Lots to prepare before Chinese New Year as usual… however, this year I need to work half day on Saturday… and since all of us support from home… I requested a different shift from my manager.. lol.. need to rush for last minutes CNY which is….

hair treatment for a shiny and healthy hair before Chinese New Year and also my touch up for nails.. lol..

My hair looks like this now:

>> Can’t really see the red colour.. lol…it is actually red base and high-lite… and I don’t feel it is really shinning.. but mom said yes my hair do looks skinnier… ok.. felt better now after spent RM 84 for the “I’ll shine” treatment.. =D

My sexy nails.. mom said too sharp d.. but I like it cuz it is sharp enough.. don’t want the usual soft colour.. lol…

>> Well… the cost of my manicure & pedicure is RM 85… touch up for my is FOC! So happy that it is FOC… lol…. =D anyway… my fingers and toes are soooooo dry so just look at my colour enough ya? I really like the colour… so niceeee

Got myself a few Chinese New Year clothes & accessories:

1. Forever 21 tops – RM 90

>> Image source from Forever21.com – Jewel Accent Feather Top

2. Forever 21 Sweater – RM 109

>> Can’t find it from their website. have to snap the pic myself

3. Gap jeans – RM 259

>> Image Source from Gap.com – Real Straight Jeans (Dark Wash)

3. My high heels from Step – RM 72 after discount

>> Nice.. finally found one shoe that really fits me.. there is one phrase which I feel is very true.. “Good shoe is hard to find like a good bf”.. lol….

4. Misc tops I got from KL:

>> Most I got it from F.O.S and the Elle tops is discounted one. lol…missed out one white colour tops.. lasy ps it d..

5. Bottoms I got from Elle & F.O.S as well… can’t remember the price thou .. lol…

6. Misc accessories … some I got it from night market.. some from Parkson Gurney…

>> This is the one I love most is also the most expensive .. cost me RM 39 for one bracelet =___=||| Got it from Island Shop from Parkson Gurney

7. Spent around RM 220 for my inner wear… which cost a big hole in my pocket… the most expensive I have ever spent for my inner wear… >.< But no pic for you all

8. Fila sport shoe I got from DFO Spencer Melbourne, Australia when I was on my holiday there last September 09 – RM 180

>> I found the shoe lace very long.. don’t really like it…might cut it shorter.. lol…

9. My new Billabong handbag I got from Perth last year.. should be less than RM 60.. forgot already.. lol…damn cheap … if I get it from here sure > RM 100 d…

>> A good match with my heels… cool!

Advice to everyone, better get your new clothes few months earlier cuz you can’t find any suitable ones when it is near Chinese New Year. I wanted to find one extra tops and short pants also couldn’t … actually saw one short pants from Element.. Rm 79… but no more size… sad…. but good also.. save my money.. cuz I really got a super big hole in my pocket d… sad…. *cry*

Anyway… I’m so happy now…. cuz I got a new toy to play with – SONY TX1 in Silver colour!!!! I love the small size of this compact camera… and also it’s leather white pouch… damn cool! Now I don’t have to worry not able to bring my big bulky Nikon D60 out already… this is definitely not a replacement for D60… but.. it comes in handy when I’m out with my girly attire

Happy happy…

Updates on my unhappy mood: I have to forget about it.. start everything from zero now.. got to be more hardworking.. it is a brand new year… got to wish for the best and fight for my dreams!

P/S: Another happy news….  my best friend coming to find me during this CNY… purposely fly over..hahah… miss her soo much!!! Will have updates on that soon.. cuz she won’t be here till end of Feb 2010.. lol!

Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine to everyone!

Phew! Back to Perth again after my trip to Adelaide. We took midnight flight again… and we were flying with Tiger Airways again… lol…. so had to trouble Stephanie & Michelle to fetch us… and it was raining that night!!! Freaking cold >.< They even tapao/bungkus/ordered take-away KFC for us as our supper! But we were too tired.. so we went to sleep when we reached home…

Well.. Really thankful to Stephanie and Michelle… muaks… both of you are really really nice… love you girls so much. *shy*

>> That is the nice house we “lodged” during our trip to Perth… and the cozy bed of Michelle that we slept on.. the bed even had heater to keep us warm.. niceeee

We slept till 7.30am… woke up so early to do what? Work.. yes.. you are right… we had to work on our holiday…  >.<

Since there were left over of KFC… we ate that as our breakfast while working + waiting for Stephanie to fetch us…

Turned out Michelle fetched us to Harbour Town cuz Stephanie was tied up with her work… Harbour Town Perth is one of the direct factory outlet in Perth. Missy and I loved this DFO so much compared to the DFO Spencer in Melbourne. Reason? They have Esprit and Nike which DFO Spencer doesn’t have… sad sad..

We had our lunch at one of the Japanese restaurant which was recommended by Michelle. The portion was quite small but tasted really nice.

I bought a bracelet for mom, a pair of Esprit Jeans @ $25 and Billabong Bag @ $15 here, while Missy bought a pair of Levi’s jeans only

We tried Icey Ice as per Michelle’s recommendation… it was a very unique ice-cream… more like snowy ice-cream than the creamy type… cool! We had our share of Mango Icey Ice….

Michelle fetched us home around 4.30pm and we rested awhile… Stephanie was busy with her work

We met up at a Japanese restaurant in town … Stephanie brought Jessie along… she even brought red wine … Hmm….yummy?

