Monday at Publika

Even though it was located only 10 minutes away from our apartment, Public was not a common place for us to visit. And it mainly to do with parking. We were stuck in huge queues to get in and out and in the end, we never bordered going there again.

We were banking that the place would be deserted during this long weekend and we were right. There were not too many people there. The CNY decorations were being dismantled as well and quite a few of the ships were still closed for the holidays.

Anita wanted to buy some tidbits for the apartment for decorations and there were a few stores there selling cute items. One thing about the place was the food. There were tons of restaurants there, both in Public and the streets surrounding it. We ended up having Thai Boat Needles and the restaurant was located right in the end of the mall.

There were too many things that caught our eyes that in the end we ended up not buying much. We may head out there again in the future once we decided what we wanted to buy.

Calling it the Weekend

It had been a long weekend. With the Chinese New Year falling on a Friday, Monday was a public holiday. So, apart of doing morning ward rounds and taking referrals, I had some free time.

I decided for an early night tonight, getting ready for my call tomorrow. I had dinner before Maghrib. Then, I sat down in front of the TV watching the rest of Season 4 of House of Cards, until the season finale.

Time for rest then. Back to work tomorrow. The boys still have a couple of days off and would be keeping Anita occupied.

Plotting

So, it was the third day of Chinese New Year break. I will be on call tomorrow. It was just ward round this morning although I had to wait for a transfer from out of town. If that one came in late, it could spoil the rest of my day. Anyhow, it was good to plan. Anita was also interested in joining me for a quick outing.

So, where should we head to after my rounds? I asked if Anita wanted to join me for breakfast while I do the ward visit.

The city would still be quiet. I wanted to go to a new mall at Bukit Damansara and have a look at what it was about. Alternatively, we might just hang around at a cafe near Bukit Bintang. There were no good exhibits going on in town at the moment except for the gallery at Bank Negara. The problem was there might be a risk of it being closed today ....

Maybe we would go there after lunch.

A Different Start

No work this morning, and both myself and Idlan didn’t get a good sleep last night. After dinner last night, I went out to McDonald’s with Idlan for some fries, but ended up not able to sleep early.

It was past midnight when Idlan finally slept and I had to miss my football match as well because of that. Then came the kicker. My phone rang at 3 am as the switchboard in Park City did not know that I was on leave. Since I was based in SJMC, the message did not get through somehow. I could not get to bed again after that.

I caught up with the United-Liverpool match highlights before finally able to sleep again. But 2 hours later, I had to get up once more since I promised to drive Idlan to school.

It had been raining all morning and halfway there, we saw an accident on the opposite lane. That would mean that my drive back home would be a nightmare. And so it proven to be.

I cringed when I saw this ...I decided to spend the morning with the Internet at Starbucks near Idlan’s school. Hopefully traffic would ease off somewhat after the rush hour .... Anita would be at home since the cabinet contractor would start some work again this morning. Another 3 weeks, and everything should hopefully be sorted out ...

Happy Sunday Morning

That rare Sunday morning when I was forced not to do the ward round, I was treated to a glorious sunrise.

In fact I just sat there staring away for a good 10 minutes listening to the sound of nature. Cool breeze from my room balcony, I thought I should do it more often. Maybe I should delay starting my Sunday rounds early. Enjoy the morning a bit ....

Now, should I go to the gym or look for breakfast .....