It's Friday morning and I went to work as usual without realizing that it was the first day of the Adidas Warehouse Sale at Atria Shopping Centre near my office. When I reached the office area, it was around 10:15am. The traffic volume was unusually high and there were cars coming from all direction out of nowhere. I started to look for parking as I am using the MBPJ monthly pass which allows me to park at any parking bay under MBPJ.
As I made rounds looking for parking, the traffic was at a standstill on and off and I was stuck in the stupid jam on and off too. Some cars had even started to 'tripple parked' on the 1-way lane around the shops surrounding the Atria Shopping Centre building or illegally along the roadside. To make the condition worse, there were some idiots who drove against the way on the 1-way lane, almost causing deadlock to the jam. It was horrendous!
Having sore throat and empty stomach, hungry and thirsty, I was so pissed off and frustrated and kept cursing in my car. Don't these people need to work or they purposely took leave for the warehouse sale?! Please leave if there's already no parking and don't contribute to worsening the jam!
Boss was on leave, I got to be in the office in case there's any urgent matter that needed to be attended to. I left my notebook charger in the office and the battery of my notebook had already gone flat. Else I would have chosen to get the hell of of this place and go back to work from home.
I continued searching for parking but still to no avail and it's almost 12pm!!! I left for SS2 for lunch. When I came back, I finally managed to find 1 bloody parking around 1:25pm after making rounds and rounds!
This is insane! I spent more than 2 hours looking for parking to get to my office! Half of my day was gone and wasted just like that! I could have reached Ipoh already with the amount of time spent!
Who said the economy is no good? Hordes of people came out from the sale with big bags and small bags in their hands as if they didn't need to pay for what they bought. These people willingly got stuck in the jam, parked their cars illegally and haphazardly, queued up for hours to get in to the sale venue and queued up for hours again to pay. A friend even went twice to this Adidas Warehouse Sale. He gave up the absurdly long queue in his fisrt attempt and returned about 2 hours later only to find out that the sale was 'nothing much' in his second attempt. Well, you can never imagine how 'siao'(crazy) some people can be when it comes to warehouse sale!
What a Friday day thanks to this Adidas Warehouse 'Siao'(Sale)!
Friday, May 29, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
A Day Less Spicy
I am down with sore thoat. Ouch!
I have quite high endurance on physical pain. The real pain I am experiencing now is not so much on the soreness of the throat but the pain of not being able to eat spicy food in order to avoid aggravating and prolonging my sore throat condition.
When it comes to eating, having something spicy is almost a daily affair, be it sambal belacan, chili padi or at least something spicy.
I was supposed to go to see doctor this morning before going in to the office. Unfortunately, I realised that my wallet was just left with RM3 which is not even enough to pay the RM5 co-payment at the panel clinic. To save the hassle of making a big detour to withdraw money before heading to the clinic, I changed my plan to only visit the doctor during lunch or after work.
When I reached the office, I had a cup of plain Milo 'kao' with a few pieces of biscotti from La Manila for breakfast. Breakfast was safe, spice free. Hehe...
A friend was coming over to look for me for an impromptu lunch. Considering my throat condition, obviously I had to eat something not spicy and indirectly it would normally equal to something plain which would not satisfy my taste bud. Friend asked what I wanted to eat. I told him I am having sore throat and threw him back the question. I was cracking my head on what to eat and the seafood noodle from 潮州铭 (Chiu Chow Ming in Cantonese) at SS2, which is famous for its seafood porridge and noodle crossed my mind! Yes, this is me, won't forget about good food though having sore throat. LOL!
Off we went, heading to the shop. Friend had Shark Fin Seafood Meesua (1 of the famous dishes there) and I had my Mixed Seafood Clear Soup Meehoon. We ordered another plate of Mango Kerabu for sharing. My seafood soup was rich and tasted heavenly with fresh seafood and ingredients such as prawn, squid, fish, fishball, minced pork, seaweed, veggie, and crunchy fried garlic as topping. Yummy! Too bad, no food pic this round. I was too busy eating and too lazy to take pic though I had my camera with me... and now I regret. LOL! Guess what, I just couldn't resist and took a little bit of Sambal Belacan. Yes, A LITTLE BIT ONLY, probably 1/3 of the pathetically half filled small saucer. This is really nothing compared to my normal consumption. Conclusion - Lunch with a little bit of Sambal Belacan, super low intake to satisfy the craving for it and to feel bad less. Eat Sambal first, see doctor later! LOL!
I went to see doctor after lunch before heading back to office.
