KuAi lUi uNlEaShEd

We did it, we bashed them, wee Potter’s the One,
And Voldy’s gone mouldy, so now let’s have fun.

I particularly enjoyed this composition out of the many that came out from Peeves, the mischievious poltergiest in the famous 7 Harry Potter installment. I didn’t have the honour to read it on day one it was stacked on the book shelf, again due to the location i’m at. So, my sister pos laju-ed it to me on Monday. I got it yesterday and i finished it just minutes ago. I really wanted to read through the night but i had to wake up early today i bear the excrutiating pain of what i call ‘ren’ and chose to read the rest today.

Spoilers ahead! In order or maybe not, who died.
Mad-eye-moody
George’s ear
Dobby
Fred Weasley
Remus Lupin
Nymphadora Tonks
Severus Snape
Tom Riddle aka Lord Voldemort
I mean the important characters in the book, many have died along the way but it is not important because i can barely recall their importance to the story anyways.

It was painful indeed not to be able to read it first hand when i keep seeing the book soaring pass me in news and major newspaper due to the outrage it has caused. I thoroughly and sincerely enjoyed the book and i teared when Dobby died in vain to save Harry. It was so touching ok. Aberforth sent him! Aberforth is Dumbledore’s brother and apparently Snivellus, i mean Severus Snape didn’t murder Dumbledore. Dumbledore was cursed and would die within a year so it was all planned out that he would help Dumbledore ‘die’.
Well, it wouldn’t be nice if i tell you everything. My advice?

BLOODY GO READ THE BOOK!
Only low-life ignorant muggles read reviews online instead of savouring what the book has to offer. I damn ‘pei-si’/look down/detest/despise those who are ignorant. If you don’t like to read, why bother at all about the story? Wait till the movie comes out then, in like 2 or 3 years time. Hate uneducated ignorant muggles.
** If you dun even know what a muggle is, you seriously need to get a life and start being more aware of your surrounding.

More spoilers ahead, Tonks and Lupin got married and had a son name Ted named after Tonk’s father. Harry’s the godfather.
After 19 years, (no the story didn’t last 19 years) Harry married Ginny Weasley and Hermione married Ron and they name their kids after all those dead adults. How corny can the ending get? I like the story everybit anyways. Even if Harry’s son is called Albus Severus Potter. Btw, Snivellus’s the good guy apparently and he’s nuts about Lily (Harry’s mum). His loyalty for the Mouldy Voldy ended when Mouldy decided to kill Lily. From that moment he was loyal to Dumbledore and Dumbledore only and his mission is to protect Lily, his one and only love. So touching, right? Yucks. His patronus is a doe, same as Lily apparently. Gosh, imagined if Lily married Snape. Then it would be Harry Snapey and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Snapey and the Philosopher’s Stone. Hahaha….. it even rhymes!

Planning to read through all 7 of the books again once i salvage it from my sisters. Box set out in September. Would it be crazy to buy it? Just for collection and leisure reading purposes.
I feel blissful after completing HP, definitely not empty.
I rest my case.

What is OCD? Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by persistant and repetitive thoughts and behaviors that are often upsetting and disruptive to a person’s day-to-day life. The symptoms of OCD may range from mild to severe. Severe OCD may be chronic and disabling. (source: About OCD)

Why this topic today? I myself am a person who suffers from what i believe mild OCD, family and close friends of mine all know about what i obsessed about. However, this entry is not about me. I came upon an article on star.com.my today and the title of the article actually gripped me. Nuts Over Nyonya Kueh Pls, go ahead and read about it and tell me if i’m wrong. The title itself got me thinking, well after residing in the small town where baba nyonya people originated from and tasting all the nyonya delicacies since i was a kid; i am glad someone is actually appreciating and telling tales about us. Then, i click open the article —

‘I LOVE santan, that luscious, thick, creamy coconut milk that is brought forth when you squeeze freshly-grated coconut with a little bit of water, and which is used in one of Penang’s most famous products, nyonya kueh.’

