kuantan roadtrip

i slept around 5am and i actually woke up at 8.30am for no apparent reason and cant seem to fall back asleep. so yeah. here i am to update on my weekend in kuantan.


from Hyatt Regency Kuantan on Telok Cempedak.




most of the time we just stayed in and watch tv/rest/eat/catch some sleep, which explains the lack of pictures. the beach was probably the best part of the trip except that it rained. A LOT.

i didnt even get to walk on the beach and get sand in between my toes. =(




town was pretty dead though. the beach was not phenomenal, but i suppose it satisfied my need/desire to watch and hear the waves crash in and to look out to the serene blue sea to calm my rages wtf.

yes i am that desperate. T____T




pictures taken in the morning, before it rained.

end post with usual camwhore pictures. =)







well at least i've got white dahlia in my hair which made my day despite the rain which ruined it all.

have a great monday everyone.

Jcard day. sunday at sunway.

cant believe a year had actually passed since the last Jcard day where i went with Will right after class where i braved the thousands of people and bought some shirts and stuff at great discounts.

this year around, Jcard Day was on a Wednesday and Thursday. they offered rm10 vouchers for every rm100 spent. which meant additional 10% off the existing discounts. i went on tuesday night to try on swimwear and clothes which i would wanna buy since this time around, i knew that it was impossible to try on anything at on on Jcard day considering the ridiculous amount of people.

dropped by on Wednesday night before heading to Library for drinks and bought a couple of Ogival bikinis dunno for what wtf since i wont wear anyway but they are just too pretty to pass. 10% off the original rm159 per piece. which came up to almost rm290. got myself two rm10 vouchers.


went the next day with L, and bought luxury hotel standard bedsheets for the new house, which cost a BOMB! the price for comfort. ah. and a handy Philips steamer for healthy cooking. more like convenient cooking since i'm always so lazy to cook up a proper meal wtf.

and we got ourselves NINE freaking rm10 vouchers! madness.

and people say we save money during sales?

i am hopeless when it comes to controlling my impulsive buying. thus keep me away from mega sales, warehouse sales, year end sales, whatever it is to do with discounts and crap like that cause i tend to spend gazillion times more on things i dont need and will never use or wear just because i am too 'kiasu' to miss out or pass on a good offer. fml.


went to Sunway Lagoon again on Sunday with colleagues.

awesome despite tiring day since most of us only slept for a couple of hours after work on Saturday night and reached at 10am. wtf. so happened it was Sunway Family day and there were some odd 13k people inside by the time we went in past 12pm. wtf. talk about mad crowd of families and tons of kids running around and crazy long queues on everything!

*pulls hair out of frustration*

at least i got on the Flying fox this time around. =)

have not gotten the pictures, so the only pictures to be posted are 'post-fun' pictures taken at the Surf Beach while waiting for the rest to be done with shower.

pictures taken with my SonyEricsson Satio 12mp.



Pictures taken with Nokia N8 12mp


so clear and much better quality wtf. but Cheat One cause use flash. hmph.


we all went for foot massage at Zouk Spa Sunway afterwards.

(R&G Tours And Travel Sdn. Bhd.)

No. 15, Ground Floor,Jalan PJS 11/28B,Sunway Metro,Bandar Sunway,

46510, Petaling Jaya,Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Tel: 03-56380369

(opposite Sunway Resort.)


the concept was theater-like where there were huge ass really uncomfortable chairs in front of a projector screen.


masseurs were Chinese. not Malaysian chinese, but authentic China people which was REALLY FRUSTRATING cause i couldnt understand shit they were talking. if only their massages were as good as the authentic ones i had in China. wtf.

i was soooo wrong.

massage was half hearted. the girl was simply just pressing her knuckles along my feet and rolling them back and forth repeatedly. it was horrible. there was no effort on her part, no strength no nothing. it was even reflexology cause she did not massage the vital points on my feet and crap like that.

and they kept pestering us to add this add that. if you dont want to add, then they will make faces and make you feel like you are this horrible person who would not fork out more than the basic rm40 for a massage.

i did an rm30 foot scrub to exfoliate my dead skin and smoothen my cracked heels. and i was given a deep cut on my toe which hurt like mad when i walked or when it was wet. she did not even apologize or made effort to not hurt it further, instead rubbed more lotion on it which stung like mad. wtf.



damn it. and and they seriously cheat you of your massage time. i know all massages dont give you full massages of exactly 60mins or 90mins. i started at 7.10pm by the time the foot soak and everything, it was 7.15. foot scrub took some time until around 7.45pm. massage started soon enough and by 7.25, i was done. wtf? fucking paid for 1hour massage and all i got was shitty 40mins of half hearted crap.

