DIY hairstyle

Got myself a new toy lately. A Philips Saloncurl Ceramic aka a hair curler. The ladies will know what it is.

I have always curious about these curlers whether do they really work and is it hard to DIY the nice hairstyles as per the pictures on the box. These curlers are not cheap. The cheapest I think is about RM100 or so. Knowing myself very well, I won't spent such money on such thing. I rather spent it on a good meal or clothes or shoes. That's me.

Anyway, since I have accumulated a certain amount of Bonus Link points (thanks to my petrol usage) and there's nothing much to be exchanged with my oh so little points, I finally decided to exchange it with a hair curler so I can save cost on my saloon trips ;)

The box arrived just in time cos I was in one of those 'quite free' moment. Immediately I try out the new machine. Quickly going through the little manual book and I'm all ready for some curling actions. Insert the plug to the main socket and turn the machine on. Waited for about 3 mins and the indicator says I can start curling. Tested it out on a small lock of hair and the result is good. I decided to do the curl for the whole head. It's not as easy as I thought. I have to part my hair into 2 sides with a hair clip. Start doing from the side of the head and working backward to the back of my head. When it come to those hair which is at the back of your head, it's hard. But I still managed, I think. After finishing my left side hair, the result looks satisfying to me. So I continue with the balance of the hair.

After about half an hour I'm done with curling my hair. And I am very satisfied with my own works. The curls are sexy. Too bad I don't have anywhere to go tonight. Sent a photo of myself with the new look to my cousin for some comment and she said it's nice. As if I have done it in a hair saloon. I'm posting the photo here so maybe someone can give me some comment?

What does this mean?

Last night I had another weird dream. As everyone knows, I've been having a lot of weird dreams lately whenever I sleep but last night's dream is still very fresh in my mind now.

I dreamt I was pregnant and went into labour. I don't know how the scenario start but all I remember is I was walking around with a big tummy and suddenly I need to give birth. Scary indeed. Worse thing is, I had to give birth in somewhere which is not a hospital. And a close friend or relative help me with the giving birth. I remembered she told me to 'push' and then they start pulling what seems to be the umbilical cord out from me. Yuck! The next minute I remembered a lot of shouts for 'push' and then the baby is out. It's a baby girl. A very beautiful baby girl. It is indeed a scary scenario with me going into labour without doctors and nurses and not even in a hospital but somehow seeing the newborn baby bring a very warm feeling. Funny thing is, the experience of going into labour in my dream seems so real that it's unbelievable.

The dream is still bits and pieces to me now. After the giving birth scenario, I saw myself in my old house. Weird cos I no longer stay there. My parents were there. Dad was playing with the baby. I remember seeing the baby girl's face for the first time. She's indeed very beautiful. Big eyes. Fair skin. Quite a lot of hair for a baby. She is wrap with a white towel. She is quite big a size for a newborn.

Another scenario came in, a wedding. Not mine. But an uncle of mine. Nothing much unusual about the wedding. The usual round of waiting for the dinner to start and all the yum seng follow by all the guest going home. Still, I don't know why I have to dream about it. But I did saw a grand uncle of mine holding the baby.

It is indeed very weird. Don't even know why I had such dreams. As I'm writing this blog, memory of this dream is slowly fading away. Except the baby's face which remain in my mind.
Wonder what does this dream mean?

Setting Examples?

Was driving back the other day along Jalan Ampang, a quick glance on my side mirror I saw a motorbike with a man in white shirt and pants holding a the bike handle with his right hand while his left hand is holding something. As he ride nearer, his left hand is apparently holding a handphone. Sms-ing to be exact. A traffic police officer to be exact. A thought came to my mind, aren't drivers (be it a motorbike or car driver) not allowed to sms when you are driving? I know there is a hefty fine for those who got caught sms-ing while driving. Wonder if he will be fined too??
Yeah, I should have took the picture and sent it to The Star newspaper and won a RM 50 prize but I'm just too slow in catching him in the act!

Another incident happened last night when I was driving back home. I was stuck in a traffic jam along the beginning of Jalan Tun Razak just after Sungai Besi, then I saw a police car driving past me on my left hand side and suddenly stop by the road side with the 2 hazzle lights on. As everyone knows, Jalan Tun Razak near that stretch is a super busy road and is always jam up whether day or night. I thought may be the police car wanted to stop a private car cos coincidentally a car drove into the lane in front of the shops and stopped. But no cos a policeman actually came down and walk towards the shop which is a bank. I thought may be he wanna sign the log book of the bank but no, he's actually there to use the atm machine.

Weird as in, they are the enforcement officers but yet they are the ones who never practice what our government preached. Using a phone while driving is wrong in the first scenario and I should think policeman or not, he should be fined just like anyone of us. Going to an atm machine is not a fault but stopping on a very busy road and causing more jam is something not thoughtful for a policeman. The radio stations always asked us to do our part for our community ie not to use handphone while driving, not to be a creative parker etc but isn't it ironic that the law enforcers are not setting a good examples?

Weird Dream

Had another weird dream last night.

Was in a some sort of resort kinda place except it's a very small place and the place is kinda breezy and cooling. There were a bunch of us, girls and boys. A pregnant friend of mine was in there too with her big tummy. Can't remember how we ended up in that place. It looks like a room to me. I think we were stuck there or maybe not. Or maybe we were resting.

