Tired
Wednesday: 9.30pm
Thursday: 8.00pm
Friday: 10.00pm (and I !@&*#(&!@(#* missed Transformers…somemore paid for the tix dy!)
Finally, I got to leave on time today AND have dinner with hubby… 
Disappearing act
Just started a new job today (yes…some of you might’ve been wondering why I’ve been so free to blog in the middle of the day, that’s coz I’ve been on a break for the past one month!)…so I’ll be taking a short break from blogging and reading blogs until I get used to the “rhythm” of my new work place.
Yes, the Max! flogger dinner still remains unwritten, photos still unedited…soon, I promise!
Winding down
It’s Sunday evening. Night, actually.
The air is sticky, heavy and humid and I bet it’s gonna pour later in the night.
I have so many things to blog about…all food related, but I’m feeling abit lazy.
Friday night dinner at Isthmus @ Northpoint.
The launch of Just Heavenly Pleasures on Saturday afternoon.
Meeting the floggers at Max! Kitchen and Wines on Saturday night.
Dinner at HSBC Restaurant @ Bangsar tonight.
It’s been a great weekend. Tiring, but fun.
Tomorrow, tomorrow. I’ll blog about it tomorrow.
Saturday lunch, mahjong and seafood
So, for those of you who wanted to see pics, my Saturday lunch looked like this:
Back bacon, streaky bacon, sausages, eggs, mushrooms and french toast (not shown)
And to suck up all the oil that are about to consume, some veg (which we didn’t eat in the end!)…
After washing up, we headed over to hubby’s friend’s apartment at Mont Kiara for an afternoon of mahjong! It’s been a loooooong time since I played…and it showed. Yes, I lost lar, what else? Hubby won though…hehe…I think the place he sat got good feng shui!
At 8pm, we headed out to Selayang for dinner. I have absolutely no idea where the place is and what the restaurant is called…all I can remember is that the restaurant is next to a shop where you can buy fresh seafood, and then they’ll bring it over to the restaurant to be cooked any way you want it. No piccies coz I forgot to bring my camera along. Besides, we were so hungry by the time the food arrived that I doubt I would’ve had a chance to take any photos… 
Anyways…we had…
That soupy-soup thingy with salted vege and fried fish, salt and pepper fried eel, seong tong lala (if you want to be posh, it’s actually called American Clams), cheese baked oysters, fried fish with ginger and spring onion (this was really good!), crabs with fried minced garlic and chilli, fried lotus root and snowpeas, stewed pork feet, steamed prawns and fried rice.
No, don’t fall off your chairs yet. There were 10 of us sharing the food.
Then again, all 10 of us were groaning and rubbing our tummies by the end of the meal…
Total bill came up to around RM500, ie. RM50 per person. Doesn’t seem that expensive for so much food, right? However, the raw seafood only costs around RM250. Minus off the rice, veg and pork…looks like we were charged almost RM200 just for the cooking bit! Well, can’t really complain though, since the food did taste really good…
Good friends, good shopping
The first half of my fantastic Sunday started off with a shopping spree at KLCC with M! M had a 20% discount voucher from the newly-opened Banana Republic and she kindly invited me along to check out the shop at KLCC.
Our first stop was at Anya Hindmarch as I wanted to enquire about the ‘I’m Not A Plastic Bag‘ tote. Touted as the IT bag for the season, the cream cotton bag, which has been spotted on celebrities like Keira Knightley is positioned as an environmentally friendly tote.
The launch of the bag in UK had people queuing up in the wee hours of the morning, though I think it’s probably because it’s a designer bag priced at £5 and not so much because it’s environmentally friendly! The bag is up for grabs in M’sia come July for only RM55…alas, the waiting list is already full… 
Anyways, from Anya onwards to Banana…
Banana Republic is located at the 1st floor, Isetan side (sorry, I can never remember the actual names of the two ends…so it’s either the Isetan side, or the Mdm Kwan side… ). The store is divided into 5 sections: The middle (entrance) and the two sections to the left houses the ladies attire and changing rooms, while the two sections to the right are for the men. The store is pretty spacious, and has a nice relaxed and beach-y feel to it. Currently, the collection that is being showcased is their Summer 2007 collection, titled Summer City Safari. Most of the apparel are made from lightweight cotton fabrics which is just perfect for our hot KL weather.
Put two girls together in a new store with plenty of clothes to try, and what do you get? One tired shop assistant, that’s what! Luckily, the sales personnel at BR are really helpful and attentive, and more than willing to bring us different sizes to try. M & I must’ve spent nearly an hour in there, trying on several tops, pants and dresses that we’d picked out! The fitting rooms are really hot though…not sure if it’s because of the bright lights or insufficient air-conditioning…
I ended up purchasing a black silk chiffon bubble top with a halter-style rope tie and cotton striped, round-neck tank.
M bought the same black halter top, an olive-coloured cropped cardi and the loveliest black dress with capped sleeves and a nipped-in waist. I really love the black dress that she bought as it’s simple, yet elegant and it fits her perfectly. It’s really a day to night dress as it can be worn to the office in the daytime or dressed up with a wide belt around the waist and some jewelry for a formal function at night! Luckily there was only one piece left, else I would’ve been really really tempted to buy another for myself!
From BR, we went to Kino, then to L’Occitane to collect some vouchers that I’d redeemed with the points from my L’Occitane card. I ended up using the vouchers there and then to get a jar of Shea Butter body scrub for myself and a trio of hand creams for my mum.
A short browse around Eclipse, Topshop, Isetan, Gucci and finally, Miss Sixty left both of us feeling hungry and thirsty. We bought some healthy fruit smoothies to quench our thirst before heading down to the concourse to grab some snacks. M ended up buying a *Premium Muffin* from Cold Storage (RM1.50 for a really small muffin!), while greedy little me bought some pies from KingPie…yum yum!
We reached home at around 5.30pm with aching feet and shoulders and just enough time for a quick snack and a catnap before dinner.