)*&@*&%)#%$!@*$^!!@#$%

definitely not going back. and please dont patronize that branch. ever.

awesome weekender

broadband is suddenly being nice to me, so yeah, quickly upload pictures before it changes it's mind. all the pictures of my weekend with sister are unedited and completely random because i'm in such a rush to upload them before broadband slows down T___T


outfit of the day
tank top under low-cut striped casual dress under trench coat by Sub with black tights and neon pink slippers T____T


testing out camera's self timer function =)


flying coaster yay!


spot me!


noms


soup dumplings
there's a reason why they call their dumplings the best shanghainese dumplings in the world. it is as good, if not better, than that of Dragon-i. but it tastes substantially different. dont know how to explain, you really need to try it out and you'll know.


beancurd with prawns and scallops
ordered this by mistake because i was actually trying to recall an amazing dish i had there the last time and failed miserably. this obviously wasnt the one =.= plus it was too oily to my liking.


prawn fried rice.
the prawns were AMAZING. crazy fresh! so juicy, sweet, and perfect bouncy texture. noms. the fried rice was nothing to shout about.


roasted beef stripes
blehh. didnt like it because the meat was really dry and the sauce was bland.


creme brulee frappuccino on the left which tasted really weird. T__T
good ol chocolate frappuccino. all time fav!


people watching. excuse my retardedness, i was freezing really T___T


SUNWAY LAGOON!!
ironic how i used to always go to sunway for shopping and drinking for the past two years, but never stepped foot in the lagoon despite how much i wanted to go =.= so yeah, i was really excited.


sister and bf


the only picture i have since i was too excited that once we got in, i quickly got a locker nearby and chucked all my things in, not knowing that it was completely unnecessary. next time i go, i would play all the 'dry' games of roller coasters and amusement rides first before getting wet at the water park. missed out so many picture oppourtunities because i left my camera in the lockers near the entrace. fml.

there are two options of tickets, the normal ticket of rm60 which allows you on rides at the water park, amusement park and wildlife park. water park, is obviously water park of the usual wave pools, water slides and stuff. amusement park is where the rides are. wildlife park is like a mini zoo. we opt for the ALL PARK TICKET since it was only rm15 difference ie rm75, and allows you into two other parks being the Scream Park and Xtreme Park, which is very very worth it.

Scream park is basically simulation of a haunted house. you know, lots of props and characters and stuffs. quite worth it really if you enjoy scaring yourself T__T i obviously closed my eyes throughout half of the park and opened just to see the 3D path which was really nice =) Xtreme park consists of lots of extreme games of Atv vehicles, go-karting, flying fox, bungee jumping and stuff like that. but due to time constraint, we did not manage to go on any. bungee jumping costs rm50, so perhaps next time. but we queued for the flying fox route for like half an hour although there were really only less than 15 people queing and were left disappointed because it started to rain. dang! i really wanted to go on that ride. =(

otherwise, the crowd at lagoon was just nice, no insane queues. did not wait for more than 5mins for other rides(even the roller coaster) although it was a sunday. it rained around noon, but we were still allowed on the water slides. had to leave early to send sister and bf to train station, but it was an awesome day nevertheless. i wanna go again!!!

sunday movie night
WALL STREET : MONEY NEVER SLEEPS

very realistic drama about how money makes the world go round and how it drives people to do evil for their selfish wants and needs, to even sacrifice their family and people they love for material things money buys. to me, it was just a 6/10 kind of movie. not overly exciting yet pretty unpredictable. do know that it is a lengthy movie of almost 2 and half hours though.


dinner at One U

the thing i hate about all these so called 'premium dining' is queing which really turns me off. wanted to go and have Chilis but the queue was like nobody's business. ftl. got aunty jump queue also so i was extra pissed. grr. sushi zanmai also another one. forever got people queue one! got so nice to eat mehh?? grrr..

i was not happy that we had to queue, IN A LINE, for like 10 minutes despite only two groups of people in front of us, just to get a table. that is exclusive of the time you need to wait for your food while seated at your table. sigh. at least provide waiting area for people to sit or take down people's names and give approximate waiting time so people can go shopping at the meantime la. seriously i'ld rather go to a place where i get proper decent service since you pay so much for a simple dinner anyway, and yet get treated like unwanted puppies

ANYWAY.


