Cuti Raya Day-5

Not yet officially on leave bit with the completion of my last on call for Ramadan and this morning's clinic, I felt that the Raya break was just around the corner, and there was a need to get the preparations going. It would all start with some cleaning up and recovering from the last call.

The boys actually helped out with the cleaning up earlier today, and I managed to catch up with some sleep this afternoon. Feeling refreshed, I took the family out to Bangsar Shopping Centre after berbuka as Anita had some shopping to sort out. Mainly some Raya cookies which she had been eyeing for.

While we were there, we also had some snack at La Bodega while watching the Saturday evening crowd pass by. We also did some take-out for sahur, plus some groceries.

We planned to leave the apartment for Gombak tomorrow afternoon. But at the rate we were going, I didn't think anybody was in the mood to leave yet. We have yet to start packing. And the boys really loved their rooms and were already planning what to fill them with. But not this month, as the bulk of the budget went to Raya preparations.

So, some more relaxing tonight as I could see that tomorrow would be a long day .....

Changes of Plans

The morning started smoothly enough with the nice weather and the quick drive from the apartment to the ward. The ward round also went fine. We then went for a late breakfast at Bangsar Shopping Center where we bumped into one of the boys' buddies and their parents.

Unfortunately, that was the highlight. It went downhill after that. Or at least, not according to the plan.

The original idea was to head out to Low Yat to survey for the laptop for the Haematology Society. But with, the breakfast cum lunch finishing later than planned, we decided not to go together. I would go to Low Yat alone - Anita likes to walk around Pavilion usually.

I then got a call from my sister that my Mum had been under the weather since last night. She had a slight virus I think and had been feeling sick overnight. Much better today, and we bought her and Dad some tea. We hang around until late afternoon, until I had to go back to the hospital to review a couple of the inpatients.

So, two big plans for the weekend had to be shelved. The photo walk and the trip to Low Yat for gadget browsing. Never mind. At least I got to spend some quality time with Anita and the family. Happy Sunday evening all ....

Another Free Morning for Breakfast

Well, you guessed it, I took the opportunity to have breakfast with Puan Anita again this morning. We again went to La Bodega, but this time, rather than the outlet at Telawi, we went to Bangsar Shopping Center.

The offer a similar menu, but the ambiance was completely different. The Telawi outlet were smack in the middle of a row of shoplot, giving it a more claustrophobic feeling. But the area was more opened and assessable as people would just park be the street and enter the restaurant.

Nice opened spaceMy rather too dry for comfort Egg BenedictThe BSC outlet was more of a proper cafe. The had two parts, an indoor shop - smaller - or the open space, where the smoking area was. More spacious, complete with sofas. I prefer these opened spaces, although I could do without people puffing about.

Personally, the service here at the BSC was a lot faster, but comparing the two outlet, the meals - or at least the breakfast - was tastier at Telawi. My egg Benedict was moist and the toast better prepared there. Coffee was similar. But that was nitpicking really. For sheer convenience, the BSC was probably better since there was ample car parking space as well as you were shielded from the elements. It would save some time as well, as usually we could do some groceries as well as visiting Anita's favourite food outlet, O'Gourmet.

At the end, it was down to personal preferences. There were really not much difference between the two outlet foodwise. I would choose depending on whether I had business to carry out near the two restaurants. But it was raining outside, I would definitely head for BSC for obvious reason.

La Bodega at BSC was located on the Ground Floor by the main entrance next to Chinoz.

Treated for Breakfast

As expected, I was asked to sleep in the study last night. Could not sleep well. Woke up at around 4 am, with a mega sore throat. Time for some drinks and a bit of painkiller. Switched on the TV, and caught the later parts of the England-Wales match. Dozed off to sleep with the TV on after that.

I felt much better when I woke up after the Subuh azan. Time to wake Anita and the boys up by then. After she sorted out the boys at school, we went out for a spot of breakfast. Anita had to buy some books in Bangsar, and she treated me with breakfast at La Bodega. Felt much better after the warm coffee and more medications.

Still cosy and quiet at this early hoursAnita and her order of drinks. Mango juice and English breakfast teaThe order of 'big breakfast' came with sausage, bacon, mushroom, baked beans and toast. You can then select how you like your eggs.The sauteed mushroom actually tasted a lot better than it looked.Yup! I was done!I must have eaten too much, and felt bloated after that. Well, you would expect that if you just took egg benedicts and other side orders wouldn't you? But that certainly cheered up my morning. Just returned from fetching Irfan from school. The myalgia was still there, but better. Time for some more medications and some reading. Found a few interesting article about the Putera UMNO mission to Somalia, the one which got the Bernama cameraman killed. Sounded like there were than met the eyes ….. and the plot thickened.

La Bodega for Breakfast

As I took today off, after sorting out the boys in school, we took off to Bangsar for a quick breakfast. Out usual joint there was La Bodega, a happening breakfast place. Everytime I have an off day during weekdays, this was the place I prefer to be as the food was nice and the ambiance was cooling. Shane that the meal was jot cheap.

This morning, the place seemed fuller than usual. Full of those business type clinching out deals. A few lady of leisure types as well meeting up with their posh girlfriends - the place is surrounded with apartments where the ex-pat stays, hence you'd expect a few of these types around.

The couple of guys next to our table were busy talking about a TV deal they were about to clinch with TV3. They had a clever plan B though as if the deal did not go through - because apparently they did not pay up a certain politician - they would pitch the idea to a station in Singapore. To quote - they were referring it as 'drama bersiri' - and they were a couple of Chinese guys! Truly 1Malaysia this!

After murdering my Egg Benedict, me and Anita went to do some groceries right next door at Village II. How we wishes we live d the corner from there.