LOTD Clothing - Travel Test.

Recently, a very good friend of mine started a clothing line called LOTD Clothing and they started selling their very first designed t-shirts. Since I'm such a good friend, I shall tell you guys more on this goodness. Of course, even though we are really good buds, I still have to make sure that whatever I promote must be true and I must believe in the product itself, right.

So, I decided to do a travel test on the t-shirt. 

A travel test is a test where this t-shirt will go through a few things/situation and see if it can tick off a few things on the list. 

Something like that. I just made that up. Hah. Anyways, I wanna see if this t-shirt is worth the RM49 or not. 

Let me first start by saying that I almost immediately fell in love with the material when I first receive the t-shirt. Somehow, cannot believe that it's so soft eh. I tried it on to see if S fits me and loved it even more because not only it's soft, it's also super comfortable on my skin.

Sorry hah photo a bit blur. The photographer not so good. Heh.

Then, I was even more keen to test them out when I travel because I want to see whether it's going to be sticky when I start sweating since it's summer all year long in Malaysia and neighboring countries.

So here is how it goes.

I went to Hatyai, Thailand on Saturday morning and because it was so jammed up at the border crossing, we decided to park our car at a traffic light turn, even before the Malaysian Border Point. Then, we started walking while carrying our bags on a sunny afternoon. 

At this point, it feels like there is no weight on my body. It almost feels like I'm not wearing anything. Okay, maybe a lil too exaggerated, but it was seriously very smooth on the skin and light. 

We waited for a good 1 hour plus at the Thailand's Border Point and then, I was already sweating a little. The weather wasn't too hot thank God. 

It didn't feel sticky and it still feels good. Another thing that I like about this t-shirt is that the S size isn't too small or too big for me. Sometimes, good t-shirt can either be very body-hugging or too baggy style. So, this one is just in between. 

Do you know that it's very important to feel good and comfortable at the same time when you go travel? It makes a whole lot of difference to the start of your holiday. 

So, basically I was risking my holiday to test this LOTD Clothing's product out. Turns out, it was a great start! 

After checking into hotel, the rest of the gang changed and I wanted to but I didn't because the t-shirt that I was wearing was still very 'fresh'. We went to do all the touristy stuff (not really lah! Just a lot of walking) and when we went back to the hotel to shower, again I didn't change!

This is why.

Below our hotel, the Songkran Festival has already started and we were already half wet, kena ambushed from nowhere. Then, I thought to myself that this is another situation where I can test it out and also partly because I did not bring enough clothes to spare. Heh.

So, with LOTD Clothing's t-shirt, iPhone 5s in a resealable bag and 4 huge water guns, we marched out of the hotel and shoot everyone on the street. IT WAS A WET MESS EVERYWHERE! I was wet from head to toe. Not a single place dry. 

My t-shirt was soaked in iced cold water and surprisingly, I DIDN'T FEEL THE WEIGHT AT ALL.

This turns out to be a huge shocker for me. No kidding.

If I were to put on another t-shirt, sure it will feel super heavy on my body. This one was like, wet or not wet, also same only. Crazy right?

Ohh and it feels stretchable. I usually struggle taking wet t-shirt out because they tend to stick to your body all right? But this one I took them out so easily. No struggle. It feels like very stretchy maybe that's why so easy to take out.

This is one t-shirt that is worth having for sure. 

One for RM49 only!

I'm already planning to get another one, the other color. 

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! 

Go check them out here :)

Hello April.

April has started out smooth but getting rough lately. 

With so many things on my plate now, it feels like I have millions of decisions to make. Good thing there are some where I don't have to decide by this month. Can drag for another 2 months. That one is a major part of life already. So can take longer time.

I've also noticed that I have been getting really minor 'earthquakes-feeling' in my head for the past few days. I can be eating, watching TV, walking to my car, taking a shower, talking on the phone or waiting in the elevator. When it comes, it feels like the entire world was spinning for that 2 seconds. If I wasn't careful, I could just fall flat because the weight is just too heavy at times. 

I don't even know if it's possible to describe how it actually feels like. 

I guess it's time to do another blood check. One thing that I never look forward to. Bleh.

Other than that, I'm just counting down to the days where I can get out of this island to breathe. 

That would be 3 more working days to Hatyai and 10 days to Pulau Redang. As much as I want to get out of the island, I'm missing youth service, so badly. Never a win-win situation. Urghh.

