A Different Start

During the New Year weekend, we had a small leak at the kitchen. The workers needed to switch off the tap for 24 hours. Therefore Anita booked a hotel room for us overnight while the work were being completed.

It was more of an apartment unit than a room which she got. It was called the Gardens Residence and it came in a single, double or triple bedroom setup. Only a single was available and there were than enough room for us for the night.

If not for the slow wifi and limited cable channels - which meant no United match that evening - things could've been better.

The best thing about the place was you just had to go to the ground floor and you were already at the Gardens Mid Valley. Shopping galore! That also.made getting fried more straight forward to add to the decent room service Gardens Residence offered.

There were also a gym and swimming room available for guests although sadly I didn't have much time to explore.

Would definitely worth a visit with the apartment going at quite a reasonable price. Location was great although I had to get up early the next morning for my ward round ...

Xmas Coming

While walking around Gardens Mid valley earlier on, I noticed that few of the shops had already started to put up their Xmas decor. Before long, I was sure that the malls would start to display their decorations too.

Something to look forward to. And the decorations also reminded me of my travel to Atlanta last year. It was at the height of the Xmas shopping season. Plenty of shoppers were about, as well as great bargains to be had .....

Smurfing Good Time

The second instalment of the Smutf movie was released on Hari Raya. And with the visitors and all, we didn't get to watch it until the evening of second day of Raya. It was worth the wait as again. The movie was better than I expected.

All the main characters were back, although the story concentrated more on a few of the central characters as well as the development of the human family dynamics. Not much story of the Smurf village itself, mote on the human side this time. And mainly about Smurfette.

Rumour had it, the third instalment was already in the planning, to be released in 2015, but with a new character lending the voice of Papa Smurf. The current voice actor passed away in April. At the ripe old age of 87.

For the movie, we actually watched it at Signature Gardens, and there was hardly any crowd. Straight forward parking and a breeze of a drive into Gardens. Wish that it was like this on all our movie nights.

Definitely a recommended movie to watch for the family. Not such a surprise hit as Wreck-It Ralph, but fun none the less. And also not much of a laugh-a-minute as Despicable Me 2. My boys enjoyed it though. And that was the main thing.

Butterflies at Gardens

Anita had to buy some food for my boys to eat after school and coming from the apartment, we decided to stop by Mid Valley. The Gardens had some cute decorations up - not for Raya mind.

Not sure about the theme, but there were plenty of butterflies around. Not real ones, but all decorations. Colourful. Not sure what they would change for their Raya theme. So far, didn't see any signs of that yet.

Happy Deepavali

Just a short note to wish my Hindu friends a happy Deepavali. Quick tip, celebrate early because it's going to rain in the afternoon. It always does!

I will be on call tomorrow, and expecting mayhem with the traffic leading into my hospital. Take care and happy holidays!