blood suckers

Its common knowledge among my friends that i have an abnormal fear of needles. be it for blood tests or vaccination of any kind. which explains why i have not been vaccinated for hepatitis b or any other vaccines and that it is no surprise that when the company offered free H1N1 vaccines for staff, i declined. of course i dont want to be infected but i also do not wan to be injected. no sireee!!! no thank u!!


bt yesterday, two ladies from sum lab came over for a health talk. the exact topic was cancer. now this is a rather touchy subject for me as my grandmother passed away two years ago from cancer and i have a rather complicated relationship with my ovaries. so this topic really interested me. they educated us about the our food intake n bla bla bla n that we should exercise (weird that i froze my gym yet again just the night before eh?).


Then they told us that we shud check our husbands blood type before giving birth coz if u have a positive blood type n ur husbands is negative, then thrs a chance ur baby will be abnormal. and we also hv to check for thalessemia. coz if both u n ur husband are thalessemia minor then ur kid will be a thalessemia major, and thalessemia major babies dont live long. so heartbreaking... thalessemia is a condition whr u dont have enuf blood cells.


nyway! at the end of it they offered to steal all our blood n drink it coz they're actually vampires and distant cousins of edward! ok no they offered us a package whr they take our blood and check it for irregularities and 60 different things like cholestrol level, sugar level, tumor markers, iodine and so on n so forth. it would normally cost RM 400 but we were getting a corporate rate at RM 295.


there was only 6 of us thr out off like 600 ppl in dis huge building n only 6 decided to turn up. such ignorant fools these ppl are. offer them free food n all wuud turn up. haiya msians.. so since all the other 5 people sed they were gonna do it, i too dcided to let them rob me of my blood .10 ml's ok?? dats like 10 big mineral water bottles!! or u know.. close..


so of course we went thru the mandatory drama prior to them poking my veins, starring moi. turns out it didnt hurt much. ok im kidding of course it hurt!! not like giving birth painful bt it hurt alright!


so now we are to wait 10 days, maybe more coz of xmas n all for our results. im not counting on much for my cholesterol level coz i eat like a truck driver... and the rest.. i'll just wait n see.. bit nerve wrecking.. kindda like waiting for ur spm results... cept its worse...

My 1st Foie Gras

so a couple of nights ago jj n i went to pressroom in bsc whr my sister works. she wanted to treat us to dinner for organizing my nieces bday party.
i was really xcited coz i was gonna taste foie gras for the 1st time! im a avid food lover so to not have tasted foie gras before is really an embarrasment.

on the said day, i had too much time on my hands while waiting for jj to wake up from his nap n come pick me up so i went a lil overboard with the eye make up.

i hardly dress up to go out in public nowadays, so for me to put on full make up was really sumtin.

kak in suggested a few dishes she thought we might like but i had my heart set on the foie gras with seared apple for my appetiser, she suggested i get the fish for my main n i obliged.

jj had the king prawns (of which i eventually had half of) for starters n fettucini with shredded duck and mushrooms.

wen my foie gras came my face was glowing with xcitement! n den the camera broke down on us. a few slaps and throws later (kidding :p) it was ok agn bt i had wasted too many precious mins letting it go cold i had to dive in (hence the poor quality photos)!

and my face scrunched up wen i did. like eeew? ok im a pretty adventerous eater. in fact id eat pretty much anything u throw in front of me bt this just made me nauseous.

the texture was that of pure fat, u know the white kind u find on beef? and the taste was, well it tasted exactly like wat it was, fatty duck liver but it tasted so gamey. it didnt have that rich livery taste which i love! it was fatty liver.. literally..

i love fat! i eat spoonfulls of butter while watching tv (i kid u not)! i rarely trim my meat and i really like fatty greasy chicken skin.

but this was a whole new league of eeww.

it spoiled my appetite for the rest of the night. which was a shame coz the fish was quite good tho i prefered his pasta over it n dessert was awesome-

but we forgot to take pictures cos we were so full we requested for only 1 dessert to share, and ended up fighting over it. seriously sharing food w jj is a nightmare, he's like a hungry lion all d time its scary.

i love my sister very much and she's a wonderful chef, but kak in, nx time we go la bodega ok? she handles both restaurants and i tink la bodega is much much kinder to the palate, not to mention the wallet.

