Sunny Start

The weather today had been a changeable one. It started off gloriously with sunshine up to lunch. But by the time I went to pick up Idlan after football, it had started to darken. It was raining heavily on the drive back and when we reached Bangsar, the was some flash flood near Lembah Pantai.

Luckily the rain stopped before the traffic started to pile up. It looked serene outside with fresh air after the rain. It was nice having a cup of coffee at the balcony.

Having mocha at d7 while discussing a few stuffsGlorious sunshine when I returned to the hospital after lunchIt was still sunny when I waited for Idlan during footballWith the Kelby Walk coming in a couple of days, I was praying of more of the same morning weather. Glorious sunshine before rain coming after the walk was done .... Fingers crossed!

The Discovery

Anita and I had been a big fan of Voyager. Last year, when we got Netflix installed, we managed to get through the whole series again. We went through pretty much all the episodes, which brought us the memories of staying in England when the series were first aired.

I was also into The Next Generations and Deep Space Nine. Anita wasn’t much. So, when the latest instalment of the Star Trek franchise was released, we got curious. We soon learned that Michele Yeoh would star, but it turned out that it was more of a special guess as the season developed.

After watching three episodes, we were hooked. We were not initially very keen on the characters but soon understood their motivations and circumstance. It would make for a great series I was sure. Now, we couldn’t wait for the weekly episodes ...

Idlan Got Oreo

I have given my Nexus 6P to Idlan after his Oppo broke. I had been using the Huawei P10 and the experience of vanilla Android was always something i missed. More so when I saw the pushed update on Idlan’s phone the other day.

It was for Oreo. Damn!

His phone had been smooth as silk since the update and I was not sure when the update for Huawei going to be .... guessed I would have to wait a bit longer ....

Another Anniversary Lunch

My parent-in-law celebrated their 58th Wedding Anniversary yesterday. When Anita was pregnant for Irfan, we went there for a fabulous lunch buffet at Genji, PJ Hilton. We went there again this time around for old times sake.

Over the years, the place retained the nice food although there were plenty of items being taken out from the menu now. No more oysters - my brother-in-law’s favourite. But the rack of sashimi was still sublime. So was the tempura and tappenyaki. Idlan especially loved it.

This way to Genji ...The startersWe spent a good couple of hours at the restaurant, taking multiple trips to the buffet line. By the end, the boys made their way through the food and picked up what they liked. We topped it up with a nice cake that Anita brought through an instagram advert. Pandan cake topped with gula melaka. Sublime! Even the restaurant staffs asked for a slice. A flavour not very common I guess ...

The restaurant was pretty secluded, located right at the deep end of the hotel on the first floor. I had to ask around for directions not being able to find the place from the car park.

Cosy interior

In the old days, one had to make an advance booking to get a table there. Now, there were plenty of fast sushi outlet as well as other competitions. The place was not as popular. In fact, despite being a Sunday lunchtime, patrons can walk in and ask for a table. It was something we never even dared to do before.

The food was great. Everybody enjoyed themselves. The staffs were very nice - all of them Malaysian. Definitely would be going there again now that we knew that the boys loved the food. Price-wise it was comparable with many 5-star restaurants in town, but this being a buffet and if you loved Japanese cooking, then it was well worth it ...

A New Kind of Mesh

I have a 500 MBit internet at my apartment but the modem and wifi transmitter that came with it was rather weak. The signals into my bedroom were at time and the repeater I had on one of the corridors did not transmit well, and the speed was much slower than I hoped.

Ready for the unboxing!Banking on the performance ...All neatly laid out ...I had been reading about making myself a mesh network at home but most of the setup were tricky. Then I came across the Orbi system. It came in two units - the main transmitter and the satellite which I placed in my bedroom.

It was not perfect but I was able to get consistent speed in access of 200 MBit in my room which was great. There were also less interference when I got my TV, PS4, hifi and the rest connected to the network. Setting up was also straight forward enough mostly through a web browser. Since I started using it, it had yet to crash.

Sorting out the placementThe main unit would be at the old office... and the satellite unit was in my bedroomUnfortunately the system was not exactly cheap. In the end, for the speed I was managing to get it was certainly worth it ...