0 Less than 12 hour in Macau: What to do, to see, to buy?

Okay. I was all excited for Macau, China. If you are a friend of mine on the Facebook, then you might remember my status saying, "I think I can retire in Macau."

I still love Malaysia though. To be exact, Sabah, and when i was back home seeing that status again, i realised that it is not possible and yet not too impossible.  Is Macau so amazing til one would thinking about retiring there, as i am not a nationale at all!  I am sure that it will not be that easy for me even if Macau governors are easier on foreigners.

Yes, I love Macau, everything in it. Except for the gambling part. I did accidentally barged in into the casino in The Venetian when Steven and I lost our friends when we stucked at an  autoshow. I made him took this photo of me.....

and i took more..

 and more.....i do not know why. I just snapped them outta blue. Just enjoy it, fella.

 

Back to the main agenda of this entry again. I am the person who takes long journey before go to the point.

First and foremost you gotta visit in the Ruins of St Paul's, the most famous landmark in Macau. It used to be a largest cathedral in Asia back in the days the Portuguese's reign in Macau. However it was destroyed by fire during a typhoon on 1835. During my visit, it was raining but still there's a lot of people came here. And you gotta find a good spot to take photos. It is almost impossible not to take any photos inter framed with other visitors.

For instance, some pink headed woman in yellow umbrella at the back of these boys.

and mine...a lot! You can see that there is a lot of people up there. I was going down the stairs already. I did not had a chance to get any nearer to the facade like in the following photo because it is just too crowded on that day. 

Hey, can you spot me in this photo?

So, after visiting the Ruins of St Paul's , we just walked on along the Senado Square which is very near to the Ruins of St Paul's where we bought souvenirs along the way. There's a lot of souvenirs shop there offered low prices on souvenirs therefore, we looked around for few shops first before really buying to get good deal.

The Leal Senado building

Senado Square is not only meant for business, but it was also listed by UNESCO as the historic centre of Macau. This area has come a long way since the Portuguese reign too. It was kinda a place where the Macau authorities reviews the troops on their inaugurations. Nowadays, it i always used for cultural activities especially during the Chinese Spring Festival and Christmas. However, during my visit there, there was none but a giant Christmas tree was standing tall in front of the Leal Senado. If i stayed longer maybe i can see more.

The floor was marbled in Portuguese style and meant for pedestrians only

The Senado Square consists of business zone, where there's a lot of shops there, selling low end stuff, from attires and women's and men's accessories to restaurants etc..etc.. One basically can do a lot of shopping in Macau here if you targeting on buying the lower end brands of products. I didn't buy anything for myself here but souvenirs. Except!! The Portuguese egg tart. It does taste a lot better than one we usually get from bakery shops in town. I did not bought them as souvenirs because i don't think it can survive few days before i reached to KK.He he he.. I am drooling as i type this, okay. I am helpless for i have no ideas where to find it in Malaysia! Where? If YOU know where, inform me, please !

We saw so many people queued up in front of a bakery shop (Koi Kei Bakery, it is quite well known in Macau) so we jumped in too for some.

Here in Senado Square too, also stand the St Domingo's church. I did not have enough time to go inside even for a quick tour. Now, I regret it for i could have been , if i insisted going in.

 
Next up attraction that i had been during my short stay in Macau is tour around The Venetian. Sounds, Italian? Yes, it is. Here i had a chance to experience Venice atmosphere in The Venetian. Inside is resorts, casinos and shoppes. The shoppes has the Venice-like building and even has the gondola ride across  San Luca canal. It was really like the one in the Venice has. The boats were beautiful and there even had  singing gondolier when the boat came passing below a bridge.

Isn't the scenery behind us just beautiful?There were just so many people here walking around. Wonder how they close this place for shooting few scenes on a famous Korean series, Boys Over Flower. 

 Well, we were quite disappointed actually here because we were supposed to go for the gondola ride, which one of the things that we were really looking forward for The Venetian tour. We were technically like Cinderella. We had to wave goodbye to Macau at 3 p.m. for we had to catch the ferry to Hong Kong and flight back to Clark, Manila before midnight. So there's no way we could queue for 3 consequence 15 minutes ride before our turn!

So, we got over it already.

