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Gah
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Hmm. Am going to play badminton tomorrow with JC, khai mun and liang. All the bloody small and speedy ones with lightning reflexes. Disaster, huh? XD
Fascinating, in't it?
No buyer's remorse whatsoever, which is a surprise, given the fact that i am not a fan of anything alcohol. Last time i had 2 glasses of wine in a plane and i just... died.
But who can feel remorse buying something so... scintillating? xD
Here it is, with the price tag. 20-30 bucks difference between duty-free and local liquor stores. Hmm. It just contains a regular Absolut Vodka. Not even Absolut Peach or something. Oh well. Let me try. :D
No buyer's remorse whatsoever, which is a surprise, given the fact that i am not a fan of anything alcohol. Last time i had 2 glasses of wine in a plane and i just... died.
But who can feel remorse buying something so... scintillating? xD
Here it is, with the price tag. 20-30 bucks difference between duty-free and local liquor stores. Hmm. It just contains a regular Absolut Vodka. Not even Absolut Peach or something. Oh well. Let me try. :DAbsolut
Monday, July 13, 2009
In an Absolut world,
Every night is a masquerade.
Nico's back from the UK, and i asked him to get me one of these.
Kinda girly, with all the sequins, but it's cool shit.
Yes it is.
Every night is a masquerade.
Nico's back from the UK, and i asked him to get me one of these.Kinda girly, with all the sequins, but it's cool shit.
Yes it is.Pop-pie 2
Sunday, July 12, 2009
More Popeye's. Let's see. A new branch has opened in Sunway Pyramid, and orange as ever.
Just more random photos i snapped.
Now. The land and sea combo, comprising of 1 piece chicken, fish and 4 shrimps. I decided to try out their shrimp after all, despite my aversion to seafood.
Succulent shrimp. :) And it didn't trigger my allergy. Hurrah. The fish is fine, i guess. No grotesque fishy smell, firm and fresh. The only small problem with the fish and shrimp is that the batter is a tad too salty for me. Hmm.
Oh i said i'd come back for the cajun fries. And i did! Sigh. Divine. Divine!!
The Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Looks kinda awful here, and i think i didn't do it justice with this picture, but the chicken sandwich is not too bad. Again, definitely on par with McDeluxe and Zinger. What i like is that they used a whole lettuce leaf as opposed to the annoying lettuce shreds that fall out all over.
Just more random photos i snapped.
Now. The land and sea combo, comprising of 1 piece chicken, fish and 4 shrimps. I decided to try out their shrimp after all, despite my aversion to seafood.
Succulent shrimp. :) And it didn't trigger my allergy. Hurrah. The fish is fine, i guess. No grotesque fishy smell, firm and fresh. The only small problem with the fish and shrimp is that the batter is a tad too salty for me. Hmm.
Oh i said i'd come back for the cajun fries. And i did! Sigh. Divine. Divine!!
The Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Looks kinda awful here, and i think i didn't do it justice with this picture, but the chicken sandwich is not too bad. Again, definitely on par with McDeluxe and Zinger. What i like is that they used a whole lettuce leaf as opposed to the annoying lettuce shreds that fall out all over.Holidays
Friday, July 03, 2009
fuck, i am BORED! :(
it's the holidays, i'm drowning in boredom!
most of friends are either a) in Australia b) starting school just as i am about to start my holidays
Who wants to meet up for a movie? for yumcha session? Whatever?
Bright side is that, since i have nothing much to do, i go to the gym! 4 days in a row, basketball on the 5th. Fantastic.
***
i went to play mahjong with JC, liang and cockhai mun. owned their asses off with beginner's luck on my side. nyahaha! i had no freakin idea how the game works and i won! :D
it's the holidays, i'm drowning in boredom!
most of friends are either a) in Australia b) starting school just as i am about to start my holidays
Who wants to meet up for a movie? for yumcha session? Whatever?
Bright side is that, since i have nothing much to do, i go to the gym! 4 days in a row, basketball on the 5th. Fantastic.
***
i went to play mahjong with JC, liang and cockhai mun. owned their asses off with beginner's luck on my side. nyahaha! i had no freakin idea how the game works and i won! :D
Aha!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thanks to my sudden 7 a.m. morning walk the other day, i have finally adjusted my sleeping time to achieve some semblance of wake-early-sleep-not-so-late normalcy (as opposed to wake: late afternoon, sleep: early morning).
Most unfortunately, some of my activity timeslots are not to say too normal. Bah. Went for a post-basketball yumcha session, and halfway through i started feeling all swirly headed. And now, here i am!
I think i'll go to bed. Night night.
Most unfortunately, some of my activity timeslots are not to say too normal. Bah. Went for a post-basketball yumcha session, and halfway through i started feeling all swirly headed. And now, here i am!
I think i'll go to bed. Night night.
Pop-pie
Monday, June 29, 2009
I was intrigued when i spotted the grand opening of
Popeyes! Yup. 5 minutes away from my house, and strategically located on the street across from KFC.
Needless to say i ventured in to sample their food, which were a... delightful surprise. :)
Popeyes sports a distinct orange store colour. Louisiana Kitchen.. Some southern fried chicken concept i guess.
Now food.
The chicken combo is pretty much the same with KFC's. 2 piece + drink, coleslaw, mashed potatoes and bun / biscuit.
Popeyes' chicken is also similar to KFC's spicy chicken. I wouldn't say that it is better, but it's definitely on par with. I can't really decide between both, but i wouldn't mind either. :P
What i like about Popeyes are their side dishes. They are miles better than the sucky ones at KFC.
Take the biscuit for instance. Honestly i wouldn't consider it a biscuit. More of a.. savoury muffin-scone hybrid. But damn it's good. Slightly crunchy on the outside, and muffinish buttery soft on the inside. Biscuittttt! Compared to that grotesque butter bun, this is just magnificent.
Mashed potatoes. I was astonished! The gravy contained some strange minced meat and chicken shreds. The potato itself was firm and had larger bits of unmashed potatoes in it. Texture. :P
Definitely not a fan of coleslaw, but oh well. This is the clear winner. No hard cabbage and carrot cubes.
The best so far is the Cajun Fries. They are positively divine. Divine! It's not included in the combo, but available as a side. They're slightly thicker pieces of fries and tastes like curly fries. V. v. good. I got sis hooked on this. :D
Popeyes serves shrimp and fish as well, but as i am extremely risk-averse when it comes to seafood, i haven't given them a try yet.
Definitely worth a visit. I'm going back on tuesdays? Or wednesdays (50% off sides) for their cajun fries. :P
Popeyes! Yup. 5 minutes away from my house, and strategically located on the street across from KFC.Needless to say i ventured in to sample their food, which were a... delightful surprise. :)
Popeyes sports a distinct orange store colour. Louisiana Kitchen.. Some southern fried chicken concept i guess.
Now food.
The chicken combo is pretty much the same with KFC's. 2 piece + drink, coleslaw, mashed potatoes and bun / biscuit.
Popeyes' chicken is also similar to KFC's spicy chicken. I wouldn't say that it is better, but it's definitely on par with. I can't really decide between both, but i wouldn't mind either. :PWhat i like about Popeyes are their side dishes. They are miles better than the sucky ones at KFC.
Take the biscuit for instance. Honestly i wouldn't consider it a biscuit. More of a.. savoury muffin-scone hybrid. But damn it's good. Slightly crunchy on the outside, and muffinish buttery soft on the inside. Biscuittttt! Compared to that grotesque butter bun, this is just magnificent.
Mashed potatoes. I was astonished! The gravy contained some strange minced meat and chicken shreds. The potato itself was firm and had larger bits of unmashed potatoes in it. Texture. :P
Definitely not a fan of coleslaw, but oh well. This is the clear winner. No hard cabbage and carrot cubes.
The best so far is the Cajun Fries. They are positively divine. Divine! It's not included in the combo, but available as a side. They're slightly thicker pieces of fries and tastes like curly fries. V. v. good. I got sis hooked on this. :D
Popeyes serves shrimp and fish as well, but as i am extremely risk-averse when it comes to seafood, i haven't given them a try yet.
Definitely worth a visit. I'm going back on tuesdays? Or wednesdays (50% off sides) for their cajun fries. :P
This is hilarious.
And brilliant, of course.
She's like this crazy, crazy witch playing the piano.
And brilliant, of course.
She's like this crazy, crazy witch playing the piano.
Strange
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The oddest thing happened during Case Studies paper on Friday.
I was halfway rambling on and on about nothing and there was a sudden commotion from outside the hall near the bathrooms, invigilators frantically rushing in and out and calling the security on the phone. As i was sitting on the second row right in front, i had quite a good view.
Initially i thought someone tried to cheat and they got caught and so on. But more and more security personnel came and i guess that someone had passed out, or, at least taken so ill that she couldn't get up. They carried her away in an orange stretcher.
Freaky. People, don't la, cram so hard until you pengsan during the exam. Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of cramming? Unless, of course, they give u a much much easier replacement paper.
I was halfway rambling on and on about nothing and there was a sudden commotion from outside the hall near the bathrooms, invigilators frantically rushing in and out and calling the security on the phone. As i was sitting on the second row right in front, i had quite a good view.
Initially i thought someone tried to cheat and they got caught and so on. But more and more security personnel came and i guess that someone had passed out, or, at least taken so ill that she couldn't get up. They carried her away in an orange stretcher.
Freaky. People, don't la, cram so hard until you pengsan during the exam. Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of cramming? Unless, of course, they give u a much much easier replacement paper.
Gone
Saturday, June 27, 2009
So exams are over, and ima celebrate by watching Twansformers!
:P
I still have this jumpy, paranoid thoughts of "oh damn, when's the next paper?"
Oh holidays, here i come.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Wednesday 8 April 2009 10.22am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Membership Renewal
Dear David
This is a friendly reminder to let you know your gym membership expired last week. Your membership is important to us and we would like to take this opportunity to show our appreciation by offering you a 20% discount on your membership renewal. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
All the best, Jeff Peters
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 8 April 2009 1.37pm
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Membership Renewal
Dear Jeff,
Thankyou for your friendly reminder and the kind offer to reduce my membership by twenty percent. I own a calculator but I could n work out how to do percentages on it so have estimated that I save around $372.10 off the normal price of $420.00 - Please confirm that this is correct and I will renew my membership immediately. Also, do I get a Fitness First sports bag with towel and drinking bottle included in the price? I own my own legwarmers and headband.
Regards, David.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 10.01am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Hello David
How did you come to that amount? Our half year membership fees are actually $460 but with the 20% discount as an existing member your renewing membership fee would be only $368 for the six months saving you almost $100 off the normal price. We are not Fitness First so do not have those bags.
Cheers, Jeff
From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 10.18am
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Dear Jeff
Do I get free shipping with that?
Regards, David.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 12.48pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Free shipping with what? The $368 covers your membership fees for six
months.
From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 2.26pm
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Dear Jeff
By the power of Greyskull that is a lot of money but I admit to being in desperate need of increasing my body strength. My ten year old child often turns the taps off in the bathroom very tightly and I have to go several days without washing. I feel bad constantly having to ask the lady from next door to come over and loosen them for me, what with her arthritis and limited wheelchair access to my flat. To be honest, I originally joined your gym with full intentions of attending every few days but after waiting in vain for someone to offer me steroids, I began to suspect this was not going to happen and the realisation that I may have to exercise instead was, quite frankly, horrifying. My aversion to work, along with the fact one of your employees, Justin, was rather rude, telling me to 'lift this', ''push that' dulled my initial enthusiasm of becoming muscular and I stopped attending.
Regards, David.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 9.17am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Hello David
Not sure how to take your email, nobody here would offer you steroids, it is illegal and none of our staff would do this. Justin is one of our most experienced trainers and if you found him rude while he was trying to be helpful and just doing his job then there are plenty of other gyms you could look at joining instead.
Cheers, Jeff
From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 10.02am
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Dear Jeff
Yes, I have noticed that there are many gyms in my area. I assume the low qualification requirements of fitness trainers means that there is an over supply of these buffed but essentially otherwise purposeless professionals. I knew a guy in high school who couldn't talk very well and collected sticks, he used to call the teacher 'mum' and during recess we would give him money to dance. Then sell him sticks to get our money back. He went on to become a fitness instructor so I view gyms as kind of like those factories that provide a community service by employing people with down syndrome to lick stamps and pack boxes. Except with more lycra
obviously.
Regards, David.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 10.32am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Go f$*k yourself.
From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 11.38am
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Dear Jeff
I was, at first, quite surprised at your response; one minute you are inviting me to renew my membership and asking me for money, the next insulting me. After doing a little research however, I have learnt that mood swings are an expected side effect of steroid abuse. As another side effect is a reduction in the size of your penis, this gives you understandable cause to be an angry person. I have also learnt that lycra contains carcinogenic properties so this does not bode well for yourself and your shiny friends. If I woke up one morning and my penis was a quarter of the size I would probably take my anger out on those around me as well. There are probably support groups or websites that could help you manage your problem more effectively and picture based books available on the subject for people with limited reading skills. When I am angry I like to Listen to music by Slipknot. The added angst and desire to cut myself works similarly to the way firefighters fight bushfires by burning off sections, effectively cancelling each other out and I find myself at peace. I understand that you guys usually listen to Pet Shop Boys or Frankie Goes to Hollywood so this may be worth a try.
Regards, David.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.04pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
DO NOT EMAIL ME AGAIN
From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.15pm
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal
Due
Ok.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.25pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership
Renewal Due
Is that you being a smartarse or agreeing not to email me again?
From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.32pm
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership
Renewal Due
The middle one.
Date: Wednesday 8 April 2009 10.22am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Membership Renewal
Dear David
This is a friendly reminder to let you know your gym membership expired last week. Your membership is important to us and we would like to take this opportunity to show our appreciation by offering you a 20% discount on your membership renewal. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
All the best, Jeff Peters
From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 8 April 2009 1.37pm
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Membership Renewal
Dear Jeff,
Thankyou for your friendly reminder and the kind offer to reduce my membership by twenty percent. I own a calculator but I could n work out how to do percentages on it so have estimated that I save around $372.10 off the normal price of $420.00 - Please confirm that this is correct and I will renew my membership immediately. Also, do I get a Fitness First sports bag with towel and drinking bottle included in the price? I own my own legwarmers and headband.
Regards, David.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 10.01am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Hello David
How did you come to that amount? Our half year membership fees are actually $460 but with the 20% discount as an existing member your renewing membership fee would be only $368 for the six months saving you almost $100 off the normal price. We are not Fitness First so do not have those bags.
Cheers, Jeff
From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 10.18am
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Dear Jeff
Do I get free shipping with that?
Regards, David.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 12.48pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Free shipping with what? The $368 covers your membership fees for six
months.
From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 2.26pm
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Dear Jeff
By the power of Greyskull that is a lot of money but I admit to being in desperate need of increasing my body strength. My ten year old child often turns the taps off in the bathroom very tightly and I have to go several days without washing. I feel bad constantly having to ask the lady from next door to come over and loosen them for me, what with her arthritis and limited wheelchair access to my flat. To be honest, I originally joined your gym with full intentions of attending every few days but after waiting in vain for someone to offer me steroids, I began to suspect this was not going to happen and the realisation that I may have to exercise instead was, quite frankly, horrifying. My aversion to work, along with the fact one of your employees, Justin, was rather rude, telling me to 'lift this', ''push that' dulled my initial enthusiasm of becoming muscular and I stopped attending.
Regards, David.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 9.17am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Hello David
Not sure how to take your email, nobody here would offer you steroids, it is illegal and none of our staff would do this. Justin is one of our most experienced trainers and if you found him rude while he was trying to be helpful and just doing his job then there are plenty of other gyms you could look at joining instead.
Cheers, Jeff
From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 10.02am
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Dear Jeff
Yes, I have noticed that there are many gyms in my area. I assume the low qualification requirements of fitness trainers means that there is an over supply of these buffed but essentially otherwise purposeless professionals. I knew a guy in high school who couldn't talk very well and collected sticks, he used to call the teacher 'mum' and during recess we would give him money to dance. Then sell him sticks to get our money back. He went on to become a fitness instructor so I view gyms as kind of like those factories that provide a community service by employing people with down syndrome to lick stamps and pack boxes. Except with more lycra
obviously.
Regards, David.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 10.32am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Go f$*k yourself.
From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 11.38am
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
Dear Jeff
I was, at first, quite surprised at your response; one minute you are inviting me to renew my membership and asking me for money, the next insulting me. After doing a little research however, I have learnt that mood swings are an expected side effect of steroid abuse. As another side effect is a reduction in the size of your penis, this gives you understandable cause to be an angry person. I have also learnt that lycra contains carcinogenic properties so this does not bode well for yourself and your shiny friends. If I woke up one morning and my penis was a quarter of the size I would probably take my anger out on those around me as well. There are probably support groups or websites that could help you manage your problem more effectively and picture based books available on the subject for people with limited reading skills. When I am angry I like to Listen to music by Slipknot. The added angst and desire to cut myself works similarly to the way firefighters fight bushfires by burning off sections, effectively cancelling each other out and I find myself at peace. I understand that you guys usually listen to Pet Shop Boys or Frankie Goes to Hollywood so this may be worth a try.
Regards, David.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.04pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due
DO NOT EMAIL ME AGAIN
From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.15pm
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal
Due
Ok.
From: Jeff Peters
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.25pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership
Renewal Due
Is that you being a smartarse or agreeing not to email me again?
From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.32pm
To: Jeff Peters
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership
Renewal Due
The middle one.
Transformers
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The GSC website has gone bonkers due to "too many connected users".
-_-"
Oh, it is the evil evil work of the eeeeville Decepticons! Screwing with cinema websites to wreak havoc among movie-goers!
Seriously though. Transformer's first day of screening today, and the website has been jammed for quite some days now. Siaoness! I guess, since the tickets were made available for purchase 1 week earlier. Insanity, man. The seats left in 1U were mostly crap front row seats.
Of course i am perceptive (clairvoyant!) enough to foresee the whole craze, so i popped over to the newly launched GSC Tropicana City.
:) 5 tickets carefully tucked in my wallet.
Tropicana City looks fine. Reminds me of the Jusco in Johor, with a whole sterile feel about it. Since it's about 5-10 mins away from my house (TTDI rocks, baby), i'm not really complaining.
-_-"
Oh, it is the evil evil work of the eeeeville Decepticons! Screwing with cinema websites to wreak havoc among movie-goers!
Seriously though. Transformer's first day of screening today, and the website has been jammed for quite some days now. Siaoness! I guess, since the tickets were made available for purchase 1 week earlier. Insanity, man. The seats left in 1U were mostly crap front row seats.
Of course i am perceptive (clairvoyant!) enough to foresee the whole craze, so i popped over to the newly launched GSC Tropicana City.
:) 5 tickets carefully tucked in my wallet.Tropicana City looks fine. Reminds me of the Jusco in Johor, with a whole sterile feel about it. Since it's about 5-10 mins away from my house (TTDI rocks, baby), i'm not really complaining.
Exams
Monday, June 22, 2009
Given the fact that i have had 20 days to suck all the words off my notes, i guess i have only myself to blame.
Not that i want to blame myself anyway. :P
Marketing strategy... Pah! I think i can pass, but i can't seem to muster up any interest for it. It's too taxing. I think i would have enjoyed it if Ms. Ghazala was the lecturer instead of.... ADRIAN!!!!! ARghh!! I hope he gets strangled by his triumph international bras!
I semi-owned Labour Economics. The essay questions were a breeze. I wish i could say the same about the MCQs. -_-" I only studied for the essay questions, and the MCQs... Tricky. I expect a... High D. But not a HD which has already slipped through my grasp.
2 more to go baby, then! Transformers! Nyahahahahaha!
Not that i want to blame myself anyway. :P
Marketing strategy... Pah! I think i can pass, but i can't seem to muster up any interest for it. It's too taxing. I think i would have enjoyed it if Ms. Ghazala was the lecturer instead of.... ADRIAN!!!!! ARghh!! I hope he gets strangled by his triumph international bras!
I semi-owned Labour Economics. The essay questions were a breeze. I wish i could say the same about the MCQs. -_-" I only studied for the essay questions, and the MCQs... Tricky. I expect a... High D. But not a HD which has already slipped through my grasp.
2 more to go baby, then! Transformers! Nyahahahahaha!
Sad
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Holy fuck i am the worst son ever.
Father's Day today. And i forgot.
And dad, ever the sneaky feller, started throwing hints at me.
"Today is what day ah?"
"What day is today?"
Initially i reckoned it was some sorta rhetoric question, signifying that it'll be a busy day for him so i ignored him and went off to do my stuff.
During lunch, once again.
"Today is what day ah?"
I got slightly irritated and so i spouted out, "Err. What day? Today is what day? Hurrr? You tell me la. Hurrrr. Today is what day?"
Then mum answered "Father's Day".
WtF...!! palms forehead!!!
But of course, in my defense, we've already celebrated for him three days earlier. Also, i blame it on exams. They're screwing with my brains. Father's Day has become merely... Day Before Finals.
So, anyway.
Happy Father's Day to the fathers in the world. I wish my dad nothing but the best! :P
***
I've been meaning to show you this!
Freaking huge-ass prawns, wtf! Huge. They're at least as large as half of my forearm.
They were radiating this fantastic divinest divine aroma. But, nah. Wasn't for me. Eating those would have kicked my allergy into overdrive. Hello, salami lips.
Father's Day today. And i forgot.
And dad, ever the sneaky feller, started throwing hints at me.
"Today is what day ah?"
"What day is today?"
Initially i reckoned it was some sorta rhetoric question, signifying that it'll be a busy day for him so i ignored him and went off to do my stuff.
During lunch, once again.
"Today is what day ah?"
I got slightly irritated and so i spouted out, "Err. What day? Today is what day? Hurrr? You tell me la. Hurrrr. Today is what day?"
Then mum answered "Father's Day".
WtF...!! palms forehead!!!
But of course, in my defense, we've already celebrated for him three days earlier. Also, i blame it on exams. They're screwing with my brains. Father's Day has become merely... Day Before Finals.
So, anyway.
Happy Father's Day to the fathers in the world. I wish my dad nothing but the best! :P
***
I've been meaning to show you this!
Freaking huge-ass prawns, wtf! Huge. They're at least as large as half of my forearm.They were radiating this fantastic divinest divine aroma. But, nah. Wasn't for me. Eating those would have kicked my allergy into overdrive. Hello, salami lips.
Sigh
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Damn. Marketing Strategy internal mark was horrendous. I hate Adrian's lecturing skills (lack thereof, more like), and unfortunately i will be having him for Planning & Implementation next sem. Life's fucked up, right? Another semester of Triumph International bra talk to endure. Geez.
