Has anyone mentioned that only having to work till Wednesday and having Thursday & Friday off right up till Sunday is totally luxurious?

I love it! Absolutely positively love it! I had this totally relaxing opportunity recently with the boyfriend and we had a quick getaway escape to JB - Singapore via the car. I loveee road trips! Can you not tell already that I love holidays?! Muahahaha.

But I dozed off mostly. I can never stress enough on how blissful it is to sleep in a moving vehicle. The slight bumpity motion, the ongoing momentum that just drags you forward and of course, having a good company is an added bonus

You see, we weren't headed to JB for fun. Mr Tay had to work on both Thurs and Fri so I seized this wonderful opportunity and tagged along and from JB, we hit over to Singapore.

:Thursday:

Morning started with me pulling a sulky face. Got a little scolding from Mr Tay for not packing the night earlier. Well, truth to be known, I love packing up for holidays and I usually take a long time to accomplish that. I like my luggage bags to be organized - bras & panties in one compartment, toiletries in the other, casual clothes on one side, dressy ones on the other, etc. And a must: a 1.5 litre of mineral water bottle. A lady should NEVER arrive at any destination dehydrated

Arrived at JB at about 1+pm, checked into M-Suites Hotel. This is another hotel under the Mercure management. When I was in Singapore, I stayed at the Mercure-Roxy hotel and so I was pretty amused to see the deco at M-Suites were pretty similar to Roxy's.

Random shots:

Couldn't resist. The brown sugar packing was just way too cute

I absolutely love the pattern on the toilet rolls

:Friday:

Latest member of The Angie's 1 Million Bags Club (TA1MB Club)

The Club President for TA1MB

*happy*

Crowny earrings from gossips, Bangsar

Glorious seafood platter
Shared a wonderfully obscene amount of seafood with bf, Darren and Christabel
This was just the appetizer

And oh, Mr Tay and I bought a Titus watch each. Pictures later.

Ok, I am random. So sue me!  Speaking of suing...

girl and boy at Kim Gary's, JB.

boy: why you put your bones on my plate?
girl: because i like. besides you're done eating.
boy: .......
girl: what? cannot is it? sue me la!
boy: don't want to sue.
girl: then?
boy: dump you.

:Saturday:

Had dimsum for brunch at Da Dong Restaurant in Chinatown. Lovely! Just like the seafood night before, we were stuffed to the brim!

Then, Darren dropped us off at Orchard Road for some shopping.

At about 4.20pm, we got picked up and whisked off to this absolutely lovely cafe called, PS Cafe at Harding Road. I was having this tremendous craving for a chocolatey moist cake so according to Darren, this cafe is the place to be.

PS Cafe is housed in a rebuilt glass, brick and steel building in one of Singapore's quietest but most central neighbourhoods. The greeneries surrounding the cafe was simply amazing. Worth mentioning also was the walkway towards the entrance of the cafe which was built on woodplanks. Lovely lovely place. Check it out here *click*

We arrived at PS Cafe at about 4.30pm and by then the kitchen was closed. I was disappointed nonetheless but there is always some other time, ain't it?  CAKE CRAVING WAS STILL LINGERING WITHIN! Darren answered the I-must-have-cake distress call by taking us to NYDC.

NYDC is another cafe worth mentioning. Its funky menu boasts of cute quirky food names and not to mention to-die-for desserts. Cute names: Macho Nacho Chips, Fowl Play, Tears in Heaven, The Meatball that Ate Manhattan, Grandma Goes Nuts, Jedi Mudster, Kahlua Mudpie and many many more! The Cookie Monster Mudpie was an immediate eyecatch for me. So we had that and Raspberry Shivers. Shivers are like a ball of flavoured ice (like sorbet) floating in your sodas. So instead of an ice-cream ball just like your A&W Rootbeer float, we have floating sorbets! Shivers sounds so much more cooler than Blended or Freeze

I came, I ate, and I mudpied. For some NYDC mudpie pictures click here!

