Saturday, September 25, 2010

I'm going PETA on you and my guilty pleasure

Is a female born to serve?? Why must we work, cook, give birth and bear the hassle of taking care of the household and the guy who made you join the typical life cycle set by a man for a woman? I don't understand why must a woman serve the family after a long day at work while the guys just come home from work, rest and expect hot tasty food served on the table by his wife who worked as hard or harder than him. Where's the logic??

I don't understand why most women embraced this typical life cycle happily? To them cooking for a family, giving birth and taking care of them are like a dream job. I don't see any guy waiting impatiently to jump into this kind of work. Gosh, what's with the women now a days?? We got to juggle 5 or more responsibilities while the guys just juggle, oh wait, just have one job- bring back $ and while at it, go hang out with other guys over a few jugs of beer and maybe throw in some flirting.

If I have the power to recreate the world, I'll just kill everyone on earth, yours truly included so that Mother Earth can live peacefully or should I say recover from whatever damage mankind has caused. Human beings are a bunch of ungrateful living things. Using the word parasite would be a compliment because at least some parasites are useful. Ya life is tough and cruel but who made it this way? Nature? I am betting my life that humans contribute at least 50% to this fact.

And why on earth must we consume the flesh of another dead animal? I mean, if you think eating dead cooked chicken or fish is rational, then why don't you eat dead human corpse? It's the same kind of logic isn't it? Ya we need the protein bla bla bla but we can get our protein from other sources like beans and legumes. If vegetarians can survive, why not the other carnivorous or omnivorous homo sapiens?

Going through the wet market, passing by the chicken slaughter house, walking across the fish seller's stall just made me wanna puke. It's not because of the smell or blood dripping into the pail that was prepared for the melted ice water or the way the chicken seller cut up the chicken. It's because of the smell of fear of the live chicken, prepared to have it's throat slit and how the fish opening it's mouth and gills, killing for air. It's a torture for this animals just because of the so-call-needs of us human beings. I really hate the thought of some animal sacrificing it's life for the sake of that few inches of taste buds and that few millions of leptin hormone to kick in to send signals to our pea-sized brain that we're full.

If you want to start talking politics to me, I can give you more fuel and motivation aka anger to start a scene-- go visit Malaysiakini. Read it with an open mind about corruption, about politics, about the behind scenes of our government's work. Read and judge with your wisdom and don't trust everything you read. I believe that writers are very powerful in controlling people's mind. They can just cook up a cock and bull story and whatever they write can influence the reader's mind and since readers have mouth, they'll go blab everything they read to people around them that will listen and after enough of blabbering, would influence more innocent and ready-to-accept-whatever-you-say-as-fact kind of people. But I'm not saying that all news and whatever stories published are fake. Hence my advice, read with an open mind and judge it with your limited wisdom.

Phew, a short visit to the market can make me ramble so much, I wonder what will happen if I start going to the market daily. Nah, I rather die in hunger than feed this raging fire in me.

Oh, yesterday's dinner was fantastic. Had pasta at La Bodega (check out more here )and a chocolate cake at Godiva.



What I know about La Bodega is it's a Spanish Restaurant and have nice breakfast. My friend who picked it didn't have a clue about it and we kinda regretted when we saw the menu. It's not a place for dinner but very suitable to get drunk. You get me?? Anyway, we ordered pasta each and they ordered another mushroom tapas.

I ordered a Spaghetti Ramazetti which served with grilled chicken in a mustard cream sauce tossed with rocket salad and cost me RM26. The "rocket salad" was bitter and I felt like I'm having grass and the spaghetti was dry, really dry. On the bright side, the chicken was delicious.




My friend's mushroom tapas was well, according to her, bread and mushroom soup LOL. It looks something like this

La Bodega Tapas
(Ignore the red colour dish, got this image from google image)

After the food, M said she needs glucose and wants dessert so they brought me to Godiva and she said L will treat since they're flying tomorrow ='( and asked me to choose anything I want because she saw my OMG-It's-So-Expensive face. Each cake cost more than RM15 and one piece of chocolate or truffle was about that range of price too!!
We had this RM15 Godiva Dark Chocolate Cake

(ignore the date, got this picture from google image)

and it was FANTASTIC!!! The top layer was chocolate gelatin, followed by a layer of chocolate mousse, then a layer of mouth melting pure dark chocolate and a layer of chocolate cake (not sponge mind you but thick condensed chocolate cake) served with chocolate, mango and strawberry sauce. I like the mango sauce because it somehow enhances the dark chocolate taste. Gosh, I'm salivating already!!! AND AND the chocolate ball on the cake, I'm assuming it's also melt-in-the-mouth dark chocolate since they ate half each and I don't really like sharing food where it involves exchanging of saliva (L bit half and gave the other half to M).