Good butter = happy Janna

sceptical him.. he hates pretentious fancy meals. pftttt

my new nemesis



 

Moment of truth...



ehem ehem bluekk



eewww....

 

Barramundi fillet with bisque sauce and fresh asparagus







my sister the fab chef!

So i was browsing thru bangsar-babe's website when i came across her posting on the KL time Out Food Awards 2010.

I was scrolling down the list when lo and behold! wat do i see??

My sister is a chef there and she just did their dessert menu! how cool is dat! ok kak in! ill b there soon! siap kn foie gras ok!!

and Congratsss!!!

ok she doest read my blog, doesnt even kno i hv one, probably doesnt kno how to find a blog even.. working in a kitchen does that to u..

bt congrats anywayy!!!!

mwahhh!!

marry we??

on a slow boring tuesday, i get an IM from jj at work, after ignoring me for most of the day coz he was busy, saying that he was craving for oyster mornay so we were goin out for dinner. i found this weird coz im the crave-er in our relationship. he wud normally just go along. he hardly ever craves anything! boring tummy he has.

the place we were going to is in wangsamaju, and in my book, anywhr more then 20 kms away from my home is practically another country. it was 8pm when he picked me up. i was so hungry by this time that i was practically gnawing on the car seat. pls bear in mind that my dinner time, at the latest is 630pm. n i hate dat hunger pang that seem to eat away at ur tummy. bt i sensed something was goin on so i kept my green eyed monster in check.

it took us only abt half an hour to get there and as we were reaching the place he took an unknown turn. i though this was weird but i reasond that he knew this area really well, mayb he's taking a short cut or somthing. he pointed out wangsa walk to me n i went 'ooooh they have a cold storage!' (i have an unhealthy addiction to supermarkets) to which he replied 'u wanna go??' i flashed him a look n sed 'hello??? do u kno wat time it is??? im so hungry i cud eat a family of elephants n u wanna go jln2 kt supermarket???!?' ok green eyed monster peeping over the wall!

he took me around n around n around. at one point i looked out the window n saw the zoo negara!! i looked at him n sed- r we lost?? it was almost 9 by now n my tummy juices were churning out acid that was burning holes in my tummy in search for food!

i kindda guessed he was gonna propose at the restaurant coz he was acting all weird so i was thinking in my mind, y d heck is he going around n around in circles?? is the staff having problem sticking the damn ring into the dessert?? is he trying to work up the courage?? watt??!

then we FINALLY arrived after my incessant bables urging him to go faster as i really needed to use the loo.

after refreshing myself, we sat down n ordered. as we were waiting for our food, he looked worried n distracted and the moment i start to talk he would zone out like he's thr but he's not really thr. get wat i mean? n im like 'hello, talk to me'.
and then!! all of a sudden the restaurant doors opened n i see my dear dear darlings frens walk in, D, la's husband, followed by La n their baby, Mari (holding up her phone the entire time recording the event) and her bf Af af. they were each carrying a pla card that read, M-A-R-R-Y. i turned n looked at him n he was holding up an M and an E, only the M was upside down so it sed MARRY WE.

den he took out the ring box. or rather, accidently threw it across the table. nervous n embarassed punye pasal. n fixed it on my finger!

i found out later the reason he took me around the tour of wangsa maju was that mari was late, and she had the placards so he had to stall while she was stuck in traffic with marry we.

our wedding is planned for next year and i pray to Allah swt all goes smoothly and as planned.

so there, that is the story of his proposal to me. and to answer his question - will you marry we? of course i sed yes. how could i say no to marrying 6 people at once!

shoving my hands in his face impatiently

marry we??

marry me?? -more like it

The usual forever unchanging cast be it for surprise parties or proposals *lufffss*

megamind and i :)

p/s: looking at these pics made me realize sumtin. i really shudnt go out in public sans make up. gross..

