My time for Change..

Earlier this year, on my birthday may I add, the majority of the country voted for change. 

Demanded really, for reformation.

Of course, I did my part and was late for work. 

As expected, change does not come easy. It's a long and painful process. 

Since my move to Mont Kiara, I've had more time on my hands to think about what I want to do with my life. But to no veil, I still have no idea what I want. At least I've come up with a bucket list. 

It starts off with pretty standard stuff (travel Europe, learn a foreign language, visit every state in Malaysia, earn lots of money etc) and then it comes to my weight... bla.. My ongoing battle with it. 

Early this year my boss was obsessed with sending me pictures of before/after extreme workout/dieting people. It did absolutely nothing to motivate me but made me self conscious.

Looking back now, maybe it did motivate me.

Just this month Standard Charter held its annual run. I was pretty tempted to join. My friends were asking each other if they were joining but nobody asked me. In my mind I thought they were probably just concerned that I would have hindered their “marathon” pace/progression. This at first made me quite upset until recently.

Two and a half week ago I woke up and thought to myself. It’s time to stop being fat.

So far in the last two and a half week I’ve covered 37km and have started counting calories.

Some days I’m crazy happy that I am able to stay within calories count; some days I just want to indulge in a juicy burger with fries and soft drink.

The days when I workout and feel my whole body ache leaves me feeling proud. It makes me feel like I’ve doing it “right”. Since everyone knows, “no pain no gain”.

Most days, I just think I am going crazy. Perhaps this is my mid-life crisis.

I just hope I can keep this up.     

Something new to blog about! Eyewear!

After working for about 4 months, I've noticed that my social life and "leisure" life has greatly diminished. I have nothing to blog about!!!! All that is surrounding me is SPECTACLES, SUNGLASSES, CONTACT LENSES basically... EYEWEAR!
What better to blog about?! LMAO... I'm a genius... haha...

I really couldn't help myself with the latest collection of ANDY WOLF eyewear! They are seriously out of this world(weird in other words).

Anyways, introduction ROSA ROTH in purple. Probably the ultimate cat eye sunglasses I've tried so far!
For a European design it was strangely quite "asian fit". It manage to accommodate my rather flat nose! hehe.. With the lovely purplish, mixed colors it was delightfully Retro and Funky all in one..
Totally LOVING it!!!

This is me.
Like BOSS
#Andywolf

Finally an Optometrist!

So...
After finally graduating as an Optometrist in May, I've landed myself a job at I-Care Bangsar. As an Optometrist (doh!)
Welcome to working life, my friends said (mostly just Susan). After 2 and a half months I find the only thing that is fun about working life is getting your pay!
Nah, it's pretty fun checking little kids and people who are wearing specs for the first time ever!
I am loving the satisfaction achieving 6/6 vision for each and every customer. Well unless they have Glaucoma, Cataract or some other eye diseases.
hehe...

With 2 of my favourite lecturers. 

I-Care Bangsar

Anyways, if you come visit me during work, I promise to give you a special price :) 

OMG! It's been FOREVER!

Wow! It has been so long since a last blogged! over half a year?

Insane!

I remember how I was still moaning about school and shit.. Right now I'm about to take my final practical exams.
1. Clinical Optometry
2. Contact Lens
3. Diagnostic Instruments

Sighs, I wish it was only practicals (yes, I'm still complaining) but unfortunately in the health care they love to make you do "oral exams" (pun totally intended) or Viva Voce. The bla-ness of them being able to ask you anything remotely related to optometry has me sitting on the edge of my chair and sleep on the edge of my bed.

Oh well.

Bothered..

Bothered, that's what I am. Bothered as in worried, disturbed or upset.  


Why exactly? Well I can't really tell you why but i'm pretty sure most people will come to a stage in life when you are just "bothered" by everything. 


I go to a church where my parents are "leaders". Boy, it's no fun. Church problems become my problem. Whether or not I asked for it. (p.s. I'm not even baptized) But then again, baptizism probably means nothing to many people. Oh well.. Life sucks.. Tell me what's new... 


Then there's optometry.. 
Do I want to be an optometrist? The answer is no. 
Is there anything I can do about it? I honestly don't know. 
I used to tell all my working class friends who complain about work to "change it if you're not happy with it". 
I would love to take my own advise. If my parents didn't pay close to a 100k for my education. Or if  I was in a public university. If I haven't spent the last 3.5 years studying and moaning about it. 


