i am sleep-deprived

hollingsworth... hol-lings-worth. that's a nice name, don't you think? i like the way the letters roll off your tongue each time you pronounce it. the voice associated to the name doesn't sound too bad either. i'm reminded of the former Managing Director (who always manages to bring us donuts every Friday morning, of which the early-rise testing team will usually sapu 3/4 of the lot, and not to forget his morning greetings that will always make you feel like a Somebody in the office). do all Americans sound the same? i better ask Aritha. lol.

been having daily conference calls at 8pm each night. three of us here, three of us there. (ok la. the first night was scheduled at 9.30pm, subsequent meetings were scheduled to start at 8pm). we're at the point of becoming zombies now what with the huge time difference of 12 hours. i get wary of projects that look simple on the outside. you'll eventually start to have complicated thoughts. and for now, the project looks relatively simple, for all of our feeds. i guess we should start to worry soon.

oh guess what, Chilli's in KLCC is temporary closed for renovations. i guess Fahmi's gonna half to find a temporary chilli port elsewhere =P. i've been there only a handful of times and already i'm bored of Chilli's. hehe.

yesterday i took the lousy ktm back home - slow as usual, but wasn't too crowded at 9pm. on the way back we stopped by section 7. Significant Other wanted to try out the new RON95 at Shell but it wasn't going to be available until September (according to theStar. i googled). while rounding the area we came across this really packed corner restaurant selling nasi lemak (i'll post the restaurant name later). with the reasoning that if a restaurant is packed with people then that means the food there should be deliciously good, i went to tapau nasi lemak for Significant Other. it was good. i especially liked the sambal =P.

as we headed back to the car we came across Hometown Yong Tau Foo just right across the street from us . omg. finally, a place that sells fried yong tau foo, near to our place summore! back then Significant Other used to bring me to this very nice shop in PJ (during his romantic years) that offered a yummy selection of fried yong tau foo. it closed down not long after that, until now i'm not sure why. then we changed port to the yong tau foo shop over at sunway. but unfortunately that one closed down too, gone without a trace. seriously. i couldn't even remember the original location of the shop no matter how many times i pass by the shoplots. lol.

mind you, i'm not really sure if they're all under the same branch name or not, because i forgot the actual shop names for the earlier two (it was a long time ago anyway). but i don't really mind. janji ada fried yong tau foo. heehee. i'm not sure why there aren't many places that serve yong tow foo fried. maybe i'm just ignorant. or maybe because if there are any, they're not halal. hmmm.

so imagine how excited i was to see the shop in front of my own eyes. Significant Other asked me if i wanted to drop by for a quick bite, which i instantly agreed to. remember i mentioned about if a restaurant is packed with people then that means the food there should be deliciously good? well, i hope it didn't apply here. it was 10.30pm that time, nobody was in the shop except for the owner. Significant Other did the ordering. and we had Chinese tea for our drinks. i ordered a plate of rice to compliment the yong tau foo =D while Significant Other started attacking the nasi lemak which he initially wanted to bring back home.

Dayana & Daddy waiting for the food

hometown yong tow foo menu

the food was good =D we had a little bit of everything. Significant Other even contemplated tapauing, but i forbade him to because he already stuffed himself full with 3/4 of nasi lemak and all the yong tau foo we had ordered. later i kene jadi his MBSA pulak T_T. so back home he had his fix of vanilla ice cream + milo + nestum sprinkles. besides, i plan to come back here again some other time. photos posted here were taken during my second visit to the place, and this time we brought Dayana =). the total bill amounted to somewhere around rm12. ok la right?

fried yong tow foo... yummy =D

Dayana snacking on her teething biscuit

hometown yong tow foo wet tissue

the shop is situated at Section 7 behind the gas stations where all the shoplots are. the huge number of people hanging out in the area are most likely students from the nearby UiTM. sometimes Malays are rather picky when it comes to restaurants and food joints operated by Chinese. i'm not too fussy though =D

place: hometown yong tau foo
located at: pusat komersial seksyen 7, shah alam
opening hours: 11am to 11pm

today i'm feeling rather sleep-deprived. i guess coming in at 9am and leaving the office at 8.30pm for 2 days straight is starting to put a toll on me. Dayana's at the grandparents until Friday because the maid sprained her ankle so i'm hoping to get more shut eye within the next couple of days. i can't even think straight. boss is back from long holiday, so no more dilly dally =P

i'm also dilly dallying my wrap purchase. is claudia or christiane nicer?