Our Journey Intertwined

Rainbow Theme Birthday Party - Didi 28th

2012-02-22T12:11:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

It's the day of the year again...

As early as 8, I was busy getting ready to decorate the area for the party. I suppose the reason why I'm overly semangat to do this is because it's been soooooooooo long since we last had our family chalet at Aloha. A chalet that's more than one night. The fact that I've been interested recently recce-ing on party printables makes me want to make one for mine, ignoring the fact that I may be too old for stuffs like this... Heheh... But nothing is too late isn't it?

They were my victim for the day. Hahaha.
Kalau deorang tak tolong, sampai petang pon aku tak habis. And the strong wind didn't help at all...

Yang ni semua supporter. Deorang bagi 'eye' support jer. Excited tengok kita decorate. Hahah...

Whilst busy with these, I heard from my aunt that someone was at the door looking for me. Aku tak nak la... Aku blom mandi sey! Check-check, I got a bouquet of flower from Mister! Suker suker sukerrrrr. Dia step baca suratkhabar when I look at him...

Asked him to take a photo with me, his remark was "Eeeee tak nak! KOPET! Blom mandi." Hahahahaha... Kurang asam.

si kopet dengan selamba nyer ambik gambar...

Dessert table - I bought colourful food. Hudsons candy, Foot Loops cereal and Jewel biscuits in the jars. Lollipops, I bought at Candy Empire for $1.50. And yes, I ordered coconut blossoms again... Suits the theme.
Tablecloth, sama jugak, bought it at Spotlight for 20 bucks.

Photobooth section.

I especially like this frame... It turns out so pretty in picture. Got it at Daiso.

Flowers and vase, I got from IKEA whilst shopping for the alterable frame the other day.

The kids were excited as soon as I lay the party favours out on the table. When they saw their name on it, lagi la tak sabar...

The DIY party hats.

These were made from crepe papers. Got them from Mustafa for 50 cents each. The cheapest I've found so far and with variety of colors.

I painstakingly cut out pages and pages of circles. Well of coz not one by one, I folded into 4 and cut it out. So each time I cut, I got 4 circles. Weeks before it, as I'm watching videos on my comp, I cut them up. Before long, I had about 240 pieces of each colors.
Was left with a few more papers, I let the kids help me. Cik Noi helped to sew these circles together. Sampai rosak sewing machine dia. Hahaha...

I paired it up with roll streamers.

The end product...

Tried my best to find colourful treats for the kids.

Here's what I have in the party favour bags. Got for them highlighter and crayons too. Of course highlighter tak bleh satu packet la... Budget tak mencukupi

Ok, enough about decorations....
Let's PARTY!

The party will not be as kecoh without these kids!!

Cake cutting. Love the cake decoration. My aunt bought them from Secret Recipe in JB. Its way more cheaper with much more awesome decoration... Thank you mummy~

So there's a story behind this pic. While we were all waiting to "start" the party, this boy dah cekup lollipop on the desert table but he put it back in the end tapi dah nak start merajuk. So after I cut the cake, I personally gave one to him. Look at the smile on his face...

Testing.....

I personally think this shot is coool!

Game time...
Guess how much is in this container. Range between 30-40 bucks.

This is the second time we played this game during chalet. Both Mister and me, we are so hopeless at guessing. Our figures were always too far out.... Better luck next time!

Once Haziq started eating the lollipop, the rest followed...

Writing down their guesses.

Announcing the winner....

Guess who won??
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Matzul! Hahahahaha....

Nasib dia la, dapat $30+ worth of coins.

Dia pon makan lollipop jugak~

Next game, Got The Items?

Ina and me came up with 10 items for them to consolidate. Some were easy to find stuffs while some we knew they couldn't possible come up with. Given that we're not at home.

They all went scurrying looking for items. My mom grabbed her handbag and poured out the contents from her bag, while Mister went missing for awhile running to grab items from the car.

Sweet wrapper. Checked!

One for the team. A photo of member doing star jump.

Collected items checked by the game organiser.

None of them have a cotton bud, but I thought Cik Din was creative in using a satay stick and wrapping it with tissue paper. It cracked me up when I saw that super long cotton bud. Nak korek telinga siapa tu? Hahahahah...

Should give him extra points for creativity...

After that game, a while later Emil arrived. So we snapped picturesss la...

Love this.... I look adorkable~
I got Naraya bags from her..... Suker gilerrrr!

Cut story short, when she went off... The rest were sitting at the bench when Ina asked me "Kek kau tak nak potong?" Thing is, I actually baked a cake but it didn't look quite nice on the outside as I didn't have an angled palette knife at home to nicely put the lemon buttercream around the cake, which is why I didn't put it at the dessert table. So when she asked, I thought, I'll just bring it out and let them see.. Either way, if its nice, they'll eat. If not, I'll have to throw it away like it or not... Aku tak nak bawak balik lagi!

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to tell that this cake was baked by an amateur. Hahaha....
Sungguh tak pretty from the outside~

Cut at your own risk.

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Ta-daaaaaa....

No rainbow theme party is complete without a rainbow cake isn't it?

The kids went Aaaaa-Ooooh-ing when they saw the insides of the cake. One of my aunt was like "Cake ni zahir nyer jer tak lawa.... Dalam dia ok..."
Thanks for making me feel better!

Aku ingat takde orang nak makan. Menjilat jari lagi kau~
Hahah....

This picture looks very colourful. The main purpose for asking them to dress up in one of the rainbow colours.

Took more photos with the props as I gave the kids and aunts their party favour.

Mister and me had to leave the chalet earlier than the rest as we have a flight to catch the next day. Will get to that in my next few entry. InsyaAllah. I found out a week later that apparently the rainbow cake was well received and they actually finished it at home! Shocker.....

Oh yes, before I forget, these are what's in the adult party favour. Only and specially for the ladies.

I bought hand towels and folded it, taped an ice-cream stick on it and voila! A lollipop shaped hand towels. I bought lip balms from an Etsy seller and had it shipped all the way from Canada! Just because I wanted it in different flavours and had scent and colour true to my theme. Then I paired the lollipop towel to match the lip balms...

Green hand towel with Green Apple lip balm, Pink hand towel with Strawberry flavoured lip balm. I doubt my aunts noticed this... But NOW THEY KNOW!

Alrite............. Think I put up tooo much photos already. Bye for now.

P/S: Definitely have to thank mama and baba for organising this. Appreciate all their effort and my aunts too for being very supportive in layan-ing me with my rainbow CRAZE~

XoXo,

The Case of the Traumatised Cat - Zorro

2012-01-23T15:36:00.006+08:00

Dear XXX,

Its been a long time since we sent Zorro for grooming. Infact, its coming to 9 months or so! Haha...
The long fur is getting matted especially at his hind legs. Mister has been bugging me to set an appointment for Zorro since foreverrrr but I kept putting it off.

The shopping mall close to home has just opened a new pet shop about a few months back. So one fine day (which happens to be a few weekends ago), I finally approached the shop to ask if they do grooming for cats and what's their rate like, as I intended to do full grooming for Zorro.

Anyways, fast forward to last weekend, I sent Zorro to the shop per our appointment. Mentioned "full grooming, shaved". Left Zorro in their hands, while Mister and me had our breakfast before heading out to do some errand.
Probably about an hour or so later, I got a call from the groomer sounding a little lost
"Miss, your cat very angry. He won't let me touch his leg. He won't let me shave the inner side of his body. Got send him to grooming before or not?"

I on the other line was shocked. Zorro has never gotten any complain from other groomer before. Zorro is a gentle boy. Even if he's had enough of your kepit, peluk-peluk dia, ramas-ramas muka dia, cium-cium dia, he doesn't scratch. He will just endure~
So to get this call kind of worries me. There most be something that this groomer is doing wrong I thought. She asked me to come over to the shop and see if she should continue grooming him. Cancelled our plan to run errands and Mister dropped me off at the pet shop. While he parks the car, I went to check on Zorro.

The store assistant led me into the grooming room and guess what i saw?
Zorro WHISKERS-LESS.... OMG! The groomer shaved his whiskers.
Terkejut gilerrrrr aku.
Patutlah Zorro cranky. Kesian dia... Kalau ada orang godeh-godeh muka aku, aku pon tak suka! If you don't know, whiskers serve as a delicate sense organs of touch and are believed to be as sensitive as our fingertips.

The first thing the groomer said to me, "He refuse to let me touch him. If you ever send him for grooming before, maybe you want to send to the same place?
Dalam hati aku, "Bukan pasal tempat lama atau tempat baru la... Its just that you don't know the BASIC thing about grooming a cat! Bodoh!!"

Then she asked me again if I wanted her to continue. "Maybe you carry him, so that I can shave his underbelly?" So I carried Zorro, lifting up his 2 front feet and the groomer was like "OK, I shave ar."
But I could just feel Zorro shivering, I think the whole experience must have been very traumatic for him. This groomer obviously don't know what she's doing. Like seriously, macam mana sey ini groomer. What if Zorro fidget, kan bleh luka badan dia kena shaver tu. I had to make a decision quick and decided to end Zorro's ordeal that very instant and get him out of there.

"Nevermind la. Its OK. No need to finish shaving him." I said.
"Its OK. I just bring him home. Its OK, Its OK. Nevermind."
I repeated several times. I just wanted to bring Zorro back to safety.
Getting my point, she removed Zorro from the leash attached to the grooming table while I open the cat carrier. And you know what? As soon as Zorro got free, he ran into the carrier full speed!! You can tell at that moment how terrified he was and I felt sorry for putting him through this.

When I brough Zorro home, Mister was angry seeing Zorro misai-less and shaving half done but there was really nothing we could do. Not like we can paste his whiskers back. And tak sampai hati aku tengok Zorro kena torture gitu. I'd rather have Zorro shave half done that seeing him go through it.

Where's my whiskers???!!!

I've been tortured face

In the end, we booked another appointment the next day at the groomer I've sent Zorro before. Haiz..... Daripada nak senang dekat ngan rumah tros jadi keje leceh.

I like the one at Pasir Ris, Pet Grooming Centre because they were friendly people. Even though I've only sent Zorro there once but I felt he was in good hands.

On his way to another grooming session...
Tengah stress gilerrr.

When we reached the Pasir Ris groomer, we told them about the whole situation and they were like shock gilerrrrr too like how we were. Deorang was like "Huh? Where got people cut whiskers? Normally we don't touch the face. If not, kena the whiskers. If shave, we do from the neck down." Then the other one was like "This one is cat hairstyle 2012?" (considering we just ushered in the new year) Hahahahaah.... Kurang asam~
These guys made a funny situation out of a bad thing... See! I told you these groomers were better.
So we negotiated on the grooming rate, since Zorro is already half bald. Haha... They agreed to charge us half price!

A few days after that weekend, Zorro spent his days mostly sleeping in a corner. Kesian anak mak~

Today, Zorro's fine & back to his naughty self. Asyik nak menyakat lagi dua pompan tu jer~
As for his whiskers, oh well, he will just have to wait for it to grow long again...

OK, that's it for today's case of kucing teranyai...
Hahahahah...

Adios....

XoXo,

Pink - Owl Theme Picnic Party

2012-01-22T23:03:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

After much contemplation, I have decided to do a picnic party for Emil's birthday for an extremely LIMITED no of people. Hahaahah...
So 2 weeks before, I went all out looking for anything 'PINK'.

Spotlight and Daiso became my instant go-to shop for all things party and crafts.
Infact, its a blessing that there's a Daiso outlet very close to my workplace.
Did a sketch as I went along on what and where the stuffs should be displayed.

So I was burning the midnight oil till about 4 am the night before. Printing, cutting and tying the stuffs that I needed to bring the next day.
Mister was on morning shift so I was on my own travelling all the way to east side with these stuffs.
I made sure I only bring the things I needed, as it is, it was already quite heavy for me.
I packed and unpack several times just to get everything in, in as few paper bags as possible.

Fast forward to the next morning, I just couldn't get out of bed, felt supppperrrrr tired. I should be out from the house by 8 am so that I could get ample time to find a spot and have things nicely placed with some time to spare but in the end I only got out of bed at 8! Say what???!!!
So I texted Pi-ee to get him to help collect my coconut blossom order.
Needless to say, it was rushing gilerrrrrr for Pi-ee and me because I had asked Emil to meet us at the location by 12pm.

I had to drop by Mom's place to grab Emil's birthday present. I left it there a week before because I knew I'll have my hands full on the day itself when I come from home and also to pack noodles that I've requested Mom to cook for us (thank Mama!!).
Lucky enough, my aunt was there. So, mintak dia tolong hantar lah, apa lagik!!!

Location: Pasir Ris Park

I sent the birthday girl a map via email as a meeting spot for us that day. I didn't think it was that hard to find the location. Little did I realise, she knows nuts about Pasir Ris Park. I should have anticipated this. My bad... Haha...

I didn't want to go near the beach because I knew there's not much shade over there other than tall coconut trees which won't give that nice garden feel and the breeze from the sea would just blow my decorations away. Besides, there will be a lot of people passing by. That will be another problem when we take picture (nanti ada jer background kepala orang and sorts)
So we found a right spot soon after my aunt dropped us off. The seats was far away from public, shady trees hovering over the table and trash bin just near-by.
Alhamdulillah, it was a lovely weather. No doubt it was hot at times but this was definitely better than a rainy day in the park.
I remember telling Pi-ee that I hope it doesn't rain on Sat as I have absolutely no plan B watsoever!!

Ok, before I continue on, I had fun editing these pictures. Wanted that vintage-ish feel, party in the park.

The spot...

This is my first hands-on at designing my own printable art.

Bought the table cloth at Spotlight. You have no idea how long I took walking round and round and round the fabric area. I couldn't make up my mind which design I should choose from. Should I go for the plain fabric or designs? Or how about repeat motifs? Ended up buying 2 metres of these and I'm glad with my choice.

My initial idea was to paste the banner at the front of the table and let it hang but as soon as we found our seat, I knew it wasn't possible because my banner was longer than the table itself. So decided to make use of the trees and it worked out perfectly. Pi-ee helped with setting those up whilst I got the table ready.

I was pressing for time and it didn't help that Emil was messaging me every few minutes asking if she's at the right place where she should meet us. Aku tengah busy gilerrr, dia tak habis-habis WatsApp!! In the end, I told Pi-ee, "Kau layankan dia ar. Aku got my hands full already. No time!" Hahaha...

So everything was almost ready when Pi-ee told me he don't think Emil is at the right place. True enough, when I spoke to her, she was at the far end of the park. Like OMGGGGGGG!!!!

The bad thing about doing this in the park is that after everything's been laid out, I'm worried the biscuit will turn soft and the cake melting under the hot weather. I had to get Emil here ASAP, like RIGHT NOW!!! So last resort, I told Emil to catch a cab to reach to the other part of Pasir Ris park where we were and have Pi-ee waiting for her at the carpark. This gave me a little bit more time to finish up whatever I had to.

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The birthday girl was literally doing a skip when she saw the decoration from far. Wish I have it on video, so funny!

Put on our party hats...

I was actually very hungy by then but we all refused to start eating until we finish taking pictures of the theme before taking it apart. Haha...

Dah macam journalist mana plak...

Paper plates, cutlery and cups, these I bought at NTUC.
I guess pink is a hot colour that I had to go to 3 different NTUC outlet before I finally find pink coloured spoon! My next best option was to get green coloured ones to match the printables if I couldn't get the pink ones. I breathe a sigh of relief when I finally saw a complete set.
Serviette were from Daiso.

