Shittiest blogger ever I just realized I haven’t finished blogging about our Tokyo/Taipei 2012 trip yet! D: D:
Again, special thanks to Expedia for arranging the entire trip for us. For cheap yet great value flights and hotels, remember to book with them!
We touched down in Tokyo and right away, Cheesie’s danna picked us up from our hotel and took us for dinner.
Ramen store in Shinjuku.
He said he googled for two hours to find the best ramen in Tokyo WTF Cheesie made the right husband choice LOL.
Typical ramen store layout ….
where you order and pay at the machine. Us looking very befuddled as though it’s a very tough choice choosing what to eat like that wtf.
The most mind-boggling thing ever. The shop provided a free supply of hair elastics – so your hair doesn’t fall into your soup. These Japanese think of everything!
Malaysians, please learn.
(I had yet another unpleasant encounter today – this time with a sales staff at Louis Vuitton in KLCC. Fatty was thinking of buying his mother a present so we went to inquire about the price of a bag. Stuck-up sales assistant looked bored when we spoke to her, and when she was telling us the price, she looked over our heads when speaking. No eye contact because I guess that would have been beneath her.
What is up with stuck-up salespeople in designer stores in KL! Not the first time I kena this treatment. Hello, standing behind the counter doesn’t make you Louise Vuitton lah please.
I actually didn’t think about this and get angry until later hahaha. So she escaped my Kempen Sopan Santun dammit.)
The ramen came.
And it was so good I nearly did too. HAHAHAHA.
Even now thinking about it my saliva and tear ducts can activate.
Happy four of us!!
Then it was off to Don Quijote to shop the night away.
Literally I think we only left at midnight hahahaha.
It was Halloween (Qiu’s most dreaded season because everything is orange lolol) so all the spooky orange decor was up!
Disney lashes. T_____T Wendy bought these and she said apparently they’re awesome.
So if you’re in Japan, go for them!
Cutest toilet paper in the world.
Wendy bought like a sack of these hahahaha she was going nuts choosing.
I was tempted but didn’t because:
1) waste of luggage space
2) I think I’d rather go around with a dirty butt than besmirch such adorable paper *crazy
My Don Quijote (first night only wtf) haul!
From left to right, top to bottom: Hello Kitty makeup case, Hello Kitty tissue box cover, Amo and Diamond Lash lashes, Candydoll blusher, Lip Service bottom lashes, liquid eyebrow pen, Diamond eyelash glue, eyelid sticker and the darkest liquid liner in the world. It’s two pronged, so one end is black one end is silver glitter.
Oooh this was our hotel! KEIO Plaza hotel in Shinjuku. Gorgeous leh! Expedia picked it for us.. we were like wahhh when we walked in hahaha.
Good location, beautiful AND got free shuttle to Disneyland!
Ok that’s all for Day 1 in Tokyo!
(in English, Courtesy Campaign)
This is my New Year’s resolution for 2013.
I don’t know if it’s just me or what but I think Malaysians are getting ruder and ruder! The Malaysians I’ve had the misfortune of encountering anyway.
Or maybe the older I get, the more intolerant I become of rudeness.
When we were in the US for Fatty’s work we got used to the politeness exhibited by the Americans whether they were just passersby or shop staff. Some nitpicks say that their greetings “Hi how are you” and please-s and thank yous are uttered automatically without meaning but whatever la I’d rather take fake compulsory courtesy than blatant rudeness. I don’t get the logic behind that.
Then when we touched down in KL, we naturally went to passport control and immigration. It was in the middle of the night. I went up to the immigration officer with my passport and said “Hello!”
Silence wtf.
After she was done stamping my passport, she handed it back to me again in silence wtf.
I said, “thank you.”
Stony-faced glare.
ಠ_ಠ
Unless you’re mute there is no excuse for this. Even if you’re mute the least you can do is smile acknowledgment la very hard meh? It’s early in the morning but if I can remember my manners, why can’t you?
I really don’t remember Malaysians being this rude! I was overseas for four years but every time I came back, while Malaysians were probably not unfailingly polite, at least we were still friendly-ish! At least we responded when spoken to wtf.
A couple of days after that, Fatty and I were in Publika buying magazines. I think it was the Tatler that featured our wedding haha and the ViVi issue I was in.
Fatty handed over money to the guy and said, “thank you.”
Silence again.
The third incident in recent memory was when I was in Isetan one day. I got into the elevator, and there were other people coming in after me so I held the door open for them.
As luck would have it, the elevator was broken wtf. The doors closed and opened repeatedly so we couldn’t move. So I held the door open again while the people all filed out.
