Asadi - 3 way highlighter marker

I know, it's just a highlighter. Got kiddo some school shoes and was entitled to go claim this at the redemption counter.

There's a guy and girl working together and he breaks into a smile just as we're about to leave.

Tintamar - leopard print vest bag

Was looking for a new bikini at the swimsuit section , when a very persistent,  inquisitive and um, extremely touchy feely sales promoter caused me to flee in a hurry. 

Took a corner and lo and behold....what on earth is this ?

Is this a one piece push up dedicated to Mama Kardashian ? A wardrobe organiser or a safari corset ? 

Oh.....it's a vest bag

Twizy vs tram outside the Ducati Caffe

By now, you would have already heard that they're introducing the Twizy in Putrajaya. Geared specifically towards tourists, I wonder if they ever anticipated this scenario.

Twizy vs Tram.

Who will win ?

Burger King, Istiklal Av - crack the code to use the toilet

Yes, another item struck off my bucket list. Have finally used The Tünel Underground funicular tram to get to the other end of Istiklal Avenue. Opened in 1875, and in operation for 139 years, I'm a little bit dissapointed that the tram itself is not like the wooden marvel that is Line A found in Buenos Aires.

Still, it was a quick and easy ride, with almost no crowd. Just take the ride down and take more pictures at the nostalgic ticket counter in Karakoy.

Seagulls stalk the fishmonger

Come see for yourself, these two kept peering down into his stall as if they were some mascot or something to that effect

Meanwhile at the local arcade......

We've joked amongst ourselves before, about being barred from food buffets for overeating but when we spotted this sign, all of us started giggling uncontrollably. 

I mean, what on earth did this guy do to get his face plastered on the entrance with a huge 

WARNING 

sign on top of his smiling face ?

And look, it's not even a gambling den, it's just a local arcade. 

Salute. Lol lol lol.

However you are.

Salt & pepper

We asked for salt and pepper but got this instead.....

Sos Black Pepper.

Sigh.

Either the waiter misheard us or the language is in indeed in irreversible decline.

Denial to flattery

It seems that the tweenager son's schoolmates have been searching for me, yes me for gawd's sakes, me, his parent's facebook page account and later when they think they've found me, they call him by that name. 

So the dear gullible son comes home and confronts me 

" Hey, mom.....did you register your facebook name under a Zoey Lin ? " 

I vehemently deny it and then I start searching for an ogre that looks like Shrek's Princess Fiona. 

Man, I think I should be flattered, so far all that I've seen are thin, so sexy and hot. 

Those boys need someone to whoop their candy asses and oh boys.....if you happen to be reading this

" I am NOT Zoey Lin "

Sometimes it doesn't work

From a distance, I was sizing her up. The shop was a new outlet. New, young innocent, fresh staff.

All situations that are just ripe for the killing.

Pushing my quarter filled trolley up to the counter, ( easy does it don't rush ) 

she gave me a nonchalant look from the corner of her eye.

Half distracted, her head tilted upwards towards an entertainment screen in the hallway. Obviously, she sensed that I was up to something.

Damn.....element of surprise lost.

Still I wheeled up and parked myself in front of the counter.

Me : " Miss.....do you have any free gift for whatever it is that I purchased here ?"

She : looks into my trolley and shakes her head " No "

Me : " awwww....what about older promotion premiums, that people didn't claim " 

She : ( why this woman making my life difficult when I'm trying to watch the programme ? ) " No "

Me : "laaaaa.....really nothing at all ? "

She : gives me an exasperated look and fishes this full sized tube out ( see below ) from her desk

Me : grinning painfully I give her a half hearted " Thank you " with a giddy look that looked like confused constipation. Oh ....this one was used to people like me. 

Banners vs Snippers

If this tree could speak , the people that did this to it would probably run helter skelter.

Why ? See for yourself.

Don't know which is worse, the illegal banners hammered into the trunk ...

or the person who snipped them off in this manner.

When I pointed it out to my partner in crime, he laughed so loud I could have nailed something into him too.

Tomorrow we are in mourning , however..

I don't know whose idea it was to go pick The Penang Bridge as one of the nationwide venues for observing a minute of silence . Whoever is in charge of traffic will have to block both exits and entry points . If not please, hope there will not be chaos,cussing, swearing and honking by ignorant and irrate motorists.

A switch of venue to the Penang International Airport would be more appropriate.

