Clowns & Chapati
Headed over to MidValley with Mel on Saturday. Started early to avoid the anticipated YDPA B'day + School Holiday crowd. We just managed to enjoy 5 minutes of congestion-free parking bay hunting. The cars started pouring outta nowhere.
Mel actually did some shopping this time. She actually bought something (unlike the whole X'mas shopping fiasco 3 years back when we actually walked all the floors without buying a thing). We wanted to watch a movie, but the queue... impossible. Had lunch Anna Lakshmi. Nice South Indian vegetarian fare. Each as much as you like, pay as much as you like. We paid MYR20.00, then the cashier asked us for MYR1.00 extra. He pointed to the counter. Emblazoned on it was a GST notice from the Malaysian Customs. It didn't occur to me then, but I should have said that I'm paying MYR19.05, and MYR20.00 is already inclusive of GST.
Over at Centre Court, some Over the Hedge promotional junket was going on with clowns and all. Children were singing along to the antics of a green clown on stage strumming a guitar. It didn't look right. It looked evil. :P.
Left for tea at Sayid's @ SS5. Called Cla out as well. He was half-awake, still dazed after yesterday's yum cha session. But it's his own fault for sacrificing sleep over extra internet time. :P. Cla wanted to sample the famous Maggi Goreng there, but they brought him Mee Goreng instead. In the order, it was written Mee Goreng. So we ordered another, and emphasised MAGGI. In the bill, it was still Mee Goreng. Fearing another mistake, Cla went over to confirm with the chef. Guess what, we got it right this time. I wonder what secret handwriting they use, or it was just plain incompetence the first time. I'll put my money on incompetence. And you know what? The Maggi Goreng wasn't that good.
Mel actually did some shopping this time. She actually bought something (unlike the whole X'mas shopping fiasco 3 years back when we actually walked all the floors without buying a thing). We wanted to watch a movie, but the queue... impossible. Had lunch Anna Lakshmi. Nice South Indian vegetarian fare. Each as much as you like, pay as much as you like. We paid MYR20.00, then the cashier asked us for MYR1.00 extra. He pointed to the counter. Emblazoned on it was a GST notice from the Malaysian Customs. It didn't occur to me then, but I should have said that I'm paying MYR19.05, and MYR20.00 is already inclusive of GST.
Over at Centre Court, some Over the Hedge promotional junket was going on with clowns and all. Children were singing along to the antics of a green clown on stage strumming a guitar. It didn't look right. It looked evil. :P.
Left for tea at Sayid's @ SS5. Called Cla out as well. He was half-awake, still dazed after yesterday's yum cha session. But it's his own fault for sacrificing sleep over extra internet time. :P. Cla wanted to sample the famous Maggi Goreng there, but they brought him Mee Goreng instead. In the order, it was written Mee Goreng. So we ordered another, and emphasised MAGGI. In the bill, it was still Mee Goreng. Fearing another mistake, Cla went over to confirm with the chef. Guess what, we got it right this time. I wonder what secret handwriting they use, or it was just plain incompetence the first time. I'll put my money on incompetence. And you know what? The Maggi Goreng wasn't that good.
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