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worst nightmare

2009-10-12T20:39:00.000-07:00

Yesterday night, i had the worst dream ever.

Khye and i were walking on the road when we were caught in a gun battle between robbers and cops. I have no idea where the gun men were and have absolutely no idea why i didn't even protect khye. When everything stopped, i was unhurt but khye was brutally shot in his legs, chest, and arms!!! Somebody had just shot my 20-mth old baby!! He looked half conscious but didn't make any noise. I guessed he was in too much pain to show any reaction. I screamed and carried him before running all the way to the hospital. All i could remember when i reached hospital was, i was shouting "Doctor! Doctor! Emergency!" I put khye down on the stretcher and asked the doc to take good care of my one and only baby. Then, i jolted up from my sleep. I could feel the feeling of emptiness, the feeling like i just lost a child, and i cried. Leaning over to khye's baby cot to find him sleeping peacefully...... and very much ALIVE.

Watching too much of CSI & violent shows does have its drawbacks. It's a "zombie-ing" day for me again today.

chat

2009-08-05T02:53:00.000-07:00

Was chatting with one of my old friends....

Me : GO DIE!!
Fren : mommy not suppose to be like this,k
Me : mommy can type & swear online. Cos...babies are "buta huruf" .

Roast - Pork Belly (siew bak) Part II

2009-07-30T18:53:00.000-07:00

As promised but I'll let the pics do the talking =)

Roast - Pork Belly (siew bak) Part I

2009-07-29T20:47:00.000-07:00

What i did two days ago..

Remember i wrote about my next biggest challenge was to roast pork belly a.k.a. siew bak / siew yok. Hubby asked mil to get us a piece of pork belly with skin on Monday morning. I googled high and low for the easiest recipe and even called an aunt of mine who owns the exact same turbo oven as i do.

I asked mil not to buy a big piece in case it turns out bad and at least the meat will not go to waste. And this is what i found when i went home on Monday night.

It's a BIG piece of meat that goes up to 2kg+ easily. The butcher already slit the meat nicely and it was cleaned by MIL. All i needed to do was to wipe it dry before marinating. Imagine how this fatty portion will turn out to be like after roasting. I will remember to snap the exact angle tonight.

To marinade the skin:
1.5 tablespoons of vinegar
1.5 tablespoons of salt

To marinade the meat:
1.5 tablespoons of 5-spice powder
1.5 tablespoons of pepper
1 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce (to replace "Nam Yue" or fermented beancurd)

Before marinating process, i poked hundred of holes on the skin using the tip of my knife. This is to create bubbles that will make the skin crispy during roasting. Scoring is quite dangerous (at least, for me) cos i maybe slitting the skin too deep whereby the salt + vinegar will go into the meat portion. Stabbing on the skin was so much, but hubby who was in the kitchen too, refused to join in the crazy fun.

After making sure there are enough holes on the skin, i marinated the meat first, though most of the recipes i found stated otherwise. You need to "massage" all the ingredients into every corner of the meat so that they can penetrate into the meat. Do the same for the skin. After massaging, put the marinated meat into fridge and lower the temp. The secret to get crispy siew bak is to have a very dry skin before roasting. Preferable 4 days. Mine will be only for 2 days cos mil needs the siew bak to be ready by Friday morning for prayers.

Do you know that siew bak or siew pai (roast pork belly / roast pork ribs) are selling at RM100++ per piece during 8th day of CNY? Let you know the result tomorrow.
Stay tuned....

Cookies - Choc Chunk Cookies

2009-07-27T19:34:00.000-07:00

Before we got married, mil told me that she bought a set of "Space Wok" (turbo oven) so that i can bake cakes or cookies. It costed her about RM2K at that time, 4-5years ago. I didn't know how to use it or even want to take the bulky oven out from our kitchen cabinets.

After reading several cooking/baking blogs & watching AFC on Astro, we finally bought a packet of ingredients to make cookies. Before we bought it, i was making sure that i do not need to add any additional fancy ingredients or use a mixer. My kitchen does not equip with a lot of cooking equipment. We could live with a pot & non-stick frying pan, not forgetting a microwave.

After sending Khye to mil & a long nap, i started to take out the giant turbo oven from my cabinet & wiped it clean. I just need to add an egg & some veggie oil to the cookie flour. Since we do not have veggie oil, i substituted it with our newly bought Naturel Olive Oil, hoping the cookies would still taste good. I do not have any baking utensils at home, i had to borrow baking tray from mil, using knife from Secret Recipe to mix the dough. Instead of using ungreased paper, i put some margarine (no butter) before throwing chunks of cookies dough into the tray :P

It says, i need to pre-heat the oven at 360F. It's a good thing there is a Converter function in my phone, from Fahrenheit to Celsius. For a first timer, i adjusted the temp & on the switch. Nothing happened. Then i turned off the switch and re-adjusted the temp. Again nothing happened. Finally, after a few rounds of testing, i only realised, i forgot to adjust the timer. Temp > power on > time. That simple! Once the power is on, the fan of the turbo oven started to swirl the air into a hot tornado-like air. The baking tray was shaking non-stop in the oven, could be due to the uneven base of the baking tray.

The instruction said the cookies need to be in the oven for 8-10mins at 360F, but the cookies turned brown after 5mins. I guess the air must be pretty hot and the cookies were heated up very fast. I only need 5 trays and completed the whole baking session in an hour. I also did a quick check and the oven consumed 2 units of electricity within the 1 hour baking session. Although the color of the cookies is not exactly presentable, the taste is excellent, with a bit of burnt smell. Hubby has placed order for cornflakes cookies :P

My next big challenge would be roasting pork belly or "siew bak". I've been searching and collecting recipes on how to roast siew bak using turbo oven. Some of the recipes looks pretty simple. Wait till i give it a try and post up the pics of the whole process yah...

patience

2009-06-28T23:07:00.000-07:00

The following conversation proved that i still have patience. Someone was interested to view the apartment today and i was asking help from dad to attend to this person.

Me : Hello dad, someone wants to see the apartment at 6.30pm today.
Dad: Hello, what's up?
Me : Someone wants to see the apartment at 6.30pm today.
Dad: Someone wants to see the apartment? What time?
Me : At 6.30pm, today.
Dad: 6.30pm when?
Me : Today...........

Nope, i didn't pull my hair out.

medicine

2009-06-16T00:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday night, hubby went to see doc due to eye infection. One of the pills given are antibiotic pills.

Hubby : You think i can take antibiotic?
Me : Why not? You're not breastfeeding....

ASM & ASW 2020 craze

2009-04-27T00:44:00.000-07:00

I joined in the craze of buying ASM last week. Fortunately, i was early and by the time i dropped hubby at the airport and reached Batu Maung post office, it was only 7.20am. I waited in the car for like an hour before the post office opened the main gate and was only attended by the officer at around 8.45am. Managed to open ASM account for khye easily and reached office around 9.15am. Surprisingly, there are so many people walking into the office at that time, and i thought our flexi working hour is from 8-8.30am.

