Celcom’s Mother’s Day SMS message
So, I received a SMS on Mother’s Day from Celcom:
Uhm, thanks but I:
a) ticked the ’single’ box when I signed up for my Celcom account; and
b) did not say I agree to be spammed by Najib Razak or anyone via Celcom.
Wonder if this is even legal…
Moving forward in life with INGeasi
Do you wonder what you’d be like in years to come?
I mean, a lot of us live in the current. I’m guilty of that for many years, but so are most people in their 20s. I had a fabulous time while in my 20s though. Now that I’m in my (very, very, very, very early) 30s, I know I’ve to have some sort of planning in life. It’s the grown-up thing to do; after all if you’re not going to be responsible for yourself, no one else will.
That doesn’t mean you’re devoid of absolute fun! Check out my Facebook profile page in the year 2022!
Oh and this is me in the year 2032:
Heheh, big dreams, right? Actually they were generated from ING Insurance’s Facebook app, Meet Your Future Self. You can use it and see what your future self could be up to in 5, 10 or even 20 years’ time. All you need to do is just pick the things you want to do or achieve by then and the app will visualize these achievements for you. Something to think about and look forward to! Not to mention it serves as a motivation towards achieving them.
Recently, ING Insurance, having studied and researched the needs and wants of its customers, came up with a brand new package for its investment-linked insurance plan. Basically, that means your monthly premium goes into your basic medical and life plan and what-not, and the extra goes into investments made by ING Insurance for you. That’s like, reaping the rewards without having to do anything at all!
Then when the time is ripe, you can use all that money to do whatever you want lah. Maybe travel around the world, or build a life size Barney made of dyed hemp. I don’t know, everyone wants different things, how I know about you lah! 
Depending on your stage in life INGeasi For You has the most apt plans for your requirements. ‘Cos someone in their 20s would earn and spend different from someone in their 30s or 40s and so on. Unless you’re a self-made millionaire by 20 years old, then I’ve nothing to say lah…
Well if you’re not a millionaire at 20 (okay or 20 something), check out the ING Discover package. It’s best for those who just started out in the workforce and covers the basics of medical and healthcare at affordable monthly rates.
For those in their late 20s and early 30s, you’re best suited for the ACHIEVE package where you can increase your protection coverage and the extra money goes to accelerating your goals and ambitions in life.
Hello beach house by the sea where I can wake up to this every morning:
If you’ve commitments in terms of family, then the BUILD package is made for you. Its coverage includes medical protection, savings for retirement and for your kids’ education needs. Then, if something really bad happened (but touch wood, yeah?) where you’re unable to provide for your family, rest assured that they’d be provisioned with a yearly income benefit.
Personally I’m a HUGE advocate of insurance and I’ll tell you why:
Yeap, my minor surgery a few years back, you can read all about it here: *click*
It came up to nearly RM3K, not including follow-up visits to clean the wound so it doesn’t get an infection and I die (or at the very least, suffer horribly). I think the total cost was about RM5K. Generally, a 25 year old where got this kind of money to spend on an emergency? Unless your family’s super loaded or you menabung sejak kecil la.
Luckily got insurance. That was when I fully, truly understand and appreciate owning an active insurance policy. The little money that goes out every month to service it is worth everything. To think that I was so against the idea in the first place because the extra money could have gone to more fun stuff, like shoes or handbags.
Since then I’ve been spreading the word on the benefits of having an insurance policy. Even though I’ve a medical insurance issued by the company that I work for, I believe it’s important to have your own. Then insurance is one of those things that are a lot better when you get them when you were younger, like good habits.
I don’t know lah, my advice is often not heeded because a lot of people do not understand how awesome having a personal insurance is. I share with them how little I pay every month and how much I can possibly get back at the end of my tenure, but still they don’t get it. And I’m not even trying to sell them insurance policies, k!! It’s just a bad rep that they have which I think is highly unwarranted in this day and age.
By the way, huge shout out to my sisters for forcing the medical insurance on me at a young age. What did they do? Basically they helped me to get started with it, paying for my premiums every month until I was able to take over myself.
SO AWESOME RIGHT??? DON’T YOU WISH YOU HAD SISTERS LIKE MINE??? 
<3
If you don't... well good for you 'cos maybe you're able to make things happen for yourself. Nah, see this video:
Get more info at ING Insurance’s website or simply get connected at the ING Facebook page. There is also a fun augmented reality app on their Facebook page where you could be pictured in photos of ‘future you’!
Go forth and live, make your dreams happen! 
