The Devilline Weekend

Ouch..ouch..my wrist is still aching, even after taking ponstan, applied counter-pain and now, I had my wrist bandaged!

WeLoveOutings kaki(s) had a great weekend. Our hang-out to shop for Hui Ping's new phone and her birthday celebration at Shangri-la Hotel was marvellous! We named it "The Devilline Weekend".

Haha..sounds secretive yeah? Devilline is actually Hui Ping's nickname, or more of a webname; I would say. Her English name is Angeline, and somehow she transformed her name to a cuter, kinky ones, Devilline.

Saturday. We went to IKANO to get her phone. GOSH! Her dad is splurging her with a new phone which she had been nagging about wanting one since 2 years back. (And followed by a lunch buffet at Shangri-la Hotel on Sunday!) What a splurge!

Oops..no photos of us getting the phone as the shop (Sony Center) was extremely busy. Anyway, she got a SE W508i.

We then head to Ikea's Cafe for lunch, or erm..tea will be more appropriate. LOLz.

From Left - Phototaking on the escalator (haha..); Us with the yummy meatballs!

These were what we had for tea. Ikea's famous meatballs, and The Daim's Cake.

Checking out on Hui Ping's new phone, and self-vain photos.

Shopping at The Curve's Flea Market in the evening till night. Found a cute ribbon-type hair clip for Baby Cheng.

Chapter 2 - Sunday. Hui Ping's birthday celebration at The Lemon Garden Cafe, Shangri-la Hotel, KL. Two thumbs up for this restaurant! The food was fresh and tasty.

From Top - The grill section; Local noodles section.

Shookie's favourite: PRAWNS!! They serve baby lobsters too! And of course, oysters for the aphrodisiac fanatics!

From Left - Sushi & sashimi; A variety of mix vegetables & fruits salad.

From Top - Salad bar; Italian kitchen, where we found pastas, bruchetta, pizzas and some "the unknown to me" Italian food.

The bread, ham, cheese bar.

From Top - Chocolate Fondue(s)! [ Notice on the (s)? They have white chocolate fondue! >_< ]; Fruits section.

Desserts - CAKES & Ice Cream! Their fruit tarts are amazingly tasty - crunchy dough with a generous amount of fruit toppings.

Finally, after a tour around the restaurant, here's the introduction of the food! Erm..sorry for uploading only a picture of the food that we've taken. We enjoyed the food, but we've forgotten to take pictures. Big sorry! *blush*

These are the only photos of food that we've taken - Mushroom soup, scrumptious salad and the cute, little fruit tarts.

Snapping photos after our meal. Hmm..we were extremely full!

Here are the pictures of the birthday girl:

Hui Ping with her family.

Hui Ping with her mom, all the uncles, and grandma.

Hui Ping with Aunt Michelle and Baby Cheng.

Lastly, our self vain photos.



We've eaten too full. We had even skipped dinner that Sunday. Gosh, my stomach is still bulging out. I've been eating too much lately and I've put on some weight. Any slimming techniques to intro?

-Shookie-

Shookie's Latest Indulgence

Wow..it has really been long since I last blog. I'd been receiving many complaints about me abandoning my blog. Well, there are many occasions where I feel like blogging, but my weekends had been fully occupied. Blueekkkk on Baby Cheng for abandoning the blog too!

I've got these items this week. MY LATEST INDULGENCE!

• Dolce & Gabbana L'eau The One 75ml
  
• Dorothy Koomson: My Best Friends' Girl
• Stephenie Meyer: The Host

The D&G l'eau the one is a perfume that I've never come across with. I don't know why. But this perfume will be one of my favourite perfume because it is fruity and sweet. *Niceee..* This will be the addition to our family (Shookie, Baby Cheng and Cher Hau) of perfumes - Lancome's Miracle, Anna Sui's Love, Emporio Armani's Diamond, CK's CKIn2U and Mont Blanc's Starwalker.