I got out after them and saw they were already going in to the next elevator. I rushed after them and shouted “WAIT WAIT” but nobody moved and the door closed on me WTF.
OH MY BLOOD BOILS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. I KINDLY HELD THE DOOR FOR YOU WHILE YOU ENTER AND EXIT AND YOU CAN’T EVEN WAIT FOR ME TO GET INTO THE NEW ELEVATOR WITH YOU?
This happened a couple months ago but thinking about it again makes me want to break something! Preferably the elevator they were in.
I really don’t get it! At which point in recent years did we get so rude and disregarding of other people!
What’s wrong with taking one nanosecond out of your day to wish someone well or even just reply a polite inquiry!!!!!!!!
That’s not all.
Dunno if I’m just unlucky but I’m swarmed by thick skinned who don’t understand the concepts of queues. They think a line is actually a circle and, like a herd of cattle, will cluster around with no regard of the people who are actually civic-minded enough to line up.
Then when I tell them off, they will just look around all unabashed like they just realized there was a line and saunter casually to the back to line up. Like a proper human being.
And I cannot count the number of times driving, some idiot has edged into my lane with no hint of a signal light at all.
And they’re all either freaking taxis or big ass luxurious cars. Got money buy yourself some manners la!
I get so mad everyday dealing with all these buffoons! So bad for my blood pressure.
Fatty thinks all this rudeness and lack of civic consciousness does not occur in other countries because if someone does something like that, the people around will tell them off and the wrongdoer will be shamed.
So that’s my 2013 resolution – to tell off whoever is rude wtf. And to do it very loudly so everyone else can hear it.
I told Fatty and he’s convinced I’ll get myself beaten up someday wtf. But that’s what I have a Fatty for isn’t it?
And that’s what I’ve been doing!
Although the other day I did go a bit overboard. In my defense, I was already grumpy about something wtf. I was trying to get on to the escalator but there was a bunch of teenage boys standing in front of it blocking my way.
I shouted, “OY!” and they hurriedly scampered away wtf.
Thinking about it I feel a bit bad la. Luckily nobody else on a kempen sopan santun was nearby cos they’d be entirely in their right to tell me off too hahahahaha.
And today, when I clicked on my signal to move lanes, the car behind sped up on purpose so I couldn’t change lanes in front of him (even though before that he was like three car lengths away) -_____- I honked him wtf. I don’t know if that gets my message across but whatever la I’m tired of bottling up my emotions wtf.
The other day we were coming back from Bangkok so we went through immigration again.
I said “hello!” to the inspector.
Silence.
Undeterred, I looked over at Fatty who had passed the checkpoint and was waiting for me on the other side. “Another rude Malaysian! I said hello he didn’t say anything back.”
When the inspector handed me my passport, he said, “thank you.”
SUCCESS!
So who’s with me on this kempen sopan santun?
Mafia Aud wtf.
This blog posting is sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad
Which one would you rather not leave home without?
If you say phone, I’ll knock your head.
The correct answer is wallet la of course!
Actually not wallet per se.
It’s what’s inside the wallet that counts.
I’m talking about credit cards.
Of course cash too la but I somehow feel better with credit cards. I once flew all the way back from the US to Malaysia with no cash at all (much to Fat Her’s horror) but I had his supplementary card! hahahaha.
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Very quick update involving coordinates I haven’t posted up yet. Because I cannot stare so long at computer screen! So fasterly post random photos and call it a night wtf.
Clubbing outfit for Poppy launch the other day!
Dress from thepoplook super long ago before they totally changed style. Shoes from Esperanza, necklace from Diva I think, bag is Marc Jacobs – early birthday present from Fatty <3
Makeup was a darker red lip. Darker red is more in now I think.
OHHHH MY ENLARGING CONTACT LENS *strokes computer screen
With Bobo and Fats.
Another coordinate in Bangkok.
Lace shirt: Emoda
Shorts: can’t remember wtf
Shoes: Emoda
Belt: Foruchizu
My hair lost its purple already *weeps
Sweater & shirt set here is a preview from Foruchizu (not yet launched yet so don’t ask me about it yet sorry!)
Had an event the other day so Hikky did my hair! I told her I wanted sweeter, cuter look.
My face with glasses. ಠ_ಠ
Actually that’s really how my eyes look now leh HAHAHHA. Big white part and small irises!
American flag oversized sweater from NakedKimchi! Super comfy, I’m saving it to wear on plane rides!
Dunno why Cheesie and I have been getting all these best-friend ads/gigs recently! But we’re not complaining yo it’s always more fun to do it together than by yourself. 😀
About a month back we got to film a video for Olay as 10 Minute Witnesses!