 Another interesting things about the Venetian is , it has a man made blue sky, which gives only sunrise and sunset effect at the canal and shoppes that is automated by computer.  So, there will never be nightime there!

It was during sunset when we were there. Outrageous because outside this building , cloudy all over.

I would also like to rest some facts on The Venetian. So, i am just gonna throw it to your face like this.

It has largest casino in the world, largest building in Asia, 6th largest building in the world. It is  owned by Las Vegas Sands, in USA. There's a lot to do inside the building aside from what us boring people does, from gaming and gambling, entertainment like musical and magic show as well as shopping the high end stuff and there even hotels.

I had a night stay in Taipa Island at Grandview Hotel. It was a very nice 4 stars hotel with staggering bathroom wall, transparent glass where you can actually watch your roomate showering from the bed! I must say, what a sexy room. Sorry , i was a dork for forgetting about taking the photos of the room.

Actually he was too tired for the night tour but i made him go anyway since we were misinformed by the guide that we only having the tour around Macau inside the hotel bus. But, actually we were dropped at the bus terminal and took another bus to go to Wynn.

We reached at the hotel around 9-10 p.m.  we were too tired after shopping at Gongbei underground shopping mall and walking on foot crossing the border gate from Zhuhai. But, we figured that Macau was known for its nightlife, so though we knew that the tour guide wouldn't take us anywhere except sending us with hotel transportation to the bus terminal where we could take on another buses to go whichever casinos we would like to go.

Each casinos has its own shuttle bus , but we were told to take one to Wynn so that it will be convenient for us to walk on to the musical fountain at the back of the hotel.. He he he, we were not actually looking for casinos to try some lucks , just looking for interesting thing to see, to take photos and post it here. Yeah yeah...i am that boring person.

Doing some camwhoring with Fredley as the photog before the musical fountain gets in action. Behind us, is the building of Grand Lisboa. We did not walked reach it, we went back hotel after the musical fountain stops at first we reached. We were like old folks.

The fountain was magical ! It really does dance better than anyone else in the world. It followed on some broadway music which will makes you ticked to dance along too as it was played.  You might wanna check out the video of it here.

Our tour guide also suggested that we went to see the Tree of Prosperity at Wynn. At first , i really thought that it was a huge tree just standing tall. Okay, it was inside the building. So it was not supposed to be that huge but, cute, with dangly fairy lights and maybe apples! What was i thinking?

When we enter the center atrium, we saw a  massive golden carving on the ceiling! It is nothing like  a tree.  But, it was so beautiful, carved with the Chinese and Western Zodiac. And below the ceiling was a giant globe like..i think that it was only one third of the northern hemisphere here..

 Well, actually the tree was inside the globe behind me. It was supposed to be a show, where the golden Tree of Prosperity coming out from the globe while the ceiling above, there will come out a fairy lights extending to the tree of life. Unfortunately, it was not a good night for us for it is going under renovation for some time now thus, there was no tree show. Put on a sulking face. If you wanna know more about this tree or to see the amazingness of the show, check out this link, http://www.wynnmacau.com/en/entertainment/tree_of_prosperity.html. Well did you click it already? You'd better. I am not paid for this okay, i am just sharing that the clips from the link really will feast your eyes.

Apart from this eye feast at night, we had a chance to walk around the city too like a regular Macanese or tourist. It was okay and can say a safe place to be even if you are walking around in the middle of the night. It is maybe because of the high living that the people there possess and the city is just


 never sleeps.

Walking around, you might also like to check out the Jackie Chan's casino, the Grand Emperor. The lobby's floor was made from 999 carat gold! I did not walked reach the famous actor's casino too. Told ya, i am too old to walk that even for few blocks away in the middle of the night!

The other thing that tick me to go to Macau besides the Venetian was the , bungee jumping and the observation deck at Macau Tower. They has the highest bungee jump in the world! I envied Anthony Bourdain, Sazzy Falak and husband. One has to pay 2000 HKD to take that jump and sign an agreement and get a free t-shirt. The observation deck was not so pricey as i heard but, we skipped the tour to Macau Tower too. Someday, i will stop by at Macau again during another trip and went up to the tower. 


