Praying Festival

I was back to Penang for a day to pray for the Tien Kong. It is the festival of Hokkien lang..hehhe! My actual religion is Hakka but we followed our grandmum since young, so we're indirectly considered as Hokkiens. Complicated..nevamind. It's been two years since we last prayed Tien Kong coz my mum passed away and we cant pray for 3 years. For Hokkiens, Tien Kong, which is prayed on the 8th night of CNY, is the most important day during the CNY.

In my family, Tien Kong is prayed in a grand way, where the whole roasted pig and other food are served to the God. This year Dad ordered the 33kg roasted pig. He waited for almost 2 hours before he can get it. I think Penang is the most happening place to pray Tien Kong coz most people are Hokkiens. The boyfriend followed me back to hometown to experience the fun..hahha!





Sorry to my Malay readers for displaying the photos of the roasted pig.



The boyfriend is quite amazed with the way we prayed. He never expect the servings to be so much. For his family, they'll just have do the normal praying and that's it. But it's different for Penangites. Anyhow every family has their own way of praying. In my family, everyone is really excited especially when we're all waiting for the roasted pig to be cut into pieces..LOL!



And you can see the sky is filled with fireworks here and there. And you dont only see on series of fireworks but MANY! I think every family is trying to amaze the GOD with this and to attract the GOD's attention..hahha! This year there's no fireworks/firecrackers for my house coz Dad cant manage to get them.



When it reaches 12am, Dad started to lit the big joss stick and everyone started to pray. You can wish for whatever you want but not money dropping down from the skies. Hahha. This year I'm wishing for a good health and prosperity in my career. And the rest not to be mention *shhh*






Camwhore session. My aunt, Stephanie, busy posing with my cousins and having fun with their poses. There's few photos of their silly actions but I like this most. It's been quite some time since I last took so many photos.





My youngest sister. Look at the difference of our heights! I'm the shortest among my siblings..hehhe but usually the eldest in the family is quite short. Is that true?

After praying all of us started to open out all the gold papers (which is believed to be the money) and gathered them all to be burnt later. When it's photo taking time, I played with the gold paper coz they folded it like a hat. Look at the pose I did..hehhe and my Dad said I should wear it and pray to become Crown President (which is the highest level in the MLM I'm doing)..LOL!






I know that was an open burning. I know it will caused air pollution but that's the tradition. Just obeyed law.

And here comes the fun part. After all the traditions, finally it's time to pity the roasted pig. My uncle, a chef, does the cutting of pig every year. He knows the way to operate the pig and cut them into pieces. And we only know how to wait and eat the siew yuk (roasted pork)..hehhe!




Hhahahhaha I cant stop laughing when I see this photo. See how cute Stephanie posing with the pig's head. It's quite pity right?




That how the Hokkiens pray in Penang. ;)

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello everyone! The sweetest day of the year has arrived and I'm sure you guys had prepared for it rite? ;) Restaurants and romantic places are all fully booked. For me, my Valentine's Day is postponed to a later date. The boyfriend doesnt wanna be with the crowd. He'd prefer to celebrate it on a normal day where you dont need to be with the crowd and enjoying not-so-good food. I'm sorry to say this but I really had bad experience for the last Valentine's.

Last year, we celebrated with Robert and Delia at Bar Savarh and the food is really bad. Four of us were really unsatisfied and we headed to Overseas Restaurant for another round of Valentine's dinner. We're smart this year. We'll just dine in any restaurant and celebrate our big day next week. The boyfriend has booked for dinner at "The Revolving Restaurant" at KL Tower. So both of us gonna enjoy our dinner in peace without much people surrounding us..hehhe!

February 14th

Happy Birthday Dear!

