Noriter Premium Cafe, Arkadia @ Desa Parkcity Party Venue

Noriter Premium Cafe is one of the newest cafe in town. This is the second outlet (first one is in 1MK), and owned by the same couple.

What I love about this cafe is the cleanliness & visibility of watching your child while you eat. There is a wooden gate that partitions the entrance/lockers from the play area so your kid doesn't wander off,  and we, parents..can really relax while having a cuppa!

However, Noriter Premium Cafe does not have a hot kitchen. They only serve juice, coffee and snacks like french toast, toast bread, sandwiches, fruit salad, etc.

...you must be wondering what food is going to be served for your party...

Answer is NONE!


They do not serve food.. They just R E N T their place out for you to host your party...
Ahoy, cater whatever you like!!


Whats included in the venue rental:

1. Private usage of play area & cafe
2. Free flow 'coway' filtered water 
3. Entrance signage on notice board
4. Free flow pop corn from a cute machine

Venue Rental is RM1000/-

Optional services can be added on:

• Video/slide show of the VIP of the day for 3-5 mins @ RM300 (FOC if you purchase any of other optional service below)
• Clown service @ RM500 for 2 hours
  games, magic shows, baloom sculpture, dancing
• Face painting @ RM350 for 2 hours
• Professional photographer @ RM400 for the entire party
• Dessert table @ RM550
  20 cupcakes/ 10 packed marshmallow, 20 fruit sticks, candy jar, photo stands of 12 pieces, 10 packs M&M chocolates, 10 Milo goodie bag, Silver/Gold wording balloons (13 pieces max)
• Goodie Bags @ RM15
  1 box ceres juice, 1 mini hologram sketch book, 1 candy stick

Personally I LOVE LOVE the idea! One stop, and I simply need to pick the services I need, and don't need to care much about entertaining the kids (Clowns work), 

getting personalized arranging kid's photos one by one (thats what the slide show is for and I dont have to prepare it!), 

face painting (if i have older kids, that'll keep them entertained), and the rest... I no need to find source!

So simple right!!

All i need to do is to find my favorite caterer and that's it! 

Yes, you can bring your own food AND DRINKS! 

💡Thinks to note though : 

There are only 2 timing slots for private events : 11am-2pm & 3.30pm-6.30pm (with one hour preparation time given before the event start)

so basically you're paying rent for 4 hours
additional 10% on service charge of total bill

Pictures after the jump!

Party Venue for toddlers for Birthday, Full Moon, etc

Wohaahaa!!

Hello Everybody!!
another 2 years has passed, and tadaaah, I popped into the radar again!🙂


Lots have been happening (like obviously! teeeheee )

The last I posted was about me being preggers with my daughter, Sophea....
And now, as I'm posting this up, let me announce; *ahem* I have a second daughter already!
hahaha..maybe that's why I've been 'so' busy to even pop by for a word or two
Her name is Olivea and shes 4 months now!!

Well, the reason of this post was to share some suitable birthday locations for toddlers (below 3yo)..
Being a stay at home mom since the birth of Sophea, I've been doing a lot of research on where and how much it is to throw a full moon/birthday party... googling it up isn't so easy as its always not updated. Some shops have even closed down..

I am now scouting for birthday locations for Sophea's 2nd birthday thats in June ( i know, never too early to start searching.. also because i'm kiasu-mama )

Ok, so let me cut to the chase..

First to determine :

1. Where would you prefer... Adult Cafe or child friendly cafes?
    Would you have many kids that are attending the party?

💡Here's a tip : if you have toddlers as guests, best to choose a cafe with a playground/play area so they don't run about knocking into things and people, while the parent's can have some space to just chill and watch them from a distance.


2. Is the number of pax going to fit the Cafe?

3. Are you anal of children safe food (i.e. no sugar, no salt, no msg etc) or just children friendly (less salt, abit sugar (close one eye lah, its just once a year party), no msg, no preservatives)



As for me, I'm just a chill mom.. Sophea eats whatever I eat, but I just cut out the junk and sweets from her diet...


So, upon determining those, here are the lists that I've narrowed down and categorized.
-more to be updated as I continue my search...

