Monday, June 16, 2008

Missing In Action (MIA)?

Oh dear, can’t believe that my last posting was so long ago. I think this was the longest I go without posting anything eventhough I have access to the internet and laptop. I was attending training on Thursday and Friday as well as busy catching up with SK, my ex-colleague and good friend that is attending the same training as me. How did we managed to somehow attend the same training at the same time? Well, sufficient to say that there are ABSOLUTELY NO conspiracy going on! We are just doing what we think that is best able to ADD value to our job by attending the training. And if that happens to come with perks such two good friends meeting up, then even better, right? Hahaha!

WARNING BEFORE YOU CONTINUE READING! THIS WILL BE A VERY VERY VERY LONG POSTING! Need to make up for the lost time! (LOL!)

So, SK arrived late Wednesday evening, around 10.30pm. She was supposed to arrived at the hotel by 10pm but her MAS (yup, MAS!) was delayed for about half hour due to bad weather condition (but SK say no rain ler!). SK was hungry since she only had Maggie at 3pm and the really disappointing MAS meal box, babe & I pick her up at the hotel and we went to Bangsar in search of food. Was abit surprised by the sight there because Bangsar used to be a happening place even on weekdays. Instead, we see a few restaurants and mamak open only. Even SK was surprised by this. Apparently, the new mosque nearby was complaining about the noisiness (immoral??) of the pubs at Bangsar! So, most pubs moved or closed down due to the pressure I guess.

In the end, we decided to try the nasi kandar mamak stall. Babe & I was still full from our Shillin Snack House dinner, so decided to have roti naan kosong with condense milk. SK ate Maggie ayam goreng. Both dishes were not spectacular and nothing to boast about. I think SK took pic of the roti naan. I as usual, didn’t bother lar! (Wait till I get my new digital camera that babe & I been eyeing to get before my trip to US in two weeks time! Then I will post so many pic that you will beg me to stop! LOL!). After dinner, babe drop SK and me at the hotel and drove himself back. YUP! I am going to spend 2 nights with SK at the hotel since it is walking distance to the hotel we will be having our 2 days training.

SK and I were so excited to meet each other after more than four months that we talk non-stop the moment she got into the car! And we actually continue talking in the hotel room, in our beds until 2am in the morning (and we had to wake up at 7am to go class!). I can tell you, by the next night, we were so tired that after we watch some tv, we both promptly fall asleep without saying much around 12 midnight. I think it was because we both didn’t get enough sleep the night before, good food (or shall I say too much food!) and the few hours walk at the mall.

Friday went pretty much the same except that night babe came and pick us up and we went to have our dinner at SS15 (yup, again!). SK didn’t eat much though. I think she was not used to having her dinner at 9pm! But having said that, I think we were pretty good eater! Let me see what we have, pizza Bavaria (small), oyster omelette (medium), fried mushroom (small), salmon, cheese crab and fried bread, pasta, 2 large water melon juice, 1 large green apple juice and 1 medium sugar cane (SK had 1 large watermelon juice and 1 medium sugarcane! I think she was so filled with water when we leave that she can hardly walk!) We drove SK back to the hotel around 11pm and I went home with babe.

Saturday, picked SK up from hotel at 9am-ish so that we can arrived at Ikea by 10am since we want to save as much time as possible. SK going back on Saturday night. So, she need to be back at the hotel by 6.30pm to catch the cab to KLIA. We estimated about 45min to reach Ikea but instead, we arrived there around 9.30am! So, since Ikea not open yet, we went to the cafeteria at Ikea for breakfast. Was hoping for the meatball and the others was thinking of having the chicken chop. But no such luck. The cafeteria only serve pastries and fried noodles for breakfast but the fried noodles was rather cheap, RM0.99 per plate, plus tax RM1.03. And of course, we need to have our coffee with free refill. I think I had 3 cups of cappuccino that morning! LOL! Babe said I will start to act stupid if I have anymore. So I stopped. Or else I could have had more!

