Are you a fan of cultural performance? If you are, you’ll certainly appreciate one that’s coming up soon; Mek Mulung: Putera Cahaya Bulan.
Not quite familiar with Mek Mulung?
As oppose to the famous Mak Yong from Kelantan, Mek Mulung is a traditional Malay theatre dance drama unique to the northern state of Kedah in Malaysia.
Developed from original folklore legends, Mek Mulung grew in popularity since the late 18th century as it incorporated most elements of Mak Yong, Menora and Hadrah into its repertoire.
The basic dance movements are mainly focused on hand gestures. The orchestra consists of a variety of traditional drums and gongs. The only melodic instrument is the oboe. The singing parts are performed by the musicians themselves.
The Mek Mulung begins with the bertabuh ritual where all the musical instruments are played simultaneously, followed by a song called bertabik sung in chorus as the dance movements develop.
After bertabik, stories from the Hikayat are recited and synchronized to the dance. At various points the sequence is interrupted by dialogues in poetry known as pantun to indicate change of scenes. Performed in a series of stories, a typical Mek Mulung theatre can take up to 3 nights to complete.
Staged performances will begin on Feb 28, 2015 and March 1, 2015 at the Theatre Sari, Istana Budaya Kuala Lumpur. Tickets will be on sale starting at RM23, RM53 and RM83 and available online by accessing www.airasiaredtix.com or by purchasing them at the ticket counter Istana Budaya box-office or at the following locations:
Rock Corner
The Garden, Mid Valley (03-22014893)
KLCC (03-21815560)
Subang Parade (03-56131139)
Victoria Music
Sg Wang (03-21487208)
Lumina (03-79560592)
Tropicana (03-77222955)
I’m a huge fan of fairy tale. I may be a grown up now and have a child of my own, but I still haven’t stopped reading or watching movies that’s inspired from fairy tales. There’s a few all time favourite that I would watch or read over and over again. Those that tops the list would have to be Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz, Beauty&The Beast and The Little Mermaid.
Sometimes it’s not much for the stories. Most of the time is because I feel amazed of the details written in those stories. The writers in the olden days does have flair for writing. The descriptions that they used is simply fascinating to the point that you fantasize about the things that you read.
As a child, I fantasized a lot, especially the things that the prince or princesses wear in the stories. I imagined being all beautiful and wearing Cinderella’s glass slippers…and sometimes, the object of my day dreaming would be Dorothy’s magic shoes that could take me to a faraway land full of adventure and magic.
Yes, I was pretty much a daydreamer. Still is, as a grown up. 🙂 I still caught myself daydreaming every now and then. The only difference then and now is that as a grown up, I have the means to make my fantasy a reality.
I don’t have to just imagine some beautiful glass slipper or a pair of magical red shoes. I just have to head over to a store and buy them. 😛
Speaking of buying shoes, I have a few favourite.
My current favourite have to be shoes by XES. XES has more than 90 outlets branched out across shopping and retail complexes including Jusco, Giant, Tesco, Carrefour and various celebrated malls. The core business operations revolve around retail chain store management as well as local and export original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and are led by a seasoned top management, marketing, merchandising, accounts, logistics, operation, IT, HR and Research and Development department of more than 500 personnel in total. With the efforts and strength of a good team work, employees work together to place the XES brand in a competitive level within the shoe-manufacturing industry.
The XES brand prides itself for developing perfect and affordable footwear for family everyday use. It continues to generate collections after collections of ladies’, men’s and children’s shoes that widely appeals to the masses for its style, comfort and value for money factor. There are 2 different shoe concepts developed by XES. XES Studio caters to the lower-medium income group whereas XES Premium provides for the medium-high income demographic. Different shoe concept caters to varying circumstances which include but not limited to casual, semi-casual, formal and sports under the house brands of XES. XES also carries selected distinguished shoe brands such as Scholl, Lee Cooper, Winnie ThePooh and Disney, Bum Equipment, Scorpion and Neckermann.
Was recently invited to their Chinese New Year Luncheon and boy was I spoiled for shoe choices… And the activities during the event made me feel like Cinderella herself too. Here’s a little throwback during the Chinese New Year’s luncheon with XES.
