homemade blues

So the boys are in Wan Umi's house since Sat evening. This evening I'll be going to fetch them. The house has been relatively quiet, and both G and I had different plans to occupy our time this long weekend (apart from having some "we" time) which had been changed so many times until the day before.

Disappointment for me was - Liz and I didn't go for the spa session yesterday! Waaaaah! Story is, I made reservations for 2 persons in Serenity Spa, Grand Bluewave Hotel Shah Alam. We even picked out the treatments we wanted, and both Liz and I were soooo looking forward to this pampering session. Liz arrived in Subang at 10.30 and we were already on the way to Bluewave for our 11am appointment, when suddenly Wan Umi called. Lo and behold, she wanted to bring the kids to Wet World Shah Alam, and of course, since she didn't include me in her planning process, D and A didn't pack their swimsuits. Knowing D, he wouldn't want to use any other swimsuits or buy a new one, so in panic, Wan Umi called me to salvage the situation.

Long story short, I had to stop by somewhere to pass the house keys to her so that she can get the swimsuit from the house. D was in the car, with tears brimming in his eyes. Grrr. I don't mean to be petty, but this is one of those things she does that can make my veins pop. Always with last minute plans, and always expect people to drop whatever they're doing, or change their plans to suit hers. Sabar je lah since she's MIL.

Already irritated with that, when we got to the spa, we were informed that they thought when I made the booking, it was for a couple, i.e. man and woman (!!!) so they got a male and female therapist for us. WHAT?? I wasn't asked to specify that we wanted female therapists?? Takkan la nak get the guy to do body scrub and massage for one of us? WHAT??? So, tak jadi la. Liz kept asking me to go ahead coz one of us can still do it, but I can't leave her alone, can I? Patutla the Bluewave branch was not fully booked like the other 2 branches in Concorde Hotel and at Section 13. Double grrr.

We left Bluewave, then went to Plaza Alam Sentral - I know there is another spa there, but dunno whether they were fully booked or not. We did get there - the spa is called Dewi Sari Ayu, but of course, they are fully booked until evening. Triple grrr. So, what else to do? Went for lunch in SACC, and then browsed around before finally going home. Memang takde rezeki lah.

One good thing, Liz showed me this quaint place in SACC where we had lunch. It's called The Asian Cafe - they served Vietnamese style food which was quite nice. Liz had noodles with chicken slices in beef broth, and I had beef in 5 styles (which was actually for 3 people, I think - the portion was huge!). Have to ask G to go next time...

G arrived home soon after I came back, and we spent the rest of the afternoon watching Iron Man and The X-Files: I Want To Believe (the night before, we watched Tropic Thunder and Hancock, slept at 2am). Verdict: Tropic Thunder - watchable, but a lot of profanities. A lot. Hancock - I won't watch it again. Iron Man - watchable, but I had too much of Robert Downey Jr already... The X-files: IWTB - I won't watch it again either. Nothing to do with aliens or government conspiracies. It was about psychics. The storyline was also a bit vague. I guess it could've passed as one TV episode, but a whole movie? No wonder it tanked. And Skinner made an appearance almost at the end.

The highlight of the day - after watching The X-Files, we went to karaoke! With Mokz and Nora. We sang our hearts out. Suara tak sedap pun lantak la... Haha. Mokz surprisingly can sing quite well. Anuar Zain's songs, ok... G, as usual, with his ol' skool rock songs... We went to Red Box in Sunway Pyramid. Not bad lah... We can do this again next time. Maybe next year? The voice has to recover... :)