Sundays

We all know doing some physical activities bring benefits to us but we just don't have the time to do it. You can say that there's always a reason of procrastinating but this is the truth. 24 hours a day is just so limited. Wake up and go to work in the morning and reach home after the sunset. This is the typical daily life of a Malaysian.

However, I'm still trying my best to walk the stairs instead of taking the elevator when I am at work. And I try to make time for an hour of badminton on Sundays.. There is a newly opened badminton court opposite Jaya One; Lot 9 Badminton Court. http://lot9badminton.blogspot.com/ It is opened daily, if I'm not mistaken but I usually go there on the weekend. I think the court rental is reasonably priced at Rm10 an hour. There are many badminton courts around in PJ but they are mostly overpriced. 

After an hour of sweating, we; my siblings, my bf and I will go to our usual dinner place at Oiso Korean traditional and cuisine cafe at The Sphere mall. The Sphere mall is located in Bangsar in which you have to pass by the Universiti LRT station. For a detailed location please view the map below. 

We found that Oiso is indeed a great place to have a comfortable, pleasant and lip-smacking Korean food. They have refillable Banchan/ side dishes such as kimchi, sweet anchovies, spinach, sweet and spicy lotus root and also slices of egg like tamago. The price is fair and the portion of food is sufficient even for the hungry ones. Each meal costs from Rm10.90 to Rm30. 

My favourite food is Bibimbap and their Kimchi fried rice. This is a highly recommended place for a good dinner. 

Some of the pictures below were taken when we went there last week. 

Banchan is given according to the number of people

My favourite anchovies!

Sweet and spicy lotus root

My bibimbap

Steamed egg for free if you order more than 5 main dishes

Kimchi pancake for free too if you order more than 5 main dishes

With bf to Malacca in Jan 2013

We started the year of snake (2013) with a short trip to Malacca. 

Captured a photo of him driving

Reached 1st destination. Mini Malaysia and Asean cultural park at Ayer Keroh. Admission fee is Rm10. A bit pricey for the wooden and not well-maintained architectures in it.
To go there, first exit at the Ayer Keroh interchange from the North-South Expressway. Go straight until you see the Butterfly Park on your left. Then, take the second main junction on your left from the Ayer Keroh main road.

In one of the traditional houses

Rattan rocking chair for the tired driver

This is how the older generation cook

I have seen this in my grandfather's house before

A wooden cupboard to store food 

In the long house

See how green it is!

Wasn't too hot that day

A Famosa Fort, the oldest surviving European architectural remains in Asia. The Porta de Santiago, a small gate house, is the only remaining part of the fortress still standing.

Weird looking tree trunk 

Queued for an hour and at last we managed to get a seat for Satay Ccelup

So delicious that we ended up eating more than 60 sticks!

Night view in front of St Paul's Church

Clock tower

Buffet breakfast at Euro Rich Hotel 

Very nice interior design. Looks posh with the comfy sofa and unique lighting

Princess Hang Li Poh's well at Bukit Cina. Located next to Sam Po Keng Temple. The well was built in 1459 by the princess's followers and surprisingly the well never dried up even during drought!

At Sam Po Keng Temple. It was built in year 1795 by Kapitan Chua Su Cheong. At the back of the temple was a small graveyard where some of the early traders from China were buried there

Inside the 218 years old temple

Came to Nancy's Kitchen for some authentic Nyonya cuisine. Address: 7, Hang Lekir, Off Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock.

Nyonya Ba Chang/Nyonya dumpling filled with pork meat, peanuts and mushroom. 

Popiah/ Egg wrap filled with assorted slices of vegetables dipped in sweet and spicy sauce

A slice of popiah

This one is delicious but can't remember what it's called. 

Cincaluk omelette

Pork pongteh. Delicious but it was too oily..

After the heavy lunch, we drove back to Kl in the afternoon. It was a short but a memorable trip to kick-start the year =)