Online clothing shopping

I've always wanted to know how online clothing stores work. I usually don't feel confident to buy unless I try on the outfit. Different outfit fits differently even though I'm getting the same size from the same brand. But I really wonder...people do buy from these online shops as they keep mushrooming in FB pages. That means they are making profit, right? If not, why are there so many online clothing stores?

Last week, my curiosity grown out of me and I clicked on a tag on my friend's FB page. I liked the online fashion store instantly. The clothes they sell are really nice, well, from the pictures shown, yes! Plus the models are all with pretty face and slim figures. I scanned through the dresses on sales and fell in love with many of them. Since they charged RM7.00 for 500g of clothes and  RM3.00 is applicable to every 500g additional weight, I chose a few which total up to ~1kg. I bought 3 dresses and a pair of leggings for just ~RM140. I was quite happy with my purchase because usually, with this money, I may only get one dress plus maybe a blouse. However, I was still in doubt.. Do they really look the same as the photos shown in their websites or FB pages in reality? 

After a week of waiting, my purchase finally arrived. I was super excited to go home and open my parcel. But to my disappointment, one of the dresses couldn't fit me. The top is just the right size, but the hip area is just too small for me. Even the leggings are not what I expected. It says cotton in their webpage but in reality, it's some sort of elastic material. And it's just too tight and stuffy..feel too hot wearing that leggings. Well, at least half of my purchase are still wearable but quality wise.., don't really look like what I saw from the photos. 

So, lesson learned. I guess I'll never buy any clothings online again. At least for the time being.. =.=" 

Braided Updo Hairstyle

Saw this hairstyle on YouTube and love it so much! :DDD 

It look quite doable and not very complicated. So I had a try on my own but it's not as easy as it looks. My fingers couldn't hold my hair properly and the hair tangled up. I had to redo it a few times before I get the feel of it. My hands were quite tired by then. But finally, I got it!! 

It still look a bit messy but at least it got the shape and style. If my hair colour is slightly lighter, it will look better. Now, it's too dark to see the texture and the braid. Maybe I can try this in the upcoming wedding dinner! ;D

Celebrity look-alike

Wah!!! This sent me flying on cloud nine ! Kekeke!

Saw someone posting her celebrity look-alike picture on a blog and wanted to join the fun. It was just too awesome and keep me blissfully happy the whole day today! :D Want to try it yourself, click here ! 

Jackfruit Konnyaku Jelly

Bought this packet of Konnnyaku jelly powder a few months ago. Was thinking of making this when my sister and nephew were visiting Ipoh. But didn't have the time and the fridge was pretty occupied most of the time. No space to put the jelly in the fridge! My niece and nephew love this jelly. When I visited them in PJ, we made some together. :) 

Well, was craving for the jelly last weekend, and decided to make some with the fruit we had for the day. So, Jackfruit it is! Haha.. 

The recipe was easy. All instructions were clearly written on the back of the packet. The jelly powder I bought was not flavoured. It suggested to add citrus flavour and colouring, but I prefer to do without those and add fruit as the flavour. 

Ingredients:-

1. 1 packet of Konnyaku jelly powder (10g)

2. 950ml of water

3. 200g of castor sugar

4. Chopped jackfruit

Procedure

1. Measure 200g of castor sugar and mix well with the jelly powder. (The packet says 210g, but I cut off 10g since the fruit is sweet. But after tasting, I should have reduce more.) 

2. Measure 950ml of water with a measuring cup and pour into a pot. 

3. Add the powder into the water portion by portion and stir well to prevent mixture from becoming lumpy. Mine got a bit lumpy though... but it disappear after awhile. 

4. Bring the mixture to a boil. Then, turn off flame and stir for another 5mins.

5. Place the chopped jackfruit into the moulds. Unfortunately, I don't have proper moulds at home, so I used cupcake moulds.

