Really? 


Thinking ....

Suggestions pep talks will be countless. Well! they jus give you a feel of everything being so damm simple and that you were just a fool for not even thinking abt it, but hey!! lets talk abt LIFE here.

I had a couple of delicious Chinese encounters in the past few weeks. Here's a brief insight.

First Encounter,

I was out for a team lunch with my colleagues (All Chinese except Me). I was a bit uncertain of what I wanted to eat but thought of going with the majority. They all voted for Chinese and I wasn't surprised a bit.

Well, so here we were in a Chinese restaurant that goes by the name Imbi Palace (Malaysia, KL) and ya! as the name goes the restaurant had a very high ceiling, jus like a palace. (I liked the ambience though)

We ordered,
Cha seu. (Honey Grilled Pork)
Shanghai "Xiao Loong Bao"
Steamed Glutinous Rice with Chicken and Mushroom
Steamed B.B.Q Pork Bun
Pan Fried Meat Dumpling
Deep Fried Beancurd Skin roll with Prawn
Deep Fried Yam Paste
Steamed Rice Roll with B.B.Q Pork
Pamelo, Kiwi and strawberry dessert with a base of thick Mango pulp.

I liked them all, especially the ones highlighted in bold were heavenly delicious. I jus loved that feeling of being blessed with the most authenticated Chinese food that I have ever eaten.

 
Second Encounter,

I was out with my colleagues for lunch and once again I was gonna taste some authentic Chinese cuisine. Boy!! I was thrilled, as the (Chinese) food here (Malaysia) has always been way above my expectations.

We booked a table for 3 at Kampaci restaurant located on the 3rd Level of Pavilion Mall, KL

I ordered,
A Grilled Salmon Set Meal.(1 Grilled Salmon, 3 pieces of salmon sashimi, 1 bowl rice, 1 bowl bean curd soup & Fruits with some salad)
Tori Teriyaki Chicken. (As a starter)
Coke.

The grilled salmon jus melted in my mouth and the soup added a very peculiar (not sourly) Bean curd flavor (fragrance) to the rice (I prefer mixing some soup with my rice, only if the soup is not too strong). The sashimi was tender fresh and like always I couldn’t help but eat all of it in a big gulp. I love it that way. I agree, my temptation has always overcome my patience as far as (only) food is concerned.

Tori Teriyaki Chicken had a very unique taste and color in comparison to the ones you get outside. The color was grilled brown in the center and dark chocolate over the edges with a thin layer of teriyaki sauce dripping along the sides. It was quite artistic I must say. To me, it was more like a Cha Seu.

Oh boy!! I enjoyed ever single BITE of it.

An yes, Now I absolutely agree and its no longer a myth for me,
The Chinese food in Malaysia is way better than the one served in Singapore, irrespective of it being in a food court or some pricy restaurant. Believe it!

What an IDLE IDEAL way of making a debut here.

Idle Jobless!! it sucks, ain’t that true. Its one of those days at work where I hardly have any mails in my inbox.

Mails ∝ Work, is the law for me.
(Number of Mails is directly proportional to the amount of Work)

At first it made me smile, then happy, then content. In short I felt blessed. But, very soon it was gonna turn into my biggest boredom. It lasted for 4 days in a row and still counting…

DAY 1
So here I was taking a stroll across the cubicles, visiting my friends at work, which otherwise I might not have done. Suddenly reality struck me hard, I have visited their cubicles for the first time in the past 6 months as the only place to meet them would be the conference rooms. Nevertheless I have to admit, watching them work made me feel blessed in a true sense. The reason being; we all had some hard days at work which longed for a couple of months. Most of us have earned 16 compensation offs last month for we were working over all the weekends. And now here I was, with not much work at all. I pinched myself twice for I thought I was dreaming but to my surprise, I wasn’t.

With a heart full of joy and my face all sparkled I started to work on the mails for the day, which had an unread count of ‘3′. I remembered the days at school when we were given some homework each day. And the day with not much homework would be one of the happiest days of our life. With all enthusiasm I completed the work in 2hrs and again I was ready to savour the moments. The day ended on a high note as I finished replying to all my pending personal mails and giggle around a few forwards which otherwise I would have trashed.

DAY 2
I was feeling a bit lazy after a long lousy day yesterday. I wished if history could repeat itself. I kept my fingers crossed. My heart started to sink while I was logging into my mail acct. Login successful … LOADING please wait … LOADING please wait … LOADING please wait … I closed my eyes, trying to kill the thrill. I was zapped, ‘0′ mails. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Worried!! in a good way I started to check all my mail settings trying see if everything is configured properly. But everything seemed unchanged. I had hold my breath for a while … its more than just a dream come true for any IT professional who generally works for 12-16hrs a day.

I stared to surf, chat, blog, hack … here’s a list of 10 things I did
1. Worlds TOP10 CEOs
2. Google Adsense and Google Adwords.
3. Updated my tech blog.
4. Updated my travel blog.
5. Updated my food blog.
6. Dropped mails to the few forgotten ones.
7. Chat.
8. Blog blog and more blog.
9. Listened to my fav songs.
10. Googled a few topics related to startups.

I left early that day, it was 5pm

DAY 3
Mixed emotions … feeling lethargic … no mood to work at all.
Repeating the same gestures and emotions like yesterday, I started to check my mails. Login successful … LOADING please wait … LOADING please wait … LOADING please wait … I was abt to scream and shout with joy … ‘NO MAILS’.

I surfed, blogged, googled, …. now thinking. It was 12:45pm and I was already feeling soaked. I started to hate this NO WORK crap. I wanted to let others know that I have no work at all but I was feeling too lazy to start anything now. I started to think for a way to keep me busy and occupied. I could hit nothing but “READ”. So I started to read a novel which I bought the other day “A Painted House - John Grisham”. After a while I thought its too odd to read a novel at work. So I started to read some articles online. I read some interesting articles but I was not heartily prepared for it as I was really feeling bored carrying the same lifestyle. I decided to call it off. Feeling sad and confused I left at 3:30pm

DAY 4
I was really feeling concerned. I started to pray for work. I know, its a bit wierd but I was feeling too disturbed to spend a day with nothing to do. Carrying the same concern I started to check my mail … I was a bit relieved to see “1 Unread mail”. But sorrow was not too far … it was just a meeting request. I had a meeting to attend at 5:30pm. What The Hell!! what am I supposed to do until then, I cant even go home early, dammm. I felt cursed. Its a nightmare. I started to freak out. I suddenly started to feel like a social outcast. SUCKS!!

I am still trying hard to sail through the IDLE waters hoping to reach the island of WORK.

I would like to end this post with an anecdote, which is so damm true.
“Everything in Life needs to be balanced. Anything more on either sides of happiness and sorrow is a nightmare.”