Me, Myself, and I

Found a place that's named after me in New Zealand :D. I think I need to elect myself as the Mayor in that town.

I mean come on ... my name is not common, what are the odds that a place is named Geraldine, right?

Every nook and cranny which I turned, I see buildings and signboards bearing my name - it is quite overwhelming! 0_0" 

Aside from the road names, the town of Geraldine has this awesome quaint restaurant that serves AWESOME pork ribs! Nyums~!

Amazing big-ass pork ribs!! The green sauce thingy is awesome!

The steak is good too!

Love;
Mrs Lee

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Ever since the demise of Bluey aka my fighting fish, I have moved on to buying a new pet - pets to be exact! They are a pair of terrapins!! :) Yup, it was another act of random~ness again. I think my maternal instinct is kicking in.

Gotta say, Bear is more kan cheong than me, he kena con spent a total of RM130 on a new bigger aquarium, rocks, and wood to "decorate" the tank. He was afraid that if we don't create a higher platform for the terrapins, they will inevitably drown and die. -.-"

What you looking at ??

Dear all, may I introduce Donatello (Donna) and Raphael (Rapha) to you. They are our latest addition to the the family. Yes, name inspired from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.:)

Honestly I can't tell which is Donna which is Rapha

Hopefully they can last more than 6 months though. Terrapins has long life right?? :s

Love;

Mrs Lee  

It's Almost Like Shopping in Bangkok @ Amcorp Mall

OMG I'm so excited!!!

(No I'm not pregnant in case if you are wondering)

I found a place in Amcorp Mall that sells cheap clothes~! Stumbled upon the shop when I was walking around kaypoh~ing and checking out the flea market on one of those random weekends. The clothes there ranges from RM10 - RM45. A majority of the clothes are from Japan and Australia (don't know how true it is).

All items here are RM20 only! :D

So far I have bought a lot of some clothes from them and the quality are pretty decent! The only problem is that you don't get to try them out cos there is no fitting room in the shop. Anyway, my mindset is simple : If it doesn't fit, I can always opt to give it away as present, sell it online, or pack it away to donate to the orphanage. After all, it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg.

All items here are RM15 only! Shiok~ness!!

What's the name of the shop then? Funny thing is the shop has no name and no signboards whatsoever (really budget set-up). All I can say is that, it is on the same floor as Book Xcess which is on the second floor. Go rounding on that floor, you won't miss the shop. :)

The shop stocks up every twice (sometimes thrice) a week, so you will always find new items every week. Yes, I am in shopping heaven! *beams*

Please do pay a visit to this shop, you won't regret it.

You may thank me later. :)

Love;

Mrs Lee

Review: Bubba Gump @ The Curve

Yeah I know Bubba Gump has been around for ages in Malaysia and I haven't gotten around to tried it .. until recently for a colleague's cum my birthday a couple of months back. Frankly, I didn't put much expectations and thoughts about the restaurant as I have the impression that it is just your "typical fast food chain". How wrong I was!

Firstly, I would like to bring your attention to the sign. If you wanna call for the waitress, all you need to do is flip it to "Stop Forest Stop" and the ever efficient waitress will pop by your table to take your orders. Flip it back to "Run Forest Run" if you don't need their services. Creative yes? :)

And the food was out of this world!! Sungguh sedap sangat!! Way past my expectation. Note that however a major portion of its food are fried. I was in sin food-heaven I tell you. :)

Some of the food which we ordered for centre pool sharing. Notice that the food has funky names too.

Run Across American Sampler, which consist of nachos, cheesy spinach thingy, fried shrimps, fried fish, and fried chicken cutlets. It also comes along with three different types of dips.

Run Across American Sampler

Bucket of Boat Trash (yeah I know, doesn't sound too appetizing but trust me.. this bucket of thrash was fantastic-o!), which has all the fried stuff such as shrimps, lobster tail, fish, and chicken. Who doesn't love their fried stuff? Yummy-licious!

Bucket of Boat Trash 

Each of us had our individual orders as well. If you don't fancy fried food, you may opt for the Crazy Cajun Chicken or Bourbon Street Catch of the Day. Both are equally as good. The gravy was just nice and the texture of the meat was spot on!

Crazy Cajun Chicken

Bourbon Street Catch of the Day

But .. if you want MORE FRIED STUFF .. I highly recommend Mama Blue's Southern Charmed Fried Shrimps. Yes, by now you would've guessed that Bubba Gump's signature dish are shrimps! It comes with fried shrimps, fries, and coleslaw.

Mama Blue's Southern Charmed Fried Shrimps 

Another healthier alternative is BBQ Chicken. The portion is huge and the chicken is tender, juicy, and succulent. The BBQ gravy is heavenly!

