will i am's delayed diary

The Tribe visited on the third day of CNY. Big Monster and Little Monster were in good spirits. Mum prepared a big lunch while the kids raided the CNY biscuits. My sister and SK gave Big Monster some piano lessons and as expected, Little Monster sulked at the loss of attention. Sindrom anak bongsu . In the afternoon, SK and I visited KH. It was time to greet my MIL. Unlike past years, she was quite chatty and made small talk. She kept telling KH to serve us CNY goodies. Strange. Felt a little cautious at the sudden change. Usually she would claim to have a headache and hide out in her room. Don't know what to make of it really. SK was craving for souffle again, so we made a trip to Wild Sheep Chase . We were twice blessed cause it was open and we managed to secure a table with any fuss. Vanilla was just too plain vanilla for SK, so she ordered the Oolong souffle. Judging from her feedback, she'd definitely go back in the near future. As luck would have it, Biolexus an

Monday's failure to secure movie tickets made me double my efforts on the second day of CNY. Scanned all nearby cinemas and found that my best bet was Nu Sentral! Found a suitable time slot and purchased 4 tickets for "Mermaid" . Arrived with some time to spare so we walked around a bit. The CNY decorations there were a little different. There was a bell tower, a taiko  drum ( kept thinking there was a lion dance going on ), a gazebo with giant ink brushes ( looked more like brooms ), a pavilion with a golden monkey and a lover's bridge. Before going into the hall, SK bought some keropok lekor from Leko-Leko . Saw some variations with black pepper sauce and cheesy-mayo. Abominations! Surprisingly the latest movie from Stephen Chow was rather entertaining. Funny parts here and there with a 'decent' enough plot. But perhaps it was because I didn't have any expectations. The characters weren't annoying and the CGI was pretty good. When we exited th

When you go out on a date, are GSC and TGV ( or even MBO or Lotus ) high on your list of places to go? Is going to the movies your idea of spending quality time together? I'm quite impartial to that activity. I think of it as two people watching the same movie in the dark. Once you walk out of the hall, you get to discuss the movie a little. Did you like it? Was the dialogue annoying? Were the effects amazing? Did you cry? Was it funny? Which scene did you find to be the coolest? But KH on the other hand, loves bringing me to the movies. When the lights go out, he goes into action. If he senses that I'm cold, he would rub my hands. He would give my hand a squeeze if a romantic scene appears. My nipple would get a tweak if he's feeling cheeky. Or he would put his hand on my lap or brush my arms just to make a connection. Sometimes when he doesn't understand what's going on, he would whisper in my ear. I wonder if he would administer a hand job or blow job if we get

A standard activity on the first day of CNY would be for my family members to wish each other and give out red packets. Once that's completed, we would head out to church in our new clothes for the special CNY mass. This year, we arrived a little late, so I was spared much of the manual labour of moving the mandarin oranges from the auxiliary building to the main church building. Phew. As usual, the church was decked out in red with a ceremonial ancestral tablet and other CNY-themed decorations. At the end, the priest would hand out red packets and mandarin oranges. We didn't stick around for the lion dance as cam-whoring was deemed more important. LOL. Arranged a meet-up with Apollo and his mum at One Utama ( since we weren't sure which shops would be open, it was better to choose a place with a lot of choices to improve our odds ). Lunched at Dontaku  since it looked decent enough. The menu is a mixture of Japanese and Korean cuisine at fair prices. The decora

As usual, reunion dinner was a day of intense activity in the kitchen. By dinner time, we had the following dishes on the table: Stir-fried mixed vegetables Salmon sashimi Steamed pomfret Stir-fried prawns Sharks fin omelette Blanched free-range chicken Stewed duck Springrolls Fried threadfin Stewed pork with abalone Stewed pork with fish maw Lotus root soup Asahi beer As you can guess, we were very full after dinner and thank goodness I had no chores outstanding! Before we had sufficient time to digest our dinner, a neighbour called, telling us that a steaming pot of asam laksa  was waiting for us! We walked over to her house hoping that the mild physical exertion would help with getting the food down. For the first time ever I had such a dish on reunion dinner night.

Reunion dinner is usually a ten dish affair at my home although we are not a big family. The expedite the cooking process mum cooks some of the dishes in advance. Of course not all dishes can be cooked early but for some, it is ideal because it will add to the flavour. The two dishes that mum prepared on Saturday was stewed duck and springrolls. Watched mum sear the duck in a wok with star anise, five spice powder, cinnamon, greater galangal and palm sugar. The aroma was fantastic. Next she minced pork and added in diced water chestnut, carrots, black fungus and prawn meat. The filling was later wrapped with beancurd skin ( plus a surprise piece pig liver ) and fried. While mum cooked, I washed the cars. In the afternoon, we went to Plaza Damas to collect our new spectacles. SK's was still stuck at the lab due to its special requirements. Been a while since I wore rimless spectacles, so the light reflection from the edging was a bit distracting. My eyes would learn to ignore

Big Monster's school is located in Kuala Lumpur, so he had Federal Territory Day off. Little Monster's pre-school is located in Seri Kembangan so he was in school. Big Monster spent the day at his mother's office so mum and I only needed to handle the youngest. When we picked him up he was dressed in a red shirt. According to him, he had a CNY party at school. Most of his female classmates came in qipaos.  After picking him up, we headed to the TCM for mum's follow up. Her coughing was still as bad. The doctor blamed it on the food she had the night before at MaisonSK. She shouldn't have drank the herbal soup. And to make it worse, it was chicken-based. Even the pakchoy  was a no-no. Difficult. She prescribed another bunch of herbs and sent us on our way. We ate lunch at a nearby kopitiam . We walked there and the sun was shining brightly. Little Monster is a real Puteri Lilin . Rather than face the glare, he would just put his hands over his eyes and expect that

The closer we got to CNY, the worse traffic and parking I had to face at the OUG morning market. Quickly got what we needed and had breakfast at the newest noodle shop in the area. They only served Hakka noodles and YTF. Their noodles are quite good but the YTF is pretty expensive at MYR1.40 per piece. Mum was suffering from a lingering cough after her sore throat, so we went to Tai Onn Tong at Happy Garden to get a TCM consultation. The TCM practitioner checked her pulse and wrote up a long prescription. In addition to that, she limited my mum's diet to rice, pork and a limited choice of greens. Noticed two shops at the same row-- Zen & Co and Bacon & Balls. Will come back to try one of these days. Mum had a hair treatment appointment in the afternoon so I had lunch by myself. Boiled some Maggi instant noodles and matched that with leftover YTF from breakfast. Invited KH over for an 'afternoon delight'. Must admit that I wasn't feeling so energetic that