And the latest development in optometry school (my school anyways)
It seems like since my school is "new" we need to work under a registered optometrist for a year to get our license. Bla.. there goes my "dream" of joining culinary school after all is said and done. 


Then there's my weight.. that's probably the only thing I can control at the moment. And yes, I am going to take my own advise on this. I don't like my weight and I will change it. 


Steve Job said, "when you find something you love it will all fall in place, we need to have faith that everything will work out" 


I am still searching. 
In the meantime, I will enjoy the little pleasures life brings. Like stripey socks...

botheredpast participle, past tense of both·er (Verb)

Verb:

Take the trouble to do something: "nobody bothered locking the doors"; "didn't bother to ask why". (of a circumstance or event) Worry, disturb, or upset (someone): "secrecy is an issue that bothers journalists".

 

Best Time For Malay Food!

The best time for Malay food in Malaysia, (in my opinion) is during Ramadan! Ironically, Ramadan is the Islamic month of fasting! In the day you'll probably wont find much food, however, as the sun is about to set you'll start to see people setting up stalls with the roads. These food and drink stalls usually start business at about 4pm till the breaking of fast and are known as Ramadan Bazaars. At these bazaars you can find just about all kinds of Malay food! The pricing are reasonable and variety is just endless. It's a great way to try everything in one place!

You'll find roti jala (rice cakes shaped like nets), mutabak (roti with meat filings), kuehs (traditional cakes), agar-agar, nasi kandar, satay (bbq meat) and the list goes on.

Ramadan Bazaars are only around during the Ramadan month!! So hurry and don't miss out. In my opinion this is almost the best time to visit Malaysia, as there will be many traditional shows and sales during this festive season!

Get them before it's gone! Photos from Bangsar Ramadan Bazaar

Kuala Lumpur - What to do?

So, my cousins just came back from the US of A for their once in 3 years visit. Understandably it's a HUGE this for my family. 3 years is a long time in the development of Malaysia timeline. So much can happen in 3 years, new buildings and places of "interest" can sprout out like little mushrooms all over town.

So it's no wonder that I have been scratching my head thinking of where to bring my cousins. The first thing I thought about was the endless variety of food that they have been missing out on having lived so far away from home. The funny thing was after one whole week I still can't think of any PLACES of INTEREST in KL that does not involve food.

Hehe... I thought of wanton mee, chee chong fun, yee mee, fried kuey teo, roti, nasi lemak, ikan bakar and the list goes on.
With the list of food, we set out to eat them all at the more famous places in KL.
My cousins being HUGE fans of WANTON mee we set out to find the best wanton mee stall in KL. Having live and grow up in Bangsar, we were pretty bias about the best wanton mee being in Lucky Garden. Unfortunately for us which time we went they were sold out! We decided that it wouldn't be a trip wasted and decided to try the other "famous" delicacy that was just around the corner. Sarawak Laksa, yummy... just the thought of it stimulates my saliva glands and increases my heartbeat! The laksa was super duper yummy, It came with 3 huge(medium) sized prawns, shred eggs, bean sprout, chicken and the yummy chewy beancurd and it was just peppery enough! Simply heavenly!

The next items on our itinerary for the day was Digital Mall and the Movies. Well Digital Mall for the obvious reasons (DVDs, Flash drives, hardwares). Ps if you are intending to buy original software make sure you go to the official dealers. After Digital Mall which was located at SS14, we went to Tropicana Mall for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Being Wednesday, we only paid RM6.50 (Extra RM0.50 because my bought the tickets through the Iphone app) per ticket which my cousins found CRAZY cheap as it was only about 2USD. They loved the theater so much that they want to schedule a movie marathon for next week.

After the movie, we did some shopping at Tropicana City Mall itself and followed by dinner at Grandma's. Half an hour later, my cousin(local one) decided that we should head over to SS2 for KTZ. They serve the best traditional desserts in town. From the famous icy MAT TOH LOH to the savoury delicacies such as loh mai kai and siew mie (dimsum). We had all the "Loh" and then the savoury seaweed roll and fried tofu. It was AWESOME! as if that was not enough, my uncle suggested we go for grilled sting ray and the works.

Just across the road was the famous "wai xie kai" (translate into the greedy street, pretty funky if you ask me). There we had the grilled sting ray, otak-otak, fried oysters and the chee chong fun. It was all good.

After a day of endless eating we decided to call it a night and continue the next day. After all, there's still the Lucky Garden Wanton Noodles to crave after.

YES it was that GOOD! Still is.

Fried Oyster and Otak-otak

Red Bean Loh