 Now, down to what to buy in Macau as souvenirs for family..I am just gonna list down what my tour guide had suggested and what i bought. These are not expensive, and i think worth the penny as Malaysian or other nationality might rarely or never found one yet at your locals.
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Husband and wife cookies. Husband's has salty fillings, wife's has sweet fillings. If you find that i had mixed it up, please correct me fella.
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 Charcoal roast almond cookies.
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Must try Portuguese egg tart
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Eggrolls

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Smoked meat.

I had best time in Macau though it was really a short stay there, less than 12 hours as i recalled. But, i am lucky to have efficient tour guide that makes the tour worth an amazing experience in this country. At least we did visit almost all the main attraction of Macau.

I must say, Macau is so interesting and AMAZING! There is a lot to do in a country that is smaller than Singapore even i only got less than 12 hours to be there. The night views of the city from all angle, either from Taipa, Coloane or the peninsula, there were all amazing! Added the mixed cultures from Portuguese as we know it , Indonesia, Japanese and more of Macanese have, that transpire through their architectures and food.  Must i say too, that lots of Macanese does understand English better so, it is easier to communicate with the people there than in other parts of China.

can't believe we still take photo with the gondolier even if we hadn't ride the gondola with him. He actually understand a bit of Malay!

0 Typing Error or Messed up Slang?

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What do you think?

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Are these typing error?

OR 

Just another messed up English slang ?

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 LOL

Found it a recreational park

It was on a wall overlooking lushing forest at the suburban area

In a female's washroom at a restaurant. Surprisingly, Steven told me that gent's washroom also had the same signboard. Would you answer the title of this entry just yet?

It was right beside a table in a buffet restaurant. Reading this signboard really makes you start questioning yourself how much wine did you had that night.

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He he he he....can you correct them? By the way, this entry is just for the purpose of harmless fun. Peace out!!

0 How to Tell Fake from Genuine Pearls

If there are places to find pearls in Malaysia, one will search it to Sabah either to the East Coast , Semporna as the main producer or one just have to go to Filipino market in Kota Kinabalu, the capital city of Sabah.

Like any precious jeweleries, pearls are no exception to being super expensive though it can be priced according to its grade and quality. However, how do you make sure that you are paying for the pure one?

There are number of ways. First, you rub the pearl at the edge of a flat surface. If it is a pure one, you will find traces of powder on the surface and the pearl's surface will seemed scratched. Rub the traces of powder back to the surface of pearl, if the pearl surface back to its previous look, then it is the pure pearl. Fake one will just peeled off when you rub it to a sharp edge and revealing its true color, the bead that makes it underneath the shining layer pearl lookalike.

Secondly, is by feeling the pearl to your neck.If it feels cool to your sKin,then you may also claim it to be real pearl.However, this test could sometimes not effectively proven due to the differences of your body temperatures and surrounding temperatures , which will affect the feel on you skin. You may perform this simple test in case you meet a persistent seller who won't let you scratch his pearls. Well, according to thumb principle, we know  that the stuff  selling are not real stuff if they won't let you run the genuity test. 

Another way  is by examining its surface. Genuine one will have fine veins like lines on  its surface. If it just clear and smooth surface,no matter how sweet talking  the seller to you on its grade and quality you gotta know how to tell the difference between fake and genuine one for the worth of your money.

Fake !! It looked like a mere arrangement of cheap beads. You can see that it has so clear smooth surface.

Real one, i tell you..If you notice, you can see the fine lines that looked like veins to the pearl.

Another thing to remember is that pearls live in salty water therefore, genuine one's surface will not be peeled or faded over time . This is because your body secretes sebum,which is salty,almost similar to the natural habitat of pearl.Therefore, if you wear pearls regularly, it will only shine more, never faded. 

Thinking of having one,getting one for your loved one?or you already have it in your jewellery box but now you are being doubtful about  its genuity. So, now you can perform some test to  see that you are paying for  real stuff.

:) i am not being paid for this entry as i did not state which jeweler's shop i been in Zhuhai. But ,this is the photo of it. Lots of bargaining happening behind me. And i am just another customer who was waiting for some good bargains.

Found a lovely dog in the shop too. He was too real to be true to me so, i make Steven to take our photo. I was so excited the owner let me held it , I don't remember last time i held a dog anymore.

