Dec
10
Bangkok, again~
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I remembered reading it somewhere that Bangkok was ranked the best place to travel to in the whole wide world!
Geez, I would have thought it is either Europe or US or somewhere more fancy but then again, I wasn’t entirely sure of this fact and the reasons why it was chosen. Probably the food, the shopping, the ‘entertainment’, the fun, eh?
Whatever it is, it is reason enough for me to make my second trip here, very willingly! I mean I even hope to come here every 2 years, or 3 hopefully. But I know of someone who is not willing to go with me again! Crap..
It was a brilliantly great place, affordable and simply amazing for retail therapy!
Although, I hate to admit that my 2nd landing here was initially due to the combo package that I regrettably-bought and then there was the free ticket, thanks to AirAsia.
But nevertheless, it was a trip that I really sought after, especially after I’ve worked so hard like I never did before. A well-deserved-post-project-trip. There.
5 days 4 nights, I insisted. My first trip was only 4D/3N and I had to go to all the temples, visiting the tiger farm, etc. There wasn’t much time for shopping.
This trip was entirely shopping (though I did not actually, entirely, achieve the satisfaction that I wished for) & of course visit the great Damnoen Saduak Floating Market which was situated an hour and half away from Bangkok city. Not to forget, the insanely-great-massage!
I always rated the trip ‘complete’ or not-much-of-a-regret if we have the last day or half of the last day, not knowing where else to go. It means we have visited all we have planned for and a little extra for unplanned-destination.In this trip, yes. The optional ChinaTown at night.
My itinerary for this trip :
Day 1 : Thursday :
Pratunam WholeSale
Platinum Mall
Day 2 : Friday :
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
Silom
Central World
Suan Lum Night Bazaar
Day 3 : Saturday :
Chatuchak
Siam Discovery (The Loft)
Siam Square, Sizzlers dinner
Massage
Day 4 : Friday :
Pratunam Morning Market
MBK
Platinum Mall
China Town
Massage
Day 5 : Monday :
Breakfast @ hotel
Good Bye, Bangkok!
More pics to come.. I hope..
Oct
1
The Wedding
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I am home early today! It’s been quite a while since I have the pleasure of cooking curry instant noodle for dinner, with the stolen egg from my houssy.
Well, not that early actually or else I would probably meet up some friend for dinner or take away food from the shop.
Yes, I’ve been busy and lazy to update. And well, nothing to update.
Nothing much I did. Life is boring. Work, work, work. Till 10 or 11pm half the times; which is a really big deal for me coz I am not the type that work late.
But I almost got used to it now! Geeez… >_<
So, yeah, no life for the past month, hopefully not till end of the year though. I even missed the important dinner for my houssy farewell & birthday. Nothing exciting ever happened.
Except for.. oh yes, I actually wrote an entry for my best friend wedding at the end of Aug! But I was waiting for the pics then and then I lazy forgot to post it up.
Here goes!
When we were young, we always teased each other on who would be the first one that gets hitched. But with passing time, nobody seems to make the first move; even when we are reaching the prime age! Gosh!
I guess we are just happy with current situation or we just don’t feel that we are there yet, even with the many naggings voices and society pressure?
But hey, thanks to P, someone from our group finally makes the very first step to the world for two!
The busiest girl among us, the one who always seems to be in focus and know what she wants in life and goes for it!
She’s the same girl who told my father not to worry and she’ll take care of me when my father is late to fetch me from school. I spent a lot of time in her house which is near to the school, waiting for the extra curricular or for my father.
I remembered picking a fragrant jasmine flower from my house & gently put into my pinafore pocket and leave it on her school desk during primary school as she loved it!
At Standard 2, she taught me the word ‘surat’ as I wrongly used the word ‘hadiah’. And I taught her a lot of Mandarin words that she could understand simple conversation in mandarin! But I seem to fail in mastering the Tamil!
In Form 3, we were in different class and again I would wait for her arrival in the morning. We spent many evenings going to tuition together and study for the SPM examination at my home.
And till today we just can’t stop teasing her on how much her curly fringe irks her!
But I guess, I felt sort of losing her when she went to uni, far away to the east coast & later on to pursue her dreams of being a doctor in another country. And when she’s back a year or two ago, she’s even busier than ever!
It is good to see her settling down with a respectable man and I wish her happiness and joy! And yes, kids. You might as well as kick off another project soon! 
And please, do find a little time in your life for us in the future. =)
The 2 doctors; whom I hope would give me fake MC when I need it in the future!
Congrats~!!!
My favourite Chin-dian girl, sweet little thing who never fail to post naturally when a camera is facing her! P's niece..
The girl's handsome bro!
All of us were there at the wedding ceremony! =)
So, who's next!?!
