The Girl with the Nail Polish

While work is work, but this week I have been coming back late. And when I did, there was a surprise in store. Seemed like Kristine has been going wild with her nail polish. She was targeting everyone's nails. Even my Dad was not spared!

And so, over in this corner, we
have the victims hiding here.

As you can see, everyone's nails have been painted

Unfortunately, they were not done
in a Professional way.

Keep your distance.....

As we were going to Pulau Indah, I was
following this truck until I realise what
the white sticker meant.
So, no need to be perishable too.

Weekend at the Sunway Resort (Hotel and Spa)

Kristine was waiting for me since this morning. But then she realised, I had to go to work and for the rest of the day, she just waited and waited. And by the time I got home, I had to quickly rush to get some things ready. And when we rushed out, we forgot this and that and had to return home again. By then, the car had to be refueled just in case.

And so, why was it so important?

Because we got a weekend stay at Sunway Resort's Hotel & Spa, thanks to one of my Brother in Law. And as usual, both girls were very excited.

Never too late to start them young, eh?
OH, OK, inside her bag was her Winnie
and Kelynn's favourite blanket. Its just
bulky but not heavy. To her, its HEAVY.

And thanks to Wife's foresight, we got a very
nice room with a view but we had to give up
on something, which is, a double bed. I wanted
to rent on of the beds I've seen outside on the
corridors but had second thoughts because they
were just not enough room in there.

Yep, nice view, isn't it? Wanted to get the kids there
but they do not have any swimming costumes and
neither did we. Also, you can't do much with just over
two hours left of Sunlight. I mean, by the time we got
them some costumes.............. its bye-bye time.

So, we sort of lazed around in the room for a while,
luckily, there was a cartoon channel on the TV. I said
luckily as the girls were so energetic, they were
screaming and jumping about in there.

By the time, they have cooled down, we let them
have the next best thing, not as good but still fun.

Yep, a small little swimming pool. I let them have
their fun until later on, when I came in, the water
was almost freezing. They have been playing with
cold water instead. We quickly wrapped them up
and got them in to the bed to warm up. Had to
turn off the air-con as it was always showing 23ºC
eventhough I ramped it up to 27ºC

Finally, in the evening, we came down to the Sunway
Piramid, the Information Counter personnel gave us
some brochure and invited us to go the main area
Seems there were some activity going on for kids.

But by this late in the evening, the only activity
left was watching the bees clinging to a man and
story time. There were not much things left.

Kristine as afraid of taking any activities or join
the other children while Kaelynn was happy to
go near (but no join as well). Then again, with
so many doting parents surrounding the kids.....

And after much window shopping, we settled for a
Korean dinner at Chego Korea BBQ. Maybe we're
tired or there were nothing else to eat but I just
agreed with Wife to go in there, nice and cute girls
at the front or not. They served the food very fast
mainly because we arrived earlier than the dinner
time crowd. Here, we were served the side dishes
and the pieces of marinated meat. Wife was in the
middle of cooking the meat while the kids realised
everything tasted, well, hot.

Turns out that we do not have to do much as most
of the things will be done by the staff. The waitress
cut up the meat and vege, then proceeded to stir
fry them on the (now) heated grill. Oh, the green
lettuce leaves are for you to wrap the cooked meat
into a roll and then eat it. Notice the soya/chili/salt
mix on the left, once she has finished, they were gone
and I so wanted to try the chili powder. Turned out
its not necessary as everything was hot & spicy.

The girls looking on with interest. But later on, they
gave up on the meal as everything was either too
hot, spicy, sweet or just weird. So we got them some
instant noodles, 100plus, junk food on the way back.
It was too late to go for another meal as we were
too full to do another round of DBKL in case they do
not want to eat either.

Here is the shot of the meat that has been cooked. After
that, the waitress would cut everything up into small
pieces. The meat is very nice and sweet, but methinks
is a bit spicy too as the girls would not eat them. But I
got Kristine to eat a bit as I told her, everyone in the

family can eat hot stuff.

Later on, the waiter came and helped
mix the rice (bim bim bap) which is my
favourite and as usual, always forget to
mix it up first. I like it because it has
a nice mixture of soft and crunchy rice
mixed inside it. Yeah, its also like hot
claypot chicken rice.

See? All mixed and delicious!