The luncheon kicks off with the appearance of God of Wealth and his accompanying fairy.(Locally known as Cai Shen Yeh). It is the Chinese God of prosperity worshipped in the Chinese indigenous religion and Taoism. 🙂
Cai Shen Yeh and the fairies, gracing their presence in XES outlet that day. 🙂
Angpows from both XES and the sponsor Fitness First were distributed and tossing Yee Sang was made to invite good luck and prosperity for the upcoming Goat year. 🙂
If you think the fun ended there, then you are wrong. It was just the beginning. Bloggers, social media influencers and media alike were treated to a full makeover by Sense and Style Beauty Academy and a photoshoot in conjunction of the Chinese New Year celebration.
Sense And Style Beauty Academy was responsible to make us all look prettier that day. We were also shown how to style our hair elegantly ourselves in the comfort of our own home for the upcoming festive season.
I was having Star Wars fever and has been marathon-ing the saga prior to the Chinese New Year luncheon with XES, so I was terribly tempted to tell my stylist from Sense and Style Beauty Academy to style my hair into the classic Princess Leia’s twin bun, but I thought I would look rather silly walking around in that hairstyle, so I settled for the elegantly elaborated princess chignon for my photoshoot with XES instead. So was I happy with it? Definitely. Was very pleased with the hairstyle. 🙂 This hairstyle takes one rubber band and 33 hairpins to be held together. Kinda complicated and not exactly something I could accomplish on my own.
The team of hairstylists and makeup artists.
It was truly an eventful day. I really did feel like a fairy tale princess with all the spoiling and pampering by organizer and sponsors.
Feel abit wistful that you can’t join in the fun? No fret. XES have some good news to share with you. 🙂
Here’s presenting to you the lovely emcee of the day, Ms. Sabrina; announcing that XES will be organizing a ‘Be Stylish With XES’ Facebook contest where you can bring back some cash prizes and shoe supplies enough to last you for more than a year. The contest will be ongoing from 17th February-17th March 2015. The winner will walk away with RM888.00 cash, RM1,388 worth of products and RM1,888 worth of products to be given away to the lucky 10 fans of their choice as a reward gift for the support.
Be Stylish With XES Facebook Contest:
Step 1- LIKE XES Shoes Facebook https://facebook.com/xesshoes
Step 2 – Tag your photo to your friends and family members
Step 3 – Get your friends to VOTE your photos by clicking LIKE (from 17th Feb 2015- 17th March 2015)
The winner with most Likes will be contacted via phone or email and will be officially announced and presented the prize in March 2015 in conjunction with XES Signature Exclusive Preview.
Sounds great, no? So start being stylish with XES now. 😉
Here’s one for the album and have a wonderful Goat Year ahead.
When was the last time you went to a fun fair or a carnival? It’s been awhile for me. Although I am a big fan of cotton candies and hotdogs that is sold in the carnival or fun fair, I avoided such place at all cost as it can be pretty damaging to then pocket. You see, both my husband and my son are quite addicted to those carnival games, and in my humble opinion, they are not really cheap to have a go at. Not to mention almost impossible to win in exchange of prizes.
Anyway, I was recently invited to Chu Lip carnival. Under ordinary circumstances, I will avoid going to the carnival, but this time around, I wouldn’t miss it for the world, as the carnival doesn’t even require tokens for me to have a go at the games.
Rohto-Mentholatum(M) has organized a fun-filled Chu Lip Carnival at The Oak Room, Nexus@Bangsar where hundreds of celebrities, bloggers, and fans had enjoyed the fun yet exciting activities such as the Ping Pong Ball Toss, Ring Toss, Bushel Basket Toss, Can Knowckdown and the Penny Pith.
Apart from the games, there was also catchy performances
Cabaret dancers performing
Skirt lifting dance performance
Balloon sculpting
Lucky draw session
This carnival epitomizes the characteristic of the newly launched Mentholatum’s Chu Lip lipbalm which is: fun. ‘Chu’ which means kiss in Japanese, is apt to the function of this lipbalm. Chu Lip lipbalm comes in a fun and stylish dome shape with an easy glide-on formula. It is available in four attractive colours, each comes with its unique secret blend of fragrances. You can collect them all and mix and match the various colours to accessorise your desk while caring for your lips. The four colours are Pink, Red, Purple and Green.
Pink – Paris, Perfect Memories to feel the eternal love with sweet berry scent with its unique mix of raspberry and peach flavour.
Purple – Arabian, Floral Shower and experience the magic spell of elegant flower scent of Rose, Germanium and Clove.
