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Mama Mee with Sweet Sauce Malay Style
A simple Mamak noodle dish available in most 24/7 mamak stalls


The above is something I get when the day has been absolutely busy and I have no time to make (or plan for) dinner. I've made it before and it's not complicated; I should be able to do this at home some day. 

Meals?

I did not cook again today but I brined the chicken breasts for tomorrow. Just a little lost when it comes to recipes and what to cook. A little uninspired. But I made do with some relatively cheap stuff like Ramly Burgers Malaysian Street Food and today, simple pork ball Kweuy Teow soup for both of them. 

Not the best cook but an inspir-able one, that I am. Yes, that's not a real word but that's OK.

➣Lunch, Jad and I went to Kenny’s Food Cart and I had my porridge which I often carry over for dinner. We always save money on dinner because Jad and I would actually STARVE during lunch. One porridge lunch means I will survive on one-meal. Don't worry, I am OK.

➣Dinner, We packed up pork noodle soup (for dinner) while we were eating lunch outside and YES, our evening was done for.

Work, Work, Work, Work,

Josh had an OK work day while Jad had a very difficult time trying to solve multiple bugs he's not familiar with. I think he's lucky he had me who had the (tiny) experience of making decisions when it comes to front-end and back-end coordination. 

It's very, VERY hard. Especially when you're in the executive position. EVERYONE wants to get ahead and things done but you need to watch coders trying to troubleshoot. Watch it. it's insufferable. 

One thing, though. Josh's company chose not to opt for Thaipusam as a national holiday. I thought "That's not right. It's an important celebration in Malaysia". Go check it out but I was wrong. Malaysian companies get to choose up to 6 optional holidays that can opt out of - for his company, they opted out of Thaipusam with no disrespect. 

We are learning a lot about the Malaysian Labor Laws now since the boys are working. There were previous mishaps where we fumbled but mistakes can be good mistakes, sometimes.

Staying Alive
I am still planning on a weekly cooking plan for now because we got off-trailed a little. The weekly plan is a little weak for now. we are panicking all the time and I honestly think the only way we can survive is to calm down.

When I plan for the day, my head is already doom-posting about the rest of the week or month. There's the mid doom-posting and random raging, you know.

I SHOULD LET GO

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