Weekend was good and bad at the same time. All because at the 11th hour, as usual, just before want to implement something, THEN and only THEN will the user start doing their testing seriously. WTF! The thing is, they have the utmost dedication to come back on the weekend to do testing, so who am I as a mere, lowly, sr systems analyst deny them the support that they require?
-___- This doesn’t mean I have to be happy about doing it. Internally, I’m crushed… but guess what? I’m not the only one who has to work during the weekend. So did Tron! Lol..
Oh, and before the weekend started, I was pleasantly surprised by my maternal grandmother who came to stay over at our house. I was watching Shane Dawson TV as usual… and suddenly I heard a knock on my bedroom door. Po po said… “Hi Leech~~ I’m your room mate for the night!” I was horrified because my bedroom is in a mess! Lol! A lot of laundry scattered on my bed (not yet put into the wardrobe. When she saw the mess, she said, “I can sleep on the floor, don’t worry.” WTF! As if I would let my grandma do it. I rather sleep on the floor myself than let her sleep on the floor! After an impromptu cleaning session, she was comfortably curled up on the bed, so I also had to sleep early. However, we had fun chatting for one hour, just lying on the bed. Aww.. I miss my room mate already (she only stayed for one night)…
We somehow end up talking about pregnancy and the “confinement” period. She said that for her first child, she went back to her mom for the confinement period. For the second child, my grandfather’s sister came to the house to take care of her. And for the last child, she had no one to look after her, so after giving birth to my Uncle CF, she was back on her feet cooking and cleaning again. I feel so impressed! I think that women back in the day are so super strong. Or have we gotten soft? Cos nowadays we fight from 2 months maternity leave til we get 3 months maternity leave, and not possible to say that our job is TOUGHER now. My grandmother said she was considered lucky cos she worked from home last time (tailor), but there were women she knew who had to go back out to mine for tin. So sad, isn’t it?
She also said that she was full of regret that there wasn’t such thing as birth control. She said almost right after she got married, she got pregnant right away. No time to relax… said she should be like some who got to honeymoon for 2 years. Lol, I have totally different idea from my grandma. I prefer to get preggers right away if I get married. Cos I reckon the whole dating part is the honeymoon already la.. =p Unless of course my husband can’t afford to take care of a kid, then I prefer we make our lives more stable first…
After giving birth to my mom (fyi, my grandma did say that though she prefer to give birth later, she don’t harbor resentment on it as “every baby is a gift from God), she almost right away got pregnant with my uncle, and she still saying drat it, why no birth control methods. Lol. She’s actually very scared to give birth.. but the second time was easier. This time, since she had one son and one daughter already, she reckon that it’s good enough. But wound up pregnant one more time… hahaha. She said after my 2nd uncle, she finally went to the clinic and got the rubbers.
Ok, here’s a gross sounding part. If you cannot tahan, pls don’t highlight and read:
My grandma said, last time they don’t sew back your vajayjay after giving birth, so she said it’s “spoiled” already. She said thank God she stop at 3rd kid, otherwise it will become “destroyed”. ~_~”
On Friday night, I met up with my brother-in-law, my sister and Tron at Subang Avenue’s Skewerz for my Groupon deal. Pay RM50 for an RM100 voucher. The food there is good and affordably priced, and the service is fast and good, but the prices of the drinks are expensive, considering there is no unlimited refills. T_T No wonder the voucher specifically said the voucher can pay for food, but not for drinks. Cos after the whole meal was over, I had to pay additional RM60+ for the drinks and part of the food. (So all together it was RM110+ for 4 people… I think that is quite affordable. Without the voucher, it would be RM160 for 4 people.)
This was what we had :
Fried chicken with preserved beancurd coating… very yummy, though my sister said the taste of the preserved beancurd isn’t strong. BIL said it should be served PIPING HOT but I preferred it as “hot but at edible levels”. Hahaha!
Both BIL and myself had the Ultimate Glutton Burger. Check it out! I ate so slowly, was the last to finish. It’s very nice and worth your money (RM26), but the meat is a bit raw. It’s medium done, should be medium-well at least.
My sister had the minty lamb skewers, which was initially what Tron wanted. But he decided to get …
Mini stuff burgers instead which were very yummy sausages.. don’t know what they put or how they cook to make normal sausages so tasty!
My bro-in-law was also teaching me some stuff about banking & about his company… my mind is blown away. Hahahha. I need to learn more from him and Tron… both of them are so knowledgable. Sometimes feel like there’s so so so much in the world that I don’t know. Sigh…
BIL and my sister.
The place… got more packed as it got later.
Oh yeah, Subang Avenue is also a pretty dead place… with so many restaurants, a gym (Body Xpress is here) and a rollerskating derby, you’d think there’s a lot of patrons. It isn’t! Actually, Skewerz had a lot of customers, which made my sister wonder why they need a Groupon deal to get business since they look like they are already doing so well. In fact, Tron did tell me before that he heard this place was good, and wanted to bring me there. But end up I’m the one that brought him there. =p
I was expecting calls on any issues the user having on Friday night, so I would know how to plan out my Saturday (whether need to go to work or not). But the users truly trolled me. When they make you think that all is well already, and you are on the way out, then only they call you. All the way from Subang til I reached Hartamas, talking to me and asking me questions that already have been / should have been resolved earlier. But anyway, after that the damage is done already because the mood already spoiled.
Cheered up after only because of 2 things:
1. ate at Sukico Hainan Restaurant where “everything tastes good” (according to Tron). I like it because the aunty working at the shop is really funny and friendly. This Tron loved the food so much that he started to “interview” her about Hainanese food in general. Wound up with her telling me that if I have kids in the future, I should stop working and look after the kids instead. “It’s not worth it, you know. If you’re earning just 1000, 2000 or even 3000… what is money? Better to stay at home and look after the kids instead. Your kids will turn out better and have so much money for what? Just live within your means. My daughter is doing that right now.”
