15th November marks the birthdate of our dear friend ZhenQuan. He just turned 21 yesterday. As a close friend of his, I wished him twice (this year) on the wrong time.. Well at least I’m the first and the second guy who wished him. Well how it went? Okay, on Friday night at 11.45 pm exactly.. We were talking while having a drink at Murni, I suddenly went.. Eh isn’t your birthday already? Being a smart aleck, I said “Happy birthday” then I looked at my watch (not looking at the watch first) and I realized that I was 15 minutes early. Then I went woops.. Later on when he dropped me home, at about 1am. I said thanks and Happy Birthday.. And he laughed.. I was like ehh it’s passed 12 already. And he said his birthday is on the 15th, and I replied, “Isn’t today the 15th?” Saturday was the 14th.. Arrgh damn… It always and it only happen to him. Even last year, I wished him earlier than the rest by a couple of days. Something is just not right.
So we had birthday lunch for him at Artista Cafe & Bistro at Tropicana City Mall yesterday afternoon. Nice and cozy place. Warm lights which are not too dim neither too dark. They sell artsy fartsy illustrations too. There is also a mini stage where there is a band setup for live gigs. Unfortunately, there isn’t any gigs on Sunday.. Mehh.

The rest without Suehlung.. Damn wide angle isn’t wide enough.
Oh and from the picture you can already conclude, women can be really anti social.
Since everyone being camera shy, (especially the one sitting infront of me) I have to take photographs of food.
I hope these pictures will cure your Monday Blues at the office..

Sookteng’s Chicken Pasta. (I think)

Bacon Pasta (I think) that Suehlung ordered.

And some Japanese thingamajiggywalawalabingbang spaghetti that I ordered. Anything that goes with tomato base and an egg. You’ll never go wrong!
I just don’t understand these restaurant’s cafe. They just have to make the name of their food so sophisticated. Not like you’ll freaking drool just by hearing it’s name.. I mean look at “Char Kway Teow” or “Kou Low Yuk” they are freaking straight forward, get to the point and they make you salivate! I think it’s stupid. Look how simple does a “Burger Daging Special Cheese” sounds? Straight to the point and it gets your mind thinking about juicy beef patty with molten cheese and egg yolk with a lil bit of Lea & Perrins sauce and pepper. Ahhhh.. I mean if you come out with a Japanese <fill in the blank with some sophisticated word>.. Does it sound like a spaghetti to you? And because they have that sophisticated name, they have to spend 160 characthers to explain what the heck is that on the menu. How intelligent. So let’s compare once more with the “Char Kway Teow” or “Burger Daging Special Cheese”.. …… What explanations do you need? Sorry guys.. I’m more of a cheap ass hawker food guy. Hahaha. May it be Jalan Alor’s Beef Noodle, Yut Kee’s Roti Pork Chop, or the Char Kway Teow behind my house.
Back to the birthday. Just like any of our usual birthday outings/celebrations. We’ll buy a cake and hide it behind the counter. Seriously… We need to find something new. EVERY FREAKING DAMN BIRTHDAY has a birthday cake with the exact same kinda surprise. Hahaha. It’s no longer a surprise anymore. Hahaha.. So yea.. We bought him a cake.

It was a Tiramisu cake. Half of it is black and the other half is white in colour.

That’s the cake. Half white and the other half is black. Hey.. I can almost start an album of photos of SookTeng cutting cake. Almost every birthday celebration, Sookteng is the one distributing them. We need to change this too.. No no, don’t look at me.. I will always be the one taking photos.

Now do you know what’s the birthday privilleges? You get half the cake yourself. I didn’t know that ZhenQuan is such a racist till today. He chose the white side of the cake instead of the black. Why? It has to be some racial issues. Terrible I must say. How are we going to achieve 1Malaysia if everyone chooses the white and not the brown? Just like how when I was young, my brown colour pencil is always long, and not as short as the others.. Because I only use them to colour the tree trunks brown. And nothing else. Hahaha.
Oh and one reason why I am not sleeping yet.. It is because I have two good friends on my bed now.. So good that they won’t let me sleep but they are both snoring away.. Aren’t they nice? I bet they really love me..
And oh, just so you know.. My mom just changed these sheets for me..
I’ve not slept in it yet.. Blehh…
Alright till then…
Humble Mumbles..