Size doesn't matter

Am one of the odd women who are against dieting. Makes me murderously cranky and I totally hate that. So I eat, and I'm lucky ( you heard right ) to have a partner who's a glutton big eater actually.

However, when it comes to clothes...yeah...I have some trouble, I used to have to get pants from H&M in Europe ( it's definitely more exciting shopping overseas ,somehow the store just lost it's magic when they opened up here ) and some backwater shops around Victoria Station. 

Lately I've found a better store that doesn't discriminate against us plus sizes for tops , but that's allllll the way in Istanbul. Trick is I do buy locally but that involves choosing my pieces painstakingly and very carefully, so they make me look many sizes smaller than I actually am. 

It's a gift, lol, and I always have to end up arguing with the salesgirls who insist I'm much smaller.

Coming to this picture, well, at first glance I thought the rider on the outside was a delivery man. Until I realised, omg, that's a Harley too just like the other guy in black.

They're both in Harley togs too. 

My anti dieting policy shaken to the foundation. 

She did it again

It was 11pm and I wanted to buy some eggs just in case I needed a bite of some Maggi Assam Laksa later on. 

In my area, there is one grocer , open till the wee hours of the morning , who stocks wet market fresh eggs. As I'm very particular about the eggs that I cook being super fresh and free of chemical wash ( that means I wanna see the salmonella incubating spots on the shells ), I never purchase them from supermarts, hypermarts and chain convenience stores.

So I tell the lady grocer " 5 eggs please " because sometimes I like to go into a kedekut mode. Kedekut means being a skinflint by the way. It's embedded into my genes and occasionally rears its ugly head . Like in this case for instance.

Anyway , she  is the second lady grocer I have come across in my life , who is so fierce, her husband carefully brought the tray of eggs to her with a fearful look in his eyes. 

The other person, gave her hubby a black eye. 

Singaporean netizens expose Penang nudists

I have to say that due to the conservative nature in this region ( not just Malaysia) , many of us are fascinated by the mere existence of nudist beaches. Up till now, I too am guilty of not being able to digest this oddity like an unperverted adult. All I've heard are second hand stories of what an ugly , horrible sight it is indeed. 

Compensated without asking

When people make mistakes, it's up to us whether we wanna single out their folly and pick a bone with them or not. Even if the mistake they made , makes you feel humiliated to the core like what happened to me earlier this morning.

Whatever am I rambling on about ? 

This morning I received some incredibly good news, which 2 hours later, saw those in charge, scrambling to tell me that they'd made a mistake.  Needless to say, I felt deflated as a trampled balloon. Called them back for an answer ( in a very sadddddd and depresssed  tone ) and was informed that it was a miscommunication between two teams . Still in disbelief, I queried the person on the other end of the line because I mean, how on earth does one make a major mistake such as this ? Tried very hard to cover line that person on the other end. Me, fighting back emotions in order not to cry.

Doggie in the car window

Looking at how beat up this jalopy is, you wouldn't even think that anyone would even wanna steal anything inside ,right ?

Ah, but look closer. Take a good look at the back window. Can you see the guard dog already ?

Best car alarm system in the world. It barks .

Though I saw him snap at his tail, the dog's really clean with a good colour. Don't worry, the owner wound the windows down a little and it wasn't that hot anyway.

The pros and cons of being trilingual in Malaysia

Ever wondered what are the pros and cons about learning 3 languages in Malaysia ? The pro is there are fewer pros at the language and the con is there are more cons. I'm kidding.

Most times , no matter what they say, most of my people ( I am only bambuing my people because I no wanna get raya invite from perkasa supporters ) ,can only manage one. No doubt, they may be able to read and write the other language but when it comes to perception and understanding, now, that's another subject altogether. Pronunciation wise, even mine is not up to par. I know where I stand.

Paddling instructions were in Japanese

How clever of us to just go and line up for this little activity .

Nobody told us that there would be no instructions in English. Yeah, I know, you're in Japan but geez imagine if the rest of the crews life had depended on the two of us getting it right. 

Shake head. 

The white moth pays a visit

Living on Penang island, near the hills, makes it easier for insect and bird watching. Thus while most people have to go to specific parks to see things like stick insects, all I have to do is wait for the next surprise visitor to pop by.

This white moth is one such example. 

Yeah, that's my hand there.

Tokyo man takes his pet pig for a walk in the park

I know, it's so crazy.

I didn't even believe it at first but omg...it really was a pig and he had it on a leash.

See below the two shocked  tourists staring at the unbelievable sight of a pig on a leash right before their eyes.