Luxurious Purchase

19th January 2014

The day before I tendered my resignation letter, I've made the boldest decision to use the pay I've gotten for the past months from my ex-company (most recent resignation) to buy myself a branded bag. And by branded I seriously mean branded branded, no joke. Reason being, I was trying to cut ties with my previous company, and to tell myself that there's no turning back after my decision to resign; I had to move on with my new job, stay and work hard for it because I've spent a fortune (from my POV la) for that bag -- meaning I would be in serious financial crisis if I don't work lol. 

Okay straight to the point, I've bought myself a Prada bag. Which cost around RM8XXX. Seriously the most expensive purchase I've bought for myself (other than the car of course). Not that I don't buy expensive stuff, I do buy cosmetics, splurge on fashion and gadgets, but this one was kinda high up the lead lol. So to be honest my heart does feel the ache (huge one) after the purchase, but I don't feel regret of course, I love the bag too much ^^. 

My Pink Prada Saffiano Leather Top Handle Bag. This was the last unit in the whole Malaysia, kinda lucky that I got it! Really love the rosy pink, not too sharp and overly light colored. Best of all it's Saffiano leather, so there's less likely to have scratch marks (sturdy too!). I guess it's so expensive because every single bag was handmade, and the details inside (embroidery and zips) are kinda amazing and impressive.

I only took like two pictures because I don't really wanna show it to the world lolol. 

Initially I wanted to get a Burberry Lunar Special Edition bag instead, but after seeing the Prada I didn't like the burberry one anymore =_=. Probably it doesn't match with my outfit that day? Anyway since i've already bought it, I'm just gonna feel proud about it, no use feeling regret or telling me that I'm wasting my money, many people got no food to eat, should have donate all my money bla bla bla. I mean, I should be proud of myself for buying this bag using my hard-earned money right? Nobody other than myself has the right to tell me how to spend my own money ^^.

Prada with my CNY outfit! The color matches perfectly well~

I find this color easily matches with most of my outfits, whether formal, cute style, otona style or even casual. 

Extra note: Few weeks later my mum bought me a Coach Saffiano leather medium tote which i've been using everyday for work and class. My most frequently used bag now! Looks really classy (since it's black in colour) and super sturdy (my bag is usually full of stuff and is extremely heavy). Made me interested in Coach somehow haha, I think the bag seriously worth it's price, not too expensive and good for everyday use ^^. Black matches most of my outfits also. Btw no picture for this bag because you'll most probably see it with me most of the time haha. 

I'm really lucky and happy to have both bags this year~ Anyway reality is reality, am gonna need to work hard to earn and save more money while aiming for something else lol.　Live everyday as if it's the last day! お仕事がんばります！

A-Levels Gathering Dinner

Backdated: 27th January 2014

Went for a short dinner gathering with the girls from my A-Levels class at Zun Express, Gardens Mid Valley. It was sooo long since we last met each other! However I do keep in touch with some of the classmates: Yi Zhen (coincidentally few times in midvalley, at Oxford UK, and probably somewhere else I can't recall); Eunee (we keep in touch quite often through emails because she don't have a FB account =__=, and we do meet up once in a while~); Ee Ching (we chat with each other a lot, and last met up for Xmas eve celebration!~); and some others through FB chats lolol, can't really recall who and when. 

Fun Fact about my A-Levels class: there's so many girls in our class!!! We had only two guys (Yik Sheng who is currently in Australia, and one more whom I forgotten his name probably because he rarely come to class). It's kinda fun to be with so many pretty and super smart girls (i was having inferior complex back then) and I still find it hard to believe that we all have known each other for 7 years!! Time flies so fast >_<. Sometimes when I look back at the class photos I'll recall about the fun memories we had together.

So this gathering was initiated by Meng Yean as she just came back from New Zealand (studying Dentistry there). Too bad only 6 of us (Meng Yean, Eunee, Jin Tong, Sun Mei, Yi Zhen and I) could attend this time as many others were still in overseas. Ee Ching was caught up with her hospital placement and missed it. 

