My 2-year CRaVe !

How to lose weight...??!!
Right after my post of Losing Weight, I am posting about food...it's not just any food.
It's the BEST PRAWN MEE I've ever tasted.
And I have been craving for almost 2 years, the last time I tasted this bowl of "geik bun" was back in December 2004 when I was on Singapore shopping spree with SF.

Anyway, back to the prawn mee. Why is it soooooo damn good...?
I will not compared to what we get in Malaysia as it's not even worth comparing. They are not in the same league.

1. The prawn is damn HUGE & there's 3 of them in a small kuali.
2. The chilli padi is freaking hot! I know Ipoh-mali-punye cannot really take chilli but this cabai burung, it's really hot. Even some Penang fella said it's hot.
3. They serve the mee with g yau jar, fuiyuh....good man.
4. It's damn cheap if you don't convert, and if you convert back to RM, it's still reasonable for it.
   

7 Habits of Highly Recommended Prawn Mee:
1. Take the MRT and stop at Novena station.
2. Follow Exit B. There's a bus stop right in front of the station at road level.
3. Take bus no. 131. Stop at the 3rd stop from start point (Novena bus stop).
4. Look across the road to find Pek Kio Market/Food Centre.
5. Walk into the foodcourt and look for Wah Kee Big Prawn Noodles.
6. Place order for the S$8.00 prawn mee.
7. Get ready cold drink & lots of tissue.

One important thing to remember, they are CLOSED on MONDAY.
A picture paints a thousand words....take a look at my pics.

This place is also commonly known as Farrer Park.

To me, this is the HOLY GRAIL of all prawn mee. That Ah Sou in red is the stall operator.

Before & after: 1 bowl of mee with g yau jar, 3 HUGE prawns and finally a pile of shells & a satisfied tummy.

This is how HUGE the prawn is.

Sweating out with the prawn. 

Losing Weight

I need to lose weight...!!!! FAST !!
I am categorized under OVERWEIGHT as my BMI is 26.5

Okay...this is how you calculate your BMI you can go to:
http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm
This site gave me a pretty good idea of how FAT I am.
For my friends who are reading this, please spend a few minutes to visit the site and learn more about yourself.

The site even calculated for me the Peoples Choice Ideal Weight for me is 74 kg.
That's almost 6kg off my belly, my thigh and my fat ass.

The voice inside my head: Run, FATTY, run...!!

Turn Back Time

If only I can turn back time...

After reaching home on Monday night from a 20 hours flight, jetlagged, tired and suffering from PVID (Post Vacation-Induced Depression - my own term for a mental condition that only I suffered, not medically proven though), I downloaded all my pictures from the Italy/England trip to my laptop.

I was damn fucking sure that I got all the pictures in my laptop before I format the memory card.
When I was trying to sort the folders, tiba-tiba I noticed that my '04' folder is empty! And that folder is the one with SF's graduation picture and our time in London. I was searching it everywhere, scan the whole hard disk and FUCK!!! It's not there...

That was when I really wish that I could turn back time and undo everything.
Now, I wasn't so DAMN sure that I have downloaded all the pictures, at least the last card the had the graduation pictures.
Was banging my head and all and have to let SF know about this...on her BD.

Asked DL if there's any way to recover the lost pictures, he said that there's some software that can do that, but not 100% success rate. With the little hope, I tried to scan through the hard disk, but can't find anything...

YL suggested that I tried recover from the memory card, but I don't have a card reader. So have to wait for tomorrow to get the card reader from SF.

After being in a totally-miserable-feel-like-jumping-off-from-building-feeling for almost 24 hours, and with the help of brilliant software, managed to get back at least the graduation pictures. All the pictures for Stonehenge, Hampton Court & London were gone. Now, I don't have to feel so bad, and can live on with only half the guilt for the rest of my life, unless and until I have the ability to turn back time...

Tax Tax TAX !!

I went to the LHDN website to download the e-filling stuff, realized that I have to have a pin to login, I emailed them to request for the pin.
In their website, it's clearly stated that you can request the pin through email.

After 2 days, I received an email but without my pin ! I gave them another few more working days to let them process, I thought to myself, "government mar".
Still I didn't get it, so I called up LHDN.

After the whole phone conversation, they tell me that it will past the deadline to submit if they were to email me the pin. I was like HUH!!?? The guy told me to go the the branch to get the pin and do the e-filling there. STUPID !!! Then, what is the whole damn point of asking people to do e-filling if you still need to go to the LHDN office anyway ??