I almost bought these partywares at Spotlight, but Matzul advised me against it and when he said "I'm sure you can find it somewhere else at a cheaper price." I put those stuffs back and true enough, NTUC and Daiso was wayyyyyyy more cheaper!

Digging these champagne glasses.
I specifically told Pi-ee to get pink coloured drink. Its got to be either pink champagne (non-alcoholic of course) or 7-Up Rasberry just so it matches the whole theme.

The Besties...

Her Birthday Gift...

Food/Drinks:
Glico Pocky Stick

Mentos Mixed Berries Flavour
Not like we managed to finish 3/4 of mentos in the bottle. Actually memang itu jer yang ada. Aku dah letak 4 packet, tapi masih gitu nyer sikit... Brapa banyak mau beli untuk tiga orang nyer party??!!!

Arnotts - Hundreds & Thousands.
First time trying this. Not bad arrr.. Also, letak pat luar lama pon dia tak lemau.

Coconut Blossom from Er Biz

Mee Goreng Seafood Pedas from Mama Lala

Strawberry Classic Cake from Prima Deli

Marshmellow dipped in Hersheys Chocolate (the only thing done by me~)

Bottled Water

Si Cute ni!!! This belongs to Pi-ee. I was laughing when he took Patrick out from his bag!! It fits perfectly as display in the picnic basket!

Ok so the whiteboard wasn't actually for displaying my handwriting. *cough*
I was suppose to print a poster but I didn't have time to create one the night before so I needed to put something on the frame stand and that was all I could think of 'Happy Birthday Emilda'. Hahahahahaha.... Selengger Bach~
Emil was like "Ni mesti handwriting Di tau.... Tak tukar-tukar from last time."
I know la..... My handwriting not nice~
(Even my mom and Mister said so). Hahahaha...

Us in PINK!!
Nak sangat tempat tak banyak orang lepas tu nak ambik group photo susah. Pasal takde orang nak mintak tolong to take photo of us! Haha...

Cake cutting, where she sang herself her birthday song. Wakahkaahkhkahkaahka...

Dah macam birthday aku la pulak~

The banner which she took home...

We watched Contraband at E!Hub. Was too lazy to walk and carry the stuffs so we hailed a cab. Taxi fare was like 3 bucks gitu... Punyer dekat. Bought our tix and headed down to McCafe for a drink and continued playing our card game till movie time...

3 things I learnt from this first all-out-decor,
1) Need to play around with elevation/ height. It will look better.
2) More decoration, I suppose as I do more parties, I'll already have the basic stuffs like the jars etc and can concentrate more on the decor.
3) Never portray your handwriting! (Tapi kalau lawa, OK~) Hahahahahaah...

Alright, that's it for this entry...
Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone!

XoXo,

Getaway - Lotus Desaru Beach Resort

2012-01-08T23:05:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

On Xmas week, we were out with the extended family for a short getaway. Its Mister's first time to Desaru. I have no idea that he's never been there until....
He: "Down here got fruit farm? Can go there?"
Me: "Have.. You never been there before?"
He: "Nope"
Me: "Nope as in nope to Fruit Farm or nope to Desaru?"
He: "Both!"
Me: "Hmmph"

Anyways, of coz we can! Except.... The family just went there during our past trip and its only been a year ago. Read here. So I doubt they want to go again this time round. Perhaps Mister and me could go on our own or something~

We booked the same place but we took the new Senai-Desaru Expressway which shortened our travelling journey by a lot compared the other time! And you see less of Mat Rempits along the way....

Sungei Johor Bridge
longest river bridge in Malaysia

Lotus Desaru Beach Resort - The Resort For All Reasons.......

Their check-in time is at 3pm and we arrived just nice about 5 mins before but it took soooooooooo long (I'm not exaggerating here) to get the room keys, that our late afternoon went by just like that!!!
Pernah dengar check-in take 2 hrs tak? Tak pernah kan?
Ahhh pasal it only happens in Lotus Desaru!
Mister sampai tertido-tido pat kereta whilst waiting for my uncle to get our room keys...

Let me show you the room. Their one bedroom rooms are all two level high.
First level, you have the dining/entertainment area. Up the stairs will be the bedroom area.

View from the balcony. They have a giant sized checkers!

On the 2nd floor.

View from top.
For the first few minutes, aku excited naik-turun tangga!
"Eh best arrr rumah ada tangga. Beli ar B rumah mansionette"...
To which he rolls his eyes.
:P

Ok, back to our activity.
The kids quickly changed to their swimming suit. Yang laki aku, changed to his gym attire.
A ah... Gym attire..!
Jangan kata makcik-makcik aku terkejut. Aku pon samerrr...!
I was like "Daddy seriously wanna go gym ah? You haven't sleep, you know..."
Tapi dia nak jugak. So biar la dia. Dia pon dah besar panjang...
Hahaha...

Weeks before, he did mention he wanted to try out the gym at the resort, but I truly didn't expect him to go on that day itself when he hadn't had his sleep yet.
For your info, he just came back from night shift. Knocked off at 8am, fetched me from home and we were on our way to JB.

The kids tagging along with him...

Swimming suit kids with the gym attired brother~

So I accompanied Mister. He had to leave his name at the Recreation Centre before using the gym facilities.

Dia busy working out, aku menyebok amik-amik gambar at the full wall mirror~!

Setelah boring amik-amik gambar shiok sendiri~ Hahah...
Told Mister that I was going for a walk and I'll meet him at the swimming pool area.

I didn't swim.
Hmmph... come to think of it, its been a long while. I'm reminded of the times I used to swim with Zai on sat/sun mornings a while back. It gradually came to a halt and I haven't been to the pool since. ~~(Setelah breastroke aku tak pass-pass. Orang dah satu lap, aku masih stuggling in the middle of the pool.)~~ Hahahahah

Anyways my reason that day was because I didn't have a 3/4 pants. I couldn't find it. I don't know if its at my mom's place or if I had brought it over when I moved house. But point is, I don't have my 3/4 swim pants.

The aunt persuaded me to just sebat jer and pakai seluar sembarang. "Seluar ni pon ok." Pointing at the leggings I was wearing. Though tempted, tapi aku tak nak merosakkan leggings aku yang aku baru pakai for the FIRST time ~~(lagi-lagi swimming pool dia berkeladak)~~!!

So in the end I sat by the pool with my aunts. Talk about cerita terkini di pasaran as I continued snapping pics!

She was forced to go swimming.
Dah semangat-semangat tukar baju, abih tak nak swim. Memang harus pon, kena paksa! Hahah...

So after he was done with gym, Mister took a dip in the pool.
Seriously, without realizing, it was getting dark (dah nak masuk Maghrib pon).
I sighed thinking about the time wasted at check-in.

Got back to our room and freshened up.
As both of us sat watching TV while waiting for the rest, Mister was like "Macam skejap sangat eh~" Actually I felt the same way too but had I known he won't have to OT the day after Xmas, I would have agreed with the aunts for a two night stay.

We drove out for dinner.
I had a super awesome ke kenyangan gilerrrrr dinner! Prawns, squids, fish, tom yam soup & satay.
Total damage: RM 430.
For more than 15 pax, I thought it was cheap!

Ina muka dah stress pasal ada kucing!

So I asked my aunt to snap a picture of us both. When I previewed the picture from my cam, Wah! Terkejut aku, alih-alih ada bodyguard pat blakang kiterrrr... Hahahaha...
Ina was so scared, she couldn't sit still.
Eating there must have been a nightmare for her.

The spread... Mama Lala blanja.

When we got back, since Mister cannot tahan already and had to turn in early, I called up Ina and the girls. Asked them to come on over to my room. We played a game of Snorta and Jungle Speed. It took a bit of time explaining to the kids as they were only used to the simple kind of card games.

Awhile later after they left, as it strikes midnight, I heard booming of the fireworks!
Too bad for Mister. He missed the action. Member was already snoringgggg away~

My futile attempt at capturing the fireworks.

Alright... That's it for today's entry.

See ya!

I Love Cats.. (If You Don't Already Know)

2012-01-04T23:31:00.000+08:00

Okay people....
When Mister showed me this vid, sebak rasa hati la....
Kucing pon ada feeling.
Lepas kawan dia tak bangun (kena langgar ngan kereta), dia duduk sebelah tak nak tinggalkan...
Sob...

XoXo,

2012 - Is Here...

2012-01-01T00:15:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year Everybody!!!

It's 2012...
Honestly, I'm not tooo excited for 2012, but let's just be positive. Its the new year for heaven's sake!
Wishing everyone a joyful 365 great days ahead.

Noticed anything different??
Aliyanazz has just had a change of template to commemorate the new year. Nice or not?!
Teee heee heee....

Aite...
Till my next entry.

Weekend: Wedding

2011-12-21T20:52:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

These were taken a month ago...
Nak upload, tapi tak upload, upload. Sampai aku terlupa~

Pi-ee sister's wedding.
Emil and me, were very excited macam Pi-ee plak yang kawin. Haha...
Siang-siang dah sampai, nak catch pengantin in action.

Since tak ramai orang, kita pelawa diri sendiri amik gambar with the wedding cake/cupcakes~

The happy family...

Baju baru!!! Must take full length photo~ Hahah...

XoXo,
Didi

Dhoby Xchange - Ernie's

2011-12-19T23:39:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

Just a short one for today.

I'm a fan of those deal vouchers... This I got from StreetDeal for 50% off.
Meal Platter, sufficient for 2 pax.
Usual price $15.90.

Its at Ernie's, located at Dhoby Xchange.

Weekends are when I can get Mister to indulge in these, considering he has significantly changed his diet for a healthier meal & lifestyle the past month or so...

Meal platter -
Choice of chicken or beef patty
2 chicken wings
Fish fillet
Cheese fries
Coleslaw
1 drink, free flow.

Spent our day watching movie at Plaza Sing. and I bought some stuffs from Daiso & Spotlight for some plans I have in Feb for our family chalet!!! Weeehooooooooo.......

Anyways, when I get the time to snap some shots, I prolly blog about what's our healthier diet has been...

XoXo,
Didi

Liza Bday - Nail Spa & Fika Cafe

2011-11-12T19:03:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

Celebrated Liza's belated birthday last night after work.
No prize for guessing where we were at last night. Yes, did classic mani pedi. Haha...
What's up with me and mani pedi the recent month or so right?? Beats me...
But its kind of nice to have a relaxing day/night out with just the ladies and then we get to spend time together chatting. This time it was at Bugis Village area.

The thing is, I was hoping for Liza to turn up in open shoe or sandals. According to Rosz, not too worry as on Fridays she always dress down. Skali dia pakai covered shoes plak~
We reached Bugis like 10 mins before the appointment, had to quickly rushed to get her slippers at Mphosis.

In-Style Nail Spa opened just about a month ago.

As Rosz finishes work earlier and they could only take 2 appointment at a time, it was just the perfect plan for her to head down the place first so that by the time we reach, she was almost done.

Colour Palettes

Okay, so our turn now.

Arrangement of colours. I wanna try green next time.

TGIF, with the ladies, having a relaxing time pampering myself whilst getting a massage on that chair........ Hmmmph, doesn't get any better than this!

When we were almost done...

We then walked leisurely to Fika at Arab St...
Rosz made reservation at 9pm. It was packed when we arrived.

Dessert was super A.W.E.S.O.M.E....
Chocolate Caramel Mousse Cake & Apple Crumble...

We were the last to leave. So I managed to take a quick snap of the place...
Swedish interior or in Rosz words, 'IKEA Showroom'.

Aite.... That's it.
Not sure when our next outing will be, but yesterday was fun & we should do it again!

XoXo,
Didi

Salam Aidil Adha.... 2011

2011-11-07T10:14:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

Selamat Hari Raya to you..!!

Started my day a little late today.
First things first, Mister just came back from his night shift, so I kind of let him settle for awhile at home before we proceeded to Mom's place.

Made our way to collect the Coconut Blossoms that I ordered online from Er Biz.
We loved the coconut blossoms, not only do they come in cheerful colours, it tasted great too. According to my aunt, it has a soft texture to it and not dry.
Verdict: Will definitely order again when I have another gathering or something.

A box of 50 pcs costs $14.

Next, collected the birthday cake from Secret Recipe at Tampines 1. I can very well tell that Secret Recipe was short of manpower coz it took me awhile just to collect my cake. I could also see frustrated dine-in customers getting impatient by the minute. If you didn't know, unlike other cake shops, Secret Recipe will only icing out the wordings on the birthday cake when you come to collect it. So yea, put, short of manpower with waiting for them to decorate the birthday cake, you can tell how long I was there.

It was Cik Ba who called me up one day asking to order a cake to celebrate these babies birthday which falls in the 4th quarter of the year. Actually it was suppose to be only for Oct & Nov. Aku gi pandai-pandai tambah Dec.... There's no one born in Dec actually. Heh~

Nicely decorated....
I think it was better than when they did for Mister's birthday cake earlier this year.

Oct Babies, but not so babies anymore... Hahah...

Nov Babies....
Yang sebenar nyer, semua baby tua~
Oklah, except for one.

Altogether...

More shots...

Yang ini, blom suruh sembelih kambing, dia dah berpeluh-peluh dulu~
Heran aku.... Hahahah...

They got vouchers from their two sisters.

Yang ni dah macam menang lottery!!

Alright, that's about all for my Raya Haji entry.
Till then, Bye

XoXo,
Didi

So Sick!

2011-11-03T23:54:00.001+08:00

Damn! I freaking love Ne-Yo.....
When is he ever coming to Singapore?????!!!

Aku dah memang suker gilerrrrrrrrr since the first time I heard 'So Sick' when we were ingesting the latest contents from music label time-time pat Soundbuzz.

Bring back those memories~
Think that was in 2006 when Mister and me baru start dating... *cough*

Tak kan nak tunggu sampai aku tua baru nak datang sini ehk? Nak lompat-lompat pon dah tak larat~

Love his voice...

Cinnamon Toast Crunch... Haha....

XoXo,
Didi

Bangkok, Thailand Trip - Day IV

2011-11-01T22:35:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

It's the last day of our trip, before we're back to reality. The good thing is, all three of us will be working the next day. Fair ar. Jadi takde la jealous with each other... hehehe...

Started our day later than the previous days. Since we have almost exhausted our money, we decided only to have brunch, no shopping. Fullstop.

Packed our bags, check-out and left our bags at the front desk to be collected when we get back from brunch later.

There were a lot more pushcarts as we walked by the same area we have been passing through the past few days. It seems these pushcarts are only available on weekdays for the working crowd.
We came across a pushcarts selling fresh vegetables...

Fresh flowers...

But this, we simply had to stopped, jadi Ina balik SG tak kempunan~
Boiled/Steamed Vege...

I think the lady steamed these corn without adding butter or anything. It just tastes sweet and delicious on its own. No wonder Ina has been wanting to buy corn since the day we were in BKK. Its 15 baht per corn by the way. Approx ~ 60cents..

Suka Ina, finally dapat steamed corn!

You can ask the lady to cut out the corn, jadi makan pat tengah-tengah jalan tu tak la selekeh~ She'll put it inside a plastic bag with a plastic spoon.

Almost wanted to eat at the restaurant we went on our first day for dinner but decided to go to the one beside it instead. Nefertiti Restaurant...

What Ina and I had, Chicken in Curry Rice, with my mixed fruit juice. Top was strawberries at the bottom, mango...

Pi-ee's Tomato rice with chicken...

Looks almost the same right? Look at the meat, then you can tell that its two different dishes. Mine was more to roasted, Pi-ee nyer is fried chicken.

