Going to Ikea

This was a last minute thing, the Ikea trip, I mean. Although my Parents have planned it for more than a week (I think) they only told me about it last night. And so, being a dutiful son (*ahem*), I had to shelve my Sunday plans and arranged the departure time. Since Kristine had not finished her homework, she could not come. Moreover, since we're going in one car to get the shelves, it was not possible to carry so many people.

I hate going to Ikea/Ikano/The Curve after 12 in the afternoon. This is because by then, everyone would have woken up and thought about going there for lunch or doing some shopping. In other words, this translates to traffic jam. Although we were late by more than an hour, we arrived at about half-past twelve. And by then, Ikea's parking was already jammed. Luckily, the guards showed us some empty space which we took immediately. Yeah, we had lunch there and this would be my first time having meatballs in the new Ikea stall. The first time was in the late 90's when Ikea was still at 1-Utama.........

Finally, after some urging, I managed to
shoo a group of Malay girls who sat and
joked after finishing their meal. There
were a lot of other people needing tables
and although they're stared daggers, they
dug right in until I came along. After that,
it was time to get some food and Kaelynn
is wondering why it took so long.

One thing new (to me) was that everyone was using
some sort of trolley for their trays. Because of so
much people walking around, this trolley actually
reduces the incidents of spilled/dropped trays and
also, hand fatigue.

And so, the meatballs arrived. Dad ordered the
10 meatballs per plate and minutes into the
meal, Dad suspects that there is 'something'
missing about the meatball plate. I looked at it
and did not notice much but its weird they put
red hot sambal along with the gravy.

And so, with much relish, Kaelynn ate
her meatballs,

And drank her orange juice,

Halfway, I noticed that the red hot sambal
was actually red sweet strawberry jam!

Then Kaelynn continued with her french fries.
By this time, her mouth was so full, that she had
to vomit some out but, she kept eating.......,

And drinking,

And and eating, etc.

And even more eating.......

Finally, after five or so meatballs, it was
time to stop and she finished with a gulp
from her personal water bottle.

Finally, it was time to continue with our
journey and we found what we came for;
the Detolf shelves selling for RM179.00.

I was tempted to buy the lights once I realised
that they were not part of the package but for
RM69.00 per pair, I was not too enthusiastic.

Then, when I opened it up, it uses those hot
bulbs or something which is not a good idea.

Not sure if the hole is already in the wood but
if its not, I am not going to drill it out anyway

And so, its just the shelves and hey, now we know
what Dad was talking about! Its the missing patty!

Meanwhile, someone was busy with a set of
Ikea pencil and paper.........

And not only that, someone tried to
readjust back the clock after some
young slobbering kid messed it up.

You know, years later, I'll bet she's going to
grow up being somebody important. And it
has nothing to do with testing tables.......

Nearing the exit, I was a bit humbled at the
huge amount of stock. Its as if I had come
into the beginning of a big warehouse. OK,
so its been a looong time since I came to
Ikea and forgot about this exit. Where got
time to go to these places, hah?

Finally, we got these to the trolley and boy,
they weigh 42 kilos each. Which is a bit
difficult to carry since they're very long
and made of glass.