My New Love

I have been in love with kitchenaid mixers since forever. and it doesnt help that nigella n my fav pastry chef (other then my sister) anna olsen uses it. thing is, it costs a bomb here. ok not so bomb la but bomb for me considering thr are so many oth things i need to buy n u can get a kenwood one for wayyyyy cheaper here.

theres a store near my place that carries kitchenaid mixers n evrytime i pass by the display window, whr they have so meanly displayed the mixers in a row of rainbow colours, i wud look forlornly and longingly, like a child staring at an ice cream shop. only worse.. coz the child hasnt eaten in 3 days n is really hungry n so she needs the ice cream to survive.

so ive been looking for it on websites like mudah n lelong, then it struck me that these sites sometimes sell used things n eeeuu im gona b making food with it n eeeuuu coz i dont kno whr its been u kno! ok i kno i can clean it yadda yadda yadda bt im anal like dat get over it.

den i went on this magic website called amazon! whr beautiful kitchenaid mixers had such tiny pricetags compared to here!! ok not so tiny wen converted bt real tiny for kitchenaid!!

the ARTISAN STAND MIXER 5KSM150PS costs about 2400- 2600 MYR but in the US its like 299.00 USD. heaven??!? i think so!! its even cheaper (256 USD) for some less popular colours like the yellow (which i love)!!

the price here is more then double the selling price thr!! insane!!

so now im inclined to buy it online n have it shipped over but id like to get some feedback from ppl who have bought heavy things online from the US. i wanna kno wud i be taxed? also theres the voltage issue. i read on a blog that Malaysia uses the same high voltage as the UK at 240kV. The US uses 110kV. so wud this pose a problem? well if anyone knows pls pls pls enlighten me.

in the meantime. feast ur eyes!!

p/s: btw he proposed!! but lets save that for another post eyh?

r you in love yet???

baby talk

Ive been an silent reader of munirah's blog for some time now. i love her tales as well as trials and tribulations of raising her 3 kids (and another on the way). i guess it reminds me of how my mom raised me and my siblings because she's married to a pilot, and my dad's a pilot. so their husbands are away a lot and often times they are left to raise the kids singlehandedly.


one of her newer post really cracked me up. currently all her 3 kids sleep on the same bed as her and her husband. and as she is expecting, she wanted to re-configure their sleeping arrangements. in other words, get the older kids to bunk in their own beds. she would pick them up after they fell asleep and place them on their own beds, but one of her boys would climb back onto her bed in the night.


she would sing praises to the other two saying what big boys and girls they are now in an attempt to encourage the other one to follow suit.


the little boy innocently retorted back with the line below.


“tapi pApa also very big boy, why pApa tak sleep on his own bed?”


cracks you up doesnt it!?

Kellogs Special K

so ive started a new bfast regime (if u must) it starts with a serving of kellogs special k cereal served with skim milk and followed by a serving of fruits. i love fruits so i have no qualms about muching on truckloads of any types of fruits, but they typically revolve around apples, oranges, kiwis, mangoes, melons, and the occasional pomengranate or two.

thing is, i am a big bfast eater, ok im a big eater full stop, but i love having huge savoury bfasts. ive never been one to settle for a slice of toast or a bowl of cereal. on weekends, i would normally make scrambled eggs which i pair with some fat sausages or even the spicy halal african ones papa brings home with some sauteed mushrooms and a grilled tomato. THAT is bfast. not sume limp toast. at the office i indulge in the occasional nasi lemak. but bfast at the ofc is normally whatever is being served in the crappy cafe downstairs which is usually roti telur or maggi grg. so unhealthy kan! like wat a way to start my mornings!

so that was y i dcided to try this kellogs special k 2 week challenge. i wont be following it by the book as it requires u to take the cereal for bfast AND dinner. i might not survive that. so im starting off slow with bfast first. depending on my level of famish-ness tonite, i will decide if i can subsist on it alone.

In the meantime, i have cut up a large tupperware of mangoes and apples into tiny bite sized bits to munch on coz i cannot not munch. its like my mouth has a mind of its own. i have to munch on sumtin or it might start to munch my own tongue.

so far i feel great! hunger pangs have not set in yet even tho i only had cereal and fruits and nothing savoury! ive got a good feeling about this. oh and just so u know.. im already 50 mins into this diet! 50 whole mins n i havent gone hungry! amazing rite!

well it is for me anyway!

