Monday, February 8, 2010

Hair begone!!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Remember my new year resolutions? Yup... I've started to make good on it. When I was surveying beauty saloons that does waxing, mani/pedi and stuff nearby my place, I found out that Amante Nail Spa & Body Care has opened their 4th outlet in Bandar Puteri Puchong. So, I went last month before the trip to Penang to get some treatment done. Anyway, I like how the decorate their place and their service was good. The owner and staff are really nice too which was the reason that I came for 2 more sessions after that. So, after the third time, they offered me to sign up with their package (actually, from the first time they have introduced the packages but I wanted to keep my options open). Anyway, I've given my commitment by signing on of their package which I think is quite attractive. I bought the RM1k treatment package and got RM500 free worth of credit to redeem for any treatment that I want. And the package is also open to any treatment. They will just deduct from the figure that I paid. Plus it doesn't have a validity period and I can pay 3x installment hehehe...

So far I've done waxing (leg, bikini and underarm), mani and pedi. They also offer massage, polish and eyelash extension which I'm thinking of doing but that got to wait until I've decided on the Lasik. No use getting long lashes only to be squashed by my spec. Anyway, I recommend Amante if u are looking for a place to have all those treatment done.



Thursday, February 4, 2010

New addition

Thursday, February 4, 2010
Last Monday my sister gave birth to her youngest daughter making her the 9th kiddos in my family. We don't have a very large one, only 3 of us sisters with 3 kids each. Yesterday she had a high temperature and had to be admitted to the hospital again. Hopefully, everything is ok and she can be discharged today. Prayers to Zarea Hana. (I don't know how to pronounce Zarea but no worries, she's being called adik by her siblings hehehe).


Monday, February 1, 2010

Denim is IN!

Monday, February 1, 2010
I hear that this season denim is IN again. From LV to Lanvin, Michael Kors to Miu Miu, even Mulberry has come out with one sort of denim bags or the other. Whilst there are a lot of people who do not cherish the idea of denim bags, I personally like it. One of the reason being that finally my Celine Denim Boogie bag will be seeing daylight again.

Although wearing denim on denim is considered a faux pas, I think denim handbag with jeans is OK. So, are you guys embracing the trend or staying away?


Monday, January 25, 2010

Bali

Monday, January 25, 2010
More pics at my FB.

At Uluwatu Temple

On top of Kintamani

Seaside dinner at Jimbaran

Hii I'm back from paradise. And I need to tell it before I lose steam. We just came back from Bali for our annual honeymoon. Boley ke panggil honeymoon? Anyway, it was a 4 days 3 nites trip starting last Thursday. Our flight was at 8.45am and we arrived at 11.50am. Just nice. The weather was great throughout. Sun was shining and no rain during the day. We stayed at O-CE-N Bali Hotel fronting the beach at Seminyak/Kuta area. The hotel was very contemporary tho not so suitable for family with small kids I think. Anyway, after checking in we went for a walk at the shops area nearby. We didn't get anything cos most are selling clothes and accessories. I love the bangles but it's too big for me. Ciss.. Later we head to Jimbaran for sunset dinner by the beach. The food was glorious. We had grilled crab, prawns and squids. Sedapnyeeeee.... After dinner, we went for a walk in Kuta. Got some tees from HRC.. mana lagi kan. Up to date I already have 4 Bali HRC tees. Iwan bought the first 2 in 2008. Then, it was sleep time for us.

Second day, we went all the way to Kintamani. We didn't go down to the lake area since we're short on time. After taking some pics, we head down to a temple near the President's Palace. It has a natural water spring that the locals believe is holy and has medicinal properties. Peoples were taking their bath at the kolam air pancur. Afterwards, we went to Monkey Forest, had lunch at Bebek Bengil and visited the Raja Ubud's palace. We made a stop at Sukawati art market. I had a headache at that time and feeling quite nauseous so we didn't go far. Just to a few shops at the front and side before leaving. The plan was to go straight to Uluwatu but we only made it out of Sanur area when all the bebek came flying out. I think it was the effect of wearing contact lenses and eating to much. I always get headaches from wearing contact lenses especially on a sunny day. Plus the journey up and down the mountain while sitting in the back doesn't help. Another reason to justify Lasik hehehe. Anyway, we went back to the hotel and I managed to get some rest. Towards sunset we went for a walk at the beach and decided to head to Jimbaran for another seafood dinner. This time we had to wait for an hour before the food is ready. Ramai giler org.. Luckily, with the view and breeze no temper flew. Kalau kat KL dah lama kena maki ngan Iwan.