This morning, we reached the Butterworth post office much later, around 8am. There was already 11people queueing up in front of us. Iskh!! I cannot stop blaming hubby on that. The main door was opened at 8.30am sharp and we got no. 11 & 12. Only one counter was available for new account application cos "tak cukup kakitangan". Konon lar. So it took about approx. 12mins per account and by the time we finished our transactions, it was already 9.30am. Hubby sped all the way to office and reached by 10am. We created a sejarah for ourselves for arriving at that time. My colls who went to Batu Maung office came back to office empty handed cos the online system was down. They told me the people queueing in front of them were cheating cos they took extra numbers for their friends who are on the way. So instead of getting 20-something number, my colls got 60-something number. Bad isn't it. It was a good thing, hubby suggested we go to the one near our place. The gang didn't want to give up and tried their luck again during lunch time. Unfortunately the 2billions ASW 2020 was snapped up right before 12pm, barely 3 hours after launched. Scary. Either there are a lot of rich people out there or people are using backdoor concept.

colors of the face

2009-03-11T20:32:00.000-07:00

Girls ought to install bright lights in their rooms or bathrooms. You will be surprised to see girls with super white or super red faces walking around in public area. Haven't they realised that the color of their faces do not match their necks or worse still, if they are wearing sleeveless, their arms? Personally, i hate face foundation a lot. Putting on moisturizer or sunblock is a very irritating task for me. My face can't breathe after applying them. Even if i use oil-free or grease-free or whatever, i still feel a layer on top of my face. I even minimized the things i apply on my face to work - toner, moisturizer, sunblock lotion, light blusher & a bit of eye shadows. No lipstick. My lips can't breathe either :P

groceries

2008-12-16T20:17:00.000-08:00

I did spring cleaning yesterday and i was so surprised to find so many empty bottles of Eu Yan Sang chicken essence. In just 2 years, hubby and i had consumed more than 60 bottles of chicken essence. And i'm still stocking up whenever there is a sale.

Not only Eu Yan Sang Chicken Essence. I have the habit of stocking up groceries too, not 1 or 2 items......

music

2008-11-27T00:46:00.000-08:00

A few days ago, my busybody hubby spotted a delivery parked in front of our neighbour's house. They have finally bought a brand new piano. Before that, they were only using keyboard. The piano practice hours are weird, the player starts at 10pm every night and 10am during weekends. Best hours to practice according to Lilian Too? Recently, the player is practicing lots of chords and scales...remembering our good old days where we sisters had to take turn to do that. Torturing leh. I'm wondering when will i get to hear nice pieces such as Pachelbel's Canon in D Major =) Do you think i should let Khye learn up piano or violin? Or cello, saxaphone...hahahaha? I really like guys who play musical instruments :D

gadgets

2008-10-15T06:26:00.000-07:00

Finally our new gadgets arrived at 12.30pm today. The first gadget i would like to introduce is our Ogawa mini massager. Small and handy but i dun find the vibration any useful. It's free so no complaint. Our second gadget is the thing which i've been wanting to get since long ago. I don't think i will but it's quite pricey. And i dun think i'll use it very often since it's so bulky. Now i get it for free too.

The highlight of the day, which is not free - our home latest addition - Ogawa Sensual Spa Massage Chair. It's smaller than the size of our single sofa but the weighs around 80kg. We spent the whole of last night moving our furniture around to find the suitable space for this giant chair. Hubby was not very satisfied the new arrangement of our living room but there is no other suitable arrangement, unless we threw away some sofas :P When the chair finally arrived and i managed to ask the servicemen to re-arrange our furniture which is back to their original places despite the effort spent last night. We wanted a brown one initially but it was out of stock and it takes 45days for them to replenish their stock. Finally, we settled with a grey one, not too bad huh. Hopefully no more backache after today =) The reason why we didn't choose an Osim massage chair is they are way too pricey & if we want to have all the functions of the one we bought, we have to get 3 different type of Osim massage chairs. As long as the chair comes with a warranty and good service, who cares??

it starts with an "O"

2008-10-14T02:20:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday, hubby left me for my facial at Jusco before he went for his badminton practice. The only time i get time off for facial is when Khye's at mum's place. When i passed the atrium, i saw Ogawa was having road show...hmmm...... I was quite proud of myself this time as i didn't sign up for any additional facial program or bought any product at all. Well, i added RM35 for eye massage which i needed badly due to sleep deprivation since 3 weeks ago. Khye is teething and 3 of us were lack of sleep. Terrible. Anyway, i will be on leave tomorrow, to have a whole day of good rest before Khye returns. And also to wait for something that starts with an "O" to arrive =)

Will update again tomorrow ;)

title

2008-09-02T17:35:00.000-07:00

Just a thought, when parents call their kids princes or princesses, are they calling themselves kings & queens?

decision

2008-08-10T02:46:00.000-07:00

It's always tough when it comes to making decision and worse if the decision is going to change your life. It's not the end of the world but yet i have to decide on something so big. Ask me to decide what to wear, where to eat, what movie to watch, what pic i like best, etc, i can tell you within seconds. Ask me to change my lifestyle or work, i can only give you an answer several months later. If only i can rewind & forward my life as i like, just like the movie "Clicks" or "Click", whatever. Frankly, i've not seen this movie even though Adam Sandlers is one of my favourite actors besides Will Smith, George Clooney, Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, John Travolta and Nicholas Cage. Yeap, i like veteran actors. I fall for older guys. Did i mention my hubby and i are 4 years apart but yet people still mistaken we're of same age and worse, i'm his elder sis?!?! @#$@!!!

dream

2008-05-29T19:46:00.000-07:00

I had an odd dream last night. My family and I were waiting for lift inside a building which was not familiar to me. When the lift door opened a man walked out holding a portable polystyrene cutter. He instructed us to remove our belongings and put into his bag. Okay, so he’s using the cutter as a weapon to rob us. Some of us refused to hand over our money & what he did was to place the cutter against our legs & arms leaving nice clean cuts. Ouch!! Afraid of getting the same fate, I reluctantly hand over the only RM50 note in my pocket. Yet, he still placed the hot cutter on my thighs!! Hot and burning, my thighs bleed. That’s when i woke up. I checked on my thighs, no cut, no burnt mark. Was still shaking before realizing it was just a dream. Who would imagine being robbed by someone who used a portable polystyrene cutter? I think that only happens in dream.

happy new year

2008-01-03T16:11:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year to everybody!! I just returned to work 2 days ago and feeling very fresh apart from joining the jam on the bridge as usual. It's another 4 more weeks to go before we celebrate CNY and i'm getting excited. We haven't done much decoration to the house yet. Have to replace the lanterns and decorative items in our house. More shopping this weekend =)

early bird

2007-12-10T15:18:00.000-08:00

I'm super early today. Woke up at 5.30am since hubby wanted me to fetch him to the airport rather than taking a cab. So before we went to sleep at 10pm last night, we on 2 alarms in case one is malfunction. It did happen before though. Reached airport at 6.30pm, dropped him and here i am now sitting in my cubicle, 50% blur and typing out this post :p

pig knuckles

2007-12-05T22:52:00.000-08:00

Last night, while waiting for hubby to take his bath, i took another pic of my swollen legs. People say that legs are only swollen when your near due date. My EDD is next year, still long long way to go. I think for my case, i am too heavy for my feet. So much water retention.

hello tummy

2007-12-05T22:46:00.000-08:00

I was not allowed to be "seen" when the groom came to meet the bride during my sis' wedding last Saturday. Was bored staying inside the room while everybody laughing so happily in the hall. So i took pics of my tummy. The pic is not very clear huh, but that's the best i can take.