Okaylah. Enough of complains. Time to be thankful of all the little things I still can do, like errm.. having home cooked dinner every night, a clean office table to work on and friends to hang out with. Got a lot more but for now, I can't think of any already. The brain is exhausted.

Earlier, I tweeted, "Sales is not for lazy people and I'm the laziest person I know!"

THIS IS SO TRUE.

I don't know what I'm doing in sales. I love it yet at times (most of the time!) I feel so lazy to go out. Not to mention everytime I go out, sure sweat like a mad dog. Wait, I'm complaining again! Ahh. No. Stop. Enough.

Thank You Jesus for a functioning car.

I should sign out now. 

2D1N Capri by Fraser, Kuala Lumpur.

with the Khoo family and 1 Sha baby.
on the 29-30 March 2015.

No idea why when we go for holidays, its always only 2 days and 1 night. We are taking forever to plan for a longer family vacation to go out of the country. It will happen soon, I hope! Heh.

We drove down on Sunday morning and stopped at Ipoh for a quick snack-shopping and guess what greeted us! LONG LINES OF PEOPLE BEHIND THE COUNTERS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO AVOID GST. Obviously we waited forever just to pay for mom's mixed nuts with dried cranberries and out chocolates for the road. Oh wellz.

We had a heavy breakfast in Penang so we only had our chilly pan mee when we arrived in KL. It was really yummy years ago but this time, we were kinda like, "Let's not have pan mee for the next 10 years!" feel. Haha. 

The sister booked a hotel next to a quite-happening-place so that's really convenient. I thought it was expensive to pay RM319.86 for a night, but since it's closest and its' once in a while, why not right. I don't want to know what the real price is since this one is under the "LIMITED TIME OFFER SUPER HOT DEAL" category in Agoda.

Anyways, we checked in and I was beyond excited to check this place out because from the outside it looked superb! 

Let me show you the photos. I try my best to capture the beauty of this hotel and the room that we stayed in. 

The hotel is called Capri by Fraser, KL at Bangsar South. Our room is Studio Deluxe and total humans staying in the room is 5 adults and 1 almost-two-years-old baby girl. 

Hotel lobby.

From the center of the entire room. 

View from the main door. This is the kitchen area with all kitchen utensils provided. Knifes, pots, microwave oven, stove and other utensils. I'm impressed already.

The second part of the room, the bathroom. Love the wide mirrors on the walls. 

Third part of the room, the bedroom. Heh. 

The view from the balcony. FABULOUS!

Obviously some of us actually slept on the floor but still quite comfortable because it was only for a night. Heh. Okay, next I should show you the top floor where the swimming pool, private jet pool, soak suites are at. 

Infinity pool is the best kind of pool, especially those at top floor overlooking the entire world. BEST!

Private jacuzzi/jet pool on top of the swimming pool floor. This one seriously lagi best!

Another one of my favorite area on top of Capri by Fraser. IT'S JUST AMAZING OKAY!

We rested a while in the room and then put on our swimsuit and ready to jump into the pool. We went to the infinity pool but it was pretty crowded. Not really lah but still got so many people we didn't want to just jump in right. 

So, we went upstairs and tried the jet pool. 

The baby girl was super reluctant to come into the pool. We suspect that it must be because of those crazy bubbles in the water. We spent so long trying to distract her and unknowingly bring her in. Then, when she was finally in the water, the dark cloud came and we went back to the room. Heh.

The view from the 33rd floor was beyond amazing seriously. I could spend many minutes standing and just looking out. It was quiet and peaceful.

At night, we went to Paradigm Mall or how I would call it, Pa-ra-di-gem Mall. Successful radio ads. Hah. By the time we got to the mall, it was close to 9pm. Traffic in KL is madness okay. No debates needed for that.

We ended up at Daorae Express Restaurant because we really couldn't decide what to eat and we were kinda in a rush to get some grocery items for our breakfast in the morning. It was quite yummy to be honest. Maybe because dinner was on me! Heh. Tak tau malu.

We rushed down to Tesco and got some of the basic stuff and headed home. Gary came over to the hotel and we went to the top floor and chilled. Jer ppk-ed me so sad but then again it is a Sunday night and he has to work the next day so next time lah. 



The whole family zonked out by 1 am. 

By 7 am, I was awake and went to changed into my swimsuit and woke Vanessa up. She wanted to see the sunrise and I wanted to soak in the infinity pool so have to sacrifice sleep. 

