Ramadhan 1429

Pejam celik pejam celik it's now already the last 10 days of Ramadhan. Have been busy renovating my house and buying stuff till it gave me headaches. Geeess moving to new house really costs lots of money. Huhu..Suprisingly I have not even done any shopping for the raya this year unlike before I don't even feel any urge of doing so this year. Spending the budget for the house instead and planning to move in somewhere in October or November. No point of buying new clothes if I'm not gonna wear it often. Guess i'll just wear my last year's DKNY shirt, Topman shirt & Calvin Klein jeans which I have only worn for less than 5 times...malas nak hantar to dry cleaning!!!Haha

August Snippets

It's already mid of August and time is flying fast. Will reach 26yo next week.huhu...

Still so many things that need to be done. After one settled, others would come and it had been really tiring for the past few weeks. Taking up some more projects at the office, need to expand my network as well as learning on a new business. It's also time to spend more money as my new house is already ready to be moved in...pening2...

Retail Therapy

It's already August and the Mega Sale has been around for quite some time but surprisingly this year my habits of shopping is no longer the same as previous years where the spirit is just lost. Have not been shopping 'gile- gile' for quite some time except this weekend but mostly nothing. Dont really feel buying new clothes etc. Guess my mind is more on my coming new house and the inflation these days so i'm saving the money for it. Still, i went to KLCC, One Utama, Midvalley, Ikano, Curve on Saturday and Sunday. Not doing the shopping for me but helping my friend looking for an attired to wear for the dinner that he's organizing next week. However, I ended up buying different things at British India...Bought quite a lot where it's impossible for me to carry had i went there all alone..hahaha...Spent some money as well at the PC Fair..gosh i really need to find more money!!!

An Incredible Love Story

An incredible love story has come out of China recently and managed to touch the world. It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half a century.

The 70-year-old Chinese man who hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a mountain for his 80-year-old wife has passed away in the cave which has been the couple's home for the last 50 years.

Over 50 years ago, Liu Guojiang a 19 year-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu Chaoqin..

In a twist worthy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, friends and relatives criticized the relationship because of the age difference and the fact that Xu already had children. At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman.. To avoid the market gossip and the scorn of their communities, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern ChongQing Municipality.

In the beginning, life was harsh as hey had nothing, no electricity or even food. They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp that they used to light up their lives. Xu felt that she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him, 'Are you regretful? Liu always replied, 'As long as we are industrious, life will improve.' In the second year of living in the mountain, Liu began and continued for over 50 years, to hand-carve the steps so that his wife could get down the mountain easily .

Half a century later in 2001, a group of adventurers were exploring the forest and were surprised to find the elderly couple and the over 6,000 hand-carved steps. Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said, 'My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day. He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother's convenience, although she doesn't go down the mountain that much.'

The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now 72 years, returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed with her husband as he passed away in her arms. So in love with Xu, was Liu, that no one was able to release the grip he had on his wife's hand even after he had passed away. 'You promised me you'll take care of me, you'll always be with me until the day I died, now you left before me, how am I going to live without you?' Xu spent days softly repeating this sentence and touching her husband's black coffin with tears rolling down her cheeks.

In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories from China , collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided to preserve the love ladder and the place they lived as a museum, so this love story can live forever.

I'm back...

Finally after a few attempts of recovering my username and password, i managed to log in into this blogger's account. Have not been accessing my blog for a few months had almost caused me amnesia on the login process.

Was quite bz and also lazy all this while and therefore I lost interest on blogging. However, seems at this moment in the middle of the nite, I kinda get my mood and the groove back and so hopefully I will continue with the blog...

Elysyle Spa - Where East Meets West

On last Saturday, I've decided to try out the Elysyle Spa. Unplanned, Ezran & Anas also joined in after having our breakfast at the Old Town Kopitiam at Old Klang Road.

Elysyle Spa is a world-class fusion spa that combines Eastern and Western elements in its setting, ambience and therapies. It is the first in South East Asia to offer gemstone spa therapy and the first in Malaysia to provide Balneotherapy. With the 10,000 square feet of tranquil surroundingss, ELYSYLE Spa is dedicated to providing a renewing experience within an exclusive, professional environment which integrates advanced technology and natural sciences, accompanied by the warmth of the human touch.

Gemstone Spa

Balneotherapy

The seconds the lift door open, you'll be transported away from the maniac city lifestyle to experience a tranquil retreat. Greeting your arrival the moment u step out of the lift is a semi circular reception area with its bamboo decor, interesting beaded hanging and lightly scented atmosphere. Then, the spa assistant will come bringing bathroom slippers in a tray for you to slip out of your heels into the slippers and you will be lead up the curved pathway into a short passageway.

The corridor then opens up to a large area with its cosy ambience and exclusive decor together with little rivers that run around the perimeter of its marbled floor. The surroundings had elicited some 'oohs' and 'aahs' from the 3 of us and the promise of a totally balanced experience for our body, mind and soul can already be felt.

To express my experience in words are really hard, but all i can say this is the best spa among all the spas that I have experienced. You can just lay down listening to the sounds of birds chippering accompanied with a light music that would really make you relax and doze off. My treatment was supposed to be only for 2 hours but I've spent for almost 4 hours. Time really stops in here and you'll be treated as royalty.

I think I will be visiting again either this week and the next coming week. Also for members promotion till June, I'm enjoying a 30% discount for all treatments plus a free scalp massage (worth RM98) and Elysyle Signature Stone Spa (RM78). I managed to get the discounts for my 2 friends who are non members as well that day and we only paid RM145.53 each from supposed to be RM282.93. For 4 hours treatment, it's really worth everything...haha..

If anybody interested, don't hesitate to let me know so that I can help you to get the discount...

The Great FJ Benjamin Branded Sale

Went to the sale at Bangsar Village on the 2nd May (first day of sale) which was only for HSBC cardmembers. We arrived around 9.30am and there's already a very long queue. Gosh how people like to go to sale...haha...Queued for more than half an hour and then when it's opened, it took us another 15 minutes just to walk round and round the path to get inside..haha..

However i did not buy anything cos nothing was interesting to me. There were really old stocks for Raoul shirst which i've seen in the previous sale and the price was even much more expensive. I remembered before that I saw a shirt for only RM80 but here it was RM100..Guess only La Senza is worth the sale there as according to my friend, it was really cheap. As for Guess, Banana Republic, Gap, not really worth the sale to me...hehe

Spent less than half an hour inside and when we went out, to our surprise, there was still a long queue and even longer than before it's open which had now reached another floor below...haha