We were on a mall frenzy today. First, it was off to the new Setia City Mall in Setia Alam. Using the NKVE, it took us no more than 15 minutes to get there. When we arrived, I noticed the surrounding land was still in heavy development. You’d not miss the mall from the road because it had huge open space around it being developed and it was the only building there. Plus, its exterior design is uncommon.
Told ya it was uncommon
We commuted all the way there because UNIQLO had a special opening sale for selected items. One of it Ariel calls; jeggings. Its leggings but the fabric used is similar to jeans. And it did look like them!
Lucky for me, they were also having special prices on their plain t-shirts. They were only RM9.90 than the standard RM19.90. These were great because I could wear them either at home or even out. Bought 5 pieces – win!
Then the moment we walked out of UNIQLO, not far down from it, we entered a shop called; Typo. It was owned by Cotton On, but selling stationary stuff. We found some neat items to be used during our wedding, so we just bought them.
Thus, total damage at this point was already RM388.
Back to familiar territory
One of the things me and Ariel talked about on our way back from Setia Alam was, would we consider living there? Because it’s a far distance to travel especially if your job is located in Kuala Lumpur. And my answer was, if you were to live in an area that distant, you’re likely to do everything in that area.
It’s kind of like how I’ve grown up where I live in. I don’t venture too far outside of it because I already have what I need in the area.
We stopped at Citta Mall for lunch since we’ve not been there yet. This was the 2nd mall we hit. However, I felt like I won’t know what’s available here unless I literally walked the whole place. You can’t see all store signs from the open air car park.
I don't even recall seeing a Harvey Norman signage
We went to lunch at a restaurant we’ve not been before called; Baci. The food was only so-so. My wedges on the side were tough and cold, as though it’s been pre-cooked and left aside. Drinks on the other hand was pretty good. Their Lemon Cooler (lemonade) was really refreshing.
Note though, prices were on the pricier side.
Quarter roast chicken
Order of quarter roast chicken, aglio olio with added mushroom, lemon cooler and ice lemon tea came up to RM48.
Wannabe property investors
Once our tummies were full, we paid a visit to a property show gallery nearby to kay-poh. The moment we walked in, agents were on the top of their toes to sign you in, answer your questions and gear you towards investing in the property.
It was really good service yet intimidating, because I could feel the vibe that they really wanted you to buy. I’m not sure if all property galleries were this way, but I guess that’s how they’d really close a sale.
So by the time we got home, it was really nice to finally not have to drive everywhere. It was finally time to kick back and relax. Especially in this crazy heat weather now.
The best thing about being in a business platform with many other business owners is that you can call them your business colleagues. Some of which I know more closely and have become friends. Thus, I can brag that I’ve got around 500 business colleagues which I network with for business. 😀
Then, one of them recently co-wrote a book and released it for pre-orders. It’s stories detailing the dirty tricks business owners have used to win business. Be it under the table, sexual favours and other unethical means of securing the wanted accounts.
In conjunction with this book launching, I’ve participated in their contest giveaway on Facebook. The rules are simple. They snapped my photo and included my selected caption. All I have to do is get as many people to click Like on this photo.
Ta-dah~
And yes, that is how I look like when I suit up. Very different, no? By the way, ignore the Dragonball hair. It’s like that whenever my hair is rather thick and it needs trimming. It was deem a bad hair day. 😛
Now, I know I’m no chic. And it sounds far fetched to even go head-to-head against one, but can’t blame me for trying. So, if you’re a person (guy or girl) who wants to tip the scales for once, please follow this link to the photo on Facebook and click Like!
Ever since catching part of an episode from The Big Bang Theory at my cousin’s place during Chinese New Year this year, I’ve hunted down Season 1 to 4. Plus, I was reminded of the show again during one of the WebcampKL meetups, when a snippet was shown by Felix that night.
