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THAT WINTER, THE WIND BLOWS

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Will it snow for Christmas OST

Winter brings snow. And there's something romantic about falling snow. Hehe.

Without colour and without warmth. Kosong. No wonder winter can be long and sad for many people.

Ada few times, bila tengok semua so gloomy, white and grey. All dead and quiet, I felt so empty inside. Hmmm. Hopeless.

But now, I'm ready for flowers and blue skies :). Spring is just around the corner!

And my rough itinerary for 10 days in Japan;

23 March 2013 - Tokyo

26 March 2013 - Kyoto

29 March 2013 - Nara

30 March 2013 - Osaka

Hehe. I hope, I really hope I come right on the blooming season. Walking along the path, under the cherry blossom and see the beauty of blooming sakura.

Few more days to go!

Labels: Japan, Korea 2013, Travel, Winter

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY - SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAIN

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Tudung senget benget herot semua cukup sifat. The top of Mount Balwang was so windy, I even thought I was going to be blown away. Hehe.

Labels: Korea 2013, Travel, Wordless Wednesday

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KOREA GRAND SALE 2013 - PART II

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

I was supposed to attend training today (Monday; March 4), tapi... I was on medical leave. Sobs.

I woke up at 6.15am, tapi mata macam tak boleh bukak, sangat sakit. Bengkak, berdenyut semua ada. My right eye hurts really bad. Hmmm. Jumpa doctor and she said I got an eye sty. KETUMBIT la senang cerita. Hahaha. Buruk bunyinya. Dah tua-tua ni kena ketumbit, ko pi mengintai siapa? Keke. So my friend said;

KETUMBIT MADE IN TAMBUN!

Hahahahhaa. It is my first time dealing with this ketumbit, so how long will it last? A week? 2 weeks? Sobs.

But then, one of my friends cakap, ketumbit is "IN" now, so not to worry hahahaha. Ishh. Last year, kena chicken pox. Macam-macam. Dah tua-tua ni kena ketumbit la, chicken pox la. So not cool ok. Hehe.

Enough of membebel, haritu dah stori mori pasal KOREA GRAND SALE 2013 - PART I, jom sambung Part II pulak.

LOCATION : MYEONGDONG SHOPPING HEAVEN

Masa mula-mula pergi Korea, I stayed in Gangnam, tapi masa tu Gangnam belum popular lagi. So, memang quite bosan la duduk sana. Nak pergi Seoul downtown lebih kurang 45 minit naik subway. Tu belum campur sesat barat and belum campur nak kejar last train and belum campur tak boleh nak extend masa shopping. In the end, memang kena tahan taxi sebab pukul 2 pagi baru settle menyoping. Hahah. Girls will always be girls.

2nd and 3rd time in Korea, no more Gangnam Gangnam walaupun tempat dia adalah sangat high end dan oppa-oppa adalah sangat banyak kat area sana. Cuci mata tu boleh, nak menyoping memang nan hado. Mahal. Oleh sebab itu, my favorite place to stay in Korea adalah Myeongdong! Hehe.

Ada apa dengan Myeongdong ni? Meh kita tengok satu-satu.

Samsung Note / Samsung Note II hard case

Samsung S III hard case

Samsung S II hard case

iPhone 5 hard case

iPhone 4 / iPhone 4s hard case

Price range between 5,000KRW - 20,000 KRW. Tengok la design macam mana yang kita pilih. Still murah lagi dari Malaysia. Samsung Note cover kalau kat Malaysia dalam lebih kurang RM80 - RM100. Kat Korea sana boleh dapat dalam RM30. Hehe. Syok. Rasa macam nak beli semua colour, tapi tak tahu kenapa bila dah bawak balik Malaysia, yang ada semua pink. Different tone jah. Haih. Yang lain tu my siblings punya. Beli macam nak buat makan je hard case tu, punyalah banyak. Tsk tsk. Ada yang I beli for my friends as gifts jugak. Hehe.

