Hectic Week - Part 1

Last week was a very hectic week and to date I have yet to recuperate from all the activities that was going on. Hopefully no activities will be on this weekend so we can finally rest and most importantly, get the much needed sleep that we have been lacking! =P

What happened was, sister (LB) came down for a 2 week meeting last Wednesday and since then our weekdays AND weekends have been pretty much occupied with her. Our routine for the whole 2 week was meeting her after work to have dinner on weekdays and bringing her for her shopping 'ritual' around town during the weekends. My BIL (brother-in-law) was also in town and he has been here since the beginning of April to attend a one month course, but he would normally join us during the weekend as he would only be free then. Besides, the place where he was attending the course was quite a distance from the hotel that LB was staying in. On top of that, it was in town so trying to get a cab during rush hour to go to Hilton PJ is just like committing suicide!

The first night LB was in town, she was staying in Boulevard Hotel in Midvalley area. The room was pretty much standard....nothing to shout about. Initially, she wanted a room in Hilton PJ but were told that it was fully occupied and so was Armada Hotel, which was just opposite Hilton. So she had no choice but to take Boulevard. There were a few of them staying there so every morning all of them would call for a cab to go to Hilton PJ to attend the course.

Me and BF fooling around at the lobby and in LB's hotel room in Boulevard.

LB moved to Hilton PJ the next day, so no more hailing a cab every morning for her... and boy, oh boy was she glad! That night, after work, BF and I met her for dinner and we brought her to have dinner in 'Strawberry Field' in PJ. Didn't took any photo of the food we ordered but it good nonetheless. Me and LB ordered the same noodle dish while BF took the rice set. We also ordered the dry butter chicken (yum!) and fried cuttlefish as a side dish but we were not able to finish all of it. I guess it was pretty much because our main dish was served way ahead before the side dishes came, so when it did arrived, we were already quite full.

The following nite after work, we went to visit her again and this time around, BIL was also coming to visit her as he was gonna spend the weekend with her at the hotel. Arrived at the hotel around 7ish but we had to wait for BIL as he was still in a cab on his way to the hotel. I think BIL finally arrived around 8ish and off to dinner we went.

Trying out the camera's night mode while waiting for BIL to arrive.

We had dinner at this seafood restaurant not that far away from the hotel, but I cant seem to remember the name of the joint. Hmm...must be cause the food was..well..how shall i put it?? - below average?! Yeah, the food was way,waaaayyy below average. The soup was tasteless, the 'belacan' asparagus was nothing like 'belacan' asparagus and the fish..tsk,tsk,tsk. Poor fellow..died for nothing. The fish had that 'fish taste' and smell that lingers at your palate even after you've swallowed. I dont know how to explain the taste and I dont even know whether there's a name for it, but I do know that I like to eat fish but not when it has that taste and smell. Urrgghhh. It was torture eating the fish, but being polite ibans that we are, the fish was eaten anyway.

Sister (LB) and BIL while waiting for out orders to be taken.

Since we were all tired, we decided to call it a night after dinner and dropped them off at the hotel. Arrived home quite late and went to bed straight away. We figured that the next day was gonna be a hectic day so we wanted as much rest as possible. Our intuition was right as that weekend wasn't our usual laid back weekend. It was more of a 'running around' kind of weekend, which I will only post in the next entry. One thing for sure, if i were to keep that kind of pace every weekend, I can guarantee myself that I will be able to be back to my slim figure in no time! Hehe...=P