Red – NY, Brilliant My Way and be dazzled with the powerful fruity scent of Apple, Ginger and Tea Rose.
Green – Nordic, Fancy Nostalgia and enter the world of fairytale surrounded with refreshing scent of Orange, Lime and Mango.
All Chu Lip lipbalms are formulated with delicious blend of recipes as well as enhanced with moisturizing ingredients of Olive Oil, Macadamia Nut Oil and Rose Hip Oil for happy and healthy lips.
Mentholatum’s Chu Lip lipbalm is available at all leading pharmacies and major supermarket outlets at RM25.90 each.
If you are looking for a no-nonsense, strictly traditional place to dine with your friends or the elders in your family, you might want to consider dining in Utara Coffee House, Armada Hotel Petaling Jaya.
My husband and I went to sample some of their Chinese New Year’s offering for 2015 last week, and we thought that unlike last year where is is plenty of surprises and innovation with this dishes, this year’s Chinese New Year’s offering is strictly traditional. While the younger generation will find the dishes boring, those who prefers authenticity will appreciate what Utara Coffee House have to offer.
Here’s sharing with you what we had:
Prosperity Yee Sang with Salmon doesn’t disappoint. The ingredients were juicy, crunchy and fresh. Those who appreciate a slight tang would love these
Shark’s fin soup is rather controversial and many hotels and restaurants in town omits this dish from their Chinese New Year’s menu and replaced it with other offerings to replicate shark’s fins, but Utara Coffee House is still offering this and if you are a fan of this, do make a dash to Utara Coffee House, Armada PJ.
Chinese Herbal Chicken. Not a big fan of all things herbal. I found that the herbal aroma was rather overwhelming so I gave this a miss.
Steamed Seabass with Ginger Sauce was all right. It was fresh and flavourful.
Fried Prawn with Salted Eggs and Butter Flakes was my favourite that night. The prawns are adeptly fried and was bursting with flavour.
Fried Mixed Vegetable and Fat Choy is another of those must have dishes during Chinese New Year. Nothing was done to make this dish more appealing to the palate for those who doesn’t really likes to eat vegetables. No additional ingredients to modernize it whatsoever, but those who loges vegetables in it’s most basic form would appreciate the natural sweetness which was accentuated by the gravy
Chinese New Year Lotus Rice was fragrant and flavourful enough to tempt me for seconds.
Red Bean Cream was served piping hot. It was just nice and not cloyingly sweet. I took two small bowl of this despite being a fan of the cold version of this dessert.
Our meal ended with Chinese New Year’s Pancake and Steamed Nian Gao, but I was already full from the dishes earlier and gave this a miss so I can’t really comment on whether I liked it or not.
Overall, what Utara Coffee House is offering for the upcoming Chinese New Year is strictly traditional. It’s a no-nonsense thing. What you see is what you get, and the traditionalist will appreciate this gastronomic charm.
Chinese New Year’s buffet and menu is available from 19th January to 5th March with the pricing above.
For booking and reservation please contact:
Armada Petaling Jaya
Lot 6, Lorong Utara C, Section 52
46200 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia
Tel : (603) 7954 6888
Fax : (603) 7956 8088
Email: [email protected]
Blog drama by: Ellie a.k.a Cleffairy
Title: The Last Paper Star
Wardrobe sponsor: Kose Serani
Starring: Are Bern, Fiona, Koz, Fifah, Yard Yazlil, Sherry Go, Elly RL
Photos: Courtesy of Yard Yazlil
I was chilling out with my friends. And then out of the sudden, the hateful topic came up again.
My friends asked me again and again why is that I don’t have a boyfriend, and getting tired and fed up of this question being directed to me over and over again during gatherings and chilling out sessions, I jokingly said, “I don’t want a boyfriend. I just want to get married. If there is a man who could make me a thousand paper stars in three days, I would marry him the moment when I received the thousandth paper star.”
My friends did not believe a single bit of what I said, but I assured them that is what I really will do if I get a thousand paper stars. All who were present bursts out laughing at my declaration.
Little did I know that I will soon regret what I have said that very day. I shouldn’t have made a joke of my own happiness and future. I should not have made promises I did not intend to keep.
3 days later, I received a package. Curious, I quickly tore away the wrapping paper and lifted the lid of the box.
