Wedding Band

Almost a year since contentless last post.

Yup Mr Yang and I decided to get marry, due to our house will be ready soon enough, we decided to tie the knot before staying together as a couple.

This post gonna be of wedding band, and hence I'll share my experience on wedding band choosing.

The first shop we went in was Poh Kong in SS2, and the shop is huge!! However, the collection of wedding band was not very big, and most of them are similar in terms of cutting etc. We've chosen a pair of quite simple design to keep in record, and that pair cost around RM3,000. However, I still can't make up my mind due to the design is not a 'wow' to me.

P/S: The first time I have contact with a ring and the first time I know which finger to put the ring on. Kinda paiseh with the salesperson.

A few days we went to Diamond n Platinum and I found the ring that looks suit us very much, right in my size and Mr Yang's. Still can't confirm due to lack of experience. A pair of platinum rings cost around RM5,000.

We went to Wah Chan at One Utama as well, they have abundant of choices. However I only found a female ring within the whole shop, and none for Mr Yang. Their price are quite standard, around RM1.9k for that female ring. One thing about Wah Chan is, they put their price sky high and give you 60-70% discount afterwards. So don't be shy to ask about the price here.

After a few search online, decided to go The Gardens to check out on Love & Co. They have a huge selection of wedding band, and they are the specialist in this I can say. The salesperson are very good to us. We went there on Saturday morning, 10am right after the shop is open, and being the first pair of customer who went in the shop, we are very well served. However, after trying on most of the rings that I think will fit on my fingers, they failed. I've tried on around 10 rings, and non of them suit well. At last, we tried on the signature ring, which appears on most of their advertorial board, Promise series. They are very nice, although a bit too broad for a girl. Love & Co offers free laser engraving~

It is in white gold colour of course. Just I cant find the photo online. Come immediate to Mr Yang's mind is flange, a construction element to joint an object to another. See below photo:

Very similar isn't?

However, they are out of our budget, cost around RM7,000 for a pair.

After that, we went back to Diamond n Platinum to get the first pair we got in mind.

Yup its a waste of time to walk here and there to choose. But since I've got to see most that people recommend, I still think this is worth it since I know nice rings might not suite me.

I have quite fat fingers, and not all rings can suite me well. The ring that we've chosen, has hidden criteria as explained by the salesperson. It looks round but actually the edge is straight, and will not make my excessive finger skin to pop up and looks fat.

The laser engraving machine was out of service for the moment. There will be extra charge around RM15 for laser engraving, but free of charge for normal engraving.

Annual Post

It has been almost a year since the previous post. I always thought I can produce a quite good post, but in fact I don't. I don't really like to write as much as I think I do. I always thought I can start anytime to produce a good blog, a mandarin one, but it was not as easy as this. I am not a hardworking one, and hates to pass photos from camera to computer.

Review for the past year (I was back from New Zealand for a year now).
May 2011 : Start Work
June 2011 : Dyed the hair
August 2011: Back home for a week, shifted office
January 2012: Chinese New Year, back home for a week
February 2012: Singapore trip
March 2012: Start using iphone, Ipoh short trip, Girls Generation at KLCC
April 2012: Permed the hair, asian music festival (Beyond!! Jam Hsiao!!)
May 2012: Jakarta & Bandung Trip

Can't really remember though. But I love my life, although there are something who are just not right ( I gotta squeeze some time for sports).

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我的他♥ ～

看了一篇90年后晒命的‘我的他’，我也想归纳一下我的他是怎样的啊～

男朋友：在乎你的体重有没有升
老公：在乎你今晚有没有吃饱
那个男人两个都在乎～

男朋友在乎你今天打扮的够不够漂亮
老公在乎你今天穿的那么少会不会冻着
老公！

当你遇到困难的事情时候，男朋友会安慰你
老公会在第一时间赶来帮你解决
老公！还顺便碎碎念我～呜呜，为什么别人的有安慰

男朋友在乎你今天开心过没有
老公会在乎你今天遇到不开心的事没有
在乎我有没有把不开心带到他身上

男朋友只给你买漂亮的时装
老公给你买温暖的羽绒服
买的都不合身的t-shirt

男朋友和哥们吃饭不会想你在干什么 吃饭怎么办
老公和哥们吃饭会不踏实 时不时给你发信息，一遍遍告诉你他很快就会回来
会预告他要回来的

如果你够漂亮，男朋友会考虑要不要把你带给他的朋友看，长长面子
如果你不够漂亮，你的老公走到哪都会带着你，也许你没有勇气，但是他会给你鼓励。
都认识了

男朋友的家人如果不喜欢你，他会放弃你
老公的家人如果不喜欢你，他会尽自己最大的努力去保护你。
还有让我接受他的家人

男朋友觉的你们不合适，他会走开，即使他还喜欢你
如果全世界都觉得你们不合适，可是你的老公还是会守候你。
不知道，不过还是很多人觉得我们不是很适合

男朋友只会限于他所认为的人知道你的存在
老公会告诉整个世界：你是他的宝贝。
那个男人不在乎世界的看法

男朋友打完电话会急急挂掉
老公会等你挂断，他才会挂断。
会比赛叫‘你先挂’，后来想起那个意思是叫‘你先一七夕’

