Oh!pEnions: Just another long Sunday

Just another long Sunday

31-05-2009

Damansara Jaya Brunch
And right after the Wedding Dinner, we're supposed to have breakfast as well. It was just nice timing that Bangkokboi was there in the dinner yesterday. OK, so I forgot he was Mel's friend as well. Anyhoo, the breakfast place was at Damansara Jaya's new Dim Dum place, which as usual, I forgot the name of. And unfortunately, a certain Miss was missed as well, due to hammers in the head. We did had a swell time, especially the two girls. But knowing the situation, we more or less tried to eat as little as possible since each bamboo basket would cost anything from RM3.00 to RM5.00. The place is packed with a lot of people and I think, its the start of the trend for everyone to wait outisde the restaurant for vacant tables. Luckily, bangkokboi booked ahead, I think and all I had to do was to drive the girls there, and look for parking.

Yeah, he's going to start work in Penang on Monday but with a 50% pay cut. Still, he earns more than me. But I am happy for him as he now has a non-travelling job, and his daughter (in Penang) gets to know him more.

Just look at how much the six of us ate.

The prized item were the eggtarts which was being
prepared at the other end. And also, at that end, a
lot of customers would help themselves to whatever
was being cooked instead of waiting for waiters who
would come to your table with trays of delicious look
-ing dim sum. If I ate whatever I liked, the bill would
be more than RM82. Luckily, I got to share the bill.

We were sitting near the till and all the while, it
never stopped ringing. Which is a good sign and
I hope that it still does the same during the
weekdays as these places get most of their
business during weekends while the rest
of the days, its fly-swatting time.

Kristine enjoying her meal while looking at
a very animated and talkative bangkokboi

However, on the other hand, Kaelynn was not that
amused.

Litt Tak Warehouse Sale
After the brunch, we went off to Litt Tak which was having a warehouse sale. But unfortunately, since today was Sunday and also the last day of the sale, I am very confident that most of the "good" stuff was gone. Still, it was nice that Wife (this time round) agreed to go as such places is a very good source of cheap toys for the girls who destroys them at every opportunity.

So, this is the place and judging by the amount of
cars parked, its almost over.

These are the stuff that is NOT on Sale. I just
took this picture when I needed to use their
toilet at the back. But I did not go as far as
rummaging throught the shelves as its not
a very nice thing to do.

Back in the car, both girls were very happy
with their new toys. You can see Kristine's
wicked smile.........

And this is what she got. A set of plastic shoes
(yes, shoes!), a very fragile handbag, a fingernail
set that come complete with a fingernail dryer
(I kid you not but the batteries are not included)
and some shiny fingernail pieces.

Here is another shot of the shoes. Days later, they
would come off and I had to re-insert them all over
again. But just to buy a new pair of shoes, and high
heeled ones, are not a good idea at the moment.

Still, she's happy to bits. But for Kaelynn, this
was something new for her and the plastic
lipstick was the only important object.

As for me, I got this Masked Rider Faiz item which
was being sold for RM5.00. It was there last year
and it was still here this year. At first, its just an
ordinary camera but once you insert the chip, it
allows you to yank the handle out and it becomes
a weapon of some sort. Me? I just bought it because
it can be a crude Tricorder........

And yeah, I bought three.........

This was the shot later in the night
where Kristine got into full dress
*ahem* accessories. Man, at the
age of five, she really knows what
fashion is.

Tropicana Mall
Right after that, we needed to do our shopping for groceries. Unfortunately, the only nearby Hypermarket at this point would be Giant. Since Wife does not fancy this, I decided to go back all the way to PJ, towards Tropicana Mall's Carrefour. I wanted to visit this place for ages ever since it was opened months ago. And so, this is the only chance I would get. The place is not bad and its quite accessible from almost anywhere due to the controversial ramps.

The moment we came up to the Lobby, Toys r Us were
having a sale or something.

As we're all hungry, we decided to stop at one
of those mini restaurants. Here, I realised that
there were actually three restaurants sharing
one premise, and so, I can order Teppanyaki,
Chicken Rice or even other stuff.

First things, first. Drinks for the girls!

And some weird ice-kacang for me

Notice they're using those tadpole jellies again.
This reminds me years ago when I ordered it
and the ice shaving was mostly red from the
strawberry flavouring. What was disgusting
was that they added these tadpoles into it. So,
its like eating those once a month sandwiches....
[I think I took photos of it but I have to search my archives]

After a few minutes, we know that the
fresh orange juice was not 100% orange.
But then again, these drinks are like that.
If you wanted full orange, you'd have to
pay a bit more, plus if they can do it too.

Tom Yam Fried rice for me. Somehow, I still cannot get
over the Teluk Intan version when my Wife took me to
one of those places. It was really delicious compared to
this big plate of crap.

Noodles for Kaelynn

And Hor Fun for Kristine. Notice that both cooking
styles are very similar.

I managed to find tow of this in my fried rice

But in all our three dishes, they used a lot of those
squids. Unfortunately, they also look like backsides

Well, not wanting to wait for ceremony, Kaelynn ate
without much fuss.

While Kristine was seriously
distracted.........

After our Lunch, we went to Carrefour.
And when these two costumed guys
where wheeled into the toys dept, all
the kids forced their parents to take
other routes, mine included as they
are very very scary to the kids. But
this little tike was not afraid at all and
so, he posed for everyone who took
photos. One brave little fella there.

Outside the Carrefour counters, there were a lot
of those minit kiosks selling anything from tid-bits
to pirated Ben10 toys to mobile phone accessories.
This was where I finally saw the Nokia5800 cover
but because the girl was selling at RM35.00, I
realised it was not a good idea and went to buy one
from eBay instead. I went for the Blue version
since my Nokia 5800 was blue. Also, for RM19.00,
I get it delivered to my office but at the cost of a
slight delay of week or two.

Sigh. Kaelynn follows after her elder sister, who
has fears of these rides when they either start
to move or gave out random sounds even when
no buttons were pushed. Here, she rushed out
when the Bob the Builder "Let's fix it" or some
thing, were heard.

Nice Terminator Endoskeleton but once
you get over the initial shock, you'll
notice that whoever assembled the
thing did a haphazard job as I can see
some tubings hanging out for no reason.
Plus, the eyes were not lit.

Although there were quite a number of people in
the Mall, most of the parking spaces are still very
empty. Still, its a nice feeling. But somehow, the
red/gray paint scheme is not my cup of tea.

Why this was placed in a parking lot and without any
fencing, I would never know. But all I do know is that
its very easy for me to just go over and switch off all
the exhaust fans or whatever its connected, OFF.