Stay Extended

Instead of leaving the apartment to return to Gombak last Sunday, we decided to extend the stay until after Chinese New Year. The fact that the boys' school would be closed for almost ten days during the CNY period sealed the decision.

And I was happy with that.

That would make planning for Irfan's birthday easier to manage, and with me being on call during the CNY period, less headache for me.

Next thing would be slowly buying stuffs to fill up the apartment. The place was still bare. Homey touches desperately needed....

Reopened Jaya ONE

I must confess that Jaya ONE is not an area I was familiar with. Been there a few times. The last time being some 5 years back. Since then, part of the mall had been rebuilt.

One of the main tenant of the new mall would be a group of shops called The School. Mainly a place for children's activities during weekend. A Lego play area, robotics, music centre and the likes.

Another shop of interest for me was the Centre for Asian Photographer. As mentioned on another entry, one of my friend held an exhibition there, which I visited earlier today.

Back to The School, we learned about this when we attended an exhibition at Mid Valley around July last year. Idlan got interested with the drum class on offer there. Since then, Anita had been keeping a close tab on when The School going to be opened.

So today, we physically went to the place. It would be operational by April. The facility so far looked amazing.

Looking forward to sample what on offer when it launches later.

Park at Park City

Even the name suggested that the place was full of greenery. But today was the first time that we explored Desa Parkcity. And yes, there many parks at that part of the city. And on Saturday afternoon, it was filled with the crowd.

We only stopped at one of the parks - Park West - to run around. The main park by the lake was too full and we struggled to find a nearby parking spot.

They had a small exhibit there this weekend. Mainly lifestyle stuffs. They were about to pack up for day when we arrived. Nothing much to see then. A Frisbee or a football would have been great as the grass and ground was really soft and inviting.

After the walk, we drove around Park City, exploring the houses and apartments. They were gorgeous, and expensive. Some if the superlink houses were on the market for above RM 4 million. Madness!

The place was still being developed and built. They had malls and bazaar coming up soon, and by then I was sure the medical centre would've been more established.

Anita was smitten ...... should I be worried?

Stop at Subang

Dad had been struggling with his cough even before we left for Melaka. In fact, he could hardly sleep the night before. Before things got worst, I insisted that we stopped by Subang on the way home.

It was a touch of bronchitis probably brought on by a virus from a few days back. Some antibiotics and cough mixture should do the trick. He looked tired when we finally reached home, still coughing away. Hopefully he would be feeling better by tomorrow.

For a Sunday afternoon, the Emergency Room was pretty packed. Luckily he didn't have to wait for too long - I had contacts you see....

More on the Melaka trip here.

Leaving Melaka

We finally left the hotel at about 12.30 with Anita getting some take-out lunch for the boys. The rest of us would be stopping along the way to have our meal at one of the stores. We would like to go all kampung style and sample the local food.

We stopped a couple if times for my Mum to buy some vegetables and fruits. Theybwere fresh cheap compared vinegar we normally get from the supermarket in KL.

These were really nice mangosteen. Can't wait to eat them later.Not to mention some really fresh vegetablesFinally stopped for lunch at Masjid Tanah after driving past Sungai Udang - the entrance to our old school, MRSM Terendak. Since we were late, most of the dishes were already gone. We made do with what was left.

No more stops after Masjid Tanah when we drove past Alor Gajah and entered the highway at Simpang Ampat.

We didn't head straight to Gombak though. We had to sort out my Dad-in-law's cough. That meant a detour to Subang. More on the Melaka trip here.