Attended Dr. Ting's revision lecture yesterday, and judging from what he told us (using his ethereal voice with flitty hand gestures), we are expected to swallow all the theories + strategies, and do some hardcore regurgitation during exams. And that's not just all, i have to link the theories to my assignments and case studies.
Disaster! Pleaseeee let me pass.
Attended Dr. Ting's revision lecture yesterday, and judging from what he told us (using his ethereal voice with flitty hand gestures), we are expected to swallow all the theories + strategies, and do some hardcore regurgitation during exams. And that's not just all, i have to link the theories to my assignments and case studies.
Disaster! Pleaseeee let me pass.
Nuts!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Fuckozoids! I'm going all jittery and hyper and crazzzzay!!!
I think it's the 2 packs of coffee...
Damn.
Pro
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
I had about 20 days to study for my exam. Now, it's less than 7, and i haven't done much!
Doom!
Dreamcatcher
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
I have been having these incredible yet freakishly vivid dreams.
Two days ago i visited the bookstore in my dream. Dunno whether it's Popular or MPH, but i suspect it was the latter. I could recall the damn price of the book. It was 94.50. Mm hmm! I can remember book prices in my dreams!
I called mum, she said it was too pricey and to return another day when they have promotion / clearance. Then fast forward to "another day" and the price turned out to be 145.90! And i was feeling extremely annoyed (in my dream, that is) and that was when i woke up, feeling rather bewildered and with the book prices stuck in my head. 0_0!
The next one is even weirder.
First, i was driving and a Kancil-driving wantan was getting on my nerves. And so i shoved her the finger. And i could see the wantan (old-ish one. at least 40. blarrdy auntie wantan) showing this look of utmost unhappiness mingled with frustration, frown on her face and her lips pursed into a thin line.
*obviously i do not have anything against wantans / Kancil drivers. i will definitely give others the middle finger if they get on my nerves unless they drive a lorry and can ram me to smithereens.
Next day. I ended up cycling to school! No idea why. So when i reached, i saw that same wantan at the gates, talking to the uniform-clad security people, all the while staring around for that rude middle-finger-flashing bastard. I think she was gonna have me arrested. Fortunately enough, i cycled, so i sneaked to the side booth and signed my name in with the security dudes there (time, 8:05, surprising huh. i don't reach school that early anymore).
Suddenly, one of the security guards came to me. "Hey can you come with me?" and he beckoned me towards the gates where the wantan was standing.
And boom! Back to reality.
Strange, man. I seldom have such vivid dreams after which i can remember so many details. I bet it's my screwed up body clock. I've been sleeping at 6-7 am, waking up at 2 pm, sleeping again in the evening, waking up near midnight. Such insanity.
***
Mum's car fizzed like crazy shit the other day when she got back. Wtf! Vapour was just geysering out from under the bonnet and rising up to the ceiling of the car porch, emitting this horrendous smell.
Mum kept her distance. Apparently, last time when she had the old Volvo, the bonnet once burst open upright with a bang. XD
Turned out to be something wrong with the radiator. Kept pouring water in, but it drains out quite as fast. Cracked radiator i presume. With the engine running, it takes approx 1 minute for the radiator to start fuming. Will have to wait for super clear traffic conditions and then zoom over to the mechanic.
Two days ago i visited the bookstore in my dream. Dunno whether it's Popular or MPH, but i suspect it was the latter. I could recall the damn price of the book. It was 94.50. Mm hmm! I can remember book prices in my dreams!
I called mum, she said it was too pricey and to return another day when they have promotion / clearance. Then fast forward to "another day" and the price turned out to be 145.90! And i was feeling extremely annoyed (in my dream, that is) and that was when i woke up, feeling rather bewildered and with the book prices stuck in my head. 0_0!
The next one is even weirder.
First, i was driving and a Kancil-driving wantan was getting on my nerves. And so i shoved her the finger. And i could see the wantan (old-ish one. at least 40. blarrdy auntie wantan) showing this look of utmost unhappiness mingled with frustration, frown on her face and her lips pursed into a thin line.
*obviously i do not have anything against wantans / Kancil drivers. i will definitely give others the middle finger if they get on my nerves unless they drive a lorry and can ram me to smithereens.
Next day. I ended up cycling to school! No idea why. So when i reached, i saw that same wantan at the gates, talking to the uniform-clad security people, all the while staring around for that rude middle-finger-flashing bastard. I think she was gonna have me arrested. Fortunately enough, i cycled, so i sneaked to the side booth and signed my name in with the security dudes there (time, 8:05, surprising huh. i don't reach school that early anymore).
Suddenly, one of the security guards came to me. "Hey can you come with me?" and he beckoned me towards the gates where the wantan was standing.
And boom! Back to reality.
Strange, man. I seldom have such vivid dreams after which i can remember so many details. I bet it's my screwed up body clock. I've been sleeping at 6-7 am, waking up at 2 pm, sleeping again in the evening, waking up near midnight. Such insanity.
***
Mum's car fizzed like crazy shit the other day when she got back. Wtf! Vapour was just geysering out from under the bonnet and rising up to the ceiling of the car porch, emitting this horrendous smell.
Mum kept her distance. Apparently, last time when she had the old Volvo, the bonnet once burst open upright with a bang. XD
Turned out to be something wrong with the radiator. Kept pouring water in, but it drains out quite as fast. Cracked radiator i presume. With the engine running, it takes approx 1 minute for the radiator to start fuming. Will have to wait for super clear traffic conditions and then zoom over to the mechanic.
Winter
Friday, June 12, 2009
Winter Warmers, at the Curve.
Highly recommended by Jes.
I would say that Winter Warmers is trying to create a very cozy, afternoon-tea sorta ambience. Once i came in the air was a strange combination of various tea aromas.
Woody furniture. Flowery tablecloth. Flowery china. Lots of tea. Scones and cakes and sandwiches in the menu. Reminds me of the Enid Blyton books i used to pore over as a child. Lady Downing, having afternoon tea. Sipping tea with her finger sticking out while the children frolicked in the garden.
Fruit tea punch, or similar. Served with thin wedges of lime, orange and apple. Comes in a min-jug with tiny little glasses. Though i suspect i can easily make one at home with the right ingredients, i like this. :) It has a refreshing fruity tinge to it.
Tea, anyone?
This is the supposedly "damn nice" dish that we came for. Garlic Deep Fried Chicken, served with sides of mayonnaised potato cubes and pasta vege salad.
Reasonably priced at twelve or thirteen bucks, the chicken was great, crisp yet succulent. But the "garlic" just wasn't there. The reddish gravy was similar to sambal, and a tad sweetish with the mildest of mild garlic aroma. I was expecting it to come wafting with heavenly garlic, crusted with garlic a la garlic bread, but oh well.
Lack of garlickiness aside, i wouldn't mind returning for this dish.
Rose coffee thingy. I didn't really try it. But it looks interesting, dried rose and all.
Highly recommended by Jes.
I would say that Winter Warmers is trying to create a very cozy, afternoon-tea sorta ambience. Once i came in the air was a strange combination of various tea aromas.
Woody furniture. Flowery tablecloth. Flowery china. Lots of tea. Scones and cakes and sandwiches in the menu. Reminds me of the Enid Blyton books i used to pore over as a child. Lady Downing, having afternoon tea. Sipping tea with her finger sticking out while the children frolicked in the garden.
Fruit tea punch, or similar. Served with thin wedges of lime, orange and apple. Comes in a min-jug with tiny little glasses. Though i suspect i can easily make one at home with the right ingredients, i like this. :) It has a refreshing fruity tinge to it.
Tea, anyone?
This is the supposedly "damn nice" dish that we came for. Garlic Deep Fried Chicken, served with sides of mayonnaised potato cubes and pasta vege salad.Reasonably priced at twelve or thirteen bucks, the chicken was great, crisp yet succulent. But the "garlic" just wasn't there. The reddish gravy was similar to sambal, and a tad sweetish with the mildest of mild garlic aroma. I was expecting it to come wafting with heavenly garlic, crusted with garlic a la garlic bread, but oh well.
Lack of garlickiness aside, i wouldn't mind returning for this dish.
Rose coffee thingy. I didn't really try it. But it looks interesting, dried rose and all.Pretty ironic that we all ordered iced beverages as we patronized Winter Warmers on a freakishly hot afternoon. Summer Coolers at Winter Warmers!
Now. Speaking of its ambience. Not villagey enough. The lightning is awkwardly bright for a cozy place. I think the Teapot Cafe in SS2 (wonder if they're still around) managed to grasp the cozy English tea place concept very well.
All in all, not a bad place to dine at.
Ha! Posts from 2005 weren't all that fun.
Should see these bitchings back in CIMP! I hope Miss Norashimah doesn't see this.
Mmhmm!
Fishball!
And....!
Should see these bitchings back in CIMP! I hope Miss Norashimah doesn't see this.
But one thing i realized about Ms Norashimah is that she doesn't want a lotta facts. More on opinions and stuff like that. Also, she asks questions, which are easy to fend off by pretending to spout a lot of facts intertwined with opinions. Easy peasy.
Mmhmm!
Our class got some severe sounding from the fishball today for being idle and incompetent. I could picture her quivering fishball figure bouncing up and down in unbridled fury! Scary..
Fishball!
To tell the absolute truth and nothing but the truth, i would prefer to be stuffed like a sausage. =D Hopeless eh? I think having the pearl drawn out of me takes damn long, for instance, in the Fishball's class. I do not care about Ms Norashimah's "research & discuss" teaching strategy. It's pointless. I hate discussions. What's the point of spending 2 days researching and discussing some complete bollock when, in the end, she's gonna stuff us with the info anyway? Hmm.. On second thought.. I would like to be stuffed like an oyster. Y'know. Stuff me with sand. And i shall transform the useless grains into a shiny, iridescent pearl! I'll be spewing out pearls like no tomorrow! Isn't that much better?
Once again the Fishball threw us into her brain-numbing discussion session. Unfortunately for her, noone was paying attention owing to the fact that a) it's Friday b) it's last day of school before mid-term break c) her discussion sessions are brain-numbing d) everyone was sick of discussions. So she got all PMS and gave us a lengthy lecture, going relentlessly on something or another (i did not pay attention. i just nodded my head intelligently as if i was listening.)
And....!
The most evil one.
Ms Norashimah is a crashing bore. She told us to give her suggestions to improve her class. You know, if i were a really badass dickhead, i would have told her:
i) [credits to Wing Hoh @ Xanga.com] Ms Norashimah,your command of English needs perfecting, as well as your fake accent.
ii) Ms Norashimah, you should not even bother to make us change our mind to like history as it is pre-programmed that we detest and abhor history till our dying days.
iii) Ms Norashimah, purple baju kurung really doesn't go with speckled brown tudung. (nothing to do with her classes, but bad colour coordinationinsults my artistic natureis an eyesore and makes us go @_@, which affects our brain cells, which affects our concentration, which affects our results etc etc and the chain goes on)
XD
Revisit
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
I've been scrolling back to go through some of my old posts back in 2005, and some of them were just hilarious.
Freakishly exaggerated writing.
Phew. Aunt will be going back to Taiwan tomorrow. Finally i can heave my sighs of relief.... My aunt just loves to talk. Maybe it's because there is noone for her to talk to (family dysfunction...). Anyway, once you get her started, she won't stop for at least 10-20 minutes. Urgh. My dad was horrified when she was chasing him around (like a hen chasing someone who dares to approach her eggs) early in the morning, talking endlessly about something or another...Maybe not so exaggerated. That's quite a vivid description of my aunt. Not to mention that she is a
Hmm... am feeling rather brain dead already. Have to do BM essay as well for annoying old fart of a teacher in school. Oh damn.. The physics experiment report................. I don't believe it. Am getting squished by the weight of the world on my shoulders!
Can feel the food rushing out against the vermicular movement of my esophagus.Yeah... Piling on unnecessarily bombastic words in essays was the "in" thing to do then
Nearly went into another towering rage yesterday when i found out that i've lost brainy grasshopper's Richard Clayderman piano score. Stormed around the house and hurricaned things up. In the end, located it underneath a pile of stuff which i had inadvertently shoved to the ground.
Realized that a tree in my garden is attracting bees to it in the mornings. It is not really a very big tree, as my mum planted it in a pot (to avoid it from growing strong roots so powerful that it cracks the floor surface). The tree bears some yellow flowers which grow in enormous clumps. And i suppose the bees are attracted to these flowers then. One thing though, the bees that frequent my garden are kinda adorable. Fat round and shiny black bodies.. Hehe. Buzzing around. Even so, i did not venture too close to avoid some unnecessary pain.
Y'know, those bees are still buzzing in my garden, round black and shiny. After 4 years. Fascinating.
Apparently my dad is obsessed with this ice-cream called X-choc, by either Nestle or Walls. It is chocolate (obviously), topped with chocolate cream and chocolate chips and has a chocolate colored cone. He saw it in a TV advertisement and got so excited. So one day when he passed by a supermarket, he saw the X-choc and grabbed two! But unfortunately the queue at the counter was long and the bloody wantan cashier was slow. After a long time, he managed to pay and buggered off to enjoy his ice-cream. To his surprise, when he peeled off the wrapper of the X-choc, the entire ice-cream had melted and it poured out onto the floor. He was so annoyed! And how i laughed my pants off when he complained to us!
LoL!
History O History,
Am Drowning in My Misery.
Teachers and Their Trickery,
It's Nothing but Thievery!
More LoL!
Am using the computer sneakily. Actually am not supposed to be using it. But as usual i don't give a fig about what my parents say. Parents! They feel obligated to tell their kids not to play the computer. Then they gain the satisfying feeling as if they had done something that is "for their own good". But I dissent strongly. Hah! I object! And i show my disapproval by using the computer when my parents are not around! Whee! It's just so ridiculous, my parents, taking all the trouble to pluck out the keyboard and mouse just to stop me using. How inutile and preposterous!
Rebellious stage? Not too sure I have actually grown out of it yet. Again.. The bombastic words. Inutile... Wtf kinda word is that? Pretty sure i had thesaurus-ed it.
Diet sabotage!! My tuition teacher actually suggested that i should try not to eat for a day, as in not eat fatty foods and only fruits and vege (rabbit food), at which point i replied with "Yeah, i can handle it. For 10 minutes!!"
:P
Sigh. It was fun back then, when i could ramble, on and on about seemingly useless things. How i miss the times.
Monday, June 08, 2009
i am considering taking up the research assistant part-time job with Dr. Grace. Dr. Lee.
Since i'll be relatively free next semester, why not? :P
Most unfortunately, however, there is only 1 vacancy. So the problem now, is whether i'll be selected or not.
Will be meeting her later. I'm sure i am the best candidate. Nyahaha!
Since i'll be relatively free next semester, why not? :P
Most unfortunately, however, there is only 1 vacancy. So the problem now, is whether i'll be selected or not.
Will be meeting her later. I'm sure i am the best candidate. Nyahaha!
Phew
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Relief relief!
Was freaking out when i came to the com lab to check my Case Studies assignment marks.
He was going over it yesterday and i thought i had missed out some points.
22.5
I was thinking plsss let it be at least 20. XD
Not the best, but not bad. :P
The word "if" is somewhat thought-provoking.
It presents you with a horizon of "could-have-been"s and "will-be"s.
If i could do it all over again, would i have done differently?
Sigh.
Thought-provoking? Quite. But practical? Not at all.
Best to get my sleep. Revision tomorrow.
IF I wake up late tomorrow? Well...
It presents you with a horizon of "could-have-been"s and "will-be"s.
If i could do it all over again, would i have done differently?
Sigh.
Thought-provoking? Quite. But practical? Not at all.
Best to get my sleep. Revision tomorrow.
IF I wake up late tomorrow? Well...
Uni
Monday, June 01, 2009
This semester has seen my worst performance ever in my three years in uni.
I must have skipped... a whole pile of classes. At least once for each unit (both lectures and tutorials).
Back in my first year i used to only skip freakin Business Stats as i couldn't be bothered to go all the way just for an hour's lecture (and it was damn easy). Hmm. And some of U-Nose Super Mario's Marketing as he was just incomprehensible.
Then i began cutting more classes, as the number of hateful 4-6 lectures increased.
And now! Sigh! Grace's lecture is my favourite as the unit is pretty simple and she is extremely thorough, but even so i've missed a few coz i couldn't wake up! XD
Oh and assignments. I haD never been late before!! But now i have. Two assignments in a row somemore. Not to say horrific-2-3-days late, it was just 30 mins (1 hour, for marketing strategy!). But still... late.
Brown Bear was telling me that he finished his assignment 1 hour before the due time. And while we were rushing ourselves crazy, i was thinking "hmm. i finished my assignment 1 hour AFTER the due time". XD
I would say that econs assignments are much easier than marketing assignments. Econs assignments are less demanding as they require less creativity and more understanding of theory and stuff, which is a great benefit as a form of indirect revision.
I must have skipped... a whole pile of classes. At least once for each unit (both lectures and tutorials).
Back in my first year i used to only skip freakin Business Stats as i couldn't be bothered to go all the way just for an hour's lecture (and it was damn easy). Hmm. And some of U-Nose Super Mario's Marketing as he was just incomprehensible.
Then i began cutting more classes, as the number of hateful 4-6 lectures increased.
And now! Sigh! Grace's lecture is my favourite as the unit is pretty simple and she is extremely thorough, but even so i've missed a few coz i couldn't wake up! XD
Oh and assignments. I haD never been late before!! But now i have. Two assignments in a row somemore. Not to say horrific-2-3-days late, it was just 30 mins (1 hour, for marketing strategy!). But still... late.
Brown Bear was telling me that he finished his assignment 1 hour before the due time. And while we were rushing ourselves crazy, i was thinking "hmm. i finished my assignment 1 hour AFTER the due time". XD
I would say that econs assignments are much easier than marketing assignments. Econs assignments are less demanding as they require less creativity and more understanding of theory and stuff, which is a great benefit as a form of indirect revision.
Under
Friday, May 29, 2009
Umbrella, ella, eh, eh.....
I found this scene particularly fun. So i snapped a picture of it. :)
So the Jaya Supermarket building as collapsed! @_@
Melv was telling me on MSN.
Sigh... I've spent many a childhood day playing in this mini fun fair thingy on the top floor! :P
I wonder how long will it take to repair a building that has, to put it in Melv's words, become "triangle shaped".
XD
Fast
Thursday, May 21, 2009
I guess i just can't escape fast food.
Following McDonald's success (i would call it a success) with their Breakfast menu, KFC has come up with their own KFC a.m. to cater to the breakfast crowd, as well as to spanar some of McD's customers.
Priced at just 10 cents less than the McD Sausage McMuffin set, as well as the "no coupon needed" statement! Pretty aggressive attack to McD's chronic coupon distribution.
What i find freaky is this. Mind-blowingly delicious.. -_-" Oh~! KFC blew my mind!!! A bit of an overkill.
Hmm. But i do admit that it is quite delicious, though not to the extent of.. blowing my mind.
Now this one, is even more siao!
It tastes like conquering Mt. Everest blindfolded, 1 hand behind your back!
Too exaggerated la. I mean, conquering Mt. Everest, blindfolded, 1 hand behind my back should be fucking painful, with frostbite and muscleache and all that. If consuming your bloody Twister thingy reminds me of that... i doubt i would want to. xD
Exaggeration aside, the a.m. Twister was divine.
Egg, tomatoes, chicken fillets and pieces of hash brown wrapped together and drizzled with mayonnaise. Doesn't that sound deliciously cloying. Oh i like! XD
Mm. :D
I'll give them credit for one thing. The Twister is extremely filling, even for my standards.
I would rate them a 7 out of 10. The products' quality compensates their lack in variety. Perhaps they'll come up with more products.
Following McDonald's success (i would call it a success) with their Breakfast menu, KFC has come up with their own KFC a.m. to cater to the breakfast crowd, as well as to spanar some of McD's customers.
Priced at just 10 cents less than the McD Sausage McMuffin set, as well as the "no coupon needed" statement! Pretty aggressive attack to McD's chronic coupon distribution.What i find freaky is this. Mind-blowingly delicious.. -_-" Oh~! KFC blew my mind!!! A bit of an overkill.
Hmm. But i do admit that it is quite delicious, though not to the extent of.. blowing my mind.
Now this one, is even more siao!It tastes like conquering Mt. Everest blindfolded, 1 hand behind your back!
Too exaggerated la. I mean, conquering Mt. Everest, blindfolded, 1 hand behind my back should be fucking painful, with frostbite and muscleache and all that. If consuming your bloody Twister thingy reminds me of that... i doubt i would want to. xD
Exaggeration aside, the a.m. Twister was divine.
Egg, tomatoes, chicken fillets and pieces of hash brown wrapped together and drizzled with mayonnaise. Doesn't that sound deliciously cloying. Oh i like! XD
Mm. :DI'll give them credit for one thing. The Twister is extremely filling, even for my standards.
I would rate them a 7 out of 10. The products' quality compensates their lack in variety. Perhaps they'll come up with more products.
Am actually considering the prospect of staying in uni for another semester.
Why? Why would i want to rush graduation at the age of 20, and get myself stuck in a thankless 9-6 job?
When we visited the rabbit farm (i have the pictures! lazy to post it), W's friend Joanna raised a question. "Wow. You're a student, your life must be quite happening, isn't it?"
And it got me thinking... No.. Not quite. Uni life should be fun, i should going places, seeing things, doing the things i can do before the golden opportunity slips away and i am grounded by work commitments and all that crap. But i get myself stuck in a... well thankless part time job. So i told Jes that i'll be quitting soon.
BUT! I guess the main reason i want to stay for another semester is due to my units.
1) Marketing (Planning and Implementation + Law) are two humongous killer subjects. I'll split 2 next sem, and another 2 next year. So i won't get killed. Third year subjects... Geez.
2) The elective unit i want to take (IB) is only offered in sem 1! So i'll just take that, along with Intro to e-business. Easy going last semester. Doesn't that sound great? :D
Taking 2 units in a semester will give me loaads of time to do what i want. I can go for cooking classes with dad. He'll be damn happy, for sure. Or whatever.
3) Well i guess there's also... insurance. In case i fail! XD i can retake my subjects.
Why? Why would i want to rush graduation at the age of 20, and get myself stuck in a thankless 9-6 job?
When we visited the rabbit farm (i have the pictures! lazy to post it), W's friend Joanna raised a question. "Wow. You're a student, your life must be quite happening, isn't it?"
And it got me thinking... No.. Not quite. Uni life should be fun, i should going places, seeing things, doing the things i can do before the golden opportunity slips away and i am grounded by work commitments and all that crap. But i get myself stuck in a... well thankless part time job. So i told Jes that i'll be quitting soon.
BUT! I guess the main reason i want to stay for another semester is due to my units.
1) Marketing (Planning and Implementation + Law) are two humongous killer subjects. I'll split 2 next sem, and another 2 next year. So i won't get killed. Third year subjects... Geez.