Went back to our hotel to collect our bags, Pi-ee took a photo with his favourite door man. Si Boonsong ni, very friendly & helpful.

Hang around at Baskin Robbins this time when we reach airport and had ampleeeeee time to spare.

The flight was delayed for 15 mins when we were already at the airport so freaking early. We checked-in the minute we could and walk around the transit area...

K, so aku cut short story tros to the boarding plane part la eh.

Our flight back wasn't as pleasant as we had hoped for, we were given seats directly in front of this malay family. Aku estimate the whole family dalam lima-belas orang gitu, give and take...

Anyway, the 3 of us were carrying a backpack each and Pi-ee was holding onto 1 more bag. When we reached our allocated seats, the hand luggage compartment above us were already stuffed with this malay family stuffs. According to Pi-ee, deorang letak pon sembarang and the stuffs on top bangsa barang kecik-kecik yg baru beli pat DFS gitu, yang bleh pangku. So Pi-ee spoke nicely to one of the family member, this guy sitting directly behind me, "Bro, barang kecik2 bleh tak angkat, taruk pat bawah?"
Si dekni ok ar (walaupon arranging skills dia sucks), tapi boleh di bawak negotiate ar. Dia like "Ok Ok", quickly got up from his seat to bring out the smaller stuffs.
Tapi dia nyer family member pat belakang semua belen-belen ar. Step nak tolong tapi they sounded defensive, "Bawak turun ar... Letak blakang..."

K tu takpe. Skali kejap lagi, this pompan, aku tak tahu ni kakak or minah dia, baru got into the plane nampak mamat ni holding on to some stuffs and from far... still walking on the aisle eh, was like "Apsal kau pegang barang tu? Kita ENTITLED to space for our bags!"
The guy, who was trying not to create so much commotion just said "Dah takde tempat la"...

Then she was like "I don't care... I need space for my bag!" So the guy, got up again and arranged their side of the compartment, again, to put her stuffs.

I means seriously, even after deorang bawak turun some stuffs, we could only put my bag and then Ina's bag on top of mine. Not even side by side eh.... Thanks to their bags! Pi-ee had to hug his bagpack and the other bag in between his legs. So I don't see why the girl had to make so much fuss as if we asked them to remove their stuffs just to put our bags. Kita pon takde tempat, PASAL BARANG KORANG DAH PAT SITU....! BENGAP....!
But we just kept quiet and waited for the flight attendants to help find a space for us to put the bags at any empty slots...

Sedangkan the steward made an announcement something like, "We know you just came back from a shopping paradise, please put all smaller bags in front of your seats so that others can put their bags, otherwise we cannot start moving until all compartments are closed".

Aku don't know how she got her bag settled, but I'm assuming she selit-selit with their other family members nyer space. While Pi-ee's bag bersepah. Satu pat sana, satu pat sini... Separated.

But yet, during the flight journey, she kept repeating, nagging to the guy and also sengaja bual kuat-kuat so kita pat depan bleh dengar.... "Next time people ask you to bring down your stuffs, don't bring down. We are ENTITLED!!"

K citer pasal ni family jer bleh buat my heart boil all over again siol!

Ini melayu eh bangsa beli barang nak dirt cheap prices, tapi barang mesti top notch. Expect first class service. What the hell kau talking about entitlement siak? Kalau nak entitlement gi la book SIA.
You're in budget flight la siak!! Perangai buat perangai budget ar.

Tak mu step mana nyer nak berbual English la kalau kau kolot... Bodoh nak mamps!
Kalau nak sindir, tak yah bual English, Melayu pon kita faham...

Also during the journey they were talking about those big shots airline la. Bual WORLD gitu.
Aku ngan Ina tengok each other... *rolls eyes*

When we finally touched down, we decided to wait for the rest to get off first since Pi-ee nyer bags were separated at the back. Orang lain yang blakang semua dah keluar, family dia dari tadi tak habis-habis turunkan bag, blocking the aisle. So us, being the superrrrr penyabar melayu waited for them to settle their kecohness and to finally get off the plane one by one.

To top it off, aku decided to count secretly in my head, how many bags each of them were carrying.
Check-check, when the minah passed by us, dia bawak 1 pull luggage, two medium sized hand carry bags and her handbag... and then almost every one of them were carrying 2-4 bags each!!!
Kau bilang aku macam mana tak cukup tempat???!!!
Kau nak bual pasal entitlement?? ??
Kau lokek nak mampus bag tak nak check-in, pasal tak nak bayar kan? Itu pull luggage terang-terang bleh check-in..........!!!!!

Si Pi-ee cakap ngan aku, "Lain kali tak bleh balik on Mon ar mcm gini", to which I disagree.
Aku cakap, takde kena menggena nyer ngan Monday ke Tuesday. It's just the people whom you happen to be traveling with. Kalau kau with this kind of passengers. Yang cheapskate and expect entitlement, any other day pon kau will face with the same prob....
Tak btol aku cakap?????

Anyway, this is probably my fifth draft typing this incident into words. Mind you, I have really reduced the crude words to just a fewwww and minimal...

Its sad to see melayu ngan melayu pon tak bleh give and take.

If you ask me, tak serik naik budget flight?
My reply, Of COZ NOT... Yang perangai bukannyer airplane tu, but the passengers...

So that's it. That's about all sums up my trip, the highs and the lows but mostly highs la... Thanks to the both of them for the great company.

Thank you Allah for the safe journey back home.

XoXo,

Didi

Bangkok, Thailand Trip - Day III

2011-11-01T22:22:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

Before I start, I figured - 3rd Day BKK trip is the most difficult for me to complete my entry. It seems to be taking longer than the others. IF you must know, I'm actually done with my last day entry but I refuse to publish it until I'm done with this.....
Anyways, so here goes.....

As mentioned, we were on our way to the floating market as early as 6am the next day.
As we joined the group tour, we were driven to several other hotels to pick up the rest before finally heading to our destination.
Damnoen Saduak is about 100 kilometers southwest of Bangkok. I dozed off for awhile during the journey.

We hop onto a long motorised boat to bring us to the floating market area.

Along the way...
(I managed to test out some of the features on my cam including the miniature effects)

Third time's the charm I guess... Baru la ni pertama kali aku gi deorang nyer floating market.

Fruit & food seller...

This guy is carving the soap flower... The designs were intricate. Such patience he has.

Miniatures...

Ini gambar harus di-frame.... The only group shot that we have. Hahaha...

Delicious pomelo... Very nice. We bought a packet, and later decided to buy two more when we passed-by the shop again.

Sorry la, I generally don't have much to blog about the floating market tour. Whilst this is definitely something totally new to me (i.e, shopping, bargaining on board a paddle boat) the time spent there was just too minimal for me to entirely take in the essence of the floating market experience. Its a shame that we were only given 45 mins to walk around. Mana cukup!

Apa tidak nyer, deorang ada hidden plans nak bring us to other places that wasn't part of the itinerary. The guide brought us to another location nearby for elephant ride. If you want to take the ride, you need to fork out 600 baht per pax. Duit lagi........
The 3 of us didn't take the ride. Neither did the rest who was in the same tour as us. Seeing that, the tour guide brought us to another location to watch the Cobra Show. By this time, I was totally disappointed with the entire trip. Whois interested in a Cobra Show??? Kalau aku nak, aku will go and book one tapi skarang aku nak gi floating market... and ONLY floating market.....!! Get it???!!
Dah gitu, to watch Cobra Show, we need to pay 200 baht each... DUIT LAGI!!!!
There's this ang moh sampai jadi mengamok complaining to the tour guide, "Its stated that all admission is paid for when we booked the tour..."
Which is true la. That's why aku pon dah pissed jugak.
Then the tour guide dengan selamba nyer trying to make his point, dia keluar kan kertas tunjuk kat ang moh tu that its written in black and white....
Penipu haram!! Tak de letak pon ar nak pergi tempat-tempat ni semua (we re-read the itinerary later that day when we were in the hotel).

Anyway, we ended up paying 200 baht for the Cobra Show because a few of them in our group relented and decided to just watch the show since we're already there. If we didn't watch, we'd have to wait an hour long for the show to end, so we joined.

It was the worst hour of my life. I especially hated it when the speaker of the show kept saying "You pay with your money, We pay with our lives". To prove that what they're doing is dangerous shit.
But I disagree................. Ular tu tak kacau kau, yang kau nak tepuk-tepuk dia, ketuk-ketuk kepala dia tu semua buat apa? Bodoh.................
Memang korang cari pasal sendiri per....
Menyampah gilerrrrrrrrrrrrr siak aku tengok itu show. Tak boleh angkat ar! Geram jer aku.
Definitely no applause from me during that entire show.

We thought that that was it la eh.........
Skali ada lagi one more stop. To the Gem Store pulak....
Some upscale, gem store. Irritating shit. We didn't bother looking. When we stepped in the store, we were looking straight for the exit sign.

So that's how our half day tour ended like. Anti climax siak.
I wonder if all the floating market tours are like this... Or is it just this merepek U.I. Tours??????

We were dropped off at Pratunam feeling all disgusted. I still felt cheated. Paid 900 baht for tour that doesn't exactly include 'ALL' admission. It was around 2pm and we have yet to have a decent meal since the night before.Patience running low and we were having trouble finding a halal food stall.
Ina asked for direction from a traffic police for Halal food and he pointed us the way but he gave us the wrong street no... Jalan nyer jalan, street no. makin kecik.
We finally gave up and decided to head down to MBK. Tempat yang confirm ada makanan halal, tak payah nak cari-cari lagi.

Tup-tup out of nowhere, we came across this sign.......
I sighed with relief. Yes, we were starvingggggg... No joke!

What Ina and I had. Sebok jer si dektu........ Yang aku nak, mesti dia pon nak!

What Pi-ee had. Rice with Tomate based Chicken...

Sides

Dah kenyang, baru lah ada mood. Baru lah kita kecoh seperti sediakala. Hehehehehe....

Whilst walking towards MBK, we passed by Siam Discovery.

Our intention to enter Siam Discovery was to go to the restroom. Skali nampak kedai NARAYA...
In my mind, I wasn't too bothered about going in those up-scale shops as the amount of baht I have wasn't much to begin with. However, a second look through the store's glass window, my eye caught a glimpse of a nice bag with a price tagged at just 300 Baht! Aku pon apa lagi.
"Eh after toilet, I wanna go here ar...." I told them.

Once I got into this shop, I couldn't control my excitement. I think it was worst than when I was at Chatuchak. Over there, I could still maintain my cool and shop wisely, but at Naraya, I just couldn't resist.

I bought myself two handbags with matching coin purse each. I got for my mum, my 3 aunts, and Emil too. At this point of time Ina had already went out to sit cause I was simply taking toooooo long to decide and Pi-ee memang dari tadi dia dah tunggu luar pon. Wise choice. Haha..

My money was running low, I knew I had to withdraw before I could think of buying anything else. Jangan kata Naraya bag, untuk dinner malam tu, pon blom tentu cukup.
But I wasn't done yet, I kept thinking, should I get some more for myself??

The two of them also were running low on cash and were asking me how much to set aside for Madame Tussauds, I told them we could check out at the ticket counter and ask for the actual pricing. After finding out the price, we walked passed this shop that has Halloween themed stuffs.

itu baru 3 plastic bag Naraya..

We were walking around when Pi-ee exclaimed and showed me this stuffed toy. When you pull out its hand, it was holding on to a heart as if ripping out its heart with wordings 'For You'... Pi-ee seemed hysterically excited seeing this stuffed toy but he didn't want to waste anymore of his baht due to our plans for Madame Tussauds. Then he gave me the idea, "Beli la Dee, kasi laki kau... Cute kan?"
Yang sebenar-benar nyer, laki aku tak minat stuffed toy. Buat apa dia nak stuffed toy when dia bleh peluk cium aku ehk?? Hahahah...... OK, dah kelain plak aku ni...

But still I grabbed it and went to pay for it. Ina was shocked herself when Pi-ee told her I bought the stuff toy for Ali.

So we headed down to MBK....
As usual the last few things to buy are the kerepeks before the trip back home...

At the same dessert shop that we stopped chilled on our first day here. At Stars Coffee.
Bought for Pi-ee a drink and cake and I got myself ice-cream this time.

While eating, Surprise, Surprise......
I handed Pi-ee the stuffed toy, "Happy Birthday!!!!!", with Ina finishing the birthday surprise with her own rendition of birthday song in Tagalog. We had so much fun laughing and chit-chatting. A terrible day suddenly took a 360 turn and all's well again.

It was actually bothering me that day on what I should get for Pi-ee. But it seems things worked out fine don't they? Amin.

Member dapat hadiah, muka tersipu-sipu... Wakahkahakahkaah....
Geli hati aku ngan Ina tengokkan dia nyer reaction! Epic siak...

See this video.............

KKK.... back to the serious part...
Should I buy more Naraya bags?
Ina was like "Beli la Nur, bila lagi kau nak dtg sini...?"
So we went there again........... And we also talked about whether to go see Madame Tussauds or not. Both of them highlighted that if we cancel the plan then, they could use the money to buy bags at Naraya as well. So kita sebulat suara decided to cancel it in the end.

After easily nearly an hour in the shop again, I bought not one, but TWO more handbags with matching pouches for myself and a set for sis-in-law. Ina bought herself another bag and Piee got one for his sister.

Lepak sampai duduk bersila pat Siam Discovery... Tired from shopping in Naraya store alone.

Puas hati di Golden Chance kau tau~
Coz for the first time, I felt like I brought home a souvenir that's worth something. That all of them can use. Not like some useless keychain and stuffs that you know people don't really like but you can't help buying it cause you don't know what else to get for them....

This time, Mission Accomplished!

Went back to Hotel to put our stuffs, went out again in search of a foot massage place. Though there were a lot of massage places around the hotel area, since it was Sunday night, shops close early so we had to knock on several shops before finally seeing one that was still taking customers.
I had the best foot massage when compared to the other 2 massages I had since we arrived BKK but Ina thought that was the worst she had. Too bad for her then~

Was suppose to meet Pi-ee after that but felt too tired to continue with card games that night.
So we called for an early night and late morning the next day.....
If you want to read Pi-ee's version of the BKK trip, check out his blog.

XoXo,
Didi

Fiqah Bday - Mind Cafe and Manicure

2011-10-30T09:46:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

Just came back from celebrating Fiqah's belated birthday.
Brought her to Le Beau where we both had our manicure done whilst Mister had his foot massage.

Ish... dah mcm pengantin, tangan nyer letak mcm tu~

Choosing the colour.

After nearly an hour half there, we proceeded to fetch Ina and Matzul. Our next stop was to Safra Tampines, The Mind Cafe.

I bought a Blueberry Cheesecake by Pure Eddiction from SuperDeal. At that point of time, I just felt like buying but didn't know when I'm going to collect it, or if I was going to use it as a mini celebration for someone when I was reminded of Fiqah bday which falls in Oct, so decided to use it when we celebrate her bday, which was today.

I requested the cake to be sent the day before as their delivery timing for sat, was a bit off, from 1-6pm. That's the timing we want to be out from the house, not waiting for the cake to arrive.

Here it is, Blueberry Cheesecake.
Yummeh...

Just nice, to be shared by the five of us.

Mine.... Muahahahahaha....
*evil grin*

Mata laki aku dah steam kodok... Yang sebenar-benar nyer, dia blom tido lagiiiii.
Baru jer balik from night shift, aku dah ajak keluar.
Heheheeh :P
Ni confirm kalau dapat bantal peluk kat situ, situ jugak dia tido!!
Pak kal jer bantal pat sebelah tu bantal kecik.

