Here's My Story

In the lead up to this follow-up, mum said her mobility was better than that before the this whole issue of pelvin/leg pain i.e. better than usual. That's great. X-ray was done again, which shows nothing amiss with the spine. Key points: (1) Can resume physio exercises. (2) Still cannot squat, which surprised me because I thought it would be temporary . (3) Cannot bend forward. (4) Don't sit on floor. Dr Tan said that now it's just waiting for the bones to fuse together. Next appointment in 4 months time, also with X-ray done.

So the purchase of the condo unit is very nearly over. The last step is to receive the title deed from the lawyer after its transfer of ownership is registered by land office. I, together with my mum, sister and hubby, inspected the unit a final time and received the keys from the agent. Earlier, I was looking up on how to activate electricity and water supply and was exploring the possibility of doing it online. However, the lawyer has passed two copies of the SPA (Sales & Purchase Agreement), via the agent, to me for this purpose. Also, my sister said that from her experience, the process was quick at PBA's office (for water) but took a little longer at TNB's office (electricity). Since I hadn't yet figure out the online process, I decided to do it at their offices. In case there was lack of parking space, I asked Ban to drive me. First, I had to photocopy my IC, which I did at a photoshop. I also got another copy of the SPA as I anticipated that it would be required ...

I gave up visiting the outlet at Starling Mall because the amount of pork had shrunk to a pitiful amount such that it wasn't worth the price any more. However, later, Ban's brother alerted me of a new outlet at Paradigm Mall and so I decided to give it a try. Way better than the one at Starling Mall. Hopefully they maintained it.

If you need to consult a specialist, how would you choose one? If you hadn't consulted one before, you might ask family and friends for recommendations. You might even wider your enquiries to social media and forums.  Next, you might look for reviews online but those are rare in Malaysia. Maybe go for the one with most experience but that information is also not easily available. If all else fails, maybe you look at their credentials i.e. professional and academic qualifications and where they came from. In Malaysia, until 2002, admission to public universities were done by race first and then merit second. The bulk of the quota was reserved for Bumiputera, of which the majority of them were Malays. The " quota system remains in the matriculation colleges with a 90% quota for Bumiputeras, while certain foundation courses are exclusively for Bumiputeras ." This partly resulted in Bumiputera students constituting 81.9% of students in public universities as at Dec 2023. It w...

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Of course I went back there again since I have voucher to get a free heavenly Portugese egg tart. This time I tried their herbal ramen soup with pork gyoza. Unusual combination. This was quite good. I was especially pleased with the amount of vegetables, which meant that they acceded to my request.  I would prefer the soup to have more herbal taste but this milder one is probably safer as some customers may not like it heavier.  The pork in the gyoza is like a lump of meat, instead of minced version. I rarely have gyoza. Is it meant to be like that? Since we spent over RM 30, we got another go at the lucky draw and this time I got red bean milk tea, which I had it recently. As expected, I wasn't wow-ed by it since I'm not into red bean but it was nice enough for me to finish it. Luckily I asked for less sugar: the red bean itself was already sweet.

 “20 years from now, the only people who will remember that you worked late are your kids” ― David Clarke

I tried 4 different restaurants, including Kheng Wah, so far at this mall. Although some of the food were quite good, it was expensive in my opinion, making it not worth it. Perhaps other customers are of the same opinion as me regarding Kheng Wah: the crowd had shrunk dramatically from a nearly full capacity during lunch time (including seats in the alfresco area) to about a third. One day, I spotted this promotion: RM 19.90 for the set looked worth it. I wanted to try their Portugese egg tart and was intrigued by the seafood spaghetti, which sounded like a typical stir-fried noodled except using spaghetti. From the first spoonful of the spaghetti, I was afraid that I would get jelak by the time I ate half of it. I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't so. It was delicious overall and I definitely would have it again, if it's reasonably priced. The egg tart was great! I also received a voucher, from a lucky draw, for a free egg tart for the next visit.

 

When Ban and I are in Butterworth, we'll bring my mum out for meals during weekends (she has catered meals during weekdays) or whenever she wants to join us. One of the places that we bring her to is Sushi Ya. There was this time where we had finished our food and were just having our drinks. I was about to finish my warm water when I noticed that mum was still drinking her green tea and chatting too. "Oh, she had quite a lot to say. I'm all ears." So I proceeded to ask for refill of water and later she did likewise for her tea. After quite sometime, the conversation seems to have died down and so... Me: Are you done, mum? Shall we go? Mum: Yes. I was waiting for you. Me: Huh? I was waiting for you too. I saw noticed you wanted to chat and drank more tea. Mum: I saw you asked for refill and so I continued lor. Both of us laughed at this :)