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~ 

Mission Q Escape Game, SS15

28 December 2013

First attempt on Escape Game at Mission Q, SS15. Sayoko and I have been wanting to try out these sorta games and we just went and book a slot lol. December has been a really busy month for us, with all the exams, CF, and my work etc, so am really glad to have taken the time to try out this game.

 

There's 6 of us attending this game: Me, my sister, My sister's friend Fion, Sayoko, Erin, and a new friend Adam. I'm glad that Adam is a fun and sporting guy, thanks for introducing him to us Sayoko and Erin~~ Having a guy in escape game really helps lolol, he'll be doing all the dirty work ahem.

 

We picked "The Missing Corpse" themed room, and it's kinda creepy with all the music behind (plus some falling hands, not gonna spoil anymore). We were given extra minutes and I'm so happy we manage to escape!! Talk about self satisfaction and accomplishment haha.

 

Group photos after completion of the game:

We were given a polaroid photo as well, but we chose to stick it at the hallway board (I couldn't find our photo during my second trip there though).

We went for dessert at Snowflakes after the game, really miss the taro balls there >_< ~~ As usual I ordered their signature ice dessert haha. Am kinda sad that I need to leave earlier because my mum is waiting, would be enjoying more if there's more time spent together. BUT! We will be going for another game soon! And the next time would be at the Escape Dungeon hehe sounds scary and fun. Can't wait!

Car Accident

13 November 2013

*Belated Update*

As some of you might know, I had a car accident around a month ago; would like to thank everyone for the kind wishes and concern, I'm in good health and continuing my life here (except for my car).

So yeah.. Everything happened way too fast for me to actually think about anything. I was on my way to work, directly crashed on the divider without breaking at all; the impact was quite huge which causes the air bag to deploy. It was pretty much impossible for me to take control of the car anymore as I can't see anything with the air bag blocking me (plus all the substance flying around) but the car was still moving so the car went to the other side of the road and crashed the construction site.

 

That pretty much sums up almost everything lol. Was seriously lucky that day, I could even make a list on how lucky I was:

 

1. I only get really minor muscle and tissue injury after that huge crash and impact.

2. I always leave for work really early so there isn't any car passing through the same road, because if there was any, I probably wouldn't be here typing this post.

3. Engine was burning, Oil and water tank leaking, gear box gone; yeah I survived that.

4. If the car flew to the other lane I would have died for sure =_=.

5. There was this nice passer-by who actually bothered to stop his car and pulled me out of my vehicle.

6. My parents who helped me through the entire process.

7. Police reporting and other stuff went really well and smoothly.

 

But my car wasn't so lucky though, it's totally dead now T_______T. Had to report for total loss for the car so am going to need to get a new car soon, but as usual insurance companies are extremelyyyy slow at doing their jobs. Really need a car ASAP, so inconvenient to ask for help everywhere I go. I'm still feeling really sad that my cute pink car is gone, and I'm gonna need to replace it with some car I probably won't like (somehow I realise this always happened to me, even with my studies).

 

I'm gonna have serious financial issues for the following months, wonder when will money fall from the sky lol ok bye.

Halloween 2013 Nights of Fright: Festival of Fear @ Sunway Lagoon

I’ve always been a fan of Halloween events (along with Xmas) but somehow failed to join any of the events due to my busy schedule T_______T, or somehow something will happen on my Halloween week to make me miss them. But! After waiting for years and years I finally get to celebrate my first Halloween, and what’s more at a theme park! Sunway Lagoon has opened their theme park at night in conjunction with Halloween -- “The Nights of Fright: Festival of Fear”

 I’ve forgotten when, but I found out about this from Facebook AMG page regarding a small Halloween themed cosplay competition that will be held in Lagoon on Halloween day. Since then I’ve been bugging Sayoko to go have fun with me lol. Am super glad that she loves Halloween too and after clearing up all our troubles (transportation etc), we’re FINALLY celebrating together haha.

I had to go straight from work, so I went go Sunway Resort hotel first for a change of clothing before meeting Sayoko and Erin (Sayoko’s friend, Yoroshiku~) for dinner. After dinner we went to queue for our tickets; and for some reason we got some discount on the tickets, only RM35 each!!! Initially it was RM50 if I’m not mistaken. It’s quite sad that all three of us uses Iphone 4 which has lousy camera for night shoots, all photos were horrible and I could only took a few at the park entrance.

 

My favourite picture of the night:

 

This is why I desperately wishing for a new camera, but it’s gonna cost me a bomb!! Ok la not that expensive but still I’m planning to save for my Japan trip, so even RM1 is a lot to me (Am not going to take lunch for the following months lol).

Back to the topic, I’m seriously amazed (all three of us too) about the details and decoration in the theme park. There’s pretty decorations like Jack-O-Lanterns and tomb stones and spider webs etc. There’s even fog and smoke around to increase the creepiness. Add on the walking zombies and whatever creatures roaming around to scare us haha. We were pretty scared at first, all the small scares will set us screaming lol, but after a while I kinda recognized all the walking zombies so I wasn’t scared anymore. Going to a theme park at night feels really different, somehow like a scene in horror movies. The night park is rather small with several haunted houses as attractions (After a while I got immune to it lol), but I guess what made it fun was the feel of the entire theme park, quite worth the money even though I only spent a short while in there.
 

 Sadly I only stayed till 10pm so I’ve missed several attractions, really wish I could have more time with Sayoko and Erin, miss hanging out with friends a lot >___<. And I miss my car even more, feeling so restricted having to ask every single time I need transport. Nevertheless, am really looking forward for more fun and excitement for this coming month ^^, praying that everything will go right.