:Saturday night:

Dinner at Crystal Jade Restaurant at Vivo City
2 words: ABSOLUTELYDIVINE!
(no pics. i know i know, i absolutely suck at taking food pics)

St James Power Station

All the clubs of different genres housed in one mega building!!! We entered Dragonfly first because Darren and Tim insisted that it is a must to watch William Scorpio perform. The name Dragonfly sounds cool for a standalone club itself, don't you think? Anyways, Dragonfly ain't your usual R&B or trance clubs as it caters more to the err... Canto-pop loving crowd. So they have like, bands playing and many singers one after another, and everything was just like a HongKong mini concert. Quite refreshing although I do not listen to Chinese songs much. William Scorpio is definitely worth mentioning. For a man in his 50s, he does look good! And oh, if you're there next, keep a lookout for the 5-girls band comprising a guitarist, drummer (hot hot girl!), keyboardist, bassist, and the vocalist. Good stuff.

Then, we moved on to check out the rest of the other rooms. Basically the rooms are as shown above. The place was just packed and my favorite has to be the R&B room and House + Rave. So we stayed there till late.

Went to mamak afterwards and the boys were discussing between the party scenes in Malaysia and Singapore. It is true that us Malaysian girls tend to be more open. By open, I don't mean sleeping around but more open to having fun, participating in house party games, and even dancing. Singapore girls generally do not like to dance? They prefer to stand around, hold onto  the 1 glass of drink and pose around (this was quoted by Darren, not me ok! ) But it's true la, the girls in KL generally as I observed are more letloose as compared to SG's. No offence, but we do have more fun. We dance more and we drink more too! Further proof: Darren has been organizing house parties at his place, and the girls simply refused to participate in the games!  And these are like harmless if-you-lose-you-drink kinda games, not even asking you to strip! So, that revelation from Darren came as a surprise for both Mr Tay and I. He is organizing yet another house party this coming weekend and let's hope he gets the right crowd this time around  We taught him the Unoceptor game with Uno cards, and yes, it WILL be featured in his party! muahahhaha.

:Sunday:

Woke up for brunch. Had initially wanted Teochew porridge but the place was packed to the brim, so we settled for Kolo Mee at Jia Xiang.

Standard with Charsiew, Wanton, Prawns - $5.90
Deluxe with everything and added Abalone - $8.90
Verdict: It was ok. Could be better, I say.

+:+:+:+:+:+:+

Went home, packed up and it was time to go. All in all, a good trip. And I hear we might have another road trip next month. Cameron was it?

*hee hee*

after 30min of pure running - Angie
after 35min of cardio exercises - Sue

I only remembered my drink

Sue's current laptop bag. She loves it so much she bought another one

... a white one. "For my laptop," she says. Excuses! Excuses, I say

My set - Tokyo

Sue's set - Boston

*burp*

The first person I called, was my dad.
Then, my mom - but she didn't pick up.
Third, Mr Tay.
And lastly, Chu Siang.

Dad: Wah!!! Serious ah!!! So lucky ah! Good good! *rambles on and on*
Chu Siang: (i couldn't really remembered what he said but he was cursing away, hahahha!) and then he smsed me, I think your contact lenses has infrared, cheater! hahaha!
Mr Tay: *burst out laughing* and kept muttering, I don't know what to say la, I really don't know what to say la went on laughing.

I don't know what to say either. Except that, I bought 3 pairs of shoes which totaled up to RM104++ (50% discounted), and I had 2 scratch cards.

1st card: My results matched, and prize revealed - Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV
2nd card: Matched too!!! Prize revealed - Mystery Gift

I am still in a shock! The first challenge is to get 2 same images out of the 6 boxes and that is always the toughest. So when I got a match, I was really overjoyed, because hey, with a match, I'm bound to win something right? The prize is just waiting to be scratched and revealed.

So, as I scratched slowly to reveal the prize, the first word that I saw was, "Bravia" and then I scratched on more to reveal the whole description. Needless to say, I was estatic! The girl at the counter was estatic! Everyone else around there were estatic! Insanely high I tell you.

Calmed myself down, and proceeded to scratch the 2nd card. THE 2 BOXES THAT I CHOSE MATCHED AGAIN! I was still too engrossed over my Bravia win so did not place any high hopes on the 2nd card. Mystery Gift revealed later, were facial vouchers, pizza vouchers, etc.

