Around the UK with ME!

A short photo blog of my recent trip to the UK with my family to visit my sister, who happens to be studying there! (Don't know why I added that last bit, but felt it was relevant somehow. :P )

Pre-requisite photo of the sky from the plane. It's GORGEOUS! 

It's been awhile since I went anywhere, so was super excited to just be on the travellator! 

Wearing Boots from Turkey, Army Green Long Top from Supre & Black Fuzzy Sweater from my mom! 

First stop was the Stone Henge. 

Don't let my lack of coat fool you, it was FREEZING & so WINDY! I just wanted to be vain! :P 

This is the start of how I recycle my clothes for this 2 week trip, with just 3-4 sweaters! 

Wearing Black Sweater from Supre & Jeans from Uniqlo. 

The Cardiff countryside.
I thought Stone Henge was cold, boy was I wrong! The rain & wind in Wales were merciless! 

Wearing Pink Sweater from an online store & Pleather Pants from H&M. 

It was a rather warm & sunny day at Oxford. But was feeling lazy, so didn't take off my coat. 

It's CHRISTMAS! So I put on my festive socks. :) 

Socks from muh sistah! 

A warmish day at the Iron Bridge, Telford.
Feeling monochrome. 

White Sweater from an online shop & again my Black Pleather pants. :P 

Before destroying the malls at Birmingham, we stopped by to take this photo. :P 

Pink Scarf from H&M & Black Pleather Pants from H&M. 

Are you starting to see the recycling yet? :D

One of my loot from the Boxing Day Sales at Birmingham!
It's a Pug Life! 

Finally in LONDON! At the Buckingham Palace.

Boy, was this photo hard to take. The sheer amount of people just queuing up just to take a photo of this gate. (Okay fine, there weren't that many but there was still a line!) 

Yup, it is the SAME Pink Sweater & Black Pleather Pants from before. :P 

Last one of the lot!
Across the road from Buckingham Palace, was Green Park! Where I saw...

A SQUIRREL! 

Happily munching, munching, munching. 

Oh lookie! Are those humans? 

HUMANS HAS FOOD!
AMBUSSHHHHHH!! 

That's about it for my short photo blog. Will do my best to upload more in the future! :)

Till next time!
xoxo

Beauty Haul!

If there’s a one place I MUST visit when in Thailand, it’s Boots. Without a doubt, Boots in Thailand totally trumps all other pharmacies here in Malaysia. Yes, even Sephora! They’ve just got so many more options & their Boots products are pretty affordable too!


Top row, from left: Soap & Glory The Fab Pore, S&G Make Yourself Youthful & FREE hand sanitizer from Boots.
Middle row, from left: Boots Natural Collection Mango & Papaya Body Spray, Boots Caribbean Cocktail Kiwi, Melon & Orchid Body Wash, Boots Caribbean Cocktail Hair Serum Nectarine & Olive, S&G Off Your Face Cleansing Cloth.
Bottom row, from left: Boots Sun Swim & Gym Hair Masque & Boots Sun Swim & Gym Hydration Hair Spray.



Most of these items are pretty new purchases & I haven’t tested them out before, but boy do they look promising!

For the past week, I’ve actually only used S&G’s Make Yourself Youthful twice a day on a daily basis, and so far I am DEFINITELY liking the results. My skin looks & feels smoother, break outs for some reason seems to be a little less… either that or because my skin just feels smoother so I can’t quite feel all the little bumps that would plague my face.

The Fab Pore is a pore refining scrub then mask. I’ve so far used it only once, so I can’t quite comment on how it works yet. but do stay tuned as I’ll update on it once I’ve used it more.

During last year’s trip to Krabi, I popped by a Boots & got myself the Sun Swim & Gym Hair Masque. I was gonna bring it home, but as the bottle was in 150ml I couldn’t bring it back as I didn’t have any check in luggage. Though, while I was at Krabi I did pretty much use up half the bottle already, attempting to protect & repair my hair from the sun & sea. But alas, even though the 150ml bottle was half empty, the security at the Krabi airport didn’t allow me to bring it back because the bottle said 150ml. As I didn’t wanna argue with them, I very sadly let them throw it in the bin. :(

For the rest of the products, I have yet to try them but I am TOTALLY looking forward to them! Though, instead of the body wash I really wanted to get the body lotion instead! This is what happens when you’re over excited & you don’t read the labels properly. Like that other time where I bought 2 conditioners instead of a shampoo & conditioner!

