March 10 is Good Deeds Day

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March 10, 2013 is Good Deeds Day, and this super nice deed came 3 months early! I pledge to be nice to everyone I meet on March 13, but hey, I'm doing lotsa good deeds already, like on December 20, 2012.

I attended a company training at the Bukit Jalil Golf Club and not knowing where it was specifically, a bunch of us rode the company shuttle bus to the course. The training ended earlier than it was scheduled to, so all of us from the department I work at hitched a ride with those who drove to the club. And that left 2 other people who were gonna wait at least 45 mins for the shuttle to arrive and pick them up.

Mind you, I hardly knew who they were. Yeah, same company but it's one big ass company. And I sorta felt bad for them because that very same thing happened to me 10 minutes earlier (before I knew I could hitch with a colleague). I couldn't make up my mind if I would drive to the golf club to give the 2 people a lift, but naturally my car was headed towards the place anyways - and long story short, I gave 2 strangers a ride back to the workplace. Short distance, but it was all worth while.

Then I went to Mid Valley.

So visit http://gdd.goodnet.org/ and pledge to do something nice on March 10, 2013.

=)

Go watch Ted

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And don't bring your kids along, unless you want them to drop f bombs at you when you least expect it. Sure, he looks cuddly to you at first, but once you realize Seth McFarlane (from Family Guy fame) is directing it, he's not so cute after all.

Picture the most immature womanizer foul mouthed pot smoking douchebag you have come across. And you get Ted. The one sweet thing about Ted is his treasured friendship with Mark Wahlberg's character, John, and his constant look-out for John to chill and live like there's no tomorrow rubs John's girlfriend, Lori, the wrong way.

The plot is a familiar one - guy has to choose between his girl and his best bud, and when the best bud gets into trouble, the girl wishes everything will be back to normal and the bud grows up (albeit just a little) and it's a happy ending. But you can't help getting drawn to Ted and laugh along with his crude humour and hilarious one liners. After all, his exterior is a lovable teddy bear and you can't help feeling for the furry creature who was once a national celebrity and has now descended into a life of prostitution and slacking. Just like stories you've heard about real life Hollywood celebrities.

He also drives a car, he eventually gets a job at a grocery store and gets promoted a number of times due to his sexual escapades with a co-worker he eventually dates, and he genuinely loves John and Lori.

This movie is Rated-R, so unless you'd want your kids to listen to profanities for a good an hour and 40 minutes, this is a no-no for them. But if you're looking for a good ol' comedy and a fan of Seth McFarlane's Family Guy and American Dad, this is good one.

Food Network is now 24/7

I literally began spreading the news to (almost) everyone at work when the company's website informed us that Food Network and Life Inspired (channel 706) will split and have their very own channel! If you don't know already, these 2 have been sharing a channel since October 2010, and although I love switching to the other channel at 9am and 9pm (P/S - I work in Astro, if you don't know already), watching Food Network 24 hours a day makes it into my Top 10 best things of 2012.

I'm not much a foodie, but something about cooking and the host's kitchen makes my day.

Shows to watch out for on Astro Channel 727,

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Giada At Home also whips up classic everyday dishes, but her expertise is Italian cuisine - being Italian herself. Her trademark is over enunciating Italian words, like ree-sott-to (risotto) and the house where her show is staged overlooks the ocean (I'm guessing the Pacific) and her kitchen is all white. Like Barefoot Contessa, she cooks for family and friends and sometimes for a local charity or organizations she supports. Plus, her daughter is oh-so-adorable!.

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Barefoot Contessa stars Ina Garten in her East Hampton, New York home, and the camera accompanies her trips to town for ingredients, harvesting fruits and herbs in her backyard and whipping up food for friends and family. Her dishes ranges from French cuisine (whenever you hear any French words that is) to classic everyday meals you have probably heard of, like BLT sandwiches. It also helps that her kitchen is white with a black counter which gives off the modern but still countryish feeling.

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Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller shows that prepping food ahead will save you lots of time, even if it means cooking for the family after work. She prepares a whole bunch of food and store it for future usage, or using the same ingredients for lunch and dinner. Can't be too choosy if you leave work at 5pm and reach home 2 hours later (stuck in traffic and all sorts).

Pretty things

While waiting for dinner, I thought I'd post some pretty things to remind myself to let the bad stuff go and think happy thoughts.

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Random thoughts

Just a few things off my head.

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I promised myself to utilize the fridge and kitchen, so I made creamy pasta bolognaise for my first dish. I went grocery shopping at Giant and Jusco, and got the smallest and cheapest olive oil (I think I got it for 18 bucks). I was preparing to cook the beef, and just as I poured in the oil, it sputtered all over and in the process, burnt the pot. I realized 2 weeks later that the oil I bought was for salad dressing.

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My Instagram account is 6 months old with only 34 photos because there are simply nothing interesting around me and I can't camwhore nicely enough to show it off to the world.

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12-hour work is slowly taking its toll on me. Just the other day I came home after dinner and slept on the floor the entire night because taking a bath was too much.

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Forever 21 is open at Mid Valley, and nothing has caught my eye so far. I did buy some bracelets, and when I got home I realized it looked like the ones Indian women would wear. Still, no biggie. 

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Victoria's Secret is open at Pavilion, but I heard it's just selling beauty products and accessories. Still, no biggie. I can buy online. I purchased an item from the site early this year and it arrived earlier than expected. Wheee!