And then the spicy soup came. Delicious too unless
you start coughing, which is bad news. But the best
thing is that all the side dishes are refillable and so,
we had double helpings of kimchi. And I am starting
to like them, but not as much as I love acar.

This was taken in the night as I could not sleep after
someone's karate kick woke me up.

Its not easy to share a bed especially when the
girls move about in their sleep. I ended up on
the foot of of the bed while Wife ended up on
the opposite side. As for the girls, well, they're
everywhere.

I missed the morning shot but
since we're on the opposite, we
can't see the Sun. Anyway, this
is the shot at about 1030, before
anyone entered the park.

One new attraction which I did not notice was this.
In a nutshell, its just a big tipping barrel when full.
But later on, I saw a lot of people underneath it,
waiting for it to tip over. Just like the Lat cartoon
when everyone was saving water during bath time.

This time, I made sure the water is hot so that the
girls would not catch any cold. Its still hard to set
the air-con's temperature and so we set it to off.
Yes, yes, we're wasting water but there is no bath
tub at home anymore. The mini-pool does not count.

While waiting for everyone to get ready, I got
Kristine to quiet down by getting her to draw
something on the Hotel's stationery.

First time I saw her drawing a girl. I am a bit worried
about the hair part, though. If this is her unconscious
or indirect way of expressing herself, I am worried.

One round of window shopping and
lunch before going home. Here, we
we're fooling around while waiting
for Mommy to find us. (We're lost)

With so much choices, we let Kristine
choose where to eat for lunch. And so,
KFC it is. Later on, she threw up. I too
wanted to throw up as the chicken, ....
"thing" I got was so dry and the rice
tasted like a half-hearted attempt

In the end, Kristine ha a slight fever of 37.2º and
everyone slept until late evening. Me? I am still
exhausted. Very exhausted because I am still
recovering from Thursday ordeal, then there is
last night's sleeping ordeal. Maybe its the weather
as I felt so lethargic, hot and my mind's swimming

Captain's Chair

And now, for a starting price or RM1,701, you too
can be a Captain. Or more space to hang clothes,
whichever you prefer. As usual, model in the pic
is not for sale. Pointy ears in the bed is bad, K?

You've seen JJ Abrams Star Trek, eh? Eh? Nice? Not Nice? Excited or not? Wow! Wow! Yeah, Babay!

Who mov...er, wants my cheese?

As I sat here in the office, thinking, what kind of crap did I eat that got me into so much trouble? And not only that, my Boss did not want me to go out today, but to sit in the office to recover. And so, here I am, sitting.

Sitting.

Thinking.

Imagining.

Fo.......oh, heck!

This was the breakfast I ate on that fateful day!
If I timed it correctly, I was eating it at about
9-ish in the morning and the symptoms did
show itself around noon. And so, I looked at the
box, closer and closer, until.....

Alamak! This could very well the be culprit!

And so, I switched to a less exciting flavour of some
mushroons with suspicious background, Birthday
cake from one of my technicians and the days old
bread. Days old as in days AFTER the expiry date.

The Technoilliterate and the Automatic Door

Reminds me when Scotty picks up the Mouse and say, "Computer........."

The Day After (or itching to go to Penang)

After struggling to sleep for just two hours, my body was itching again. But I fought to keep things under control. However, less than an hour into the journey, my legs were itching so bad, it was hard not to ignore. I pulled by the roadside and got my technician to drive instead.

This picture is slightly enhanced to show the redness of
the legs. And I was using socks and tied my boots
tightly too. I do this on a normal day but even with
a loose boot, the socks aggravated them further

And so, sitting behind the van, I was surprised at the
amount of dust flying inside since we all opened the
windows. Until I realised the dust were skin flakes
from my feet as I was scratching them uncontrollably.
Luckily, my techs were not awarewhat was happening.

At the back of the van, I found this spray gun. It was
a "discarded" tool when I asked about it. Something
THE OTHER FELLA would do when a tool was broken.
And so, I decided to adopt it. Heh.

What was broken was the nut holding
the hose. I assumed THE OTHER
FELLA tripped on the hose which
yanked the whole thing apart.
And you can't just buy that
nut as you need to buy them as
a set. Economy not good mah.

My whole body was hot and after
four hours in the van, it was time
to cool off. Strange that it tasted
like normal water. Minutes later,
I felt my body cooling off. Wow.

Sometimes, I just wonder who wrote these stuff.

