My Delicious Dinner..

After skipping lunch today, I decided to treat myself to my favourite Chicken Chop located at the Damansara Uptown Food Court. (So much for my intended healthy salad dinner!) Since being introduced to this place a few years back, I find myself returning for the wonderful juicy tender Chicken Chop served with generous helpings of black pepper sauce.

Served with eggs sunny-side up on bread together with a large serving of fries, this is indeed a very filling and satisfying dinner! All for only RM7! What a bargain!


A photo to show you what the fuss is all about. Two bowls of yummy black pepper sauce :)

 

A Change In Environment...Hopefully...

Wow, looks like my company is really serious about moving office. It all started a few weeks ago, when one of my managers suggested Wisma Central as a office location due to it being recently gazetted as part of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC). My first thought was "Excellent! That should reduce my travelling costs and save me alot of time on the road!" But this was not the first time the company has been looking into moving location due to the constantly escalating rental at Cyberjaya, so I dismissed this as just another rumour.

However, today when the manager and CEO himself called a meeting with all the office employees asking for concerns regarding the move, I was genuinely surprised. "This might actually happen", I thought to myself walking towards the conference room with a smile plastered on my face.

Well, Murphy's Law does apply in most occasions and this one was not an exception, the minute the meeting was started, the typical objections were raised primarily by those employees who were living nearby which were a strong majority. Moving would only constitute an increase in travel time and costs and they were quick to voice their opinions.

Nevertheless, the management did try to allay their fears of traffic jams and higher travelling costs by proposing separate shifts allowing employees to come into office earlier and leave earlier so as to avoid the massive KL gridlock. I will try not to get my hopes up regarding this move incase it doesnt pull through but I really would like work nearer as I my patience for sitting in traffic jams has been wearing very thin. Cheers!

My New Toy!

I have been wanting to get a ultra compact camera for some time now but as I still have a working albeit huge clunky one, the need was not great. However, I found myself in a camera shop last weekend and they were having a sale (last day supposedly :P) and to think it wasn't even my direct intention to check out the camera shop in the first place :)

So there I was in the camera shop finally getting my grubby hands on the newest range of ultra compact cameras that I had been researching for the past few weeks. After testing out the various models, I was drawn towards the Casio EXILIM range mainly because of its impressive battery capacity as well as its huge ass LCD screen (I like!) :D

After a long sales pitch by the salesperson, I decided on the Casio EXILIM Z600. This particular camera is the most battery efficient camera in the market today (according to the salesperson that is ;P) and has a huge ass 2.7" LCD screen which I had to constantly wipe due to the amount of drool coming out of my mouth =P

The price was also very competitive being slightly under the market price and after the salesperson decided to reduce the price further, I was pretty much sold! I headed over to the ATM to withdraw my hard earned money and forked it over to the salesperson. Was it just me or did he have an evil glint in his eye as he pocketed my cold hard cash? Hmmm....


My New Sleek and Shiny Camera


The Huge Ass LCD Screen! *drools*


Comparison between my new ultra compact and my old huge clunky :)

In hindsight, I guess it was an impulse buy after all but considering my camera is now small enough to fit into my pocket enabling me to carry it around and take wonderful pictures at every opportunity, I dont regret it at all. Thanks to Wawa for making sure I didn't succumb to impulse buying but in the end, I'm glad i did. I still appreciate your concern though. Thanks a bunch! =D

 

My Wierd Dreams...

Strange that so soon after Wawa posted an entry on dreams that I experienced a scary dream of my own. It all started when I was queuing up at the local supermarket to buy some Rejoice shampoo. There was such a long line of people waiting, each with a shopping cart laden with groceries.

After waiting for 20 mins or so (time passes differently in dreams :P) I happened to notice a newly opened check-out counter on the far side of the supermarket. But there was some weird obstruction preventing me from getting to the counter (its my dream and it doesnt have to make sense!) so the only way was to get out of the supermarket and come in again through the entrance.

Without further ado, I rushed out of the supermarket fervently hoping that I would not trigger of any shoplifting alarms. *Phew* Made it out of the supermarket without causing a ruckus. Proceeded to head towards the supermarket entrance when to my dismay, I saw the entrance being blocked by a large spiderweb of chewing gum!!! (again, its my dream and it doesnt have to make sense!)

Seeing this, I decided to make a run for it (not sure why) but was caught by 2 security guards upon attempting my escape with the stolen loot. At this point, I woke up literally in cold sweat. My heart was beating like crazy. Wow, what a weird dream... After a drink of water, I managed to get back to sleep without any further interruptions besides my pesky alarm clock telling me its time to wake up :D

Now trying to figure out my dream, the Rejoice shampoo part was probabbly because I just ran out of shampoo last night and was contantly reminding myself to buy more shampoo today. Not sure about the spider-web of chewing gum though. Thats just disgusting. I dont even eat chewing gum! Incase you were wondering, I've never shoplifted before either! ;)

Oh well, back to studying for my Economics Test. Wish me luck!


My Empty Bottle Of Rejoice Shampoo

TGIF! Its the weekend!