World Hunger 2010 Charity Walk

I did my first ever charity walk in my adult life over the weekend. and it was soooooo much fun!!

i stumbled across the reg booth one day while i was out having lunch. i called jj n he gave his nod of approval. then i roped in some buddies who were equally excited and clueless about it.

the evening before the walk, jj had a football friendly with his buddies and twisted his ankle. my first thot was 'oh noooo!! kesian!! r u ok!' winds of change came quickly and concern turned to 'omg!! den u kenot walk tomorrow!! ohh mann!! u kno how long weve been planning for this??' he shushed me n sed he wud be ok to walk by morning. i highly doubted it n offered my late grandmothers wheelchair, the one we use as a racing vehicle around the house. very mature ppl we are.

so come morning he picked me up for breakfast and lo n behold! he was limping! and walking very slowly, dragging his swollen ankle.. shiannn!! i told him not to do the walk, instead he cud just sit by the side and hold our handbags. of course he disagreed. 'tanak lah!!'

so we reached the place n was greeted with a sea of yellow. it was like we went to sleep and woke up in digi man land. was pretty hard trying to spot one another coz evryone looked yellow and similar.

there was a few activities we could partake in while waiting for the walk to start. nenah and i spotted the sumo wrestle thingy and was jumping up n down in xcitement! the suit was like a portable sauna and stank of the sweat of former sumo's. disgusting i kno. bt the wrestling part was soooo fun and uber funny!! at one point nenah fell on her back and cudnt get up. she was like an upside down turtle. the man had to pick her up by her suit. so so so funnn!!!

we (jj n i) ended up walking 5 km instead of our pre agreed 3. it rained earlier so it was cool n breezy. at one point jj picked out an old old man and sed that he would be our benchmark, we had to keep our pace up to his and that he should never be out of our sight. i thot 'sure!! no problem!! he's old how fast can he really go??' 10 minutes down the road we were on the lookout for a new benchmark, we lost our old one (pun not intended).

we ended the walk with the collection of our goodie bag (which i loved) and dinner which we ceremoniously ate by the roadside along with other digi man lookalikes.

all in all it was a marvellous day and i would love to do it again!

they had it last year at padang merbok and there were two thousand ppl in attendance, this year there was six thousand.

i hope there'll be more and more ppl nx year. not only do u get to spend an awesome day with your loved ones, u also get to burn fat and play sumo AND FEED THE POOR!! how wonderful is that!!

here are some photos that i nicked from nenah's fb coz she was the only one taking photos.

digi man lookalikes

Ayomak get set gone!!

bouncy rock climbing! look at our xcited faces!

and off we go!

my 10 obese minutes

pretend ur dis fat, and fighting over the last piece of french fry. sure win wan!

FIRE!!

So the fire alarm went off today while we were busy working. my first instinct was 'wat the toot' shaddap!!! then i turned to my collegues who were all looking around in bewilderment, unmoving for 3 seconds before continiuing with their work. haha i swear if the building really was on fire we'd b toast! - pun intended.


the fire alarm is located (so thoughtfully) right by my workstation. like im deaf or sumtin. so wen it rang, my brains shook. i turned around to face my collegue who then saw my new dress and commented (in shouts mind u) on its lenght and the material, all the while the alarm was blaring its bell head off.


such safety concious employees we are.


and i got a call from my fren down below who was in the nursing room asking if she should save her breast pump and ebm.


a few minutes later (after breaking my eardrums) the alarm died down, and we heard an announcement. there was a ting ting ting ting (ala airport annoucement) telling us it was a false alarm.


i never knew our office had an announcement machine.. hmmm wonder whr its located...

provocotive pressies

u know the weddings i went to?

i gave one of the couples a very special gift. to be utilised in private. discreetly. and was never supposed to be opened in public.

i wanted to personally give it to the happy couple but due to many reasons, i cudnt. so i put it along with the others on the mound, but not before whispering to the bride of the contents and warnings of care.

the nx day i got an excited giggly call. turns out the box overturned and the content of it fell out. on to the floor. in the living room. of the grooms home. where his entire extended family. not to mention frens. got an eyeful. and a wonderful conversation about it all.

i thank god i was not thr.