BBQ Chicken

For those health freak don't even know why you chose to come to Bubba Gump in the first place, the best salad which you should try is their Pear and Berry Salad. Out of this world! That plate of vegetable is memang sangat sedap! Don't underestimate it!

Pear and Berry Salad

To pair with your food, I highly recommend the Mango Sparkler. It's a really refreshing drink and most importantly it is bottomless! *al-cheapo*

If you are looking for a place to chill and at the same time enjoy great food, I would highly recommend Bubba Gump instead of your usual Chillies or TGIF.

Love;

Mrs Lee

My First Ever Tiffany

Remember my massive hint on my blog not too long ago for my birthday pressie? Guess what? Bear really bought one for me!! *heart*

That day I was not feeling too well and he brought the "small turquoise bag" into the room. It was the most beautiful turquoise-colored bag I have ever seen miraculously the flu and fever was gone thereafter  *teared*

I thought the pressie would come during our secret getaway trip but when he didn't say or show anything I just left it as such. Mana tau few days later, he surprised me *sweeeeeettt*  :)

He chose a Return to Tiffany for me and it was beautiful~! Really loved it to bits and pieces! I still didn't get to wear it yet though cos I sent it to Tiffany & Co to alter the length and engrave our names. Apparently, all alterations will be sent to Hong Kong. My simple request will take 35 days. :( 

And of course, Tiffany being Tiffany, they will impose a fee on every damn thing. My engraving will cost RM40. Thank God since the bracelet is still within 1 month of purchase, I don't have to pay for the alteration on length. I also heard that for polishing of the silver, you will be charged too. Siow~ness 

Will this be my last Tiffany & Co item?
Most probably cos the "service fee" is just too ridiculous.

Thanks baby bear! ~muaks

Love;
Mrs Lee

Review: Le Spa @ Le Meridean Khao Lak

The treatment rooms

The experience at Le Spa was truly one of a kind. Extremely good service (in the spirit of true Thai hospitality), great ambiance, and awesome massages. One word to sum it up - PERFECT. :) Todate, me and Bear can vouch that this is the best spa experience ever!

The waiting lounge.
We were served chilled lemongrass and cold tower to refresh ourselves



On the pricing, it is on the high side - on average about RM350 onwards for a spa package. While we were there, it was off-peak season so Le Spa was offering pretty good discount. For 60 minutes of heavenly massage, it cost us RM120. You may choose any massages that is in the brochure. In total, we had 2 sessions throughout our 4D3N stay. Awesome I tell you!

Inside the beautiful treatment room.
It is almost as big as a mini suite.

I always choose Swedish Massage as it is the least "painful" one and Bear chose the Sports Massage (deep tissue) and Swedish Massage for each session. All massages will start with a salt foot scrub. The salt is infused with lemongrass essence and coconut. Smells good. :)

The foot scrub area.

The Swedish Massage was sooo00oo good!! Prior to the treatments, you will be asked to fill in a form at the lounge on the pressure which you prefer. That way, Le Spa will select the masseur that will suit your specifications. Before starting the massage, the masseur will asked if the pressure is ok for you before proceeding. And then .. that's when the magic begins. She will drip warm oil onto your back and in a swirling motion spread it over your back like peanut butter. The feeling was quite sensual shiok! Tak sampai 10 minutes into the massage, I was dozing off already. Most imporantly, it doesn't hurt and irritates you like how the unprofessional masuser does in Tru Spa.

For the second session, me and Bear went all out and took 90 minutes of massage instead. The receptionist in Le Spa was kind enough to allow us to utilise the discounted pricing (me and Bear to take 30 minutes each to make up 90 minutes). Basically, instead of paying for the full 90 minutes pricing of RM290 we only paid RM180 (60 minutes=RM120 + 30 minutes=RM60). Talk about honesty when they could've easily asked us to pay the original pricing. 



Lovers' Bath



That was 1 hour and 30 minutes of sheer bliss I tell you *in love*.  Because it was my birthday, we took the Lovers' Bath *ahem* where you soak in milk flower bath and is being served champagne, fruits, praline chocolates, and tapas. Yes, we felt like royalties. Ultimate pampering. In case if you are wondering, the refreshment was sangat sedaps!

We wanted to have another massage session just before flying off to KL, but it was just too rush for us :( So we didn't had a choice but to forgo. :( :( :(

All in, I would highly recommend Le Spa. I would think that the Le Spa in KL is also equally as good kua cos the standards have to be maintained right? Just that you won't have the ambiance la. :p

Caution: Pricing is steep. We were quite blessed because when we were there it was off-peak so pricing was rather reasonable. But then again, for those who intend to make a trip to Le Meridean Khao Lak, I would suggest you try the massage there. Just once. You will not regret it. Promise. :)

Love;

Mrs Lee

Happy First Anniversary Love

They say that time flies when you are having fun. Couldn't have agreed more. It is quite unbelievable that me and Bear is already married for 1 year (prior to this, was courting for 7 years!). I can still remember vividly our wedding day and our 7 years of courtship .. it all seems only like yesterday. Of course in this past year, we do argue and have our disagreements because we are still adapting to each other idiosyncrasies. How do we manage so far?  Well here is a 101 on marriage - based on my own experience, the top 5 items in the order of what we disagree the most.