2) The elective unit i want to take (IB) is only offered in sem 1! So i'll just take that, along with Intro to e-business. Easy going last semester. Doesn't that sound great? :D
Taking 2 units in a semester will give me loaads of time to do what i want. I can go for cooking classes with dad. He'll be damn happy, for sure. Or whatever.
3) Well i guess there's also... insurance. In case i fail! XD i can retake my subjects.
Movies
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Gah! Quite the number of hyped up movies this summer.
Wolverine kinda flopped, in my opinion. I've spent loads of time wikipedia-ing X-men during my internship days and X-Men just didn't do justice to their stories! Pah. And Wolverine's initial Jack-Skellington-esque bone claws were just hideous.
Am now waiting for Transformers! Am now waiting for Terminator.
Hmm. Maybe Angels and Demon. I remember reading the book, with all the elemental killings. Fascinating.
Star Trek is already screening. Nyahaha!
Look! It's Sylar, with a noob pudding basin haircut. Hilarious!
It's a way of telling his victims "yeah. this is how i slice people's heads open. pudding basin style".
Wolverine kinda flopped, in my opinion. I've spent loads of time wikipedia-ing X-men during my internship days and X-Men just didn't do justice to their stories! Pah. And Wolverine's initial Jack-Skellington-esque bone claws were just hideous.
Am now waiting for Transformers! Am now waiting for Terminator.
Hmm. Maybe Angels and Demon. I remember reading the book, with all the elemental killings. Fascinating.
Star Trek is already screening. Nyahaha!
Look! It's Sylar, with a noob pudding basin haircut. Hilarious!
It's a way of telling his victims "yeah. this is how i slice people's heads open. pudding basin style".Tire
Monday, May 11, 2009
Gah!
Freakishly tired. I was working yesterday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Scary huh. Jun from Events needed extra manpower to help out during the company events so i signed up.
I slept at 4, only to be ringtoned out of my fleeting slumber by Jes's morning call at 4.30. I spent a groggy half hour on the massage chair, then got ready and Fish picked me up to meet up at Jes's apartment. Picking up Gim, we reached KL Convention Centre at around 6.30.
The loading bay at KLCC was kinda cool. It looked like some zombie movie setting. After we dumped our stuff in a trolley, we went up a canggih elevator (with horizontal doors) right to Banquet hall 3. That was where the event was held. National Investor's Symposium (NIS), co-organized with RHB and the Star Online.
My role was pretty simple.
6.30 - 9 a.m. - help with the setting up: laptops, display LCD monitors, banners etc.
9 - 10.30 a.m. - pair up with the other WS and we were to do registration for Investor Relations (another event held on the same day).
Reached there at 9 only to find a team of chefs and waiters setting up some extremely beautiful trays of finger food. Hmph! Such pretty food sitting there and i couldn't touch any. XD
So apparently we were given the wrong time. Investor Relations was a lunch meeting, so we checked back at 10. The "VIPs" started arriving at 10.30. By 11.30 they were all inside the dining room.
Freakishly shiny silverware! X(
Good news was that we were allowed to help ourselves to the finger food.
Some of the best finger foods i have ever sampled. Excellent.
Finger food: assorted fruit tarts (mango, kiwi, raspberry, strawberry, blue berry), some vol-au-vents, stuffed cherry tomatoes, and some green chicken relish thingy.
All were remarkably tasty. My favourite would be the stuffed cherry tomatoes. Incredibly flavourful, with a small sprinkle of caviar on top. It looks kinda... ornate too. I wonder how much time they took to do these. The tomatoes were de-seeded too, you know.
So WS and i brought a small plate of these back to the NIS people and they asked for more. But the chef only provided us with a plate of the vol-au-vents (i think they threw the rest away and i was kinda horrified).
11.30 - 1.00 p.m. - lunch. TX went downstairs and packed KFC for us.
1 - 2.30 p.m. Bummed around. Randomly eating pieces of potato wedges.
2.30 p.m. There was some issue with the NIS hand-outs so Fish and I were asked to pop back to PJ to collect the hand outs. We reached Section 17 at 2.45 and waited from them to complete their photo-copying.
4 something p.m. - Reached KLCC Shopping Centre instead! WtF. I wasn't very familiar with KL roads and we ended up driving to some ulu-er places in KL and when the tall buildings were out of sight we knew something was wrong. xD
Fucking handouts were freaking heavy, to the extend that i couldn't clench my fingers together after i carried them. And i had to carry them from KLCC Shopping Centre, to the convention centre. My god. Forearms are aching like mad.
5.30 - 6 p.m. - Packed up and went home.
The pay i get is worth four full days of mindless phone-calling. Can you imagine? Pretty easy. Definitely worth my efforts (or lack... thereof).
Freakishly tired. I was working yesterday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Scary huh. Jun from Events needed extra manpower to help out during the company events so i signed up.
I slept at 4, only to be ringtoned out of my fleeting slumber by Jes's morning call at 4.30. I spent a groggy half hour on the massage chair, then got ready and Fish picked me up to meet up at Jes's apartment. Picking up Gim, we reached KL Convention Centre at around 6.30.
The loading bay at KLCC was kinda cool. It looked like some zombie movie setting. After we dumped our stuff in a trolley, we went up a canggih elevator (with horizontal doors) right to Banquet hall 3. That was where the event was held. National Investor's Symposium (NIS), co-organized with RHB and the Star Online.
My role was pretty simple.
6.30 - 9 a.m. - help with the setting up: laptops, display LCD monitors, banners etc.
9 - 10.30 a.m. - pair up with the other WS and we were to do registration for Investor Relations (another event held on the same day).
Reached there at 9 only to find a team of chefs and waiters setting up some extremely beautiful trays of finger food. Hmph! Such pretty food sitting there and i couldn't touch any. XD
So apparently we were given the wrong time. Investor Relations was a lunch meeting, so we checked back at 10. The "VIPs" started arriving at 10.30. By 11.30 they were all inside the dining room.
Freakishly shiny silverware! X(Good news was that we were allowed to help ourselves to the finger food.
Some of the best finger foods i have ever sampled. Excellent.
Finger food: assorted fruit tarts (mango, kiwi, raspberry, strawberry, blue berry), some vol-au-vents, stuffed cherry tomatoes, and some green chicken relish thingy.All were remarkably tasty. My favourite would be the stuffed cherry tomatoes. Incredibly flavourful, with a small sprinkle of caviar on top. It looks kinda... ornate too. I wonder how much time they took to do these. The tomatoes were de-seeded too, you know.
So WS and i brought a small plate of these back to the NIS people and they asked for more. But the chef only provided us with a plate of the vol-au-vents (i think they threw the rest away and i was kinda horrified).
11.30 - 1.00 p.m. - lunch. TX went downstairs and packed KFC for us.
1 - 2.30 p.m. Bummed around. Randomly eating pieces of potato wedges.
2.30 p.m. There was some issue with the NIS hand-outs so Fish and I were asked to pop back to PJ to collect the hand outs. We reached Section 17 at 2.45 and waited from them to complete their photo-copying.
4 something p.m. - Reached KLCC Shopping Centre instead! WtF. I wasn't very familiar with KL roads and we ended up driving to some ulu-er places in KL and when the tall buildings were out of sight we knew something was wrong. xD
Fucking handouts were freaking heavy, to the extend that i couldn't clench my fingers together after i carried them. And i had to carry them from KLCC Shopping Centre, to the convention centre. My god. Forearms are aching like mad.
5.30 - 6 p.m. - Packed up and went home.
The pay i get is worth four full days of mindless phone-calling. Can you imagine? Pretty easy. Definitely worth my efforts (or lack... thereof).
Mother's Day
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day to all the mum's around.
Especially my mum. Yes. :)
Alas. I have yet to purchase her present. XD
She wanted an Estee Lauder eye gel. I used to be immensely fascinated by this gel as a child. It came in a glass container the size of a 50 cent coin, about an inch thick. And the gel was transparent but shined with rainbow-colour hues with silvery thready thingies inside. Interesting.
Anyway. I don't know whether the same one is still on sale... Will check.
Especially my mum. Yes. :)
Alas. I have yet to purchase her present. XD
She wanted an Estee Lauder eye gel. I used to be immensely fascinated by this gel as a child. It came in a glass container the size of a 50 cent coin, about an inch thick. And the gel was transparent but shined with rainbow-colour hues with silvery thready thingies inside. Interesting.
Anyway. I don't know whether the same one is still on sale... Will check.
Sigh
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Exam timetables are a bummer this semester.
22/6 Monday
8.30 - 11.30 a.m. - Marketing Strategy
1.30 - 4.30 p.m. - Labour Econs
24/6 Wednesday
1.30 - 4.30 p.m. - International Marketing
26/6 Friday
8.30 - 10.30 a.m. - Case Studies in International Trade
Pah! 2 papers in 1 day. Obviously not as bad a predicament as some other people, who have 4 days in a row, back2back2back.. but... Sigh.
Let's see. Week 13 concludes on 7/6. So i have approximately 2 weeks to swallow my notes. Good thing it's not 2 on Monday, and another 2 on Tuesday. That would be ball-bustingly disastrous. How to study like that ah, i wonder, especially for me as i am a procrastinating last-minute bastard. Die die die!
But of course, i'm thinking waaay ahead. I still have 3 assignments to go, one of which is due tomorrow!
p.s. sport-related mishap: damaged my knee this time... must have happened during that stupid full court game. was never familiar with full court, or, -_-" i am really getting old.
22/6 Monday
8.30 - 11.30 a.m. - Marketing Strategy
1.30 - 4.30 p.m. - Labour Econs
24/6 Wednesday
1.30 - 4.30 p.m. - International Marketing
26/6 Friday
8.30 - 10.30 a.m. - Case Studies in International Trade
Pah! 2 papers in 1 day. Obviously not as bad a predicament as some other people, who have 4 days in a row, back2back2back.. but... Sigh.
Let's see. Week 13 concludes on 7/6. So i have approximately 2 weeks to swallow my notes. Good thing it's not 2 on Monday, and another 2 on Tuesday. That would be ball-bustingly disastrous. How to study like that ah, i wonder, especially for me as i am a procrastinating last-minute bastard. Die die die!
But of course, i'm thinking waaay ahead. I still have 3 assignments to go, one of which is due tomorrow!
p.s. sport-related mishap: damaged my knee this time... must have happened during that stupid full court game. was never familiar with full court, or, -_-" i am really getting old.
Sigh
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Blearrgh! Exercise after a long hiatus can only mean one thing...
I went for a badminton session with my colleagues, and i didn't know better then, which was why i scheduled a basketball game right after badminton.
Badminton + Basketball, Back 2 Back.
Sigh. Aching all over. But mostly due to badminton, as i have to stretch here and there to save the damned shuttlecock and, in the process, stretching a pile of muscles / tendons that i don't usually stretch. xD Let's see. Forearms. Not surprised here, used to control the racquet. Feet, thighs, back. Geez. U know la, bend here, bend there...
Now the worst part was that i accidentally overexerted my.. glutes. XD
Those freakin middle-aged uncles are far far far more agile than me, i tell you. They were in the court beside mine and they were bounding, left right and centre...
I went for a badminton session with my colleagues, and i didn't know better then, which was why i scheduled a basketball game right after badminton.
Badminton + Basketball, Back 2 Back.
Sigh. Aching all over. But mostly due to badminton, as i have to stretch here and there to save the damned shuttlecock and, in the process, stretching a pile of muscles / tendons that i don't usually stretch. xD Let's see. Forearms. Not surprised here, used to control the racquet. Feet, thighs, back. Geez. U know la, bend here, bend there...
Now the worst part was that i accidentally overexerted my.. glutes. XD
Those freakin middle-aged uncles are far far far more agile than me, i tell you. They were in the court beside mine and they were bounding, left right and centre...
Celery
Monday, April 20, 2009
Blearrrgh!
I have always hated celery.
Don't you just hate celery? Don't you just hate that pungent aroma that just goes spraying when you bite into its succulent stalk with a crunch?!Yeah. Well. I just downed a glass of celery juice. Pungent aroma is lingering. I'm gonna hurl.
Weather
Sunday, April 19, 2009
It is lovely wezzzar we are 'aving.
Yeah, right.
Weather's been a toasty disaster for the past few days!
Hot. Hot like crazy.
And, no. I don't hope that the weather stays this 'mild'.
I guess i always have something to complain. When it rains "damn it's raining like crazy", when it is sunny "damn it's hot like crazy". xD
Well at least i get to play basketball when it's not raining. That's a plus point.
Yeah, right.Weather's been a toasty disaster for the past few days!
Hot. Hot like crazy.
And, no. I don't hope that the weather stays this 'mild'.
I guess i always have something to complain. When it rains "damn it's raining like crazy", when it is sunny "damn it's hot like crazy". xD
Well at least i get to play basketball when it's not raining. That's a plus point.
Kampachi
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Way overdue. Paid a visit to Kampachi at Equatorial Hotel for their Sunday lunch buffet about two months back.
If you enjoy mingling with the masses in places like Tenji or Jogoya, then Kampachi is not the place for you.
I guess it's just another case of the Quantity vs Quality dilemma. Which do you want? Variety of passable food (some are just drop-dead awful), or limited selection of delicious ones? Kampachi offers more of the latter, give or take 50 dishes.
Sashimi, as usual. They don't come in cheaplak little small pieces, no.
Thick slices of salmon. Oh glorious salmon, how succulent you are!
Obviously they're not gonna give u the best cut for buffet, but still... marvellous.
Sigh... It sucks to blog about food at midnight when it is not quite so easy to ignore your hunger pangs.
More sashimi. I forgot to turn on the flash... X(
Assortment of sushi. A chef was stationed here to roll temaki. :D
Hey what d'you do for a living?
Oh i'm a part-time temaki roller. Sounds cool in a strange-out-of-place way doesn't it? As opposed to some boring occupations like engineer, consultant etc etc.
My plate of food. I generally avoid sushi for buffet lunches, but they had these beautifully wrapped dragon rolls (or caterpillar rolls? avocado rolls?) that i couldn't resist!
Clockwise from left: Soft-shelled crab temaki (crisp unsoggy seaweed), tamago slices, caterpillar / dragon roll, soft-shelled crab maki, and some.. roe sprinkled on lettuce covering clump of rice, salmon.
I found this orange juicing machine most intriguing!! U see the oranges on top, they'll roll into the machine. The machine slices the oranges in half and squeezes the juice out of them and pops the fleshless orange skin halves out from the back. Canggih leh?
This is what you call freshly squeezed! The oranges used were whatever sunkist ones, and they were divine. Sweet. Fascinating. This goes to show Kampachi's commitment to excellence. They even had this bouncer-looking guy pouring the orange juice. :D
Grilled rice triangles. Not too sure what it's called.
Assorted vege. Bleh.
They had a salad bar as well, quite an obscure one. Nothing too special so i didn't snap a picture (well actually i did, but it was too damn blur). They had a small selection of local cooked food like fried mee noodles, sweet and sour chicken and all that jazz but i didn't touch those.
Fish!
I loved this fish place. They had a whole oven sorta thing right there and they baked pieces of fish..
Cod! The cod was just divine. One of the best i've tasted. They waiters just slapped on a bit of salt and baked (or grilled. whatever) them, and it just turned out marvellous. Skin all crisp and the unctuous flesh melting in your mouth... Sigh.
Best thing of all? Nobody there to rebut with me. Oh my god, ALL MY cod! :D
More fish. Mum would have loved this place. Mum is a major fan of fish heads.. And there they were... Staring back at me. xD
Chawanmushi. Quite good, though not on par with Grandma's. But now that she's (or pretending to be) too frail to cook. Ah well.
Random fried stuff: potato chicken ball & oyster, tofu, tartar sauce and Cod!
The tempura was, most unfortunately, only OKOK la. The ones at Jogoya were still the best ones, and i am willing to fight those crowd people to get at them if i have to.
Udon. @_@! With two swirly-eyed emoticons. Strange, you know, as their udon is flat instead of fat. It's the bouncy ones that i like.
Cold soba was delicious though. :)
There was a "master" chef there demonstrating how to make soba. Apparently some grand chef from Japan or whatever but i've never heard of him and have forgotten his name.
Beef or chicken sukiyaki. Not remotely sucky or yucky. :) It had a heavenly smell wafting all over the pot. :)
Eventually i ventured into the teppanyaki room where two chefs were busy grilling slabs of beef and salmon.
Tss! The chef on the right was really cool, he was able to juggle / flip a pepper shaker bartender style. :P
Ooh-lala! :D:D
Mouth-watering. T_T Magnificent piece of salmon.
Two whole rows of beef with fried garlic. Heaven. I like, man. The amount might seem like overkill, but ... this just makes your day!
Dorayaki. They even branded it with the Kampachi name. :)
There was a waiter there making fresh dorayaki and i went to him and requested that he made a star-shaped dorayaki for me but he ignored me. @_@
Oh well. The peanut butter one didn't taste that good as peanut butter sometimes get too dry. The honey one was great.
Green tea red bean again. The perfect combo. The ice cream scooper guy gave me a whole scoop of green tea ice cream and i was free to spam red bean paste :D
What i like about Kampachi's environment is the distinctive lack of the hustle-and-bustle of kiasu people rushing about to either:
a) cram themselves as much as possible within the time limit or
b) snatch as much oysters / sashimi / Haagen Dazs before the supply runs out or
c) chucking table-number clips for special orders.
Kampachi is more tranquil, in a sense. You can eat in peace without worrying that your favourite dish will run out, or your money's not worth it unless you cram yourself silly. I would give it a 8.5 / 10 rating, which is high enough for my standards.
Definitely worth revisiting, though, in the not-so-near future as i would like to try out more places. Japanese buffets are mushrooming all over, don't you think?
If you enjoy mingling with the masses in places like Tenji or Jogoya, then Kampachi is not the place for you.
I guess it's just another case of the Quantity vs Quality dilemma. Which do you want? Variety of passable food (some are just drop-dead awful), or limited selection of delicious ones? Kampachi offers more of the latter, give or take 50 dishes.
Sashimi, as usual. They don't come in cheaplak little small pieces, no.
Thick slices of salmon. Oh glorious salmon, how succulent you are!Obviously they're not gonna give u the best cut for buffet, but still... marvellous.
Sigh... It sucks to blog about food at midnight when it is not quite so easy to ignore your hunger pangs.
More sashimi. I forgot to turn on the flash... X(
Assortment of sushi. A chef was stationed here to roll temaki. :DHey what d'you do for a living?
Oh i'm a part-time temaki roller. Sounds cool in a strange-out-of-place way doesn't it? As opposed to some boring occupations like engineer, consultant etc etc.
My plate of food. I generally avoid sushi for buffet lunches, but they had these beautifully wrapped dragon rolls (or caterpillar rolls? avocado rolls?) that i couldn't resist!Clockwise from left: Soft-shelled crab temaki (crisp unsoggy seaweed), tamago slices, caterpillar / dragon roll, soft-shelled crab maki, and some.. roe sprinkled on lettuce covering clump of rice, salmon.
I found this orange juicing machine most intriguing!! U see the oranges on top, they'll roll into the machine. The machine slices the oranges in half and squeezes the juice out of them and pops the fleshless orange skin halves out from the back. Canggih leh?This is what you call freshly squeezed! The oranges used were whatever sunkist ones, and they were divine. Sweet. Fascinating. This goes to show Kampachi's commitment to excellence. They even had this bouncer-looking guy pouring the orange juice. :D
Grilled rice triangles. Not too sure what it's called.
Assorted vege. Bleh.They had a salad bar as well, quite an obscure one. Nothing too special so i didn't snap a picture (well actually i did, but it was too damn blur). They had a small selection of local cooked food like fried mee noodles, sweet and sour chicken and all that jazz but i didn't touch those.
Fish!
I loved this fish place. They had a whole oven sorta thing right there and they baked pieces of fish..Cod! The cod was just divine. One of the best i've tasted. They waiters just slapped on a bit of salt and baked (or grilled. whatever) them, and it just turned out marvellous. Skin all crisp and the unctuous flesh melting in your mouth... Sigh.
Best thing of all? Nobody there to rebut with me. Oh my god, ALL MY cod! :D
More fish. Mum would have loved this place. Mum is a major fan of fish heads.. And there they were... Staring back at me. xD
Chawanmushi. Quite good, though not on par with Grandma's. But now that she's (or pretending to be) too frail to cook. Ah well.
Random fried stuff: potato chicken ball & oyster, tofu, tartar sauce and Cod!
The tempura was, most unfortunately, only OKOK la. The ones at Jogoya were still the best ones, and i am willing to fight those crowd people to get at them if i have to.
Udon. @_@! With two swirly-eyed emoticons. Strange, you know, as their udon is flat instead of fat. It's the bouncy ones that i like.
Cold soba was delicious though. :)
There was a "master" chef there demonstrating how to make soba. Apparently some grand chef from Japan or whatever but i've never heard of him and have forgotten his name.
Beef or chicken sukiyaki. Not remotely sucky or yucky. :) It had a heavenly smell wafting all over the pot. :)
Eventually i ventured into the teppanyaki room where two chefs were busy grilling slabs of beef and salmon.
Tss! The chef on the right was really cool, he was able to juggle / flip a pepper shaker bartender style. :P
Ooh-lala! :D:D
Mouth-watering. T_T Magnificent piece of salmon.
Two whole rows of beef with fried garlic. Heaven. I like, man. The amount might seem like overkill, but ... this just makes your day!
Dorayaki. They even branded it with the Kampachi name. :)There was a waiter there making fresh dorayaki and i went to him and requested that he made a star-shaped dorayaki for me but he ignored me. @_@
Oh well. The peanut butter one didn't taste that good as peanut butter sometimes get too dry. The honey one was great.
Green tea red bean again. The perfect combo. The ice cream scooper guy gave me a whole scoop of green tea ice cream and i was free to spam red bean paste :DWhat i like about Kampachi's environment is the distinctive lack of the hustle-and-bustle of kiasu people rushing about to either:
a) cram themselves as much as possible within the time limit or
b) snatch as much oysters / sashimi / Haagen Dazs before the supply runs out or
c) chucking table-number clips for special orders.
Kampachi is more tranquil, in a sense. You can eat in peace without worrying that your favourite dish will run out, or your money's not worth it unless you cram yourself silly. I would give it a 8.5 / 10 rating, which is high enough for my standards.
Definitely worth revisiting, though, in the not-so-near future as i would like to try out more places. Japanese buffets are mushrooming all over, don't you think?
Labels: Food
Monkey
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monkey business spotted at the Monash construction-site-cum-free-car-park. XD
So question. Do monkeys drink coke?
Is Coca-Cola really so popular that monkeys are drinking it now? XD
Somehow this little feller here managed to get its hands on a cuppa leftover McDonald coke. It chewed and tore the paper cup and proceeded to paw-print coke stains all over the car. I wonder who the car owner is.
