LCW, FTW!

I was hoping to catch the Lee Chong Wei - Simon Santoso match while waiting for admissions, but it started later than expected. I ended up driving back home right after seeing my last patient. When I got to the apartment, the match had already ended. Chong Wei won straight set. Great results as everyone was still concerned about his injured knee. I guessed he recovered in time.

Alfatihah

I just learned of a tragic news that a former senior colleague of mine from UMMC who passed away this morning after a battle with cancer. She was suddenly taken ill a few months back and deteriorated sharply. She was the pillar of the MMed program at UM and I was her willing assistance during my time there.

Alfatihah. And my doa is that she would be placed amongst the Muslimin.

Bad Air Day

The sun was definitely brighter this morning compared to yesterday. It was in fact, awfully smoggy yesterday. From our apartment, the visibility was only about 100m by Maghrib. It was that bad.

We went out to the Pasar Ramadhan yesterday, near Bangsar Village area and with the smoke there, the air quality was really bad. In fact, when we opened the window last evening, we could smell the burnt stench in the air. Luckily, the boys were not effected. They were happily playing all evening.

This brought back memory of three years back when the air quart around Lembah Kelang was abysmal. Visibility was down to 50 m and you can see the sedimentation in the air even inside the house. It had not gotten as bad as that since, but I was worried that it would.

Since I was on call today, and the boys were both on school holidays, we stayed at the apartment in Bangsar. We planned to stay there at least until the weekend. My poor mother-in-law had to cope on her own with her new maid. Maybe, we would return by Friday, if the boys let us …..

Jungle Gym, BSC

On the fourth floor of Bangsar Shopping Center, tucked away from the main shopping area is a play area for the kids - right next to the funky Surau I was talking about in my earlier entry. The play gym there was relatively small, but full of activities.

The obvious targetIrfan doing the refilling for IdlanGathering them into these IKEA bucketsThere was a birthday party going on, and this being a Sunday afternoon, the place was full of kids. Adults were allowed in to accompany their children, and on the whole, the place was very safe. My boys enjoyed it, more than the gyms in Plaza Damas or Great Eastern Mall.

Ammunition transportedAnd the shooting begins ....The toilets were clean and appropriate. Refreshments were aplenty. In face, just outside the gym, there was rollerblade rink, and a few restaurants for children. There we plenty of space for the parents to sit down as well. They also offer services to look after the kids should we wish to drop them there and go shopping. We had our maid along, so, we left them there. Make sure you carry socks with you, as otherwise you have to buy one when you enter. And they were not cheap .....

One Funky Surau

Most of the shopping center have got a prayer room tucked in somewhere. Today, taking the boys out to the gym, we went to Bangsar Shopping Center. After riding off my migraine attack, I went to join the boys. And around the corner on the fourth floor, from the gym was a new prayer room at the center.

I was more familiar with the one on the third floor. But the new room was much better. It was in fact brand new. Slightly smaller than previous one, but it has a sitting area with sofa just outside the prayer hall. The wudhu area was also clean and neat. Fully air conditioned and the area for the shoes were well laid out in the outside.

The prayer hallSpace for wudhuThe waiting area outsideI was not sure if this will replace the room on the third floor as access to the floor was pretty difficult. But, once you get there, you could literally chill out at the sofa, and nobody would be able to find you ......