Paper stars filled the box. A thousand of them I bet. That was probably the most heart-stopping and the most embarrassing moment in my life! I looked into the box and found a beautifully written letter among the paper stars:
“I am very sorry but I heard what you said the other day, so I made these paper stars for you. I hope you will like it. I would like to meet you next week, Sunday, 7.00pm, at the same restaurant you made the promise. I’ll be wearing Tripda wristband on both of my wrist.”
The letter has no signature on it, but the words were simple and beautifully written.
Enclosed in the envelope, there was Tripda wristbands. They’re funky and cute. Under ordinary circumstances I would appreciate the accessories but
I was so stressed and depressed the following days. I was barely functional. The once cheerful me was there no more.
Sunday came and when I reached our meeting place, I saw him there. Wearing flashy Tripda’s wristbands on both of his wrist. Identical to the ones he enclosed with the letter.He was smiling at me.
But I did not smile back. I walked towards him, lifting my eyes to his. Loathe. I feel loathe when I first saw him. I did not know who he is although he looks terribly familiar.
After a considerably long time, he gave me his contact and introduced himself to me. I discovered that he’s actually a Tripda’s user, and has apparently carpooled with me once as a driver, but I never did pay attention to him although we have exchanged business card while we were carpooling as my girlfriends were there too and we were busy gossiping during the trip.
“Those paper stars took me 3 days to make, and my hand is still burning now.”he said, snapping me out of my reverie.
“But you also got what you want.” I retorted coldly. If looks could kill, I have no doubt that he would have died on the spot. I was practically staring daggers.
“I just want to be friend with you.” was his solemn respond.
“Why not other way but this? Why did you eavesdrop the other day and sent me the paper stars?” was my response.
I was very emotional at the moment, I was so angry, and I feel like hitting him on the spot.
“I am sorry, I won’t make you promise me anything.” he tried to soothe my anger, but that made me even more mad.
“You, what do you mean? Did you mean to trick me or insult me?” I turned and ran away from him, with tears clouding my eyes. It was too much. I decided that enough is enough.
“Wait! I’m sorry, but believe me, I didn’t mean anything. I just want to be your friend since we carpooled together. Please count your paper stars, please?” he shouted from afar and what he said echoed in my head.
I couldn’t forget what he said, and so, when I went back, I grabbed the box through my tears and I started to count those paper stars. I did not know why I counted them in the first place, nor did I know why I am doing a meaningless task, but by the time I finished counting, there was only nine hundred and ninety-nine. I thought I must have made a mistake. I must have counted wrongly. Again, again, nine hundred and ninety-nine. I counted the third and fourth time, nine hundred and ninety-nine, the same result. Relief washed over me.
A few days later, I decided to apologize for being rude to him. And so I requested to meet up with him to apologize.
“I just happened to be there and caught your joke with your friends. I only wanted to make a joke out of it, but I didn’t know you would take it that seriously. But trust me, I just want to be your friend. I’ve noticed you hanging out at the restaurant a couple of times now, but I did not know how to approach you.”
“How-how is your hand?” was the only thing I could managed that time. He merely shrugged in response.
We looked up, both smiling and looking at each other the same time. At that moment, I suddenly realised that he is actually a very handsome young man, broad shoulder, tall feature, jet black hair and mysterious pair of eyes hidden behind sunglasses.
Despite a dramatic start, he made my heart beat faster. Soon enough, our relationship developed further and further, we and both fell in love.
But we live quite far apart. And neither of us likes to drive much, so whenever we go on dates, we used Tripda to get to each other.
Money was quite an issue for us, and carpooling via Tripda is the best way for us to commute to each other.
You must be wondering what Tripda is by now, as I have been mentioning about it plenty of times by now.
So here’s sharing with you what it is. Tripda is an online carpooling platform  that connects drivers commuting with empty seats in their cars and passengers heading the same way.
Tripda aims to transform carpooling into a viable transportation alternative, so both driver and passenger(s) can share the cost of the trip, while meeting like-minded friends along the way, reducing traffic congestion and preserving the environment. As long as the car still have empty seats available, you will be able to go with about with the drivers who are offering the ride without taking public transport and even your own transport. Wonderful, isn’t it? You pay less for the extra miles that you are going.
Unlike other form of transportation, Tripda is strictly cost-sharing. Which means, you only pay for the cost of the ride with the people you carpooled with.
Tripda focuses on long distance journeys and operates on the premise of cost sharing rather than the profit making basis. Besides the cost savings, users of Tripda benefit from the opportunity to make new friendships that will last far beyond the duration of the trip itself. In my case…my romantic relationship start with Tripda.
