Category: Lifestyle Activities

This evening, I had decided not to do any work and decided to go visit the new Scott Garden on Old Klang Road. I drove there, parked my car, and went in. After roaming around for just under an hour, I decided to go home.

As I was walking to my car, I noticed that the lights were on. Damn! I quickly got in and lo-and-behold, the engine refused to start. Darn and double darn.

So, after a few minutes, I spotted two decent looking young men and approached them to help me push-start my car. They were nice enough to help. Unfortunately, that did not do the job.

So, they suggested that I go into TESCO to buy a pair of jump-start cables. I got a pair and we tried to jump-start the car with their car. Unfortunately, that didn’t work either.

So, they called up their friend who is a mechanic. He was on his way home with his family and dropped by to help. He unplugged the batteries from the other car, stuck them on my terminals and my car started.

Wow, I had troubled two young men and a family of five!

There are still a lot of good people in this country.

PS: Hyundai’s 24/7 hotline sucks. I was kept on hold at the head of the queue for several minutes. Nobody bothered to pick up.

Oh wow. Just for his diatribe, I’ll go watch Nasi Lemak 2.0 when I get the chance too. I’m guilty of not watching it yet due to a combination of lack of time and lack of interest in Namewee. But I’ll go watch it just out of spite for a trashy paper.

Today, I’m checking off my second resolution of 2011. I’ve taken the first steps towards getting my professional registration as a Chartered Engineer. I’d wanted to get the ball rolling in May but had to put it off for a while due to time constraints.

Last month, I decided to sit down and get it done. It took me a whole week to fill up the forms but I finally completed them before Raya holidays. I mailed in the forms on Monday and today, I’ve received confirmation that the forms were received and the process has kicked in.

After this, I will need to pass my professional interview before I can be registered as a Chartered Engineer. The whole process will typically take a few months but I’ve tried to speed things up by submitting the supporter inquiry forms along with my main application.

Once I pass my professional interview, I’ll get another four letters to stick in my post-nominals – C.Eng!

Looking forward to that day. 🙂

I attended my ex-roommate’s wedding today. I flew into KK first thing this morning and took a cab to the church the moment I landed at the airport. It was great to see him again after all these years and he still looks and acts the same.

When the bride was walking down the isle, I recalled something from the film – 27 dresses – and took a peek at my ex-roomie and caught him taking a deep breath and looking like a bumbling fool. I gave him a thumbs-up and he gave me a two thumbs-up in return. That was all that needed to be said I guess.

I’ve never met the bride before this. As his ex-roomie, I was privy to his prior crash-and-burns and I think that in this case, he was right in waiting for the right one to come along. From what I heard, they met during teacher training and he was instantly smitten when she knew what Evanrue was.

So, from what I gathered about her, she is the perfect Arcee to his Rodimus.

(the wedding cake had those on it instead)

As usual, I wish them a “white head till old” and “early born expensive son” and in their case, I actually think that they have a fighting chance to make it to the end.

A lovely and cute couple.

Aramaiti!

PS: Man, the bride sure has lots of cute Kadazan cousins and friends.