Kampua Mee

Sabah and Sarawak joined Malaysia in 1963. In many ways they still remain alien to most Malaysians living in Peninsular Malaysia. 50 years on, and Air Asia has made it very reasonale to travel to most parts of East Malaysia we see ourselves being exposed to a different culture. The East Malaysians are fiercely protective of their states. This is the second time I've eaten this mee. It's called "Kampua Mee". Despite looking insipid ( most mee is doused in dark soya sauce) it is very tasty. The red pieces are pork bits.

I hate scales

This is a desperate attempt to get my scales and arpeggios right. I've stuck it on the fridge.

Kittens galore

I went home to vote. We were there super early because my dad had to go to work directly after. No crowd...we were done in 15 minutes. I got back and napped shamelessly. When i woke up, I decided to walk around the garden a bit. And there they were...5 little kitties playing with each other and a couple of stones by the drain.

Old Timer's Disease

I've been reading Gervase Phinn's novels and in his 4th and last book ( main theme is working as a school inspector in the DALE countryside ) one of the children said " my gran has old timer's disease she sometimes forgets her knickers." These kids, they never cease to make you smile. I know that line certainly did.

As usual ( and this seems to be a recurring theme ) I've been horrendously lapse re blogging. No, I'm no longer going to blame facebook, I'm taking the blame here. It's a series to events leading to this

1) Bought the pirated version of brothers and sisters ( a separate blog on this is required ) and watched the dvds in succession one weekend. As a result, the laundry was UNdone, the floors were not cleaned and my study was dusty and messy

2) Another weekend was spent in Kuching Sarawak. My third visit there to date. I must have "old timer's disease", cos the trip was like my first there. Couldn't remember much...even the airport looked different. I later found out it's a new airport. Consoling!!

3) The last weekend I drove back home to VOTE. And so now we're in the midst of forming a new government. Politics is messy. And Malaysia 's is no exception. The week following the poling results, there has been disagreements in two states re election of head of states.

4)My hair loss is now *beam* a thing of the past. So the next thing to tackle is premature greying. I've signed up for yet another course at Yun Nam. ( despite vowing never to have anything to do with them after my first encounter...)

Anna is right, I do blog in spurts. Going to try and be more consistent.

Tokyo in Winter

I had this wonderful opportunity to Visit Japan a few weeks back. The only drawback was the cold temperatures awaiting us there. This picture was taken in Ginza, which is an upmarket area in Tokyo where all the lovely expensive shops are. I bought socks there. It was freezing and my tights didn't seem to be working so well after 2:00pm in the afternoon.

We must have looked like tourist, cos we got interviewed by a local japanese TV channel. Quizzed about shopping and what we'd bought. Frightfully embarrasing to explain to them the only purchase of the day were SOCKS...and when they wanted to see them..I stuck my legs out in front. Yes about 20 minutes before being interviewed and 1 minute after buying them socks, I had ( literally ) sat at the side of the road to wear my knee lenght socks over my tights....for warmer legs.

Whoever says Japanese are short people lied. As you may be appreciate in this picture.. they're all taller than me

Organic food

Malaysia has quite a bit of organic food shops mushrooming at the oddest places. This is in Damasara Jaya....reason for a trip there was to visit Atria ( rather run down shopping centre) to collect a watch. Why must the watch repairer have a shop this far away from town? The most likely answer is low rental I suppose.

OOoooh nice violin

No, this isn't my violin. It's a friend's. Lucky friend. It sounds gorgeous when you play it. Very bright. And the sounds carries quite far. Not too nice because I don't play all notes in tune ( yet) but imagine this...lovely clear bright notes..echoing down the coridoor.

The importance of wearings masks

These are my current batch of third year medical students about to witness a pleuroscopy. No particular reason for this picture. It justs looks mighty nice.

What a wonderful weekend..shopping

Okay so here's the deal....there's this lovely bookstore in Atria...with books to be bought at bargain prices. It's addictive. Once you're there...the books ( at hugely low prices) are irrisitible. I didn't resist too hard. No point. Oh the shoes were bought somewhere else. But I thought it would complete the picture if I added them to the picture. I can't wait to read my books and wear my shoes. No I don't wish for more feet so I can wear them all at the one go. But I would like tomorrow off...it's tiring shopping.

You might notice Georgette Heyer features quite abit. It was a steal at RM 19:90. The same book at MPH costs RM 49:90. So you can imagine the kick I got when I paid for them. Such a steal. Gervase Phinn was a lucky find two weeks back. The cover looked good. And someone had written it was like James Heriott so I decided to try one. Oh boy oh boy...can the man write. I couldn't put it down.....really enjoyable. So I went back to buy the lot.

My current food obsession

Ms Read does a mean pate. For those of you who like your pate...eerm..."liver-ish". This is it. You'ld like the consistency of it as well as the after taste. It's spreadable, thick....a touch grainy. The ones with wine in them have a bitter after-taste. At least the ones I've tasted. ( And I haven't tasted that many)

Shopping shopping shopping

A very happy birthday to me. This is my first birthday present. It's a lucky charm so it'd better do the job for the entire year. Made in Taiwan...( or is it Korea I forget now..) it's a glow in the dark one. I'm going to wear it to work tomorrow.

Princess Grace

This is what I'm currently reading. Just finished reading the first chapter in the bog.( HAH yes reading in the loo is acceptable practise...writing about it in the blog might'n be thought)

The fair to Middling is one of the many second hand books I bought from Kings Street. It's a little like Alice through the looking glass. ( I was once obsessed with that book and had a spell where I kept rereading the entire book continuosly). This was a good book. I felt a little sorry when i finished it which was at approximately 11:45pm last night.

Happy new YEAR 2008 Folks. I ushered in the new year snoring. Yes not something to be proud of. I fell asleep before twelve midnight. Too much good food made me sleepy. Today being AWAL Muharam...ie a public holiday and an ideal day to shop...I did just that. Bought this old movie.I love Grace Kelly in High Society. She's like an Ice Maiden. So tonight I'm going to watch this....bought if from Speedy for a mereRM 14.90. ( You can see the price in the picture.).