Olay Regenerist has the Money Back Guarantee thing going on (basically putting their money where their mouth is) so Cheesie and I got the chance to be involved in a video where we test out Olay Regenerist Wrinkle cream for you to see.
I am so bad at doing videos I don’t even. T___________T
Close up of my elbows WTF.
Hahahahah I wanted to test it out on somewhere with huge wrinkles and elbows are perfect ok! It’s not weird at all wtf. Obviously you normally use it for your face, this is just for demo purposes.
You can really see the difference.
I suddenly had really soft smooth elbows lolol.
Cheesie did it on her hands. #Notbad.jpg
Secretly jealous cos she ingeniously thought of that body area before I did. The result is quite spectacular. We knew Olay works but we were also impressed wtf haha if you get the chance, try it.
We also had an appearance on Bella on NTV7 to talk about beauty and anti-aging and our experience as Olay Regenerist 10 Minute Witnesses!!
Foruchizu professional-looking or not! We suited up for it.
I call this my Hilary Clinton look. Power suit plus curled short blond hair lolol. Lace skirt and diamante peplum top are both from Foruchizu.
With host Elaine Daly. She referred to us as beauty bloggers! I’ve never really identified myself as a beauty blogger but ok I’ll take it!!!! Malaysia, acknowledge me!!!! lol.
She said we both look super young (although we are really not, we just take really good care of ourselves) and asked us for tips as well as what products we use on ourselves. One of the products we both use recently is the Olay Regenerist so we talked a little while about it. Then they played our video omg jeng jeng jeng.
Okay lah since I am a certified married auntie now, here are some tips. Most are common sense la but whatevs.
1) ALWAYS use sunblock. I don’t know how many times I’ve stressed this but sunblock will go a long way toward protecting your skin from freckles/age spots, wrinkles and sun damage!
2) Don’t ever rub your eyes because the skin there is super fragile. You’ll only create more wrinkles there. I usually violate this rule every morning because I somehow only feel awake after I rub my eyes fml.
3) While you’re at it, don’t scrub your face with a towel after washing either. Simply pat it dry
4) If you’re in your midtwenties or more, you may start checking out anti-aging products as they usually have huge moisturizing properties which will help your skin as you age.
One of the products Cheesie and I both use recently is the Olay Regenerist Anti Wrinkle cream so we talked a little while about it. We explained how to use it and how it’s incorporated into our daily beauty regimes. =Then they played our video omg jeng jeng jeng.
Elaine Daly was so interested she asked where she could get her hands on it please! I think the producers gave her a bag of Olay products afterward too.
So that was our national TV stint!
Oh ya first picture very demure. Second picture my true self comes out wtf.
If you’re interested in winning your battle with wrinkles, Olay Regenerist Anti Wrinkle cream can be found in most pharmacies.
If you’re interested in winning your battle with wrinkles, Olay Regenerist Anti Wrinkle cream can be found in most pharmacies.
But for the winners of my Olay contest, don’t need to buy cos you all win a Olay hamper each!!!! Congrats!
1) Celestine Chan
2) Amelie Yap
3) Jocelyn Lum
Leave your emails in my comments! I will contact you guys for prize collection 😀
Can also go to the Olay Malaysia FB for more details.
Quick update!
The video I first posted about our wedding was actually a hastily put together clip specially to be shown during our wedding banquet.
This here’s the full length one (well, full length means 9 minutes here lol) – complete with mini interviews with me and Fatty!
(But dunno why in the beginning I manage to say the word “after” like seven times in a row WTF stuttering dunno why hahahahha T___________T
So fun wanna relive our wedding day again! 🙂
Spamming you with all the pictures from my iphone taken in Bangkok! *lazy to choose
This takes #nofilter to a whole new level hahahaha.
Bangkok turned out to be a lot of fun! We weren’t looking forward to it at first because we were tired of traveling already, but it was nice to just chill with friends and do whatever we wanted (or do nothing).
And best of all, I was reunited with Mild! (one of my best friends from Mount Holyoke). And I forgot how good Bangkok shopping is. :3
At Terminal 21, an airport-themed mall if you will, where each floor is decorated according to a different city. I forgot what floor this was. Maybe Istanbul.
Squirrel and acorn rings. Too adorable!
The bathroom on the Tokyo floor. 😀
Hi Mild!
Hamachi carpaccio! (wow look at me, dropping foreign words in as though I was a UN officer). This was the shiznit though.
And the yummiest seaweed salad.