Its accomplice. This one's quite shy.
I guess it's best to not leave McDonald's leftovers lying around now.
So question. Do monkeys drink coke?Is Coca-Cola really so popular that monkeys are drinking it now? XD
Somehow this little feller here managed to get its hands on a cuppa leftover McDonald coke. It chewed and tore the paper cup and proceeded to paw-print coke stains all over the car. I wonder who the car owner is.
Its accomplice. This one's quite shy.I guess it's best to not leave McDonald's leftovers lying around now.
Crazy
Saturday, April 11, 2009
There are many types of crazy. There is crazy. And then there's this.
Hilarious!!!! I think many of you might have heard of it already. Sis was telling about it. And J was playing it in the office the other day.
Apparently there's another same situation in the airport, crazy honkie auntie. But that one isn't as funny.
I WANT SHARK FIN!
Hilarious!!!! I think many of you might have heard of it already. Sis was telling about it. And J was playing it in the office the other day.
Apparently there's another same situation in the airport, crazy honkie auntie. But that one isn't as funny.
I WANT SHARK FIN!
Place
Friday, April 10, 2009
I don't really give a shit about 'positions' and 'ranks' and the whole fucked up notion that superiors will always unquestionably command respect from their subordinates.
I guess i am a bit too rebellious for my own good sometimes.
I think i'll be dead if i were in the military. Or i'll get fired!
XD
Asses
Monday, April 06, 2009
Phew, am i glad that the first wave of assignment onslaught has come to an end. Bleargh. I think i'm getting old, and doing all-nighters is gonna kill me off soon enough. I stayed up all night slaving over my Labour Econs assignment (which i aced, man. i aced! Grace says i'm probably in the 10% of students who got it right) on Thursday, and Marketing Strategy yesterday until 6 a.m. coz that idiot Kim Han only sent it to me at 4... -_-"
Let me just bask in my 2 weeks of assignmentless bliss before having to endure the same ordeal again. Probably worse, as second assignments are much more difficult. :(
Meanwhile. I need to hit the gym again. Have missed one week due to my assignment frenzy, having to go back to hometown and all. It's damn annoying that all of my cousins are tall and stick-insecty. All of them have had a miracle weight-loss story to tell as all of them have had their own severe overeating phase, gaining weight like no tomorrow, then suddenly bam, back to their stick insect selves. Comparatively speaking, i have always been... well... pudge (aaah! fresh meat).
:(
And everyone, myself included, thinks that i have gained weight. Very, very bad. Good thing my extended family has really fascinating miracle weight-loss stories to share. So. First 2 months, lose 10% of weight. Wonder if i can handle it, (XD) when all the prescribed methods include jogging, and mountain climbing (!) even. Oh. And diet control, obviously. No food 4 hours before bedtime, which is really hard to determine due to my unpredictable sleeping pattern.
Let's see. 6th of April. What's gonna happen on the 6th of June? (geeez... 66 again.)
Let me just bask in my 2 weeks of assignmentless bliss before having to endure the same ordeal again. Probably worse, as second assignments are much more difficult. :(
Meanwhile. I need to hit the gym again. Have missed one week due to my assignment frenzy, having to go back to hometown and all. It's damn annoying that all of my cousins are tall and stick-insecty. All of them have had a miracle weight-loss story to tell as all of them have had their own severe overeating phase, gaining weight like no tomorrow, then suddenly bam, back to their stick insect selves. Comparatively speaking, i have always been... well... pudge (aaah! fresh meat).
:(
And everyone, myself included, thinks that i have gained weight. Very, very bad. Good thing my extended family has really fascinating miracle weight-loss stories to share. So. First 2 months, lose 10% of weight. Wonder if i can handle it, (XD) when all the prescribed methods include jogging, and mountain climbing (!) even. Oh. And diet control, obviously. No food 4 hours before bedtime, which is really hard to determine due to my unpredictable sleeping pattern.
Let's see. 6th of April. What's gonna happen on the 6th of June? (geeez... 66 again.)
Gah.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Just got back from my first ever participation in Ching Ming events. Pah!
Disastrous, i might say. Am aching all over from sleeping in Dad's car.
Sometimes it's just sucky being tall.
Dad's horrible car seats are just horrible. The head-rest is just too low. If i sit properly, i will end up having to tilt my head almost 90 degrees backwards.
If i scoot down to rest my head, i will have to bend my back quite a bit and rest my legs on the back of the passenger's seat. Geez!
If i try to lean my head on the window, i knock my head against the seatbelt reel thingy, which is built too up front near the mirror.
SO! Now both my lower back and neck and shoulders are aching like nobody's business.
Mum, on the other hand, doesn't face any problems as her head reaches the head-rest just right.
-_-"
Disastrous, i might say. Am aching all over from sleeping in Dad's car.
Sometimes it's just sucky being tall.
Dad's horrible car seats are just horrible. The head-rest is just too low. If i sit properly, i will end up having to tilt my head almost 90 degrees backwards.If i scoot down to rest my head, i will have to bend my back quite a bit and rest my legs on the back of the passenger's seat. Geez!
If i try to lean my head on the window, i knock my head against the seatbelt reel thingy, which is built too up front near the mirror.
SO! Now both my lower back and neck and shoulders are aching like nobody's business.
Mum, on the other hand, doesn't face any problems as her head reaches the head-rest just right.
-_-"
Fuck
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Today, at approximately 1:46 p.m.,
i was involved in a road traffic collision
i was involved in a motor vehicle accident
I bloody banged a Waja.
You know the fucking LDP la, people pijak-ing brek all over and the Waja, along with a throng of cars in front suddenly braked for dunno what reason and i floored my brake pedal but too late.
Didn't total my car or anything la. Just a fender-bender, some dents and paint-trading. The driver of the Waja was a very kindly Malay guy, and he was really understanding. Luckily he wasn't some fucked up Cantonese-speaking bitch-uncle. "U bang me? U sure lose! I wanna send my car into the original Hyundai workshop for check up." Chee bye.
Sigh. As of today, the total of my car-mishap-expenses sums up to RM420, not including car repairs OK, which i now have to do as my bonnet is slightly dented and refuses to open. Dad refuses to let me claim money from him as this is supposedly a very good lesson. Money well spent then? X(
***
Just checked that my previous post was my 666th one. Fuck. Suay anot? Stay away from the sixes, guys. X( X(
I bloody banged a Waja.
You know the fucking LDP la, people pijak-ing brek all over and the Waja, along with a throng of cars in front suddenly braked for dunno what reason and i floored my brake pedal but too late.
Didn't total my car or anything la. Just a fender-bender, some dents and paint-trading. The driver of the Waja was a very kindly Malay guy, and he was really understanding. Luckily he wasn't some fucked up Cantonese-speaking bitch-uncle. "U bang me? U sure lose! I wanna send my car into the original Hyundai workshop for check up." Chee bye.
Sigh. As of today, the total of my car-mishap-expenses sums up to RM420, not including car repairs OK, which i now have to do as my bonnet is slightly dented and refuses to open. Dad refuses to let me claim money from him as this is supposedly a very good lesson. Money well spent then? X(
***
Just checked that my previous post was my 666th one. Fuck. Suay anot? Stay away from the sixes, guys. X( X(
Labels: Mishaps
Earth
Sunday, March 29, 2009
oh wait.. when was Earth Hour again?
Gah!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Disaster
Assignments due dates are just around the corner.
Labour econs and international marketing due on the same day, next Wed. And marketing strategy on Thurs. Disaster.
Yogurt...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Aha!
Now, this.
Doesn't involve sizzling butter. No it doesn't.
:D
Perhaps not the most aesthetically pleasing one (fucking toasted oats kept sinking into the yogurt), but it's a start. :D
Btw. See that golden container in the background? Do they still sell those sugar-coated mint drops?
Now, this.Doesn't involve sizzling butter. No it doesn't.
:D
Perhaps not the most aesthetically pleasing one (fucking toasted oats kept sinking into the yogurt), but it's a start. :D
Btw. See that golden container in the background? Do they still sell those sugar-coated mint drops?
Repla
Friday, March 13, 2009
Gahh!! Of all the 7 god-damned days of the week, they chose to perch the replacement lectures on Saturday.
Spin the Wheel of Misfortune and the Needle of Doom points at Saturday.
Sigh.
Michael and Norb. Back to back, with clashes somemore.
9 - 11 lecture, 11 - 12 tute, 11- 1 lecture.
Will have to skip 1 hour of Int Mktg to draw lots for my presentation in Int Trade.
At least they're getting it over with all in 1 Saturday instead of 2 continuous weeks of ruined weekends.
Spin the Wheel of Misfortune and the Needle of Doom points at Saturday.
Sigh.
Michael and Norb. Back to back, with clashes somemore.
9 - 11 lecture, 11 - 12 tute, 11- 1 lecture.
Will have to skip 1 hour of Int Mktg to draw lots for my presentation in Int Trade.
At least they're getting it over with all in 1 Saturday instead of 2 continuous weeks of ruined weekends.
Reasoning!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
I attended the P&G Career Talk today and i sat for their reasoning test.
And it was most frustrating! I couldn't answer this.
A company spends 3,500,000,000 less than triple its manufacturing cost on oil purchase. Manufacturing costs take up 9/20 of the company annual budget, and oil purchase takes up 5/20 of the company annual budget. Calculate company annual budget.
WTF! I got confused with the 3,500,000,000 LESS than TRIPLE bla bla... Hmph. Anyone knows the solution to this?
Sigh. Have uninstalled most of my maths and science.
And it was most frustrating! I couldn't answer this.
A company spends 3,500,000,000 less than triple its manufacturing cost on oil purchase. Manufacturing costs take up 9/20 of the company annual budget, and oil purchase takes up 5/20 of the company annual budget. Calculate company annual budget.
WTF! I got confused with the 3,500,000,000 LESS than TRIPLE bla bla... Hmph. Anyone knows the solution to this?
Sigh. Have uninstalled most of my maths and science.
Korean
Monday, March 09, 2009
Paid a visit to Daorae with sis-thur.
Daorae is a Korean BBQ restaurant, located in Sri Hartamas. I don't really know whether Koreans are known for their hospitality, but the staff at Daorae were one hospitable bunch.
Daorae occupies the first and second floor of a shoplot (groundfloor is a Korean grocery) and when we first ascended the staircase, the troupe of waiters and the owner himself started greeting us in Korean.
The main dining area, and i regret not taking a picture, is pretty interesting. Wooden floors, wooden panels, hollowed out spaces in the floor. In a sense, you eat sitting on the floor, with your legs inside the hollowed out area.
Taken during my last visit there, my purple socks. Ha!
Once you have placed your order, the waiters will bring a whole bunch of lettuce and two types of sauce to the table. Lettuce was grotesque, not because they were not fresh, but i don't like ruffley lettuce. They tend to carry a bitter taste. Apparently we were supposed to wrap up the BBQ meats with the lettuce but... urgh.
This one is pretty good. Tastes a bit like sambal mixed with fermented bean paste. Spicy. The other sauce is just a simple sesame honey.
I like the type of tea they serve. It has a hint of smoky rice to it, which is refreshing. Unlimited refills. I sat right next to the cabinet where they kept the tea in jugs and nearly knocked it over.
Sour and spicy soup. *wince*. There were chopped chili pieces inside the soup man! And i had them mistaken as soggy spring onions... The sourness and spiciness served their purpose though, which was to appetize. Super sour spicy soup.
Ha! reminds me of the time where me and sis were imitating Chef Wan with a lisp. Thuper thour thpithy thoup. Nyahahaha! Damn fun! Take that, Thef Wan!
Sis and Thur looking incredibly blur! That's what i like about candid shots. :D I think you can see how the "hollowed space in the floor" looks like. Couldn't find any other words to describe it. XD
After the soup, the waiters placed an assortment of side dishes before us.
10 petri dishes of side dishes. From left to right:
First row: Some sorta pickled garlicky thingy (pungent!), spinach
Second row: Sliced mushrooms, sliced and pickled capsicum
Third row: Kimchi-ish pickled cucumber, mini omelettes, jellyfish
Fourth row: Kimchi, beansprouts, freaky magenta salad
Pickled garlicky thingy was just grotesque. I chucked a cube of it into my mouth and instantly regretted. The spinach was pretty soft and delicious.
Second row was good, mushrooms were juicy and capsicums slightly crisp. Kimchi pickled cucumber actually tasted fine, salty but not too spicy. Mini omelettes were fantastic, but jellyfish not quite so as they were too hard and chewy.
I didn't touch the kimchi on the fourth row. Beansprouts were ok. The freaky salad was a freaky shade of magenta. Geez. I was expecting some alien taste but it was exactly like coleslaw. What a relief huh.
The winner side dish? Mini omelettes. Oh yeah baby. Very well seasoned. I kept snapping up these little babies. You see. The thing about Daorae and (i suppose) other Korean BBQs, the appetizers and soup are complimentary. Once you gobble up an appetizer dish, it will be quickly replenished! So! The mini omelettes kept coming, for at least 3 refills, and after that they must have ran out. Either that, or 3 is the limit.
An exhaust pipe is installed from the ceiling above each table to draw out the emitted smoke. When the BBQ grill is in use, the exhaust pipe is drawn down from the ceiling with the nozzle pointed at the grill. ;)
Garlic!
The presence of the garlic remains a mystery to me. Why is the garlic there!!? Is it supposed to infuse the beef with a divine garlicky aroma? If so, why is it isolated instead of being grilled together with the beef? Anyhow i doubt that's the reason as i did not detect the merest taste of garlic.
I suppose it's optional and people who want a garlicky beef should chuck the garlic in themselves? But i received no prompts to include the garlic as it was whisked away once the beef was completely grilled. @_@ Confusing. I must ask the waiters next time.
Sigh. Beef. Marvellous beef. :D Remarkably juicy and tender, but lacked flavour so it had to be dipped into one of the two condiments.
The pork was also delicious, slightly crispy and had a bit of sweetish taste to it. Went very well with the honey sesame sauce.
Rice came in a cool iron bowl. 福
Kimchi fried rice. This one was pretty good, but mum can make better. ;)
Complimentary Korean pancake. Reminds me of the Taiwanese 葱油饼 mum used to make. Tastes quite Ok. After that, they served us three slices of watermelon.
The total damage came up to be slightly more than 100 bucks for 3, which is reasonable given their attentive service and amount of complimentary dishes. Definitely worth revisiting.
Daorae is a Korean BBQ restaurant, located in Sri Hartamas. I don't really know whether Koreans are known for their hospitality, but the staff at Daorae were one hospitable bunch.Daorae occupies the first and second floor of a shoplot (groundfloor is a Korean grocery) and when we first ascended the staircase, the troupe of waiters and the owner himself started greeting us in Korean.
The main dining area, and i regret not taking a picture, is pretty interesting. Wooden floors, wooden panels, hollowed out spaces in the floor. In a sense, you eat sitting on the floor, with your legs inside the hollowed out area.
Taken during my last visit there, my purple socks. Ha!
Once you have placed your order, the waiters will bring a whole bunch of lettuce and two types of sauce to the table. Lettuce was grotesque, not because they were not fresh, but i don't like ruffley lettuce. They tend to carry a bitter taste. Apparently we were supposed to wrap up the BBQ meats with the lettuce but... urgh.
This one is pretty good. Tastes a bit like sambal mixed with fermented bean paste. Spicy. The other sauce is just a simple sesame honey.
I like the type of tea they serve. It has a hint of smoky rice to it, which is refreshing. Unlimited refills. I sat right next to the cabinet where they kept the tea in jugs and nearly knocked it over.
Sour and spicy soup. *wince*. There were chopped chili pieces inside the soup man! And i had them mistaken as soggy spring onions... The sourness and spiciness served their purpose though, which was to appetize. Super sour spicy soup.Ha! reminds me of the time where me and sis were imitating Chef Wan with a lisp. Thuper thour thpithy thoup. Nyahahaha! Damn fun! Take that, Thef Wan!
Sis and Thur looking incredibly blur! That's what i like about candid shots. :D I think you can see how the "hollowed space in the floor" looks like. Couldn't find any other words to describe it. XDAfter the soup, the waiters placed an assortment of side dishes before us.
10 petri dishes of side dishes. From left to right:First row: Some sorta pickled garlicky thingy (pungent!), spinach
Second row: Sliced mushrooms, sliced and pickled capsicum
Third row: Kimchi-ish pickled cucumber, mini omelettes, jellyfish
Fourth row: Kimchi, beansprouts, freaky magenta salad
Pickled garlicky thingy was just grotesque. I chucked a cube of it into my mouth and instantly regretted. The spinach was pretty soft and delicious.
Second row was good, mushrooms were juicy and capsicums slightly crisp. Kimchi pickled cucumber actually tasted fine, salty but not too spicy. Mini omelettes were fantastic, but jellyfish not quite so as they were too hard and chewy.
I didn't touch the kimchi on the fourth row. Beansprouts were ok. The freaky salad was a freaky shade of magenta. Geez. I was expecting some alien taste but it was exactly like coleslaw. What a relief huh.
The winner side dish? Mini omelettes. Oh yeah baby. Very well seasoned. I kept snapping up these little babies. You see. The thing about Daorae and (i suppose) other Korean BBQs, the appetizers and soup are complimentary. Once you gobble up an appetizer dish, it will be quickly replenished! So! The mini omelettes kept coming, for at least 3 refills, and after that they must have ran out. Either that, or 3 is the limit.
An exhaust pipe is installed from the ceiling above each table to draw out the emitted smoke. When the BBQ grill is in use, the exhaust pipe is drawn down from the ceiling with the nozzle pointed at the grill. ;)
Garlic!
The presence of the garlic remains a mystery to me. Why is the garlic there!!? Is it supposed to infuse the beef with a divine garlicky aroma? If so, why is it isolated instead of being grilled together with the beef? Anyhow i doubt that's the reason as i did not detect the merest taste of garlic.I suppose it's optional and people who want a garlicky beef should chuck the garlic in themselves? But i received no prompts to include the garlic as it was whisked away once the beef was completely grilled. @_@ Confusing. I must ask the waiters next time.
Sigh. Beef. Marvellous beef. :D Remarkably juicy and tender, but lacked flavour so it had to be dipped into one of the two condiments.
The pork was also delicious, slightly crispy and had a bit of sweetish taste to it. Went very well with the honey sesame sauce.
Rice came in a cool iron bowl. 福
Kimchi fried rice. This one was pretty good, but mum can make better. ;)
Complimentary Korean pancake. Reminds me of the Taiwanese 葱油饼 mum used to make. Tastes quite Ok. After that, they served us three slices of watermelon.The total damage came up to be slightly more than 100 bucks for 3, which is reasonable given their attentive service and amount of complimentary dishes. Definitely worth revisiting.
Bleh
Thursday, March 05, 2009
So. First week of class. Nothing too foreign here, since i've been through 5 semesters.
Case studies in international trade. Finally, i encountered the legendary Michael Yap and my, does he ooze intelligence. He seems major smart, and slightly too fast for me as he whizzes over the basics while i stare, like a dungu, into nothingness. Have got to reinstall my basic econs. Sigh.
I was expecting Grace Lee to be like Auntie Soo. Middle-aged, grey hair, menopausal but with more sense of style but nah.. Grace Lee turned out to be much younger, and bore a freakish resemblance to Miss Woi of CIMP. Grace Lee has a weird pronunciation of certain words such as... anythingk, warningk, questiont etc etc.
But i had a quick glance at the syllabus for labour econs. Grace assures us that it's really easy. And i might think so. Add that to the easy assignment questions and the fact that this is a new unit, i think this will be my ticket to another HD! Or D, at least.
Adrian Liew, of marketing strategy, was brilliant. He has this booming deep voice and will continuously emit this nasal "hnnngh" sound to sorta reinforce what he's saying. "When you go outside, it's all about presentations, hnnngh." Ok i don't know how to alphabetize that sound, but it's sorta a cross between "hnnngh" and "harrrr".
Anyway i managed to escape the clutches of Yunus Ali for this semester! Hurrah! But i guess Yunus is the frying pan and now we're facing the fire. His replacement, Pn Nor, is quite a tough nut. She speaks fluent english, without any fake accent (unlike a certain bouncing fishball we know) and is super ganas at dishing out work. She gave us an empty unlabeled map and asked us to identify all the countries on it. Geez!
I will attend Adrian's and Grace's class as they're middle-of-the-day lectures. Michael's and Nor's lectures however... Urgh.
Case studies in international trade. Finally, i encountered the legendary Michael Yap and my, does he ooze intelligence. He seems major smart, and slightly too fast for me as he whizzes over the basics while i stare, like a dungu, into nothingness. Have got to reinstall my basic econs. Sigh.
I was expecting Grace Lee to be like Auntie Soo. Middle-aged, grey hair, menopausal but with more sense of style but nah.. Grace Lee turned out to be much younger, and bore a freakish resemblance to Miss Woi of CIMP. Grace Lee has a weird pronunciation of certain words such as... anythingk, warningk, questiont etc etc.
But i had a quick glance at the syllabus for labour econs. Grace assures us that it's really easy. And i might think so. Add that to the easy assignment questions and the fact that this is a new unit, i think this will be my ticket to another HD! Or D, at least.
Adrian Liew, of marketing strategy, was brilliant. He has this booming deep voice and will continuously emit this nasal "hnnngh" sound to sorta reinforce what he's saying. "When you go outside, it's all about presentations, hnnngh." Ok i don't know how to alphabetize that sound, but it's sorta a cross between "hnnngh" and "harrrr".
Anyway i managed to escape the clutches of Yunus Ali for this semester! Hurrah! But i guess Yunus is the frying pan and now we're facing the fire. His replacement, Pn Nor, is quite a tough nut. She speaks fluent english, without any fake accent (unlike a certain bouncing fishball we know) and is super ganas at dishing out work. She gave us an empty unlabeled map and asked us to identify all the countries on it. Geez!
I will attend Adrian's and Grace's class as they're middle-of-the-day lectures. Michael's and Nor's lectures however... Urgh.
My recent midnight culinary adventures all turned out to be disastrous, complete with sound effect.
Was trying to melt half a cube of butter in the saucepan the other night and i must have heated the pan too much. When the butter touched the saucepan it sizzled like fucking crazy with this hissing sound followed by a horrendous popping sound, smoke whooshing out. So i freaked and turned off the stove. The half cube of butter ended up as a swirl of blackish-brown.
Then. Yesterday i wanted to whip up some funky dip for my garlic tortilla (marvellous, by the way. buy them at the supermarket). When i spooned out a dollop of tomato pasta sauce onto the pan it sizzled like fucking crazy and the sauce actually flamed up! And so i, with lightning speed, turned off the stove. Sigh. Reminds me of this page in Bridget Jones's Diary:
Now, while you marvel at my shameless thick-skinned-ness, i shall dive into the comfort of my bed. Night night.