25th week

which one to get leh

2007-11-29T16:28:00.000-08:00

Me hunting for breast pump device. Me headache on which brand to buy. Do i get the expensive & reliable OR cheaper ones? I have no idea how long will i be able to continue on breast feeding, so not sure whether it's wise to get an expensive one or not. If i get a cheaper one, will it cause my breasts to sore? Oh, peningnya.

no nescafe, no wake up

2007-11-29T16:23:00.000-08:00

Mil went to Taiwan on Monday, sis is getting married this weekend and i am sleepy today. We went to celebrate mum's birthday yesterday and got home so late. Legs were swollen so didn't dare to stay long in the bathroom. Had a good night sleep but it was not enough as usual. Oh well, sleepy sleepy me again.

say no to food

2007-11-26T22:35:00.000-08:00

Aunt stopped me when i came back from lunch and passed me 2 slices of Mexican Fiesta pizza from Pizza Hut. I have "food luck" today, free lunch and free pizza. I'm still bloated from the heavy lunch. My lunch partners were all small-eaters so i vacuumed most of the dishes. Dun talk to me about food today, i might puke to your face. I dread for tomorrow's check up. Doc is going say something about my weight again.

amandari

2007-11-26T22:32:00.000-08:00

Lunch at Amandari just now was expensive i would say. There were only 6 of us with about 7 dishes and the bill was RM233+. Wow, i think the dishes were just normal. They charged RM40 for a Fried Gouper. At least the environment in the restaurant was nice and quiet. I would not go there for a second time, unless another dept lunch is held there.

no lip balm wor

2007-11-22T23:17:00.000-08:00

Oh no! Oh no! I forgot to get a lip balm for mil just now. Wait a minute, i searched for it but couldn't find any Nivea lip balm. I'm not so sure whether other brands can be trusted cos i've not used them before. Before hubby went to US, i remember i bought one for him but i couldn't find it at home. Must go to our in-house clinic for vaseline instead. Sorry yea.

slow down

2007-11-22T23:13:00.000-08:00

After so much rushing and walking at Jusco, i'm starting to feel the effect now. Vomitish and extremely tired. I know i have to walk slower but i couldn't help it when i am kin cheong. Even sis was walking slower than me, shame on me. I know i have to control myself sometimes cos whatever i do will have immediately effect on my baby. Need someone to pinch me when i make mistake or when i forget that i'm pregnant :P

cord blood, yes or no

2007-11-22T16:25:00.002-08:00

When i went for my first checkup at LWE, i saw brochure on cord blood bank & how cord blood could help in fighting off diseases like leukemia, bla bla bla. The price was not stated and i heard that even if the cord blood is stored once the child is delivered but the cord blood bank only stores the blood for a period of time. This means, it does expire. After reading in today's newspapers, it was estimated that the charges is RM2.5K-5K per registration with yearly subscription of RM125-250. Wow, that's so expensive. Anyway, we never though of storing our baby's cord blood. Way too expensive and we don’t really bother much about it.

name change in 2011

2007-11-21T17:33:00.000-08:00

Read from the papers today that there will be name changes in our malaysian exam.

Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) => Pentaksiran Sekolah Rendah (PSR)

Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) => Pentaksiran Sekolah Menengah Rendah (PSMR)

So, which one do you prefer? I still prefer UPSR & PMR :)

alamak!

2007-11-20T22:19:00.003-08:00

I was happily munching on my MARS and i just realised i've just recovered from a bad sore throat yesterday. How could i be so forgetful? Should have watch what i eat today. But i just couldn't resist chocolate just now, was craving for it. Praying the germs will not return tomorrow.

cash to shop

2007-11-20T22:19:00.001-08:00

My work is stuck as the system is too slow. I've submitted the requests since before lunch and they are still in progress. What am i supposed to do while waiting for the requests to be completed? Of cos, continue to write more paid posts. Let's see whether i will earn more this month. Afterall, Xmas is coming and i need some cash for my xmas shopping =)

an ordeal

2007-11-18T23:16:00.000-08:00

Oh no, my stomachache is back. It's not due to pregnancy, i just hope i dun have to rush to the toilet for the 3rd time. Will be going over to mum's place for dinner tonight and since she has an ordeal for all of us, i'll be spending a night at her place. I wonder why is she so secretive about tonight. Perhaps she to disclose her will tonight? Dream on lar :P

stupid contractor

2007-11-18T23:12:00.000-08:00

Siao! Crazy! Gila! Sampat!

I settled the renovation fee about 3 months ago with valid receipt and now the contractor is calling me telling me that i still have outstanding balance of RM550. At first, during my grandpa's funeral, the contractor called me telling me nonsense about oustanding RM50. Now, after a few months later, he called me to inform me about RM550 balance?!?!? Insane. First it was RM50, now RM550. I think they should just hire a new accountant or accounts clerk. I'm too lazy to entertain such people and asked him to call my dad. Let my dad teaches him a lesson. Disturbing me only.

more baby stuff

2007-11-18T22:57:00.000-08:00

After knowing the gender of the baby, it kind of ease our shopping. Now we know what to buy and what to look for when we go shopping for baby stuff. Hubby is getting everything in blue, so sian only. We're not going to buy a lot of baby clothes as friend already gave us a few. Afterall, i will be in confinement home for a month and we dun really need so much clothes. Wanted to get a baby bath tub but it was so expensive. So will be getting one from the shops near our house instead. So much things to buy and so many things to think about. So busy!

busy busy

2007-11-18T22:54:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was a busy weekend for the both of us. Saturday was spent on island for my monthly routine checkup and for us to know the gender of the baby. It turned out to be a boy ad everybody was so happy. Sunday was spent at home doing the laundry and cleaning the house a bit. I wanted to mop the floor as it's getting very sticky but hubby says no. What if i slip and fall and.... choi choi choi. Finished my house chore at almost 3pm and slept for an hour.

latest addition

2007-11-18T19:54:00.001-08:00

Hubby got himself a Phillps Shaver from spore airport on to his business trip. Apparrently, this is the latest model and not yet sold in Penang. I'm not sure myself, but it looks so bulky yet elegant. Good thing is, this shaver comes with a free Phillips toothbrush too. Nice?

things on my dressing table

2007-11-18T04:39:00.000-08:00

I was taking the pics of the things we bought for the baby and decided to take pic of my the things on my dressing table. I started using Dermalogica products on Feb this year when i signed up for their full facial package. The products are not bad, at least a lot cheaper than the one that i've been using 3 years ago. But i didn't like the facial as much though, the extraction was not thorough enough. Maybe i was used to people pinching on my face so hard to extract all the black heads and burst the pimples :P

Hubby's shaver and new toothbrush, baby's new milk bottles :D

my first encounter with KL Ikea

2007-11-13T22:58:00.000-08:00

We did go to Ikea in the end. I know there is nothing to shout about but still, it was a smooth trip and i've been wanting to go there too since i went to the one in Spore. We only decided to go at 10pm on Friday night and started packing at around 11pm. Initially, we were going to postponed the trip to Raya holiday. But, i will be 7-month pregnant at time, and i dun think i want to go travel during that period. And i will be too heavy to move around in Ikea. So, on Saturday, we started our journey at 7.15am from Bworth and we reached Ikea parking lot at 10.38am. Early huh? Hubby sped all the way there at 120-140km/h only. So it took us about 3hours to reach there.

