Here's My Story

Recently, Ban and I dined at Go Noodle House at Paradigm Mall after being absent for more than 3 months. They discontinued their loyalty programme in Nov 2025. I was curious whether this was due to a change in management and hence whether this had effect on the menu, quality of food etc. One notable change was there was a bottle of wine on each table, clearly for customers to add to their noodle soup if they wish. I initially thought it was vinegar and so I asked and got the answer from the waiter. I was a little puzzled because for their noodle soup, you need to pay RM 2.50 for extra wine (upgrade Superior Soup to Premium Superior Soup) and yet there was free wine on the table. Me: What's the difference between this (the bottle of wine on the table) and that (the saucer of extra wine)? Waiter: That (the extra wine) is high quality wine. Me: So this (the table wine) is low quality, is it? Waiter, Ban and Me: *laughed* Waiter: No, no, no. Ban: Don't disturb him lah. Me: Just jok...

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For the longest time, while asleep, I sometimes subconsciously stretched with my hands above my head and my feet pointing down. However, for the past year or so, three or four times when this happened, I had severe cramp in my right calf. So severe that I woke up screaming. It was scary. The first time it happened, Ban got a fright but quickly massaged the calf when he saw me gripping it. Subsequently, he was much quicker in doing so.  I consulted a doctor. If it's not frequent and/or affecting my daily routine e.g. can't walk properly, she isn't concerned.  I recently have a theory: for a couple of years or so, I switched the way I sit when I meditate before doing light stretches (in the morning and just before bed at night): from sitting cross-legged to sitting on my heels with the feet stretched flat on the ground. I have now reverted to cross-legged. Hopefully this helps. I'll continue stretching my calves before I sleep. On a slightly related topic, we were passing...

In a reent ttrpg session, our party was fighting a group of mummies. A teammate decided to use her whip to attack a mummy. I then suggested to her to say, "Who's your Mummy?" Some laughter ensued but immediately followed by... Me: Wait, I made a joke?! *lol* Another teammate: I thought you did it on purpose. Yes, I intended it to be a joke (the whipping bit) but the second joke (vs a mummy) was unintentional.  

Clearly, this is about the D&D 5e adventure book Curse of Strahd.  

 

 

One day, in order to get significant discount on  Shopee, I decided to sign up for ShopeePay. However, I was stuck at the personal information page. It refused to accept my submission and kept telling me to make sure the information was the same as that on MyKad. So I messaged a live Shopee agent. They asked me for copy of my MyKad, which I was a little hesitant to do but I thought that maybe they would manually register for me that way. Then they asked me to try filling the form again and to show the error message to them.  Agent: Under Citizen ID, you're supposed to key in your ID number. Me: Oh! I read it as "Citizen" and so I input "Malaysian". Ooops! I feel so embarrassed now. Agent: It's ok, sir. Many people did the same mistake. I think the agent was being kind :D

"So where do you want to have your hair cut?" "Don't know." "Oh, that place. Sure."  

🤣  Thank you William for sharing this with me.

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 :)

 ...this time at Adelaide Airport 😁

Spotted this at Melbourne Airport: 😄

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A review of an Asian restaurant in Canberra: 😂