Was trying to melt half a cube of butter in the saucepan the other night and i must have heated the pan too much. When the butter touched the saucepan it sizzled like fucking crazy with this hissing sound followed by a horrendous popping sound, smoke whooshing out. So i freaked and turned off the stove. The half cube of butter ended up as a swirl of blackish-brown.
Then. Yesterday i wanted to whip up some funky dip for my garlic tortilla (marvellous, by the way. buy them at the supermarket). When i spooned out a dollop of tomato pasta sauce onto the pan it sizzled like fucking crazy and the sauce actually flamed up! And so i, with lightning speed, turned off the stove. Sigh. Reminds me of this page in Bridget Jones's Diary:
"'What's this hon?' said Tom eventually. 'Is it marmalade?'Am disastrous, but not quite a failure! Shall take up lessons with dad. After all, i managed to flame up my sauce, you know. Must be my inner chef, a divine calling. XD
Horror-struck, took mouthful myself. It was, as he said, marmalade. Realize after all effort and expense have served my guests: Blue soup, Omelette, Marmalade.
Am disastrous failure. Michelin-star cookery? Kwik-fit, more like."
Now, while you marvel at my shameless thick-skinned-ness, i shall dive into the comfort of my bed. Night night.
O
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Teh O served on time,Barely even there,
Then i saw my friends,
Unexpectedly.
Pay up get your change,
Small to say the least,
I'm a little scared,
About how they prepare,
This pretty yummy feast.
Ever just the same.
Never a surprise.
Ever as before.
Ever just as sure.
As kampung fried rice..
OooOoooOh~!
Teh O served with lime,
Didn't take them long.
Bittersweet and strange,
Wonder if i can change,
As this tastes kinda wrong!
Certain as the naan,
Rising with the yeast,
Teh O served on time,
Squeeze in all the lime,
Pretty yummy feast.
***
LoL! I think i have gone a bit mamak crazy, which doesn't make sense coz i've only been to a mamak once in the past two weeks.
Howard Ashman will haunt me from the grave if he can see what i just did to his lyrics. xD
I wouldn't normally consider mamak food to be a feast... but since it rhymes with beast...
Beauty and the Beast~
Gasthaus!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
I celebrated my birthday at Deutsches Gasthaus.
Sigh. Am no longer a teen (characterized by the fact that my age, now, has no -teen suffix to it).
X(
I was hit with a sudden craving for sausages, and as luck would have it, there is a Deutsches Gasthaus branch just 4 streets away from my house.
Sausage platter. I'm not sure about this platter. It's been quite some time since i had german sausages, and if my memory still serves me right, the ones at El Cerdo and Jarrod and Rawlins tasted better.
They had this juicy-until-wanna-burst-out-of-skin sorta quality, which was just crazy divine. The ones above were quite delicious, but had already been sliced to resemble quadruple-tentacled octopuses (octopi sounds weird).
Pork Knuckle! Freakin' huge knuckle, i must say. The skin was a tad hard, crunchy yes, but hard. Meat was delightfully tender, and flavourful to boot. This one's better than the one at El Cerdo, i'm afraid. Not bad, not bad. Served with this slightly salty sauce, potatoes, mustard and greens.
Apparently, when my parents went to Germany, the people there are able to each devour a pork knuckle. Scary.
Spanish seafood paella. This dish is good, by my standards. Dad didn't like it. Oh well. He's a chef. I bet he can do better, but who cares? The paella was incredibly fragrant, no doubt due to the saffron. What i like about it is the large grains of rice used. Seafood used was okok la, not the freshest. Somehow i kept thinking that it was risotto instead, as they're similar.
Pork chop with red wine sauce thingy. I consider ordering this a mistake. The texture of the pork chop was kinda strange; it was too thick that it was tasteless near the middle and it was soft but chewy. Not too good. The sauce, however, was delicious. Definitely not what i had expected of "red wine sauce" as it tasted exactly like marinara sauce. Good nonetheless, just right for marinara sauce, not too salty not too sour.
Aha! Hoegaarden. I'll definitely take this over other beer, not that i like beer of course but that's besides the point. Hoegaarden lacks the bitter aftertaste present in beers that i hate. So hurray.
Am not a beer pro so i can't really comment on the "body" and the "balance" and "hints of walnut coloured fruitiness in the palate" or whatever terminology they have for beer tasting.
I like the ambience of the place. Dark, cozy and woody.
My parents and I. People who have posed with me for pictures should know that i absolutely suck at posing for photos. I can't seem to have a smile plastered on my face for a minute or so. There you have it. My unopened eyes. xD
Dad looks really funny in this picture. I have to post this. :D
***
Tada! Kek ku, courtesy of Sis. Enormous oreo cheese cake from Marmalade, which is some sorta cafe not unlike Delicious cafe. Pay them a visit in Mont Kiara / Bangsar Village II if you like. They have quite a number of good reviews online.
Mum had this idea to put the cake inside a flower basket, which was quite nutty as the oreo crumbs on top fell all over the carpet and on table and inside basket as well.
Nyahaha! This picture is super hilarious! And retarded. I look as if i have a flower on my head. xD
Sigh... Glorious glorious oreo cheesecake.
Sigh. Am no longer a teen (characterized by the fact that my age, now, has no -teen suffix to it).
X(
I was hit with a sudden craving for sausages, and as luck would have it, there is a Deutsches Gasthaus branch just 4 streets away from my house.
Sausage platter. I'm not sure about this platter. It's been quite some time since i had german sausages, and if my memory still serves me right, the ones at El Cerdo and Jarrod and Rawlins tasted better.They had this juicy-until-wanna-burst-out-of-skin sorta quality, which was just crazy divine. The ones above were quite delicious, but had already been sliced to resemble quadruple-tentacled octopuses (octopi sounds weird).
Pork Knuckle! Freakin' huge knuckle, i must say. The skin was a tad hard, crunchy yes, but hard. Meat was delightfully tender, and flavourful to boot. This one's better than the one at El Cerdo, i'm afraid. Not bad, not bad. Served with this slightly salty sauce, potatoes, mustard and greens.Apparently, when my parents went to Germany, the people there are able to each devour a pork knuckle. Scary.
Spanish seafood paella. This dish is good, by my standards. Dad didn't like it. Oh well. He's a chef. I bet he can do better, but who cares? The paella was incredibly fragrant, no doubt due to the saffron. What i like about it is the large grains of rice used. Seafood used was okok la, not the freshest. Somehow i kept thinking that it was risotto instead, as they're similar.
Pork chop with red wine sauce thingy. I consider ordering this a mistake. The texture of the pork chop was kinda strange; it was too thick that it was tasteless near the middle and it was soft but chewy. Not too good. The sauce, however, was delicious. Definitely not what i had expected of "red wine sauce" as it tasted exactly like marinara sauce. Good nonetheless, just right for marinara sauce, not too salty not too sour.
Aha! Hoegaarden. I'll definitely take this over other beer, not that i like beer of course but that's besides the point. Hoegaarden lacks the bitter aftertaste present in beers that i hate. So hurray.Am not a beer pro so i can't really comment on the "body" and the "balance" and "hints of walnut coloured fruitiness in the palate" or whatever terminology they have for beer tasting.
I like the ambience of the place. Dark, cozy and woody.
My parents and I. People who have posed with me for pictures should know that i absolutely suck at posing for photos. I can't seem to have a smile plastered on my face for a minute or so. There you have it. My unopened eyes. xD
Dad looks really funny in this picture. I have to post this. :D***
Tada! Kek ku, courtesy of Sis. Enormous oreo cheese cake from Marmalade, which is some sorta cafe not unlike Delicious cafe. Pay them a visit in Mont Kiara / Bangsar Village II if you like. They have quite a number of good reviews online.
Mum had this idea to put the cake inside a flower basket, which was quite nutty as the oreo crumbs on top fell all over the carpet and on table and inside basket as well.
Nyahaha! This picture is super hilarious! And retarded. I look as if i have a flower on my head. xD
Sigh... Glorious glorious oreo cheesecake.Rain
Friday, February 27, 2009
Bleak, bleak day.
Cold. Much colder than the sunny days i'm used to when i would perspire like a beast of burden without the air conditioning.
But not today. It rained the whole freaking day, since 4 a.m. It came in torrents. It came in icy sheets. It came in silvery drizzles. It came... in dense showers. And then, it poured.
After the cats and dogs had cleared off, for considerably quite some time, i drove off to the basketball court.
Not a soul to be seen on the court, but field next to the court was packed with people in some sort of neighbourhood-watch-gathering-cum-police-speech.
I sat around wondering whether the meeting would be distracted by the noise of a bouncing basketball.
Then... i felt raindrops falling on my head. Polka dot water stains began dotting the court floor. Catching a glimpse of a few umbrellas popping up from the neighbourhood watch crowd, i made my escape back to the shelter of my car.
That was 9p.m.
Now it is well past midnight and here i am, sitting, blogging and listening to the rhythm of the falling rain, falling outside, falling in a sickening dense shower.
Here i am, sitting, fuming, and hoping that the rain will just fall fall fall like a cascading waterfall until the freaking clouds are dried up so that my Friday will be a dry one.
Cold. Much colder than the sunny days i'm used to when i would perspire like a beast of burden without the air conditioning.
But not today. It rained the whole freaking day, since 4 a.m. It came in torrents. It came in icy sheets. It came in silvery drizzles. It came... in dense showers. And then, it poured.
After the cats and dogs had cleared off, for considerably quite some time, i drove off to the basketball court.
Not a soul to be seen on the court, but field next to the court was packed with people in some sort of neighbourhood-watch-gathering-cum-police-speech.
I sat around wondering whether the meeting would be distracted by the noise of a bouncing basketball.
Then... i felt raindrops falling on my head. Polka dot water stains began dotting the court floor. Catching a glimpse of a few umbrellas popping up from the neighbourhood watch crowd, i made my escape back to the shelter of my car.
That was 9p.m.
Now it is well past midnight and here i am, sitting, blogging and listening to the rhythm of the falling rain, falling outside, falling in a sickening dense shower.
Here i am, sitting, fuming, and hoping that the rain will just fall fall fall like a cascading waterfall until the freaking clouds are dried up so that my Friday will be a dry one.
Timetable
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
So. Whee! Happy Birthday to me. Huge thanks for those who wished me. I appreciate it.
I woke up at 1.30 just now and i freaked a bit coz timetable allocation was open for manual changes at 10 a.m.
Most fortunately, i have a pretty OK timetable.
Monday
Case Studies in International Trade (T)
2-3 p.m.
Case Studies in International Trade (L)
4-6 p.m.
Tuesday
Labour Econs (L)
9-11 a.m.
International Marketing (T)
11-12 p.m.
Labour Econs (T)
12-1 p.m.
Thursday
Marketing Strategy (T)
12-1 p.m.
Marketing Strategy (L)
1-3 p.m.
International Marketing (L)
3-5 p.m.
Wednesdays and Fridays off. Lovely.
Thursday ends at 5 before the traffic jam starts! Perfect. xD
Sigh. I can't seem to escape the fucking 4-6 classes. I hate hate hate.. think am gonna sneak out at 5 as usual.
I guess it's not my ideal timetable as there's too many afternoon classes. Am a morning person! I like to get things over with bright and early so that i can go home for my afternoon nap. xD
Like... Monday 8-9, 10-12
Thursday 8-9, 9-11, 11-1.
Wouldn't that be perfect? :D
I woke up at 1.30 just now and i freaked a bit coz timetable allocation was open for manual changes at 10 a.m.
Most fortunately, i have a pretty OK timetable.
Monday
Case Studies in International Trade (T)
2-3 p.m.
Case Studies in International Trade (L)
4-6 p.m.
Tuesday
Labour Econs (L)
9-11 a.m.
International Marketing (T)
11-12 p.m.
Labour Econs (T)
12-1 p.m.
Thursday
Marketing Strategy (T)
12-1 p.m.
Marketing Strategy (L)
1-3 p.m.
International Marketing (L)
3-5 p.m.
Wednesdays and Fridays off. Lovely.
Thursday ends at 5 before the traffic jam starts! Perfect. xD
Sigh. I can't seem to escape the fucking 4-6 classes. I hate hate hate.. think am gonna sneak out at 5 as usual.
I guess it's not my ideal timetable as there's too many afternoon classes. Am a morning person! I like to get things over with bright and early so that i can go home for my afternoon nap. xD
Like... Monday 8-9, 10-12
Thursday 8-9, 9-11, 11-1.
Wouldn't that be perfect? :D
Pepper
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sis was going on and on about Pepper Lunch when she first went there with her lesbian ex.
Ex-colleague, that is. Ha!
So here it is! Pepper Lunch, situated at the Pavilion KL food court.
Pepper Lunch is a D.I.Y. steakhouse. A pretty cool concept, if you ask me. Somewhat similar to Korean BBQ or teppanyaki, Pepper Lunch provides separate sizzling iron hot plates for patrons.
Raw pieces of meat are thrown in and you get to cook them yourself to perfection. And perfection is subjective, hence the hands-on approach.
Sis's Cut Steak. Pieces of cut up steaks, bunch of beansprouts, a raw egg, 3 long beans, sweet corn and lots of pepper for that extra karate kick!
They offer a selection of steaks. I think they had sirloin, rib eye, hamburger steak along with chicken and salmon. All sets come with a bowl of rice. Certain sets already have rice included in the hot plate to be stirred around like fried rice.
The instruction given was to 1. Smear the dollop of butter (on top of the steak) 2. Turn pieces of meat all over until cooked (unless you prefer... rare)
3. Pour sauce
Special sauce available are garlic soy sauce and honey brown sauce. The garlic soy sauce is quite marvellous and goes very very well with the load of pepper sprinkled in the sizzling plate. Honey brown sauce has a sweet taste to it and i don't really like it.
Fur thong's Cut Steak + Hamburger Steak. The hamburger steak is more meaty and tender as compared to the cut steak and much easier to cook. The cut steak needs to be more closely... monitored, as they have a really tough texture when overcooked.
My Chicken + Cut Steak combo. Chicken is quite decently marinated, and tastes great with the pepper + garlic soy sauce.
Pepper!! Liberal amounts of pepper! I like. :D
I would say that my trip to Pepper Lunch was satisfactory. I liked the fact that we get to cook the stuff ourselves, which includes the hardcore sprinkling and pouring of condiments. Might return when i have the crave for self-grilled steaks.
After Pepper Lunch, we headed over to MOF Ministry of Food for dessert. Pretty cocky name, if you ask me, but they seemed to serve quality desserts.
Green tea and red bean gelato. Green tea taste was delectable and added red bean just combined perfectly to produce a divine divine gelato. :D
Thur ordered the cookies and cream one which was... bleh. Cookies were rather stale.
Ex-colleague, that is. Ha!
So here it is! Pepper Lunch, situated at the Pavilion KL food court.Pepper Lunch is a D.I.Y. steakhouse. A pretty cool concept, if you ask me. Somewhat similar to Korean BBQ or teppanyaki, Pepper Lunch provides separate sizzling iron hot plates for patrons.
Raw pieces of meat are thrown in and you get to cook them yourself to perfection. And perfection is subjective, hence the hands-on approach.
Sis's Cut Steak. Pieces of cut up steaks, bunch of beansprouts, a raw egg, 3 long beans, sweet corn and lots of pepper for that extra karate kick!They offer a selection of steaks. I think they had sirloin, rib eye, hamburger steak along with chicken and salmon. All sets come with a bowl of rice. Certain sets already have rice included in the hot plate to be stirred around like fried rice.
The instruction given was to 1. Smear the dollop of butter (on top of the steak) 2. Turn pieces of meat all over until cooked (unless you prefer... rare)
3. Pour sauce
Special sauce available are garlic soy sauce and honey brown sauce. The garlic soy sauce is quite marvellous and goes very very well with the load of pepper sprinkled in the sizzling plate. Honey brown sauce has a sweet taste to it and i don't really like it.
Fur thong's Cut Steak + Hamburger Steak. The hamburger steak is more meaty and tender as compared to the cut steak and much easier to cook. The cut steak needs to be more closely... monitored, as they have a really tough texture when overcooked.
My Chicken + Cut Steak combo. Chicken is quite decently marinated, and tastes great with the pepper + garlic soy sauce.
Pepper!! Liberal amounts of pepper! I like. :DI would say that my trip to Pepper Lunch was satisfactory. I liked the fact that we get to cook the stuff ourselves, which includes the hardcore sprinkling and pouring of condiments. Might return when i have the crave for self-grilled steaks.
After Pepper Lunch, we headed over to MOF Ministry of Food for dessert. Pretty cocky name, if you ask me, but they seemed to serve quality desserts.
Green tea and red bean gelato. Green tea taste was delectable and added red bean just combined perfectly to produce a divine divine gelato. :DThur ordered the cookies and cream one which was... bleh. Cookies were rather stale.
Random
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Time to post up some random photos. :D
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Hi. What's in that bag?
IKEA Curry Puffs. Oh yeah. They're just damn good.
(Reminds me of this English activity i had in Form 2. Evelyn gave us scenarios and we had to construct "thoughtful" questions.
Scenario: you see your classmate carrying a heavy looking box.
Morally correct question: Hi there, can i help you with the box? or something similar.
My question: Hi. What's in that box?
Evelyn wasn't pleased. But to hell with her. I got A in PMR anyway.)
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Freebies.
My Underworld screening with Nuffnang was pretty fun, apart from the fact that they gave me row I tickets when there wasn't a row I in the cinema... -_-"
Freebies. Underworld T-shirt, and a limited edition Underworld keychain. The keychain is pretty sexy. T-shirt on the other hand... I gave it to sis coz it was L size. =(
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Freebies. Heineken Speaker Crates. I redeemed them about a month ago after much annoyance at Menara Millennium.
Sounds refreshing~
Truth be told. I have yet to experience the "refreshing" sounds of the crates coz they run on batteries and i am not arsed up to stuff batteries in.
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Anyway!!
My first two cheques ever!! :D:D:D:D
Sigh. Such a warm fuzzy feeling it is to receive money for your own hard work.
Note the vast difference in amount between the two.
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Hi. What's in that bag?
IKEA Curry Puffs. Oh yeah. They're just damn good.(Reminds me of this English activity i had in Form 2. Evelyn gave us scenarios and we had to construct "thoughtful" questions.
Scenario: you see your classmate carrying a heavy looking box.
Morally correct question: Hi there, can i help you with the box? or something similar.
My question: Hi. What's in that box?
Evelyn wasn't pleased. But to hell with her. I got A in PMR anyway.)
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Freebies.
My Underworld screening with Nuffnang was pretty fun, apart from the fact that they gave me row I tickets when there wasn't a row I in the cinema... -_-"
Freebies. Underworld T-shirt, and a limited edition Underworld keychain. The keychain is pretty sexy. T-shirt on the other hand... I gave it to sis coz it was L size. =(***
Freebies. Heineken Speaker Crates. I redeemed them about a month ago after much annoyance at Menara Millennium.Sounds refreshing~
Truth be told. I have yet to experience the "refreshing" sounds of the crates coz they run on batteries and i am not arsed up to stuff batteries in.***
Anyway!!
My first two cheques ever!! :D:D:D:DSigh. Such a warm fuzzy feeling it is to receive money for your own hard work.
Note the vast difference in amount between the two.
Healthy
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Gah!
I hate reading about healthy snacks and lists of "best snacks" to eat.
Primarily because i already know what they are, mostly.
And because they don't seem... very tempting.
All the fruits, and veges, and yogurt, and cottage cheese, and hummus, and bagels, and nuts, and chicken breast and tuna...
Sigh.
I need a pack of Ruffles.
I hate reading about healthy snacks and lists of "best snacks" to eat.
Primarily because i already know what they are, mostly.
And because they don't seem... very tempting.
All the fruits, and veges, and yogurt, and cottage cheese, and hummus, and bagels, and nuts, and chicken breast and tuna...
Sigh.
I need a pack of Ruffles.
York
Monday, February 16, 2009
Two movies.
i) Rachel Getting Married
ii) Slumdog Millionaire
I found both rather captivating. Definitely deserve their awards and high ratings. Maybe my taste for movies has evolved to stomach stressful dramas?
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Anyway. Food.
S'been long since i posted stuff on food.
When i went to catch Slumdog Millionaire today, i stopped by New York New York Deli for some snacks with Cow and SW.
The Little Black Book. ;)
NYNY Deli has a pretty much American menu, but less heavy compared to Chilis or Friday's. Their menu skew towards snacks, salads, sandwiches and a little bit less of grill and steak.
Cow and SW both ordered a mushroom soup cappucino thing which is kinda so so la. Interesting name, but nothing too special.
Wedges. Crispy outside. Fluffy inside. What more can you ask for? :D
Onion rings. With weird dipping sauce. Pretty ok la. Quite a lot of onion rings if u ask me, for.. i think it was 8 bucks or something. At least they didn't say "4 pieces of onion rings" like what McD did. -_-"
Chicken caesar salad. Again, not too bad.
Inescapable chocolate mud pie! Interesting thing is.. they actually gave me a pie! With some sorta cakey sugary filling.
Honestly speaking.
Apart from the wedges and onion rings, the rest of the food are just OK OK la. Friday's serves a much better mushroom soup. Dome's and many other places serve better caesar salad. And Chilis and Friday's have desserts that kick NYNY Deli's ass.
I wouldn't give NYNY too high a rating. But if you're interested to experience a New York Deli experience, do stop by.
i) Rachel Getting Married
ii) Slumdog Millionaire
I found both rather captivating. Definitely deserve their awards and high ratings. Maybe my taste for movies has evolved to stomach stressful dramas?
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Anyway. Food.
S'been long since i posted stuff on food.When i went to catch Slumdog Millionaire today, i stopped by New York New York Deli for some snacks with Cow and SW.
The Little Black Book. ;)NYNY Deli has a pretty much American menu, but less heavy compared to Chilis or Friday's. Their menu skew towards snacks, salads, sandwiches and a little bit less of grill and steak.
Cow and SW both ordered a mushroom soup cappucino thing which is kinda so so la. Interesting name, but nothing too special.
Wedges. Crispy outside. Fluffy inside. What more can you ask for? :D
Onion rings. With weird dipping sauce. Pretty ok la. Quite a lot of onion rings if u ask me, for.. i think it was 8 bucks or something. At least they didn't say "4 pieces of onion rings" like what McD did. -_-"
Chicken caesar salad. Again, not too bad.
Inescapable chocolate mud pie! Interesting thing is.. they actually gave me a pie! With some sorta cakey sugary filling.
Honestly speaking.Apart from the wedges and onion rings, the rest of the food are just OK OK la. Friday's serves a much better mushroom soup. Dome's and many other places serve better caesar salad. And Chilis and Friday's have desserts that kick NYNY Deli's ass.