Wow, this week had really passed fast for me, but I get the feeling that since my MBA began, life has been reduced to a cycle of eat, sleep, work & assignments with time and dates holding no special meaning for me. This really isnt how I want to spend my life, and I still have to maintain this frenzied life style for another year and a half! *Sigh*

Everytime my boss assigns a complex task to me with a looming deadline, everytime my MBA lecturer drones on about a subject so abstract that I have no comprehension whatsoever, everytime I have to refuse an invitation to go for a weekend trip, I feel like throwing in the towel! I just want to quit my job or my MBA...haha...I'll never quit eating and sleeping. :)

But obviously I wont, besides the financial reasons, I have to prove something to myself. I have to constantly keep challenging myself for I have a fear of becoming complacent. There was a time in my life where I did feel myself slowing down and resting on my laurels and I'm only 25 for crying out loud! I should be out there working like crazy, accomplishing great things and setting higher and higher targets for myself.

I believe in balance as well so that I dont burn out and have premature mid-life crisis :P But I'll depend on my family and friends to intervene when necessary, as it is they are telling me to get of my lazy butt and do something with my life. I really want to leave my mark on society, something that will enable my memory to live on forever long after I have passed on. Sounds like "illusions of grandeur" at the moment, but someone was once told me, if you never have dreams, you will never know what you are capable of, and I totally agree!

Ok, will stop rambling here... :D

My Long Dark Night...

I was awoken last night to the sound of the air-conditioner turning off. I have an ancient wall mounted air-cond that my dad constantly refuses to change as it is still (barely!) working. Whenever the air-cond is turned on or off, the starter makes a loud hissing noise. It was this noise that awoke me from my deep slumber. Well, maybe not that deep, as I'm a light sleeper :)

I looked around my room and outside my window and concluded it was a blackout; Darn! Why of all times in the middle of the night when I need my beauty sleep! The first thought that I occured to me was to go downstairs and check the fuse box incase there was a circuit trip. Before any of you conjure up images of me having to grope around to look for a candle and match, I instead reached over for my handphone / torchlight (This IS the 21st Century after all, right? :P )

With handphone / torchlight in hand, I proceeded to check on the rest of my family, Sis was fast asleep oblivious to the environment around her while Mum was awoken when I entered the master bedroom. She gave me a quizical look to which I replied "Blackout ar!" then started downstairs towards the fuse box leaving my Dad snoring away. Yes, my Dad and Sis are very heavy sleepers :)

Reaching the fusebox, I was dismayed to find out that all the circuit switches were in their proper places and the main switch was firmly in the "ON" position. Even tried to fiddle around with the knobs hoping that it would miraculously bring back the A/C D/C current to power up my air-conditioner which I desperately need to return to dreamland... Alas, it was not to be.

Trudging upstairs back to my bedroom, I was handed a paper fan by my mom who proceeded to grumble about how I woke her up and she can't get back to sleep :) I apologized profusely saying that I merely wanted to check on them incase a thief / robber / kidnapper had taken the opportunity in the blackout to rob the house! I dont think she was listening though as she was already walking back to the bed where I could hear my father still snoring away.

Reaching my bed, I proceeded to try to fend of the mosquitoes by flapping the paper fan rapidly but I only succeeded in wearing out my arm and was not any closer to getting to sleep. Discarding the fan on the floor, I lay in bed wishing for the sandman to come and throw some of his fairy dust on me when suddenly I heard the alarm go off! "Oh Shit!" I thought, dont tell me my house was really being burgled! My mom and dad were immediately awake and were at the alarm control panel fiddling with the controls in the attempt to silence the alarm. Quarelling ensued as both tried to key in the deactivation code in their groggy state.

Before I could head over there to help them out, they finally managed to turn the blaring siren off probabbly waking up half the neighbourhood in the process. Haha...I have company now! Having got out of bed, I decided to walk out to the balcony and looked around my residential area. All the houses nearby were also enveloped in complete darkness which made the stars in the sky shine so much brigher. Wish I had taken a pic, but the camera was miles away back in my room. :(

Coming back into the house, I saw that both my parents had returned to bed and were already sleeping so I headed once more back to bed in the attempt to catch some sleep. I spent most of the time swatting at mosquitoes buzzing in my ear and mosquitoes busy sucking blood from poor me. Wonder what time I actually fell asleep...

My Day Trip To Cat City

Last Friday, my boss drops a bomb on me saying that he wants me to conduct a presentation in Kuching on Monday, which is only 2 days away! I was on the phone the whole afternoon trying to sort out the logistics nightmare involving obtaining flight tickets, arranging for transport to the airport, etc but thank goodness I managed to get everything done in the nick of time =P

Due to the fact that the meeting location was some distance away from the Kuching airport, I was forced to take the 5.40AM flight from KL to Kuching. I really dislike waking up at 3.30AM in the morning! Luckily, it was a day trip so I need not trouble myself with packing an overnight bag. At least I can be thankful for that :)


A deserted KLIA at 5.30am


MAS Twin Otter at Kuching International Airport (KIA),
you can only see these in East Malaysia


A more bustling KIA airport at 5.30pm


Air Asia encourages exercise :)