Third day, we had already arrange to go do some water sports at Nusa Dua. We were thinking of Jetskying and parasailing but when we got there, they show us the whole list of stuff to do and we ended up picking parasailing, flying fish, donut and...... scuba diving. This time we had to parasail alone and they did it in the middle of the ocean where the water was only up to the thigh. No running and landing on the sand which is a good thing for me. But I was nervous all the same cos it meant I have to pull the chute on my own and I wasn't too sure abt that. But all went well and it was great fun. The flying fish was basically a ride where the pull you with a speed boat and the balloon thingi u're laying on would fly from the surface up to 5m high. That was ok too but the last ride was terrible. We were pulled on a donut shape balloon a la banana boat only that we were on our back. The waves was choppy so we end up bumping up and down hard. Sakit pinggang. Rasa cam nak melayang pon ye jugak. I was still feeling a bit under the weather from yesterday's episode but since it's just a bit uncomfortable I continued with our next program.

We had a crash course on basic diving skill. The instructor took us to the ocean and we had great time diving. There were a lot of fishes but the coral was in a bad state since most of the tourist including us who dives at the area are beginners/first timers so everybody was touching the corals for support. We only went 8m deep for about 35 min before I had to go up. Once in the boat only did I feel the full impact of how unfit I am hehehhe. My breath was shallow and chest constricted. I threw up once we got to the beach. We had lunch just to get something in my stomach. Not that I ate much anyway. After that was my fav time, Spa time. We went to Thalasso spa. It's within Grand Mirage hotel compound but still in Nusa Dua area. We finished at 5.45pm and barely had time to go to Uluwatu before the kecak dance started.

Fortunately for us, we arrived ard 6.20pm so we still had over 30mins of kecak dance left. We also managed to capture the scenery of the temple and cliffs which was absolutely breathtaking. We then had dinner at GWK area. It's a cultural park where they planned to built a really huge statue. Over 150m if I'm not mistaken. But it's not ready yet. Only parts of the statue is done but it's still huge. Then we went back to our hotel for some drinks before calling it a day.

Last day in Bali, time does fly when you're having a good time. We checked out at 11am and went to Legian to pass the time. We visited the memorial of the Legian bombing victims. After a brief walk down the road and couldn't find anything interesting to shop, our guide took us to UC Silver at Sukawati. Just my kind of place hehe. I wanted to find some silver jeweleries but couldn't find anything nice at the street shops but at UC it's like THE place to go if you want some silver. Granted, the price is a bit more but with the design and quality I think it's worth it. I got myself a ring and a pair of earring. Actually, I've been lusting over a Balinese ring since I saw it on a friend's finger. Akhirnye.. baru puas hati. We had to make a move to the airport and made just in time for a quick lunch and some looking around at the shops in the airport. We landed at KLIA just before 7pm and thus ended our short trip to Bali.

Bali is great and we are already planning our next visit which I think will be before the year is over. It's def not enough to experience Bali in such a short time. Iwan is really loving the dive and I think he is contemplating to go for more. Only time would be the obstacle. For me although it was great I don't see myself going all the way to get the cert and all but who knows. I might just accompany Iwan if he decided to do so.

Ps: On a diff note, we are thinking of getting an entry level DSLR. I'm not really into photography and stuff and neither is Iwan. But we have a couple trips lining up this year and we hate the fact that our compact can't do anything with the glaring. Or can it? I dunno.. never really do more other that point and shoot. I don't fancy anything too bulky since we don't want to carry akin to a rock on our necks. Or maybe should I just borrow from my photog friends? But it would be an inconvenience ehh? Maybe there's a feature on the compact that we never explored? We are using Sony T series but I forgot which one hehehe. See.. I don't even bother to find out the model.. That's how bad I am.


Thursday, January 14, 2010

Barcelona 2004

Thursday, January 14, 2010
We are planning for our incoming trip to Europe this June. Initially, we are torn between visiting Spain or Italy. Both are great places to go and are high on our want-to-go list. So after much debating, we have decided on Spain. I have been to Barcelona way back in 2004. Seems like a long time ago. But Barca is a great city and I don't mind going for a second time.

We are thinking to start our trip in Barcelona and work our way down south. The reason we wanted to visit Spain is actually to visit the region of Andalusia; Cordoba, Granada before finishing it off at Sevilla. Maybe we'll stop by Madrid as well since it's on the way. If only we don't have the issue of time and fund then it will really be awesome.

Anyway, thinking abt the trip made me dig out my old pics.

This is at Parc Guell. I was there for a work related training and we only have 1 full day of free time so we took the Hop On Hop Off bus around Barcelona. It dropped us the foot of a hill where the park was located and we had to climb up all the way just to take a picture with this biawak. Oklah the rest of the park was nice too. I wonder why I didn't have any pictures of the inside of the park. Oh, and don't mind me looking fat here... I was 4 months pregnant with my first one. So now you know why the whining.

