Deepavali 2009

Woke up after 8a.m. and left Tracy’s house after 9a.m. to go for brekky. The first shop we went to around her neighbourhood was not ready to serve cooked food except ‘pau’ so we went somewhere else.

We ended up here.

We ordered ‘Pan Mee’. Tracy's wih soup and mine without. Tracy said she could count how many droplets of mince meat inside her bowl while I can count the amount of veges. Veges must be getting expensive over there. But the mixture of the sauce for the noodles was quite fragrant and yummy.

On her way to her tuition class, Tracy dropped me across the road from Mid Valley Megamall. I found the right entrance eventually and walked across the bridge connecting to the mall.

I went to Jaya Jusco but did not find anything I wanted to buy.

I walked straight to The Gardens since the last time I went to this place, most of the shops were not opened yet. Plus I only had about three hours to shop before Tracy came to fetch me to go for Open House.

I went straight to the basement to look at all the eateries. When I passed through Canton-I Restaurant, I had a peek at their menu. I was looking for their famous ‘Xiao Loong Bao’ but could not find it in the menu. Too bad I still felt full. Otherwise I would have gone inside to try something, eventhough it may just be one or two dim sum.

Next to the restaurant was a fruit market. I managed to buy 8 persimmons for RM20 for mum. She loves this fruit. I left the fruits at the fruit market and told the salesgirl I would come back to collect them later. I did not want to carry them everywhere I went.

When I went into Cold Storage, I saw some live crabs and when I wanted to take a photo, an Indian lady manning one of the food counters tried to stop me but her colleague told her it was no big deal. Anyhow, I still took the photo.

Then I went back up to the Ground Floor and went inside Isetan. Isetan was having sales as well. I found another Hush Puppies t-shirt selling at 70% discount. When I went up another floor, Triumph was on sale. That was a rarity. This must be the second time this brand had been on sale in as many times I had touched foot in KL. I tried on and bought some items at discounted price.

I walked around The Gardens for a while including going inside Robinsons to take a peek before going back to check Canton-I. By now, people were waiting outside the restaurant for tables to be available. I had to abandon the idea of having a quick bite and went back to the fruit market to collect the persimmons.

I went back to Mid Valley Megamall and take some photos of the mall.

I sat down for a while to observe the people around me before receiving a call from Tracy saying that she was on the way to fetch me.

We lost our way on the way to the Open House of one of the book sellers in her school.

Tracy had to ask for direction a couple of times. The map given to her was unclear.

This time were served two types of laksa with a few of other dishes. We stayed for more than half an hour before excusing ourself.

Tracy drove to the train station and parked the car at the station. We were meeting one of her Vice-Principals (Puan Chua) to take the train together to her former Vice-Principal’s house at Jalan Kastam, which is one station before Klang. We chatted while waiting for the train for 40mins.

At first Tracy and I allowed Puan Chua to sit down. After that the two passengers sitting next to her alighted at the same time and Tracy sat in the middle between us. While they were talking, I continued reading the book and when sleepiness overcame me, I had a snooze on the train. My head kept on going fishing and I enjoyed my nap inside the air-conditioned train.

I was absent at the Muniady’s house last year but was there during Deepavali 2006 and 2007. I always love to go their house. The whole family are very friendly people.

This time I met their daughter for the first time. We chit-chatted with Mr. Muniady for more than an hour while waiting for Tracy’s another Vice-Principal (Puan Anita) to come and join us.

Mrs. Muniady cooked two curries and one veges with thosai.

When we were about to leave, Mrs. Muniady gave each of us a bag of Muruku to take home. Yums.

I fell asleep on the train on the way home.

We had an early night to prepare ourself for church tomorrow morning.