Viva Home

On Sunday morning, I woke up a little bit earlier than usual to have breakfast with mum at a nearby coffee shop. After that, we went home to change and headed out to Viva Home at Jalan Loke Yew with SK and her granny. It's KL's latest home and lifestyle mall. The ikan masin that was UE3 (never been there) was renovated and given a new lease of life. Even the toilets had a Moroccon feel to it. Took us an hour to get there cause we had no idea how to cross to the other side of Jalan Loke Yew. And trust the Garmin GPS to have poor reception there. Garmin really sucks. The place was huge without much human traffic, but at least most of the shops were occupied. Just the night before, the had their grand opening with a few artists from Hong Kong and Malaysia. With all the specialty shops there, things do look promising. A good place to look for ideas. Hopefully business can be sustained. In addition to the usual furniture and interior design shops, there's plenty of food there too. Mostly cafes and small restaurants. And a bubble tea here, a bubble tea there, bubble tea everywhere! Talk about stiff competition. SK bought a painting and mum bought a dustpan. Not quite a big shopping spree, huh? Also saw where my sis bought the cute bed for Cyan. MYR2100! and the kid refuses to sleep on it. Go figure.

Had lunch at their food court, called Gurney Drive. Food was quite good really. Ordered asam laksa, YTF, bibimbap, popiah and bubur chacha. Left at 1:00pm to send mum to her friend's place. She needed to help out with some large scale cooking again. SK and I then went out Carrefour Subang to settle her curtains at Nagoya. Spent some time hunting for suitable blackout drapes. Competitive pricing. Bumped into HP and her hubby there. Stopped a while to have gui lin gao. Next stop was Empire Subang for some gift shopping. Settled for Bunny and Lifebook. Also bought a card for SK's ex-boss who had so generously donated her furniture to me after migrating to Australia. Headed back to Seri Petaling after that to see if my mother was done. Our timing was good, just in time for early dinner. There was BKT, steamed prawns, curry chicken, stewed duck, radish soup (heavenly with pork bones in chicken broth), chili crabs, stir-fried clams in hot bean paste and loh bak. Satisfied! Also met my mum's friend's newest pet, a dog named Jaja. A cute-sy and furry little thing that hardly barks. Her last owner was a moody Japanese school girl who had since returned to her home country. So much food was left over that we ta-pau-ed some back. And I did not exercise again! Two weeks in a row. Crap! Oh well.

P.S.: Just realized that I have to shop for Leggy and EarlGrey's birthday present too. -_-"