I couldn't comment much about the food and the restaurant because it tasted below average at most. But what's most important is the time we spent together chatting about our sweet old times and current lives. I'm very happy that everyone seems to be doing so well in life! Probably me excluded hahaha. All 6 of us have started working, and they are all working in great and established places, earning money and contributing back to the society (chehh just trying to say some cool stuff). I really hope we can have more gatherings time to time! And this time maybe Ee Ching and more of others could make it. 

Oh yeah Yizhen (and her bf), Meng Yean and I went to Gong Cha after the dinner for more chatting hahaha, we just can't stop chatting lol. Thanks a lot to Yizhen's bf for belanja us the drinks~ On the side note, after trying out Gong Cha twice, I still like ChaTime more LOL, not that I mind drinking gongcha. Haha sorry Yi Zhen (she's a die hard fan of gong cha). 

Lastly a group picture (the only picture we took sent by Meng Yean), kinda blurred though T__T:

Resignation

Today is the 18th of February and officially my last day working in my current company; will move on to a new company on the beginning of next month. Em.. yay?~

 

It may seem a little weird because I've only started working in this company since October 2013 lol, and I tendered my resignation letter around 3-4 months later (20th January 2014). To be honest I really love the colleagues I met here, and am really glad to know some nice friends; they are the ones who have supported and made my days throughout the months. I know I'm seriously gonna miss them LOADS T__T.

 

But still, life has to go on, and obviously I have to keep working towards better job goals and prospect etc. Anyhow I'm kinda excited about my new workplace, and I do hope I could get to meet more nice people ^__^ while upgrading my knowledge (And won't be changing any job in the near future).

 

P/S: Am praying hard that my Japan plan won't fail me this time.

Xmas Eve + XMAS + Boxing Day 2013 ~

I've had quite a happening and memorable christmas last year! It was actually quite unexpected as I usually love to over-plan my Xmas and then not going any of it because something always has to come up etc.

 

Christmas Eve (24.12.2013)

 

Manage to hangout with EeChing finally!! After like probably 1-2 years of not seeing her lol. It's always hard to find time to meet up with old friends when everyone's having different schedule T__T. We went MidValley to celebrate Christmas Eve together; there's this event where if we posted our photos on instagram with MidValley hashtag we'll get our photos printed. Both of us LOVE photo taking so we've spent most of our time there lol.

 

Some photos with MidValley Xmas deco~ To be honest I don't quite like xmas deco for midvalley this year, I find past years designs better.

It was really fun asking some passerby to help us take our photos lol.

Instagram version. For some reason I look plump in all the pictures I don't know why. Should have worn the Rosebullet knittop with matching shorts but not really suitable for working sob.

With pink x white short Xmas tree.

EeChing doesn't want Japanese, Korean food so we ended up with Italiannies. There's limited menu for Xmas Eve (only the Xmas Eve menu), and we made the best choice of sharing our food because it was mostly meh.

Turkey something with mashed sweet potatoes and broccoli lol. It tasted below average to the point that we don't even have mood for desserts (our initial plan).

After dinner it's photo taking time again! Our must-do for outings is always Purikura. LINE mascots were the hit during december, and there are so many merchandise in Jusco~ I tried very hard to fight the urge of buying Cony pouch ><, and yeah it worked. But feeling really regret for not getting it. #firstworldproblem.

Le pale me with Cony and Brown pillow.

 

We sneakishly brought Cony pillow with us into the photo booth as our photo prop lol.

Blushing Cony~~ Love it that purikura has seasonal designs, MeriKuri! Thanks to Xmas we get all our purikura photos softcopy for free using the Puripix app yay~

Seriously what happened to me that day lol, I looked so pale =__= (although Cony looking so blankly happy).

 

All 6 photos~ Am hoping Malaysia would have more photo booth, am getting a little bored with the same photo designs although they do have seasonal decorations. Anyway, we went home after purikura. Thanks a lot to EeChing for accompanying me until my parents come, so kind! I forgotten to pass her her xmas gift swt, I wish her all the best in her placement~ 

 

 

Christmas Day (25.12.2013)

 

Nothing much happened on Xmas day due to some reasons I don't wanna speak it out here. Spent the day resting at home relaxing, what more could I ask for lol. But if given the choice I would prefer to hangout somewhere enjoying Xmas, have a nice meal somewhere, shopping etc.

 

Received Xmas postcard all the way from Santa Village, Finland sent by my mum ^__^. Especially loved the santa stamp.

