JUST TO SHARE (Lau Tai Onn): CNY Gathering at Sunway Velocity Mall KL on Feb. 21, 2018

Pic from left: Wai Yu, Jia-Mei, Winnie, the blogger, Pan and Patrick

I have made a prior appointment with cousin brother Pan Mok Weng before CNY to meet him at Sunway Velocity Mall, KL on the 6^th day of CNY, 21/02/2018, so as to collect the 2 bottles of Liuwei Dihuang teapills (六味地黄丸) he purchased for me from Malaysian Chinese Medical Association (MCXMA or 马来西亚中医总会). A bottle of 1,000 pills now costs RM 120 (used to be RM 80 earlier). This Chinese patent medicine is said to be useful as anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, for prostate enlargement, geriatric dementia, and type II diabetes, together with the use of “gui pi tang” to improve white blood cell count caused by chemotherapy, chronic infection of the sinus area. I intended to buy one bottle for Wai Yu to bring back to Taiwan for consumption.

It so happened that my youngest sister Winnie wanted to meet us before Wai Yu and Jia-Mei return to Taiwan this coming Saturday early morning. So I invited her to join us for lunch at Sunway Velocity Mall.

On 21/02/2018, Wai Yu, Jia-Mei and I left home at 10.30am to take a MRT shuttle bus to Bukit Dukung MRT station. We boarded a train at 11.10am from Bukit Dukung to reach AEON Maluri station at 11.50am. Sunway Velocity Mall is about 5 minutes’ walk distance from the MRT station.

We met up with Winnie at about 12.15pm and Pan 12.30pm and decided to take our lunch at Esquire Kitchen (大人餐厅) which served set meal (新年套餐 "吉星高照") in conjunction with CNY.

Winnie played host to us and ordered Yee Sang or Prosperity Toss Salad (RM 65) in addition to the set meal of 4 dishes plus dumplings (RM 188 excluding rice and tea). The bill came close to RM 300. She also gave away ang-pows (red packets) to all my 4 children and Jia-Mei.

My youngest brother Patrick came for a short while to see us at the restaurant after we finished our lunch (as he had lunch appointment with his friends in the same mall at the same time) and had a group photo together with us.

After lunch, we walked to the atrium area at the ground floor which was beautifully decorated in line with the festive mood with a spectacular exhibition of hundred Chinese surnames (百家姓). I was particularly interested in taking photos with my surname of Lau (which is also spelt as Liu / Liew / Lew).

Later, we visited the “Commune” at Level 5, a place showcasing the development of creativity and cultures (文创区). At one coffee-selling stall run by Taiwanese, Pan, Winnie, Wai Yu and Jia-Mei bought the manually brewed coffee while I just tried a few sips.

We bade farewell to one another at about 3.15pm. Three of us returned to Bandar Sg. Long by MRT train and shuttle bus and reached home at about 4.30pm.