I was amazed on how big the building is. It's definitely bigger than the one in Spore. We grabbed a trolley and a magazine and start our tour inside Ikea. About 10mins later, my tummy starterd to growl. And we had to stop to eat. We ordered some meatballs, chicken frank, salmon & drinks. Too bad i cannot take coffee now, i would love to sit and enjoy the unlimited refill at RM3 only. So cheap huh.

Then we continued our tour. I was telling hubby everything is so expensive and the most is just window shopping. I was so wrong. Hubby saw a Poang chair and wanted to just bring it home right away. Siao ler. Our house is not that big and yet he wants to buy more furniture to crowd the living room. Since, he wanted it soooooo badly, fine, we'll be getting the red Poang chair only.

*pic taken from Ikea magazine

We came to Kid's section and saw a nice & simple babycot and some other baby stuff. Hubby, once again, got tempted and wanted to get the babycot to place in our room. Unfortunately, it was sold out and they will only replenish the stock by Dec. We came too early. Everything is nice in Ikea. We wish to bring back so many things and fortunately, our car is just too small *phew*

*pic taken from Ikea magazine

So we ended up buying a set of baby mattress, comforter, bedsheet & pillow, without the cot. It was not very cheap but still affordable. Afterall, the daddy-to-be wants to get something for his junior. How can i say no? :P

Come to think of it, we didn't buy much from Ikea, but our bill totaled up to RM600+. Hubby said that we were already very careful with our spending as his frens often spend thousands in Ikea. Gila or not? But i think if we have taken my parent's Avanza to Ikea, hubby will surely sapu more things. He was so obsessed with the things sold in Ikea. Believe it or not, we actually spent 6 hours plus in Ikea and i was not even tired. Before we left Ikea, we managed to grab some food from the Exit Cafe. Curry puff & hotdog bun & unlimited drink refill. Syiok only. It was a happy day for the both of us =)

We left Ikea to our friend's wedding dinner at 5pm. So basically, we only went to KL to shop at Ikea. While in the car on the way to Batu Gajah, hubby said "Shall we organize another trip here during Raya holiday?" I fainted...all the way to BG.

expanding tummy

2007-11-13T22:56:00.001-08:00

The skin of my tummy is like going to explode anytime now. It's expanding, it's tight, it's itchy. My belly button is disappearing soon. Some say the belly button will protude, but mine is hidden inside. I have no idea why people kept telling me they cannot see my tummy yet. Blind izzit? :P

still waiting

2007-11-08T06:11:00.000-08:00

I'm trying to get a software installed in hubby's notebook so that i can continue to work online. It's slowing down everything i do so might as well grab a few opps and start writing while waiting. I guess i won't be sleeping early tonight since both of us slept from 2-6pm just now, right after the hotel stay. Didn't get much sleep last night as we were disturbed by a few symphonies throughout the night. Real torture for the both of us.

words vs in person

2007-11-05T00:44:00.000-08:00

I know CW & Zoe-T as we're from the same workplace. They then introduced me to Blooming Tree which then i got to know a few other friends: Moomookun & Sasi. I've met Blooming Tree and Moomookun in person but have yet to meet Sasi. Well, i have a few online friends and one of them is Kage, whom i've known since 2003 but we have never met each other. As for me, i would like to keep it that way, not meeting up. Cos i communicate better thru words than meeting face-to-face. Otherwise, this is what happen:

Me : Hello?
Bloomin Tree: Hello, it's me Blooming Tree.
Me : Hi, this is Our Journey.

Hahahahaha.....

wake up

2007-10-31T02:52:00.000-07:00

My father-in-law's bad habit is he always going against what other people say. If you state a fact, he will go "how can?". Hey, it's so irritating whenever he does that. As if he is the smartest person on earth and Mr.Know-It-All. Whatever you say, he will go "how can?" How irritating!! The world has changed. It does not matter whether you've eaten more salt than us.

"hah? hamik?"

2007-10-31T02:49:00.000-07:00

My dad has this bad habit of saying "Hah? Hamik?" whenever people talk to him. It's not that he couldn't hear what we say. He just has to "Hah? Hamik?" each time we end our sentence. And also he also loves to repeat people's question to him. Sometimes, we just very beh tahan with him but he's still our dad.

lack of blood

2007-10-31T02:39:00.000-07:00

My blood pressure has gone down and that explains why i'm having this on and off headache. And i thought it was due to lack of sleep. Mum says i need to consume more pig liver but will it affect my milk production after labor? Maybe i should just continue eating pig liver until i'm 7 months pregnant.

my blog is promoted

2007-10-29T20:33:00.000-07:00

My blogs have higher rank now.

This blog is ranked Rank 1 yesterday. My other blog, Life At Work, was ranked 3 too on the same day. I wonder what happens to my other blogs. Is ranking going to stay, decrease or increase? I dun even bother, as long as i get lots and lots of opps.

char kuey kak ah, char kuey kakkkk

2007-10-23T23:20:00.000-07:00

Just finished a box of char kuey kak at my cubicle. It was a bit oily but i was hungry, who bothers. Last week, hubby dropped at the market to ta pao breakfast for the 2 of us. At first i wanted to ta pao wantan mee for both. But then my nose caught a nicer smell and it came from char kuey kak stall right opposite the wantan mee stall. Was debating whether to pack wantan mee or kuey kak for myself. I just ate kuey kak the day before. In the end, wantan mee lost. I just couldn't resist char kuey kak :P

my first cheque from Advertlets

2007-10-23T20:24:00.000-07:00

My first cheque from Advertlet came 2 weeks ago but cos we were not at home, i only managed to get the cheque from Pos Laju office during raya break a week ago. I was so eager to encash the RM101 cheque that i forgot to take a picture of it first. Silly me. Anyway, i still have the envelope as a proof that i REALLY received a cheque from Advertlets.

