Sushi Bonanza 2010!

The reason i left the office early, leaving piles of unfinished work on my desk--> Sushi King's semi-annual Sushi Bonanza~~~ :):):) I dont have a member's card but there's always someone ard who does, hehehe... We had agreed on 5.45pm earlier, cos didnt want to queue for too long. In the end, we only made it out of the office at 6pm and we were expecting a large crowd outside the 3rd Floor outlet at Midvalley as we started briskwalking racing there..

To our surprise, there wasnt a queue at all and we even got to sit at a table :D after hearing from another colleague that she had queued 50mins the previous evening at another outlet, i think we were pretty lucky, hehehe.. Soon after we sat down and ordered our drinks, time to start attacking the RM2 plates on the sushi belt!!!

Round One!

One of the terms of the promotion is that we're only given 45 minutes to finish the meal, so being the kiasu ppl that we are, we just started grabbing at everything in sight (i think i had 3 prawn tempura sushi, yums~) but nobody came to chase us away when our time was up.. Aiya, shld have taken more time to enjoy lah!

Eyeing my salmon *.*

One little complaint tho, eventhough the promo was quite worth it, with quite big slices of salmon, unagi and fresh prawns being refilled the whole time, but the variety just wasnt satisfying enough.. after ard 20mins, we were getting a bit bored, so it was photo time~

The lovely couple, esmei & richard~~

Just found out their b'days are only a week apart.. really like sisters lah!

Me and Eddie.. I look damn 'chan' here :S

and the boredom continued until something new came out, actually we saw the chef preparing it but he didnt seem like he was going to put it on the belt.. he passed the whole tray into the kitchen area instead.. our eyes practically gleamed when we saw plates filled with it coming out! our new goal:

Something interesting~ yummy cheese~

We were there from 6.05 till 7pm, and we left on our own accord.. So, BOO to the 45 minute rule :P

Our conquest-31 plates!

not tat good a result :( I swear we would have eaten more if they didnt keep putting the same stuff on the belt.. Sushi King, you have to change strategy lah..

Anyways~ another happy evening~~~ :):):)

Pening Kepala at Brussels Beer Cafe-Jaya One~

Two Fridays ago: 9 April 2010~

Took a bus from my office down to Jaya One after work to meet two of my girlfriends for dinner.. Picked Brussels Beer Cafe cos i'd heard many good reviews abt it and wanted to try it out, plus Lilian wanted to experience sitting down and having some drinks, so a beer cafe felt like a good choice, hehe...

To cut a long story short, we spent ages perusing the menu (the service was actually very good, cos in a span of abt 5 mins while the rest of us were waiting for lilian to arrive, i think 3 waiters came up to ask us whether we had ordered) then sat there for about 2 hrs plus eating, chilling, chatting and people watching (nice selection of people to look at, plus there were very leggy beer promoters as well)..

The difference in size between half pint & one pint of Hoegaarden~

My very scrumptious Brussels pork burger that had bacon,, cheese, juicy burger and lettuce.. Yummy!

Came with fries and salad :):)

Lilian's Carbonara spaghetti (which tasted good but i felt was a bit too pricey for so few ingredients)

Michelle brought her bf :D

They had a pork burger and this Brussels chicken dish tat tastes.... how to put it.. interesting? @.@~

Picture time :)

She and Me take 1~

Take 2~

She & Her~

Her and Me~

We~~~ :)

Caught yakking away.. hehehe...

So why the pening kepala in the title?? Basically, i had a slight fever while in the office that afternoon, so took 2 tablets of Uphamol and promptly forgot all abt them (how smart!) and everyone knows that its not good to mix alcohol with any form of medication.. I only felt the effects abt 2 hrs after my first sip, and i thought i was just super sleepy all of a sudden, only felt the rush of sound to my ears and saw stars after i stood up.. Could barely walk to the car after that but still made it... damn scary cos i'd never felt anything like that before.. So now i know what it feels like to want to faint @.@~

after resting in the car for awhile, lilian drove me back home and i managed to get myself upstairs and had a bath before toppling into bed at ard 9pm++ i think im quite super, cos i still managed to walk all the way to the car without support *proud*

quite pricey cos of the beer, can only indulge once in awhile after pay day lor :(

Dont mind going for a second visit :)

Lesson learned - Uphamol + Alcohol = Bad bad bad bad combination :*

The funniest tribute~

Wonder when's the next time i can visit Uncle Lim's wonderland~ hahahhahahaha.....

