myBurger Lab

Alas! A second myBurger Lab outlet closer to home! Otherwise I'll never get to taste it. Heard that the queue at the SEA Park outlet is still crazy. 

We arrived there 530pm and by the time we finish at 620pm, the place was packed and as expected, a long queue has formed. Worry not about the service though, because I think the numbering system works and the staff is really helpful and rajin. 

Let's talk about the burgers shall we? No let's not. Believe the hype and go try it. Sink your teeth in those fluffy charcoal bread and burgers. Roy had the Hulk burger and I had the most basic one with mushroom. Yuuuuummmmm.

The fries however, is an acquired taste.

I was unable to pin-point what goes into the fries (herbs?) so I guess it's not for everyone. 

Just so you know, I pass by myBurger Lab every evening on my way home from work.

It's so tempting to just drop by and indulge! But I don't think I will ever do that. I was once robbed around that area. :(

myBurger Lab is located just opposite Plaza OUG. Jom?

Crazy december. 
In random order: current boss leaving | future boss accident, will be back next year | current writer resigned | future writer accepted another job before we got to sign her | terrible KPI | awards submission not moving | colleague caught writing a letter to God etc.

And my kids, they got to see fishes in a tank at a SUPERMARKET over the weekend.
Hold tight boys, we go see proper fishes at Aquaria soon okay? 

Breathe.

kulcats barrio

Last Friday, after a futile attempt at deciding which sushi place we can check out, London Girl and I decided to check out the hipster place Kulcats Barrio over at TTDI.
You can't help but feel old when most of the people there is half your age haha.

Choco mud pie

The mud pie is pretty nice, especially when you pair it with vanilla ice-cream. Pure bliss.

London Girl's rib

The meat is tender and the gravy is pretty good. Huge right? Yup.

Sloppycats Burger

So far, I have not found THE sloppy joe that I love in Malaysia. Sigh. Albeit the home-made patty the chilli corne carne was too sour for my taste. Perhaps they could go easy on the tomato.

Yummy drinks! Latte was kinda blah though.

WIP set lunch

At 30++ you get a bento set lunch at WIP, BSC.

That super green thing you see in the pic is actually chicken pesto, which works well with briyani (you can also choose pita bread if you want). For dessert you'll get coffee and chocolate marshmallow cake, with complimentary flavored tea thrown in as well.

music is life

Me: I lost my iPod! *cries into hands*
Colleague, to another colleague: Just ignore her. This happens all the time. The iPod is bound to show up sooner or later.

Which is true. Found my iPod a week later, nicely hidden under the mat in my SIL's car.

>.<

pepper lunch

I'm so behind with my food updates! Eh since when do I have food updates.

Bak kata my ex-colleague on fb: "Asik mkn sedap jah".

Well life is too short to not try everything no?

Pepper Lunch is actually my husband's favorite.

Pre-mixed rice with corn, butter and beef/chicken on a hot plate then you mix them altogether while the plate is still hot then wallah! 

It's really delicious. Available at Pavi, KLCC, Sunway Pyramid and OU.

lunch set at la bodega

A pretty good deal I must say.

With 25 bucks you get a main course (my pasta was delicious), with a small caesar salad, a choice of soda or fruit juice, and a choice of Ily coffee or tea.

where art thou

I just want my ol' iPod to miraculously appear right now. It's been missing since saturday (although my guts tell me that it's hidden somewhere in either my car or my in-laws').

 

As much as it's tempting to get a new one with bigger capacity I don't think spending 1k on a new gadget is an option for now. /sadface

double shot!

Bought this at Lotte Mart in Hartamas after my Korean lunch today. It's still in the fridge, think I'll probably share it with the hubs once he gets home.

I think I'm beginning to like Korean food. God, first Pandora, now this. I am beginning to love things I hate! And oh, another one, I kinda like doing investment report, maybe because now I am forced to learn about the markets and economy whether I like it or not. :)

NaNoBlo what?

So much for wanting to write on a daily basis in the month of November.

sunday.

My nephew bersunat today. Heehee. But kids these days have gadgets and games to keep their mind from that tiny pain after the deed is done. Lie in bed for the whole week? No problem!

My kids on the other hand, are back to strict gadget diet but as a result they spent the entire day fighting, biting and also wrestling me! That's okay, it's more fun this way although i did let escape a few screams here and there. Haih.

Back to work tomorrow. Eurgh. 

a wedding.

It was scorching hot yesterday. So hot that I didn't have the energy to complain about the wedding I attended haha. You know I can't keep my mouth shut when it comes to Malay weddings. Especially the ones with a wedding DJ from hell.

These days for outdoor weddings I will wear pants with a flimsy top. Can't be bothered to wear proper baju kurung. Pftth. 

3 weddings to attend in December. I think they are all indoor. Probably I can finally wear the Hatta Dolmat baju kurung and I've ordered something nice from surisara.com for one of the weddings. 

