This photo was taken several years ago. It was my friend's Rott named Coco who has mothered several Rott puppies. She is one of the most nicest and tamest Rott's I have ever met.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Thailand taxi craze
Visited Bangkok for the first time and I was attracted to the brightly coloured cabs. Makes this place so welcoming!
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| Red cab |
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| Pink cab, Yellow cab |
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| Dark blue cab. green yellow cab |
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| Light blue cab |
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| Purple cab |
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| Orange cab |
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| Another red cab |
Female Magazine ipad app
Was browsing iTunes today for some downloadable magazines or reads which are FREE and when I say FREE I mean FREE where I don't need to purchase content to read. I found Female Magazine Malaysia version and did I just save RM8? or I can't remember how much the mag is worth.
To have a look at it, you can go to the app store
Not sure if you can get it on the iPhone but definitely this is way better than buy the physical magazine for many reasons.
To have a look at it, you can go to the app store
Not sure if you can get it on the iPhone but definitely this is way better than buy the physical magazine for many reasons.
- I don't have to go to the newsagent to get it.
- I don't have to carry a 1 inch thick mag and walk with me to wherever I wish to.
- It won't end up as toilet material ( there seem to be many mags and comics in the toilet )
- I won't need to breed silverworms.
- Chop one less tree to save the environment and bankrupt those unscrupulous logging tycoons
- Lesser dust collected.
- The thought of having to wave at a newspaper collector to sell for recycle money plus you have to collect heaps before you even get to sell.
- I can read it discreetly.
Well there are many more reasons but the downside of it is that users would probably be unable to join competitions which require you to cut out and send the entry forms. I have been pretty unlucky with all this sort of contests so this doesn't bother me.
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| Get to where you want fast! |
Monday, July 4, 2011
Ladurée Paris, you have to try it out!
When in Paris, besides the Eiffel Tower and Du Lourve Museum there are many other things that should be visited. When we were there we were lucky to be in the company of my husband's old friend who is now living in Paris. She heard that I likes macaroons especially everytime I walked passed a patisserie I would just stare at what is on display. Everything seems to look delicious even at McDonald's the cookies look really tempting.
This post has made me hungering for authentically delicious macaroons. I have to stop looking at the photos. My mouth is watering already.
If you are in Paris and have never been there, you have to go EAT,DINE,DRINK at Laduree. Although they have it in several other countries, but nothing beats when its at its place of origination.
http://www.laduree.fr/en/scene
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| Welcome to Laduree! |
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| A little looker at what's in the menu |
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| A little reflection of a friend. I already want to eat the display. |
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| MUST GO! |
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| Just too much to be in photos, you have to experience it personally |
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| Paris being a fashion city lives up to its name. Even the waiter's vests are custom made . |
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| Overdoing with the macaroons, sherbet ice cream, cinnamon coffee & some whacky tea! |
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| Beats Linds and TWG without thinking twice. It is what it is, it is Laduree, where it all started! |
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| Suck in your tongue and close your eyes. Absolutely kills the heat in summer. |
This post has made me hungering for authentically delicious macaroons. I have to stop looking at the photos. My mouth is watering already.
If you are in Paris and have never been there, you have to go EAT,DINE,DRINK at Laduree. Although they have it in several other countries, but nothing beats when its at its place of origination.
http://www.laduree.fr/en/scene
Me and the use of Vichy!
In the past one year, my skin has been going thru this manic cycle where every few months I would be in a different country braving extreme weather changes from extremely hot summer daysss (16 hours of daylight) to maybe 8 hours of sunlight on a winter. Some days you get the crazy wind and some days it just rains without a warning.
I am not a beauty expert but right now I am in Malaysia for a good few more years (hopefully shorter) and the weather here as we all know is humid in a sticky icky way. To those like me, I understand your pain when you step out of a fully air conditioned environment and walk towards the carpark, mamak or just across the road to take away your lunch or to buy a bite. Sitting under the shade which still doesn't really block the glare and then the smell of delicious char kueh teow on your hair is really very very yucky.
Anyway, my skin is not really oily but it just gets really sticky and there is a layer of oil or rather a layer of shine which I can feel if my hands were to wipe across my forehead. My nose would be spurting oil ahhah okay not that bad but yuck again. Okay, so my skin is the type where if you attempt to put BB cream, you are asking for it. I don't know why but it doesn't really sit well with my skin cause it probably isn't smooth to begin with. Have open pores and its been there for the longest time. Facials area really painful to a point I have teared and jumped up from the bed.
One of the brands and ranges that I started using was Vichy. You can get it from leading pharmacies.
As in the photo, this is the Normaderm range. Not in full but enough to make your pockets light for a while. It is not cheap.
