if the shoe fits

Last Saturday after a chicken rice dinner at Far East Plaza, Grumpy's sisters wanted to check out wisma atria. I dragged Grumpy to Tangs . It's so nice and cheery there. Just makes you want to spend money.

After walking past Paris Hilton's bag collection (?! - yes, is there anything this girl DOESN'T do ?) We went one floor up to the tang&co section.

Browsing browsing browsing... yes all nice and posh. THEN I came across this shoe. Not them teeny tiny ones. First look, appealing, big size , could possibly , hopefully fit me. Turn it over for the price ....

Only $69 ???? From $399 ????? omg am I on punkd ??! A lovely shoe (that fits me--that's like a miracle in itself) for a lovely price. Thank you , I am blessed.

bros birthday

Today is my brother's birthday. Sent him a package last week consisting of a manga bible and some xbox games (though I'm sure he probably has those titles downloaded somewhere in his ridiculous terabyte tower)

He texted me that he received the comic bible and also a note from customs saying they have taken 'some contraband stuff' . I replied, 'Damn, xbox games considered contraband meh?'

First thought was the games didn't make it. Kinda harsh, there were only 3 titles - one of them being a 4disc RPG. I thought maybe they'd open up the package and poke around but not confiscate the bloody things. Then I thought about the time I wasted in going to JB to get them. How, at customs, me and Grumpy nervously went through the scanner. Waited for the bus in line with every other Tom Dick and Harry going back to Singapore. And then how maybe I should have sent them via registered mail or used someone who was going over to help me pass them to him. Bugger it.

Then he texts 'Joking la. Got 'em.Thx so much'

ugh. brothers -_-

shop is opening

Mum's shop is having an opening this Friday. It totally sucks that I cannot go. I know we are not on the best of terms but of course I would love to support her on her business venture. If only I had picked a different session for the concert, if only her opening was on Saturday instead.

I feel so bad , she made it no big deal saying 'nthg fancy jus look see and finger fd. betta dun miss concert'

What makes it worse is that she also invited Grumpy ie finally warming up to him , hallelujah

Like this couch the best. Doesn't look very comfy but is very chocolatey. YUM

fries and rings

Maccers should be judged by the quality of their fries. I mean seriously, does anyone go there solely for their burgers ?


In my opinion, the best Maccers in town is at Lucky Plaza basement. The fries there are super steady. Always crisp, always hot always at the right saltiness. The queensway shopping centre branch has the worst fries . QSC however, does have the best katong laksa ! But that's another story.


Having been impressed with the fries at Lucky, it didn't take me much convincing to try their onion rings (part of their promotional menu to tie-in with Kung Fu Panda though why I'll never know, aren't pandas on a strictly bamboo diet ?) These things are awesome !


They may not look like much but I didn't expect them to be so crispy and so oniony - you can bloody see the onion ring inside. Burger King sell a crumby, limp-ass version without an onion in sight. Very ex though. Wanted to sub the fries for the onion rings so after upsizing had to add an additional 50c. You open the box and get like, 7 rings. Oh well nevermind, I like !

grumpy curry puff man

Grumpy curry puff man runs a kueh kueh stall at the hawker centre where I work. His curry puffs are 60c each. A bit pricier than most but not as much as that outrageous old chang kee. Mushy filling covered in mushy dough. uggh.
What I like best about grumpy curry puff man's curry puffs is the dough . It's all in the dough - very difficult to find a pastry that's not too doughy and not too flaky.

Anyhow I told him I wanted 4 so he puts them all in individual clear plastic bags and then puts the 4 into another plastic bag (with handles). I handed over my $2.40 and he looks at me blankly and says its $2.50 .

"Uncle, aren't they 60c each ?" He then gives me this look as if I have the nerve to ask him such a question and replies with,

"The plastic bag is 10c. C'mon you're so rich, I'm sure 10c you can afford " (!!?! - wtf. Is it wrong for a customer to ask what she's paying for nowadays or is there some kind of new ruling I don't know about ?) I curtly said,

"Uncle your curry puffs are nice but your attitude isn't"

I was only clarifying. wtf lor. The least he could do was scribble a sign somewhere if he is incapable of human contact. Not that hard right ?? Also, what if I didn't want the bag with the handles, didn't bother to ask me is it. diu

Apparently he is infamous for being an ass according to indian milo man, chicken rice man and fruit juice man.

to speed or not to speed

Well no wonder it takes so long for things to get done around here !!

laksamama found her laksa in jb

YES ! IT'S AT ESSENCE CAFE - 2ND FLR HOLIDAY PLAZA , just above 'Fire' DVD. Me and grumpy get our flix from there cos Boon, a funny curly-haired ah beng, works there . Boon says they always get laksa from essence . He said they can even smell it coming through the air vent in the ceiling. I told him you are so bullshit but he say really. Trust him anyway, his movies were clear. So we went to try, very hungry already. Almost 3pm and we haven't eat lunch yet - Grumpy's horns were coming out.