my mistake for not sealing the box. but in my defence. its a pretty pretty box. not meant to be sealed.

oh well.

it would b a good wedding story to tell anyhow.

rocks socks

so ive been working pretty hard lately.. i dont think i have... bt i must be coz the keys on my laptop keyboard are coming off like a 90 year old drunkard's teeth.

the caps lock key came off sometime before puasa n i tried hard to fix it. i tried to clip it back on slowly, i rammed my finger on it, i whacked it with my palms, i painstakingly tried to use my giant fingers to fix it - to no avail.. then a couple of weeks later, the }] key came off. u kno, the one next to ur P. i dont really have any use for it but i still tried to fix it albeit with much less enthusiasm then caps lock. of course, i cudnt..

ok it wasnt dis byk but it looked like this... minus 30...

then yesterday! lo n behold! A came off!! A!! how can i live without A!! when im typing id constantly miss the tiny little baby micro mini button whr my A was n 'Please make neccessary changes ASAP and update me' wud end up 'Plese mke neccessry chnges ASP nd updte me'.

unable to live without A, i finally called the IT dept. so malu ok. while evryone else was down with cases of software malfunction, and inability to connect to wireless n lotus notes problems, i stood thr with my laptop.. missing 3 of its teeth.. but i needed help.. plese..?

the lady fixed A with a jab of her tiny fingers to which i went -*waaa so terror mann!! (i embarass myself sometimes)* then she tried to fix the caps lock n did all that i did above n turns out sumtin sumtin was broken. the {[ key pon broken.

she asked me to log a formal report yesterday and today- i got a brand new keyboard installed! it was so fast!

awesome kn my company!!

Mating season

So this month has been filled with weddings! its like the mating season or something.. dont get me wrong i love weddings but it can be a little exhausting sometimes...  between choosing between wanting to give money or presents and if its the latter, what to give, n then theres the clothes. what to wear with which shoes n what clutch or purse or handbag. n the sun has been unforgiving this past few weeks. i feel like im living in a desert sometimes. i get really bitchy when its hot. really really bitchy. esp if im kept waiting outdoors so a certain someone can burn his lungs (and mine) smoking expensive cigarettes. dats when the green eyed monster emerge.

so back to wedding. these are among those i attended recently. all beautiful do's but due to time constrains n utter exhaustion, i didnt have the time and strength to fully enjoy these weddings.

Farah (siti) & Syauqy

Didi & Afif

Renney & Arafat

Lisha & Maisa



Beautiful married people they all are :)

I wish you all a lifetime of happiness and lotsa happy bouncy babies!!

** all photos were nicked form fb. tuan2 gamba. permisi!

Jogger Horror the Sequel..

** Continuation from previous post

So we hiked on along. stopping at the small stream to refresh ourselves. there were a number of tracks. well worn paths that lead to the exit im sure. i mean this is a popular place. its pretty safe. rite? turns out i was wrong. after following one of the many well beaten paths (alot of which was littered with markers from previous group hikes) we hiked up a track n suddenly found ourselves on a road. a real tar-ed road albeit a small like. kindda like the ones winding up cameron highlands.

on our right was a huge water tank (dead end) and to our left the road stretched further then we cud see. at this point we still saw paper markers left by the group hike. we dcided to walk up the road, when i say UP, i mean UP. we climbed up the road n saw nothing. well i saw a baby black n red snake. at this point i looked down n realised there werent any more markers n i was beginning to worry. neither of us spoke. the sun was high up above our heads by then.

suddenly thr was a loud rustling noise in the bushes (semak samun) to our left. it was really loud. i was terrified!! but we still walked on. he wasnt looking so good. i asked if he was ok, he sed his knee was hurting n that he cudnt run. oh no... then i heard the distant sounds of traffic. i jogged ahead pass the curve in the road to see and i saw a creepy old house ahead. at this point jj cudnt see me as i was pass the bend. then suddenly there was a loud rustle in the semak samun again, this time to my left. i ran back to him we both turned pale(he claimed he was calm n relaxed n i was d only one panicking- ok btul kot) scared out of my wits. i have not idea wat animal dat was but watever it was it scared d hell out of me.