And so, they have added the third lane to the bridge

By the time we arrived, it was already near
to lunch hour and so, we went to the only
place we loved most; that roadside stall.

Love the fish, tempei, begedel and chicken curry sauce.
You want to know why we always go to this place? The
three plates of rice and four drinks add up to RM12.00
and we could eat as much rice as we wanted if we wanted.

After adding some cards and also
pulling some cables, the job was
done and none too soon. I really
need to go home and see the Doc.

Since we finished too early, Loctor was not free
to rendezvous with me. And this project was
over too late as well although I finished it
weeks ago. Sigh. Sometimes, I wished I had
more time to juggle between work, family,
projects and friends.

Back home, I was stunned to see these "scratch" marks
on my body. And I did not even scratch them. Must be
from the sweat and the stuffy uniform.

Still there is one more task to do. My SIL called saying their computer is out again and from her voice, I gauged it must have been a very bad one. So, after visiting the Doctor, I dropped by her place to sort things out. Turned out that the whole computer was destroyed and so were their wireless router. No choice but to reconfigure the Terrorkom Modem directly to their remaining Laptop. After discussion with them, I feel like like going to PJ's Digital Mall or Low Yatt come this Saturday but, nah. Won't have the time. Unless SIL wants me to go with them.

Doc: So, what is wrong with you?
Me: Allergic reaction. I'm itchy all over.
Doc: Aha. Must be from the environement? You know, new clothes, dusts in the carpets....
Me: Nope. My clothes are more than three years old and we banned a lot of carpets.
Doc: Then it must be the weather, those particles in the air and so on.
Me: Maybe, Doc but I was in Penang, over the sea.
Doc: Aha! Its the food you ate.
Me: Can't be, I was having oatmeal last morning and it did not happen so late in the evening. I know my metabolism is slow but not that slow. Maybe its the two different vadaai I ate.......
Doc: Aha! There you go. Still, you're itchy now?
Me: Yeah. The whole skin went like melted cheese.
Doc: OK, I am going to give you this, this, these, etc.
Me: Can you also give me MC?
Doc: Sure, no problem, for tomorrow?
Me: Yeah, and how about the day after? Don't feel like working with all these itchiness.
Doc: Sure, sure no problem. Bye
Me: Bye. Weird, man. I usually come here for Gout but this is my first time for allergy.
Doc: Ha ha ha! Bye.

After waiting at the counter for a bit, only then did I notice most of their doors have electronic locks. Then again, in this area, there are some cases. Few years ago, this clinic has reduced its consultation hours from 24 hours to just a few hours in the evening.

Nurse: Here's your stuff. You working? (She looked very serious)
Me: Yeah, unfortunately. I wanted to be unemployed and stay home to play Playstation but my Wife won't allow it. (The nurse behind giggled)
Nurse: You want two days MC. One for today and one for tomorrow?
Me: No, no. I want one for tomorrow and the day after.
Nurse: That will be RM80.00
Me: Here you go. If I come back after the MC, do I get a discount?
Nurse: No.
Me: How about if I come for H1N1 test?
Nurse: No.
Me: You have H1N1 testing here?
Nurse: No.

The Day Before (or that itchy feeling.....)

Man, there is something wrong with me here. I started to get very itchy in the evening, just after our belated Department meeting. Even my eyes were not spared. And so, by the time I got home, I was very very bad. Bumps were popping up and some were even forming into larger chunks. Remember those cheese covered buns/bread? That is how it looked like, on my skin. And the area between the buttocks and thigh was even worse. It was as if the fat under it had turned solid.

And so, this time, my Wife did not chase me with some cream but more or less, persuaded me to take them. With no other choice, I relented. (At this point in time, we did not think about visiting the Doctor as I was too worried about the Penang trip tomorrow. I am the main guy who can attach the interface cards to the system)

And just to make sure its not contagious, I decided to sleep in my sister's room.

The red rash were very very red, as if the blood vessels
under it had burst. And the skin feels hot, agitated and
had the surface like the roads of Sg. Buloh.

This is the stomach area. You can see
the reddish rash, that I supposed, was
caused by the skin's reaction to the
sweat accumulated inside the uniform.

I was literally covered with Calamine Lotion.
Something which I hated but them I realised
its very cooling. Added with the air-con in the
room, I felt better. But the itch was still there
even at four in the morning. Sigh. I only got
less than two hours of sleep. No way I can get
to concentrate on the five hour drive coming up