My new obsession

Since SB decided they were too good to not have me at their launch *sulk* I have a new found love... MK... Nooo, not Mustafa Kamal - aiyoh... Michael Kors! Hahah. (Okay, so I know I'm not famous enough to be invited to launches but still... it has put me off from shopping at SB for sometime. *patsselfonback*)

 

My 'relationship' with MK started with me looking for a new wallet. I hardly ever change wallets as I dont really see the need to (I don't know if I can still say this in five years' time) do it often (changing handbags are tiring enough). Unfortunately, the outer part of my Liz Clairborne has been peeling even worse than a snake shedding its skin. The inside still looks good!! (So I'm saving it for traveling in case it gets stolen... My sister joked saying the thief might actually just return it to me. Haha)




Excited much?

Wait for it....

Out of the paperbag, now to unwrap....



Tadaa!! Say hello to the MK Hamilton Large Ziparound Wallet in Navy Saffiano Leather!
(Phewh that's a mouthful)



It isn't exactly the latest design (in the US that is) but it was the one that attracted my attention. I first saw it online, but it was out of season (and stock)... Of course in the US it was a whole lot cheaper ($138) but I diligently waited for the MK store at Pavilion to go on sale. Luckily I did as it went 30% off the original price (RM679 was it?) so it came about the same price as the US. What I liked was that it opened out flat. It's also made of Saffiano leather (or so they claim) which is supposed to be scratch and water resistant (we'll see about that).

 

My sister came back from Mauritius a week ago "Sbb nak makan best-best" she said, so the whole week was spent on eating and eating. We had a nice family lunch at Luk Yu Tea House at Starhill Gallery on Sat, and then I walked over to H&M with my second sister and then to Pavilion. I had a horrible horrible tummy upset, which sent me to the washroom 4 times (each at different locations haha). I went to SB as they were having 50% off till Sunday and found these pair of high-heeled brogue shoes which were soo pretty... Thing is it was like RM312 AFTER discount and they're not exactly the shoes that can be worn everywhere. Plus my tummy was still acting up and SB was crowded, and I had to go and pray so I didn't buy it. It just wasn't meant to be...

 

That's coz I found something else instead. Teehee.

 

I eventually (coincidentally?) got better just before walking into the MK store. I thought I'd just browse around to see if there was anything worth it since they were having sale...

 

I found two tops (well three but I decided the other one made me look like a clown) but I managed to control myself to not purchase both of them together.

 



I tend to get attracted to greens....

 

Loved the top, but I feel like I look like a clown/jester and definitely not paying the RM300++ price to look like that.
Maybe if it went down further to RM100+, I'll reconsider. Haha.



 Ok fine, it was just that they didn't have any new stock and one of them had sort of a stain on it. So I went with the dark olive top.

 



Necklace from Diva

 

Of course me being the curious one, tried my luck and asked the (I think) store manager sort of "by-the-way" and she checked their stock - apparently they have one at the One Utama outlet! So yeah, the hijau pisang one will be coming........

 

You'd think I'd have learnt my lesson and stop shopping after looking at my ever increasing credit card bill... Unfortunately, no. I have a bad habit of buying on an impulse and online shopping is very dangerous for people like me. Cutting the story short, this will be on its way to me in January when my colleague comes to KL (with the rest of the Sephora items I purchased way back in November)....

 



Michael Kors Embellished silk-crepe shirt (picture taken from Polyvore)



This was a steal! Ok fine, it's still around RM200+ BUT the store manager at Pavi was promoting it to me and the price was like RM1k+ before discount!! (or was it after?) Pokoknye, even after 30% off it still couldn't beat the price I paid. At first when she was trying to promote it to me I did think about it, as I saw another lady trying it on. But of course she was a model, tall and slim so when I held it up against me and checked myself in the mirror I told the manager "Nah, too bling...". Partially that was the reason, but partially I am NOT gonna pay that much man.... Lucky for me, I found it at a price I was willing to pay at Net-a-Porter.

