Tyro Boutique New Outlet Opening!

I have heard about TYRO boutique in Telawi street in Bangsar, above TM shop. Never, got the chance to check out their boutique in Bangsar. But will check out their new outlet @ USJ Taipan tis coming Sunday! All are welcome to visit the boutique and get free flow caramel popcorns! Plus discount up to 50% for selected items!

Tyro boutique is prety indifferent from other boutiques as this one features on Japanese style clothings, and they also have beautiful gowns and dresses too!! Now we know where to look for our dinner dresses. The boutique owner assures me that their boutique sells only one piece for each style, so each piece is unique and limited edition for customer's selections.

You also can join TYRO in facebook, click here.

Visit their new outlet!
Date: 23/5/2010 (Sunday)
Time: 11am onwards
Venue: Tyro boutique, 20, Jln USJ 10/1E, Taipan, Subang Jaya, 47620, Selangor.

Amante Body Massage

Not long ago, Miu's blog posted an entry on Amante Nail Spa and Body Care @ Solaris, Mt Kiara, new branch opening special - free trial for first-timers! I went to their opening register and pick the 30 mins free trial aromatherapy body massage. Another priviledge for first timers - you get to buy another treatment voucher at 70% off! I bought the 90mins Aromatherapy body massage voucher @ RM35. What a steal!

I remembered they assigned me a China masseuse for me on the first trial - aromatherapy body massage. The massage was fine, but i find that her pressure quite strong though am the person could stand pain. My neck and back usually feel pain when massage. The masseuse commented that the problem may caused from stress or prolong sitting (I think tis may be true as my profession requires me to sit for hours). She is pretty keen "softens" my stress point at my back, end up I went home with some pain on my neck and back.

Today, I went back for my 2nd aromatherapy body massage which last for 90 mins. This time the massage is longer than the first time, and is kinda different from the first trial. My masseuse is a malay lady, she is very good, the way she massage is very consistent and there is no long pauses or rush moment. I feel very relaxed under her massage, the pressure is medium, something about her massage and the process she do it, I have to say i Love it! It makes me falls asleep after that. That's a wonderful massage I must say. Again, the most tense point is still at my back and neck. Sigh....

After the massage, they served me hot ginger tea! So refreshin! For our 2nd return customers, there's another deal Amante offers - 30% off on any treatment which cost above 100RM. So i chose Relaxing body scrub & Jacuzzi milk bath @ 68.60RM after discount! I love such offers provided by Amante, as am not the person who would sign up a series of treatments package.


Check out their other branches here.

Mee Siam - My Favourite Lunch

Am a super fan of bee hoon (rice vermicelli), espeically Mee Siam. Mee Siam is a dish of thin rice noodles/vermicelli cook in spicy, sweet and sour gravy. It is one of the popular dish in Singapore and Malaysia. There is 2 way of cookin it, either stir fry noodles to "dry" version, or gravy version. I myself prefer the dry type.

It is a pure Nyonya speciality dish that is now prepared by all races, prepared with slight variation in ingredients. I remember i had the best mee siam at Jusco One Utama takeaway food section. Where they placed together with other packed food in thin plastic container such as nasi lemak, fried mee goreng, fried rice etc.

Since I have this big craze for mee siam. I decided to at least cook this for my lunch. Yesterday was my first attempt to cook this dish, today i tried it again and is better than yesterday. I would like to share my simplified version of recipe here then. This is for one serving.

Ingredients:
1/4 packet of rice vermicelli
3 shallots thinly sliced
1 stalk chives cut into 2 or 3cm length
3 prawns peeled or unpeeled
1 carrot
2 mushrooms
a handful of beansprouts
1 egg

Sauce:
3 tablesppon of Mee siam paste/ tamarind paste
1 lime squeezed
3 tablespoon of water

First heat oil in a flat pan or wok in medium heat. Fried the shallots, carrots, mushroom, for about 4 mins, then add in prawns fry till turn slightly red, then add in rice vermicelli and beansprouts fry for another few minutes, then add in the sauce. Stir the sauce well before pouring them into the pan. Toss well make sure the sauce get to most of the rice vermicelli, add in the chives. Dash some salt to taste. Garnish with hard boiled eggs, cut halves. This was my first attempt cooking.

