tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53098394995203791612024-03-12T17:20:50.028-07:00All That Women LikeBeauty. Motherhood. Fashion. TravelJessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-58797259307062370502013-12-27T08:22:00.000-08:002013-12-27T18:26:21.637-08:00Bali , The Island of Gods( Long entry )<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Merry Christmas , lovelies who stopped by this very humble blog of mine. Boxing Day had also just ended yesterday and I could say, it was mind blowing as well. I was late in writing because after me travelling away for like two weeks, I was so caught up with chores at home, my son could not sit still where he would pushed me anywhere to play with him around the house. Obviously, I was the only friend he knows , at least for now. I am proud to be his first best friend. And I even challenged myself during this festive season to bake cookies like <i>kuih makmur, </i>rolled pineapple tarts and almond London. I failed at making macaroons again. And I even swore to myself that I would not bake another macaroons. <br />
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Bali..... Bali..... <br />
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While most Indonesians are Muslims, Balinese are mostly Hindus. They built enormous,magical , beautiful temples and this land is truly home of artists where in every big junctions, you'll have a taste of the Balinese fine arts by their statues of goddesses.Our visit in Bali was short but, it was memorable.<br />
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I was thankful to have such an amazing guide cum driver during our holiday in Bali, Dewa Putu Suria. You can contact him <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dewagasal.cokludo?fref=ts" target="_blank">here</a> if you wish for a truly Balinese son to be your guide. I think if it is your first time in Bali and needs introduction to this island, it is important to have a knowledgeable guide as you need to really understand the culture and taboo in this land especially if you are a foreigners. And your guide plays important roles on how you 'll see a place from your beholder. It is not wrong to have your own views though. </div>
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It is true that Bali has more laid back cultures from the rest of Indonesia's islands but, if you are to visit their temples there are rules and regulations to obey to depending on which temples you are visiting though.<br />
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I thought that Bali was all about the beautiful beach but, actually it was more to spiritual. Well , at least to me. Though I am not a Hindu, but I had to admit that I found peace in this land. Up until now, i am still waking up to the thought that I 'll be walking into another beautiful temple or another beaches to hang out or another night to drink up if it weren't for my son calling , "mommy, mommy lets play my lorry.." early in the morning. I could say life was perfect there. Not that I am saying that I have a bad life here in Sabah, because you and I know that I have a great life here with my family and friends but, added with works and so many other petty matters here. A vacation is needed.<br />
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I fulfilled my first destination of all the places that I want to be before the end of the world or the end of mine. Truly , if I had another chance, I would definitely choose Bali as the easiest escapades.<br />
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Reached Bali, went straight to Jimbaran Beach for dinner as our flight was delayed there were only time for a glass of cold beer and a comfortable bed to sleep in. Well, eating at the Jimbaran Beach could ripped off your purse if you are not careful with what you ordered. <br />
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At the Barong Jambe Budaya , at Gianyar. Well, I am worst at understanding a silent movie so, during this show I was so busy reading the script paper provided at the entrance, while trying my best to catch the storyline on the stage to understand it. I made it , I understand that the Barong dance was about good fighting the bad. Nice costumes, everybody in the show.<br />
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The first temple we went.<br />
Look at my long cardigans. I did not wear that sarong to go around Bali ok. Excuse me for this outrageous outfit. In most temple, you'll be borrowed with a sarong before you go to any temple here. That's why I came up with such outfit.<br />
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These two men were my company during the vacation . Of course , Steven is the one carrying my handbag. Talk about losing the sense of style on our first day in Bali. <br />
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Trying out Balinese musical instruments. We also have it in Malaysia called the <i>angklung </i>if I am not mistaken. But, Balinese one was so finely made, with all those gold finishing? Priceless. <br />
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A view that you must not missed when you are in Ubud. The paddy terraces. They had already reaped the paddy at the time I was visiting that's why you only see dirt and grass in this picture. But, you do see the terraces they built ,right.<br />
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Me, trying my hands on roasting those fresh coffee beans.<br />
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You would taste all sorts of coffee and teas samples here. My most favorite, the vanilla coffee which I bought one for home. The special cup that Steven was drinking the Luwak coffee. If you were not familiar with this coffee, it was made from coffee beans that was pooped by the foxes. I would not elaborate here but, you could check it out from search engine. <br />
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This look like public pool is in the Pura Tirtha Empul temple. People came here not only to pray but also to wash away all the bad energy in them. I was not ready for this, we did not bring any change for clothes so we skipped the bathing parts instead we went around the temple. It was beautiful and oh, you'll get a volunteer guide here. They would help you to take your photos and would asked if you want to buy their copies from their compact cameras. Of course, you'll choose some of it and buy it because you 'll feel sorry that they had became such a nice guide inside the temple. Our official guide could not go into with us for this reason. Hmmph. Something to do with others' pocket income lah...<br />
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By the Taman Ayun. Claimed as the most beautiful temple in Bali.<br />
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Us.In love this photo the most.<br />
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At the Beratan temple. <br />
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This landmark was printed on the Indonesian's bank notes. Of course from other angle.Ain't it majestic. <br />
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Some pose that got us being stared by many visitors in the park of Beratan. COuld not believe ourselves too.<br />
And I am an avid fan of durian. The proof is in the following photo. We had lots of durian in Malaysia but, we still stopped over at a stall somewhere in Bali by the roadside to have some durian. <br />
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Steven thought that the vacation would be complete if he does not get a temporary tattoo. I tried to persuade him to get the real one but he was not getting any . But, he paid fairly high price for his tattoo which he got in Tanah Lot. Resulting me getting one for free too just above my ankle.<br />
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Mine was like the 'free gift' of temporary tattoo. It was nice by the way last more than 3 weeks on my skin.<br />
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At the Tanah Lot. Steven and I agreed that this is the most beautiful one in Bali. Beaches, and the views here is to die for.<br />
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On our last day in Bali, we went for some water sport in Tanjung Benoa. Just some beach fun activities where there were lots to choose from but Steven and I chose the easiest ones like Flying Fish, (claimed to be the only one you could find ), Donut boat and jetski. Nothing too challenging for me as I am not water friendly kind of people.<br />
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The Donut boat. Basically these Flying Fish and Donut Boat operated by a speed boat pulling these boats.<br />
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Getting down. Well each ride would only take 15 minutes. Too short?<br />
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My first time riding a jetski. Fun, man.<br />
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At some seconds during Steven and I were hanging out at Tanah Lot, his tattoo got all messed up before it dried on his skin. I was to blame for that. Then, our guide introduce him to a tattoo artist in Tanjung Benoa to repair the old one and Steven ended up getting another temporary tattoo on his lower arm.<br />
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Remember Julia Robert staying in Bali for Eat, Pray and Love ? She made this beach, the above photo famous with tourists from around the world, the Padang-Padang Beach. It was perfect place to kill time, lying down to the finest sands while letting your body splashed with sea water, enjoying the sun rays. Wah, I thought I was in heaven. Everyone there were chilling, doing their own thing, being themselves , taking pictures in their bikini, and having a good time. It was a sight that I will never forget. The woman in the photo is not Julia Robert though , to be clear. <br />
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At the Uluwatu beach. What can I say about this place. Magnificent , clearest sea water, to die for waves. We agreed that it was the most beautiful beach. Next time, I would not want to miss the Kecak Dance here which took place by sunsets. We had to skip it at that time because we need to catch a flight to Jakarta at night and we were desperate for a spa before spending the night at the Jakarta's airport and a 4 hour train ride to Bandung. <br />
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That was me checking our destination lists to hit for shopping haul in Bandung. It was a short 2 nights stay in Bandung but, I am going back for more next year with my shopping clan. <br />
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This is probably the last entry for the year of 2013. With all the greeting of 'Merry Christmas' issue by the Islams in Malaysia, rainy seasons overrated with fake tsunami warning and end of the world news flooded my Facebook, I am really looking forward for the new year and praying that all these will passed and a new year would bring new hope, new learning, and a better life. Yes, a better life. <br />
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Last entry on driving to Singapore was plain with text and I have no complain why there were less people reading it. But , after I finish this photo entry I will upload photo of the sacred card to survive driving in Singapore, the Autopass card. At least people got the idea of how does it looked like. Nothing like the Touch N' Go card we used in Malaysia, but the functions are very much alike. </div>
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He was anxious to go for the Singapore Flyer. He really thought he was actually actually flying. Boy, I was worried all the time when it comes about him during this trip because he did not eat a thing since we reached Singapore. Thank God he did drink formulas as the substitute for the meals. </div>
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The folks are no easy to convince into doing what they do not like. But, I did convince them to buy ticket in advance and when we arrive, I once again had convinced them to go climb the Singapore Flyer. It was such an experience that they'll never forget, I swore. But, mom and cousin (ladies in blue and black) never move from their seat since they stepped into the capsule! I can't believe them. Aunt Lathimi was the sporting kind of aunty I have , was cool and I actually had loads of photos of her here and everywhere around Singapore. SOrry aunt , had not send you any of your photos yet, I need to wrap up my blog for 2013 for all the places I went this year. Next year, the start of school , I will be slow in writing , school can be crazy at the start of a new semester. But, I promise to send her by the way before 2013 ends.</div>
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These are taken at the Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay. It looked like it was not that huge when you see the glass buildings from outside but it was HUGE alright, so magically serene and cooling even under the hot sun. There were several gardens in the gardens which you have to buy your tickets for each gardens. We only bought tickets for two gardens but we still couldn't finished them all. </div>
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That one full day in Singapore was ended with river cruising near sunset and it ended until it was quite dark. Our river cruise starts from the farthest jetty which made it was all worthy, at the Clark Quay, behind the Liang Court. River cruise, I believe to be the fastest , easiest and most serene way to enjoy sightseeing Singapore town. </div>