BOOKS. Oh gosh, I've been really abandoning them for long! Both Dorothy Koomson and Stephenie Meyer are my favourite writers. I just love the way they detailed every points and narrate every moment. My first reading with their books are "Goodnight, beautiful" and the twilight saga series, "Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn". These books are really too yummy that I've only spent about 3-4 days on every book. I've yet to start on these books, but I'll do soon, when I really have time for them! *promise*

I'll pen off now. The joint between my thumb and palm is aching again, and I'm wearing a supportive glove. *ouch ouch* Will see a doctor soon if the pain still persist.

Chao~

-Shookie-

PJ Hilton 25th Anniversary Cake Promotion

PJ Hilton 25th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Promotion.

Not too long ago, Lavender sent me an email on PJ Hilton 25th Anniversary Cake Promotion, for the month of May. Their chocolate cake, retailing at rm68++, is selling at RM25++ (reservation needed).

Hence, we called PJ Hilton to make our reservation on 30th May. Disappointed! The reservation for that day is full. Despite so, we were informed that the promotion had been extended until the end of June 2009! And the earliest we can have the cake is on the 12th of June!

So tadaa..this is the cake!

1kg Chocolate Cake.

During my visit, I was informed that the promotion had been extended until the END OF JULY 2009! So for you guys who wanted to try their cake, please do call PJ Hilton at +603-7955 9122 for reservation! Be fast, they are only making 80 cakes per day!

-Shookie-

B.A.L.I Exploration Day 4 - FinaLe!

Finally it has come to the last day of our trip. 4days trip for Bali might be a little short. I think a 6days trip will be better! (Well, that only if our budget allow us to do so >_< )

Day 4 (26th May)

Our finale day was a FREE & EASY day which means it was a shopping day!! We started our day a little late, approximately about 9am because of the "not enough rest" over the past few days.

Adi Dharma Hotel in the morning.

Artistic picture of Kuta Street by Helmut.

The first splurge is on our fingers and toes! Yeah..we had the BALI manicure and pedicure!! We're approached by a lady on the street and we managed to bargain for IDR 50,000 per person. Cheap?

Karen, Baby Cheng and Shookie in action!

While we shopped for souvenirs for our colleagues and friends, we managed to get ourselves some nice stuffs too! It was sales everywhere in Kuta Street so we just need to find for the best bargain! Shopping in Bali was extremely tempting!

p/s: I heard Bandung is a heaven for shopping. At least, girls shall go to Bandung once in their lifetime? Haha..I shall start saving money now!

Midway during our shopping spree, we went back to our hotel for the free foot massage (it came with the tour package) and later we packed for hotel check-out.

Two person at a time. Baby Cheng and I enjoyed the foot massage!

We continued our shopping after the foot massage, and lunch at Kuta town. One extreme splurge was on the Polo Ralph Lauren polo T-shirts! Did you see the 50% off banner? *wink*

Most of us get ourselves a polo T-shirt.

Lastly, we departed for KL. At the airport, we bought the Indonesia Kuih Lapis. It was USD $8 for one, and it tasted good, so it's worth the money!

The last few photos!

-Shookie-

B.A.L.I Exploration Day 3

Let's continue with our B.A.L.I exploration Day 3!

Day 3 (25th May)

Tanjung Benoa
Our first destination for the day - Tanjung Benoa. It claimed to be a beautiful beach on the southern part of Bali where it offers all kind of adventurous water sports such as jet ski, para sailing, banana boat, glass bottom boat, fly fish and etc.

p/s: I felt it was too commercialized!

Our para sailing attempts!

Soon after, we took the glass bottom boat to another small island (was it an island? i wasn't very sure..haha) located nearby to watch the gigantic turtles.

Heading to the turtle island

Baby Cheng is a daring person! Don't mess with her!

