5 lazy days with lots of food.

i am guilty of not doing any productive work for 5 days....that is starting from the second day of raya. i had just been eating and hanging around with my friends. it was public holidays after all and some of them were back in tm, so we hung out quite a bit and it made me lazy.

hence, i have to get out all the photos that i have taken those few days in this post and give myself no more excuse from not starting work the next day. i must get down to finishing my work!! who knows what or who else will come back at weekend hahaha.

first up: what is raya without some lemang and rendang right? well the lemang was given by the neighbour and mom cooked the chicken rendang to go with it. i don't think i will eat my lemang any other way except with rendang. some will eat it with peanut sauce, but not me. ok...i am fussy. we got three sticks of lemang from the neighbour and we gave one to our cousin to bring back to kl.

i went to kl twice in those five lazy days. it was hard not to be tempted by good times with old friends. it is not always we get such chances and whatever opportunity there is, i will be there.
the first trip to kl was to vin's restaurant and bistro in taman tun. i got my direction to the place from my cousin so i had no problem looking for the place.

we arrived earliest at the restaurant and started waiting for those from klang valley. shouldn't it be the other way round???

ordered a classic mojito while waiting. yummy. the restaurant is well equipped with all sorts of wines and liquors, so it is a good drinking place no doubt. the lighting made the place really cosy as well, not to mention good service from the waiters too.
we ordered food to share, hence we got to try quite a bit from their not-so-extensive menu.

chicken masala.

salmon salad.

grilled mushroom.

halibut.

lamb cutlet.

local fried noodles.

tandoori pizza.

creme brulee and choc lava cake.

finally, the bill. don't forget to add three bottles of white wine into the bill ok. so divided by the 7 of us, it came up to rm150 each.
reached home at midnight that day and not drunk.

the next night, another place, more drinks and some more food, and lots of yapping. haha...that is what friends do when they get together. yap, talk, gossip, inform, etc.

this time it is at mani-thai in tm itself. one of my favourite places to sit back and enjoy. however, i wish they can have some finger food in the menu.

beer...2 buckets please.

couldn't stop myself from taking a photo of the flower arrangement again.

our crab meat fried rice and mango salad. i think i had the most rice from that plate. it had been a while since i had such nice fragrant fried rice. mouth-watering.

last makan trip- on sunday, to kl, the curve. i was invited to go to the gym and join a cycling class. well, piqued by my curiousity, of course i took up the invitation. and the thought of being able to do some shopping spurred me further.

breakfast was at o'briens at the curve 2 hours before gym session.

i doubted my food could digest in the 2 hours before the cycling session, but what the heck. the crispy chicken and egg mayo were hard to resist. gosh, i seemed to be hungry all the time.

so the jakun me, entered the gym for the first time, well this sort of gym. everything was new and shiny to my eyes. luckily, i had two very patient friends who told me everything i needed to know and showed me the directions and what to do. phew! i did feel lost.

these are the stationary bicyles in the cycling studio. gosh, i was so so worried on the intensity and the strain i would put on my injured knee. the butt was in pain starting from the first five minutes already. the cycling session was 45 minutes long. so ya, my butt suffered for that long. i did not follow everything the instructor ordered of course. i would be crazy to push myself to the highest intensity and injure my knee.  sweat i did here in the studio but frankly, it was not really my cup of tea. i would still prefer the treadmill anytime.

so how did i feel after the gym session? well, my body was not that used to working out in an air-conditioned indoor area and the sweat found it hard to come out. but i did sweat a bit. my knee? unfortunately, i did feel the strain on the knee and the exhaustion. so i walked around the mall after that with a sore left knee. yup, it got really sore.

tea time.
japanese food. just 3 of us, and we ordered quite a lot till we forced ourselves to finish everything. and they had no soft shell crab. crap!

california maki.

sushi platter.

tempura.

tofu.

salmon.

hmm.....dunno what maki. haha

japanese omelette pancake.

burp! paid rm50 each.

next, it was walk walk time to help the food digest.
we walked with aims, not aimlessly.
first, i had to help a kid look for a pair of running spikes.

found these from brooks. not really within the budget, but the pair here is for sprint, so it is what he is looking for. unfortunately, the biggest size was just a 7 in the shop. not meant to be. well, at least i know which brand to look for now.
i also found a pair from mizuno, but it was more than rm300. waaay over the budget.

now i have to look for a  brooks agent to contact so that i can get a pair in size 9 or 10.

and while searching for spikes, i also found this:

knee strap. i tried it on, and gosh, it was such a relief to my strained knee. how i wish i could walk around with that knee strap on. the size was too small, hence i did not buy it.
today, i did my search online, and finally found someone who brought the knee strap into malaysia via the low yat forum. bless that forum. you could really find answers to all your questions there. texted him, and yippe!!! he has one in l/xl. just one! phew! have arranged for my brother to pick up from him. he charged rm100, which is cheaper than in the shop.

besides getting sports related goods, i also got dog shampoo (mom's request) and some ingredients for baking. fingers crossed, i should be able to bake by the end of the week.

reached home on sunday only at about 10.30p.m.
still in time to submit my bid for an ipad mini with the star newspaper.

so counted all the points i did. the points i had accumulated was 10 times more than the required minimum bid for that ipad mini. fingers crossed now.

and today....was invited out for another makan. gosh....see eat eat eat. a friend dropped in from sungkai and off i went for dinner at a new restaurant in tm.

no, not the above, just want to show the new bak kut teh shop here. will go and try next time,

i had my dinner here in restaurant 123. opened by a mainland chinese. my friend brought his own vege from the garden and 2 fishes from his own pond. haha....so everything was fresh no doubt. i did not eat that much. just a nibble here and there as the runny nose made me drowsy and had no appetite.

after dinner, we went to look for a place to have a drink.....beer lah.......and we drove all the way to mani-thai- not opened. drove all the way to taman bernam, the two cafes there- not opened also.
so finally we went back to behind billion, to the newly opened food court called china town food court.

i think it was only opened this month. i could still smell strong smell of cement. the crowd slowly trickled in. there was a big lcd projector showing movie. music was also turned on. there were quite a few stalls not opened yet. we had some meat rolls and chicken wings....and beer.
well, that is one place you can go to if you want a drink and some food next time. but i still like mani hahhaha.

ok......have to end this post now. it is 2 in the morning. crazy. my nose is no longer runny, and i hope it won't run tomorrow. aiyoh....i sleep so late....die lah.
the iaaf athletics world championship on tv is accompanying me while i am typing this. the time difference in moscow really sucks. all the  final events only  start after midnight here.
can't keep up.

must do all my work these few days!!!