Monday, 27 April 2009

Today I had my first resit paper of my life, Building Technology and Practices 1. I prepared for a whole 2 weeks, I spotted the questions correctly, but yet I don't know how to do some questions because the lecturer changed the questions style. I had never seen something like that before, I knew everything in the notes, but it's just like nothing you can do even you have the notes in your hand. Rain falls down pretty heavy after my exam, indeed, just nice and suitable.

After that I went to Bukit Bintang with Juno, headed straight to Sg. Wang to find a hair product that I always wanted to buy and able to find it after looking for it in a few shops. Here is it:

Sebastian Xtah Crude Clay

It cost RM45 for the small bottle (which I bought), it cost rm58 at Saloon. I wanted to try this as my Schwarzkopf wax are finishing. Then we went to Low Yatt because I wanted to check out the price of the mousepad that I planned to buy, Razer eXactmat. It cost RM99 so I decided not to buy it first, then we met up with Ame and her bf, and also xiaoting and Nek (Who came late).

We went to Yaki-yaki buffet restaurant as planned for our dinner and it costs RM50 per head even in promotion period (RM75 normal price). I actually thought it was RM38 and I got to know that that was the price for tea time after. Let the pictures do the talking, din't want to elaborate more on these already ^_^

Large variety of chickens, beefs, chicken bacons, lambs, fishes and more

Grilling Salmons!

Everything was going fine then we fared well to each other after enjoying the dinner. As I stepped out of the restaurant I saw 2 missed calls on my phone, from my dad. I called back while walking to the Monorail, my mum picked up.

Mum: Where are you?
Me : I'm at outside.
Mum: How's your exam ah?
Me : Like that lor, 50-50.

*Dad started to bug mum and took the phone

Dad: What you said again? How's your exam?
Me : 50-50, around that.
Dad: Around that? Means most likely will pass lar?
Me : No, half-half.
Dad: *WTF-ish slang* What? After so long of preparation you tell me you might actually fail?
Me : So? (Already in "beh song" status, please understand that I haven't got any sleep in more than 24 hours)
Dad: @#$%^&*

*As the volume increases, so was the distance between the phone and my left ear, when I finally bring the phone close again, dad continued, I think he realised that he was too over.

Dad: Ok la Ok la.

I hanged up without a word. I don't know what he said, nor that I want to know. Later on I got another phone call from dad's cell which I did not pick up (I din't notice), it must be mum, I think. I switched off my phone, I din't want to talk to them. After a happy gathering, afterall it only takes one phone call to ruined your day.

Yelling is not going to help, Dad.
And yes, I hope you see this.

You was a great dad, but not today.
Happy father's day.
But you're deeds ain't worth a present from me this year.

I thought parents should said something encouraging, rather than yelling and showing no contribution. Fuck This.

Exam, the Gathering, and the Phone Call {1}

Monday, 13 April 2009

Once again the Sushi King Card RM2 Bonanza or Member's day is back in town, for 4 days (13th to 16th April). Despite the disappointment the last member's day where I dined at Sushi King KLCC, I went for another try at Sushi King East Coast Mall this time, with few leng zais and leng luis of course.

We arrived around 3pm, and like what I thought, not many people, it was Monday and lunch hour was over, we don't even need to queue. Our table's location was quite strategic I have to say, like the 3rd table from the sushi bar, means the chances of getting fresh sushi's are better.


When everything is settled, we just couldn't find any nice sushi's there. No Salmon, no Unagi (yet, they appeared after 30-40mins after we sat down), WTF. Sadly, the choices are really limited during member's day. I'll give a review on what I ate:

1. Deep Fried Scallop


It's deep fried, so don't expect fresh scallops, I'd say it's really normal, not that it tasted sucks but you should know what to expect when they fried their scallops (They ain't as fresh as they were before).

2. Ika (Raw Squid)


Ate this because they were nothing to eat, while waiting for the "main courses". Nice to bite, doesn't taste too fresh to me, though. Okay for a RM2 sushi, I guess.

3. Nama Hotate (Raw Scallop)


Served with wasabi inside, I don't like wasabi. Sorry. Thumbs down.

4. Fried Ebi / Tenpura


Finally, we managed to snatch few plates of tenpura's when it's out. Poor aunties who sat at the table beside ours were so frustrated because we took all of it, and they got none, haha. Nice prawn there, but be careful because sushi king really sucks at Nigiri sushi. Don't be surprised if you touch it with your chopsticks and the sushi actually got "demolished", LOL. Despite that it tasted good.

