Virgin Visit to Herbaline

This entry is based on my personal experience. What works for me maynot work for you. And vice versa.

Sepanjang bernafas di muka bumi hampir tiga puluh delapan tahun, tak pernah buat facial. Until 1st February 2012 aritu. Fes taim. Syok jugak eh. No wonder some people do it routinely.

Since yang nak dibayar bukanlah berbelas ringgit, maka haruslah buat homework dulu. Di mana, brand apa, salon cap apa kan. After skimming through feedbacks, testimonies and whatnots, I opted for Herbaline. Reason - reliable products, good service and of course most importantly yang tak harass customer suh sign-up for package that cost thousands of RM. Unless kalau pokok bunga kemboja depan rumah ni berbunga duit, barulah buleh sign package :D Location pun cukup convenience. I basically just need to lepaskan handbrake and put the gear in D and let my little car roll down the hill. Tak sampai 5 minit dah ada kat tangga Herbaline nun. Kalau nak ikutkan there's another one salon yang buleh buat facial. Kat dalam AEON Cheras Selatan. But I heard some of its branches so pushy suruh customer ambik package, so I scrapped that one out too.

Anyway..........

Do I like it or do I like it? I can't comment on the effectiveness, nor can I compare since that was my first time ever buat facial. But the experience was oh-so-good. If not, I wouldn't be snoring away eh.. ops!

After deciding for Herbaline, but before to actually going, I made some research as to what treatment to take. There's for ageing, there's for dullness, there's for hydration. My skin is a combination of all those. Basically I didn't know which to pick so I let the lady there to decide and suggest.

There's fine liness there miss. Oso dullness. But your T-zone is oily. The rest is dry.. yada yada yada. Oh there's pigmentation starting to show yada yada yada. Oso pimples scar yada yada yada...

See what I meant.

Bertabahlah :D

After explaining, she suggested me Face Lightening & Active Cell Treatment.

Lepas ini muka you akan jadi terang. Kalau you nampak semua yang muka terang-terang itu, mereka itu selalu buat facial.

I take it that terang meant glowing. No? I kept on imagining lights being switched on in a dark room.

OK, whatever.

Then she introduced the beautician that was assigned to me. My.. she's flawless. The beautician. Memula sekali adalah acara cuci kaki. Aik.. I was coming for a facial pastu main basuh-basuh kaki plak. Tapi suhu airnya sungguh tak friendly. Panas ok. Kalau rendam bayam, konfem after few minutes buleh makan bayam celur cicah sambal belacan. Lepas tambah air biasa sampai jadi suam, tabur sedikit garam then basuh lah kaki anda sesuka hati.

Then I was ushered to 3rd Floor. Oh ya, ini kedai cuma shop lot. I know there's opther branches yang guna rumah corner lot as salon. This Herbaline occupies 2nd and 3rd Floor. Sampai je kat 3rd Floor, ada periuk bertutup. Bila dibukak aje, tu dia.. wap beraroma lavender. Sila tarik nafasss... lepas kan. Tarik nafassss... lepaskan... Untuk calming katanya.

Pastu masuklah ke partition yang disediakan. In between partition adalah dinding. Tapi bukan dinding simen lah. Maknanya kalau berdengur, konfem orang sebelah dengar. Pastu each partition ditutup oleh langsir. I changed into sarong. Berkemban babe, macam perempuan melayu terakhir.

Then the journey begins. Memula cuci muka. Pastu kasi buang dead cell. For someone tak pernah buat facial, konfemlah banyak dead cell melekatkan. Bunyi cam cropper rambut kat kedai amoi gunting rambut my boys, only perlahan sikit bunyinya. Pastu cuci. Pastu stim muka. Syiokkk.. sampai tidur. Snoring somemore heh heh. Pastu buang black/white head. Adoi.. yang ini sakit. Bila amoi tu tanya, manjang tak sakit walhalkan meleleh air mata :D pastu pakai mask. Syiok. Rasanya asik ter doze off je kerjanya. While the mask was plastered to my face, itu amoi buat shoulder massage. Syiok weh. Pastu cuci muka.

Pastu siap. Pastu tengok cermin. Eh, apsal macam sama je dengan sebelum buat tadi? Should I be expecting obvious difference? Or kena pegi few sessions baru nampak kesannya? Oh ya, terpaling nyata, my black/white head sume licin.

Before making payment, of course lah ada promosi skincare kan. I tried few items. Cuci mukalah, moisturiser la.. aloe gel la (aloe gel ni ramai kasi +ve review), sunscreen laaa.. layan. Nasib dia tak pushy suruh beli macam-macam. I ended up membeli Purifying Milky Lotion dan Sunscreen Lightening Cream. Purifying Milky Lotion tu sebenarnya ialah cleanser. It's non foaming. Tapi sama je perasaannya dengan guna Kiehl's or Cetaphil. But I lurveee its Suncreen Lightening. So far masih belum light (baru nak light, pegi berendam kat PD.. howlah?). Very light, tak sticky. Absorbs well. I have used Kieh's and L'oreal before, those were good but Herbaline's better.

At the payment counter.. tett tettt tettt tettt.. RM276.00.. kachinggg!! I asked for RM6 discount. Aiyohh... kedekut okay. She gave an angpow containing a voucher worth RM12 instead. Pandailah yer, haruslah datang lagi kan nak redeem :D

RM12 voucher, expiring 31st March 2012. Bolehlah redeem for next round of facial.



My bill. The facial alone is RM128. That was not a basic facial. For basic facial it's around RM76, which my friends kata okaylah, tak mahal mana.

If you ask if I am going again.. my answer is DEFINATELY. Lagipun voucher RM12 tu rugilah kalau tak pakai kan?

2 additional items. Milky cleanser and a sunscreen. I lurve that suncreen.

Nota:

website Herbaline - www.herbaline.com.my

Moroccon Rose - I'm In Love!

My relationship with BodyShop goes a loooooonnggggg way. Sadly tho, we're not engaged :D It's a casual relationship I'd say. On off. As and when.

Since my virgin visit to Hammam Bangsar (read here), I fell in love with roses smell. Not that potpourri kinda smell. Soft and lingering but not to obvious, as if you're smelling the real roses.

So, here's my first collection of BodyShop Moroccan Rose range. Body milk with spray pump. Spray spray spray. Dab dab dab. Rub Rub Rub. Syiok!

I went overboard (what's new?) with Body Mist. To be sprayed after shower the SG said. I went even further by spraying onto pillows and linens heh heh.

