Oh Ben.

Had dinner at Ben's General Food Store last night. We ordered Salami pizza and a chicken pie that comes with salad. The salad arrived first, then the pizza but the chicken pie never came. 15 minutes later, I started making my Joe Bastiach face* and demanded for my chicken pie.

Apparently the order receipt machine screwed up my order and yup, no chicken pie. It came 10 minutes later, but by then, my head was already drafting crazy hate mail to Ben (don't know the owner personally but hey) but when I got the bill later, the chicken chop with salad was exempted from the bill. My husband, bless his good soul, asked whether we should highlight this to them but I said no, I ain't paying for the chicken pie. Win.

Ok no need to send hate mail to Ben then.

On another note, wanted to buy a dress to celebrate my curves and husband's improving weight loss but couldn't find anything nice. Let's face it, I'm not gonna lose weight anytime soon. I'm dealing with this, but having colleagues constantly ranting about their body issues can totally drive me up the wall. YOLO, I'd say.

* There's no such thing as a Joe Bastiach face. Just a bitchface.

 

An elderly man passed away in front of the office building this morning. He was given CPR, but when the ambulance arrived I knew that he has died. It's upsetting to know that this man probably has a family to come home to and considering tomorrow is AidilAdha, it's just so sad.

 

I've been working here for 5 years and this will be my 2nd time witnessing a death (our CEO's driver passed away at the lobby few years back). No more please. Life is short, too short, I keep telling myself.

 

Al-Fatihah.

Fell asleep in two meetings today. Perfect! I just need to last another day and then I want to spend a quiet weekend recuperating with my boys while the husband battle it out at the 48 Hour Film Project: Kuala Lumpur. Praying for a healthier October (the kids were sick for half of the month in September!) but Emre is down again with mild fever. Rumi is off antibiotics by Saturday, please please God make him strong enough. It seems that there's some nasty bug that just won't leave the boys, in fact it seems to enjoy playing tag team with them. Please, no more sick kids. We want them healthy. And cray-cray.

 

I am imagining a Kafka-esque flu bug as huge as a human hanging down our ceiling ready to strike. Hish, rubbish. Bring it on flu bugs this mother is gonna take you down for good.

 

Hwaiting~

ass-tro

Since we have astro again* we've been watching Masterchef MY and US diligently. Pretty much whatever you see on MY sucks balls, but everything you see on US is very intense, and tear-jerking. Watching the US version last night made me realize something - no more excuses not to cook, even the blind can cook!

 

And also, I have an intense craving for McD's apple pie hmmm yum.

 

* It's amazing how we survived on 7 free-channels without astro, but now that we have astro, there's nothing to watch on most days really...

Last Wednesday I had a good external meeting in the evening i.e. my boss didn't make a fool out of in front of everyone. I wanted to drive separately so that I can drive home straight then I thought since the parking is a bitch I might as well hitch a ride with her.

Eurgh I'm too lazy to update. I'm gonna catch up on some blogs now. Or stare at asos.com

This is home.

Kelantan, you are beautiful.

August, 2012.

oh.

water convolvulus leaves = kangkung

convolvulus leaves = morning glory leaves

 

 

 

go for gold

Upgraded my gold bracelet while I was in KB. It' something that I wanted to do, but also something that I need not to. The line between WANT and NEED is often blurred especially when the said bracelet is right in front of you and you are furiously making mental calculations -- Can I afford this? When am I gonna wear it? Should I keep cash instead? Go for ASB? Buy that dream Balenciaga?

 

In the end, I succumbed to the lack of willpower and slow mental arithmetics. Hung my head low in regret while looking at the angry clouds on my way back to Kuala Lumpur that night, but the next day I woke up, wiggled my wrist and thought "I made an adult decision to buy this" and wore it the whole day anyway. Took it off today before heading to work and will probably wear it again for Raya next year. Then to decide whether to upgrade or dispose.

 

Friends my age make decisions about uprooting to another country, quitting jobs for a different environment, buying houses but I'm still taking baby steps. Not that it's a bad thing, it's risk management!

 

OK i'm hungry. Now let's google for that killer kuzi ayam recipe.

Finding it harder and harder to translate what's in my head into paper (or digital space what-have-yous). I suppose back in the glorious d-land days I was able to sit for hours and write and put my heart and soul into it. Merely excuses for us mortals to negate ourselves. Maybe I should just update with one-liners (at least once a day) would do.

 

I'm sitting here alone at the office (the rest of the team is either out for meetings or trainings, save for the quiet new writer -- who is unfortunately is as silent as the walls surrounding us) and trying, trying to write. There are a few items due at the office, but the sounds of the rich interns are very distracting (ha! another excuse! down with my kpi and promotion!). the kids here are all rich - they are either daughters or sons of shareholders or CIOs - and I am envious to see them strutting around the office in their Miu Miu handbags and Tod's loafers. My pay is probably the same cost as their handbag! That aside, i had a boring lunch (dare I say, smartphones should be banned during meals) and post-lunch, I fell into a dreamless sleep. 