I wouldn't give NYNY too high a rating. But if you're interested to experience a New York Deli experience, do stop by.
Sigh
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Brown Bear left for Aus yesterday with the rest of the engineering fellers. Which means i have just lost a huge chunk of players for basketball! =(
=(
DY's in Johor. Another kaki gone. Nico's in UK. Sigh. Cow and SW will be back in Aus soon. Fish will be in Uniten, much much nearer, but only back during weekends!
So. I can pretty much say this. 2009 will be a lonely year.
Not that i mind being lonely la. But it gets depressing sometimes...
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Anyway, Happy V Day everyone!!
Pfft.
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Am looking for basketball kakis. Anyone interested?
=(
DY's in Johor. Another kaki gone. Nico's in UK. Sigh. Cow and SW will be back in Aus soon. Fish will be in Uniten, much much nearer, but only back during weekends!
So. I can pretty much say this. 2009 will be a lonely year.
Not that i mind being lonely la. But it gets depressing sometimes...
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Anyway, Happy V Day everyone!!
Pfft.
***
Am looking for basketball kakis. Anyone interested?
Bus
Monday, February 09, 2009
Gah!
Buses. I never liked them. After today, i won't be changing my mind any time soon.
Freakin' double decker bus. I spent the whole journey just squishing with YZ. It sucks to take a bus when you are tall sideways. =(
Am crashing with DY today. Will try to purchase tickets for more comfortable bus seats!!
P.S. Urgh. Bones aching all over. Both my knees ache whenever i take one step. I hope it's not dengue (!).
Buses. I never liked them. After today, i won't be changing my mind any time soon.
Freakin' double decker bus. I spent the whole journey just squishing with YZ. It sucks to take a bus when you are tall sideways. =(
Am crashing with DY today. Will try to purchase tickets for more comfortable bus seats!!
P.S. Urgh. Bones aching all over. Both my knees ache whenever i take one step. I hope it's not dengue (!).
JB?
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Will be going to JB tomorrow to pay Grandma Rabbit and DY a visit as they'll be starting their medical training there.
I guess this is an opportunity to get out of my house to experience the rustic scenery (and crime rates? *wince* touch wood touch wood!) of Malaysia?
Have charged and updated my iPod for the freaking 4 1/2 hour bus journey. Sigh. Buses. I don't like. Brown Bear was supposed to drive, but you know la, parents and their eternal paranoia...
"Haiyo! Dangerous la. You kids are not experienced."
"Read the news. Those 4 people who drove to Penang. They banged the divider! U go read it online at Sin Chew."
I suppose long distance bus rides are quite OK as they arenot public provided by private companies. Will explore JB using Rabbit's car. :D
Will be back on Wednesday, hopefully with more geographical knowledge.
I guess this is an opportunity to get out of my house to experience the rustic scenery (and crime rates? *wince* touch wood touch wood!) of Malaysia?
Have charged and updated my iPod for the freaking 4 1/2 hour bus journey. Sigh. Buses. I don't like. Brown Bear was supposed to drive, but you know la, parents and their eternal paranoia...
"Haiyo! Dangerous la. You kids are not experienced."
"Read the news. Those 4 people who drove to Penang. They banged the divider! U go read it online at Sin Chew."
I suppose long distance bus rides are quite OK as they are
Will be back on Wednesday, hopefully with more geographical knowledge.
Bananas!
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
During my two-month tenure at Phileo Damansara 2, and after two to three weeks of eating the goddamn same cold economy rice, i came across this cool little cafe just round there corner.
Screaming Bananas! Cute name, don't ya think, and maybe a tad crazy? :D
Two screaming bananas guard the entrances! :D
Like some diners, they provide crayons for customers to doodle with. Instead of tablecloth, they line tables with large sheets of white paper. Fun! Especially for people with itchy hands. Like me. :)Screaming Bananas serves some decent food. Not to say divine, but decent. They have a range of pasta, western grilled and fried dishes, along with a section of local favourites such as nasi goreng and nasi lemak (with jazzed up names).
The reason why i am holding back compliments is this!
The "Taj Mahal", which is basically steamed rice with beef rendang. And i hated the Taj Mahal. The cursed beef rendang was watery. What kind of beef rendang is watery? I suspect that they didn't microwave it properly AFTER keeping it frozen. Urgh.Most annoying part was that, on my next visit with my CNX colleagues, YK ordered his nasi ulam with the same beef rendang (!) and when i speared a piece, it tasted all marvellous and non-watery. You say dulan anot?
Which says a little something about their QC. Bad QC!
Screaming Bananas has this lunch promo, which is a simple Entree + Drink combo. Add 5 bucks to that, you get a bowl of fantastic mushroom soup and the dessert of the day (which never changes, by the way).
My... Calamansi Plum. Slightly watery (!), but OK. Nothing to shout out about.
Grandma's Mushroom Soup. Or Mama's Homemade Mushroom Soup. Some funky name like that. This bowl of mushroom soup is kick ass, man! Fantastic. i was actually quite apprehensive and expecting those cheaplak Maggi watery (!!!) mushroom soups with pathetic dried mushroom bits you get at pizza hut, but no!Grandma's Mushroom Soup was fantastic! It has a strong cheesy creamy taste and packs a pile of chopped up mushrooms in it. Two thumbs up. ;)
Sis's Spag Carbonara. Hmm. Ok ok laaaa. No big deal. This is nothing compared to those at Dave's and Frames.
This is the "dessert of the day", which never changes. I've been there for 3 times. Each time i got the same dessert. Anyway it's just a crepe wantan (with a teensie scoop of vanilla ice-cream wrapped within) with 3 little clouds of whipped cream drizzled with chocolate sauce.I guess you can pretty much picture the taste in your mind? Whipped cream, vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce. You have to give them credit though, for coming up with a more interesting way of presenting 3 of the most cliched tastes in the world of desserts.
Their banana fritter is a whole different story. Delicious. After all, they have bananas in their name, should be a disgrace to screw it up right?Looks kinda obscene, actually. Phallic object, with two spheres... Sometimes your mind just starts to... Anyway. Banana fritter. Very good. It has this sorta fragrance that is most appetizing. They drizzled the dessert with this light caramel syrup. Sprinkle in some peanuts and whoo-hoo here we go!
To sum up. Screaming Bananas is quite Ok. I have yet to sample much of their western menu as they are slightly more pricey and i can't freakin afford it, you know, as a tormented intern. Hmph. I get paid 30 bucks a day. And blowing off 30++ on lunch is major overkill.Hmm... But somehow it's not stopping me from going to Fridays/Chilis... xDxD
Update
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
First off, lemme wish Nico, who is on exchange to UK, all the best in his studies!
Go find a UK chick and be her Malaysian Boy!
Take me on a trip i'd like to go someday,
Take me to KL i'd like to see PJ,
I really want to come kick it with you,
You'll be my Malaysian Boy~!
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Argh. Have got freaking loads of random pics that i really want to post, but i haven't really got the time.
Will write a list and slowly upload them.
Go find a UK chick and be her Malaysian Boy!
Take me on a trip i'd like to go someday,
Take me to KL i'd like to see PJ,
I really want to come kick it with you,
You'll be my Malaysian Boy~!
***
Argh. Have got freaking loads of random pics that i really want to post, but i haven't really got the time.
Will write a list and slowly upload them.
Frames
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Gong Xi Fa Chai, to my handful of readers. :D
*brushes aside spider-webs and an inch of dust*
Three days late, but i haven't had anything super interesting to report, apart from the fact that my red-packeted income has decreased, by a freaking lot, i might say! Exponentially!
Anyway, i finally forced myself to finish the following post, which i had been periodically updating since two weeks ago:
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I'd been hankering for a visit to Frames after reading Yvonne Woi's review.
An opportunity finally presented itself when we went to see Yes Man! (which was hilarious by the way, though it paled in comparison with Get Smart).
Tada! Frames! At night, the "Frames" signboard is backlit with a luminous neon blue, and will definitely catch your eye when you drive by.
Unfortunately, I chose a time of day that diminished the attractiveness of the signboard.
The interior has a white-black-purple minimalist design, with frames of varying sizes adorning the walls. Funky.
Purple cushions and mini bolsters. Purple, i like. The cushions were super lumpy though and the mini bolsters kept rolling off the seat. -_-"
Starters. Fried calamari. Thumbs up for the calamari. The batter was fantastically crunchy and flavourful. The calamari ring itself was fairly tender, which is good news because nobody likes rubber-band calamari.
Dipping sauce was some sorta mayonnaise with a bit of buttery taste to it. Not too shabby. The calamari serving is rather large for a starter (and for 14 bucks), so you have my recommendation.
My Mushroom Mascarpone. It arrived emitting the most marvellous aroma, a sorta balsamic vinegar smell to it. Sad to say it was a slight disappointment. I wouldn't say it tasted bad, but just a tad too bland for me. Didn't really meet my expectations.
I mean, come on! Mascarpone!! The word mascarpone. Triple cream cheese used in tiramisu. Supposed to taste milky, creamy and soft. But the Mushroom Mascarpone wasn't creamy enough. Apart from that, the mushrooms were quite OK. Three types of mushrooms. I liked the chopped walnuts tossed into pasta. Provided extra crunch to it.
Next up is a pasta that i would most definitely return to Frames for. Nico's Italian Herbs. Chicken cubes, beef bacon and herbs tossed together. Divine, i tell ya. Incredibly heavy taste, perfect if you like strong flavours. As it is olive oil based, it is not as cloying as pasta carbonara. Quite excellent.
DY's House Bunny Chicken. Grilled chicken topped with some sorta carrot veloute or whatever you call it. I didn't manage to try this, but DY said it was quite alright.
YZ's fish and chips. I generally frown upon Fish and Chips, but oh well... I didn't order it. It was of a sufficient serving. Nothing too exciting about the fish. I liked the way the tartar sauce was presented, stuffed within a tomato.
All in all, my dining experience at Frames was decent. I would return to sample that melted cheese fries thingy!
*brushes aside spider-webs and an inch of dust*
Three days late, but i haven't had anything super interesting to report, apart from the fact that my red-packeted income has decreased, by a freaking lot, i might say! Exponentially!
Anyway, i finally forced myself to finish the following post, which i had been periodically updating since two weeks ago:
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I'd been hankering for a visit to Frames after reading Yvonne Woi's review.
An opportunity finally presented itself when we went to see Yes Man! (which was hilarious by the way, though it paled in comparison with Get Smart).
Tada! Frames! At night, the "Frames" signboard is backlit with a luminous neon blue, and will definitely catch your eye when you drive by.
Unfortunately, I chose a time of day that diminished the attractiveness of the signboard.
The interior has a white-black-purple minimalist design, with frames of varying sizes adorning the walls. Funky.
Purple cushions and mini bolsters. Purple, i like. The cushions were super lumpy though and the mini bolsters kept rolling off the seat. -_-"
Starters. Fried calamari. Thumbs up for the calamari. The batter was fantastically crunchy and flavourful. The calamari ring itself was fairly tender, which is good news because nobody likes rubber-band calamari.Dipping sauce was some sorta mayonnaise with a bit of buttery taste to it. Not too shabby. The calamari serving is rather large for a starter (and for 14 bucks), so you have my recommendation.
My Mushroom Mascarpone. It arrived emitting the most marvellous aroma, a sorta balsamic vinegar smell to it. Sad to say it was a slight disappointment. I wouldn't say it tasted bad, but just a tad too bland for me. Didn't really meet my expectations.I mean, come on! Mascarpone!! The word mascarpone. Triple cream cheese used in tiramisu. Supposed to taste milky, creamy and soft. But the Mushroom Mascarpone wasn't creamy enough. Apart from that, the mushrooms were quite OK. Three types of mushrooms. I liked the chopped walnuts tossed into pasta. Provided extra crunch to it.
Next up is a pasta that i would most definitely return to Frames for. Nico's Italian Herbs. Chicken cubes, beef bacon and herbs tossed together. Divine, i tell ya. Incredibly heavy taste, perfect if you like strong flavours. As it is olive oil based, it is not as cloying as pasta carbonara. Quite excellent.
DY's House 
YZ's fish and chips. I generally frown upon Fish and Chips, but oh well... I didn't order it. It was of a sufficient serving. Nothing too exciting about the fish. I liked the way the tartar sauce was presented, stuffed within a tomato.All in all, my dining experience at Frames was decent. I would return to sample that melted cheese fries thingy!
Labels: Food
Mad
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Mummy mummy don't be sad
I know I've been really bad
I know that you're really mad
I'm still, at heart, a good lad
You just overreacted a tad
Sometimes you just need a pad
Mummy mummy don't be mad
I understand that you and dad
Are not gonna give up what you had
I don't wanna remain a nomad
Take me back and I'll be glad
I'll study hard as an undergrad
Mummy mummy don't be sad
I'm writing this in a notepad
I'm being hunted by a triad
They're coming after my gonads
Few months back I saw their ad
And... oh my f-!! ... EGAD!
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Above rant is purely fictional. I have not been kicked out, wandering the streets.
Bored at work, you know.
Sudden rhyming frenzy hit me like crazy, Daisy.
Lycans
Monday, January 19, 2009
I have, in my pocket, two tickets to the premierre screening of Rise of the Lycans courtesy of Nuffnang.
Found out a week back that Nuffnang was giving out tickets here.
Email from Nuffnang. Quite unexpected, i must say.
Rise of the Lycans, here i come.
p.s. I prefer the vampires. there is a certain mystique about them as opposed to the lycan's crude savagery.
Found out a week back that Nuffnang was giving out tickets here.
Email from Nuffnang. Quite unexpected, i must say.Rise of the Lycans, here i come.
p.s. I prefer the vampires. there is a certain mystique about them as opposed to the lycan's crude savagery.
Wobalegshoraf
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Howdeedoo, people? Am feeling mightily bright-eyed, at least, very much so than i did yesterday.
You know why? Coz, my "Sleep Before 3a.m." regime is kicking off to a pretty good start. XD
I felt like shit yesterday, after having only two hours of shut-eye. Spent the whole day dozing off in office, and in the end i couldn't stand it anymore, i flew downstairs to the mamak and bought a packet of ice cold Nescafe.
"Nescafe Ais, kao kao kao!" That's what i told the feller.So yesterday night i hit the sack before 3, and all is well.
Sigh. Coffee. I never really liked coffee, but... It's now a necessity.
If i am a terrorist, i won't bother bombing ppl. I'll attack their supply of coffee and they will drown in caffeine-deprived misery. Nyahaha!
Underworld
Thursday, January 08, 2009
The Rise of the Lycans starts Jan 09
Kate Beckinsale! Oh yeah.
Kate Beckinsale! Oh yeah.
*Update: Bloody hell! So the smokin' Kate Beckinsale won't be reprising her role as Selene in Rise of the Lycans. I am damn ANGRY lor. Kate Beckinsallllllllllllle!!!!! Hmph. Apparently ROTL is a prequel, set way before Selene was born. Sigh. Mostly background story of the feud between vamps and weres.
Tag
Friday, January 02, 2009
I should be doing some remarkably dry write-up for my company website, but i guess i can skive once in a while to complete a meme.
Meme. Apparently related to the word mimic. Wikipedia has a whole page about it, but i still have my eyebrows curiously raised. Anyhow, i received one from Rachel, my ex-colleague.
The rules:
Leave a comment, and I'll give you an alphabet (that is, if you want to do this :D). Write about 10 things you love that begin with your assigned alphabet, and post it at your blog. When others comment on your list, assign them an alphabet and so on and so forth...
So i am assigned S.
Things I Love That Begin With S:
1) Slacking. Voila! Precisely what i am doing right now. Nothing pleases me more than slacking. Ask all of my colleagues. :D Why work so freakin' hard when i can listen to music, MSN indiscriminately, explore the vast vast vast Internet and lie around eating-
1) Slacking. Voila! Precisely what i am doing right now. Nothing pleases me more than slacking. Ask all of my colleagues. :D Why work so freakin' hard when i can listen to music, MSN indiscriminately, explore the vast vast vast Internet and lie around eating-
2) Sweets. I know it's bad. And it'll make me lose my feet and eyesight due to diabetes-related complications (*wince* translating health flyers does this to you. God! the grotesque pictures). But the office has a lovely jar of candy and i like. And it's my passive aggressive way of getting back at them for treating me like vermin. U torture me? I eat your candy!
Polar bear swimming :D
3) Swimming. I was born with an extra layer of natural float. Nyahaha. I like arriving at the pool freakishly early in the morning, and the surface is just still and clear like a mirror with no ripples at all. And then i jump. Also, you don't feel hot and sweaty in the water. V. good exercise.
Polar bear swimming :D4) Sour. I like sour stuff. Anything citrus like lemon, lime and so on (not too much a fan of grapefruit though). They have this refreshing quality, and they give that excellent tang to your beverage. I like being sour too, giving sour expressions and rolling dead fish eyes. Of course, i love sour grapes too, because you didn't eat it and I did!
Note*: i like 2) and 4), but i am not a fan of sweet and sour dishes, e.g. sweet & sour pork, sweet & sour chicken, sweet & sour fish etc. They're just not my cup of tea, or plate of food for that matter.
Note*: i like 2) and 4), but i am not a fan of sweet and sour dishes, e.g. sweet & sour pork, sweet & sour chicken, sweet & sour fish etc. They're just not my cup of tea, or plate of food for that matter.
5) Sarcasm. Healthy dose of sarcasm a day keeps the spasms away. Especially useful if you want to shoot people of higher ranks but you can't go aggressively head on with them.
Shoot Shoot Shoot 'Em Up!6) Shoot. I like to shoot people. Shoot, as in, you do something dumb, i sooooooooooot you gao gao.
Note*: i like 5) and 6), but sometimes i do it a tad too quickly without thinking, and end up offending people.
Note*: i like 5) and 6), but sometimes i do it a tad too quickly without thinking, and end up offending people.
7) Starch. Sigh. I can't escape, really. Everywhere i turn, i see starch. Nasi lemak, roti canai, char kuay tiao, rice, pasta, sandwiches, starched shirts... I kinda miss Shakila's tapioca seri muka. Dammit. And Dave's Pasta. And Sea Park NLA. And Jasima's mee goreng mamak. And... argh!
Sigh. Tutti Fruitti Slurpee
Sigh. Tutti Fruitti Slurpee8) Slurpee. Can actually be categorized under 2), but who cares? Slurpee rocks. As long as it is NOT TUTTI FRUITTI disguised as another flavour. Hmph! Anyway, now that have this super weird "sprinkle chocolate chips on your Slurpee". Weird, because chocolate doesn't compliment Slurpee very well as the latter is not milk based. And it is actually chocolate rice sprinkles, not chocolate chips. -_-"
Yvonne Woi's Russian Borscht, of which she is very proud9) Soup. Umbrella term. I like all kinds of soup. Consomme, broth, bisque, chowder etc. Comfort food. Good for your soul, maybe? XD
10) Singing. Mostly when nobody's listening. Occasionally in karaoke boxes with the gang (so that i can 5 and 6 Fish). :D I sing like a nightingale! Nyahaha.
10) Singing. Mostly when nobody's listening. Occasionally in karaoke boxes with the gang (so that i can 5 and 6 Fish). :D I sing like a nightingale! Nyahaha.
Nyahaha, i was slacking off as usual when i came across Danny New's iPod post.
Since i had my iPod with me, i decided to give it a try. :D
Rules
1. Put your iPod on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 5 friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you stole it from.
So.
IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OK", YOU SAY?
"薄荷与高跟鞋" by 梁文音 Translated as "Mint and High Heels".
Super weird, if you think of it. "Hey WS, is this OK?" and i reply "mint and high heels!!!"
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"从今以后" by Shin. Translated as "From Now On".
Doesn't really make sense, unless it means i have a procrastinating "from now on i will do this this this..." personality.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GIRL / BOY
"原谅我" by 萧敬腾Translated into "Forgive Me". Oh wow... A girl who knows how to forgive? XD
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"I'm a Flirt" by R Kelly ft. TI & T-Pain. OK major wtf! LoL!
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"Stronger" by Kanye West. Very good answer, if you ask me. =)
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"流沙" by David Tao. Translated into "flowing sand". Can mean many things though, in a metaphorical sense. Depends on your imagination.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"I Don't Wanna Know" by Mario Winans ft. P. Diddy & Enya. LoL! Yeah. I don't wanna know. :D BTW Enya's part in this song is just some ridiculous humming in the background. WtF. Why bother?
WHAT IS 2+2?
"园游会" by Jay Chou. Translated as "Funfair". Doesn't make sense.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. Even more wtf? What i look for in a girl is "forgive me". Best friend then "i will always love you" la. Unfair betul.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"凌晨三点钟" by Z-Chen, translated as 3 in the morning. Coz i always sleep at 3 in the morning?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Graduation" by Vitamin C. Graduation before i can do anything else, i guess.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Nobody's Fool" by Avril Lavigne. Sigh. Nobody's Fool. Cynical like hell man. Where is "i will always love you?"
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"P.I.M.P." by 50 Cent ft. Snoop Dogg. Super WTF! lol!
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Grace Kelly" by Mika. Super sohai song. Tap dancing, maybe?
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"一路向北" by Jay Chou, translated as "All The Way North". Fantastic song. But what i want them to play at my funeral is Chopin's Op. 28 prelude No. 4.
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY / INTEREST?
"My Milkshake" by Kelis. Oh god. Kelis's milkshake bringsall the boys me to the yard, and i'm like "it's better than yours".
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Oh Girl" by Paul Wall. Interesting.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"绝对无敌" by 倪子冈 translated as "Unbeatable". Oh yes they are.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Ipoh Mali" by Point Blanc ft. Jaclyn Victor. Ha!
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
"This Is What Dreams are Made Of" by Isabella & Paolo from the Lizzie McGuire Movie OST. Can mean many things though. Dream to death. Or Die in a duet with Isabella from the Lizzie McGuire Movie.
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
"Around the World" by Aqua. Many years ahead of me to go around the world. XD
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
"分裂" by Jay Chou, translated as "Separate / Disintegrate". Weird.
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
"Belaian Jiwa" by Innuendo. Hanya takdir menentukan ia...
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"姐妹" by A-Mei. Translated as "Sisters". HA!
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"Bartender" by T-Pain ft. Akon. Yeah i have frequent emo sessions with the bartender. I give tips when emo. :D
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"Let It Go" by Keyshia Cole ft. Lil Kim & Missy Elliot. Fantastic answer. I like my iPod's shuffle.
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
"最近" by 李圣杰 Translated as "Lately". I've been hurting lately, what with the fever and the molar removal. Pah!
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
"因为我相信" by Top 10 of One Million Star Season 1, translated as "Because I Believe".
Bleargh. As you can see, my song list is severely mixed up, with a good deal of Mandarin songs and lots of Jay Chou. :D
Sigh. Time to resume my slacking off.
