台湾点点滴滴 PART 1 ~ 台中~清境

This is one of many of the vacation I really love.  Even though, it has been three years since this vacation, I decide to blog about it.. (Has not start blogging back then)

I got the ticket (its my birthday present) from my buddies. Could feel so much loved when I got to know about this. This is how it goes. I was suppose to get the tickets on my own during the Air Asia Zero Fare back in 2009. 

My friend asked me and told me she would help me to book the tickets. So I agreed with the condition, it shall be less than a certain amount we agreed. Otherwise, it will be a No-Go for me. 

Somehow.. the conversation goes like this..

Emily  :  Ah gal, I have two news.. One is bad and one is good.. So which one you wanna 
             hear first?

Me      : Hmmm... Bad news first... Let me guess? It  is not less than that amount? 
            I know.. lol

Emily  :  Haha.. Ya.. But I still buy you the tickets.. 

Me     : Har... I thought I told you not to buy if its more?? So how much it is? 

Emily: So here comes the good news... We are getting it for you as your birthday 
          present!! So how's that sound?

Me    : Are you sure? Sounded so happy... Hahaha..

Emily: YES!!!! 

Me    : Oh my.. You guys are so pretty!!! Love overloaded now... LOL.. 

That is how I manage to hop into Air Asia-X in May 2010 to Taiwan for 10 days ^_^ And yes, our tickets were usually bought one year ahead. This must thanks to Emily as she usually stay up kind of late just to get the booking. She also planned most of the itinerary. I super love Emily!!! ^-^

Being the only person who can read most (I must say all) of Mandarin during our trip, we depend on her to read signage and information. I was not that eager with learning more Mandarin that time; trust me, I am getting better these days. Haha 

现在很喜欢中文了！！ 我也希望有一天，我会用中文来写 博客！！

After several months of talking about it, we finally made our way there!! 

Me - Back then without braces!! Really can't wait to see myself in post-braces.. LOL!!

That was my first meal upon reaching Taoyuan Airport. Need to grab something before heading to Tai Chung. 

A small room for a night before we go uphill at Tai Chung. 

Typical Taiwanese kind of meal - Coffee and sandwich for breakfast

On the way!! Excited!! Yay!!! Haha!! 

After several hours of bus ride, we reached our home stay here!! 

Back view of the house. Super nice right!! 

Side view

Cosy bed room. The temperature is at 18'c. It was summer at Taiwan but since this place is uphill, it's definitely cooler. Super miss this kind of weather. 

Selca with the cosy bed!! Haha

We need food before walking around... We always share our portion - you can taste variety of them. You should do that when travel around! :-)

That's the reason we were at Taichung. We went to Cing Jing Farm. Super nice place. 

Amazingly green!!! 

With fake sheep.. The real sheep went on MC!! Lol.. Not allowed to wonder around due to some sickness they caught back then. What a waste for us!! Hmm... 

Super love the greenery and beautiful view. It was very cooling and I can hardly walk due to the super cold wind. Shivering!! I super daring wearing dress without covering my leg... =="

Anyway, we actually did lots of crazy stuff on the grass. We ran, jumped, turned and even twisted and rolled on the super clean grass (we assume la.. LOL)

This is the first time trying fresh goat's milk. I dare not take mutton but milk still okay for me. I heard it is actually healthier than cow's milk. 

Milk Milk Love!! Haha

It was cool and we still eat Milk Ice-Cream. Who said cold weather cannot eat ice cream? LOL

This peaches were super sweet. Every time if you go to cooler place, it is a must to try those fruits as they will definitely be sweeter. Yummy max!! 

Both of us love Lavender a lot - almost anything can be lavender. We don't mind. We came across this shop that sells everything on Lavender. Definitely a place we do not want to miss that time! 

The beautifully written board at Lavender Shop

We bought one for each of us. It cost only TWD 50. Super worth it!! And its still with me until today! 

Guess what's this? You can actually send a postcard back home. We bought one postcard each and send it back to ourselves. Haha!! Can't really recall friends home address. 

Selca post with my chosen postcard (in case it didn't reached me) No la.. It never happened. I received it after I came back to Penang! LOL

Thanks to Emily. That's a very nice collage she made. 

Checking the pictures I took...

It's getting late and we need to capture this moment before we see nothing. That's the CITY Cafe we planned to go after our Lavender Shop during the night. Saw 7-Eleven! It was actually raining that night - making the weather cooler.. We went hunting for special food and drink just to try them! After all, you can't get the same thing back home. 