Do I like them? Indeed. I have no complaint on the Body Milk. Absorped well. Smells good. No sticky feeling afterwards. It's a kinda thin tho. Maybe I sould get their Moroccon Rose bodybutter for night use and use this Body Milk during the day. Bodybutter and me don't go along well during hot sunny day despite me having dry skin.

For these, I got a RM20 cash rebate for my next purchase. Loike!

Argan Oil - Acik Tak Jual Okay...

Since ada yang sms, send pm tanyakan whether or not argan oil that I am using is effective, I'll story here. (Lagipun takde idea apa dah nak update blog ni)

Sebelum I go on, please be warned. I am not at all a head-turner. I don't naturally have flawless, super smooth, silk-like skin. I have oily facial skin but dry body skin. I have a bit of open pores (hence kulit berminyak), parut jerawat, uneven skin tone and since I am not young anymore, I have fine lines. I also have occasional breakouts especially at that time of the month.

Menjawab soalan. It is effective to certain extend. I am using it for only a lil more than a week so I don't have much and I don't expect much. Furthermore I am not using pure argan oil. I am using Kiehl's Superbly Restorative Dry Argan Oil. As opposed to Pure Oil Series (which claims 100% argan oil, korang gugel lah, ramai orang jual online, rata-rata RM75 for 15ml), Kiehl's is a mixture of apricot oil, argan oil, sesame oil, jojoba oil, avocado oil, olive oil, eucalyptus oil.. among others. As the name implies, it is a dry oil, means it absorbs fast in your skin, leaving no oily feeling or oil residue. I am religiously using it everyday for my face and body and every other day for my hair. The immediate after feeling is oh-so-good. I'll tell again of other effects (if any!) after 3 months okay.

Oh ya, Kiehl's is a fairly-traded argan oil.

Argan oil is actually from Morocco. Moroccan have been using it in their hammam (ala, tempat mandi tu). Ingat tak pernah keluar kat suratkhabar pasal mamat yang kawin dengan minah Morocco tu? Dia kata Moroccan women kulit memang super smooth pasal guna this argan oil. Well, maybe kalau dari kecik memang akan super smooth la. Cam ai ni, penderita stretch-mark 1st degree, kulit kering etc, lambat sikit la kot. This oil is also edible. Boleh cicah dengan roti. But then, kalau Pure Oil Series menjual 15ml for RM75, sanggup korang nak cicah roti bagai??

Kiehl's. Ai pakai yang ini.

Ai teringin yang ini. Belum ada bajet.

So what happened to me after a week? Firstly my body skin sudah tidak kering lagi. Dulu kalau kena kuku, haruslah ada garisan putih. Now no more. Facial skin moist (I still pakai face cream ada sunscreen tho). Parut still ada, open pores still there, skin tone still uneven. Takpe, istiqomah. Istiqomah. Apa lagi?? Oh ya.. rambut. Smoother, much less flyaways, senang nak sikat and less hair-loss (I also use tea-bag recipe for hair-loss so can't say if it's just argan nyer effect).

Conclusion. I loikeee. Suka sangat. I bought Kiehls RM110 for 125ml. Relatively cheaper. That's why I don't hesitate to dab on my body, rambut, campur dalam body scrub (I buat homemade sekarang, jimat duit babe) Kalau ada bajet, nak beli yang Pure Oil Series jugak. Just for my face.

So jom kawan-kawan, membelai muka dan badan untuk diri sendiri, untuk suami tercinta. Semakin berumur tak bermakna kita boleh take for granted aje apa yang berlaku kepada kita kan. Ala, kalau suami tak komen apa-apa kita tak menjaga diri, it doesn't mean dia okay. Kalau dia tak komen apa-apa kalau kita makin cun, it doesn't mean dia tak suka. Always try to read between the lines. As for me, lagi 3 tahun ai akan berumur 40. Aging is unevitable but I want to go thru the process gracefully.

Okay, ada soalan lagi?

ps - having said that, sila amalkan diet yang seimbang okay. Air cukup 2-3l sehari, ambik supplement dan bersenam. Takat tempek macam-macam, tak jadi okay.

Remedy For Dandruff

Dandruff is back! Yes peeps, despite my regular shampooing with En Ba Wang (read here, my rambling about En Ba Wang). It all started masa cuti raya balik kampung haritu. I forgot to bring En Ba Wang back home and ended up using whatever-there-was in the shower. As a result, dandruff came back inhibiting my poor scalp. Not as much as before but it stubbornly stays on, despite me resuming back En Ba Wang. So, it's been like 2 months already and I am getting impatient.

Next, am trying to do my homemade remedy. Thanks to En Gugel. Here's what I found on the net.

:: Causes of dandruff
The skin of the scalp (and also of the whole body) is constantly renews itself by shedding the outer layer of skin cells. Most of the time this shedding is unnoticeable. But when this shedding becomes noticeable on the scalp, it is called dandruff.

Mild dandruff occurs not due to dryness of the scalp but usually is a result of too much oiliness of the skin. If you have large size flakes together with symptoms around your nose, eyebrows, ears, around your navel or genitals, it may be due to seborrheic dermatitis or seborrhea. Severe dandruff may be the result of psoriasis of the scalp. Seborrheic dermatitis may be caused by an increased number of a yeast-like organism (pityrosporum ovale) found on healthy scalp in low numbers. Dandruff can occur to anybody at any age. It should not be left untreated.

:: Prevention
For good hair without dandruff, drink at least 2 liter water daily, eat lots of salads, green vegetables, and fresh fruits. Combs must be washed as frequently and hair should be brushed regularly. Dandruff is a scalp condition that can be controlled. Too little oil or too much oil can result in dandruff.