Kkk, sebelom dia tido, baik kita start with the game!
First game, Chicken Cha Cha Cha - a memory game (Fiqah won).

Dia sampai berdiri-diri main game ni... Mentang-mentang dah nak menang~

Next, we were waiting for the Game Facilitator to explain to us a game but he was nowhere to be seen so I grabbed a game that I've played several times before and explained it to the rest. Mostly, what I know is what Matzul would know as well coz whenever I go to play boardgames, its with him too.

Tiki Topple... (Matzul won)

Next was Pink Elephants. (I won)

Basically, its like charades, you will be given a picture card and you can choose to either act it out or describe it.
The person who correctly guesses wins a point and you gain a point each.
Apparently every single time it was Mister who acted out, I manage to correctly guess it. Like there's this one part, Mister acted out with his arms wide open, hands hanging and head senget to one side almost looking dead.... Deorang semua guess... Dead la, Sleep la....
Aku tros guess "Scarecrow"?
Skali btol ar.............. Hahahahaahahah....
Den the rest were like looking at us in disbelief, "HOW CAN THAT LOOK LIKE SCARECROW?"
Deorang were like, "Ni game korang laki bini je la guess each other... Korang laki bini jer yg bleh faham each other"... Hahahaha...
Sarcastic gilerrr eh korang eh~

But honestly speaking, I am shocked myself that we could guess each other every time.We make a good team la daddy!!

Next, Intrigue... (I won)
A game of bribery, bluffing, betrayal and banishment.
It took us some time to get it, but it was definitely fun seeing how hard they all try to negotiate in order for the other player to hire their worker and banish off their opponents.

Kita semua tak berani nak make a deal ngan Matzul.
With him, no means NO! Kau psycho dia mcm mana skali pon, dia tak layan. Takde rasa belas ihsan! Hahahahaha...
Plus otak dia bergeliga... Aku blom tahu pon make profit ke tak. Masih nak slowly plus minus in my mind. Dia dah pikir not just his next move, but future moves...

Ina negotiating with Matzul... Tapi tak berhasil!
Hahahahahah....

Evil look.... Must have something up his sleeves tu...
Planning his lethal move~

Next game, Cartagena (Matzul won).

Before we left we still had a small slice of what's left of the cheesecake. None of us could eat up a whole piece. Mister nak makan, tapi dia nak yang top portion of the cake (i.e. the cheese and the blueberry part). Aku pon nak jugak cuma only the bottom half jer where the cheesecake crust were.
Hmmmphhh kira bagus jugak ar gitu. I think we make a good team, we compliment each other. Something I just learned from today's outing.

Habis jugak cake tu in the end. Thanks to us both.

We dropped Matzul at the MRT station as he was going for Halloween thingy and then the rest of us went to have dinner at Bagus La Mian Yong Tau Foo at Kovan.

Ampang Yong Tau Fu

Hakka Yong Tau Fu

That's it for today's entry........

Sedappppppp!

XoXo,
Didi

Pedicure...

2011-10-28T01:40:00.001+08:00

Bought coupons from Voucherlicious for classic pedicure at $15.

When I met Ina, it was an impromptu plan and we didn't know what to do or where to go.

Happens that I have the voucher in my bag, so we decided to call up and asked if we could make an appointment in 2 hours time.

The place is located at Joo Chiat Complex (exactly beside the NTUC Fair Price) named Le Beau Pte Ltd.

The 2 ladies that attended to us (whom can speak Malay), were friendly. Ina and me felt relaxed during that 1 hr pedicure. We talked with them like we've know each other for a long time, and this just don't happen with me often coz I'm not exactly the friendliest person around acquaintances. Haha...

Colour palette...

I end up taking the same colour as the lady who did my pedicure. The colour on her finger looks niceeee...
Kepo jer nak ikot orang~
Heheheheeh...

With our drink and done with pedicure...

After the 1 hr pedicure, they of cos jual minyak skit la kat kita kan.
They wanted to sell me a 10 session pedicure package. However, I wasn't too keen on taking up 10 sessions as it felt too long to finish. I knew they have foot massage services, so I asked about that instead.

The price range wasn't that much of a diff if I were to take foot massage.
I asked "How about half-half??? Got such package???"
And they do.....!
After deorang explain punyer explain, I decided to get a 5 pedicure & 5 foot massage package with 1 additional session free-of-charge each. I didn't have to if I didn't want. Deorang tak hard sell pon but I already have the intention of taking up a package... So yea~

When I asked about the foot massage, it was more for Mister. We could make this a monthly activity together. Whilst he gets his foot massage, I can do my pedicure!
Plus with him around, tak payah la aku naik turun train pergi sendiri.
Otak bergeliga! Boleh buat batu cincin... Wakhakhakha...

Good or not my idea daddy?
*wink*

XoXo,
Didi

Bangkok, Thailand Trip - Day II

2011-10-27T02:34:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

Day II.

Pi-ee was ready way earlier than us both. Kita yang bagi dia wake up call, yang blom siap2 pon kita jugak. So, he went down to buy a drink and this is what he got for us. Drank this to alas perut as we make our way to Chatuchak Market.

Its an original cereal milk, I tried the Chocolate Brownie flavour... This later became my alas perut for the next 2 days. The drink macam very filling, so if you're gonna have a late breakfast, this drink serves it purpose. At least it works for me ar...!

Truth be told, I was actually worried about the flood situation. I tried googling for news on Chatuchak with the free wifi that the hotel provided, but was just out of luck. Nothing I came across gave me the exact tip that I needed to know.

It was somewhat important for me to find out the condition at Chatuchak as the market was located at the end of the Sukhumvit BTS line. I didn't want to waste our time travelling only to find out that the market was closed due to flood.

Both of them however, assured me that it was ok for us to just give it a try. So we went ahead as planned.

Alhamdulillah, the weather was nice to us the entire morning till the time we were about done and leaving.

To get to Chatuchak Market, drop down at Mo Chit station. It costs us 45 baht ~ approx SG$1.80 to reach. From there, follow the signs leading to the market, though if you couldn't see the sign, you could just follow where the crowd is going blindly. Chances are, they're heading the same way as you (i.e: to one of the World's Largest Market).

We were already there by 9.30am.

Went to find our way to a muslim stall located at Section 16. I've eaten here once before, had their tom yam soup. Till today, I still think none of the tom yam I've had back home could win this. But since it was too early in the morning, didn't want to take the chance. Nanti tengah2 shopping nak cari2 toilet plak.... So I opted for a safer option - Fried Rice with Chicken, which as it turns out, wasn't a bad choice either.

The whole meal costs us about 400 baht plus minus ~approx SGD16. Couldn't recall the exact amount. Their fresh homemade lemon tea was great too. Such a good thrist quencher.

And the shopping begins!
This is where we exhausted all our money. Yikess...

These Fragrance Soap.... Fuuuuulamak....... Mintak ampun bau nyer~
Couldn't get these any cheaper.
Our favourite question that day "Buy more, got less (discount)?"
The sales girl was like "Buy 10 - Get less. 1 = 80 Baht".
The price was initially 99 Baht.

Pi-ee wanted to buy 6, Ina planned to get 2 and asked me to get another 2 in order to get that offer.

Mata Ina, sampai terbeliak.... Bau sabun wangi~

So I grabbed a small basket, the intention was initially to buy 2 right? Abih bau
mango sedap, bau papaya sedap, bau strawberry sedap, bau mangosteen sedap...
Semua bau la sedap!!!! I kept putting in one after another into the basket, not knowing whom I'll give it to. The fragrance was just so....... I dunno how to describe....... That I couldn't decide
which 2 to get that I have to buy more. Teeehehehe *blush*

Came across a stall selling mini donut. We bought the mix box. Flavoured chocolate, mocha, green tea and several others.

Other than it being super small and cutesy, I think the taste was rather bland, but don't take my word for it. You should give it a try if you get the chance. Why we may have thought it wasn't that nice was because after several hours of non-stop shopping and bargaining, the first thing we wanted was WATER, DRINK....!!!

Kira-kira macam gini ar, kalau nampak air, macam nak minum sampai gitu skali! Masuk kepala dalam cawan and all... Hahaha...

So yea, maybe we're a bit biased that way, cause we were freaking thirsty, what with the heat in the stuffy market and all.

My loot for the day?
I bought maxi dresses, shirts, cardigans. Well, mostly tops la.
Of coz cannot forget to buy my sayang something right? *cough*cough*
So I got him some Tees and a pair of slippers.

We left Chatuchak at around 5pm. That's like 7 HOURS of SHOPPING!!!
Time flies sooo fast when you're having a great time spending your money away!! Cuba kalau time pat keje, haizzz... rasa mcm jam tak bergerak ehk~

Our legs were all tired from walking, so we tried the foot spa near out hotel area.
Pi-ee didn't join. Apparently, he dislike foot massages... Dia kata geli~
So, while we had the massage, he berembet back to the hotel with his, as well as our loots.
Thanks Pi-ee!!!! Sumpah tak make use of kau! Mintak tolong jer~
Ina kata, "PI-EE SUNGGUH BAIK HATI"....
:)

Btw, nama kedai dia mcm weird skit eh??
Hmmmphhhh.....

The 1 hour foot massage costs us 250 Baht ~ approx SGD10.

After that, back to our hotel, touch up a bit and out again for dinner.
While waiting for us, Pi-ee sempat mandi, pakai baju baru lagi!!

We stopped by the front desk to ask regarding the floating market. I asked if it was affected by flood and according to them the flood area was outside of Bangkok and it was safe to book a tour if we intend to book one.
So we went ahead and book a half day tour to Damnoensaduak Floating Market for the next day. Paid in full at the front desk, everything else were settled by them. We were informed to wait at the hotel lobby at 6am the next day.

Dinner at Al-Khayma Lebanese & Russian Restaurant.

Pages and pages for your selection...

Took us awhile to decide what to get...

Baju Baru!!!!
I LOVE THAILAND lagi!!!!

What Ina had...

What Pi-ee had...

What I had...

And we shared a medium sized Pizza, thin crust.

Delicious, awesome good stuff!
Makan dah tak ingat dunia~

It rained when we were on our way back to hotel. While they preferred to use umbrella, I was tooo lazy for the life of me to be holding on to anything. So its poncho time again...

And looking great in it is a MUST! Hahahahahaha....
Ada Arab-arab tu, tengokkan kita jer~

OK, I'll continue with the 3rd day on our trip to the floating market soon.

XoXo,
Didi

Bali - Day IV

2011-10-23T22:30:00.003+08:00

Dear XXX,

OK back to my Honeymoon Bali trip. Sorry, I've been going off track.

Refer to this link for earlier posts.

We check-ed into The Oasis Hotel & Resorts. The cheapest amongst the 3 accommodations that we booked for our Bali trip.

The toilet and shower in this hotel is separate. Didn't exactly like it. Pasal leceh... Other than that, overall, it was a nice hotel too. Within walking distance to Kuta beach.
Unfortunately, I didn't have much photo of the room. I was too sick that all I could think of, was to lie down, which was exactly what I did as soon as we entered the room. Mister went for another swim, while he lets me rest as we intend to walk around the area later that afternoon.

The hotel is only two storey high. We got the ground level where the balcony door opens up directly to the swimming pool. Nice View!

After his dip, as planned, we went out. Had a refreshing welcome drink from the front desk, and they asked when we would like our honeymoon cake to be served. Told them we were on the way out and will call when we'd like to have it.

Just a 5 mins walk, and we've reached Kuta beach.

Had lunch at one of the warongs.

Mister had Mee Bakso, while I had Nasi Rawon. Such a vast difference between their nasi rawon and our SG nasi rawon. Macam very empty gitu ar deorang nyer. Maybe originally its suppose to be like that??

Dia punyer serving, fuyooooooh...
Takde sikit lagi ar. Itu sebab la orang dia semua slim menye-lim~

Continued our walk...

Sakit....... Sakit jugak ar.
Nampak A&W nyer waffle, lain semua blakang kira.
Lepas tu malam terkokol-kokol ar batok...

Along the street, we stopped by an agency and booked a day tour with them for the next day. Then we did some shopping. Baju aku pon dah tak cukup. Mister did all the bargaining. He's better in this than I'll ever be...

After which, we had an early dinner and were back in the hotel. Kaki aku dah tak bleh take it already....... Mata aku rasa macam nak tido ajerrrrrrrr.... Sorry B for being a wet blanket that day.

Alright will continue soon with Bali - Day V.

XoXo,
Didi

Singapore F1 Grand Prix - 2011

2011-10-23T16:04:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

Exactly 1 month ago, I had a very packed weekend. That was the first F1 - Singapore Grand Prix that I've ever attended. We bought these tix during their early-bird promo. It was my first Singapore GP & I must say that watching the show under light was a totally different experience than from home. I'm no big fan of this race, and after the past few days fever at night and coughs kind of made me malas to go, though I know once you're there, the intense atmosphere might just give me the kick.

Think 'movie at the park', with picnic lunches and all. I saw a kid brought in a box of Sarpino's pizza when the marshal was scanning through my bag at the entrance. Later that evening, I even saw a group of guys with packets of tidbits and MacD sitting not too far away from where we were when we watching the live telecast on the big screen.

Before I forget, thanks to Mister for the tix!

So basically the most tiring day, I would say was Friday because I went there right after work and that night was when we did most of our walking. Since we didn't know what to expect, we were exploring every direction our walkabout tickets would allow us through. Marshal and ushers were literally everywhere.

The cars were driving toooo fast that it was kind of pointless for me to take photos of them. Its either shaky photos or I really can't see what it was that I took!

After several futile attempts Mister will turn to me and say "tak clear sey".... Then he will snap a few more, then turn to me "cepat sangat ar". Then take a few more, and finally say "I need a better lens"...

I already knew he will say that in the end, 'need better lens'.... Grrrrrrrrrr.....

He queued up for complimentary tatoo...
I wasn't interested. Kalau henna, I would consider. Tapi kalau henna dah tak fierce ar eh...
Laki aku pon tak nak. Nanti yang queue semua pompan. Lol...

Mana nyer garang jer~ Hahahahaha...

As we walked around the area...

Second day.

When we arrived, these Samba Brasil hot babes were shaking their stuffs to the tune played by Bloco Singapura behind them.

Transe Express from France.
Watched a trapezist perform stunts in midair, accompanied by percussionists as they are lifted off the ground midway.

Lesson learnt: To purchase the desired t-shirt on the first day itself.
They were selling like hotcakes that by the second day, the popular designs or the kind that we liked were left with limited sizes.
Me and Mister, rilek-rilek, thinking that we could buy it later as we couldn't decide which one to buy. Korang tak tahu brapa kali kita tawab around that merchandise area. Nanti punyer nanti.... Size yang kita nak, sampai dah takde~ Oh Crap!

Got to watch Shakira & Shaggy perform live on stage!!!
Waka Waka~ Hahahahaha....

I have a short clip of Shakira performing Waka Waka.. Not the bestest video quality. But heyyyy... Tak cerewet ar!

Kalau ada suara yang terpekik-pekik ngan suara sumbang pat background - tu aku la~
Hahah...

Last day...
Oleh kerana aku tak dapat beli any F1 designed tees......... Terpaksa la pakai baju biasa ajer~

So we asked this guy nearby to snap a photo of the both of us. Its the last day but we don't have a couple photo yet. So this guy was holding on to what look like some big, awesome possum DSLR yang mahal la with long lens. Lagi UP ar kira. (Camera kita murah ajer~) Abih tu, dia pon mintak kita ambikkan gambar dia and the gf, yang laki aku ada la suruh move here, move there. Jadi sebelah tak nampak tong sampah and blakang tak nampak another couple very near to us....