5. Unagi


Waited for a while until we finally saw Unagi, took like 7-8 plates of it. There were 2 types of Unagi sushi, the normal one that was served with unagi sauce and the roasted one. The roasted one is dry and harder (sorry it doesn't deserve the word "crunchy"). If you ask me I'll prefer the normal one though. Definitely a must eat at sushi king member's day, not that it's really delicious, but it's worth it.

6. Raw Salmon


Definitely my favourite. Waited really long for this to finally came out from the sushi bar. We were so excited (Okay maybe just me) when we saw those heading to us! The thickness and freshness somehow disappoints me, but still I ate 2 plates of these. Not superb salmon, but hey, RM2 ! Must try.

7. Smoked Salmon


We took like 5 plates of these, waited for KC (one of the leng zai) to be our white mice. He said Okay but we still insist of putting back 2 plates, and I shared one plate with another leng lui. It tasted really salty, maybe if you prefer salty/smoked food, you might like this, otherwise I don't think it's worth a space in your stomach.

8. Golden Ball


Fried Egg with mayonnaise. I think this is great, but abit costy because it's not sushi, so no promotion on member's day. RM4 each plate (One egg).

Overall I think the food quality and choices are not up to par with other Japanese restaurant. Ingredients are not fresh enough, slow service, limited quantity for certain sushi's (They made salmon sushi like once in an hour). Things like Tamago, Egg Mayo, Inari (and alot more) are not available during member day, but it differs for every branch.

Waiter counting our plates, Chingz on the left and KC on the right

We ate alot, or it was just me?

There were 6 of us, and we ate 37 plates. (Note: Got one leng lui only ate one plate), and me myself ate 10, which basically screws up my diet plan. LOL.

Looking forward to go to Yaki Yaki / Jogoya buffet by end of the month. <3

Ciao.

Sushi King Member's Day {1}

Friday, 10 April 2009

Today is Friday. Friday is damn good. So it's Good Friday.

What's so good about Good Friday? Jesus die loh. Why Jesus die people say good? LOL. Yeah I'm a typical guy with no religion concerns. So I have no knowledge about Good Friday so I googled it. And the conclusion, like what I stated, Jesus die lah!

Do Christians celebrate Good Friday? My friend used to have holiday at National Service by pretending to be a Christian, then he went home and party. If Jesus got nailed at Good Friday, Christians should be crying for him every Good Friday instead of having fun, isn't it? Instead I saw people having BBQ sessions, celebrating the holiday, WTF, totally unlogic. Maybe they celebrated it because Jesus actually resurrected? No Idea.

My Good Friday Artwork: Jesus Maro

From what I know they have some ceremonies at Philippines where people nail themselves on the holy cross and claim to feel no pain like how our Indian buddies did during Thaipusam (or Deepavali?), hail the holy power of Hindu gods and Jesus.

You believe meh? They sure eat drug one lar, ask them let me knife them see die or not.

Happy Good Friday, Ciao.

P/S:
I'm not insulting Hindus/Christians/Catholics, if you are pissed, get a life and try to understand jokes.

What's so good about Good Friday? {0}

Friday, 10 April 2009

The topic today is once again, Tombstone a.k.a Grave. It's Ching Ming season, everyone is busy visiting their ancestors at the weekends, traveling back to hometown and so. Why so troublesome? Go to graveyard early morning under the hot sun, climb up the mountain, do you know how many people fainted every year because of this?

Now I've come out with a brilliant idea to avoid the crowd and the hot sun, this might be quite creepy, but at the same time, genius!

Bury your ancestors in your backyard, build them a stylish tomb!

Advantages:

1. Just 30 seconds walk from your home, no need to travel during Ching Ming!
2. Pray to your ancestors anytime you want, not necessary on Ching Ming only!
3. Have breakfast together with your love ones who had already past away, imagine a garden table beside a tomb, and cheers.
4. I bet no thieves will pick your house as their target.
5. Incase they still do, no fear. You don't need a guard dog, nor an alarm system, you've got yourself a guard ghost!
6. Decorative tombstone also beautify your garden, add some spotlights, plants beside it, cool. Just too cool.
7. Don't need to pay extra charges for that piece of land, or maintenance fees.
8. Go and ask for toto numbers everyday, I'm sure your ancestors will lost patient if you bug them everyday and finally help you.
9. Your garden is haunted, so your neighbours will eventually got disturbed and move away, no more fucking idiotic neighbours who send their disgusting pancakes over on random days.
10. Last but not least, the body gives nutritions to nearby plants so you can grow vegetables, flowers, mushrooms, trees, and you can save money on fertilizers!

