Cafe Espresso

Thu 2020/04/09 BPN. Received phase 1 payment of RM1000 from the government credited to my Maybank account

Mr Soo and his assistant came to service the Diamond outdoor water filter. He also replaced the clogged filter membrane with a new one. The last service was more than 3 years ago on 2017/12/28. Due to the blockage the smooth flow of running water in the kitchen taps were affected. After the service the flow of water in the kitchen taps are much faster and in bigger volume. Cost RM80

Ellie is able to sit up on her own unaided for the first time. Today she is 8 months 1 day old

While out jogging on the road I see an opportunity to do some off-road running in a stormwater retention facility. Charmed by the beautiful mirage of blue water caused by the mirror reflection of the sky on the surface of the still water in the water retention pond, I decide to check out the facility for a closer look and appreciation.

Banci 2020. Completed online submission. Took me more than 1 hour to answer all the questions. It took so long because as the head of the household I have to answer about 220 questions on behalf of my family.

We visit Sunway Velocity Mall. This visit is our first since the easing of the MCO lockdown

Lunch at Go Noodle House, Sunway Velocity Mall. The management has completely changed the way of ordering food. They don't provide you a physical menu book for ordering your meals. Instead you are required to scan a QR code with your smartphone to access the menu online and then after selecting your order you send it to the   cart. Upon confirming your order in the cart you then click the check out icon and wait for the waiter to bring you your meals. I still prefer the old way as I find it troublesome to select your order on the small smartphone screen. This meal at Go Noodle House in Sunway Velocity Mall is our first in this restaurant since the easing of the MCO lockdown

Today I receive approval from SSIPR of my application for the Skim Air Darul Ehsan, 5 months after I submitted my application. My application has taken so long to process that I have have even forgotten about it. Anyway many thanks to the Selangor government for approving the first 20m3 of monthly free water usage.

Have completed assembling the frame of a child's playpen. As all the parts are made of plastic the stability of the hexagonal structure which depends on the fabric cover is not very reassuring.

I find myself jogging in monkey territory. This gang of 8 long-tailed macaques who suddenly emerges from the dense forest to check out this trespasser doesn't appear to be human friendly. So I keep a respectful distance away from them. I also detect a mob frolicking and swinging from one branch to another in the tree canopy above. The city's dramatic urban expansion over the past 30 years have shunted much wildlife from its natural rainforest habitat. However, one species, the long-tailed macaques though have stayed in pockets of the remaining forest, with the city's growling human population providing them with a tempting source of thrown-away food.

Jackson of JC Air-cond & Electrical Services. Jackson comes to replace the broken-down door bell. We have been using the old door bell for 7 years 8 months and 9 days before it broke down yesterday. Cost of the new bell replacement and labour RM120.00 \ JC Air-cond \ Jackson \ Door bell \ Home repairs \

The elevated runway for the LRT Sri Petaling Line runs along the centre of this very busy thoroughfare. Whenever possible I try to avoid running along the city's main roads.  It is even more dangerous when you run in the opposite direction of the traffic flow because you can't see the traffic coming towards you from the rear. However when such a situation is unavoidable because there is no alternative route to run, I try to limit the run along the main roads to short stretches and off-peak hours and running on the sidewalks or road verges where available.

Visiting a government hospital... What do you do when the free shuttle van from the terminal where you parked your car and boarded the vehicle for the ride to the hospital takes a long time to come to the pick-up station at the hospital for the return journey? And when it arrives there are far more passengers than there are seats available in the van. As I felt that the old, the frail, women and children who had been standing in line for a long time waiting for the van needed the service more than me, I decided to make the return journey on foot. From the hospital to the car park the 2.1 km slow jogging run took about 21 min 28 sec to complete. Running alone in the scorching heat actually lifted my moods instead of the opposite when it gradually dawned on me  that in this run I was not doing it out of expediency for myself, but by vacating a seat in the van which otherwise would have gone to me, at least one more of the old, the frail, women and children who were enduring the long wait at the hospital pick-up station would have a chance to board the shuttle vehicle rather than to wait for the next van arrival

I just want to say "Hi!" when I come across a flock of pigeons feeding on some grains that someone had scattered on the grass. However my friendly gesture of a hand wave is causing an unintended consequence.   Unknowingly I startle the birds to react to my body language in fear by taking off into the air in a flight of frenzy. I move on to continue the run moments later after seeing the birds settling down peacefully to resume their feed on the grass.

Aeon Maluri Shopping Mall. We come here to buy CNY clothes for ABi and Ellie \ Taman Maluri \ Aeon \ Abi \ Ellie \

Feeling gratified to have reached a new milestone in my slow jogging runs. Today I run 8.2 km continuously with no walking breaks at the average heart rate of 110 bpm.   I consider my maximum aerobic training heart rate to be 117 bpm.  Before this run, I usually compel myself with much reluctance to take repeated walking breaks to lower my heart rate whenever it exceeds the targeted 117 bpm limit. \ Slow Jogging \ Niko Niko Running \ Exercise \ Health \ PUJ 7, 6, 5 3, 2 &1 \

First time that Anna walked with me to Damai Utama