Tripda is fairly easy to use. All you have to do is go to the website www.tripda.com.my or the mobile app (Android or iOS), login with your Facebook account and choose if you are looking for a ride or if you like to offer a ride.
You then can type in your destination and when you would like to travel, or if you are ‘hitching’ a ride, check when those offering rides are travelling.
Find a ride to your preferred destination.
Check for drivers offering the ride to your preferred location and personal preferences.
You can pick your travel buddy on Tripda base on things like how much you want to pay, whether they like to talk or not, car comfort level, their taste in music and so on.
Once you have checked out your potential driver and is all right with their terms and pricing, simply click ‘Book Now’. Don’t worry about having to pay extra for your ride. There is a limitation on the pricing limit. Drivers cannot make profit out of rides.
Your application for the ride will be submitted to the driver for approval.
You will be notified via apps/email/SMS once the driver approved your request for a ride.
And you will be able to see the trip’s detail at the ‘My Trip’ tab once your request for a ride have been approved.
Tripda apps also have a build in messaging system that you can use to communicate with the driver before the ride, so if you are worried, you can always communicate with your driver or passenger before your trip.
Basically, this is step by step guide on how to use Tripda:
1. Register by using your Facebook account.
2. Choose whether you are offering a ride or looking for a ride.
3. Select your trip detail or select a trip that is most convenient for you.
4. Once you have done all the steps above, Tripda will connect you with your ride buddies and you are good to go for your trips.
5. Rate your ride buddies after the trip and you will both earn reputation points.
There is plenty of advantages of using Tripda, among them are:
*Greatly reduces traveling cost.
*Greatly reduces fuel expenses and save on toll, especially during long journeys.
*Reduces the stress of driving everyday and greatly increases the ease of commuting.
*You have company while driving and Tripda verifies the identity of  drivers and passengers in several ways and runs a variety of checks to ensure your privacy and security, although, in my case I did not really pay attention during the first time.
*You can choose who you want to ride with or not.
*You can communicate via a messaging system with the person you are carpooling with before the trip.
* You can share your rides with friends on Facebook to let you know where you are going as a security measure, or keep your trip completely private if you don’t want yourselves to be traced while you are riding with another Tripda user.
Tripda also have a Ladies Only ride feature. This option allows ladies to travel only with other ladies. This way, a greater sense of trust and security can be achieved among ladies who travel alone or with company, making Tripda a trustworthy apps to use.
Below is a guide on how it works for both lady passengers and drivers:
Lady Drivers
If you’re a female driver and want to offer a ride to other females only, you will find the option “Ladies Only” when you create a trip. When you select this option, only ladies can request for a ride with you.
Lady Passengers
If you’re a female passenger looking for a trip only with females in the car, you can select the “Ladies Only” filter in order to see all the rides that will strictly have only ladies.
Men cannot book a Ladies Only ride as Tripda have gender filter.
Now, ever since I’m no longer available for romantic relationship and is not interested in having men with me while I carpool, I only opt for a Ladies-only ride for women who prefer to carpool with other women where I don’t have to be apprehensive about riding with strange men.
Ladies Only Ride 🙂
The love of my life can be quite possessive at times…so yes…ladies only Tripda trip for me whenever it is my turn to make a trip to meet him.
Regardless of my gender preference, the carpool sessions with Tripda drivers of my choice allowed me to make friends, and I ended up keeping in touch and being good friends with the drivers I took my trip with.
Check out the video of ‘carpoolfie’during trips by carpooling. 🙂
Tripda instagram  + twitter handle : @TripdaMY for both.
Anyway… back to my story…I didn’t realized when, I started to long for the last paper star. On every special dates, every special holiday trips that we took together, I started hoping that what he held in his hands was not beautiful roses, or chocolates, or gifts, but one last paper star, the thousandth paper star.
Finally the day that I waited came. He gave me the last paper star…the paper star that I have been longing for.
Now, thinking back, he had the power and ability to make that last paper star any time he wanted and made me fulfil my promise there and then, but he didn’t. He took the advantage of the thousandth paper star and win my heart in time with his love and patience.
I may received the last paper star a few years late, but I kept the promise I made regardless, not because I have to, but because I’ve fallen in love with him.
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Author’s note& disclaimer: The photos are for illustration purposes only. The blog drama is strictly fiction although the trips and carpooling with Tripda was real.