:: Remedy

1. Mix 2 teaspoons pure vinegar in 6 teaspoons water and apply it on the scalp before going to bed. Tie a towel around the head. Wash your head next morning. After shampooing, rinse again with vinegar water. Treat your hair like this once a week for at least three months.
2. Mix 1 teaspoons lemon juice with 2 teaspoons vinegar and massage on the scalp. Wash your hair with an egg shampoo.
3. Take 1 part almond oil, 1 part pure sulphur powder, 2 parts 'surgical spirit' and 4 parts distilled water or rose water and mix well. Rub on the scalp.
4. Take 2 cup water, add 4-5 tablespoons dried thyme and boil for 10 minutes. Cool, strain, and use the mixture to massage scalp. Keep for half an hour.
5. Dissolve 2 aspirins in any dandruff shampoo and wash your hair.
6. Massage the scalp with almond oil. Dip a towel in boiling water and wrap it around the hair. Repeat it thrice or four times when the towel gets cold.
7. Make a shampoo by mixing 100g each of amla (Indian goose berry), reetha, and shikakai, and boil in two liter of water until the liquid reduces to half. Use this shampoo for one month. Dandruff will vanish and your hair will become thick.
8. Fenugreek seeds are also useful in the removal of dandruff. Grind fenugreek soaked in water overnight. Massage this paste on scalp and hair and leave it for 15-20 minutes. Wash it off with a mild shampoo.
9. Wash your hair with warm apple cider vinegar. Then cover your head with a towel or a shower cap and leave for about 30-40 minutes. Rinse with plain water. Repeat 2 times a week until your dandruff goes away.
10. Take a palm full of baking soda and rub it on your wet hair. Wash it off with water. The baking soda should relieve the itching and help in reducing the problem ofdandruff.
11. Mix 100g witch hazel and 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice in 200ml water. Shampoo your hair and apply with cotton to the scalp when the hair are still wet. Repeat several times until the dandruff is treated.
12. Try Zest soap once a week. It may work for oily hair. It leaves your hair dry, so use conditioner to your hair only but try not to get it on your scalp. It has worked to get rid of dandruff for some people.

I haven't really decided which one I'd try first. Yang ada kat rumah at the moment cuma vinegar and lemon aje. Haruslah Kak Mon ke Carrefour jap lagi nih.

First Day TSAHM

First day on my tenure as TSAHM.

Zarid text-ed me after lunch, just asking if I had done anything from my list for the day. I told her earlier, although I am staying home for a while and has no idea what to venture into (yet), I already have a set of KPI's to fulfill. Obvioualy I've been working for a little bit too long eh?

Staying home doesn't mean I can get up when the sun is up. Some routines take their place as usual. I don't want go around buying groceries in baju kelawar or smelling onions when Tebby gets back from work. Jangan lah sampai ke tahap tu. Got up, dressed decently for outdoor activities (since my to-do list was expected to end quite late today), sent-off Kakak to school. She was having a school trip to Petrosains and Aquaria and has to be in school at 7.00 am. En route back home, singgah beli breakfast (tho I woke up early, it was not early enough for me to prepare brekkie).

Tebby asked me to go shopping today (percayakahh??). Iman will be starting his short term in Dyslexia Center Ampang Hilir this coming Monday and he needs white shoes, socks, track-bottoms, school bag and the likes. But first we went to pick-up Iman's final payment advise from Atfal then headed to Econsave for Ummi's jamu supply. The girl manning the outlet tanya how old is Iman. I said coming to 6. She said besarnya dia. Iman pulak terus tarik baju tunjuk perut.. Tengok perut saya. Besar kan? Then Jusco. Belum apa-apa, sampai kat Jusco aje, dia dah tarik masuk Speedy for additional dose of Utraman CD. Abah kata Iman boleh beli 2. Is it? He got two anyway. Shopping dengan Iman, jadi lambat dari sepatutnya. He kept on going here and there. Iman tengok kejap aje Ummi. Then, Iman rasa nak pegi sana kejap, tengok khemah. Tension acik okay. In short, selepas menahan sabar, I got all that he needs. And 2 wedges for Kakak as well. Dia sangat suka sampai simpan selipar tu dalam almari baju, boleh?

alat bantuan untuk membeli belah.. on top of the ones from Tebby.

tak banyak kan.. sikit jer


one of the 2 pairs. another pair is in pink

Petang tu pick up Kakak from sekolah after her trip and prepared Mee Soup for dinner. So, that was about it lah, my first day.

Before I doze off, two things I want to share here.

First, I bought a digital weighing machine from Fitness First (while I was at it, Iman happily tried on few exercise machine) and (for tracking purpose) my current weight is, taaaraaaa...

masih ringan kan?

I am within normal BMI. I have 7kgs more before I hit fat range. Iman is 25kg, Kakak is 32. Tebby? Mungkin dia lebih suka kalau dirahsiakan heh heh.

Secondly, remember this? Glad and proud to say, my dandruff problem is officially gone. Yes gone. Setelah mencuba bermacam-macam syampoo, dari yang murah sampai ke mahal, akhirnya En Bawang inilah menyelesaikannya (dengan izin Allah of course). Actually my problem was dandruff AND rambut gugur. Now I'm trying out another type of En Bawang to lessen my rambut gugur pulak. Oh ya, I also got this Minyak Cem Ceman Murni as 'pemerap' rambut before shampooing. Complicated huh? I'll be telling the output later, no worries.

aritu bawang kelabu, sekarang bawang hitam pulak

SkinFood Theraphy

Iya, SkinFood obsession saya belum berakhir. Malah bertambah parah lagi. Dari pendandanan muka dah jadi pendandanan badan. Tang rambut je belum pasal nak habiskan dulu Cik Bawang saya nih. Teringat pulak mesej Hari Ibu yang kawan ofis hantar. Katanya umur 20-an rasa mengancam, umur 30-an mencuba macam-macam. Betul kot ha ha. Ntah le, for me situasi saya umur 30-an ni yang menjadikan saya macam-macam, kombinasi cukup masa, cukup fund dan ada cukup motivation. When I was in my 20-s, combination tu tak terjadi. Ada fund, takde masa. Ada masa, takde fund. Ada masa, ada fund, takde plak motivation. Ada motivation, ada masa, takde plak fund. Gitulah. Ala... sapa-sapa yang belum masuk fasa macam saya nih mungkin tak faham tapi bila dah mencecah version melebihi 35, you'll know.

Anyway, these are what I got for meself earlier today.

1. Black Sesame Hot Mask - As the name suggests, memang panas muka kalau apply mask nih tapi the after-feeling syok. Ditambah dengan sedikit perasan (he he), kulitku rasa lembut aje. This it to replace my Rice Wash Off Mask. Bosan guna yang sama je.

2. Potato Pack - This is to be used after no 1. This one gel-like, sejuk aje kat muka. Sebelum ni tempel Fresh Aloe Pack.

3. Tomato Sun Cream SPF 38 PA++ - To be applied before going out. Last item sebelum letak bedak.

4. Grapeseed Oil Body Shower Gel - Soft and sweet smelling. I loikee!

And I got that super red, sexy vanity bag. Sanggup cukupkan sampai RMxxx.xx semata-mata untuk dapatkan beg merah ketot ini? Iskk... Sungguh terburu nafsu okay. Plus I got 2 sets of samples from their Black Raspberry line. Ini pon untuk orang-orang yang sudah menunjukkan tanda-tanda penuaan okay.