SALMON SASHIMI. as usual. i suppose it was past dinner hours, so it was as fresh as i wanted it to be anymore. still beats lousy sashimi by Sushi King, anytime, hands down.

CHAWANMUSHI. as usual. still prefer Senjyu Sushi when it comes to chawanmushi.


Unagi. =)

Yaki Udon
fried udon. first few bites were good, but it tasted rather bland afterwards.

Sushi platter.
dont like. i'ld rather order seperate small plates of sushi which i really want to eat instead of sushi platter which consists of many sushis i dont eat in the first place, just for the convenience of having an assorted platter.


Ika teriyaki.
lousy as shit. nothing beats Senjyu when it comes to their grilled squids. Zanmai ones are really dry and tough. bleh.


Oyako Don
traditional chicken and egg rice with some sweet sauce. i personally think that the sauce wasnt enough. everyone knows i cannot eat dry plain rice, so i wouldnt even bother trying to swallow rice without sufficient sauce.

i know, we over order, everytime T___T

overall, i had a great weekend. eventful one that is since all my weekends lately consist of a pinch of shopping, a chunk of work, a bit of drinking, lots of sleeping in and staying home slacking. =) hope you guys had a great one too. that's all for now, cheers =)


to awesome chawanmushi =)

xoxo viv

langkawi preview (finally)

spent the entire noon + evening editing ALL the pictures from 3d2n langkawi trip from 1st sept. (overdue much i know!) and painstakingly chose (few) favourites out of the over 300 pictures i took.

and if you noticed, this post was started at 10pm 22/9 (yesterday) where i uploaded pictures till i fell asleep at 5am, and continued uploading at 3pm just now, and it's almost 5pm of 23/9, and i'm finally done =.= .

thanks to tortoise speed broadband wtf which was so frustrating it almost drove me insane =.=

anyway, enjoy =D

DAY 1

#1 landed in langkawi at 9am which was 10mins ahead schedule
two thumbs up to AIRASIA for their efficiency =D


#2 checked in HOLIDAY VILLA
which was FANTABULOUS! highly recommaended =)


#3 view from my balcony.
of green gardens and huge-ass pool. gorgeous much!


#4 random shot from Underwater World
perfect combo for my cutesy pink dress with embroidery details. =)


#5 lounging at their poolside
all time fav momoe tank. (of all four colours i own, this is the best)


#6 evening dip in the huge-ass pool.
brown bikini top with polka dot skirt-bottom from Blook.


#7 the good life =)
gorgeous shot of sunset at HOLIDAY VILLA's private beach by yours truly.


#8 my fav shot =)


#9 2nd fav shot =)


#10 new blog header perhaps? =D


#11 me likeyy good photographer!


#12 amazing emo shot (aint it?!)
by *perasan* yours truly =D


#13 random shot


#14 bbq dinner at the HOLIDAY VILLA
casual light denim dress =)


#15 shot of the gazillion stars in the sky at the beach.
attempted using 12 megapixel =D


#16 cocktails at Sunday's bistro


#17


#18 Sunday bistro and restaurant
amazingly designed place, comfy ambience, wonderful drinks and awesome service. located just along the road where Sunba bar is.

DAY 2


#19 Cenang beach at noon.


#20 floral dress with lace finishings


#21 candid picture


#22 walking
towards the 'langkawi' signboard at the mountains.


#23 random shot
absolutely love how casual this picture turned out


#24 light blue wedges by Vincci


#25 'proof' of LANGKAWI =)


#26 waiting for dinner to be served


#27 candlelight dinner at HOLIDAY VILLA's italian restaurant
amazing food =)


#28 pina colada at dinner


#29 Babylon Bar on Cenang Beach
very gorgeous casual balinese setting


#30 live band =D


#31 'table' on the soft white sands
love how they serve drinks in 'buckets' with straws. so cute!


#32 spot the Babylon sign!


#33 back at HOLIDAY VILLA
tie-dyed dress from random boutique


#34 feet + sand

DAY 3


#35 at the pier overlooking ships, yachts and boats
white lace tier dress and checkered scarf with platforms.


#36 famous Langkawi Eagle Square
they had some movie shooting thingy going on so i couldnt go and take proper pictures with the eagle wtf. disappointed. =(


#37 back at the beach by sunset
amazing photo i know =D


#38 goodbye langkawi
i miss the soft white sands, amazing sea breeze and relaxed place. but i'll be back, soon =)

will upload the rest of the pictures to my facebook, but i honestly dont know when i'll be able to do that. lets cross our fingers and hope broadband be nice to me =)

till then, cheers =)


xoxo, viv