6. Transfer the mixture into a glass jar and pour the mixture into the moulds.

7. Allow jelly to set for some time before putting them into the fridge. 

7. Leave the jelly in the fridge for a few hours. Remove from moulds and the jelly are ready to be served.  

Journey to East Malaysia

Last week, I went to a trip with my mom and a group of aunties & uncles. The majority of them are senior citizens. At first, I joined the trip to accompany my mom and thought that since I haven't been to the east of Malaysia, it would be a great opportunity to see Sabah for the first time of my life. Furthermore, air ticket is cheap and the package includes accommodation, meals, transport from Ipoh-KL-Ipoh and transport in KK. But deep in my heart, I was afraid I'd be bored. But it turned out to be a very fun and enjoyable trip! :D

We departed from Ipoh at 4:00am on 3/5 by Yoyo bus and arrived at LCCT at 7:00am. Mom prepared tuna sandwich for our breakfast and we had some coffee at McD. The rest had McD breakfast. Our flight was at 10:20am. We took our time resting and chit-chatting at the boarding area. Got an sms from a friend who's also flying on the same day but she supposed to depart at 6:00am. But her flight got delayed to 12pm (6hrs delay?!) and she was still at the airport. But I didn't get to meet her because I was already at the boarding area. 

We arrived in KK at about 12:00pm and had lunch at a nearby restaurant. Checked in at Gaya Centre Hotel in Kota Kinabalu at about 3:00pm and a rest before the next agenda. The hotel is new and the bed is so comfortable! :D

Sunset watching at 6:00pm. You need to go there before 6pm. We were slightly late. A few seconds late, the sun will be gone.

Musical fountain at Perdana Park. Entry to the park is free of charge. I got a nice seat, right in the middle. I guess it's because it's a daily 'performance', not many people came to see it. After Perdana Park, we went to see Sutera Harbour Resort which is a luxury hotel. Feel a bit 'paiseh' cuz we looked like a bunch of ppl from the kampung disturbing the quiet atmosphere at the hotel. haha!

Had seafood dinner on our first night here. Saw these funny looking rockfish at the restaurant. Wonder how they cook them?

On our second day, woke up at 6:30am as we need to depart to Mt Kinabalu at 8:00am. Took a few photos of the mountain but we can only see the tip as it was too cloudy that day. It was pretty amazing to see the huge mountain right beside you (literally). After that we had our lunch nearby Poring Hot Spring.

Just when we started our journey from the ticket counter, the sky started to pour heavy rain. We waited at some shelters for about an hour before we climbed the hill to the Poring Canopy walkway. Not an easy route to go up there. The paths and steps were all wet and muddy. As I'm an indoor person and seldom exercise, it was a fairly slow climb. Mom and I were the last few people climbing the hill. The tour leader and his wife accompanied us at the back. That's the wife behind me. :) I was so excited when we get there. Mom was excited too as she didn't think she could make it at first. Was hesitating before we went up the hill. 

Kundasang War Memorial. It was drizzling and the weather turned pretty cold. I love the pavement in the garden. 

At the start of the Mt Kinabalu summit trail. Just a short stop-by to take photographs and borrow their washroom. Not climbing up there. Haha! 

 

On our last day of our trip, our tour guide whom we hired in Sabah brought us to have this famous fish noodle for our breakfast. I don't usually eat much for breakfast but it was so delicious that I ate quite a lot! :p This restaurant is frequented by celebrities too!

After breakfast, we visited the Sabah museum, chocolate factory (beryl's), coffee shop (free coffee tasting), a shop selling frozen seafood, a short stop at University Malaysia Sabah and Yayasan Sabah building. Supposed to visit the aquarium at the university but the aunties were to eager to buy seafood, so we skipped that. 

Had the fluffiest bread at this kopitiam called "FOOK YUEN". Must eat with iced coffee. :) 

Though a tired trip cuz our schedule was really full, it was a very enjoyable one. *wink*

Flying Shoe !

YT's shoe went flying towards me but landed on her document in-coming tray! Wahahahahaha! I had the best laugh today until I had tummy ache and tears in my eyes. It was so hilarious! I can't believe what I saw! Nobody expected it and we had such big surprise!

Well, it started like this. Today we had our annual PPE checking. PPE means "personal protective equipment". Our PPE includes helmet, protective clothing, goggles, gloves, safety shoes, respirators, and other more specific ones. So, in the safety shoes section, we are asked to check whether our shoes are fitting. I told YT, my shoes aren't that fitting and it can come off if I kick too hard. And I demonstrated it and it went "BANG"! My shoe hit the glass pane and made a loud noise. Everybody was 'waken' up from meeting 'Mr Chow' on this lazy afternoon. :D (this is how we describe feeling sleepy)

YT was not wearing safety shoes but normal ballet-type shoes. So I asked whether she needs to check those too. She just made a kick and her shoe flew off her foot!! And that's how it happened. 

THE END *wink*