Halloween Night

On 31st October 2015 we had our 8th Anniversary of the company and my new workplace. That shall explain why I didn't update much on the blog which is such a shame. I was a newbie for about two weeks but I was invited for the dinner and everyone needed to do performances. The best of all I was honored to do it solo! (great...just great *sigh)

The occasion took place in Shangri-La Hotel at Jalan Sultan Ismail. We gathered there around 8pm. The decorations were simple yet pretty. Besides, it was a small and private party dinner.

Gift sections for lucky draws, awards and for the VIPs.

Dinner table layout. 

Noticed this beautiful and fresh roses on the table. I thought they were fake but they were real flowers!

I was offered wine but I don't drink and left it nicely on the table but that fruit punch drink was so tasty! It was mixed fruits juice with watermelons and else (which I couldn't quiet figure lol).

We were served by eight coursing for our meals. So let's start.

1. Shangri-La Four Hot Dish Combination.

It was so delicious! Seafood & sushi are always a plus to me.

2. Braised Shredded Abalone with Seafood Broth

The soup was like most of Chinese soup which had plain and simple taste. However the seafood broth really makes the difference as it tasted just nice! I can have this whole day for like a year of raining days or for sick days.

3. Miso Glazed Cod Fish.

I have to say this was the best meal of all. It was perfect. The flesh was soft and tender. The sauce was great and top up the excellent combination!

4. Buttered Prawns.

This dish was yummy but I had tasted better buttered prawn so I think this was just an average.

5. Lamb Chop with Garlic Mash Potatoes.

The meat were soft and tender. I don't like veggies but they were softly steamed cook and I just had to taste them and yes, no regret at all. Yums! Too bad I don't eat lamb meat so I just took a bite or two and later asked for the next course. But for all lamb chop lovers this course was really good!

6. Poached Broccoli with Black Mushrooms, Dried Scallop

This was so me in one dish. They put all my favorites in one dish! I love love mushrooms because they taste like chicken meet to me. And broccoli? Perfecto mi amor!

7. Fried Rice with Assorted Vegetables and Shredded Barbecue Chicken.

The name is a hell long but it looked just normal fried rice to me. It was nicely cooked and you can tasted the veggies were very fresh. But I had tasted better so this one is slightly above average.

There was no pictures of the next coursing because of full memory T-T.

8. Deep-fried Sesame Dumpling.

This one was just okay but it was too oily for me. 

And for the cordial punch I just had tea and a piece of cake. 

I love how lighting can change the mood. Made it more romantic.

I did sang a song for my solo performance. It was bad and I was damn nervous on that stage. Not because I was a stage freak but because I wasn't good at singing T.T. Anyway, I had so much fun and really enjoyed the night though it ended almost 3am. 

Parking rate was RM12 before midnight. Since we finished at 3am we got a stamp which prove we only had to pay for the flat rate. Or else it probably could reached up to RM30++.

A night wasn't complete without a selfie. So here is our group selfie to call it a night!

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Mimi's Engagement

On August 8th, Mimi (my cousin) who is as the same age as me got engaged! I was so excited but I went there a bit late due to some works and only managed to snap a few pictures. I worn a very old Baju Kurung because I decided to use it after a long time and luckily still could fit it. We went to Yana's (his fiance) house after Zohor around 3pm by four cars. It wasn't far somehow. We called it 'Cinta Satu Lorong Je'.

These are the hantaran from Mimi which to be send to Yana and her family. We used brown as for the theme.

After we reached there, some discussion on setting for the marriage date and a bit of prayer for a smooth occasion. 

Yana's hantaran used green for the theme. Everything looked pretty and cute. I love it.

After 20 mins of discussion finally they were engaged!!

Love the detailing there though green is not my color but it looked good on her.

Grandma & Yana & Mak Ngah (Mimi's mother).

After that we were treated lunch with various delicious food such as roti canai, roti jala, nasi ayam , deserts and many more!

Picture of satisfied fiance and his received hantaran. Photobomb by Nina.

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Wani's Engagement

On August 2nd, I was invited for my best friend's wedding. I thought I couldn't make it because I  already had made a new plan but later I thought it only happened once of everyone's life time mostly. Since I didn't know her house location I followed Mila who's also my best friend aka Wani's make up artist for the engagement. I was so excited and to be honest this was my first time attending an engagement ceremony in my life. 

Mila's 'tools' in making the make over. What I did was giving comments and ate the cakes given by Wani's mother and sipping the syrup drink.

Her dress was so beautiful with details of beads. The soft brown color really compliment her skins.

Mila was giving her last touch. Here's a little bit about her make up. I like how she applied foundation color that blended well with the skin tone. It made the make up look so natural and pretty. She likes to focus on the eyes and completed it with soft lips color. Make up should enhance your face and skin instead of making you look completely a different person with thick & 'cake' make up which is not much of my liking.

This soft pink flowers went perfectly with the dress and there were customized by her aunt! So creative.

The bridal bed or pelamin was simple with white background and a little soft color such as purple, pink, peach and such to make it more dreamy. 

These are hantaran from the Wani's side. Using the same theme color as her dress. 7 trays altogether included cupcakes, Ferraro Roche, fruits, sejadah and many more.

These are from her fiance's side. Using red as his theme. 5 trays altogether and I like the flowers with daun sireh.

This was the moment when she was officially engaged to her fiance. I could tell that she was so nervous and it was so overwhelming. She had just completed her first stage of getting into her marriage chapter.