In the dream, everyone was very concern about the pregnant lady. She's after all with a big tummy and in a t-shirt and a short. Can't remember the whole dream but bits and parcels of the dream. Eventually there's this guy and his partner suggested we continue our journey. I think we were in some kinda hike or adventure journey.

The last part of the dream is everyone is with a backpack and one by one we got out of the room and walk. Don't know to where. It's a sloping road. The road is in good condition but not a tar road. More like a cement like kinda road. The one you will find in basement carpark except we are not in basement. Both sides of the road is like jungle or so I thought. I remember before we got out of the room, everyone is asking whether the pregnant lady wear enough clothes or not cos it seems like outside is colder. Oh yeah, outside is misty too. The pregnant lady said she's ok and put on a jacket and carry her backpack and walk out with us. I don't remember how, but suddenly we were all caught in a very heavy downpour. The water coming down from the sloping road is like a waterfall making it harder for us to continue walking. And that is when I am awaken by my neighbour's on going renovation.

Indeed a very weird dream. Any definition?

Simple Dinner

Another tiring day for me.

Just finish cooking and eating my dinner. These days I tend to cook a lot. Am in the mood to cook today. After all, I'm tired of eating outside.

I did some simple Chinese dishes today. 2 dishes and 1 soup. A pig stomach soup which I've boiled since morning. Mom got 2 pig stomach cleaned and frozen in the fridge and since she's not free to cook, I shall take over and be the part time chef ;)

For the dish, I prepared a tofu with minced pork and oyster mushroom and a steam sotong.

For tofu, I first fry the chopped garlic till golden before putting in the minced pork. Add seasoning (a little bit of pepper, soy sauce and oyster sauce will do). Stir fried it till it's almost cook. Throw in the oyster mushroom and stir a bit. Let it simmer. Add a little bit of water for some extra gravy (which I love) Lastly, put in the tofu and stir a bit. It's ready for serving.

The sotong is the simpler dish. Cut the sotong and place it in a steam-able plate. Place some shredded ginger and chili on top of it. Mix the seasoning and pour it over the sotong. Steam for 5 minutes and it's ready to eat.

Simple yet delicious, yum yum.
Forget to take some photos of it. Was too hungry just now to even remember about photos hehe.

verdict : I had 2 bowls of rice which is quite rare for me, knowing that I only take half bowl or 1 tablespoon of rice hehehe

Home Made Macaroni Soup

Due to the recent fuel price hike, I tend to cook at home a lot these days. Gotta find ways to cut cost and save some money else all my traveling plans will go down the drain.

Since I'm still not fully recover so I decided to make myself a macaroni soup with whatever ingredients that I can find in my fridge hehe

Dig through my fridge and I found some frozen fish balls and minced pork and ikan bilis cube essense. And there's also the left over prawns from my birthday dinner last Sun. Enough for a pot of macaroni soup for one .. or more hehe

First of all, I de-frost the fish balls and minced pork. Soak them (together with the container) in water. Put on a pot of water to cook my macaroni. Once water is boiled, put in macaroni, add a little bit oil and salt. Stir the macaroni once in awhile to make sure they don't stick together (that's is the purpose of the oil). Once it's cook to my preference, drain the macaroni and set it aside.

On the other hand, put another pot of water to boil. When it's boiled, throw in the ikan bilis cube and stir till it dissolve. Oh, my minced pork has not fully de-froze so I throw it into the microwave for a minute. Once it's fully de-froze, put a little bit of pepper and soy sauce to the minced pork and mix it. Then shape the minced pork into small portion and put into the pot together with the fish ball. Lastly, put in the left over prawns and let it boil. That is the soup for macaroni.

There, my lunch is ready. I gotta say, it's really nice. I had 2 bowls of it! And it's all done in less than 20mins.

Verdict: Am fully satisfied with my lunch ;)

Lost Cheque (re-post)

Yet another angry situation I faced.

Recently I setup a company account with a C*** Bank and guess what, for the first ever time that I bank in my cheque for clearance and until today it's has not been cleared. Two days after I bank-in the cheque, I check my current account and found no clearance on the cheque which I had bank-in. Okay, maybe it has not been cleared. But after another 2 days, my cheque is still NOT cleared! Can't be, I told myself. Called up the bank to check and they can not even find where my cheque is. Met up with the bank's branch manager and he said he will help me to check it out. But still nothing came back. I have check with my client and there is no problem with his cheque. Don't think my client would risk being penalized for a bounce cheque. He is a businessman afterall.

I complained to Bank Negara and even went to meet up Bank Negara people. They told me that they are in the process of changing the 'clearing cheque' system or what ever it is. Apparently all the other banks have no complication going through this change BUT the only one bank which has problem is ... yes, that's the bank which I have open my company account with. Sigh. Bank Negara said to give them some time to sort things out. Fine, I relented and wait.

Come today, which is one week already, I have yet to receive ANY news from the Bank regarding my cheque. It is so disappointing and frustrating NOT to mention worrying cause it's quite an amount. Even if the amount is as little as RM 50, I don't think there is a reason for me to go through this, right?

So, I have decided to write in to the bank and request for a explanation regarding my 'lost' cheque. At the same time, I am wondering if I can seek legal advice on any actions which I can take against the bank and compensation on my part? Such trouble for me to go through and not forgetting wasting of my precious time. Time which I can use to get a few more projects in.