December 2011
10 posts
Resolutions!
Lose the Christmas weight (total damage: 2 kgs)
Pick. Up. The Guitar. Again. (Every damn year!)
Learn to cook with tofu.
Travel somewhere other than Malaysia, Singapore and any part of China.
Stay mostly sober at the Sevens.
Hit a top 10 spot in the 2012 Stanley Dragon Boat tourny!
Save.
Be a little more assertive and yet a little less headstrong.
Buy less than 3 new pairs of shoes for...
And a to-NOT-do-list:
Malaysian food that seems to be well-loved by every Malaysian but myself:
Otak-otak
Laksa
Curry Laksa
Cendol
Ais kacang
Teh tarik
Teh halia
Anything with condensed milk in it
Anything that involves cooking durian
Fish balls (these are in abundance in HK anyway, but I still absolutely abhor them)
Dodol
Dried seafood snacks
Malay kuih lapis (love the pink goo, hate the sponge cake)
...
2 tags
Christmas & New Year's at home: To-Do List
Chicken rice
Chili pan mee
Kolo mee
Char kway teow
Thin-crust junk food pizza
Banana leaf rice
Aunt Wendy’s fanfreakintastic popiah
Nasi lemak (mandatory egg, curry chicken & extra peanuts)
Duriannnnnn
Pisang goreng
Pappa Cham + Curry chicken noodles + board games
‘Kon loh’ wantan noodles
Mom’s honey-grilled chicken
Proper, juicy, wonderful pork burgers...
T: Why. Is your hair. ALL OVER the place.
Me: If I knew I'd have put a stop to it 10 years ago.
T: You know that time you dropped by my flat for like 1 day, and the moment you left I was like fucking hell there is a lot of hair on the floor! It's long hair, so it's gotta be yours.
Me: I shed. You know, like snakes do.
T: You're gonna be as bald as I am soon.
Me: You're not bald. You just shave your head.
T: Then you're gonna be balder.
Me: This has been happening for 10 years now, and my hair's still pretty thick.
T: It'll catch up. Just you wait.
Me: Baldness doesn't creep up on you over the course of a decade. It hits you and 2 years later, boom! -- you're bald. Like it happened to all the ACTUAL bald people we know and love.
T: Bald bald bald. You'll be bald. Baldie baldie bald.
November 2011
8 posts
Things I don't miss about Causeway Bay
Hearing the intersection outside my window at all hours of the night. Even with earplugs on (I’ve tried 2 different brands).
Having to encounter at least 2 traffic lights and about 12,000 pedestrians just to pop into Wellcome.
Having to make personal visits to Central to pay my rent, and even then without the guarantee they won’t lose my receipt and/or contract, plus raise my rent...