Kasih (tak) Berubah

I wanted to eat bagels. Made plans with my friend to try this one bagel shop called The Bagel Shop at Plaza Damas (or Sri Hartamas Plaza). The place was not bad. Not too big and not too loud. A little bit obscure from the public eye, but not too hidden. They serve decent bagels and generous with their sour cream.

I strongly recommend that place. The price is reasonable and there's no 6% tax.

After that late lunch, we went window shopping and book browsing.

The things that made my day was the bagel, book browsing and spotting the Tun's daughter. But the one thing that made my day MOST was seeing cinta hatiku, Ferhad....  <3

Oh dear... setelah sekian lama, baru kini dapat ku bersua dengan mu... <3

I think he looked better with dark hair (Ross made this as a joke to me)

I was so starstruck, I couldn't think much except for "ohhh ferhad di depan ku!"... "ohhh minat gilaaa dengan Ferhad..."  and texted my roomate about my new found joy.

Please forgive my for sounding so juvenile. lol. But I honestly felt like I was 18 again when fell head over heels listening to Kasih Berubah over and over (and over) again everyday on my walkman.

This is the song that I will never get tired of listening.

You are what you eat

Semalam cerita pasal kek pelangi dan diselitkan sedikit kek lapis Sarawak.
I'm a cake person, give me cake anytime I'll eat it. Bring it to me bro.. But today, I never thought I would say this :- I had enough cakes already, thanks.

I also mentioned about a slight weight increase. So I did some laps (maybe 5 or 6) today in the pool. Controlled my lunch and dinner. I am practically starving right now (no food past 11pm)... I never been the one who will go on a diet. I am that girl who ate as much as the boys. I am that girl who ate the whole chicken if nobody stopped her from doing so. Either age has caught up or I'm not moving as much as I used to. Blame it on the knee injury.

Let's limit our food intake, ye lah.. Makan banyak macam org buat kerja kat bendang buat apa pun kan? We don't actually need that much really. Obesity, diabetes, cholesterol clogged arteries and high blood pressure are the diseases of those surrenders to gluttony (penyakit orang kaya?).


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Selamat Hari Open House

It's a 3 days weekend, which means throngs of open house invitations. I try to fulfill all the invitations (giving priority to families first then friends) because this is the opportunity to get to meet far, far away relatives and friends.

Bak kata orang (bukan sedara saya), "kena kenal lah saudara mara. Kalau tak kenal silap-silap bergaduh tepi jalan ke, tak tahu pun itu sedara sendiri." [yeah, like I go out on the streets picking fights, lol!].

I took only one picture.

A Rainbow cake.

There's a story behind this rainbow cake - I have not tasted one before despite the hype of the cake all over the social networking scenes. Tried looking for one in Penang pre-Raya days, but did not manage to find anyone who's able to bake one in short notice. So we substituted Kek Lapis Sarawak for the Rainbow Cake. Told myself, "OK, my next goal is to get a rainbow cake".

Fast forward to last weekend, I was surprised to see one of the host has a Rainbow Cake on the menu! Pucuk dicita, ulam mendatang =)
(I think when it comes to food, I'm using the power of 'The Secret' excellently.)

Did you know Rainbow cakes are made from unicorns... urmm...  droppings? That's why they're colourful.

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I just stepped down from the weighing scale with an "o.m.g... did I really gained THAT much???"

I already have a slight inkling of some 'accumulation' of body mass when putting on my jeans and with that, it's appropriate to say 'You have to go with your GUT feeling'.

I need to do something about this issue before it grows 'bigger'.

OM NOM NOM NOM.! (or just simply 'Gastro-tales')

When I was in Copenhagen, my meals were paid for by the company.  So eating was not a problem. Halal food was quite easy to find and if there is none, seafood are a plenty and I can eat at any fancy restaurants I wanted because (again) it's all paid for. So my colleague and I went on an eating spree in town everyday after work.