My Scratch Card Mania recap:
1st try: 1 card - Won trip to 3D 2N Club Med Bali for 2
2nd try: 3 cards (only 1 matched) - Won jewellery from My Diamond
3rd try: 2 cards (no match at all)
4th try: 2 cards (no match at all)
5th try: 2 cards (2 matches) - Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV and Mystery Gift!

I think I shall stop playing for now. Though the temptation is strong, one must always know when to stop right?  No more scratching cards during lunch hours!

For those who wants to learn more about this contest and see the prizes offered, please click here And NO, I DO NOT work for One Utama!

She, The Aguilera-ised One, hates me *click* *tee hee hee*

21 months

17 rainbows + 3 hurricanes + 1 tsunami
*21*

Today, I bought some sportswear from New Balance and some lingerie from La Senza. All in all I had 3 scratch cards.

No matches for the first 2 cards. But I got lucky on my last card. They matched!

And I won some jewellery from My Diamond

I know! I can't believe it either.

Sue, pls don't kill me!

Quirky chairs at the pantry area

The walkway on 19th floor 

This was done by Ogilvy advertising agency for the
What Makes You Special campaign

The Rainbow Heart from Diva

 
*i like*

- Tasks at work that got me worried yesterday, was resolved today.

- Haircut yesterday turned out alright

- $alary (with bonu$) came in today.

- Leave to go to Singapore (GSS round 2!) next week is approved.

- Had crappy RM3.80 lunch. But that's ok, really, considering I spend an average of RM15 per day on lunch at One Utama 5 days a week.

- Spent RM123 on Diva Accessories at One Utama. Check out the lovelies here! *click* Diva is actually by Miss Selfridge in case you haven't noticed. I will post up the pics of the stuff that I bought (which includes a gorgeous crown ring and a rainbow heart necklace pendant) when I can get my hands on the camera later.

And the MAJOR Mini Happy of the day:

Did you know with every RM100 spent on retail outlets in One Utama, you are entitled to a scratch card to win prizes. Limited to only 100 scratch cards per day.

I didn't know or rather I wasn't too bothered about this promotion that was going on. I was happily browsing accessories at Diva la di da and by the time I was done, my bill came up to RM123. Was told by the cashier that I can redeem a scratch card at the Information Counter.

Normally I would not be bothered about lucky draws, and I just didn't know what made me walked all the way there, AND diligently lined up just to get a scratch card to see what I've won or did not win. I was card-scratcher #46.

One scratch card has 6 boxes and 1 big box
Now you must scratch 2 boxes out of the 6 and make sure they match
Once matched, scratch the big box to reveal the prize

Guess what? My 2 boxes matched! And in my heart I was thinking it could probably be just any other prize. But nooooo... I won

A TRIP FOR 2 TO CLUB MED, BALI 3 DAYS 2 NIGHTS!

I mean, what are the odds right?! Was just telling my boss about it. He said, it's all about timing. Imagine if I were to only go after work (which I had originally planned) or not go even!  And the fact that I dipped my hand into the box to pull out THAT CARD?! Any other card and it will most likely won't be any Club Med Bali!!! I am so happy! My mom's happy! Mr Tay's happy! Woohooo!

Thank you Diva for making it all happen. If the stuff there sucks, I wouldn't have spent like RM123 right? I wouldn't have even entered the shop right? So, thank you Diva! And thank you, to the she-man cashier who told me to go to the Information Counter!

Mwah Diva!
Who says shopping is a waste of time and money?

8tv was playing an ad.

boy: wahahaahaha, stoopidddd stoopidddd...
girl: gila already is it?
boy: where got robots in the sky?!! it's more than meets the eyeeee!
girl: she said robots in the sky?
boy: ya lah!!! wahahahahaha!

Girl went to check on Transformers lyrics (can you believe it?! heehee), it's actually Robots in disguise and also More than meets the eye. But the 8tv girl really pronounced it as, robots in the sky!

But nevermind, the point is to demonstrate to you how easily entertained our friend is.

***

Boy & Girl in the car exiting The Curve after having dinner at Sakae.

girl: *yak yak yak yak yak yak*
girl: gosh your car volume is so loud, i can't even hear myself talking.

