France: Departure Day

Bonjour! Finally I'm blogging about my France trip!
This was way back in the end of May till early June during their spring/summer season. As part of our course's requirements, we have to complete one of our assignments at Université de Toulouse, Jean Jaurès and yes, it is a compulsory trip. But anyhow, we still gotten the chance to visit France! Thank you, God! *overexcited kid*

So, there's a total of 200+ humans, separated into 3 groups boarding 1 Emirates and 2 Qatars. I was in the last batch, boarding Qatar Airways (: I must say, it was a pleasure flying with them even though my butt numbs from those long hours. 14 hours worth of flying and even though with a transition in between, it wasn't all fun because the air in airplanes are really dry and I hate it :( But the stewardesses were really friendly and helpful, so it was still awesome (:

A sneak peek of the meal (:

So what you will get to enjoy during the flight would be a blanket, headphones, the mini tv screen (loaded with many movies, series, games and etc.), a pouch containing some toiletries and sleep eye covers, one main meal and a high-tea meal (confirm you will be full and bloated). Also, I really like that they have body lotion in the washrooms, a much needed necessity in the dry atmosphere.

Selfie while we were in Doha! 40 degrees there is no joke! 

Doha really looks like a desert area from above with many brick buildings and a whole lot of sand. Oh, the weather was sizzling alright, 40 degrees! I can feel my scalp cooking under the sun while waiting for the shuttle bus. Chilled around the airport for an hour plus to be on board another flight to Paris. After another 6 hours plus in the plane, few movies and a bloated tummy, we were so looking forward to touchdown in Paris! Because all of us were so tired and busy being pigs in the plane (was at KLIA at 7am), most of the window shutters were down till we are approaching Paris. Some started to lift it up and then the most of us were dumbfounded!

9 something in the evening..

You are expecting dark skies and hoping to see some stars (dreaming..) while cruising on top of the City of Lights in a romantic atmosphere. NO! Bright skies, super bright!

We are on top of Paris!

I guess many of us were too tired to be reminded that it's spring entering summer at that time. During spring/summer, their nighttime only comes after 10pm their local time. So basically, you will have longer daytime and cheers to more time to explore around!

Escalator in tubes at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)

Their airport is really beautiful, combination of nature with cave-like structures and modern design such as the tube escalators. Wanted to take some pictures but I guess all of us were really tired to move around so much and stop for pictures. But nonetheless, here's the first selfie in Paris!

Their 10pm in Paris (:

Taken this shot the moment we stepped out of the airport to wait for our coaches, 10pm in Paris.

After another hour plus in the bus, we arrived at our hotel, Hotel F1 Paris Porte de Chatillon where I heard half of their rooms are facing the graveyard and mine was indeed facing the graveyard.

Have you gotten the chills with the thought of it?



Stay tune to the next post!

Much loves, xoxo.

October's Shopping Hauls ❤

shop·a·hol·ic

\ˌshä-pə-ˈhȯ-lik, -ˈhä-\: a person who likes to shop very much

I love shopping hauls! ❤

Which girl doesn't? Unless she doesn't fancy shopping, then it's understandable 

but I'm guessing majority do? *wink*

For this month's shopping hauls, there's gonna be many items from Cotton On. It has become my place to hunt for bargains. The awesome part? ALL for RM15 only!

Chiffon B&W top

Girls can't have enough of shoes 

  Latest love, neon colors! 

Shine bright with a neon ❤

Le mommy's and my shoe addiction!~ ❤
Hint: Less than RM10

All of them are from Cotton On (above). I've also gotten their panties. 5 for RM30. Now, who wouldn't go for that? Material's good, pretty comfy if you buy the right size. Even if you bought a size smaller, fret not. It would still be okay, unlike some which will cause you the muffin top/bulges around the hip and butt areas. Btw, their designs are super cute! ❤

Now this pretty thing is from H&M. RM19 only. Smallest size they had was US 6, usually I would prefer a size 4 but it's okay. Still fits good.

It's like a light peachy pink

Next bargain is from an online boutique, ASOC. I was browsing through their Sales album and something caught my eyes.

I love sexy back dresses. Somehow it gives that classic way of being sexy 

without needing to expose too much.

The service was good as they were very efficient and material's up to expectations. One thing though, it was a little loose for me on the top part. I'm more of a slender figured person rather than a curvy babe. But frets not, I'll be doing some DIY on it to fit me well.