Thieves see also scared x_x

This is, obviously a joke. Don't try this at home, in fact I think it's illegal in Malaysia? Don't come back to me when your neighbours report to the police :(

A Tomb in your Garden? {1}


Friday, 10 April 2009

Ching Ming basically means 2 different dynasty back in ancient China in Chinese, and in modern words it means something like "tomb-sweeping-day" or whatever for Chinese to erm..."send their regards" to their ancestors, ROFL. Lets check this out, mira's guide to wipe your ancestor's ass:

Step 1: Clean the home of ancestors

Of course, home means the tomb. Either you clean the grasses so that the tomb looks cool, or if you're rich and you believe in Feng Shui you can actually dig out your ancestors and rebury them at some sort of Feng Shui place, reconstruct a handsome tomb. If you need advice, you can contact Mrs. Lilian Too, in case you don't know who is she, this auntie is a famous Singaporean Feng Shui master.

Lilian Too, damn she looks alot like my aunt (JH's mum)

Step 2: Pay your fees

People don't clean the tomb every month or so, so there will be some "authority" who will do this job for them at a fixed rate (I guess). Apparently some bastards out there refuse to pay, and I hope the "authority" got pissed and slam their ancestors tombs with giant hammer. You can save money and also the Earth by turning off your lights and air-con, please do not be stingy on this.

Step 3: Feed your ancestors


Preparing food

Chinese bring all sorts of food for their ancestors, of course you don't expect their spirit appear out of no where and eat lar. Normally steamed whole chicken and roasted pork is their main course and maybe josstick as appetizer? LOL.

The appetizer, josstick!

From what I know some people bring the food home to eat after their ancestors finish "eating". Some said that the food won't have any taste anymore, to be honest I don't believe this shit, I think they are just trying to freak the kids out so that they can have all of the food, who knows.

Step 4: Give pocket money

Burning "money"

You think only you need money meh? Come on, your ancestor need to spend oso lar! Chinese believe that by burning "money" and "gold", or even paper made maid, cars, laptops, houses, their ancestors will receive the actual thing at the afterlife world. Hundred millions of "hell currency" only cost you like few dollars, so don't be stingy, treat your ancestors well, they might repay you with toto first prize numbers!

Basically this is all people do during the big day. But as everywhere is getting crowded people tend to do those troublesome stuff earlier, later or not at all. Ching Ming kinda reminds me about life and death. Have you ever wonder what you want after you die? Maybe I will curse "Oi you burn me laptop for what here hellmyx broadband so fucking slow, no use!".

This Ching Ming I really hope to pray Mr. Laughing from Hong Kong. This guy doesn't really exist in real life but his death in the Hong Kong drama E.U is a boom! If you din't watch the drama, you probably would also know this guy already, because he's everywhere on facebook. Rest in Peace, Laughing 哥.

Laughing, even on Yahoo!

Anyway I think my tombstone should look really cool so that everyone come also laugh and happy, haha, something like this.

MIRA iGrave, get one now at Apple Store

Ciao.

Ching Ming {4}


Thursday, 9 April 2009

I had a really awful year 2008, I failed my exam for the first time, my friend got ditched, and then another friend got ditched, a good friend passed away, and then I got ditched.

This "Suehness" continued in early (1st quarter) of year 2009, I had my worst 6 months in my life from Sept 2008 to March 2009. Got stuck in misery but no longer. I figured myself out of it.

I am hereby to announce that I'm back, healed and as good as new ;) and to reintroduce myself, hi I'm mira, or lh. My Chinese name will remain as a mystery, because I hate it, LOL.

I'm currently starting to prepare for my exam at end of this month / early May, looking forward to continue my student life in Setapak and to meet new friends in a new environment. First of all I need to get a place to stay. Anyone got an empty unit at Genting Kelang / Wangsa Maju / Melati Utama? Contact me please.

First choice: Melati Utama

Planned to further my studies at Taylors but things din't went too well. I can skip the first year of degree with my qualifications but they do not offer year one this year because the course is still new so I'll go for UTAR Setapak, get PTPTN loan and go shopping, muahahahaha.

That's all for now, Ciao.

Back to ma Life ! {4}