First attempt mee siam

Today, my 2nd attempt on cookin this dish but with slight variation, garnished with omelette strips and fried sausages. This time i cooked more rice vermicelli since I gona served 2 person. My guy, the typical meat person, must have in his meals. We were running out of chicken meat, so he added the fried sausages, though not my preference. Oh well...ignore the fried sausages, the noodles has better spicy n sour flavour than yesterday's. You can add on small teaspoon of sambal belacan at the side to go with your noodles. :)

"Why Smartphones can be Dumbphones"

You must be curious why a smartphone can be a dumbphone??

I have a few reasons to answer that:

Some people who own smartphones such as Iphone, Blackberry, HTC, doesnt even know how to make full use of the applications, there are so many things you could do with your smartphone, checking your share market prices, stock exchanges, weather forecasts, CNN news, watch youtube, the best is last minute online booking for movie tickets is so darn convenient to cut the queues. But how they use their smartphone is to call and text only. There goes the poor smartphone become a dumbphone.

When ask them how come they don't use it for better use? When you can also twitter and facebookin by updating your status and reply to comments anywhere at anytime. One of my frend reply to me "you think am so super rich to surf the net with my smartphone?" But but...you are rich enough to buy the smartphone!

Luckily, Digi came up with a plan which makes your smartphone act as a smartphone with a smarter plan for smarter people! Check out the Digi smart plan!


With Digi smart plan just need to pay 68RM per month to have unlimited access to internet, anywhere at anytime you can be online to check your important mails, and not missed any great deals and be the first to know everything while stay connected!

I wish i could win one of the smartphone from digi and sign up their smart plan and be one smart person who make full use of her smartphone!

Ecoparadise - Anti-Oxidant Hot Bed Therapy

Last Tuesday afternoon, I was quite free. I was checking on the mirror notice i have dull skin and dark circles and eye bags result from lack of sleep the night before, as the weather so hot it kinda disturb my sleep.

A fren's recommendation, I finally tried something new which is the Anti-oxidant hot bed therapy at Ecoparadise Anti-oxidant Rejuvenation Therapy Centre, Ss15, Subang Jaya. They have few branches here in Malaysia, originated from Japan. Since they have promotion now for first timer, 3 sessions for 48rm! What a steal!

First i paid up at the counter, then they direct me to the locker room, and dress in their yukata. Then directed me to the hot bed therapy room and not forget to bring in a water tumbler provided by them which contains anti-oxidant water to drink. It felt like a sauna room, but the difference is the temperature is being control at a level and without increasing. I only needed to be in there for 45 mins, i had the room all by myself, accompany by soft music. She also said since am first timer, i could stay until 30 mins, but i manage to stay till 40 mins.

The lady asked me to put the long towel on the hot therapy bed, which is on the dark chocolate tiles, and the small towel on top of the wooden block to rest my head. Asked me to drink the water from the tumbler if I get thirsty.

For the first 15 mins, I felt quite hot but after that my body kinda accustomed to the heat. I don't feel that hot anymore, but am still continue sweating especially on my face and neck, and my hands, surprisingly my legs none. I don't feel suffocating inside the room. Which is good, usually I'm quite rejected to sauna, becoz i cant stand the heat, and I remembered once i stand at the entrance of the sauna, i could immediately felt my skin is burning n cracking.

After 40 mins, I came out of the room feeling rejuvenated and refreshed. Seated at the hallway waiting to be cool down, when a gal served me a small cup of very refreshing enzyme drink. After coolin down for 20 mins or more, went shower. The shower room equipped with filtered water and "anti-oxidant liquid soap" can be use as shampoo and body shampoo, very light weight texture liquid.

After the shower, i checked on the mirror notice my face skin was not dull anymore and dark circles miraculously disappeared. My face skin brightens like someone who has enough sleep and water and energy! My hands and legs skin turned out smooth even without lotion. Lastly I felt my body so much lighter walking out from the shop feeling extremely relaxed.Here are some information I gathered at the Ecoparadise Anti-oxidant Rejuvenation Therapy Center. They utilize cutting edge technologies newly developed by Japanese laboratories, and it is the first of its kind to be established outside of Japan.

Here are some information I've taken from Becklee's blog about Ecoparadise Anti-oxidant Rejuvenation Therapy Center.

"They utilize cutting edge technologies newly developed by Japanese laboratories, and it is the first of its kind to be established outside of Japan.

Using breakthrough techniques, a process has been developed whereby a concentrated anti-oxidant solution derived from friendly micro-organisms is impregnated into building materials. Utilizing a unique construction process, the Center operates on a principle similar to a Roman caldarium, whereby hot water piped beneath the anti-oxidant treated tiles heats up the tiles and releases the anti-oxidants into the air above.

