Beer Day

Today we dropped Mei-mei at Gurney Plaza after having lunch at Golden Crust. She was meeting up with friends as it's Carolina's birthday. Yup, she's a Merdeka baby.

Then we could not decide whether to hang around town area or head home then come out again later to pick her. Whelp, while debating the big decision, my tummy decided to play up. So we had to detour to Gurney Paragon for me to put a "deposit". As we were driving down Gurney Drive, I needed to make another deposit, so we stopped at a hotel.

Finally, my tummy is ok and we headed to this place called "drafted.". We sure had a tough time getting a place to park. Finally parked near Penang Times Square and walked to the bar which is on Jalan Gurdwara. 

Wow! The cool beer certainly was welcomed after the walk in the sun. 

Luckily by the time we were done, it was cooler. In fact, it rained a little while we were in the bar. 

Then, it was time to pick up Stinky and head home. 

And this was how we spent the public holiday. 

Parent's Day - Ballet

Today is Parent's Day at the ballet academy. As usual, we dropped you off to start the lessons for the day. Then daddy and I went off in search for some stuff at Queens Waterfront before heading back to the academy where we were to observe the dancers going through the exam dances. 

Halfway through one of your dances, your bun started to come undone. And at one stage, one of the u-pin even flew off your head!

At the end of the session, Miss Foo also gave some feedback on your behavior and area to improve for the upcoming examination.

Well, I'm proud to say that you have done very well and danced rather gracefully. Hope that you will do well in your Grade 5 exams. 

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle

It has finally arrived in Malaysia. We also had to wait a little more as it was impossible to get a good seat in the TGV IMAX cinema.

Today is D-Day. I had bought the tickets one week in advance. We picked you up from school and headed straight to Gurney Paragon. We had a light snack. Headed to the cinema floor and picked up drinks and popcorn to enjoy in the move. 

Wow! The movie is amazing. Cannot wait (2 years... 😭) Too bad Ko-ko is not interested in the show. 

Congratulations on a job well done

One snapshot... and we're so happy. We're proud of the results you have achieved.

Great job, Evan

Chili Beans Day

Today's dinner is prepared by Chef Daddy. We had bought the ingredients earlier this week as we knew that Ah Ma is not around this weekend (she's gone to KL with Uncle Sin Chuan, Aunty Amy, Tou-tou, Bo-Boh Poh and Ian).

So we prepared the chili beans and had it slowly simmer to bring out the flavor. Today's batch was made with 2kg of beef!! Tonight's menu had:

Coney dog with beans

Taco's with beans

Fries with beans

We had homemade salsa, sour cream and also guacamole to top with our dinner options. It's been a long time since we've had chili bean night.. it was delicious!

To the Condo

Kiddies went to the condo today with Ah Kong (Ah Ma is in KL for a holiday). Guess who's the driver today:

Sunday in Batu Feringghi

We had to leave early to eat breakfast then drop Mei-mei at Karate. So we headed to the Tanjung Bungah market for breakfast. We were lucky to find a table quite easily. The foodcourt was rather packed, so while the food arrived fairly quickly, it took us quite a while to get our drinks ordered and served.

Dropped you at the dojo then headed back home. Daddy needed to pick up his laptop as he had something which he needed to work on. Picked you up and found out that our piggy was too lazy to wake up. So Ah Ma and Ah Kong headed to the Astaka Hillside to buy duck rice. 

We also decided to head there thinking we'd join them there (did not realise that they planned to "tar pau" lunch). In the end, it was just the 3 of us enjoying our lunch. You ordered the quesadilla while I tried this hotdog. 

Then we stopped by this place daddy wanted to try out (we should have eaten here had we known that the rest are not at the foodcourt!!). Ordered a sandwich and also the cold cuts and cheese platter.

Ham and Cheese sandwich

You all went swimming later in the evening. Just as we were leaving, we met 4 Teo Kong who had also dropped by the pool. Invited them over for some drinks. 

Then daddy and I headed out with Ko-ko to buy back some dinner. We bought something at Astaka again and also headed to the dumpling shop to pick up more frozen dumplings and some fried rice. 

4 Teo Kong and Ee Poh dropped by just as we were finishing dinner. Chatted a while before they headed back as Ee Poh was just recovering from vertigo. 

Then we had our cold cuts and cheese as well as this white wine before calling it a night. 

Supper!

Imagine, you still have place in your tummy for supper.. I'd say it's more because you were intrigued by the super big fries serving!

Everyone had to help you finish up the chips!

Birthday Celebration

We didn't plan to have any celebration. But in the end, still went ahead since Mr Evan Ban kept asking why no celebration. So daddy found this restaurant "Gourmet & Wine Co." in Tanjung Tokong. It's a good idea since we're staying at the condo this weekend. 

We initially booked for 7.30pm, but since you kids could not swim and were starting to feel hungry, we decided to start our dinner earlier. 
After ordering our food, the manager/maître d helped to take a family photo for us:

The bread came out first. But after that, it was a rather long wait. We ordered a few extra servings of bread while waiting for our mains to be served:

Iberico Pork Chop

Beef Ribeye

Porchetta

Gambas

As we had ordered 2 portions of steak, we were given 1 free bottle of wine and daddy bought another bottle:

The food was quite good, despite the wait. The manager was quite apologetic for the wait. But it was a pleasant dinner with family.