Ooolala....I was in heaven but I didn't dare eat much since I'm not the one paying and the more I eat, the fatter I get. Anyway, while waiting for 4 waiters to serve us this godsend cake, we were discussing on how to pronounce Bally. How do you pronounce it? Bailey?? Bolly?? Well that was their pronunciation were so I went into the shop and asked the manager how to pronounce the shop's name and ahem, they were both wrong hence they shared the bill!!! Hahahaha

Friday, September 24, 2010

anger and disappointments

Anger
I know what's anger. I've been feeling angry since forever.
I'm always angry towards the people around me, towards the government, towards the computer for not having a stable line, towards the screwed up KTM and more so I'll admit that I'm a very bitter person. But lately, I've been exposed to another strong negative emotion-

Disappointment
I'm disappointed with my family members, and now hatred, anger and disappointment towards a person unworthy for me to call friend.

I despise people who break promises and despise people who are not punctual all the time.

This unworthy person's story is very straight forward.
A is flying off to UK this coming Sunday --> A, B and C on Monday made plans to have a farewell dinner on the coming Friday for A --> On Friday, A asked if they can meet at KL instead of Kepong and B was OK BUT C replied to A that she has something to do so won't be going.

I know that
a) C don't want to take the trouble to come KL (she said yes to Kepong because C stays at Kepong BUT A stays at Puchong which is very far from Kepong so now to make it fair, KL is the best place and will there be another chance to meet A??)
or
b) she was asked by the ballet teacher to replace a night class (not acceptable because we made this plan earlier this week and there are other students who can replace the class)
or
c) she is just stingy and don't want to waste money (I say so because she won't reply or call you because to her it's a waste of money and hence the stingy personality).

Anyway, I'm even more angry because A suggested that maybe C suddenly have something to do and so my question now is, why didn't C have the courtesy to actually inform us that she's "suddenly" busy?? And thus I think option (a), (b) and (c) can explain her not coming for the dinner at KL.

Well, this is not the first time I'm feeling so much anger and disappointment towards her but I'm going to make it the last since I will try not to talk to her so much because

if you don't care about that person, you won't feel angry, disappointed or hate

I know I'm being mean and cranky but trust me, this is mild compared to what I'm going through.

Friday, September 17, 2010

anger management

Seriously, I think I need someone to slap me a book on anger management or send me to some of those class. The longer I stay here, the more cranky I become and the more easily I can get annoyed. Can someone just make next month April???


So it's been a long holiday and the good thing that comes out from this Raya break is WONDERFUL traffic. I can afford to leave house at 7.30 am and reach office before 8am!! Usually, I leave house at 7.15am latest and reached office 8.10am earliest!! How I wish this good traffic will remain until end of October. Besides, the office has never been this quiet and I'm loving it because I can study, read mangas, blog and facebook as long as I want because someone is always on leave and I don't need to worry about being caught doing all these stuff.


I have been spending time at Kinokuniya reading again 2 days ago (this week mom has been going home early so I didn't have the chance to start a new book) and within 2 hours, I finished this book called Divorced and Deadly by Josephine Cox.
This book is hilarious and I have been laughing my head off from the start of the book. I was sniggering at first and I think I even snorted while trying hard not to laugh out loud.

It's a book on a guy called Ben Bushkin (what a name) who just divorced because he claimed that he's too good looking and blaa bla bla to not attract any woman. Actually, he was caught pants down by his control freak wife. So he moved back with his parents and his mother is another nut job. Whose mother will lock and keep their 30something years old son when he plans to move out??

Anyway, I really enjoyed myself reading the book and the people who sat near me started smiling and 2 of them actually asked me if that book was really that funny LOL.

Yesterday went to Metro Prima and while my mother and my aunt spent time shopping for clothes, I went and indulge myself with another book- Dorothy Kroomson's The Ice Cream Girls
I managed to read till the 2nd part and realised that I won't have time to actually finish the book and Kinokuniya's The Ice Cream Girls still has the plastic wrapper on (I only read books that have no plastic wrapper) so I jumped to the last part and found out the truth. I know doing this is the worse offense an avid book reader can commit but I was desperate and I don't want to wait for weeks before I can go back to this Popular to continue the story!! Sorry.

Next, I wandered around and I found this book by Elizabeth Noble. I managed to read the 1st 38 pages when my mom called so I was forced to tear away from the book and went home. This book is about a mother who was dying and was planning her funerals with her daughters. I only got to the part where the girls wore their promised bright colour dresses to the funeral. The story has yet to pique my interest so I can survive without reading the rest of the book.



Now for


when will it be out?!!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Birthday Surprise and delicious food at Dave's

On 31st August, we (ballet peeps) had a surprise party for one of our ballet friend and it was great!! Now, I never expect anything similar to happen to me but these wonderful peeps just have to make it happen and I appreciate it a lot. Thanks!!

