What I Wore for the Past Couple of Weeks! :)

XOXO,
Shazzy.

A little weekend getaway!

Shoes, checked. Handbags, checked. Four coloured tops, checked. Jeans and black pants, checked. Scarves, checked. Pajama and underwear, checked. Telekung/Praying attire, checked. Make-up & Skincare/Toiletries, checked. Passport, checked. CAMERA! Checked! hehe

Just done with my packing! Since it's gonna be a long weekend, dad decided to go for a short holiday/weekend getaway with the whole family, to spend time together and enjoy ourselves! Yeayyy! Can't wait! hehee ^___^

Okay, I gotta sleep now, tomorrow gotta wake up at 5 am! Ok, take care now... Have a great weekend, girls! And Selamat Hari Malaysia! ;)



XOXO,
Shazzy. 

10 Ways to Tell if Your Love Is Real!

So how do you know if you're in a lasting and awesome relationship? I read a few self-help books and love & relationships articles/books recently.. And I would like to share the "summary" and the info I get in here! hehe ;)

So here's what the experts say:


Number 1: You would feel good and happy! - A good and healthy relationship makes you feel good about yourself! You feel very contented with what and who you are, because the person accepts you and loves you just the way that you are! (Your partner won't condemn you or bring you down on things that you're lacking of..or incapable of doing, or etc )


Number 2: You look forward to spending time with your partner!  You don't feel bored or annoyed with his or her presence! You love having him or her around! And you don't need to be with other people or go to functions or events with your friends, or find reasons to avoid being alone together.


Number 3: You enjoy spending quality time together even when it's quiet! Yes, quiet time with your partner is as important as communicating/talking with him/her too! Because according to the experts, that kind of moment, allows you to learn things about your partner even more!


Number 4: You respect your partner. You are not controlling of what he or she likes to do or anything. You give your partner his/her space to do their hobbies/activities, etc. - Remember, the world does not only revolves around you!


Number 5: You hear yourself bragging about your partner. You would appreciate every little things about him or her! And you'd find yourself saying things like: "Oh, my boyfriend has the prettiest eyes I have ever seen!" or...  "My fiancee is the hottest girl in my campus" or.. "My husband is a really talented singer. I bet if he join the American Idol, he would surely win!" hehe..
(Note: If you find that you're always talking about yourself, you're not really focused on your partner or the relationship! So it's time to evaluate about you, your partner and the relationship!)


Number 6: You're interested in what your partner thinks. You ask your partner's opinion about issues that are important to you. - It's okay if he or she disagrees with you!


Number 7: You accept your partner's quirks or bad behaviors/habits. Well, everyone has them. Even you....and me! So if your partner's quirks are endearing or tolerable, you're in good shape! But if they really bother you, then you should look more closely at the relationship. And whether you are able to work through your problems. - It's natural to have some bumps in the relationship road to true bliss.
People in healthy relationships see disagreements as a chance to learn more about their partner. However, if you're creating problems, or if you think every fight is the "big one" leading to a breakup, you should probably rethink about your relationship!


Number 8: You feel safe. You're not afraid of losing your partner. You feel the love. You feel joy. You feel happiness. You feel that both of you can count on each other. And you are being honest and just with each other. And your partner feels and do the same too!


Number 9: You can't explain why you're together. - Awwww!
Many people coordinate their lives so that they have to be together. But ask yourself if you're together because you truly want to be or because of other factors like peer pressures, or because your parents wants you to, or because of pity, or because you want to help someone else's, or because you want to gain something out of the relationship or anyyyy thing at all!
If you answered yes to one of the reasons other than pure love, then maybe you should reevaluate your relationship, because you're bound to have problems with the person/relationship — if you haven't already! But if the answer is "yes, you really truly want to be with each other.." then you two would probably have a healthy and happy relationship and will stay with each together forever! - Awww.... hehe


Number 10: You don't compare your partner to others. There will always be someone more beautiful, awesome, smarter or more athletic than your partner, but you don't care because you only want to be with him or her!



Last but not least, always remember this guys!  A relationship is never a one-way thingy! It's always a two way street! Both of you must work things out! - I've learned a lot since my previous relationship.. In a relationship, it's not always you who must try to make your partner happy! He or she MUST strive and try to make YOU happy as well! Because everybody deserves to be happy and deserves to be treated nicely and equally! And it's not always "giving", most of the time, and it's also not about "taking" all the time too! It must be balance.

