Penang Butterfly Farm

Went to the butterfly farm for the verrryy first time with the OCPG crew (lol!) last weekend. The place was really full of butterflies (what else??) that are flying freely around! Which means you can go as near as you want to the butterflies and even touch them if you want to!


It was such a pretty sight! Butterfly lovers will sure have a wonderful time there. They are so tame they will even pose for you to take photos. This is one place you don't need a macro lens or a zoom lens to take nice photos :)


See? I could even take this pretty photo with my camera phone! I have not copied out the pics from my slr yet cos my monitor kong-Ed off -_-"

At only rm10 per entrance for Mykad holders, this place is heaven for phography enthusiasts


Among the many tourist spots I've visited in Penang, I think this is the one that is not overrated and my favouritest one! :)))

Derivation of Stem Cells to benefit stroke patients

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The usage of stem cells to help in healing adult diseases or sicknesses is fast becoming a commonly acceptable norm among our society nowaday. However, the only stem cell i have ever heard of are those derived from a baby's umbilical cord blood. There are numerous services nowadays that helps to "archive" the baby's cord blood for his/her own usage in the future. But what about us adults where stem cells were not that popular when we were born? The April 2010 cover article of Stem Cells and Development shows that stem cells found in menstrual blood may be a potential source for stem cell therapies in stroke and other nervous system disorders.

When we hear of menstrual blood being used, we most often feel disgusted or freaked out. But according to the research paper in 'Stem Cells and Development' article entitled "Menstrual Blood Cells Display Stem Cell–Like Phenotypic Markers and Exert Neuroprotection Following Transplantation in Experimental Stroke". The remarkable ability of the uterus in regenerating cells during every menstrual cycle is the basis of why menstrual blood can be a good alternative source for stem cells. Currently the bone marrow and the umbilical cord blood are the 2 most studied adult stem cells. Extraction of stem cells from the bone marrow can be painful whereas the umbilical cord blood could only be extracted during birth.

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Sweet dreams

Last nite I dreamt that I was back at my hometown in my parents home and my mom told me there's a poslaju delivery for me. I was puzzled when I open it because there for me was 2 big boxes of bags and clothes and stuffs! And I did not recall buying anything online in my dream.


Then I saw a letter addressed to me telling me they've chosen me as their review blogger for their stuff and are giving me all of them for freeee!! If I would just review their stuff in return! Wowww!!! I was soooo happy in my dream. But too bad it's just that...only a dream :(



I think I better stop buying stuffs

P/s the photos shown are pictures of my fav shopping mall in Penang at 12am. Keke. What was I doing in a mall at 12am when all the shops have closed?? =)

Hairstyle

Ok picture of Japanese leng lui for u guys to ogle at...

Nice hairstyle or not?


Hmm. But then I will have to cut short the hair that I've been keeping long for almost 2 years!!! Huhuhu. Decisions decisions...

I asked someone whether he's going to marry me in the next 1year bcos then I won't cut my hair. Wahahahah! But no answer :(

Easy pdf sharing

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Sometimes when i want to share pdf documents with my friends who are scattered all over the place now, the erratic internet from our internet service provider sometimes just prohibits me from doing so! Even emailing a simple pdf file will take such a long time. And sometimes even after i manage to send it out to my friend, he is unable to open it! Which is quite a hassle actually! I was pretty amazed to find iSigned - secure online storage for legal and other important documents. I signed up for a free trial account a while ago and found the interface so easy to understand and manage. Within minutes, i managed to upload a pdf! I can do all sorts of things with the uploaded pdf, i can move it,delete it and even share it with my friends by just entering their email address!



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Azuma 30% off promo

Ok finally a non girly post but where have all my guy readers gone?? Lol.

Saw the Azuma (at qbm,where else. Lol) 30% off on all belt sushi so one fine afternoon when we were neither too full nor too hungry, we decided to check it out...



The salmon sushi was ok but not satisfying bcos it was very tiny :( I dono whether they reduced the size just bcos of the 30% off promo or it has always been like that.

This is the deep fried fish pieces thingy


There were a mix of salmon and some other fish. Which was not bad. It would have been better if it were warmer

And this salmon roll thingy with rice in the middle topped with cheese(???) and fish roe.


This was quite nice but it sort of reminds me of the salmon roll (with mayo center instead) from sakae sushi. I would prefer the one from sakae but they do not have 30% promo do they? ;)

The egg thingy sushi...


