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}

Wednesday, 25 March 2009

I'm now at KL for a one day stay to settle my college stuff so tonight I went for dinner at our so-called local proud franchise store, Secret Recipe at Taman Melati with my heng dai, Juno. I'm not quite a cake lover, I don't eat 99% out of hundreds and hundreds types of cakes I've ever seen, no, not even on my birthday and this includes those from Secret Recipe (I've tried those though). But I do not deny that they serve the best cheese cake in town.

I won't be talking about the cakes today to avoid flames from cake lovers especially girls. But why? Why a cheese cake specialist franchise store like Secret Recipe got "gatal" and start selling main courses like rice, noodles and steak? To be honest, they really sucked on those.


Stewed Aussie Beef Steak (Picture from angelflyz)

Okay, lets get started. I ordered this Stewed Aussie Beef Steak which cost rm18 because it's stated as "must try" on the menu and it looked like its really really delicious (I know everything on every menu have the same effect, don't remind me about my stupidness). The meal is served like, 7-8 minutes after the order was placed. What that means? Pre-cooked. Well okay it still look great so I had a bite. It tasted like this


Yup, a beef that feels and taste like braised pork. I paid RM18 for braised pork and garnishes which I can easily get at RM4 at any local hawker centres, WTF. I bet you won't even realise the sauce was actually black pepper sauce if it wasn't stated there.

Quoting angelflyz "The beef steak was also surprisingly good. At RM18, the dish comes with a thick slice of beef, complete with fats which made EC very, very happy. The meat was not hard to cut as it is flaky after some stewing. The sauce (light black peppery), although simple, goes well with the beef". No offence, I just couldn't agree with this, maybe it's branch problem? I don't know.

Cordon Bleu

Juno ordered a Cordon Bleu (fried chicken with cheese) and a piece of the famous Chocolate Indulgence. I've heard from alot of people that Cordon Bleu at Secret Reciple is worth a try, but in front of Juno this super picky "sik ga", it's just a piece of shyt. After he almost finished the whole thing, he said "No taste one".

Pan Fried Dory with Lobster Sauce

I ordered the Pan Fried Dory with Lobster Sauce the last time I went there before today. The dory, feels really cheap but worst of all, the sauce sucks alot. I meant it.

After the meal Juno said "I finally feel full already," meaning mamak stall meals is never sufficient for him, he also said that he need 1.5 meals to be really satisfied. In his definition, the Cordon Bleu = 1, and the Chocolate Indulgence was the other .5. What about 2 sets of mamak meals? Juno: "That's 1+1=2, and I'll vomit". I then asked him if hot noodle cup = 1 meal? He replied no, 1 cup = 1/4 meal and 4 cups might actually satisfied him. Just another piece of LOL.

Back to the topic, Secret Recipe should stick to their cakes, because there ain't any "secret recipes" added in their main meals, seriously. But I think their Mushroom soup and Garden Salad is worth a try (unless Secret Recipe grow their own lettuces/cucumbers/tomatoes/onions and make their own thousand island dressing,otherwise I think the credits should go to the farmers instead) :) Peace, don't flame.

Any Secret Recipe? {4}

Saturday, 21 March 2009

Have you guys ever dreamt that you can have anything you want? For free? I bet you did, quite a while ago I actually had this opportunity in the Facebook game Pet Society where I was so wealthy back then I can grab whatever I want in the Luxurious store for my "pet" until Playfish (The company that runs Pet Society) decided to spoil our fun and banned me recently. Fine I'm not going to blog about that, but what you would like to have if you got the money? LV Gucci Prada's? Hey girls, be logical! ;) I'm here today to share what I wanted, not too dificult to guess, just like normal guys.

The 1st C - Connection


I am so frustrated because of the uber slow speed of Streamyx and I seriously need a new connection. And P1 Wimax will be my choice, if you ask me. As I've mentioned earlier in my blog post "Slow internet?", the speed is really awesome. You get 24XX kbps download speed for a 2.4mb package, you get more than you pay? Cool right?

Price: RM150 Installation, RM 99 per month for 1.2Mb line

The 2nd C - Camera


The Sony Cybershot T-Series DSC-T700/N. This is one good looking camera that offers really good specs for amateur like us. I'm not a fan of artistic photographs and I don't camwhore, but I like to take pictures with friends, of friends, to keep every happy moment we had together, and a good camera is what I need!

Specs:
  • 4GB Internal Memory
  • 10.1 Mega Pixels with Super HAD CCD
  • Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens with 4x Optical Zoom
  • 3.5" Full Wide Touch Screen LCD
  • BIONZ Image Processing Engine
  • Double “Anti-blur” Solution: Optical SteadyShot and ISO 3200 High Sensitivity
  • Improved Face Detection Technology for Children and Adults
  • Smile Shutter
  • Intelligent Scene Recognition
  • Photo Album & Scrapbook
  • HD Slide Show with Select Music Playback
Price: RM1,500

The 3rd C - Cell Phone


My top priority in my list now - Apple iPhone 3G, ROFL. Okay don't flame me, it's just a dream. Really one expensive sexy babe out there! Like most of Apple product, stylish, cute, sexy, both exterior and the interior. Excellent performance, no-lagging issues. I can watch drama's with it, imagine that, woohoo! Unfortunately I don't own one of these. Perhaps the only turn down would be poor camera but hey, thats why camera is in my wishlist too right? But no doubt, you can get better phones at the cost but who cares, It is the Apple iPhone 3G we are talking about here!

