Netmoirs of A Solemn Rover

Shed 6kg Already

Seems like the jog works. After a week's simple jog of 1.44km a day starting on Oct 18th, I have shifted to a far more rigorous regime to 12 rounds amounting 4.32km per day without miss. With my abs toner, it helps in toning up some abs muscles already. It feels good as my tightening trousers before this has start giving up space and easing up a little bit. My thigh strains that I suffered before this has disappeared and my knees is feeling better too after all the initial suffering that I...

Jog For Change

My obesity haunts me. I have gained 7 kgs in 19 months since returning from the UK. Enough is enough, and I made a change in my lifestyle today by pursuing jogging. It is something I have never done before in my life. The only workout I did is a short jog on the treadmill and badminton. I used to be worried about jogging because when I was little, I used to have stomach discomforts when I made long runs or sprints. Maybe it has something to do with my acid heartburn. I was tad surprised...

Real Estate Blog Shutdown

I have decided to shut down my real estate blog by not renewing the domain contract further because I have lost interest. This is the second blog shut down after losing my PR3 scouting blog few months ago due to the lack of professionalism shown by the UK domain registrar that I am with before. My other projects are taking my time and absorbing my energy away too much that I had occasional headaches. My IM blog is also being abandoned for sometime now as I was chasing up with my client's...

Sand In, Sand Away

A 6 wheel payloader was here today, pouring sand in front of our gate, and made a quick getaway. It was another minor makeover of our house. To be precise, the temporary kitchen floor. Mom & dad will bring in workmen doing cementing and floor levelling next week. It seems like the wheelbarrow will be put into full use again after some time of dormancy. Judging from the size of the payload, it was twice the size that we have used to level the compound behind the house. Upon completion...

April Are Fools

Just like declining angpao's, April Fool's prank lessen as well. The only prank I got was from,someone close -my sis. Almost immediately, I returned her a simple yet annoying prank. I secretly dialed my own house phone, pocketed my mobile and answered the house phone like normal. Then I yelled hard at my sis asking her to answer the phone as if the call are from my 'sis-in-law'. She believes it and answered the phone and walla - payback time! April fool you sis....

Otak Otak For Luv

I promised Bee to bake or cook something for her birthday treat. I offered cake or some cooking, and at last she choose to have Otak-otak. Otak-otak known as Fish Mousse in English, and 鲤鱼包 (Li Yu Bao) in Chinese. I never prepare Otak-otak before therefore this request comes as a big challenge for me. Being the tough and hard-headed person I am, I decided to not back down even though it was something I have never done before. Cooking is never a problem as I was born with cooking...

Pai Ti Kong

Today is Pai Ti Kong (Pray Heaven/Sky God aka Jade Emperor, 拜天公), a Hokkien/Minnanese culture celebrated for more than a millennia now. As for us Hokkien's, PTK is day of remembrance to God the almighty which is the Taoist equivalent to Allah. His close associate is the Kitchen God who did reporting to him every year of how well 'behaved' the tenants are. Well, those are the beliefs anyway. We didn't miss out sugarcane as this plant is a symbolic plant for the Hokkien. The sugarcane...

Second Day CNY

Woke up just before noon. Relatives arrived as early as 11am. Soon we hear loud chatting and mutterings coming from uncle's house. 2nd aunt, Chong Lee & Mui Sim brought their baby along. Took some pics and mingle with more visiting cousin to our room. Ah Beng arrived for awhile as he needs to rush back to Teluk Intan to his wife's side. Chong Lee and wife can't stay that long either, and not long after that everyone assembled at uncle's place. Lunch then served with everyone randomly...

First Day CNY

Got up quite late, had breakfast together. Since I got a call earlier that Keng Woo, Cherrie and Wai Kyan is coming down for a visit, I did some preparation for them. They arrived just after lunch and reached Bidor around past 2pm. I met Keng Woo & Cherrie during the Transformers event in Queensbay and have not see them ever since. As for Wai Kyan, I only meet him during the gathering in Taipan last year. So all of us did a lot of catching up on each others life that day. After...

My Not So Dramatic Chinese New Year Eve

It was pandemonium in the house today and this Chinese New Year will be my first in five years. The feeling was awesome as we partake tasks of helping mom. Since sis was available, we did our prep while waiting for younger bro, sis-in-law and dad to arrive home. Bro and sis-in-law (SIL) arrived home much earlier eventhough they had to battle their way through the pillaging massacre of the Batang Padang highway stretch from Tg.Malim to Tapah as many commuters are exiting that same bloody...

Countdown To Chinese New Year

Just a fortnight more to go before the tong-tong-chang-ing day, I suddenly feel the surge of deplorable to-dos. More projects in mind still looming. Uncertain when to start, I will try to trigger these issues after Chinese New Year. I haven't start decorating my house until today. Just after 'work', I will do some garden work. The pearl grasses in the garden, centre-part is in a sad state. They became yellow, as a result of an illness (I guess). I am not sure how to remedy these, but I hope...

Talking Business

Today I met up with my cousin into discussing about a business. We hangout at the mamak in USJ and chatted all evening regarding her plans of setting up a food delivery business. Her plan is to set up the first delivery outlet serving KL's business district. While I had no knowledge of how the business operates, the idea is to build an ecommerce website with some custom functions which fits her requirements. Since building an ecommerce site from scratch  is not my forte, I kept reminding...