Hehe So Ji Sub oppa calendar. My sister punya. So cute kan. Tapi tobat la, penat dah pakai calendar macam ni. Last year I bought Korean calendar and letak kat office. Jenuh sangat nak check public holiday. Dalam tu sah-sah public holiday Korea je yang ada. Hahahaha. So, pakai je lah calendar yang client bagi. Senang nak cari cuti mana yang available. So Ji Sub ni ada cafe jugak tau nama dia A TWOSOME PLACE. Hari-hari singgah sebab sebelum nak sampai guest house, memang kena lalu cafe dia ni. So nak tak nak, terpaksa lah masuk minum kopi barang secawan dua. Hehe.

Snail repair eye cream and collagen eye patch. Hehe. Iols tengah mengalami proses penuaan la uols! Hahaha. Takkan nak cucuk tang sana, cucuk tang sini kan. So kita beli anti wrinkle eye cream je lah. Sebenarnya nak mencari anti eye bags, tapi tak jumpa! I have really bad eye bags. And now bengkak pulak ketumbit kan. Haha memang sudah jatuh ditimpa tangga. Lepas satu, satu.

Mask sheet. Yang ada gambar-gambar retis tu FOC. Masuk je mana-mana cosmetics shop, memang akan dapat. Harga untuk mask sheet ni 10,000 KRW, 20 mask sheets. So lebih kurang RM1.50 sekeping.

Benda-benda mengarut, hehe. Hand and body lotion ni bau dia wangi sangat, so terpaksa beli. Soothing gel ni pulak, pakai setahun pun tak habis-habis. Haha. Punya lah banyak dalam tu. And Yogurt mask, belum sempat nak try lagi.

Kalau siapa-siapa yang pergi Korea, sila beli Sleeping Mask from Laneige ni. Sangat-sangat bagus ok!!! Highly recommended. Pakai and tidoq. Esok bangun cuci.

Makeup pun boleh kalau nak borong sebab murah. Lipstick and blusher tu from Etude. Sangat cute, so terpaksa beli. Hehe. Eye-liner dalam 2,000 KRW. RM6 je. Haha. BB cream pun best. Takde dalam gambar, but I bought one BB cream.

Antara free gifts yang dapat. Yang atas dearberry ni kapas muka. Senang, boleh bawak pergi travel. Salah satu sebab suka masuk kedai cosmetics kat Korea ni sebab free gifts. Haha. Miniature cute little things.

Oklah itu je. Nanti sambung lagi. Antibiotik is mengantuks.

Hmmm, ketumbit really hurts. :(

Labels: Korea 2013, Myeongdong, Shopping

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US AT KOREAN TRADITIONAL HOUSE

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Hello anyong! Hehe.

Hmmm, now I'm working, at home. Too bad. Midnight dah ni. Tapi kerja banyaknya ya ampun! So... peak period really has came too early this year. Bencinya uols. Too many things on my table. Serabut sangat. Lepas satu, satu. Sobs. Bertabahla Fida.

Ok tapi takpe. Besok sambung. Hehe. Bila la agaknya boleh cerita pasal trip Korea 2013 ni. Kaedahnya sekarang, trip Korea 2012 pun belum habis membebel. Hahah, Busy sangat kah iols ni? Busy benda tak berfaedah plus mahlas. Keke.

Letak gambar lah dulu. Hehe. Perhaps, the most important trip for a family vacation is; remember to take photos! Hahaha. Bosan-bosan boleh tengok balik. Reminiscing memories gitu konsep dia.

Keke. Abah boleh buat Korean favorite pose ok. Jangan tak tahu haritu dia buat tangan di dada mata ke atas! Muahaha. Entah mana belajar entah. Banyak sangat tengok Johan kat Astro Warna la nih. Tsk Tsk tsk. But then, I loveee this picture. Hehe.

My soul sister. Rindunya trip for two, just with her. Kadang-kadang kalau datang time meroyan dia tu, mula lah dia ajak Kak Long dia bercuti mana-mana berdua. Ekeke. Dating katanya.

#INISEMUAPOYO! Enough said. Hahahaha. Verangan laaaaaaaa dia neh siap sunglass bagai. KOYAAAA! Hahaha.

Hehe. Happy belated birthday Lukman! Semalam, 25 February. We were born on the same month!

Last one my baby brother! Hahaha. Sorry lah adik, age gap jauh sangat, so Kak Long memang still anggap adik as my little brothah. Keke. Walaupun he's taller than me!

