Here's My Story

Recently, I decided that it was time to change the wallpaper of my laptop. I then selected one of the photos I took during my latest trip to Canberra : Due to the fact that this was taken with my gimpy 2MP camphone, I'm surprised at how good it looks as wallpaper. I can actually believe that it is one of those pictures specially made for wallpaper hehe. Also, the green colour is soothing for my eyes :)

This is my first time cooking curry chicken in Malaysia. In fact, it is the first time in a long while. It's not my usual style: The curry powder seems less red than I'm used to Instead of drumstick and thigh with skin on, I used chicken keel so that Ban could eat it too Olive oil and at less quantity so that Ban could eat it too Added a little sugar Besides chicken, there were potatos and large red onions. The toughest part during the preparation was chopping the onion. It was so stinging. I was about to put on my swimming goggles when Ban volunteered to continue chopping. I could have used large white onions but from experience, large red onions are better at flavouring the curry. I would love to add in some curry leaves but those are so hard to get. The resultant dish wasn't spicy at all lol. In fact, the first time I smelled it, it reminded me of ABC soup, likely because of the onion though I used large white onions for the latter. It was a success sinc...

These past weeks had weather that were consistently the same each day: Breeze in the morning, with darkening clouds Breeze stopped just after noon, with clouds gradually lightening and sun peeking out Quite sunny in late afternoon, with some breeze No rain! I want heavy rain to wash my car! :)

For years, I usually get stomachache half of the time when I'm ready to sleep. It could just be purely gastric or stomach cramp or both. If I'm certain it's just gastric, I'll take some bread and then antacid. If that fails, then it's omeprazole and domperidone. If I'm not certain, then it's all of these. The only time I manage to reduce the frequency is when I'm in Australia (each time!). I couldn't seem to duplicate that, unfortunately. I tried all sorts and sometimes it worked for a few nights and then it was back to the same regularity. This time I tried this: No milk before bed (I used to drink cow's milk and then goat's milk) A glass of Nestum (not mixed with milk or anything else) A slice of plain bread, with no milk component in it (so far, only Hailam bread fits this criteria but boy, it's quite difficult to get) So far, for about 2 weeks, there was only once or twice I needed to take medication. Otherwise, the worst was...

Conventional wisdom holds that companies should see to their shareholders' needs first, their customers' second and their employees' last of all. I have always done the opposite and so has the rest of our team. At the Virgin Group, our employees come first, then our customers, then our shareholders. It is simply common sense: If your workforce is happy and well-motivated, your customers are more likely to be happy as well - which means there is greater chance that your business will see strong sales and good profits, generating the results that your shareholders demand. - Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group and companies such as Virgin Atlantic, Virgin America, Virgin Mobile and Virgin Active

Ban told me of this place that specialises in shrimp dishes. We decided to try it after watching Kungfu Panda 2. A decent shrimp dish costs between RM30 - RM45, whereas other sort of meat dish costs about RM10 lower. Fair price? You decide. We took advantage of the special lunch deal (available from Mon - Fri, excluding public holiday), which entitled us of 1 free dish for every 2 dishes we ordered. We weren't sure the portion and so just went ahead. Turned out that, other than the shrimp broth dish, the portion was quite large. We ended up having to forgo the rice and tried eating everything else. The pasta dish, broth and the shrimp stuffed with crab meat dish were all delicious, although towards the end it was just too much shrimp for me. Instead of raising your hand and/or call the waiter/waitress to get his/her attention, they have a unique way for you to do so: Flip the signboard to this red side to catch their attention. Flip back to the blue side to indi...

Saw this chair at Ikea: I tried sitting on it, just to figure out what was so good about it that it cost that much. Nope, it didn't levitate and started to glide across the floor. In fact, it didn't feel any different from other chairs costing much lesser than this. The price is insane.

Recently, a relative posted an ad on a Malaysia website to sell his refurbished classic car. In the ad, he left his phone number as his only contact detail. He then received the following (in chronological order): (1) An sms asking him to e-mail her information on the condition of the car and his price. Observation: Price was already stated in the ad. Why did she ask again? Also, why doesn't she call? Outstation? Overseas? (2) Consequently, after giving the requested details, the buyer revealed that she was in Europe and was getting the car for her husband who was working in the Middle East. She claimed to trust my relative's word that the car was in good condition and then said that she would transfer money to his bank, followed by asking an agent to claim the car. The agent would clear the paperwork with him and the government. She stressed that the whole process would be very simple for him. Observation: She couldn't get such car at where she was? Or where her h...

Finally, the pain in my hand/palm is gone. So likely Ban is right: my hand was recovering from the prolonged use of the wrist holder and just needed lots of time to heal. In any case, I'm taking precaution by not trying to use the laptop continuously for too long. However, the recent bout of fatigueness is still there. In fact, I feel exhausted every morning when I wake up (and also by about 10pm). I end up finally waking up about an hour after my intended time i.e. oversleep by an hour and that too with me sitting on bed for a few minutes dozing lol. I attribute this to lack of exercise and so I'm trying to get back to my exercise routine. Lazy but have to lah.