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During a light-hearted conversation: Ban: No matter what I say, I am wrong 😄 Me:  No, you're wrong! That's not tru 😂

Recently, we were grateful to have been invited to William's birthday dinner at Koha Bistro by House of Wheat. I myself appreciate his partner's penchant for patronising restaurants that we have not tried before. What struck me first, after being seated, was the seemingly ad hoc handwritten correction to its menu:     I had the clams pasta: This was unique and delicious, likely due to the use of ginger. Definitely fusion :) However, I think I would like it better if they had used the normal spaghetti than this thick pasta, which was probably homemade. Also, it was the first time I had sea grapes. Ban had the aged duck breast. This was disappointing, chiefly because it was tasteless. A few of us at the table couldn't recognise it as duck meat. Unsurprisingly, it came with dipping sauce i.e. miso puree, which I didn't like. Judging by what was plated (almost all meat), you would need order a plate of something else (vegetable would be good) to complement it and that means...

  This is one of my favourite dishes to cook: stir fried pork with ginger & spring onion. Ban was the one who found the recipe  sometime ago when he wanted to try cooking non-chicken dishes and I started cooking it when he moved on to other dishes. I forgot why he stopped. Probably because he preferred others that are simpler? Flavourful and aromatic but yes, it has quite a number of steps. Using pork tenderloin suits us because it's lean and tender. I used the extra spring onion to cook the oyster king mushroom, which was just lightly salted and sprinkled with soy sauce. It complemented the pork dish.   This was from the chap fan stall at Megah Good Luck Restaurant, a kopitiam at Taman Megah. It cost only RM 2! I only wanted a third of it but instead, the lady said, "I would give you a little more and charge you RM 2." I suspect they were trying to clear as much food as possible was it was late lunch time (around 1.30pm?). Think the stall did that to the customer bef...

Recently, a friend encouraged us to get a car window breaker in case we need to break the window e.g. cannot open the door and need to get out fast. I thought it's a great idea and so shopped for one and purchased this for RM 11.45 on Shopee: After opening, I noticed that there was a piece of glass in the box too:   Ban guessed that it was for us to test the efficacy of the product. I was doubtful because that seems to be an unnecessary cost given that no other products do that too i.e. to provide sample for you to test the equipment on. I asked the seller and it turned out that Ban is correct! So, I placed a piece of newspaper on the table and tried to use the breaker on it. I thought a few taps would break it :D Ban asked me to hit the glass forcefully and bam! Pieces of glass went strewn over the table and onto the floor. Eeeek. Definitely worked but we needed to hunt those shards and put them away. Fortunately, nobody got hurt. 

(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes)  1. Free Malaysia Today article: " Trump says Israel, Hezbollah agree to halt fighting ". Sentence: " But there were fresh signs of tensions between the United States and Washington over the situation in the Middle East. The two countries launched a joint offensive against Iran on Feb 28. " 2. Free Malaysia Today article: " Fifa must rebuild trust after scrapping World Cup investor proposal ". Sentence: " ‘ Ptomote the game’ " 3. Free Malaysia Today article: " Could your daily coffee be linked to less body fat and more muscle? ". Sentence: " A Finnish study found intriguing links between higher coffee intake, body composition and metabolism - although experts tress that coffee itself may not be the cause. "

Recently, we went a short trip to Seremban with my mum. I booked an apartment via Booking.com and as expected, they contacted me via WhatsApp to ask for details and to give instructions. One strange question was where I do come from i.e. which state/city. Why? Even if it's for data collection, how does that help them to improve their business? More instructions were given on the day of travel e.g. videos and additional info on how to check in and how to get to the correct carpark bay. All were expected. What wasn't expected was the additional rules that came in when we were about half an hour of reaching the destination, such as no birthday party allowed, no alcohol, no pets and couple must be married. Wth! I have no issue with such rules but to only made them known after money had been paid and we were about to reach the place was distasteful to say the least. When we arrived, I went checking the place for any defect and reported them accordingly. I also noticed that there wer...