The Orange Sofa

160703 Waiting on the orange sofa - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA

I thought I upload this photo of me on the newly installed orange sofa at the main entrance of my apartment. I was waiting for a friend to come and pick up a lens he wanted to use during Raya. While waiting, I thought I would just take the Theta out and see what happened.

A quick snap and that was it. Mid Valley next!

The Raya Cards

It was becoming a dying tradition. I have received that many Raya cards in the last few years. Those that came were more from patients and corporate bodies. Getting personal cards are exceedingly rare nowadays.

But I have been keeping that tradition going and every year, I made it a point to sent as many as I could. Certainly it was a challenge in this digital age and the fact that our favourite card store had closed three months ago. Getting food Raya greeting cards were not that easy anymore, let alone ordering personalised ones printed.

I had also been bad at keeping up to date with addresses. So, some in couldn't send due to address issues. It was the thought that counted I supposed.

Crazy Chocolates

One of Anita's weakness was chocolate and when it came to that, she loved Patchi. There were a few outlets that do them in town and the nearest one to us was Bangsar Shopping Centre.

Patchi were not cheap. And exploring the place the other night we peeked at the Raya hampers that they sold. They were going in the thousands of ringgit. One of the bowl filled with chocolate actually went for RM5000! That was what an average Malaysian blue collar worker make in a month!

These were going in the thousands

My God! But any hampers to my clinic from Patchi were actually most welcomed if you catch my drift ....

Outing to The Curve

160630 The Curve under the dome - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA

We had a long day today with the school ferry and Idlan's extra class that we postponed our groceries run until afetr berbuka. I had to go to the bank anyway and we decided to have a look at what was going on at The Curve.

Nothing fancy in terms of decorations but they certainly had plenty of stalls there. Expensive on the whole, and we ended up not buying anything. 

By the time the groceries were done, most of the restaurants had stopped taking orders. Which was a shame since I was starving ....

Not a Happy Ending

The MediPlex right next to the Outpatient building at SJMC had been open for the past year. And today I learned that one of the main shop was going to be closed. It was a restaurant called MediCafe which was located on the first floor of the complex along the adjoining walkway bridge with the North Tower. Truth be told, the location was idealistic.

Even then, business had been slow and they had decided to close shop. I knew my colleague loved to go there and since it was really convenient, if I had an invitation for lunch from the Pharma reps, this was definitely one of the place I would suggest.

The utensils were being stackedThe food was a bit different, claiming to use healthy ingredients. So, you would not get the usual nasi campur affair. Apparently they had a breakfast spread, but I was always too occupied with other things to drop by.

Well, that was not a good omen. I could see more shops closing as the only busy outlet there were Starbucks and Chicken Rice Shop. And both were on the ground floor. So, adios MediCafe!