Definition of Lady of Leisure

So today really was a great day. This morning Sonja and I walked at FRIM. For the first time, we only stopped once on the way up (normally we stop twice or sometimes even three times!). It felt great to be back there again. From FRIM we headed to Bangsar for breakfast.

Delicious was shut so we went to the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and had a long relaxing breakfast. I wanted to check about the 70s/ 80s night tickets at MANZA so we left Bangsar and drove to MANZA house. They had just finished a committee meeting so Sonja and I met a few of the other ladies who were all really nice. We found out how much the tickets were and what was included - sounds like a good deal!

We headed home and I relaxed for a couple of hours before driving over to Pavilion to park the car before walking to Kanebo for my afternoon of pampering. For 4 and a half hours, I enjoyed a facial and a hot stone massage. Wonderful!

I floated back to Pavilion and met Ross for dinner at Thai Express - not the greatest Thai food but it was ok. After our meal, we drove home, ran upstairs (well, not literally), got changed and then headed back to the car to go out to the driving range. We picked up Brian on the way out.

Out at the range, we all hit 100 balls each. I was terrible! It took me about 70 balls to even become remotely back to normal again. But oh well, I guess practice makes perfect!

So today really was a lady of leisure day - exercise, coffee, pampering and golf. Perfect!

Today's photo was taken inside Bangsar Village.

Getting back in the swing of things

This morning I woke up with Ross and managed to drag my lazy butt out of bed and into my gym gear. I did a few things around the house this morning before heading to the gym about 9. I jumped on the elliptical trainer with all intentions of doing 35 minutes but was so knackered after 25 that I had to press the cool down button! :-( After the cardio, I headed to a few weight machines to do my chest, lats and triceps. After some stretching I hit the showers (put on my dress :-)) and felt pretty pleased with myself despite the short cardio time - gotta start back somewhere I guess.

I headed up to Starbucks for a muffin and a coffee and to catch up on things online. I got back home about 12 and spent some time with the cats before going down to the pool armed with my lilo, book, bottle of water and iPod in water proof case. I floated about for a while reading my book in the sunshine. I got a bit too hot so I jumped in the water to cool off and decided I should probably make the most of it so I did 10 laps of lunges and 10 laps of side squats before the clouds came over and I decided to head back upstairs.

I'm getting right into my book at the moment (Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts) so I drew the curtains, put some chill-out music on and laid on the couch to get further engrossed. Of course, I knew where this was headed and sure enough within a half hour I was asleep on the couch. I slept for an hour then got up and checked on Blue who was outside before crashing again on the bed in the spare room for another hour. What a great way to while away an afternoon :-)

I woke up about 5 and read my book again. Ross came home about 6 and headed straight to the gym while I got busy transforming the lamb chop and veggies from last night into a pasta sauce with a tin of tomatoes and half a glass of red wine. It turned out really well. I added some fresh mint and parsley from the garden too. Not bad.

After dinner, we relaxed and watched Ross' favourite show, Wipeout. Kinda like the old 'It's a Knockout' but a lot worse! Every time Ross watches it he ends up in tears laughing at people getting knocked senseless by the various obstacles. Watching him laugh always cracks me up!

Today's photo is off the ceremonial robe from Hanoi that we hung on the wall yesterday.

A pretty good Sunday

This morning we walked over to KLCC for breakfast before the shops opened. We went to Chinoz on the Park and we both had omelettes. Mine was an egg white omelette so it looked a bit weird but tasted pretty good.

After breakfast we began looking again for golf clothes for Ross. We checked out a few stores with no luck but finally in Isetan he found some shorts and a shirt. Afterwards we walked home and relaxed for a while before walking over to Low Yat to buy a new wireless router to improve the internet signal in the apartment. As always, it was chock-o-block! We did a quick hit and run at our usual store and on the way down I checked out the new Nokia N97 mobile phone. I think it is about time to change mine. I liked it but will have to think some more before we get a new one.