I went like WTFG? Who the hell is this person? Has she actually tasted true authentic nyonya kuih before? So i went forth and read the article about how tasty the cakes were and how authentic is the seller (whom buys it from another person and sell it). Miss, have you tasted ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC NYONYA KUIH? She tasted some nyonya kuih sold by some indian guy who doesn’t even make them himself and yet she has the guts to say it is ONE OF PENANG’S MOST FAMOUS PRODUCTS. (seriously no offense to penangites or indians, this entry is just against that particular journalist and her only)

Let me again bring everyone back to yester-year.

‘In the 15th century, the city states of the Malay Peninsula often paid tribute to various kingdoms such as the kingdoms of China and Siam. Close relations with China were established in the early 15th century, during the reign of Parameswara, when Admiral Zheng He (Cheng Ho), a Muslim Chinese, visited Malacca. In return for such tribute, a princess of China, Hang Li Po was presented as a gift to Sultan Mansur Shah, the Sultan of Malacca, at that time (+/-1459 AD). The royalty and servants who accompanied the princess initially settled in Bukit Cina and eventually grew into a class of straits-born Chinese known as the Peranakan.’ (source: Peranakan)’

If my eyes are right to me now, i see MALACCA not PENANG, or TIMBUKTU in the above article. Yes, due to marriage or migration there are plenty of Peranakan people residing all over Malaysia but how dare this author steal one of Malacca’s best known authenticity and pirate it into some Penang most famous? This is absolutely outrageous and i would not be called a Malaccan if i don’t voice it out today.

TASTY NYONYA KUIHS can be found in any prick or corner in Malacca. Just step on to any Pasar Malam and you can find mouth watering Nyonya Kuihs, just to name a few. You can head on to Bukit Beruang Pasar Malam which is open every Monday & Wednesday (Look for the stall which sells popiah, top hat, lots of kuih. Usually 3 or 4 aunties and 1 uncle will be manning the stall). There are of course plenty other places where you can get delicious nyonya kuih but this stall sell it cheap and they have plenty of variety. There is also a malay stall at ujong pasir where they open everyday around 4pm and the have almost 20++ types of nyonya kuih. Don’t ask me why malays are selling it but it’s so friggin good i used to go every weekend to savour them when i stayed near there. (Turn right when you come out from St paul’s hill junction and keep right. It is beside a Malay mosque)

Oh, back to my title. Why did i mentioned OCD?

‘Helen Ong is a self-confessed foodie who loves to hunt down the best of Penang.’ (Helen Ong is the author of that disgusting article)

Now i get it, her self obsessive-ness about Penang (once again, no offense to penangites) and due to the fact she ran out of penang food to rave about she had nowhere to turn to. So, she stole some little-known delicacies from some town miles and miles away and call is ONE OF PENANG’S MOST FAMOUS. If it’s so famous, how come none of my Penang friends ever mentioned it before? We all know Penang has the best assam laksa, the best nasi kandar, the best hiong peng. NYONYA KUIH? Get a life.

I was talking to my sister about the article and below is our conversation.

Sis: ‘Haiyah, she’s probably penang gal la. Next, she will say Penang has the BEST Klang bakuteh.’

Me: ‘ Ya, then she also will say Penang has the best Ipoh Hor Fun and Chicken Rice Ball.’

Sis: ‘Blog about it la.’

So, here i am, still quite pissed about the article but not so anymore after endless typing and ranting bout the poor girl who has never been out of that small island. I pity her lack of knowledge. I rest my case. Sweet dreams people. It’s 0429am.

I woke up after sleeping for almost 11hours but i still felt freakingly tired. Yesterday noon i had the weirdest dream ever which involves transformers and some murdered caucasian chick.

It all started when one day me and my sister found this box hidden under a panel in our rented house. We opened it and found this picture of a caucasian girl inside, blond with blue eyes and all. Being not very curious people in my dream. We left the picture in the box and went back to out business. Next morning we woke up with mini eye balls all over the bed. Somehow, we knew the eye balls belonged to the box. We kept the eye balls back into the box thinking it must have fell out somehow when we were checking the box out. Next morning, i woke up with MORE mini eye balls all scattered on my bed and some stuck to my clothes. Disgusted, i got my sister to pick em’ off and put them back into the box.

Next day, some friends came over our house and they all had eye balls sticking on the back of their shirts. After some questioning, we found out the twin guys staying with us knew the girl. She was apparently one of their ex when they were studying overseas and she got murdered and buried under the house. I can’t remember the twins murdered her or she got murdered by some random killer but in the dream nobody seemed concern even if the twins were killer. The mini eye balls haunting us were more creepy.

