Category: Life

Today, I have 54 visitors to my blog. So I just want to say hi.

Days like these are rare because on an average I only have about 15 visitors every day.

Long-Time Friend Whom I’ve not Met for a Long Time: So…you’ve got a boyfriend already? Or just busy with your work? I haven’t heard from you for a long time.

Gracie with Messy Hair Which She Messed Up on Purpose: Yes, a boyfriend that is busy with work.

I hate this song!

Baby where’d you get your body from?
Tell me where’d you get your body from.
Baby where’d you get your body from?
Tell me where’d you get your body from.
I got it from my mama.
I got it from my mama.
I got it from my mama.
I got it got it…

I really hate this song.

All you need is one stalled lorry and 2 stalled cars to have a traffic jam so bad that it actually took me 2 hours to reach home. 2 hours of driving. Bumper to bumper all the way from Sunway toll and then it slowly eases up after Taman Megah. It suddenly felt like everyone’s finally going back to work after a long holiday.

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I MISS HIM!

I was at home the whole day. Didn’t want to go anywhere with the drama I had with my stomach this morning. But fret not. Everything’s in control now. In fact, I did lots of things today to my own amazement.

Aside from tuning in to Channel 588 – Angkasawan on Astro, which unfortunately we weren’t able to view the actual landing as Soyuz landed about 300 kilometres away from the actual landing site, it is exciting and comforting to know that we have landed safely to Earth.

I actually cooked porridge for lunch and dinner. Lunch was porridge with egg. Dinner was porridge with fried anchovies (ikan bilis). You’ve got to fry it till it’s crunchy and it tastes good.

I made apple juice for tea, accompanied with cream crackers. I was hungry, as all I had was just porridge. I know it sounds like a weird combination but I just couldn’t simply eat anything because I wanted to take care of my tummy which I believed has suffered enough due to my laziness and insufficient intake of fruits. 1 red apple and 1 green apple and what I have is a sweet cup of apple juice. It takes a lot more time washing up the juicer as compared to making the juice. I can just dump in one whole apple, or slice it up if it’s too big to fit the hole and then I push it down to let the juicer do the job. It feels like you are drinking the whole apple, with the skin too and also the core. It’s fun to make the juice but it’s not so nice to do the wash up because of the design of this juicer. But I didn’t complain today. I was washing it like I was happy washing it.

Called Iris in the UK who was freaked out too when I told her what happened to me this morning. I don’t want to tell Mum because she freaks out more than me and my sister does. Iris told me to take care of myself and eat properly. I will.

I also fried rice today for lunch tomorrow in the office. Part of me wanted so much to cook today. The other part of me…is actually sick nursing the people at work. I mean…I’m always the one asking if they want to eat and I’ll be the one driving them out to eat…but it is so rare that someone asks me if I want to eat. So sometimes I don’t know why I’m being so kind when others don’t even give a shit. So tomorrow, I’m going to eat my fried rice and the rest of them will have to settle on their own.

It’s not a bad thing, me cooking for lunch and bringing it to work. The downside is I’ve got to wait up early, got to crack my head of what to cook, got to be really efficient and manage my cooking time well. Time management is very important in cooking. Like when the rice is cooking, you fry something else. Or you coincide in such that when the rice is cooked, the dishes are ready as well. I’m still trying to master the art of cooking time management. I feel like I’m starting to talk crap.

I can save money and I can eat healthy food. It’s just that I don’t know if this is going to be a one-off thing. You know when I’m mad and I’m so determined to do something, I’ll do it. But when the anger dies off, so does the determination. But I will try to make this at least a weekly affair then maybe I’ll start to increase it to 2 times a week and so forth. Let’s see how far I can go. The other thing is..it would actually make me learn to cook and to cook with more variations, not just sticking to my usual few menus. The other thing is…I want to be a WOMAN.

I ate cream crackers again just before writing this..because seriously porridge isn’t enough to fill my tummy. And I killed a cockroach after that. I felt like screaming, which is something I would do if there’s someone in the house. Like calling out to Mum or Dad or some hero who could do the killing job for me. But unfortunately or fortunately, I’m the only one who would be listening to the scream, aside from the cockroach. So, I’ve grown from being very afraid of cockroaches to still being very afraid of cockroaches. I’ve got no choice but to deal it on my own or close my eyes and let the cockroach roam free. But I know I’ve got to kill it because I cannot stand the idea of a cockroach lurking around in my house when I know I’ve just saw one. No way! Because I’ll be imagining it crawling into my bedroom or visiting me when I do the shower.