Cafe + Play Area

1. The Little Owl Cafe, Publika (pork free) up to 60 pax
2. Noriter Premium Cafe, Arkadia @ Desa Parkcity (pork free) comfortably 45-50 pax
3. Noriter Cafe, 1MK @ Mont Kiara (pork free)

Birthday Package + Playground

1. JKids, Publika
2. Jungle Gym, Atria Mall @ Uptown Damansara

Restaurant with enclosed area for private event 

1. Jungle City Cafe, Kepong (7 mins drive from Desa Parkcity) (pork free) up to 120 pax
2. The Olive Tree, Wisma Hap Seng KL(pork free) up to 150 pax
3. Skinny Pig by Uno, Arkadia @ Desa Parkcity (Non Halal) up to 50 pax - but i reckon it might be a little cramp for 50..

Its been 2 years

I never knew I'd be gone for so long.. 

Maybe because I didn't have anything interesting to blog about... 2013-2014 was pretty rough on me.  4 deaths of people who were very close to me and also be that I may have fallen into depression..

2015 was for me to bounce back, steering my life back to normal, and driven to make money.. 

So yeah, hubs and I have been busy for the past year running our bar.

Whats been up? 

Its 2016!

Whats the changes you ask?

1. We (hubs & I) now own a relatively successful bar which we've been running since 2013

2. I'm so much more closer to my family now that we spend most of the weekends together

3. We moved into our new house in July 2014, and finally settled down now recently(since we've been so busy and impossible to decorate the house to be more homely and welcoming). This is the photo of us when our furniture just arrived! everything is so clean & simple!

4. Bob has grown into one big adult lazy short cat

5. Our little monster rottweiler Brox, isn't so little anymore... He's still playful though, but because he is so big, we have to cordon him off to the side of my house for my safety...

6. Why MY safety you ask?? Well, because I'm expecting!!! I'm officially 21 weeks now, half way there and we're all very excited!! 

First trimester was a wreck for me and hubs as both of us were having serious issues of nausea! lol.. but everything is fine now, and we're all very very excited!!!! its going to be a GIRL!!!

I'm very glad that things are finally working out now. It was really a tough 2 years, and i'm so thankful to God & everyone around me who stuck around when everything was falling apart. 

Here's to more happiness, peace and harmony. 

I hope you are doing as good as me or better! 

Always remember, the sun always shines brighter after the rain.

Learning to move on from a demised of a loved one

I decided to write this in a form of diary for myself.
It would be easier for me to relate things that I was going through, and understanding as well as feeling it the same way as I felt at that time.

6 February 2014, Thursday.
5pm : I was at the gym, planning on Josh's surprise birthday for the next day with our business partner.
9pm : I was planning with josh to go catch a movie later that night, and what plans we could do on the following day i.e. on his birthday. And where we should have dinner
12am : Noticed that we bought the wrong movie tickets while waiting for the cinema hall to be ready. We mistakenly bought a movie for 8 Feb 12am (which would mean 7 Feb night)..
1230am : Went for a drink and shisha and got back home by 3 and slept

7 February 2014 , Friday.
5am: I suddenly jumped out of bed; as one would when they dreamt of falling from a high place. But I was sure that I was not dreaming.. I opened my eyes and sat up. Saw Josh sitting at his working desk looking at me in surprise. He was working... and was surprised that I jumped up so sudden.

I mumbled back to sleep assuming that he was making noise which woke me up.

1030am : Mom called. I was on my bed half asleep while I answered my phone. She told me my grandma (Patti) passed away.

I Froze.

11am : I was on my way back to Ipoh - my hometown , 2 hours away from where I live.

12.30 pm: I sped all the way and reached Ipoh. During this journey, all I could do was reminisce what Patti had done for me all this years... It left a bittersweet smile on my face.
The entire time, I dug up all the memories at the back of my head... Trying to recall every one bit so that I will never, ever forget them... since I wont be making any new memories with her... I keep looping them over and over again.. just in case.

I reached to her house. Saw her lying on her bed.. eyes shut, frozen.
Her hair tied neatly into a bun, not even a strand was out of place.
Her hand was cold.

I froze again. Trying to digest that this is really happening.

I've never experienced this before..

Patti was my mother when I was growing up. She took care of me since I was a baby till I was about 13.
My brother, Raven and I used to sleep over frequently when we were younger. Mom and dad used to work late when we were about 7 years old...

