X-ray Morning

The maids came over to the hospital for their check-up ad X-rays and Anita were there with me all morning while things were being sorted out. It took her all morning as I was running my clinic at the same time. And it was a busy clinic as well. She couldn't figure out where to go for directions.

As I mentioned, I am on call today, hence I was not able to take her out for lunch. Hopefully it would be a busy call. The call the weekend before last more than made up for this one.

Irfan and his Dragons

I had a transfer from abroad landing at the Casualty just after six, and I thought I would be late for dinner. I was late alright but early enough to catch what my boys were up to.

Idlan was preparing for hai assessment next week, while Irfan was with his iPad again. He was busy showing me his collection of dragons from one of the games. Over the weeks, I had been spending money buying him top ups. And it appeared that he had been building a town in the game.

Buying games for them on the iPad was not the problem, but the in game top ups were. They could be seriously expensive, at least USD4.99 per go. Not cheap! And the boys could be addicted to them. And over the months, it could soon add up.

Happy Monday Morning

After a couple of weeks hiatus, I was able to get some breakfast this morning in Bangsar after my morning rounds. it was one of the perks of not having a morning clinic on Mondays, something I built into my weekly routine. I also learned that one of my colleague was admitted yesterday, and I would be doing his call tomorrow. It fits nicely as I would be asking him to cover one of my calls during Ramadhan.

Had a nice breakfast at Chawan, followed by a quick shopping for groceries at Village Grocers - since I would be staying at the apartment tomorrow evening. I just realised then that the lady in front of my queue had tons of stuff on the till. The bill? RM 2050! My God! That was prop groceries shopping! Have a good Monday all.

Lunch at Victoria Station

After my well-documented disappointment with the Jalan Ampang branch of Victoria Station, we decided to give its other branch, the one in Medan Damansara a go. Since my Dad's birthday was early in the week, we decided to have lunch there. Both my parents and in-laws were there, and of course the boys went along.

I had the chili spare ribs, and yes, it was better than the branch in Jalan Ampang. My Dad-in-law's trout was a downer though. The fish at Cosy Corner at Ampang Park was a lot better and fresher. For some reason, Idlan enjoyed the steak today. Normally he would go for chicken or fish. he finished half a steak - off my Mum's plate.

For a Sunday afternoon, the place was very quiet. I was not sure if business was going down, as the Jalan Ampang branch was almost always full for lunch. Since we were practically the only ones there, we were looked after well, and the food arrived very quickly.

In practical terms, the quality of the food at Victoria Station had been steadily declining over the last couple of years. Even the standard at the Medan Damansara branch had dropped compared to the years gone by, even though the prices had gone up. Before long, I would be looking for my steak fix somewhere else.

The New Stand

While at KLCC, having a look at the new MacBook Pro with retina display, another product caught my eye. As I tended to just place my iPad on the table and took it with me onto the couch if I wanted to use it. A stand would not look out of place for the table and the one made by Belkin took my fancy. It was not that expensive and it came with a stylus with a holder. Which was neat.

The stand also allowed me to place the iPad in a couple of positions, propped up either in landscape or portrait orientation, or reclined by placing in on the rubberized base of the stand. Which was great. However, the unit required a separate charger, meaning that it was only a stand, but nothing else.

The stylus came with its own stand, which was nice. However, for some reason, it was not as sensitive, compared to the other styluses I had. It was not as responsive, but I was not sure if it was by design, or I was unlucky to have a bit of a lemon.

I needed a stand to keep my study tidy, so buying one was a no brainer. At the price, it was really reasonable and it looked slick as well. For the price, I could've done a lot worst.

Update on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 8:37PM by Haris Abdul Rahman

As of this morning, Irfan had called the device his own. He is now using it on his iPad. Looks like I had to get myself a new one.