as we were approaching the house there was soft music playing an old malay tune. the house looked like an abandoned bungalow but sumone had taken over n built a small attachmnt using pices of plywood. n there was a rickety old car out front. n no one to be seen.

it was creepy as hell i tell  u. no one knew whr we were, if sumone were to have taken us no one wud know. my mom wud probly hv ppl comb every inch of lake gardens n wudnt find anything.

thankfully nothing unfavourable happened thr. i was never more glad to see ppl when we reached a kampung. the name of the road- jalan kubur.. how apt.

please bear in mind we started hiking at bukit gasing in PJ.

u know where we came out??

pantai dalam in bangsar. BANGSAR!! from pj!! on FOOT!! MY FOOT!!

needless to say we hailed a cab to drive us back to our car, that was parked in pj. im all for hiking in the jungle but DO NOT make me walk in the sun unprotected by trees or sunblock n sunglasses.

it was a long time before we got to eat our bfast at raju.

this happened yesterday n my body is feeling the aches today. i hope a burnt a gazillion calories yesterday. i tink i deserve it wat with my near death experience with the snake n rustling semak samun's. i almost had a heart attack!

i had to tell this story while its still fresh in my mind.

so guys the next time u go hiking, make sure u take the rite track ok? n wear sunblock even if u dont think its neccessary. i learnt that the hard way.

Jogger Horror- The Beginning...

So ive been feeling super unhealthy and fat lately, so i made jj promise to bring me jogging on sunday. i had to make him promise coz i wanted to go early. reeaaaal early. like at 715am. coz if we go later den d sun wud b up n me n d sun. we're not on good terms. so thr we were, all geared up n ready to go.

lake gardens here we come!! then as we approached d jln dat leads on to parliament tibe2 omg jln di tutup. apparently there was a marathon goin on dat day. sum olympic day marathon or sumtin. i mean seriously. i wanna run too!!

so thr we were, bloody morning sun shining in our faces as it kept on rising, staring at runners jogging past our car, as we sat waiting for the end-less stream of runners to pass. when i say endless, i mean endless. half an hour later we were still stuck at d same spot. i wanted to scream. ok i did. coz hello! were burning daylight!! i did not get up soooo early to watch ppl run! i wanna run!! hv u seen my thighs??? i NEED to run!!

ok so lepas tu we dcided to go to bukit gasing tmn rimba in pj. ive only been thr once wen i was 9 bt i remember how much i loved it! its a patch of jungle in the city. its not really a jogging place. more of a hiking place which i totally love!

he was reluctant to go by this time, prefering to hit d bfast place instead. but after promises of raju's he relented. i was bouncing of the walls with excitement. then we got there n i got even more excited! i climbed n jogged n walked n basked in the wonderful fresh forest air, and the beautiful sunlight that escaped in thin rays amongst the dense greens. *que music n slow-mo movements*

after 15 mins i was already huffing n puffing but loving it still. been such a long time since i worked up a sweat. we hiked in silence, greeting the occasional hikers we met along d way. i kept on following a sign that sed 'anak sungai' which means 'stream'. at this point we didnt bump into anyone else. bt i remember reading sumwhr that u should always follow the river if u ever get lost on a jungle.

ok this is quite a long post. i will cont the story on d next post coz a long post just makes me wanna sleep.


**please note that this is the fairer side of the story. the next episode will be dark n frightful. i promise.

Meat works- nott!!

Imagine how it feels to be dressed in sumtin that is cold,wet, sticky and reeks of death. now imagine youre standing on stage and that cold, sticky, stinky thing is the only thing clothing u from head to toe. literally.

lady gaga didnt have to imagine it, she lived it at the VMA's in her meat dress. yes. M-E-A-T dress.

i get the whole 'im-trying-to-be-cool-by-making-a-statement-n-having-ppl-talk-about-it-for-ages-to-come' but really, draping a dead cow over urself isnt gonna get u any positive comments now is it??

just looking at dis photo of her is giving me the goosebumps. so disgusting. just imagine having a dead animal touching parts of ur body uve never touched!! major ick-ness!!!


and after hours in those crazy harsh spotlights- those spotlights are hot i tell u! imagine how she smelled??? eeeuughhh i would NOT want to b seated nx to her no matter how huge a star she is!!


i think by the end of the day the only thing that'd b attracted to her are flies and maggots. this is by far her worst fashion move yet.


seriously gaga. other people make fashion statements too. u shoud try that, instead of commiting crime after crimes of fashion.

lookie here.