Skali check-check, dia amikkan gambar kita, tak focus siol!!!
I told Mister, patut kita ambik gambar dia pon out of focus jugak sey....

Like seriously, moral of the story, doesn't mean camera dia mahal, dia tahu amik gambar eh pls!
Either dia noob atau dia dengki.

Bodoh.........

Ini dia gambar tak focus.

So when Mister met one of his fren there, apa lagi, kita suruh dia ambikkan gambar kita!
That's Mister and his fren.

Macam-macam flag ada hari tu

Bought food before we find a spot to watch the Live telecast on the big screen. We sat near to the front of the stage in order to get to watch Linkin Park closer later. Satay mahal..... Satu cucuk = $1.
Ouch!!

Makan nak kena pelan-pelan. Savour every taste and flavour.
Lol~

Linkin Park to end off a super-duper great weekend...

Pssst.... Mister siang-siang dah cakap tahun depan nak pergi lagi!

Till my next entry then...
Bye....

XoXo,
Didi

Bangkok, Thailand Trip - Day I

2011-10-22T02:09:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

I'm back from a 4D3N Bangkok trip, 14-17 Oct 2011.
Refreshing gilerrr I must say.

A supposed 5 person trip reduced to 3 at the very end.
Emil and her sis cancelled because they were worried about the flood situation in Bangkok that has been on the news for the past days, in a way, ada hikmah nyer la deorang tak ikot their mum got warded and had to go through an operation. Had they continued with the plan, they won't have fun anyway as the mind's back home.

We took the first flight to Bangkok via Tiger Airways. I am a fan of budget flights and I am proud to say it. As long as it brings me to my destination, I'm a happy girl. So sue me!

Since we had to check-in at 6am that day, I took the chance to sleepover at my parents' place.

The night before, Mister came by to Tamp to kiss me goodbye, he's currently on reservist and it just so happen that he got to book out for the night, so he made his way to come and see me. *winks*

Okay, enough of the intial stories and let's get it on....

Had a filling breakfast at MacD before checking-in. Normally I don't waste my money on-board the budget flight as the choices are limited. No kidding.
Like Tiger Airways in this case, the only available food for purchase are their instant cup noodles and drinks. They only sell rice with dish if the flight duration is more than 3 hours. So, I'd rather have a hearty meal before my flight, or tahan till we reach the ground.

We were busy taking our time that we didn't realize it was 5 mins before flight take off and it was already final call.. Kelam-kabut the three of us ran to the gate. We were the last few people to board the plane. Perangai~

The two hours flight went by in a blink of an eye, in my honest opinion it was more bearable than my daily train ride to work. I mean really, wats a two hour journey for me???!!!

Since we had some time to kill (didn't want to loiter around the hotel lobby in case the rooms weren't ready), we had a break at Dunkin' Donuts as soon as we've passed the immigrations.

The plan was to go public.. I have no intention to take cab whatsoever. We kept a lookout for the train signs to city.

keeping a lookout for the signs

Unlike the past two times when I was there... There is now a train station right at the airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link which just commence its service in 2010, This will connect to the BTS SkyTrain Sukhumvit line that brings us right to a station near our hotel (i.e. Phloen Chit Station).

It costs just 45 baht to reach from Airport to Phaya Thai station and another 20 baht to Phloen Chit station. A total of 65 baht approx SG$2.60, that is definitely a vast difference from booking a saloon car directly from hotel which cost 1200 baht, approx SG$45 when I checked via the hotel's official website later that night.

all excited...

bought out token...

tokens instead of EZlink cards~

I didn't have an itinerary planned. It was Emil who had everything written on paper. So when she cancelled, of cos I had to think of plan B. If you ask me, I prefer impromptu, and Pi-ee and Ina were both supporting enough. In fact, they trust me so much, they left it all to me. In Pi-ee's words 'SURPRISE ME'.

So it took us plus minus an hour to reach Phloen Chit station. From there, it was just a 5 mins walk to the hotel that I've booked. It's a budget but relatively new hotel, so you can be sure that the hotel rooms looks presentable.

Recently, whenever I want to book a hotel, I have been relying on HotelAdvisor.com. That's where travelers share their experience and tips and it proved to be useful when I booked four of the hotels for my honeymoon earlier this year.

OK, back to the hotel, when I say 5 mins walk, it literally means 5 mins walk, you just gotta go down the stairs from the train station, cross a junction (start of their highway or in Singapore terms, ERP) pass a few shops, pushcarts and there it is....
LEGACY EXPRESS BANGKOK HOTEL
Don't be fooled by the outlook. It's only a 4 storey hotel.

Check-in was a breeze. No hassle, I booked via Agoda.com (my trusted hotel booking website), the reception asked for my credit card that I used to book the hotel to verify and that's it.

We were provided with their free WIFI password when we got the room key. Bagus! Tak yah tanya, dia dah bagi.

At this point si Ina dah pergi 7-11 located just outside the hotel to find new slippers. Member pakai sandal licin. Dah tentu2 cuaca expected to be mendung, hujan, flood - dia pakai selipar licin, abih turun train station, jalan dah mcm pengantin... Slow jer, takut jatuh.
Kalau tak menyakitkan hati aku, tak sah ni pompan....

So lucky her, she managed to get new slippers. Pat 7-11 ada jual!! Tak sia-sia (tapi selipar jamban ar..... Hahaha..).

Fed up jer dia kena sindir. Hahaha

So yea... Here's how our superior room looked like. No complains. It looked just like how I expected it to be.

Amenities in the room were adequate. We called housekeeping for iron, and got it within minutes. Umbrella was provided in the room. Since it's the rainy season, I consider that a plus point.

I can see that both Ina and Pi-ee were superrr excited. Nothing can bring their spirits down it seems even though it was starting to drizzle. Apa tak nyer, it's their maiden trip to the land of Siam...!!! I felt like a tour guide leading them. My previous two trips proved to be useful as I kind of knew my way around though each trip were only for a short while. So after touching up and resting for awhile, we headed down to Mahboonkrong Center (MBK) which is located just 2 BTS station away from our hotel.

Ekkk, problem ke kak pakai poncho??? Hahahahaha....

Looking super stylish in it!

Like finally..... Hahahahaha....

Lunch was at MBK level 5, Yana Restaurant. I had Green Curry with rice. Ina had Tom Yam soup with rice... Awesome good stuff! Sour-ish, spicy, just the way its suppose to be. Thai style!

We surveyed the area and it was Ina who was the first to splurge!!! Padahal yg cakap tak nak shop, dia jugak... Tukar SGD300 jer. Macam betol~ Lepas tu nampak shawl.... Jadi kegilaaan~

Jalan skit, stop.. Jalan skit. Stop...

We had a coffee break at Stars Coffee. The milky tea was sedap gilerrr. Refreshing ar. Shiok minum. The ice-cream sorbet was ~~finger~~ spoon lickin good.

Pi-ee bought Nancy Chandler's Map of Bangkok. It's not like those normal boring maps. This one's interesting to look at. Kind of remind me of mind-maps that I used to do for exams back during my schooling days. Helpful and very colorful also.

So we decided to walk to Pratunam, but along the way, we chanced upon Siam Ocean World when we passed by Siam Paragon and decide to go for Siam Ocean World instead and pushed back our plans to Pratunam to another day.

They have 2 types of tix. One at 900 baht, another at 1100 baht. For that additional 200 baht, you get 5 extras including fish spa, a cup of drink and popcorn, a souvenir which u can collect at their merchandise store and more. So we bought the latter of course, 1100 baht ~ approx SG$44.

There's a 'back of house tour' to show us behind the scene, where the tanks were, where the sick or injured fish were. Interesting to know cause we only see how it looks from outside when we go Under Water World pat SG kan?

We also got to go on the glass bottom boat ride.

At the fish spa....

Mat Thai bawak shark naik Tuk-tuk........

Hmmmphhh.....

Can't imagine...??

See this.... hehehe...
Itu shark ada senyummmmmm~

Next, went to watch their 4D X-venture (which is included with the tix that we paid for)

A few more shots before we left for dinner. Overall, Siam Ocean World is worth a visit at least once if you're ever in Bangkok.

We ended the day with a full stomach from Nasir Al Masri, an Egyptian Restaurant, located just a street away from the hotel. It is the Arab agglomeration on that side of the street.

Ok, that's it.

Dah lama tak update blog.... Sekali update, har... ambik korang...........! Panjang lebar!
InsyaAllah will continue with Bangkok Day II in next entry.

XoXo,
Didi

Syawal 1432H

2011-09-03T02:48:00.000+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya kawan-kawan...
Semoga Raya kali ini disambut dengan ceria disisi orang yang tersayang.

Baju this year sama... Kiter pakai baju nikah jerrrr...

Ikhlas dari kami berdua,
Diyana & Ali

Singapore Flyer - Jun 2011 (Late Entry)

2011-08-23T23:05:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

So after work today, we headed down to Singapore Flyer. Like FINALLY~
Why 'finally'? Ok, I tell you the story...

Since Mister's been wondering what other stuffs I've gotten for him besides the Batam trip, I gave him the vouchers the night before his birthday and well, partly because, I couldn't wait any longer to pass it to him.
Note: I passed everything (including the flyer tix, batam trip vouchers as well as the USS entrance tix).

On his birthday itself, the plan was to go for the flyer, catch a movie and lunch date together. So, semangat2 ar park pat marina square...

Skali dah nak sampai, I was like,
"B, you got bring flyer tix right?"
"No! You hold what the tix..."
"I already gave you what semalam"
"NoooOO. I don't have"
"Serious or not?! You not kidding me eh?!"

Sigh... Upset sey aku for a sec.
So tu takpe.

I got these tix from Emil, she passed me four extra tix (coz she got mixed up with the ones she had already used).
I had those four in my wallet, so I was hoping that by chance, I made a mistake by not passing Mister the correct two tix and the ones in my wallet was still valid. We went to the ticket booth and asked to check.

Unfortunately, the ones I have in the wallet are the ones already used. So terpaksa la postpone to another day.... Grrr....

Like I mentioned before, its his first ride on the flyer.

View from four corners. The Marina Barrage side, not looking too good since its still has lotsa construction going on.

Finished off our day with dinner at Popeyes's

XoXo,
Didi

Short Getaway - Thistle Hotel

2011-08-13T21:23:00.004+08:00

Dear XXX,

Thanks to Ruby Rashid Services (Mister booked their catering services for his side's reception), we were given a free night stay at Thistle Hotel which we had to use within 6 months. Our initial thought were like 'pat JB, nak buat apa sey~' because its just a stone throw away from SG, both of us weren't really interested.
So on our frequent masuk JB days, Mister took a wrong turn, pusing nyer pusing, we chanced upon Thistle Hotel, and that was when we decided, well maybe, we could go, now that we happen to find out where the hotel is located and it didn't look too bad from the outside....

So we went for our 3rd honeymoon (if I may call it). Haha... Melebih lah pulak..
We went a week before fasting month began. Any later, the offer would have expired.
Mister booked another room for his sister who brought along one of their aunt. We thought of bringing the sis along as she/we could do grocery-shopping together.

Checking-in was a breeze. It didn't take too long before heading to our room...

How the room looked like...
Comfy bed, several pillows... but the usual, I still have to fight for my blanket. Mister is always tossing and tugging the blanket and I'm left with none... So we'll end up in tug-of-war... Hahaha....

The toiletries were more than sufficient.... Not bad!

Nice... This was what greeted us when we entered our room. Sparkling wine and chocolates...

Popping the bottle.

View from Level 15...
Our room had a not-so-interesting-view of the highway, wished we had gotten the room on the other side. It'll show you a good sea-view separating SG and JB, but hey, tak cerewet dok, kalau free semua nyer bagus! Hahaha.. Perangai or what??!!

So both Mister and me didn't feel like being too touristy to go for sight-seeing in JB. Instead, we chillax in the room watching 'Dog Whisperer' on Animal Planet. Love Cesar Millan's approach to handling these dogs. He has an exceptional gift. Truly a dog whisperer, this has become both our favourite reality TV show at the moment.

Dinner at The Hive (included in the package)...

Breakfast was a good spread...

Overall, the whole trip was good. For those of you whois interested for a short break, maybe you could try Thistle...??!

Alrite, till my next entry!

XoXo,
Didi

Mom's 51st Birthday - Sakura International Buffet

2011-08-10T05:58:00.003+08:00

Dear XXX,

This is a late entry. Celebrate Mom's birthday about a month ago at Sakura International Buffet.
Initially I thought of celebrating with just the immediate family, but since it was on a weekend, and my aunts had no plans for that day (or would gladly clear their schedule for this), I thought, why not celebrate it 'beramai-ramai'....

Sampai ajer, everyone was busy at the food stations. The last time I was here was for my birthday, probably a year or two back. The restaurant at Downtown East had since undergone a makeover and the ambience is pretty much an improvement from my last trip. The kids, were excited, especially at the dessert section and drinks. Tahu jer la, budak-budak kadang tak makan banyak tapi deorang mcm tong kosong... Minum air ajerrrrr

These were some of the lot that we ate that day... Conquered three tables.

I did bought mom a present, but it was not till later that her gift arrived. Anyway's we presented her this gift which Mister bought whilst we were at USS recently. Award for World's Greatest Mother-in-Law... Semua ketawa bila nampak the wordings... Hahahaha... Nak mengampu ajer~

My mom who brought me up with love and care, to make me who I am today, who has been supportive in everything I do. I may not say it all the time but I Love You, Mama.

Group photo before we left.

XoXo,
Didi

Passes - F1 2011

2011-08-07T04:53:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

I just collected our F1 passes for this year's coming event... Hoho... My first.
Thanks to Mister for this...

XoXo,
Didi

A Change That Will Last... I Hope!

2011-08-06T09:52:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

Today was my first day trial at Contours Express.
I had procrastinated to give it a go for the longest time. Partly because its not cheap and I always gave a reason that I needed a friend to go with me.

I did contemplate going alone but decided to selambakan muka and just go. I don't want to wait any longer because I don't know when I'll find someone to go with me. Sometimes I think my body feels sluggish even though I just woke up from a good night sleep.

So recently when Mister bought the bike for me and when we went cycling, I knew that I was going at a super slow pace (mcm kura-kura pon ada) and I was dragging us down. Mister had never once complained but I don't like the fact that I was too slow. Especially since we're cycling on the road, its not easy for him to keep looking over his shoulder to check on me.

Told myself then that I needed to do something. My stamina as I know it, is at an all time low. I haven't been exercising since foreverrrrrrr.

It would be a much fun activity for us both or if I may call it, our bonding session.

In the past the reason why I want to exercise is because I wanted to look slim. This time its not. This time, my priorities have changed. I want to build my stamina, improve health and then I believe the losing weight portion will come naturally on its own. Hopefully with this new mindset, I am more motivated to keep on exercising and not keep checking the weighing scale every now and then and get disappointed if there's no change and consequently stop exercising.

And Mister, I know you read my entries...
So continue motivating me to go for my exercise ok!
:)

When I told Mister of my decision to sign up for this 30 mins circuit training he was supportive (kalau tak supportive memang mintak kena ketuk~), and we went on a shopping spree to find sports attire for us both. The day before the trial, when he saw me packing my stuffs, he's like "kasut dah masukkan?", "towel dah bawak?"... "water bottle?"
Haha... I feel like a school kid all over again~
Macam dia yg terlebih semangat daripada aku gitu.