(And for now...I will try to stop giving so much. And learn to take pulak.. hahah ;p)

Anyways.. so if you still don't know whether your love will last, try this last piece of advice from me.. Make a list of what you require from someone, to be happy. It could be a really really simple things like... "Drinking hot chocolate at Whisk Cafe every Sunday together", or "Just do nothing together while we stare at each other"... to the things that are quite...erm....complicated? Like maybe... "I want someone who would pick me to go on a date with  a carriage and a real horse instead of his red Ferrari". LOL. Oh well...just list it! It'll be fun! But don't be so ridiculous laa, like the one I just said! hahah.. Love is simple. Don't complicate things!

Anyways, if the list is met, you may have found your everlasting love! Good luck! ^____^


(Good luck to me as well! hehehe ;p)




XOXO,
Shazzy.

How I "Organized" My Handbags!

A lot of girls asked me how do I decide what to wear every morning before going to work when I have so many things in my wardrobe..  Won't I get confused? Indecisive? Annoyed? or anything at all..?

Haha.. Well, my answer is simple! Get organized! And you'll be excited to see what are the things you have in your wardrobe and choose them happily in the morning!  ^__^

Really... Last time when I don't really organized my wardrobe and just stashed everything at one place, my mood to dress up is really off! I mean like...when you're so in the mood to wear this and that, but then you have to dive in your closet and search high and low for some items, that could be really really annoying, right?! Especially if you're late.. So, dressing up can be really tricky if you don't organized your stuff well! 

So that's why whenever I have my free time, I really enjoy organizing my stuff! I love sorting out things... I love categorizing stuff.. And I also love to see the stuff that I owned! hehe.. Because I'm the kind of girl who loves to indulge myself on all the pretty little things I see when I'm out to malls... (say for example a little brooch...or maybe a bangle, etc - I guess this applies to most girly girls out there! haha ;p) So sometimes, the tendency to forget what I just bought is quite high (bcuz I keep on buying stuff I don't need! Heee - Inherited this habit from my mom! She just loves buying stuff! LOL ;p)

So anyway, that is why I need to organize my stuff so I would see all the things I own, and I won't miss out on wearing them! That way, I know that I'm not being "membazir" as my dad would say, whenever he saw me buying things! haha ;p (Note: My definition of 'membazir' means, if I buy and I don't wear them, right...? Rightttt girls?? ;p)

Anyways..for now, I live in a compact room. So I don't have a walk-in-wardrobe like every girl in this world would dream of having. Well...at least not yet! hehe.. So, I don't really have a nice space for my bags in here. I only store them in my little closet that I have.. How I wish I can display them like this! 

Remember last time I used to store them in boxes and all? Oh well...after a few weeks, I find it quite troublesome to choose my bag-of-the-day! So I decided to just store it like the above picture! Less hassle. But anyway, I still find that it's a bit crowded in there.. - Finding bags in there can be really really annoying especially when I can't think of what bags do I have. =___=' 

So sometimes, if I'm so lazy to search, I would end up wearing the same bag for days! heee.. 

So to avoid me not knowing what bags do I have, the other day I decided to take a picture, one by one of each bag that I own, and store them in my MacBook! So every morning, after I have decided what outfit I wanted to wear, I would go to my iPhotos, and look at this Bag Album that I have in here! And start selecting my bag-of-the-day! hehe..

Like so!

These are just some of the bags that I have.. Maybe I will start organize them according to colors, ey? :)

After taking these pictures, I realized, I have almost 200 piece of bags in my closet! Erkkk. Maybe I should start letting go of the old bags that I have.. Cuz what's the point of keeping things you don't wear anymore right? Hmm... =/

So ladies, do share..how and where do you guys store your handbags?!

XOXO,

Shazzy.

Sweat Stains

This post is actually a response to some of the private messages that I got via FB and comments from one of my blog posts. They raised an issue I have often come across - some people sweat a lot regardless of the temperature and deodorant use. So how do we avoid this?
In this post, I'm going to share with you girls how can we combat this normal, but ugly scene!


