Here n there

It's exciting when it's Wednesday because 50% of the weekdays are gone, and what lies ahead is the lovely weekends!

Ah... I love the weekends. Who don't?

We have been dining here and there over the weekends. Here are a few pics of the places we have been. Thais are very creative and not at all banal when it comes to interior designing, you agree?

This restaurant is a bit of a Morocco feel. Greece must be somewhat like that too. How would I know - I have never been to neither, nor have I watched Mamamia. Can you believe it (of the latter, I mean)?

This Korean Shabu is on the first floor which oversees a huge tree at the facade of the building. So, it's kinda like dining in a tree house. Never mind the startled look on Gooly's face. You will see it often from now on.

"After You" is at the ground floor. We love the ambiance. It's cozy, and for the same reason, many chicks hang out there. And for THAT reason, papah likes to go there too. He likes the waitress whom he thinks has the hots for him. I pointed out that she has a tinge of moustache. "So do you, and I married you!" he retorted. My left hand automatically went up to my upper lip while the other instinctively attempted a swat on his head. See how shamelessly we flirt in public?

This cafe has got their principle of marketing right.They can afford to charge more because they give fancy names to their cakes. Instead of Cheese Cake with Oreo, they dub it Cookie Monster, and Gooly who can read now thinks it's too cute a name NOT to be eaten. Meanwhile, Papah is too embarrassed to be order French Kiss which is just Hot Chocolate in actual fact.

If I were to be a hawker, I will sell One Tonne Mee instead of Wantan Mee. Then I can hike up the price to another ten cents per bowl.

Besides fattening up, we do go for literacy excursion too. Thailand Knowledge Park (TK Park, for short) is a library tucked atop of the Supermarket in Central World which not many people know. A daily pass costs 40 baht but you can't check out any books unless you are a member. I was impressed with the selection of books they have.

This is the children area. These hexagonal cum bee hive seats are cute, though I think they are more suited in a park.

A flight of stairs lead us to the 'tree house' , again with cute circular seats. Pillows are propped for better spinal support. But it was still uncomfortable for a big baboon like me to read in a compromised position.

These are what I chose to read. Hello, Mr. President! It's a very new book, meaning they update their collection regularly.


And the classic which I never get bored of, The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein.

And ooh.. a book about Kiki. Such a lovely name. :P

And while Gooly got busy with coloring activities, I went further to explore. Most books are in Thai. I have always thought printing and translation business in Thai is thriving because they really do translate every novel into the Thai language. And that can also mean that Thais are much more literate than Malaysians. They like books, and read more than us. It is evidently so because the library was jammed pack. (Maybe they don't know about blogging :P)

And there is a music room, complete with a piano and some guitars and some music scores. A man was playing the piano. I thought, "How nice!" but if it's a Malaysian playing in Malaysia, I would have thought, "What a poser!"

Anyways, I thought the weekend crowd was too rowdy. We should come another day. And Gooly will treat the place with greater respect as oppose to treating it like a park, jumping and hullabaloo-ing every where.

A mental note to self. Gotta learn how to check out the books. The members seem to be self efficient, checking out books with a very complex bar coding system. So canggih! Tit tit~ and out they go. Jabatan Akrib Negara, when will you be so canggih leh? :P

And last week, after music class, Gooly and I went for his first bowling session. For Rm10 for 3 sets of games, ok wat.. Better than those rides that cost more and last shorter. I didn't know they have those slides which you could align and then just roll off the ball (on the far right of the pic). It's so defeating the purpose of the game. But it's ok-lah. Gooly enjoyed it. Striked and spared a few games. Not bad. The friendly staff were helpful, more so because they thought Gooly was a Japanese. I dunno, but I have a hunch the Thais think Japs are cuter and more exotic. When they hear you are from a neighbouring country, you can almost sense the balloons in them deflated. You are not so exotic if you are a Malaysian. Boohooloo!

And now we are 51% done with the weekdays!

Weekends, hurry naaa! Ni ji tau wo jai ting ni ma?