XoXo,
Didi

Hong Kong Day IV - Madame Tussauds

2011-06-18T23:33:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

I've actually uploaded these on FB but my initial aim was to blog about it here. So here it is.

I loved my day at Madame Tussauds. Infact, I find it the most memorable...
One after another, we just kept snapping. Photogenic mode ONzz...

After Madame Tussauds, we went up to the Sky Terrace. Super windy and cooling.

Had lunch at Bubba Gump. Mister got himself a Bubba Gump t-shirt at their merchandise store. He's a one happy boy.

K Ending abruptly. The main reason why I blogged, is because I actually like using Picnik.com and doing these collages. Macam interesting gitu~

XoXo,
Didi

Our New Toy...

2011-06-18T00:34:00.006+08:00

Dear XXX,

Yeay... We just got ourselves a new bike, in the hopes of living healthily (kwang 3x)..
Thanks to Mister!

Blue's mine...

XoXo,
Didi

Happy Hatch Day... Mister Ali

2011-06-15T22:58:00.026+08:00

Dear XXX,

Just want to wish Mister a happppppy happppppy 34th birthday.
May we have many more birthday celebrations filled with fun and laughter like this, in the future.
Amin...

Love you to bits Mister Ali....

Celebrate his birthday a few days earlier with the extended family during our family chalet.
Fun, fun, fun!!!

I gave Mister these vouchers and have a lot planned for him. So all these will be done on our free days in the coming month. Ini vouchers got expiry date okay! Lol..
- it'll be his first time on SG flyer.
- our first time to Universal Studios Singapore
- a 2D1N trip to Batam

Pardon the superrr-cute-I-drew-myself stick guy and girl. Hehehehe...

Today, we had a simple lunch date together...

Okay, till later...

XoXo,
Didi

Western Adventure: WAPCN

2011-05-27T01:35:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

Recently on Sundays when Mister's not working (which is every fornightly), we've been doing some healthy activities. The first which I've blogged before, was to Ubin. Then we went hiking at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Yesterday, we took on the Western Adventure Park Connector. It was a 12km walk, according to the National Board Park's webby, it'll take about 4-6 hours but took us 3.5 hours and not forgetting, somewhere along the walk, we couldn't see the Park Connector direction, so we prolly walked about a mile longer in the wrong direction and got lost and had to walk another mile back (selengger bach)... So considering the blunder, I think we did quite well for beginners. Heh...

We parked our car nearby to Bukit Gombak MRT station. Took a train down to Choa Chu Kang then changed and took the LRT, all the way to Segar Station, and this was where we began. Truth be told, if there's nothing important, I won't normally go to this part of Singapore. The last I went up to the area like Bukit Panjang, was to send out my wedding invites.

9:45am, we were walking along Zhenghua Park which was about 2.5km... This was pretty easy.
I was still energetic, still walking at a moderate fast pace.

Under the BKE highway...

I didn't read up like how Mister did. So I was clueless as to how long this walk will take us. This proved to be a good thing. I walked without knowing the time, without knowing how far we've covered. So it kind of motivated me to keep pushing myself till we finally get to our car.

Do note, that some parts of the walking trail is combined with the biking trail, so you might want to remember and stick to walking on one side cause these peeps cycle fast...

We reached a juncture where we had to decide whether to walk up to the Singapore Quarry or not. Though the quarry is nearby but its not along the path we're walking. If we were to go to the quarry, we'd need to back track again to continue our walk. It took me like a sec before deciding "Heck, we're already here, might as well..."

Like finally, after some steep slope (yang membuat aku mcm nak semput)... Lol.

I was perspiring like siow!!! Habis baju aku...

Bought Mr Bean pancake before our walk. Aku order yg mahal nyer tapi dapat yg murah nyer... Dah 3 kali siak aku kena short-changed.This time I order the caramel custard (which cost $1.50), they gave me kaya pancake (which cost like wat? $1.20?) K, they profited 30cents from aku. Yang aku hairan, tak pernah plak tu tersalah bagi yang mahal nyer instead. Penipu siak deorang.
The bad thing for us consumers, we won't know its wrong until we eat it! Bloody hell, and by then we're like what? Far away from the shop! Correct or not?!!!
I repeat this is my 3rd time being given the wrong order.

Kesian, muka sedih, lain yang dia nak, lain yang dia dapat...

We continued our walk. Some animal encounters along the way.

OK, by this time we were actually lost but indenial and were hoping that we're still in the right direction. Hahahah....
Cari park connector nyer sign tak nampak-nampak tapi masih degil tak nak check map.
Kalau betol-betol, takyah pass by railway track ni pon! Hahaha...

I decided to finally give in and flash out my iPhone to show us how to get back on track.

Finally, our last pit stop, Bukit Batok Town Park. Rehydrate, before returning to our car.

We ended our afternoon feeling good with ourselves for what feel like an endless walk! A pat on the back! *cough*
Till then. Bye...

XoXo,
Didi

Hong Kong Day II - Ngong Ping 360

2011-05-21T17:05:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

Next stop from Disneyland MTR station, we dropped down at Tung Chung station to the next attraction, Ngong Ping 360 (NP360), which consists of a cable car journey and a themed village.

We had to rush actually cause it closes at 6.30pm on weekends (6pm on weekdays). By the time we reached there, we were the last to take the cable ride towards the themed village. Orang lain semua dah start making their way back, kita baru nak naik... Haha...

A round trip cable car ride costs about HKD115 = SGD18. You can choose between the regular or the crystal cabin where the flooring is made of glass. Aku wasn't adventurous in that aspect (Kwang3x) so we opted the normal one. Even that, in my honest opinion, was thrilling enough.

As we went up to higher altitude, the cold wind blowing my feet gave me the jitters. Despite that, the view was definitely something else.

The location of NP360 is not far from the airport. So you get to see a good view of planes taking off (beats sitting at T2 airport gallery... Hoho... ). But too bad, I can't seem to find a pic of that particular view now in my hard drive.

So yang ni baru no 3. nyer winding house. To me no. 3 was high enough but when we reach it and as we looked across it, ada lagi...! Makin tinggi plak tu... If I'm not wrong, there we like 6 (or more, because I stopped counting) before reaching the Ngong Ping Village.
All in all, at every winding house, the scenery was somewhat different. I would say the first one, you get to see an awesome view of Hong Kong airport. Then it passes by the bay, where it felt like my feet were just a distant away from touching the sea (yg ni more thrilling kalau naik crystal cabin nyer), then it opens up to the mountanious scenery. Mountains after mountains and then it gets cooler up there.

mountains after mountains

If I were to compare, SG punyer macam dah tak scary ar~
Oh, and checkout their hiking trail!

We've reached the themed village.This place has been designed to reflect the culture of Ngong Ping area.

As CNY just passed, decorations were mostly CNY themed, rabbit here, there everywhere and rabbit ears too.

Randomly chose the cable car that we liked. Guess what we chose??

Plus point over here is that there's a Halal Restaurant. Tapi jangan la datang lambat macam aku, kedai makan pon tengah cleaning up. Hahah... So for those of you who intend to make your way here one day, maybe you could try it out? Tell me your verdict ok?

This was at Ngong Ping Piazza, leading towards the Ngong Ping Monastery and Tian Tan Buddha

We didn't walk all the way to Giant Buddha and this was taken from afar. So at this point as we were quite high up the mountain, Mister was like, "Bleh nampak wap tak? I breathe out, you see..." Haha.. Kesian eh, negeri sendiri takde winter tu sebab kita jakun-ist like this.

So we admired the scenery for awhile more before heading back.

Queuing up to go back to the main station

As the car goes downwards, I could feel the breeze even cooler than before. My legs were slightly shivering, jacket felt almost useless and I was practically selit-ing my hands into the deepest end of my pocket hoping for some warmth. Haha.... I sound so dramatic, but its true.
We were sharing the cabin with two other couples and from their body language, I'm sure they couldn't agree more. Mister, was actually gritting his teeth against the cold. Haha...
Not to mention, it was close to 8.30pm when we took our ride. So it was pitch dark in the ride, the only light there was, were the lights reflecting from outside, the highway and sort. Nasib dia takde stop-stop in the middle of the ride. Seram hokay! (Korang tak tahu, aku dalam hati baca bismillah jer all the way) Hahahahahah.....

That was the longest 30 minutes ride I've ever taken in my life.

So that's it for my 2nd day in Hong Kong. Will be back with more. :)

XoXo,
Didi

Hong Kong Day II - Disneyland Hong Kong

2011-05-19T13:00:00.004+08:00

Dear XXX,

Good morning ya'll...

So we started early to Disneyland...
I know that a lot of people think that Disneyland Hong Kong is boring nothing like to the ones in US or something. But HECK, tak cerewet ar! I still loved my day over there (besides I never know when I'll ever go to the US one...).

In the Disneyland Resort Line of the Hong Kong MTR...

Handle in the shape of Mickey Mouse head... Hehe..

We took tonnes and tonnes of pic and we're not even in the park yet!

Leave your worries behind and go with the flow. Stepping in, it just brings back all those sweet childhood memories.

At Main Street, U.S.A.

At Adventureland with Captain Hook...

Tarzan's Treehouse

View from the top of the Treehouse

Watched Festival of the Lion King...

Fantasyland

In 'Its a Small World' ride, you sit in this moving boat that brings you around.. the WORLD. I kind of liked this ride. Haha...
So budak kecik or wat. Tak seram langsung ini ride but I loved the different patong-patong...

After that ride, I just couldn't stop singing 'Its a small word' song... I think Mister was praying that I'll just shut up.. Hahahahah

For a while there, we were in Thailand, India and more...

Its their 5th Anniversary this year.

After catching the parade, we spend just a short time in Adventureland and we were out by 4 from Disneyland. Didn't wait to watch the fireworks. Next time perhaps~

We did buy some souvenirs for ourselves and little something for the cousins but I tell you, I was in the souvenir shop for quite some time. We just couldn't make up our mind. Kejap nak beli t-shirt, kejap tak nak, kejap nak tu, kejap nak ni... Mata rambang sey. Perangai! Hahahah...

We didn't take a single photo with any of the characters. *Wails* Its just that the queue was super-duper long and we didn't want to waste time in the queue. Besides after Disneyland, there's another attraction that we have in mind to go that day.So mostly kita try to snap a solo pic of the characters. As for these Mickey and Minnie, nak tahu apsal gambar dia half? Pasal deorang tengah ambik gambar ngan budak kecik. Mister just snap the top portion jek~ Hahahahha. Jadilah~

Bye Bye Disney~

XoXo,
Didi

Hong Kong Day I

2011-05-18T10:42:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

I know I'm not done with my Bali entry yet but I just don't feel like talking bout it today.
Infact, between the two, I prefer Hong Kong. Like I said, cause I got fever during my trip in Bali, I didn't have as much fun as I did in Hong Kong...

So the same day we left from Bali, when we reached SG, we had about 3 hours before our next flight. Reached home, had home cooked lunch *just awesome*, and before long we were on our way back to the airport in our backpacks this time.

Now if you ask me why the heck would we want to return to SG and fly out again on the same day, instead of straight from Bali to HK?
Well, cause we actually saved 700 bucks just by purchasing round trip flights... That extra $700 bleh buat blanja babe! Also, partly because we didn't want to be carrying our photoshoot outfits and the heavy photo album along with us.

them sending us

one before we check-in

aku wearing boots... Suker-suker-sukerrrrr

the backpack was still angkat-able~

our plane to HK

our 4 hour flight

Touched down around 8pm in HK. Bought the Octopus card which we used the entire time we were there.. Took their MTR to Jordon Station. Our hotel was just 5 minutes away from the nearest MTR.

So this was our hotel room for the next few nights in HK...
It costs about SG97 per night. We didn't spend as much on accomodation this time round cause we knew we'd be out most of the time. So this, I think, was comfortable enough for the two of us.*winks*

Our first night in HK was practically spent doing nothing. We walked around the vicinity of our hotel area and also to the Temple Street which is well known for its night market. Unfortunately, we reached there rather late, so the only thing we got to see was the shops closing. Hahah~

Okay, I'll be back with the 2nd day entry!!! Muacks...

XoXo,
Didi

All on My Own...

2011-05-17T15:13:00.003+08:00

Dear XXX,

It's Vesak day today.
Both Mister and his sis are working. So I'm home alone.

I'm actually enjoying myself, sipping my favourite tea, watching videos non-stop.

It's the simple things in life that we sometimes forget to appreciate. A little ME time can be superrrrrr refreshing...

You have a good day off tooo...
*Smiless*

XoXo,
Didi

Wedding Exchange...

2011-05-14T13:44:00.004+08:00

Dear XXX,

Just sharing with you where I ordered the cakes for our gift exchange. Loved how it turned out and it taste great tooo...
It was from Lydia's Oven...

Also, thanks to Cik Rabiah (mum's bestie) for her late nights in completing these for our exchange following our coloured theme.
She added fresh flowers too...

XoXo,
Didi

The Other Roommate...

2011-05-13T14:05:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

This baby, has been keeping me company when his daddy AKA Mister is on night shifts...
Sooooo cute... and he look so small, almost like a puppy having all his fur shaved away last weekend.

XoXo,
Didi

Wedding Do-It-Yourself...

2011-05-12T12:52:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

A few weeks before the wedding, these were my side projects.
An alterable art frame, Guestbook & holder for both our reception.

Matching his Black-Silver theme reception...

alterable art frame

guestbook

$2 marker holder from Daiso which I revamped

Mine... Orange-Peachy theme...

guestbook

holder and frame

XoXo,
Didi

My Take on 7 May, GE 2011 Results...

2011-05-08T22:47:00.003+08:00

Post Polling day:
I'm super elated that the opposition has finally managed to win more seats this election.
Kudos to the Hougang and Aljunied voters for doing something what other GRC electors couldn't do/still afraid to do. I've done my part in voting wisely, but I didn't get the results I was rooting for.

Despite all that, its sad to see, the minister that took the fall was George Yeo. I think he was a candidate at the wrong GRC. In all honesty, I would have loved to see the one in Tamp GRC to gooooooo~

And oh, what's with all the void votes? Dammit.
Is it so difficult to cross the party you want???!!!

XoXo,
Didi

Mother's Day - 2011

2011-05-08T22:45:00.003+08:00

Dear XXX,

Not only its the polling day, its the send zorro-for-grooming day and also celebrate Mother's day.
My initial plan was to do something outdoorsy but as you would have known by now, the weather's been rather unpredictable the past week so we sticked to lepak-ing at my mom's place and pot luck-ing instead.

So with Emil's help, I managed to order a box of chocolate each for mom and makchicks just 3 days before.

I was out early on polling day. First was to send Zorro at the grooming centre so that I have the rest of my day free till the groomer calls back to collect him. In the meantime, I bought J-Co donuts and collected the chocolates...

By 2, all of us were gathered. I'm pleased that I still manage to organise this gathering despite the last minute plans.

The chocolates...
RM40 per box.

Food I brought... Heheh... Itu jer yang ada~ (but of coz I bought more than this la ok!~)

Food we chipped-in

Then came the Mother's day photo-taking session...

Sooon after, auntie ice-cream sampai... Budak-budak semua keromon kat dia~

Ina: "nak apa flavour????"

budak-budak: "strawberry, vanilla, peppermint!!!"

Ina: "alamak... chocolate jer ar ada"....

dah gitu, tanya flavour buat apa ehk??!