Being one of the first customers to sign up for Astro, we were privileged to watch all the tv shows and cartoons and doze off.
Sleeping in Patti's house would mean sleeping in the hall, in front of the TV with her, on a hand made cotton filled mattress.On a hot humid weekend, I would roll all over the mattress and onto the marble floor in the middle of the night. Patti would wake up and roll be back to my mattress.
i'm smiling at myself as i type this... i was such a pig when i slept..

Every morning, there'll be a cup of coffee. Patti's favorite drink was coffee. I started drinking coffee since I was 4! She'll take me to buy a pack of house made nasi lemak nearby.
then we'll just pass the day watching cartoons in the morning, and tamil shows at noon.

That was life.

She cooked for us and served us. When I was vegetarian, she'd go to the backyard and pull out some vegetables for me.

There was once she even bought us few slices of cakes out of random.

During festive seasons, she'd give us the biggest ang pow, and told us not to tell anyone else how much we've got.

I still remember her being a great cook. She'd cook chicken curry and the neigbours would ask some cuz it smelt so good!
I helped her in arranging murukkus into tins for Deepavali for customers. I remember sitting by the floor with her, my hands smelling like vinegar from de-seeding pickled lime for her chutney orders..
I remember eating her Chutney with just buns cuz it tasted so good!!

I remember walking with Patti and aunty to the market on weekends..
I got everything i asked for that time...

I'd end up getting a few chicks and that would be my pet for a while.. and it 'disappears' when it grows older.

I remember her sitting in the bathroom, plucking out the chicken feathers to cook.
I remember the time we had so many rabbits that she gave them away cuz they multiplied like crazy.


Since high school i frequently visit her and disturbed her by pulling her to the main hall, and dance as though we were in a ballroom.. The maid would be sitting by the corner laughing at us, as I would sway Patti around the hall, and Patti was so worried about her Sarong falling off.

I remembered asking for Salted Fish Curry once, and got it. It came out really salty as she put salt into the curry.. then i realized, she was getting old.


I did everything i can to visit her frequently but i never had the chance to spend as much time since I was so into living my life after high school..


a part of me tells me that I did my best and have no regrets as I've spent as much time as I could, but another part of me tells me that I couldve done more.


I couldve chipped in some money when I was already working so that she had a better life with a maid around.
I couldve just moved her to KL and take care of her instead.

I couldve just spent more time in Ipoh with her on weekends.

I couldve done so many things in 2013 but was just too busy with my own life.


Sigh.

It feels i've lost one of my limb.
I'm so attached to her that I don't know what I'd do when i go back to Ipoh.

There wont be any reason to drop by the house because she isn't there.

I remember talking to my brother naively back when we were younger. Probably bout 5-6 years old....
We knew Patti was old. So the topic of death came up and we'd say that we'd scream and cry till the whole world could hear us; if patti ever leaved us...

now, fast forward 20 years,and the day has come. Deep down , i really wish I could scream and shout till the whole world hears me... but hey.. she's already 90. They say its a good long life. but its just the last part that makes me regret the most.


This past 10 years.... I didn't spend enough time with her.


Patti , I will always always love you.


* this post is vague and not completed. I'm at a stage that my thoughts are coming aimlessly
I just need somewhere to spill everything out.

I miss her.

She is the reason of me speaking Tamil. She is the reason of how I am today... because of her style of upbringing, I am here today.

Amaravathi a/p Doraisamy

10 Oct 1924 - 7 Feb 2014

90 yrs

Gong hei fatt choy!!!

Has it been a year already?? dayum, time sure flies!

I still remember last year's Chinese New Years, and it feels like it was just a few months ago!!  Being such a horrible blogger, my 2013 CNY entry is just 2 pages away from the homepage! hahaha...

I admit I am not a pro, but it sure feels nice to look back at all that's been recorded, and just relive that moment.

O'well, this year, we did things a little different. We cut down on crackers, since our youngest in the family is 8 years old, and the next youngest is 15; and we didn't hire a lion dance.

Last year the lion dance crew was really bad, and I told my dad not to get em this year. I mean, if I had the skin, I would've done a better job!

I got prepared early! Packed my red packets, enough to give the whole neighbourhood since i've been diligently collecting angpow packets ever since Christmas was over...

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.

.

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only to forget bringing them along with me to Ipoh!

champion.