I've been asked many times, how do I prevent myself from having sweat stains on my tops in this hot & humid weather here in Malaysia. Well believe me, just like everyone else, I sweat too..and sometimes I do get the sweat stains on my pretty tops that I love as well! (That is such a bummer!) But oh well...no one's perfect right? And just like you, I'm a human being too! So yes, sweating is perfectly normal. hehe. But too much sweat stains spilling out from both your armpits can be such an eyesore right?! So how do we avoid this?

Sure, some of you might say that sweating is normal and there's nothing wrong with it. But the sweat stains are frustrating and the sweat yellow marks on shirts can be so embarrassing!  I think, sweat stains are a quick way to turn off a date or a potential client or whatever. And sweat stains make you appear like you're a moist and disgusting human being! LOL. It is the most embarrassing feature that a shirt can possess! >___<

Anyway, to be completely honest with you, I used to have this too much sweating problem last time. It happened about 4 to 5 years ago, I think? Can't exactly remember. Well I was not the type that sweat a lot and have a body odor. Even if I do sweat a lot, it won't have a really strong odor. But that was not the case 4-5 years ago. Although my friends have never say anything about it, but I really feel that I used to smell really bad! - Bcuz I used to be very dryyyyy before that year. And very wangi like all the time! I even got a nickname in high school, Wani Wangi. haha. But what I noticed is that, I had those two ugly problems after I had a minor "surgery" on both my armpits. - I wanted to be all clean and pretty...so I removed all my unwanted hair over there so I don't have to pluck anymore. Yes it worked..the hair all gone now. But it also made my armpit sweating like nobody's business right after the treatment! I guess it's true, what God made for us, has it's purpose? So yeah, I tried a lot of things to combat the problem I had. But nothing seems to really work!  So what I did is that I would take a bath every few hours...just to make sure I won't be that smelly. But that is really not practical especially if you're out! haha. So what I really did was to bring my perfume, my deodorant, and I would put some tissue or a little piece of cloth under my arm for it to absorb any sweat that spilling out from my armpits, if I'm going to be out for quite some time! haha. And then I changed them every few hours! And it worked! Heee (But it was too much work for me and I hated it! =___=')

So anyways, I don't really know what I did or didn't do, but thank God that problem now has stopped. It only happened for like a year or so, just right after the hair removal treatment. I guess..it's the after effect kot? Oh well..I don't know. But now, I don't really sweat a lot like I used to and I don't really have a really bad body odor. Thanks to my deodorants and fragrances, I guess! ;p

And also thanks to my roommate who moved out from the room after our first year. - She used to smell worse than a skunk! We all couldn't handle her body odor... Every time she's not around, the girls would talk behind her back, how bad she smell! It was so kesian...but really, the smell was so bad that you have to close your eyes and hold your breath for a few minutes if she's around! Yes, it was thatttttttttt bad! I wonder what she ate.. O___o
(That year, I always find reasons to sleep over at Shida's room at that time! haha.. ;p)

Anyway, I read from this article, that bad body odour are infectious. - Hmm..so no wonder that year I smelled reaaalllly bad! Because I was in a room with a skunk! LOL. JK ;p But it says there: If you stay in an environment with people with a bad body odour for some time, your body odour will be affected. The bacteria that causes the odour on those smelly people airborne to your shirts, and infects your armpit causing your armpit to smell as theirs. So it is not your fault, but it is other's fault. 

Pffft. No wonder la I smell really bad, that year... Sighhh

So anyways back to my topic today....the trick to sweat stain management is to avoid it, in the first place! In order to stop sweat stains before they ever happen, there are a few things you can try. Read on to find out how you can stop sweat stains and if you care enough and respect yourself! :)

Well the first thing you need to realize is that it's not really the sweat that causes the yellow stain/mark! Sweat is clear on a clean shirt! The real culprit here is the combination of that moisture with the deodorant that you're using! Even a clear gel deodorant can leave stains if you don't take the proper steps. tskk

The reason why you get the sweat stain is because of the misapplication of your underarm product - I noticed the difference I made to my shirts ever since I tried this step! ^__^

What you need to do is to let your deodorant dry completely before you wear your attire. I mean REALLY COMPLETELY DRY - I would normally wear my deodorant right after I take my bath, and then let it dry for awhile, while I do my make up...and parading around my room with my clothes off until my armpit is dry. And then putting on my clothes would be my last step.. (I really want to make sure that my underarm is dry completely, before wearing my pretty shirt! hehe ;p) 
So ladies, just build this into your morning routine if you love your clothes like I do! hehe. Otherwise, your poor shirt is in for the yellow marks at the end of the day! :(

Because most of the yellow stain comes from putting on too much deodorant, and throwing on your shirt before it has a chance to dry! And then the next thing you know, you have ruined your shirt! Because basically you're coating the underarm of your shirt with a layer of wet deodorant that will dry into a thin crust before becoming moist again from your sweat! Eeeek. - The trick is to only use a single thin application of the product and just let it dry completely, before wearing anything. As long as you have appropriate coverage, you're good to go!