It's really a special day for me and the boyfriend. There's double celebration for both of us. It is also the boyfriend's birthday! How sweet huh..but usually we celebrated his birthday on the 13th and have our Valentine's dating on the 14th. But there's slight changes this year. We'll be going back to Penang on the 14th to pray for "tien kong" (The Sky God i guess..). Everything is postponed to later date. Anyhow we went shopping today at KLCC and both of us were really happy. LOL

I bought some clothes for the boyfriend as his birthday present. He tried two shirts and a pants from GAP. It fits him well. So I bought for him as birthday present. Part of his birthday present. This year I'm not gonna get him 23 presents like last year. Since he dont have much clothes to wear anymore, I'm gonna get more clothes for him this year.

I love his pants. WeiJen bought his favourites in GAP as well, and both of their purchases exceeded RM700, so they were offered GAP membership. The membership is really easy. You dont need to flash the GAP member card and actually you dont have any member card. All you have to do is to key in the mobile number of applicants and you'll have the 10% discount. So easy right? Let me know if any of you need the discount. I'll give you the mobile number of my single and available friend..hehhe!

And I reward myself something GOOOOD! I bought a Gucci messenger bag..

I love my messenger bag! I've been looking for a sling back for quite some time but couldnt find a suitable one. Went to Starhill the other day and saw this bag. I was so in love with it but the boyfriend asked me to have a look at others. And today we saw it again at KLCC. Never expect I'll get it by today..cant stop myself from not buying it. I was so headache deciding whether to take brown or black. And I ended up with the black one coz it's not that common to have the classic brown colour. I'm sooo happy now! Gonna start launching it tomooroo... ;)

Anyway hope all of you enjoy your Valentine's Day! For the singles, enjoy your day by treating yourself with something good and to couples, enjoy this day with your loved ones ya!

Thaipusam Day

It's a public holiday in Selangor and Wilayah. Dad and sis are here. I cancelled my facial appointment and gonna meet them later. Dad have Maxis dinner tonight and I'm gonna bring my sis for some shopping. Perhaps it's time to shop for some Chinese New Year clothes..hehhe! Who knows Dad will sponsor me some at the same time..LOL! It's been quite some time I didnt ask for pocket money. I guess it's almost 2 years I didnt ask for any allowance. So it's time to ask ;)

Supposed to meet Alia this morning at 10, but both of us overslept! And I cant join the gathering this Saturday. All collegemates will be going for the gathering at Jogoya. Unfortunately I'm gonna miss it. I'm sure they gonna have lotsa funs there laughing! No choice for me but to go back Penang. Something to be done which is more important than the gathering.



Anyway I need to get ready now. Another 45 minutes for the boyfriend to wait..hehhe! 15 minutes for shower, 10 minutes to dress up, 10 minutes for make-up, and 10 minutes to blow my hair. i'm out of clothes to wear coz I havent send them to laundry. Headache! I have to bring the whole lots of dirty clothes back to hometown.

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Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Eyeliner Set

Plans mentioned earlier to meet my dad and sis was cancelled. Will meet them tomoro morning. I just came back from OneU and The Curve. The Bobbi Brown promotion has arrived to OneU outlet and I went to collect the Limited Edition Long-Wear Cream Eyeliner set. Fion introduced me this eyeliner coz I was making noise on my eyeliners. I'm using Dior pencil eyeliner which I find its best among all coz it's waterproof and doesnt smudge easily. But by the end of the day, it still smudges. I admit that my face and eyes are oily and that is why those waterproof liners dont stay.

Last week I went to OneU to ask on this set but the promotion is not available yet. I booked a set and 3 days back the promoter called me. So I went to collect it today. I tried out the cream eyeliner the other day before I making my purchase today. I wanna find out how good it lasts and the results was excellent! The cream liner stayed all day at its line without smudging! The effect is the same as liquid eyeliner but it is easier to apply. It dries up very quickly as well.






The set comes with 2 colour of cream liner (black and chocolate), a mini ultra fine eye liner brush, and instant long-wear makeup remover. It's very worth it coz the price of one cream liner is RM65 and the brush is RM70. But of course the RM70 brush is longer. And now the promotion is RM150 for the entire set.