Since i had my iPod with me, i decided to give it a try. :D
Rules
1. Put your iPod on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 5 friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you stole it from.
So.
IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OK", YOU SAY?
"薄荷与高跟鞋" by 梁文音 Translated as "Mint and High Heels".
Super weird, if you think of it. "Hey WS, is this OK?" and i reply "mint and high heels!!!"
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"从今以后" by Shin. Translated as "From Now On".
Doesn't really make sense, unless it means i have a procrastinating "from now on i will do this this this..." personality.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GIRL / BOY
"原谅我" by 萧敬腾Translated into "Forgive Me". Oh wow... A girl who knows how to forgive? XD
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"I'm a Flirt" by R Kelly ft. TI & T-Pain. OK major wtf! LoL!
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"Stronger" by Kanye West. Very good answer, if you ask me. =)
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"流沙" by David Tao. Translated into "flowing sand". Can mean many things though, in a metaphorical sense. Depends on your imagination.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"I Don't Wanna Know" by Mario Winans ft. P. Diddy & Enya. LoL! Yeah. I don't wanna know. :D BTW Enya's part in this song is just some ridiculous humming in the background. WtF. Why bother?
WHAT IS 2+2?
"园游会" by Jay Chou. Translated as "Funfair". Doesn't make sense.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. Even more wtf? What i look for in a girl is "forgive me". Best friend then "i will always love you" la. Unfair betul.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"凌晨三点钟" by Z-Chen, translated as 3 in the morning. Coz i always sleep at 3 in the morning?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Graduation" by Vitamin C. Graduation before i can do anything else, i guess.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Nobody's Fool" by Avril Lavigne. Sigh. Nobody's Fool. Cynical like hell man. Where is "i will always love you?"
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"P.I.M.P." by 50 Cent ft. Snoop Dogg. Super WTF! lol!
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Grace Kelly" by Mika. Super sohai song. Tap dancing, maybe?
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"一路向北" by Jay Chou, translated as "All The Way North". Fantastic song. But what i want them to play at my funeral is Chopin's Op. 28 prelude No. 4.
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY / INTEREST?
"My Milkshake" by Kelis. Oh god. Kelis's milkshake brings
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Oh Girl" by Paul Wall. Interesting.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"绝对无敌" by 倪子冈 translated as "Unbeatable". Oh yes they are.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Ipoh Mali" by Point Blanc ft. Jaclyn Victor. Ha!
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
"This Is What Dreams are Made Of" by Isabella & Paolo from the Lizzie McGuire Movie OST. Can mean many things though. Dream to death. Or Die in a duet with Isabella from the Lizzie McGuire Movie.
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
"Around the World" by Aqua. Many years ahead of me to go around the world. XD
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
"分裂" by Jay Chou, translated as "Separate / Disintegrate". Weird.
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
"Belaian Jiwa" by Innuendo. Hanya takdir menentukan ia...
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"姐妹" by A-Mei. Translated as "Sisters". HA!
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"Bartender" by T-Pain ft. Akon. Yeah i have frequent emo sessions with the bartender. I give tips when emo. :D
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"Let It Go" by Keyshia Cole ft. Lil Kim & Missy Elliot. Fantastic answer. I like my iPod's shuffle.
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
"最近" by 李圣杰 Translated as "Lately". I've been hurting lately, what with the fever and the molar removal. Pah!
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
"因为我相信" by Top 10 of One Million Star Season 1, translated as "Because I Believe".
Bleargh. As you can see, my song list is severely mixed up, with a good deal of Mandarin songs and lots of Jay Chou. :D
Sigh. Time to resume my slacking off.
NEW
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Happy 2009, fellers! :)
I'm out in search of the bestest best ham yu fa lam bou.
salted fish pork belly. i think that's what you call it in English. divine dish, but i have been twice disappointed by sorry excuses of Chinese restaurants. pissed!
ham yu fa lam bou connoisseurs, shed me some light please? Best one i've had was in... either Tai Tong or Overseas. forgot which. dammit.
I'm out in search of the bestest best ham yu fa lam bou.
salted fish pork belly. i think that's what you call it in English. divine dish, but i have been twice disappointed by sorry excuses of Chinese restaurants. pissed!
ham yu fa lam bou connoisseurs, shed me some light please? Best one i've had was in... either Tai Tong or Overseas. forgot which. dammit.
Shock!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
More Slurpee.
I was pretty interested when i saw this flavour. Lemon Shock.
I like lemon. I am always sour like a lemon. And i guess it wasn't too off to expect a 7-Up lemonadey taste.
When i took a sip i really kena Shock, because it didn't taste remotely like Lemon.
It was fucking Tutti Fruitti!
I hate Tutti Fruitti. This is how they entice (cheat!) people to drink Tutti Fruitti, disguise it with a sunshine lemon colour or sexy purple colour instead of their usual grotesque bottle green.
Should sue them lor, fuck. Fraudulent labeling.
The appropriate labeling should have been, in grotesque bottle green, Unpleasant Tutti Fruitti Surprise!
I was pretty interested when i saw this flavour. Lemon Shock.I like lemon. I am always sour like a lemon. And i guess it wasn't too off to expect a 7-Up lemonadey taste.
When i took a sip i really kena Shock, because it didn't taste remotely like Lemon.It was fucking Tutti Fruitti!
I hate Tutti Fruitti. This is how they entice (cheat!) people to drink Tutti Fruitti, disguise it with a sunshine lemon colour or sexy purple colour instead of their usual grotesque bottle green.
Should sue them lor, fuck. Fraudulent labeling.
The appropriate labeling should have been, in grotesque bottle green, Unpleasant Tutti Fruitti Surprise!
Mamma
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Mamma Mia!
I just went today.My my, i didn't resist you.
Mamma Mia, does it show again (i think... until 1st of January)?
My my, i ain't gonna let you go.
***
ABBA songs are just catchy, i must say. The performers have excellent voices. However, at some point, the accompanying music was just blasting out too loud that i couldn't hear some of the lower keys (e.g. "just one look and i can hear a bell ring").
Loud is good, i guess? Means they have super powderful boom-boom-boom speakers which were so boom-boom-boom that my heart was just beating out ABBA. XD
***
RM453... Siao, i tell you. I've never paid so much for seat tickets. Mm hmm. I haven't. And won't. At least not for a couple of years. Or decades for that matter. I saw this entire family behind me, in the VVIP seats. Should be some YB coz the media feller kept sneaking over to snap a picture of him.
Anyway, fantastic tickets courtesy of Datuk Steven Tan. Intended for my parents, but since mum had stuff to do, i got the opportunity to nourish my artistically-starved existence with a healthy dose of musical.
View of the stage from my seat. Very good seats, right in the middle and i could see all the actors' and actresses' facial expressions.All in all a brilliant show. A vibrant and talented crew delivering a humourous and colourful performance with enchanting vocals and captivating stage choreography. Definitely lived up to their "World No. 1 Show" claim.
Found this headless cardboard thingy outside and i tried to snap a pic with it but tak jadi. Didn't hunch myself enough so part of my shoulder is peeking out. X(Beezee
Monday, December 29, 2008
Busy like a bee right now. Pah.
Furfur's company is dealing with the Ministry ofSound Health and his mum has so kindly offered me a part time job to translate health ministry flyers and brochures from BM to English. Flyers of diabetes, stroke, heart disease, smoking, cancer etc. Oh and diabetic feet care, with traumatically grotesque pictures.
Deadline, tomorrow. Have got loads to translate.
I am paid a fee of 600 bucks, which is my 1 month internship salary. Fuck. 600 bucks in 3 days. Compared to nearly 20 days of 9-6 slavery.
Am kinda freaked out that my work is not up to standard. Sigh. And i can't really think properly due to my fucking throbbing ...
Did i mention that i removed my wisdom tooth? Surgery. 3 stitches. Sigh. Can't even eat properly right now. Back to work.
Furfur's company is dealing with the Ministry of
Deadline, tomorrow. Have got loads to translate.
I am paid a fee of 600 bucks, which is my 1 month internship salary. Fuck. 600 bucks in 3 days. Compared to nearly 20 days of 9-6 slavery.
Am kinda freaked out that my work is not up to standard. Sigh. And i can't really think properly due to my fucking throbbing ...
Did i mention that i removed my wisdom tooth? Surgery. 3 stitches. Sigh. Can't even eat properly right now. Back to work.
Ill
Friday, December 26, 2008
Sigh. Christmas Day.
I spent the whole of yesterday just lying in bed, head groggy and body aching all over.
I was:
I spent the whole of yesterday just lying in bed, head groggy and body aching all over.
I was:
- coughing like a smoker who's about to die of lung cancer.
- sneezing like a geyser, and my nose was a water tap that refused to be turned off.
- sporting a high fever of 39.6 degrees.
Mum has this cute digital thermometer and i measured my temperature with it. When i went to the doctor's, he used another weird ass thermometer thingy, and stuffed it into my ear. Pfft. And he got 39.6 too.
Have got a pile of pills and tablets to swallow 2-3 times a day. + A disgusting cough syrup to "slowly sip and swallow". What a Christmas day huh.
Have got a pile of pills and tablets to swallow 2-3 times a day. + A disgusting cough syrup to "slowly sip and swallow". What a Christmas day huh.
Suicide
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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Monday, December 22, 2008
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
Oh, i'm telling you why
Santa Claus is gonna go down.
He's shaking his fist
Yup, he's shaking it twice
He's gonna find out
That nobody's nice
Santa Claus is wearing a frown.
Santa Claus is coming to town!
How i wish i could work a 7-4 shift! :D
This might seem like overkill, having to wake up at unearthly hours, but listen to my rationale!
Office only gains productivity after lunch hours, when everyone's had some amount of caffeine shooting through their veins.
So, by coming to office freaking early at 7, i can goyang kaki (or maybe take a nap) for 5 hours until lunch time. Take a longer-than-required lunch, come back at 1.30, work 2 and half hours and boom. Time to go home.
Sigh. Wishful thinking right? Am going crazy siao.
Why, lar, why did i choose to go down this path of torture?
This might seem like overkill, having to wake up at unearthly hours, but listen to my rationale!
Office only gains productivity after lunch hours, when everyone's had some amount of caffeine shooting through their veins.
So, by coming to office freaking early at 7, i can goyang kaki (or maybe take a nap) for 5 hours until lunch time. Take a longer-than-required lunch, come back at 1.30, work 2 and half hours and boom. Time to go home.
Sigh. Wishful thinking right? Am going crazy siao.
Why, lar, why did i choose to go down this path of torture?
Random
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Random photos. As usual.
The smell of Glade Tropical Fresh invokes a dejavu-esque sensation within me. I must have been doing something really happy when i last inhaled a similar scent?Bought Tropical Fresh since my old one has run dry and my car has begun to smell like... musky undried clothes.
***
I was driving home the other day and i saw some bunnies hanging in this car in a somewhat creepy manner.
Mad bunny killer. Kill them, stuff them and leave them dangling like corpses in his amazing 90 degree-door-opening car.
Of course, you might not think it's creepy, but i won't really care anyway.
Fury
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
I am furious.
Scenario. Last Friday, my boss (henceforth referred to as E) asked me to create a manual for the company software, those step-by-step guides with matching screen shots.
E read through my manual, sent to his boss to proof-read somemore. E's boss said to add in numbered headings / subheadings and that was it. So i add in numbered headings and submitted it.
Today. E told me that he'd had an oversight with some of the names in the software as his staff named them incorrectly. It was initially "Triple Screening EMA (Exponential Moving Average, you might remember this from Business Stats) Rule", but it was supposed to be just "Triple Screen Rule".
So fine, E said he would change the name in the software, but i needed to fix the manual. Need to edit all the screen shots (pretty simple. :D i used paint) to get rid of the fucking "ing".
Now. Unbeknownst to me, E had also removed the EMA from the software. Didn't tell me also. I retained the EMAs and sent the edited manual in.
Reply was, "got a lot of mistakes".
Damn mm song lor. I am well acquainted with "a lot of mistakes" due to Add Maths in high school, but back then i knew just how shitty my standard was, so i deserved it.
But what the helling fuck?
Part of it was my fault for not double checking the rule in XPertTrader. But hello. If your people had gotten the name right in the first place, i wouldn't have had to edit the damn thing twice. A lot of mistakes, my ass.
I wanted to reply with some scathingly sarcastic remarks but decided against it. I'll see what happens.
What i wrote in most of my application cover letters:
Scenario. Last Friday, my boss (henceforth referred to as E) asked me to create a manual for the company software, those step-by-step guides with matching screen shots.
E read through my manual, sent to his boss to proof-read somemore. E's boss said to add in numbered headings / subheadings and that was it. So i add in numbered headings and submitted it.
Today. E told me that he'd had an oversight with some of the names in the software as his staff named them incorrectly. It was initially "Triple Screening EMA (Exponential Moving Average, you might remember this from Business Stats) Rule", but it was supposed to be just "Triple Screen Rule".
So fine, E said he would change the name in the software, but i needed to fix the manual. Need to edit all the screen shots (pretty simple. :D i used paint) to get rid of the fucking "ing".
Now. Unbeknownst to me, E had also removed the EMA from the software. Didn't tell me also. I retained the EMAs and sent the edited manual in.
Reply was, "got a lot of mistakes".
Damn mm song lor. I am well acquainted with "a lot of mistakes" due to Add Maths in high school, but back then i knew just how shitty my standard was, so i deserved it.
But what the helling fuck?
Part of it was my fault for not double checking the rule in XPertTrader. But hello. If your people had gotten the name right in the first place, i wouldn't have had to edit the damn thing twice. A lot of mistakes, my ass.
I wanted to reply with some scathingly sarcastic remarks but decided against it. I'll see what happens.
What i wrote in most of my application cover letters:
I wish to intern with your company to gain first hand experience of working life so as to prepare myself after graduation.Yeah. First hand experience alright. Lesson of the day: learn how to suck it up. I must endure. 我忍！
Rangers
Friday, December 12, 2008
I was quite a crazy fan of Power Rangers as a kid.
I had all of the Power Ranger figurines, their power belts that could expel corresponding dinosaur coins, Green Ranger's flute-dagger, and also one of the large turtle toys (apparently some other people are more crazy than I. they had the mechazard thingy, as well as each Power Ranger's weapons that could be combined togehter). I would play with all the figurines until their colours fade and their screws become loose, and i would pester adults around me to get me brand new ones. xD
Many who grew up in the 90s must have had an obsession with Power Rangers, even though they were clad in hideously garish tights and motorcycle helmets, and defeated enemies by doing cartwheels and aerobic backflips.
Apparently Power Rangers had like 15 seasons (wtf!), but i stopped after the second season as the emergence of Pokemon kept me busy (shifted my obsession to Pokemon... too much to elaborate here). :D
I was walking in 1 Utama the other day and i saw this Power Ranger poster that caught my eye.
My... How they have evolved! I mean just look at their equipment. They look like professional cleaners.
Step 1: Black ranger hammers large pieces of trash into smaller ones
Step 2: Blue ranger's weapon looks like those humongous electromagnets they use in scrapyards. Mm hmm. Blue will suck up all metal parts to recycle.
Step 3: Yellow ranger scoops up remainder of trash with that thingy she plucked off a loader tractor.
Walao WTF is that la... What happened to her double daggers? Can you imagine her "fighting the forces of evil" with... that thing people use to gorek earth??
Step 4: What's Pink ranger holding? Vacuum cleaner. Portable somemore. Can suck up all the dust and dirt. Bingo.
Only one with a decent weapon is red, and even so, it doesn't look very much remarkable.
Sigh. Maybe i have just outgrown them.
But wtf. The tractor scooper. Cannot tahan.
I had all of the Power Ranger figurines, their power belts that could expel corresponding dinosaur coins, Green Ranger's flute-dagger, and also one of the large turtle toys (apparently some other people are more crazy than I. they had the mechazard thingy, as well as each Power Ranger's weapons that could be combined togehter). I would play with all the figurines until their colours fade and their screws become loose, and i would pester adults around me to get me brand new ones. xD
Many who grew up in the 90s must have had an obsession with Power Rangers, even though they were clad in hideously garish tights and motorcycle helmets, and defeated enemies by doing cartwheels and aerobic backflips.
Apparently Power Rangers had like 15 seasons (wtf!), but i stopped after the second season as the emergence of Pokemon kept me busy (shifted my obsession to Pokemon... too much to elaborate here). :D
I was walking in 1 Utama the other day and i saw this Power Ranger poster that caught my eye.
My... How they have evolved! I mean just look at their equipment. They look like professional cleaners.Step 1: Black ranger hammers large pieces of trash into smaller ones
Step 2: Blue ranger's weapon looks like those humongous electromagnets they use in scrapyards. Mm hmm. Blue will suck up all metal parts to recycle.
Step 3: Yellow ranger scoops up remainder of trash with that thingy she plucked off a loader tractor.
Walao WTF is that la... What happened to her double daggers? Can you imagine her "fighting the forces of evil" with... that thing people use to gorek earth??
Step 4: What's Pink ranger holding? Vacuum cleaner. Portable somemore. Can suck up all the dust and dirt. Bingo.
Only one with a decent weapon is red, and even so, it doesn't look very much remarkable.
Sigh. Maybe i have just outgrown them.
But wtf. The tractor scooper. Cannot tahan.
Urgh. Am feeling bored and somewhat exhausted.
Stayed in office for 12 hours yesterday (minus lunchbreak). 9am - 10pm. Geez.
I attended the "hand-holding" session, during which one of my seniors taught the "class" how to operate the company software. I just spent that 3 hours rushing my work for my Singaporean boss.
Singaporean boss-tard! LoL! He's a really fun guy and definitely not a boss-tard. Just typing for fun. xD
***
So "hand-holding". I already knew how to operate the ChartNexus software, which analyzes and charts stockmarket data. So i spent my time observing the people who came, who represented the target demographic.
Target market: Middle-aged, balding men. Rich enough to mess with stocks, grumpy and arrogant and enough to annoy the hell out of you. Dresses uncle-ly enough to suit their fading age and lack of style.
***
Speaking of the company software. I fucking hate it. I think it hates me too. It tortured me for the whole day yesterday. If it had been working fine, i wouldn't have had to stay back and slave over my work. In the end, uninstalled and reinstalled it, and it worked fine. Geezzzz.
Stayed in office for 12 hours yesterday (minus lunchbreak). 9am - 10pm. Geez.
I attended the "hand-holding" session, during which one of my seniors taught the "class" how to operate the company software. I just spent that 3 hours rushing my work for my Singaporean boss.
Singaporean boss-tard! LoL! He's a really fun guy and definitely not a boss-tard. Just typing for fun. xD
***
So "hand-holding". I already knew how to operate the ChartNexus software, which analyzes and charts stockmarket data. So i spent my time observing the people who came, who represented the target demographic.
Target market: Middle-aged, balding men. Rich enough to mess with stocks, grumpy and arrogant and enough to annoy the hell out of you. Dresses uncle-ly enough to suit their fading age and lack of style.
***
Speaking of the company software. I fucking hate it. I think it hates me too. It tortured me for the whole day yesterday. If it had been working fine, i wouldn't have had to stay back and slave over my work. In the end, uninstalled and reinstalled it, and it worked fine. Geezzzz.
Fuck
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Am being mauled by the bears and trampled by the bulls. Fuck!
Get off my back, you animals!
Food!
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Argh. It's 10.20 and am craving for food! As always.
Beef Queso!!!!! Sigh. T_T
And unlimited tostada chips.Sighhhhh.
Labels: Food
Job
Friday, December 05, 2008
Argh. I've been meaning to post up more pictures of my Taiwan trip, but i guess it's gonna be delayed. Just started my work as an intern today and it takes up a lot of my time. 9-6 everyday. Geez.
Came home today, took a quick nap and off to basketball until midnight and that's a whole day gone. Damn. No wonder working people always look forward to weekends.
Apart from MSN-ing like crazy and sending an email to the CEO, i spent my day reading the ChartNexus website to figure out what products and services they offer, as well as playing around with the ChartNexus software. My reporting officer (stationed in S'pore, 0_0!!!) will give me a call and "work closely" with me. Ironic.
MSN Messenger is allowed and most employees communicate via MSN Messenger. I even MSN-ed with my CEO and reporting officer today. Totally freaky i tell u. WTF. How does one chat with one's superiors? At one point i was about to type out "hi!" then i hesitated coz that's kinda disrespectful. Then i tried type "sir" and they seemed too formal for a chatroom message. Geeeeeez!
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I totally detest wearing working clothes. Detest! It's freakin' hot (temperature-wise) and it's just damn annoying, having to tuck in my shirt. I detest tucking in my shirt! Detest! Which is why am looking forward to wearing jeans tomorrow on Casual Day. I am not too sure whether it is official coz i've only heard my fellow intern mentioning it. Paranoid la. Later i turn up wearing casual and everyone is in slacks and shirts. I think i'll just pack a change of formal clothes just in case.
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I need to bring in more sneaky-tidbits to work. It's just boring as hell. We work with fairly little supervision. I managed to browse through quite a number of interesting ads on the Internet while pretending to be really busy. Then i MSN-ed people indiscriminately, which was fun as well. Then i did the typing test, which is pretty fun. I got to type fast, which gave the impression that i was really really busy. XD
Off to sleep now. I am, after all, now, more than ever, a working bastard.
Came home today, took a quick nap and off to basketball until midnight and that's a whole day gone. Damn. No wonder working people always look forward to weekends.
Apart from MSN-ing like crazy and sending an email to the CEO, i spent my day reading the ChartNexus website to figure out what products and services they offer, as well as playing around with the ChartNexus software. My reporting officer (stationed in S'pore, 0_0!!!) will give me a call and "work closely" with me. Ironic.
MSN Messenger is allowed and most employees communicate via MSN Messenger. I even MSN-ed with my CEO and reporting officer today. Totally freaky i tell u. WTF. How does one chat with one's superiors? At one point i was about to type out "hi!" then i hesitated coz that's kinda disrespectful. Then i tried type "sir" and they seemed too formal for a chatroom message. Geeeeeez!
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I totally detest wearing working clothes. Detest! It's freakin' hot (temperature-wise) and it's just damn annoying, having to tuck in my shirt. I detest tucking in my shirt! Detest! Which is why am looking forward to wearing jeans tomorrow on Casual Day. I am not too sure whether it is official coz i've only heard my fellow intern mentioning it. Paranoid la. Later i turn up wearing casual and everyone is in slacks and shirts. I think i'll just pack a change of formal clothes just in case.
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I need to bring in more sneaky-tidbits to work. It's just boring as hell. We work with fairly little supervision. I managed to browse through quite a number of interesting ads on the Internet while pretending to be really busy. Then i MSN-ed people indiscriminately, which was fun as well. Then i did the typing test, which is pretty fun. I got to type fast, which gave the impression that i was really really busy. XD
Off to sleep now. I am, after all, now, more than ever, a working bastard.