Childhood Memories Afternoon Tea @ Pavillion Lounge, Sheraton Imperial KL

30th September 2013

 

Akiko came back after going to Japan for a month and we've decided to meet up for a hi-tea~~ We didn't go for the tea right when she came back, but postponed it because I had a one week holiday at Jogja, Indonesia (will blog about it soon I hope). Akiko was the one who told me about the tea at Sheraton Imperial and I was really interested mainly because it's themed "Childhood Memories" which I think closely relates to both of us. Apparently it's called "Childhood Memories Afternoon Tea" because the buffet of pastries are crafted based on childhood games; for example Teng Teng (brownies and marshmallow bars, Konda Kundi (chocolate cake pops), Galah Panjang (grissini with chocolate dip), Plastersin (jello), Batu Seremban (ox-eye cookies) and Guli Petak (quiche Lorraine). To be honest I just couldn't relate any of the games to the foods hahaha, I guess I had a different childhood then.

 

I went searching on details for the tea and found out that this themed hi-tea ends at the end of September so we quickly made a reservation right after I'm back from my holiday. It was really reasonable priced too (at MYR 40.00++ for the dessert spread and a pot of TWG tea), just a must go hi-tea deal~

 

Akiko came to pick me up around 12pm and we headed to Sheraton Imperial using the GPS I borrowed from my mum. Of course with the GPS we're bound to get lost a bit lol. The exterior of the hotel looks grand, the old-ish classic kind of grand. We proceeded to the Pavillion Lounge located at the mezzanine floor of the hotel. The hi-tea is free seating so we could pick any seats we like. The dessert selection was kinda limited, but they tasted unexpectedly good, so I felt really satisfied right after tasting them.

 

Took some pictures before we started to take the foods (the girl thing).

The table of desserts:

Some Bruschetta (which was really appetizing after having all the sweets); Chocolate cakepops; Pistachio Mousse with Apple..

I was very attracted to the scones, but what totally amazed me was the Quiche Lorraine. Seriously blown off after trying a bite of the quiche. I think we took more than 5 pieces for each of us lol, to the point of feeling 'jelak'.

Strawberries and some chocolate selection.

Passion Mango Mini Cornetto. Akiko and I were guessing what is this the whole time because it tasted like mango and peach. So yup~ got the answer! This cornetto is really interesting because it has this very strong espresso towards the bottom of the cone.  

 

Chocolate cakepops~ Pistachio mousse was kinda special too, tasted like real blended pistachios.

No need to explain this Quiche Lorraine. Heavenly good~

I do love the scones here, love it with cream and some jam. But couldn't have too much of those though, it fills me up easily.

 

Our scones~~ Akiko's was the one topped with honey; I prefer mine with just cream and jam.

Wasn't really keen on this macarons at first but it was unexpectedly good~ They had a very strong lavender flavour and I really loved it!

One of the reasons for choosing this place for tea is the selection of TWG teas. We get to pick a pot each and it's included in the hi-tea charges, worth it! Akiko suggested me to take Grand Wedding and Sakura! Sakura! because they are both famous apparently (in the grand selection list); I haven't tried any TWG teas before so I don't mind with anything~

 

Grand Wedding - black tea blended with sunflowers and "breath-taking exotic fruits" (that's what the websites were saying, don't ask me what exotic fruits in the tea, but it has a strong peach flavour).

 

Sakura! Sakura! - cherry blossoms and green tea with a presence of rose.

Both of us in the tea pot reflection~

Left: Grand Wedding; Right: Sakura! Sakura!

Love the design of the teacups, tea fragrance spreads easier with the wide mouth cup.

Our afternoon Hi-Tea~~ (one of the rounds lol). My favourite Quiche Lorraine and Ox-eye Cookie. The grissini were hard to me so I don't fancy them as much.

 

We took our own sweet time chatting and relaxing around, while trying our best to clear all the foods. Would be great if we could have another pot of tea though >< or second serving etc. Love spending time alone with Akiko, I could forget all the real life stress and just enjoy every second passing.

 

I do wish to try out the TWG café in Pavilion Shopping Mall though, really have to save up and take a day off for a luxurious tea.

 

 

Love this camwhore shot~

 

 

Thanks Akiko for the photo~ Outfit of the day: Massimo Dutti full lace dress with fur collar + knit lace socks + beige ribbon heels.

 

The hotel has really nice interior but rather poor lightings, which made it hard for us to look nice in most pictures. Some look nice though! Guess we managed to capture some light ^^.

 

 

Obligatory lift and mirror pair shot. 

 

 

We wanted to avoid the after-work jam so we went Pavilion for some window shopping. Akiko brought me to the nearby Parkamaya since I've never been there before. Parkamaya was a little disappointing, but I do love walking around H&M, and some other fashion stores around the area.



The huge origami in front of Tokyo Street, Pavilion.

 

Right before going back we suddenly felt like eating ramen lol, probably it's just me who was feeling hungry coz I actually finished the whole bowl without feeling bloated (some miracle happened here haha).

 

I have to say I just LOVE Ippudo Ramen!!!! Love the hot soup, noodles and the egg is cooked to perfection. Akiko however prefer Goku Raku Ramen as she prefers the soup to be more lukewarm.

 

Really hope to visit Ippudo again sometime soon!!!!

Akiko's Shiromaru Ramen~

 

My Akamaru Ramen. Love my choice of ramen, it has stronger garlic oil flavour compared to Shiromaru Ramen. I wish I could just add in some Pork Cheeks from Santouka though...Pork cheeks + ramen is the best!!

 

Oh and because it's quite late at night we can't afford to take the appetizers ><... I really want to try out the fried corn next time.

 

That's all for now I guess, Will do a more detailed review on Ippudo Ramen the next time I visit.