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The guy in diving suit in the following photo was caught feeding the fish and I photographed this amazing scene I never saw live, all the big fish including the sharks, for like 5 shots. I guess the fish were acting weirder and weirder as I took their photos until the guy made his small eyes fierce,glaring at me from behind the thick glass, while making signal with his hands, I believe that he wanted me to stop taking photos with the flash on. So, I switch it off, continued as I was sure that the flash were already switched off, but of course this Nikon DSLR still producing some kind of torchlight when taking pictures in dark areas. The guy stopped again to warn me with his hand signal, I understood so I walked away, giggling like a schoolgirl. Was embarrassed at some point as people were all looking at me, while some guys looked at me as they understand that the light from some kind of torch light from the camera cannot be prevented as they looked back at the guy in the aquarium as if they wanted to explained but hopeless. Thank you guys, it was nice of you but, I already got my best shot long before the guy were mad. </div>
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I was really frustrated that we missed the Dolphin Show while it actually had 3 - 4 shows in a day. We had already planned to move to Johor by noon and the next show when we were outta there would be on 2 p.m.. So , we left for Johor. It should had been the first stop we went before going into the aquariums. But, there were very little information on what you should've see if you are visiting the Underwater World Sentosa like the schedule on the dolphin show on the entrance. They post the schedule at a pillar before the pool. You have to walk passed an educational gardens to get to the pool. Or at least have people on the ticketing counter to inform every visitor on the schedule. </div>
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I see how rundown my blog is since me attending the 3 weeks Mathematic courses in Penang between last September and October.. The aftermaths of the Course was overwhelming and I remember of dreaming of my vacation in Singapore and Bali long before they happened.Every night . I actually had to keep reminding myself that before all that vacations happened I had to finished my jobs first. And then, before school holiday started and I was on pre holiday mood where I was on my way writing about my Penang stay, I was called for a course, the Continuous Profesionalisme Development that was meant for all teachers that held the DG41 grade. </div>
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So, when I was started to write about Singapore, then, I remembered I had this one blogpost about Penang that I forgotten and I stuff it with related photos and published it right away before this very blogpost started. </div>
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The trip to Singapore was actually a last minute one for me as I never go anywhere before it was planned like months before the trip made. I surprised myself though by accepting my cousins invitation on this. She insisted that I check in daily basis the Air Asia ticket price either to Johor or direct to Singapore. Boy , it excites me and shivered me as this trip to Singapore ends just a day before my honeymoon trip to Indonesia with Steven. The results was exciting 2 weeks holiday. Also lots of laundry to do besides overwhelmed with the memories of all the beautiful and ugly places I went and saw. I convinced myself that this will passed with times. Huarrh. I still have few more weeks before the 2014 school session started. ( errrk... forgive the mumbling)<br />
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The holiday in Singapore was quite short as we ( mom, Chris, my cousin, and aunt) only had one full day in Singapore. The rest was the journey to this republic from Malaysia, all the misadventures when driving in a foreign lands. Mostly of troubles with depending 99% with electronic devices, I mean GPS in my smartphone. We had to drive round and round the city when we've missed that junction just when you only had few hundreds meter to reach your destinations, you had to go all around again for another kilometers before reaching the destination because of the road directions.<br />
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I learnt the hard way that for a person who is direction blind, I should not travel without a soul who knows the place well or three powerful powerbank to supply for my smartphone. The journey can become stressful for everyone involved and fights over petty matter could happened anytime in the car. Trust me, because I've been there.But, respect to each other is topmost element we need to maintain patience whenever pressure arises when on holiday. Holiday can be fun but, finding directions with bunch of people with similar syndrome would not help much. It is not that I want to complain about my companions here but,we always have to prepare mentally and emotionally especially when you are going anywhere into foreign lands without guides.<br />
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The bright side about it is you will have plenty to laugh about when returned home. Driving into Singapore is nothing like driving into Brunei from Sabah to Sarawak and vice versa. Because you were there to stay. Or not. So, if you're a Malaysian's car you have to make that you have all of these with you:<br />
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2. Autopass card.Pay close attention to this if you plan on driving in Singapore. If you have none, go check your road tax make sure that it is valid for at least 6 months after your departure from Singapore. Then, capture it with your smartphone , go to some Toll office nearby the Singapore's immigration plaza, ( do not fret, the officers by the counter who check on your passport will tell you what to do next). Payment for the Autopass card is SGD 10.<br />
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I really hope that this will help you if you are wondering and determined to drive in Singapore. Dedicate this to a first timer. And to myself just in case I need to recall it if I were to be back again to Singapore.<br />
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<br />Til my next entry. Happy holiday and Merry Christmas.
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Such a statement because Penang Hill and the train ride to the top of the hill definitely a must-go place if you are about in Penang. The ticket for a two ways ride was cheap considering the technology used and the clean and comfortable train used to go up and down the hill. There is not much to see when you were up the hill but, they do have a restaurant called, Sky Terrace which I was not quite attracted enough to go pay a visit, but I heard that they got some good Penang Laksa there. You could see almost the entire Penang from top of the hill and of course you would not missed the Penang Bridge that connected the island to Sebrang Prai. It was spectacular enough to see one bridge but, two bridges? The second bridge was on its way completed now which also connected the island the main land but the bridge was extended from Batu Maung. You could see that the second bridge was longer that old one. </div>
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The only thing that attract me to go to Penang Hill was the train ride , the rest was quite common. However, the fact that the whole place is well-maintained is surprisingly amazed me because nowadays it is very rare to see such a long operated tourist attraction in Malaysia are still in good conditions and was recently upgraded. As I was told by Steven and few friends that used to attend Penang local universities that the trains, the gate and the counters got an upgrade. Good job Penang State Government. </div>
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Penang Hill could be a different experience but I was ever anxious about food hunting in Penang. There were few shops and stalls that I found had outstanding meals around the island but, my favorite was the stalls at the Gurney Drive. There were many stalls selling all kinds of street food from Chinese's, Malays and Indian's here. There were quite crowded on Saturday nights but the energy there was intoxicating makes me wanna eat whatever others had on their tables. During Steven's two night and one day stay in Penang, we went here for supper, everytime. Having hard time choosing what to stuff into the mouth so that we could be fulled in a 'smart' way, everytime. Since both of us had large appetite and we came there like we haven't eat for 10 years, I thought that I must be fulled quicker than usual as I am a quick eater type of human. <br />
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I am sorry for not having any food porn here. It is irony though I always think myself as a food lover but, I rarely had any food porn in my site. Hardly any, even on my Instagram. (chuckled). But, the best street food that I will always love is the Char Kuey Tiaw...I know there has been few good coffee shop that serve good char kuey tiaw aroung Kota Kinabalu too, so whenever I miss this fried noodle, I don't have to fly half around Malaysia just to get one.<br />
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Another typical thing to do is visiting the flea market . There are amazingly longest night market I've been in Batu Feringhi Beach that opened from 7 in the evening right until past midnight I think. There were some watersport to enjoy there too but , for some reason , I was there twice , first with colleagues but we were there more for the fun of shopping at the flea market and watching the sunset. They sell ranges of women's and men's clothing , accesories and handbag, watches, toys and can even get good bargains there. Second time with Steven was an unplanned trip. As we made up our mind to go to Feringghi before sunset, on our way, it rained heavily. We turned back to the city and even back to the hotel. But, just when we were back to the hotel, the rain stops and we decided to give it a go for Feringghi again. This time we made it but, it was hardly passed sunset so, we were practically there for the flea market alone. <br />
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We were literally waiting for the sunset and for anyone that looked kind that will take our picture together to catch the sunset. But, as the sunset came we were still tongue tied to ask for anyone's favor. So, here we were, taking our picture , I think almost perfect using the self timer itself. Man, I was the one responsible to set the self timer shoot and running on the sands are no joking matter. Was tiring even for few meters run. First shot was all good. And we decided like, why not one more shot?<br />
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I had to be frank that I was not all excited about going to Sunday's flea market. Steven forced me to go with him. This Sunday's flea market located at the parking lot of the City Stadium in Jalan Datu Keramat, Penang. But, this definitely not my average any flea market. At least to me because I had no imagination beyond cheap clothes , food stalls, traditional handicraft products when it comes to flea market.</div>
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People in Peninsula Malaysia called such market as <i>Pasar Karat </i>and sell their items from the trunk of their vehicle usually vans and old motocars.<br />
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I guess this is ordinary view in any flea market in Asia. Cheap and copycat branded watches are everywhere.<br />
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And even branded football jersey... that Steven were so interested in when going to such market.<br />
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I mean , look at this. I think all of those figurines contains all the 12 Chinese zodiacs. Sorry they might not be so clear in this picture. These are made from copper. If you noticed on the ground , lower right corner of the photo, they even sell the 'stone age' 's iron!<br />
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For snake's fan..<br />
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These are called <i>periuk belanga </i>if I am not mistaken... and few copper made dishes. They can be precious for people who like to collect old stuff and put it into home's decorations. <br />
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There were just too many things sought in this photo. I believe all of these were transported from the maroon van by the man in white. <br />
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The only colored stuff sought in this flea market besides clothing.<br />
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Oh la la... look at what this man selling. I think he sells the most beautiful copper made stuff.<br />
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These classic homey stuff, the kettle sold at RM20, quite cheap right for a kettle looked this errr ...fine. And the phone! I really wish that the land telephone design will go back to look like this. I feel ever victorious when pressing on those buttons to dial. <br />
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Now I know where to find spare parts for my table fan if it ever broken. The problem is , these hardly broke. The fan motors do broke more often if a fan broken.<br />
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Old skool handphones for sale. Uh, even tv remotes! I can't tell you by the way if they were still functioning. These handphones sure were nostalgic for the human race. Reminds me of my dad's first handphone which I always felt despair of how it was so hard , almost impossible, to get connectivity to any mobile operators many years back from our home. That's unless if you lived in the town or near one. Dad's hand phone was always hanging by the window to ensure connectivity with mobile networks. It was seldom rang but, we, the children never forget to hang it there every time. I am not kidding when I say we did not know if we were expecting anyone to call. We do not have the necessity to talk to our friends like 24/7 like we do now on any given social networks we have nowadays. But we never failed to stay connected. If you remembered these can't play mp3 songs! We had to compose some codes to play melodies in monophonic or polyphonic. If your hand phones could play polyphonic sounds, it was good enough man. That was back then.<br />