Jan
7
EveryDay Mineral~
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Weee…! My third order of online shopping finally arrived earlier this week to my office. It is make-up from EverydayMinerals, thanks to PinkCotton finding and sharing in her blog.
I decided to try the free trial samples (3 foundations, 1 concealer, 1 blush) as well. I couldn’t resist ordering an extra sample size concealer and finishing powder as well as Murumuru Lip Balm (for USD9)!
The total shipping cost me USD6.05 for the First Class International Package which is quite reasonable I think, but take nearly 4 weeks to reach!
The ‘Spring’ concealer works superb for my dark eyes circle, even better than the Benefit’s Lemon Aid and Shu Uemura Eye Correcting Pro Concealer Yellow.
Well, recently I have been getting eye concealer as I realised that it is almost impossible for me to get rid of my 10-year-dark-circles. What I need is a little miracle from the concealer. =P
The mineral foundation is quite ok on my skin but some colours are too dark as the colour in the website looks a little different from the real one. Especially the blush that I chose, though it turns out to be ok and look quite natural on my cheek.
The Murumuru Lip Balm is very cheap as it is quite a large metal container for only USD4. Not bad but smell a little weird.
Overall I am happy with the product and service. Might buy some more next time when I am running out of the concealer and to try out other product. =D
Nov
22
A Little Boost!
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Prices for all goods go up.
It was so cheap then but it was so expensive now.
The quality is getting worse even though the price has increased.
The value of money has dropped!
We have heard of those complaints a little far too frequent. But then again, some good prices have dropped to unbelievably low without compromising on the quality! It might be even better!
No, it is not the world’s crude oil price although that has dropped steadily too. ^.^
It is the computer hardware!
I thought it was time that I gave my baby Dell a little boost as it has been testing my patient with the limited 1GB RAM on Vista platform. I couldn’t imagine how I could have survived with 32MB RAM with my first desktop computer!
After some quick survey on the internet, I thought perhaps I have to fork out about RM140 for a 2GB RAM and that sounds pretty reasonable price for me. Thus I went to the Digital Mall in Section 14 on Saturday afternoon.
What shock me was the price of Kingston 2 GB RAM DDR2-667 was only at RM85! Lifetime warranty! That was dirt cheap, or so I felt! I remembered RAM was once expensive luxury hardware, well, about 10 years ago or so.
After the upgrade, now I have 2.5GB of RAM. I even thought of getting of upgrading the two slots of memory in my lappie so I could have 4GB!!! But too bad I was told that my 1.5-years-old-baby might not be able to take it. 
However, 2.5GB is fast enough. And now, I can cruise while I surf~ ^.^
Anyone wants my old but functional 512MB RAM?
Sep
29
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Sep
20
Journey of The Bracie Ben~
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When I was just mere 7 years old, I remembered cheating the class teacher that I have seen the dentist as I was really afraid of stepping into the dentist room. Yeah, so you can imagine my phobia of dentist. I hate the smell of the dentist clinic and I totally hate using metal cup as it would remind me the dentist. >_<
But in Year 2006, I gathered all my courage to go to the dentist with my housemate for check up. For your info, I haven't been to the dentist for like 10 years!
And the rest was history when I decided to brace my hideous teeth once and for all (after years of nagging from my relatives and friends). And so on the 28th Oct 2006, I had my braces put on and the journey of the ugly betty bracie Ben began.
Apart from the food-always-stuck-between-my-teeth/braces incident, 5-minutes-of-cleaning-routine-every-night and the bracket-fell-off a couple of times; I merely sailed through the journey of bracing. Except for the first couple of weeks where I couldn't chew hard food but I could practically eat anything I want after a couple of months. (^.^)
And now I proudly declared that my bracie is finally out on the 5th of Sept 08! Woohooo~!!!!
At least partially, only the top braces. I guess my dentist couldn't stand me asking him for the 100th times when I could take them out and he finally volunteered to take it out on the very day that I decided not to ask. Just in time for my best friend's wedding too! =D
But the lower braces are still there and I have to put on retainers after this, for as long as possible, he said. After that I have to do post-crown for my slightly-darker-front-tooth-due-to-chipping and it gonna cost me another hefty RM700 (which he really emphasized how complicated and expensive is the material and thus an expensive process). (=.=)"
And yeah, that is about 22 and half months of bracing journey for me. No more hideous teeth! A process that I should have done 10 years ago but I couldn't quite afford it and lack of courage. Better late than never though! =)
Sep
16
Yun’s Big Wedding Day!
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She was my first roommate in the hostel. I have been praying for her to come as I was so alone in the lonely hostel room on my own when I just went to uni!
After being roomie for a year in the hostel, we moved out to a rented house and she was my roomie for another 2 years. Next we had internship and after that we were housemate for another 5 months.
