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.

Hey Ma.

Before stepping into Sambal Hijau resto: I taknak makan nasi. Teringin nak makan ikan singgang la.

After stepping into Sambal Hijau resto: Nasi penuh satu. *takes more than 3 lauks*

-_-

And thennnnn I saw kek batik. I want!!! Sorry, I've been craving this for months maybe. I know, it's probably the easiest thing to make but me and my tastebuds are not exactly friends, na mean? They're pretty good so yay!

Anyways, Mama has been hospitalized since yesterday for urine infection and some digestion issue. Hope she will feel better soon. :/

Our week.

Health and family, in random order.

My boy.

We may not see eye-to-eye most of the time but during quiet times, when I sing a line, he will then continue my song. 

Currently:

Me: If our love's, insanity,
Him: Why are you my clarity?

His diction is not perfect, but the tune is there. 

Silver linings everywhere

I'm too tired to write in detail about what happened. But I guess sometimes certain things are just not meant to be. 

It's okay if I don't get to go to New York. 

I tell everyone I have at least ten years to re-plan everything until my visa expires. :)

Roy is home, Rumi is feeling better and Emre is recovering from a g6pd allergy. We are alright. 

The Social and Coffea Coffee

(The post that was not meant to be)

I don't fancy ordering set lunch because most of the time they taste like crap. The Social is one of those places. 

Had baked potato skins for appetizer (the <20 bucks set lunch comes with an appetizer and a main course) and let me tell you something. They're probably not baked. Instead, they were probably dunked in oil deeper than the ocean (or how chanyeol the Korean namja would say: deePEARL than the ocean) and served to us. The oil oozing out of the potatoes... I can't even explain. 

My carbonara was tasteless, despite it having the right amount of cheese and cream and bacon that would probably make master pok break down and cry and wail why why must you eat this!!

But that's okay, I didn't finish it anyway. 

My lunch partner Serene-Na had grilled chicken sandwich which looked delicious and is probably delicious too. I didn't even bother to try. 

Oh well. Maybe I'll try something else next time. 

We then hit Coffea Coffee before rushing back to the office. Coffee's pretty decent and I guess you can't go wrong with Korean baristas haha. I drink San Fran coffee on a weekly basis (where can afford daily meh I'm at the lower end of the middle class misfortune) because Starbucks/Coffee Bean are soooo overrated. Looking forward to try more Coffea because they have Belgian cocoa oooh! If only Bangsar is less punishing these days with impossible parking luck and scorching hot weather. 

I'm all packed and ready to go. One more day to go at work and I'm stumped with impossible deadlines. Sigh. 

oh hell.

Just great. three of my posts are stuck in the blogger app. including one about how my drafts are stuck in the app. haha.

updating via email rn.

 

i hope the universe at work will be kind to me today.

...aaaand another one in my wish list

Skull candy headphones. 

* photo by suzie

Basil, BV2

I love Basil. But knowing me, I will order the damn same thing every single time: a Shirley Temple and fried rice (with prawns and fried chicken). -_-

But that doesn't mean that I've never tried anything else. The green curry is delicious, the tomyam is divine and oh yes how can I forget, the crispy fried barramundi! Yums. Unfortunately, not many agrees with me. Sure, they've tasted better tomyam or pineapple fried rice but I am okay with mediocrity I guess. I like the ambience, I like the food, I like the price. Settle.

I love taking photos in b&w. I'm just not good at it.

Say hello to my friend, Cik Shirley Temple.

Mine mine mine!

What I/they ate.

My colleague. Apparently she has a food blog but she's not telling me.
I bet my food photos are better than yours! ;p

Regress.

(Oh didn't realize this post wasn't published this morning. Thanks unifi for your shitty connection!)

Unfortunately I gained back the weight that I lost for two months. Which means, my husband will see me again at the same weight when I last saw him. Sigh. 

Been up since 4. Contemplating about going for a run but alas, Rumi is up early today. My hip is hurting too and my fingers are numb from last night's new exercise regime. 

See? I am capable of a multitude of excuses. :/

Update: Took Emre to the clinic for his tummy problem and his paed said he is 'grossly overweight'! Mother and son 2 x 5 huhu. 

Kimchi-fied

So here's another thing about my obsession with anything Korean.

 

I don't like Korean food.... (my kpop idols will not be pleased!)

 

But when a colleague wanted to eat Korean, I said okay lah. Let's go. To the Kimchi Korean Restaurant over at Tropicana City Mall. And took only one picture. And slapped the stupid Line sticker on it for good measure. HeeHee.

 

I had Onion Spring Chicken with rice, which is edible. Requested for a non-spicy one because I don't know how Korean spice works. Are they super spicy? Or spicy enough to make me run to the loo.

 

My colleague had soya bean paste seafood soup which left a bitter aftertaste that I had to eat chocolate, some pastry I bought at Delifrance and my Japanese Maxim coffee just to kill the taste. Ha! Ha! This is even worse than eating kimchi! Thought the price there was kinda steep so maybe next time I'll order mandu (chicken dumplings) or gamjajeon (potato pancakes). Something less adventurous!

 

That is all. Until the next lazy restaurant review!

 

(I think I need more coffee. Ahnyeong!)

Visa approved!