Since we reached Ipoh just in time for the reuninon dinner, most shops were already closed. So i had to reluctantly use some outdated, ugly angpows and pack them in desperation...

I spent only a night in Ipoh since we had to be back to feed our 6 dogs, and one cat.

The only way to optimize my stay was to sleep less, eat more and gamble more!

My first day of CNY is quite the obvious! Won more money, at mahjong than I did on BlackJack! hehe

The usual family photos for the start of 2014:

Still can do silly faces despite the age - Dad looks really funny here. Almost resembles Jackie Chan in the 2nd row picture

One proper shot for the record, at Kek Lok Tong Temple - Chinese cave temple  

Josh & I,  2 days before CNY, in Pavilion with thousands of horse at the background... 

20 days of January

Its only been 20 days, but there's so much going on!!!!

Work @ the gym
House shifting - to a new rented bigger house
Dog time and organization (gotta make sure theyre comfortable in their new place)
Work @ the bar ... accounts. sigh
Raven turns 27 -  party hopping
Mom In Law (MIL) birthday
Work @ online ... my new business

is there too much on my plate?

I really wonder.

But money is never too much on my plate. So... i guess, there is never always too much on my plate...

Gotta suck it up, and enjoy it while it lasts.

As usual, a few photos of MIL's Birthday in Souled Out, Hartamas  ;)

whats going on

ahh!! its another 10 days to Christmas, and another 15 to 2014!

I'm quite happy that this year is going to be over. 2013 isn't the best year for me... 

The lack of blogging already tells a lot, not to mention the posts in 2013....

Life goes on... I've learnt to be strong. Though time is the real challenge. 

Time heals everything. Every little thing.... and when you need more time, you just don't get it, do you? 

... life. As is.

I always update on special dates, such as 10.10.10 right till 10.11.12 ...

Now, what did I do for 11.12.13???

Spent time with the family :) Raven is now on a long break after finishing his housemanship... so he's been bumming in our house for a bit... we had dinner together, and went for the MOET CHANDON Champaign launch in Sultans at Mandarin Oriental Hotel 

It was a dead party.Not worth mentioning it actually, but its the company that counts.

We had fun by ourselves. Dad wasn't there, so it was just us young bunch :)

What am I on to recently?

Well, our family took over a Bar in Bangsar, and we've been pretty much caught up there every night just to make sure everything runs smooth.

We got our friends to open shisha stall by the balcony, and its pretty alright so far.

Working at two jobs is very tiring, but if its our own business, no complains right??

To be honest, managing time is the worst! My sleeping hours are pretty much screwed. I feel I'll be getting older twice as fast now! heh

And with all this business going on, I  came up with a great idea on another business! My own personal business plan, which I am very proud of, and has took its first step in making it real.... So excited!

I think it will kick off somewhere in February.... its like my little baby... I try to think all the plans for it, but its just unknown. I don't know where to start or if it will be what I expected, or if it will all burst out and I wont be able to handle it alone :s

Oh well oh well, need to be patient...

So hows the "house" coming along? its habitable now, but we just dont have the time to furnish it. graahhh!!

With this much on my plate, I think that can wait...

Whats life now at home?

After Toby left, all of us were down. Every time we came back home to our porch, we think of him, coz he'll be waiting for us...after 2 weeks Toby went to Heaven, I got a kitten named Bob.

He's a munchkin. A breed which is genetically has short legs, so he pretty much looks like a hotdog cat..

Still a little tiny now, so he's in his cage most of the time... we let him out when we're home and he goes all wild! Bobs' now our night entertainment after a long day of work :)

Here's Bob: 

We are getting pretty well now... I hope it'll be better in 2014. *crossed fingers*

Toby, May 2005-Oct 2013

I'm still very tired. Tired of everything.

I just wanted to pen this down before I call it a night.

Toby, my ginger colored Persian cat left us today. We woke up in the morning by our neighbours who kept calling from the main door.

Toby was found sprawled in front of their house, body frozen, eyes wide open.

It's a horrible way for you to leave us, Toby. I hope you did not suffer too long when the pack of strays came at you.
I wished I heard all that barking by Daisy and the rest.

I'm so sorry I wasn't there to protect you.

I'm going to miss you so much.

But I do know that you're in a better place now.