Let me tell you that this is no ordinary comedy and you may need an outrageous IQ to fully enjoy the show. Back in school, physics to me was an oversized man who just talked and talked. Or, how shall I put it, blah blah blah. Yes, science was never made fun. Sigh.
Maybe Mr.Bean would've made a better teacher
So, anyway. When I was watching the 1st episode with Ariel, I thought I wouldn’t enjoy the series because you could say, it made me feel really dumb whenever scientific stuff came up. Thankfully, writers were smart enough to throw in a hot chic, whose character’s IQ wasn’t of a braniac but a normal person. Phew.
Don't have to guess who's Penny here, right?
There was an episode where I couldn’t really stand Sheldon. It’s the dude on the left in the image above, if you’re still guessing. Sheesh. I don’t even know how could you have thought he was a Penny.
Anyway, being smart is one thing, being really ignorant and obnoxious for being smart is another. Many times I could’ve imagine murdering someone like Sheldon over and over. It’s really a miracle someone with that characteristic has friends and they’ve stuck by him.
While I’m still early in the series, I hope Sheldon’s character develops further and he doesn’t get worst.
And it shudders me to think on this planet, in some building, on some floor, there really is a person (or persons) exactly like Sheldon. Brrr.
My throat still feels coarse after all the heavy laughing last night. I guess they left the other part out in laughter is the best medicine, that someone is gonna get a hurt real bad. *cough*
The Russell Peters Malaysia 2012 Tour
It was an almost family ordeal last night as we went to catch Russell Peters live in Malaysia. I say almost family because my other brother wasn’t able to join us. Nonetheless, we went ahead and got my parents tickets as well to catch the comedian live.
Stadium Melawati, Shah Alam
We got there 1 hour earlier worried parking would be a problem or there’d be a crowd to get into the stadium. When we reached, we quickly grabbed a bite from a burger stall nearby. From waiting and observing them, I knew they were real amateurs compared to the stall owners of Ramly and Otai.
It took them more than twice as long to cook up a burger special – patty wrapped in egg. Then, I noticed the patty’s were thinner than the ones I’d buy from Ramly and Otai. Furthermore, instead of cracking the egg over the hot pan and spreading it, the cook put eggs into a bottle to stir then portioned it into a smaller cup. WTF?
What amateurs, right? I know. *nods* Not wanting to be judgemental, but they should’ve taken off the Ramly apron and not embarrass the trained burger experts where we buy real authentic awesome Malaysian Ramly burgers. Yes, I’m proud of my burger stalls. 😛
East NOT retractable entrance
We passed a few groups selling off self-made Russell Peters merchandise on our way to the entrance. Some of them even used his official logo on them to make it more authentic. Trust us Malaysians to be the next master of pirates I suppose. In my defence, I would’ve bought 1 of it which was a well designed non-plagiarising version promoting the event. But the illustration of Russell Peters threw me off. Ah, how subjective is design.
After walking up the stairs to what we thought was the entrance for East retractable, we learned from the helpful and friendly staff that our entrance was below. So, we walked back down again. Thankfully, as we walked through the correct entrance tunnel, we could feel the cool air conditioned breeze. Phew.
You will be ejected from this event
The ushers were also helpful to direct us to our seats. I suppose this came from practice of last night’s 1st show. The stadium felt cool at first, but it got warmer the moment more seats filled and the show was kicked off.
By the way, it’s the one show I’ve been so far where they had a lot of security and were very strict – not to protect Russell. Their main activity was to blind attendees with their seizure inducing strobing flashlight and laser pointer when attendees tried to photograph anything, even before the event officially started. Some were even flashed when they were taking photos group shots of themselves. I shit you not.
Then before the event, a reminder came on to constantly inform the crowd that recording is prohibited – that’s normal, advising to turn off all electronic devices – normal too, and use of Bluetooth devices or SMS-ing during the event may get you ejected from it – wait, wha?!