SEDAP!!!!

SMILEEEEEE!

XoXo,
Didi

New Toy for the Kitties...

2011-05-07T19:09:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

Mister just bought a new scratch pole for the kitties..

As soon as we got home, he immediately got on fixing the cat tree and tearing apart the plastic (aku tak tahu siapa yg excited ni skarang. Kucing ke, bapak kucing).

XoXo,
Didi

Pulau Ubin

2011-05-06T18:23:00.003+08:00

Dear XXX,

Mister and me went to Pulau Ubin the weekend past. This was my second time since 2009 where I celebrated Emil's bday with the peeps.

When I went with Mister to Sungei Buloh last year, aku kena mosquite bite punyer banyak, nak jalan pon susah, asyik terkerok-kerok jer~ Yea, aku am THAT rugged.
So I told myself that I'll never forget to bring mosquito repellent again for these kind of activities.

My saviour

So ok, back to last week's trip. Felt l like I was the tour guide bringing the partner along. The last Mister went to Ubin was like 15 years ago..? Time-time masih sec sch. Lama gilerrrrr tu..

Ada hati nak keluar siang, makan breakfast pat Changi Village first. Tunggu aku mandi, dia punye mandi, end up bawak sandwich ajer from home.

It didn't take long for us to find a carpark outside the Changi Point Ferry Terminal (which was good considering its a Sunday, I was a lil worried we couldn't find a lot).

When told the apek ferry, "2 pax", we got to board the ferry almost immediately. Didn't need to wait for 12 person. Guess because it the weekend, so there's no need for a long wait.

Weather was kind to us that day. Bearable. It wasn't that sweltering hot (still, I got home a tad darker that day).

Some shots near the jetty area before we start scouting to rent a bicycle for the day.

When it comes to bargaining, I am hopeless. I usually don't. Infact, I don't even know how to.
Mister on the other hand, semua benda dia mintak kurang. Dapat discount dalam $5 gitu. Jadilah...

Its beeeeeeen so long since I last cycled... Blom apa-apa dah pancit. Kena tinggalkan jauh sey!~

First stop was to Chek Jawa Wetlands... Parked our bike, headed for a long walk.

Had our breakfast at one of the pontoon. Eating the last minute sandwich~

Aku looked so excited!! Haha...

Sweating like a pig when we reached one of the quarry... But it put a smile on my face to see that nice view!~

Out from the Chek Jawa Wetlands, we reached to this Kampong houses. A malay family selling Ice-Kachang. Won't want to miss it for anything man. Something to quench the thirst. By this time, both of us have each exhausted what's left of our tiny water bottle.

Passed by Celestial Resort. I've never heard of this resort until it came up in the deal.com.sg website recently....

Next to Ketam Mountain Bike Trail...As much as I'd love to be adventurous. I'm a bit phobia with hurting myself (I can be a cry-baby you seee). So I did layankan Mister, we took on the easiest bike trail.

I loved it. I successfully completed it (if you must know, ntah brapa kali aku cakap bismillah everytime I'm reaching a slope in front of me). Hehehehe....

Back to mainland, had our late lunch/early dinner before heading to rumah mama Lala...

XoXo,
Didi

I Love My Country...

2011-05-05T12:24:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

It's the cooling-off day today.

Come 7 May, I will do my part as a true blue Singaporean to vote for the party who cares, listens, understands, speak up for us and have our interest at heart first before the PR/FT.
My vote is for the future, not for the past track records.
This time I'm more aware and not going to be ignorant like I previously was during 2006 election.
It's time for a new change. This, we owe to our future generations.

Majulah Singapura!!

There, I've said it. Short & sweet~
I'll be clad in orange/peach top on polling day!!!!

XoXo,
Didi

Bitter Sweet - I Pray This Will Get Better

2011-04-21T20:17:00.012+08:00

Dear XXX,

So its been 2.5 months now and I have yet to get used to living at the new place. My emotion's been here, there and everywhere. Being the sensitive me, there hasn't been one day in a week, since living at the new place that I hadn't cry alone to myself. Somedays I'm happy for the new life, Allah has given me thus far. Other days, I just feel utterly depressed.

At times I tell myself that I'm entitled to cry (if it makes me any better) for this huge change I am going through be it physically or emotionally to live this new life. Ready or not, this had been my decision, and I have to go through it. As the saying goes "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger."

Wedding aside, reality check.

I miss Vespa so so soooo very much. Since moving here, I realised, he's the cat that I love most. I specifically make sure that I bring my old house key when going Tamp. It gives me great comfort seeing him running to the door when he hears the jiggle of my keys (can't do that with the new set of keys. The sound is different). Aku yang mandikan dia, aku yang bagi dia makan, aku jugak yg bersihkan taik dia... Aku bela dia with ALL MY HEART sejak dia kecik lagi (its making me cry just pouring out what I feel right now). Maybe that's why he remembers me even when I'm not living under the same roof anymore. The bond is there but unfortunately the feeling's not the same towards the cats at Mister's place (aside from Zorro).

Since moving out, Fiqah has been all busy clearing what used to be our room. As she has the room all to herself now (which I'm very sure she's happy about), she's changed the room with a new coat of paint and made several changes. The first time I saw it, it gave me deep insecurities looking at how much my room, of 10 years has changed in the span of less than 2 months or so.
I, myself am having difficulty managing this change but things around me are changing so rapidly.

Travelling to work has been a killer. I waste 3 hours of my entire day every week to and fro to work. I desperately need a change of job. I was down with high fever for almost a week. I could only deduce because I feel exhausted. It is physically draining me out with the long hours of travelling, not eating right and I miss my family.

I have always been a family person (at least I believe I am) and I am especially close to my maternal side. Being far from them all gives me wild thoughts that I'll become invalid. As it is, they would look for me on stuffs. But living far, I know there'll be stuffs where I won't be informed despite how much they try to keep me in the loop. The thought of being left out kills me. Seriously...
Like out of sight, out of mind~
Just the other weekend, when I called mum and asked what she was doing, she said she was out with the makchicks.
Ouch~ I felt a tad jealous.

When Mister works night shift, it becomes another sappy night for me if I don't get to go out because the house just feels too toooo damn silent. I just need to go out, to something familiar. Something that gives me comfort to keep myself sane.

And the worst was having to sell off my SX4. I've had a car since 2003. So you can imagine how lost I feel now without one. I decided to sell it solely because the car is mostly parked than its being driven around. Everything now makes me feel like I'm 10 steps back. If I can be at 4-5 places in a day running errands and making last minute decisions, now I need to adjust and make plans beforehand.
The other day when I was out with Matzul and as we were eating at KFC after a movie, he mentioned "hmm... dah takde kereta lagi eh.. kalau tak, bleh gi Mustafa". I could only give a weak smile. Deep down I missed those times too.
That was only around 9pm. I knew he didn't want to end the day after we finish our dinner but without the car and living at the other end, there's nothing much I could do.

If you must know, these are the reasons why I hold off updating my blog. My emotions were just running wild that I can't simply talk about happy thoughts when this is all I feel bottled inside me these days.

XoXo,
Didi

2nd Flea Market...

2011-04-19T06:11:00.010+08:00

Dear XXX,

This should have been posted sometime back. But as you can see, I've been very slow with my entries. A lot of them gets pushed back.

So, on 25th March, I helped out Cik Noi at the flea market held at Masjid Kassim.
Whilst she had to attend to Majlis Haflah, Ina and me were busy manning the booth.

We sold off quite a no. of baju kurung and jubah previously belonging to us at just 5 bucks. Mum initially wanted to just donate it. But when Cik Noi informed about the booth, we thought of selling them at a very low price, and donate the earnings instead.

The booth beside us, were selling chocolates. Below were the ones we bought. These were oreo cookie coated with chocolate. Simple enough right? A LOT of people bought them. Definitely has got to be because of the cute childrens' favourite cartoons pasted on it! Even aku got excited~

I bought for Mister the Liverpool ones~

They came by late afternoon. Having them around, definitely more fun. Lagi riuh!

I managed to sell off 2 more of my alterable art frames. *winks*
Tapi, skali balik, kereta kena saman~
On Sunday siol! I never check that we needed to put coupon for the parking lot in front of Masjid Kassim (including Sunday). Sigh...
Jual $30, kena saman $30...
Tak berbaloi btol!!
:(

We're having another flea market on 1 Apr...
Si Ina la, dia tengah kemaruk flea market~
Tak paham aku!

XoXo,
Didi

POP! POP! POP!

2011-04-10T22:58:00.027+08:00

Dear XXX,

It was Matzul's POP yesterday, held at the Marina Bay - Floating Platform! Wohooooo...
I've been sick the whole week, but I kept telling myself that I have to get well before the weekend so I can attend his graduation parade!
And there I was. Alhamdulillah...

Such a beautiful morning!

Marchpast

Before long, it was soon over. We went over to O Coy at the floating platform itself to find Abg Zul kiter~

*********************************

Bila aku nampak dia, dia tanya aku soalan cepu-emas..."Kakak nampak Matzul from atas??"Siow ke apa adik aku ni skarang... SEMUA PAKAI BAJU HIJAU... Mana la bleh nampak!! *shakes head*

seriously, mcm mana nak cari dia sey~

Apparently, whilst he was bored just standing in their 'sedia' position, he actually scanned throught the spectator seats and he said he could see us from where he's standing! So, no wonder la he asked me that question. Still, all of us on the spectators seats weren't wearing similar outfit, of coz its easier to spot me/us...

Last pic for the day~

Anyway......POP aside,

TODAY, was time well spent with the brother. We've been quite busy with our own stuffs lately, so it was good that he call me up to ajak keluar (Mister on morning shift today)... Without the car, I have had to make some adjustments. No more fetching him (or whoever for that matter) from home. We meet straight at our destination and outings always feels very short because of the time I waste on public transport alone~
Tapi tak cerewet ar, tu tak penting~
It's the company that's important!

XoXo,
Didi

Bali - Day III Part II (Bali Safari Marine Park)

2011-04-09T12:24:00.005+08:00

Dear XXX,

So off we went to our next accomodation, Maya River Safari Lodge located within Bali Safari & Marine Park itself.

When I first informed Mister about this unique accommodation, spending the night in the midst of the wild. He was sold!
Obviously la, member kalau benda gini-gini dia sukerrrr~
Infact, this was the main reason why we extended another night in Bali and had to change our flight date.

Bewarned: This entry is overloaded with pics... Less talk~

At the reception area

Checking in...

Heading towards our Tandala Suite...

From the Heart of Wild Africa, to the Paradise of Bali!

The room balcony opens up overlooking the rhino, zebra and elephants roaming around the area

Other sections of the room...

Our very few self-timer shots...

Our hotel booking was inclusive of the free safari ride.We started from there and then moved on to other areas of the park.

At this point, I was beginning to feel feverish. I let Mister do the camwhoring alone~

Aite... Finally, managed to put something up!Will continue again as soon as I get the time.

XoXo,
Didi

Short One...

2011-04-08T11:58:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

Pardon the lack of post. Tengok keadaan, macam I'll never get to complete my honeymoon entry.....
Many things I wanna share but I don't have the time blog.But anyway, this whole is week solely because I've been under the weather. Hopefully, once I'm better. Will have an update.

XoXo,
Didi

Newly Wed - Visiting the Loved Ones...

2011-04-06T13:01:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

Basically for the past 2 weekends, I've been to the relatives' and friend's place to show our wedding photos and video. Kalau dalam bahasa melayu, 'sembah-menyembah'?
Personally, I am truly against the word. Sounds very wrong.
Nak sembah apa sey??! Tolong explain!

I gave mum a call but she wasn't home. Member tengah merayap pat geylang. So since she's not home, I thought I could comeby Cik Ba house first till she gets back. Ntah macam mana, I found out my other aunt was coming with my mum and then Ina also wanted to join once she knock off from work.
Wahh! So exciting...
Ramai-ramai tengok wedding vid la baru shiok!

After that, called Cik Noi if we could comeby her house after she finish work that day. Got the A-Okay and she asked what we'd like to eat at her house. Aku pon sebat la... "NAK DURIAN... pls pls..."
Lol...
So dia ngan laki dia gi rounding pat Tamp. Tapi yang ada semua kira by kilos. Damn ex....!
So when she called me back, I said, takde durian pon tak pe la~ Tak kesah!
So in the end, it was like fruit fiesta at her place. Durian takde, fruits lain yang dia beli.

Korang tengok deorang 4 nyer mengadap that plate of mango...
Tak kasi chance orang lain~
Hahaha...

After that, we had supper at Ayer Rajah Food Centre. Since I moved here, feels like at least once a week, we'll have out late night dinner here. Mister seems to love the Mutton Soup with bread~Burp...

This was taken the next weekend, Mister was on morning shift, so it was me alone, berembet dengan album besar tu... We gathered at Pi-ee's place. Ordered Dominos. Sambil tengok video sambil makan, then played Monopoly.

Talking about Monopoly. I was totally hopeless~
TV, was showing DC cupcakes, a reality TV show about two sisters and their cupcake business. I got so engrossed watching it that I couldn't concentrate much at the game.
Kena tipu brapa banyak kali pon aku tak tahu... Lol.
Either I didn't ask them to pay up when they stopped on the land I own, OR I simply forgot to collect my earnings when I should have. Deorang tiga, yg tak habis-habis "PAY PAY PAY"...
Daylight robbery ar main game ni ngan deorang!! Once bitten twice shy sey...

You can literally hear them shouting "PAY PAY PAY" every few seconds... Tak payah pay pon deorang "PAY PAY PAY"... Haha~

Zai reading the game instructions before we start.

PAY, PAY, PAY

Yes. First time, I played Monopoly cashless. Everything was in the card.
And because I wasn't holding the monopoly money physically, I didn't bother to take note of how much I have left in the card. When one of them said "PAY PAY PAY" to me, aku willingly dengan selengger nyer gave my card, which leaves them laughing at how easy it was to cheat me!! Hmmph!

My orange credit card~

Moral of the day: I'm not cut out to play this kind of cashless Monopoly!!!
Give me Monopoly DEAL any day man!
Heheheheh....

Aite. Till my next entry.
XoXo,
Didi

Dinner & the Peeps

2011-03-29T01:21:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

Had dinner with them at Swensen's last night. Good to get to catch up once in awhile.
Pi-ee blanja chocolate cake! Takde orang nyer birthday, suka-suka jer...

Sedap! Chocolatey gilerrrrrr.

XoXo,
Didi

Bali - Day III Part I

2011-03-28T00:23:00.005+08:00

Dear XXX,

Woke up on my third day with my throat feeling sore. Not good.
During the shoot at Taman Ujung the day before, we still got caught in the rain despite trying to leave as soon as we felt the drizzle. We were in the far end of the park and had to run all the way to the parking lot. Habis baju nikah aku basah kuyup. Weather freaking hot and suddenly got caught in the rain... Tros besok start batok-batok...

Ubat yang tak berkesan langsung!

By noon that day, we had to checkout for the next hotel at Gianyar but we had time to spare after breakfast, so made our way to the Monkey Forest.

When we reached, I had an unopened water bottle with me, which I placed by the side of my bag.
So aku tengah shiok looking at this monyet la. Tengah sedap nyo-nyot gitu...

When suddenly this other monkey came running at me. Apa lagi, aku got freaked out and ran, hoping to hide behind Mister but it managed to jump onto my bag, kept tugging at my bag then grabbed my water bottle and ran away!

Ini dia, penyamun~

It finished up my drink within seconds! Orang tengah sakit tekak, dia curik plak!
Kurang asam~

Moving along...

