Quote of the day! :)

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, and forget about the ones who don't. And most importantly, believe that everything happens for a reason.  

If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it. Nobody said that it would be easy, they just promised that it would be worth it. You just have to think positive, always! :)

XOXO,
Shazwani. 

Japanese Food is LOVE

Lately I always find myself in a Japanese restaurant. Oh, I just loved their food! Like, it's a must now, every month...or maybe....every week? heh. No not really. (The high quality ones are quite expensive. Mati mak, kalau tiap-tiap minggu. hahaha. ;p)

Anyway, last time, my number one fave food ever would be Italian cuisine. - I love pasta, especially. But now...I think I have a deep affection towards the Japanese food! So the Japanese cuisine is my number one choice for dining. And Italian, would be number 3 now.. I think? Second would be Indonesian-Sundanese food.. Hmm... but what about Malaysian food, ey? 

Uhh...oh well, only when mummy cooks. Otherwise, nope! Teeheee! ;P

So anyways.. since the day I took my very last paper before I graduated, which was about one and a half year ago (you can re-read about the story here), I have started loving the Japanese food ever since that day! ^___^ 

Last time, I used to really hate Japanese food, fyi.. Like REALLY REALLY hate it! - because I had such terrible experience with it. tskk.

But nowwww.....I'm totally up for it whenever anyone wants to have some Japanese session! Yums! Just writing this, is making my saliva dribbling. LOL. Because I'm kinda hungry now and I'm imagining the fat sashimi in Marriott I had just few days ago. Oh God. O___O

Anyways..earlier this month, I had my Japanese session with my Japanese-looking friend named, Shida..at Umai-Ya restaurant in KLCC

I only ordered the appetizer that's meant for 3 person! haha. 

Just having this sashimi alone, would make me the happiest girl! haha  

While Shida ordered this set..

Ahhh....my fave ice cream ever! The matcha ice cream! 

This green tea ice cream mix with the red bead paste just taste amaaaazinggggg! They are such a perfect match/combo! (But the one in Umai-Ya I had, isn't as great like in our family fave Japanese restaurant at Marriott)

Remembering the days when we used to be so close together in our first year in uni. ;)

I had such a great time with her. We sure did talk a lot! hehe

What do you think? Turquoise and Hot Pink? Do they make a good match? heh

Anyway.. the past couple of weeks, I had another Japanese food again at Marriott.. One with my friends,  one with my family, another one with Sheila and my family.. 

Ah...my tummy is spoiled with great food! ;p

Mine. The Gindara Teriyaki Set. Sedap tak terkata. huhu

OH. MY GODDDD. 

Look at that salmon!!!!

O_______O

The awesomest yummy Bento Set

Mine. I love the salads, the tempura and the chicken. 

Oh no...I'm hungry nowwww.. T___T

Sheila and me, 5 days ago..

The kepochi wani ;p

The lovebirds.

KENYANG GILA. HAPPY GILA.

hehe.

;p

P/s: Anyone wants to bring me to a Japanese restaurant? Count me in please!! I'll definitely say yessss! hehehe ;p



XOXO,
S.

..because the Queen Needs her Time Off too! :)

XOXO,

S.

65 Blog Malaysia Pilihan InTrend!

Oh. My. God.

I feel so honored! My blog is featured in the fabulous InTrend magazine again! Three years in a row now, they featured this humble blog of mine in their awesome, fantastic mag!!!! Awwwwhhh...gotta love the editors!!!

They have a few categories. 6 to be exact. Which are Fesyenista (fashion blog), Hijabista (hijab/scarf blog) -not in the photo above though - forgot to include when I did this collage! Heee.. Sorry!), Si Cilik Manja (parenting/kids blog), Usahawan (entrepreneurs/business stuff blog), Santapan (food blog), and Mahligai Cinta (love/weddings blog). And they have a Special Category as well...which yours truly is being nominated here! ^__^

The first year, which was in 2010, they chose my blog as the Chosen Blog of the Month, for their April issue and I got a little something from Anna Sui as a gift, for that.. - and I still wear it until today, by the way! (So thank you InTrend! ^__^)

And then, in 2011, they featured my blog as the InTrend's Choice of 50 Blogs in Malaysia, and categorized my blog for the Fashionista category..

