Esok Deepavali

Panglima's log Wed 10 Nov 2004 1630 hrs

so tomorrow's deepavali. another public holiday in the multi-racial malaysia. no other contries in the world observes such diversity to this extend. including those countries that yells of equal rights, equal opportunities, equal sugar bla bla bla...

let me pick off where i left off last week. haa.... saturday went back to perak. iftar there and stayed overnight. got gulai tempoyak you.... sedap. and then sahur thought of just having suji porridge. but the fish in the gulai tempoyak was beckoning. i did not have the heart to jilt her. so, i ate her. ahahaha... buntal perut aku.

and then sunday back to kl. iftar at my brother's place. hmmm... ayam panggang sekor. and petai. serawa durian. and im very sure there were other lauks but cannot remember la. the petai was good enough for me.

monday back to work. went for a meeting at mindef by taxi. on the way out, it rained. and no taxi. had to walk all the way to datuk keramat lrt station. boy.. sure built my appetite for iftar.

tuesday i was on leave. picked-up my kid's report card from his pre-school. overall its okay, especially for an active boy! ahahaha... that's my boy!

so this morning was my quarterly appointment at hukm. first in the morning brought the younger one to clinic for flu. after that dropped the missus at lrt before proceeding to hukm. got there at 9 am. registered. waited. waited to see the doctor. waited. met a school mate that just went for surgery. got part of his tongue cut out due to cancer a few weeks ago. he is talking funny now. waited some more. and finally saw the doctor at 12:30 pm. the room was cold so i was freezing my butt out. my sore butt from seating too long.

oh well.. c'est la vie. a happy deepavali to my hindu friends.

and to all muslims, selamat hari raya aidil fitri minal walfaizin. maaf zahir batin.

to those that's going to be on the road, do be cautios as well as courteous. there are plenty of idiots on the road. take care...

Iftar Seri Melayu @Conlay

Panglima's log Thu 4 Nov 1720 hrs

salams everyone! yesterday had iftar (buka puasa) at restoran seri melayu di jalan conlay. of course orang belanja, as usual. the food was good. unfortunately the huge crowd turned me off.. as well as my appetite. some people do not mind the crowd. however i personally prefer a quiter place. so, between seri melayu and santini... i prefer santini.

our table was wayyyy at the back in the glass room. since my back was to the stage, did not see who's singing or what. one thing i can really appreciate is the surau. it is spacious and proper.

the office is freezing again. yesterday i taped shut the air-conditioning vent. today there is a breach and some artic air is leaking out. i am guessing the air pressure increased since yesterday. it is like being in the tundra although i have no idea how cold the tundra can be but i think you get the message.

anyway today's iftar will be at home.

# my attempt at french
La notation Thu de Panglima 4 nov. 1720 heures

salams chacun! hier a eu iftar (puasa de buka) à conlay jalan de Di de melayu de seri de restoran. naturellement le belanja d'orang, comme d'habitude la nourriture était bon malheureusement la foule énorme m'a arrêté. aussi bien que mon appétit que certains ne s'occupent pas de la foule cependant je préfère personnellement un endroit de quiter. ainsi, entre le melayu de seri et le santini... je préfère le santini.

notre table était manière au fond dans la salle de verre puisque mon dos était à l'étape, n'a pas vu qui chante ou ce qui une chose que je puis vraiment apprécier est le surau. c'est spacieux et approprié.

le bureau me gèle encore hier a attaché du ruban adhésif a fermé le passage de climatisation il y a aujourd'hui une infraction et de l'air artic me fuit dehors devine la pression atmosphérique accrue depuis hier. il est comme être dans la toundra bien que je n'aie aucune idée comment le froid la toundra peut être mais je pense que vous recevez le message.

quoi qu'il en soit iftar d'aujourd'hui sera à la maison.

I am FREEZING....... brain frozen solid.

Panglima's log Tue 2 Nov 1305 hrs

tis freezing cold. by end of day i'm sure i'll have icicles dropping from the tip of my nose. it's not like we can adjust the central air conditioning here at dayabumi.

nothing new today. the boss is still not well. on mc still. me.. i think i've recovered from whatever bug i've been suffering from the past two days. think twas stomach flu. oh heck.. just a few more hours to go before end of day.

dont know what to write coz my brain is frozen solid.

It's Monday... d'uh...

Panglima's log Monday 1 Nov 2004 1555 hrs

monday morning blues... so what's new.

yesterday had bbs rindu gathering potluck buka puasa at home. eleven people showed up, plus 3 kids. food was for 20 ppl but all gone. menu was white rice, fried mee hoon, white bread, sup tulang, ulam, ikan talang masin, sambal belacan, rendang ayam, ayam goreng, ayam panggang, sayur campur, fruit cocktail, cordial orange, jelly and whatever else that i can no longer recall after a night of eating and eating. and to top it off... we enjoyed a round of shisha.

next gathering.. will probably be in kajang!