I started with the Vichy: Normaderm Deep Cleansing Gel (not in pic). I finished up like 2 tubes of these. It's quite a good facial wash and keeps the skin less oily for the 6-8 hours even if you forgot the toner and moisturiser. ( I am always in a rush). Makes the face feel clean and not too tight. Would recommend this to people with normal to oily skin.
Then the Vichy: Normaderm Imperfection Prone Skin lotion which acts like a toner. This toner once again, good for what it says, tightening pores but please ladies, unclog pores before tightening them if not you will have a bigger headache. The toner still leaves the skin smooth and supple and a fresh smell too.
Next, the Vichy: Normaderm Anti-Imperfections Hydrating care, this I would call a moisturiser that controls oil productions all over the T-zone. Put these 3 products together, you will definitely feel that your skin is less oilier during the whole day at work. It worked for me.
And, the Vichy, Normaderm Resurfacing Essence, this I guess I have not used long enough to see the effects. I used half the tube and still everything looks just as big and broiling with black stuff and grime. Maybe use this once you have done a nose mask or some extractions in order to heal and tighten the pores. (Wasted some money on this but oh well!)
Also, the Vichy, Normaderm Anti-Imperfections Concentrate. Supposedly just put it on your pimples, breakouts and whatever's growing. I would say, my pimples come and go pretty quickly but sometimes when I use this product, it sorta quicken the drying up process so that I can (peel them) hahaha! But I guess OXY 10 can do the same just that it has harsher ingredients in it.
Last but not least, the Vichy, BI-White Anti Dark Circle Whitening Corrective Eye Cream. This is kinda weird. I am not dissing the product but somehow in the morning, my eyes look just as tired as times I didn't put it on. I don't really know how useful this product is but if works for some people it might work on you. So don't give up.
And Recently, I have replaced my face wash to the NEW Vichy: Normaderm Anti Imperfection Deep Cleansing Foaming Cream with Salicylic Acid. This is way tooooooo strong for my skin and yes sometimes we love that pull which makes us think our skin is clean, but after a few weeks my skin was just drying out and red patches started appearing. Must be the Salicylic Acid. Recommended for people with really oily and blemished skin.
Maybe my entry this time will confuse you with what the Vichy marketing department has done. Somehow all the names of the products have changed slightly or totally. Sometimes when I walk to the Vichy counter I don't even know what I am reading. Too much technicality for attraction purposes.
Anyway, I have totally stopped using Vichy cause my skin became too dry and I had to find a real cream cleanser which was not too harsh.
This brand is so heavily marketed in Malaysia, but in Europe, this brand is stashed at some corner. Bummer!
I am not a beauty expert but right now I am in Malaysia for a good few more years (hopefully shorter) and the weather here as we all know is humid in a sticky icky way. To those like me, I understand your pain when you step out of a fully air conditioned environment and walk towards the carpark, mamak or just across the road to take away your lunch or to buy a bite. Sitting under the shade which still doesn't really block the glare and then the smell of delicious char kueh teow on your hair is really very very yucky.
Anyway, my skin is not really oily but it just gets really sticky and there is a layer of oil or rather a layer of shine which I can feel if my hands were to wipe across my forehead. My nose would be spurting oil ahhah okay not that bad but yuck again. Okay, so my skin is the type where if you attempt to put BB cream, you are asking for it. I don't know why but it doesn't really sit well with my skin cause it probably isn't smooth to begin with. Have open pores and its been there for the longest time. Facials area really painful to a point I have teared and jumped up from the bed.
One of the brands and ranges that I started using was Vichy. You can get it from leading pharmacies.
As in the photo, this is the Normaderm range. Not in full but enough to make your pockets light for a while. It is not cheap.
I started with the Vichy: Normaderm Deep Cleansing Gel (not in pic). I finished up like 2 tubes of these. It's quite a good facial wash and keeps the skin less oily for the 6-8 hours even if you forgot the toner and moisturiser. ( I am always in a rush). Makes the face feel clean and not too tight. Would recommend this to people with normal to oily skin.
Then the Vichy: Normaderm Imperfection Prone Skin lotion which acts like a toner. This toner once again, good for what it says, tightening pores but please ladies, unclog pores before tightening them if not you will have a bigger headache. The toner still leaves the skin smooth and supple and a fresh smell too.
Next, the Vichy: Normaderm Anti-Imperfections Hydrating care, this I would call a moisturiser that controls oil productions all over the T-zone. Put these 3 products together, you will definitely feel that your skin is less oilier during the whole day at work. It worked for me.
And, the Vichy, Normaderm Resurfacing Essence, this I guess I have not used long enough to see the effects. I used half the tube and still everything looks just as big and broiling with black stuff and grime. Maybe use this once you have done a nose mask or some extractions in order to heal and tighten the pores. (Wasted some money on this but oh well!)