Looking for a romantic place to dine this coming Valentine’s day? Well, I know just the place where you can have a romantic dinner with your beloved: The Sky at One City. The Sky is located on 10th floor(rooftop) of the level 16 mall. Here, you can literally dine in the ‘sky’. Here’s sharing some sceneries from The Sky at One City.
Fantastic view
See-thru glass panel. Definitely not for the faint hearted but this place is a heaven for selfie lovers.
Check out the view 😉
For a rooftop dining hub, The Sky at One City definitely have loads to offer. Here’s my friends Elly and Arief checking out the menu before we go on a little gastronomic adventure. 😉
The Sky have plenty of restaurants and bistros for you to choose from and you can indulge yourselves in a variety of mouth watering international cuisine like Thai, Korean, Fusion and Western Delights. I managed to check out some during their grand launching and here’s sharing with you what the some of the resident restaurants have to offer:
Hong Dae-Mun: offering authentic Korean cuisine. And below is some of their specialties.
Charcoal Barbeque Lamb. Perfectly barbeque-ed lamb slices. Juicy and tender and no unpleasant smell that you usually get from lamb either. Highly recommended for meat lovers.
Korean Fried chicken may look rather hot and spicy but appearance can be deceiving. They are pretty much on the sweet side rather than savoury. They are fried to perfection and coated with special sweet sauce and sprinkled with roasted sesame seeds.
The restaurant offers authentic Thai cuisine. The restaurant is spacious and great to dine here with a huge crowd.
Seafood Tomyam is definitely a must order in this restaurant. The soup packs quite a punch. Rich with oceanic goodness, this dish is great to go with plain steamed white rice.
Prawn and Fish Cake Combo. The prawn and fishcake is a no-nonsense. They are specially made from real fish and prawns and fried til golden brown and paired with Krua Thai’s very own Thai chilli sauce dip. This dish makes a very good appetizer and definitely something you would want to order for sharing.
Inaho Sushi offers authentic Japanese cuisine. Below is what I managed to try in this restaurant:
Yakitori Moriawase. An assortment of skewered meat. The skewered meat are perfectly flavoured, succulent and juicy.
A fan of raw food? Go ahead and indulge with Momiji Sashimi. Momiji literally means 7 types of fishes in Japanese. The usual suspects like maguro, salmon and squid is there. While the squid is rather chewy, the maguro and salmon slices are to die for. Fresh and naturally sweet and I could go on and on having these Momiji Sashimi on ice.
For a rooftop dining experience, this Japanese restaurant is definitely affordable in comparison of those pretty much commercialized fast food Japanese joints. Check out the price range. Not too bad, eh?
There’s 10% off promo ongoing for some selected items, so be sure to make inquiries if you’re to dine here.
Have a bad day at work? Need a place to de-stress? Head over to Master Room. It’s a sports bar catered for those who are looking for some after work fun.
Pool table is available for some healthy after work fun.
And so is some dart games. Great to have a go at should you have a bad day at work or tough time with the boss.
Master Room serves plenty of bar and bistro food, but this Petite Nasi Lemak takes the cake. It comes in a really petite portion and served atop a small piece of papadom cracker and topped with fried anchovies, sliced cucumber, fried peanuts and spicy sambal. Quite an irresistible dish and great for those who are dieting but can’t live without their nasi lemak.
Chocolate Cake with Vanilla ice cream was worth every calories. The sliced chocolate cake was topped with vanilla ice cream. Great hot and cold combination that will satisfy those who have sweet tooth.
de House Restaurant and Bar serves a healthy selection of western cuisine, but I only managed to sample two dishes.
Mediterranean Caesar Salad with Quail Eggs. A perfect salad platter with a combination of crisps ice lettuce, plum tomatoes, quail eggs, crispy bacon strips and topped with Parmesan cheese. Definitely juicy and refreshing on the palate.
Spaghetti Aglio e Olio Vongoli. Basically this is clam spaghetti. The spaghetti was generous with clams. Delicious and flavourful and pasta lovers would definitely give this a thumbs up.
While the rest of the blogging world went for The Party of The Century, I was invited to The Sky at One City Grand Opening and decided to check it out instead. The place is located on the 10th floor of the One City Mall in USJ, and is actually a very picteresque dining hub. Will be blogging about what The Sky have to offer, but now, here’s sharing my little Friday night escapade.