And this year....

They nominated my blog as the Beauty Blog in Malaysia! Awwww....I'm really really realllllllyyyy feel so honored to be nominated for this! And I'm so touched that the editors write such awesome words about  me  this blog, and also, so happy that the InTrend juries/judges chose this blog as the Malaysia Beauty Blog!!!! It really means a lot to me!

SO THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOUUUU INTREND!!! ^_____^

Now...let's see what did they write about this blog, for this special nominations/category! hehe ;)

 Kategori Kecantikan: shazwanihamid.com

"Shazwani Hamid bukanlah nama asing dalam gelanggang blog Malaysia. Hijabista yang menggilai aksesori bold ini gemar bersolek cantik dan tampil urbanista. Menyorot banyak informasi fesyen dan kecantikan, Shazwani tidak kekok berkongsi tips dan ritual kecantikan istimewa dengan pembaca. Lebih menarik, kebanyakan entri pasti disertakan foto DIY eksklusif kerana sifat Shazwani sendiri yang gemar mencuba dan bereksperimentasi. Unik, itulah rahsia Shazwani memiliki ramai pengikut tegar. Kunjungi blog ini dan kamu akan ketemu jawapannya mengapa ramai pembaca menyayanginya."

For those who can't read/understand Bahasa Malaysia (just found out that I have foreign readers! hehe) let me..uh...translate it for you! heh. Not word by word though..I'm not so good in translating words with the very right meaning/sentence or whatever...but I'll try my best to come as close as what they say here..hehe (for those who think I'm not explaining/translating it right, please let me know ya! Heeee ;p)
Well it says here...

Beauty Category: shazwanihamid.com 

"Shazwani Hamid is not an unusual name in the Malaysia's blogosphere. This 'hijabista' (hijabi + fashionista) has the craze for bold accessories, and love to groom herself to look pretty/chic and urban. Highlighting a lot about fashion and beauty information, Shazwani is not shy to share her special beauty tips and rituals with her readers. What's interesting is that most of her entries,  she'll attach some exclusive DIY photos, because it's her nature/personality that loves to try and experiment things. Unique, that's her secret to have many avid followers. Visit this blog and you'll know the answer, why so many readers loved her."

Am I translating it right?? Heeee... I don't think so, but more or less it's quite similar, I guess.. (Sorry if it's not. And please correct me if I'm wrong. Am not so good with words! hehe ^_^)


Anyway... I love every word of it. Seriously, InTrend has really brighten my day, the moment when I saw this in their mag! Tak percaya how happy I was...tengok my tweet! hahaha.. I just loveee every word of it and the fact that they put my blog as Malaysia Beauty Blog category, just really really made my day!! ;)

Thank you so much InTrend! I love youuu! ^__^




P/s: Oh.. More reasons to blog about beauty stuff!! Yeayy! ;)



XOXO,
S.

Brunch in the Garden! :)

This post contains a lot of pictures. You have been warned ;p



A couple of weeks ago, I received a private message from Sheila, saying...

Hehe. Cute.

^_^

.......I love helping people buying stuff and help them pick 'em up according to my eyes. So.....yeah, of course I said yes to it.

So on that Sunday morning, I woke up feeling excited.. because it has been awhile since I last shopped. And I already had some things in my mind to buy..

So....I woke up, and get dressed.. And asked Sheila to pick me up a little bit late, as I overslept - I did not get to sleep well that night..as I couldn't sleep =/

So anyway, around 12-ish she arrived and picked me up. And I asked her excitedly,

"So where are we going? And what are you gonna buy?!"

"We're going to Alamanda. They have this new shop, my friend told me. It's an art shop. Very cool stuff.. They sell like handmade stuff or something like that...so I wanna see what do they have there!"

"Oh my God...Really?! (I super loveeeee artsy stuff by the way) Bestnyaaa... Okay okayyy! Let's!"

*****************

And about 20 minutes later, we arrived Alamanda....