Good Skin Labs Workshop at Centrepoint South :)

Attended my first ever beauty workshop today :):):) at the office of the company which brings us all these fabulous brands:-

WoW~

Amazing how i'm at Mid Valley City almost everyday but i've never been to Centrepoint South.. Never knew they use the same canggih technology as the Gardens Office Towers for visitors to enter.. hee~ The Good Skin Labs Workshop was held at Suria Meriang Sdn Bhd's office on the 18th floor.. and me being kiasu, arrived earlier than the stipulated time of 11am.. most ppl arrived close to 11.30am so we started late >.<

The lovely view that met me at the entrance :):)

yummies from Delifrance~

I went straight into the room where the workshop was to be held and it was a very nice sight.. (take note i've never been to such things, so dont mind my gushing please.. hehehe) many many mirrors and products and basins on the tables~~

Inside the room~

The products that we were going to try..

My breakfast + Lunch :)

We started off with a presentation by the sales manager, Elaine who explained about all the products, including the latest ones LumecinTM and SculptinexTM, what they were used for and how to use them.. it was all very fun and entertaining and ppl who answered questions correctly got sample sachets as presents.. I got one too! I remember one joke was that we have to start minimising our wrinkles early, before they have the chance to expand their business - cos they usually tend to join together into even longer lines before we know it :D

The cute presenter~~

After that, one of the participants was chosen to be the model, and we were all shown how to use each product properly before we were let loose to DIY our demo on ourselves.. yippee~

and then the fun begins~ :)

Products we tried inclded:

1) Citra-Peel for brightening skin
2) Eyeliplex-2 for a younger eye area
3) Tri-Aktiline for filling fine lines and wrinkles
4) Smooth-365 for more even and smooth skin
5) Sculptinex for firmer skin
6) Lumecin (only could try on our hands cos its for night use only) for brightening the skin tone

As Good Skin Labs is famous for its instant results, we had fun staring each other up trying to look for differences between the left and right sides of our faces (i went with my colleagues).. for me, the one with the most obvious effect was Tri-Aktiline which visibly reduced the depth of my laugh lines (lines at the side of yr nose when you smile/laugh) .. my face looked damn imbalanced after only applying on one side..

Citra-Peel was a little scary for me cos i'm quite afraid of peeling products with my super sensitive skin, and you feel rather tingly/ itchy when you apply Part 1 cos the active ingredient is citric acid.. my face was reddish after using it, but after Part 2, the soothing solution and washing with water, i did feel my face looked a little brighter (or was it imagination @.@~)

One of my colleagues however, saw the biggest difference after using Sculptinex, cos half her face looked rounder than the other, it was so obvious that we kept asking her to hurry up and do the other side of her face or risk walking ard with a lopsided face.. muahahaha...

Had so much fun still not enough, still got a goodie bag to bring home :) with trial versions of Lumecin, Tri-Aktiline and Smooth-365, not forgetting my extra sample sachet :):) we also received RM50 vouchers :):):)

Almost everyone thronged the sales booth after the session, and i believe they sold lots of stuff today.. I invested in one of the best-sellers eventhough it didnt exactly have any instant results lah... need to use at least 8 weeks..

Used my voucher for this.. cost me RM145 after less RM50.. boohoo.. so expensive.. but i think i really need something to save my absolutely dry eye area which is starting to grow some serious fine lines and dark circles :(

My total haul from the workshop :)

Pretty happy that i went, especially cos it was free (previously they charged a fee) and i sure wouldnt mind going to other workshops like this.. would like to go to a Bobbi Brown or Laura Mercier one in future.. hehehehe...

Website: Good Skin Labs

PS: The stupidest thing.. I left my whole goodie bag including my expensive eye cream at the bank, forgetting all abt it until after i finished grocery shopping at Carrefour and was sitting down at the bus stand ready to go home.. luckily the kind officers at CIMB The Gardens kept it for me, and even checked who it belonged to from my credit card slip.. Thank you so much~~

My lunchmates~

Another thing to fortify the belief that i am a bit crazy -- I think I do love my job, even when its been super hectic recently, and its been giving me dream-ful nights~ I figure I also love my colleagues.. in fact i kind of miss them during the weekends... incredible huh?!

Anyways, besides my groupmates, the second group of ppl that i interact the most with during office hours are my lunchmates.. No need to worry abt eating lunch alone anymore since they appeared~ :) and we have fun chatting with oulook express, which is as good as msn in my opinion.. hehehe...

So far besides the usual vegetarian packed lunch that we can have delivered to our office, we've been to Canton-i, Ko Hyung, Sushi Zen, Nyonya Colours, McDonalds, Subway, Zun Express by Eu Yan Sang, Spaghetti, etc etc etc and of course-Redbox+ hehehehhe.... (love two-hour lunches on Fri as well, muahahahha)~~

Me, Missha, Nikita, Vi Dea and Esmei~

First time lunching+karaoke-ing together~~ (went for a second time already and hopefully many more times to come.. muahahaha)


Celebrating Missha's b'day March 25th~

Sad to say that Niki will be leaving for greener pastures soon.. Goodluck to her, Su, Mish, V and Mei will miss youuuu....Ppl come and go, but i really truly hope that the saying that true friends are hard to find at the workplace will not hold true for me.. *crossing my fingers* :):)