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So, going to the <i>pasar karat </i>was not that bad at all. At least it bring back memories of the big and thick hand phones we used to have a decade ago. Who am I trying to kid? I saw people in the street talking to a phone that is one and a half size of their heads every now and then. Way bigger than the humble Nokia 3310.<br />
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But, how we still never missed a thing even without social networking back then leaves me in wonder. I can't recall how. Newspaper? I never read about my friends on the news nor the tv. <br />
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-37572283050618420312013-10-08T09:17:00.000-07:002013-10-08T09:22:39.943-07:00Maintaining Digital Perm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well I got tired of my long straight hair I really got myself into reading so much about digital perm down from the procedureS, the aftercare as well as styling it everyday. There or quite numbers of good reviews on digi perm and each of them delivered them differently. So, each individual has different hair,I supposed.</div>
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l got my hair digital permed for about a month now. You probably think why late with this entry, it is because l am adjusting to it since Caring and maintaining digital permed hair definitely different from other types of curls. This is not my first time getting my hair permed, been straightened and permed again and again but never had hair shorter above my shoulder. And l had digital permed hair once when I was in college back when I stayed in Labuan but, l really did not have any idea how to maintain and style them nice. Instead I only have it for like a month and for the rest of months ahead I remembered I had bad hair days everyday and people might had thought that I was so broke I cannot even afford a hair comb. But seriously I don't know. That was until I got my hair back to silky straight . Since then, my hair had been straight like for ages until I graduated. Huh, that explains monetary situations though. It seemed like straightened hair saves the pocket more. </div>
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The procedures took about 3 hours including preparing the hair like washing and conditioning,before chemicals were added then the hair rolled with medium sized roller and plugged with A machine that is especially invented for digital perm. I think. The hair would be washed again before Styling them with mousse and bIow dried with diffuser. Tadaa! You are out from the Saloon before you know it. Hah!</div>
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Despite what all the reviews say,that one should not wash the hair for 24-48 hours,the hairstylist told me that it's okay to wash it,but she said,"why wanna wash it right away? Your hair has been washed twice today probably thrice." That made sense to me.<br />
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As for styling , I have to say that it is not as easy as managing the silky straight hair. You do not have to comb permed hair but, you have to style it. Make the curls bouncy and defined with products. I like to spray hair lotion from Lucido, which is formulated to make curly hair soft and bouncy, after washing my hair. But during humid day, the hair tends to become frizzy so, sometimes before I go out I would damp my hair before combing the hair with my fingers closed to each other running through the hair strand with mousse from Wella Proffesionnel that I bought from the saloon which did my perm, Patrick's Saloon in Centrepoint Kota Kinbalu.<br />
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After conditioning the hair in the shower, while the hair felt slippery I would comb it either with wide tooth comb or with my fingers. Then after the hair half dried with towel, I will partitioned the hair into sections and roll them with fingers before spraying it with the hair lotion. Next morning , the hair will have defined curls and all I need to do is the spray the lotion just to damp it, scrunch them and I am good to go out with the hair. These just take up 5-8 minutes on my morning routines so it is not that complicated to style permed hair.<br />
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Permed hair could lasted 3 months or more. The great thing about this kind of curl that it looks better by time, so when considering getting digital perms I think it is better to ask for medium size roller as the curls would loosen up by time. <br />
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That's my reviews and my shares on maintaining digital perm hair. Thinking about getting short hair but, I am still in great doubts scared if I would regret it. There is ways to get longer hair quickly now but, I am still thinking about it. How about you? Do you have certain hairstyles that you long for but, still haven't done it? </div>
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-54686186550970506262013-08-18T18:30:00.000-07:002013-08-18T18:30:01.403-07:00Great thing comes in tiny packaging: Holiday in photos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is the holiday that probably all Malaysian's teachers looking forward to after two months of school. Erkk... oh, I am alone in this. Okay. Those two months before the holiday were filled with new academic assessment systems, bad internet, gossips and tragedies, and of course few unfinished business were finalized too.<br /><br />So, the final week before school break I felt like I almost couldn't dress myself to school and even wear outfits that I would wear to clubs at night. Ha ha ha-.... waking up to work was dreadful at that time. By the way, though I was still ever an enthusiast when I am in front of my students. This is what I do for life . Now.<br /><br />
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-51457718755766456802013-08-15T05:46:00.001-07:002013-08-15T05:46:47.191-07:00Good Alternative Primer, M.A.C Paint Pots<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oily eyelids ? That could only mean that you would have a line of clumping eyeshadows on your crease at the end of the day. This is what happened to me as well and can be embarrassing too.But, I always make myself feel better by telling myself that the creasing just happened when I was on the way home, driving. Hahaha... </div>
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Eventually , I came to my senses that there are good eyeshadows to prevent such incident in the end of the day or if I was out under the sun or sweating too much. They won't even last til afternoon. I blame on the excessive sebum. Did countless searching online before I gave it for MAC's. MAC I think has the most reputation of long lasting cosmetics and of good quality. It was quite pricey compared to drugstore's cosmetics but, all I need is a good primer to hold my eyeshadows from creasing. It is not like we can put face powder onto the lids to keep it from nine to five. I was not a MAC at heart girl but, I decided to give it a go. I got myself the MAC Paint Pots in Groundwork and Painterly.<br />
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I think these two can make soft smokey brown that I typically wear on daily basis to work and even chilling on weekend. Painterly can also be worn for other particular looks that one wants to achieve since it is quite nude on the eyelids. It lightens up the darker eyelids while functions as a primer.</div>
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MAC Paint Pots in Groundwork is between the soft brown and taupe which is very nice as a base eyeshadow to create smokey eyes for the night. For daytime, I like using the Painterly as the base eyeshadow to put on the whole eyelids, while the Groundwork is only for the crease alone and even to nose shading before a darker shades of powder eyeshadow applied to the corner end of the eyelids to create a deeper eyes effect.<br />
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<u>The pros:</u><br />
It lasted from nine to five.<br />
Creamy yet dries up fast on the skin.<br />
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Groundwork can looked a bit chalky if over used.<br />
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I know that these pots could last a very long time. I heard from most MAC lovers that they last long but, I certainly will re-purchase them. I just fell head over toe for these products!<br />
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-16817762242493725242013-08-01T04:19:00.003-07:002013-08-01T04:19:32.174-07:00Tutorial: Fixing Uneven Eyebrow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Uneven eyebrow can hardly be noticed most of the times. You have to look closely at ones pictures then you may noticed it. Usually we simply ignored it simply because it is way too common especially in Asians. This may rarely affect on Westerners. However, the good thing is uneven eyebrow never make anyone less beautiful. </div>
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Uneven eyebrow can be caused by asymetrical face structure, uneven bone on the eyesocket or maybe simply caused by faulty during shaving or picking your eyebrow hairs. </div>
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One can fix uneven eyebrow by drawing beyond the natural eyebrow hairs or removing the extra hairs or performing them both. But, asymmetrical face structure can only be done by surgery under doctor's advise. </div>
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I have all of the above. You name it. But, I learnt to embrace my flaws and make the best out of me to still look at least decently okay and fresh. (Not looking crazy with obvious uneven eyebrows)</div>
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I have the asymmetrical face structure in which my right side face eye socket is slightly bulged to the front and my right cheek looked like it was flattened quite flattened compared to the left, the cheek bone shows and a slimmer jawline. I think that my best angle would be from the left side of my face which I often refer as my ideal face. So, I tried to make my right eyebrow to looked as symmetrical as possible to the left one. </div>
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First up, by using eyebrow pencil, I mark on my right eyebrow where it would be on even height with the left eyebrow. Then, I draw the outline of the eyebrows upward UNDER the natural eyebrow hairs right until one third of the eyebrow then back on the natural eyebrow hair after that right until the tail. </div>
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On the left eyebrow , I draw the eyeliner ON the natural eyebrow hair all the way up to the arch and down to the tail. Since the left one is the ideal shape for me , then I do the same for the upper side of the eyebrow. </div>
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For the right eyebrow, I need to mark again the height of the arch and the distance between the end of the eyebrow to the arch. Then, draw it accordingly, even I had to draw it beyond the natural eyebrow hairs. </div>
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Fill them with my favorite eyebrow powder for a more natural look.<br />
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Though I knew this trick , still there were days where I just could not make it right. There are days where my eyebrows makes me looked like I had a symmetrical face because the eyebrows frame the face , sometimes they came out looking too bushy and thick and even too dark. There were days where they looked simply uneven. I thought about getting embroidery eyebrows but, I haven't done any yet. I do believe that practice makes perfect too. Eventually, I might get to draw the perfect eyebrow for myself. Whatever it is for now, I am enjoying grooming my eyebrows and it actually takes up more time after shower than doing anything else when I am getting ready in the morning to work. </div>
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-59570284695177151872013-07-18T03:27:00.000-07:002013-07-18T03:35:46.645-07:00Walking down the Waterfront Kuching<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Waterfront is the most famous walkways in Sarawak. It is along the Sarawak river where you can see almost all historic monuments and building from here. Walking around while enjoying the sunset is
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Obviously, my son has no idea what that black barrel sticking out from a black box does that his mom and dad hold all the time like their second baby. If we tried to do close up shot, he will tried to touch the lens! <br />
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That's what I am talking about. My son like to walk on his own where a lot of strangers walking by as well, and he liked to walk ahead of us too. I can't say that I was not worried even a little by this. <br />
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We weren't going for the river cruise, but, Steven insisted that I took his picture with it behind him. Well, he looked good there, and apparently a lot darker than his background.<br />
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Never seen mom and dad so happy together. 29 years of marriage. Salute to mom and dad. Without them, despite all the quarrels back home when I was a teenager and yet now, I am nothing. <br />
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And I feel blessed to be married to this loving man. Thank you, Steven for never turn your back on me, never run away from me even when he saw the worst in me.<br />