There are a lot of products for anti-perspirants/deodorants/body sprays/etc that would suit your needs in the market.. But there are no specific type of which anti-perspirant product that can really work well on everyone. You have to try them on, one by one, as not everyone and every body is the same. For me, I personally like to use the spray and the stick type during the day, the roll-on during night time. Yes, I use deodorant to bed as well! I love waking up to a nice smelling armpit! haha ;p

Here, let me give you an example of the variety of deodorants in the market that you can try!

1. The Roll-On type!

I loveeee Garnier's the most! It smells great! But the Rexona and Nivea's scents, last longer on me

2. The Spray type!

I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee the Soap & Glory ones! (in the middle) Cuz they smell so gooood!!! And the United Colors of Benetton's deodorant is as great too!

3. The sticky Stick type!

I would use this whenever I'm late! Because it's dry..so I can get ready fast! No need to wait for it to dry! hehe

4. The natural Mineral Salt Crystal Rock type, The Cream type, and the Mist type!

Gosh I loveee the cream type! It's sooo great..I don't have body odor AT ALL if I wear this! And best of all, it can last up to 7 days! Imagine...just have to wear this only once in a week! How great and convenient! But too bad this thing is so hard to find in the market! T___T

There are a couple of other things that you can try in addition to this step if you want to prevent sweat rings from happening. Because sometimes, although you have taken a lot of steps and precautions to avoid having sweat marks on your shirt, it could still happen because of your wrong choice of fabric for the clothes! Yes I agree that sometimes the quality of the fabric of your clothes can also affect the smell of your sweat, and can make you sweat a lot more than usual. That's why they invented the dress shields (just like my idea of putting the tissue under my armpits! haha) 

So anyway..you can try using a dress shield which makes a great job at preserving the underarm area of your shirt! These soft cotton, disposable pads can be sticked into the underarms of your shirt to soak up your excess sweat...so it won't appear on that lovely Zara shirt of yours! hehe


There are two types that I have. One is disposable..and another one is washable!

5. Disposable Sweat Pads!

Stick this to your favourite silk outfits or whatever, and you won't have the sweat mark leaving under your arms! ^__^

6. Washable Sweat Pads!

Or if you're a cheapskate like me who doesn't like to spend so much for my armpit, you can try buying this, instead of the disposable ones (it's too costly in the long run, don't you think? heh). Price around RM 60. You just stick it at your bra strap, and you're good to go! ^__^

If you don't like the idea of either of these extra steps, you should just go easy on the deodorant and antiperspirant and allow it to fully dry before you dress in the morning.. And don't forget to add a little extra step..... to spray your favourite scent! hehe

7. The Fragrances! ^__^

I'm a real perfume collector! I just loveee these little luxuries in life! They make my life a lot more sweeter! hehee ;)

P/s: My contest ends on this 16th September 2012, Sunday. If you would like to be all wangi and wanna win the contest, do enter now! It's just a week left before I choose the winner! You never know, maybe this time it could be your luck to win it! Ok, good luck! ^__^



XOXO,
Shazzy.

Stranger, Blog ReaDer, and a Friend! :)

I never knew I could be friends with one of my blog readers! - Don't get me wrong..it is not because I'm a stuck up lady who doesn't like to make new friends, but instead, I'm a very, verry shy person in real life actually! haha.. You may see me being all cheery, out going and happy in most of my pictures here, but that doesn't mean I'm not shy when I'm in person, right?! hehee ;p

Yes, I could be friendly. And most people who already know me personally would say that I'm a friendly person or maybe...you can say, kepochi?  hahahah ;p But to be honest with you, I don't think I am. I don't think that I'm thattt friendly, you know! Because I'm always, always have this kind of uneasy/weird/shy feeling whenever I'm meeting someone new/I don't know of! haha. Although...it doesn't seem that way.. And I may look fine or rather confident as you call it.. But only God knows what and how I feel at that particular moment in my life! haha. 