Err... sebelum sesi membeli sampai dapat vanity bag yang merah seksi itu, I have indulged in another session of SkinFood last month. Asalnya nak ganti Tomato Serum yang dah habis licin licau, and sudahnya I came back with these.. well, what's new kan.

1. Agave Cactus Serum
2. Agave Cactus Moisturiser
3. Fresh Lime Toner
4. Fermented Soy Milk Wrinkle Care Sleeping Mask

And got one small tub of Fresh Lime Body Lotion FOC. Suker! Suker!


SkinFood's Agave Cactus line is for ageing, dry skin. Thing is, when the products are for ageing, they are always a bit more expensive. So girls, start take care of yourself seriously even before you hit 30 okay.

I, for one thing, learn something from Tebby. He googles and wikis for more info when he finds anything new. So I wiki-ed and google-ed for Agave Cactus and finally got to know how this Agave Cactus looks like. Here's the photo which I googled..


And here's the one depan rumah jiran ku... owh!! Haruskah ku bertanam pokok ini pulak demi menjimatkan kos??

Read my 1st entry on my SkinFood theraphy here. It was Nov 20, 2009.

My second here. It was Dec 4, 2009.

I bought my 3rd batch here, on Dec 28, 2009
On Feb 22, 2010 I bought my 4th batch, read it here.

SkinFood Datang Lagi

Yezza.. skinfood datang lagi!

Eversince I started indulging in all these dandan-diri thingy, I just can't stop. Saya suka skin atau body care aje. Bab mekap-mekap ni saya tak berapa minat sangat. Dapat lipstik sebatang je pon dah cukup.

Remember that I bought Milk Mania Washable Cleansing Gel in Dec 2009? (Baca di sini) Well, it's finished already. So, saya mempunyai alasan yang sangat kukuh untuk membuat lawatan sambil membeli di kiosk Skinfood kan.

When you're in Skinfood kiosk, susah nak buat keputusan. Ada banyak range to suit our many ranges of skin. Itu skincare. Ada gak bodycare, haircare and makeup range. So, to prevent myself from buying things I do not need, I always do my homework first. Visit their webbie and list down what I want to buy. Sampai sana I just showed the SA my list, she gave me a bit of consultancy and I got my things. Just 4 items as planned. But please have back-ups. Some of the items (which I browsed through its international webbie) are not in Malaysia.

So, my loots for the day. Yes, I robbed myself from my Y.E.S fund buying these.

1. Aloe Vera Foaming Cleanser - For morning. I read somewhere that we don't need heavy cleanser in the morning as our face is not that dirty. Provided that you cleanse your face the night before. Alasan kukuh huh?

2. Seaweed Cleansing Gel - Iya, tak setia dengan Milk Mania. Walhalkan Milk Mania tu okay-okay je. Saja nak try yang baru. The smell is very faint but the after-affect is beshhtt!

3. Grape Seed Oil Body Emulsion - At first I wanted to buy from Milk & Honey range. Thanks God I did not, after being advised by the SA. Milk & Honey itu baunya semacam. Tengik pon ada. I tested Milk & Honey on my right hand and Grape Seed on my left. Kasi Tebby cium sikit tangah kanan, dia kata, ni minyak tengik apa nih? Imagine if he has to sleep beside me every night with me smelling like minyak tengik? Mau biru muka pakcik tu tiap-tiap pagi ha ha. But anyway, I've indulged in that Grape Seed for a few days and liking it. Lightweight dengan kadar serapan yang cepat. Takde rasa melekit-lekit pon. And badanku berbau wangi..

4. Extra Virgin Olive Oil Essence - This is for my unruly, stubborn, dry hair. Nampak macam pekat but once you apply it, it's light weight. Takdelah rambut jadi lembab atau wetlook semacam je. Rambut ku yang kering tu pun rasa licin sikit strandnya.

Tak sah kalo takde free items :P Kat gambar ataaaaassss nun, ada balang bulat tu kan. Tu free item selepas mengumpul setem-setem yang dikutip hasil belian dari tahun lepas. Hasil kumpulan setem-setem tu dah melayakkan saya dapat 1 payung, 2 diary dan 1 balang Fresh Lime Body Cream kat atas nun. Saya belum try hak ni. Dalam peket plastik tu ada cleanser sama scrub. Dalam kertas brown tu pulak ada the most expensive range i.e. Gold Caviar range. Gold Caviar ni untuk skin yang ageing dan mereka-mereka yang sewaktu dengan saya. Sendiri mau ingat lah bila orang sajes guna range ni kan!

Of Exercising & Re-Fuelling (with Nasi Minyak some more ha!)

Masih bersemangat. Woke Tebby up for Subuh and at 7.00am we started stretching, warming up and had a round of brisk walk until we sweat a bit. This time is was just around our housing area. Then we started running and only after like 5 or 10 minutes, I decided my legs could not cope with running so I walked. Fast. Tebby continued on running. I made like 3 rounds of fast walking and by the time I reached my gate, I was sweating like mad. It turned out that Tebby was looking for me so I just continued on playing with the kids, who were minding our little garden at that time.

After light brekkie (so light that Iman refused to eat anything, dia dah biasa heavy breakfast), terus started preparing Nasi Minyak. Semalam pegi pasar, we bought tulang rusuk with lots of meat still attached untuk lauk Nasi Minyak. You see, in the family which Tebby grew up in, Nasi Minyak can be dished out on any day of the year. Tak perlu tunggu raya or ada kenduri kawin. If they feel like it, it is then. This, flowed over to our nucleous family pulak. Funny thing is, since I started preparing early, we had our lunch at barely 11.30am! By 3.00pm, we were scrambling for something to eat! Dah lapor babe. Iman, telah makan Nasi Minyak itu, 1+3 uolss! 3 kali tambah, which is almost equivalent to 2 adult servings. Tak sia-sia Ummi masak. Of course under close supervision of En Tebby ha ha ha. Anyway, sorry peeps, no photos. Acik sebok makan. Sedor-sedor nasi dah habis :P

And know what, after 2 days of running (well err... walking), I think I am demam already... Tebby did mentioned tadi that next week we're going running again. Urghhh...

Kasut Baru... Yeayyy..