I was giving Tron THE look. The “Can you earn enough to support me and all my future children if I stop working” look. Then the aunty turned to me and asked me, “Don’t mind me asking miss.. but are you working in administration? Earning just RM2k-RM3k?”
I replied, “Er… no… I’m working in the banking line.” (kinda false.. more like IT line.)
Aunty replied, “Oh, in that case you better continue working. You won’t be earning just 1 or 2k. Hmm.. why don’t you let me look after your children instead? I might be starting my own babysitting business!”
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Hainan Coffee at Sukico.
Tron loved the kaya butter bun and ate two of these!! So piggish!
Seems like it is mostly the older generation that likes this cafe…
His sour & sweet chicken, which is basically “ku lou yuk” with rice.
I forgot to take a picture of my humongous plate of Hainanese fried rice, so here’s another picture of Tron eating his bun…
Item number (2) is… Tron and I visited Raymond and his wife Alice.. .and their baby W. =) Had been wanting to not only see Raymond’s offspring, but also to visit their new condo in KL. Raymond created history in PB by buying “such an expensive” place (shortly after that, he was cut by another guy who took a loan for PART of a million ringgit house) for his job level. Haha. So of course the place had to be somewhat swanky. The condo was very big… and tastefully decorated in shades of white and beige, and a lot of glass. He was lucky to get a fully furnished condo, so he didn’t have to think too much on ID.
As for the baby, according to the parents, she was a little bit cranky, so she didn’t have time to entertain me. =p Stared at us blurly like WTF are these aunty and uncle waving at me for? Aiyooo and I always talk about products giving you “baby soft skin” and it’s such a lie when you ACTUALLY touch a baby. Soooo cute. Cannot stop stroking the smooth chubby cheeks! ^_^
Also really happy because Tron, Raymond, Alice and myself can chit-chat for so long… not awkward to hang out together. I thought we were going to be there for 1-2 hours (and a bit angry at Raymond because he was supposed to bring us to Saba restaurant.. but who eats dinner at like, 5pm?), but we wound up talking til about 8pm. So Raymond got to treat us to Saba as well. Sadly for me, I had the Mandi Chicken which not as nice as the Hanith lamb I had last time. If you go there, and you prefer your meat to be juicy… choose the Hanith-style… the Mandi-style meat is still tender, but a little on the dry side.
Mandi Chicken…. HALF!! HAhahaa. But got so much rice … at least enough for 3 people. Craziness!!
No more Barbican… they have this brand called Hillburg instead…
Still… living in KL is not for me, man…. totally lost getting there. Had to use GPS… and my parents LOL at me when I told them I needed GPS to get to that part of KL. -___- And LOL even harder when I told them I took DUKE highway and had to pass 3 tolls. They said they know a way that don’t need toll, no jam and fast to boot. -___-
Okie… 1pm and I’m still at the office but at least no heart-attack levels of errors found. Very pilu now.. didn’t go to church. So been blasting gospel music alone here.
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Came home and had a very short nap before I met up with my galpals Fuzz and Dull to use a Groupon – RM17.10 for 2 pizzas and 2 soft drinks at Mediteranean & English Delicante at SS 15. We ordered extra stuff til the bill came up to an additional RM21… so altogether less than RM40 for all the food you will be seeing below. Good stuff! Really, really good service too and the food gets a thumbs up as well. The main drawback about eating there is that the parking is HORRIBLE! I actually wanted to use this Groupon with Tron, but we were so fed up driving around the area (it’s opposite Taylors College) and we weren’t sure where it is. In fact, the downstairs restaurant has been converted to another restaurant, and M.E.D is on the 1st floor, but actually whether you want to dine at M.E.D or the new Indian restaurant, you can sit anywhere as the restaurants both owned by the same person. At least, that’s what Fuzz told me! Confusing… no wonder we couldn’t find it as we drove past. In case you are wondering where is it, it’s very near Subway, 7-11, etc.
Anyway, had a wonderful time catching up with my 2 buddies… especially with Fuzz — you don’t see her for 1 week and helluva lots will have happened. I’m so happy for my new friend with her new awesome job. I think she’s gonna kick ass in it!!
Congrats!
Our drinks…
My friends…
I forgot what this is called… tzatiki or something like that. It’s pita bread (toasted with herbs and olive oil) to be dipped with some yogurt dressing. It was weird at first, but then Dull discovered that if you add chilli sauce + the sauce, then it becomes AWESOME….
Ordered a half-pounder beef burger. This really tasted good…. Only RM10 +! Better than McDs, hehe.
The personal pizza… which is about the size of Pizza Hut’s regular pizza! Normal price is RM15. We had super supreme and chicken… both taste the same with the generous amounts of cheese all over. That’s why only 1 pic of pizza… both look the same on camera. Haha. Anyway, it’s really worth your $$.
Free vanilla pudding dessert… but I couldn’t eat anymore, plus I don’t like vanilla pudding. Dull and Fuzz liked it, but couldn’t finish also.
Ta pow in the end because cannot eat finish! Sigh..~ we thought the pizzas would be titchy!
At first I told them that if not enough to eat at M.E.D, we could go to Fruitland for desserts, as I have another group purchased deal there. All of us agreed that we were too full to go to Fruitland… but I did get “dessert” in the end, because Fuzz gave me a voucher for a free frappucino from Starbucks!! I got myself mango passion fruit juice because didn’t want to end up with a caffein buzz…
So…. that’s all for the weekend update…
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