男朋友会在你烦闷的时候让你自己静静
老公会留下来跟你吵架，帮你发泄。
烦闷？去睡觉

男朋友在你特殊的几天里会躲着你
老公会在那几天给你冲热水，给你讲笑话。
男人会把手借给我取暖

男朋友会把你说分手当真
老公会在你说分手之后挽留你，因为他知道你希望被挽留，并不想走。
男人会骂我，说不要轻易说出分手的话

男朋友会在自己有能力的范围内满足你
老公会付出一切都要满足你，即使满足不了，他还是会尽最大努力。
我不是 high maintenance 的女生，不需很大的能力就可以满足我～

男朋友想的明天和未来很少
老公会把你们以后的宝宝名字都取好。
男人会叫我不要想太远

男朋友不敢给承诺，给了也未必做到
老公敢于做出了承诺，而且一定会做到。
男人不敢给予承诺，给了就一定做到～

男朋友不敢相信你们的爱情
老公会把娶你当做他的人生目标，并且渴望和你一起变老。
娶我不用当人生目标，让我过得好才是～

Rainforest World Music Festival- Preview

I am just back from Taylor's Lakeside Campus. It was a real developed college. What do I mean by 'developed'? It was like a high-end residential, or should I say commercial building by some famous developer. Oh it was a luxury one. I love the amphitheater. It reminds me to the life in Queenstown. I doubt all place other than Asia will have this open-air theater which people made use of, but Queenstown is the only place I've been staying for more than 3 months other than Malaysia.

Here is the quote for Rainforest World Music Festival:

The Rainforest World Music Festival is an annual 3-day music festival celebrating the diversity of world music, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, with daytime music workshops, cultural displays, craft displays, food stalls, and main-stage evening concerts. It is now one of the largest musical events in Malaysia with a total weekend audience approaching 30,000.

The festival features a wide range of performances from traditional music, to world fusion and contemporary world music. The festival emphasizes the use of traditional acoustic world instruments, although electric accompaniment instruments are common. Invited performers are prominent artists from Sarawak, other provinces of Malaysia, surrounding countries, and from around the world.

My bf's sister is a Taylor's student, and she was selling the ticket for the preview when I met her last month. Kindly bought 2, for bf and I. I was really interested in the music festival (I've been aiming for it, quitely for years!), and my bf was kinda forced to go. It cost RM20 each, including goodies bag etc.

The entrance is quite open, where you can easily walk in without buying any ticket. But the ticket allows you to get a goodies bag, which includes a T-Shirt of the Music festival, a can of drink, and vouchers for food and beverages, which they offer quite good food.

The show was kick-off by Taylor's students, or string band I supposed (since I saw a lot of string instruments), playing a lot of songs. The starting was not so well organised, but I can see the conductor, or whoever trained them, was putting more effort in the last 3 songs, which includes Hawaiian-Five-O theme song and Star Wars theme songs. They are wonderfully played. Bravo!

There are currently 21 bands that have been confirmed to perform during the real festival this year, however there are only 2 bands performing tonight. They are both trio, Paddy Keenan Trio from Ireland and Victor Valdez Trio from Mexico. I love both the music!!

I really loved Irish music! That was maybe 'The Corrs' influence. Their music was so Irish that when i was listening to it, I can imagine I was in the forest, listening to birds chipping, and nearly fall in meditate. The guy who sings has the voice that I really liked, low and easy. I should have listened to more Irish music since today. Good luck in their future performance!

About the Victor Valdes, they are wearing real Mexican attires, which I linked to Mr Potato's advertisement, and reminds me to nachos. The three performers are from Mexico, Argentina etc which I categorized in Spanish-speaking country, or Latin America perhaps. They do perform a lot of famous Mexican songs, including Besame Mucho (Kiss me a lot) and La Bamba. These songs are famous, but not well-introduce to Malaysians however.

I hoped to have chance to attend the real festival, somehow, someday. It was not easy to fly over to Kuching and join the whole festival, since I was not a real music person, neither music 200% lover. I just love music to be part of my life, not the whole of my life.

I shall end this post now. It has been 1am, and I am sick.

