Let the Packing Commence!

Finally I was in the mood. I had been busy sorting out my calls, as well as arranging my patients due for chemotherapy, that I felt that packing then was somehow, inappropriate. Now that those were more or less sorted, it was time for me to get things organised. And as usual, I started with the planning.

Now that the plans were on paper, the next would be to calculate the cost ……. FIUH!

Suffice to say that I would be broke ……

More of my Atlanta trip here.

Most Expensive Tea

One of our college friends had just returned from Sri Lanka, and try had brought a few things back from there. They decided to hate with us a treat. What was it?

It was claimed to e the most expensive tea in the world, packed in silver-lined packing, and tucked away inside a wooden case. The leaves were hand picked and brewing them only took 4 minutes. It was claimed to be an aphrodisiac. Even the cover was shall we say, suggestive .....

I had a couple of cups. Refreshing. But unfortunately, I was more of a coffee drinker.

What was left?

It had been a couple of weeks since the panels were removed. The crowds were all gone, but it felt that it was a long time ago that the works were done. I realised this while climbing up to my clinic using the stairs yesterday. It was replaced by some plywood.

I wonder if they would replaced it soon with some permanent glass panel. I would wonder then how long before the fungus would would appearing. What would it looked this time?

Me at Urbanscapes 2012

I had a full clinic in the morning. Returned to Gombak to get changed, before leaving the house again at around 3. Then, I was caught in traffic with the Himpunan Hijau folks making their was along DUKE Highway.

Parked my car at AmCorp Mall, planned to make the 10 minutes walk across Federal Highway to get to Padang Astaka. Arriving at the entrance, I was told that the entrance was at the other end of the field. And that was the only entrance. That meant I had to walk around Jalan Utara, a kilometer and a half away just to get into the field. Sigh! 20 minutes later, I paid my RM90 entrance fee and ambled my way into Urbanscapes 2012. Not much fun wasn't it. But at least it was in glorious sunshine.

We are talking oppa bendang style here!It was around 4.30 when I finally made it in. Did I feel the vibe? Hmm! To a certain extend I did. Then I realised how much Urbanscapes has changed. And the mud just spoiled my mood. Luckily I was sure that my maid wouldn't mind cleaning my shoes later.

I started by venturing into the stalls by the entrance. Mainly clothing and ornaments. Nice ones at that. Then to the food stalls, and the stages. A young DJ was plying his trade while the crowd just ignored him. I was looking around for performances, but none was to be found. More stalls then.

I approached one of the smaller stage where a band was playing. Nice live music. All their own songs. Quite nice. I left after they closed their set. Again I wanted to see improvisation and performances. Music was good, but I was looking for a bit more. Maybe my timing was off.

I said hi to a few of my friends. Some of them were involved with the event this year, but most of them, like me were just there to enjoy what was on offer. I went to look for some drinks. It was hot and sunny. Some nice chilled cola would be nice.

The main cafe was cordoned off for Moslem as they served alcohol unfortunately. But there were plenty of stalls to get food from. I just had some drinks, and were soon again looking around.

It struck me as odd that Volkswagen was there. Target audience - hipsters? But wrong cars. The were a few Polo, but there mainly sedan. No new Beatle. Next to it, Hong Leong Bank. Again, was I missing something here? Next to that was AirAsia. I could understand why they were here, but the other tenants just didn't add up.

Well. Let's move on shall we. Well away from the main stage, from the main attractions were the creative area. This was the heartbeat of Urbanscapes from the years gone past. They seemed to be at the background in this year's chapter.

I was glad that Urbanscapes was still going strong, but personally again i felt hat it had lost its soul. Urbanscapes were supposed to be for the underground rather than the mainstream. We don't want to escape the common daily chores for more of the same mainstream stuff. We have shopping malls for that. Maybe they were turning into Jom Heboh! I wouldn't bet against that. I hope that the organiser would rethink what Urbanscapes were all about. Because if they don't, I wouldn't be surprised if there were alternatives sprouting out. Perish that thought!

A Nice Scratch

It came as a surprise when I saw what happened to the front passenger door of my car. I couldn't believe it at first. I never had any problem with the Doctor's car park at my hospital. But there it was. A juicy looking foot long scratch on the door.

Not a particularly deep one. And I suspected the door just needed a touch-up. But it deserved a trip to the Security Office. They had a look at the CCTV but unfortunately there was none places specifically looking at where my car was parked.

There were plenty of people using short cuts passing through the Doctor's parking area especially in the morning. Couldn't say that it was here when it happened but I would have seen the scratch if it had happened before I arrived at work this morning.

Ah well. It happened some times. I told the Security folks to be vigilant as it may not be happening in isolation. Pity if the Boss' Porsche suffered the same fate ......