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My son is really a show stopper kind of guy. Whatever moves he had, he just made everyone around him, smiled. We could not stop hearing people saying, this boy is so adorable when he walked passed them. When my folks were tired , I can't imagine how energetic a 21 months old kids could be that it seemed like he showed no sign of slowing down.<br />
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There's a lot you can do actually here rather than walking by. Waterfront is the ultimate sightseeing place you could do in Kuching. You could river cruising here either with a cruise or the '<i>bot penambang' </i>, the traditional boat to cruise along the river near sunset. There are stalls where people sell the pickles , fruits, and beverages, youths singing along street gigs. There were also boys who sang on their own with their guitar....well they sing nicely. Enough to get my son noticing them and get him dancing. <br />
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Well, my son stole the crowds with his dance moves. Hahaha...I cannot
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An innocent post by Christian before we leaved the Waterfront for dinner. Don't we looked all content? And ohhh..!<br />
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He ran on his own again afterwards! We were all outta breath when reaching the Life's Cafe for dinner after walking down the Waterfront. Thanks to this little rascal, we chasing up him for another half a mile ,as I recalled. <br />
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-39249609702126556582013-06-27T08:37:00.001-07:002013-06-28T21:43:04.734-07:00My Top Five Food Encounters in Kuching<center>
The title of this entry could somehow give you the hint that I might be a diet control person, whom always avoiding herself from food, seeing food as the enemy of being slim. As fit as it sounds, I have nothing against food. I love to eat. Why I chose such brutal entry is only because I thought that food are cheaper in Kuching. There's no cheap (or close to reasonable ) food in Sabah that taste decently good. No. There's none. I am quite cruel to my opinion on this because a plate of simple noodle fried with six slices of chicken breast meat could cost you up to MYR6 if you are in a restaurant. Fragrant rice or plain rice served with, few 6-8 slices of steamed or roasted chicken or crunchy three layers pork could cost you up to MYR 6. I don't mean to sound such stingy jerk on food but, I was in shocked to find such rice in a coffee shop in the middle of Kuching only cost MYR3.50. I hope you are shocked too if you're from Sabah. Please act shock even if you don't. Because that could only mean that you are just been there too or I am in the same shoes with you right after reaching Kuching.</div>
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Being in Kuching for four days, none of us had ever complained about food. We
were full like all the time and I had gained 2 kg during my stay here! Or perhaps the weighing scale in the apartment went crazy after my son banged it over and over to the floor. He did not do it purposely though neither will I let him do such vandalism act. He was trying to move it around the house so that, everyone can had some sense of how much we consume food a day during the vacation. Poor boy, the scale is too heavy for him hence, it fells off his tiny hands many times. Good intention, huh.<br />
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So, I have came up with my top five restaurants that could serves the best cuisines either of Sarawak or influenced. If you're looking for seafood and crowds for dinner, I would go to <span style="font-size: large;">Top Spot</span> food court. There were a lot of stalls that served from Malay's , traditional native cuisine, chinese, western and coconut drink as well sugar canes drink. We had to wait for good 35 minutes to get our dinner ready. No i didn't mistype the 35. It is indeed thirty five minutes. It was a lot of people having dinner here while food price for seafood was reasonable, so it made quite a sense why people are still coming. I mean, the reasonable price combo with good food and wide choices? Who would've complaint about the wait? By the way, I was too afraid that my son would be too tired so, we asked our dinner to be packed and we had it in the apartment instead of eating in the middle of chaos. It was chaos in there probably because of Gawai holiday.</div>
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A famous hang out place that i would suggest for lunch is <span style="font-size: large;">Kopi O Corner</span> which is situated at Pekan Satok and another one is at Kubah Ria. The Kubah Ria branch was developed into more food court like. We love the <i>ayam penyet </i>so, we did go to both branch at Satok and Kubah Ria at two different days. However, I wasn't familiar with grilled <i>ayam penyet</i> which you can choose either to have the fried one or grilled one. But, I always go for the unfamiliar one. Taste as good as the fried one, only it taste to almost like the Mang Inasal's BBQ chicken in Manila, only lacking the <i>ulam </i>and <i>sambal </i>while Mang Inasal served it with plain rice and a small bowl of sour soup. They also have the most famous Sarawak laksa but i decided that it is best to hunt for the famous <i>Sarawak laksa </i> at other place.<br />
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If you find yourself hungry in the midst of shopping spree in The Spring malls, head to <span style="font-size: large;">Food Bazaar</span> food court. Well, basically we went to The Spring just to have lunch here. It is a quite clean food court, I would've given 3.5 out of 5 star rating for the cleanliness. I could understand maintenance for such big place can be really hard. By the way, you could feast up your table with all kind of food , I mean cuisines from all over the world though not everything will taste as good as what you saw on food tv channels. They got Malay, Chinese, Korean, Mexican, Sarawak's signature noodle cuisines, Western, Japanese, you name it. They've got it ( almost ) all. Well, I choose to have my <i>Sarawak laksa </i>here, one has to get it from the Malay corner. It is not something that I have never had. I have my choice of <i>Sarawak laksa </i>back in Sabah but, not having it here , where it is originally came from is like a sin for me. Exaggerated, I know. First glance, I don't really put such high hope that it would taste off way better than I had in KK but, I was all wrong! This Malay corner in this food court served serious GOOD <i>Sarawak laksa. </i>It has a punch to every taste buds that it was supposed to hit on the tongue. I thought that every ingredients served in the right proportions in a perfect size of bowl. I will foreverly dream about it.<br />
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If you craved for taste of Indian, <span style="font-size: large;">Lyn's Thandoori </span>Restaurant is the place to go. It is situated right in the center of Kuching and within our walking distance from the hotel we stayed. I never taste beef cooked this perfect. Never! The boss who runs this restaurant was also very nice and friendly and really makes us feels like we belong there. My family and I had the best dinner there. Price also is quite reasonable considering the good food, service and the ambience of the restaurant was all perfect. Shame on me I fell in love with Indian food, especially with the Northern Indian because before this I always thought that Indian food was all about <i>naan, roti canai, papadom </i>, everything yeasted and everything sugary and spicy before that sweetness has to come by. Man, I was wrong. If I were to visit Kuching again, I definitely will find this restaurant first to have my dinnerthough actually Lyn's Thandoori was kinda out of our list to-go-restaurants. But, I am thankful that we chose this place for a dinner during our stay in Kuching. Bravo to Steven. He was actually the one who craved for Indian food after we spotted it when we were walking to a supermarket for some groceries.<br />
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One afternoon after a sightseeing at the Waterfront,it is only natural if we looking for good restaurant to soothe the feet. It was tiring enough to watch every step my son made. He would chase other kids and even turn the spotlight to him from a quite outstanding street musician by dancing around the man. So, back again to food hunting around the Main Bazaar , it is walking distance from Waterfront actually. Waterfront also had number of restaurants I knew but, we decided to try the authentic Chinese food particularly Sichuan's. The ambience of the restaurant was really calming, with fake bamboo plant at the centre of the shop and the restaurant's staff was also very friendly to us. Friendly and sweet at the same time as the time , we were not charged for a broken bowl. My son accidentally dropped it to the floor when he was enjoying the lotus soup. He felt guilty at that , I felt pity for him.He kept saying, <i>"jatuh...jatuh...."</i>(fell....fell). Well, who can blame a little kid. Even if they were mad, they will only say it at our back. By the way, I have to apologize for not having pictures for the food from the Life's Cafe . Well, I was uneasy to take photo after that bowl fell to the floor.<br />
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After all my food encounters around the town , I think if you're a Malaysian , and going to Sarawak few times or maybe at least once, you know you can't go back to where you belong without "<i>kek batik". </i>These finely layered cake will entice your tastebuds like no other cake. They have wide ranges of flavors and I was overwhelmed by them to be frank. I tasted almost everything there and became undecided of which to buy. Of course if I could , I would've bought each of every flavors but, it's not possible since I only had 45kg of luggage limit for cargo. And mom had too many stuff to be brought back to Sabah. </div>
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Another great food souvenirs from Sarawak would be the <i>ikan terubuk masin.</i> It was actually a salted fish but they are wet. Not like other salted fish you found in Malaysia, they were usually salted then dried under the sun. This fish can also be found at other place in Asia like Thai but, they said Sarawak's <i>terubuk </i>is the best. Well, this <i>ikan terubuk masin </i>tasted as better as the usual salted fish and actually tasted better! They still have the unbearable smell to most Westerners when they are deep fried but, the tasted makes me addicted to it. I could swallow the entire plate of rice with only this deep fried kinda salted fish and sprinkled with soy sauce. </div>
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Okay fella. I think I had to stop now and start to mark students' exercises book. I do not really remember when is the last time I handed those exercises to them. Ha ha ha. I don't really know what's better way to end an entry in a better way than this. But, I really hope that you enjoy this entry of food hunting in Kuching and that you will find your way to these great food encounters too when you landed on Kuching.<center/>
Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-8732647073674674022013-06-17T03:03:00.001-07:002013-06-17T03:05:03.496-07:00Longest market at the border of Sarawak and Kalimantan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The things with Asia is whenever you
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here. Don't start with the quality. A market ,can you expect more? If
you happened to get the new one at a reasonable price, you must be lucky. The famous
market here is about 45 km from Kuching city, it was near Bau town and
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were lots of people here, of course the tourist , usually from
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unique batik either of Sarawak's or Indonesian's and local Sarawakians . Though some of them were quite up to date. But, if you're willing to go all out even in the darkest alley and hidden stall you might surprised to find better and cheaper treasures.There were a lots of
souvenirs stall too but, i suggest that you wait until you had a chance
to visit souvenir shop back in the city. They were a lot cheaper in the city
especially at the Waterfront bazaar and Main Bazaar. You would also see exotic foods , Malay clothing, bags, housewares, traditional medicines and ointments selling cheap here, local delicacies, even local fruits, and the Sarawak black pepper too!<br />
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I got myself a <i>kebaya nyonya </i>with batwing sleeves and i was going to pair it with <i>batik </i>Sarawak.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo was taken all at the wrong place , wrong everything. The hut behind me was so ugly, they were either unfinished because the labors were too tired building up the unique roof or damaged by serious vandalism acts. The drain was like the ultimate rubbish i ever seen, i meant for a place that attracts tourist the most. This market accepts more visitors than Zhuhai everyday. This place ought to be upgraded. It deserves some nice cute hut, anything , have to be better than what they already have now.</td></tr>
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There were lots of stall selling copycat branded handbag but most of them seemed too weary ...and looked like they were worn by somebody years ago, i stopped myself from going into handbag stalls though I am pretty sure that not all of them of that quality. But, it feels to me like it is not the right place to find nice arm candy.<br />
