A short 'getaway'........ [Part 1]

In our every day to day life, there are many endless things which we have to do, manage and think about....... For this I strongly believe that no one is being excluded, not even me, despite the fact that I have been discharged from my hectic working life of 25 years and 8 months.

That is the reason why me and hubby have decided to have a short 'getaway,' which also gives my children the opportunity to recharge their batteries by joining us for a roadtrip to Penang.

Our trip started on the noon of 19th August (Thursday) by Air Asia Flight from Kuching to KL. Upon arrival we both have our lunch at Marrybrown while waiting for Alex, who is on his way from Malacca. He arrived earlier than expected, so being early we then decided to fetch Karen at her office in PJ.......

Our journey down to Cheras is a real slow moving one due to traffic jams, almost everywhere!!! After a tiring day of travelling, we all decided to go to the Bazaar Ramadhan, which is just next to their Condo to grab food for our dinner........ Chicken Rice, Nasi Briyani with fried chicken, Otak-Otak, Ikan Pari Panggang, Ayam Percik, Dessert, Kuih-Muih & the popular air bandung & orange drinks..........

The next morning, Friday (20th August) Alex have been called in for a meeting despite being on leave, so we all went for breakfast together - Charcoal toasted bread with half boiled eggs & off course a nice cup of Coffee! After breakfast he sent us to the LRT Station and together with Karen (who is on leave) decided to go "Jalan-jalan let's shopping!! & Jalan-jalan cari makan!"

Our first stop is at Mid Valley....... as it is still early most of the shops are not fully open yet, so we took a seat at the food-court & enjoy chit-chatting. Karen intended to survey the underwater camera, so we made our way to all the shops selling Cameras. Finally, we end up in a Canon Concept Store and my eyes caught sight of a Canon Camera "PowerShot A495" which is on promotion and is cheaper than expected! Bearing in mind that my existing camera NIKON Coolpix is six years old and coming across a good offer we decided to own it without much thought.

(Top, left) Our old camera NIKON Coolpix
(Top, right) The new Canon PowerShot A495 (Red Colour)

(Bottom) The 1st photo taken from our new camera and inside the Canon Concept Store......

Thinking about what to have for lunch????? Then Karen recommend us to try a hand on Nyonya Food at Nyonya Colours, here's to share.........

(Top Left) Nasi Lemak (Top Right) Nyonya Chendol
(Bottom Left) Mee Rebus (Bottom Right) Mee Curry

After lunch we made our way to Low Yatt Plaza at Bukit Bintang to get Aaron's Netbook's accessories. While waiting at the LRT Station for our train to arrive Karen captured some photos........

After getting the computer accessories for Aaron, we decided to make our way back home by Taxi. Luckily the weather in KL is not that hot compared to our previous trip in February. I then set on to prepare the ingredients for tonights home-cooked dinner "Pasta Vermicelli" and "Steam Prawns". We managed to purchase all the ingredients for our cooking at Tesco the night before, so everything is in hand, which smooth out my cooking. For information, the prawns are hand carried all the way from Kuching to KL!

We all enjoyed this simple home-cooked meal, which Alex, Karen & Choulyee have been missing as they are away from home.