Now I can start packing. Can't wait to wear my crazy cat hat in New York! (Ooh I probably need a special hashtag for my holiday too lulz)

luck is all I need (and some documents)

Visa interview at 750am today.

Holding on to Neri's favorite quote:
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Last week London Girl was craving for Japaneezy so we decided to check out the hoity-toity Senjyu at BV2. I was not impressed with my recent encounter with U-maiya and Rakuzen but thank God Senjyu doesn't disappoint. Any Japanese restaurant that serve good inari, garlic fried rice and soft-shell crab is okay in my book and palate! And Senjyu serves Calpis drinks so yay me!

My must-order

Fried salmon skin

Eel and soft-shell crab

OK bye. 

pa-pa-pandora

So yesterday London Girl and I went to Pandora and I fell in love with this ring. So cheap! 250+ only! So that's gonna go into my I-want-but-I-don't-need list of 2013.

 

If there's something you'll never see me wear it's those Pandora charm bracelets. I coil in horror whenever a Pandorer (well I have to name them something) starts to reminisce about all their charms. Well I guess that's the whole point with charm bracelets and I think they make a good ice-breaker among akak-akak and datin-datin but eeeee I don't want to hear your stories please! Haha. I'm such a party-pooper. Smack me in the head please if few months later you see me writing about how in love i am with my new charm bracelet! ;p

 

Overheard at Pandora:

Mom: Let's get the lighthouse charm. We went there on our last holiday!

Whiny daughter: But mommmmm that lighthouse has a red door!

 

Lord. In alternate universe I'd hantuk their heads together I swear to God hahaha.

 

-_-

That's Emre right there, who can sleep anywhere.

one last step

Uerghmahgad I am freaking out my visa interview is next week!

trailer NYCinta

Here's the NYCinta trailer. Catch it on ASTRO First! 

(iklan tak berbayar)

my cooking jam

I'll never admit it verbally but this is my must-play-album-while-cooking. 
Berdansa di hujung gelisah, everytime I cook.

These days I've been reading kapanlagi.com to keep updated on ahmad dhani's son's recent kecelakaan. I don't understand most of the stuff written on this website but it's a nice change from the usual inane stuff you read in our local entertainment industry.

Here, you get comments like "Ila Damia tu x nak twerking kat Robin Thicke tu ke?" (re: MTV World Stage) or ustazah/ustaz wannabes preaching like they know everything. Sure, we are all quick to judge, we are quick to punish but even on decent news you get people/anons commenting negatively! Seriously you guys. Nevertheless, the comments are entertaining to read at times. I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion, including #wardinator who seems angry at the world most of the time. *roll eyes*

That aside, ahmad dhani, shame on you. I'm sorry, but your parenting skills are terrible.
^_^

Stuff Your Face, BSC.

I keep forgetting that if I ever feel like having chicken chop that is not Cozy Corner's or Coliseum's I can always swing by Stuff Your Face at BSC for a delicious substitute. And the portion is huge! 

Plus, it's one of the rare places where I can eat in peace with the kids because it's a kid-friendly restaurant and I don't have to worry about kids running away. Heh. 

sundae.

Takin' the kids out today for an activities-filled day. It's been a while since I last take the boys out to somewhere fun (weekends are mostly spent with my families) and you know shopping malls and rowdy boys just don't mix! 

Wish me luck. 

Secretly, Greatly.

And I saw this movie last night? Even the non-kpopper husband of mine agrees that Korean movies are awesome (the gorier the better). Don't be fooled by the seemingly high-school drama poster for this movie coz this is a kick-ass spy movie!  

It annoys me that whenever I mention something Korean people immediately assume it's KPOP. Come on, don't be so shallow (sorry) there's more to life than kpop music (bitch please I don't only listen to pop) and Winter Sonata. 

Although I've never been to Korea, it drives me crazy when people come back from Korea and proudly say OH WE VISITED THAT WINTER SONATA SET. *roll eyes* Hello Winter Sonata came out 11 years ago! Move on!   

Ok the boys are up. Laterz.

home.

Photo by Fairul Nizam.

I try to make it a point to come home with the boys on Friday no matter how tired I am. Although when we get home, the kids will dive straight into their toys and strew them around. Then we will probably watch a movie (if the movie has superheroes or zombies or pirates then I am safe) and by midnight I will probably bicker with the nocturnal boys because they. simply. refuse. to. sleep.

In the morning I'd wake up an hour (or two) earlier than my babies and I try to catch up on my books, youtubes (the amount of links my friends and I share on weekdays are phenomenal), fanfics, laundry and trying to clear up the mess in the house. But clearing up the toys will be futile because then Emre will scream JANGAN KEMAS! ^_^

So I must apologize in advance if my husband comes home from New York expecting changes because domestic life stood still without you, dear husband.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna make myself some toast (Massimo bread no less, so crucify me) and wake the boys up. 

Don't forget to watch NYCinta on ASTRO First! Roy worked so hard on this and suffice to say I fell in love with the script and this baby is finally out! Can't wait to watch it. Ghaz is amazing. I've been fangirling over his music videos for ages and now a collabo with Roy! It's just amazing. 

where there is supposed to be a proper post here

(dear husband, i'm sorry I stole your chicken picture. bet you're missing this now)