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If you questioned what actually can you get here? <i>Batik</i> of course.. souvenirs and vintage stuff.... and uh, i saw people who had to come all over to Serikin for vintage furnitures, most of rattan made.. I didn't see the stalls that selling it probably at the very end of market. I thought i was gonna faint with the weather there, so after i found what ticks me the most or the least i could find to be exact , which nothing much actually, i went straight back to the car while searching for mom and dad with my son along the way. It was too hot there and there were only few booths that selling cold water there. Bring your own water instead, because it is very very very hot in Serikin.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whilst on our way back to Kuching, we stopped by at a cave called the Poh Lin Shan. It was actually a place where Buddhist devotees pray and here they placed the floating Buddha statues which they found years ago in the middle of the sea.It is opened for tourists too. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A family pictures inside the mini cave. Can you see the Buddha statues behind us? It was way up behind us, drowned in the orange light up above. It is actually very cool in the cave, and has more compartments in it, I think but, there were lots of people when we visited and our stomachs are craving for some refills, therefore, we stopped at just taking some pictures then, leave to the city of cats.</td></tr>
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Behold, I got more drafts to be completed on my recent visit to Kuching. Please, before that happened,promise to enjoy your days and smile, fella.<br />
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-78339825285741665362013-06-07T08:01:00.002-07:002013-06-07T16:04:50.524-07:00Beautiful Kuching<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As promised I am back for entry on family vacation in Kuching. Well, if you're gonna ask how was it, to be frank, it was downright noisy. Ha ha ha...traveling with an infant who had just found his newfound ability can be daunting. My son wanted to be left alone when everyone's walking and would drop almost anything on the dining table. But , just after he went to bed easy as breeze, I would find things to be awkwardly silent though my family has big volumes one even we were light chatting.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They were my companions that i am talking about! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo worth millions for it is so hard to get this precious photographed still.</td></tr>
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I am sorry that if i might had started this entry like i am complaining about my family. Noisy as we could be, there's nothing that i find more joyful than spending time taking vacation with them. </div>
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One thing that you should not missed out when visiting Kuching is going to the Sarawak Culture Village which situated near the Santubong mountain. If you are not able to visit whole Sarawak then this place is the mini Sarawak. You could see almost all ethnics cultures here, including where and how they lived. The natives here even invited you to take part into their activities held there. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I suggest that you wear flats when visiting this village. Those bamboo bridge could be slippery. Uhh, this is a bridge that you would have to cross before getting into a Bidayuh longhouse. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this photo is great if everyone in it smiling. Hahaha, let me do some explanation here, Steven was at the end of the bridge, trying to get photo of us crossing the bridge, while my son is getting really impatient being held by me, he desperately wanted to walk the bridge on his own. A protective mom like me wouldn't let that happened so, i managed prettiest smile. His hands are too short to get a grip and small feet to stand on those three times bamboo than his feet size! I know you get it. I just have to say it loud to explain this rather skeptic photo. I wasn't pinching him at his back.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I would be grateful if you recognise this man. Yes, i am married to him. Yes, i know what you're saying. He looked tad different. You're wondering what is that , is he getting slimmer, did he do something to his hair? No! Probably some parts of it were true. But, i 'd tell you. He is darker now. That's a sun burned skin , not healthy-ly tanned. You probably thought that it was just bad lighting but, nope. Steven might pout if he read this. But, he will just love me more for he is always part of my entry. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a Bidayuh girl dancing , sorry i forgot what is it the name of the dance since i was so busy keeping off my son from getting into the center stage outshining this beautiful girl's performance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I found this just before going into the Iban longhouse. I am sure there were people who missed out on this four dolls outside the house for they were so tiny on the ground while the path made from woods to go into the longhouse was raised from the ground. Anyone knows what these dolls represent on? Are they the guardians of the house or what? Anyone who has the real answer please kindly share the knowledge in my comment box. Would appreciate it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Iban longhouse. The were smoke coming out from the house because there were few women cooking traditional food inside the house. They even sell souvenirs though i was quite sure they selling it more expensive than outside. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little guy used to be swung to sleep from the second month right until he was six months old. Now, he found joy in this not-bundling-swing like we had one at home when he was small. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnificent Orang Ulu's longhouse. Those pillars were hand-crafted! I was in awe for few seconds seeing it. But, we did not climb it for it was too tall and we are running out of times to get to the theater for cultural shows. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little guy testing out his talent in dancing the some what dance we called Magunatip in Sabah. I forgot the name of the dance in Sarawak. It is the Melanau signature dance here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right behind Steven, is the Melanau's long house. It is built enormously in three storeys. Can you imagine how many families can fit in the house?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My son is just a year and 9 months old but, he has a thing with girls following him around. This Melanau girl trying to mingle with him but, due to age different , Chris found that moving the wood is more interesting (at least) at that time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At first i thought that i have seen it all after the Orang Ulu house. But, this longhouse is just sooooo tall. It is Melanau's. This house is a fairly three storeys house and i think the whole can fit until four storeys. Words have it that people of Melanau used to build their house this way a long time ago to withhold and withstand the pirates or enemies from attacking their houses. But, they have four stairs to get onto the house. That's too many and could speed up the attacks! Just saying.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That is how tough an Iban men can be. They can lift up 'lesung' (very heavy) by only using their teeth and even dance with it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another beautiful dance from Bidayuh. This is the Rajang Be'uh dance which usually danced after the harvest season as a form of entertainment to the residence. Their moves much influenced by the birds and other animals in their dancing. However, dad could not stop wonder why the men wearing skirt had overly big hips.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those men jumping over moving woods looked like mice stepping onto hot water, the dance was also famous for this move known as Magunatip in Sabah by Melanau tribe is called the Menyak dance. Just found the terms in the passport. There were brief explanations to each of the ethnics lifestyle and dance in it you can refer during your tour by the way. Man, i read it only after i am home. My bad. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A warrior with his sword and a 'supuk'. This Kanjet Ngeleput dance potrays a warrior wandering in the woods to get food or prey.</td></tr>
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There were hundreds of ethnics living in this states but, they only displayed the main ethnics which is the Bidayuh, Iban, Ulu , Melanau, Penan, Malay and Chinese. There would be culture shows at scheduled times and going to this place worth every penny you spend to get the passport to get in here. Yes, you heard me right. A passport would be issued to you once you pay the entrance which is MYR60 for adults and kids up from 6 are charged MYR30. Quite expensive but, someone gotta be paid to get this whole place running and well maintained , right. For every ethnics houses you go, you would get a stamp on the passports. It is not obliged rather optional but, i think that is part of the money you're paying for at the entrance.<br />
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This culture village is a mini Sarawak but i think i will come back to another part of Sarawak , think there is so much more that i havent seen here.There is this saying, "if adventure has a home, this is home." </div>
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-45986281759545081912013-05-25T06:53:00.001-07:002013-05-25T06:53:16.496-07:00Holiday.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It has been few weeks since my last entry. It you're a loyal follower of this blog, yours truly really sorry for the slows in updates.Trust me, when i'm out that could only mean that i am up for so many things. :p</div>
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Well, this weekend marks the commencement of mid year school holiday. Yay! Steven and i are taking my parents to Kuching, Sarawak for some vacation. I am not sure what we are looking for there but, i know Kuching can't be a wrong place to spend few days for my holiday. We were supposed to take both our parents but, due to (God knows ) some complications from other family members, Steven's parents decide to call off the holiday. For them.The rest of us go on anyway. </div>
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All this while whenever i traveled, I paid a good tour guide and had him manage everything for the vacation. I just had to hand him the money and pack my bags , look good and off we go. This time ,Steven and I decided to do this different.Everything on our own. Because, we thought that we are not going to countries that speak no Malay nor English. It's the neighboring states , for good sake.</div>
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Hotel booking given us enough headache not to mention, two or three arguments we had over choosing the right hotel. There were just too many options but, we put particular budget about everything. And also this is the first time we travel with our 20 months old son. With small kids involved there were just so many thing to consider especially where we are going to laid off our sleepy head at night. We need to be near to convenient stores and places to eat. We had to rely on reviews from prior guests of the hotels to find out how well is the hotel. Is it child friendly? Is it clean enough? Everything needs to be considered.</div>
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But, thank God just yesterday i managed to book what Steven and I agreed are the best choice of hotels Kuching. Lest we experience the opposite when we get there. We are going to stay at two different hotels as most of of choices are fully booked. Well, i am stubborn enough not to listen to every words the hotel operators told me, thanks to two good months of working experience as a receptionist cum operator in a three stars hotel in Labuan back before i got into UMS. I know that it was just some kind of sales strategy. I went through every online hotel booking sites possible and ran into Agoda.com , where they had this ongoing promotions on certain rooms in a hotel that i had been eyeing on ever in Kuching. Agoda.com just end my misery on searching for a decent place to lay down at night. Where is it? Til my next entry. </div>
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Traveling with old folks and small kids can never be more comfortable than being able to drive around the town on our own. Then, we would not have to be ashamed of having to yell and arguing in the car about everything. There is just this thing about my family about high volume voices.I also found this cheapest i could find in Kuching for car rental which i found from Facebook, Samauto. It is some grueling moments since it is just so hard to get to talk to the owner! But, got it managed and booked too. I just had to text the owner on the day of our departure to Kuching to confirm our flight arrival. Yay!!</div>
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So, planning on a vacation is not an easy tasks. Especially when you are taking your folks together with you. Planning at least a month to two weeks before departure i think make sense to avoid last minute surprises. Nobody wants to go on a vacation with boiled mood. </div>
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-15439450323342930862013-05-16T07:16:00.000-07:002013-05-16T07:22:00.130-07:00A Review: THEFACESHOP Clean Face Oil Free Control Essence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The regime we do after cleansing our face is moisturising. I have been using a Za emulsion for the longest time and not that it is not good but , it is just so good enough for my oily skin. </div>
