Ah yes, it’s our first wedding anniversary. Time flies!

We worked like usual today until the creative-block came this afternoon, and we decided to go for a walk to freshen up this mind. Off we went to Mutiara Damansara; there is Tesco, The Curve, Ikano, Ikea, e-Curve; with Ikea as our main destination. No doubt, Ikea is like a storehouse of idea and creativity, also problem solving.

After pampering our eyes and brains at Ikea, we walked around the shopping malls for nfl t shirts and the geeky lovely hubby came up with an impulsive thought of purchasing a compact digicam for me. Oh my, it’s in my wishlist already ever since we switched to the bulky Nikon DSLR – I love it, just that it’s not so convenient to bring it out everyday.

Anyway I was very firm to have Canon so we settled for this IXUS 105, RM765 (from original price RM799), though we thought we saw somewhere sold it at RM699 but couldn’t recall the IXUS series. At such a price, the digicam’s physical quality is quite far from the oldie IXUS 40 (my very first digicam) and IXUS 870 IS (my second digicam).

The digicam looks OK as a whole. But when I hold it, the feel of the surface is different and the battery + card lid looks so fragile like kiddo plastic toy. There goes the elegant image of IXUS on my eyes. Kinda disappointed, but well it’s for snap and shot only. Can’t be asking that much.

Next, we had our anniversary dinner at Waroeng Penyet at The Curve, where we got our share of stomach-ache. No kidding. Hubby felt something wrong with his stomach first on the way back home. Few hours after that, my stomach started to give reaction. At that time, we were sure to say the culprit is the sambal belacan (chili) from the Waroeng Penyet cause we basically eat the same thing. -__-”

I suppose the only trust-able and rather clean outlet to have Ayam Penyet is the Ayam Penyet Ria’s branch at Sunway Pyramid there.

That’s all with our first wedding-versary, a day where we have the excuse to pamper ourselves.

Hubby’s friend suggested to have Korean BBQ + steamboat at home on last weekend. So there we, two couples, went to Tesco for grocery shopping on Saturday evening.

Coincidentally Saturday was a no plastic bag day and we forgot to bring recycle bag along. Duh! Memory is getting worse. Not a big deal if we only bought small thing like sleep aids, can put it in the pocket or bag. But there were meat, veges, juices, blablabla. Luckily there was four of us, have enough hands to carry those stuffs.

We bought too much and ended up having it for two nights in a row. What a food fest!

Last Friday was Deepavali Day, an important five-day festival in Hinduism – read more on wiki. It was a public holiday here so we took a day off from work and join the public to have a long weekend. We realize that we need to get a life too! Outside from soc-med like Facebook and Twitter.

Meet up with my dearest brother first whom wanted to hunt for personalized footballs items.

So off we went to city center for a meet-up with my high school friend + her hubby, whom ‘escaped’ from Singapore for a weekend getaway. It’s kinda awkward as we haven’t see each other for years, probably 3 or is it 5 years, cant’ remember. But it feels good being able to see each other again. Reminds me about the ‘ku be phau‘ time.

From Chinatown we drove to Berjaya Times Square for late lunch. Can’t think of any other foods that is more Malaysian so we settled for Bar B.Q. Plaza (visit their website), a Thai BBQ which is very much like Korean BBQ style. We’re such a lousy host -__-”

Gotta thanks GPS for guiding us all the way from the house to KL city center. Initially we thought of parked the car at nearest LRT train station and took LRT to city, but one needed touch&go card (new system?) which we don’t have (can’t find other option like paying for hourly or daily rate) while another one has an event going on at the parking area. So wtf.

Oh so happy cause we had ayam penyet (smashed fried chicken), an authentic taste of Indonesia, for lunch today! Where else if not at the famous Ayam Penyet Ria, Sunway Pyramid branch.

Teh Botol + smashed fried chicken set = perfect combination! No need to take flight all the way back to Indonesia to taste the home country’s food. It’s already available here within 20 minutes drive. Even better, maybe I can learn from the recipe books so I can have ayam penyet more often.

Bill comes at total RM28.55 included tax, with Teh Botol at RM2.90 and each set of food at RM10.70.

Since we moved back to KL on last week Tuesday, we’ve been eating out all day for lunch and dinner. After doing it for few days, laziness strikes as weather is too hot to walk outside. Hot = getting darker + sweat too much, probably can get slim faster than quick weight loss pills in a natural way. Not what I’m looking forward to.

Thought about catering but haven’t found one nearby our area. So, taking MIL’s advice (eating out is not good for health, eat home cooking better), we decided to cook ourselves.

Thanks to this decision, I discover the joy of self-employed, working from home with spouse, which is: we are able to spend quality time while cooking and eating together.

We started the cooking venture with this double-sided-pan, a gift from my Mom all the way from my hometown Medan to KL. Coincidently it’s the type of pan that hubby has been eyeing for. So yay, luckily we haven’t bought it and thank you Mom!

The pan is so helpful, makes cooking easier and less messy. Hubby even thinks of buying another one so we can cook 2 pans at the same time = faster.

Simple meal. Happy couple. Thank you Lord for the blessing that You give us.