Yeah, so we were pretty close to each other and she was like an elder sister that always take care and look out for me. She was a huge chunk of my life during the uni year. After graduation, we went on with our path of lives but we never fail to keep in touch constantly. =)
And now she is finally married! I am glad she finally found the special someone and settling down! Well, I hope she would have a happy and loving life with the lucky groom! =)
It just feels a little strange that my good friend is now married and become someone’s wife. Someone that I do not know that well but pretty sure he is a good guy and will treat her right. I hope our friendship remains as strong as ever.
Well, here are some pics that we took during the wedding dinner at Batu Pahat.
Here comes the pretty bride and the lucky groom!
Let's take a picture of sisterhood~
Sep
9
Matta Fair Sept 2008 Super Deal!!!
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More hapi stuffs happened to me on Friday! I felt that I am on top of the wheel of life. Sometimes you are on top and sometimes you are at the bottom.
Seeing the dentist gave me another reason to be very happy about. Something that I have waited for quite some time and impatiently! (^.^)
And about MATTA fair, though it is a challenging one, I do savour satisfaction from it at the end of the day after five hours of battling the crowd and scouring for the best deals ever!
To Huei, do STOP reading or else I can’t stop you from going to the Matta Fair! Don’t blame me! =D
I know what I want before I went to the Matta fair; which was to get a Bali Package and a local package (either Langkawi or Cameron Highland for my family trip which I couldn’t much recall we ever have one except the time we were kiddos).
And the Bali and Langkawi packages I got. And additional packages to Bangkok and Hangzhou/Shanghai/Suzhou/Wuxi! And it’s cheap, cheap, cheap!!!
I booked a Go-Go-Combo ground packages to 3 countries at only RM499 per pax (of course not including those tipping, insurance and visa) and it is valid till next December 2009 from HwaJing Travel & Tours. NO KIDDING!!!
(They have limited of 500 combos and by the time I booked at around 4pm, more than 200 has been sold!)
First destination is of course to Bali, a 3D/2N free and easy with half day city tour at quite cool hotels. Second destination is Bangkok, also the same 3D/2N free and easy and half day city tour! I have found another reason to go splurging there! Muaahhahahaa…
The third destination is to Hangzhou/Shanghai/Suzhou which is 5 days full board tour package! Not free & easy!!! Yupeee~ I found from other tour company, the cheapest I could find with surcharges is about RM550 and some are even at 700 (excluding flights)!
I thought my father wanna go to those places in China as I asked him the very morning but actually he was telling me that he has been there. Yeah, communication breakdown do happens between father and daughter. So, I guess it will be the first trip for me and my mum. Ahh.. pretty nervous when I think of that!
And the Langkawi package is per person for 3D/2N with stay at Hotel Helang and 24 hours car usage as well as Firefly flight tickets (including taxes & stuffs) at RM376 per pax. Quite a good deal, eh?
Total damage is about RM2504 for four trips~ (^.^)
Oh, I love Matta Fair, don’t you!?!
Jul
30
Protected: Cape Rochado Day Trip~
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Jun
6
TGIF!!!
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Thank God It’s Flyyyyy-Dayyyy~~~!!! ^.^
Mar
21
Protected: One of My Best Night~
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Jan
24
Shop Till U Drop~
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Of course I was looking forward to buy branded stuffs when I was here. It is much cheaper here compared to Malaysia but then again, everywhere else is cheaper than M'sia, right? Not that I fancy much of branded goods but well, I wouldn't mind a piece or two… if it's cheap.
So we went to this premium outlet stores in Gilroy on Sunday which was really a huge place with lots of branded name stores, like Coach, Banana Republic, Timberland, Nike, Gap, Levi's and etc. I went into some of the stores which I didn't dare to step in when in Malaysia. We reached there before 11am and shopped till 6pm when they closed (with lunch break in between)!
The prices are indeed much cheaper! Stuffs that I have bought either for myself or someone else are : Nike Sport shoes (at extremely good deal and am real happy bout it), Nike Duffel Bag, 2 Nike T-shirts, Fossil watch, Fossil purse, 2 Levi's jeans, Bass purse, Jansport pouch, 2 Gap shirts, Vit E cream and Vit A & C supplements.
Some of the pictures.. :
My Fossil watch, with interchangeable ribbons~
1 Fossil & 1 Bass Leather Purse..
My NIKE shoes, love it!
One of my 2 Gap shirt, another is just light pink long sleeves..
My Jansport pouch, though I don't like to use pouch so much but convenient to have one here..
My Levi's~
All of above cost me like USD207 only! That is under RM700 for so many items which are a real bargain. I wish we could go again but the place is like an hour drive away and I think the sales ended last weekend. And my money is running out, very fast! >_<
Update : Spent another USD100 today for Levi's jeans, a small bag for myself, 2 belts, 1 Nike shirt & 4 mini Victoria secret's perfumes~ I MUST stop spending!!!