This was the Japanese restaurant at St Regis. Mild dragged me there and refused to let me pay a cent. T________T She was the best host ever she planned all sorts of stuff for me and took so good care of me because “Bangkok is her city”. Wait till she comes to KL wtf. Putting it out here so she gets international recognition lolol.
With Fatty!
Oooh my top was from Siam Square. NICE RIGHT. Shoes also from there hahaha.
(Went to Terminal 21 on another again to have dinner.) This was the bathroom on the London level.
I posted this on Instagram and people really thought we were in the UK LOL.
Massage time! Mild’s friend owns a cafe slash spa place so it’s like a mini retreat in the middle of the city. You can go there and get a massage or spa and then come out for cake and drinks later. Very nice atmosphere and good prices too! An hour long foot massage cost RM35, RM45 for 90 minutes.
Ahhh this is the life wtf.
Random bathroom picture wtf.
Bangkok skyline
Current favorite top. 😀
Cat beanie from Foruchizu!
I also got this turban/wrap thing from Platinum! I call this controversial cos I can’t make up my mind if it’s trendy or a tad weird wtf. But I got it anyway cos better be safe than sorry wtf.
I sent this picture to Angela and she called me “Life of Pi” WTF HAHAHAHAHA.
Outfit for New Year’s Eve! Dress from Forever21, necklace is H&M.
This was the picture we sent to my parents to say Happy New Year haha.
Fireworks over Bangkok 😀 😀
You don’t have to feel… like a plastic bag wtf.
With Mild. First NYE that I’ve ever spent with her I think! She’s always not around during year end one hmph.
Then we all gung ho go clubbing some more. I said, “wah I haven’t been clubbing for like a year.” Mild said, “I haven’t been clubbing since we graduated.” WTF.
All of us old already plus Pierre and Lay See are parents hahahah. We were all like ok we must go clubbing in Bangkok this year, but on the way to the club we were all yawning in the car WTF. But nobody dared to say otherwise scared get scolded by the rest lolol.
Another picture with Fats.
Then sitting on the curb in the early morning cos our heels were killing us. That’s Lay See and Jia Yi!
And that was our New Year. Happ 2013 everyone!
So I’ve been laying off my contact lenses in preparation for my LASIK next week!!!
Read up articles and articles about LASIK, talked to loads of people who have done it and all said they didn’t regret it, found that nobody has gone blind from LASIK before, contemplated a lot, and finally decided to go ahead with it.
I actually probably wouldn’t have considered it if my night vision hadn’t gotten so bad. T___T
Every time I drive at night and a car comes from the opposite direction, it’s like there’s a rave going on WTF.
Enlarging contacts don’t usually come with astigmatism and night refraction-reducing powers and it’s quite ridiculous if I wear contacts then night glasses on top some more right wtf. So ok lo do it while I have the chance.
Is it bad that my key concern is not being able to wear cosmetic contact lenses after surgery? :X :X
Yea for three months at least (or maybe forever who knows), I will bare my naked irises to you. You all confirm feel cheated one haih ya lo my eyes are not actually that big I just have contact lenses on.
But if Ena Matsumoto can do it why I cannot! (yea I also don’t believe I compared myself to her. Hahahahaha)
But then her irises are not as small as mine. T____T Dunno why mine are so small and my eye sockets so big I hate them for making me look perpetually surprised. I even googled for eyeball tattoo ok WTF to check if there’s any procedure that can give you permanently bigger irises HAHAHAHA. (got but super gross one).
Maybe have to change makeup style la see how for sure cannot be cute anymore *plucks up courage
But I figure I have to lay off contacts at some point. I’ve been wearing them for twelve years now and I’m getting tired of the extra care I need to take, and the lack of oxygen wtf. And if don’t wear contacts have to wear glasses which is even worse. Plus I left my glasses in Bali WTF. Also my retainer FTS. AND my Clarisonic just kill me now.
So anyway I’ve been putting off all appointments this week because I’m in full nerd mode.
Nothing can save me when I wear glasses so I didn’t bother and went out to Pavilion for dinner with Fatty and his brother in a ponytail, no makeup and ratty tshirt and shorts lolol.
Fatty asked, “what if someone sees you and goes ‘wah why this Fourfeetnine look like this in real life one’?”
I said, “First of all they probably cannot recognize me. And if they do, I’ll say ‘who is this Fourfeetnine?’ And if they say, but isn’t that Tim next to you, I’ll say, no this is not Tim, this is Mimothy.” WTF.
Fatty’s brother said, “Hahaha no really, you not scared somebody will see you meh?”
I said, “nobody goes to Pavilion on weekdays! If weekend I’ll just shut myself up at home. It’s okay one.”