After we finished making our rounds at Ikea, we went to the cafeteria again for our lunch. SK had the herb chicken leg which was not bad. Babe ate poached salmon which I thought was tasteless. And I ate the special of the day, BBQ chicken leg with corn on cob, which I is the tastiest of the three dishes. I drank another 2 cups of cappuccino. Babe and SK took softdrink. (Nope, I didn’t become stupid from coffee overdose! In fact, I sleep rather happily that night! Haha)

Then, we went to 1U after that to hunt for watch for SK’s hubby and some hard-to-find Chinese magazine for her mom. In the end, we couldn’t find both item but instead I think SK bought two singlets and we had our teabreak at Shillin Snack House. SK was surprised by the size of the XXL crispy chicken but not very impressed with the oyster meesua because the oyster was too fish/raw for her. I guess it was because she don’t really eat raw food unless it is salmon! After a few more walks, we finally drove SK back to the hotel at 5pm to catch her taxi. Poor gal was limping by then and I think she was glad to just sit down and not walk anymore!

Babe and I went home of course after that. Didn’t even contemplate going anywhere else! All we want to do is go home and laze around in bed. Watch internet tv in the room and do absolutely nothing. Actually, we were very excited about going to meet up with the landlady & hubby and agent the next day at noon to finalized the renting of the place that we wanted. We also wanted to have a one-time overview of the apartment again to make sure that it is all in working order and that there are no leaking.

Babe actually saw some dark patches in the bathroom the last time we visit. We just want to make sure that those are not caused by leaking from the above bathroom. Actually, it was because of leaking from above bathroom. But I told babe that since the both bathroom are dry despite the stain and that there are someone staying above us, the situation must be not too serious. And we both do love the area due to the peacefulness and low density. So, we signed and handover the one month advance as booking fee. Will be meeting up with them again this Saturday to sign the tenancy agreement and pay the rest. After which, the landlady will handover the key to us!

We are very excited because it will be the first place that babe and I will be renting together. We are already fantasizing on the a) must get immediately list, b) next need to get list and c) good to have list. In fact, on Sunday, after meeting at the apartment, we immediately drove around to look for Carrefour, Jusco and any other hypermarket to hunt for affordable fridge and washing machine. We found the washing machine that we can afford which should be durable since it has five years warranty on the motor but we are still hunting for a good size fridge at the price we can afford. Seems that all two-door fridges are more than RM900! Sigh!

Everything going up in price. So, with additional responsibility of paying rent, must make sure save where possible. Not trying to be stingy but I think better to put some aside for rainy days than struggling to make ends meet later. I am telling babe that we should consider visiting garage sales for bargains! But he seems reluctant. I guess I will try to convince him again this weekend to at least visit one garage sale just to see if it is worth going to others. I won’t mind getting stuff such as electrical goods and furniture at a bargain as long as it is value for money.

So, that was what I did during the last few days without posting. Today back to work and there are plenty of work waiting for me to follow up and complete. On top of that, my boss from US is here and is expecting a presentation on Wednesday. So, I already sms to babe to tell him that either I will OT in the office or I will bring work home today. So, he must make sure that he cannot bug me! Hhmppf! Haha.

Oh yah, RK, we didn’t bring SK to look around at our new place because not enough time. So, she didn’t have pictures to show you. I will make sure that I remember to take before and after pic and share to you and the rest. Then you can tell me what you think! And I finally received my passport back. Got my US visa. Will be leaving on the 30 Jun and only arrived back here again on the 4 Jul. 5 days with 2 day minimum on the plane. Actually will only be US soil on 30 Jun and back to airport again on 2 Jul because 3 Jul 1am something flight and lost somet time and will only be back in KL on 4 Jul afternoon. Will transit for a few hours in Taipei, Taiwan each way. So, need to find ways to kill time. I guess as long as there is internet, I will be ok. But on the plane how ler? I bought a couple books from PayLessBook at 1U branch. I hope the in-flight movie is interesting!

ALAMAK! OK! Enough for now! I can see some eyes getting smaller while reading this! HAHA!

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Short Talk: SK is HERE!!