Blogging without motive

Yes I did it... I am back from New Zealand Working Holiday, which is 6 months a.k.a. 181 days, including my Christmas (I never celebrate it however), and Chinese New Year. Perhaps I missed Deepavali too!

It was a really really unforgettable experience, and I learnt a lot from the trip. I learnt to be grateful and appreciate whatever I am having now. A really good family who always support me, and a loving boyfriend, which I feel the love is increasing (is there a meter for this?) Haha... I have a good job, good office and good colleagues, good housemates etc. Everything has been so wonderful since I was back. There is no point I am writing all these, but I have to keep this record so that I will feel great after I read this when I reviewed this post, any when I feel down.

I am a happy, happy, very happy, very very happy little PENGUIN!

p/s: not the Emperor Penguin who lost its way to New Zealand!

Mary Chia- The beauty and slimming specialist

Embracing 27 Years of Beauty Promise with Signature Programmes to awaken the beauty in you!

Mary Chia has been established in Singapore for more than 27 years with strong market position. It is the first lifestyle and wellness service provider listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”) on 11 August 2009. Rising as a small player to an excellent full-fledge beauty and slimming international group, Mary Chia has achieved beauty and slimming dreams of more than half a million Singaporeans to date. As an innovative-driven beauty and slimming specialist, Mary Chia is the first centre equipped with high-tech facilities imported worldwide which provides services similar to medical center or medical specialist. With five star ambience, coupled with cutting-edge technologies and professional beauty and slimming service team, Mary Chia offers fast, effective and safe treatments for the comfort and satisfaction of customers.

I have joined www.onlybeauty.com.my early this month, where the website offers free sample for some testing... The first time I apply for a sample (9 May 2010), it succeed with a Mary Chia pampering facial which I am not sure how much it worth and RM100 cash voucher.

I've received a SMS on 14 May 2010, listing :"From ONLY BEAUTY ref. Congratulations! You have won yourself a FREE Pampering Facial Session + RM 100 Cash Voucher from Mary Chia Beauty and Slimming Specialist. Please get ready to receive call from Mary Chia consultants for appointment. Thanks. T&C apply."

Yesterday 20 May 2010, I've received a call from the consultants, where they didn't mention properly where are they calling from, making me confuse until I heard the word "only beauty", and ask me to make an appointment as soon as possible. The sentence is "Since your session is free of charge, we hope that you can make use of it within this month." Fine for me, since I will be going back to beloved hometown for 1 month plus holiday, so I've made an appointment for today 21 May 2010 11.00am. The branch was at KL Pavilion.

Today I've depart from home at 10am, however met traffic congestion along Federal Highway, making me late for 10 minutes for the appointment. Find a bit hard to go the Mary Chia but however finally found it at Seventh Heaven in KL Pavilion.

They served me a ginger tea, and after that require me to fill my particulars. After around 10 minutes a pretty consultant came in the room and keep on persuading me to change to other package or top up to another service, due to my sun-burnt skin condition from Phuket trip last week. She is a bit aggressive perhaps? on my stinginess in the session. She asks me to take a rejuvenating session which will cost me RM280 for 2 session or RM 140 for trial session. That is definitely out of my budget (I only plan to go for a free facial session, sorry to say that). After I refused, she tried to ask me to take an ampoule and free extraction for RM80 top up. That is a fair deal but my purse only has RM30!! haha pity I have to refuse again. She finally give up and go for the preparation work.

The next girl who serve me brings me to the locker room. It is a fantastic one! Thumb print for every locker for each customer and lock my sandals and bag in it, and change to their slippers. After that bring me to the washroom and after that enter the facial room. Change to the towel and she asks me not to take off my necklace due to the session will not include neck (hard to imagine- I can understand if it does not include shoulder but excluding neck??)

The pampering session was a very simple one, double cleansing with a mask. That's all. It is an ordinary session, which I can do by my own. A short steam on my face is done before applying the mask. The beautician has use a little bit of skill (massage like) on the second cleansing. According to her it is a whitening and hydrating session~ Forget to mention, the beautician also keep on persuading me to top up the service~~ Haiz~

The session was not long, around 45 minutes~ and the first consultant has take over me again, she does not promote their products (perhaps give up on me already), in good manner and wish me luck as a fresh graduate!!~

As a conclusion, I appreciate the chance to have a trial at so-called quite high class facial service in a high class place, but the persuade makes me uncomfortable. But my face is quite thick and shameless to reject all the add-on services haha. Thanks to the consultant for her wishes and not pushy at the end of the session, indeed they let me know that my face is in terrible condition if I do not do extraction!! (when they are persuading to topup)~

p/s: i didn't get the RM100 cash voucher yet... and i totally forgot to ask about it~~