will i am's delayed diary

There's a Tealive  located in the Petronas station in my neighbourhood. Because it's just a stone's throw from the school entrance makes it an extremely strategic location. Secondary school students swarm the place after the last bell. While waiting for their school bus or their parents to pick them up, they get a cup of bubble tea. Very different when compared with my past. Never would have spent MYR6.90 ( assuming the cheapest option ) on a drink! Didn't have that spending power. And of course back then, there wasn't such a thing as bubble tea. Wouldn't even contemplate going to the mamak for a drink. By default, it was the school canteen. Back then, splurging was getting keropok lekor AND ais krim ikat . LOL.  Bubble tea will be what Little Monster and Big Monster will reminisce about in the future. 

When Suneo doesn't get enough sex. Latte art by Bookmark Coffee , Petaling Jaya.

Mum signed up for a pipe cleaning service to support a friend. The purpose of the treatment is to clean household piping using a purpose-built water pulsator and a mixture of natural acids . At the end of the treatment, years of built-up residue in the pipes would be washed out, improving the quality of the water, and the pressure of the water flow. The process is pretty troublesome, as they need to disconnect the water main, then perform the cleaning process at several points of the house, e.g. kitchen, bathrooms, and main inlet. All require some piping work to connect the special water pump to the piping. The cleaning solution is pumped in, then flushed out from the faucets. Depending on the location, the effluent can range from yellowish to brownish in colour, The odour differs too. Luckily my house was spared from the monthly Selangor water pollution problem, so we didn't have to reschedule. The kid that mum used to babysit in Kuantan was leaving for the UK to further his studi

My 12-year old Godson ( a blurry-eyed boy of little words ) was supposed to be baptized during Easter Vigil this year. But the planned baptism didn't happen due to the MCO. The last I saw him was during the Rite of Election that was held at Holy Family Church, Kajang. When the situation improved, and the SOPs for religious rites matured, the Archbishop gave the green light. And so my Godson was baptized in September. Unlike the pre-Covid baptism, this was much simpler, and was devoid of the eucharistic celebration. They would receive their communion the next day, during Sunday mass. And the Godparents usually put their right hands on the right shoulders of their Godchildren as a sign of support, but that's not allowed now. Attendance of family and friends was minimal, and would require prior registration. Even the group photo at the end of the rite was well-spaced out according to social distancing rules. Baptisms is an important life event, and I must say that baptism during

KH alerted me to the existence an Instagrammable place in Cyberjaya called Tamarind Square . In today's market, it's not enough to serve good food, have good variety, or sell something that is special, the architecture and design of the venue must also be attractive. The place is actually just a little down the road from D'Pulze if you're familiar with the area. When I turned in, I realized that they do not collect parking fees, and the place still looked to be under construction.  According to the website, Tamarind Square is an attempt at "reinventing the village charm" with an urban village concept. Community meets commercial meets arts and culture. Reminds me of an episode of South Park.  The design is a meld of Malaysia shophouse, shopping mall, and village square. All connected with bare concrete, steel, and greenery. Brought to you by the same people behind PJ Trade Centre. We emerged from the parking lot right at the so-called village square. Retail spa

Dropped mum off at KLSCAH for an afternoon meeting with her women's chapter buddies. I parked my car at Zhong Shan Building hoping to kill time at Tommy Le Baker. Unfortunately, it was a full house. The afternoon sun was at its zenith, but I had no choice but to take the number eleven bus to Petaling Street in search for lunch. Walked up and down, and read a few menus, but nothing really caught my interest. Hawker Chan, the Michelin star soy sauce chicken rice from Singapore had zero customers. The Hungry Tapir was expensive vegan food. Ho Kow was... well the usual Ho Kow chaos. KafeiDian was also at full capacity. Not too sure about Luckin Kopi either. Didn't want to do Merchant's Lane too. In the end, I sat down at Restoran Jawa An-Nur , an Indonesian restaurant that serves a pretty good pecel lele . I sat there for hours with a mug of hot  kopi c . From my observation, its very popular among the contractors from the nearby Merdeka PNB118 construction site. Guestimating

Mum, KH, and I ventured to KL's Golden Triangle to have a dim sum breakfast at Xin Cusine , Concorde Hotel. Heard good things about it, so decided to give it a try. Not very common in Malaysia for a hotel to serve pork in its restaurant. Parking is a bit weird at Concorde Hotel with a separate multi-level car park located behind the hotel. Basically guests have to traverse the 'back alley' and 'service routes' to get to the hotel proper. Xin Cuisine is looks like a very traditional banquet hall, complete with golden dragons crawling up the columns. Very much like Melia Hotel. Not much of a crowd, but could guess that many of the tables were occupied by regulars. They serve cart style dim sum, a dying practice. My favourite items were the wu kok , cheen tui , and HK CCF! Then we were off to Pavilion for a short jalan-jalan session. Tokyo Street was all decked out for Tanabata. Ate lunch there too-- ramen at Santouka . Sigh, the ramen was such a far cry from the bran