Wednesday 30 July 2008

My new job

Ive changed job again. I went to a new work place more than a month ago. Well, this new place is not as posh as my last job. There are cheap customers everywhere. Cheap customers that asked for tap water, left no tips, complained and asked for free food. Cheap cheap cheap !! I dont get to see celebrity anymore. No footballers, no royals, no celebrities. But still, I get better pay and everything is much more organised here than my previous job. But of course, no matter where you go, you still get those 1 or 2 rude, arrogant collegues. Over here, it is Kelly who is hated by everyone. I hate her !! Oh how I wish she gets a better job somewhere else and get the hell out of here !!

5 hours in a casino

A friend of hubby goes to casino regularly. Just weeks ago, hubby and I went to a casino with him. For the first time, I spent so many hours in a casino and for a while, I felt so bored. We were there for more than 5 hours. Oh, how I missed my bed, my pillow, I missed my laptop, I missed cooking nice meals and I missed the fresh air from my back garden. I should have introduced him to www.888.com. He can easily play his favourite casino games at the comfort of his own home. It has got all his favourites, from Blackjack and Roulette to Poker and Millionare Genie.



Nightmare

That was a nightmare. It felt so real. It was scary. It was something I hate. Something not in 100 years i want it to happen. I was crying so hard in the dream and then I woke up. When I woke up, it took me few minutes to realise that it was just a dream. I kept thinking about it for awhile to make sure it was not a reality. Then I decided to wake L and tell him about it because my mom once told me that a dream will not become true if I tell someone about it.

I am so 'buta jalan'

One day last week, I saw that L looked so tired, so exhausted and so 'chan', so i asked him. Apparently, he had been doing 'something' the night before when i was asleep. He spent more than two hours to do this.




To draw a map for me !!

A day before, I was telling him that I want to go to chinatown during my shift break. Well, we do go to chinatown every weekend but i m always lost without L. I just cant recognise the roads and all the directions. I can never go on my own. So, L drew me a map. He said he woke up at 5am and suddenly remember a street he missed out and spent another hour to re-draw the map. Oh, so sweet. It makes me love L even more !!

I am an idiot when it comes to directions. I cant remember roads and ways eventhough I use it so often. Just few weeks before, I was late to work because I used the tube instead of bus. Usually I take the bus. But on that day, there was a massive traffic jam so I had to use the tube. When I came out from the underground, I was totally lost and cant find my way to work. My workplace is just 5 minutes away but end up, I had to ring L for help. Later that night, kena lecture by him - everyday go to work still can sesat, duh !!!

Tuesday 29 July 2008

My first property

Before I came back to UK in 2007, my mom and I bought a flat in Penang (mom shared with me because I couldnt afford to pay everything). We bought it at a bargain price of RM 106k because the owner was in the rush to migrate to Singapore. A neighbour bought one for RM 140k! Mom and I paid half each and the rental received every month was shared. This morning, I've sent some money back to her. I've saved enough money to buy the other half from my mom. I will pay RM70k to my mom and in 4 days time, when mom receives the money, I will be the only owner of the flat. I feel so proud of myself. I am sure friends my age are strugling to save for the deposit and paying for the mortgage every month, but I have no installments or loans to pay off. I only have rents to collect every month and I am loving it !!

Food......anyone?

Let's see what kind of dishes I tried to prepare for the past 2 months.

1) Sushi rolls.



I had a variety of sushi rolls, from prawn tempura rolls, cucumber rolls, salmon teriyaki rolls to my own creation, new-style egg mayo rolls, hot-dog rolls and chicken tempura rolls.

2) Grilled teriyaki squid

One of my favourite seafood is squid. Especially with lemon.


And being a typical chinese, I have to eat everything with rice.

3) Rump steak

That's for hubby because I dont like red meat. Rump steak with black pepper sauce. Looks nice, eh? Maybe when I get back to Malaysia, I can open a western food stall, no?

4) More sushi rolls

and more....but without pictures.

5) Last but not least, my all-time favourite seafood paella.

It didnt turn out to be good as u can see in the picture. Tastewise was OK. Boleh pass la. My only mistake was to put too much water. Thats why it looked like 'a piece of shit'. Maybe next time, when Ive mastered the way to cook a good paella, I'll do another post.

Such a lazy bum

Ive been so lazy to blog lately. My last post was like 2 months ago ! When i first started to blog, I think i had like 3-4 posts a week...and what happened now? I am so hangat-hangat tahi ayam...