I have something else that I bought online but have yet to receive it so, I guess that's it for this month's hauls. 

And I was thinking of doing a weekly/monthly OOTDs, ways to match one outfit with many options.

What do you think?

ps: Will do a review on some makeup soon (:
Till then..

Much loves, xoxo.

Hitz Invasion WTF!~

"Catch Chester See live in the Hitz Invasion Birthday Bash 

at Taylor's University Lakeside Campus!"

I'm pretty sure that sounds familiar to all Chester See's fans and also Hitz.FM listeners (:

Been looking forward to it since CHESTER SEE IS COMING *fangirl moment* 

and the best part, entrance is FREE (;

The event starts at 6pm but being typical Malaysians, my girlfriend and I arrived fashionably late at 8pm.

Well, main reason was because I only went there for Chester and the Hitz FM crew plus I have no idea who are the other performers for that evening, so.. kinda lazy wanna go early lah.

I must say, the whole decoration of the event was AMAZING BALLS! 

Lighting was awesome!

Brought to you by the New Ford Fiesta

They have these purple pinkish inflatable balls during the concert, nice touch to the heat of the event.

Some of the people got hit in the face without knowing, funny expressions. LOL

They even have MINIONS that night, so so soooooooooooo adorable!

Too bad I was watching from the Syopz area, couldn't take a close shot :(

Chester See ❤

#ChesterSeeisALWAYSsoSEXYandHOT

He really amazed me with his dressing. How could he dress like that in such a hot weather.

Oh well, a man gotta do what a man gotta do, is to have swag at all times ❤

And of course, you have to take photos to show that you enjoyed as memories right?

Pardon me for the messy hair, she clicked too early before I could tidy them :(

Le gf and moi (:

And to end this post, here's a video from Jinnyboy and Hitz 

*TIP: Chester is in it ❤

I'll continue with my Bangkok trip post in the next one.

Much loves, xoxo.

Bangkok, Land of Smiles (Part II)

Continuation from Part I ~ ~

Day 3
According to our itinerary, we have Wat Arun, Grand Palace, Wat Pho and few other temples to visit before heading off to Chatuchak weekend market. But thanks to the alcohol from the night before, everyone got up later than planned, so we only visited the Wat Arun and Grand Palace. Being the typical tourist, we took the long-tailed boat to the temples.

* TIP : There's two piers for the boats. One would be the private tour (especially to earn tourist's $$) and another would be the one which locals use (cheaper rate). Taxi drivers might bring you straight to the private tour pier.

Very touristy pose

Look at the beauty

You'll need to purchase ticket to enter which would cost 50THB and of course you'll have to dress politely (no shorts, slippers and etc). The arts on the building are fantastic and you have to climb the stairs to the top, the view is amazing up there overlooking the Chao Phraya river and the surrounding buildings. (1st photo)

 

We moved on to Chatuchak's weekend market after that (: 

The market was filled with variety of things. There were food, clothes, bags, shoes, phone accessories, more food and many many more. IT IS HUGE ! It was fun shopping there as you have many choices and you can eat while you shop. Two things that I missed most were the needle mushrooms wrapped in grilled bacon and the coconut ice-cream with your choice of toppings! They'll serve you one cup of coconut juice for each ice-cream you get, how cool is that? Awesome refreshment for the hot sunny day.

We didn't take much pictures there as all were busy filling their tummies.

Coconut ice-cream (:

Handmade and it's only 100THB ❤

Each pair for only 150THB

Chatuchak's weekend market was waaaaaaaaaaaaay too big for us to conquer all stalls in a few hours. I think we only managed to cover a quarter of it or less. I wish we had more time to shop there :(

Headed back to the hotel to wash up and get ready for the River Cruise dinner on the Chao Phraya River. We bought this deal from Groupon for 4 and it cost us about RM 150 per person and transport is included as we are staying in Pratunam area. 

We gotten the Chao Phraya Princess 4 

The cruises have the upper deck and also lower deck. The upper one is totally opened-air as the bottom one is air-conditioned. I would suggest to take the upper deck seats as you can enjoy the beautiful view together with the performance while enjoying the food. 