So many choices!!! It was raining on the second night at Cing Jing but nothing can stop us from walking unless.... Don't know what can actually stop us!! Haha

You definitely couldn't get those juices here. Taste good to me!  

It's dinner time and we were helping the host. The place was good as they actually prepare meal for us. Was not suppose to have dinner but only breakfast. The Taiwanese people were too hospitable that they invited us for dinner together. So much of love and blessing!! 

Us with the host - They are both husband and wife! They actually had a plantation at Cing Jing and they hired workers. Eventually, the workers eat with us too. Like a big family!! 

They cooked us very simple meal but it tasted good. 

I don't take mutton so I skipped this one. But Emily said very nice..

I don't know what's this vege called but I think we can get it in Malaysia.

They served us Peach Wine - they actually brew it locally and smells great. I don't like the taste though.. :p 

After dinner, we had a Karaoke session, sharing about life of Malaysia and Taiwan. It was   such a memorable moment learning and understanding about their lives and cultures! Even though we were all the same Chinese, definitely something different we could share about. Haha

When the mood began... They started dancing... Haha...

We also learned to dance!! Hahahah

The night was just so fun. We hope it never end! But we know we have to stop and continue our next journey exploring other place of Taiwan. Since it was just so late, the host asked us to sleep longer that night and head down hill later. Aunty said she shall cook us breakfast. So blessed!! We missed you lots!! :-(

P.S. Pictures credits to Emily

Eye Care Part 1 ~ Keihl's~ Artistry ~ Olay ~

Forgive me for the caption -was suppose to post it earlier...

Let's talk about eye care... 

Most of us take care of our face by putting almost anything to make it pretty. What about eyes? Do we have beautiful sparkling eyes? Wrinkle-free? Fine lines free? Eye-bags and even dark circles free? 

Sadly, I have all of these...  T______________T Some might say, " I don't see any of this concern yet." Then, it is a perfect time to start eye care routine. All of this concern will somehow come to us - but we should age gracefully. Let it appear slowly and still look gorgeous as time goes by. We shouldn't neglect this delicate area of us. 

I am sharing my eye care routine and my top favourite products. I am thankful that I have the privileges to try different brands of products. Most are samples and gifts from friends, sponsors - magazines, competitions and roadshows.  

Part of beauty samples received.. All are haul brands!! <3

I will apply eye cream to my eyes every morning and night to help minimize my dark circles, puffy eyes and fine lines. Sigh!! Literally having all of this problems!!  

Currently, I am using Artistry Time Defiance Lifting Eye Creme. By reading the title, we know that it is for eye lifting. I really need this. I am blessed with big eyes and double eyelid (maybe triple or more,which I don't really fancy of having!), I do have saggy eyes and fine lines are developing more each day. :-( 

I am hoping to reduce or minimize the appearance of such concern now. Finger crossed!! ^_^

For night, I am using Keihl's Midnight Recovery Eye Cream. I have been using this for about 5 months. Even though they are sized at 15 ml only, it really last long. I am still using the same bottle until today. 

Midnight Recovery Eye contains a restorative concentrate of essential oils and botanicals for fresher, younger looking eyes by morning. This is what I really need :-)

Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Eye

For additional care, I am using Olay Regenerist Wrinkle Relaxing Cream. Although this is not a haul brand, it works miraculously well at least for me. I got to know this from Cheesie and Audrey. They tried and had given very good review on this. I decide to try as well.  I applied a very tiny amount after my eye creme by patting gently on my eyes area. Amazingly, after one month of using, my fine lines have slightly reduced. Happy gal!!   

The skin around our eyes are just so delicate and many times, this area is the first to show signs of aging. In order to absorb full benefits of a eye cream, we first need to determine our concern and needs that we want.  

I have learned various ways and method of applying eye creams and mostly through magazines, which is kind of effective. 

Let me show you how ^_^ 

A few tiny drop of eye cream around your eyes is good enough. Tap slightly with our fourth finger from the inner eyes to outer eyes and try doing a anti-clockwise tap. Do it like you are vibrating the eyes area. Do it for 30 seconds and repeat the other eye area. If your body need exercise, I am sure your eyes need it too. HeHe

By the way, I have changed my contact lens colour. This is from FreshKon Sparklers - Shimmering Grey. Colour lens also contribute to bigger refreshed eyes. 

Lately, I am trying to obtain the Korean eyebrow, those straighter and more youthful look. I have bushy eyebrow. Guess it's a privilege as well as I can just trim it the way I want? Maybe.. LOL...