 



 

 

Bought Xmas cookies for my family and friends~ It was quite pricey but acceptable considering they are all handmade cookies and I Seriously love the designs!! One of the cutest designs I've seen, am looking forward to more cookie designs hehe. 

 

Boxing Day (26.12.2013)

Celebrated Boxing Day with Sayoko at Dining in the Dark, Changkat Bukit Bintang. The dinner was realllyyyyy exciting and I have to say it's really pitch BLACK inside. Thanks a lot to Sayoko for asking her driver to pick me up all the way from my office and sent me home safely so I don't have to worry about my transportation.

 

The restaurant sign board is not really visible so we couldn't really spot the restaurant even after passing through it like twice.

Small signboard on a busy street.

It was dark even at the reception area. Which explains the blurry photos from Iphone.

 

We were shown the 'menu' for the day, and asked to play a small game (finding paperclips among beans, blindfolded). There's welcome drinks for each of us, I picked the alcoholic drink (White Russian) while Sayoko picked non-alcoholic (lemonade). 

The not-so-informative menu.

 

Our welcome drinks.

 

After that we were led to the pitch black dining area by the darkness experts. No photos obviously because it's pitch black, and we were not allowed to bring in anything that emits light. I really love the concept of dining here as there is no handphone allowed, people will have to focus on creating conversations together. It made me appreciate the time being in there with my dining partner.

 

I won't comment much on the taste because it may taste bland due to the lack of sight, but still it's the experience that counts ^__^. We could have a look at the menu after the meal to reveal what we have ate, and it's so much fun trying to see if our tastebuds were sharp enough lol. On the happier note, we got almost all foods right! Except for the turkey and venison meat (xmas menu).



 

We got a bookmark each as a souvenir~
I'm praying for a better christmas this year as it's one of my favourite celebrative festivals!~

December 2013 New Hair Color!

Around two months after my previous hair salon visit (the light brown base with pink and purple highlights + mermaid curl styling--blog post about hair color change); as usual, the colors on my hair starts to fade and I'll go on and on about wanting a new change of hair color.

 

Wanting to save some cash, I went and purchase this off-the-shelf Schwarzkopf Freshlight hairdye from Watson, hoping that my hair would turn into the super sweet champagne pink color as shown from the doll picture on the box lol.  

 

And obviously it failed lol. My hair turned into some hazelnut brown color, but oh well it still looks ok plus the hairdye box looks cute I don't really feel heartache for the money spent.

 

Still I prefer going to the saloon, off-the-shelf hairdye seems to hurt my scalp a bit, and with my hair so long I would need to purchase at least two to three boxes of hairdye.

 

The color faded really fast, around 2-3 weeks only if i'm not mistaken; probably because I have bleached hair, and my hair turned two toned again lololol.
 

The usual brown-blonde two toned hair, not that I dislike it ^^.

After that I wanted very much to go back to 76style hair saloon for my birthday hair, so I've booked myself a slot on 15th December 2013 (had to book on a weekend because I need to work now T___T).

Before: Butt-length hair. Can't believe I've managed to grow my hair soooo long. It takes quite a lot to maintain hair this length, time and cost and effort! So this time round I have decided to give myself a slight change!! Chop off my hair!!
 

Hahaha, not to worry, I've only snipped off half the length of my extremely long hair, so current hair length still considered long ^^. Steve was really happy when I said I wanted to cut my hair, he said he have been waiting to hear this for sooo long lol.
 

 

 

Tadaa~~ Here's the result of my new hair change! New fresh shorter hair and I really super mega  LOVE this new hair color OMG! Pink brown base with Sweet Pink dipdye~~ This is my first time trying dipdye and I really love the effect. Apparently the sweet pink color for the dipdye is specially mixed by Steve (this is what he said to me) so I'm feeling super thankful for his skills. My hair texture feels better too, probably the treatment on shorter hair. A huge thanks to Steve from number76, this is by far my favourite hair color/style ^___^.

 

 

 

 

Back view~

 

By the way, I'm planning on visiting the saloon again real soon, to commemorate the start of my new job lol. Still thinking hard whether to do back the same sweet pink dip dye or to change to something else. Any ideas? Do comment~