Price: RM2,500

The 4th C - Computer


Not that I'm not satisfied to my Dell laptop now but if I'm moving to KL I would like a desktop. Perhaps a quadcore processor? *saliva* I always wanted those high-end gaming desktop that might cost RM10k and above for the whole set. What a monster, GG. If that's not posible, a Sony VAIO laptop ain't that bad either :P


Price: Super Desktop RM10,000?
Sony VAIO Laptop RM5,000

The 5th C - Car


Currently I'm driving a little Mira (Kancil), and before this I was driving my Hyundai Matrix. Notice the difference? My friend Ms. Cheng laughed for 30minutes at me when I went to fetch her with the "cute" Kancil for the first time. What's so funny? Damn I don't like the Kancil, I miss Matrix but oh well. I'm not talking about dream cars like Sport cars, Ferrari, Merz etc. Lets talk about something you might actually afford to buy in the future (without your lottery prices). To be honest Mini cooper looks really cool to me but then I don't wanna be too "cute" again so my choice would be - Honda Civic.

Price: RM110,000+

Just what any ordinary guys want, don't flame ;) And my birthday is at November if you wanna get me presents. I'm kind and I don't want you to take 20 years and failed to buy a good present so just choose from above. Ciao ^_^v

My Wishlist - The 5 C's {1}


Wednesday, 18 March 2009

The South Korea government had decided to invest approximately $24.6 billions USD and will have a 1gbps broadband connection in most (if not all) main cities in Korea, and promised at least 100mbps for rural area and towns by year 2012. How fast is 1gbps? Imagine a full 2 hours DVD quality movie downloaded in 15 seconds? Now you got it.

Back in Malaysia, still, our main broadband provider, TM net, which ironically means Telekom Malaysia Not Enough Technology, have their very own and proud, Streamyx broadband. Funniest of all they are still trying to promote their "combo package" with pictures of burgers and sodas, joke.

Streamyx = Burger set?

Lets see what they got. RM168 per month for a 4mb line, only in Cyber Jaya? You must be kidding me. Think that its acceptable? Think again. I've gone through some of the feedback and reviews from 4mb users. They have a maximum speed of 1.7mb-2mb download speed on speedtest.net. Less than 50% efficiency? Give me a break. Many dudes out there who are lame enough to trust TM Net and subscribed the 4mb line quickly find themselves in a disconnection frenzy and unstable speed e.g one moment you can surf the net and 30 seconds later your msn spams "The following message could not be delivered to all recipients" and your web browsers fail to connect to Google.


Despite the speed, their service is however, fast. Their man usually arrive at your place the next day you rang them up, but their superb agility ends here. They will normally blame the problems on "old cables", or tell you that he will go back and check the ports, and left you waiting for a solution until you decided to call them again. Of course, they are strong in some aspects. For example, their skin is so thick that after 3278381273812 complains by customers, they never pay afford to improve.


Why is this happening? Because they had complete monopoly in the business. Users must use their service, even it sucks, because it's better than nothing. Their main competitors, Celcom / Jaring / Maxis broadband never fail to put you on a disconnection frenzy, anytime, anywhere.

But no longer. I just found that this new provider, P1 Wimax which provides a 400kbps/1.2mbps/2.4mbps broadband connection with a price of RM40/99/199 (If not mistaken). So far friends and users thinks that P1 is a much better provider compared to Streamyx in terms of Stability - Same fast speed throughout the day. However for some areas, they are inconsistent and might have some minor problems like disconnections.

Speedtest.net result for 2.4mb line
Price list

Another good addition to their stability would be worthy price. Free modem, and 15 days trial, free delivery. That means nothing to lose as you can always take the trial before you actually subscribe. A minimum of 24 months subscription is however, not good but acceptable. But we never know, what if more and more users subscribes to P1 Wimax and they do not increase their bandwidth? Goodbye fast speed.

Our neighbour, Singapore have a 8mb broadband, and 10mb in Australia. Compared to us, where most Malaysians are having 512kbps - 1mbps internet, sadly. Exactly how far behind is Malaysia, compared to even better countries like Korea and Japan? I'd say at least 20 years, to be honest. If the government are too busy with Politic-Dramas and do not want to improve our facilities, and we do not have a choice, always try to get the best.

P/S:
I know they are like 38921839128 similar articles in 12918391 random blogs,
But this is my own thoughts.
Yes I wrote the whole thing myself.
And no, I don't work for P1 Wimax

Slow Internet? {1}


Tuesday, 10 March 2009

I actually planned to cook porridge today so since I have an appointment with 1 Handsome + 1 Pretty for breakfast at 7.15am so I decide to buy pork at the pasar to cook. Then when I got home I marinated the pork and put inside the porridge which I cooked during midnight with the almighty rice cooker. Then I throw everything into the Pot and turn on the fire, went to living room and watch tv.

Then something went really wrong when I started to smell this "hangus" smell then I rushed into the kitchen, by that time I already know too late. :( I guess I was overconfidence because I cooked the same thing last week and it tasted really nice.

Pai Guat in the porridge

So I tried to take out the pork see whether can eat or not. Ate a little bit then throw everything because I was really full after the breakfast, so waste! Porridge 100% certified, hangus-ed.

Look OK but smell terrible

So after all this shit nothing I can do so I decide to clean up but things just won't go according to my plan today and I wonder what's wrong!

Walao tap open already, no water one?!

Okay later I remembered that my mum told me there will be no water supply this few days before she left for KL. W-T-F.

It's only 9.20am now and I dont know how many shits like these are waiting for me later, there are unclean plates, knifes, pots in the kitchen, and no water supply. Not much left in the bathroom and I have absolutely no idea how to clean up the mess so far, without water.

Call me Mr. No Luck :( what an unlucky day (so far)

Mr. No Luck :( {0}