will i am's delayed diary

Nowadays, dates with KH happen out of the blue. If he schedule opens up, I would get to see him. Our mid-June date ( OMG a 5-month backlog! ) was pretty complete. Grabbed a bite to eat at Mimi Nguyen . Finally tried their bánh mì, got some grilled pork ribs, and a stuffed bitter gourd soup. That was followed by "Pacific Rim: Uprising" at IOI City Mall. Not bad for a sequel I guess. Bigger, badder Kaiju. More angsty Jaeger pilots. When it was time to talk, we usually would stop for teh tarik . Safreen is a convenient because its on the way back to my place. Although its necessary to get things off my chest, its really not an easy task for me. Takes me some time to open up. But I think KH is quite an expert at coaxing me, and he has definitely picked up a lot of people skills while learning to excel in the Nu Skin business.

Note: For some reason blogger decided to revert this post. Perhaps due to my switching between the Blogger website and the app. Luckily I had it cached somewhere else. Cracked my head thinking of a place to go for Sunday lunch. When I saw the Pusat Bandar Damansara sign, I just took the exit, and headed into DC Mall. Truth be told, that place is dead on weekends (the tenants don't even need to open their shutters!). Not to say it's not dead on weekdays, just dead-er. Haha. Strangely in that dead place, there is a cafe that is bustling with activity. That cafe is Birch. Good thing that they had ample staff to handle the hungry crowd. Mum and I had the Shakusha and Ulam Spaghetti. The former was a spicy baked eggs kind of dish, but with less eggs than I hoped for. The pasta was delicious, but for RM35 you would think that it could be less basic. They are actually famous for their burnt cheesecake, but we were to full to try. For those of you looking for an Instagram-ab

While going through my photo archive, I came across a cutie that I had forgot to share with all of you. He was the audio-video technician for a Huazong event in the middle of 2017. What do you think of AV Ambrose ? Think he qualifies as an AV actor? He has a nice height and build for sure.

I grew up in a neighbourhood that was made up of rows of squat houses striped with grassy fields. We often hired grass cutters to manicure the fields ( back in those days, they still used metal blades instead of plastic strings ). Once the grass was cut, I would help out with the raking. No matter how well we raked, there would always be leftover blades of grass. These stragglers make their presence known after a heavy downpour. Once the rain clouds clears and the sun dries the field, one would often find 'tentacles' made up of brown grass clumped together by the rain. I loved to pick at those clumps, and let the dried grass crumble through my fingers. Sounds dirty? Just a random memory from my childhood. Not sure if you know what I'm rambling about... :D.

Sapporo was just a short drive from Otaru, under an hour. Like most of the cities in Japan, very block-ish in design, hence contains a barrage of traffic lights and cross-junctions. Parked our car at one of many public parking spots ( the one we parked at had a clamp at the bottom that only released after paying the bill ) and went on foot. Spent most of our time there shopping really. So many drug stores with Chinese-speaking staff. However, with the Payke app, you can get most English product information just by scanning the barcode. In addition to drug stores, we also went treasure hunting at Donki ( amazing selection of sex toys ), Daiso, Book-off, etc. We had our lunch at Ginza Lion beer hall. Great place for Western food. At around 3:00 PM, we left Sapporo for Chitose. Dropped mum and Sis off at the AirBnB, while Bro and I went to pump petrol and return the rental. FYI, some petrol stations in Japan have the service and self-service pumps. Unknowingly, I stopped at the sel

The journey from Hakodate to Otaru took us another four hours in a north-easterly direction. I must say that Otaru was the hottest in our whole trip. The sun was blazing and we all dumped our jackets in the car. Like Hakodate, Otaru is also a port city with a long history. The pride of the city is the Otaru Canal. Tourists often take cruises on the canal to admire the old warehouses and merchant building lined along it. One look at a bunch Korean ladies baking in the sun deterred us from trying the same. Our tummies were growling after a short walk in the scorching sun, and we quickly went to find food. A PRC working at the tourist information center pointed us to Otaru Denuki Koji , a collection of twenty small restaurants in a heritage building. The place has a whimsical design, like a building out of Miyazaki's onsen town in "Spirited Away". Within a small courtyard was a statue of Udatsu Kozo, a statue with round-rim glasses holding a skewer  dango . Not al

One night was all we had at Lake Toya. Got up early and had a simple breakfast of eggs at the AirBnB. Upon checking out, we finally had a chance to greet our host's dog. Didn't hear a single bark since yesterday. A two-hour drive ahead of us to Hakodate. We were in a little of a rush because we had to reach Hakodate before the seafood market closes at 2:00 PM. The first stop was at Yakumo where I realized that we were running low on fuel. Asked Bro to probe ahead for highway oasis ahead and he came up empty. Unlike Malaysia, the highway in Hokkaido does not have many petrol stations on it. In our region of travel, there were only four highway oasis that have more complete amenities. Seeing how critical our fuel level was, we had no choice but to exit the highway at Kutchan. Bro went to talk to the guy manning the highway exit. Good thing that the staff had a phrase book for all sorts of emergency situations. He handed us a map to the nearest petrol station in town. Phew! We w