>> The Japanese food was really niceeeeee… fresh and nicely cooked… with the same price, I doubt I can find such nicely cooked Japanese food in Malaysia… ya ya… don’t count the conversion rate la but their wasabi was not that spicy… hehe…

After dinner Michelle fetched us to get chips to bring back to Malaysia… yes… I bought a few packets of Australia famous chips – Smith’s back to Malaysia! Good things must share with friends and family ma…I bought for my besties and family… hehe… Missy bought Red Rocks chips for herself… I didnn’t like Red Rocks’ taste

Back home slept straight away … very tired….

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Next day… got ready to go to Aquarium of Western Australia – AQWA. Stephanie didn’t accompany us as she had work to do… so we got to find our plans of the day…

Entrance: $26.50… I can say… super not worth it!!!!! Even Langkawi Underwater World is sooooooooo much better and had more animals than AQWA…

It took us less than 2 hours to finish the “tour” in AQWA >.< really nothing to see lor… sien….

We walked to nearby Mall to have our lunch…. with the budget concept in mind… we had Kebab! Cheap + Big… really filling

Saw a very cool things at the Mall there…. COLD ROCK ICE-CREAM! which was similiar to Cold Stone in USA!!! OMG! Miss this ice-cream soooooooooooooooooooooooo much… Couldn’t express how happy I was!

We bought 1 small size to share… cost us around $5… which was almost the same price as in USA (USD)

>> The flavour of the ice-cream was Rum & Raisin (My favourite) + Strawberries.. thumbs up!

>> Bought a Billabong purse & Billabong handbag @ the mall… Last minute shopping…

Stephanie fetched us at 4.15pm and went home to rest a while…

Night we went to this restaurant which was famous for steak… Michelle, Stephanie & Missy ordered Steak… I couldn’t take beef… so I ordered other things… which was sooooooo big portion >.< regretted… couldn’t finish it… >.<

>> Pictures were very blur >.< I didn’t want to use flash…. *sigh* will improve my skills for night pictures…My platter… all meat… >.< Should have ordered salad

Reached home 7.45pm… very sleepy d… but still drank beer with Stephanie and chatted with her…

So long Australia… gona miss you very very very much… cuz I have really fallen in love with you already… sad… 100 billion time sad…

P.S: Things I bought in AUS:

>> The easter egg’s chocolates were given by Stephanie

Finally I’m gona reveal where I’ve been to this 2 weeks.. lol… guess many of you have found the answer from my last post… sure yeah with the kangaroo pictures… who doesn’t know right?

Yes, I’m in Australia for 10 days! Stopped by KL for 3 days shopping spree! It was a great trip. Reason? It was supposed to be a budget trip but we have friends that added spices to our holiday + enjoyed myself very very much in Australia + bought a lot of things (not in Australia, but in KL.. lol)

Well.. in short… I really love Australia very much. The weather was just fine.. tho is considered very cold (for Spring) to me (but not the locals >.<)… but I really like the city especially Melbourne very much.

Special thanks to wonderful Stephanie for keeping us company and let us stay in her house, the sweet Michelle for fetching us around and letting us sleep in her bed with heater (sweet), the friendly Jessie for having dinner with us, the nice Melisa for staying up to open the house door for us, the thoughtful Pei San for bringing us around and let us sleep in her bed as well, the cute and funny Angelynn for showing us Adelaide and fetching us around, the kind Dancy for accompanying us, the great Sean for letting us sleep in his nice and new guest room, the funny Robin + Vivian for adding spices to our holiday, the warm Anthea and Alex for a short meet up in Melbourne … in case I forgot anyone I’m so sorry.. don’t mean to… but you guys really make a good host and excellent friends… I enjoyed my holiday to the fullest and you all had created  great memories for my 2009 holiday. Muaks and hope to see you guys again ^^

We were kinda worried on the H1N1 virus… so wore mask:

>> No one else wore… non of the Australian in our flight wore mask.. @_@…

Since we had around 7 hours in LCCT before our flight to Perth.. which was in the midnight 12am >.< … so we hang around LCCT… nothing much I can say.. but Missy said it has improved a lot since the last time she’s been there… hmm… more shops and restaurant… lol….

The McDonald is still there (sure la!) Taste of Asia also still there… added Marrybrown, Old Town Kopitiam, KFC and some souvenir shops…

Had our dinner in Taste of Asia.. Missy ordered fried bihun special – which is fried bihun + curry chicken..RM 9.90.. I ordered Noodle soup.. RM 9.90 as well..

Taste? Not bad.. and quite big bowl as well… Missy’s fried bihun was very dry for her

My camera battery ran low around 7pm… so we found ourselves the power point and sat down to wait for it to get fully-charged…

After walking around LCCT, we realized one thing… a lot of foreigners were really daring. They just dare to leave their luggage unattended and check out the souvenir shop/newspaper shop @_@ Amazing isn’t it? Hello, this is Malaysia. Not your country which is safe from theft!

Saw this while charging my battery:

Since there was ample time before we boarded the plane.. we went to Old Town for the toast bread

Finally it was time to go on board..  the Air Asia X

>> erm… picture was actually taken when we were on the way back from Perth… cuz it was 12am in the morning and I’m supposed tobe in my bed!

The in-flight entertainment looks quite promising.. just that you need to pay RM 30 if you want to use it.. they have lots of movies, songs, games… not bad if you are taking long flight.. unless if you plan to sleep all the way then no point buying this.. lol…

Meal I pre-ordered.. quite disappointing as it is just chicken + potato + 1 mineral water and cost RM 20 @_@

After 5 hours we finally reached Perth International Airport! Phew… backache already… *blek*

Anyway.. going through the immigration is super stressed up… so scared they detain us for detailed question… lol… they even have dogs to smell on your luggage.. just in case you try to be funny… lol… and the dog is Jack Russel… cool isn’t it? and it is very cute as well… The immigration chic that brought the dog out was also very cute and pretty *wink*

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