Something interesting about me

I got this survey over at GooGurl's page and so I decided to fill it up and blog about it.

1) Name one person who made you smile last night.
Oooh....that's a secret ;)

2)What were you doing at 8:00 this morning?
I was still sleeping in bed reading an sms. Yes I can read in my sleep :P

3) What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
I was sitting at my desk in the office.

4) What was something that happened to you in 2006?
I changed companies. Finally left that God forsaken place in Shah Alam, JVC!

5)What is the last thing you said aloud?
"I need an XS sized shirt, I love body hugging jerseys!" - (said this while lining up to collect my sports jersey at the pantry 20 minutes ago)

6) How many different things did you drink today?
Water, Nescafe White Coffee, Old Town KopiTiam white coffee and more water.

7) What color is your hairbrush?
I don't own a hairbrush, I got short hair.

8) What was the last thing you paid for?
Lunch at Old Town Kopitiam, Cyberjaya.

9) Where were you last night?
Sitting at home, watching Greys Anatomy and chatting on the phone.

10) What color is your front door?
Dark brown.

11) Where do you keep your change?
At home, in a box which sits on top of my bedside table.

12) What is the weather like today?
Good, not too hot and not too cloudy.

13) What is the best ice cream flavor?
Chocolate Strawberry.

14) What is something you are excited about?
Everything!

15) Do you want to cut your hair?
Maybe in 2-3 weeks time.

16) Are you over the age of 25?
Nopes, I am exactly 25 ahhaha.

17) Do you talk a lot?
Yeah, my faculty at CAS said that I was full of crap. In my defense, I thought I had very "interesting points" to put forward. Note the air quotes :P

18) Do you watch The O.C.?
Nopes, only when they show it on tele and I have absolutely nothing else to watch. Longest view time, 15minutes.

19) Do you know anyone named Steven?
Yes I do in fact.

20) Do you make up your own words?
Not really, do I sound like Willy Wonka to you?

21) Are you typically a jealous person?
Yes, I can be insanely jealous sometimes.

22) Name a friend whose name starts with the letter “A”
Adeboyega. I am not kidding you!

23) Name a friend whose name starts with the letter “K”
Katherine Keta Kones

24) Who’s the 1st person on your received calls list?
Oooh....that's a secret ;)

25) What did the last text message you received say?
Something about someone being 3 months pregnant :P

26) Do you chew on your straws?
Yes, I do that when I am bored.

27) Do you have curly hair?
Nopes, not interested!

28) Where is the next place you’re going?
To the gym downstairs.

29) Who is the rudest person in your life?
Rudeness cannot be measured. Usually if they are rude, I just slap some sense into them.

30) What is the last thing you ate?
Kaya and butter toast and two half boiled eggs for lunch.

31) Is marriage in your future?
Of course

32) What is the best movie you’ve seen in the past two weeks?
Shrek 3, but it was a tough choice choosing between that, Oceans 13 and Pirates of the Carribean.

33) Is there anyone you like right now?
Yeah of course. All my friends!

34) When was the last time you did the dishes?
If dishes meaning my coffee cup and water tumbler then just now when I got my coffee refill in the pantry.

35) Are you currently depressed?
Not at all.

36) Did you cry today?
Nopes, can't think of when was the last time I cried. (please don't kick my in the groin to prove a point!)

37) Why did you answer and post this?
I haven't done a survey in a while already.

38) Tag 5 people who would do this survey.
Whoever reads this and blogs.

Kanna Curry House

It was a wonderful Saturday evening when Jon and I decided to go eat at a place called Kanna Curry House somewhere in section 17 and I thought, wow, banana leaf rice. Something I haven't eaten in a long while. We agreed to meet there for some nosh and after digging through my memory banks (yes my brain), I remembered someone telling me where it was (located somewhere near the Rothmans roundabout).

After reaching the restaurant, Jon arrived slightly after and we headed in. The first thing I said to him was, "Wow, the food smells great here. Oh, did you know this is my first time here?".

