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Dr. iDevice

Sometime last year, the top right side of Ban's phone started to blacken. It started small but grew gradually to obscure the battery icon. So he decided to get it fixed, in case it became serious. It was quite a good timing too because we were about to go to Australia. We went to Samsung service centre at One Utama. Waited quite sometime, only to be told that they no longer stock spare parts for that phone. After googling and checking its reviews, I suggested Dr. iDevice to him.  Lenise, who was manning the outlet in One Utama, was helpful, friendly and professional. She first checked whether they could get hold of the display part. Then she quoted the fee to Ban and explained the process of fixing it. Due to the circumstances at that time, Ban left his phone with them. They called me the next day to collect it as soon as it was fixed. So, when recently my phone's screen cracked after it dropped onto tarred road (it cracked exactly where the screen protector couldn't protec

Assorted food #4

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  The difference between this special sliced beef and the usual one is that the former is marinated with some spices and a sweet sauce. I prefer the normal one because I didn't like the sweetness. Not worth it for me to pay extra for it. This is the dry penang hokkien prawn mee at Masih Kopitiam, Butterworth. I normally shun this dish because of the paltry amount of ingredient but this one had much more. It tasted great too. I loved this set, Salmon Zukushi, at Jyu Raku. Definitely a salmon-lover pleaser :) Someone gave to Ban this dessert. It was surprisingly delicious and filling.

Making better banana smoothie

Me: I find that adding strawberry enhances banana smoothie. Ban: I find that taking out the banana also enhances banana smoothie *laughed* Me: *laughed and smacked him*   Note: Ban doesn't like banana smoothie, no mater what else is mixed inside, even if cocoa powder is mixed in.

Sudden lower body pain

About two weeks ago, my mum developed pain in her pelvic bone, much more on the right side, and squeezing pain in her legs, with occassional spike in pain. She was managing it with paracetamols, 2 tabs three times daily.  Since we didn't know any particular orthopedist in private hospitals (it was only recently that I remember Dr Prashant ), I targeted one at KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital since it's in mainland Penang (instead of on the island). I made appointment for my mum with Dr Joehaimey since he has the earliest suitable date. The moment she walked through his door, he immediately asked her whether the pain from her right side. We were both quite impressed. He was in turn impressed with mum's prepared list of medication that she presented to him on a piece of paper. The key information seems to be the surgery she had back in 2011 to insert titanium plate and screws in her lower spine. He guessed that there's accumalated wear and tear due to aging. So to confirm i

An inPAWtant notice

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This was at Eades Park in Melbourne:

Weevils at Lotus's Paradigm Mall

Yes, they were in packs of Jasmine Harumas Wangi Rice 5kg. Here's my email to Lotus's: My friend and I nearly bought a bag of 5 kg rice that has weevil in it.   I approached the staff at the self-checkout counter but she just stared at me, asking me what I wanted her to do. I of course wanted it to be put away so that nobody buys it and yet she asked me to just put it back on the shelf, saying that it's not her job and it's the job of the stock worker. Instead of saying it's not her job, it would be better if she had directed me to the correct person or even better, contact her colleague.   She then asked me to pass the bag of rice to the personnel at the service counter, who, thankfully, took it away from me and agreed with me that it should not be put back for someone else to purchase.   Meanwhile, my friend looked at this brand of rice and discovered that there were many more bags of them with weevils in them. Coincidentally, the stock worker was arranging other

Sushi Go!

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Boardgame turns into restaurant?!