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I give myself a try for THEFACESHOP line, Clean Face where this line specialised in treating oily and troubled skin. I noticed that in Korean products they never used the term "acne prone" skin instead they use, "troubled" skin. Their main ingredients to fight acne and pimples is the tea tree essence. Therefore, this essence scented like one. Personally, i love the scent very much.</div>
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The cream comes in a small square bottle colored dark beige. What i really like about the bottle is that it comes with a pump which is hygienic when withdrawing the cream for use. I can't say much about the exact ingredients because it's Korean's language all over the back of the bottle. </div>
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The cream is very light and it felt cool when i first applied it on my skin. It is absorbed quickly to the skin too and leave the skin matte compared to other moisturiser. It has good oil control and my skin does not turn oily at all when i woke up in the morning. Since it has good oil control, i also used it before i apply BB cream in the morning. My skin steered from shining for longer than applying the BB cream on a bare skin.It also dry up my pimples without causing my skin to peeled. That's what i really like about this product. Therefore, i strongly recommended this to those who has oily and pimples prone skin. However though, the results may vary in different individuals.</div>
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When to use an essence? From the reviews by other beauty bloggers, i noticed that most of them used it after applying moisturisers. But for me, i just use it right after i cleanse my face. It works just as wonderful. I only need one full pump to cover my entire face and pat it on the skin instead of rubbing it all over. </div>
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It comes in a small bottle , 40 ml or 1.35 oz. It is quite expensive compared to other drugstore's since it comes in a small quantity but, i think it really is value for money. The cost is MYR 39.90. Quite okay , right?I think there is a big chance that i will buy it again when i finished up this first bottle. </div>
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-11860589373326162342013-04-25T08:17:00.001-07:002013-04-25T08:17:25.947-07:00A review: Etude House Precious Mineral BB cream Bright Fit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am. Once the BB cream phenomenon broke, i went crazy and looking on the net and read on few local magazines the difference of BB cream and foundation. Oh, then i went crazy for the search of perfect BB cream. </div>
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Right until now, i have already tried three brands of BB creams. He.. he.. it is not overwhelming though because i had just already give myself a run for each at least a month. I fear that if i change products too quick, my face is too vulnerable for breakouts. </div>
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However, though for the two brands that i have been using before this review, it always started as a dewy skin when in fact i like it more matte on my skin because i have an oily skin and very prone to pimples. Then , in the end of the day especially when i had a well occupied day, i will at least found one breakouts after washing my face in the evening. I know, not cool.</div>
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So, i found this Etude House's BB cream in 1Borneo Hypermall. Actually i have been eyeing on this BB cream on the net and found mixed good and moderate reviews on it while rarely bad one. So, i bought one in Natural Beige. I was kind of skeptical actually if i should try the Light Beige but, I was afraid if it would make me look greyish. </div>
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Etude House Precious Mineral Bright Fit BB cream has more options of shades available compared to other brands of BB cream which can only offer two to three options. And the color also really blend with the skin color rather than masking the face with the cream itself. </div>
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It feels the lightest BB cream i had ever tried and very easy to blend on the skin with fingers. Skin feels very smooth after application. What i like more is that my pores size looked reduced thus it really makes my skin looked smooth. Other BB cream only makes my pores more visible and deeper. Yuckss. </div>
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My skin falls into the oily category, which it will get oily 45 minutes after washing my face and it gets faster like 20-30 minutes with any cream put on my face. But, this BB cream from Etude House takes me at least 45 minutes to get my skin oily all over. Therefore, for me, it has better oil control though it gives slightly dewy look once applied on the skin too. This what makes people with good skin condition a radiant look , i think. And oily to people like me. </div>
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The price is RM 89.90 which quite affordable consider it comes in quite big and sophisticated packaging. I will definitely buy it again.<br />
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-21224310979147642612013-04-19T20:34:00.000-07:002013-04-19T20:34:00.870-07:00The third is not always the charm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am sure that almost everyone knows Zalora right? Yesterday i got my 3rd purchase from it which i bought a bag organiser, Organise Josie by Gin Jacqie.</div>
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The bag organiser is so cute and perfect for all my handbag collections. Now , i don't have to worry that i will forget the must-have things in my handbag when i want to change it just before heading to work! </div>
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I understand that i can returned damaged goods but , i just don't know how long will it takes to deliver me the new one. The box was enclosed with a returned slip but, it does not say if it will deliver a new one. It only says that they will deliver a new size if it does not fit me, or choose to received store credit voucher via e-mail. And i can returned the goods via Pos Laju and the cost of shipping costs will be included in the store voucher credit. Well, the purpose of shopping online is to save time and energy to go around malls looking for a pair of good shoes. But, when you got damaged thing delivered to you?! A complete turn-off! </div>
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If people were to ask me what's my biggest insecurity about my free, it's got to be my nose. l know that Asian commonly has flat nose but, l think mine has gone overboard. It is way rrrareee.....Til it somehow becomes my trademark.Like l were to wear a masque, people is still going to recognize that it's me just by looking at my nose.<br /><br />l am now aged 27 but,l admit that l still struggle with this insecurity especially when I had to pay a MUA they would either makes me looked like a transvestite or me looking as if I just smear dirts on my face.l am not saying that these MUA does not know how to do their job but it maybe just that they do not know how to handle this kind of nose. Ha ha ha!<br /><br />l wish that l can steal off my husband's nose when he is aslept!<br /><br /><br />Since l was aware of the existence of make up, l have been practicing and try to master the art of nose contouring and sculpting for years .Yet l know they never seemed enough, but l think, it would have to be me to accept this God-given unique nose first despite what make ups can do.<br /><br />Okay, enough about ramblings on my inseurity,and you might not interested at all about it and you must thought why on earth you're still reading this.<by> BUT, do stay tune because i am going to tell how to get the look of higher nose , slimmer face in a very easy steps.</by></center>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how i looked like without contouring. Flat face :(</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">L</span>ets go on for the cheeks first.</span></center>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My all-time favorite brushes are from Elianto. These are my mini blusher brush that i used for contouring the cheeks and the blending brush that i used for sculpting the nose the blending eye shadows. They are soft, long durability, and very cheap!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Y<span style="font-size: small;">ou'll need <span style="font-size: small;">blusher brush. I like my<span style="font-size: small;"> min<span style="font-size: small;">i
blusher brush from Elianto. It is fluffy yet not too big as i will have
control over how much the bronzer or the blusher will s<span style="font-size: small;">pread on my ch<span style="font-size: small;">eek<span style="font-size: small;">s. <span style="font-size: small;">The <span style="font-size: small;">bro<span style="font-size: small;">nze<span style="font-size: small;">r is used to contour the face <span style="font-size: small;">to achieve a slimmer <span style="font-size: small;">and smaller face. While the blusher is used to give a <span style="font-size: small;">cheer<span style="font-size: small;">y <span style="font-size: small;">radiant healthy lo<span style="font-size: small;">ok<span style="font-size: small;">s. It is <span style="font-size: small;">okay to used both<span style="font-size: small;"> but, <span style="font-size: small;">I <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">usually</span> us<span style="font-size: small;">e my bronzer on <span style="font-size: small;">regular basis<span style="font-size: small;"> while <span style="font-size: small;">p<span style="font-size: small;">ink blu<span style="font-size: small;">sher <span style="font-size: small;">is when i <span style="font-size: small;">had too much pink for the day. I do combo bronzer and b<span style="font-size: small;">lusher when <span style="font-size: small;">i have extra time to get ready o<span style="font-size: small;">r if i am attending special event<span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></center>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The bronzer is not supposed to be on the cheek bones. <span style="font-size: small;">Since bronzer is used </span> <span style="font-size: small;">for shading, then you <span style="font-size: small;">apply it<span style="font-size: small;"> at <span style="font-size: small;">exactly under the cheekbones. <span style="font-size: small;">Suck in your cheek to make the cheek bones stand out then<span style="font-size: small;">, s<span style="font-size: small;">weep off the b<span style="font-size: small;">rush at the area <span style="font-size: small;">sucked in.<span style="font-size: small;"> Then, without reapplyi<span style="font-size: small;">ng t<span style="font-size: small;">he brush with more br<span style="font-size: small;">on<span style="font-size: small;">zer <span style="font-size: small;">s<span style="font-size: small;">weep the remaining powder in the same brush along your jaw line. This help to achieve a slimmer and sharper chin.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></center>
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<by>You have to have the right tool. You need matte brown eyeshadow,or non-glittered bronzer. I used the same bronzer i used for the cheeks, or two shades darker foundations or powder,highlighter,or transparent powder or you may also opt for one shade lighter powder.<br /><br />Then,starting by highlighting the bridge of the nose,use your middle finger or contouring brush to apply the bronzer from starting from eyebrow to the tip of the nose. Since i have rounded nose tip, i draw it to be tapered at above the nostrils to just below the tip of the nose. Then, dust off any sharp lines with the brush without re-apply the bronzer.</by></center>
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-48710274349815241372013-02-21T05:02:00.000-08:002013-03-03T06:38:17.827-08:00Make over for ID and passport photo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Do you wear your face with special makeup if you are going to shoot for ID or passport photo? Or do you let your face be just a plain Jane for it? Because you're too scared that you looked fake in those photos? But, if you put too much, i am afraid that you are not going to pass any customs with a drag queen looks. In case you are too lazy to touch up when you going up on airplane.<br />
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Well, do you laugh silently when looking at your driving license's , passport's or ID 's photos? I don't know about you but, i think my look on these documents often looked less good than the pictures i uploaded for Facebook or my any social networks. Maybe i can blame it on the angle and the plain-ess of my face.<br />
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We could not choose our best angle when shooting passport photo. If only! Ha ha ha...i really don't think that it is going to happen ever. If you cannot choose your best angle, well please do yourself a favour to at least touch up to highlight certain features on your face. Because! You gotta looked at least you did wash your face after waking up before getting shoot for this. Often, we looked too tired, too pale, or worst , you can't really recognize the person in that picture.</div>
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Here's what you can do. First, you gotta aim to look fresh and lively. You do not want to put too much on your face unless you want to look like a drag queen. Passport photo tends to capture every tiny dots details on your face moreover, you have to face STRAIGHT to the camera. </div>