Romantic dinner setting ❤

The look for the night ❤

According to the menu, we'll be served international buffet. I was pretty looking forward to it as I expect it to be good since we did pay quite an amount for it but it was such a disappointment. Yes, they do have many choices but the tastes were TOTALLY OFF for most dishes. Edible but not up to the expected standard.

One checkers and one dots ❤

My verdict for this?

Food : Average

Service: Good

Facilities: Lovely

Worth the money? : Okay for first-timers

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Well, I guess that's it for this post. I'll be posting on The Asiatique Riverfront and Safari World in my next post, stay tuned! Bonne nuit! ❤

Much loves, xoxo.

Bangkok, Land of Smiles (Part I)

Yay, FINALLY I have some time to actually sit down and get into the blogging mood.

Been so busy recently with my FYP (final year project) that I can't even have proper meals or rest 

( the boyfriend nags all the time on this but I know he cares, I'm lucky ❤ ).

Soooooooooooooooooooo..

Bangkok; The Land of Smiles, party city, lots of ladyboys 

and A HELL LOT of CHEAP SHOPPING!

Before I begin on my journey, few tips to share:
1. ALWAYS insist on metered taxi(s)
2. It's easier to shop with a backpack
3. Bargain, bargain, bargain!
4. Do your very own research online on the places you want to visit
(I'll relate all these to my very own experience below)

Day 1

We spent half of the day in Krabi and got to Bangkok around late evening. Landed at the Don Mueang International Airport because we took Air Asia and there's no BTS that's linked to it, so we took a taxi. The traffic congestion is REAL BAD during peak hours. 

After almost 2 hours, finally we got to our hotel, Chang Siam Inn. It's a boutique hotel, located very near to Pratunam Market and Platinum Mall (walking distance). 

Price: Affordable
Cleanliness: Good
Staffs: Quite helpful
Recommended: Yes

We went to Chinatown for dinner and I would say there's shark-fins, seafood, desserts and pomegranate EVERYWHERE. There's not much shopping can be done though as most of the shops were closing and the food are just okay. The only good bargain that we gotten was some stuffs from Watsons; the L'oreal's conditioner and Sunplay's sun lotion were really cheap.

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Day 2

Got up real early as we planned to hit Pratunam's morning market as I've read online that we can get REAL CHEAP SHOPPING there (I always do my research before my vacations). We got down to the hotel's lobby at around 6am and asked them for direction. They were all surprised that we are heading to the market that early, the only response we gotten was "the market doesn't open till 10am, there's nothing this early". After much hesitations, we thought why not go there and check it out? If there's no market, we'll come back for a nap.

After 15 minutes' walk, JACKPOT. Says who there's no Pratunam morning market? Seems like the locals know little about this place (tip #4). If I could only describe this market in one word, I'll choose HEAVEN! To be specific, it's a SHOPPING HEAVEN for GIRLS. Although it's not really that big, you will still be spoil by choices and the prices are REALLY CHEAP but with the condition that you must purchase wholesale (3 pcs and above). That wasn't really a problem as I had two girlfriends with me. 

Pratunam Morning Market

Before we leave to the market, there's locals whom were kind enough to remind us to carry our bags in front instead of sideways as there are many cases which the thief would just slice open your bag without you knowing. This is where tip #2 comes handy, the backpack! And true enough, about 10minutes into our shopping hunt, one lady was complaining to her husband about her bag being cut open at the side and she was missing some of her stuff. From that point onward, we became more paranoid and hold them bags closely as though we were pregnant women. We bought a whole lots of stuff from that market. One big tip, the market closes at around 8-8.30am, so you might want to sacrifice your sleep.

As for Platinum Mall, there are lot of choices too (floors and floors) for girls' stuff mainly but there are also men's stuff. If you want to compare, it's still not as cheap as the ones from the morning market but it's still okay. Then, we went to the infamous Terminal 21 to look see as I heard that the mall is made up of several themes. At the entrance, we had to went through security checkpoints like those in airports with a security watching you. The thing beeped and my friends and I actually stopped without knowing what to do while the security guy just smiled. After walking into the mall, then I realized that it was just part of the "Airport" theme (we were jakuns, I know). 

Notice the security checkpoint?

Just like an airport

This one really captured my interest

The only thing that we done there was have lunch, snapped some pictures around and visited every floor's washroom as all of them has different theme each. My favorites were the Paris and Greece ones, super classy. 

