a porky day

i had the fastest eye check at vista this morning. i was 5 mins late for my appointment at 10a.m. announced my arrival at the front desk, took a magazine and sat down. before i even reached the first article in the magazine, i was called for my check.

then within 5 mins- your eye sight is back to normal already. you can come for a routine check after 2 or 3 years' time. bye bye. phew. am so glad the eyes are all right.

and i had so much time to spare. was supposed to meet someone for lunch only at 12 in kl. so took my own sweet time to browse at popular in the curve and found out that they did not sell newspapers there except the edge ;( so went to borders instead to get my morning papers.

and i still have a lot of time to spare. i reached pavilion at 11.15a.m. that's because i took penchala link from mutiara damansara. i have never used that way before, so i thought to myself 'what the heck'. the traffic to kl and in kl was so smooth, or a bit quiet actually. so even if i lost my way, i would have no problem turning back since the road was almost empty. boy was it fast...but of course you pay rm2 for that express way.

more browsing at pavilion.

on the right of the picture, you see ode to art. it is an art gallery exhibiting contemporary art pieces which was opened two years ago and i only noticed its existence today! man, i love that place and all the art work there. no photo-taking is allowed, but do go to the website i have linked and see what they have to offer. maybe it is not your taste, but it definitely is mine. aah.....to have 20k to buy one of the paintings there. that is one of the lowest prices. one of the paintings there have a price tag of with 6 digits!

well, one does not need money to enjoy art, just drop by their gallery. i will definitely check it out again the next time i go. it's a must. my heart was hypnotized and now it is left there.

oh, this gallery was an accidental find. i was actually on my way to the newly opened wing on level 6- tokyo street.

click to enlarge the photo if you want to see the brands they offer. there is food, drinks, supermarket, gifts, and hello kitty. hahaha.....but it was just a small range. so basically it is a small corner in pavilion where they sell things imported from japan lah and all the places are doing brisk business especially the eateries. there are queues outside each one of them.

even the toilet here is 'japanised' ;)

the browsing at these 2 places fitted my idle time just nicely and it was time to head for lunch at elcerdo at tengkat tong shin. i have heard and read about this place, and now i was there. heck, even sammi cheng had been here. you get everything pork here! oink oink. the website has a lot of pigs grunting to welcome you.
this is the entrance we use for lunch. they have another lot next to it which is opened for dinner. i think the most popular dish here should be the suckling pig, but we did not order that. you are supposed to cut the pig yourself using a plate or plates. after the cutting ceremony is over, you throw the plates into a wooden barrel after making a wish. what a waste of plates huh? will it be an insult to them if i just order the suckling pig without breaking the plate?? is it a spanish tradition? hmmh...if you google smashing plate and tradition, the answer you get is it belongs to the greek. so is this just a gimmick?

anyway, these are the oink oink dishes we had.
ribs cooked spanish style sprinkled with jalapeno pepper powder i think. it was ok.

pock chop cooked austrian style- wiener schnitzel. i am disappointed with this. the piece of chop is too thin, hence making the meat slightly too dry. did not expect it to be fried with bread crumbs. thought i was going to have a grilled one. but i understand it is austrian way of cooking. i remember seeing it in amazing race where the contestants had to finish 2 pieces of big pork chop and they had one hell of a time. well, we did not finish ours too and i brought home one of the pieces. everyone said it was not good. i guess beanie will get some extra pork in his dinner tomorrow. the pork is definitely marinated before fried. the spices used are quite strong but i can't make out what they are.
this they called german bak kut teh. it is a mixture of everything pork- from tail to tribe and sausage and some vege. i like this the most but ahahah....complain again- it is salty.

hmmh...come to think of it, the only spanish thing we ordered was the ribs. they have paella in the menu but it needs 30 to 40 mins of waiting time. is the suckling pig authentic spain cuisine??

this is the paper bag they gave for our take-away. cute huh? aunt has taken it to keep.
awwww.....how loving.

after saying gracias to the person who bought me lunch, i took a short walk back to pavilion. now i know how to get to tengkat tong shin already. so next time can explore the eateries here. there are more foreigners than local here and the food caters to their tastes too.

i decided to catch a movie- alone, before heading back and i chose captain abu raed showing at pavilion's gsc cinema's international screen at 4p.m.

this is a jordanian film and it was actually first released in 2007 already. aiyoh....the locals here really don't have a taste for these kind of movies huh.

u know what? i was the only one alone in the whole cinema!!! the lady at the counter told me just to choose any seat i liked wakakaka. i was shocked! it's my first time! luckily it was not a horror movie. imagine watching it all alone.

the movie is all right. some people will find it slow but i am okay with it. the ending was particularly moving but not the tear-jerking type. my heart sank to the bottom of the ocean and turned as heavy as a boulder seeing what happened to abu raed in the end.

wake up! i can still turn numb thinking of the ending.

my one week break is turning into a movie break huh. yesterday was 3 idiots, today this. i wonder what will be in tomorrow's list. i think i am up for all the heavy dramas after some lame comedies. not talking about 3 idiots ah.

so it was home sweet home after the movie. the roads were still clear and the word exodus did not crop up at all. phew!

wait......no shopping?????

u think i will spend time just idling in the mall without coming back with something???

ta-da, a belt from uniqlo......but........not mine. just helping someone to get it.

so yup, it is possible to be at bukit bintang area and come back empty handed. of course money was spent- movie ticket, petrol, tol and parking. no clothes shopping till the end of the year. gosh, how i was itching to go into jaspal for their end season sale. and zara and mango with their new collection. and all those nice dresses peeking out from warehouse. control!!!!

anyway, had a good sunday. time to break some sweat tomorrow.