A Nice Stay

I was pleasantly surprised with the weekend stay in JB. The hotel - a Double Tree - certainly maintained their standard when it came to rooms and food. The breakfast spread in had there on the couple of mornings were better than expected.

From my window

And the main surprise I had was the staffing. They were all Malaysian as far as I could tell, from the receptionist, waiters, room service and parking operator. Close to Singapore where most of the skilled workers in this sector would have gone to, it was refreshing to see this.

The meeting was within the same hotel block and my lecture was only a lift-ride away. The room was also comfortable although it was mainly for work, and I had quiet night on the couple of evenings there. Combination of need for rest and laziness sorted that one out.

Expressushi No More

Our favourite little sushi joint has moved on. They were no longer at Great Eastern Mall. The branch was now about 5 minutes away at a condominium complex. One of Anita's friend lives at the condo and last month, Anita and Idlan went to have a quick meal there.

Yesterday, while we were at the GE Mall where Irfan had his tooth filling done, we stopped by to see what was going on with the old venue.

It had now been renovated and taken over by a sundae shop called Squeeze Me Baby! Idlan was curious. We should've had a sample but he stood in awe instead and then left. No squeezing there...

Sleep Over

It was the weekend before Ramadhan, right in the middle of the school holiday period. Syahril's son was asked what he wanted to do that weekend. And the answer was to chill at our apartment. Great stuff.

Anita cooked her gorgeous soto ayam and we basically just relaxed and eat the whole day. We then ended the afternoon at the swimming pool.

Syahril did not stay overnight though, but that didn't mean that the night finished early. The boys were still running around the apartment at close to midnight.

Not content with that, by the time I left home at around 8 the next morning, everybody was already up, waiting for breakfast. They were still running around playing games and all by the time Syahril came to pick them up at around 4pm. The boys definitely enjoyed it ....

Spring Clean

After we sorted out the desk for Idlan, it was time to create some space for it in his room. That would mean taking out his TV and Wii U, moving it to Irfan's room right opposite. Since we were there, Anita decided to clear everything out.

We badly need a book rackIt will work out fine ....Not even the store was cleared. Looking forward to the delivery tomorrow.

I Scratch Your Back

A few years back, there was a headline about a speech given by PM Najib. It was during a campaign for a by-election. In that speech, he famously pleaded, "I scratch your back. And you scratch mine."

On the day that Sarawak had the state election, I couldn't help by be reminded by that speech during my ward round this morning.

One of the patient had been having a chronic skin irritation and he just couldn't stop scratching. So, he got this device to service his hard to breach areas. Clever wasn't it. And he was happy with it.

Suffice to say that BN got a huge majority in the election. A lot of back scratching was expected from now.