Add RM10 and i get to go to Rasa Sayang buffet dinner (RM111 per pax on weekdays with 20% off for Citibank holder) =P

tornado in tummy

2007-10-23T18:39:00.001-07:00

I hurt my gum while brushing my teeth this morning. The bleeding stopped but my whole mouth sore now. There goes my appetite for today. No big deal as i do not feel like eating much today. My tummy is not feeling well again but luckily it's not gassy tummy today. Could it becos of the bak kut teh i had last night?

my pitiful ah kong

2007-10-23T00:13:00.003-07:00

I went over to mum's place for dinner while waiting for hubby to complete his work. After waiting for him to finish his dinner, mum suggested we pay ah kong a visit cos he fell down from his bike and quite serious. The moment i saw ah kong's hand bandaged and a few bruises and cut on his fingers, knee and toes, i felt sick. I just couldn't stand the sight like that. Skin came out from his left arm, swollen fingers and palm, bruised legs... i feel his pain.

dun worry, it's just your daddy

2007-10-22T23:57:00.001-07:00

Lim Goh Tong has passed away, our Msian 1st "astronaut" has returned to tanahair and i'm sleepy.

Every commented that my tummy is still very small and i wonder why it's still so. I have 2 maternity blouses that i've been keeping so that i can wear them at the right time but they always seem too big on me. I hope my pregnancy is normal. My baby is moving actively in my tummy lately, especially when hubby on the hair dryer. Like last night, i was lying on the bed preparing to sleep while hubby was blowing his hair dry right beside our bed. The baby was squirming so hard in my tummy that i can see bulge on my tummy. Nice view but it didn't stop even after hubby turned off the hair dryer. The sound must have startled the baby from its good night sleeps. Poor baby, the ticklish feeling only subsided after i rubbed my tummy in a circular manner.

under lazy spell

2007-10-18T02:14:00.001-07:00

It's a good thing to have friends around, especially when you need people to trigger you when to write paid posts. Thanks for CW, i've managed to grab a few opps this month. I'm still in holiday mood and not wanting to update my blog yet. But who would say no to $$?

and i thought it was about dead rat

2007-10-11T20:12:00.000-07:00

Today something terrible had happened in our office area. As much as i would like to know what it was all about, but all i got were few jigsaw puzzles which i need to assemble myself. Everybody knows bits of everything but we can't jump into conclusion just like that. I think it's a big big case now. Even the uniform people are in here. Stay tuned.

i just ate a bowl of tomyam, so what

2007-10-09T22:13:00.000-07:00

It's a hot hot day and headache returns. I didn't bother much about that as i've just satisfied my crave for a bowl of hot tomyam. People say we, pregnant ladies cannot take sour food during pregnancy but what to do, i was craving for it so much. I'll just have to pray that i dun get any severe tummy ache later and everything will be okay. Afterall, this is my first bowl of tomyam in 5 months. Nothing is going to happen rite?

say NO to hair chemical

2007-10-09T17:18:00.000-07:00

I just had my hair trimmed yesterday. The hairstylist was trying to convince me to do rebonding and recoloring to my semi-damaged hair but of cos i refused. What if the chemical flows into my body and affects my baby. She ensures me that it will not happen and even docs would allow it. How sure she is? Nothing will make me change my mind to do anything to my hair now except for trimming it shorter. I just need to be patient for about 4.5months more.

i need a make over

2007-10-08T02:03:00.000-07:00

When my hair was long, i envied people with short hair. So i trimmed my hair shorter. Now when i see people with long silky hair, i regretted why did i cut my hair in the first place. Hard to please myself. I want to dye it to dark brown, unfortunately, no dye is allowed at this stage with the fear that it may affect my baby. Better to prevent than to be sorry mah. So i have to deal with messy hairstyle with 50% faded color now. I look messy with my hairstyle & my getting rounder body. Maybe a new haircut will save the day? I'm so determined to get back in shape after giving birth.

home-made chinese burger

2007-10-01T18:51:00.002-07:00

This morning, i woke up with the intention to fry rice for hubby & i. But the moment i stepped into the kitchen, i changed my mind. I haven't done any preparation the night before. If i were to chop the garlic & onion now, it's going to take a very long time & i'll need to take another bath before i go to office. So in the end, i stir-fry the marinated meat and put them into slices of bread. Chinese burger :D They taste good, maybe i should call up mum to ask her to marinate more meat for me :D

what did i dream

2007-10-01T18:48:00.000-07:00

My eyes are so very heavy today. Not that i slept late last night, it was our usual time to bed. Hubby said i was tossing around on bed last night but i couldn't remember a thing from my dream. I even mumbled in my sleep according to him. No wonder i'm so tired today. I'm still trying to remember what i dreamt last night. Impossible.

pre-travel prep

2007-09-30T20:37:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, i brought over all my winter clothings and apparels for parents since they're going on trip next week. We even showed them our Beijing dvd so that they know what to expect while they are there. This is going to be the first time for parents to travel on plane for 6 hours, dad gets very excited. I really like to fly with SQ as the service are so much better and cos they serve unlimited food & beverages. Maybe i've yet to try other airlines :P

japanese food for every meals

2007-09-27T23:15:00.000-07:00

Lunch was very very nice today. Got a treat from ah kim for my bday. I think this will be the last treat for my birthday this year. Went to Sakae and she took a lot of sushi from the conveyor belt. I was like eating non-stop but enjoying myself only. The food was good, and i had unagi rice. I just love Japanese food, excluding raw food. No sashimi, no oyster, no salmon sushi for me. Tobiko is my only favourite. How i wish to go to Sakae again or maybe Soba Yoshi :D

hassle hassle

2007-09-27T00:32:00.000-07:00

Parents are finally going to Beijing next month after such a long wait. It was a havoc yesterday before they finally decided on going. The problem was different tour agency staff gave different price with the different between RM50 & RM100. If i were them and i'm eager to go on trip, i wouldn't mind paying extra RM50 or RM100 for a ticket. Dun care about what principle or what price difference. Unless you're not 100% sure you want to go on that trip. They said they're not keen to go on trip so they were not willing to pay extra money. Yeah rite! Not keen? Bullshit lar. Finally, they got the satisfactory price, paid deposit and went home happily. So who is not keen to go one trip?

easily satisfied

2007-09-25T17:33:00.000-07:00

I've just completed a number of opps for this month which will contribute approx RM500 to my bank account. Although it's not in USD, but i'm still satisfied with the amount. Averagely, i've been earning that figure every month. Not too good but i'm still happy with it =D

i love the moon

2007-09-24T00:55:00.000-07:00

Mooncake festival falls on tomorrow, which coincide with my birthday. I think this is the first time in 26 years. Something like DeepaRaya & KongsiRaya kind of celebration. So mum asked me out for dinner since i'll be delivering the mooncake for her. Hua, i have good food luck this whole month. Haven't stopped eating since the buffet at Rasa Sayang. Could it becos it's my bday month, that's why? :P :P

mum wants to know about my blog

2007-09-24T00:52:00.000-07:00

Uh-oh, mum wants to read my blog, sis told me that. Maybe it's due to me telling her how much i earn occassionally so she is interested to read what i write. Or izzit becos she is more interested to read my "life journal"? Nevermind ler, i have written more than 100 posts, she is going to spend a lot of time reading :P If she has the time lar.

can't wait

2007-09-20T01:28:00.001-07:00

I can't wait to know the gender of baby-T. Will i get a Minnie or a Mickey in the end? Is baby-T healthy & normal? Who will baby-T looks like? I have so many questions in my mind and some will only be answered next year. I just can't wait.

heavy heavy

2007-09-20T01:26:00.000-07:00

Headache is back, headache is back. All cos i refused to eat when i went hungry just now. It's not good to go against your tummy and i know that. Just that i want to control my weight a bit better i visit the doc tomorrow. Hopefully i dun get too fat and heavy.

