Possible new addiction?

What would you do if you saw a line of people queuing up at a donut outlet during weekdays? Some of you wold find it weird for people to be queuing up for donuts right? Well not me and not for these ....

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hehe... was in the vicinity and saw the queue and decided, What the heck, just join the line and see what's the rave is all about.. Just imagine, there's about a 10 minutes wait in line during workdays and most of the donuts that they have are being replenished, so you might not be able to get what you wanted unless you wait some more.

The verdict? Soft and light dough, with choices of toppings and fillings. Sure fire way to add a few inches to the waistline. So after queuing up for this, better make a line to your gym....

Turning 33

I've joined the repeating number club this year. The next one would be 10 years from now. So how does it feels to celebrate your 33th birthday? I felt that it was no better than the previous one and just hope to survive the next one.

For my birthday dinner treat, I have decided on Pizza Uno, having loads of great reviews from bloggers and forumers alike. A quick check on the internet for contact number and hey presto, I found out that they have recently open a new branch in Bandar Puteri Puchong. Surely that's a sign. Called up to make a reservation for a three person dinner party.

Finding the place is quite easy as its near my house, but finding an available parking space during prime dining time is another story. The decor was cozy and the setting provided just the right ambience for dining.

Dinner companions

Getting a big, wet one !

It's so good that I wouldn't want to share

The ice chocolate was NICE! A glassful of chilled milk with good serving of chocolate syrup, and a dollop of vanilla ice cream. It was so good that the boy wouldn't want to share it with us.

Appetiser - Crostini platter

Spagetthi marinara - Notice those big prawns? Yummy !

Primavera with prawns - fetuccini

Lemon Pana Cotta - complimentary from the house

Me scraping upto the last morsel of dessert - It was that good!

The portions of serving was more than enough for our Asian serving, and left uf full to the brim until the next thing that came to my mind is o sleep it off. By he way, no regrets about trying out this place, & since its near our place, would might be the next favorite to go for some good food.

The third eye

I for one believed that there are other 'beings' to co-exits with us humans, the ones that we could not see with our normal vision. But others have been 'blessed' (or cursed) with the ability to see the inexplicable beings. In adults it would be a very rare ability to have, but in children they seems to have been to detect the other beings presence easily.

Why broach this subject? Am I gonna be a volunteer on Seekers? Trying to film it on tape?

Nope, not close. The thing is that I believe during the weekend I have noticed two persons who might have experienced it. One is at a gathering when an acquaintance was talking then he suddenly quites down, eyes fixed on a spot and seem to be like 'out of this world'. He snapped out of it a few seconds later continue talking, albeit at a slower pace. He wouldn't want to disclose anything but I suspect that he saw 'something' but wouldn't want to disclose it maybe he doesn't want to alarm the host or the guests. I have talked to him before and he claimed to have experienced these things before, so I believed that he must have witnessed something.

The other incident was from my nephew, as he was having dinner at my house, he commented 'Banyaknya orang kat kipas Uncle Long tu." I asked him about it, "Adam nampak orang kat kipas tu ke?" He replied, " Adam nampak ramai orang kat kipas tu.." the adults at the table suddenly went quiet. We didn't want to pursue the subject any further, but I felt that he must have been telling the truth but the thing is that he is not alarmed about the sighting, continued eating his dinner.

Personally, I haven't experienced any sightings myself (and wouldn't want to) but have experienced some 'presence' previously, so I believe that these things truly exits.

All set & ready to go

Running Shoes - checked

Run T - shirts - checked

Run partner - checked (betul ke partner, nanti halway minta dokong camne?)

Fitness to run - dunno, maybe gained kgs after raya

What am I blabbering about ?

Check this out. Terry Fox Run KL 2007 .

For those who wants to help for cancer research, just register urself for the run. Venue and details on the link above.

C'mon guys, it's for a good cause plus you'll be getting some cardiovascular exercise. Plus gives you an excuse to get some rubdown from your nearest and dearest due to 'aches' from the run. Hehe...

Kampungmu ke kampungku?