SOOO lazy to do my posting these 2 days. Don't have much to say lar (yar, shocking rite?). So, just making short talk! Just receive sms from SK tat she is at the airport already and waiting for boarding. Will meet her at the hotel later and bring her for supper at SS15 (yah, go there again! I wonder they give discount card for regulars!) And then I will be staying with SK at the hotel for the next 2 nites while attending training on Thursday and Friday. So excited! Hope we will remember to stop gossiping/ chatting and SLEEP! bluek!!!

Monday, June 9, 2008

Eureka!! I have FOUND the ONE!

WE FOUND OUR APARTMENT! Yahoo!!! As mentioned in my previous posting, babe & I went to meet up with the real estate agent on Sunday at 12noon. She planned to show us two units at the same place. Babe and I have always love that place the first time we saw it a month back when another agent showed us a semi-furnished unit. But it was abit too pricey for us especially for a place that is only 850sq. Although, the place had lots of build in extras such as kitchen cabinet, stove and hood, bedroom wardrobe, 2 aircon, remote fan, heater and so forth, in the end we decided that we just couldn’t afford it. Thank god we made that decision because if not, we would have regretted it. Furthermore, the price hike further re-inforce our decision to keep to our initial budget.

So, the first one that we viewed was not impressive at all. It is on the ground floor but the place was designed in such a way that it looks like going DOWN 2 floor to the basement. The 3rd floor is the one that is same level with the parking. On top of the that, opposite it is an abandon unit of grocery/ tuck shop. Although this unit have a little extra and the price was RM50 more than the empty ones, we decided right off that it is a no go. I think the agent can sense it because we wanted to get out of the place immediately.

The second unit was much more pleasant. It is on block B which is more peaceful and family oriented. Cleaner too! The unit is on third floor but this is not a problem because the place have lift. When we got to the unit, instead of opening it up with her own key, the agent knocked at the door. It turn out that the landlord and landlady was there waiting for us! I guess they just want to see what we look like and make sure that we are decent people? (Who can resist the CUTE me!! Hahahaha!) Anyway, the place is rather surprisingly clean that babe even asked me last night if we still need to mop the place. Lazy bum! Of course lar need!

Anyway, after viewing it, we didn’t say yes or not yet because babe want check out the road to make sure it is convenient for him to get to work daily. Turn out that the distance is not much more different for him going to and from where we are staying now and the new place. And yes, I have confirmed with the agent we will take the place this morning. I waited till it is not too early, around 9am before calling! If not, I would have called at 8am when I was stucked in the stupid jam again this morning. Babe was so excited that he was actually talking about moving in middle of this month! Hahaha! But I was excited too lar. I didn’t even get grumpy when I was ironing his 3 work shirt and 5 work pants yesterday!

The place have 2+1 rooms, 2 bathroom/toilet, 1 unit aircon in masterbed and ceiling fans. Nothing much special about it except the environment of the place. As you are driving up the hill to the apartment, left side is the trees/jungles and right side can see the mountain far far away. So damn nice scenery. Feel like going up to some resort or something. And the other time that babe & I was there, it just stopped raining and the air feel so fresh and cooling! Almost like we are at Genting! On top of that, it is not congested and pretty low density compared to most places.

So, yup, we are glad we found the unit that we can afford. So, now just need to slowly start buying our own furniture and stuff for the place. Most important is of course washing machine, fridge, iron, iron board (ugh!) and kettle. Some of the household items such as plates, cups, steamer, pots and so forth already have! Our parents made me bring it when I was sending my car. At the time, it felt such a hassle but now I am glad because it can help to reduce the spending abit. This weekend going to there and view the place once more, pay deposit for 1 month rent and then wait for the tenancy agreement to be drawn up. In which case, at the end, will be paying 2+1+0.5. And of course, need to pay RM150 for the tenancy agreement too!

So excited and happy!!! Wish next month is here! So many things happening!

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Authentic Sarawak Kolo Mee, Laksa, Tomato Kueh Teow

There seems to be less cars on the road this weekend. I guess everyone is trying to make their last tank of 'cheap' fuel last as long as possible. Well, it is all jolly good for babe & I , the less cars there are on the road, the better. Anyway, today woke babe up at 9.30am, well, tried to wake up the big panda lar but he only finally wake up at 10.15am and when we finally leave the house, it as already 11am. And I thought gals take long time to get ready to go out! hhmppf!

