Tokyo Street

I had read the posters about Tokyo Street every time I went to Pavilion but was never really bothered to ask what that was about. Finally, on New Year's Eve, after visiting the Buddy Bears, we all went up to the 6th floor looking for food. Finally, I found out what Tokyo Street was all about.

It was rows of stalls, Japanese-theme right at a corner of Pavilion where an interior design shop used to be. The stalls were arranged in streets with an open lighting system coming from the top for the spaces between the stalls or "street" giving the feeling that you were outdoor. It worked.

The cafe that we had some drinks in. Hmm! Can't recall what it was called.This lychee soda was heavenly!Something you would expect here - a ramen house ....The white light coming from the ceiling gave the impression that you were outdoors, much like in an open street.I couldn't help but felt that I was actually out and about in a street, going into one shop to another. And all these stalls sold food and ornaments from Japan. They had sushi and snacks of course, ramen, toys, chocolates and of course desserts. The staffs all wore kimonos and Japanese-styled costume. Nope! There were no anime characters on display.

Anita was hounded by this cuddly mascotThis was chocolate heaven!We soon settled at a Japanese bread shop, and had tea and seaweed potato chips there. It was nice and relaxing. For drinks, I had lychee and soda. On a hot day like it was, it really hit the spot.

I would definitely be visiting the Street again.

Colmar Part II

The first stop when we arrived t Colmar was to have lunch. Pizza and pasta it was. The boys wanted to have a walk about, play with some sand art and play some of the games at the stalls. This game needed token and the token were rather expensive actually. It was especially expensive when we did not win anything in return.

Following the trip up and down the hill towards the Japanese Garden, we decided to get back into the car and headed for the Rabbit Park. The park was a five minutes drive away.

Welcome to the Rabbit ParkIdlan trying out a spot of old school games. Nah! Did not catch on ...I think Anita was rather wary of the rabbits. She was hiding away behind Idlan.Come on fluffy little thing ...Sharing is caringIt was great fun there with Irfan especially adventurous. The weather was also gorgeous, and we ended up spending close to an hour there. Next, trip back in time for dinner. We had some Chinese food at KLCC as Anita had to do some quick shopping.

Come on. Eat more fatso ...Irfan wondering if they eat carrotsIt was still sunny by the time we leftA quick trip, just 45 minutes away from my home was the tonic I needed. Great fun it was.

Traffic Killjoy

It had a really bad day traffic-wise. I was late to work this morning after being stuck near Sprint Highway having later to use another route. Only reached work close to 9 am. I then had to rush back home for a meeting about some investment I was planning to do. That got delayed as well.

After lunch, I made the track back to the office for the afternoon clinic. And while I was all set to see the last free patients, this was the sight which greeted me front my window. The drive back home would be another long one. God, give me strength!

Welcome Back The Ginger One

It was pointed out as a sign of desperation that United had to recall one of their great, Paul Scholes to come out of retirement. Not only that, he was offered a substitute spot, and later a spot on the field on the first day that he returned.

It was the right game to introduce him in as clearly he wasn't match fit. His poor control led to City's second and could have cost us the tie. Luckily, City failed to find the equalizer.

The introduction of Scholes may indicate that there won't be a marquee midfield signing in the coming transfer window. It also indicated that Ferguson had some suspicion in the coming crop of youngsters. Players such as Turnicliffe and Pogba has yet to make the transition as far as the Boss was concerned.

Yes, that's our new number 22!So, how well did Scholsey do on his first game back? In the 35 minutes he was on the field last night, he attempted 71 passes with 97% completion rate. Not half bad wasn't it? Not bad for a has been.

But in saying that, I really hope that Ferguson would sort out the squad situation soon. The current first teamers were not getting any younger, although there is still hope with the likes of Jones and Smalling. But a world class playmaker in the ranks would be nice .....

A Monday Surprise

I'm not going to pretend that I was not intrigued with the whole sodomy trial that had been going on concerning the opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim. The town was bracing for a sort of lockdown with the Opposition planning a rally. That came the surprise.

The High Court acquitted Anwar. Something that won't happen everyday. The whole trial was a joke to be quite honest with some really dodgy evidence against Anwar. And what was a surprise, all this swearing in the name of Allah in mosques in front of the Quran had become mainstream. A worrying trend indeed.and hopefully this won't continue.

I must admit that the traffic that morning was heavier than usualSo, I'm keen to find out what would happen with the planned rally in town. There were also speculation about what was going on behind the scene. There were plenty to be read between the lines.