PSA Post: Wondermilk

Amy wanted to go to a cupcake store she found on the Internet called Wondermilk. The "directions" on their website were deficient at best. They also have copyrighted the term Cuppacake for their products. We found GPS coordinates on someone's blog, but they were wrong. The true coordinates are: 3°8'138"N 101°37'261"E. Be forewarned that their Cuppacakes are not full-sized cupcakes, but maybe a third of the size. While they were delicious, they did not merit our circuitous driving route to get there. Maybe if we were buying a bunch for a party that Luke couldn't go to. (The egg allergy)

Another Golf AMTAM

My last golf outing went as I should have expected. As in no golf. The Titiwangsa police course told us they were full until the afternoon. no one was on the first 2 holes. So we went to the KDE Country Club where a tournament was being held. So we had to settle for the driving range. What is so awesome about the driving range is that you hit balls marked "floater" into a lake from 2 different levels.



Now in the US, club employees will drive caged vehicles around to collect all the golf balls. Here, there are 2 modes for collecting balls. The first is the employee on foot with an umbrella for the strip of land in the middle.



The second is the the guy in a boat with a helmet and life jacket that paddles around collecting floaters. Every once in a while, he has to stop and empty the water out of he boat as his weight is causing it to take on water.



The cherry on top of the outing was when one of our party lost control of his club and dropped it over the edge into the water. (The "admiral" retrieved it.)

Toothless

Luke lost his first tooth last Thursday night. Literally. He has no idea where it went.

The Fishing Store

Here's a great idea. Put some small fish in a giant tub and charge people to "fish."

When Walking Sucks

I love being able to walk everywhere. Except when it's like this.

Another Retail Logic Flow Chart I Would Love to See

Just as I uncovered the connection between DVDs and socks, I have discovered a new product synergy that cannot be denied. Ready? People who eat leftovers have sensitive teeth and are concerned with oral hygiene. I know you may be doubting this assertion, but how else can you explain the following grocery store promotion: Buy plastic tupperware, get a free tube of Sensodyne toothpaste. This was in the fancy grocery store in Isetan at KLCC.

Creepy Bird

Took the kids to the zoo the other day. These birds were all over the path. Really, it looks like a flasher.

Warning! Violator's Will Be Shot Execution-Style!

At least that's what the picture says to me. It says, "I will shoot you in the back of the head while you are running away." The translation is "Do not enter. Violators will be prosecuted." It is on an empty gravel lot that someone has turned into a parking lot. No buildings or any property of the parking "company" of any kind. Maybe they know something we don't. Maybe that's why the underground parking garage at my apartment complex says they won't be responsible if I die in their parking garage. Maybe the guy from the sign travels between parking lots "prosecuting" people.

Smoke 'Em (Out) If You Got 'Em

Here in Malaysia, I've had less of a problem with mosquitoes than I did in Beijing. Why? Because they fumigate the (^%# out of everything. Everyday there is a white death cloud emanating from somewhere and a couple of guys walking around in the middle of it. The other day they sprayed the makeshift shantytown the construction workers live in. Look at these and despair. People live in those. There were probably some people sleeping when this was done. Who cares about lung damage as long as you don't get Dengue?

Claire's Family Portrait

Claire drew this lovely family portrait on the dry-erase board yesterday. Luke is in the top right. I'm underneath him with the Princess Leia-style buns. The one in the middle that looks like Mayor McCheese is Amy. Avery is to her left with the Elvis pompadour and Claire is to the far left. The hairy spider underneath Avery and Claire is Felix, our cat.