A walk with destiny

Kids make you do strange things, and its fun living through them, we can do all the things we wanted to or did as a kid, and use them as a great excuse, I remember I used to walk everywhere, and maybe cycle as well, there was nothing wrong with walking, you would discover places you have never been to or never stopped to look at usually. So one day Kimi decided to go for a walk, he actually wanted to walk to Ampang Point, which is possible except for traffic that has little tolerance let alone respect for pedestrians, I didn't actually think we'd walk out of the apartment complex, but I was glad I gave in to him, against my parental judgement, braving traffic we took a walk, as I let him guide me to where I wanted to go, we walked through some quite backroads, mainly to tire him out, so we didnt get to Ampang Point and have an early sleep, and I discovered a pretty good restaurant so near my house, somewhere that I had overlooked, speeding on by. It's good to take a walk, see what you usually wouldn't see, being too busy and rushing, Its even better to take a walk with your kids, It was a good hour, that kept him occupied, picking up fur leaves and cones, looking for guppies in watery drains, spotting blue cars that drove past by, things we take forgranted every day. I'm glad I listened to him.....

Something smells in the Kingdom of Denmark

Ah Durian, I like durian, as long as its fresh. Not durian ice cream, or pengat or tempoyak, now all that is fine but sometimes we humans can just go to far.......

Durian Smoothie Anyone?

err... definitely not for me

Pots & Pans

Was at the office with a mild headache, its closing time, and didn't know what to do, so decided to rant about my pet peeves so here I select pet peeve #3079, washing dishes.... If there's one household chore I don't mind doing, well actually I don't mind doing any of them, as long as you don't call them chores. Who on earth decided on the word 'chores', I mean it's like setting a predisposition that the task at hand is going to be a CHORE to do, plus it rhymes with BORE, which isn't helpful either, I mean what is up with that? In fact until I moved back to .MY I had never ever heard the word chore in that context, it wasn't until I started watching American family sitcoms/dramas/tv in general that I heard the word 'chore'

If a parent was angry, or needed privacy or whatever they would say 'Go do your chores!'. I mean do they actually mean it literally or is it a catch all phase that can mean whatever you want it to mean, like -- 'if you know what I mean' ~ if you know what I mean. So are there any Americans in the house? Could you please tell me if your parent or you have actually used this phrase? I mean what do parents come up with? a list of chores, and provide hand outs and say 'Here's your chores?' What about prioritisation, rewards, succession and time management and additional tasks?. Do parents actually have time to come up with lists?

I thought one of the management rules was creating small achievable goals, like 'wash the dishes' and 'clean your room', not forgetting 'do your homework'. I mean even 'clean your room' was an insurmountable tasks that could rarely be completed without adult micro management and assistance, and even then when you got it done you would be rewarded with not washing the dishes for three days or something that seemed like a very long time.

So back to washing the dishes, now this is gonna seem sexist but women cannot wash dishes....properly. I have not until this day met a woman who can wash dishes. Sure they can wash a series of dishes in succession, but theres no 'dish management'!
They just pull out dishes out of the sink in whatever fashion they please, wash the front face and then just chuck them on the dish rack. There's no prioritisation, like washing from not oily to oily, so you don't get plastic cups smelling like curry, theres no series, like cup...glass...spoon...saucer...cup...cup... etc its just as she pleases. And what about space management when stacking, its like just anywhere.

How a woman stacks dishes...












Its just like err whatever.


How a man stacks dishes
















Now everyone knows real men can wash dishes, cook and iron better than woman..... its just a fact of life, we just pretend to do it badly so we don't have to do it again..... however sometimes it is just so upsetting seeing badly stacked dishes, that are unstable and difficult to extract from the rack.

I like washing dishes, seeing dirty turning clean, helps clear your mind, a well stacked dish rack is like a Zen garden, its therapeutic. Not to mention you can turn off the world with a great wall..."Sorry honey... I'm washing the dishes right now.'
You cant beat that for 15 minutes of peace and quite. So what's my pet peeve? Please never never ever ever rinse the soap out of the sponge..... instead of a fluffy bubbly sponge now all you have is a cold wet floppy smelly thing..... and no-one likes a cold wet floppy smelly thing....

Are you chubby?

Ok, ok... the blogs been slow, its that 'do it later' attitide of mine taking its toll, so I have decided that I will make the effort to eat my All-Bran and be regular. So are you chubby? Is that even a compliment? Would you buy or wear something branded 'chubby'? reaffirming your status as a chubster, or giving you a wrong body image if you are on the extremities of the chubster scale? , apparently someone somewhere thinks so so heres the proof....



Check out the nice line drawings of bras n panties, definitely not for the chubbies, quite cool, except the chubby part. I mean I'm all for aligning body images and anti-anorexia, but I would never buy anything branded chubby, skinny or whatever.....
OK rant over.. thats my post for today...

6

Ive always been a fan of Peugeots, ever since I bought the 305 of my dad, even my favourite car is the 306 cabrio, which I will one day own, I did own a 206cc for a couple of years, but a white van got the better of me and thats that, you can catch how it all happened here. Unfortunately I haven't really learned my lesson and still drive like a I stole it, but I am definitely more sensible, in the fact that I still drive within my limits, and have learned to disregard testosterone induced driving. So I went to Kuala Kelawang, first time in 'the 6', officially it doesn't exist, so don't blabber to 'anyone' that I own it, as its supposed to be a sort of a present. Anyway if you ever get to Kuala Kelawang you must try thr Roti Love. Picture below, name is self explanatory, and that is how you will feel about it!


Now I do love the road to Kuala Kelawang and love 'B' road driving, and Pugs are the cars to do it in, so I did have a lot of fun, and it is completely insane, OK! OK! enthusiast will argue that a 5dr is not a 6, yes its a transplant, and the fact that a 306 hatch found me, was a feat in itself let alone a GTi-6. So its got the engine, and the nice 307cc wheels and stuff, and I am starting to think that it is a bit too much for me. It's just a monster! theres no electronic tricks, just a factory tuned engine and a wild tail. So heres the first spy shots, externally and engine wise its done, its off for leather seats and a nice DVD system next and then its done.