Cuz let me tell you my biggest secret heree.... I am such a shy, nervous wreck! Heeee..

And most people that know me just by my name (never say hi to me, that is), would say this very line behind my back.... "Shazwani sombong" (Because of my naturally serious or 'sombong' face if I don't smile, I think? -__- Aiyohh darlinggg, just say hi to me laaa..  I would surely smile back at you and ask you to go for a drink with me! hahah.. - You expect me to smile all the time keee, ha? Ever heard of the line "Tak kenal, maka tak cinta?" LOL. So don't simply assume la, kakakkk. Ok? hehe ;p )

Anyways... I guess, reason why I always get that remark, is because I'm not really a social kind of person. Yes, I do have most of the popular social media network here in this internet world, but that doesn't mean that I'm very err......sociable? (I think, people who get pretty social and chatty on the net mostly are the ones that are not really social in the real world, ey?! haha. - Because they've been spending most of their time in front of their laptops/mobile phones, and not with real people!  - And this silly theory of mine is based from my own silly judgement of my friends, who are social on the net and unsocial when offline! And vice versa! LOL. - I am so not making anyyyy sense here, am I? hahah. Whateverr! ;p)

Anyways...my point is, I'm not really a social kind of person. Yes I'm friendly, but I'm not social. There's a big difference I would say! I can be very friendly and entertaining when I'm in a small circle/group of friends... But when you throw me at some place where there's more than 8 people (even if I know them well), you would see me being soooooo quiet there! hahahah. I don' know why that happens every time! I just can't seem to be so chatty like I normally would! haha. That's why I'm more comfortable having small circle of friends! As they say, it's not about the quantity, but it's about the quality! LOL ;p 

Anyway..so..back to my topic today.. (man, that was such a long explanation on the intro part! hahah). I am friendly but unsociable/ anti-social. So for me to make friends 'dengan secara tiba-tiba', with a stranger, would be really really weird! This Shazwani I know, would only say hi to people she's surrounded with at a particular period of time of her life! haha.. i.e: classmates at school/college, roommates at hostel, and colleagues at my workplace. And that's about it! She won't really socialize with other people/strangers that easily. Reason being is because.... SHE'S SO SHY!!! Shy than a cat would! heh. Orang ajak pergi lepak, cancel. Orang ajak pergi bercuti, saya terkejut lalu reject. Orang ajak pergi tengok movie, malas. Orang ajak pergi karaoke, tak nak, tak biasa, tak pernah, segan, tak suka, not me, tak selesa, and the list goes on! haha.. Segala activity bersosial saya akan reject! LOL. This happens whenever a stranger or someone new to me, asks me out! (tapi...my close friends ajak pergi karaoke pon memang saya tak nak pun! Nanti mama saya marah! heheh. Lagipun memang tak biasa and tak suka pergi tempat-tempat macam tu =/ )

Anyways, so...when this cute Ashikin girl started to say hi to me and mengorat me over Twitter a couple of years ago, we started became closer and talk about some BSB stuff, girl stuff, etc..and became friends until now!  haha. Nice move babe! Pandai you keluar kan I from my comfort zone! LOL ;p

When she first asked me out last time, I was so nervous..that I thought I wanted to cancel the date! hahaha. (Meeting a stranger, remember?) But then I told myself to get out from my comfort zone i.e. not talking to strangers and start making new friends! ;p

(and surprisingly, I was the one who talk a lotttttttttttt the whole time! LOL. Nervous and pemalu la sangat tu kannn Cik Wani? -____-')

So..yeah, last year we went out! (She blogged about it, you can view it here!) She asked me to accompany her to buy/choose the shoes for her graduation day... At first, like I said, I was so shy to meet her..but then she mentioned the word shoes, and so I agreed to meet her! LOL. Nice tactic, miss! hahaha ;p

Shuzzies! ^___^

This is @ashjoe ;)

And recently, we had iftar together at Sushi Zanmai The Gardens. We both loveee Sushi Zanmai! I love the Salmon Mentai especially!

....and I gave her a little souvenir from my Paris/Milan trip in June and she gave me an awesome Lip Mask! Love it!!