The moment we stepped into the mall, I saw...the Baskin Robbins counter, and I wanted to go there to buy myself some ice cream, but just before I ordered some, Sheila stopped me and said we're going to have lunch first and the place that we're going, have so many yummy desserts and better than B.R. =__='

At that time, I still didn't have any clue why and what is happening, and why won't she allow me to have my ice cream? LOL. For a moment there, I was feeling kinda weird, like why this girl didn't allow me to eat my ice cream???! Whyyyyy oh whyy? I want maaa ice creammmm! haha. JK.  ;p

So then I thought to myself, maybe the shop we're going to didn't allow outside food or something. So okay, fineee. I'm cool with that. hehe. And maybe Sheila was right, maybe they have awesome desserts. So okay, let's just try and imma follow her..  :)

Anyway..then I asked her some more,

"So which cafe we're going to have our lunch? What do you wanna eat?"

"Oh, it's this new place... It's somewhere near the bowling area."  

"Oh, okay.. Alright. We're going to eat first, then to the shop that you talked about..?? What's the name of the shop, by the way?"

"Yup..yup..we are. We eat first, then we go to that shop. It's called...something-something arts. Uhh....I forgot what it is called la. Later, I'll ask my friend"

Not having any clue whatsoever, I just followed her footsteps, where she wanna eat... And she brought me to a place called Garden Lifestyle Store and Cafe. Before we reached the entrance of the cafe, excitedly I said,

"Oh great! So it's this cafe, ha?! I've never tried here before! Great! I've always wanted to try, but dunno why still haven't try. haha"

"Great! Come, let's go inside!" 

"Table for two please.."

"Okay, which area you wanna sit? These area..or that one..?", asked the waitress while pointing at some areas..

"Ouh..that looks cozy and nice... Can we sit there? There's a swing or something over there!", I said..

"Sure."

Just when I sank my butt on the swing and started to play a bit with it, the waitress came to us with the menus in her hand..

As I was busy trying to get the best position to sit on the swing, Sheila then said to the waitress,

"Hey, can we sit over there?", while pointing at an area..  - I didn't realized which area she was pointing out to, as I was busy playing with the swing. haha. But that time I thought she wanted to move to another area cuz she didn't like the spot that I chose. =___='

"Oh, no. Sorry, you can't sit there. That's a reserved area. "

"Yeah I know..but my friend is sitting over there.."

"Oh okay... Suree..Alright then" 

At that moment, I still do not have any idea or clue at all.. I really thought Sheila saw her friend or something and wanted to join them or maybe just say hi or something and sit near them or whateverr... So okay... I followed her to the reserved area...

And little that I know, I would be seeing...........

THEM!!!!!

Saying.... "SURPRISEDDDDDD!!!!!"

Soon!

:)

XOXO,

S.

It's alive.... Finally! :D

Alhamdullilah. My MacBook Pro is finally here and not sick anymore. The hard disk crashed last time. Sad. But thank God it's okay now.

Well, I got it last week, but I don't know why the internet in my area is always down lately. Thus, I can't online that often and started blogging again. Hence, the lack of updates here! =(

Anyway, the absence of my blog posts have two main reasons. One was because my MacBook was down with flu. And another one was....uh.. due to some unforeseen circumstances in my life. So I've taken my time to do a little bit of thinking. And after much thought, I've decided to start blogging again! =)

So sorry about the loooooong silence. I think, this is by far, the longest I was on a mute mode here, right?


I feel guilty now. haha.


Anyway, I have so much to tell! I'm really back! Don't go away ya! Stay tune! hehe.. Oh, I'm soooo glad I'm in my normal mood/mode again! hehehe... Feels so good to be back again, doing what you love doing! :)

But before I start babbling about my thingsss...let me just first update you girls with what I've been doing/going..

Meeting friends

Gossiping 

Shopping

Events, events, events

Taken some me-time

Gym

Hanging out

Talking

Attending weddings

Going to friend's birthday party

....and going to my own (surprise) birthday party! - THANK YOU MY SWEET READERS!

^___^

I'll talk soon ya! Will definitely blog about all these...inshaallah. Love you guys! Bye! :)




XOXO,
S.

It's hereeeeee!!

OMG OMG OMG OMGGGGGG. I'm so happy!!! hahaha. After awhile of not getting to touch my MacBook, nowwwww....it's here!!! Yeayyyy! =D

Am reaalllllyyyyyy happy! Plus, my problems seem a lot, a lot better now....which means, I'm back on track again! hehe

See you in the next post ya! Take care girls! ;)



XOXO,
S.