By then, I was already starting to think of what to tell the house agent the reason we are late. We are suppose to meet at the agent at 12noon but before that, babe promised me that we will go to our friend stall at Restaurant Megah Goodluck at SS24 (behind Fat Crab, near to Ming Tien). The friend is also from Sarawak but he moved to KL few years back and started a stall selling Sarawak Laksa, Kolo kueh teow/ beehoon, tomato kueh teow/beehoon/crispy noodle and lo bak noodle. As I said in my short talk previously, the Laksa is actually pretty good. Not saying this because he is my friend but it really does taste like authentic Sarawak Laksa.

So, for brunch, babe tried the tomato kueh teow and trust me, it really does taste like the one in Kuching too. The price is RM4.50 for normal and RM5 for large. I understand from my friends that KL people cannot comprehend eating tomato with kueh teow or noodles. The idea of mixing tomato sauce with kueh teow or noodle just sound weird to them. But to us, it is just a normal daily thing to us, just like the sun shining in the sky everyday. The price is RM4.50 for normal and RM5 for large.We tapau the kolo kueh teow for teabreak (oh yah, so kiasu! haha).

I really wish the taukeh of the shop allow my friend to do kolo mee. Kinda silly not to allow my friend to do any noodle dishes just because his own son has a stall selling wantan mee. I mean, I am pretty sure that the moment people catch wind of the fact that there is authentic kolo mee at the stall, not only Sarawakian will go there but anyone that have tasted Sarawak kolo mee in their life before will go there too! Then, doesn't that mean more business for the taukeh? I think his shop will be so full that he need to hire more helpers!

But alas, I guess blood is thicker than money? So, only kolo kueh teow and beehoon but let me tell you, it looks, smell and taste FANTASTIC (DROOL!) I actually finished the WHOLE packet of the kueh teow without giving babe any chance to 'steal' off my bowl! Even babe is surprised I finished the whole thing because usually I will leave at least one third for him (yar yar, that is how he gain so much weight in the last one half months, LOL).

Now as I am typing this, babe is bragging to his Kuching friends here that he tasted the best-est most authentic kolo kueh teow, tomato kueh teow and Sarawak laksa in KL. We are planning to go there again next weekend, bringing our friends there. I want to try the crispy noodle and lo bak noodle. Aiyeh, both nice, which one to choose? I know, I have the crispy noodle and babe eat the lo bak noodle, then I taste some! I will try to remember to take picture next week. This week was too hungry to remember taking pic until we are almost done!

Oh yah, we arrived and start eating at 11.20am, finished eating at 11.40am and reached Sri Damansara at 12noon. We are thinking very seriously about one of the apartment we view today. Most likely going to take it and move in next month after I am back from my trip to US. Wish us luck!

Friday, June 6, 2008

RM0.78 per litre Increase - Day 2

The hot topic of the day, increase of petrol price by RM0.78/liter making us consumer having to pay RM2.70/liter for something that is considered as daily necessities. And to suddenly raise the price so much overnight, I really don't know what our leaders are thinking. Do they think that the rakyat (people) will just accept it and not say much? Are they trying to give the opposition more bullets to shoot them with? Or just trying to commit political suicide? Needless to say, after experiencing a few times increase in petrol, we more or less can estimate what to expect. The prices will come tumbling and every traders and business will increase their price in the effort to survive.

I don't even want to contemplate what the outcome will be like. Even yesterday, just one day after the announcement of petrol price hike, I can already see the effect on price. The brand of rice that babe used to buy was RM28 two month ago, last month was RM35 and yesterday, when I look at the pamphlet front Carrefour, it was RM40! Even the lower grade rice are selling for more than RM25 per packet of 10kg. I wonder how much higher the price going to get for our staple food. Do we really have to resort to what the idiotic leaders are telling us to do? Switch to potatoes and bread!? I can survive on those but I think my babe will be too weak to think, what more to say work.

