Sun 12 Aug 2012
Dinner with Bikia who was in KL for two weeks, on a business trip and condo hunting for KL posting in September.
Sat 18 Aug 2012
Back for the Hari Raya holidays. As Astro was showing the repeat telecast of the Olympics up to 21 August, I managed to catch a few events the next few days such as swimming, diving, athletics, gymnastics and synchronised swimming.
Tues 21 Aug 2012
Watched the opening and closing ceremony for London 2012 Olympics. The best part of the opening ceremony was James Bond (Daniel Craig) arriving at Buckingham Palace to escort Her Masjesty QE II to the opening ceremony, in a helicopter. "Never had Her Majesty been introduced to her public in a manner like that" the commentator said, after the "Queen" jumped out of the helicopter while it was hovering above the stadium.
It was probably the best kept secret of the year. Here is Prince William and Prince Harry's take on the latest Bond girl.
Prince William and his younger brother Harry said they were as much surprised by their grandmother’s appearance alongside Britain’s most famous fictional spy James Bond as the tens of millions watching on their televisions and the 60,000 sitting in the stadium.
In one of the most memorable parts of the evening, the Queen, in a pre-recorded clip, was shown being escorted by actor Daniel Craig from Buckingham Palace to a waiting helicopter after uttering the immortal words “Good evening Mr Bond”.
They then appeared to jump out of the helicopter before landing in Olympic Park.
“To be honest we were kept completely in the dark about it, that’s how big the secret was,” William told BBC television.
“I mean Harry got a sniff of a rumour on the night, and we were talking about it, going ‘nah’ this probably isn’t happening.
“But in fact she did such a good performance that she has now been asked to star in the next Bond film, so I’m thrilled for her.”
Showing the same understated sense of humour as their grandmother, Harry added: “Both of us were slightly surprised with our grandmother’s secret hobby that she had of parachuting, which I think went down unbelievably well.
“You don’t expect the Queen to do something like that. What she does in her spare time is, you know, that’s her spare time. But I think unbelievably good sport for her to do that. I can’t quite believe it when I see those pictures back.”
Wed 23 Aug 2012
Haircut at Central Plaza, where you can also shop for clothes. There's no jostling crowd to contend with as this place is pretty quiet.
Thurs 23 Aug 2012
Had lunch with Jackie and Lanash before going for facial in the afternoon. The most agonising part is the blackhead extraction. If only there is a less painful method ...
We had dinner with Beh Ling, back from Singapore. She mistakenly thought that Hari Raya was this weekend instead of last weekend.
Fri 24 Aug 2012
Dinner with aunty Soo Lee at Welcome Restaurant at Asia City. Dinner was RM97 for five of us! It was very reasonably priced for 2 dishes of vegetables, tofu, steam fish and scallop. It had been raining since 6 PM so we decided to go to Suria Sabah (with covered car park) to jalan-jalan after dinner.
Even though we were not hungry, Beh Ling had a craving for KFC (Singapore KFC pales in comparison to Sabah KFC). We ordered 2 piece of fried chicken for supper. Delicious!
Sat 25 Aug 2012
A visit to the Museum to look for local paintings. Beh Ling had hit on a notion to buy two to decorate her wall, preferably paintings of Mount Kinabalu. Can't remember the last time I was at the Museum. For Beh Ling, her last visit was during St. Francis school days.
Mummy, Beh Ling and Dad at Museum entrance
I was not in the first picture as I was taking the photo
Rock formation near the Museum entrance
In the afternoon, we were off to Suria Sabah to do some shopping. It turned out to be "shop like there’s no tomorrow". Beh Ling and I spent RM498 at Metrojaya. Actually, all the items were on sale. We saved RM296 for 3 t-shirts, 3 blouse, 1 cheong sam and 1 skirt. Really.
Then dinner at the Club, to replenish our energy after the marathon shopping spree.
Sun 26 Aug 2012
Early morning visit to Gaya Street to look for local paintings, as we didn't find any suitable paintings at the Museum. Beh Ling bought 3 paintings by local artists costing RM100 (for two) and RM110.