We saw the sunrise alright. 



We stayed in the pool for some time until it got brighter and then we both slept on the pool lounge chairs for a good 30 minutes. The whole entire time facing the pool and the world. Love that feel.



I think swimming at night is probably my favorite compared to early morning swim. First, water is way too cold in the morning. Second, sleep has to be sacrificed which obviously is quite a big thing since I really treasure my sleep. Third, there are almost no humans around when you swim at night. So yeah. Too bad, most hotels close their pool area by 9pm, latest. 
My body was inside the water but my hands were outside and immediately, all the bulu stood up. Mad cold.

Although it was Capri's rule that the pool is close at 9pm and no one is supposed to be in the pool from that time onwards, there were still a bunch of people who came up at about 1030pm to swim, with cocktails on the side. 

I was there with Gary at the garden area. Pffft. Got CCTV also but no one seems to bother to come up and make sure this rule is being followed. If only I knew, sure I also will come up and swim. Heh. 

After the morning swim, we went up and showered. By that time, mom came back from her yummy hot breakfast and we cooked our own breakfast in hotel. We had to pay RM38++ if we want to eat the hotel's breakfast so we decided just cook on our own lah. It's no longer a secret that I'm currently obsessed with tomatoes. Everything also must have fresh tomatoes in them it's insane.

After breakfast and packing, while waiting for the sister to come back, we went upstairs to the top floor again and hung around with the baby girl. She is obviously not afraid of heights. Seriously for a kid this age. 

The hotel room so comfortable that we didn't want to leave okay but then IKEA awaits so goodbye for now, Capri by Fraser. Till next time.

Our last stop at KL before heading back was IKEA. Duhhh. Mom has been waiting forever to come IKEA again and feast. 

First, let's feed these hungry stomach and then we shop. 

I think we all think that IKEA last time was a lot nicer to explore in compared to now. Yet we can't seem to tell why. Hmm. We got a few household items and some snacks for the road.

Left the carpark and was stuck outside of IKEA for a good 1 hour. OH GOODNESS! THIS IS THE REASON WHY I CAN NEVER SURVIVE LIVING IN KL!

THIS IS TOO CRAZY!
The white one is Vanessa's and the green one is mom's. Sha Lynn saw them both and decided to give the white a good squeezing, RIGHT BEFORE VANESSA WANTS TO TAKE PHOTO OF IT! Good job, Shanini! :)



Even though it was a really short trip, it was a needed one. Vacation with family is always nice and always not enough. 

Till next time.

Pashmina Scarf.

To be honest, I was struggling for quite a bit on what should I update today. 

I wanted to talk about the most recent airplane crash but it's too sad. I cannot. So, I decided to just read on the news.

So, after thinking on what to write for so long, I finally came out with one thing.

Actually, I didn't come out with anything. Heh.

My brain is still as blocked as two days ago. 

I realized somehow these days, I tend to want to be in my loose t-shirts and over-sized shorts with my hair all tied up and stay home. No contact lens, no eyeliner and no spending money elsewhere.

Speaking of money, we went to Gurney last night and the lover shopped like a royalty. Okay, maybe not like a royalty since royalties won't feel the pain after spending so much money in less than 3 hours. Hah. 

I think he deserved the shopping moment that he had last night since he has been keeping his money so tightly (heh!). Nolah, what I meant is he has been saving like a good man and it's time to let loose a little. Yes, babe? Hah.

If it wasn't for the painful legs and needing to get burger for mom, he would still be going everywhere to find some of the other items that is still unchecked. 

I'm proud to say that I didn't spend a single cent last night. 

Err.. Kit Kat counted ah? RM2.90 it is then.

No idea what to talk about what already. Head is starting to ache. Bleh.

I shall end this update with a photo. The scarf is made in Cambodia. 100% Pashmina - the finest type of Cashmere wool. And yes, it's very comfortable. Thanks Jayne! :)

That Three Things.

This time last year, I sat down and listed some of the things that I wanted to do this year. Things like:

Climbing the Mount Kota Kinabalu.

or

Getting the scuba diving license at Pulau Perhentian.

or

Visiting the Singapore Zoo.

The three top things I want to do since last year and I still have got no chance to plan for it. 

Actually, I did some planning on the Mount KK climb but finding someone to go with is just so difficult. Only both of us cannot okay. This is difficult.

Also, the first two costs quite a lot and requires many days of annual leave. Oh wells.