You have to show off the rings somehow.

Picture of future husband and wife.

Wani and Mila.

Wani and me. One thing I hate taking pic with petite person is I will look like a giant. Thanks genes!

Wani and Kak Jascelina. Glad that she could make it to the ceremony!

For those who are interested of getting Mila's service in make up. You can contact her in Facebook through this Mila Buyung . She is friendly and very skillful with make up and the best part is the price is so reasonable! Make sure to check out her works in her album.

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2015 Birthday Celebrations!

Hi! How's your weekend going so far? Mine was so busy but the best part was I got to spend more time with my family. This post is about what I got for my birthday. It's not about the gifts but it's more about the thoughts that count. I'm turning 25 and I think this year is going to be great year for me.

My birthday was on January 15th. I didn't expect any gift because it's obviously in the middle of the month where most of everyone trying to 'survive' until their next payday lol. But this year is a bit different. I woke up early on my birthday because I was so excited with no reason. Like I said I didn't expect any gifts but I thought that day was special, it was my BIRTHDAY!

Then someone knocked on my room's door and to my surprise I got a birthday gift from mama, abah and sisters! They wished me happy birthday and I was so excited. It got a little white teddy bear, cookies and little card with my name on it. Thank you and I really appreciate it so much! *happy dance.

My birthday was on Thursday and I had Circuit Training with my coach and others that night. It was an award giving night. I didn't see this one coming too but I won for the Best Push Ups Improvement! I was like "what?". I'm still struggling to do even one push up, how the hell did I do it?. But all I know is I did my best during both fit tests challenge. And to make it more awkward yet fun, everyone started to sing Happy Birthday song when I was standing at the front holding this certificate. It was so awkward for me because well I didn't get this every year and I was thinking should I smile? should I just act cool? but at the end I waved my hand like a diva until the song finished. Yup I rocked that night lol. Anyways, thank you so much Cavin & Jamie!

  

January was a birthday month for three ladies at Murphy's. Those were Wanie, Kak Shima and Me! Kak Shima invited me and others for her home birthday feast. I was so delighted to come and I also asked my sister and Wanie to come with me. It was so much fun with girlfriends, so much laugh about stupid things and also gossiping. Later we were surprised with our birthday cake! Three of us were so excited, we even asked everyone to sing us happy birthday song lol. After tons and tons of selfies and wefies , we finally cut the cake and enjoyed it.

Picture of Wanie and me enjoying our birthday cake. It got piece of banana inside the cake which was my favorite and delicious! And not to forget the food served by Kak Shima were so yummy too! Thank you so much Mila for the birthday cake. We love it.

My birthday surprise didn't end there of course. Few days later, I got my birthday gift from Wanie. Gosh it was very nice of you to give this little cute gifts to me. Ferrero rocher , earings and necklace? I couldn't ask for more! Notice the snowflake necklace which is nice and dainty. This pair of earing is perfect for my everyday wear to work. Thank you so much Wanie. I love it. It's so perfect.

I also wanted to thank Kak Emma for making special brew of hot chocolate for me which I don't have the picture of it. I'm a really big fan of hot chocolate and of course I sipped and finished it straight away before I had the chance to snap picture of it . So don't blame it on me lol.

I drive to work and park my car at the LRT station. So I meet this uncle who is very kind and sometimes I got free parking lol. He was so nice to give me this big white teddy bear for my birthday present. Thank you so much uncle!

 

My birthday celebrations end with a nice family feast at my aunty's place. I'm so blessed to be given such a loving family even though we had a hard time last year. Things got better with my grandma's cooking. For your information, she is the best cooker in the entire universe! I was so stuffed with great food that night and my little cute chocolate birthday cake. Thank you so much Mak Ngah and Kak Ina. I really really appreciate it!.   

Nuggets, chicken and beef satay and kuih muih were among the food served that night. Rest in piece my dear diet and healthy eating. 

Highlight of the night was this curry mee cooked by grandma and aunty. It looked plain and simple because I didn't like to put much vegetables on my meal but you have no idea how delicious it was!!

It felt so good to be surrounded by warmth of family who always stand by you through ups and downs. I know I am so lucky be part of it.

 Last but not least I wanna say thank you for the best wishes and spreading the positivity. Even though it is just a short text of "hb" I really appreciate it for taking the time.

Mucho gracias!

Iftar Part Two

It was one week before first Syawal . So this time we went to Impian Morib to break our fast before everyone were starting to busy themselves with Aidilfitri decorations. Me and my boyfriend went a bit late as we went with different car. So when I reached there , his family were already gathering and waiting for breaking time. 

Since we were like twelve people all together , we had to sit on different table. The place was nice with minimum decorations. And the place was less crowded compared to the last one , might be some like to berbuka puasa with their families on their last week of fasting. 

  

A little details on the table while we were waiting for food.

Since it was a buffet so it was self-serviced .We were served Masakan Melayu for our iftar. I was a bit confused which one should I picked first because it got so many choices and tasty! 

My favourite part of the meal was Roti Goreng with sauce . It was so yummy but too bad I was fulled and could only finished two three slices only.

The stuffs were very nice to us when we asked for less sugar drink since the one they had served was too sweet for us. Thank you for having me once again for iftar with your family. I had a good time and most importantly my tummy was so happy about it. 

p/s : I will be pursuing my study soon so I was a bit excited for it. Plus I can't wait to meet my new classmates and coursemates! 

Thank you for reading. Till we meet again in the next post. Bye !