The joint was quite dingy and smelt strongly of fish but the laksa was shiok. Got the right balance of sour and hot. And only RM4 / bowl ! Singapore where got such things ?! Even an (uncomparable) bowl at Penang Kitchen costs at least $6. Anyhow, at essence, the noodles were a bit chewy but the most impt component is the stock which was well done.

Dragged Grumpy to the PC show on Sat. Bloody crowded. Grumpy said it reminded him of xmas time . Got a plain unfanciful 500GB hdd for $130.
I thought it was a good deal, works out to be 26 cents a gig.

what's wrong ?

Grumpy and I went to sim lim last weekend to buy a webcam/mic contraption . This is after being blown away by the awesomeness that is Skype (and Henry's insistence) It's marvellous what we can do with the internet nowadays. The clarity of the video call and being able to see Grumpy's folks all the way in the Phillipines was wünderbar. And all for free !! (it IS free right ?)


I have tried in vain to get the bloody mic to work. I have stuck the jack in every hole possible. The only place which looks remotely correct is the pink colour port behind the cpu - this is because a box pops up which has the words 'mic-in' and there's a tick in a little box next to it. And also there's this flashing mic icon. That's gotta be telling me something right ?

Sticking it in the front does not bring up this box though. Indeed very frustrating. Just the act of plugging the damn thing behind is difficult. I have to bend down, my legs so long then must squint squint to find the hole.



I have put master volume of mic to max, its not muted or anything but yet still refuses to work. So what's wrong ?

macaronia

Bakerzin is a fantastic cake shop that sells incredible chocolatey gooey goodies. On the way to the A1 curry puff stall at Taka basement I hadn't really noticed the Bakerzin outlet till yesterday.

I also had no idea what macarons were till yesterday. They are cute, colourful but most importantly, filled with this cream that literally melts in the mouth. (called ganache after some Googling)

They may appear hard and dry but are in fact chewy and gooey upon biting. Bought 2 just for the heck of it. Grumpy wasn't too enthused but I quite liked them. They aren't sickeningly sweet. Bakerzin make them in 16 flavours ! Talk about decisions . Deciding on which slice of cake wasn't easier. Finally decided on the flourless Chocolate Amer .

I shall stop here. I am getting rather hungry

lunchtimes are funtimes

I have finally finally managed to download cooking mama 2. After getting bored with the first one I think it is time to see what this one has to offer. I had a quick run with it on the way to work this morning on the bus. See how bright and cheery and kawaii-cute it all looks. This sequel has some sort of design component in it. FUN !

Another game I shall enjoy wasting my time with is Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.

It is modern day marvels like these which make me eat my lunch faster.

Fishy Encounters

50 % off invites are always inviting, no? On this occasion I surprised Grumpy and his sister. Clearly, no one was more excited than Mr Grumpy. --->

This was for a 30 min session at Kampong Fish Therapy. Nice interiors. Really like Kampong. Got the oldskool kinda feel.

We filled out some forms declaring our feet to be open-wound free and were then ushered to a few warm-water taps to soap up and rinse from the knee down.
We got our own little corner at the back so that was nice !

Hot green tea was served as we entered our little walled-off tank.

Once you get your feet in, they just start charging. I was so scared I'd step on one of the little buggers as I made my way to the corner.


Initial feeling is like getting poked at with alot of tiny needles and then like having a low electric current being buzzed through your legs.

They especially liked getting IN-BETWEEN my toes for some strange reason. Very ticklish ! I think they were trying to tell me to scrub between my toes.

Must say it felt relaxing just sitting there.

After about 15 mins, we got out to get our feet scrubbed. Loosen up more of that fish food.

There was one fish that just wouldn't go near me or Grumpy.

It was perfectly content to be parked on Grumpy's sister. Amazing how it could still identify her even after we shuffled around.

A big bloody sucker. Must be the Alpha Fish or something.
After the session we got moisturised and given a ba-zhang each. Grumpy was raving about it over lunch at Pasta de Waraku. He could not stop rubbing his feet, seriously.

He says next time he wants to do the whole body. I told him they bite your balls then you know .

Good times. I have been re-inspired to blog.

Sometimes, methinks you really need to get shit off your 12A chest.