Okay,i have to make it clear that ,i am no jewellers expert,l am just sharing something I get from the producer of pearl jeweller during my vacation  in Zhuhai, China. Hope that this entry will be helpful to you.

Outside the jeweler shop. Well, i am not looking for pearls by the way on that day but, i do pay attention when the jeweler rest their case because i own two sets of pearl accessories that  i not known of its genuinity though i had spent quite big money on it before.

Kisses,

Jessie

0 Romantic City of Zhuhai

When I said that I was in Zhuhai,people were like where the heck is Zhuhai?It is in Southern China,near MacAu.Macau is only 20 minutes away from Zhuhai. Of course we only have to walk to cross the border at Gongbei if we are to enter Macau from Zhuhai.  Zhuhai can be called as the romantic city with its symbolic statue, The Fishing Lady. It is the cleanest city in China and has amazing infrastructures with mixed development where one can see there are lots of skyscrappers of shop housing and enormous 4 stars hotels.   

City view from Shijingshan Park

The symbolic of Zhuhai, statue of Fishing Lady

  However,Zhuhai is a modern city with gardenlike coastal area with ecotypical resort. The main attractions is the Lover's Road and Jingshan's Road,which gives this city the title as romantic city. From Lover's Road,you can see the Statue of Fishing Lady.This statue also symbolizes this city as  main producer of pearls as you can see the statue is holding a pearl on her palms. If you are visiting this area of city attraction, be ready to find suitable spot to get the bestest view of the statue for there just have too many tourist there taking pictures like you do and also beggars singing the blues songs along the roadside. From what I heard this city receives more tourists on December. This maybe because of the moderate weather it has, though during my stay l felt cold all the time. However it has been more than pleasant experience for me during my entire stay there.

Me , along the Lover's Road

Pedestrian lane across the Lover's Road.

   Steven, Sherry, Linus and me also had been experimenting with Zhuhai's street food at a night market after night shopping. Nothing beats 'smelly tofu'. l don't know about you but it certainly doesn't taste as it sounds. And it is my favorite! Though it leaves you with bad breath. Thank you for the tour guide who brought us for dinner as early as 5.30 p.m. and drop us to hotel at 6.30p.m.Night was too young for good night sleep in Zhuhai therefore my friend went to ask a kind bell boy to introduce us to a taxi driver to take us where to shop and to find tasty comfort food. But man...difficulty is what i got when i am unable to speak Mandarin. How i wish i was being more interested in practising Mandarin when dad was mostly fond on teaching back in old days. Most of the shopkeeper were unable to understand English from even the simple "how much" let alone telling numbers in English.      Let me tell you something, BRING A CALCULATOR WITH YOU ! If you have to shop at countries  that you know not speaking your language. What's good about the shopping street that we had been was they allowed you to bargain til the lowest price POSSIBLE . Well, since I don't bring my handphone or calculator, we have to communicate by writing on papers. And of course with some simple body language like gestures to tell, "yes","no",and"good". But to my surprise the hawker in street food stall can understand simple English like queries for asking prices. They will not reply in English however, but they used their body language successfully and brilliantly to tell numbers, even me cannot understand it at times. That's why i could easily finished two bowls of "smelly tofu", easy to ask!  God, they tasted really good! Despite leaving me with bad breaths, still it wins my heart over.  

You can find a lot of these seafood dries in Zhuhai, in almost tourist attraction places. Zhuhai used to be a fisherman town therefore, you can get lots of seafood here. 

These dried squids tastes good and quite good for the health of your face muscles as it is kinda tricky to quickly chew and swallow it. So you have more time to chew on it.

Larger than life 4 stars hotel of Di Hao. This is the lobby! Check out the bed for bussiness suite room!

Feels like royals! But you might wanna think twice on slamming your body on it because the bed is quite hard. Not quite. It is indeed hard.

Shijingshan Park

It is a recreational park, though we only have time to take cable car going up and down the hills and enjoy the scenery from the highland. They do have sliding car, called Tommy's car here where one can choose to go down the hill by it or by the cable car. 

Going up the hill. It is pretty cold as you going up.