Amid all this, I came across a webpage that slams at me really hard the reality of how vulnerable humanity are. The comics from Paul Gravette's website reminds me that there are people that had and still suffer worse things in life than price hike in petrol and everything else. This are the people that risk their own lives to rescue those in need. It reminds me how great the love of a person is for another being. It reminds me how great the sacrifices our parents are willing to make for us.


So, yes, due to the price hike, our lifestyle and the life as we know it before yesterday will change forever. But as most things, life goes on as this too will pass. It will be a learning experience for all of us and eventually, it will be a distant memory to share with our kids and grandkids. In the meantime, lets all pray for the lives that was lost in the earthquake especially those who gave their own lives so that others can survive. Perhaps our leaders need a big dose of medicine in humanity as well. Then they will know how the rakyat is suffering from the extreme price hike and indecisive directions from the leaders.

Kind Souls at MBPJ

Dear God, thank you for reminding me that you are taking care of me and ensuring that I get to where I want to go safely. I do appreciate this and can feel the love but God, next time, can you also tell me which am the right road to take to go home fast and safe especially with the petrol price increased so drastically yesterday. Really couldn’t afford to drive one big circle and go through two tolls as I did yesterday. Thank you God. Amen.

OK! That is done! Got you all thinking what is this JenJen talking about didn’t I? Well, I got myself a parking overtime summon the other day when I had to go to the bank to pay for my visa application fee. I had no idea that over here, when you put coupon for half hour and you parked longer than that, you will get a summon. In Kch, there is no such thing. If you put a coupon for half hour and parked for more than that, when you come back, you will see a slip requesting you to go to the nearest booth to pay the extra time, in this case it will be additional RM0.53.

But in KL, it seems that even if you have a parking coupon for half hour and if you park over half hour, you get a summon immediately. And my friends, the summon is NOT cheap. The starting fine is RM30 and the longer you take to settle the summon, the higher the fine will be. Of course, if you get to their HQ, you can make a plea to reduce the fine. And to make matter worse, Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) does not have online payment facilities yet. So, had to go all the way to MBPJ to make payment. Me being new here and everything, had cleverly search the internet for road map to find the best way to get there.

Of course, the super clever me did not bother to check how to get OUT of the place to the RIGHT road! Can’t blame me too much on this because in Kch, they don’t build road this complicated. In Kch, it seems that the direction to and from it is very clear cut. Where you go in, is usually where you go out as well. But not in KL! Oh no. You can go in from the south side and then having to turn many turnings and then you might end up going out on the north side, or maybe it was the east side or perhaps west exit? And each of this exits leads to different highways! FAINT! I think I need to take a deep breath even as I type this.

Back to yesterday. I left the office around 4pm. Thongs has actually kindly offered to call me around 3pm to explain how to get there. But last minute, can’t take her call at all because boss ask for a meeting. So, at 4pm, I quickly pack and leave and office and praying really hard that I will be able to find the building and not get lost. Of course, I FORGOT to pray so that the road is clear with no jam and that I will be able to get out of the place using the road going to the exits that I want to go. Initially, the there were only a slight jam on the LDP highway just outside Bandar Utama. Then the jam eased off until I reach the turn off near the cable bridge to the Federal Highway.

As I never been there at that time of the day, I was disappointed but not surprised to see a crawling jam there. I thought this is normal for Fedral Highway. In fact, after crawling for about 1km, I realized that the jam was caused by 2 car accident on the right lane. I was driving like a maniac by then because it was only 20minutes to 5 and of course, I was weaving from one lane to another as I was not familiar with the road and was not sure where the turn off is. When I finally parked, it was about 10minutes to 5 and I was praying really hard that for some reasons, the MBPJ cashier in the payment counter is still open. Wishful thinking I know because by the time I got there, it was 2-3minutes before 5 and not a single cashier was in sight!