Yezza.. Those are my Reebok Trail Burst and his Fuego. Our brand new running shoes. Tebby has always been exercising i.e. running and this pair is his I-lost-count-already-th running shoes. Mine is to replace the one I bought when I was still in my uni days. Lama giler kan. In fact, I have stopped exercising altogether since aeons ago. The last time maybe when Kakak was under 2. Since then, I have made numerous attempt to start again, in groups. Being young (masa tu lah), we then got pregnant after one another, sudahnya tak start jugaklah our gym thingy.

Now that I huff and puff during my naik-bukit-nak-ke-opis or merely while walking back after lunch, my waistline consistently between 28-29 and I often feel like my heart is bursting during brisk walks, I bought these. Well, err... actually I asked Tebby to pay up. He is always been supportive about me getting some exercise, he paid up (he lost a bet in our silly mathematical games.. but I think it was more like he let me won kot) and even helped me in choosing and deciding which to buy. For once, I felt like a school-going girl whose school shoes are chosen and decided for. Only in my case, I had some power to skew his desicion into something of my liking.

Tanpa perlu merengek dan hentak-hentak kaki okay.

Anyway.

Having paid for these, kenalah Kak Mon proof to him I-am-not-merely-buying these kan. So tadi, at 7.00am we went out to Lake Valley and had brisk walk and later running and then back to walk again. In my case, there was so much walks in between the running! Kasi can lah. This is my first run after what, 7 years? The weather was good. The sun was not high yet and it was breezy. We spent an hour there and by the end of it, I was soaking in sweat. Penat wei!! And Tebby, as always, commented on how I should run and how my hands should be positioned and moved. That's what happened when your husband is a superior. Althought his territory is elsewhere, I can't help feeling like a subodinate at times ha ha.

After that, we headed to Pasar Sungei Besi for some provision and had a bowl-full of kuetiaw sup special. Tebby ordered one without togeh and pedal. Mine was taruk semua ha ha ha.

Merepek di Pagi Jumaat

It's almost half past midnight and I am still mengadap kerja-kerja ofis yang tak siap ni ha. Kursus acik kan baru je tamat petang Jumaat, cukup seminggu menempel kat T*T* nun. Dah seminggu out-of-office, alamat esok masuk ofis, mau menangis nak sudahkan kerja semer. Jadi nak kurangkan tangisan besok, terpaksalah acik menangis dulu siap-siap malam ni.

Anyway, masa drive pagi tadi, eh pagi semalam, jem giler dari sebelum exit ke Jalan Kuching lagi. Acik ikut Mahameru sebab.. sebab... itu aje jalan yang acik expert sikit ho ho ho. Kat radio plak cerita pasal stress (Saya Tak Rasa Emosi Saya Stabil) dan cara-cara menghilangkan stress. Macam-macam le disarankan tapi to me, terpulang kepada diri sendiri.

Contohnya acik pagi tadi, eh, pagi semalam, stress jalan jem pastu stress sebab ada teguran 'eh.. kalau awak pakai baju kurung tak nampak tapi bila pakai shirt camni, nampak pulak perut tu'. Pastu on the way balik rumah tu, acik singgah kat kedai jamu pasal Bibik Ros kirim super-tetra. Terus aje mataku nampak kotak-kotak dan botol-botol dengan perkataan susut, kempis dan yang sewaktu dengannya. Ku nak beli kunyit asam, budak kedai tu cakap eh, akak tak payah makan tu, yang itu boleh kurus. Akak dah okay dah. Pastu mata dia nengok acik atas bawah. Dia sambung, kalau akak nak kempiskan perut, ambik yang ni, ni tengah promosi ni (yo la tu dek non), bla... bla... bla....

Tapi acik beli jugaklah :P

Apa orang kata... retail therapy?? *alasan*

Lepas mandi petang tadi, apalagi la kan.. mulakanlah projek. Botol ku letak dalam bilik. Tebby balik, dia nampak botol tu, tersengih-sengih member. Acik rasa dia nak tergelak sebenarnya.

Takpe Yang, gelaklah kat I. Esok-esok perut I kempis, mesti you kagum giler nanti.

apa yang long, apa yang hot :D ??? gambar tu tak tahan betul acik nengoknya ... pasrah giler muka pompuan tu. Belasah je la... mana tau kot-kot kempis kan... la.. la.. la..

Dandan Diri (Lagi???)

Acik tak habis-habis lagi alkisah berdandan diri. Itulah akibatnya bila ada bibik, I have ample time untuk membelek diri sendiri. Since she's here, acik dah start religiously makan jamu, makan bitamin, buat homemade juice, menscrub badan, pakai mask muka, menempek krim sebelum tidur et cetera. Over kan? Hasilnya? Too soon to tell. Acik ni plak dah tua, apa-apa pun lambat nak lut hu hu. Apapun, kelemumur acik makin kurang (sebab kurang stress kot?), kulit acik makin supple tapi takdelah cam budak belasan tahun dek non sekalian yer. Cuma.. cuma... gendut perut acik ni ha... masih boleh tahan besarnya. Yang itu walo di mask, di scrub dan segalanya, hanya akan kempis kalo exercise kan. Ada tak acik mention pasal exercise dan entry ber-tag 'Dandan Diri'? Takde kan :P. Hint - Yangggg... I nak beskallll!!!

Okaylah, let's see my latest catch at Skinfood.

1. Oat Cinnamon Rich Foam - Dah ada Milk Mania Washable Cleansing tapi acik gatai jugak beli hak ni. Pakai alternately lah kononnnn...

2. Salmon Brigtening Eye Serum - Nak hilangkan dark circle dengan fine lines. Tapi acik rasa mata acik ni bukan tahap fine lines dah... dah masuk kategori broad lines dahhhh...

3. Fresh Juice Essence Mask Sheet - ni untuk orang yang malas nak 'selek-selek' bahan-bahan kat muka. just tempelkan sheet tu kat muka and biarkan dalam 10-15 minit. Acik lom jumpa time seswai nak pakai. Nanti budak-budak tu nampak alamatnya semua nak try jugak.. mana cukup weii sekeping nak share barang 4 orang..

4. Aloe Vera Bubble Cleanser - Ni beli untuk Tebby. Asalnya dia nak hak ala-ala BodyShop Tea Tree tu. Acik pi kat SkinFood ambik Peppermint range tapi kena hasut dek budak tukang jual beli aloe vera. Iya.. acik ni senang termakan hasutan bila masuk bab-bab membeli belah ni.