I actually forgot about the Singapore Zoo's trip. Heh.

Okay, still got so many months. I shall make this work. 

Singapore, you shall be visited.

Next One.

One month to sun, sand and sea with them humans!

I cannot wait already seriously. That's all that's in my mind right now. All day err day.

Still waiting for the confirmation slip from the resort. I have no idea what's taking them so long. We only need 4 rooms. 

Happening so soon. 

Time to really get in shape! 

C H A N G E.

The most constant thing in the whole universe.

H A I R S T Y L E.

I have no problem keeping it long and have it cut short the very next hour when the cut-hair-mojo is here. No idea why I never feel like coloring them.

T A S T E B U D.

There was one time where I went crazy over Cheerios and bought 4 boxes back home. Another time was beh teh saw. The most recent one has got to be lemon water. This one more like a comeback.

B A G S.

I only need one handbag actually. One that will last long because I really don't like to go for bag-shopping. HATE THEM. So, when I actually like something, I usually will get them because I really don't fall for bags easily. Like this one, which I'm saving money for. 

W O R K.

My office table is completely different than a year ago. One thing that I love about this job is that everyday is a different day. I deal with different kind of people on a daily basis and every company that I go to is different so that's a very big bonus point for me.

S L E E P.

I have decided to switch room with Vanessa just because. I don’t think I have a specific reason on why I decided to do so. I guess it all started when I started sleeping in her room very often whenever Kelly sleeps over. Well, it’s not like I hate sleeping with Kelly but because she kicks and moves a lot in her sleep, I tend to get no sleep at all the next day. Change of room makes me feel new and I love that feel.

D E C O R A T I O N.

The need/want to change the wall color and the entire set-up of the room is bugging me so badly but I also know that it’s going to take up so much money, time and effort. The three things that is pretty precious this year. Dilemma.

i P H O N E 5 S.

I change my wallpaper more often that anyone I know I think. I even will re-organize the apps as to how I feel or saja. Now, it's all color coordinated and all in the same page.

F R I E N D S.

This is no shocker. People come and people go. It sucks big time when people leave though. This year itself, I've had my fair share of people leaving, be it the island, the country or the workplace. It just sucks.

C L O T H I N G.

It has always been whatever that's simple and not flowery or lace-y or complicated. However, I discovered that now I'm okay with all of the above. I am now more daring in wearing things that I once will never even try it on. 

S H O E S.

It has always been flats and it always will, until recently when heels and open sandals happened. This is one of my shopping poison. Once, I bought 4 pairs in a shopping go in less than 2 hours I reckoned. Hmm.

L O V E.

This one please don't change already. I went through a break-up once and that experience is something that I do not ever want to go through again. So, lover of mine, you're staying mine forever already. Heh. 

H E A L T H.

This is quite unpredictable, isn't it? It feels like there's nothing I can do much to do anything about it but actually no. Things I eat, drink and do affects my body obviously so yeah. I think I'm doing fairly well compared to the last 3 years. The three lumps in my lungs are gone according to the x-ray months ago. My scar is surprisingly fading off slowly. All's good :)

M O N E Y.

If it keeps going up, it's good change. As long as the commitment stays at the same level then it's perfectt! God has been good to me in terms of this. I have got promoted two times over the span of my two and half years here :)

W O R L D.

I have been to more places that I've expected since I started and it looks like it's on a roll. I am always planning for a vacation, short or long. It's always behind in my head. If I can earn money by travelling, I would but then again I might not since I won't be able to see my family so much. If not, I would have applied for airlines cabin crew and fly all over. Heh.

If you know me well enough, you would know that I’m someone who loves changing things up every once in a while, but some changes I rather not have to go through them if given a choice. Oh well. Life as it is :)

Coach // Prairie Satchel in Pebble Leather

I would never consider myself as those who will allocate certain amount of money to get things like handbags, heels and hairdos. 

Never.

Until this year. 

No idea what has gotten into me but I have been spending money on flats and looking for handbags that can last me a long time. 

We were window shopping last night when I decided to walk into Coach. Regretted after that. So, there's this bag that I saw and I tried it on and love it instantly. 

I've been searching high and low for a red bag that I can hand carry and also as a sling bag when I want to and obviously I still haven't found any. So sad.

Then, Coach happened.

They have like so many colors right, but I especially love the red one. For the sake of memory and since it's my current obsession, I shall blog about it.