Church Wedding @ 09/10/2010

(5) Household Chores.

Yes, believe it or not we do sometimes bicker about this. Honestly, I for one do not like household chores who does? but I will still do it anyway at my own time. Yes, the key word is at my own time. Sometimes, my husband will come back and pass a comment like "Eh, the clothes are not folded yet.. can you do it soon?" or sometimes "We better mop/sweep/vacuum the floor today etc". If I don't have the mood for it, I won't do it because I simply don't feel like it. Having said that, I would always make sure that whatever that is needed to be done, is done. Eventually. 

Mount Cook, NZ

Solution: Communication! We talk about it. The husband is also kind enough to understand where I'm coming from. To me, most importantly, no matter how I procrastinate I will still get the chores done because it is what I've promised to do. Eventually. :) 

Phi-Phi Island

(4) Habits.

This is something that is unavoidable because you have two different individuals staying together. There are bound to be frictions. There are bound to be things which I find extremely irritating about. Likewise for the husband too. For e.g. he loves to drink straight from the carton, I don't condone to that because it is unhygienic. Or for me, I am quite careless and has a habit of leaving things lying around, yes he does lecture me quite a few times.

Goofing around in the house

Solution: Sometimes it is good to overlook on trivial things. After all, your husband comes in a package deal - you take the good, you take the bad also. However, when there are certain habits that is impossible for you to overlook, it is good to bring it up and discuss about it. But most of the time, you just close one eye and ignore la .. focus on the good attributes only.  

Singapore

(3) Priorities. 

Before marriage, both of you have your own things to do in your spare time, which doesn't include your spouse. For my husband, it is his Monday futsal and Wednesday badminton time with his boys. Of course, I don't oppose to it. But initially when I was married to him, he comes back home really late after his sessions curi go to the mamak I presume. Also, due to the nature of his job, occasionally he tends to work late on weekdays. It came to a point that was so bad that I actually spent more time with my parents (thank God I stay real near to my parents' place) than with my own husband. He also had this weird habit of sleeping outside in the living hall. -_-"

Church

Honeymoon in Jeju Island, Korea

Solution: Before I meletup at his face, I sat him down and explained the situation to him. He was really understanding and tried to make a change so that he spends more time at home. Now he still goes for his boys' thingy but he would regulate his timing as well. Word of caution: NEVER EVER STOP YOUR HUSBAND FROM HAVING HIS ALONE BOYS' TIME!!!  

Lake Tekapo, NZ

(2) Submission.

We've been taught in church that the wife is to submit to the husband as he is the head of the house. Likewise, the husband is to love the wife as how Christ loves us. And let me tell you, submission is not easy especially if you are a working career-minded woman who is used to having things her way. Also, sometimes when I wanna go clubbing with my colleagues he may not allow me, but I will usually die-die also go wan la. Yes, I am still learning ok!  

Wedding dinner in Putrajaya Marriott @ 10/10/10

Solution: In this category, I don't think I fare that badly. To me, it is important to discuss everything with your husband first, not to seek approval, but to get his concurrence and his views/opinions on the subject matter. Remember, there can only be one decision-maker in the house. 

12 Apostles, Melbourne

(1) Finances 

Really really sensitive issue. Every couple will fight and argue over it. Who is to handle the finances of the house? Who is to pay what? Are you suppose to split right down to the middle? Can you trust your spouse with your money? Is he hiding anything from you? Is he spending for his own personal consumption? All these questions do plague me once in awhile, I can't help it. 

Honeymoon in Seoul, Korea

Random Picture

Solution: Talk about it. When it comes to finances, be open and discuss your concerns. Share your thoughts. It is very important to nip the problem in the bud than to let it escalate. The issue of finances can break a marriage.  

Engagement Shoot

All in all, communication is the most important thing in a marriage. Trust comes a close second. We both are still in the first leg of marriagehood, there would be many more joy, happiness, tears, and arguments that will come our way. But, I am confident that we will be able to sail through them because through these experience, it will make only make us appreciate our marriage more.

Phuket, Thailand ... 

Where he proposed back in 31 May 2009 <3

To the most loving, understanding, goofy, and snoring husband of mine. Here's to a long happy marriage and I love you despite the weight gain. Happy First Year Anniversary *muaks~!*

Muaks .. Love you lots busuk bear :)

Love;

Mrs Lee

wonder if I will have a dragon baby or not?