One thing that we notice is that the food portion here is twice the size of Malaysian portion. As we all like to say it - 'Portion Mat Saleh'. (Tapi diorang pun tak habis makan gak aku tengok.) Most of the time we could not finish the food on our plates and in the end felt guilty about leaving leftovers behind. So we tried our very best to try to finish  up our plates before we up and leave.

A Scandanavian meal consists of a few types of fishes and bread

One time, while I was finishing my meal, my friend-colleague commented, "Dyanna, you surely can eat a lot! You are not like other girls that I know who eats very little." And at that point I don't know what to say. I know what he said was true because I realised that in many occasions I had finished food on the plate more times than he did. I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or a criticism?

I guess there is a reason for it.

Eating is a favorite past-time for Malaysians. Those who are blessed with good health are fortunate enough to indulge in all their likings, but we must be wise and not to over indulge too much that it may bring harm in the near future.

This is one of my many weakness. When I like something, I'd binge on it if I have the chance. Desserts especially.

Mmm-mmm... nomnomnom

When I was growing up, I remember the excitement of balik kampung because my mom, aunts and my grandma will go all out making feasts for the big family gathering- ayam percik, mee rojak, nasi dagang, nasi kerabu, laksam, etc. They were and still are the best food in the world. Eating was fun when there's a lot of cousins and family around. Comments like, "Bagus, makan banyak2." (Good, eat more.), is normally heard because I was a scrawny kid back then. Some even suggested me to take multivitamins from my doctor cousin to put some meat into these bones of mine, but I didn't. and was fortunate because the others who took those vits now have excess meat on their bones..

Om nom nom!

Boarding school and college didn't curbed my appetite. Now I get to know more food that's totally different from my native palate, those that came from South, West, Mid West of Malaysia. The hunger pang that comes during night study sessions open doors for late night suppers. Now I'm eating 6 times a day! Having a competition with mates on who could eat more was a fun filling (pun intended) activity.

Nom! Nom! NOM!

Going to university, changed my normal feeding schedule 180 degrees. I had to cook for myself. Having no past experience as how to even cook rice was not helping at all. Eating out was not an option because nothing was cheap except for raw chicken. So I was forced to cook and feed myself. But by the time I graduate, I'm proud to say I can whip almost anything on the kitchen stove (as long as there is recipes on the Internet). So ladies or mums who are worried sick because you or your daughter can't cook, just try sending yourself or your daughter to a place where she is forced to cook, then she'll come back with the confidence of Jamie Oliver. Believe me, everybody can cook.

Om om nom nom

So back to Uni time. I'd have a light breakfast or none at all. Then have a sandwich or fruits for lunch. Heavy food comes later during dinner. I'll have a chocolate bar or crisps in between meals if I'm hungry.

But when there's a makan-makan session like Hari Raya, Jamuan bersama Menteri, etc (This is something that every hungry undergrad students looks forward to), where postgrad families have cook-off (figuratively speaking), I'd definitely start filling up until it hurts to walk.

nom..nom..nom

When I started working I'm back on a normal eating schedule thanks to the good people of Mot that sponsored most of our meals, free breakfast, free rice and cheap lunch in the cafeteria (can you believe a hot place costs only RM2.80??! At Jusco it's RM4.80!!), free tea break and sometimes (5-6 times a year) you'll be treated lunch or dinner at hotels or fancy restaurants as a token of appreciation. And this is where the kiasu part comes in...

We've been pushed to the extremes at work, working over time and all, so this is the best opportunity for pay back time! You have to eat as much as you can to squeeze out all that 'appreciation' from the ones who are paying for your food (i.e boss/company). If you don't eat or eat little you'll lose and the company wins. And also eating with guys will make you eat more competitively. The point is, you'll eat until your stomach hurts.

OM NOM NOM NOM!!!111!!

So that was my full length explanation about my gastro-adventures and the expandability of it's capacity. After all this talk about food, I think I should start exercising.

A compliment or criticism? Meh.