And this is my beautiful pair of eyes with the cream eyeliner

No smudge


No fudge


The photo taken is after a long day out with the cream eyeliner.It was the tester used at the counter before I make the order.

And I love my eyelashes..hahha! From the photo, I realised I have long eyelashes..hehhe! No extensions nothing. Only with the Maybelline XXL Mascara.



I did not apply the microfiber (white) but only the black mascara. I hate the microfiber coz after a long day out, the black mascara started to fade and left with the white microfiber. It's ugly! Btw this is one of my all time favourites. I dont invest much in mascaras coz to me all are the same. It depends on how well it suits your preference. To me, Maybelline is good enough to emphasize on your sexy long lashes ;)

And after that, we went to The Curve to alter my Levis jeans. Alter the length of the jeans which I bought few months ago. I send to the express altering service and they charged me RM30 for 2 pairs. I have no idea whats the price should be, but at least it is done within an hour! Now I have another 2 new jeans to wear instead of keeping them in the wardrobe. While waiting for the alter, we had our meal at Dragon-i! Hehhe yummy!

Alright gotta go for dinner now.. ;)

What A Tiring Day!

Hmmpf! That's why I told the boyfriend success doesnt come easily. Success is like a magnet sticking to hard work and perseverance. I'm accelerating my hard work and perseverance..And the sacrifice to stay out of home, under the super hot sun and sometimes heavy rain..is another thingy. But one thing to appreciate is that I dont need to work under a boss and be controlled..that's what I like best ;)

There's more tasks coming and I guess my time for entertainment has gone to the minimum level. Am going back Penang these few days and get ready for the award presentation this Sunday. I gotta arrange the accommodations of about 15 people. My lines from KL are attending the award presentation and I think my job as tour guide begins on Sunday..hahha! Luckily they'll be in Penang for about 2 days only. At least I dont have to think of where to bring them. Food places are enough to fill their 2 days. After the award presentation, then the preparation for Chinese New Year.

No idea where the celebration of CNY will be this year. I mean the family celebration. I heard from my uncle that everyone gonna come down to KL this year instead of celebration in hometown. It'll be good if everyone come down. Then I can go to the boyfriend's side without rushing back to hometown. Last year I was in KL on the first day of CNY and rushed back to hometown in the evening of the first day of CNY. I hope it's not gonna happen again this year..hehhe!

And after the Chinese New Year, I gotta prepare the schedule for Jakarta and Medan trip. I'm supposed to plan all the schedules and tasks for Indonesia trip. The good news is that more friends gonna join us for the Indonesia trip. So I'm sure it's gonna be an interesting one. And Ivan suggested that we can go Bangkok around May. Bangkok = shopping haven! Anyway it's out of the current plan. Just gonna leave it first..

This morning I woke up and got panic coz I'm supposed to go for SK-II facial. The appointment is 12.30pm and it's almost 12pm when I woke up. I knew I couldnt make it coz I need about 45 minutes to get ready. So I called the outlet to cancel or postpone the appointment. And to my surprise..

"Hello I'm Elaine..I have an appointment today and I'd like to cancel it and change to another day,"
"Miss..I think you called the wrong outlet. Today we dont have any beautician on duty."
"Uh..but my appointment is today at 12.30pm!"
"Wait let me check..what your name and contact number?"
"Elaine..contact number 012-4XXX3XX"
"Elaine..your appointment is on the 28th Jan! It's next monday."



I was confused! Didnt know that my appointment is next week..hahha! And I changed the appointment to this week before going back to Penang..hehehhe! The boyfriend laughed at me saying that I dont know even remember the date of appointment. Simply call to cancel..LOL

Damn memalukan but tak pe lar..humans do make mistakes sometimes..hahhhah!

Anyway I gotta remove my make-ups and get my shower before it's 2am. My routine has messed up and I usually go to bed around 3 or 4am. Gonna sleep earlier tonight. More things to be done tomoro. Sigh!

Goodnite everyone! *muacks*