Evening Snack

After procrastinating for a few weeks, we finally decided to get to the shops and get Idlan a new desk. At the moment , he was doing his homework at the main sitting room. It was about time that he has his own desk in his room. After all, UPSR was coming soon.

He was having his tuition when we were out, so we did the selection for him. The desk would be delivered on Monday. After the job was done, Anita needed a sit down. Nothing better than a cup of coffee and some cakes at Bangsar Village ..... Nom! Nom! Nom!

Lunch at F.EAST

Again, I had some time this afternoon to sort out some family stuff and at the end, decided to have lunch with Anita. Anita picked the spot, a new fusion cafe on the second floor of Bangsar Village II called F.EAST.

Initially I thought it was going to be one of those typical western cafe. But it turned out that the majority of the menu items had local flavour in them. The menu read "asam laksa", "mee sup", "nasi ayam" etc. But looking at the restaurant at first glance, you would not have guessed it.

Lover the decor!So 70sGorgeous lightingI just loved the chairs and tablesThe decor was also different. It had a definite 70's styling to it. Furniture-wise at least. I especially loved the lighting. Very reminiscent of my childhood.

The food was not half bad either. I had the asam laksa. Not perfect, but good enough. Mine could do with some boiled eggs and better laksa, although the "otak udang" was a nice touch. The soup was faultless however.

Anita's koey teow soupThe "otak udang" was a nice touchThe pandan chiffon cake. Terbaek!I would definitely go there again, and compared to other more established cafe at the mall, the place was still empty. Hopefully the business would pick up in the next few months because the cafe offered something different.

P/S: Try the pandan chiffon cake. It was dynamite!

Getting Festive

It looked like the turnaround for the mall decorations were pretty steep. There was about a month between Xmas and Chinese New Year, and the malls were clearly in overdrive.

Bangsar Village had only just erected their decorations. Workers were working frantically and I was sure they were trying to get everything ready by the weekend.

I wonder why they didn't just erect a joint decoration to celebrate Xmas and CNY in one go like they did with Kongsi Raya and DeepaRaya from a few years back? Cheaper that way I was sure.

Nice Spot

While I was contemplating how much my side mirror would set me back, I stopped for a drink at Bangsar Village and discovered this new spot.

Great view, especially on a clear day like today. And with the cool breeze in the shade, it. Was rather nice.

Shame that I couldn't hang around for too long this afternoon, I would definitely return there soon.

Better Today?

Was it any better today compared to the day before? Well, the visibility was almost the same, but the pungent smell that was driving me dizzy the day before was gone. The air was now more bearable.

Can't really see the sun in the morningNotice at Bangsar VIllage IISunlight finally breaking through by the afternoonThe boys' school were still closed, so I actually joined them for lunch at Bangsar this afternoon. I was late though but luckily managed to get a parking spot still. Even though the normal schools were already opened, I spot many school children around with their parents during lunch. It was very likely that the parents took the day off anticipating school to be closed, and it was opened instead, they might as well made the day out of it. The air was still unhealthy to be quite honest. School being opened also meant heavy traffic in the morning.

It started to become cloudy - not that I realised it - come late afternoon and before ling, I could see thunder and lightning in the horizon. Rain was coming. The bad thing was, it inky lasted about ten minutes. It wasn't enough to wash the haze away ....

Hopefully tomorrow would be better .....