Bad Decision

I was hungry around 10.30pm, so I decided to have some instant noodles. Ever since Mamee started making all their instant noodles "mi tarik", we stop buying them. We dislike the texture of the noodles that seems like it's uncooked even after being cooked for 15-20 minutes. My favorite pork flavoured Thai noodles is not available in supermarkets because it is pork flavour, and it is normally only available in the market. But due to not many people being aware of this awesome flavoured noodle, it is now a rare sight in the market as well. So back to my supper story. I'm sick of the chicken flavour noodles, so I thought of swapping the chicken flavour seasoning with Tom yam flavouring. Because I was really hungry, I decided to add an egg. It was a bad decision. First, when it came out of the microwave, it was too bland. All I could taste was the egg. Blegh. So added a bit more of the Tom yam flavouring to the noodles. Still it doesn't taste nice. So mum suggested that I add the chicken seasoning to the noodles. Boy did it taste weird. Not to mention too salty and sour. Really need to find new flavour of instant noodles . Will somebody please bring in the Thai pork flavoured noodle. Really sick of the usual curry, Tom yam , laksa , chicken, vegetarian , Korean, pepper, seafood, flavoured noodles. 

Rage

I'm rather annoyed with iTunes. It is all because lappy was reformatted, and became blank as a sheet. Then somehow iTunes sort of changed. I tried to add some songs to the iPod but still couldn't manage to get anything into the iPod. Stupid. So I was randomly clicking around in iTunes. Trying to transfer the iPod's contents to iTunes so that I won't lose anything when I sync iTunes with the  iPod. Somehow it is an anal process. Regardless of what I did, nothing works. I'd even authorized the computer as per the iTunes description. Nothing works. So I tried signing in. Somehow my password didn't seem to work. So it prompt iTunes to direct me to the forgot password step. Due to the anal password requirement, was forced to come up with a password that is difficult to remember. Whoever came up with this requirement for password setting, fuck you. Because I was directed to this step, all my devices had to adopt this new password. Should have aborted the process. Sigh. I foresee myself forgetting this new password the next time I'm asked for it. Screw you iTunes. Not only the mission to get new songs into the iPod fail, now all my other device have to use this new password. Anal. Seriously pissed. Not user friendly at all. 

New Found Talent

*Ahem (Clears Throat)

Given a couple of years ago, I would have scorn at the idea of myself listening to Chinese music, let alone downloading them. But I guess time and age does change a person. Things that were once avoided, may be something that you embrace now. Touch wood.  But..but.. I have to clarify, I'm not Cina-fied.

I can't read a word of Chinese nor can I write Chinese. However, unbeknownst to others, I'm rather fluent in speaking.  I can actually converse pretty well, if you don't take into account the grammatical errors of proper Chinese. People are actually surprised when I reply them in Chinese. Many think that I don't understand and will gossip and bad mouth using Mandarin and other dialects.

Anyway, there are several songs that have been playing on tv repetitively and somehow sort of etch in my memory. So, without knowing the title and singer, I randomly googled them (using words that I hear repeated throughout the song - which is probably the title) in English and resorting to my lousy pinyin (not Chinese characters) when the search result doesn't meet my expectations. I managed to locate what I was searching for and downloaded them. Pats back. There is however one song that is merged together with another song. No other search results appeared apart from the one that I found. So I googled cut song and randomly select one. Viola. Managed to cut the song. *Proud of self.


Kids nowadays who happen to read this will mock me and laugh. Bitch please, we did this when we were 3.

Centipede

I don't know why I always encounter freaky things. I'm always the one that comes face to face with a cockroach or some giant ass bug or a big monitor lizard climbing the window or some weird stuff. Again this happened in the evening today. We were mixing the batter and in the process of poring the batter into the mould to be baked. It wasn't intentional, at that particular moment, I walked towards the living room and there it was. Scaling the wall. A giant centipede. I called out to my mum to come help catch it. She too was stunned by the size of the centipede. She panicked, picked up a slipper and smack it on the centipede. It wriggled from beneath the slipper towards the floor. With swift moves it ran towards hiding. Mum started screaming and told me to bring the insecticide. I brought a pair of tongs and the insecticide. I was spraying at the centipede when mum snatched the can of insecticide from me. She sprayed like almost half the can of insecticide at the running centipede. The swift centipede ran like Usain Bolt and tried to escape. It was really fast although it was injured by the slipper smack. It ran towards the crack between the floor and the wall. So there's where it came from. Mum chased after it and managed to defeat it. Killing it. Victory. It was about the length of a small ruler (a.k.a. 15 cm) and quite fat. Too bad I didn't have my phone with me. Sometimes it just feels like we're living in a rainforest. This reminds me of some post that I came across regarding a centipede that killed a snake by cutting through the snake's body while it was being swallowed. Creepy creature. Fortunately no one was injured while catching the centipede just now. Here's a photo of the centipede that killed the snake to make up for not having a photo of the giant centipede that "visited" us just now.

Fun Fact

Gender and Race

After receiving several emails from Nuffnang, I decided to log in to have a look. I have not log in since I set up the account (that was many years ago). Assuming that I still remember the username and password, I log in. What appeared was Incorrect username and password. Tried again. Incorrect username and password. Never mind. Forget it. Then I saw the Forgot Password link, so I just clicked on that. Everyone knows what happens next. I managed to sign in to Nuffnang. I was randomly clicking then I landed in the profile or personal settings page. Something caught my eye. At the Race column it is set to Malay. How on earth for someone with a name like mine ended up being Malay? And to add to that the Gender was set at Male. What on Earth. Does Nuffnang set everyone's Race And Gender to Malay and Male by default? This is shocking. Today I discovered from Nuffnang that I'm a MaLay dude. 

Very funny people. 

Parenting Skill

When I first saw this a week or so ago, I laughed really hard. This father posted a photo of his badly scribbled/drawn/vandalised passport with a caption saying he's stuck at the airport thanks to his son. After the initial laughing, I couldn't help but think, why would anyone leave important things like passport within reach of children? Why didn't he check his passport earlier before he left for the airport? Did the child receive any punishment for vandalising? Is it right for current day parenting to eliminate spanking and disciplining altogether? How would you react if you are in this parent's shoes?

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day.

Be Careful Of What You Put Into Your Mouth

There is a myth/urban legend/ black magic that is believed to be able to make anyone fall for you, regardless of how hideous or horrid you are, once that person eats what you serve. It is said that many women (namely from a certain race that can't be disclosed) practice this, to get their target to fall head over heels for them and to remain loyal. This practice is known as nasi kangkang. I've heard stories about this back in school but never given much thought about this. If you have to go through all these hassle of cooking and standing over the food, just to get someone to like you, then you are really sad. Love doesn't have to be so pitiful. If it is meant to be, nothing can stop it. Recently, I browsed through some blogs and came across an entry by a famous blogger regarding this topic. Found the entry quite funny. However, no one mentioned anything about a remedy. What if things go wrong? How do you fix it? For example: What if it is meant for someone else, and another person eats it? Then, it would be wrong target. If you get what I mean. In short, be careful of what you put into your mouth. Especially if someone keeps cooking food for you and that person is not your mother. LOL

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