Indonesia KFC lunch

Our next itinerary to Bedegul was cancelled because we spent quite a long time at Tanjung Benoa. We were supposed to proceed to Candi Kuning Market to shop for souvenirs and handicrafts and also to visit Lake Bratan where the holy, Ulundanu Temple was built on the promontory surrounded by lake's water.

It was disappointing! Our tour guide did not guide us properly in our trip!

Our lunch at Bedugul was cancelled, instead the tour guide treated us for KFC.

To Mr.Yong (our tour guide) --> your KFC bribe was not enough to cover the incompetency in you because I'm still complaining here!

Indonesia's KFC

Tanah Lot

The drive to Tanah Lot was a long one. However, we managed to be there early for the sunset. Tanah Lot is famous for it's sunset and the temple built on a small rocky islet surrounded by sea water.

The busy street along the pathway up to the temple. It was nice to shop along this street because we were able to bargain for about 50% off their offered price.


The many views of Tanah Lot - part 1


The many views of Tanah Lot - part 2


Love these shots!


Sunset views by Helmut


Helmut's artistic photos. Nice!

Kuta Town
Later at night, we walked around Kuta town.

The memorial for those whom were sacrificed in Bali bombing.

Hard Rock.

-Shookie-

B.A.L.I Exploration Day 2

Gosh! I was extremely busy recently. Too hectic with work, too little rest. And yup, finally i managed to spare some time sorting out the Bali trip photos. We had thousands of pictures..really great pictures! (thanks to all the DSLR fanatic!). Here is the story of our Day 2, Bali trip

Day 2 (24th May)

Morning breakfast as early as 8.15am. Baby Cheng still looked good in the photo, after all, she was sleepless the whole night, while Shookie was in her soundless sleep. Haha~

Hotel's Breakfast.

Ubud
Our first destination - Kg. Celuk and Kg. MAS, both are the Bali's famous art and craft center. Kg. Celuk is known for its gold and silver works; while Kg. MAS is a wood craving center and Ubud home of Bali's famous painting artists.

Artist working on the silver goods

Balinese architecture. Most of their building are very arty.

Women vs. Men.


We were prohibited from taking photos inside the Wood Craft Center. (These are some cheeky pictures taken Goh's SE phone!)

Group pictures outside the Wood Craft Center.

Kintamani
Before we proceed for buffet lunch at Kintamani, we dropped by the famous Ibu Oka Babi Guling. Babi Guling was not included in our tour, but we believed we could not miss the chance not having the extremely famous Babi Guling. A detour to Ibu Oka Babi Guling was definitely unregrettable!

The interior & exterior of Ibu Oka's Babi Guling Restaurant.

Pigs art.

The arrival of suckling pig at about 11am. Of course, we had the first portion of the pig for the day!

Later at Kintamani, we were able to enjoy the cool climate and the amazing view of the still active volcano of Mt Batur.

Buffet lunch. Great view, unpleasant food. What a waste!

Mt Batur Volcano View.


Snapping memorable pictures.

Shortly after, we proceed to the coffee plantation, somewhere in Kintamani.
p/s: I was not sure where it was exactly (>.<) )

Coffee beans.


Another group picture at the coffee plantation using the wide angle lens.


Spending some time inside the hut trying out Bali's coffee.

Heavy rain started to purr no too long after we had sat inside the hut. Our next plan to Tampaksiring & Titra Empul was cancelled. Despite the disappointment, we could only enjoyed our time waiting for the rain to subside.


Garuda Wisnu Kencana Park (GWK)
It took about 2 hours to GWK. GWK is a private cultural park carved out of the limestone rock. Here, we are able to witness the Wisnu's statue, standing high at 22m with his companion, mount Garuda, a mythical bird.

At the entrance to GWK.


Artistic pictures of GWK!

On our way up to the Wisnu's statue.


We made it up finally.


Dinner at GWK before the cultural performance. Superb environment!


Cultural performance which we did not quite understand. However, we enjoyed the show.


At the end of the show.

Tadaa~ That's all for the story of our Day 2.

-Shookie-