Hired
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Walalala. I am no longer a reject!
:D Just got back from an interview from ChartNexus and they hired me right there. I got so tired of being ignored/rejected by large companies, so i went to JobStreet and threw my resume at all intern vacancies around PJ. And hurrah!
Them bitches at HR departments who rejected me can go top theirselves. I curse them to go insane with pre-menopausal hormone overload!
:D Just got back from an interview from ChartNexus and they hired me right there. I got so tired of being ignored/rejected by large companies, so i went to JobStreet and threw my resume at all intern vacancies around PJ. And hurrah!
Them bitches at HR departments who rejected me can go top theirselves. I curse them to go insane with pre-menopausal hormone overload!
Results!!!!!!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Ok i checked my results on WES. And few minutes later i got the SMS.
3Ds 1C. Not too shabby. No Ps! I frickin hate Ps.
My CGPA is still 2.point.something. It's damn hard to raise it.
3Ds 1C. Not too shabby. No Ps! I frickin hate Ps.
My CGPA is still 2.point.something. It's damn hard to raise it.
Results
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Crap. Results. Out. Tomorrow!
Arrrghh!
Well, i hope they're good enough to beautify my 2.point.something CGPA so that them idiots at HR departments won't turn me down as if i were something nasty. Fuck.
Arrrghh!
Well, i hope they're good enough to beautify my 2.point.something CGPA so that them idiots at HR departments won't turn me down as if i were something nasty. Fuck.
Crave!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Urgh. Sudden craving for:
A) Bruschetta
B) Dessert from Delicious
A) Bruschetta
B) Dessert from Delicious
Scones
Insanely chocolatey brownie
Apple blackberry crumbleSigh! Who's up for some dessert-whoring? Gimme a call!
BTW, Zen by Secret Recipe is having this cake promotion from 1st Dec to 8th Dec. Buy 1kg Cake, Get Another Free. Each cake priced at RM52+ Most Secret Recipe flavours are listed, but only available while stock lasts.
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IBM
Monday, November 24, 2008
HR from IBM called me on Friday about my internship application. Said she'll get back to me on Monday to schedule an interview and a test.
Not getting my hopes too high up, since i've already been rejected once. Plus, i told her my CGPA was 2. something, so... Disaster! T_T
Bleak future la! Damn.
Pls, pls, IBM ppl! I am not as stupid as my results indicate.
Not getting my hopes too high up, since i've already been rejected once. Plus, i told her my CGPA was 2. something, so... Disaster! T_T
Bleak future la! Damn.
Pls, pls, IBM ppl! I am not as stupid as my results indicate.
Bah. Taipei, like many cities in the world, is loaded with CCTVs.
My grandma's apartment is at 成功国宅, which is a cluster of apartment buildings. And it has CCTVs all over. Caught some pretty fun CCTV images pasted on the wall outside one of those neighbourhood newspaper/stationery shops.
Zoom in and you'll see these:
A guy walking off with a copy of newspaper. "Stealing Newspapers".
Some naughty kid crashed a flowerpot while cycling around.
Dog. Peeing on flowerpot. LoL!
Must be quite a disgruntled shopkeeper, with quite a few flower pots lying around. Notice hung on yet another flower pot says "Stealing newspapers is illegal".
Damn freaky la, with the feeling of being watched. What's worse, the CCTVs in the elevators in grandma's apartment are directly broadcast to a TV in the lobby. Makes you think twice before making narcissistic poses in the elevator mirror.
Now this is quite an interesting one, posted by a street vendor in the city. "Thief: Stolen 4 times in 30 days. Please don't come again". While i was snapping this picture the vendor saw me and said he was pissed off with the thief. I like the way he phrased it. Please don't come again. Humorous.
My grandma's apartment is at 成功国宅, which is a cluster of apartment buildings. And it has CCTVs all over. Caught some pretty fun CCTV images pasted on the wall outside one of those neighbourhood newspaper/stationery shops.
Zoom in and you'll see these:
A guy walking off with a copy of newspaper. "Stealing Newspapers".
Some naughty kid crashed a flowerpot while cycling around.
Dog. Peeing on flowerpot. LoL!
Must be quite a disgruntled shopkeeper, with quite a few flower pots lying around. Notice hung on yet another flower pot says "Stealing newspapers is illegal".Damn freaky la, with the feeling of being watched. What's worse, the CCTVs in the elevators in grandma's apartment are directly broadcast to a TV in the lobby. Makes you think twice before making narcissistic poses in the elevator mirror.
Now this is quite an interesting one, posted by a street vendor in the city. "Thief: Stolen 4 times in 30 days. Please don't come again". While i was snapping this picture the vendor saw me and said he was pissed off with the thief. I like the way he phrased it. Please don't come again. Humorous.HMPH!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Applied for internship at Colgate-Palmolive yesterday.
They called me this morning! This woman, Mabel from HR. Called and asked me which department would i like to be in. So i said marketing department. And obviously i was damn happy la, u know, coz it's a good sign that the HR people are getting back to you so fast, asking which department i wanted to be in no less!
Later, i checked my email.
Hmph. We regret to inform you.................. !@%#$%@!This is why am always so cynical.
Taipei
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
During my stay in Taipei i only managed to explore a teeny teeny percentage of the city, which is quite a vast one, if you ask me.
This is the map of the Taipei Metro. Compared to our own LRT, the Taipei Metro is a blessing. It has tremendous range, and is extremely organized. All the different coloured lines represent a separate line of trains, but they're all linked and integrated.
My grandma stays a 3-5 minute walking distance from the Technology Building (brown line). So if i want to travel to Dan Shui (end of red line), all i have to do is to go to change trains once at blue line, and once more to the red. I managed to go to Shi Lin night market alone after being on the Taipei Metro once.
Best part is that you don't have to buy tickets three times. One ticket alone will allow transit to any line, with the excess fee paid when you exit your desired station. Pretty efficient. When i take Malaysian public transportation to Bukit Bintang, i have to take Putra LRT to KL central, walk over to monorail to buy another ticket. -_-"
The public buses in Taipei are excellent too. Each bus number has its own number and has its route displayed on bus stops. A bus ride costs NTD15, which around RM1.50. Around the city there are several bus-exclusive lanes that link bus stops and this helps buses to move around quickly.
Yeah so Taipei's public transportation is excellent. They even have this EasyCard (similar to Touch n Go) that gives a 20% discount on MRT rides, and a NTD8 reduction on bus rides IF you hop onto a bus within an hour after taking the MRT. V. ganas.
However, during my trip, i travelled around mostly in cabs. 0_0! Damn ironic, i know. But my grandma is extremely extremely slow (she takes half steps by half steps), and taking buses and MRT often involves quite long walks. So... not that good. The solution? Cabs.
Cabs in Taipei are very very well maintained. The city is littered with shiny yellow cabs, mostly Camrys and Altises. I think you can see a Altis in the picture above. The cab in the picture is from Da Ai (大爱）and all cabs from that cab company has lillies in them. :D Fascinating, right? They also keep track of cab orders to determine and reward frequent customers. Both my aunts have a 10% discount from Da Ai.
Even with the discount, traveling in taxis is comparatively much more expensive. Once you hop in, the meter starts at NTD70 (approx RM7-8, depends on exchange rate xD), and jumps NTD5 (RM0.5) each time. The average taxi ride costs around NTD200 and two way will set us back by nearly RM40. V. expensive.
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Transportation? More stuff to come.
This is the map of the Taipei Metro. Compared to our own LRT, the Taipei Metro is a blessing. It has tremendous range, and is extremely organized. All the different coloured lines represent a separate line of trains, but they're all linked and integrated.My grandma stays a 3-5 minute walking distance from the Technology Building (brown line). So if i want to travel to Dan Shui (end of red line), all i have to do is to go to change trains once at blue line, and once more to the red. I managed to go to Shi Lin night market alone after being on the Taipei Metro once.
Best part is that you don't have to buy tickets three times. One ticket alone will allow transit to any line, with the excess fee paid when you exit your desired station. Pretty efficient. When i take Malaysian public transportation to Bukit Bintang, i have to take Putra LRT to KL central, walk over to monorail to buy another ticket. -_-"
The public buses in Taipei are excellent too. Each bus number has its own number and has its route displayed on bus stops. A bus ride costs NTD15, which around RM1.50. Around the city there are several bus-exclusive lanes that link bus stops and this helps buses to move around quickly.Yeah so Taipei's public transportation is excellent. They even have this EasyCard (similar to Touch n Go) that gives a 20% discount on MRT rides, and a NTD8 reduction on bus rides IF you hop onto a bus within an hour after taking the MRT. V. ganas.
However, during my trip, i travelled around mostly in cabs. 0_0! Damn ironic, i know. But my grandma is extremely extremely slow (she takes half steps by half steps), and taking buses and MRT often involves quite long walks. So... not that good. The solution? Cabs.
Cabs in Taipei are very very well maintained. The city is littered with shiny yellow cabs, mostly Camrys and Altises. I think you can see a Altis in the picture above. The cab in the picture is from Da Ai (大爱）and all cabs from that cab company has lillies in them. :D Fascinating, right? They also keep track of cab orders to determine and reward frequent customers. Both my aunts have a 10% discount from Da Ai.Even with the discount, traveling in taxis is comparatively much more expensive. Once you hop in, the meter starts at NTD70 (approx RM7-8, depends on exchange rate xD), and jumps NTD5 (RM0.5) each time. The average taxi ride costs around NTD200 and two way will set us back by nearly RM40. V. expensive.
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Transportation? More stuff to come.
Back
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Am back, people!
I have to say, being in a foreign place outside my comfort zone is quite the experience.
Super tired. Off to sleep now. Have to wake up to hit the gym, dammit. I stuffed myself with food in Taiwan and i have gained a considerable amount of weight. Disastrous.
Update soon. I have a whole lot of pictures with me, most of which were taken with my phone camera... Sigh.
I have to say, being in a foreign place outside my comfort zone is quite the experience.
Super tired. Off to sleep now. Have to wake up to hit the gym, dammit. I stuffed myself with food in Taiwan and i have gained a considerable amount of weight. Disastrous.
Update soon. I have a whole lot of pictures with me, most of which were taken with my phone camera... Sigh.
Taiwan
Monday, November 10, 2008
Yoohoo! Been in Taiwan for 5 days now. ;)
Am now typing furiously in Aunt YYYY's condo, and she has internet connection. Thank God.
Weather
Weather's a fickle bitch here. First day was hot as hell at 30 degrees max. I stayed in granny's house and she gave me a fan-less, aircond-less room so i stewed. Next day i moved over to another room with a floor-fan, so switched it to max and directed it right at my face. However, the temperature dropped like 5-6 degrees and i froze my ass off.
Now it's more or less 20 degrees. And it's pissing rain like no tomorrow.
Thing is, the Taiwanese people are relatively unperturbed by the rain and they go out anyway. Umbrellas and raincoat-clad people are abundant on the streets. Shops all provide umbrella stands.
Went crazy shopping yesterday at Taiwan's shi lin night market. Ha! Have snapped a whole load of pictures, so much that i've run out of space. I brought a pathetic 512mb memory card and it's just not enough. Will try to update whenever i can.
IMC
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
1 more exam to go. Phew. IMC, here i come.
Should be studying, but the fact that am following 7 TV shows isn't helping much.
Let's see.
- Heroes
- Ugly Betty
- Desperate Housewives
- Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Gossip Girl
- Fringe
- Hot Shot (some Taiwanese basketball drama).
Speaking of Heroes. Nanny Dew asked me to take the Heroes test. And so i did.
Your result for The Heroes Personality Test...
Niki/Jessica Sanders
You scored 21 Idealism, 71 Nonconformity, 4 Nerdiness
Congratulations, you're Niki and/or Jessica Sanders! You get the honor of being the one character who is, in fact, two people! You have an especially dynamic and unpredictable nature. While you may seem like a good, caring, hard-working person at first glance, you have one seriously badass side that can overcome you at any moment. Whenever this side of you comes out, there is no fight you can't win, no obstacle you cannot overcome. Your best quality: Protective instincts -- you will stop at nothing for the people you love Your worst quality: Violent tendencies -- you will stop at nothing for the people you love.
Sounds a tad extreme. "You will stop at nothing for the people you love!" One would think i have a steamroller at home or something.
Sounds a tad extreme. "You will stop at nothing for the people you love!" One would think i have a steamroller at home or something.
Taiwan
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Guys.
I'll be flying off to Taiwan on the 6th of Nov. Back on 15th. So don't miss me then. :D
Anyone wants me to help them buy anything?
I went to renew my passport at the immigration office and i absolutely hate its dysfunctional system. Fuck!
I don't understand why such a inefficient system is still being utilized. 13 counters, with different functions. Fucking idiots.
It's like a freaking treasure hunt, i tell u. First, go to Counter 1 buy 1 form. Fill it in, go back to Counter 1 and he'll check your form and THEN! only will he give u a freakin' number.
After that comes the ultimate test of one's patience. Number i got was 1061, while the current number then was 1019. 42 numbers, and counting. I saw some ah pek holding 1123. More than a hundred people waiting their asses off.
AND DO YOU KNOW how many people were there to process the forms? 1. Counter 4. Am trying really hard not to start spewing out racist statements here. Arghghghrhr. Damning fuck.
The most ironic thing was this piece of mission statement pinned on one of those announcement boards.
2010: Best in South East Asia
2015: Best in Asia
2020: Best in the World.
WTF, man, when i saw it. Daring to dream and wanting your country to prosper is one thing, but this is just ludicrous. So to that unattainable mission statement i say, with all the contempt i can muster, this: "Fuck."
Counters 2,3 were unmanned when i arrived at 7.50. So were 9,10,11. After nearly two hours, they finally opened up Kaunter Khas 7 to speed things up. Nothing too "Khas" about it anyway.
Once your turn is up, u submit your form to be authorized and you get to wait somemore to pay at the cashier at counters 5 and 8. The employees at the immigration office have this seriously fucked up tendency to just leave their post to go flap their gums with their colleagues and obviously this makes the wait even more tedious.
After you pay. Need to wait 2 hours for passport to be made. Come back after 2 hours. Need to take number again! Geeez. I am just speechless.
13 counters. You know what would be fast? Issue a number once people come in. Station another guy to sell the forms, not at Counter 1.
Instead of going from counter to counter to authorize form, pay, collect passport etc, all 13 counters should be able to do all of those at once. I mean, how hard is that? Go there, submit the form, straightaway pay. Come back two hours later to pick up passport. This way there will be 13 people on duty as opposed to 1.
I don't see the reason why people have to wait twice. I don't see the reason why there are two separate cashier counters. But i do see why our government agencies are failing miserably, however hard they're promoting their non-existent efficiency. I mean, come on. I am just a student and i can easily point out the number of flaws in their system.
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Of course, there is a much faster way to renew your passport provided you have the a new passport with the chip inside. There is a machine there in which you slot your passport. Then you have to slide in your MyKad and verify some details and bam! It's done. No need to go through all the pain.
Problem was... My MyKad was spoilt and i guess that explains my vociferous complaints.
I don't understand why such a inefficient system is still being utilized. 13 counters, with different functions. Fucking idiots.
It's like a freaking treasure hunt, i tell u. First, go to Counter 1 buy 1 form. Fill it in, go back to Counter 1 and he'll check your form and THEN! only will he give u a freakin' number.
After that comes the ultimate test of one's patience. Number i got was 1061, while the current number then was 1019. 42 numbers, and counting. I saw some ah pek holding 1123. More than a hundred people waiting their asses off.
AND DO YOU KNOW how many people were there to process the forms? 1. Counter 4. Am trying really hard not to start spewing out racist statements here. Arghghghrhr. Damning fuck.
The most ironic thing was this piece of mission statement pinned on one of those announcement boards.
2010: Best in South East Asia
2015: Best in Asia
2020: Best in the World.
WTF, man, when i saw it. Daring to dream and wanting your country to prosper is one thing, but this is just ludicrous. So to that unattainable mission statement i say, with all the contempt i can muster, this: "Fuck."
Counters 2,3 were unmanned when i arrived at 7.50. So were 9,10,11. After nearly two hours, they finally opened up Kaunter Khas 7 to speed things up. Nothing too "Khas" about it anyway.
Once your turn is up, u submit your form to be authorized and you get to wait somemore to pay at the cashier at counters 5 and 8. The employees at the immigration office have this seriously fucked up tendency to just leave their post to go flap their gums with their colleagues and obviously this makes the wait even more tedious.
After you pay. Need to wait 2 hours for passport to be made. Come back after 2 hours. Need to take number again! Geeez. I am just speechless.
13 counters. You know what would be fast? Issue a number once people come in. Station another guy to sell the forms, not at Counter 1.
Instead of going from counter to counter to authorize form, pay, collect passport etc, all 13 counters should be able to do all of those at once. I mean, how hard is that? Go there, submit the form, straightaway pay. Come back two hours later to pick up passport. This way there will be 13 people on duty as opposed to 1.
I don't see the reason why people have to wait twice. I don't see the reason why there are two separate cashier counters. But i do see why our government agencies are failing miserably, however hard they're promoting their non-existent efficiency. I mean, come on. I am just a student and i can easily point out the number of flaws in their system.
***
Of course, there is a much faster way to renew your passport provided you have the a new passport with the chip inside. There is a machine there in which you slot your passport. Then you have to slide in your MyKad and verify some details and bam! It's done. No need to go through all the pain.
Problem was... My MyKad was spoilt and i guess that explains my vociferous complaints.
Coliseum
Monday, October 27, 2008
Mum's Birthday yesterday. Official one, not the Chinese one. She wanted to celebrate it anyway. How freakin' cheating is that? Where got people celebrate two birthdays one! Hmph.
And she wanted a cake.
"I thought u didn't want a cake when we celebrated ur Chinese birthday?"
"Oh, that was then, i want one now."
Geeez. But seriously, am definitely not complaining. Coz mum usually eats a slice of the cake, and i get to devour enormous enormous slices of the remainder. Mwahaha!
We paid a visit to one of my family's favourite restaurants: Coliseum Cafe.
It's situated right next to the Coliseum Theatre on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in KL, and it looks pretty shabby. We call it the 老爷餐厅, which means shabby restaurant.
Here comes the old cliché: don't judge a book by its cover.
It was first established in 1921, nearly a century old. You could actually see the age painted on the wall.
Like we'd been thrown into a time-machine and traveled back to colonial times. Certainly looked like it. I would describe this place as quaint. Or charming?*The waiters in Coliseum are generally rather impatient uncles who are very familiar with the menu and are, to a certain extent, cocky. On our first visit a few years back, our waiter was this really really old and arrogant ah pek. When we asked him whether he needed to write down any notes he said "I no need write down one. I memorize the entire menu already." And memorize it he did. He could even spout out the corresponding number to each item on the menu. He doesn't work there anymore though.
Appearances aside, Coliseum Cafe sports a kick-ass menu, serving a whole selection of food including poultry, fish, steaks, soups, vege, toast, and an extensive liquor menu. I can't really remember everything that they serve, as it's a long list. If you're interested u know what number to call. ;)
This is a mocktail named Cinderella. Ha! For us kids! In addition to a myriad of cocktails and liquor shots, they also serve non-alcoholic mocktails for noobs like me. :D
Cinderella is a mixture of lime juice, orange juice, 7-up and grenadine syrup. Served with a cherry. Apparently this is the non-alcoholic equivalent of tequila sunrise / screwdriver. They have other mocktails like Shirley Temple or Mickey Mouse or something like that, but Cinderella is by far the best.
Toasts. I don't mean typical butter/kaya toasts (they do serve kaya butter toasts, but that's beside the point), i mean these! Melted cheese and onion toast. Bread was perfectly toasted, combine that with the melted cheese and the crisp onion shreds sprinkled on top... Heavenly. ;)
Mum ordered this set promotion that they were having which includes a) Russian salad b) French onion soup c) Chicken or Fish and d) coffee/tea/iced lemon tea. Whole set for 30 bucks or something. Not too bad a deal.Russian salad looks rather cacated. A pretty simple salad. Addition of roe was a good idea though.
Mum's fish, drenched with mushroom sauce with mashed potatoes and mashed spinach. Mashed spinach looked somewhat grotesque, but it tasted fine. A little buttery. Fish was fresh and crispy. No fishy smell. Good, but nothing special here.
The French onion soup was quite excellent. A little bit on the oily side, but excellent. Tastes better than the one offered in T.G.I. Friday's. Friday's one is topped with mozzarella cheese, more impressive yes. Taste-wise, it pales in comparison to the one at Coliseum.
Sis's not-so-good tomato soup. It tasted like... ketchup, as if it came from a can. Sourish-sweetish blah... Do not order the tomato soup at Coliseum. T.G.I.F. wins this time with its tomato basil.Excluding the tomato, Coliseum serves some tasty soups. The oxtail soup and the asparagus cream soup are excellent. We didn't order those, but we did on previous visits.
Next up. Custard Caramel Pudding. Am not exaggerating when i say that Coliseum serves the best custard caramel pudding that i have ever tasted. The best. Absolute best. It is divine. Super divine. Aaaaaaaah! Orgasmic. It is oven baked, which infuses it with this subtle burnt aroma which is nothing short of divine.
Dad always orders the Fish Concalaise when comes to Coliseum. 1 whole fillet of white fish sandwiched between two chunks of mashed potatoes, drenched with white sauce and cili padi. Spicy. Heads up for cheesaholics who expect a cheesy sauce.The sauce has no traces of cheese in it, unfortunately. Just a simple cream sauce. Dad likes it as he doesn't consume anything cheesy with the exception of pizzas.Coliseum is particularly famous for its sizzling dishes. All sizzling dishes come with sides of salad (with thousand island dressing), some creamy potato salad, french fries and whole lot of gravy. I was rather tempted to order the sizzling but the waiter recommended the sirloin so...
My sirloin steak. Looked kinda pathetic due to the sparse fries. It tasted marvellous though. Huge slab of sirloin steak. Marvellous. Those who've kept track of my Facebook should know that i've been having this craving for steak. I guess i have temporarily extinguished my carnal cravings to gnaw at meat.
Oh baby. Rather thick steak as well, tender, with a touch of pink in the center. It's just goddamn perfect, perfectly grilled with a perfect smoky aroma. Sigh... Satisfaction. :D
Ice cream, peaches and cream. With sis's skanky hands. Good but nothing to shout about. Everyone can make this at home with canned peaches, vanilla ice-cream and whipped cream.
Finally. More Custard Caramel Pudding. Try these.***
Next up, mum's cake.
Durian durian from Secret Recipe. I know some people are durian-intolerant, but my family sure as hell isn't! So... Happy Birthday to Mum once again. *she refused to have her picture taken as she wasn't wearing make-up. -_-" women...Labels: Food