 

I thought I would be using my Borderlinx account, unfortunately NAP doesn't send to freight-forwarding agencies. Thus, I had it delivered to Yassir's house.

 

I doubt I'll be purchasing from the Pavi store again (well maybe that one shirt) since it's way cheaper in the US and one (or maybe two?) season late, also Michael Kors online delivers to Borderlinx. The only thing is, their delivery charges are significant on top of that I'd have to pay for Borderlinx delivery, so I'll prolly have to recalculate and compare which is more worth it. Can't keep sending it to Yassir's house now can I....

 

Also, Shahrul who used to say "BUY!" everytime I asked his opinion when purchasing, is starting to say STOP! OR I'LL SEND YOU TO REHAB!!

 

Well, that's all on my new obsession! Thanks for reading!

Just Some Highlights in Photos

Too busy (shopping?) to blog lately, so I posted most of my photos at my Instagram account. Here are just some photos, hoping they speak a thousand words!

 

Offshore Trip (First time taking a crewboat and living on an accommodation vessel!)





View from my seat of the crewboat leaving to the platform...
(Which I sat for only 5 mins before I wandered around the boat haha)

Swish swash swish swash~

When you're the only lady on the boat, you always get the best treatment!

 

 

View from my room in the AV



Our last date before the bf went to Iraq :(

My favourite character from LINE. Hahah.
Top from Singapore, Jeans from Sacoor Brothers, Heels from Vincci (old!)



The ol' Teppanyaki restaurant at Sungei Wang my family used to frequent long time agoooo...
 



Chicken Teppanyaki! Yum yum!

Asset Teambuilding at Royale Bintang Damansara





Camwhoring in my room. Love full length mirrors!
Tshirt from Hard Rock Phuket, Jeans from Sacoor Brothers, Jacket from Stradivarius

 

Teambuilding Dinner #1
Snakeskin print top from Kotton, Pants from The Executive



View from my room

 

Sha and I at Ain & Irman's wedding
Scarf from Dirs Gallery, Necklace from Borneo Pearls (on loan by the sister),
Baju Kurung from Noor Arfa boutique, Clutch from Accessorize (old)



I forgot that I took out ALL my heels from my car, so I ended up wearing Sha's orange heels while she borrowed Nadia's shoes.. Haha...

I unfortunately deleted many of the photos from my phone, so most of it can be found only in Instagram haha.


 



 

The Final Episode : Phuket and Phi Phi

Day 4

 

We didn't do much in the morning except for breakfast, getting onto the ferry and back to the hotel. We took a tuktuk to Ibis Patong to find halal restaurants (which we saw from reviews were 'right in front of Ibis' or '5 mins away from Ibis'). Needless to say, we were walking and walking and walking till we finally found Masjid Nurul Islam and two restaurants just across the street. We chose the other that had less people, the workers were prolly from Patani or Kelantan since they could kecek Kelate.

 

Lunch! Tomyam, Kailan Ikan Masin, Spicy Glass Noodle Salad, Chicken with Cashewnuts

Masjid Nurul Islam

 

Once we had our tummies filled, we walked down to look for a cab to Jim Thompson outlet (which was of course the highlight of my day). We managed to find one, a decent Toyota Vios for 1000baht return trip.

 

The outlet is in Laguna Resort, in Chengthelay (or something like that) about 1/2 hr away from Patong.

 

 

Spent almost two hours and pretty much 20k baht (yes, 20k...OMG!) on cushion covers, thai silk fabric, thai silk shawls and scarves, a shirt for dad, a bag for mom and sis, and myself and some souvenirs.

 

I was of course tired.........

 

After all the shopping, I just had to have another massage which was at Sweet Lemongrass - as recommended from TripAdvisor! And it is as good as the reviews. Cheap and the pressure was strong enough. Of course the masseuse was nervous when I suddenly started to giggle uncontrollably as I was ticklish. She knew not to massage my thighs after that.

 

Look what we found at the massage parlour.

