payday fun

after my appointment with the chiropractor, francis met us at george street. it was our usual customary once-a-month lunch after the payday. all month-long, francis would cook our meals. only once would we go out. it's something i look forward to (not intending to downplay francis' skill to cook because he's really good at what he is doing!).

francis chose to try "kanzo", a japanese stall tucked in the dingy sidestreet of parramatta. he enjoyed his order of sashimi platter and asked for another round of sushi and sashimi. the rice with seaweed and pork flakes (i think) was also exceptional. i was disappointed with the ramen, though, replacing the usual tamago with boiled egg and the soup that didn't pull off the authentic taste of japanese cuisine. the lunch was fairly ok and comes with a reasonable price.

 appetizers: salad with seaweed sauce and miso soup

sashimi platter

 

baby chicken roll

 beef ramen

another round  of sashimi and sushi

satisfied customers

after lunch, kaela and kitt went home and i went to the library to borrow some magazines.

on my way home, i realized that gap was on sale and i shopped for a few articles as part of our christmas shopping for pinas. as usual, francis and i didn't buy anything for ourselves. why is it so appealing to buy for others but not for ourselves? probably, clothes are not really our thing!

before i got tempted to buy the whole westfield mall, i came home, half-tired and happy.

leveraging on my depleting energy, i still baked red velvet cupcakes for snacks and served them at 6pm (that's right, 6pm!).

when the sun set down, i was already lethargic to move.  the movie "p.s. i love you" capped the night.

i capped it with tears :P

coffee, milk and so much more

we're easy. a coffee for me and milk for kaela, and we're sold out! 

we spent our sunday lazing around in the morning and taking a nap after lunch. and just before i stepped in the shower after the siesta, the little toddler was up, in  high spirits and saying, "hi". 

kaela joined me to my afternoon sunday day-out. we headed to the library to borrow some books for our nightly reading.

not far from the library is my favorite coffee shop - the emporium coffee. we stopped by to have my most needed sip of the day while kaela had her milk delight. it was a splendid time!

 

across the coffee shop is the westfield mall where we window-shop on weekends (and always just buying coffee or going home empty-handed but more memories to tell tatay kitt). kaela was over the moon for a while when she saw the minion plush toys. the next minute she was dying to leave the pram, wanting to grab the fluffies!

in the mall, the giant christmas tree is already standing tall and grand. kaela couldn't miss not posing for a souvenir. it's always love at first sight every year!

what else could we ask for our sunday! it was perfect.