Pastu untuk rambut plak, hasil review yang memberangsangkan di forum ini (under thread Beauty & Fitness), acik telah tergoda membeli syampoo Bawang. Mati-mati ingatkan dibuat dari bawang (bayangkan baunya aje acik tak sanggup weiii), rupanya the correct way of spelling is Ba Wang. Berasal dari China. Packagingnya pun memang ala-ala dari Tanah Besar nunn. But I decided to try anyway. Acik takmo bank too much hope sebab dah macam-macam acik guna nak hilangkan kelemumur... never hilang sepenuhnya. I have used this for a few times, hasilnya.. well... agak memberangsangkan. Mintak maap, acik tak bleh letak testimoni bergambar yek. Kalau u ols nak belek-belek apa lagi syampoo yang ada, sila melawat web Ba Wang di sini.

Pastu kalau ada masa, acik membelai badan pulak hu hu. Since pakaian dalam dan tudung acik basuh sendiri, kadang-kadang spend banyak masa dalam bilik air kan. So sebelum memulakan my washing tu, acik lumurkan olive oil. Perapkan seketika kat badan. Then acik bubuh plak olive scrub (yang acik beli kat BodyShop beberapa tahun lepas :P). Pastu menyentallah kan.. Sebelum ni acik dah cuba scrub Mustika Ratu tapi naik gatal plak. Olive oil tu pun cap Mustika Ratu but it works just fine, takde gatai-gatai. Scrub Yoko pun dah try tapi beadsnya kasar, sakit kulit acik taww. I also tried yang beli online dalam peket2 tak berjenama tu... hasilnya acik tak berapa suka sangat. Furthermore ada bau rempah-rempah, En Tebby tak suka. Walopun mencantikkan diri untuk suami, kalo suami tido sambil tutup hidung pun tak guna jugak kannn...

Note of caution dari acik kat bawah ni. Ada 2 item: -

1. Semua review ni berdasarkan pengalaman sendiri. Should you try any products yang acik gembar gemburkan kat atas nun, at your own risk. Kalau ada produk yang acik tak suka tu, it's just me.. dengan dek non sekalian mungkin berhasil.

2. Despite all my dandan diri ni, I am a plain mother of 3, who's 35 and look 35. Jangan expect bila acik masuk lobi ofis, semua orang akan pusing kepala.. unless acik tergolek dog kat depan tu lah kan...

Apapun, kena istiqomah.. itu penting tawww.. No short cut, no magic spell.. (pinjam gambar magic wand Kakak)

SkinFood Obsession

Acik obses SkinFood pulak dah u olsss!! I first got to know about SkinFood ni masa pegi Seoul in 2006 (baca di sini) tapi tak beli pon. In addition to proper outlets they have, diorang jual kat tepi-tepi jalan je. Then this product masuk Malaysia, still acik tak beli pon. Until recently.

Remember my Cellex-C? (baca di sini). Those are good but they ripped my pocket. Plus those are not sold on the shelves. If money is not a factor, Cellex-C is highly recommended. In fact, lepas guna this products, I got compliments that skin has improved. Do visit BeyondPretty for more information. I bought those from this online shop.

But, maintaining something expensive while having many other needs (or rather wants actually) is not easy. Why spend on just one thing when you can spend it on other things? Aci tak acik punya prinsip. Prinsip ala-ala perabih duit okay.. not good... not good.

Then I got to know a discussion on SkinFood here and later decided to try them out. Relatively cheaper, all organic, they come in cute containers and the names make you hungry for food. Let me share the first items I bought...

1. Rice Mask Wash Off
2. Fresh Aloe Pack
3. Potiron Au Lait (I assume, dari gambarnya, pumpkin and milk)
4. Lettuce & Cucumber Essence

Acik dapat free payung time nih..

And today, after contemplating for sometime, decided untuk menambah koleksi SkinFood ku.. Here's the damage during my second visit to its outlet

1. Cactus Emulsion
2. Milk Mania Washable Cleansing Gel
3. Tomato Serum
4. Honey Pot (lip balm)

Yang dalam peket-peket kecik tu are free samples.. Black Sesame Hot Mask, Black Sugar Mask Wash Off, Peach Sake Pore Serum (acik was-was nak pakai, boleh ke?), Mushroom Multicare BB Cream.

Kali ni acik dapat diary 2010 pulak. Ntah bila masa nak tulis diary pon taktau tapi dah free tu kan, ambik je lah. Mungkin jadi harta si Kakak lepas nih.

Oh ya, kalau anda membeli belah di SkinFood ni, do ask for free samples...

Jalan Jalan IKEA

Hari ni hari IKEA. Masa ke Alamanda (baca di sini), cadangnya saya nak ke IKEA tapi sebelum sempat idea bernas dicurahkan, Tebby awal-awal dah rule out - Alamanda.

Kenapa nak ke IKEA? Pasal teko saya yang umurnya lagi tua dari Kakak telah pecah. Macamana boleh pecah? Si Adam main gendang ketuk teko dengan sudu. Habis pecah. Agaknya Adam nak Ummi menang DEKO! DEKO! DEKO! tapi silap terketuk teko. Obviously teko tu alasan je kan ha ha. Dah nyampai kat sinun, ada aje benda lain dicapai.

Kat belah atas nun kami round laju-laju aje. Kat bawah kat market area tu lama sikit. Sapa pernah dengar nak beli teko sampai keluar duit RM300++? Nah, tengok nih resit. Teko dan para pengiringnya he he. Dah beli teko, beli plak mug sedondon. Dah tu tak syok pulak pinggan mangkuk tak sedondon, beli jugak. Adoiyaiii!! Alasan, kan?

Lepas bayo-bayo segala, Tebby sama Kakak dengan Iman pi beli hotdog dan makan dengan senang lenang sementara Ummi gigih membalut segala peralatan kaca yang diborong. Pastu pi The Curve for lunch. Iya, hotdog tu appetiser aje. Sebelum makan ronda-ronda kat bazar bawah tu. Kakak nak handbag, Ummi belikan slingbag. Pastu Ummi beli satu beg jugak. Beg gedik nama dia. Serius gedik dengan juntai-juntai bola-bola tu. Nah tengok..


Lunch kat Little Penang Cafe. I had Penang Curry Mee, Tebby makan Kuetiaw. Iman makan Mee Kari Ummi sama Kuetiaw Abah. Kakak minum air kelapa je. Diet katanya.

seperti biasa, order air nyor

yang ni pulak, makan otromen for lunch
serius lama giler tgu dia pilih menan

Lepas lunch, singgah beli buah-buahan kejap. Acik borong sampai RM20. Ada budak-budak meningkat dewasa ni, kejap aje makanan habis kat rumah nun. Pastu balik. Kakak ngan Iman terbongkang tidur dalam keta dah.

