Melacca

I guess the title itself is already very suggestive :p

So... during one of the Raya holidays, the bf and I randomly decided to drive ourselves to Melacca instead of the usual dating routine.

The whole journey's point form would look like this:

 ** massive jam **  lost our directions (but Thank God for Iphone, haha) ** crowd everywhere ** makan makan; jalan jalan ** snap photos ** sweaty, tired, but happie :)

Some photos taken along our journey:

My front view in the car

I got to monkey around with the bf's DSLR. It was so heavy. After a while, I told him:" I no more energy d..." and then kept the heavy thing aside lol...

Bravo to my soulmate/bf who drove all day long yet tamed the impatient & fatigued me.

One thing not good about DSLR (apart from being too heavy hahaha) is that... you cannot hide your flaws. Look at my eyebags + freckles  -.-'''

*soulmate, how come you didn't photoshop them away T.T*

My 3Gs looks more like an antique to me now, all thanks to Iphone 4 laaa. Steve Job, this is so unfair laaaa how can you not take care of your "old" users as well :(

Anyhoo, my iphone served me very well during this trip. If it wasn't for iphone, we might have ended up in Johor.

Favorite shot :)

Photos starting from here were taken by the bf, hence I shall leave the photos with no captions:

Soree ar, this one I must interrupt. Never ever visit this famous chicken rice shop *the photo here is to warn you guys*. They served us the most horrible chicken rice I've ever tasted in my life. Totally over-rated. They have lots of branches in Melacca, so beware.

My happie buy from the trip, xie xie soulmate :)

p/s: I wanted to show all photos in the largest size, but they all got chopped off when I previewed. So no choice, small photos. Pity our high quality photos :(

Babycakes!!!

When I was about to leave my office this evening, I received the bf's message asking me to meet him at the LRT station. 

As this was not pre-planned and nothing similar happened before, I was so nervous don't know what he was trying to do. Almost ran all the way from office to KLCC's LRT... *hahaha*

And when I saw him, this was handed over to me....

Honestly, my mind went ding dong-ed for a while, couldn't react. I thought it was a jewelry box or something... until I saw the words: Babycakes.

Babycakes!!!!!

Without hesitation I knew it must be those macaroons which I've been making noises over the weekend, lol. 

Because Babycakes used to close on Sundays, while I'm always busy with church on Saturdays. Thus, it is almost impossible for me to head over to their shop.

But God blessed me with such a sweet bf, who'd sacrifice his lunch hour just to get macaroons for me :)

Awww... I wish my camera could do a better job in capturing these gorgeous french cookies :(

I've tried the third color from top, with caramel filling. It was crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, superb~ And I really like their natural coloring as compared to those electric blue or fuchia pink macaroons I saw in other websites. 

p/s: all thanks to my soulmate, Biscuit Yuean *huggies* *blush* *hahaha*

Chatime

近日的工作很烦心。

上头给压力，同事们不是MC就是EL，OT了好几天，

忙到连上厕所的时间都没有 *如今才真正了解这句话*

觉得自己快烧焦了 T.T

结果星期5，不管还有多少差pending,

我lunch完便独自走去Pavillion买杯Chatime。

他们家的饮料近期被很多blogger打得很红，

我也就半信半疑地下单order。

第1吸，茶味香浓。

果然如他们所说，茶是现泡的，而且很讲究温度。

第2吸，甜度很微。

这点是我最喜欢的：）只带一点甜，不怕糖份超量。

太好了，又多一个健康的选择，

不必只赖着Snowflake。

说到Snowflake,

我是越来越不满意了。

食物时多时少，时好时坏，

已经无法保持以往的水准。

俗语说得好：

创业难，守业更难。

*也是对自己的忠告*

你喜欢现在的自己吗？

不敢说100%喜欢，不过比以前更喜欢自己就对了。

现在的生活很安稳。

从小到大，上天把一切平凡的都赐我。

平凡的脸蛋，平凡的成绩，平凡的身家。

也许是太平凡了，我的内在附带些许自卑。

成长过程当中，最令我不愿提及的莫过于中学时期。

相反与别人如何怀念中学，

每每看见FB里的旧照都让我害怕下一秒就看见当年的自己。

多少愚蠢，多少羞辱，多少自卑，

现在敲打着这份文章都让我觉得不安。

大学时则为感情伤心，为功课没觉好睡 ，

已经没时间自卑。

奇怪的是，心灵竟比中学时期健康得多。

如今我还是很平凡的毕业了，找了份平凡的工作。

生活就如我所说的...安稳。

但我常在想，我的生活就只有平凡和安稳两个字可以行容吗？

不可能。

上天一定也在我身上种下了无限的潜能，

他给与每人不同的天资，就看他人能不能发现和发挥。

我也许还不清楚自己有什么过人的长处，

但我已大概看见4或5年后，我要站的方向。

 

不过说真的,每个梦想都有它的价格...

我现在的平凡，宛如在替这份梦想还钱，哈哈。

再多4 或5个365天，我可以不必逼自己起床，不必平凡地上下班，不必跟别人挤键运，还有很多的不必。不过最重要的是，可以爱穿什么就穿什么*兴奋中*

我看啊... 以后的自己要是看回这篇文章不知会骂还是笑 :P

话说回来，我还真的很喜欢现在的自己。

无论是对上帝，经济，家人，感情，还是工作方面。

当然，我不否认它们都各自还有很多进步空间。

活了23年，

生活虽没有很富裕，至少没有欠银行钱 :)

Salt

No, not Angelina Jolie's movie.

I'm talking about real salt, more specifically, organic salt. Those which did not undergo the process of bleaching.

So, one fine day, when my jar of facial scrub was "bottoms up" and I was too busy to get myself a new one, I had an "ah-ha" moment :)

Went down to mom's kitchen, stole a little of her Himalaya rock salt/ organic salt as most people commonly known, added them to my usual cleanser. Mixed them. Worked them on my face. Rinsed off with lukewarm water.

Cleanser & scrub work together, my favorite lazy routine :P

Anyhoo, this cheap & easy method works as good as other expensive facial scrubs, for me. If you'd like to give it a try, use rock salt instead of fine salt. Because fine salt will dissolve faster than rock salt. 

Alternatively, replace salt with brown sugar. The only difference is: salt kills germs, which cuts down on acne; sugar moisture the skin. Based on my experiences that's it.

p/s: I really really feel the need to change my camera, sigh...

Express dinner

My favorite Isetan sushi :)

Fresh & value for money & super delicious, single-handily beat off other supermarket's sushi(s), you have to try!

p/s: thanks Jun for Photoscape, I had so much fun exploring it.. wohoo~