For that short while that we were there, we managed to capture interesting bits...

Kita tengah bual pasal deorang, macam paham, the whole gang was looking at us~

Ada yang cari kutu

Ada yang btol-btol 'terpampang'~

Ada yang 'hard' at work...

Cuma yang last ni, aku tak tahu apa kena~

Hahaha... K lah.. That's it for this time round.

XoXo,
Didi

Bali - Day II, Wedding Photoshoot

2011-03-17T19:46:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

Our second day here and we started off superrrrr early. Woke up at 3:30, no kidding (tak pernah aku buat kerja-kerja sebegini. Selalu, kol 3 pagi baru nak tido). We had to be ready as by the next hour, the photographers and makeup artist will be coming. *wink*
It's our post-wedding photoshoot day!

Initially, as breakfast at the hotel restaurant starts at 6, both Mister and I thought we would need to get our food somewhere along our way to our photoshoot destination. But to our surprise, we found out from the hotel staff that they could do a breakfast-in-box set for take away. Bagus!!!
So we requested for ours to be ready by 4. That's like 2 hours before the actual breakfast in hotel starts sey~ Hehe...

Whilst getting my hair done, had our breakfast-in-box

By 6 we were making our way to the first location. It took 3 hours to reach cause the place was located at the very east of Bali whereas Junjungan was right smack in the middle. So at one point or another, all of us managed to get some sleep. Dengan makeup artist skali sempat tido~

The photographers setting up..

And korang tahu la, laki aku ni, kalau pasal camera ada jer soalan dia nak tanya. Sejak dua menjak minat photography~

Ok, so here goes~

Taman Ujung Water Palace. Built in 1919, this was built to welcome and serve important guests and Kings from neighboring countries, aside from the King and his royal family.

K enough of history...

By this time, the sun was up. Panas, sepanas-panas nyer. It was like superrrrr hot gilerrr! Kita was like freaking berpeluh-peluh. Seriously!

Not until we were at our last shot that it rained heavily. Lucky for us, we could go off and leave. There were some couples who just came, doing their photoshoot and had to seek refuge at a small shelter. It didn't look like the rain was gonna stop any time soon.

Then took another hour or so to reach the next destination but it was still raining when we reached so decided to grab lunch first.

Nasi Ayam Kedewatan - Ibu Mangku

Next stop, Art Center.

When we changed into our next outfit i.e: Baju Kurung, both the photographers and our makeup artist were excited seeing us in it. The guys (photographers) even asked Mister to demo cara-cara nak pakai kain samping... Hahah...

Suddenly bringing baju kurung wasn't a bad idea afterall.

Apparently we made quite an impression clad in baju kurung. There were a few other couples taking their pre-wedding shoot. All of them were dressed in Bali traditional costume. So, of coz, we stood out and got a lot of attention. Hot pink somemore! One of the their makeup artist even asked if she could snap a photo of us on her phone when we were posing...

Hahahah... Klakar per~

Our 2 seconds of fame...

(Dalam hati aku, baju ni bersepah-sepah pat Geylang korang tak tahu eh~)

Moving on to our last shooting location. We were rushing so we won't miss sunset at Tanah Lot.

Ni time-time ombak dia dah nak naik. Makin lama makin kuat plak. Aku tengok, naik takot. Oh and yes, both of us even fell, where I got half of my dress drenched.

Cut story short, we were back to our hotel at 9. That's like 15 hours of outing sey. Tired to the max! Toooo tired to go out anymore, we ordered room-service..

Nasi Goreng & Gado-Gado...

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So yes, those were some of our outdoor shoot photos.

More about how I manage to make the booking.

Basically, Mister and me, we didn't think of doing a photoshoot. It fact it was the last thing on our mind. However, as we settled the other stuffs bit by bit, we thought maybe we could recce for an affordable outdoor shoot photographer. Ada, ada, takde sudah~

Coincidentally, at that point of time, I was also recce-ing Bali hotels, so it occured to me, why not try googling for pre-wedding shoots in Bali??!!

Got ourselves several quotations and we ended up choosing BWBaliWeddingPhotography because he (Bram, the owner aka main photographer) is quick with his reply and detailed in his explanation. What is there, is there and what's not included in the package he will inform as well (takde hidden costs). And if anything, he will keep us updated.

I didn't have anyone whom I can ask regarding photoshoot in Bali. So it really was just based on our instinct and kita tawaqal je la dat everything will go smoothly. It did occur to me, (since we never make any deposit), that you know they might not turn up. But no... They were right on the dot.

The shoot was done on Tuesday, we got our montage album on Friday, a day before we depart. Very fast service.

Tips:

Confirm the price. In case deorang naikkan price in the future. At least you're safe. That's what I did because my photographer didn't ask for any deposit in advance, so we just had to make sure.
Really do your comparison. For my case, kita kena bawak our own outfits. They don't provide. Whereas, I know some other photographer don't provide make up artist. And another don't provide montage album in the package but just normal photo prints. So really, it depends on what you think is important to include/leave out.
Give them a call when you've reach Bali. I gave Bram a call one day before to remind him of our shoot the next day. Just in case~

Basically, for mine, this was what it includes...

• 3 - 4 locations of pre wedding photo

• 1 day of pre wedding photo session

• 2 photographers on the spot

• 1 make up artist included

• 30 best photos edited into 1 exclusive 20 x 25 cm album w/ exclusive box

• DVD-ROM contains all photo (edited and non-edited) HIGH-RES

• Transportation & gas included

• Not including gown / outfit, meals & location fee

K, that's all.

XoXo,

Didi

Hello Baby Alia Qaisarah...

2011-03-15T23:58:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

Last Sunday was spent going to my relative's place.
My cousin just gave birth to a baby girl. Awwwwwww~
I'm an Auntie now (like it or not).

Got the little bundle of joy a little something.

K dats all for tonite...

Ta-ta

XoXo,
Didi

Happy Life...

2011-03-14T22:49:00.004+08:00

Dear XXX,

Right about now, I am pleased to say that I made the right move by bringing Zorro to Jurong.

This must be the best times of his life.

Member skarang makan sebelah-sebelah dengan the girls eh~
Skarang aku nak angkat dia, dia lari???!!
How can??
Menyampah! Mentang-mentang ada kawan baru~
Kalau tak, asyik nak berkepit jer ngan aku!

XoXo,
Didi

Bali - Day I

2011-03-13T00:47:00.004+08:00

Dear XXX,

Took us 2.5 hours to reach our first destination, Bali - Indonesia where we stayed for 5 nights.

The initial plan was to fly off on Tuesday and then as we planned our itinerary, it became apparent that we needed a day more due to the activities we wanted to see and do. So had to make changes to our flight bookings that we already bought, to fly off on Monday instead...

Them sending us off. Terima kasih la banyak-banyak iye~

Got our boarding pass and we're ready to go...
(kita saved gilerrrr on the flight. thank you!)

Henna-ed hands...

Here we are, after months of planning, we're finally in Bali, at Ngurah Rai International Airport.
I remember I used to tell Rosz and Liza that Bali will NOT be my honeymoon destination. EVER~
Last-last, Bali jugak aku pergi~ Heh...
(Spoke too soon eh~)

A bit cloudy when we arrived. Hailed a cab and we're off to our first accommodation that took nearly an hour half close to two to reach. The location was somewhat secluded, just above Ubud. We stayed at a Junjungan Ubud Hotel & Spa offering just 10 rooms.

Ok, let me show you the room...

A pleasant surprise indeed...

This door leads to a small balcony overlooking the padi fields...
Nice view to see in the morning. Time-time embun-embun... And its cooling too~

And then, the other section of the room...

Everyday Junjungan serves evening tea on the house for all their guests. Since we didn't have anything planned (yet), decided to grab some drinks first at the restaurant.

Chocolate cake served with coffee cream by the side. Aku sukaaaaa...

There's an on-demand free shuttle service from the hotel to Ubud areas from early morning till late night daily so we made a quick booking over at the reception and soon we were heading for dinner.

Anyway, the cake aku sukaa... Its chocolate cake served with coffee cream by the sides.

Sedap sampai menjilat jari babe!

Alrite... so that's it for our first day in Bali entry... Itu pon took like forever to update...

If you realise, the first day was spent doing practically nothing. The journey to reach to our accommodation itself took almost the entire day.

XoXo,
Didi

My Virgin Entry...

2011-03-12T01:24:00.004+08:00

Dear XXX,

I think its time.

It's inevitable that I will some day move to a new blog address, sort of like a start of something new. I've always wanted to give blogspot a try so I'm just going ahead with my instinct this time round.

If you're wondering why its Aliyanazz... Beats me.
I asked Mister for his idea and this was what he came up with (which I'll shall leave it at that).

Anyway, at any time I feel like changing our blog name, its just a click away. No worries.

Any entries earlier than this post are the ones, I've imported from my previous blog in wordpress, so pardon the alignment etc...

XoXo,
Didi

Bridal Bouquet - Flora Clay

2011-03-11T07:23:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

I had 2 bridal bouquet for my wedding but I'm gonna blog about the one I was holding for Saturday event.
Its not real flowers but look gorgeous all the same.
Got to know about the site rather late but still, thanks to Emil who introduced me to the link. I got it from FLORA CLAY. Knowing that its handcrafted, I wasn't sure if the bouquet could be made in time for the wedding. So I browsed through their site and selected a design that I like, then tried my luck and send a PM. Soon after, got a call from Kak Nora.
Told her the outfit colours I'll be wearing and requested her to tweak a bit from the sample photo that she had so that it matches with my 2 outfits.

2 weeks later, got an update from her that its ready... Very fast & HASSLE-FREE gilerrr!
Total damage: $120

XoXo,
Didi

Short One - Vespa

2011-02-26T23:15:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

I am sooooooo missing my favourite boy.
Nak peluk cium, peluk cium dia all day longggggg!

XoXo,
Didi

From the 5 Sisters...

2011-02-26T08:14:00.007+08:00

Dear XXX,

Have to make this one, an entry on its own.

My first birthday present this year! :)
Pukul 9 pagi the flowers were delivered. Aku masih in baju tido. Mandi pon tak sempat~

Coming from none other than my mom and mak-chicks (5 sisters)...

XoXo,
Didi

Henna Nite

2011-02-26T07:37:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

So I'm done with cooking for today.
Tak tahu la rasa apa. Nasib la. Laki aku makan jer. Sedap tak sedap, terpaksa telan. Hohoho~

For my Henna, I booked Kak Su from HennaResque since wayyyy back in August last year.
I feel at ease with Kak Su's bubbly character and her stories that it felt like time passed faster.

Opted for a Moroccan design. Didn't want flowery ones on my hand, for a change...

I left the henna on the whole night. Only washed it around 10am the next day.
Nak tahu apa, itu pon the next day, Ina yang tolong shampoo kan rambut aku... pasal tak nak tangan kena air, nanti fade~
Manja to the max.... Once in a lifetime jer per~

This was how it turned out the next day.

Loved how the colour turned out during solemnization that afternoon. :)

XoXo,
Didi

Solemnization Outfit...

2011-02-25T00:52:00.003+08:00

Dear XXX,

I mentioned about our solemnization outfit that we decided to get tailored instead of selecting one from the bridal.

So yea.. Its of green colour and I took grey as the base. When put together, it has this silver-ish wedding look to it which makes me go AWWWWWWW...

When I first saw the fabric on the mannequin, my aunt went like "No-no-no, gold colour so jelak. Our family always gold". Hearing that, the sales person brought out the other colours of similar design, to which I fell in love instantly with this piece.

I didn't expect the fabric that I chose however, to cause some complication when I send it to the seamstress.

I failed to notice that its 'labuci'. Problem with this is that, the tailor had to sew the ends so the beads won't come off. The more tedious equals to more $$$ and the way the fabric was designed, even though it looks easy to make a kebaya what with the flower motifs in the middle (refer to pic) it was still difficult to sew because the seamstress needed to correctly cut out (senang cakap, dlm bahasa melayu, pandai-pandai curi) the portion for the top part in order to make a similar design below. I wanted the outfit similar to this particular design taken off Pengantin magazine.

So this is the outcome...

In case you're wondering where I send this for sewing.
I sent it to SY Boutique.
Its at Tanjong Katong Complex, level 2. Don't worry. you won't miss it.

For my outfit, it took 1 month to complete. Mister's outfit, which we send weeks later, only took 2 weeks to complete. So we collected it together, when mine was ready.

XoXo,
Didi

Let's Start...

2011-02-24T19:45:00.003+08:00

Dear XXX,

Scanning through tons and tons of photos taken over the last 2 weeks or soooo...
From henna night to solemnization day, the sanding day, honeymoon trip and pics from our photoshoot.
I have no idea where to start. Currently waiting for the official photos...

Tegallalang - Bali

XoXo,
Didi

Short One... I'm Back

2011-02-24T02:16:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

Stepped on Singapore soil at around 4pm just now. I'm now at Tampines home chilling for a sec. Waiting for mum to get back before going home to Jurong for the FIRST time... :(

XoXo,
Didi

Short One....

2011-02-20T07:07:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

We're back.... Now checking-in for our next flight.

XoXo,
Didi

On Our Last Leg, For a New Beginning

2011-02-10T07:34:00.001+08:00

Dear XXX,

Mister and me, we do not practice the 'stop-seeing-each-other' a week or two before our wedding. Simply because we can't afford to. What with him working shifts and OT-ing. At times, we don't even meet for 2 weeks straight. So there's still some last minute stuffs we need to take care of, such as: Our final fitting.
Yes. Boleh eh, just 3 days before our solemnization day.
Anyway, it's also, because, Sanggul was involved in last weekend exhibition over at Expo, so on days when they're available early last week, Mister's working and vice-versa. So it had to be either yesterday or today. We decided to have it today, where both of us officially go on leave...

Final fitting was A-Okay... Alhamdulillah.
Mister brought along his bestman aka his childhood friend. Practice pakai samping ajer berejam~

Trying on one of our outfit...

Korang tahu, kalau boleh dia nak pakai suit pegang keris....!
Orang lain tak buat. Dia jer~
Dia ingat pesen baru ke apa??!!

K that's it. Tak nak jumpa dia lagi......
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Sampai Saturday~ :)

XoXo,
Didi

Moving House...

2011-02-07T07:25:00.000+08:00

Dear XXX,

I've finally moved my boxes of clothes, book and CD & DVD collection to the new place.
Let me tell you something, as I was getting my clothes out of the box, onto the hanger and into the wardrobe one by one, I can't help but feel soooooooo freaking SEDIH. :(

Its becoming so freaking real already and aku am so freaking out. I cannot believe that I am moving to Jurong for real. For once, I am not bloody excited about this change.

I keep telling myself that I will ALWAYS be an east-sider at heart (trying to make myself feel better, which as you can guess, didn't work~).

I didn't think it would upset me this much...

XoXo,
Didi

Short One...

2011-02-05T06:36:00.002+08:00

Dear XXX,

So I've finally finish clearing my clothes out of the wardrobe thanks to the two days CNY.

Pasal kedai tak bukak, so I'm forced to sit down and spring clean...
Bluek...

See this small box? I'm ready to throw it away....

Tapi tengok apa si semangat ni buat~
Kotak kecik pon dia selit... Dia ingat dia cute-mute~

Tak keluar plak tu. Must be cosy inside~

My aunts came by today, to help spring clean the house as well for next week's event.
Love my aunts for always being there... Tak yah suruh... Deorang AUTO ONZ punyer~

XoXo,
Didi