5-taste porridge

2007-09-20T01:17:00.000-07:00

There was once i cooked 5-taste porridge for poor hubby. It was supposed to be bak mooi with some "kee chee". Let me break down the 5 taste:

sweet - sweetness from meat
salty - too much soya sauce
sour - kee chee
spicy - too much pepper to cover the sour taste
bitter - i have no idea why hubby said bitter taste lingered in his mouth after each spoonful.

what's for dinner

2007-09-20T01:15:00.001-07:00

I forgot what i had for lunch but i'm longing to know what's for dinner. Yesterday mum cooked fish head curry but it didn't turn out too good. But at least better than my own cooking. The only person i love to cook to is hubby. No complain from him even the dishes i cook dun taste the way they should be :p

crab crab crab

2007-09-19T19:28:00.000-07:00

Oh my, not again. I have crave for crabs again. Crab cooked in spicy sauce with lots of eggs. I'm drooling again. I just can't help thinking about the sweetness of hot crab meat with egg. Arghh...i'm getting too tam ciak now. Hubby will get a few crabs for me this weekend :D Just can't wait :P

i dunno, i dun care

2007-09-19T18:30:00.000-07:00

It has been long since i said these phrase "i dunno, i dun care" or "i dun want to know, i dun want to care". Wow, that's my motto in life last time. As long as you dun step on my tail, i'll ignore the things you do. But if you do, go ahead and beg for mercy, i will not let you go so easily.

i want coffee

2007-09-19T18:15:00.000-07:00

Tummy has not healed properly yet. I just hope everything will be fine until i deliver next year. There are people who have early delivery and some on time. I want to be the later. Today, i'm just not myself. I get pissed off easily partly due to me being tired & sleepy. A cup of nescafe will wake me up but i have to put that thought a side. Dun want to eat anything that will harm my baby.

i dun like your music

2007-09-19T18:12:00.000-07:00

Spread the music, spread the love. That's what i'm experiencing now. Some people just don't like the idea of listening music using headphones. C'mon, the songs you're listening may not be suitable to everybody sitting near you. Use the headphones for godness sake. Don't assume that people are not disturbed with the music that you put aloud, alrite? People are just tolerating with you. So just use the stupid headphones!

tired

2007-09-19T17:18:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling so tired this morning, dunno why. I didn't wake up in the middle of the night yesterday and i slept like a baby until the alarm clock went off. Why on earth am i still feeling worn out? Perhaps it's due to getting home late from mum's place yesterday.

leaving early today

2007-09-19T02:09:00.000-07:00

I'm going real soon since we'll be going over to mum's place for dinner. Will not be waiting for hubby since he has visitors this week. I think i'm going to be stranded at mum's place until wat time, i dun want to think about it. As long as there is good food waiting for me, i wouldn't mind waiting at mum's place :P

do you teh a lot?

2007-09-19T01:59:00.000-07:00

I want to eat grilled crab! I want to eat grilled crab! I dunno why but i could imagine the taste of grilled crab in my mouth. Pregnancy is not only driving me crazy, i think my dearest hubby is going crazy too. I complain a lot, i talk a lot, i mang chang a lot. But sometimes i think i just want more attention from hubby. Want to teh him kao kao.

movement in my tummy

2007-09-19T01:45:00.001-07:00

I can feel movement in my tummy now and it's only 4th month. Is it real that you can feel your baby moving in your tummy at 15weeks onwards? Does it feel like stomach cramp? I dunno how to explain the pain but the pain is there, on and off. My fren told me it's normal cos you really can feel the movement when you're into 2nd trisemester. Strange huh?

Dr.Q

2007-09-19T01:23:00.000-07:00

My tummy is upset again. I have no idea what i've eaten to cause such pain. Hope nothing is wrong with my baby. Finally decided to give Dr.Q a call to fix an appointment. Stupid me, i didn't know i can walk in at anytime except Monday & Thurs. Will be visiting him for the first time this Friday. Hopefully he is a kind doc & not a leech.

food bribery again

2007-09-19T01:18:00.000-07:00

Mum gave me a call so early in the morning asking me whether i'll be over at her place tonight. I asked her what's up and as long as she is cooking something nice, i'll be there tonight. She's cooking fish head curry for dinner tonight. Yippeee...good food again tonight :D

chaos on sunday

2007-09-17T20:41:00.000-07:00

Last 2 weeks, we were woken up by the sound of people banging on the wall next door. It was 9am on Sunday morning. The only day where we usually sleep until 10am+ if not 11am+. Apparently they were trying to fix the curtain railings for the whole house. Iskh!! Can't they just drill it?? Wait a second. It's SUNDAY and rest day for everybody. You're not supposed to do any renovation or drilling, it's an unwritten rule. If you're staying in an apartment, you'll be fined & warned. Finally, they were enlightened and started to drill and it continued until 10pm, on SUNDAY night. Don't you just wish to have neighbour like ours?

confinement home search

2007-09-17T16:55:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was spent surveying confinement home with hubby & mil. It was again pouring like mad and my new Scholl shoes were half soaked. The thought of having to stay in a confinement home for 30days really freak me out. Just like staying in VIP prison with people serving you food in the room instead of having to eat in one common area. If i have the choice, i would prefer to do confinement either at home or my mum's place. At least i feel more at home that way :)

5.5months more to go

2007-09-11T02:26:00.000-07:00

When i first knew i was pregnant, i was delighted and was waiting anxiously for the morning sickness symptoms. Being a mother is tough but i told myself repeatedly that i was going to enjoy the journey of becoming a mother. I was so damn wrong about it. With feeling vomitish and headache all the time, i sort of regretted it so much. I'm just ranting now. I thought i was ready for all the obstacles but i was so wrong. With headache comes and goes all the time, i'm not being myself anymore. 3-seaters sofa belongs to me at all time. Although i enjoy the special treatment by hubby but i would enjoy it more if i dun feel vomitish on and off. You'll never know when you'll get gassy tummy, headache, vomitish, fatigue & tired all the time. All these are making me a lazy bump. When all come to visit me at once, i rather take sleeping pills and sleep whole day long without waking up to endure the suffering. Please give me a break.

