Another entry in July 2011

I have been busy. Work has taken up almost all my time except weekends.

Hopefully I will be able to blog properly soon.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished.  If you're alive, it isn't.  ~Richard Bach

Listening to...

I thought of J when I was listening to this song for the first time. Her story and her pain. The one that you thought you could spend the rest of your life with, left you. He/she is already moving on with his/her life without you. Yet, you are still stuck at the same old place hanging on to the past.

But, no matter how excruciating the pain is, your wound will heal. I wish the best for you, my dear friend.




Love this! Especially this part of the lyrics "What there is to complain about?". Everyday we complain about the small little things in our life and we don't realize we complain so much that we forget how to appreciate.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~  Frederick Keonig

Facebook Comments: Good feedback to customer?

Updated: Just found another Facebook comment from the same restaurant owner. Scroll down to find out more. Seriously, I think it's quite rude. What say you?

Asking a customer not to come to your restaurant? Complaining about your customers on your Facebook page?

Someone commented about this particular restaurant on one of the group coupon's site. Out of curiosity I visited their FB page. Tell me what do you think?

A person unlearns arrogance when he knows he is always among worthy human beings; being alone fosters presumption. Young people are arrogant because they always associate with their own peers, those who are all really nothing but who would like to be very important.~ Friedrich Nietzsche

So...

I lost the mojo to blog.

I was reading my old blog a while ago and was surprised to find that I can blog about so many things and write so much craps last time. I actually enjoyed reading my old blog entries as if I was reading someone else's life but in fact it was mine.

Did something in me change? 

At this phase of my life, most of my peers have settled down with a high pay job, a family, a house, a car/cars and travel once or twice a year. I am no where on par with them. Most of the time, I will tell myself to be happy and appreciate what I have now instead of worrying about the future. But the fact is I really dislike uncertainties but it seems like not everything is under my control...

At this moment, I just want to move on with my life. I really hope things will turn out fine and I refuse to stuck at where I am now.

Random photo of the day:

Sunset @ Mekong River, Vientiane, Jan 2011.

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable:  the damages of time and injustices of men.  ~Nicolas Chamfort

Random Photo: Dog Bolster/Bolster Dog

According to MG => This dog is so fat it looks like a bolster with legs and ears. Photo taken in Taiwan, 2010. There were other dogs in the restaurant (could be caused by consuming too much leftover food) inclined to the same shape but not as serious YET :O!

It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.  ~Henry David Thoreau

Bad (Worst?) dining experience!

I got to say I haven't been in the best of shape. Things are not going well and am feeling helpless especially towards those that are out of my control. MG said I shouldn't worry too much and should let go a little because there's nothing I can do about it. I wish I could.

& salt is added to the wound - I had a terrible meal yesterday. It was so bad and I wonder why the restaurant is still around (I am not cursing okay).

First of all, I asked if they have WIFI, a young lady told me yes and passed me a small piece of paper with the password. The problem with the paper was, bad handwriting and she didn't tell me the connection name. A guy came over to take order, he's wearing an apron with short pants and a pair of slippers. As if he's supposed to work in the kitchen, he couldn't speak proper Cantonese and from the way he speaks I think he's not well trained at all to serve a customer.

Something like this plus an apron

When the food arrived, I smelled curry. The rice came separately in another bowl and I started to worry. This is not Korean style bibimbap at all! I questioned them and apparently they sent me the wrong food. There're only two customers  in the whole shop yet they made this kind of mistake. It's not the worst yet, my nightmare came when they served me the "REAL" bibimbap. It looks fine before I mix it but when I did, I regretted.

Look at the amount of fungus and sauce -_-

They provided too much sauce and the sauce tasted so weird! It's supposed to be Korean style sauce but it tasted like curry sauce and I am pretty sure they added curry powder. Can you imagine tasting Indian curry in Korean food? The vegetables consist of 90% of fungus instead of the standard veges we got for bibimbap.

At the end, I only manage to eat 5-10% of the rice?

By the way, the restaurant is Swan Lake Korean Stone Pot at Sri Petaling. Some of the feedback I found online:

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NEVER AGAIN -.-

If we're not willing to settle for junk living, we certainly shouldn't settle for junk food.  ~Sally Edwards

Hangover

I was having hangover this morning, after effect of more than 3 pints of Kilkenny. I am not complaining as I didn't have to foot for the bill :p.

Sorry for the abrupt end of this entry, gtg for Evon's birthday dinner. Will continue later :)

Updated:

Just came back from supper Evon's birthday dinner. I can say that the type of friendship we have (Evon, me & Sze Ying) is rare. Every time it takes a while for us to explain to people how do we know each other. We don't meet often but they are the friends that I know I can rely on. 

I can never forget how Evon accompanied me through my heartbroken period. Never failed to be there for me whenever I needed her. She could allocate every Friday night just to spend time with me even though she could have spent it with her bf. Sze Ying who has helped me so much when I told her that I am going to start my own business. The contacts that she have provided, the information that she has shared. 

It's a blessing to have met them, genuine friends are hard to find and I am really glad that I have a few. 

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.