 

I knew that the visit to the park could only get more excited if we took the Tommy's car or sliding car. Unfortunately, the weather would not allowed us to do it that day. This is due to the lack of grip force between the railway and the car when it is wet thus, they wouldn't allowed any visitor to get into action with it, uncertain for its safety. So, there goes the opportunities for some adrenaline rush for winter cold morning.

So i am just gonna share some photos that we took from up the hill. I must say that this is not the peak of it, i saw there is another lane to go to the peak but since our guide also did not allowed us to go beyond their eye and time radar, we stayed around enjoying the breathtaking view of Zhuhai city.

Ain't this looked excited? If you are looking for some adrenaline rush, then this is a way to go. But, the weather gotta be good for a safe ride. 

He wasn't too excited about me going for the sliding car to go down the hill. I remembered it was only Sherry , Fredley and me who was so keen about it, I thought the rest were quite relieved when they found out that the Tommy's car is not operating in bad weather. So, okayy....someday somewhere i am gonna get a ride on a real roller coaster.

Uphill too , you can find this rock where lovers paid to a souvenir shopkeeper to carve their names on the keys where they would prayed by the rock for their long togetherness before they hang on the keys on the rock.

 

It is better if you can read this for me. Really i don't understand this pinyin. So if i made any mistakes on interpreting the functions for the rock, please do let me know in the comment box. I just listen and write what my tour guide said.

Don' t they looked cute together? This is Sherry and Linus. I knew them from my years in UMS (Universiti Malaysia Sabah), who knows that they would be my travelling buddies? Been traveled with them twice and had so much fun hanging around with them. 

 

Us, on Zhuhai - Macau - Manila vacation.

 

0 Simply Kota Belud

Yeah! This is my hometown though i wasn't born here. I was born to a closest sibling to this town. Ranau! 

I came to this town when i was 13 years old following the year of my dad retired from Mamut Copper Mining back in 1999. I absolutely love visiting my cousins, my great aunts and uncle, my dearly late grandpa during those years. But there is no single thing that i really remember about this town back in those years. 

I do have a lot of friends maybe more than in town friends. There is one out of three when i was asked about where am i from , i would get that somekind of look. It's not people of Kota Belud are bad like that, it's that people from out of town always cringe when thinking about the town. 

The town feel small but, it is always crowded with vehicle. You don't see lot of people walking around, though you see lot of car and it is really hard to find a single vacant parking in this very town. It is like everyone in the house got in a single car for each to get to their destinations. Don't get me wrong, because i truly understand that people always got their own errands to run.. their destinations are not that one way due to the lack of proper town development planning in the old days. Because! If we see it nowadays, it is getting better and better by years when the city council added more shop buildings. 

People of Kota Belud are kind and very helpful, though the out of townies always said that people here could be such an idiot when they always claimed for the loss of their livestock when their cows or goats got knocked down by crazy , intoxicated, wannabe F1 racers  drivers. Yes, these townies let their livestock wander around the lanes, even the main roads (!) when we knew that roads aren't supposed to be the bed for these animals to rest and chilled. To our surprise too, not only during the day, but also at nightime. These cows and goats let alone slept or sleepwalking (God knows i don't care what they did because they don't belong there, on the road) at night , and must i say that there are not many roads were built with road-lights, so it is dark and drivers either the townies or not, have to stand by your leg to knock on the brake pedal anytime! Hey, these so wannabe police animals even wandered and slept around in town , just outside the shops. But very often , they will clear up, going to nowhere i know, and left their poops outside the shop they 'rent' for the night.

I know, this situation can be quite frustrating especially if you have to always going  passed this town. And there is not much changes over the years.

Well the reasoning why these situation happens because we do feel that Kota Belud is the ultimate hometown whereas most townies make it like their home. Like we do what we like with our home. We put whatever mess in our own room and clean it up again when we feel like it. Thats why townies park their car regardless the 'NO PARKING' logo and parking boxes. Townies are busy with their errands thus got no more extra time to find available parking boxes. It is time consuming and sometimes could be frustrated. Especially when there were drivers who decided to take on 2 parking spaces for single vehicle. Yeah he is that busy.