She's got eyes on her b**bs and a carnival goin on at her nether regions and is standing on top of giant fruits. and still looks cute as a button! see! u can make a statement without looking like a prop of the texas chain saw massacre.

and seriously, those carpaccio dont look like theyre doing a very good job of covering her either. ur butt's showing darling. nx time try some actual cloth material.

ur a big star, im sure marchesa, armani, galiano and de la rentawont mind designing sumtin equally jaw dropping- minus the steak tartare -for u



Whiney thursday

gosh! ive been so bugged down with work lately! weve been drowning in requests since we came back from raya hols its crazy! it was a bit of a shock to our systems, after the long hiatus, and massive amounts of food we stuffed our faces with. i hope today will b  a better day.

and to add more sugar cubes to my tea, i had a large order (well large for me considering i work alone) of choc chip cookies for a tunang. she wanted giant cookies. like the size of ur palm. i got the sample size on monday nite. n she wanted it on wed nite. 180 giant cookies n 3 boxes of small ones. i had 2 nites to do it. n i am soooooo glad i managed to finish on time lastnite.

ive never been one to parade around bags under my eyes or have dark circles. coz i never miss my sleep. but of late, ive had to use concealer lest a panda mistakes me for its mummy. n i hate it!

and for once ive been pining for my gym. coz ive frozen it. n can only go nx month. i need to sweat a lil. i feel so unhealthy and gross. also i miss the cinema. i havent been visiting it much.

i sound so whiny today. ill shut it before it gets to you n drowns you n you feel like theres NO ESCAPING IT!!! ok dah diam skrg..

ill go wollow n self pity n drown my sorrows in my nasi lemak.

nak tambah stress- my student is sitting for his PMR in about 2 weeks *EEEEEEEEEEP*

Lina's E-day!

So raya 2010 is here. A time to mend rships, and for family love, and for gaining back all those kilo's lost.. or just to gain more for me. i need not remind everyone how i cannot fit into most of my clothes anymore. serves me right for buying form fitting ones. ko igt ko akn kurus smpai bebile??

So now im reduced to wearing unflattering loose clothes coz they're the only ones that fit. anyhoo! its old news dat i look like dumbo's mom on tv. and i blame todays hi tech super flat super slim lcd plasma super watever tv's that, like supermodels, make us look fat n frumpy. i hate canggih tv's.

also, lina my dear fren got engaged over the weekend. its always nice to get togather with d girls. mash showed up in a pink baju kurung. she NEVER wears pink anything let alone baju kurung. she normally wears this chilli red outfit to formal functions that makes her look like a chinese emperor coz she's huge and fair. she turned up looking so sweet in pink... and her undergarments... black sports bra with yellow lining. sayangku.. wear camisole ok nx time?



lina screaming coz nat sat on her veil

my longest frenship in d world!



Luff dis candid photo. Sara fell and Iwan, Nat's husband contemplated whether or not catch her, while she fell. nat lari ok. wonderful wife and fren she is.

 ive got some raya photos but i havent transfered any yet. will do so soonest!

of breaking up

remember that feeling of being broken?

when u feel like all the world is against you

and life brings no meaning... no joy...

when no words can make you feel better

when all you want to do is curl up and wait for the earth to swallow you whole...

and you swore never to fall in love again.. EVER!!

my friend is in that black hole..

and im making her spag carbonara today...

in hopes she'll feel better...

breaking up is the worst feeling in the world...

but may just be the best diet plan ever

*except for me..

a whole lotta grumpy

Since the start of ramadhan, i have berbuke puasa outside a total of 4 times. and 3 times i was disappointed with the level of service, and appaled at the number of people who dcided to berbuke out the same day i did.