She's a graduate from a medical uni, taking a Science in Pharmaceutical Chemistry degree. - My dream course! That was what I wanted to learn last time..but dad disagreed and asked me to take accountancy instead...sobs. But never mind now...I loveeee what I do now! hihih. - It's true, things happened for a reason! ;)

Anyways..now she's doing the PB business. Good for her! (Go contact her if you wanna buy it/join them!)

^___^

She was also one of the girls who planned my birthday surprise party held by my blog readers last time! 

Oh, I'm so grateful to have such wonderful, awesome readers! I loveeee these girls very much. They truly have touched my heart!
Harus. Plan. Another. Gathering. Dengan. Mereka. ^___^



P/s: I READ ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, MESSAGES, EMAILS, TWEETS, SMSES REGARDING THE PREVIOUS 'TRUTH HURTS' POST! SORRY BUT I COULDN'T REPLY TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO WROTE IT! BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SUCH KIND, WONDERFUL WORDS! I LOVE YOU GUYS SOOOOO MUCH!!!! I HAVE THE BEST BLOG READERS EVER!!! MMMMMUAACKSS!!!!



XOXO,
Shazzy.

Happy Birthday My Friend!

XOXO,
Shazzy.

Traveling 101: Our Family's Style!

Since I was a toddler until now, my dad would bring us one whole family for a holiday trip, at the end of each year, every year. He'd ask us where we would like to visit and then he would plan it out. (My parents are so expert in traveling).

So last winter, Zurich happened.

One thing about traveling to Europe with my family is that, we (by we, I meant me and my brother or anyone else besides my parents that would tag along during the trip with them) would miss out on the experience of eating out and enjoy the special dish or unique food at the particular country that we visited! tskk..

Why? Because My parents are not really the type that likes to try new things. And like most older generation here in Malaysia, they would prefer the plain white rice with savory dishes than a baguette with chicken fingers and mashed potatoes while sitting at a cool cafe or something like that! hehe. They said, the western food is too plain, or too boring, or tasteless or yadda yadda yadda... And with us being a muslim, it's kinda difficult to find halal restaurant in the city that serves decent food other than the Middle Eastern food. - We feel that the "arab food" can only be eaten once or twice in a week. More than that, we would feel sick! (My mom is the number one person in the family that dislikes Middle East food so much...and I don't know why! hehe..) And my dad is the type of a person who needs rice everyday for him to kick off his day...especially when traveling, which would need a lot of energy as he said! So, what other options do we have, if there isn't (halal) Thai food, or Indonesia food to be found around the city that we visited?

Oh well.. home cooked meal would be my parents choice! Yes, mommy still cook even when she travels. She never relax from working and busting her butt off in the kitchen even when she's on her holiday! God bless her for that!!!  - Me and my brother, the younger generation, the Generation Y people that is..haha, on the other hand, can go with anything because we're cool like that! heh..  I'm not really a picky eater..I can go with any food! Rice or no rice. Bread or pasta. Seafood or red meat. Oh well, anyyyy thing will do, just as long as I won't be starving! But if you ask me, yes of course I would want to experience and enjoy the food there, when I travel! It's part of the traveling experience, right? But I gotta admit, being a muslim, it's kinda hard to find nice, decent restaurant other than the Middle Eastern food store :)
So when traveling with daddy and mommy around, eating out ain't really gonna happen because they need their usual dosage of rice...hehe. But that's fine, cuz I still do try out on my own, some of the food that I find interesting while I'm there! So it's cool.


So anyway..

On the first day in Zurich we spent half a day going to the markets and shopping malls, buying groceries for the week, since we stayed there for quite awhile. We would do this every time we visit Europe - Our very first day activity would be buying groceries!

We went to Migros, to buy our groceries for the apartment

The thing I loveeeee about the supermarket in Europe is that they always always always have beautiful, fresh food! I'm always looking forward to go to their supermarket and buy the awesome veggies they have..the super fresh and super sweet fruits they have to offer, the delicious juices, the fresh milk (Oh my godddd! So yummy!!), the chocolates they have, the ice cream, ahhh and the list goes on! 

I loveeee their supermarket! Lotsa awesome products! 

Making your own fresh orange!

This is such a gooooood chocolate! I wish Ovaltine in Malaysia would have this chocolate bar too!

And one ritual thing that me and my brother would be doing whenever we're in cold countries, is to buy their crisps! There's something comforting about eating a yummy salty crisps in a cold weather!