*****

It was a Saturday morning and I woke up early for a jog. Froggie actually asked me to jog with her and I know that sometimes she flies kite so I jogged first. I started at 6.30am and we were supposed to jog together at 7am but she was no where to be seen even at 7.10am so I went home and bath.

Half way bathing, my phone rang and I ignored it because I was still bathing but my phone rang a few more times. After putting on dry clean clothes, I heard her calling from outside so I walked out to inform Froggie that I've done jogging and will not join her and even told her off that it was already 7.30am and she's very late. She replied that it was not her fault but I was confused when she was wearing slippers instead of jogging shoes. I was even more curious when I saw her running towards a green car parked behind my car.

Then at the corner of my eyes, I saw someone wearing black hiding behind the green car and the next thing I know, my ballet teacher came out laughing. She told me she's joining us for the jog and I thought "hah, that explains why she said it was not her fault" then BANG! the whole ballet peeps came out holding a cake with a big JENE on top of it.

They came surrounding me while Van was recording everything with her phone and teacher was shouting something about making me cry or something. It all happened in such a rush that the next thing was, they sang birthday song in front of my house on the road at 7.30am!!

We went into the house and they sang again but this time with candles on the cake. Ate the chocolate cheese cake made by Froggie, Van's potato salad and teacher's egg and tuna sandwiches. It was all carbo!! Luckily I jogged that morning.

Had more cake, potato salad and the sandwiches for lunch while watching House then at night we went to Dave's Pizza Pasta Vino at 1U which serves Western and is famous for it's pork and pizza. Mom's friend brought her there few weeks back and I just googled for pictures and found out that Kenny Sia loves this place too =P

The place was pack and the tables were quite close with each other to cater for the crowd which left me uncomfortable because the girl sitting beside me and my table was exactly like sitting beside me and my table back in secondary school. Noise was everywhere but the only thing that cheered me up was the big mirror on top of the kitchen which was on my right which showed us how the chief prepares his salad and all the food served out.

The guy whose back is facing us is the chef and his face is on the menu =P
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This is an interview with him.

darren chin @ dave's

We had Caesar salad which contains lettuce, bacon, tomatoes and garlic crouton
Caesar salad
button mushrooms stuffed with bacon, cream and mozzarella chees. Mmm..the cheese just melts in your mouth and the button mushroom just burst and enlightened my taste bud.

Pork ribs which was juicy and yummy. It was served with BBQ sauce, steamed vegetables and mashed potatoes and a few chunks of grilled potatoes.

Carbonara pasta. You can pick the type of pasta you want and the choice of sauce- crushed tomatoes/ carbonara/ olive oil with basil
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Chicken parmegiana was my brother's choice and it's a breaded chicken with mashed tomatoes on it with cheese topping served with mashed potatoes and salad. It reminded me of chicken cordon bleu but inside out =P

This meal was just nice for me, not too much or too little. If you're interested in their pizza, it's worth it because so far the reviews are good and the portion is huge! Look!


There's also baby back ribs, pork belly, pork knuckle and aside the ribs, they also serve lasagnas, seafood platters and sausages and behind the restaurant is a bar. I was kinda tempted to ask my mom to order some alcohol =P

Look closely at the door below the word Tiger. It's a door to

darren chin @ dave's

**Pictures are from google
*****
Yesterday was really a carbo day!!!

For this past week, I have been having self-made salad for lunch. Look!!

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Delicious looking and healthy right? LOL!!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Touching story from Yahoo!

Dwight Howard makes a lady's day, life
Occasionally stories come around that push your sadness buttons just enough that your eyes get a bit misty, while at the same time the same story activates your smile sensors because it's about someone doing something good for another person. You know what I'm talking about.
So if you're down with crying a few happy tears, chew on this story by the Orlando Sentinel's Mike Bianchi.

Her bucket list included just one item.
Kay Kellogg (who is suffering from Stage 3 Multiple Myeloma, an aggressive cancer) didn't want to climb the Eiffel Tower. Or run a marathon. Or jump out of an airplane. She just wanted to have a nice conversation with her hero.

"Dwight Howard is just such a precious, wonderful kid," she says. "Whenever I watch him play, he just makes me feel good inside."
And for a woman who feels so bad inside most of the time, this is quite an accomplishment for Dwight. You think leading the league in rebounding and blocked shots is difficult? Try leading the cancer ward in smiles elicited and hearts warmed.

Kay, 62, is sitting at her apartment Tuesday telling her story.
She's just finished yet another round of chemo. In her younger days, she was a ballet dancer, gracefully spinning and twirling as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. Now, she slowly gets around with a walker.

She has Stage 3 Multiple Myeloma, an aggressive cancer that searches out and destroys the blood plasma in the bone marrow. Her disease is inoperable and incurable, but her demeanor is inspiriting and uplifting.