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There was plenty of performances by talented local artist.
Rejuvenate Dance Crew. Saw their performance for the first time in Klang Parade and have been their fan since.
Henley performing on stage.
Dina Nadzir. A diva with powerful vocal.
Dance art performance.
It’s so nice to be able to let down my hair a lil bit and while the performances was awesome to watch, the food at The Sky is even better. So stay tune for the next blog post.
There’s a new mall in town that will make a wonderful place to shop and lurk. Quill City Mall. It’s
the latest prestigious landmark along Jalan Sultan Ismail in Kuala Lumpur. Opposite Sheraton Imperial Hotel. I managed to check it out last Saturday after my bowling tournament with my husband and son.
Quill City Mall was officiated by YB Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri bin Abdul Aziz, the minister of Tourism and Culture Malaysia.
During the grand launching, there was plenty of eye catchy performances and activities.
Heart-stopping aerial acrobatic performance
The auspicious Lion Dance
K-Pop performance that inspire screaming from their fans.
Clowns entertaining the young and Tue young at hearts. 🙂
Quill City Mall is set to be the new icon in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s Golden Triangle. It has 770,000 feet of nett rental space fronting the hustle and bustle of Jalan Sultan Ismail. Quill City Mall will definitely serve as an attractive and convenient hub for all those living and working in the Golden Triangle and surrounding areas.
I’ve walked around after the grand launching last Saturday and discovered that they have plenty to offer. Quill City Mall’s anchor tenant is  AEON, which brings it’s first premier departmental store to the city centre.
There was also H&M
One of my favourite lurk for some updated fashion fix.
A-Saloon for some hairstyling and a quick fix for your hair.
Derma Master, an aesthetic establishment.
They have plenty of ongoing offer in conjunction of their opening, so if you are a a little vain pot, do check it out and take advantage of their promotions.
Komonoya store
Things are imported directly from Japan and all items goes at just RM5 here. Great bargain and value for the money if you ask me.
Golden Screen Cinema.
Yet to check it out but they are offering 10-Screen cinema with the latest digital technologies for the ultimate movie- going experience .
Kids Paradise. Here in Quill City Mall you can shop with ease without your children tagging along as there is a daycare to cater all your babysitting needs.
Here’s the rate for your perusal.
Plenty of eateries and cafes here in Quill City Mall, including big names like KFC, Secret Recipe, Starbucks, Coffee Bean and many more, but I only managed to dine at Dubu Dubu. Will be talking about them in my next post. 🙂
There is easy accessibility and direct linkages to the Medan Tuanku Monorail station, and an elevated walkway to the Sultan Ismail LRT and a short distance to walk from the Dang Wangi LRT, so do check it out soon.
It’s 21st January 2015 as of writing. Time indeed flies and in the blink of the eyes, we’ll be going to the second month of the year. I usually do a recap of the things that I have done at the end of the year but this year I want to do something different and review the things that I have done or achieved by the end of the month.
It is not the end of the month yet, per se, but my January 2015 have been rather happening, so here’s sharing with you what I’ve done and achieved so far:
1. Kicked-start the year by having a holiday with hubby and son up North instead of staying in KL. The trip was not only fruitful but enjoyable. Nice way to start the year, definitely, by recharging our batteries and going full speed afterwards.
2. Realized that efforts should be made to look beautiful and staying youthful so I visited an Aesthetic clinic in Bangsar upon recommendations from friends for possible treatments and decided to go for it.
RMT or better known as Reborn Medical Clinic, Bangsar Kuala Lumpur. This is a fairly new aesthetic clinic that’s offering plenty of aesthetic treatments and procedures at a very reasonable price.
Will be talking in depth about them in my future posts and about my experience with them, but in the meantime, do visit their site here https://www.rebornmt.com check out what they have to offer.
For appointments, consultations and enquiries, do have a look at the details below:
Address:
No. 160, Jalan Maarof, Bukit Bandaraya Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Business Hours
Monday – Friday: 10:00am – 8:00pm
Saturday – Sunday: 8:00am – 6:00p
3. Chinese New Year Food review with friends at Si Chuan Duo Hua, Parkroyal KL.
Great food. Full of surprises. Will be posting about them soon.
4. Celebrated friend’s birthday at eWana FM.
It feels so good to be able to surprise the unsuspecting fella. 🙂
5. Joined modelling class and grooming class with DJ cum designer, Kose Serani.
See these people? They are my teacher and classmates. 🙂 From left: DJ Kozz aka Designer Kose Serani and male models Yard and Ben. Will also be jotting down my experience in class soon when I got the time for it.