Girls Lunch Out & Skinfood

Girlssss... we should it more often!

We (read Suzanne, Sikulat, Jah, Zarid, Zue and meself) had a short girls lunch-out time siang tadi. Me, Zarid and Suzanne sort of planned it about 2 weeks back but due to other commitments, it was postponed.

I was looking for a lipstick and was weighing between MAC and Bobbi Brown. Suzanne dragged me to BB instead and after 2 samples (hey, acik ni sempoi jek taww), I got meself one. The way the SG there greeted Suzanne, anda sure tahu bahawa dia pengunjung setia dan dia mungkin telah membeli berbakul-bakul mekap dari sana. She got something for herself nonetheless dan peneman setia, Zarid pula telah membeli berus-berus mekap. I, have yet to upgrade myself to that level, level yang menggunakan berus-berus untuk mekap. Setakat ni, brushes yang ku tau cuma berus gigi, berus lantai dan berus botol susu saja. Penyudahnya, antara kami bertiga, I spent the least.

Sebelum lunch di Delicious, sempat singgah di Guess untuk melihat jam idaman salah seorang kami yang bernilai kira-kira RM6,000! Bukan, bukan saya. Acik old-fashion okay. For RM6,000, I'd rather spend it on watches from Tissot, Rado and tambah sikit duit lagi, buleh dapat Omega atau Rolex yang paling murah. Typical taste makcik-makcik kan. Tapi, satu fakta yang anda perlu tahu, acik takde duit sebanyak tu nak beli jam okay.

Delicious on the other hand, was not as I expected. Maybe the food we choosed. Maybe la kan. I had pasta by the name of Thai Crabmeat something, which I consider a failed marriage between east and west. Tak jadi okay. Sampai acik lupa nak snap gambarnya sebab terkulat-kulat makan. Kawan belanja beb, kena makan jugak. Thanks Zarid. Kalau tahu awak belanja, akak makan kek sekali ahaks!

Cadangnya nak pi Skinfood jugak tapi masa dan mata tak mengizinkan..

Jom layan gambar..

mereka-mereka yang terlibat.
zue posing ayu la tu, sampai lentok2.
panas seh dok kat luar tu.
terbakar belakang acik.
saya di mana? seseorang perlu memfotokan ini semua kan?...

Zarid makan ni.
pasta sama mushroom.
boleh tahan lah rasanya.
just that tak bleh makan banyak, muak!

ni pinggan Zue.
rasa cam megi goreng kat kedai mamak katanya...

ni plak makanan si Sikulat sama Jah.
ni pinggan si Jah.
acik tolong makan kendiannya, hak Sikulat.
dia tak berapa lalu makan.
hak ni sedap berbanding yang lain.

ni lasagne si Suzanne.
yang ni thumbs up.
sedap lalu acik turut sama jadi tukang perabih.

Note to Yati: -
Sekali lagi anda miss outing kami. Tapi awak enjoy sakan jugak kat Melaka kan. Siap singgah Nilai 3 beli frame-frame ayat nak gantung kat rumah. Maybe next time.

Btw, sebelum balik rumah sebelah petangnya, saya dan Tebby singgah di Mines. Mines sekarang dah hebat berbanding dulu. Dah ada wing baru and dah refurbish. Tebby nak cari belt, saya pulak nak teruskan misi mencari kedai Skinfood. Tebby seperti biasa, bab-bab shopping ni dia akan beri laluan kat saya dulu. Lalu, membelilah saya 4 item seperti gambar di bawah ini.. I reserve my comment dulu. Baru pakai sekali..

Asalnya nak cari mask sama scrub aje tapi err... saya tambah dengan essense dengan mosturiser jua. Letih acik hafal apa nak tempek lepas apa. Apa nak sental lepas apa. Pulak tu semenya nama makanan je. Yelah, Skinfood kan. Keluar dari situ, cecepat ajak Tebby pi dinner he he.

mula-mula bubuh mask beras tu.
biarkan 10 minit then scrub muka.
then bilas.
pastu tempek plak fresh aloe pack tu.
kasi marinate muka jap dalam 5 minit then bilas.
suker... sejuk aje rasanya.

ni plak essence kobis sama timun.
lepas dah siap step atas nun, bubuh hak ni plak.
pastu tempek pulak rich cream tu.
tu krim labu bersusu he he.
macam labu masak lemak atau pengat labu pulak.

Kempen Minum Air

i wish.. *eyes roll*

If you wanna puke, go on.

I'm not done with my beauty and health regime. I am not at all a head-turner, in actual fact. Unless I call up from behind la kan. But why let you ordinary-self be more and more ordinary?

I remember my ex-boss said that there's no one extraordinary. It's just ordinary people, doing ordinary things, extraordinarily.

Ahh... makcik dah start merepek kan. Blame it on the rain semalam. Kena hujan, acik sakit kepala okay.

This, is what I've been diciplining myself with. I drink at least 1.5l of plain water a day. Sugary, caffeined, tea, coffee included, that would be around 2l a day.

I got meself a water bottle with 1.5l capacity and make sure i finished them all by noon. Since I still have my Teh Herbanika which I purchased during my short miscarriage confinement (or is it my maternity confinement way back in 2008? hmmm....), I brew a sachet each day and gulp down a mugful. See that blue mug? (mug ke tu, or is it tumbler?). Itulah bekas yang jadi mangsa merendam teh ku itu. Kalau anda anti jamu, harus lah jangan berani-berani cium mug tu. I usually drink a lot before noon and slowly decrease my intake noon onwards. Nanti nak balik naik keta nak terkucil susah taww. Kena pulak jalan jem. But always take opportunity kawan-kawan. Ever heard of kegel exercise? Go google.

Make it a routine kawan-kawan. Each morning, letak beg, on kan my lappy, terus isi air dalam bekas-bekas ku itu. Then it will become a habit you cannot do without. Like wearing your watch or spraying perfume each time after bath (sound like me, no?) When I attended Dale Cargenie few years back, we were taught 'practice makes permanent'.

Kalau depa caj air kat ofis ni, memang le daku yang bil paling tinggi. There's an after-effect as well, bil air dengan tisu kat ladies pun ku akan jadi juara he he.