By the way, haritu ada mentioned HERE yang someone has lost the passport kan? Berita tergempar my abah bagitahu kejap tadi, passport tu ade je tersengih dalam bag!!! Hahahahaha. Aaaaa kalau dah namanya nak dijadikan cerita kan. Sengals sangat. Masalahnya masa kat airport tu semua orang dah tolong cari dalam bag yang satu itu, nan hado. Sungguh ni. Berpeluh-peluh sangat semua orang time tu. Dah la dengan berjacket bagaiiii. Airport fashion katanya. Haha whatever. Tapi memang tak jumpa pun passport tu. Ni suddenly ada balik dalam bag? How come?? After a monthhh??? Haih.

Good night. I hope for a better day, today :)

Labels: Korea 2013, Travel

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MINIATURE COLOSSEUM

Friday, February 22, 2013

Happy flyday.

I'm inside a miniature colosseum! Hehehehe.

All things mini, I love them all. Hehe. Colosseum, Eiffel Tower, Petronas Twin Tower, The Great Wall of China, etc.

More than 100 miniature monuments, nanti kita story mori. I've been so busy lately with AUDITORS!!! They are chasing me like nobody's business. Sobs.

Labels: Korea 2013, Travel

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KOREA GRAND SALE 2013 - PART I

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Hehe. I know picture above doesn't match the title of my blog entry. Sigh. I blame ORGA for this. Hahah. Tsk tsk sangat teringin meatball Ikea lepas tengok blog si Orga ni ha. So yummehh and finally my craving satisfied! Lagipun, orang kata tak elok teringin lama-lama, nanti kempunan. Keke.

So ok that's not my point anyway.

What could be better than 'shop till you drop' at one of world's top shopping heaven? The best shopping paradise that I've experienced so far tak lain dan tak bukan; BICESTER VILLAGE, UK. Keke. Itu memang shop till you... faint! Pengsan seriously. Kesian my friends we have to stop few times sebab iols nak pengsan uols! Itu adalah sangat nightmare. Hehe.

Just in time of my recent trip to Seoul, Visit Korea Committee just launch Korea Grand Sale 2013! Bagaikan bulan jatuh ke riba gitu kaedahnya. Perfect timing! Hehe.

Remember that girl? Choo Ji Woo. Winter Sonata Yu Jin and also the promotion ambassador for "Korea Grand Sale 2013". Last year pun dia jugak lah, pose yang sama, poster pun sama, tukar date sajork!

Discounts up to 70% okeh. Crazy. Mental kejap. Daripada taknak beli, akhirnya TERbeli. How? It all ends on February 28 by the way. So, lets shop till you... drop! Hehe. Ayuh kita.

Okeh are you ready? Jom ikut Kak Pida. *Flips tudung bawal* Ahahah.

First and foremost, I don't think I could resist this. Hehe. My manager bought the same handbag, different colour for RM700++. Dia beli dekat Rabeanco Pavilion la tapinya. Haritu dekat Rabeanco Seoul, rega dia lepas dah convert dalam RM280. Sobs. Mula-mula taknak beli ok, tapi dah last day tuh, gigih sangat menapak sorang-sorang pergi kedai nih. Hahah. Takut termimpi-mimpi dia siang hari gitu. Nak tunggu beli kat Pavilion, memang tak lah. And thank god I bought that bag. Hehe. Very high quality soft lamb leather. Perfect for my errr Jakarta trip? Ekeke. Gilos!

Korean style backpack. Soooo cute and sooo Korean! Hehehe. Selalu tengok teenagers kat sana duk pakai backpack jenis macam ni, nak carik kat Malaysia memang tak jumpa. Maybe ada tapi entahlah tak pernah nampak. So my sister and brothers tergedik-gedik nak sorang satu. Katanya tak Korea la kalau tak beli bag camnih. Fengsan my abah. Price range dalam 20,000KRW - 40,000KRW. Nak beli kat mana pulak, nanti next entry kita story-story ok? Kak Long dia tengok je. Dah melepasi zaman pakai backpack. Ekeke.

Winter coat, emerald colour. RM30! Murah. Ni pun mula-mula taknak beli, tapi sebab murah, my mom kata ambik je lah. It's not mine anyway, my sister punya. Jual longgok-longgok je ni dekat Namdaemun Market. Click HERE for more info.