With the trusty travel partner

I'm a kitty ❤

We hit Siam Paragon next as my friend told me that it's a MUST to watch a movie while you are in Thailand as they have some cultural thing. Sadly, we didn't get the chance to experience it as the movies' timing were all off from our schedule. So, I am still curious about the cultural thing that he was talking about. We went back to the hotel to wash up and have a little rest before heading out for dinner. The next pit-stop after dinner was the Lebua Skybar @ State Tower. Instantly became well-known after the movie "Hangover2", this place is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overcrowded but the drinks were good and the view from above was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!! 

The dining area

Bangkok at night ❤

Their price for a cocktail would be around 550thb (without tax), and I ordered the "Hangovertini" which was from the movie. It was good, worth the cash and I love the wind up there. But if you want a quiet place to chill and don't wish to be squeezed in a sea of humans, I would not recommend this skybar.

Next on the list is to party somewhere (Mr Boyfriend's to-do-list). Most of the websites or blogs would recommend going to RCA where most of the happening clubs are there but we chosen somewhere different. 

Grease Club

They have 4 floors but only the third floor was the real deal and on the 4th floor, you can have shisha apparently. The space was pretty small and they don't really have a dance floor but they do have a LED ceiling which was pretty cool comparing to the ones back in KL and they have really nice bartenders. Sharing a video below recorded while we were partying. If you followed me on Instagram, you would have seen this before. 

We left at around 1am plus, close to 2 and went back a little high but it was all good. Partied like a rockstar in Thailand, checked!

*One more tip, all clubs are only allowed to open until 2am. Apparently if you are still there after 2, the authorities could actually arrest you. We got to know this from our taxi driver while on the way back (thank God we left early as the club opens till 4am but we were all too exhausted to stay).

I guess I'll just blog till here for now. So, day 3, 4 & 5 will be up in the next post. 

At the mean time, hope you guys enjoy reading this. (:

Much loves, xoxo.

I Fell In Love..

         

 Hello! Do I looked like I had gained weight? (:

Okay.. That sounds like a dumb question to asked. The reason why I asked was because I ate like 4 meals in 6 hours! By the end of the evening, I was full till my throat! I had only a glass of juice for dinner afterwards, was too bloated to actually have another meal. Gosh!

( all meals are courtesy of my friend, his treat :p )

So, I was having a pretty rough week; exams, stress, lacking of sleep, and what not. Was pretty much looking like a real life zombie since them papers fried my brains into crispy perfection, was feeling numb throughout the week. Examinations are good intensive exercise to the brains alright.

My first exploitation of the day, Morganfield's in Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur.

This restaurant is a pretty nice place to chill for some meat and steak. Slow and relaxing ambiance with pretty chilling songs from the past. Looking through the menu, I was just looking out for one and only one thing, lamb! My forever love.. I ordered the Grilled Lamb Chop and it was PERFECTO.

Me love, lamb.

Everything about this dish was prepared and cooked into perfection; the taste, texture, my usual "medium well" and the mint sauce.. Hmmmm~~~ Kinda missed it already, LOL. So my friend ordered the Chicken Skewers and it was good. Seems like the food there is pretty decent alright. Good meal indeed and "good food is always good for the tummy", my very own quote of the day.

Moving on, we went to the Pavilion's Tokyo Street as I wanted to get the crepe as dessert. So, that was my second pit-stop, Shimino.

My second meal, om nom nom~~~

Being a mango lover, he said we must try this dessert place. Apparently this franchise is originated from Hong Kong, named Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert. So, being a glutton me, I ordered their Mango Feast which has three of their dishes in mini sizes so that I have more options to try out. 

Which one first?

From bottom: Mango + coconut cream cake,
mango cubes and tang yuan in mango juice,
and iced mango with mango cubes and coconut noodles.

I must say, not bad indeed. The desserts were not too sweet, just nice but the flavor of mango is there. Would recommend this place to all mango lovers.

Last but not least.. Moo Cow yogurt for the finale! Love love love the smooth texture with the taste of fresh milk. The sunflower seeds were a good addition but ain't really much of a fan for the dried apricot. I prefer fresh fruits anyways.

That's all for yesterday's exploitation. I have a feeling there's gonna be more for the coming weekend. Can't wait to eat! Stay tuned for more food posts soon! 

Much loves, xoxo.