Visitors to the Center will be enfolded in an anti-oxidant rich environment, relaxing in a climate controlled chamber, where temperature (41°C – 43°C ) and humidity levels (20% – 40%) are monitored for the comfort of the visitors and they emerge from the Center rejuvenated and refreshed."

The list of Ecoparadise outlets in Malaysia.
Latest outlets: Gardens Mid Valley (03-22874019), Jaya One, PJ (03-79563336).

Kose Warehouse Sale 2010

Attention to Kose Fans out there!

KOSE Warehouse Sales is back!!
- Offering KOSE, Beaute de KOSE, FASIO and Cosme Decorte items!

Got to know abt this from Kose Warehouse Sale Facebook page.

KOSE Warehouse Sales
13th - 15th May 2010 (Thu-Sat)
10am - 6pm
No. 9 & 11, Jln PJU 1/37, Dataran Prima, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

KLCC part 1: Acca Kappa workshop

Yesterday was a fun-filled day. Picked up Miu from Mt Kiara, rushed to KLCC on time. We were one of the first few who arrived at Acca Kappa workshop at 11am. Was hungry, me n Miu grabbed a curry puff from San Francisco Coffee before enter the Acca Kappa shop.

The workshop started with hand spa and massage session. First they use Acca Kappa scrub with grape polyphenols on my hand then massage my hand, palm and fingers. Then rinsed off, applied Rose body lotion.

Check out my hands!! Which hand has been pampered? Am sure you have guess the answer. The one on the right! See the skin on the back of my hand are fairer and smoother than the other.

Terence, the marketing manager introduced the company and explained the differences of each brushes.

Grapes and water were served.

He also mentioned that grapes are good for our body, it has anti-oxidant benefits. If you were to eat one or two grapes it wont benefit you, you need at least 10 grapes a day. Remember to eat the seeds too, this is the same as what my mom has told me. The seed of the grapes display inhibitory activities against several experimental disease such as cancer, heart failure and other disorders of oxidative stress.

I bought their mother's day promotion items. Buy a travel size pneumatic comb at RM100, get the 2nd one 50% off. It's a steal, since they never had sales or discounts on their brushes. (purchase above 200rm, get free engravings on the brushes! I engrave my mom's name on it :)

Functions of the brush: Ideal to prepare medium / long hair for styling. Round-ended tips for a delicate massage of the scalp that will stimulate the micro circulation. The specific shape of the natural rubber cushion enables the pressure to be absorbed and distributed evenly on the whole brush with a more delicate action for hair and scalp.

I also bought this small size wooden thermic brush, code 1986 @RM100. Bought this for the purpose to style my curls/perms.
Anti-slip handle with circular section in kotibé wood. Heat resistant nylon, ventilated aluminium barrel in different sizes.USE: Mainly used for quick blow-drying. The ventilated barrel allows greater flow of air from the dryer. The special finishing of the handle assures a perfect grip of the brush in any situation.

I had a hair makeover from Monica, hairstylist from A Cut Above using Acca Kappa brushes. She use the above thermic brush to style my hair with a hair dryer. Amazingly the curls was not hot after blow dry, as the thermic brush which is heat resistant, that ventilates the hot air which traps in your hair. So the heat wont be lock in your hair and causing damage . Brilliant!
However, quite unfortunately that I didn't have a chance to try on their hair products range. I wished they put on some Acca Kappa hair products to enhance my curls to make it hold or shine, anything frm the Acca Kappa hair range to give my hair a boost!

Miu and Fatin after their hair makeover! Aren't they look gorgeous? Actually we all came with a not so groom hair in the morning. Thanks to the great hair makeover, now we look presentable! lol.


Boar bristle brush one of their signature brush! Made of tufts of pure boar and nylon.
Suitable for oily hair, the large quantity of tufts ensure the scalp is stimulated while the hair shaft is polished.

Sanitized pneumatic brush (RM80)- I bought tis long ago, but didn't blog about it. It works like an air brush, creates volume to my flat and thin hair.

Sanitized® treated articles are durably comprehensively protected against bacteria, fungi and yeast - for your comfort, hygiene and well-being. It's a built-in antimicrobial protection, water resistant, that remains throughout the entire service life of the brush.

Goodie bag frm Acca Kappa. Salabianca bracelet, samples from Acca Kappa age defying vitamin cream, hydrating creme, and eye contour creme, 1869 moisture body lotion and cologne, makeup brush set(Pigita gave me this).