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Wear foundations. Cover those flaws with concealer especially the undereye. Remember to blend them well because you don't want your skin to look cakey. Powder up to set up the canvas. </div>
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Then, shape your brow. I prefer using the cake brow liner rather than the pencil. It looks more natural and sometimes i can skip the need to brush my eyebrow after filling it. </div>
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Now the most important part is contouring. Contouring could makes your cheekbones looked higher, and gives you the healthy radiant look. I am using bronzer from Body Shop.</div>
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Use a bronzer rather than pink /peachy blusher on your cheek. Using a slant brush , smile and brush it on the apple of the cheek. Brush the bronzer to your jaws too.This will give the illusion of a slimmer face.</div>
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Then, by using bronzer, or one shade darker concealer than your skin, or soft brown eyeshadow contour your nose. Different nose shape needs different contouring on the nose parts. By contouring the nose, it will give nice balance of your whole face, nose and your lips. Do not forget to highlight the bridge of your nose after shading the sides of the nose.</div>
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When applying your foundation earlier, let it also touches the lips a bit. Apply pink lipstick to the inner of the lips, then apply pink/mauve/peachy or nude lip gloss to the entire lips. Your lips will looked like you are just being kissed.Heee...or at least looked naturally healthy pinkish or looked pale like you have just have a bad encounter with a vampire who sucked up all your blood.</div>
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For your eyes,apply neutral colours.Use brown and highlight your browbones.Finally,never leave the house without mascara.Do not forget to apply for lower eyelashes to give the illusion of brighter and more opened eyes. Brush the upper lashes first and without dipping into The tube again,brush the lower lashes.This is to avoid the mascara from getting on your skin.<br />
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Hair is the crown for everyone. I think it is practically safe that your hair get the evergreen make over. I mean styles that never aged. Avoid tying it up, or braided it. It is best that you let loose your hair and when it is time to shoot, put away your hair from the face by pinning it behind your ear. Remember to bring your mini hair comb with you so that you can tidy up any flyways. </div>
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Before you going to face the camera, blot away shines and powder up. Look to the camera and smile! </div>
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-20260093927282915892013-02-19T08:35:00.000-08:002013-02-19T08:44:37.008-08:00Going on a Picnic + Portraits<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am not known as a picnicker but, there is always first time for everything. My family and i went to Tips of Borneo ( Simpang Mengayau) , Kudat last Saturday. I was hesitated at first because i know that this place is amazing but, there is not much to do there if you are not a surfer , if you are not staying at the chalet there other than dining around there. Mom did not approved the idea to stay there, she was too worried if my little son cannot adapt to the new place. So, she makes us to go picnic there. Some of relatives who been there few times, agrees that picnic is the best way to go. </div>
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I really didn't ready much for the whole thing. Mom basically prepares all the food from home. Nasi briyani, fried sausages and tempura nuggets. We got many snacks and sweets with us too. While my aunt, cooked fried noodle, fried rice, salted fish and the scrambled eggs. They got many local delicacies too that i do not even know the names though. *blush blush</div>
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So , after that day, i was kinda imagining if we could do this again and do it better.Here are some tips that you might want to put into your check list before going on a picnic to have a perfect one. Well, our picnic was not that perfect but, i thought that there are lots of things that can be done if we are planning on going for picnic again. </div>
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Never forget a spread,tablecloth but our humid country it is better to bring mat to spread on the ground. So, it will be easy for us to gather around with the food in the center. Forget the little messy cabanas by the beachside. You can find many of it in Malaysia's beachsides. It is best if you could find your own perfect spot to sit down and enjoy. </h4>
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Finger food or anything as long as they do not melted or will 'rot' under the heat of the sun . Fruits are the best desserts for a picnic. </h4>
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Common Sense,do not wear heavy makeups or you get the zombie wonderland looks when it's all coming down melt and CreasES.</h4>
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Photo rolls. I hope you enjoy it though maybe you do not know anyone here. They were more to portraits. What can i say, i love portraits. These are my lovely family..... I was so wanting to take group photos at the cut globe scuplture but, there were just too many people there on that day crowding the iconic cut-off globe. Too many, and we had to take turns to take picture.<br />
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Tips of Borneo said to be the nicest beach in North Borneo, overlooking the South China Sea. Apart from the crazy cliff, beautiful rocks, splashing wave that attracts surfers from around the world, white sand beaches, well accommodated it is just a beautiful serene places to go if you want to escape from the city. But, of course escaping means bumpy potholed roads in Sabah. You just can't get away with it especially in Northern Sabah.I won't want to go any further on that.<br />
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So, it is Valentine again. This Thursday. You might see there are tons of tutorials on the web and YouTube for perfect Valentine's look. But this entry nothing about tutorials but this is just some suggestions on looks that you might be able to pull off for your special Valentine's night or day out according on the longevity of the dating or kind of attraction that you want to exude during this lovely day or night out. I am going to the make up looks first.</div>
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<bold><b>Newly dating</b><bold><b>:</b><br /> Pink Soft Look.<br />You need baby pink,highlighter,warm /sorbet pink,and brown/purple /grey at the outer corner of the eyes. <i> </i></bold></bold><br />
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<bold><bold><i> </i><br /><br /><bold><b>Long term Relationship</b><bold><b>: </b><br />1.If you want to look romantic you can imply the same look like the above, but apply lots of mascara,or natural soft fake eyelashes. The pink soft look is seen as the most flexible one can pull off since it is easily can be wore during the day and extended to the night out. All you have to do, some touch ups and you are good to go for a romantic dinner with that special person. </bold></bold></bold></bold><br />
<bold><bold><bold><bold><br />2.If you want to look sexy and sultry go for darker browns for the outer corner and crease with soft to medium brown. This look also can be brought from day to night out. Least favorable compared to the pink soft look since it quite neutral and we are already wearing it on daily basis. You might want to try different looks for this special night out if you already wearing brown for you make ups. <br /><br /><bold><b>Single ladies night out</b><bold><b>:</b><br />Smoky black. <br />Just avoid the racoon eyes. Or you'll send message to men why you'd better stay single. Black should be at the outer Corner of the eyes only, forming 'v'. The eyelid filled with white while crease you can use grey eyeshadow. Have fun with your girls! </bold></bold></bold></bold></bold></bold></div>
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<i>I am pink all over. I had it from Something Borrowed, Zalora.Shoes are from Dolce Shoes , Zalora. Handbag unbranded. Got it from 138 Shopping Mall in Manila.</i></div>
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<bold><bold><bold><bold><bold><bold><bold><bold>That's all from me for today. l don't think l am going out on Valentine's night because my husband is away working at the Northest Borneo.But we did our anniversary and advance Valentine's dinner las t Saturday.That's when l had the photO ,me in pink taken. Guess l will be home blogging on that night or spend quality time with family at home. By the way,l wish that you look your best on that night and have fun on your Valentine's day or night out.</bold></bold></bold></bold></bold></bold></bold></bold></div>
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I weigh at 45 kg before i was pregnant with my little son. That was story of two years ago. Now i weigh at 48 kg. Errm i am not sure though about the exact number but, it supposed to be around these numbers. </div>
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After i gave birth, i did not really care about my diet or if i ever needed to exercise to burn the extra baby fat. I was at staggering 53 kg after i gave birth. It was too heavy for me as i am quite petite person, heightened 160 cm. After my son's gave up breastfeeding, i found that i still cannot control my eating appetite. So, my tummy is still bulging from bodycon outfits like modern baju kurung and i despise mini skirts. I only wore fluffy dresses though. I did not bought any new jeans too. Because i was confident that my metabolism got it all under control. </div>
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Boy,boy...after 9 months, i weighed at 52 kg...! I was 7 kg away from my pre-pregnant weight. That's when i realize that i could not rely on my speedy metabolism anymore. It just does not worked like before. I do not know why, i simply looked at it as perhaps my pregnancy just messed up the whole metabolism system. Don't get me wrong because i never hate to be pregnant. In fact, the 9 months period can be said as the most wonderful days of my life apart from having Chris in my world now. </div>
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I came up with an intervention. I know that i would be too lazy for any outdoor exercises. But, there are plenty to do even indoors. Practising yoga or pilates are most popular. Yoga is too peaceful for me and not challenging enough for my cardio so , i choose to do pilates. Pilates got many moves that are especially targeting to tone specific body parts. So, i focused on the abdomen's workouts. Because the only thing that i hate on my body is the bulging tummy. I hate it because it is the ultimate wardrobe malfunction. Pilates not only enhance on toning the body but also it allows you to practise breathing. Like yoga too, breathing rhythm has effects on how you do each moves on the workout. </div>
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The first one is , The 100. What you do is to Lie flat on your back and bring your knees into your chest making sure that the lower back is pressing into the floor. Keep your palms facing down and lift your head and shoulders up off the mat. Take your arms straight down by your side, palms facing down. Straighten your legs to a 45-degree angle (above), rotating your legs open from the hip and squeezing your legs and heels together. If you have a bad back, bend your knees a little. Breathe in through your nose for a count of five then out through your nose for a count of five until you reach 100. As you're breathing, pump your arms up and down 100 times keeping them next to your body and parallel to the floor. </div>
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The hardest i thought it would be the Criss Cross but, this definitely give that punch and it really gives you the line in the middle of your abs. Ain't it what we dream of ? You start as lying on the floor. Your hands go behind your head with one hand on top of the other, elbows open, shoulders down. Lift your head and shoulders up off the mat as your left knee comes into your chest and your right leg is extended out at a 45-degree angle. Twist in your waist taking your right elbow towards your left knee (above). Remember to twist from the waist rather than just moving your elbow towards your knee. As you twist to one side, hold the position for three counts then switch to the other side for three counts. Do 10 reps. </div>
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My son is 17 months today! I feel sorry that i cannot be there for him. To treasure and mark this day, i decided to upload his photos that i recently took. He is not photograph loving type of person, maybe he is camera shy or he just do not give a damn on this taking photos matter. It is because he will always either look away from the camera or he is trying to poke into the lens. </div>
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Do you know how it is to take this photo of him, facing the camera? He is climbing on the staircase and i am waiting for him from the top of the stairs.</div>
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This is what i am talking about earlier. He will turn down his face when i am trying to capture his best moment catching some flying insects that goes into the house when it is getting dark. Errr...we are living in the jungle. Kidding. </div>
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Nah i have been hearing, 'like' on Facebook , receiving and deleting emails after finally i click to open my inbox from Zalora.com to see what they have to offer.