 

Check out the powder....Hahaha

 

We took a tuktuk to Patong (again!) and walked around as Sha wanted to look for Muay Thai stuff for her family. We came across a few stalls selling food, and one was a kakak selling Pad Thai and Fried Rice. We bought one each and ate at another stall that sold grilled seafood...

 

Yummy Seafood!

 

The stalls are across the road from the Bangla Muay Thai Stadium.

 



Muay Thai Stadium

 

Well that pretty much concludes our trip (I wouldn't wanna bore you with the petty details of us sleeping, repacking our bags, and the trip to the airport...). Hope you enjoyed reading, as much as I enjoyed sharing. For those who have been Phuket, how was it for you? and for those who haven't and are planning to go soon... hope it helps you plan your trip to Phuket and Phi Phi!

Phuket and Phi Phi Trip Part Deux

Day 3

Woke up early to take a walk around the island - ok maybe just to the left side of the hotel and back. But it was almost towards the end of the island... I wanted to look for the mosque to see if there was anything interesting around there, but since it was too early in the morning there wasn't anything going on. So I left a small donation, snapped some photos and left. On the way, I passed by one of the resorts and boy was it packed with a tour group! Thank goodness I chose PP Banyan Villa.

 

Went to the normal halal warong to have fried rice for breakfast before going to the diveshop. Met up with Rahim and Keira, discussed about our dive and went to the boat at Tonsai Pier.

Our first dive was at Bida Nok, unfortunately I'm not a good writer, nor an experienced diver so I don't really know how to describe the dive. It was good, but nothing fantastically mind-blowing. There were plenty of marine life, but somehow I found the colors of the marine life were slightly less than in Perhentian with the exception of corals. We did about 55mins which was quite long since my previous dives were about 40 mins or so. The sea was a bit choppy so the first time around I was already tired trying to swim closer to the cliff. (Note to self : Exercise more dammit!)

During the break we were parked just outside Maya Bay. Unfortunately I chose tuna sandwich for the meal, and the strong onion- tunamayo-rocky boat combo made me sick. I was desperate to get off the boat immediately, so the minute we reached our next dive site, Malong, I was like "let me go! move outta the way!" Needless to say, I barfed a few times during the dive. Hahaha. What? I was just following Keira's instructions "If you're sick, just let it out..". I couldn't really enjoy much of the dive since I was busy trying to barf and equalize. There were two swim-throughs but I only did one as I couldn't go deeper without feeling like puking.

I saw turtles by the way.

... and harlequin shrimps! (which apparently are rare to find... I couldn't really figure out how it was supposed to look like, since I didn't feel so good so I wasn't really concentrating...)

 

The PP Aquanauts dive shop

This was where I started to get sick. Haha

 

  Surprisingly I actually survived the dive of 54 mins. Unfortunately the boat drifted away, so it took us awhile to get the attention. The sea was still choppy and I was tired, so I tried to cling on to Rahim, who thought I was trying to play tag, while of course, barfing. Haha. The best part is Rahim didn't know he was swimming in my barf. When I got up to the boat I was like "get this equipment off of me!!" and found a corner to sulk and barf. Hahaha. The minute we reached the pier I was like "ME FIRST! GET OUT!". I rushed back to the hotel to let the rest go all at once. Went for lunch at the same warong and walked around to shop. Also went for a massage, which wasn't that good. After that we went shopping for a sundress for me (didn't bring any and whatever I had would've made me sweat in the ferry again) and walked to and fro finding an outerwear for the dress. We settled down for dinner and then back to the hotel to packup. 

I sure slept well through the night after all the diving and puking and shopping. Haha.

More photos!

They have big fluffy cats EVERYWHERE!

 

 

 

 

Phuket and Phi Phi Trip

A long overdue post, but the cause was the trip itself. The next day after I came back from the trip I was in the office, rushing around chairing a meeting and last minute chasing people around to ensure that my next trip (which was the next day) goes as planned. And yes, the next trip was out in the sea but it was on a "steel island" - an oil platform. After I came back, had a last date before the bf went to Dubai :( , worked the whole week and just came back from a teambuilding session. But enough about those, let's concentrate on the trip.