Long Weekend in Bayu

We came up to stay yesterday evening. Packed both cars and headed over. Daddy, Mei-mei and I left first, headed to Jaya Grocer to pick up some stuff for the house while Ko-ko left a little later with Ah Kong and Ah Ma. He's the designated driver nowdays. We were a little early leaving Jaya Grocer, so we even went for a drive to find out about a couple of eating places which daddy had discovered on Google Maps.

We settled down for the night and the next day, daddy left (super) early to have breakfast before going off for his golf game. We decided to try out the new dumpling place which daddy had found. Ah Ma did not want to join us, saying that she wasn't hungry. So it was just the 4 of us. Ko-ko drove us there with me sitting in front to give him directions to the place. The shop is called "饺子掂 DIAN". The specialty is the many different types of dumplings. So we ordered a few and also noodles and fried rice (or else we will need to order 50 dumplings for Ko-ko). 

We were impressed with the dumplings, and so we even bought some frozen ones to bring back home. 

Then we headed home to relax. Ko-ko got bored, and took out toothpaste to clean up the leather seats for the dining table:

Took Mei-mei down for a swim. Unfortunately, the pool was overrun by a bunch of China people. Warned Ko-ko so he decided against swimming. After a while, Mei-mei and I also went back up. 

Before Leaving for Penang

Today we headed out for Vietnamese lunch. It's a different place from our usual Ara Viet, called Goc Viet. It's quite a distance to drive. We went in 2 cars as Ashley Kor-kor planned to head home after lunch. She also had to drop Smoky off for his shower before heading to the lunch spot. 

This is what we had:

Vietnamese Hot Coffee

Cold coffee

Pho with no veggies for the 3 of us

Spring rolls

Then we headed back to the condo to drop off the keys for the agent. Next, daddy dropped us at 2nd Street. Ko-ko said that there was a big one near his college. They both went off for coffee while we browsed the shop. It was actually quite small. Only the ground floor. Then they came and picked us up and we went to the other branch. It's bigger, but we were too tired and couldn't really find much. 

So we went home to rest, and pack up. 

But we still needed dinner. In the end, we headed to JyuRaku. Final hurrah at Ko-ko's favourite dining spot. It was a good thing that Ashley Kor-kor had helped to reserve a table for us. It was a simple (not cheap!) dinner. 

We also each got a serving of ice-cream before starting our journey home.

The pretty lighted up Ferris wheel:

And again, traffic was horrendous this trip. It took us over 4 hours to reach home. There were times where we came to a full halt on the highway!

Back at Marta's

Booked a place here to have dinner with Alex Ku-ku and Ah Kim. Daddy enjoyed it the last time we came, so we're here again. Ordered a lot of food. They were mostly amazing:

Oops.. we were too busy enjoying the food and company that we'd forgotten to have a group photo taken!

Packing Up

Today, we planned to clear out your room. But before that, brunch. We drove to a cafe nearby in 2 cars. It was a little wait for our table. Placed our orders and soon our brunch was served.  The food was quite good. 

Then Mei-mei went home with Kor-kor while the 3 of us headed to Geo Avenue to pack up. We slowly packed up the clothes, determined what to do with the table lamp and you sifted through the big stack of papers to decide which is to be binned. Daddy then went down to Mr DIY to see what can be used to fix the patch on the wall (caused by you sticking a hook on the wall and removing the paint along with the hook). Well.. he found a white marker pen and bought a tub of putty too. The fix looks quite ok. Only noticeable if you look really closely. 

The initial plan was to bring the shelving units with us as we were to pass them to Alex Ku-ku when we met for dinner. In the end we managed to load the car with everything so we wouldn't have to come back again. Tried to contact the agent, but by the time he responded that we could just leave the keys in the room, we had already left. So we would need to go another time tomorrow to drop off the keys. 

Well, time to say Sayonara to your "home" of 1.5 years!

Whole Day of Outing

Today Ko-ko said that he'll need to catch up on his sleep and that he would have lunch or dinner plans with friends. So we decided to head to this place that Ashley Kor-kor and I had seen on Instagram for lunch. It's called La Spiga D'Oro. The drive was rather far, but it was a good thing that we arrived early (before noon). There was a 15 minute wait for our table and once we were seated, we placed our orders. 

First up: Insalata Caprese

Then the sandwiches. They all tasted different and was very delicious. The focaccia was heavenly. 

After lunch, there was a long queue of people waiting for a turn to dine in the restaurant. We overheard the waitress informing them that the wait would be an hour! Thank goodness we had an early start to the day. 

Next stop was The Gardens. We did a little shopping there and then headed to another place what we had seen in Instagram. It's called Brewmaster. They had their own beer on tap, which Ashley Kor-kor and I picked (daddy was attending a meeting). Er.. not the best place and not the nicest beers. So this place is striked off our list. 

It was nearly 6 and we decided to head to another place called Monster and Beer. We had been there to pick up some beer the last time we were nearby for dinner. 

We were not really hungry, so we ordered some light bites from their menu. Then Ko-ko said that his dinner plans was cancelled. We told him to pack a bag and take a Grab over to us. He was still looking sleepy, but hungry so we ordered something for him to eat. Then also ordered roast duck from the nearby shop to eat at home.

Now we have both our babies with us.