However, as I was saying, God was taking care of me. HE make sure that there are two super kind soul at the other counters that is willing to help lost innocent me (blink blink! HAHAHA! I wanted to put ‘lost innocent cute me’ but I think I better not make you puke). Not only did the young man and uncle told me in a very nice way that the payment counters here are closed but the young man even call the HQ to see if the payment counters there are still open! Using his own handphone some more! I was already impressed by this but was happily shocked when he asked me for my summons and when I said it ‘melted’ in the rain (don’t laugh lar!), he took my car plate and print out a copy. AND THEN he proceed to ask the one remaining cashier that is packing up to put a stamp that says ‘ Reduce to RM10’!

While he was running around doing this for me, I chit chat with the uncle. He too was very nice and friendly. After getting the summon stamped, the young man proceed to tell me that I don’t have to go back there to make payment. Instead, I can just post the summon together with the money order or bank draft. He even proceeded to give me the payee name and posting address! I was all wide eyes and smile by then. Hardly know how to thank them except to say thank you again and again. I think I was even smiling cheerfully when I was waiting for the lift because the guys in the lift are smiling back at me too! (I told babe that it was because they can’t resist me! LOL!)

After the high, I of course came crashing down when I realized that I do not know how to get out of the place and back to the Federal Highway to LDP via the cable bridge underpass! I don’t even know where I drove to yesterday. All I know is that I follow the road signs that say Damansara or Bandar Utama or Puchong. I was thinking either I will end up at my office area or end up near the place I stay now. Turn out I went through 2 tolls and finally turn out to LDP just before SS2. Sigh, big big big turn. When I told babe, first thing he asked, you know how to go back? And when I say yeah, on LDP already but had to make big turn and pay 2 tolls, then the next thing he said, waste petrol. AIYEH!!! SO BAD!!! Hhmppff!

So, that was my adventure yesterday. And lesson learnt? Remember to check the map for the ROAD back out too! Hahaha…

Thursday, June 5, 2008

End of the World

It was really a crazy day yesterday. I left office with Rose at around 6.35pm yesterday. The plan was to go back to my house, pick up babe and then go to the hotel to pick Big J to go dinner together on their last night in KL. Usually, the most this will take is an hour. Instead, the whole ORDEAL took more than 3 hours. By the time we actually sat down for our dinner, it was already 10pm-ish! Even now I am wondering if I just had a nightmare instead of really going through that stupid jam. The jam was so bad that at one point, I can actually put my car in neutral and pull my handbrake and park! Non-moving traffic for at least 10min more than once.

At first Rose and I was really puzzled and wondering what is going on. Although some jam is expected because it was raining rather heavily around 5pm yesterday but by the time we left, the rain has eased off to tiny drizzle. This usually means the end of bad traffic jam and a good sign to leave for home. Instead, we discovered that the main reason was because some people got it into their thick thick head that they MUST fill up their car before the price hike of RM0.78/litre today! As if that would make much difference with all the huge jam this people are causing.

Initially, I have enough petrol to last me for another day. But after more than three hours plus jam, I have no choice but to join the queue to fill up or risk being stucked in the middle of the highway. Thank god the petrol station near where I am staying was not so congested and thanks to initiatives of the pump attendants, the line was moving rather fast. Of course, there are a few inconsiderate drivers that took their sweet time to get out of the way once they have finished filling up. One guy even leave his car at the pump and attempt to go to the kiosk to buy something! Luckily he came to his senses or else Big J would have given him a piece of his mind!

Even babe was complaining that he can’t find a petrol station to fill up his bike. Every petrol station he tried either have super long queue or the petrol station has dried up. Imagine that, dried up! Secretly, I do not believe that. I think they are pretending to dry up so that they can sell at a higher price at the stroke of midnight to get higher profit margin. It seems that there is jam everywhere in Malaysia yesterday even back at my hometown. Babe’s sis sms me and say that the jam is all the way form Choice Premier Supermarket to the BDC roundabout! That is really crazy because in Kuching, jam at those places and that long is not common at all.

