we are all heroes

Today di Publika (pi survey koleksi raya fashionvalet cough) I ran after a trolley that was about to hit a car. Fuh terasa seperti seorang superhero kejap. It felt good. 

Just to put it here after 8 years (8 friggin' years!) I finally quit my job and tendered my resignation last Friday. Couldn't really sleep for the past few days. Fikir macam2. But today after seeing my CEO and getting her blessing to leave (fyi, I tendered once last year but was persuaded to stay) I am feeling much better. Terngiang-ngiang lagu Pearl Jam "Alive" the minute I stepped out of her room.

I start my new job after Raya. Gonna leave my comfort zone for new adventures. Scared shit but if I don't try this I will never know.

Everything is going to be okay. I am going to be okay. 

Sixty9 Islamic Steakhouse

​Ah, what a letdown. I was looking for a good place to meet with my siblings for our dinner in Melawati/Gombak area so main google-je. This restaurant came up and since no one has ever been here before so okaylah.

 

Some pointers:

• Some areas of the restaurant are poorly lit.
• The cheese oysters were not fresh.. When it came to us the cheese was already hard!
• My husband ordered the tenderloin steak. The 'steak' came out like a ball and it wasn't tender at all.
• I ordered the mixed platter. Let's just call it a mixed review platter hehe.
• My niece ordered chicken chop okay. The waiter who held the a mixed platter (we ordered 2) said it was chicken chop so my niece took it la. She was sitting at the far end so I couldn't check la if it's the right one. Lagipun gelap kan. So when we asked where is the other mixed platter thinking that it has not arrived. It came later, but in the end we had THREE mixed platter. Adoi. Malas nak argue about things we've already eaten.
• The coveted dessert (nutella cheesecake pie) was biasa-biasa je.
• My other niece's seafood spaghetti somehow was very citrus-y. Tak best katanya.

Sekian terima kasih.

 

Hmm.

Can't seem to find the blogger app anymore.

change.

I hate changing phones. Partially because I hate it when people go "ooooh, new phone!" and I need to have some important photos in my phone – photos of Danial, my family, my idols (tsk), some doa, illustrations for my wallpaper and the most important thing, my Mama.  

let me be me and you be you

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We are always kelam-kabut on weekday mornings because a) I always wake up late b) Idris wake up late c) I only like to iron clothes in the morning d) I sleep early the night before and too tired to do anything else. Nevertheless, that time frame between 630am to 700am is the time I cherish the most. This is the time where my eldest will hold my hand a little bit tighter as we walk to the car and on our way to his school we'd listen to his favourite songs. Or mine. Note: the other day he was shocked to hear a Queen Latifah song – only because his class teacher's name is Latifah. :)

During this drive I'd also take the chance to learn more about my son – what are you eating in school, who are your friends (why am I always worried if he has friends or not), is anybody bullying / taking your money, which teacher is most evil etc. It is a terrifying feeling the minute I leave my son in school – but these days I just tell myself, let go let go. I can only do some much for my boy.

I'm turning 39 tomorrow. I don't know if I should laugh or cry.

Or cry harder.

(random thoughts about my lil' man)

 

Dessert for lunch.

Had dessert for lunch last week. This is the Belgian waffle with almonds from Nutmeg. Didn't have much appetite that time and Nutmeg's menu is pretty much on the high side anyway. The waffle is pretty good though.

​Staring at my dusty leather shoes I am transported back to when my late father used to make polish ALL his shoes every other weekend. I hated the chore because the smell of the shoe polish nauseate me and I remember grumbling to myself – why why why – why do people even bother polishing shoes, who's gonna look at them anyway?

 

(random thoughts about my ol' man)

He is 5ive.

Alhamdulillah my youngest turned 5 today! This is the boy who constantly say "you say bad word" whenever we accidentally let out any swear words. Also the kid who would say "I love you" or "I miss you" and hug us at random moments or when you least expected it. 

Alhamdulillah for everything. 

Al-Fatihah to my arwah Baba who passed away on the same date. Imaan and Idris would have been his greatest pride and joy. 

Heat.

Fell asleep like nobody's business today. 

KLpac

Our best investment for the year. Enjoying our weekly excursions at KLPac. Weather these days is pretty crazy though.

Food in JB

Alamak, had this in my drafts but forgot to post it. So we went to SG for the Bon Iver concert last month. We stayed in JB though. On the day we left JB, we had breakfast at Warong Pokok Cherry and I must say the nasi dagang is as authentic as the one at Kubang Pasu, Kota Bharu! Keropok pun sedaaaaap. Semua lah sedap dan murah. Glad we found this place (thanks google!). 

Oh by the way, when we got back to JB after the concert, we didn't know where to eat. So brother Uber dropped us at a Thai restaurant but who wants to eat expensive Thai food when it's close to midnight! Spotted Restoran Banafee so I ordered Nasi Goreng Banafee and it was pretty darn good!

Made jokes about Betty Banafe but few days later Ame told me that er, that place is owned by her husband. Oops! ;p

Food in Ipoh

Had a good break in Ipoh, albeit a short one. Well, any trips with the family outside KL are always good! Glad that we managed to check out some good food in Ipoh.