And they extend the deadline for the e-filling. What more can I say ? (actually a lot more, but don't want to sound like an asshole lar).

The Day I Sold My Baby Away

I saje put that as the title to make it dramatic.
I actually felt heavy hearted to part with my car after it's been with me for 3 years & 7 months.

Memorable moments (regardless good ones or not so good ones):

1. First got the car in Sept. '02 and drove back from JB to KL.
2. Smoke gets out from the hood - was overheated and the radiator dried up totally back in Nov. '04 fetching my sister to UTM.
3. Hit a Proton Waja while reversing out from the parking lot in HUKM. Paid RM500 to fix the Proton Waja.
4. Got another ticket for breaking red light (I swear I didn't see the red light, those idiotic cops set up the trap on purpose), while on my way to go to the police station to pay for a speeding ticket. End up paying RM500 for so-called rayuan for both tickets.

Besides all the water-seeping-in-from-the-front-passanger-seat-door, the dull red paint of the hood cover and the growing pimples (rust), the car is actually quite reliable. One day, if we meet on the road, I will still give respect to you, JFE 9027.

Finally, I sent her away on 22nd April at about 3.30pm. But I will not regret exchanging the kampung boy for a City kid!

Me having some final moments with my Iswara.

Day 5: Disneyland

Disneyland, the holy grail of all Mickey fans, the place where thousands and thousands of Japanese girls trying to look their cutest when posing with Mickey for pictures, and hours long queue to get a ride of Space Mountain.

Our group arrived before the park open but the whole place was so packed, yan san, yan hoi. And the fact that it’s a weekday really surprised me.

It was said that in Japan, they won’t ask you “Have you been to Disneyland?” Instead, they will ask you “How many times have you been to Disneyland?”
You can see all the girls from children to hot chicks and even the young guys are wearing those Mickey ears on their head. Some even come in a Chip & Dale jumpsuit. From 10am – 4pm, I only managed to try Splash Mountain, Haunted Mansion, MicroAdventure! & Space Mountain.


Because it’s the last night in Tokyo, the tour agent arranged for us something grand in Shinjuku. According to them, the full crab course meal, kanidoraku, is very expensive, and very seldom they get tour groups having them, especially such big group. From appetizer to the last course, it’s all crab.

The most memorable was to meet up with Chika (Sonobe) & Nao (Hikino), I haven’t met Nao for almost 5 years. It’s a pleasant surprise to both of them in Tokyo. My memorable visit to Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun, came to an end the following day, but not before I had another bowl of the mouth-watering ramen ! Sayonara, mata ai ma sho (hope to see you again).

From top L-R: Queuing up to go in at 10am, Cinderalle castle, the beauties of Disney, Haunted Mansion, parking lots for baby pram, It's A Small Small World, getting ready for the Grand Parade, anticipating children & Crystal Palace.

Guys with Disney-character-ear clip-on, cap, hood, etc. Like pondan la.

From top L-R: In Shinjuku, kanidoraku (full course crab meal) & meeting up with Chika (left) and Nao (right).

A message from the tour guide, Noi. He is a fantastic guide.

Day 4: Tokyo

On the journey to Tokyo, we stopped by Odaiba to visit the Toyota Showroom where Toyoto (or I should really say it’s the Japanese) really show off with their technological superiority.

After that, off to Ginza for lunch. Ginza is the Bukit Bintang equivalent in Tokyo. It has the most expensive price tag for land in the entire Japan which can go up to 20 billion YEN (USD 200 million) per sqm2. I can’t believe it either !
Lunch was yakiniku tabehodai (eat-all-you-can BBQ).

The rest of the day was spent in Asakusa, dinner at Aoi-Marushin, the 1st restaurant in Tokyo and Hard Rock Café in Roppongi Hills.

The tour guide recommended the best ramen in Tokyo, which is just 15 minutes walk from the hotel. Everything about the ramen is special, from the soup, the ramen (noodle), the char siew & the egg (it’s the super nice duck egg yolk). The shop operates from 10.30am – 4.00am, and even at 1am, there’s a queue outside the shop. Find out more about the ramen at http://www.mutekiya.com/.

From top L corner, clockwise: Having a go at the GT4 simulator in Toyota Showroom, eat-all-you-can BBQ lunch, kabuki theater and the famous Ginza street.

Random images at Asakusa.

From top L, clockwise: a cute Japanese cashier, tempura set dinner, going to Roppongi Hills & Hard Rock Cafe.

The best ramen in Tokyo. Costly (750YEN), but worth it down to the last spoonful of the soup. Just look at the duck-egg yolk.