Day 1

We arrived at Phuket in the evening via MAS (which served chicken pie and some other snacks yay!) and got into our ground transfer (which Rahim had already pre-booked). The hotel we stayed at was Seeka Boutique Resort in Patong, about 50 mins away from the airport (with traffic and a stop at 7E). We reached the hotel when it was almost getting dark and checked in to our rooms. The room was big enough and nicely decorated, although it had a strong scent which wasn't exactly to my liking. Since it was already around 7PM, there wasn't any free transportation for us from the hotel so we walked about and managed to flag down a tuk-tuk. As other reviews mentioned, the tuk-tuk is quite pricely (200 baht to almost everywhere) but as we split the cost between 4 of us, it came to about RM5 per person so it wasn't too bad. First stop was of course Jungceylon as I already had my list of items to buy - lingerie from Annebra (the so-called special lingerie I purchased in Spore) and shampoo from Boots pharmacy. The rest did purchase some stuff too so I didn't feel too bad that I dragged them to Jungceylon. We then we walked (and walked and walked and walked...) to Hard Rock Cafe, which if we didn't get lost initially, is not that far off from the mall where I ended up purchasing a HRC t-shirt (It was nice! It wasn't the standard classic tee!). We finally gave in to the growling tummy and sat in the closest halal restaurant we found, which was Cairo Restaurant or something. We ordered Thai food which didn't taste as authentic (yes, I know its specialty is mid-eastern cuisine but still...) but since we were hungry we gobbled up everything. We took a tuk-tuk back (another 200 baht) only to realise the hotel is pretty near to Jungceylon (but of course no one wanted to walk back!). Slept around 1AM local time after repacking my shopping stuff.

Day 2

We woke up and got ready to go out around 9+ AM and walked down the road for breakfast at a restaurant called Taverne (I think...). Since it wasn't a halal restaurant, I opted for yoghurt and fruits. Little did I know what wonders it did to my bowels... We then took a tuk-tuk to Patong beach for a stroll where Sha got her hair braided. Patong beach is nice, but very crowded. We walked along the stalls by the roadside till it was time to get back to the hotel. We checked out and waited for our ride to Rassada Pier, about half an hour away. When we finally reached Rassada about 12+ PM it was scorching hot and crowded. Got into the ferry, which was already packed, but noticed they were still letting passengers in. We couldn't find any seats as some people "booked" it with their bags, etc, so Sha and Shahrul sat on the deck (and got sunburned) while Rahim and I sat on his luggage near the staircase. Haha. By that time my tummy didn't feel to well. I kept going to the toilet but nothing really happened, till like one final one where I pretty much cleared my stomach. I was super hungry so I ended up purchasing cup noodle (in the ferry) for 40 baht. Luckily I managed to find my one and only diaorrhea pill or I'd prolly have ended up in the washroom again.

We reached Tonsai Pier past 3.30PM and paid our 20baht fee for 'cleaning up' or something (which I think is useless as I still found a lot of trash in the sea...) and walked to PP Banyan Villa hotel which was about 5-10 minutes walk. Checked into the room which was quite hot and the aircond wasn't as strong as Seeka's. The room is much smaller than Seeka but was of reasonable size and clean. I stayed in the room to cool down a bit whilst the rest of them went to cari makan. Joined them later just before my yoga session with Keira at Mama Beach Residence.

After the yoga workout (you can read from my review here) we walked back to the dive shop which was conveniently located right next to the hotel to register for our dives. Then we went around to look for 'banana pancake' which was actually roti pisang with fancy toppings. I went to bed early while the rest checked out the nightlife.

Think that's enough for this post, will continue the other days in the next few posts! Enjoy the photos below!

View of the toilet at Seeka Boutique Hotel

View of the toilet at Seeka Part 2

Me camwhoring. Cool sink eh?
Shirt from H&M

Ah... How romantic... Hahah

Cafe and pool view of Seeka Boutique Hotel

The breakfast that really cleansed my bowel

Patong Beach

Patong Beach