believe it or not

2007-09-02T23:05:00.000-07:00

MIL just told us an accident which nearly claim the life of her friend's son. The friend's son was on the way to refill fuel for his motorbike when the accident occurred. While riding along the road at 1am ( i have no idea why he has to refill fuel on the very same day), he encountered with a hideous creature beside the road. So what happened to the son? Of cos he was terrified and ended up knocking into the lamp post on the road divider, causing his lips to tear apart & lost a few teeth. He was then rushed to the hospital & received 5-6 stitches on his mouth. When arrived in the hospital, his mum found him shaking so badly in his bad and kept repeating he saw a hideous creature, very scary. In the end, his parents had to ask remedy from a sifu to help him calm down & he was not allowed to leave the house until the Hungry Ghost Festival is over. Scary isn't it?

he had fought well

2007-08-19T19:21:00.000-07:00

Ah kong has finally left us on Sunday around 7am+. Sis gave me a call at 8am on Sunday morning, an hour before we leave for SP to visit ah kong. Little did i realise last 12 Aug would be the final time for me to see ah kong. He was very much alive on that day, although still weak. I started packing after i put down the phone & went over to my in-laws place to ask if there is any pantang larang i should follow since i'm already married. MIL said just be careful and dun talk nonsense during the funeral. After that we shot off to SP to meet my parents. We stopped quite distance from the house & i called mum to inform her i've already arrived. Mum & sis rushed out from the house and got into the car. Hahaha...the water pipe in the house burst and all of them need to go to toilet urgently. So we drove to petrol station and on the way there, mum told us the whole story from when they got the news of ah kong's death to decision on whether to follow Taoist or Buddhist way of funeral. Mum sent me off after i dropped them back to the house.

Went home and did some washing & ironing and tried to sleep but couldn't. Phone ringning non-stop. Sis called to check the time we're leaving at night. Aunt called to inform that i shouldn't be the first to reach the funeral place. So we finally reached SP again at 8pm and stayed until 10pm following the curfew set by mil :p It's for my own good too :)

cantonese series

2007-08-16T19:38:00.000-07:00

Right after dinner, my family & i spent our night watching Heart Of Greed, 6 episodes in a row. Sis brought back the DVD from her future-in-law's place. At first the show was quite boring and also partly becos i was a bit tired from marching earlier + waiting the part where the 2 wives fight for the abalone business but i guess it's too early. Anyway, the show only started to get a bit exciting at the end of episode 6, end of first DVD...damn. Have to copy the rest of the show from ah kim then.

let's welcome Hungry Ghost Festival

2007-08-15T20:34:00.000-07:00

Mil told me that the lady staying behind their shop was in coma after she collided with a gigantic lorry. Nobody banged anybody in the accident. The lady just put on her jacket like normal before riding on her motorbike. When she tried to overtake a lorry, part of her jacket got caught by the lorry where she lost control and felt off her bike. She went into coma right away, that was on Saturday. On Monday, she died without waking up from her coma, on the first day of Hungry Ghost Festival. On the same day, a bus went into a ravine killing 20 people including an unborn child. Geli or not???

GH, is it reliable?

2007-08-08T23:00:00.001-07:00

Have you all seen the news on The Star today? A poor baby is going to lose her arm due to the carelessness of the hospital staff.

pic from The Star

I know what it's like to be poked by a needle near your finger knuckles. At first, it's pain, then your palm go numb then the pain comes back. Extremely painful compared to having usual jab on your arm. Now, imagine how the premature baby feel. It's so cruel to have her arm amputated due to the mistake made by a professional staff. No matter how much compensation given by the hospital, it will not bring back her hand. Can we still trust GH?

ah kong feels better

2007-08-08T22:51:00.000-07:00

Dad says ah kong is getting better when they visited him yesterday. Is it a good sign or a bad one? People say, if a sick person gets well suddenly, it's a sign that he will be leaving soon. But my ah kong is not fully recovered yet. Mum says that the hospital is charging them very expensive on gloves, face masks & aprons. RM32 per box of gloves, RM4 per piece of apron & RMXX per box of face masks. What to do, ah kong must be fed every 3 hours by 2 nurses. Do the calculation yourself. The siblings have decided to get all those from outside which might be cheaper but yet to find out. Hopefully the hospital staff will not waste the things bought.

pardon me

2007-07-26T23:39:00.000-07:00

Hehehe...i just can't help it. Take no offense after reading this post. I saw a girl with the hair like a lawyer's wig. So unnatural & very stiff. Okay, maybe she spent a large amount of money to get that hairstyle but her hair stylist is very not pro. I wouldn't want to get my hair done in the same hair saloon & ended up looking like this:

where is the love

2007-07-26T23:26:00.000-07:00

How can mothers kill & abuse their own flesh and blood? First there was a news about a lady who lodged false police report on the disappearance of her daughter. In the end, it turned out to be that her bf killed her daughter and she wanted to cover up for her bf?!?! Today, there is a news about an 18-yr-old girl who is suspected to abuse & killed her own kid. What is happening to the world now? Where is the love??

stay strong

2007-07-26T20:37:00.000-07:00

Being half sick now, i have yet to visit my ah kong in the hospital after he was admitted. Sis told me there are a few pipes attached to his body, one to his lungs, one thru his nose & another for him to urine. He cannot eat solid food yet, so the doc gave him drip. I imagine the sight of my ah kong & it must be a real pitiful sight. Just imagine, once upon a time ago, he could still send me to my kindy on his bike. When i threw tantrum, he would fetch me to the grocery shop to get some bubble gums, on his bike. But now, he is so weak & i'm not sure whether he is in pain or not. I pray that his suffering would end soon without the chemo treatment as suggested by the doc. May he leaves us peaceful without any pain or suffering.

respect , please.

2007-07-26T20:32:00.001-07:00

Some people can really assume things and make their assumptions as if it's very true based on their "logic" explanation & example. I hate it when i meet this kind of people. So stubborn & so unbearable. Try to accept people's opinion, digest and arrange your words before allowing them to flow out from your mouth automatically. Dun fend off people on the spot. Listen to them with an open mind. Dun shut your mind and look at the person in front of you like they're clowns.

grandpa's health

2007-07-25T20:14:00.000-07:00

My grandpa was admitted into the hospital on Tues due to lungs problem. It was not something new or suprising as two years ago, he was being diagnosed to have lung cancer. Doctor suggested to perform operation for grandpa but dad objected as he was already 80yrs old then. Now at the age of 88, despite having 3rd stage lung cancer, he is still very strong but with weak legs. He acts like a child all the time, like refusing to eat and bathe all the times. Yesterday, the nurses from the hospital called my dad saying that grandpa was hitting everybody who wanted touched him. So the nurses had to tied up his hands to prevent all the hitting. He does karate with the maid at home too when she forced him to eat or drink. Dad says his condition is stable but critical now. We should all be prepared for the worst.

paid post marathon

2007-07-25T01:23:00.000-07:00

I'm back on track on writing paid posts, that's visible at my every blogs. Reading other people's blogs and on how they earn so much has inspired me to continue updating my blogs with paid posts. Although i cannot seem to get have any chance in PPP, at least SR, RM & Blogitive are being so kind to me :P

Hmm...dunno how long will i take to touch USD1K? Lilian's target is to touch at least $1K per month....for PPP alone. I think i have a long long way to go to be like her. Hey, she had accumulated $10K+ from PPP leh. My idol.

my senile grandpa

2007-07-23T16:57:00.000-07:00

My paternal grandpa is driving everybody to the ceiling. He spits, he urines, he scolds bad words....you name it. At the age of 88, he is still very strong although his feet are weakening now. Whenever it comes to meal time, he'll be so hard to handle. You feed him, he will refuse to eat. You let him feed himself, he will just scoop bit by bit & takes 1hour to finish his meal. Once the maid lost patience with him & slapped him on the cheeks, however, luck was not on her side as grandpa could remember and complained the incident to dad. You just dunno when he will be sane & senile. Parents are having hard time attending to him and i wonder how long more parents have to suffer......