I still can't help to ask, why did this happen so soon.

Why did You take him away so soon..

Why do You take things I love one after the other.

I hope this does make me stronger.
I'm still trying to believe death is a new beginning, but don't take them from me while I'm still alive.
Don't let their beginning start before mine... I need them here with me. Please. No more.

I miss you, Toby

Rough September

Never knew why they sing the song "wake me up till September ends". I always thought, Are you crazy!!! Wake up when Sept comes coz its my birthday month!

This year, I realized why some people hate September. Not that I hate September, but this year, it has been particularly extremely tiring.

I've been juggling two jobs, experiencing another heavy bleeding, and on the side, planning my house renovation again.
Please don't ask what happened to my house. I've been so busy that even that little bit of work has been put off on hold.

Being so tired, and having less fun, I still helped out with 'the' family to set up a birthday party. Because i helped, people started talking about me getting pregnant.
And being over excited of the word 'pregnant', she spilled the beans about me having miscarriage as if it meant nothing to her or anyone else for that matter!

And because she made it so casual, some retarded lady came asking to just to confirm if it was real.
Do note that these are all family members of my husbands. I didn't know if i should just yell at the one who spilled the word out or just kick the lady who just asked me.

I would understand if the lady came sympathizing on me. At least I wouldn't feel 'that' bad thinking she had good faith. But this was different. She just came, asked and left.
Obviously I denied. But as if she cared. She just got the news from the most reliable source.

And so what did I do?

well, I walked over to Josh and questioned him out loud. Just because his father (and no one else) was sitting behind him..Josh was shocked. At the time, we still didn't know who spoke about this. So being me, angry and frustrated, I walked over to Josh's dad and asked. Well, it wasn't him. He was as shocked as we were.
So i suspected.. must be one of the female in the house.

I spot one of them, alone. I went over and asked in a curious manner.
She answered in the most casual way that she was the person who said it.
I lost my head.
I told her "I thought the pregnancy was meant to be a secret, until we were all sure that it was safe to tell everyone.. why did you say it out?"

She just looked at me surprised and walked away!
Can you believe that? It was as if it was my wrong to question her!

I left. I left the party right away. But I still had my manners to bid everyone goodbye. Obviously she ignored me.

This happened 2 weeks ago.

The family invited me for dinner last Sunday. Josh and I went, only to have her still ignoring us. Yes, Us, not just me..

What get my blood boiling is, you preach about forgiveness, patiences, and everything the bible teaches.. but you don't keep secrets, you act childishly and you keep grudges.

Great.

I should be the one dead pissed at you. I should be the one ignoring you.

But because I'm better than you, I'm just keep it low. So here it is, me letting off my anger in this secret blog that I have, that no one ever knows about.

its August!

I have been missing a while. That really shows how busy I've been.
Oh well, I'm not complaining. I kinda like this life, really. Being my own boss with Mr Hubs is pretty fun.
We go to work together, wake up late whenever, and get stressed together as well. Hahaha

Besides working, our house is nearly completed! Just waiting for some extra cash to beautify it to the way I like it before I move in. I believe it'd be a mess to move in, and to get some minor reno done later.
I hope we get to move in by my Birthday in Sept :)

Milk.

Not sure why this is happening. But it is happening.

Sh!t!


Other than that, everything is picking up slowly. I'm glad I am this busy to take my mind of it :)

First Day

I had a meltdown 2 nights ago.

Thinking what would have been a 3 month thing, that was no longer in me.
I was a little upset, more disappointed that I could've ever imagined.

I believe God has reasons for this. I trust in Him. I don't blame anyone. I'm just disappointed that it had to turn out like this.

I try not to talk about it. Try to not think about it.

So I offered to help Josh's sister out in her boutique. Bringing it to a whole new level, via online sale.
On top of that, I also agreed to help Josh out in his gym.

I am supposed to be studying right now. Exam is a month away, but I can't seem to focus on the notes. My mind keeps drifting to what could've been, and what ifs.


I am an avid follower of few blogs, and they all talking about their kids, and pregnancy.. which isn't helping me much. So, I try to stay off it by doing some actual work.

Be out there in the field, pressured and focused on a goal.


So here I am now, waiting. Waiting for my first sales call.
My first day of work after 2 months.