Look at the before and after eye cream and concealer on my eyes. Looks better right. Had my eyebrow trimmed and applied eyebrow mascara. Still need to improve and master eyebrow trimming skills!! 

Gonna share more on eye care tips soon... Stay tuned!!! ^_^

I think my eyebrow not really that Korean feel yet. LOL... Really need more practice to make it straighter!!! 

I promise you~~~~ Last selca of me for this post!!! HaHaHaHa.... 

Till then, Buh Bye!!! 

Hope for a Dream Room

I saw a post at Instagram and decided to share about dream room. I always wanted a dream room of my own but it has not happen yet as I am still having a room mate; that is my sister. Anyway, I still manage to do with some make-over so that I could still enjoy my partial dream. LOL... 

What PamelaCheung shared was kind of my liking. By the way, do follow her. She has lots of nice pictures and of course she is pretty!!  I am currently following her at Instagram :-) 

I have been searching around but most of vintage bed-sheets are just too expensive. It could reached up to RM 200 and more. Way out of my budget. Finally, I got my rose petals bed-sheet, quilt cover and pillow cases from IKEA. No bolster case - I don't mind that cause I don't need bolster. Haha!!

I was overly excited and behaving like a kid who managed to beg for an ice-cream from mummy. This literally happened on the first night I changed to this rose bed-sheet. No choice!! Been wanting something sweet for a very long time. ^-^

A nice bed-sheet should also match with a nice wardrobe! My room is like 100 xxx smaller than an ordinary bed room. So do expect that my wardrobe is small; just to accommodate the size of the room. I am actually sad T__________________________T

Even though it has only 4 drawers but it has enough space for my beauty products, lingerie and some clothing. By the way, I do have extra wardrobe at other room :-P

女人就是女人吗！太多东西了。。Haha

I got this wardrobe from Mekio. Since, it is white, I gotta clean them like bi-weekly. I placed my pink luggage bag and some of my unused items on the top. It could still hang quite a number of clothing. Not too bad though. 

As a pink lover, I even find ways to make my bed room looks pinkish. LOL... Just add a pink window and when the sun shines, it has that effect!!! Cool right? Haha

When I didn't manage to put every thing in order for my beauty products, it looks like the above picture. It's like still half empty. 

And now, my beauty area - I have kept all my make up stuff inside the blue make-up bag. I think it's more organize now. Haha... 

Even though it may not be my perfect room yet, still I am thankful that I am blessed with at least some of it. At least, I do have a cosy room that makes me feel sleepy every time when I see my bed and also my unwillingness to wake up when the alarm rang for me to wake up everyday!! + + " 

我希望天天都可以自然醒！！！ 

Gonna have a relaxing sleep!! 

Good night!!!! ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz

Lunch Date @ Gold Choice

We have no idea where to go for lunch and stumbled upon this new place – One Precint. It is a vibrant epicenter in Bayan Baru with premium F&B, retail and office spaces. We randomly browse through the place and found this – Gold Choice Lifestyle Café. Being a slack blogger, I never thought I would update a fresh entry like so soon. I just had the lunch today. Anyway, this is a good start...Lol

I  tried to enliven the atmosphere with my childishly silly act, was telling my friends we gotta take pictures and more pictures today. Well, a few were cam-whores as well... :p  

Blame to this attention grabbing leaves for my childishness act. The entrance were embellished with leaves along the walkway. I felt as if we were at somewhere else that I must capture those beautifully designed gateway. Bravo to the interior designers!! 

As we sat down and after ordering food, we started with our cam-whoring mission. Picture above, we were attempting to capture the so-call fairy tale picture. Thank you Huey. I know Sim going to say her face is so big and that I purposely hide myself making me having smaller face... 我不是特意的！！！You also pretty... LOL!!! 

Hello Kim and Huey!!! See how sweet were the both of them!! Ahem!! Today Kim wore so pretty. We never see her in dresses and we kept telling her, you looked very gorgeous in this dress. You should be wearing dresses more. So lady!!! We love!!! Haha.

Why I look grumpy here?? I don't look good in this picture but decide to post since the other three ladies are so pretty. Don't say I always post my own picture only. I also share my friends pictures. LOL...

Selca picture of myself... 我很恶心 right?!! LOL

Should talk about food now. Sorry if I bored you guys with selca pictures. :P

The food is very similar to Hong Kong style menu. Their specialty are Ramen and Coffee. The ramen comes with four different flavour - Spinach, Pumpkin, Red Yeast and Plain (if not mistaken.. can't really recall the last one)

This is my order - Chicken Pumpkin Ramen. Although it taste a little like normal yellow noodle, but ramen seems to be a better pick. They are much more healthier compare to yellow noodle. 

