Ice, just ice

This was how I spent my birthday this year.

02:30 hours: after 2 hours of lying down with eyes closed (note: not sleep), was up again. Finished the pack up, loaded the final luggages into the car, got the two sleeping kings into the car, and off to the airport. Breakfast: slice of bread, can of Red Bull.

07:15 hours: 06:30 hours flight finally took off, not too shabby considering the delay was not an hour yet. It's Air Asia we are talking about after all, flight delay comes as default. Bye bye Perth, bye bye Australia.

12:30 hours: hello Kuala Lumpur, hello super slow check-in luggage offload.

13:00 hours: wifey, two kings and mother-in-law off with friend who came to pick up. Brother-in-law and I jumped onto the waiting coach to 1 Utama. Zombie-like by then with a strong urge to sleep in my own bed tonight. Lunch: McChicken burger, fries and drink with wifey, in the other car... =\

14:30 hours: reached inlaws'. Surprisingly mentally sharp for long drive, so set in motion for the KL-PG home going. Verified North-South highway not closed due to flooding, it was only closed at Jitra and north.

15:50 hours: sorted everything and left inlaws'.

20:30 hours: home sweet home! Three trips to move all the stuff from car to house while wife busied getting the kings to sleep, they already taken packed dinner while on the road. Nope, poor driver got nothing. =(

21:00 hours: family and stuff settled sufficiently to think about my dinner. Didn't feel like cooking and felt like being served so hello Subaidah! 24/7 mamak except Friday lunch time. Birthday dinner: Maggie Goreng + Limau Ais. Added an ice blended mango on the whim. Maggie Goreng tasted great, maybe I was just too hungry. Eating alone ain't fun though.

After that, felt so veli the tired. Couldn't remember what time I hit the bed.

Eh? What has all these to do with the title?

Well you see, while I was having dinner, a couple arrived at the other table and made their order...

Guy: ais Kacang satu.

Lady: satu lagi, tanpa kacang.

I sat near to the drinks counter and overheard the guy serving the drinks mumbled:

ais kacang tak mau kacang pula...

^_^




Sorry to those who do not know the Malay language. I suggest you just give this one a miss instead of trying to learn a language that has next to zero use outside Malaysia and Indonesia. Okay okay, let's be generous and include the kiasu-land as well, since so many Malaysians embrace the kiasuism and work/reside there. =P