:)

oh abang rumi

If I were to create a new folder on FB or Instagram, it would be Abang Rumi's Masterpiece – The Stuff Found in My Phone edition.

Trust me there's more. I hate it when he touches my phone because that boy can spend HOURS playing games and at times, he'd be so engrossed with editing photos. Which is fine because the photos are hilarious! I'll just put one here for now.

 

:)

RM15 lunch.

The office is not a lost cause after all for lunch. There's a new pop-up restaurant just opened few weeks ago, or maybe months, because I didn't notice it and their grilled chicken is delicious! The gravy reminds me of Humble Chef's grilled chicken pasta though.

what we all shouldn't be

Jack of all trades, master of nothing.

last diwali

Aish, kids and gadgets these days.

Went to a colleagues' house in Klang for Deepavali.
"How was my rendang, Nate?", Nitha asked.
"What rendang?"

Turns out the spicy RED COLORED lauk chicken we had was supposed to be rendang! lol

Had a good laugh.  Failed rendang or not, I am totally addicted to her maruku.

Mukha, TTDI

First attempt at panorama shot. Kindly ignore that creepy super thin woman haha

Rumi's got a new hair

Breakfast menu

The bacon is so good! 

Choc banana french toast for the kids which we adults ended up devouring.

Still trying to finish The Devotion of Suspect X.

I'm not a big fan of restaurants with mismatched furnitures but Mukha is an exception because it's a cosy place to hang out and their staff is friendly. We were here for brunch, so too bad I was not able to indulge in my favorite beef kofta meatballs.

The choc banana french toast is to die for.

Warung Leko, The Curve.

Feeling kinda under the weather today. My throat is a flaming inferno again so when my colleague asked me what do I want to eat at the Curve, I just said Warung Leko. Some fiery ayam penyet would be nice. Not that my throat would appreciate it.

But I'm glad she introduced me to this soup assem because it was so good. It reminds me of tomyam, only sweeter. Do note that I only sip the soup, and discarded the rest. Heheh.

Soup Assem.

Penyet my love.

View.

NaBloPoMo 2013

Well apparently November is NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) so update your blog everyday! Unfortunately I only got to know about it today and today is already the 4th...

November is also my pretty Mama's birthday; the last month of my Universal Banking course; and I should be getting the awards submissions notification by mid-month. 

I'm tired. 

Don't ever be second best, Nate.

31102013

Sometimes I think in past life I was a yakuza because I swear I felt like smashing a chair on a doctor's head at Mediviron. And chop off his dick and feed it to the dogs. Woah.

So anyway, Idris' cough escalated to a non-stop coughing frenzy last night and we reluctantly went to Mediviron (it was the nearest at that time) and to our dismay, it was doctor A on duty (who we kinda don't like him because he overcharge, overprescribe, over everything). So you can imagine my dismay when he said Idris needs an injection (siap buat statement "this is gonna be expensive ok", then nebulizer and a handful of other (stronger) meds and antibiotics, and oh, hospitalized if need be. If he thinks I'm stupid he got another thing coming. You don't inject a 4 year old! The boy needs air! 

We ended up refusing him and rushed Idris to our beloved hospital ER. Thankfully, his breathing is alright. Yes, plenty of phlegm in his lungs. After 5 minutes on the nebulizer, we were sent home with an anti-phlegm medicine and a cough med.

"Injection my ass", I told my husband.

The coughing has decreased tremendously today and I doubt we will need to go to the hospital again later for another round of nebulizer. When I have time I will write an official complaint letter to Mediviron group against that doctor.

Something that a real-life yakuza wouldn't do I guess. ;p

Sudahlah, mak nak masak. But I'm not sure what to cook. Dear housewives, don't you feel like your life is a vicious cycle of deciding what to cook on a daily basis (or do you have the entire menu planned out for the whole week?). Heheh.

tuesday

Last year's photo.

Baru boleh bernafas. The kids are at the tail-end of their coughs already and no more fever this weekend please! Let's go to Aquaria or something.

Wait, is Deepavali this weekend? If it is then a visit to Klang is due for Diwali open house weeeee I can't wait! Then there is a Chinese wedding on Sunday but unfortunately I won't be able to attend because we gonna go see Sofea Jane y'all. I still don't know what it's about because my husband who has a huge crush on mem hanyut is not telling. ha. ha.

OH MY GOD NOVEMBER IS LOOMING. You know what this means. Awards submission season! Bencikkkkkk!!! But they don't call me Award Master for nothing. Hopefully we will win more awards this year. By the end of the day it's not what I craft that will help us win, it's our performance, achievements etc that counts ok. [Statement sedapkan hati]

I don't know how to write this but recently my dear friend lost her baby that she's been carrying for the past 4 months. It hurts so bad to hear the news and I can't imagine being in her shoes. Al-Fatihah to the little angel and if you're reading this Nida, love you so much and feel better soon okay. *hugs* 

Oh, I'm hardly on twitter these days unless I'm replying any mentions. Whatsapp groups keep me updated and facebook (oh god I can't believe I am saying this) is pretty cool when you know every single audience that will be reading your posts or rants. Crowd control at its best. Besides I only have 47 friends on fb and no intention whatsoever to add more. Instagram is still cool, and tumblr keeps me young. Aha! 