Big J commented that all this jam and people rushing to petrol stations reminds him of a scene from Armageddon where everyone was trying to get out of the city to run for their lives. Yesterday, instead of people running away, it seems that people are rushing to join the jam and crowd! To be frank, I cannot really understand why people are doing this. After all, how much can one save this way? If you ask me, I think we are wasting more fuel when the jam is created than saving it! Just imagine, I had enough for another day drive to work and back before I need to fill up become I MUST fill up or else the car will stop! I think the world must be laughing at our stupidity!~

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Short Talk: Sarawak Laksa

Calling all Sarawakian in Selangor, I FOUND the best-est Sarawak laksa here!!! It is at Taman Megah behind Ming Tien cafe. I think it is call Megah Cafe, the corner one. Taste EXACTLY like the actual Sarawak laksa. It has just enough coconut milk and the laksa paste. Just thick enough without being over-powering. Only one thing though, the sambal (scrimp paste) abit slack. I think because he use local belacan instead of the one from Bintulu, Sarawak. But the laksa still very nice! DROOL!!!

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Feeding Frenzy

Balitong, creamy cheese crab, spicy crab, spicy lala, grill chicken fish, oyster omelette, Italian pizza, Italian salmon pasta, Italian Bolognese, green pepper chicken, sashimi, unagi sushi, squid balls, prawn balls, 4 large watermelon juice, 1 large green apple juice, 1 large lime juice and 3 Heineken beer. That was the list of dishes that we ordered last night at SS15. Yup, we actually went back there again last night in Big J’s quest to taste ALL the food from all the stalls there. We were foolish enough to let Big J with his growling stomach to roam and order the dishes that caught his eyes. I think when the food starts to arrive; the tables around us were all in shock and staring. Imagine, 10-15 dishes just for 5 person which consist of 2 guys and 3 gals!

I am seriously wondering what the people around us must be thinking. I know what I would think if I saw something like that. Either the 5 person have been starving for a very long time or they are crazy! Oh, maybe they are from deep in the mountains and never seen so much food. And so, ordered and ordered and ordered. HAHA! I am not joking, the table was so full that even Rose was having problem fitting all the food into the camera. Hei, Rose, don’t forget to post all those pictures so that this people know I am not bluffing! Bluek!!!

Anyway, we had great fun. It has been a long time since I go out with my friends just to chit chat, relax and laugh. Not doing much other than catching up, gossiping, teasing each other and laughing. By the time we finally go back, it was only 10.30pm when we leave the place by the way. So early but our Kuchingnites are tired. So, TC whisk us all back to the hotel where babe and I left our car. I don’t know about the other 3 but babe and I were so full that we were having difficulty to inhale air. I couldn’t stop laughing when babe groaned loudly when he tried to put on the brake lock in the car. He complained that he can’t bend! So funny!!! We all made a pact NOT to go there again tonight no matter how tempted Big J is.

So, this morning, Rose and TC is again on the quest to invade the mall and shop till they drop. I guess they will be visiting another old friend of ours who have a laksa stall at Taman Megah. So tempted to play hooky and call in sick today so that I can join them. But alas, I am not so brave and like what Petro, Ika and Serena said in the mix.fm, what if your boss caught you having fun when you call in sick! GASP! KL is not that big you now! So, nope, won’t want to take the risk. Anyway, I am never very good at lying or hiding my emotions. So, here I am, in the office, finishing up my ISO document flows that the team will review after lunch today and typing my post of the day! I don’t call this goofing off ok! I call it taking a short break from stress. Hehehe..

I will be so glad when my ex-colleagues are back to work tomorrow. Miss having someone to chat with on the net whenever I feel like it. RK will only be back next week though. So, my skype is for official matters only for the time being. But on the high note, SK will be coming to KL next Wednesday for 2 days training on Thursday and Friday. I am still waiting for my boss to give the go ahead to attend the same training. SK was planning to stay back for the weekend. So, I am looking forward to that too. And another high note, I am going to US end of month for our quarterly meeting at HQ. Need to go pay at Alliance, apply for visa and arrange for interview at the embassy.