Which was a nice change after all the raw stuff

And some cheapo sushi to stuff someones tummy. Muahaha


The aftermath...


And oh they also gave you a teeny tiny scoop of green tea ice cream. Keke. Oh well it's complimentary..I'm happy enough :)


All these for rm26 incl tax! Cheap?

The Body Shop Sale

I think i might just ditch my shopping blog tho i do like the idea of some place for me to categorize all my fav purchases :P but then, this blog gets more hits and its just easier for me to maintain one blog.so to my guy readers here do bear with me when i post girly posts like these...muahahaha...

anyhoo, the body shop has been having a great big sale!!! i believe it ends tomorrow and i thought it was supposed to be a nationwide thing but there didnt seem to be any in Kuching...hmmm...

i saw a BIG crowd at the normally quiet shop at Queensbay mall yesterday so i went and check it out....and lo and behold! discounts up to 70%!!! you know i cant resist a sale =x but the q to the cashier was too long..hehehe...so i came back today...at 10am! just went the mall is opened ..muahaha..im hopeless! lets see what we have here...

(from left to right) Oceanus Shower Gel, White Hot Summer body mist and White Hot Summer eau de toilette.

The White Hot Summer body mist and the eau de toilette were bundled together...body mist at 70% off and eau de toilette at 50% off! fml! i just bought the body mist for someone's bday few weeks ago at the original price =_=" after discounts the body mist was only RM14.70 (rrp RM49) and the ead de toilette at RM32.50 (rrp RM65)

Which was all good because i have been lemming for the body mist since i bought it for her...hehehe...so now i can has it at 70% off! woots!

my intention was to buy the fragrance but then i thought i might just as well take advantage of the sale and buy myself the body shop shower gel..finally! I could never get myself to spend more than RM20 for such a small bottle of shower gel :( So i got this at 30% off!

After discount RM20.93 (RRP RM29.90)

me iz a happy girl!...what a great sale! :D

My first OPI

Bought my very first OPI online!! It's the "got a date to-knight"! At only rm27! Cheap rite? I think I saw some shops selling at rm50+++ here


I wanted to find out what's all the fuss about OPI nail polishes so I splurged a little. Rm27 may be cheap for an OPI but I don't normally buy nail polishes at that price. The most expensive one I've ever bought is rm18 :p

So what's the verdict? This shade in particular needed 3 layers to get what i have above. And I feel that nail polishes are quite watery compared to let's say face shop polishes which isn't necessarily bad. I've noticed that it's easier to apply and dries pretty quickly.

The funny thing was in between my 2nd and 3rd layer I knocked on something but it didn't chip very badly. When I applied the 3rd coat it was like the chip was never there! Hmm. I will observe whether OPI is longer lasting than my cheapo polishes :p I purposely did not apply a top coat to see how good it is on it's own. Hehe

I also bought fair dinkum pinkum (gotta love the names)


And would you bliv this is only rm5?!?! Not 2nd Hand too! Tell u in the next post phaps?? :)

My Mini Moment Contest

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I have a sweet tooth but then i'm always very careful with my calorie intake because i'm still trying to lose weight :( My ice cream and chocolate cravings are the hardest for me to tackle. I can eat ice cream everyday without getting tired...but that would do havoc to my diet :P When i hear of the Dove Ice Cream miniatures i was immediately interested.

Each only has 70 calories! That is really amazing for something that sounds so yummy! It's ice cream wrapped in real Dove chocolate! The new Cafe collection even comes with java chips and cappucino flavors. Wouldnt it be nice to be able to indulge and yet not ditch your diet plans?

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Do I live in the zoo?

This morning when I was about To leave for work I saw 2 tiny eyes looking at me from the front gate. Arghhhhh



It's a praying mantis and it's huuuge!!! I don't believe I've seen such a huge one for a long time


See??

I read from a superstition book the other day that ts a good sign if you see a praying mantis coming to your house. And this one is at our front door too! Hehehe. But we r moving anyway,oh well

After that, I walked out to my car and I saw this creature walking past me sloooowly


Gah!what a giant cow!with milk! Bwahaha. I had half a mind to go over n milk some fresh milk for me bfast 'x'

Ahh what an interesting morning

Airasia 0 fares!