This is a one of the street near La Rambla.

In front of the famous Sagrada Familiar. I'm sure it's still not finished by now. Maybe I'll check on the progress while I'm there.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Belated family vacation

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

I'm too lazy to rearrange the pics. Scroll on after the pics for entry.


View from our room

Iman on ATV

With my uni friend.

Para sailing is the best

Iman on the jetski

I was over at K.Dilla's and saw her account of HRH Penang and couldn't resist writing my own entry hehehe.. We wanted to go during the holiday but heard that it's fully booked so we decided to postponed it to January. Iman pon baru tadika so ponteng jelah sehari hehee. We arrived on Friday just in time to check in. The HRH was originally the Casuarina hotel so that's why I thought eh.. looks familiar la but they did a good job refurbishing that it almost looks brand new. Anyway, our rooms are sea view facing with interconnecting door. Iman can't wait to splash in the pool so after a brief rest we went down. The pool was great becos of the huge play area. We went to the beach as well but both boys are afraid of the sea. Penakut semua nye. Mikail is still afraid to go into the play area despite being to water theme parks quite a few times now. Susah... so he end up with me on the lounge chair soaking up the sun.

Farril mandi

We also managed to try the jetski, ATV and para-sailing. It was really, really great. On the way down, Iwan didn't let go of the rope soon enough and we ended up eating some sand but I really enjoyed it. We are looking forward to do more next trip. Iman was also excited and brave enough to ride the ATV and jetski with us. She surely knows how to enjoy herself.

Both nights after dinner were spent at the HRC listening to the live band. They were good and sang a mix of old rock songs and new ones too. We went to bed at 2am both nights after shaking our butts off.

It was a good trip and worth the money/time spent. But I would recommend to avoid the peak season it u want to really enjoy yourself. I heard somebody say the lounge/lobby area was like a night market during one of the holiday weekend. Next stop Bali. Can't wait.


Thursday, January 7, 2010

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Yeah.. I know I haven't been updating as much as I should have. Truth is I'm not comfortable talking bout personal feelings and thoughts in here making the blog more like a to-do and have-been online diary rather than an outlet to express myself. Plus it's getting more and more uncomfortable to share abt little heart's desires without sounding like a a total snob showing off.

I was thinking, should I share my new year resolution? Not that its much of a new resolution anyway and it sounds so vain and selfish when I read other ppl wishing to do more good, better oneself, etc.. etc. Well, I do want to better my self but not in the spiritual/intellectual kinda ways. Actually, this resolution of mine started in Jan 2008 after given birth to my youngest, that I want to take care and pamper myself more. So far I've been keeping the thing going for 2 years now and this year will mark the third year. what I have done in 08 was to sign up for both gym membership and spa. The gym thing lasted for 6 months hahaha yeah I'm lazy, but I've been frequenting TrueSpa for 2 years now. I meant to go every other month but wasn't able to but I compensate with going to spa every time I went for vacation. Since then, I've heard so many complaints abt TrueSpa but luckily I didn't face much problem mainly because I'm quite flexible with the time. However, I still have a couple of treatment to finish before it expires end of this year, so that will be one of my to-do this year. Resolution sounds too ambitious not to mention too serious.

So last year, in tradition to this beauty resolution of mine I've added monthly facial and hair treatment. I started using SKII and Kerastase religiously. So, I'm just going to continue with both.

Finally, this year, if it's not enough torture to the body, I went to get my upper lip treaded (hmm does the word exist?). I always do the eyebrows but not upper lip and not frequent enough. Plus I went for my first pedi (before its always manicure only) AND my first leg waxing today. It wasn't really painful, maybe bcos my leg wasn't very hairy except for a few strands of stubborn and very course hair on my 'keting'. Boley?

Next stop, armpit waxing. In summary,

1. I have to arrange to finish up my treatments at TrueSpa by this year.

2. Continue with whatever routine that I've done the past year.

3. Go for frequent hair removal process and more mani/pedi thrown in.

4. Ohhhh... I forgot. This is supposed to be high on my list. I wanna do Lasik this year. Can't wait to get rid of the spec for good.

Okay. To make myself feel good (re: less guilty) for not wanting to do more charity, go green, etc... I will also strive to spend less on clothes and shoes and bags.. maybe only 2 bags this year? I thought abt Dd's resolution of not having Cc debt but I don't think I'll achieve that so I already crossed that one off. However, I have and will stick to my 2006 resolution of having only 1 Cc. Plus the personal loans I made when we first moved in our house will end this May so I will try to save more and not spend the extra cash unnecessarily.

Ok. That's a long one. i'm off to Penang tomorrow so see yer.



 
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