Also, the Vichy, Normaderm Anti-Imperfections Concentrate. Supposedly just put it on your pimples, breakouts and whatever's growing. I would say, my pimples come and go pretty quickly but sometimes when I use this product, it sorta quicken the drying up process so that I can (peel them) hahaha! But I guess OXY 10 can do the same just that it has harsher ingredients in it.
Last but not least, the Vichy, BI-White Anti Dark Circle Whitening Corrective Eye Cream. This is kinda weird. I am not dissing the product but somehow in the morning, my eyes look just as tired as times I didn't put it on. I don't really know how useful this product is but if works for some people it might work on you. So don't give up.
And Recently, I have replaced my face wash to the NEW Vichy: Normaderm Anti Imperfection Deep Cleansing Foaming Cream with Salicylic Acid. This is way tooooooo strong for my skin and yes sometimes we love that pull which makes us think our skin is clean, but after a few weeks my skin was just drying out and red patches started appearing. Must be the Salicylic Acid. Recommended for people with really oily and blemished skin.
Maybe my entry this time will confuse you with what the Vichy marketing department has done. Somehow all the names of the products have changed slightly or totally. Sometimes when I walk to the Vichy counter I don't even know what I am reading. Too much technicality for attraction purposes.
Anyway, I have totally stopped using Vichy cause my skin became too dry and I had to find a real cream cleanser which was not too harsh.
This brand is so heavily marketed in Malaysia, but in Europe, this brand is stashed at some corner. Bummer!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Strasbourg, France day ... 3/5? I can't remember.
Petit France
Duckie mama and baby duckies!
Never to miss Bratwurst whenever you see it!
Le Sahara
Cous cous for one? Damn I have to learn some French next time if I intend to visit France again!? Could have fed a family of 10. Tajine, cous cous, awesome mint tea, many heaps more Moroccan food. This is at Le Sahara (HALAL) 3 Rue Marais Vert, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Prime d'or
To my Muslim friends, if you end up in Strasbourg, this restaurant is halal. Prime d'or. Just ring the number in the picture.
Ipad 2 prices in France as at May 2011! It is crazily expensive. Let me do the conversion.
The cheapest will be 16Gb Wifi at 489 euros which will equivalent to 489*4.4 = RM2,151 - 12% VAT and you would be paying approximately RM 1,893 for a basic model. So for those people that think going to Europe you might find ipad 2 to be cheaper, think again. Sorry bout the quality of the photo cause the guard was staring at me, the 64gb wifi + 3gb is selling for 813 euros. Even if it came with a free Smart Cover it is still not worth it. Come to Malaysia to buy!!!
16 GB
RM 1,499.00
16 GB
RM 1,899.00
32 GB
RM 1,799.00
32 GB
RM 2,199.00
64 GB
RM 2,099.00 or RM2,499 for Wifi + 3G
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Hello empty space!
It has been a long time since I last updated my blog. Been doing a bit of travelling for my honeymoon and to be honest besides all the sucky stuff, I really had a good time, enjoyed it to the fullest and got to learn even more about my other half who is now legally my life partner.
Strasbourg, France. Day 1&1 1/2
Strasbourg, France. Day 1&1 1/2
This is apparently one of the biggest train stations in the whole of France. It is huge but not that big but anyway, we stayed somewhere near the Gare Centrale maybe just a 5 minute speed walking would bring you to the motels/hotels and 'not very French' type of cuisine. You'll get a lot of Indian, Moroccan, Kebabs and little grocery stores. If you only eat Halal, there are heaps of restaurants to feed you. I stayed at Rue Khun so around that vicinity, heaps of Halal food.
We arrived there on a Friday morning and mind you...everything seems so quiet. Kinda weird on to be in a City which is quiet on a Friday....until we realised the City was the other way round. What a joke but anyway, it was just 15 minutes to the little town where you get the Galleries La Fayette and Printemps. Equipped with my fully loaded ipad2 with 'Strasbourg' apps to bring me around I still got lost and never got to find the museum of Tomi Ungerer!!! Bummer.
The Kleber Monument...can't really remember what it's about but its probably the most recognisable meeting point if you're on a shopping adventure around the streets.
This was taken on a Saturday evening...guess everyone went home for dinner.
Me and my first Ice-cream in France staring at the Notre Dame Cathedral not to be confused with the one in Paris.
Hen's outing. Seems like so much fun
Street cafes just right opposite the cathedral. What a peaceful place to be sipping on good coffee.
A photo I took of a mobile kiddies stand. Somehow the picture depicts to me, a crazy Snow White who is overweight and she has with her 7 dwarves who are old men that are on a sex deprivation and about to screw her after their meal.
Hahaha vandalisme at the traffic lights next to the Cathedral.
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