Selamat Hari Raya

As usual, will be performing the morning prayers at Gombak before heading to my Mum's place 15 minutes away. Obviously the mission today would be to get stuffed by the afternoon.

Bad news though as it was Friday today, hence afternoon prayers at the mosque again. Hope I could stay awake for that.

To all my Moslem friends, Selamat Hari Raya and for those not celebrating, Maaf Zahir Batin and Happy Holidays.

Back to Gombak

It was a balik kampung of sorts. Even though Anita came here almost daily at her mother's house. Today, we packed our stuffs from the apartment, pillows included for the big journey - 20 minutes drive sans traffic - and head off to Gombak. I will be off from Thursday onwards for the whole week for the Eid celebrations.

We couldn't make it in one trip, ended up returning for another pick-up after berbuka tonight.

It would be hard work in the coming couple of days, followed by a drive to Penang on Saturday to spend three nights there. I will be bringing my in-laws there for a break, and my parents and sister would be going to Penang as well maybe on Sunday.

The boys as usual were never too enthusiastic when it came to travelling although they loved Eastern and Oriental from the last trip. We would be staying there again this weekend.

Anita would be cooking spaghetti and soto ayam tomorrow for Raya. Rumours has it a few of our MRSM friends would be visiting on Friday. It would be a smashing day then, in more ways than one.

Time to unpack ...

Simple Birthday

This year around, my birthday fell towards the end of Ramadan. Obviously Raya takes priority hence there were no celebration or anything like that. Just a simple berbuka at home, with some cakes.

That's the best way to celebrate your birthday anyway.

An for the present ......

Extra Couple of Hours

Instead of heading straight for the ward round this morning, I had to attend to a meeting at my lab in town. The meeting was to start at 9.30, meaning that should I start with my morning rounds first, there would be no way that I would be able to make it across town in time. Ramadan morning traffic had been madness, and I decided to do the sensible thing - I thought - of going into town early, avoiding the massive jam and just enjoy the couple of hours of extra time by myself.

It worked out fine so far, at least until the phone calls from the ward start coming in. Since Thursday meant that there would be no clinic for me, I might as well just take my time. There would be a couple of procedures lined up by lunch however, so hopefully things would wrap up here pronto.

The Three Little Bird Cafe

From the lab entranceThe weather this morning was also right gorgeous. Since my lab is located at d7 in Sentul, once you get in, things were quiet and serene. d7 is one of those high concept construction which was different to most building in KL. Very green and shielded. They also housed a nice cafe downstairs but I would skip that for Ramadan.

The quiet me time would do me fine.

Kueh-mueh at Fahrenheit

During one of the evening taking Anita for shopping, I had the chance to stop at Fahrenheit just across the road from Pavilion. The Raya decorations were being set up at most of the malls and the theme at Fahrenheit was rather unique. It was on Malay cookies, or in Malay Kuih Raya.

Lemming of course ...Ketupat ....

But they were giant sized. Not edible I was sure. But there were plenty of them and on the whole I thought they were pretty neat.