All of a sudden my house became a seedy apartment and i was suddenly alone. I got attacked by the neighbours. They threw rotten fruits, eggs into my house through the window. They claimed i was a cheap woman who brought the haunting caucasian girl back. I was shun by the whole neighbourhood.

Then, i woke up. Weird, right? I also remembered bits and pieces where i work in this place where u have to drive there by this long and winding hill road (like in initial d, where they race) and suddenly some car turn into transformers. I totally understand why transformers because i just watch that yesterday but the weird dead caucasian and the mini eye balls that just wouldn’t go away? Friggin weird!

Tell me about it? *rolls eye*

I’m so glad i actually manage to catch the long awaited 5th installment of the famous Harry Potter book-turned-movie quite early. I didn’t have the honour to watch the premiere due to location difficulties but i caught it on the first screening day. I must say, i quite like this one as compared to the first four movies. I still remember i gave loads of negative comments after i watch the 3rd installment but well, i must say this one’s not bad afterall.

Being one big freak Harry Potter book fan, i didn’t quite like the phoenix book as compared to the azkaban and the goblet fire one. In fact, i can’t decide which one of those 2 were my favourite but the movies deeply disappointed me. As for the phoenix one, it’s one of the least read book by me. (what i meant by least read is, i’ve read book 1-4 at least 5 times minimum, certain ones up to 7 or 8 times until i can practically have the book scenes running through my head, but i’ve only read the phoenix book like 3 times. so it is considered the least read.) The movie was pretty much cut short, lots of details of course weren’t insert into the movies. I can pretty much list out tonnes but who would wanna spoilt it? Oh…me. Hah!

Spoiler ahead! For one, they neglect to mention Hermione and Ron were elected prefect and how Harry was so jealous with the fact. They also neglect to mention Firenze the centaur took over Professor Trelawney’s Divination classes. Of course, they left out all the Quidditch stuff but i quite like the flying scenes especially the one in the early part of the movie where the order escorted harry to london on brooms. They change the storyline about Cho’s friend ratting on the DA lessons, instead Cho was fed veritaserum and she was the one giving in to Dolores Umbridge in the movie. One thing quite successful about the movie is Dolores Umbridge is certainly someone everyone would despise deeply. Her act of annoyance and irritation in the movie makes me want to slap her 5 times at every 1 glance of her smug face.

Other than the flying scene, i find Luna Lovegood’s character in the movie quite cool. In fact more outstanding than Cho’s character. Cho’s character seemed to be quite puny and not outstanding compared to the rest. (unless, you must stress on the kissing scene.) The part where Sirius died and how Harry was so devastated would have been nice if it were extended a bit on Harry’s sadness in losing his godfather. Thought the part where Voldemort sort of posessed Harry was sort of weird. The twitching and stuff is sort of overdoing. I would have not mind if that part was left out.

Now i anticipate the last installment of the series. Book 7 is due out 21st this very month and i’ve pre-ordered the book like months ago. Due to location factor again, i will have problems reading it on 21st itself. I want to go back to my hometown on the 21st, collect the book and be back in Genting to read it. Sigh….. At least i still have Philip Pullman’s Dark materials to compensate. I’m at Book 2!

Ciao and cheers for now! Need to get back to o-boring-work. Bahhh!

Am currently at my 2nd report today. Spent almost 3 hours at the first. Looks like i can’t finish everything today. Need to blog more but smoke gets in my lungs, some AM is fagging away in the air-conditioned office. So darn considerate. When i get those black spots on my lungs, they will pay my medical bills. Smell’s gonna stick to my jacket and now i need to wash it. @&^@%#$@^@&@

Need to get back to my report. It’s getting late. I have 2 more hours before i check out! =(( Eyes are extremely tired but need to get it done soon. Help!!!!!

Note to self: Think i’m getting a fever. Keep feeling very cold and suddenly start sweating… brrr…. Flu’s been haunting me for 4 days. No amount of actifed is stopping it. Gahhh….