And that was when it all happened. Jon being Jon, he started throwing a fit especially for a PJ boy to not come and have banana leaf rice at Kanna Curry house.


In my defence.......well actually I didn't have any defence. Nothing came out of my mouth, so I said, lets eat. Using a strategy known as "the diversion". I mean what best to fill your opponent's mouth with mouth savouring food than to go head on and debate about which curry house is the best and where can you find excellent banana leaf rice.

But to be perfectly honest, Jon was right in every word he said. The food tasted great, looked great and smelt awesome. The fried chicken and the squids were fried to perfection. If any of you decide to go there again, please give me a call and I will gladly bring you there.

More shots from Teluk Batik

As promised, here are two more shots I took while I was in Teluk Batik. The first one was taken somewhere at Kampung Koh while having breakfast in the morning. The second one was taken at the famous Sitiawan "Gong Pian" shop.

Some funky tasting noodles, yummmm!

Guy peeling onions

Ok, I got a lot of more photos to edit and I definitely don't have that much time to do that.

Sunrise At Teluk Batik

Here is a picture I took at Teluk Batik over the weekend. More to come, my PC is too slow to do quick processing.

Sunrise at Marina Cove

Of Traffic Jams and Impatientness

When I read in the newspapers that they were going to widen the highway stretches and the project should be completed by next year, it reminded me of the crawl I faced on Friday night and Saturday. Friday night was when I left PJ at 9.30pm towards Teluk Batik and it took me 5 hours to get there.

As soon as I hit the NKVE and went pass Sungai Buloh, the jam started there and it crawled on all the way to Bidor. I was glad that once after exiting the highway, driving towards Teluk Intan and Sitiawan was so much better. By the time I arrived at Marina Cove, it was already 2.30am. By the time I got to bed, it was 3.30am.

On Sunday, the traffic was worse. It took me approximately 8 hours from Teluk Batik to reach back to PJ. Crawling through the ultra congested NKVE, I could only wish that the road expansion would have been completed earlier.

Right now, I am just too tired to edit the photos which I took during the trip.

Bah, traffic jams, give me a bullet train anytime...

Boleh Cakap English?

The rise of globalization and the push for an integrated market has really taken shifted a paradigm mindset in terms of how we continue to pursue with the use of English as the main medium in the business world. Thanks to that, trying to converse with my colleague in Bahasa is really tricky as I can't seem to remember many words already (oh the shame!).

Well, what I heard today sort of made me realised that Bahasa is not too behind as well. It all started with me having to work in the KL office today located in KLCC. Being all gung-ho and ready to get out of the doldrums of Cyberjaya, I took the LRT and arived at the office earlier than usual only to find out that all the available hot desks were unavailable!

Ok, so I thought I would just sit in the pantry area and connect to the Wi-Fi and then my colleague told me that the Wi-Fi service is unavailable as well. That took the cake and I then decided to head downstairs to Starbucks to work there (pays to work in KLCC I guess).

So here I am sipping my coffee while connected to the local hotspot when an Australia couple sat at the table next to me (I guessed that they were Australians from their slang and their dress sense, beach wear in KLCC). Anyhow I was happily minding my own business when the Aussie dude got a phone call.

"Hello, good morning"

(some voice over the phone which I obviously cannot hear)

"I'm sorry, but could you speak in English?"

(some voice over the phone which I obviously cannot hear)

By this time I was guessing it was some wrong number and the person on the other line was either speaking in another local language.

"Boleh cakap dalam English?"

That caught my ear, he knew how to speak Malay? Wow, I was impressed that he was rather fluent in that.

"Saya tak boleh dengar atau faham kamu, boleh cakap dalam English?"

Amazing, that was definitely what went through my mind.

"Maaf, saya tak boleh faham, mungkin salah nombor" and he ended the call there.

I was just blown away. Interesting fact I learned today with most tourists, either he has been in Indonesia or working for a long time now in Malaysia to understand the local language and to speak it fluently.