Old fashioned house to a contemporary design

My house has been in the works for almost 2 years.

I got conned by the previous contractor, and lost 20,000 bucks.

I hired a new contractor recently, and so far, its been progressing really well!


We just got the paint samples, and we were trying to crack our heads on which color to choose.
Being a dummy in Photoshop, I resorted to Windows Paint.

My final paint will be in this :

Eating Turtle Eggs!

This is a random piece that just came into my mind.

I just sawone of my Facebook friend who was my high school mate posting this on her page:

In case you didn't know, turtles are endangered species, and selling/buying turtle eggs for whatever reason is illegal.

I am really curious if she actually thought about the consequences posting this up.

Has Facebook made people to post everything under the sun as if it was a routine to record everything they do, despite it being wrong?

She posted this 50 mins ago, as per screen shot, but no one has commented anything, and someone has even liked the picture!

Not to mention, she hashed tagged it under 'irresponsible world citizen'.

Is she proud to have eaten them?

I know this is wrong, and I wish to tell her off. But How do I do it nicely?

How would you do it if you were me?

General Election 2013 Malaysia

Today's the day where all Malaysian adults get up early on a Sunday to simply cast their vote for the ruling party in Parliamentary and their own state.

There's been lots of news on 'phantom voters' coming in to for certain areas. These voters aren't exactly Malaysian. They are Nepalese, Bangladeshis and Indonesians who miraculously have a Malaysian Identity card.

Once these new got out (thanks to Facebook) , some angry citizens stood by the gates of the school where the voting is stationed.
Below is the link to a 4 minute video on angry citizens holding these phantom voters (PV) and confiscating their Identity Card.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151657453748561&set=vb.716048560&type=2&theater

Apparently, these PV are paid to come to Malaysia, given an identity card, and sworn to vote for a particular party.

Whether or not it is right to bash these people up is a subjective question. In my opinion, bashing these PV this round will deter or in fact make future PV's to think twice before agreeing to a free flight,cash and IC.
I think they should just stink to minding their own business.

Malaysia is a multi ethnic and cultural country. However, we Malaysians can easily identify people who are not one of us.

Polling stations closed at 5pm, and we are currently waiting for the results.

Malaysia.
Tomorrow, you may be something new :)
*fingers crossed*

Cute Pets Overload

I just thought of updating the faces of all my pets.

I noticed the last one I blogged was about Brox, our new family member. 

The other babies would be pretty upset if they'd known I hadn't blog about them. 

So here there are,

Crooked & Straight Tail

Background: This kitties were the babies of a cat I rescued last year.

Luna, was the name we gave for the momma. 

Luna gave birth, but after 3 months she left the home and never returned.

I held her in my hands a day before she left, she seemed sick, but I could feel the eye contact that she gave, telling me that she wont be around too long. 

Hence, we kept her babies, and now, these little babies have turned to be a full grown playful boys.

Because they are identical, we named them Crooked and Straight Tail. Obviously because one had a crooked tail, and another straight. :) 

Straight Tail sharing food with Toby

Toby

Toby is about 8 years old. He is a persian cat with quite a character.

He is proud and does not like to be disturbed by strangers. 

He has his moments when he wants some pampering, so thats when he comes over and sits by the leg to ask for a pet.

Oh... and he understands English. He literally knows how to respond to whatever I say.

Once, I saw Toby jumping on the desk that was by the window. He wanted to sit by the window and enjoy the breeze from the rain. Toby didn't know that the curtains and windows were shut. So as soon as he climbed onto the table, he turned around and looked at me.

I was busy feeding Bill at that time, so I couldnt help him open the curtain. So this is what i said :

Toby, you can't see anything from there. Go to my room and the window is open. You can sit there.

He actually jumped off the table, walked to my room, and sat up by the window. 

heh ~you tell me, smart or what? 

Most pictures you find him sleeping. Due to his thick fur, he's usually found sleeping under a bush or in an air conditioned room.

Pugslee (father), Shakira (mother) and Bill (son)

Pugslee

Shakira

Bill

Brox - recent pictures taken after a shower

So there it is. The 3 cats, and 4 dogs of mine :) 

Taking care of dogs/cats are not easy. You need time and not to mention money for their expenses. Its not cheap but I'm not complaining. 

I love what I do. I love to spend my weekends/free times on them.