Thank you Frankie, for KFC...

A former colleague, Frankie, dropped by at the office during lunch today. Knowing that I am usually in during those hour, he had brought along a pack of KFC Hot and Spicy Xtra for me and my EA. Between the two of us, we shared the chicken (there was two pieces in the pack) whipped potato and the coleslaw.

Kind-hearted that we are ;-), we gave Frankie the (one and only) toasted bun.





Personally, the xtra spice tastes more like xtra cili padi to me. But after a while, the xtra spiciness wore out and it tastes like the normal spicy version. Or maybe my tongue got used to the spiciness.



We also had the fries that goes with the whole serving. As usual, fries from KFC lack the 'ummmm' that fries from McD have. It was stringy and limp and cold as well as no ketchup/chilli packs to go with it.




Ehhh Frankie...where is our cola?


And next time, don't forget our chicken nuggets and cheesy wedges....



Thanks for lunch!

p/s
Frankie finished all the limp and cold fries though, so he didn't leave hungry.

Words that Sees Me Through the Day

1/. “…when it comes to thinking and writing, you are the best there is….” – the GM

2/. “…put on headphones…” – the GM (read: ignore those rumor mongering)

3/. “… (only you have ) the ability to put the organisation’s creative wants onto paper.” – the GM

4/. What goes around comes around.

5/. Things happen for a reason.

6/. © My baby is cuter than yours!

My Calendar for October 2006

Here's what my Organiser looks like for the month of October, and this is just the official stuff:

3rd: Fundraising Briefing at 9.30am; Pick Emma from School

4th: Briefing on ASLi by ASK Centre at 9.00am

6th: Comm. for Development Workshop 8.00am to 5.00pm

10th: Summarisation and Sharing on SD/ESD at 10.00am; Pick Emma from School

11th: ASFa Meeting at 2.30pm

14th: SACS AGM at 2.30pm

17th: Ash's birthday!; Pick Emma from School; Majlis Berbuka Puasa with PERYATIM organised by ASFa at 5.30pm

21st: Happy Deepavalli, all you Indians all over!

24th & 25th: Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya

31st: WCS' Conservation Education Workshop 8.30am to 5.00pm; Pick Emma from School

Kuching vs Serian

I must state here that I really dislike people asking me about dialects and homwtowns. The conversation normally goes like this:

Q: Where is your home town?
Me: Kuching.
Q: Kuching? You Bidayuh right?
Me: Yes. Why?
Q: You from Serian kah? Bau? Penrissen?
Me (seething with annoyance): Nope. I was born at Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching, so that makes my hometown Kuching.

Another conservation that really irks me would go like this:
Q: You Bidayuh?
Me: Yes...
Q: So you can speak (so-and so- Bidayuh dialect)
Me: Yes... (and the conversation ends there.
Me: No... (and the conversation continues)
Q: No? How come? Why don't you learn?
Me (annoye): Because when I was born, I forgotten to give my parents a reminder letter to make sure that they speak/teach Bukar-Sadong and Singghei with me....

Please note:
The failure of a child to speak hismother-tongue is not the child's but the parents.

I am proud to say that I speak Bukar-Sadong Bidayuh thanks to my mother. Some Bidayuh kids were raised not speaking their mother tongue at all! And the worst thing is that both parents are from the same Bidayuh sub-group!

Mind you, my Bidayuh-Indian-Chinese children are all being raised and taught to understand, speak and learn Bidayuh.