Lotsa selection of crisps! 

I chose this. My brother took his fave, Lays. Sour Cream.

We'd have this every day, when we were there. Haha ;p

What's this? It looks like some kinda chipmunk food? =/

Fish! Since we can't eat meat! hehe.. 

(Normally we would go to the halal butcher to get our source of white and red meat!)

Ahhh...guess what is this!

It's a Mayonaise! In a cute tube! It's cool right! hehe

We should have this in Malaysia! For chilli sauce, mustard, thousand island, etc!

My basket

What's this? Coffee grinder or something?? =/

After an hour walking in the market, browsing stuff, choosing veggies, fruits and whatnot, I find myself at the bedroom section! My fave area! hahaa

(Kitchen department is not as exciting as the bedroom area! :p)

This thing caught my eye!!

It's candles! Lots of them! And so colourful!

(I have a thing with candles, btw)

Should I get this? No? Yes? No? 

Then came mummy and she said.., "Apa tu? Dah-dah. Tak payah membazir. Letak balik. Awak tak perlu tu". ("What's that? Enough. You don't need that. Put it back")

Fineeee mom. I don't need another candle in my room anyway! haha

Mom doing what she does best....buying stuff for her kitchen back in KL.. hehe

Before going back, we stopped by Starbucks to have our hot Toffee Nut Latte. Yums.

Just a walking distance from our apartment to the supermarket!

After arrived our apartment, cooking and cleaning begins! I helped my mom to prepare the food..like washing and cutting the veggies, arrange the stuff we bought into the fridge, cabinet, etc...while she prepares some other dishes..

And usually, this samak part would be my job! As a muslim, we need to ensure that the cutleries and crockeries are clean before we use them! ^__^

This would be our family's typical stuff to bring when we travel, besides the instant noodles and serunding! hehe 

And these....are the cheap and delicious coffee I'd have every morning! It's soooo good and convenient, I wish they have it in KL!

Cooking the veggies..

 Chicken curry, veggies, sambal ikan bilis and serunding daging!

Bon appetit!

Every time when we travel.. We would have breakfast at home, and lunch outside and then, maybeee dinner at home as well, if we didn't dine out when we were out on that day. So, every time when we have walked for the whole day, sightseeing, shopping or anything like that...I always pray hard that my dad would want to have dinner outside. - So I don't have to prepare the food and can just relax my butt off! haha.  ;p

Because why?? Not that I'm lazy or anything..haha, but imagine..you're on a holiday, and you've walked for hours and hours, and when you get back home, you just wanna have your warm bubble bath and just sleeeep! But if my dad wants to have dinner at home, me and my mom would have to prepare the food...tskkk. (Kesian jadi perempuan kannn... Adik aku balik, siap boleh tengok tv, mandi apa semua. Jeles aku! heheheheheh ;p )

Anyway, I'm always so amazed at how my mom is so happy to cook when she's on a holiday!! I always thought to myself, isn't she tired? I never heard she complain about not wanting to cook for the family even when she's exhausted! She always wanna please everyone with her cooking.. She'd say, "Why eat outside food. You never know what they put in there. Mama nak korang makan sedap-sedap. Plus, it's not really that hard pun. Cooking is easy. Mama masak simple2 je pun..  Mama masak kan lagi sedap, berasa, and lagi puas dari makan luar.." - Which is true actually! Indeed, my mom is a superwoman, I tell you! Never met any mom like her yet! 

But for me, a girl who rarely spends time in the kitchen, would feel that cooking is sooo tiring and complicated! hahaha. Especially when you're on a holiday, and you just wanna be lazy ;p

But of course, I don't complain when mom ask me to do this and that and help her out. It's just that I'd ask too many questions like why this thing look like this, and why that thing have to be like that, blablabla...that it annoys her so much! haha. It's sooo funnyy I can't help but to giggle when she's mad when I "ter" do that asking questions thingy...heheheh ;p

Sorry mama! I ask questions more than a five year old kid would! Heeeee. I'm still in a learning phase. Lots to learn! ;p


♪ ♫ Saya budak baru belajar, kalau salah tolong tunjukkan. ♪ 


Anyways, so that's my family's style when going on a holiday! We bring Malaysian food everywhere! hehe ;)


Talk soon!


XOXO,
Shazzy.