About the cows and sometimes the glorious horses. I gotta warn to those either you are a townies or just another passers by that you should hold the urge to slam the honk of your car to avoid these animals from kicking up your car . We are concern about the welfare of the passers by. We know you have sophisticated cars that you are most likely feel like it is a waste to drive it at 60km per hour thereby we decided to stop you from speeding by letting the cows to replace the police during the day. Then drivers will drive more carefully when passing through this cowboy town. Now who needs AES here? Well, if you persisted to speed more then, you will end up hitting the cows (or horse) and the damage could be major one.

There! You could've find the bright sides if the cringy situation when you sre staying in the town. A lot. And might make you more happier person then.

Despite all of these downsides, this town still very much in touch with their culture. There are still Tamu Besar held every November and you actually can find a lot of stuff here. From traditional delicacies to handicraft for example. Nowadays as the townies getting more advanced in their lifestyles you can also find roadshow from leading car brands. Though however this annual event does not eliminate the bad situations of this narrow roads and impatient drivers and pedestrians of the town, this is the time when you are actually have to integrate all the bright sides behind the situation so you can enjoy your time here in Kota Belud.

0 Samsung Galaxy: Note 2 vs SIII

Which one do you prefer? Both were said to be the second most powerful smartphones after the iphone 5. For some reasons i am just not a fan of Apple. Not a hater, just too crazy for Android phones by the way therefore this  craze overlook Apple. Before, i was a fan of Blackberry but then , Android just mesmerized me , swept me away. I got my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus early this year just a week after its launching but, now i am putting it on sell on Muday.my. And while going through the process of bargaining, i do my homework as i am eyeing on one of these two newest from Samsung smartphones.

The SIII, left versus Note 2 , right. Identical like siblings from same parents.  Like a brother and a younger brother.LOL, forgive me for my dreadful metaphor.

  Lets go comparing these two powerhouses by their, of course we judge the book by reading its title, author and some descriptions on the coverpage first. What i meant is, the display.   Note 2 :Has largest screen display among Samsung's smartphone now. It also called as the phablet. It does not called by this enormous names for no reason, pal. Check it out:

  - 5.5" screen display (BIG! AITE?)

-lightweight as 183 g

- 151.1  x  80.5  x  9.4 mm

- Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen,

- 16M colors720 x 1280 pixels,

- ~267 ppi pixel density

- Multi Touch

-Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protections

 

Meanwhile,

 

 S3 has,

- 4.8" screen display

- lightweight as 131g , lighter than the Note 2 but you have to consider the bigger size of it that contribute to its heavier weight.

- Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen,

-16M colors720 x 1280 pixels,

-~306 ppi pixel density

-Multi Touch

-Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protections, same with Note.

 

 

Now the soul of these powerhouses, the software im talking about,

Note 2 has Android OS, v4.1.1 (Jelly Bean)CPU: Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9Chipset: Exynos 4412 QuadGPU: Mali-400MP, Internal storage can be16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM, External Memory: microSD, up to 64 GB...

 

S3 has pretty much the same software only that for model from China and the previous model version, GT-I9300, has only 1 GB RAM. So before you are buying, check out the model number too.

 

These go useless if you don't connect to the worldwide web. However, there are not much differences in connectivity too. For many features , these smartphones are almost identical except for the display. Both has, GSM , GPRS, EDGE, 3G/4G Speed: HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DLWi-Fi: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR, NFC, USB, microUSB (MHL) v2.0,and the USB Host support.

 

  Keep in mind that S3 models from China and as i mentioned earlier, does not support the 4G LTE! , and you will find that the prices of different models of S3 are different too. In Malaysia, the Note 2 can be more expensive compare to the S3 with model number GT-I9300 and those of China made, GT-I9308. HOWEVER! The S3 with 4G LTE is more expensive than Note 2! So, the S3 can be much confusing since, countries like U.S, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and China produces different models  from each other therefore, have slightly different software, screen  and memory, though i am convinced that if you are a moderate gadget geek, you won't mind about them.

 

 

So, you like to take pictures and post it straight to your facebook page. Check out the camera's specifications,which both has the same features as the following:

 

Primary camera had 8 MP with 3264x2448 pixels,

- autofocus,

-LED flash.

-The secondary camera has 1.9 MP,

-Video, with 1080p@30fps

- feature simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection.