Bestnya raya kat kampung ni ... Balik Kampung..

Ever since we got married, my mrs. & I have made arrangement for Eid, one year it would be on my side and another year it would be on her side. The arrangement has worked fine since, so this year we celebrated Eid in Pekan.

As I grow older & wiser (doesn't feel like it), I noticed that the Eid celebration feeling has lost some of its luster. As a kid, I would wait impatiently for raya coz that would be the time for collecting duit raya, trying on new clothes bought during Ramadhan, eating all the raya dishes and playing fireworks but as an adult the feeling is reversed as I am the one who's going to fork out the duit raya, buying the clothes and the preparation for it.

But wherever Eid is celebrated, the traditional dishes (Malaysian) would be similar albeit different tasting. For example, at my mrs.'s place, they are having ketupat but at my mum's, we'll be having lontong (this is the pure bona fide Javanese lontong) but the rest would be the same, rendang either beef or chicken, masak lodeh and sambal kacang.

Here's one I made earlier
( bangga tu dapat buat at least satu after 3 tries )

Lontong daun pisang & kuih lopes - hmm...food
( wonder how to shed those weight after indulging into these? )

Apart from the food differences, the environment is also different. At my mrs. her house would be the focal point of gathering as her grandmother is still around, but at my place we would go around to the elder relations during the first day.

But all in all, the spirit of Eid is still abound, irregardless of our geographical location as witnessed when celebrating here in Malaysia or even when I was abroad.

Eid Mubarak everyone.

Eid Mubarak

[ Image from here ]

First and foremost, I would like to wish all Muslims around the world Eid Mubarak. To those who sent us their greetings by card/emails/sms, we would like to wish the same to you back. Have a wonderful Eid, and those traveling have a safe journey.

Selamat Hari Raya
Maaf Zahir Batin

That's It... no escape for me anymore

The esc button on my laptop has fallen off today. Come to think about it, this is the second time that this laptop needs attention. The first time was to have the LCD changed after three months due to flickering images ... before any of you guys have any ideas...it's not porn ok... well... not most of the time...

Anyway, saw on telly the angkasawan launch just now. I gonna bet that there will be sleepless nights for some people on earth, probably dreaming of being mrs. angkasawan... hehe ... of a good chance of being datin angkasawan ...

Towards the end of Ramadhan

Pergh...now bila dah dekat nak hujung-hujung bulan puasa ni, makin tak lalu pulak nak sahur dan buka. Even the pasar ramadhan sellers have been dwindling noticeably as Eid is just around the corner. May I have the strength to finish this.....

Last Song Syndrome

Most of us have gotten the feeling before, the song that will be playing in our head would most likely comes from the last song that we heard, either in the car or the one on your portable music player. The same thing happened to me today, where this particular festive song has been playing on my cd player since 7 am nonstop-with-encores courtesy of The Boy.

Sudirman - Balik Kampung

Perjalanan jauh tak ku rasa
Kerna hati ku melonjak sama
Ingin berjumpa sanak saudara
Yang selalu bermain di mata

Nun menghijau gunung ladang dan rimba
Langit nan tinggi bertambah birunya
Deru angin turut sama berlagu
Semuanya bagaikan turut gembira

Balik kampung oh oh...( 3X )
Hati girang
Ho ho... Balik kampung (3X)
Hati girang

Terbayang wajah-wajah yang ku sayang
Satu-satu tersemat di kalbu
Pasti terubat rindu di hati
Menyambut kepulangan ku nanti
Perjalanan jauh tak ku rasa
Kerna hati ku melonjak sama
Ingin berjumpa sanak saudara
Yang selalu bermain di mata

Nun menghijau gunung ladang dan rimba
Langit nan tinggi bertambah birunya
Deru angin turut sama berlagu
Semuanya bagaikan turut gembira

Balik kampung oh oh...( 3X )
Hati girang
Ho ho... Balik kampung (3X)
Hati girang

Terbayang wajah-wajah yang ku sayang
Satu-satu tersemat di kalbu
Pasti terubat rindu di hati

Menyambut kepulangan ku nanti