The Curve in Ramadan

After the jam I endured coming back from Subang, I had to fulfil my promise to the boys to take them out. Anita wanted to go to The Curve, and the children wanted to go to Marche there. So, the decision was easy. Off we went.

For the past few years, this was the main place we went to shop for Raya clothes. A few of the shops there we were very familiar with. And of course, we had to go there for the Raya cards as well. We had tongue that a miss this time around as the boys were hungry. So the shopping had to wait.

The decor there this year was based on the 60s theme around old KL. Specifically Chow Kit and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman. The had shops basically there. A mini bazaar, selling some really expensive stuff that I didn't even bother browsing.

The clothes there mainly came from local boutique and they didn't come cheap. There were also accessories, samping, songkok and all the rest. But the main items seemed to be baju kurung. Plenty of them, for both children and adults. Don't bother asking about the prices. I could cry.

We skipped that and bought some clothes at Metrojaya instead. Got what we went there for.

Unfortunately, The Curve were shut down at ten even during Ramadan. Which was a shame since they could do with opening it until midnight during weekends as I was sure there would be plenty of people who would venture out after Tarawikh at least for food.

That would be an idea.

Here are the entries from the Raya decor from 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Jammed Up NKVE

Friday was the first day I worked this Ramadhan and by the afternoon, I couldn't wait ton get out of the hospital. I was warned that the traffic would be bad. I plugged on, trying the usual NKVE route leaving just after 5 pm.

Bad move. I was stuck right from the toll booth. But in thought it would just be temporary. But the jammed didn't let up, past the Damansara exit and beyond.

Finally in saw what the source was. There was a fatal accident just after the Kota Damansara Exit. A poor soul in a motorcycle - which were almost always the case - hit a lorry and ended up under it.

The emergency service were already on the scene but in doubt that anything could've been done. As a result, both lanes of the NKVE were jammed up as everybody slowed down to have a look. I ended up only reaching home just after 7. A two hour drive in the end. And that was after in promised to take the boys out for dinner after iftar. Ooops! It turned out to be a long day.

Another Turn

It turned out there were two parts to the Melawati Bazaar Ramadan. We went to the first part, and today, we found out that there was another. But did it make any difference? Not really.

The second part was well away from the main road, and seemed to be less crowded. The area was also more specious, but unfortunately it didn't offer anything different to the first part. I still couldn't get my fix of cucur udang or proper air asam boi! Still not as good as past year.

We decided to get our iftar stuff from a restaurant today, after finding some kuih at the bazaar. So, happy iftar all ......

Butterflies at Gardens

Anita had to buy some food for my boys to eat after school and coming from the apartment, we decided to stop by Mid Valley. The Gardens had some cute decorations up - not for Raya mind.

Not sure about the theme, but there were plenty of butterflies around. Not real ones, but all decorations. Colourful. Not sure what they would change for their Raya theme. So far, didn't see any signs of that yet.

Cleaning the Apartment

After been using the apartment mainly for on calls, the place certainly need some cleaning up. Still waiting for time to do it up a bit, so the place was still pretty bare.

Anita might be engaging an ID firm to spruce up the place before we really shop for stuff. We had a few ideas but due to combination of fund and time, that would have to wait. Since then, I had been looking around for ideas.

From the main lobbyToday, it was high time to get the place cleaned up a bit. We plan to spend tmnext weekend at the apartment since the children would be starting their term break, and I had a couple of calls to do during Ramadan. Anita felt it would be better if she cooked during that time at the apartment.

So, the place is now cleaned up by the maids today, and that gave me a few ideas about decorations ...... Maybe after Raya.