when fingers can do wonders to your curls

i’ve had permed hair for almost three years now. and since the very first perm i did, i’ve been obediently using this :

it was pretty expensive. for almost rm40++ per bottle! and my hair need lots and lots of em, so sometimes in a month i need one whole bottle. so, sigh. then i discovered this one shop in sg wang that sells the exact same thing for almost half the price. (they serve the same function, just different packaging! -_-)

the first time i came to uk, i brought two bottles with me cos my luggage was full already so i couldn’t bring as much as i want. so sigh after the second bottle finished, i was devastated cos i didn’t know what other product that can serve as good as that. then i tried all these products from boots (cos boots didn’t sell my schwarzkopf and i did discover this one shop that sells it but SUPERexpensive. sobs.) :

i don’t really like most of them. some give me dandruffs. some just make my hair so ewww. then, ebay saved my life! i found really good bargain on my schwarzkopf! even though not as cheap as malaysia, at least it’s still affordable for me. so now am back with it and am on the last bottle before i go back malaysia so i’m like really kedekut with it cos i need it to last me til august. huhu.

so this morning i just wanted to print something in the library and it so happen that today is my hair washing day. i thought, since am not going to stay long and i won’t be meeting anyone (but cis i keep on bumping with soooo many people today cos so cun that today is business school’s convo day. haih.), instead of putting my schwarzkopf on my hair, i opted to apply some antifrizz serum and just twist my curls in sections with my fingers and let it dry naturally. and the result …

++ i didn’t notice how pretty my curls were until almost bedtime so that explains the ugly PJs and cut-off face ok. ++

i lovelovelove my curls today. it’s sooooo natural somemore. hehe. now i believe that less is definitely more. (meaning, less hair product = more beautiful curls. hehe.)

now i just hope my curls will be even more pretty on monday for convo. weee!

tapas time

i was browsing through my pictures folder and i found this!

dinner at LA TASCA SPANISH TAPAS RESTAURANT AND BAR. if you’re familliar with all thing spain or you’ve been to the country itself, you would know what these tapas actually mean. if you don’t, lemme give you a brief description (actually not MY description la, i stole from La Tasca’s menu. hehe.) before i proceed with pictures ok.

THE SPIRIT OF SHARING:
Tapa means ‘lid’ or ‘cover’ in Spanish. The origins of modern day tapas are not truly known, but it is widely believed that centuries ago at the end of long workdays,
farmers and laborers would visit local ‘tascas’ for a well-earned drink, on top of which they would find a slice of bread to protect it from pesky flies. Over time, the
innkeepers gradually began placing snacks, such as cured meats and sausages, on top of the bread slices. With the passage of even more time, the “edible lids” evolved
into the beginning of the exciting tapas experience we are familiar with today.

so basically la, if you decide to visit spain one day, don’t be surprised to find it really difficult to find full lunch or dinner, cos they prefer to eat a bit of tapas from one restaurant to another.

anyways, the visit to this restaurant was quite sometime back, so i don’t really remember the exact names of the food (most of it also i simply guess!) and the price listed is according to the menu i found on their website (but don’t think we so kaya sanggup spent our money that much, that time we went cos got 50% off! and we were given set menu also. jangan jealous! huhu.)

to start off (but according to the menu, it’s not under the heading of Starter, but Breads & Olives instead) we had:

++ errr i can’t find it on the menu la…it’s some bread thingy eaten with olive oil. ++

++ Aceitunas Mixtas: An eclectic mix of Spanish Black, Gordal, Manzanilla, and Arbequina olives lightly marinated in olive oil, herbs and spices (£4.50) ++

for Starters :

++ eee i can’t find this on the menu as well! it’s actually cheese. ++

++ Jamon Serrano: Long, thin slices of the most popular of all Spanish cured meats: Serrano ham. Served with kikos corn nuts. (£7.00) ++

++ Boquerones en Vinagre:  Six fresh, unsalted anchovies marinated in garlic and olive oil (£6.50) ++

and now, the Tapas :

++ Gambas Gabardina: Six shrimp speared and deep fried in our special beer batter, served with garlic mayonnaise (£7.00) ++

++ Gambas al Ajillo: Shrimp sautéed in olive oil with fresh garlic and hot “guindilla” peppers (£8.00) ++

++ can’t find this one either. it’s potatoes with tomato sauce. ++

++ woops don’t know what’s this also! i think it’s beef if am not mistaken. but not nice anyways. ++

ok i like this one! but after you eat two or three pieces, you will feel jelak already. so don’t be greedy!

++ Albondigas a la Jardinera: Hearty meatballs served in a fresh vegetable and herb tomato sauce (£6.00) ++

++ TOP – Tortilla Española: Traditional Spanish potato, onion and egg omelet (£5.75) LOVESS!!! ++

++ BOTTOM – if am not mistaken la… Chorizo a la Parrilla:  Grilled authentic Spanish chorizo sausage links (£6.50) ++

weee another favourite of allllllll time!

