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Concluding my weekend Ipoh trip write-up…I’m sure you must be wondering if I had any tau foo fa from Funny Mountain?

Why, of course!

As soon as we reached Ipoh, hubby drove straight to the stall to buy me one bowl of soya beancurd to savour at home. And savour I did. One silky soft spoonful after another. Ahhh….

When we went back on Sunday evening to ta pau for my parents and friends back in KL, I was disappointed to find that it was all sold out… They told us to call in advance in future to reserve it!

Oh well…till the next time we go back to Ipoh!

Funny Mountain
49 Jalan Theatre
30300 Ipoh, Perak
016-595 0369/012-516 1607

The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost (1874â??1963)

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and Iâ??
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

I wonder…if and when I’m back at the same spot for the third time, will I and can I take the one less traveled by?

Ages ago, my monthly list of must-buy mags used to be just Cleo (been reading this since I was in college!) and Female.

Lately though, I’ve realized that the list has grown. Every month, I *must* have the following:

1. Cleo (I’m getting too old for this, though!)
2. Female
3. Women Weekly (M’sian edition)
4. Hot
5. OK! (M’sian edition)
6. Klue
7. Digital Camera

And if hubby doesn’t buy his usual tech magazines so that I can *steal* from him later, I’ll probably also get:

8. Stuff
9. T3

On and off, I sometimes get a copy of Malaysian Tatler, and after browsing through some copies of Harpers Bazaar, I’m thinking of adding that to my list too. There’s also a new magazine that was launched recently…Style or something or other. It’s buried somewhere beneath my whole pile of mags, too lazy to excavate it to find out the title.

With at least nine magazines every month, I wonder why I still complain that I have nothing to read at home?? *grin*

How bout you? What’s YOUR monthly magazine must-buys? Any other magazines to recommend? Do list it on your blog or in my comment box!

There are some…err…more senior citizens that I’ve come across who seem to think that their age entitles them to do as they please. I’ve seen it happen on and off, and I just observed two such cases today.

We were at McDs for brekkie, and while we were ordering, I saw the old man at the next counter take out a little pouch, empty all the contents - 1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, etc. coins AND some bits and pieces of dirt - onto the tray and stood there watching as the poor cashier had to count the coins to make up the payment for his order. I just kept on staring…I mean, surely he could show some courtesy and count his own change?

Later, I was at Bangsar Village buying nasi lemak from the kuih store near Village Grocer, and this old lady…you won’t believe what she did! First, she surveyed all the kuih displayed, asking how much is this, how much is that. Then, when the cashier was packing my food, that lady took a packet of nasi lemak, opened it up (it’s one of those that are wrapped into a pyramid shape…not easy to wrap back once you open it), SNIFFED IT, haphazardly wrapped it back and walked off.

OMG. I was looking at her with one part amusement, two parts disgust.

I just hope I never become like this when I’m that old.

One of the things I absolutely detest about working smack right in the middle of KL is the frequent road closure. We experienced it really often when we were working in Citi, and again in the past few days when some of the roads we use to get to work were closed for some police day parade practice whatchallitohyesabigwasteoftime thing.

I was absolutely fuming about it yesterday evening when all the roads were totally jammed up near my office. Hubby took one plus hour to reach my office to pick me up, and it took another hour to reach home. It usually takes less than half an hour. The worst thing was that traffic was practically at a standstill with selfish motorists running the red lights and blocking the oncoming traffic. Buses were not moving and were emitting noxious amounts of icky smoke. Everyone had their hands on their car horn, ready to honk anyone and everyone. It was ridiculous!

So…why weren’t there any traffic police to help ease the congestion? If they could wake up early enough to close all the roads thus causing further congestions on other roads as people tried to make their way into KL to work so that we can contribute more to the taxman and not forgetting to the EPF so that they can invest our money in a bank, surely they could’ve spared one hour or so in the evenings to help sort out the mess which we so lovingly call our KL traffic?