*proceed to turn volume down*

The kurang ajar boy went and turned the volume back up while muttering, that's the whole idea! *big grin*

Mrs Fields has always been my favorite cookie brand. But she's gone as I can't seem to locate her outlets anymore. There used to be one in One Utama but that's gone too

For a quick cookie fix, I normally resort to Famous Amos but still, that doesn't come close to Mrs Fields. My favorite type of cookie: Soft-Baked types. Crunchy / crispy ones are fine but I still prefer my cookie slightly chewy.

Anyways, yesterday I gave this brand a try:

Pepperidge Farm

I have always seen this brand on the supermarket aisle but I just never gotten around to try it simply because I only like cookies baked and sold in cookie shops  But I got desperate. So I tried this flavor: Soft Baked Dark Chocolate Brownie

Retail price: RM10.90
Result: HEAVENLY
Note on cookie bag: For a warm, melty chocolate experience, pop a cookie in the microwave for 10-12 seconds. One bite and you'll melt!

I melted alright.

I ate 2 huge ones, which gave me 140 x 2 = 280 calories
Nutrition Facts: Each cookie contains 140 calories. Calories from Fat: 45
But I did my run and yoga yesterday so it wasn't so bad

For a complete cookie range of Pepperidge Farm please click here
Scroll all the way to the bottom and click on Find Your Favorite under Chocolate Chunk Cookies.
There are 2 varieties: Crispy and Soft Baked.

My next try would be: Oatmeal Raisin - soft baked of course

For the past few nights, I've been pacing back and forth from my wardrobe into the living hall.
Should I? Should I not?
Took one out, and few minutes later, put it back into the wardrobe.
This one should go! But... but.. maybe I'll be able to find a matching pants to go with it later! Ok ok, keep first.
And the boy was observing me with this tremendous curiosity.
"Throwing clothes away again ah?"
I could only mustered up a weak smile.

The thing is, some of the clothes have been hiding in my wardrobe for months and some even years, untouched. Or maybe worn once or twice and then I never want to wear them again. Don't ask why, it's all about the 'Just because.' I'm sensing some female readers here go "Yes yes, me too me too!" ??? Please say yes so that I don't feel like this crazy biatch who buys clothes and just parks them in the wardrobe to collect dust.

And then, guiltyly gives them away.
Do you? Do you?!
I mean seriously, this is normal right! (in female speaking terms, ahem) 

Anyways, I have always been a fan of decluttering. Whenever I throw things out of the house, I feel happier.
So not only my unwanted clothes got packed up, Mr Tay's were not spared either.
But thank goodness he was participating as well. He gladly took out some of his shirts and pants that he hadn't worn in god knows how many donkey years and I folded them and packed them into the plastic bags.

Decluttering explained:

De-Cluttering and Organized Living Systems

Clutter creates dark corners, gathers dust and brings stagnation, blockages, and obstacles. People will shrink into smaller spaces to live and work. This limits free thinking, clarity of purpose and inability to see and capture opportunities.

It is as if you have lost one lung. You can still breath, but you must work harder at it. So much time is spent focussed on getting your breath. Precious time is lost to experiencing the vastness of life's wonders. De-cluttering is like getting both lungs back.....a sigh, a deep breath

The ultimate goal of de-cluttering is to create a functional living system and bring order. An organized home or office instills clarity, tranquility, productivity and vast opportunities.

- taken from White Lotus Feng Shui

So, decluttered again, I did.

2 months ago, I packed 2 big bags of clothes and passed them to mom. She gave me an earful for wasting money buying clothes and more clothes only to be worn once or twice and now, given away. I had initially wanted to just give them away to people / charity but when I did that once long time ago, my mom gave me an earful again. According to her, these unwanted clothes should be passed thru her FIRST, just so she could sieve through them and double-check to see whether I've gone mad enough to be giving away brand new clothes. I've actually done that. Bought some new clothes only to be kept in the wardrobe and when I 'accidentally discovered' them again, they don't seem very pretty anymore. So out into the plastic bags they went.

So today, I have another one big bag of clothes (mine and mr tay's) and one big bag of bags to be given away. This time, I decided they should NOT go thru mom first. She keeps them all anyway!!! Beats the purpose of decluttering, ain't it? So, I brought them into the office and gave them to the Indian auntie who cleans our office. She seemed very happy.

I wish I could show you how organized, spacious and airy my wardrobe looks like now.
*happy*