Coliseum, Jalan TAR

French onion soup.

Hainanese chicken chop.

I don't know what happened with Coliseum but everything we ordered didn't taste that great yesterday. :/

succumbed.

Don't judge. ;p

Sometimes the best gift in life is the gift you give yourself. Heard that somewhere. Or was it from a Madonna song? *shrugs*

SO I SUCCUMBED TO PANDORA!!! wtf

My earlier plan was just to browse coz I was thinking about getting them for my sisters. "What's the occasion?". 

No occasion, I just don't know what to do with my money, I told the SA. 

I SAY THE SHITTIEST THINGS I KNOW. 

Then I started trying them on. Then the SA gave me the booklet to take home. Then I went to Starbucks. And sat there for half an hour browsing the collection. Then I tried to distract myself by entering Victoria Music Station and maybe I should get some kpop merchandise? Left empty-handed, and found myself in front of Pandora again. -_-

"So what's your story"

I guess this is the standard Pandora question that the SA will ask if you want to buy a charm or two.

I have no story. I just want something simple. Please don't make me buy charms like them makciks.

And all I could think about that time was a camera charm. Love charm is too cliche, and since I didn't go to NYC, there is no point of getting a Statue of Liberty charm. -_-

So I'm now officially Pandorized. Haha. BUT I WILL NEVER TELL YOU THAT I AM WEARING ONE!

Honestly, I'm in love with it. Goodbye for now.

Love, your favorite makcik. 

p/s: Please don't buy me a Pandora charm for my birthday, promotion, anniversary, new baby etc. xoxo

Tuesday.

Back to universal banker training today. But my morning walk to the lrt station is nicer this week because there is a merry-go-round at the stadium! I'm always fond of merry-go-round and carousel photos. 

Only took one photo and very minimal editing with vscocam. 

forever 16

Guess I can safely say I'll never be one of those sophisticated mommas in designer shoes and shiny hair.

And I am the aunt with the mostest crazy nieces. They crack me up all the time.

f-f-f-food foundry

Photos were not taken by me because my mind was elsewhere at that time (last Thursday). I was bogged down with awards submission, but didn't have heart to say no to MM who was counting the days to leave the Company. Besides, food is always comforting. Unfortunately the chicken chop at Food Foundry no longer taste the same but at least the latte and vanilla crepe cake made everything alright again. The carbonara is a bit dry too, but the steak sandwich? Pretty good.

Went into Fossil Gardens today kononnya nak beli parting gift for MM. A bracelet would be nice for a colleague who's been with me for the past 6 years (Pandora? What Pandora?). Tried on a couple of them and left empty-handed. Because I want them all to myself! Mwahaha.

Ended up buying a leather heart-shaped jewelry box for MM from Borders. \o/

Anyways, this is my favorite. And hell yes it looks good on me! ;)

p/s: Can't splurge yet since I have to wait a month for my 70% flight ticket refund. So I guess it can wait then. All I need right now is a haircut (which would probably cost a bomb nevertheless).  

...and i keep on dreaming

GIVENCHY Large Antigona Deer Printed Tote Bag - €798.00

why shopping online is no fun

Boo.

To be honest, I was worried that the baju raya I ordered from zalora wouldn't fit. I've never had much luck wearing local designs because of their sizes so imagine my delight when I tried on the baju, and it fits! (But of course, Roy just had to say kena kurus sikit lagi much to my dismay but that's okay because I'm used to it and not bitter at all hum hum).

Then imagine my horror after few selca(s) I realized that a bloody diamond is missing.

Small curses.

I buy t-shirts online. And accesories. Maybe some stickers and kawaii handmade stuff. Because they will never go wrong (so far lah).

So now I have to repack it, fill up a form, send to drop-off point and wait.

Which I'll probably do on Wednesday, if I have time (there's a 30-day return policy).

So much for online shopping. Sigh.

ze weekend is here.

Alas, the long break is coming to an end. Well, the weekend is here, but I start work on Monday -- with an award submission deadline looming on Friday (not for the faint-hearted this job) and a succession of lunch/farewell appointments with the usual makan-makan kaki. I look forward to keeping my voice down one notch. The kids, sigh, the kids never listen when I try to talk like the Queen lol.

My Hatta Dolmat baju raya arrived at my MIL's today. Can't wait to pick it up. Impulse buy. The greatest feeling in the world. If it doesn't fit, I will hang it in my room in the open so that I am reminded to hit the gym more often and eat moderately. :)

Sushi Zanmai's garlic fried rice

This is a must order when I hit Sushi Zanmai. And inari soft shell crabs. and spider rolls. and plain inari. because I'm predictable that way.