A few minutes later when we were waiting for the elevator to the carpark.
“HI AUDREY! HI TIM!”
A reader.
T______________T
Fatty: “Oh hello!”
Me: “Oh dammit.”
So. Close…….
Hello everyone!
Ya I know I haven’t blogged properly in forever but I have good reason! We were in Penang for Christmas and Bangkok for New Year’s.
But we’re back in KL now and I’m raring to go wtf. I don’t normally like year ends and New Year’s Eves because I hate it when things come to an end wtf. Unless it’s a really shitty movie. And New Year’s Eve always seemed overrated to me – so what if it’s the end of the year it’s still another day what. Why don’t we celebrate the end of every day then? lolol.
But I had an awesome 2012! I left my job of four years to venture into uncharted territory – unemployment wtf.
And I got married!
Both altered my life quite a bit but I’m loving it so far! (although I’m technically not unemployed now)
And I don’t normally have feelings or intuition… but I think 2013 will be an amazing year! Maybe I will earn lotsa money this year! Or maybe I will be a mother ZOMG. Or maybe I will grow taller! WTF.
Seriously. I don’t know why. I really have never said anything like that about new years before, but I just have a good feeling. Maybe it’s my inner psychic speaking.
Anyway quick hair update to get the year rolling!
Got tired of straw blond hair so I paid another visit to 76style and my Hikky.
She gave me purple and pink this time!
Because I bleached before, under the dark color it’s light blond so under sunlight it looks silver. D:
Can see the purple? I normally hate purple. Except when it’s on my hair. And done by Hikky. Lol.
That day’s coordinate.
Jacket – Topshop (super love the leather sleeves!)
Tank top inside – Emoda
Pants – MURUA
Sneaker wedges – Aldo
Look tall here ornot? It’s an illusion wtf.
Oh yea Runway Channel also invited me to start a fashion blog! I blog in Japanese there so I can practice (lack of practice I think my Japanese is shit now T___T) and it’s mainly focused on fashion, outfit coordinates, makeup, hair and all other girly stuff.
I feel grossly underqualified to blog about fashion cos under it all (and I think I said many times already) I don’t think I’m fantastic at styling la really. As in I don’t think it’s a natural talent but something I had to work on for a long time. I think true blue fashionistas all are very creative and can pull a whole outfit from one key piece at a glance that kind.
Plus I take quite shitty outfit pictures la I admit wtf hahaha it’s only in the past year or so that I’ve even tried doing outfit pictures.
I really think maybe my outfits look nice cos I have nice hair and big eyes WTF seriously hahahaha.
But anyway Imma try la!
This is my Runway channel.
Why you should sign up and follow me:
1. Practice Japanese. If you don’t know Japanese, learn Japanese. lolol. Always good to know another language. And even if you die also don’t want to learn, you can always look at pictures only.
2. Imma publish fashion related pictures and content on Runway first before my fourfeetnine.com. Fourfeetnine.com will also have, but later so I can free up more space for random musings, angry rants, and my usual funny stories. I miss writing more than random captions here and there.
3. I will update faster on Runway because I can do it on my phone. So if Fourfeetnine.com isn’t updated, you can still go see Runway for updates 😀
…Maybe not when it comes to ice cream.
Hahahaha I joke. (or am I?)
Cheesie and I were out that day and we got a pint of La Cremeria to share.
Don’t need to go clubbing or whatever! All of us are so busy now so my favorite thing to do with friends is to go for dinner, afternoon tea or ice cream and just sit there nomming and catching up with each other’s lives.
Eh Bobo why you coming in to eat our ice cream!
Got to try two more new flavors – Chocolate Hazelnut Temptation and Vanilla Cashew Delight.
Let me just say… I HAVE BEEN DYING TO TRY THE CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT SINCE FOREVER. The first time I wanted to get it and it was out. T___T
And let me just say… it was delicious. The hazelnut tasted authentic, and it was rich and creamy. It tasted like high class expensive chocolate lolol.
And the vanilla cashew I actually had paired with hot goreng pisang damn nice! The cream and nutty bits contrasted very well with the fried batter and the banana. It was Fatty’s aunt who actually put it together she is ingenious.
OOTD – lace top and studded leather shorts from H&M, bralet top from Murua, hat from Emoda.
Us and the icecream have one thing in common – we both have good taste. HAHAHAHA.
If you haven’t already played the La Cremeria app or didn’t read my previous post, this reminder is for you! Style your own outfit and you could win yourself a new outfit for New Year’s (and ice cream to countdown with haha)
That’s all! Leave us to our ice cream wtf.
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