Russell Peters is coming...soon
Warming up the event environment, DJ Spinbad spun and scratched some songs for a good 30-60 minutes. Out of the 3 screens at the event, 2 of them gave us the bird’s eye view of how he does what he does. It kept me thinking, “damn, I want me one of those turntables!”
Andrew Netto
The show kicked off with Malaysia comedian; Andrew Netto. It was a good start, though my Dad thought he felt a little nervous. Being a local, he gave us some jokes related to the recent Bersih 3.0 event. Before passing on the act, he wrapped it up by reminding us there were 8,000 people here just in case it was reported the next day; only 3,000 were present. ROFL!
Joey Medina
The 2nd comedian; Joey Medina, took the stage after. He threw a number of sexual related jokes to the crowd and for one moment, I thought us (Malaysians) were really a “brady bunch”. I mean, we laugh really easily. I guess we needed lots of that medicine after having so much traffic stress jammed up our behind nearly everyday.
Then the moment everyone was waiting for arrived. They played his introduction used in last year’s Green Card tour to the music of the series; The Benny Hill show. I always kept thinking Beverly Hill. *facepalm*Â Here’s the theme song to jog your memory of the comedy series back in the day. If you were born in the 90s, look up YouTube.
Okay, so back to Russell’s introductory video. I really loved the ending touch of it because they toetally included the Malaysia flag onto Russell’s t-shirt. Nice. 😀 (Sorry, if you didn’t get it because you weren’t there.)
Russell really got the crowd laughing hard. He put on his comedic faces and even played with the microphone. Then as Ariel mentioned, if you’re sitting right at the forefront, be prepared to be one of his subjects – not slave, silly. Poor blonde haired lady and her husband got picked on, though I was wondering if they understood his joke. LOL!
Then of course, Russell had to call on his inner power of black people. Thankfully in Malaysia, we’re a multi-ethnic country with plenty to choose from including students from various parts around the world. So, Russell only had to choose how black he needed black.
Oh, and when Russell notices you walking somewhere else midway through the show, expect to be included into the show. Even the 2 cameraman on the stage with him, innocently doing their job were about to be included as part of his show. LOL!
My parents really enjoyed the show and my Dad commended Russell not only as observant but knowledgeable. Damnit! There’s goes my chance of being a comedian – I’m bad in general knowledge you see. 😛
Well, I’m really glad my parents enjoyed it. And this experience gave me some confidence to attend even our own local comedy shows. I mean, we’ve got to attend it at least once, right? That’s what I’m saying. So, what would you recommend?
Bone and Pot Steamboat at Kelana Jaya was a new steamboat place recently opened around the area. Since it’s opening and countless times passing it on my way back, me and Ariel would notice patrons waiting outside the place.
Ariel and her colleagues went there for dinner one night and her report back to me was that it was delish. Therefore, it was time to break my Bone and Pot Steamboat virginity. It was also natural for me to compare it with places I’ve been for steamboat like Tasty Pot and the restaurant nearby my place.
We arrived there after 6pm and waited less than 10 minutes before seating. But I noticed the crowd really coming after 8pm onwards. So, if you plan on eating here, come earlier because there aren’t many tables on the ground floor. Onward to food!
Famous pork broth
Pardon the additional watercress vegetable and some additions because I only took photos after we were a quarter into the food. LOL!
Needle mushrooms wrapped with chicken and slices of beefFried bean curd was the bomb!
Ariel told me this was the best Bone and Pot Steamboat dish she had at the time. And I must concur! You could definitely eat this alone with rice for a meal. It’s fried to a crisp leaving a very soft crusty shell and its inside is so soft – almost like tofu. The picture is half the portion that’s left after wallop by me and Ariel. 😛
In comparison to Tasty Pot and the other place, I felt the food here was fresher and more tasty. Only disadvantages to Bone and Pot Steamboat unfortunately is that their variety wouldn’t be as vast and their prices are a little on the high.
Nonetheless, a definite recommendation if you’re gunning for some good steamboat dining. 🙂