Prices for the items:
S&G Make Yourself Youthful Serum – 480baht (060812 Edit: Sephora M'sia selling at RM89!)
S&G The Fab Pore – 450baht
S&G Off Your Face Cleansing Wipes – 240baht (But FOC due to their Buy 2 Free 1 promo)

Sun, swim & gym masque & spray – 135baht each
Caribbean Cocktail Body Wash – 200baht
Caribbean Cocktail Hair Serum – 250baht
Caribbean Cocktail Hair Spray – 200baht (But FOC due to their Buy 2 Free 1 promo)

And this is why I LOVE BOOTS!
I weep over the fact that we don’t have it here. :(

What are your latest beauty buys & which of them are your favourites? :)

Till next time!
xoxo

I Want to Win an Awesome Tropical Island Holiday with Cikipedia!

As a model for my own blog, it is vital that I maintain a decent size to fit into clothes. That while most of the time do fit, but there are times after you eat a heavy banana leaf meal and you are just regretting your decision because you find yourself unable to zip up your dress! (GASP!)

Place a belt over your waist so no one can see you can’t zip it up all the way!

Meeting Ciki the first time I was SO impressed by… alright, her tan first! Ahahaha And also by how FIT she looked, so when she started up her Heath & Fitness blog, Cikipedia I was greatly hooked! It’s a great read with lots of tips & instructions on keeping healthy & maintain a good daily lifestyle! Once you’ve lost the weight, don’t gain it all back by being unhealthy! 

In conjunction with her blog launch, I’m participating in Cikipedia’s Healthy Getaway Weekend! YAY! Do check out the link for more details if you’d like to score yourself a stay at Pangkor Laut Resort, a luxurious YTL property!

While I LOVE eating! I also find that with age, you can never eat whatever you want and however much you want anymore as it will definitely be hitting you in the waist (or in my case the hips!). I LIKE exercising, but I must say I am a rather lazy-ish person so while I don’t exercise everyday I do try to hit the gym 2-3 times a week for an hour session of yoga, coupled with 30-45 minutes of treadmill. But of course, lately with Diablo 3 it seems that my right wrist is the one that seems to be working out the most!

Also, getting back to your work out after a couple of months of sedentary lifestyle really hits you in the muscles. But hey, if your muscles aren’t in pain the next day, you didn’t work out hard enough! :)

Here are a few of my favourite links from Cikipedia:
Beach bunny body with just push ups (Push ups btw, are my number 1 nemesis!)
Firm up & lose that jiggle (Inner & Outer thigh one is a killer btw!)
Reasons why women should not pump iron (And just for a little laugh!)
Superfoods for better sex (Because we all just gotta feeeeeel good!)

So get healthy & win yourself a holiday stay at one of YTL’s amazing hotels! Easy peasy! :)

Till next time!
xoxo

Singapore Photo Blog

Or as I would like to say it, PLOG! Was down in Singapore last month to catch Lady Gaga’s concert (which was SO AWESOME!) and here’s a quick look into what I did. :)

Left KL at 6AM-ish. Caught the sunrise on the way down. :)

No more photos till about late night as we spent the day visiting my uncle in Segamat to get spectacles fixed, tried to visit the famous Tangkak Beef Noodle shop only to find them not open, then somehow ended up on the old road and spent about 3-4 hours shopping in Joho Premium Outlet (JPO). Managed to secure a pair of adorable Adidas shoes, 1 bikini top & bottom from Ripcurl. Considering that La Senza was there too with panties going at 6 for RM45, coming away with only THREE items is a HUGE feat for me! –pats self on back-

Head to dump stuff at friend’s place, ate at a local chapfan place, visited supermarkets to stock up on some groceries & beer then headed out to Orchard to check out a few bars my friend recommended.

 
From left: Acid Bar, Alley Bar.
Acid bar has a pretty good live band on Sunday night and I am madly in love with the girl’s voice. It’s awesome! However, as it was a Sunday night it was mostly empty and FREEZING cold. So do bring your sweaters.
Alley bar is also another freezing your ass off place, but it’s got a really amazing dark, quiet ambiance. The perfect place for chilling with friends. Ah, how I wish these 2 bars were here in KL!

Next day, I have ZERO photos because one of my good friend doesn’t have roaming and he wasn’t spending the day at Universals Studio with the rest of us, so I lent him my phone. But Universals Studio is a MUST visit, and if you’re going during peak season, getting the express pass (as painful on our pockets as it was) is a MUST. No need to wait in line for 1-2 hours for a ride and you pretty much get to sit on your ride almost immediately!
Dinner was spent at a place suggested by Bangsar Babe called Breko Cafe at Holland Village. Good thing we decided to stop there too, as we were too cheap to buy any food in Universals & only brought 2 power bars each. Thank god, they had water fountains everywhere! Burgers there were pretty good and after the long day it was very much appreciated along with a cold mug of beer.