 

Saw Incredibly Close and Extremely Loud last night. Good movie, only because the boy can really act and he made me cry. He made me cry because he said 'I love you' to his mother (albeit from outside the door) - something that I long to hear from my eldest son. God, he's only 3 for chrissake! The time will come soon enough!

 

You'd thought I started bawling because the child lost his father in Sept 11. The familiarity of not getting closure after losing a father when you least expected it would have struck a chord with me but somehow I wasn't crying because of that. Does this means I no longer miss my father?

 

I still miss him, I do. It's just that I've stopped mourning and starting living vicarously through his memories. And I can't wait for my boys to grow so that I can tell stories about him.

 

Guess I'll just have to wait a little longer.

 

Adios for now. My bestfriend is back in KL, looking forward to see her tonight to hear stories about her travels to Turkey and London, or wherever she left heart recently. :)

[Seri's Star Kitchen with U-KISS] Bibim bap (비빔밥) - Rice Mixed with Vege...

Posting it here because you know eventually my husband will need to taste my Korean cooking.
*evil laugh*

The camera is okay (for a second I wanted to type the camera with a capital C, because it is after all my main camera right now, like it's godlike or something). Someone messed with the af/ae lock and the amateur in me went all panicky for a completely useless reason. -_-

Attended a wedding today and had the best chicken kuzi. Bumped into my uncle and in my head I screamed "give me back my land!" a la Pocahontas. Will see him again this weekend. Pray to the god Apotamkin that I won't chop his head off.

(I am just kiddin') but to severe blood ties would be the best option right now.

out of focus

Something is wrong with my GF1 lens. Look at the picture! It's out of focus! And I don't know how to fix it! Hopefully it's just some settings problem (I really shouldn't let anyone touch it) and will try to get it fixed soon.

 

Some stuff to update:

1. Raya was fun! I was thinking I might not be able to face Raya this year considering the closer we get to 1 Syawal, the more I keep thinking about losing Danial, about losing Baba and Queen Mother, losing the KB house etc. But I figured the departed would want to see me happy, the kids and fam need to be happy -- what's gone is gone, we can only move ahead. Some of my colleagues took the trouble to visit on the 1st Raya and also I was surprised my bihun goreng was a hit among R's friends during an impromptu open house recently.
2. My Mama is still bedridden, but I'm happy that at least she can speak now. Only a few words at one time, but that's already a big improvement.
3. There is an opening at the dream office, but again, I am a bit hesitant to leave. We'll see how it goes. I'll make the move when I'm ready to move, perhaps just not right now.
4. Heading back to KB next weekend. Taking the kids to the bea-each, can't believe the boys have never seen the beach!

Hmm that is all.

1 Syawal

Have a good one. 

Julie & Julia

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What's your favorite movie adapted from a book?
Oh this is easy. Julie & Julia of course! But also The Devil Wears Prada. :)

Bitterballen redux

Had to search my own blog for the bitterballen nasi recipe. A tedious recipe but worth the hassle. Having my sister and her big family over for the buka puasa this weekend. Hope they'll like it.

Bitterballen nasi

Ahnyeong!

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You wake up and discover that you can speak another language. Which one?
Oh God oh God you know I'd answer Korean for this!

I'm not keeping track of how many days we have been fasting this year. Time will fly so fast. After all, we're all on borrowed time, better just to make the best of it.

Hey bossypants!

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What have you been reading lately?

Apart from the usual fanfictions (current read is EXO-K and BAP), I've picked up Tina Fey's Bossypants for bedtime reading. She's not quite David Sedaris but her book is entertaining nonetheless (and when I say bedtime reading, I mean hey I only read 2-3 pages per night before dozing off to la-la land). I'm also currently reading The Wedding Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides. Kinda boring.

 

Then I also have the infamous Fifty Shades of Grey in my iPod.  Let's just say that I can find better fanfictions that this. Hell, I can write better than this! Sure I can!

 

In my head, I am Hemingway! -_-

 

Have a good weekend. Don't talk to strangers.

*roll eyes*

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"What makes you roll your eyes?"

 

These days, when my husband starts singing praises about his iPhone! *roll eyes*

 

#BB4LIFE. Hehe.

The table at Bangi Kopitiam. I am suddenly missing my arwah Queen Mother very, very much.

So apparently this is my 501th post.

It cracked me up to see my colleagues fiddle with this thing. If you order food at Burp!Bangsar, you will be given this device if you have to wait for your food. When the food is ready, this device will ping and vibrate. Awesome-des!

I would have been jakun too but I first saw this device on my current k-drama addiction: The Rooftop Prince.

Oh well, always the first time for everyone.

Speaking of Burp! my current fave meal is the nasi tomato. Plus, they serve decent latte for only RM5! And the cashiers and hosts are always smiling and friendly. What else what else, oh yeah, free shuttle from my office to BSC. Win!