Yes yes. All we can talk about now in fb is airasia 0 fares!! Yours truly is also one of them. Ahem! I think I cannot resist any sale..no matter what's on sale. Lol. But I have a good and wholesome reason.. I wanto go back to see my family and frens mahhh! Awwww...kekeke! At only rm28 2 ways!! Who can resist?? I'm now resisting going back once a month from Jan onwards. Lol


But whAt I want to say is..bcos of this 0 fare promo,I've been having nightmare/dreams abt aa! Wth! The first nite I waited till almost 1am but failed to book any :( sadness is me. That nite I dreamt that the nextday, all 0 fares have been grabbed with none left! I was complaining abt aa in my dream. Lol

The 2nd nite which is last nite, u dreamt that I purposely woke up at 5am to book the tix but the website is still slow! Again I was very stressed. As a result I woke up earlier than usual,took a bath and turned on the pc. I was alternating between dressing up and clicking on aa website. Lol!

Oh joy is me bcos the website was pretty fast tis mrg. And I booked my tix without a single glitch! Woots!

But then only after I paid for the tix did I realized that I booked the wrong dates!!!!!!

Neighbourhood friendly dog

After the encounter with the neighbourhood friendly cat, look who we have here...


Eddie! Our neighbourhood friendly dog! Rof! Eddie is a handsome and friendly dog who always wander around the vicinity of the condo. I wonder who he belongs to.

But every evening an uncle will come and feed him


Good dog eddie!

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Tulan

Yes the title for this post will be tulan! Why am I tulan?

Cos early morning one of my col came and said "Oh!!!! You kena complain Liaw!! People scold you already loh!!"

Actually it was an email sent by our US counterpart asking us to change our program to comply with our standards. And my program is one of them and his too! Kns!

This being Monday and all, I gave him some attitude. Kekeke. I said "change lah!!" and showed him some face. After that he softened his tone a bit. But after that I felt guilty. Maybe he was just joking with me. Muahahahah! Moral of the story never joke with me on Monday morning :x

I purposely painted my nails a nice shade of pastel colors for my blue Monday




Have a nice week! :)

Color of the day

I threw on this new t shirt of mine without noticing that it actually matches my nail which I painted that color on a whim



Which made me realized that I just bought another workshirt that's in this color too! I don't know what it's called..bluey turquoise? For now lets call it aqua! Keke

Omg....have I switched from pink?!?! Omg omg. Lol

Inlove....

Gawd dammit! I'm so in love with this blue jacket from forever 21


It's selling at rm89 at the shop here but then I saw it on the forever21 website at only rm58! When I was just about to place my order, it went oos! Arggghh!!

So now I hv this unfulfilled craving :( trying to convince myself no no I don't need this! >.< lol

Roommate for rent

Do you want to rent a roommate? One room mate available for rm123 per month...


Rof!

And just in case you r wondering, yes! I'm house hunting! Dammit!

Shopping lunch

Initially thought of staying in for lunch but then I changed my mind and drove myself to queensbay mall for some me-time! :) went to my current fav shop...forever21. Mwehehehe

I brought 5 items into the fitting room to try. And took photos of me wearing them just for fun! Bwahahaha




A little embarassed to say that out of the 5 items I only bought one and it's the cheapest among the lot. Keke. I always love to go to f21 to try new styles to see whether im suitable or not :D

After that,I tapaoed subway back for lunch


Overall an enjoyable and special lunch :)

Home delivery

Came home late around 640pm last night and someone was still not home yet. So he gave me the green light to do an online order for dominos pizza :)


I made my order at 6:57pm and the delivery guy arrived at 7:20pm which was pretty fast. If I had started cooking at 6:57pm I don't believe I would have finished by then.

Sometimes, I don't know which comes first...health or convenience

Short weekend trip for the long weekend

My title for this post doesn't make much sense right! Lol. Anyway, helloooo from batu feringghi Penang! :) believe it or not,this is my first ever time I made my way up north of the island after a year.

It took around 45 mins from our place to drive up north


The roads were very winding with blind corners at certain places. Almost like initial d. Rof.


Sad to say the beaches were too "commercialized"


When you walk on the beach there will be people approaching you for watersports or horse riding which I didn't really like. Certainly a tourist trap. Its not like damai beach in Kuching where you can really relax at the beach without being disturbed. where u can play around in the sea without the fear of being run over by the jet skiis :(

I saw these cute little puppies by the beach playing around on the grass. So cuuute :)


I knelt down and they came over wanting to play with me too =)

Tho it was nice to be relaxing on the lounge chair while looking at the sun setting...