Next morning was spent waking up with a cup of coffee at Papa Palheta, another place recommended by Bangsar Babe. Yes, she’s got pretty good recommendations so do check out her blog for more!
Getting my espresso then latte fix!
Coffees were so good & what a wonderful way to wake up in the mornings!

Dear photographer girl, why my picture with sexy boy so blur? :(
Rest of the afternoon was spent shopping in Orchard & taking photos with the A&F’s hotties!

Got myself 2 tops (5 & 10SGD), 1 silver clasp hair tie (5.9SGD), 2 bikini tops (7.9SGD each) & an Iphone cover (5.9SGD) from H&M. Again, coming away with only so few items, I must really commend myself for being so frugal! All these were at a wonderful bargain! It was all under 10SGD, how to resist!

Went to check out River Island, and was so tempted to get these gorgeous grey about 6-7inch heels which were under RM100! But after many thoughts, decided to let it go because they weren’t my perfect size. But as I went through the day, I kept thinking about it and asked my friend to go & grab it for me (busy getting ready for Gaga) only to find out they only had the left side of the shoe. The other side seems to have gone… Missing. WTF?

On our way to Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball! Sunset, you so purdy!

The concert, let’s just say was an AMAZING 2hours&20minutes! The opening was buy a pretty decent DJ (gosh, can’t remember his name). And she finally came on and gave the best show ever! My favourite part was when she asked the ENTIRE stadium to put their paws up and give a shout out to Indonesia (her concert got cancelled there sadly).

Please excuse the less than amazing photos. Only had my phone with me. Plus, was too busy enjoying the show to really take any photos. Ah, to go to another of Lady Gaga’s concert! Filled with love. Straight love. Gay love. General love!

It’s her! It’s her! Can you see her? She’s there! OMG! As my 16 year old sister would say, I’m fan girl-ing.

After the concert. The cold empty stage. Gaga COME BACK!

So ends my short trip to Singapore. The next day was just drive back home to Malaysia. Boo!

And as usual, looks like in the end it turned out to be a regular blog. I don’t know why I TRY not to say anything.

Oh well, till next time!
xoxo

Ps: Why am I such a long winded, draggy person? Sigh.

10 things I like about New Zealand

Sometime in December, my family and I took a wonderful 2 week trip to North Island, New Zealand. Let’s just say I am completely and utterly in LOVE with the place! The air is fresher, there’s loads of green, the people are nice, people can occupy wherever (though of course now I am pretty sure they’re attempting to chase those folks away) and they’ve got DAIRY. Now who doesn’t love a yummylicious cone of icy cold, creamy lump of ice-cream. I sure do!

Now enough of the jabber and here are just a few photos of New Zealand. We visited Auckland, Waitomo, Rotorua, Wellington to name a few places. Well, I would name more except I can’t quite remember all of them. Not to mention that practically all the names are in Maori.

#10 Beautiful never ending parks & gardens.

Lying down on the fresh clean grass for a bit of sun.

#09 Funny things.


#08 Museums.

Old stuff, new stuff. They’ve got quite a number of privately owned museums and quite a few large free museums too!

#07 Breweries & wineries & chocolate factories.

Sadly, didn’t manage to take a photo of the winery. Most likely, I was too busy sampling all their tasty wines!

#06 Free WIFI at the quay!

Chilling at the quay in Wellington and leeching WIFI. One of the few places with free public WIFI.

#05 Waterfalls, beaches, beautiful scenic places.
Click to enlarge.

What I like is how when you’re driving from state to state, there are always little scenic places for you to stop, stretch and enjoy the view.

Though you can’t really see, but the water is so clear in the left photo that if you look closely, you can actually see the earth underneath all that foam. Yes, their water is that crystal clear. Le sigh.

#04 Extreme sports.

Ah, to go bungee jumping again! Certain things you’ve gotta experience twice to truly understand if you like it or not. Either that, or I’m just making up an excuse to insist on going bungee-ing again. ;)

#03 Freedom.


#02 Dairy!

Those are kiddy sized scoops by the way. And they were just sooooo good! Rich and creamy, the perfect ice-cream!

Last but not least…
#01 Toilets!

Just imagine, free, clean toilets that smell nice! There was one toilet that was so exceptional, it was so pristine, so well maintained, there were no horrid wet spots on the floor and it smelled like blossoms, it was so wonderful that they actually had a guestbook in there saying, ‘I hope you like our toilets, because we do too! If it’s unsatisfactory, do let us know. If you like it do leave a positive note!’

Yes, I get excited about free, clean, public toilets. All their toilets are always clean and with ample toilet paper available. Even the toilets at the scenic areas where you shit in a hole.

And that’s about it. :)
Till next time!
xoxo