This is a post dedicated to my Puny Bear Petrelli. It all started when we all begun to watch Heroes. I was inspired by Claire Bear and the fact that Nathan Petrelli is her father. So, therefore we have Puny Bear Petrelli. Puny was originally punebee, derived from pumo + nemo (yes, the fish from the famous movie). Then it morphed into punybee and so on and so forth. Then others start calling her puny, so now the final morphing is puny bear petrelli! Tadaaaaaaaa… and there’s a cute little bear call Puny Bear sitting comfortably in my room. She replaces my PBP when PBP is not around. Although my PBP can never be replaced!

So excited my PBP is coming up tomorrow! Yay!!!!!!

**Note: PBP is not fiction. She is indeed a true person and my best friend. This entry is totally irrelevant.

The sorrows of working for the others is that you’re unable to control whatsoever outcome to it. They control every aspect of your job function and even out of the job function. ‘Oh no, you can’t go pee now. You need to attend to this matter first, it is urgent’, says the others. Then you realise, oh it’s just filing a sheet of document. It’s funny how when you’re being employed, the employers often misused the employees. Sadly, most people dun have the $$$$ or know that many people well enough to be self-employed. Nor do they own a blog that bellows cash in.

We, the employees never get appreciated. the others often plan something ahead, wait while you are unaware and pop it on you like an atom bomb. Ouch.. that hurts, but it’s too late u doofus! You’re duped and stuck.

Well, it’s 0206hrs now and i’ve clocked an extra 6 minutes for today’s shift but nobody cares sh*t. Even when you clock 6 hours extra, the others will still treat you like cheap dirt and the outcome would be ‘oh, how come you take so long to complete that task’. (rolls eye) That are always right and when they decide something, it is superior and nobody can go against it. the others smiles in glee ‘i am the king of the world!’ (right! rolls eye) Oh, and that’s another 3minutes extra for this paragraph. I should just go back to my room, pop that actifed and prepare for the battlefield tomorrow.

**The above entry is totally spontaneous and of self annoyance with some people.

***I am so gonna finish those naruto episodes.

I was browsing through other people’s friendster, being the kay-poh-chi as usual. (well, it’s my first day back at work after my monthly 4 days break and i can’ help it. i need something to keep me awake!) So, there as i was saying, i was browsing and i noticed… i realised….. PEOPLE COME TO GENTING.

PEOPLE as in my friends! Not strange people, but friends! Not acquaintance hor, FRIENDS i tell you… and i’m just like 5 minutes walk away from them and nobody bothers calling me up. Need i remind you people that i treat those who call and bother meeting me? Need i remind you people i have 1k food signing every month that i gorge myself silly with? Hello, Genting food damn expensive la, once in a while please fully utilise having someone working here with extra food signing to spare.

Ok, i can’t blame them. Most of them came here to have their little ‘honeymoon’ or with friends i really dunno. I can’t go around buying food for a whole bunch of strangers right? I get it. I also get it that i stop turning up for gatherings, even CNY! Some people miss me winning their money at our yearly gambling sessions. Nothing to worry bout, i’ll be back next year and watch your wallets!

The time i get off from work is very different from normal people. Normal people get saturdays and sundays off. I work everyday until a particular time of the month, i will be home for like 5days. Mostly weekdays, i can choose weekends but i just dun bother because nobody is in MELAKA anyways. =(( triple sad.

List of restaurants i am allowed to treat: -

Resort Hotel: Resorts Cafe, Kampung Restaurant

Genting Hotel: Coffee Terrace, Bakery, Pizza Factory, Good Friend Restaurant, Good Friend Express, Lau Di Fang, New Orleans(western food)

First World Hotel: Hou Mei, Lobby Cafe, Hainan, Torcello (Italian).

**If i miss any out, my deepest apologies. but look at all the places you can eat for free just by giving me a call? (ok, now i sound desperate.) Fine, dun come. I can very much help myself to my 1k food allowance. If not, i can just buy lots of mineral water and bathe with mineral water!

ps: would love to post pictures of my training but not getting any yet! arrggghhh.. would love to blog bout it too but no pictures = not fun blogging.

pps: went for ‘keepers of the flame’ organized by d’jungle people. (they organized spirit of melaka too!) they are damn cool! but talk bout them next time when i get those pictures!

ciao and cheers!