It's dinner time, I had Kai Lan fried with Roast Pork (Kan Lai Chow Siew Yook). It was so delicious! I was so tempted to add in some Chili Padi but I managed to resist doing so. Phew! Dinner was safe from anything spicy!
Not bad, I have survived a 'less spicy' day, but my throat is still sore. Hope I can have '0' spicy food intake tomorrow. I hope so... :P
I have quite high endurance on physical pain. The real pain I am experiencing now is not so much on the soreness of the throat but the pain of not being able to eat spicy food in order to avoid aggravating and prolonging my sore throat condition.
When it comes to eating, having something spicy is almost a daily affair, be it sambal belacan, chili padi or at least something spicy.
I was supposed to go to see doctor this morning before going in to the office. Unfortunately, I realised that my wallet was just left with RM3 which is not even enough to pay the RM5 co-payment at the panel clinic. To save the hassle of making a big detour to withdraw money before heading to the clinic, I changed my plan to only visit the doctor during lunch or after work.
When I reached the office, I had a cup of plain Milo 'kao' with a few pieces of biscotti from La Manila for breakfast. Breakfast was safe, spice free. Hehe...
A friend was coming over to look for me for an impromptu lunch. Considering my throat condition, obviously I had to eat something not spicy and indirectly it would normally equal to something plain which would not satisfy my taste bud. Friend asked what I wanted to eat. I told him I am having sore throat and threw him back the question. I was cracking my head on what to eat and the seafood noodle from 潮州铭 (Chiu Chow Ming in Cantonese) at SS2, which is famous for its seafood porridge and noodle crossed my mind! Yes, this is me, won't forget about good food though having sore throat. LOL!
Off we went, heading to the shop. Friend had Shark Fin Seafood Meesua (1 of the famous dishes there) and I had my Mixed Seafood Clear Soup Meehoon. We ordered another plate of Mango Kerabu for sharing. My seafood soup was rich and tasted heavenly with fresh seafood and ingredients such as prawn, squid, fish, fishball, minced pork, seaweed, veggie, and crunchy fried garlic as topping. Yummy! Too bad, no food pic this round. I was too busy eating and too lazy to take pic though I had my camera with me... and now I regret. LOL! Guess what, I just couldn't resist and took a little bit of Sambal Belacan. Yes, A LITTLE BIT ONLY, probably 1/3 of the pathetically half filled small saucer. This is really nothing compared to my normal consumption. Conclusion - Lunch with a little bit of Sambal Belacan, super low intake to satisfy the craving for it and to feel bad less. Eat Sambal first, see doctor later! LOL!
I went to see doctor after lunch before heading back to office.
It's dinner time, I had Kai Lan fried with Roast Pork (Kan Lai Chow Siew Yook). It was so delicious! I was so tempted to add in some Chili Padi but I managed to resist doing so. Phew! Dinner was safe from anything spicy!
Not bad, I have survived a 'less spicy' day, but my throat is still sore. Hope I can have '0' spicy food intake tomorrow. I hope so... :P
How Are Ya?
It's been a long long hiatus since I last blogged. What have I been up to? Well, long story cut short, life goes on and I am back. :)
Received a message from a friend in FB. The message ended with "How are ya?". I pondered for a long while on how to answer this question. It's supposed to be a very simple question, isn't it? what took me so long to answer such a simple question? Well, as we grow older, this very simple question is not that simple to answer anymore...
Very often, when we are asked this question, to be polite, we tend to answer it with the programmed set of standard answers such as 'I am good', 'I am fine' or 'I am OK' in a very surface manner, when the people asking are not so close to us. Are we really that good, fine or OK? Sometimes, what we answer might not be the true answer.
On the contrary, when I am asked this question by people closer to me, I would be more honest. It really makes me think: Where to begin, what should I tell and how should I answer...
I wonder if you feel the same when you are asked the same question. Or, is it just me who is thinking too much and making thing complicated? I wonder...
Received a message from a friend in FB. The message ended with "How are ya?". I pondered for a long while on how to answer this question. It's supposed to be a very simple question, isn't it? what took me so long to answer such a simple question? Well, as we grow older, this very simple question is not that simple to answer anymore...
Very often, when we are asked this question, to be polite, we tend to answer it with the programmed set of standard answers such as 'I am good', 'I am fine' or 'I am OK' in a very surface manner, when the people asking are not so close to us. Are we really that good, fine or OK? Sometimes, what we answer might not be the true answer.
On the contrary, when I am asked this question by people closer to me, I would be more honest. It really makes me think: Where to begin, what should I tell and how should I answer...
I wonder if you feel the same when you are asked the same question. Or, is it just me who is thinking too much and making thing complicated? I wonder...
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