Stepping into the Twenties. Big 20th Birthday!

I am gonna get into how I feel about today later. I shall first say what I did! But no, nothing special or extraordinary happened today.

I wanted to begin my day with a cup of Starbucks but I was 15 minutes late to work! So I skipped coffee! (I was also in an urgent need to rush to the washroom when I was on the LRT, ironically) Well on the train I received a couple of very very endearing messages from my friends! Love you all so so much! I was smiling the whole time! As I reached office and began the usual stuff, messages came in once in a while, and they did nothing to stop my widening smile. Luckily there was a cubicle which sort of blocked my colleagues' view. Once again, thank you so much to you who sent me birthday messages! I really really, from the bottom of my heart, appreciate all of your messages!

A very nice colleague treated me to CoolBlog.

CoolBlog, Hong Kong Milk Tea

Something like Chatime la. I had Hong Kong Milk Tea. It's not bad! A tad bit, just tiny bit, too sweet. It's still within my acceptable range though. Really love my colleagues! Oh and my boss treated me to Manhattan Fish Market last Thursday. Won't over forget that I am so lucky to be surrounded by such great people!

My mom prepared an extremely HUGE lunch box for me. Her recipe I suppose. *smug* Spaghetti!

Spaghetti, My Mom's Own Recipe

With eggs, vegetables, hot dog (it's extremely nice!), meat, carrot stripes. Extremely nice! Love my mom's cooking. Love her lovely lunchbox. But, love her more!

And lunchbox is not lame okay? It's filled with lots of love!

Well that's all that I had during working hours. And Adele's "Rumour Has It" was playing itself in my head all the time, with different versions by Katharine McPhee (from Smash) and Mathai (from The Voice Season 2). So tempted to go on Youtube!

After work, I chose to have dinner with my parents. All of my brothers were busy. So it's only my parents and I. We went to Sakae Sushi at Leisure Mall. I realize that this decision sounds slightly lame. The meal was unexpectedly, and pleasantly, surprising! My mother had Chicken Shiogayaki Don, which was basically chicken with sweet sauce and rice. She liked it a lot. My dad too. But I found it quite similar some common Chinese cuisine. My dad had some Salmon. I think it's Salmon Teriyaki. It's really really nice! Love it a lot! My parents too! It's so flavorful! Not too sweet. And the fish was fresh, nicely grilled. Extremely nice! Would recommend it! And I had a set of sushi meant for 3 pax!

After that, we added a salad, Sakae Salad. 

EXTREMELY NICE TOO! It's like Lou Sang. We had to pour the plum dressing on to the dishes and mix them together. I really like this one. This was really surprising! Haha I think I am too easily pleased. Anyway try this if you have the chance!

And everything totaled up to RM70+. At least we really had a good time. And I had a good time ogling checking out stealing glances at an extremely cute infant WHO SMILED AT ME WHEN I SMILED AT HIM! Side note : I really love babies! Oh and I had a good time because the waitress who served us was quite cute. And she was able to explain the dishes to us, AND CONVINCED MY MOM TO CHOOSE THAT CHICKEN DISH, which is, to me, a huge accomplishment! Oh and I asked her whether birthday boys / girls get special treatment in Sakae. Sadly, no! ):

And that's all!

Now about how I feel. I definitely enjoyed my day. I wish to share my happiness with everyone! I know of a friend who is so sad to the extend of tearing. ): I am not sure if you will read this but if you do, DON'T CRY KAY LOL! And I am really really touched to receive calls and messages from all of you. I really am. Every year without fail. Even friends from another country. I was super stunned and surprised and happy to receive your message! Even friends whom I never thought would remember. From friends whom I used to be super close with. From friends whom I had special memories with. Friends who had been with me through thick and thin. Friends who aren't only friends, but family (or daughters) too. All of you, without fail! At the sight of your names on my phone, tonnes of memories came flashing back in my mind. Miss you all. Love you all. You all once, and still do, played an important in my life. And your remembering and messaging me, really means a lot to me. So I want to, for the don't know how many times, sincerely thank you! LOVE YOU ALL!

How Do I Feel Right Now?

Result was out this morning. I was at work. So I did not have the chance to retrieve my result.

But my friends did.

I really hope that most of my friends have great results. I really do.

I am so sad that..a number of my friends are less fortunate. How else can I say it? I don't even know what to say. It hurts my heart so much..to hear from friends who did not get what they wanted.

Whereas for me, I know how I fare. People may say what they think, but I think I give myself a very high aim. And I don't really have a good feeling about it. But I guess I am slowly getting prepared for whatever that is written on that piece of dratted paper.

I guess I just have to engrave these words in my mind. "Life goes on." A friend told me that. The most fearful incident that can occur to someone is if one's life is taken away, is if life no longer goes on for one. When that happens, there will be no returning and there will be no second chances.

So. Life goes on. Remember that.

Breakfast at Levain Boulangerie & Patisserie!

I've been to this place once, with a friend's family. And I've heard so many great things about this bakery shop. Finally it is my turn to pay this stone oven bakery a visit!