We walked back towards home and stopped in at Lot 10. I had seen that there was a Tony & Guy hair salon in there and Ross needed his hair cut so we thought we would check it out. While we waited for his appointment, we had some lunch at 'Jackie Chan Cafe' which is a pretty cool cafe with big couches that you lie on (see photo). I had seen this place with Dad and Ann last year but had never had anything there before. Ross and I climbed onto the couches and ordered some lunch. We enjoyed our lunch in a great atmosphere with chill-out music and a disco ball! :-)

Ross went off to get his hair cut and I tooka walk around the shops. By the time I got back he was almost finished. He walked out with a great haircut! I thought they would be good as I know all their staff are trained in the UK and know how to cut Western hair. So I think I will be going there from now on.

From there we walked back to the Pavilion to pick up a couple of things before walking home. I spent the afternoon trying to connect the router with no luck as we don't have all the passwords etc. from the old one. Ross drilled some holes and hung up the ceremonial robe that I brought back from Hanoi. We also hung our new wedding portrait - the one I got for Ross for our anniversary. It was nice to get those things up!

We pulled out some meat and veggies for a BBQ for dinner. We used Ross' new baking dish for the BBQ to cook the veg and it turned out great. As we were finishing our dinner, Brian and Sonja came round for a chat and a drink. We sat out on the balcony until about 10 before saying goodbye to the Millers. Ross and I stayed up a bit later watching the cricket. About 11 I couldn't keep my eyes open so we went to bed.

Health and Fitness Check:

Weight: 70.1 kg - just can't get under 70!!

Exercise: (not much)

- General walking around KL
- Driving range: 80 mins
- Walking around KLCC Park - 40 mins

A great Saturday - start of the week of dresses

This morning Ross cooked bacon and eggs for breakfast and we eased into the morning pottering around the house. About 11, we walked over to Pavilion to do a couple of things. While we were over there, we spied the biggest pewter beer tankard in the world (or so the sign said)! Almost 2 metres tall and with a capacity of 2796 litres, we decided that it would take quite a few people to finish one beer!

Ross was looking for golf clothes and so we walked around all the possible stores in Pavilion with little luck. We walked home again spent the afternoon watching sport before heading out again about 2.30 to go to our golf lesson. The traffic was terrible going out towards Ampang and we had no idea why. But we made it in time for a lesson. We both warmed up for 10 minutes or so before Eric started our lesson. He started with me today and we worked again on my back swing - moving my hips more and also working on my contact with the ball. After a few pointers, it all started coming back to me. I was also starting to get a bit more confident with my new clubs which are heavier than the one I had been learning with up until now. Basically I spent the rest of the lesson hitting ball after ball trying to feel when my swing was good and when my swing was bad and if my swing was bad, what I needed to do to correct it.

Meanwhile, Eric worked with Ross on his short game - putting and pitching - as well as showing how to swing the driver correctly. It didn't take Ross long before he got in the 'swing' of things :-)
I loved watching him hit the balls with the driver - the thing is so big and makes a great sound when it connects with the ball. Ross was hitting the balls about 200m - I was impressed!

Eric left us to continue practicing by ourselves and I reckon I hit about 200 balls or so in just over an hour - a good workout! From golf we drove to Great Eastern, had a coffee, picked up a couple of things and headed home. We made another pomegranate and feta salad for dinner.

After dinner, Ross and I broke out the old Sony Playstation and had a go of all our new 5 ringgit knock-off games that we bought last weekend. Indiana Jones was pretty cool as was Ice Age 3. I had bought the latest Sonic the Hedgehog game which took me back to my mis-spent youth. We also played Street Fighter which brought back many memories! What fun! We played until about 10 and then headed to bed after a great day.

Note: Today starts 'The Week of Dresses'. I have so many dresses in my cupboard that I rarely wear so I decided that this week I would wear a dress each day.