It has become one of the biggest online shopping nowadays. We seen Zalora.com everywhere on the net. If you are a woman who loves fashion and SHOPPING then you will feel intrigued by the offers you saw in the ads. My second anniversary with Steven is coming very soon which is next week and we planned to go out have a lavish dinner at a fancy hotel. Well i actually had booked it. Works are taking tolls on my time and i really do not have time to go around shopping malls to shop for my clothes. And i kinda really need a new dress for that night. </center>
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Uh , we have been married for two years but, of course every women in the world wants to look beautiful by their men. Well , if i were to go out during the weekend it'll takes so much time going in and out of fitting room and in the end of the day i need to bath and feed my son and play with him some more.. doing house chores...Wears me down ...i rather semi sleep together with my little son and surfing around for online shopping.
So i thought to myself why not just get a fabulous dress online? So my first choice definitely from this ever sought after and widely advertised on the net , Zalora.com. .
They of course have wide range of clothing for men and women , accessories, shoes, health and beauty care and also the home appliances. Delivery is also kinda fast , as fast as 3 bussines days even to Kota Belud, Sabah mind you. They even let us return the products within 30 days. Payment can be made either by direct debit if you have Maybank2u, CIMBClick or via credit card. Cash transfer also available but, after you made the payment, you have to fill in a form to fill in your transaction details. If you are transferring cash using this method, the cash will be credited to the Zalora's bank service the on the next working day and may take up to three working days. Zalora will only send you stuff you bought once the cash credited to their account. So, which method do you prefer? I remembered they also received payments via Paypal but, i am not familiar with it , anyway.</center>
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Why , why it is always this long to take you to the point , right.
The quality of the dress is so-so. What I mean is that it is not so bad yet there are few slacks that cannot be ignored too. ....... while the shoes , i do hope that they'll survive with my ever changing tastes on shoes. These shoes from Zalora are not off branded ones bought but they really felt comfortable under my feet though the black one are 5 inches high.
Well i really wear some of really comfortable and fine shoes until they wear off ,alright. While some, while they were exceptionally beautiful, i kinda put them in the corner after some time( they must felt horrible) and only wear it occasionally. So usually they wear off themselves, rot in that shoe rack on their own. Kinda wasting money but, that's why i am being kinda savvy by rarely choose expensive brands of shoes because of this bad habit!</center>
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Do you know other online shopping shop that works as well as Zalora around Malaysia or Singapore? Please do share and lets save our petrol by buying online. Hahaha, what a terrible calls i made there. Only make sure that you do not use it to cure depressions or heartbroken or you going to end up being caught in heavy debts. </center>
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Jessie LH Voohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997862167740783671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309839499520379161.post-25280020390468484602013-01-29T07:56:00.000-08:002013-01-29T07:56:06.051-08:00Can i drink myself to beauty? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I never believed the statement, with this you are on your way to have a beautiful, healthy and glowing skin. </div>
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Well, do you? </div>
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I think no matter what you drink, you eat, you swallowed, you chew ... no matter how good the stuff you are doing yourself to get that beautiful, glowing skin, it is all go back to the lifestyle you are leading. </div>
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One cannot achieve the beauty that they dream of if they are not sleeping well , eat well and rest well. Though you have spend thousand ringgits to buy the best skincare, cosmetics and nowadays supplements. Spend and use. </div>
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You gotta maintained the taking of skincare and supplements if you want the effect to last. Cosmetics always goes away in the end of the day, and at night it is only you and your dull skin. It is not wrong to have all these products with you. Apart of spending lotsa money on them, use them...</div>
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YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFESTYLE TOO.</div>
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Like most people said, </div>
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sleep well.</div>
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rest well. </div>
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eat well. </div>
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smile.</div>
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hey, exercise too. </div>
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If you are an 'owl' , drinker, smoker, stressing yourself too much, and already have bad skin condition, you eat or wear whatever, it is not going to work y'all. You are wasting more money only. </div>
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So, before deciding on taking supplements you have to make yourself lead the right lifestyle first. Then, the effect will be optimized. </div>
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So, when i decide to take a collagen drink as my supplement, i decide to change my lifestyle first. Instead of going to sleep at 1 a.m., i try my best to go to bed at 11 p.m.. I decide that my work stops at the time, and i buried in my mind that no matter what, nothing can't wait until tomorrow. So that, i can have my rest. Even during the weekend i got the urged to click my workload files on my lappie, i resist it. I choose to go play and have a good time with my little son. Or go out and shopping.</div>
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Instead of taking naps during my spare times, i do my pilates. It is so easy, and can be done right in your own bedroom. Well there are friends who asked me what did i do to get back in pre pregnant shape. I am sorry, i said , "nothing, just reduce my food consumption." Well that is true from a side. Pilates too is one of my secret to get to my pre-pregnant size. But, all i do is just the abs moves... the criss cross, the 100, single leg stretches, roll up, and the spine stretch...and one non-pilates moves, the push-ups just to remove my batwing! Don't you just hate the fatty skin just outside your underarm showing when you are wearing tube tank top? I hope to do an entry on the pilates moves that i have been practising because it works! <br />
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I even added to my diet , a collagen supplement for this new year. I am getting no younger. </div>
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So, why i suddenly want to drink myself to beauty? </div>
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I thought that my skin condition will get better as i aged, i mean my acne! It does come and go during the menstrual times of the month but, i realize that the scars are getting slower in healing. I noticed there are three worry lines starts to appear on my forehead too. Even when i wash my face , i can feel that my skin is getting no smoother by day. </div>
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I decided to take the Kinohimitsu J'pan Beauty Drink 2500 mg. Well, it is quite a pricey collagen drink but, i think it is worth a try if i am really want to take care of my skin. I know that despite collagen maintains youthfulness of the skin , i will still aged but , at least this drink may slows it down. Duh, i am talking as if i am 40 already! I knew that collagen drink does not only improve the face only but also to the entire skin body.<br />
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Now that i already took 16 bottles for about three weeks. Advised to take a bottle daily for 6 consecutive days, a bottle every two days as to maintain the effectiveness. I actually do see changes in my skin ! I think if i really watched out what i eat, and sleep earlier, it will do better.<br />
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Even only 6 days, i noticed that my skin felt smoother and looked radiant than before even without make up on. Wrinkles certainly does not disappear yet. I do not expect that kind of miracle to happen anyway. My pimple heals 3 times faster and less scarring. My skin feels plumpier and more radiant. Acne scars before i took this drink also disappearing.<br />
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So, my verdict YES,i can drink myself to beauty! But of course, with maintaining the intake , sleep well, and eat well. I saw the same collagen drink in Watson but with higher contents of collagen, 5300mg, Kinohimitsu J'pan Beauty Drink Diamond. I think i am going to give it a try too. Maybe i will looked like 16 again. Arghh, that is so shallow me. I do not even like my skin when i was 16. Trust me, i looked my best at my age now. Better than ever. </div>
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After finishing a box of it which contains 16 bottles i actually can see difference in my skin. My skin feels refreshingly hydrated, and feel plumpier aside from my scars healing gradually. It does not remove my worry lines but my skin definitely has reduced breakouts. Pimple does show up during certain time of the month but it heals faster and less scarring. <br /><br />
Did i mention that it taste delicious? It taste like lycee because of the lycee extract they put it in. It is best chilled before drinking it. The product also suggested that you drink it at the same time of the day everytime you took it in to give the body opportunity to create a body clock for the supplements to be absorbed effectively. <br /><br />
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