Kain Batik oh Kain Batik

Scene 1 - suatu hari pada minggu lepas
Saya hadir rumah terbuka P*S Malaysia di Concorde.
Diberi kain batik as favors.
Terima kasih.
Balik jamuan, bos bertanya.
Kain batik dipakaikah?
Gelak. Gelak.
Pakai masa dalam pantang je bos.
Pakailah... cantik.
Manis aje.
Saya suka isteri saya pakai kain batik.
Quotenya: Abang suka sayang pakai kain batik. Manis isteri abang.
(aooooowwwwww.... suwitnya kan)
Kain batik saya letak atas meja, buat hiasan.
Cantik bergulung. Siap bereben.

Scene 2 - lantas semalam...
Yang, bos I kan.. *ulang cerita di atas*
You?
Suka. Sambil senyum.

Hari ni
Bawak kain batik token balik rumah!

Berdandan Diri

Ada orang tegur kulit muka ku sudah firm.

Yessss!!!

Weighty Issue

Being a small, thin, petite me, I looked forward to weigh-gains.
And yet when I could not fit in my old kebaya, it was not exciting at all.
I realised it's not weight that is my issue, but shape.
I haven't told that yang tak muat tu di pinggang saja kan?

Back To Office Prep

Today is my the last day of my MC. Sepatutnya today ada appointment dengan Dr Ashar for follow-up check-up after my ERPOC but he's not around. So I had it resheduled on 8th August 2009 - Saturday. Tomorrow should be my first day of working back after all these. I applied for leave tho. Tolak cuti on Khamis dengan Jumaat, cukuplah lagi belen 15 hari sampai hujung tahun kot.

I have started being lenient with myself where eating is concerned. I've taken a bit of seafood and egg (which, a big NO-NO according to my mom's law of confinement). I'm still on jamu, pati ikan haruan, LD Venus. I add lotsa garlic and ginger in my cooking. And I still don't have the guts to indulge in cold/icy drinks/food. I'll wait for another month or two la kot. I've dried up a week or so after the procedure and gained back my energy (and life) 2 weeks after. Pantang 100 hari? Hmmmm....

At times I just couldn't help wondering what's the injury like inside there. For those who are wondering, secara luarannya, takde apa-apa luka pun down there.

Anyway.

Since my office, at times, can be freezing cold, as a preventive measures, I bought these. Pairs of socks from sox world. There, buying socks can be such a difficult things to do. Banyak sangat pesen, lotsa colors to choose from. I ended up buying the normal socks as well the ones with toes. I was tempted to indugle on those colorful, patterned ones but I'm quite sure I'll draw attention in a weird way.


And totally unrelated to pertaining to joining back the workforce on 10th August 2009, I bought hairclips. Rambut makcik dah cukup panjang untuk di-twist and di-turn kan. Dulu2 makcik ikat rambut dengan getah sayur aje ye anak-anak...

By the way.

Tebby is on leave today. We went out and had lunch at Restoren Cina Muslim @Tmn Seri Minang, Cheras. Mula-mulanya tawaf kat Cheras Leisure Mall mencari Din's Cafe. The area is under renovation so we changed venue. We both had Nasi Goreng sepinggan sorang (they came in generous portion, tak larat makcik ngabihkannya). We had Lemon Chicken and Kailan Special in the middle.

Lemon Chicken ini biasa-biasa saja rasanya. Mula-mula not available sebab lemon takde. Dek sebabkan tekak saya ni teringin sangat makan Lemon Chicken plus, saya nampak ada pasar mini kat depan kedai ni, saya pun mengusulkan supaya cuba pi tengok-tengok kot-kot ada lemon jual kat situ. Ada ponnnn...

Kailan Special ni superb. At least to my tekak lah. Hiris halus and deep fried. Set with fried small anchovies on top. The only drawback is that, kuah nan sedikit kat bawah nun masin amat. Di bawah rimbunan dedaun kailan ni ada tersorok dahan-dahan dan batang-batangnya.

Berdandan Lalalala..

Aiseh... sejak ada maid ni, I have leisure time. Ada lah masa terluang nak berdandan kan diri sendiri. Kena pulak tengah MC kan. Dok surf internet cari petua-petua untuk kebahagiaan luar dan dalam *ehem*. Guys, kalau ada tips, sila tinggalkan di ruangan komen ya.

Before I move on, ingat tak saya ada order Nona Roguy products? I'm letting go 2 items i.e. Lawas Segar dan Lawas Angin. Reason, saya terlebih lawas sudah. I took just one type of lawas, just 1/2 of the recommended portion and I ended up purging like 5-6 times. Tebby sudah bising. I don't know about others lah. It might be healing crisis but I can't take the stage lorr. Sapa nak beli sila tinggalkan nota anda di ruangan komen okie.

Apart from those 'lawas' things, I absolutely love their Minyak Herbanika. Lepas sapu mesti sendawa banyak kali and melepaskan angin in any way imaginable *kenyit mata*. Kalau rasa berat kepala, gosok-gosok sikit, adalah kelegaan tak lama lepas tu. I'm taking Phytonatal as well. Makan sebiji je sehari. Ni semua sebab saya kan terlebih lawas sudah.

Dalam seminggu ni, dah 2 kali saya sempat berlulur. Nothing fancy, saya beli Bedak Bunga Tanjung. Namanya bedak tapi sebenarnya lulur. I mixed it up with a bit of water dengan hampas pegaga (saya minum air pegaga u olsss!! sedap rupanya) and mulalah melulur. By the time I was done melulur, bilik air cam apa jek... bersepah dengan habuk-habuk (dan daki-daki). Lepas tu tempelkan diri anda dengan losyen-losyen wangi supaya suami anda takdelah bau anda macam rendang. Kan perawatan tradisional ni banyak guna rempah-rempah.. macam rendang jugak. Jangan main-main taw. Saya pernah terbaca pengakuan bekas pengantin baru. Sang suami tak sanggup tidur dekat isteri sebab isterinya bau rempah. Ye lah, nak jadi pengantin baru, haruslah melulur, bersauna bagai kan. Saya tak terlibat dalam kes sebegini masa nak jadi pengantin baru dulu. Maksud saya kes melulur terover sampai badan bau rempah tu. Ni dah jadi pengantin veteran baru ada kesedaran isk isk isk. Ternyata suami saya masih sanggup tidur di sebelah saya. Cuma saya tak pasti apakah dia ada bermimpi makan rendang atau tidak..

Sebenarnya saya masih ragu-ragu jua azam saya ni walaupun saya siap sediakan satu 'label' khas untuk topik-topik sebegini. Takut hangat-hangat chicken poop jua. Perjalanan 1,000 batu bermula dengan langkah pertama kan. Sampai tak sampai belakang kiralah. Janji dah mula langkah pertama, tak gitu?