Annalakshmi Temple of Fine Arts, Penang

2007-07-23T00:49:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday i had the chance to follow parents for FREE vegetarian food at Annalakshmi Temple of Fine Arts. It's situated at 1 Babington Avenue, somewhere near the prison and operated by a group of indian volunteers. Cannot deny that the place is well maintained and very clean unlike some other restaurants. You need to take off your shoes before entering the patio-like makan place with nice garden & good lighting. The meal is buffet-like, which means you can help yourself with several rounds including drinks like mango lassi. Variety curry, roti naan, pasembur & desserts. Mum went there several times during lunch but the food is better during dinner according to her, especially on Friday & Saturday. There is no menu & price list, and you pay from your heart, as much as you want by the end of the meal. If you cannot afford to donate after the meal, they're also okay with it since the initial plan is to cater for homeless & poor people. We did enjoy the food, however i have difficulty in finishing the mango lassi. Too thick and sweet. The staff are very friendly, that's for sure. Go and try the food if you have the chance. Remember, donate generously by the end of the meal :)

Open Hours: 11:30a-2:30p & 6p-9:30p Th-Tu
Open Hours: 6.30p-9p Fri-Sat

i'm turning into incredible hulk

2007-07-20T00:30:00.000-07:00

My gassy stomach is making me very mang chang. I bought some preserved ginger but it didn't help much. Coated with sugar & making me more jelak. While surfing the net, saw this "Carbonated water - It encourages belching to relieve the gas". I'm not so sure whether i give Coke a try then. Dunno whether it will make my tummy condition worse or not. Maybe i'll just wait till i get home for some chinese medicine.

LAKSA!!

2007-07-19T23:55:00.000-07:00

I have a sudden crave for laksa now *slurp*. Just pinged my sis to join me at the cafeteria later. I hope i'm not too late cos the laksa in our cafeteria is always selling fast. Even at my place i can smell the aroma of the soup. Dunno can ask for tambah mee or not? I'm a glutton :P

pening-nya

2007-07-18T23:36:00.000-07:00

Mum just called asking all of us to go home for dinner after my marching session. I've decided to continue my marching practice after skipping 3 sessions in a row. Health comes first. I was attacked (still am) by severe headache & stomachache since last week. Took half day off on Friday & i feel like taking off again today. Head is killing me & i just cannot part with my medicated oil. How i wish the headache will be gone soon........

Ipoh here i come

2007-07-18T23:31:00.001-07:00

I'm going to watch Summer Concert in Ipoh this coming 11 August. Anybody care to join me? You must be thinking what the hell i'm thinking to go all the way to Ipoh to watch a concert at Padang Ipoh. It will be so crowded & hot & you cannot see anything if you get there too late. Might as well spend the time sitting in front of the tv watching live telecast, rite? Unfortunately, i have to become 24-7 sis to my youngest sis. Mum didn't allow her to go to the concert with her coursemates whom are mostly boys since she is in engineering course. Cannot blame mum partly cos she is paranoid of letting sis follow a group of boys to places far from Penang. Yup, Ipoh is consider far. So i have to save the world by offering to drive her all the way there and back. How nice to have a sis like, don't you agree? ;)

my ah kong & ah ma

2007-07-05T19:28:00.000-07:00

My almost 90-yr-old paternal ah kong suddenly remembered the names of his son-in-laws & daughters now. Not only that, he also remembers who used to be his neighbour in Guar Chempedak. Is time for him to bid good-bye to us? 2 years ago, ah ma left us suddenly, 3 days after we celebrated her 74th bday or was it 75th? Not too sure. I only remembered her age when she was 63. It was on Tues morning where mum called us to inform us of her death and that dad was fetching her from KL to be buried in SP, just as she wished. It was the first death in our family. My ah kong went senile after the funeral partly cos he has lost direction in his life. Ah ma used to do everything for him when she was alive. A few months before ah ma died, ah kong was very ill and he forgot everybody and kept saying nonsense thing like the dead were at the front gate. At that time, we thought he was going to leave us already. So ah ma wanted to buy a space for burial for both of them. However, he got better & now we know that whatever ah ma had prepared for him, she was the first to use it. Sad huh? Nobdy could accept her death including ah kong. He was crying non-stop while looking at ah ma in the coffin on the day of her burial. True love never dies.

International Musical Fireworks Competition in Aug

2007-07-05T18:43:00.000-07:00

Fireworks & fire crackers are banned during all the festive seasons such as CNY & Deepavali. Anybody who is found guilty will be fined RM100. This year CNY was very quiet in my neighborhood. Nobody dare to play with fireworks due to the warning. Even on the 9th day of CNY, where Chinese will pray to the Heavenly God, there was no sign of fireworks anywhere. Sad isn't it?

But in today's papers, Malaysia will be the host the biggest International Musical Fireworks Competition in the world in conjunction with the country’s 50th national day celebration. There will be musical fireworks too. Malaysian fireworks team will compete with Italian fireworks team. How contradict! We’re not allowed to touch fireworks on festive season, but now they are holding international fireworks competition.

I wonder are there any fireworks during Bon Ondori??

why Sultan Kedah had to walk (jalan) for 2 km - post mortem

2007-07-04T21:03:00.000-07:00

The Tai Chi masters are at work now following the serious congestion at Stadium Negeri Batu Kawan.

Complaints received (extracted from The Star, 3July):
- Batu Kawan residents only managed to return home at 4am.
- Ah Yen seafood Restaurant has no customers
- Wedding reception cancelled as bride & groom were stuck at Bukit Tambun toll

Quotes from the VIPs (extracted from The Star, 3July):
- Organizers should have made alternatives transport arrangement, Penang Traffic Management Committee chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan.
- Big events always jammed the road but nothing close to last saturday, Kampung Batu Kawan village development and security com-mittee chairman Aziz Wan Chik
- Many spectators left their car in the middle of the road, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rashid Abdullah
- *speechless*, Penang police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Koh Hong Sun

Will the second Penang Bridge will solve the problem we're facing with existing bridge or will it cause another problem for the residents at Batu Kawan?