I'll let the food pics do the talking.

The infamous nasi ganja. Added hati to my dish. With cham ice. 

I call this roti kahwin - just kaya&mentega & roti bakar goodness.

Dinner at Vegas! Chicken chop hainan.
The next day we had breakfast at Hollywood, next to Vegas. (hur hur)
We had chee chong fun & char kue teow (KJ's makcik gemok ckt is still the best though)

One for the road. Nasi ayam Restoran Fuziah known for its crunchy bones and skin.

Kasut

Although I'm the last person you'll see at a premium outlet, we went to JPO anyway during our short trip to JB-SG last weekend.

Got these Rockport x Adidas techonology shoes for cheap!

OK dah.

SG short trip

We went to Singapore on 26th Feb to watch Bon Iver! Booked a place called The Grand Jade Hotel in JB then took train-MRT to get around in SG. Pretty dope short trip because I get to see my bestfriend as well who incidentally managed to get ticket seats right next to ours. 

Hotel room pretty decent for a short stay. Uber's reliability in JB is debatable, but when you have Waze everything is possible!

Current fave

These days I have this obsession with chocolate chip cookies. This one in particular! Geng-geng office yang order. The cookies are soft and the best part is the generous amount of chocolate chunks that you'll find in the cookies.

Can't. Stop. Munching.

opinion

As usual I am the master of unpopular opinions. I am also​ secretly a sucker for bad Malay dramas but let's save that for another day because once I start bitching about Cinta Teruna Kimchi I'm not gonna stop y'all!

 

Anyway, the other day my husband and I went to see midnight show Deadpool (AWESOME MOVIE)  and I was so irked to see Meleis couples (saw two) bringing their babies to the cinema. Dude do you not see what's wrong with this picture here?

 

a. It's almost midnight

b. The babies were below six months old

 

Even if the kids were below 2 yo,

​WHAT THE HELL MAN?!? And why do you need to bring those babies to the cinema at this goda​wful time? Your babysitter died? Your parents hate your kids? You just had to watch that movie or else you'll combust?

why

WHY

WHYYYYYYY

 

I know it's none of my business but I was so annoyed that when one of the mothers (I nearly typed monsters haha) walked in front of me I just had to mutter (loudly) under my breath "kesian baby". I'm sorry but this is so not ON wei.

 

That is all.

Note to self: Never go to Sunway Lagoon then go to work the next day. i is tired.

 

Gold chili and yee sang

I remember when I first heard of gold chili's infamous butter chicken, I decided to cook my own and it tasted pretty darn good! Not sure if the husband remembered it though... Anyway, this butter chicken is his favorite dish. When I first tasted it I was like wait this tastes just like what i made! Except I sprinkled cili padi on my dish to minimize the jelak-ness of the cream. Their bihun goreng is pretty darn good too.

Below is my second yee sang for the year. I love love love yee sang. Had this at China Treasures Sime Darby (also my favorite dim sum place) but adeh, so slow the service. The restaurant captain was like we apologize for the delay but our dim sums are fresh bla bla bla. I was barely listening. I mean, if your restaurant is always jam packed you should at least manage our kitchen eh?

Took us an hour and a half for us to finish our food - the dim sum came one by one, one by one... -_-

#girlboss

If you ask me, the transition from being a normal staff to a superior is a tough one. I mean, you took this long to climb up the corporate stairs and the minute you're a step in the 'mid-to-high management level' team you secretly wish that you're back to square one again. 

People say I'm too nice and we all know leaders are not nice. Then you need to face the change of peers who should not longer be your friends because hey they should listen to you now. Then you gotta face bigger responsibilities, because boo-hoo you need to manage your team or else.

There is so much to do, to learn, to be calm about, to make mistakes, to fall and get up again. I'm guessing this teething period will pass, sooner or later.

I'm on MC today which was completely unheard of back when I was just a normal staff. Sigh.

I scream for ice cream

I'm at this phase where I need to scream at the boys whenever they don't listen to me or when I need their attention. Not proud of it. :(

This weekend Idris had to be neb-ed for 5 minutes, he is much better now. 

Imaan, is doing okay although we are getting flabbergasted with his tantrums.

Imaan's typical face whenever he meets strangers. ^_^

Jom makan maggi at The Manna

Hi-jacked Serene's plan for a quiet and solitary lunch yesterday because she was having Korean! This is one of her favorite cheap eats in Plaza Damas which I've been wanting to try for a while.

It's a quaint place right next of Canteen, near Aji Don Alley. Speaking of Canteen, they serve the best carbonara with salted egg yolk. So sinful! 

I assume this place is owned by a Korean couple but they were busy at work training Bangladeshis. -_- Oh well. 

Ordered shin ranmyeon (which you can get at any convenient stores - it was the cheapest on the menu haha) but I like their side dishes! Rolled eggs with carrots and such, kimchi and chopped fish ball. I've tasted kimchi better elsewhere but who am I to judge - I ain't Korean!

 :)