T-shirt I love Korea. Kalau beli dekat Namdaemun Market, RM30, 3 pasang, white colour shirt. Kalau hitam, biru, merah ni, lupa lah pulak. Sebab ni my brothers yang beli untuk futsal team dia. Nama team tak boleh tahan, CHOI FC. Ahahah. Choiiiii sangatttt! I don't even have one. Sedeyh.

Sweater. Cute kan! The pockets. Hehe. Panas la tapi kalau pakai kat Malaysia. Sangat tak sesuai ok. Harga, lupa! Bring your own sunshine, so if you're looking for love? What does it mean? Motif sangat baju ni. Buat iols berpikir.

Ingat tak my blog entry on SWEATER ADA TELINGA?? Hahah. We found you, baby. 20,000KRW = RM60. So cute.

Winter jacket, for my little brother. Beli kat H&M. Tak ingat pulak berapa sebab dia beli dengan my parents. Berpecah kaedahnya time shopping sebab semua pun nak beli itu, nak beli ini. And the best part our guesthouse (Namsan Guesthouse 3) just in front of Myeongdong shopping street! Jalan kaki sajork 2 minit sampai. Sangat convenient. So can you imagine, tiap-tiap malam berkuntum dekat Myeongdong ni, from one shop to another. Cuci mata. Rindunyaaaa Seoul. Sobs.

Sweater lagi. Untuk adik laki sorang lagi pulak. Banyak sangat adiknya pun. Tsk tsk. Tapi ada adik-adik lelaki ni sangat best sebab they are protective of us, sisters. Hehe. Selalu suruh kakak-kakak dia jalan kat depan sebab takut jadi apa-apa. Padahal masa kecik-kecik dulu kita lah yang duk jaga dia. Hehe. Terbalik dah sekarang. So ok, yang ni beli dekat Uniqlo. Less than RM50. Tak ingat exact price.

My spring trench coat finally :). Bought at Forever 21 for RM30 maybe? Tak ingat. Now I know what to wear for my Japan trip! Ehemmm. Nak beli tops semua tapi susah nak try walaupun ada tu harga dia RM15 je sebab malas nak masuk fitting room. I dress in layers ok so nak settlekan bukak semua baju pun berzaman sangat. Surrender je la beli kat Malaysia. Tapi, I know we can't get that price in Malaysia. Sini mahal.

My new scarf to compliment my new trench coat. Boleh macam tu? Hehe. Ni 3,000KRW = RM9. Kat Forver 21 jugak. Menangis la duduk sana. Haha. Sebab tak sedar duit keluar. Tau-tau dah habis je. So sad.

Topi Kwang Soo. Kekeke. Kalau tengok Running Man, then tahulah apa iols duk bebel ni. Jenuh sangat nak cari topi macam ni. Nasib la jumpa. Kalau tak verangan je la my little brother nak pakai. Hihi.

My new boots. Sobs. Kalau pergi mana-mana, tak sah kalau boots tak rosak. Memang tak pernah terfikir nak beli boots pun sebab dah ada. Tapi boots Phua Chu Kang yang pakai masa kat Nami Island tu, time-time tu lah dia nak rosak zip! Hahaha. So masa kat Nami Island pulau cinta tu my boots tak boleh zip. Ternganga je lah kat tepi tuh. Hahaha. Dalam gambar tak nampak sebab cover baik punya tapi kalau berjalan memang nampak le. Berlubang besaq kat tepi kaki. Ekeke. Bertabah je la. New fashion! So boots kat atas ni pun beli kat Forever 21. Harga dia 19,000KRW. Murah diknon. Pengsan akak.

Ok end of Part I. Part II bakal menyusul. Esok training, kena tidur awal.

Oh by the way kan, kalau ada sesiapa yang nak magnets and key-chain kat atas ni, drop me an email ok? The first five people to email me will receive one of those. Hehe.

UPDATE : Till my next giveaway yea. Habis sudah. :) I will send all the FMs and key-chain on Saturday.

fidajacob@yahoo.com

Good night :)

Labels: Giveaway, Korea 2013, Shopping

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