++ Calamares Andaluza:  Battered squid, deep fried and served with garlic mayonnaise (£7.50) ++

++ aubergine thingy topped with cheese. ++

++ Brocheta de Pollo: Skewers of grilled fresh chicken breast and roasted red peppers, served with aioli (£6.75) ++

there you have it! sorry for the poor quality photos by the way. sometimes canon ixus don’t really do justice. (wtf?)

La Tasca Newcastle Quayside

106 The Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 3DX

Call us: 0191 2304006

Email us: latasca.newcastle@bayrestaurantgroup.com

bukan sengaja ok?

seriously got no ilham to blog these days. i rather be twittering or statusing on facebook. sorry yar. will get back to blogging once am hit with lots and lots of stories okies. so don’t give up on me yet, continue and check back on me from time to time k.

play all month long weeeee!

this post is gonna be pretty random on all the things i’ve been doing lately yar. i’m off for another vacation tomorrow yay so i won’t be blogging anytime within this one week.

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so what have i been watching these days, you ask?

SUTERA MAYA on tv3. layan siot. but actually i only layan cos of faezah elai. she’s now officially my fav actress from tanahair.

++ seee isn’t she hawt?? ++

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movies i watched and love :

OBSESSED – both beyonce and ali larter rawks!

TRANSFORMERS 2 – superb superb movie!

so we went to watch this movie at the cinema sempena jeffrey’s birthday so if you’re wondering what does football jersey have to do with transformers, i don’t know either. we were just fulfilling the birthday boy’s wishes : to have his birthday theme as football and to accompany him to watch transformers.

talking about football jersey, check out my latest fav item in my wardrobe :

++ that’s birthday boy by the way! ++

owh and since we’re still in the topic of football, we did cupcakes for the birthday boy as well, who also happen to be a mega fan of liverpool. (so yea that explains the cupcakes!)

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hmmm what else. ahhh. been having picnics as our weekly routine now and i’m now getting darker so i shall stop for the mean time. i love being under the sun i do but the aftermath is just not tolerable.

++ actually the venue never seem to change but we still enjoyed it. anyone got other recommendation besides leazes park or not?? ++

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and finally, things we do that no one would ever expect …

++ posing with our school work uniforms! in the middle of nowhere somemore! tsk tsk. things we do…LOL. ++

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okla, am sleepy already. kita sambung after am back in a week time okies.

fashion faux

you know what i paling paling PALING tak suke?

COPYCATS!

fashion copycats to be exact. eh got such thing ke? you get what i mean la rite? people yang like to copy your style. i’m not exactly the world’s stylish person. but i don’t think am such a horrible dresser either la. (or am i ka?) am no fashion expert but i believe every single individual have their own signature style. so why wanna copy other people?? i’m not saying we can’t dress like other people la cos basically everyone copies each other anyways. what am trying to point out here is copying 101%! and the worst part is when that person ACTUALLY questioned the particular style beforehand. get what i mean?

so to these kinda people, please la, if you love my style please do admit BUT please don’t copy exactly la. other people might be flattered but not me ok. i like to be special harhar so i honestly don’t like people having the exact same stuff with me. bleh. so be creative and add in your own individual trait into the style you’re trying to copy la. you’ll gain more respect from me ok. (chewah i sound so cocky it’s sooo not me! LOL.)

to the number 1 man in my life

thank you for always forcing me to get top 3 or 5 or 10 in class back during my school days. thank you for not giving me too much freedom back then even though that was the only thing that i’ve always wanted at that time. thank you for constantly reminding me to be a successful and knowledgable person. thank you for scolding or punishing me when i did something unpleasant in your eyes. thank you for providing me with all the luxury that i needed growing up. thank you for sacrificing everything on your dream list so that i can be where i am today. you’re the reason who i become today and i know i can’t thank you enough.

happy father’s day daddy!

you’ll always be my number one. hugs.

cupcakes made easy

if you don’t bake (like me!) cos you think it’s way too difficult and confusing, fret not, cos with this kit, even 5 year old kids can do it. (i think the kit IS meant for these kids anyways, don’t ask why we got it in the first place! huhu.)

say hello to :

++ barbie cute cupcakes (serious shiyt this is the name on the box, unfortunately i didn’t manage to capture it. haish!) ++

now lemme guide you how to make the perfect and easiest cupcake in the whole wide world.

step 1 : there are 2 flour mix in the box. take out the mix that says for the base (or something like that la…) and just mix it with some water.

step 2 : then, once ready, place em into their cups (is that what we call em ka?) and bake for *getreadyforthis* 15 mins ONLY. so fast kan?? weee. make me even more excited to bake weh.