the 1st time i berbuke out dis year was at sime darby convention centre w my mom and adik2. it was a friday. and i guess it was our mistake we shouldnt have gone on friday when offices held iftar with their collegues. there we were, a tiny tiny, breakfast table seating 4 person. surrounded by gigantic 10 person tables of office ppl dressed in their baju kurungs and kebayas n i even saw a lady wearing an elaborate kaftan with matching headgear. no. it was not a tudung. nor was it a scarf. i looks like the headgear worn by d africans. with a huge brooch at the top. ala tiara. seriously. its a buffet kak. not an awards show. oh and the food was just mediocre. or sumwhr below that. they lost me at the cold roast lamb with congealed fat.

the 2nd time was my belated birthday surprise by jj and la at this chinese seafood place in subang. superb food. bt service was so bad. but come to think of it. service thr has always been bad. we still go back coz the crabs and oysters are worth murdering someone for.

the third time was with my mass comm classmates at asia cafe in one utama which was ok. initially we wanted chicken rice bt the place was packed solid so we settled for asia cafe.

the fourth attempt was on merdeka day. again at 1 utama after i finished reading. it was still fairly early at 545pm. as we left tv3 i saw cars parked by the roadside as far as the eye can see. worse then the usual line of cheapskate cars who refuse to pay the 1 ringgit parking fee (prefering to get summons worth 100 ringgit instead. but im not judging).

we were directed to park at the newly built office building (schlumberger i tink. hi!! hire mee!!) and had to walk 1000 miles and cross the old wing car park to get into ou. by the time we reached the mall i had blisters. i was wearing 5 inch shoes. we had dcided on chickn rice shop early on, having been deprived of it the week befire.

we arrived at the rest at 6 and were told they were full. again. dcided to walk to chilis den i realized, hello, chicken rice shop pon full, chilis confirm penuh kot! blistered grumpy me walked on and got grumpier when he refused to carry my handbag coz he saw a guy carrying his gf's handbag the nite b4 and according to him the guy looked 'emasculated'. phbtt!! i didnt think he looked emasculated, i would have even applauded him for being such a dear if didnt he look so weird. he was wearing sunglasses indoors... at 930 freaking pm!!

*googled*

fuming and in pain, we walked to new wing and all rest had a man/lady standing in front going 'do u hv reservations?' to which we replied 'no we dont' and they went 'im sorry miss were full'. reservation?? for a plave called penang flavours? or otak otak place?? places that i dont even go to on normal non puasa days. by now i had smoke coming outta my ears and my arms were aching from my luggage handbag. made a mental not to clear handbag of unneccessary things. he offered to carry my handbag this time but i was too grumpy to care.

*blistery achey hungry grumpy pms janna is never nice*

we finally went to bbq chicken and was told to wait for this indian couple to finish their meal b4 we cud sit. they ate... and ate... and talked... and talked sumore...

*yes yes go ahead, this is the perfect time to discuss important world issue and plan your entire life ahead while blistery achey hungry grumpy pms me watch u. by all means! take ur time!*

we finally got to sit minutes b4 berbuka and i got my ice lemon tea seconds b4 the azan. and it was diebetic hell. our food arrived some time later and omg, i have never had such bad fries before! it was of inferior quality and was hard and had an almost rubbery texture. and was yellow as opposed to golden brown. like it was dipped in recyled oil instead of fried. hello. they're fries, not foie gras. he had beef burger and the dry crumbly burger bun had seen better days. like last month?

overall, it was a disappointing meal and overpriced for the quality they served. my tiny chicken leg with rubber fries and coleslaw cost us 16 not including tax. expensive considering only the mini chicken was edible ok.

*googled*

we went to uptown later that night and hit food orgasm at 4 ringgit. in a plate of char kuey teow.

breaking fast outside is so off putting nowadays. id rather cook sumtin at home and drink a gallon of water (watermelon, apple, orange juice, ribena, mango lassi) for free. imagine how much id have to pay to drink so byk air sedap at restaurants!

needless to say i wont be planning any buke puasa sessions again. unless its at my house. oh with the exception of one time. again at sime darby. coz a dear fren gave us free vouchers. but im so not going on a fri or sat or sunday. maybe a boring day like monday or tuesday...

oh and lastnight... we went out and he held my handbag without me asking... he hid it behind his back bt carried it nonetheless :) emasculated?? i dont think so...