I know, I don’t sound very excited. Not yet bah. Wait till it is nearer to the the time to fly, then I will be jumping up and down in my blog! Hhmm.. I wonder if I can find a digital camera to borrow. Can’t ask dad to send his all the way for me to use right? The handphone camera might be good for normal blogging on food but I don’t think it will do justice if I use my handphone to take picture of the scene in US. I wonder if the company will allow me cash advance especially with everything more than triple the price there. Imagine changing RM2000 will get you around $550 only! But I might not need the cash since will be going with a few guys more senior than me. Plus it is meeting at the HQ, so most likely meals are arranged. Just need money to buy personal stuff and souvenirs.

This weekend will be going to meet up with an agent to view an apartment at Sri Damansara. This is the apartment that babe and I really like but the price of the previous one was abit over our budget. But this time, it might be the one. The price is right and the location is where we want it to be. So, just need to go and view the place to make sure that nothing fishy with it. And babe also wants to try out the road to NKVE from there. Just to make sure that it is convenient for him to go to that highway to go to work daily. If not, we might have to consider a place in Kota Damansara. Similar price but the apartment is not as nice. So, wish us luck! (SK, who knows, when you are here in Sept, you can actually stay at my place because it is convenient to go IKEA? Hehehe!)

Monday, June 2, 2008

So near and yet so far...

As I was saying, so near and yet so far! Rose and another long time friend of ours, TC, is currently enjoying themselves shopping at the mall near my work place. Oh well, guess no choice but to meet up with them after work later. After all, I am sure those two gals will have to problem shopping for four hours while they wait for me. I think Rose was saying something about spending until she drops shopping! Rose, make sure you remember to ask Big J for his credit card and wallet! ~LOL~! I wonder what they are doing now. Can’t help myself and get distracted with my thoughts of them ok!

Actually, babe and I already met up with Big J and Rose last night for dinner. So funny because those two were so excited that they are talking at the same time and we actually have to remind them to talk one person at a time! Babe and I couldn’t decide where to bring them at first but in the end, decided to bring them to SS15 since there is more varieties of food there. Initially was thinking of having Vietnamese food at the mall near where I worked then in the end decided against it because they can go to eat at the mall when going shopping. But will be kind of hard to get to SS15 without someone bringing them there.

Big J was so excited and keen to try EVERYTHING. I think he was in a daze and not sure what to order. I think Rose were a little overwhelmed too and couldn’t decide what to have. Or maybe she was too hungry that everything looks appetizing? In the end, we ordered to share the Bavaria pizza, oyster omelets, fried bun crab and sashimi. Big J and I ordered baso and it was the most horrible baso I ever eaten. If you go to SS15, DON’T ever over the baso or you will regret it for the rest of your life! Rose also ordered a plate of nasi lemak. Oh yah, Big J also ordered a bowl of pork rib mee sua, I think. On top of all this, we also ordered tall big large cup of drinks. Big J, Rose and babe ordered watermelon juice each. And Big J also ordered ice tea (small normal cup, hehe) and babe ordered another cup of green apple juice. Mine was liong sui, small normal cup of course!

I am not sure about Big J and Rose but by the time we are done, I feel so full and bloated! I think that is the most things that I have eaten in one meal since I am in KL. Big J says he wants to go there again tonight, he want to try all the rest of the food there. Rose told him that even if he goes there every night until he goes back on Thursday, he will not be able to finish tasting everything. So funny! Hehehehe! Anyway, am still thinking of where to go tonight. At first was thinking of bringing them to authentic mamak food. Not sure yet because TC might be able to suggest something better since she has been staying in KL for many years. Either way, sure will be fun!

Oh yes! Before I forget, THANKS ROSE for bringing those Hock Hai big pau all the way from Kuching for us! Babe couldn’t wait and he ate one already last night after we got home. Don’t know where he has place to store them. Then he also ate one for breakfast today and only left 2 mouthfuls for me. And I had one for lunch today with Milo. Still have another one in the container and thinking of having it for teabreak later. So, only left 2 at home! At first we want to give one to Roy’s friend for his breakfast this morning but babe didn’t say anything, so I also keep quiet lor. BLUEK!

Sigh~! So happy to meet up with old friends, catch up and talk about old times! Miss having my own friends to talk to....