This is Sim's order. She is craving for Tom-Yam. She optioned for Spinach Ramen. There is still space for improvement for this order. It wasn't that sour or spicy compare to Thai Tom Yam. I think Sim would agree with me. Haha... 

  

I find this tuna burger temptingly tasty. Seldom that we see bread in pinkish brown. I watched at Huey intently on how much she enjoyed her piece. I were just sitting opposite of her. LOL

I didn't manage to capture Kim's order. Was too obsessed with my food. My stomach was already growling at that time. Look at my iced-chocolate. The chocolate was very much concentrated that I was so full after finishing the meal. Indeed, it was a yummy-licious beverage. <3 this!!! 

We were done with food and saw a nice place for picture on the opposite side of the building. Of course, selca time is not to be missed. Haha.. I looked haggard here. I don't know it's because of the glaring sun or  if I missed my beauty sleep the night before. Ya.. I am blaming anything else - my unwillingness to sleep earlier or the sun. LOL

Better look at pretty  and young Sim and Kim... Both of them wore dress today. 真的很漂亮！！  :-)

And this is behind the scene shot. Huey was so focus in helping us to get the best picture. Thanks again to Huey. Hahaha... I realised I didn't manage to have any picture taken with Huey.Let's do it next time...  

One last selca of me. I'd actually wanting to show you the ambiance of the place. Nice it's it?

Definitely going to hang out again at this place for a drink at least!! <3

Entrance of One Precinct!! Till my next entry ~ Buh Bye!!! 

Cure Natural Aqua Gel

I haven been blogging for more than two weeks. Argh!! I am just so busy lately. Anyway, I have something nice to share with you today. 

Cure? What's this? 

Have you ever feel that even after cleansing your face, your skin is still dry and hard? That is because dead skin and dirt are still trapped in our skin. With such condition, no matter how good your serum, essence or emulsion is, believe me, they are not going to penetrate well into the deepest layer of our skin.

Well, if this is one of your concern, fret not as I am going to share this superb item with you.

Got the 250ml Cure from Sasa.. Finally arrived Msia

Introducing Japan's No.1 skin exfoliation product!! This item is sold one in every 12 seconds in Japan. It gently remove layers of dry, dead or rough skin to obtain clear, firm and ideal skin. All the components used in this gel were carefully selected. It contains 90% of water based ingredients with one of its best - hydrogen water. It is also free from preservative, coloring, fragrance, mineral oil and alcohol. 

Why do I love Natural Aqua Gel Cure?

- Aside from removing dead skin and dirt, it support the regeneration of my skin.

- Constantly having newborn skin and my lotion and serum applied will be absorb quickly.

- I can apply it on my body. I will be treating it like giving myself a bath with bath salt.

- A bottle of 250 ml of gel, could last approximately up to 4 months, if applying twice a week

- Cure itself doesn't dissolve protein. Hence, it will not remove extra skin cells as long as we  

  gently massage on the skin.

Googled this. Can be used on any other part of the body. 

Direction for use

- Cure is very easy to use - We need to ensure we wash our face thoroughly.

- Dry face well as Cure doesn't work well under wet and cold conditions.

- Apply gel to skin on face, neck and other areas that are dry and rough.

- Gently massage our face till the gel turns white (Do not rub skin too hard)

- Rinse well after dead skins is removed. 

- After rinsing, use lotion or skin cream that we normally use.  

- For best results, apply Cure Natural Aqua Gel twice a week. 

Picture speaks louder than words! Here's one that I googled

Let me show you how the real gel looks like. I am going to sample this on my hand. Look at how much the tiny white particles that formed from our dead skins. I experienced smoother and brighter skin completion immediately after using it. 

Where to buy Cure Natural Aqua Gel?

I have seen this in other Southeast Asia countries but not here and it was several years ago. ==" That was also my very first time I got to know about Cure. 

Anyway, Thank you SASA for bringing this over to Malaysia. Currently available nationwide and it cost RM 115 for a standard size of 250 ml. This is actually very affordable knowing that  it contains only natural ingredients and it works wonders. Aside, it last up to four months. 

Go grab them now!!! I am sure this is gonna be your favourite item.. Just like me!!! :-)

Must end this entry with a selca picture of me la... Haha