step 3 : while waiting, we now take out the second mix and after you add some water, wala, it turned PINK! again, i was sooo excited when seeing this!! lol i really felt like a 5 year old then.

step 4 : need to add some butter too.

step 5 : fastforward to the 15th minute, wee the base are ready! and so is the pink icing thingy for decor.

step 6 : you are now ready to personalised your own cupcake. that moment it struck me that i really suck in art. this was how my cupcakes turned out. T___T

and these are everyone else’s. sigh. but it’s ok. cos ALL the cupcakes (including my ugly ones!) ended up in our stomachs anyways. hehe.

weee heartsheartshearts cupcakes. somemore they’re pink!! wanna go buy and do somemore la.

reasons why i’m (still!) not skinny

my attempts to eat healthy and lose weight always seem to fail. sigh. why tell me why.

(1) the wholegrain bread

i love eating bread. if there are no other food in the world, i can live on bread alone. really. i have tried before eating just bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner for three days straight. and i didn’t even get sick from eating em after that! i know white bread are pretty evil, so i switched to wholemeal and have loved it ever since. when i found out wholegrain offer even more goodness than wholemeal, i decided to give it a try. the outcome? YUCKS. i can’t even finish the whole packet. don’tlikedon’tlikedon’tlike la conclusion is. i’ll just stick to wholemeal for now.

(2) the lemon detox diet

beyonce did this and lose 20pounds. my dear sis also did it and even though she didn’t lose as much as beyonce did, she did lose some weight too. so i’m officially jealous and wanted to try it as well. i promised myself (and my sis!) i would start it the week after exams which was THREE weeks ago actually but i kept on postponing with all sorts of  reasons such as : “i’m working this week, i can’t be starving!”, “this week got makan2, so i cannot do it this week!” and “i’m going travelling this week, so i tak larat wanna do this diet!”

(3) the fruits and vegie

i wanna start adding more fruits and vegie to my meals cos i realize i always eat unhealthy nonsense. but everytime i go to the market, i can’t seem to find any nice fruits and vegie that i wanna eat. there were always the same ones : apples, oranges, strawberries and grapes for fruits and brocolli, cauliflower, lettuce and chinese leaf for vegie. of course there are still others la but these are the main ones that i always buy and am already sick of em. i miss watermelon!! and i want vegie like midin and kangkung. two more months davina, just hang in there!

(4) the workout sessions

i wanna do my squats, crunches and pilates exercise i seriously do. but i’m just too lazy to get my bum off the bed once am already enjoying my tv3 dramas so sigh. am so hopeless already right. heh.

sigh. how ah. can somebody help gimme some motivation please??

double celebration

12 june is one significant date for me cos two people i heartheartheart dearly celebrate their birthdays today.

DADDY DEAREST

happy birthday dads! i don’t remember how old you are woops but you’re still so handsome. hehe. hugs.

NURUL NADIA RUSLI

++ eee look what i found! you look so happy here so i want you to look as happy as this each and every day now after turning 23 ok? ++

i’ve talked about her a million times in this blog before so you know how much i love her already right? hehe. so nadia dear, happy birthday! hope you’ll have a fab one ok. (i’m sure you will since you seem to be having a blast in perhentian. *jealous*) and we’ll do another celebration when i balik soon ok. yay. hugs.

when all you wanna do is something more productive

am currently having writer’s block ok, not that am even a writer la, that explains the lack of updates ok. if you want me to talk crap everyday then i can la, but i don’t think you’d be that interested right, so yea, i shall be silent until i have really interesting stuff to blog about ok.

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have i told you that am now officially jobless?? the only job i have left is the one from direct recruit, so if they have job for me, i’ll work la, if not, then i’ll just have empty pockets. or bank account. sigh.

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i can’t wait for my trips starting next week. yay. cos am so bored everyday i don’t know what to do already la. sobs. and am so so so looking forward to parents’ coming next month. yay. cos (1) i miss them like crazy and it would be nice to see faces from home weee! and (2) just in case my bank account semakin mengering, their timing is just perfect. i should have plan to balik with them la. after they leave, i’ll still have almost 3 weeks here. do what leh??? i don’t wanna work even though i like the reward. i don’t wanna go out cos i’ll waste money. so i’ll just stay at home until august watching movies after movies is it? aiyo.

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talking about movies, movies i watched lately :

1. fired up – thanks for introducing the movie pris, the guy so handsome!! huhu.

2. x-men origins: wolverine – eh edwan, i kinda like the movie leh.

3. i love you, man – erm ok2 only la.

there were actually more movies that i kept on watching halfway due to my cis punya connection.

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owh ya, it’s cold again in newcastle. you crazy weather! gimme back my sunshine! we haven’t go beach and picnic and bbq yet. sobs.