to the GP at Taman Damai Utama. A very old style clinic that was originally from Pudu. While waiting for the medicine to be dispensed, a renovator rushed in with three Indian nationals. One had to be carried in because he was bleeding from his abdomen. Some electrical drill accident it seems. Yikes! The doctor took a look and sent him off to the A&E after giving him some bandages to slow down the bleeding. Is it a waste of time to go to the clinic in emergencies since you would most probably be turned away? In the afternoon, had lunch at Sushi Zanmai . Coffee at Hide & Sēēk Cafe after that with KH and SK. Thought it would be an alternative to our usual haunt. Should have went to Piccolo Cafe instead as they only serve black coffee. More of a tea place. Not satisfying at all. However, we did go to Piccolo Cafe after dinner... for a spot of latte and red velvet cake. Bliss.

The morning market had mellowed down with CNY at its tail end. Qing Ming had even started appearing on the shelves. And best of all, Jaguar Lim's ( self-professed future world star ) movie "Zombies vs the Lucky Exorcist" had a publicity stunt at the market. Too bad I missed seeing Chinese 'vampires' jumping in front of kopitiam s. The business owners must be thrilled to have such an auspicious thing happen. In case you don't know, Jaguar Lim is the boss of Country Tid Bits & Candies Conttage. Back when you were a student, you might have loitered at his shop in Midvalley Megamall or the Genting Skyway base station, eating free samples of preserved fruit to your heart's delight. Brought mum out to Midvalley Megamall after finishing our morning chores. Ate at Nichinan Jidoriya , a relatively new establishment there. They had a pretty good set for two. Only MYR68++ for salmon sashimi , gyoza , shabi-shabu , volcano roll, chicken teppanyaki , sal

My sister was still ironing out stuff at her home after the break-in, so we offloaded the kids from her hands and brought them to church. Quite stumped when it came to lunch. Simply stopped at a new restaurant near KH's place called Restoran Lian Hin . Typical kopitiam fare at slightly more jacked up prices. Halfway through lunch, Little Monster actually fell asleep. Sent them home after that while mum and I made preparations to go out to Gospel Hall KL. Mum was helping out at the Petaling Street Lunar New Year Festival ( a project championed by Chong Keat Aun and Co., defenders of Jalan Petaling ). KH also tagged along ( muacks! ). Arrived there at about 5:00 PM and helped out to set up the stall. Settled that in forty minutes. Left the aunties to the other logistics while KH and I went to paktor at Einstein Cafe , one of those hipster-vegan joints. A woody interior fused with random art with a high retro feel to it as they had maintained some of the original features. I

At the end of February, I was the designated driver to mum's charity event at SJK(C) Chung Kwo. Exactly one year ago, I went to the same school on a wild goose chase . Once bitten, twice shy. This year, I got there with no fuss and even found a good parking spot. The organiser had given the Spring Single Mothers Association one table, so I was there to fill the space. Every year, this Christian association organizes a huge charity lunch for the needy. There were goodie bags at each table and an 8-course lunch by Restaurant Sheng Hui , a caterer from Sekinchan. Loads of performances ranging from song and dance to a testimony from an ex-paralympian. The emcee was Lim Ching Miau, the controversial plus-sized actress from two of Teresa Kok's "Onederful Malaysia" parodies. You would remember her as "Mrs. Jit". Currently she is promoting her movie "Kung Fu Taboo". As luck would have it, my dinner was also by Restaurant Sheng Hui . Mum and I were at

Since mum and I didn't attend Ash Wednesday mass, we got our ashes on the fourth day of CNY. Almost everyone was dressed up ( those left in KL ) and it was still kinda contrasting to be in your CNY new clothes and your forehead marked with ashes. Had lunch with The Tribe at Capital Nasi Dagang , Damansara Uptown with The Tribe. Although a 100% milik Ultra-Kiasu restaurant, it was good that they were open in the CNY season. When my nasi dagang was served, I couldn't concentrate on eating cause I had to settle the movie ticket purchase for after-lunch entertainment. By the time I was done, I found that I had less than one hour to eat and drive to IOI Mall! And I even took a wrong turn while getting there. Fuh! Still, we were in time to watch "From Vegas to Macau II" . Compared to the movie we watched on CNY I, this was MUCH MORE worth the money. Funny with Chow Yun-Fatt and plenty of explosions. LOL. Even the kids were entertained. In the evening, we had a big