I also did the laundry, folded the clothes, washed the sheets and change bedsheets for 2 beds. There is happiness in just folding your blanket nicely, smoothen the crease of the sheets, smell your recently-washed tuala busuk, putting Foo Foo next to my pillow and see her looking cutely at me and patting Ducky on her head while you put her to lie down on the neatly folded blanket.

You have a good week ahead. I wish you a blue-less Monday.

I had to call off a lunch date with a friend when I suddenly suffered from stomach pains as I was waking up.

I went to the toilet and practically sat there for half an hour and I was cold sweating, which isn’t a good thing. I almost blackout because I could feel that my vision was starting to get blurry and it was getting darker. Luckily, I didn’t because I just told myself that I’m alone in the house and I cannot just faint. So I took a deep breath and slowly everything subsided.

I once blackout in the toilet, also cold sweating while trying to beat my menstrual pain and cramps. It was very painful and I felt cold. I woke up still sitting on the toilet bowl. That was my first experience of actually losing consciousness for a very short time but was enough to freak me out.

I was very tired by then so I wiped off the sweat and went back to bed. I woke up an hour after that and felt better. Cooked porridge and watched Soyuz TMA-10 undocking from International Space Station (ISS). I almost felt asleep by waiting. TV said it’s 1:45pm, then it was 2:45pm but it actually undocked at 3:14pm. Our angkasawan, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor is actually a very handsome man, don’t you think so?

Today is my second time hooping.

The first time I tried it, I gave up after a few minutes because it just won’t stay around my waist spinning. So, I thought of trying it again today. Of course, it was triggered by something which happened yesterday. A colleague actually laughed when she saw my tummy fat bulging out. She pointed at it and gave it a good laugh. And I really mean a good laugh. Wicked good laugh.

This time, it got better. I’m able to maintain the spinning longer than the first time. I should be able to have it spin more longer as I practise more. It’s not that difficult once you get the hang of it.

I’m gonna hoop. I’m so going to hoop!

2nd day of Raya and it’s another day out! 🙂

Went out with the same group of friends that I had dinner with last night to Tanjung Sepat, a small fishing village. Departed from Wangsa Maju, passing by Nilai, Sepang, Sungai Pelek before reaching Tanjung Sepat. It is famous for longan, dragon fruit (you get to see dragon fruit trees along the way – my first time seeing it), seafood and lingzhi. Lingzhi is a kind of mushroom which I don’t really know what it’s good for. Since we went to Ganofarm which is a place that sells all kinds of lingzhi products, and serves as a hotel as well. I saw the signage that says Ganofarm Homestay.

I bought 4 small bottled lingzhi drinks. All 4 different drinks with lingzhi extract and a packet of crispy oyster mushroom. Just bought to get a taste of it since I’ve come so far.

We had dinner at 5 something. Even though it’s very early, the restaurant was already packed. We went to Ocen Restaurant, which is next to Lover’s Bridge, a local landmark in Tanjung Sepat. We had…Steamed Silver Pomfret in Teo Chiew style, Fried Hong Kong Choy Sum, Tofu kang ( a tofu starchy soup, add in some vinegar and it tastes like heaven, also a signature dish here.), a hot plate dish with fish and sorts, Manila clams (in Cantonese, it’s called “Sah Bak”, literally translated which means Sand White.) I was happy to see this because it’s rare to find this in KL but we have it in abundance in Sandakan..and those in Sandakan are huge and sweet.

We also had steamed prawn and deep fried squid. The dinner was nice and satisfying. Worth the journey.

Back to KL and we went to Old Taste kopitiam in Taman Maluri for tea, coffee and bread. We sure can eat! Old Taste kopitiam is like a replica of Old Town kopitiam. From its logo, tables, chairs, stools, menu design, food, you can’t help but feel that it’s Old Town kopitiam, but it’s not.

My friends, they sent me home, hang around the house for a while..and there goes my 2nd day of Raya.

He was pissed with me today. I don’t know whether to get angry of him, myself or Digi or Maxis. My SMS to him didn’t reach which was why he made such a fuss. I didn’t want to wake him up in the morning to tell him I was going out so I sent him an SMS instead…which eventually didn’t reach him. He was angry that when he called me, I was already out. I don’t know why he wants to get angry at this because most of the time that’s what he does. I cannot be sitting at home yesterday, just waiting for him. I know there is a possibility that he’ll get pissed but I wanted him to feel how pissed I can be with he does the same thing to me. Yes, I am a very bad girl.

But all is good now. Had lunch together today. Asked him out to have a jog with me later in the evening but told me he has got to work on his report. See what I mean? Every relationship is different and although this is not the first relationship of mine, it sure is a first in such that I’ve never been in this kind of a relationship where I’ll always be waiting and I spend so little time with him. It’s hard not to feel that there’s this gap between us..but I really hope that we’ll pull this through together.