6. Joined bowling tournament organized by Twin Travel and eWana FM.
Will be writing about it soon too. 🙂 Wow. What an experience.
Here’s Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz from MOTAC doing the officiating. I went to loiter around the mall to check things out after that. Will also talk about it soon.
8. Co-host with my all time favourite deejay, DJ Kozz for eWana FM’s business segment.
A first for me, but it was such a wonderful and eye opening experience to be able to host alongside with my all time favourite deejay.
Our guest was Josh Lim. A prominent figure in the social media industry. He was there to talk about LikesBeforeLove and Facebook optimization.
My first rooftop dining experience at The Sky at One City. Great food, great ambiance, definitely a must visit.
That’s about it for my January 2015 so far and it’s not even a wrap yet. There is plenty more things on schedule in my schedule and things have been rather happening and hectic despite the fact that I significantly reduced attending events all around KL. So yes…til then. Do keep a lookout for my in depth posts on all the things I have been doing, in no particular order, that is. 🙂
Let me share something with all of you here. I’m a regular Facebooker. I spend a lot of time interacting with friends and acquaintances via Facebook. I have 3 Facebook account. One of it is solely for Facebook game purpose while the other two is my personal account that I used to interact with friends. Each of these accounts have different sets of friends coming from different backgrounds.
I stopped using one of it because of a very personal reason: which is that the friends in that particular account are not as motivating and inspiring as the new one. The newsfeed in my old Facebook account are usually full of negative status updates and things I’m not comfortable with. It is also full of judgmental people who thinks I’m an abusive and failed wife and mother. Accusation that I do not sit very well with.
Yes. These days I’ve stopped using that account and currently using the new one where I either do not befriend such people or I do not subscribe to their status updates. Plainly speaking, the current account that I’m using, the one that I’m actively updating serves to make me feel good about myself, and not the other way around.
One can easily accuse me for being picky and discriminating, but you have no idea how much such thing affected my life. Surrounding myself with positive people has made me feel better about myself instead of feeling inferior and insufficient. Surrounding myself with inspiring people who encouraged, inspire and motivate me instead of telling me that it is not possible for me to achieve something when I wanted to try something new made me a better and happier individual who feels that the sky is the limit.
Accidentally logging in to the older account that I’m no longer active in a couple of days ago after more thqb a year abandoning it actually gave me a culture shock. You see, I have yet to deactivate that account and once I was logged into that account, I was blasted by all sort of negativities and things that does not make me feel comfortable; from racist individual who condemned everyone who have faith in religion and God to judgmental parents who are more than determined to take their children’s childhood away by grilling them and forcing them to attend extra classes and tuitions as young as kindergarten age and not to mention those who rant and vent about their failed relationships were practically flooding the timeline.
That account was filled with all sort of negativities. The negative auras were somehow instantaneous. Out of sudden, I could feel depressed and anger filled me for no reason. I was shocked with my own reaction towards what I was seeing and I was immediately slammed with the fact that I was one of these people before I decided to change my life by surrounding myself with different kind of people who makes me a better person in while just by behaving positively.
I guess…it is true that who you have as your friends, even on social media reflected who you are, and Law of Attraction does come into the equation when it comes to attracting both positive and negative energy. I now surround myself with people who are positive and encouraging, and I definitely feel like I am a better and a more successful person than the person I was two years ago.
Yes, someway, somehow, Facebook did changed my life, by showing me that different sets of people in your life could affect you differently with just their status updates and the things that they decided to share on their timeline.
For what it’s worth, I’m glad that I decided to abandon the old account and stick to the new one instead. Truthfully, I feel much happier now.
It is nice to have friends who encourage me to get out of my comfort zone and friends who do not bash me for everything that I want to do. And it is certainly nice to have friends who actually told me that I am doing well as a mother instead of those who show off their spoiled brats and tells me that my child is retard and I need to do something to ‘fix’ him up because he is unfit to mingle around in the society
And it is definitely very nice that I no longer have to deal with people who find ways to comment negatively on everything no matter things are good or bad.
Yes…it is nice that I no longer have to be with those who are finger pointers and fault finders.
Cleffairy: I want to be the better and successful version of me. Not the insecure and depressed version of me.