 

In conclusion, in most aspect they have the same features except for for its screen display. AND THE S PEN for Note 2. I can't believe that i almost forgot to tell on this pen. Well, the Note 2 can be so intelligence that it can take action according to what you write on the screen with the little pen. So the basic of choosing between these two are most likely for the size (and the pen). If you have small hands and prefer to put your phones in the pocket then the S3 might just be for you. Meanwhile, the Note 2 is more likely those who like playing media on their phones. If you asked me, i like the one with lukewarm size that is easy for caring around , flexible to be kept in my arm candy yet satisfying great screen display.

 

Which one do you prefer?

 

The Note 2 or the SIII?

0 Grey Blue Eyes and Orangey Eye Shadow

I have been practicing the theory of color wheel on my make up color selection either to match with my contact lenses or my outfits. Which also bring me to write this entry. I wear on my grey blue contact lenses, which i love so much then wear orangey eye shadow to compliment thecolor of my contact lenses.


If you are clueless with what i am talking about, check out my entry on the color wheel here.

 

Lotsa photos of my face , in this very entry.

In my opinion i think that i looked younger with this color, and the pink blusher adds on the radiant look.  I also use the pink blusher on my cheek to add radiance effect. I know that most people will pair this color with bronzer or coral shades but, i really think that this look works. He he he, i donno if you are with me in this, it's really up to you what color to wear. Fyi, i did not edit this photo a bit except resizing it to smaller pixels.

Please ignore the pimples on my forehead. It's the bad times for my skin though.

On my face: Za Total Hydration BB Cream UV, Oxy Face Powder In Natural Beige, In2It eyebrow shadow in Striking, In2It Long Wearing Eye Color in Natty, Elianto Baked Eyeshadow in Pink Sherbet, Lancome Color Fever Gloss in Dazzle in Pink, Wet n Wild Coloricon blusher in Pearlescent Pink.

And ...I am learning to camwhore in front of the mirror. I saw people does it flawlessly. If you feel me, my fingers there kinda struggle to hold the camera the right way while snapping picture of my entire self there.

What do you think of this look? How do you usually pair your eye color and eye shadows or your outfit?

1 A review: Sinister

So , this is rather a late entry on this movie review because i believe that this movie is no new to any of you there. And it's been two weeks(?) since i actually watched it with my sister.

It is a horror story that revealed about an ancient cult that prey on children after the children killed their families brutally. This story started when a true crime novelist found a box with Super 8 films and projector at the attic of their new house. He watched the films that contains horror stories which at first all showed happy innocent families finally killed brutally in various ways. This novelist , Ellison then used the story to write his new novel.

The story was kinda flat at first as it focused on the footage that this novelist, Ellison watched in his working room in the house. The footage of course disturbing enough to watch but somehow, i do hope at first that this novelist could unfold who was responsible towards the murders and why it was done so and produce a hell of a novel based on these murders. For some reasons , Ellison thought that they were all related. My hope was kinda twisted when i preferred Ellison to bring his entire family to move out as what his wife, Tracy insisted when their children , Ashley and Trevor were terribly disturbed with bad nightmares , ghost of a girl, Stephanie, and eerie sleepwalking.

The story reached its climax when as we had watched tonnes of horror movies before ,(if you are a fan) the hero himself would be greatly affected. But it is not like we thought that he would be tempted to murder his family because we should keep in mind that this cult preys on children only. So, Ellison was also disturbed probably the worst than his family did. Irony is, his wife was never gotten into any disturbance. The only thing that she concerned of is  her children and her annoyance over her husband when she found out that the house they moved in was the house where all the families in the footage was killed. 

Well, since the Bughuul, owh, i didn't explained about it. It is the boogie man in this story that preys on the children. He has to get either one of Ellison's kids. I was first thought that if it has to be, it got to be Trevor since he was the one who was badly affected by the moving. But, guess who found new friend in the new house? Ashley found Stephanie, a ghost of a girl that hung all four of her family at the front yard of the house. 

I wouldn't say that you would be happy for its ending, because the history would always be repeated in horror movie since the films and projector just can't be destroyed. Eventhough so, all the thrills, the screams that you would be having a lot, a quick laugh when Ellison and Tracy was arguing about the house, watching this movie would worth it. Well,  this movie was claimed to be the most scariest horror movie of the year. 

I said, 3.5 stars.