The Curve in Ramadan

After the jam I endured coming back from Subang, I had to fulfil my promise to the boys to take them out. Anita wanted to go to The Curve, and the children wanted to go to Marche there. So, the decision was easy. Off we went.

For the past few years, this was the main place we went to shop for Raya clothes. A few of the shops there we were very familiar with. And of course, we had to go there for the Raya cards as well. We had tongue that a miss this time around as the boys were hungry. So the shopping had to wait.

The decor there this year was based on the 60s theme around old KL. Specifically Chow Kit and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman. The had shops basically there. A mini bazaar, selling some really expensive stuff that I didn't even bother browsing.

The clothes there mainly came from local boutique and they didn't come cheap. There were also accessories, samping, songkok and all the rest. But the main items seemed to be baju kurung. Plenty of them, for both children and adults. Don't bother asking about the prices. I could cry.

We skipped that and bought some clothes at Metrojaya instead. Got what we went there for.

Unfortunately, The Curve were shut down at ten even during Ramadan. Which was a shame since they could do with opening it until midnight during weekends as I was sure there would be plenty of people who would venture out after Tarawikh at least for food.

That would be an idea.

Here are the entries from the Raya decor from 2009, 2010 and 2011.

A Dinner or Three

I had a couple of dinners to celebrate the coming birthday. It seemed that all were cramped up during the last weekend as to have the feasts before Ramadan. Not a bad idea.

The first one was just with Puan Anita right after visiting the AV fair. Tomyam because she wanted so. Great dinner and after a tiring day - post call, I slept well that night.

Irfan trying to wind up his uncle

Last night, it was a dinner with my father-in-law who would be celebrating his birthday on the same day as me. We had Chinese, because the boys wanted so. Great meal again.

But at the end of the day, I was still left to dwell on what I really wanted. Sounds like an excuse for another dinner outing.....

Anita's Night Out

Anita had been fasting for the past three days and tonight, her friends asked her to join them to break fast together at one if the restaurant in town. Luckily, I was able get home early. So, off she went.

And the boys had been in top form tonight. After finishing their homeworks, they just jumped and jumped. Driving me nuts. In the end, I had to let them have their iPads. They seemed happy afterwards, and I was able to finish some reports for work. It worked out fine!

Tom Yam then

Puan Anita asked me what I wanted for dinner as soon as arrived in Malaysia today. I told her tom yam. I want some proper tom yam. One of my colleague in Lugano kept harping on about wanting some tom yam. And after a few days on bland vegetarian diet, tom yam would do nicely.

So, tom yam it was then .... thanks Puan Anita.

Finally, Dinner

Finally I felt like I was having a holiday. We had dinner at the hotel before packing up for the trip home tomorrow. Full meal, complete with loud discussion in the end. Quite nice actually since we were out on the verandah. The discussion went for quite a bit towards the end.

I don't feel like going back into the room. I hate packing ......

.... it was much nicer just chilling out downstairs.