She lives on a fixed income, but two seasons ago she decided to treat herself to Magic season tickets in the upper level. Watching Dwight play is one of the joys of her life. She showed up at nearly every game that season wearing her blue No. 12 Dwight jersey.
"I was sitting way up in the cheap seats," she says, "but I felt like I was in heaven."

A few weeks ago, her daughter, Arian Clute, had an idea. She contacted the Magic and told them that her mother had but one wish before she died: She wanted to meet Dwight.
And, so, a few days ago, Dwight showed up at her door step. He was supposed to spend 30 minutes and ended up staying nearly two hours.

"He has become my 7- foot-tall bottle of medicine," Kay says. They laughed and talked and talked and laughed. They talked about love and life — and death and divinity. She told him how she was in show business her whole life and loves basketball. He told her how he's been in basketball his whole life and loves show business. They compared the sizes of their hands and then Dwight gently grabbed her bare foot from the end of a recliner like Prince Charming grabbing Cinderella's. He looked down and said sweetly, "How can this little foot hold up anyone?"
They busted out laughing.

And then he asked her why — why is he the only one on her bucket list? She looked at him and said, "Because some people get a choir that sings them into heaven and some people get a chariot that rolls them into heaven. Not me. I want to be slam-dunked smack, dab into the middle of heaven by Dwight Howard." They busted out laughing again.
By the time the visit was over, Dwight was affectionately calling her "Mama Kay" and she was lovingly calling him "My Dwight."

It was the strangest thing, according to those who were there. Dwight was supposed to inspire her, but she ended up inspiring him, too. Her bucket list turned into the most meaningful bucket he's ever recorded.
When she gingerly stood up to say goodbye, he bent way, way down, hugged her hard and told her something startling. He told this 4-foot-11 woman who is dying of cancer, "You are taller than me."
"That's the silliest thing I've ever heard," she said.
"No," Dwight insisted, "you are taller than me because your spirit lifts you up."

Kay Kellogg was once a dancer and singer who entertained people worldwide. She once danced at Radio City Music Hall and performed with Bing Crosby, who once sang "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas."
Kay got something better last week. She got a Dwight Christmas — four months early.
"I'm not afraid to die," she says. "I've had a great life with great friends, a great job and I raised two great daughters. And now that I've met my Dwight, what more is there?"
Well, there is one thing.
She smiles.
"I told Dwight to say a prayer so that I'm around long enough to see him play on opening night."

See? Told you it was a happy-sad (or sad-happy, either way works). As for me? No, I'm not crying. It's just been raining on my face.

=)

Saturday, September 4, 2010

I feel so fat

I feel so useless

I feel so aimless

I feel so so fat

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Updates

Dang Streamyx!!! Can't online for days!!

Went and watched Vampires Suck and it was worth it.
1. The actors were way more hotter and hunkier than the original casts of Twilight
2. The main casts of this movie can act way better than the original casts of Twilight
3. This movie makes me laugh so hard that my tummy ache
4. Becca acts exactly like Bella (especially the pauses, the tone and the way she sweeps her hair back) and I love the part where she actually shouts and shows her temper after Edward left her (unlike Bella who shouts in her sleep)
5. The jokes are lame but they are lame to the extend that you can't stop laughing
6. Lots more but lazy to elaborate =P

31.08.2010
We had a surprise birthday party for one of my ballet friend. My ballet teacher and us lied to her that we were having class but we ended up bringing her to teacher's place and gave her the surprise birthday party. She was moved to tears =) We ate and talked and drank til 5pm and were dead tired. What a way to celebrate Independence day.

(My 1st time drinking/ tasting alcohol was on 01.01.2010 and my 2nd time was this day. Tasted a Red Garden beer and some white wine. Both times were at my teacher's place. We made the birthday girl tasted the wine too hehehe)

1.09.2010
My morning was ruin thanks to my dad and a little contribution from my bro. Ah, family problem. Whatever.

So I went to office with bad mood and surprisingly things turned out well. I had to print out thousands of insurance certs (again) but it was not urgent so I took my time. Knowing me, I still did it as if it was urgent and got it done by 3.30pm. 2 of the brokers were on MC and the other broker who usually gives me work was busy with other stuff, so I was not disturbed by anyone or extra work. Half way through it, I was given a box of chocolate biscuit because they had extra. The chocolate biscuit was supposed to be in the hamper they were making since last week and I was very surprised that they actually thought about me. That box of biscuit was meant to be a secret but you guys don't know where I work or don't even care so I guess typing it here is save.

While waiting for the lift to go home, the CEO came out and waited too. He started asking about me and we had a conversation and I think I blushed =P

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I guess all well ends well

I hate the fact that I am getting fatter and I have been having fast food aka McD and Domino for the past few days. ARGH!!