 I even had a dream last night about the bag. I can't remember the beginning of the dream but one thing very clear was I was opening a cupboard and there it was. This Prairie Satchel in Pebble Leather // Style Number: 34340 in all the colors available.

Then I woke up. 

Bleh.

I just called the Coach store in Johor Premium Outlet and they say they don't have this model there! THIS IS JUST SO SAD!

The price here is RM1,420.

I know right. Who in the right mind will spend a thousand ringgit on a bag that is quite small? I won't. I rather spend that one thousand on travelling.

BUT I'VE NEVER LIKED A BAG SO MUCH LIKE THIS ONE!!!!

Anyone going to the United States? It's about RM1,000 if I get it from the States I think.. I don't know lah. 

This is just so torturing. 

Ladies, never walk into a store that you might regret coming out from it later on. NEVER.

The Abandoned Pulau Tikus.

This is a long overdue post.

Twenty nine days ago. Can you figure out when?

It was a spontaneous thing. We wanted to do something but couldn't agree on one thing until someone suggested kayaking! 

We went to the Penang Water Sports Centre at Tanjung Bungah but it was closed. Should open on Public Holiday right? Maybe no one wants to work on Thaipusam day. So, we googled and made some calls to find out that there is another place that might have kayaks for rental.

It's called The Lost Paradise Resort, not very far from Penang Water Sports Centre. We parked our cars and met with the owner of the resort. He told us that the kayaks are for in-house guests only. To cut the story short, he was okay to rent us the kayaks but we didn't take it because we were short of one kayak. 

No man shall be left behind so we decided as a group that we would go to another place. This time, our source told us that the Sports Corner behind Flamingo Hotel does not only rent out banana boats, para-sailing and other motor sports stuff. We thought it would be super pricey but decided to give it a try nonetheless.

We went there and bargained with the uncle and finally he gave us a go at RM15 per person for one hour. Can extend another half an hour too! Good deal right?

I thought that it was pretty cheap, given that he was so lenient with the duration that was given to us and also  their kayaks so new and bright in colors. Win.

We paired up quickly and agreed to kayak all the way to the island. That famous island, also known as Pulau Tikus. The story was that the island used to be infested with rats, hence the name. 

This abandoned island doesn't seem to be so far away, right? Wrong! It's so far okay. We kayak so long d still cannot reach. So torturing. Heh. Quite scary if I can say. I don't have a phobia of being out at the sea but I am quite afraid when it's only us and no one else is around. It feels like sharks can just jump out and eat us. 

I blame all those shark movies. People say there won't be any sharks here, too shallow lah, too dirty lah but still! You never know what's underneath! Never know! It's a territory that is so unpredictable and mysterious. 

We got there and found the uncle who rented us the kayaks, already there. So unfit all of us. He was walking towards the rocks with a hammer and a screwdriver in his hands.

"Anyone eats fresh oyster?"

We looked at each other and hesitated a "Yes..?"

I was quite reluctant to try it because no Tabasco sauce and no lemon okay. This is like super fresh from the sea kind. What if I hate it and forever scared of eating fresh oysters? Turns out, it was yummy and really fresh. Taste of the sea. Hmm..

It takes quite a while to persuade these two to try it out. What is this man. I thought you guys are adventurous? Heh. They were so scared that they didn't want to chew it. Just wanted to swallow it. What's the point right? Hah. 

The uncle took us on some mini-exploration-trip on the island. There is a graveyard on top of the island. Probably just a few big rocks above in a sheltered house. A grave of a Muslim man who is believed to have found the island or something. Quite eerie actually because there is like a cloth on top of the cemented grave but at first glance, it looks like a coffin. So yeah.

We walked around and just kinda chilled while the uncle goes hunting for more oysters for himself. Heh.

We (only Andrew, Joshua and I actually) soaked in the water because the rest scared of jellyfish, others took photos of sunset and Gary blocking the sunset and just don't know do what else. Hah.

It was time to kayak back to our favorite island and I initially thought that it was going to a tough one because my arms were already starting to sore and also feeling a bit lazy after the water-soaking session. 

He did most of the kayaking because he insisted that I just sit back and enjoy the rest of the sunset. Best. 

My favorite photo of that day below. My sister, Vanessa takes the best photos of both of us. She just knows when to get that camera rolling. Heh. For sure worth investing a good camera-of-her-dreams for her but now, no money so cannot yet.