No photos though. ):

Reached the famous bakery at around 9 and I saw big and small families rushing into the shop! I panicked for a little while because I know the crowd in Levain could be potentially huge during its peak hours! Anyway, RM2 for the jockey. Just a heads up.

After a walk around the bakery to see how nice the place is decorated, we set a place to sit and my dad, bro and I went to shop for breads! Somehow I thought the variety of breads was lesser this time around. But I was just too happy to see Turkey Ham & Eggs! It's super delicious! The egg matches just nicely with the ham and the bread, leaving a satisfactory taste in my mouth. Yum!

The chocolate log bread looked out of the ordinary. I was so intrigued by its texture, I put a piece of it on my tray without realizing it myself! The chocolate tastes great with the bread. Great texture too. Soft. It could be slightly oily to some people but for me it was just fine.

Mashed potato bun seemed ordinary. But I've read that it is very nice so I definitely wouldn't miss the chance to taste it! My mother thought it was normal but I love how soft and sweet the mashed potatoes tasted in my mouth. There was ham inside too. And the ham mixed perfectly with the mashed potatoes and created an great taste which I really liked.

Durian melon bun was quite normal. A bun with durian fillings inside. Could be a tad bit too sweet to certain people I think.

Walnut bread is very nice! I love how great it tasted and it smelt when I put it in my mouth! If you are a fan of walnut, you will definitely love this one!

Crispy walnut bread was slightly less flavorful as compared to walnut bread. But I love how it is shaped! And it's crispy, giving a different texture kind of bread as compared to walnut bread.

Apricot sunrise was just normal. Apricot tasted slightly sour.

Some cheese croissant (which name I forgot) was decent too. Nothing to shout about. Not too much taste of cheese though it was named something cheese croissant.

Some other famous delicacies in Levain which we did not try are its macaroons! They looked so colorful! It's like a children's world at that counter! I tasted once the last time, I think it was chocolate, and it was too sweet for me. But I bet many people love it!

I would order Spaghetti, aglio olio style, if it was lunch time. I heard that it's very nice. Same goes to its cakes.

Overall, the breads were above the average. I heard that it's comparable to The Loaf. The prices were slightly too high for us so we wouldn't be back anytime soon, I suppose. It's mainly self-service but the service at the counter was slightly not too friendly. It wouldn't hurt a little if the cashiers smiled when they looked at their customers for just that ONE time. But guess it would, for them.

And, Levain should probably hire people who aren't afraid to communicate. Either English or Malay, I don't care, as long as you can respond to me! My dad was asking this lady some questions about their wholewheat bread and she could barely utter two words.

But I would definitely recommend this place to my friends, you, that is, because the bread is really good!

Anger.

I have no idea where I got the inspiration to publish so many posts tonight.

It is amazingly shocking how anger be so frighteningly contagious. I have just watched a video, which I will post here in a while, of two women fighting.

Literally, fighting.

Well, it is more like a girl getting bullied by another one. There might be some stories behind this whole scene. I guessed, the bully's boyfriend dumped her for the bullied.

Or something like that.

I couldn't pay attention to what the bully was screaming and shouting about because I was too stunned at what she doing to the bullied! I was..shuddered! I couldn't believe she could do that to the bullied, and had this recorded by someone, and had no one around them helping the bullied at all!

I don't understand!

If we isolate the whole reasoning behind this incident and focus only ON this fight itself, shouldn't someone at least help the bullied out before she gets hurt? She was slapped, smacked, stepped on, hurled around. Her hair was pulled at like a bad doll getting mistreated by a baby. She was kicked, pushed, punched.

The words that came out from the bully's mouth was still manageable for me (though still vulgar). But what she did, was totally unacceptable for me.

Am I the one who has not seen enough real situations out there? Am I the one who is making a big deal out of something commonly taken place at our society?

If I am, there is clearly something wrong with this society. There is NOTHING common about bully. For whatever fucked up reason, bully is a no! Verbal bully is bad enough, let alone physical bully.

*edit*

Actually when I scrolled up and see what I wrote for my starting line, I realised that I have strayed from my original point.

What I wanted to say was, when people watch this video, people would naturally get SUPER angry at the bully. If someone righteous were to be present at the scene, what would that someone do? Separate both of them apart? Make them calm down? Drive the bullied away from the bully?

For me, while I was watching the video, I felt like I should really give the bully a huge heavy punch to the point of making her faint! I felt like she should be hit with a hammer or something!

But think again. Like I said earlier, anger is so contagious. As I watched the video, I felt so so angry, I felt like channeling my anger into, probably, even worse violence. And it may lead to more and more violence!

It will never end! Like a chain reaction!

Then, (here comes my main point) what should one do so that the anger does not take control of oneself?

I was thinking, if I were at the scene, I would probably act out unreasonably and harshly without thinking it through. I would probably be controlled by my anger and have acted regretfully.

Would there be a chance for me to suppress my anger and not let it control my actions?

I think that is a very good question for everyone.

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Note: This post has been edited at 1645 of 3rd March 2012