* This is an advertorial and I truly believe in personal insurance. I applaud you if you have one, and if you don’t then I recommend that you get one. Need help or info? Just ask, I’m happy to help! No personal profit
Fried porridge and crab mihun @ Restoran Bubur Goreng, Klang
Fried porridge? Seriously, what is the world coming to? Doesn’t it worry you that reinvention of food has reached saturation when someone in the R&D of the Klang DaiChou Association stood up during its AGM and said, “Ok look here, why don’t we just FRY some porridge and sell it in a restaurant that shall be named… Restoran Bubur Goreng…?”
The floor was quiet for a few seconds though it seemed like an eternity. Finally a voice at the back said, “Dude, whatever you’re smoking, I want some too.”
Of course I made that up. No, I don’t know how they came up with the idea of frying porridge.
Restoran Bubur Goreng (translated: Fried Porridge Restaurant) is located in Taman Berkeley in Klang. It takes up a corner lot at a row nearby the Harvest Christian Assembly building. Parking is anywhere that you can slot your vehicle in, cowboy-style. But don’t go and scratch other people’s cars lah, accidentally or otherwise. You really don’t want to be offending anyone in Klang, just saying.
We were a group of 5, my colleagues did the ordering.
Fried Porridge (RM12): Cooked with yam, tofu, dried cuttlefish, dried shrimps and topped with deep-fried pork lard. I mean, if you’re going to take a traditionally healthy dish and turn it into something that would bring you one step closer to the grave, then might as well go all the way, right?
Well, I liked it. A lot. It’s flavourful, satisfying and very fragrant with a strong seafood smell. Might not be everyone’s cup of tea (or bowl of porridge, har har) but I daresay you’ll have to try it before you judge it. The green chilli gives a good kick to the fried porridge but becareful, too much may give you a sore throat.
We also had siong thong lala (RM18), steamed clams with minced garlic, ginger and chilli in a subtle Chinese rice wine soup. The clams were fresh though I thought the soup could do with a bit more of everything; it was too tame for me.
Fresh mantis prawns (RM34) that only come in a mininum order of 10 prawns. You could have it cooked any style you like. Ours was fried with salted egg, it was rather delicious and the flesh was very sweet. The table next to us had it steamed and another table had it cooked with marmite.
Crab mihun (RM60) is a must-order. The two are fried together which means that the mihun absorbs the crabs’ essence; fanfriggintastic! The crabs were very fresh too. It was the last dish to arrive, the mihun goes well with the green chilli.
Enough talk. You need to go and try this… pleasant abnormality. So what they stir-fried porridge? Stranger things have happened and possibly to great outcomes too. Like this one.
Restoran Bubur Goreng (non-halal)
32 & 34 Lorong Lang, Taman Berkeley,
41150 Klang, Selangor.
Tel: +6016-686.8579
Opening hours: 5.30pm till late.
GPS: N03 03.404 E101 27.832
Gerard Bertrand wines @ Le Meridien KL, 9th Boh Cameronian Arts Awards and ramblings before, in between and after
Is this turning into a food blog? *gasps* IS IT?? Oh dear, I must do something about it, mustn’t I? I don’t know why seeing as there’s nothing wrong with having a food blog, but imaginary life experts say that there must be other things going on besides food! Being imaginary, they must be right.
Actually I’m in ‘Criminal Minds’ mode right now, which means I’ve been watching a lot of ‘Criminal Minds’. The problem with watching the episodes consecutively means, a lot of airtime to highlight crazy nutters in succession. At one point I had to hit the pause button and go do something normal and not so dark, like flip through ‘Lat the Kampung Boy’. Really, it helped and then I was able to resume watching the work of psychos.
Eh I marked this post in the Parties/ Events/ Fun category? Are we having fun yet? Maybe the nutter effect is rubbing off me. Don’t worry too much; I don’t really talk to myself, only type to myself. I could write down an entire conversation with myself here but I doubt it’d be fun for anyone but me.
Maybe I need a new hobby. Or a fish. ‘Cos I’m no good with pets and fish are low maintenance. Actually that’s not true, now I remember I had fish as a kid and they all went belly up. Then I got a new batch to replace the dead ones, and they too died. Met their Maker. Went swimming in the great blue above. I don’t remember why, probably something to do with the water in the fish tank.
Anyway fishes are weird. Don’t trust them, okay? Anything that sleeps with their eyes open were creatures from another universe, their DNA seeds brought in to our world to encourage oddity. That line of reasoning should also be able to explain why pine nuts taste exceptionally great in salads.
