Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday

When we live in a hot and humid place like KK, public holiday is usually spent in an air-conditioned place. Having migraine also prevents me from venturing outdoor esp. to the islands just to relax. The journey seems to be too arduous for me.

Unlike in the Down Under, we can go to the beach to have bbq and then play games like unisex football or exercise such as playing tennis or squash before sitting down to have a meal together to catch up with one another.

Sophia booked a table for the two of us at Soul Out, Grand Borneo Hotel, 1 Borneo for buffet hi-tea. This time her youngest brother also joined us.

Sophia came to fetch me so that Jeff can use the car to go out if he chose to. Before she parked her car at the carpark, I alighted from the car to go to buy movie tickets. After our meal, we wanted to watch a movie.

I have not heard any previews on the current movies so I have no idea which one is worth watching. There were not many people queuing up to buy movie tickets and therefore I waited for Sophia and her brother to arrive.

We had the choice of ‘The Book of Eli’ starring Denzel Washington or ‘Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’. Both of these were showing at 2.20 or 2.30p.m. In the end we bought tickets for the latter movie.

We arrived at Soul Out and I like their white colour scheme, with the furnitures and walls all painted in white.

Sophia’s brother recognised one of the cooks, whom he said frequented the coffee shop where he sells budget noodles for breakfast.

At first we sat at a table next to the window. We could not feel the air-conditoner at all. We felt stuffy. After two rounds of food, we changed to another table where we can feel at least some air from the air-conditioner.

Though this restaurant does not serve as many selections of food as compared to say Cafe Promenade, Promenade Hotel, at least there were some dishes which I like. But Cafe Promenade charges almost double of Soul Out. They are the beef which was so tender and the lamb curry.

By the time we were leaving, there were more people in the restaurant.

Sophia and I went for the movie but her brother did not join us.

Normally I would feel slightly cold inside the cinema but today I do not feel cold at all. There were a lot of people watching the movie as well.

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.

On the way home from 1 Borneo, Sophia and I saw this scene before us - a combination of smoke from a blazing factory and dark clouds.

I only had sweet and sour crabs for dinner.

Today's Happenings

Slept at 1.30a.m. Had nature call at 6.40a.m. After that went back to dreamland and slept until about 9a.m. Felt tired but had to get up to cook ‘Mi Goreng’ for brekky and get ready for Canaanland Celebration.

Two men became fathers for the second time ie. Kenny Lim whose wife Beatrice gave birth to another baby boy while Jeremiah Balaji’s wife who is in India gave birth to another baby girl. CL rejoiced with them.

Ivy Voon led P&W and played the guitar at the same time. Alice Hiew played the keyboard while Jordan Quek (I think) played the drums. Elder Fung was the facilitator. Rev. Lee spoke on ‘Towards Complete Unity’ which was the Lord’s prayer for the church before He was arrested, went on a trial, hung on a cross, buried and on the third day rose again.

The Lord’s anointing was once again very strong throughout especially during P&W and at the end when the whole congregation went out to the front to pray and intercede for our nation.

After CL, we chit-chatted for a while before deciding on the venue for lunch. The decision was Upperstar Damai. Sophia and I left the church first. I was pretty hungry by then. As I passed by Burger King at Damai Plaza, I saw Sophia’s car at the opposite lane. She was making some hand signals so I made a U-turn at the roundabout outside the post office and caught up with her. At the end I realised my mobile phone was still on silent mode and there was 5 missed calls. Lunch venue had been changed to The Hut, Fork and Spoon at CityMall.

I do not particularly like to go to this mall because there is always major traffic congestion going into this place and difficulty in finding parking bay. If I had known earlier, I would have given a raincheck.

This is the first time I dined in this restaurant.

These are photos of their specialties.

I ordered Spaghetti Bolognese. The beef did not smell which was good.

Sophia ordered Spaghetti with Mutton. Very tasty as well.

Sophia also had Chocolate Smoothie.

Shelley Chew always ordered Baked Crabs. She has been eating this for seventeen years.

Monica Leong had this bento.

While we were there, some people ordered this pie including Mr. Chew Chong Bin. So at the end Monica and I took away one each.

After lunch, I drove home and then went into Sophia's car. She, Monica and I were going to 1 Borneo to watch movie.

Sophia alighted me first before she went to find a parking bay so that I could go and buy our movie tickets. At first I thought the queue was so long but the long queue was for buying snacks and drinks. There were two persons queuing up to buy tickets in front of me.

We watched the comedy ‘Old Dogs’ starring John Travolta and Robin Williams. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I did not laugh so much for so long. I laughed more than when watching ‘The Confession of a Shopaholic’.

The movie lasted one and a half hours and we went to Daiso. I bought a piece of stationery ie. a mat for cutting works.

I could not find clips for my hair.

Sophia wanted to eat Hot Soba before going home. We went to Wagamama Japanese Restaurant. We had been sitting down for quite a while and still no one came to ask what drinks we wanted to have. In the end Sophia suggested we went to Fukurou Japanese Restaurant at Damai Point and so we left 1 Borneo.

We shared the sushi (Una Goma Maki).

Monica had the Eel Rice (Unagi Yaki Meshi) and Mushroom Soup (Shimeji Miso Shiru).

Sophia and I had the same thing ie. Tempura Udon.

When I arrived home, there was still a quarter piece of chicken pie left for me to savour. I still prefer those available in San Francisco Coffee. But the best would still be the one I had the pleasure of eating at Dr. Peter Ong’s house. His wife made the best I ever tasted in KK.