This is the part where I’m trying to focus on the point of this blog post. Really.. trying… hard… to… suppress… a… monologue… on… jelly…
Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur recently had a private showcase of Gerard Bertrand wines that they carry in their few restaurants. The wine’s from the south of France and the namesake was a former captain of the French rugby team. We tried mostly the ‘Reserve Speciale’ range, very easy to drink. I enjoyed the Cab Sav and Sav Blanc the most. The delectable food served by Le Meridien’s team to go with the wine of course made it too easy to enjoy. I’ve used the word ‘enjoy’ in two consecutive sentences. Do not follow down my shoddy Engrand footsteps OR get adequate sleep before attempting to talk about wine.
Nah, photos.
Then on another recent occasion, I went to the Kakiseni’s 9th BOH Cameronion Arts Awards 2012 at One World Hotel. For those who do not know what it’s about, it’s to celebrate our local arts scene – the stage performers, dancers, musicians, etc. BOH Cameronion is the main sponsor, hence the name. Yes, BOH the tea. We had plenty of tea served at the awards.
The theme was Glam 20s, or something like that. I was all excited as I (thought I) had a dress for it. Turns out the 20s was about knee-length dresses, lace, nettings, pearls, feathers… Who would have known!!! Ok ok a lot of people but me. If you haven’t already noticed, I’m not exactly a fashion icon snort cough snigger.
So my sister helped with the make up ( <3 ) and I thought I looked all right except for the fat jutting out part, hah! What? I'm sure the 20s also got fat people ok, you just weren't alive to see them*.
With Cheeky Ciki, Missyblurkit and Masako
I had a good time with Sheelah as the emcee, the hilarious Minister of Misinformation YB on stage and a co-performance by the spectacular Junji Delfino being the highlights of the evening.
With the dashing Huai Bin
Okay enough with the blogging. Looking at the time now, I can slot in one episode of ‘Criminal Minds’ before I have to sleep. Night!!
By the way, JELLIES ARE GREAT AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE MILO ONES THAT MY MOM MAKES KTHXBAI!!!
*I was going to go on with a joke about being squashed to death then I thought it’d be an overkill. But it has to be noted that I thought of it!! So here it is.
Big meaty crabs and friends at FattyCrabs.com
Did you know that you could have delicious, succulent crabs cooked and delivered to your home?
If you live in selected lucky areas in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, that is. FattyCrabs.com is Klang Valley’s only crab delivery service that sees hot piping crab dishes sent to your doorstep. Perfect if you want to indulge in a delightful crustacean feast but don’t want to go out or be seen eating crabs in public. After all it can be a very messy affair!
You can also choose to dine at FattyCrabs.com located in Seputeh (at the row of shops behind a bus stop before Midvalley) where we were invited for a food tasting.
At FattyCrabs.com, they bring in Indonesian orange claw crabs (which only lives in the sea) daily. These crabs are about 650grams each, meaty and massive! Currently they have about 30 types of preparation for the crabs, they also have interesting names for their dishes. Among them:
Waterfall crab: cooked in hearty broth and glass noodles. Mickey Mouse crab: delicious creamy cheesy crabs, perfect with deep-fried buns. Golden ginger crabs: clean, refreshing light ginger taste to fresh crabs. Sea-salt baked dong gwai crabs: just as the name suggests, my favourite dish for the evening! The lovely aroma of the dong gwai though subtle, envelopes the natural sweet flesh. What a joy to eat!
FattyCrabs.com also serves a host of other delicious dishes to go with your crabs.
Yin Yang broccoli: instead of the usual kailan, they use broccoli to great effect. Now I much prefer this style with broccoli than kailan. Jealous black chicken: stir-fried chicken with bittergourd and black beans. Elephant prawns: cooked in a familiar Chinese-style soup, best served with a lil’ vinegar. The size of this dish depends on the availability of the jumbo prawns that they’re able to get their hands on. Fong Bobo fish: Fresh, cooked right, delicious. Forgot what type of fish this is (I’m never good with species) but you should try it.
Kedongdong juice, starter of fried anchovies, free-flow mantou, missyblurkit with her favourite baked dong gwai crabs.
Got crab craving? Be sure to call for reservations if you want to dine at their restaurant in Seputeh by calling: +603-2273.3100 or reserve on-line via their website. Location map and directions here: *click*
Or you can order your crabs on-line and have it delivered to your home! Check out their website and menu here: *click* and the number to call is: 1-300-222-100 (toll free).