My Loot: Padini Warehouse Sales Craze

"This is by far the craziest warehouse sales I have ever been to! Seriously, insane!"

When I found out that Padini was having a warehouse sales with everything priced at RM5, I was really ecstatic! Naturally, I shared this with my 2 besties who are the ultimate Padini fans! 

And get this, it's not those usual marketing scam that says STARTS FROM RM5 but this is really ALL AT RM5!

It's held at Padini Holdings, Glenmarie where it's one of the busiest industrial area in KL. Unfortunately for me, this means that I actually drove one and a half hour just to get there! When we reached there, there's rows of cars parking at the side of the road which is one of the reasons the road is so jammed! Luckily for us,we found a parking spot though we need to walk for some distance.

We became so hyped while we are walking towards to Padini Holdings, but to our despair, we saw a massive crowd in front of the gates! 

As Padini's management staffs only allow few people to go in at a time and through a small opening of the gate, which caused the other customers all crowded in front of the gates and under the hot sun as well! This actually caused a huge rage among the crowds as some of them has been waiting for hours! For us, we waited for at least 1 hour out there before we were being "pushed in"! It might not be totally the management's fault for not letting all of us going in at once, but they should know that this will happen and thus make some better arrangements! 

For example, a canopy, a better queuing system or maybe a bigger space?

I was so dehydrated and lack of oxygen when I was finally entered the warehouse, I don't really have much energy left to search of any clothes! As usual, for the items in the warehouse clearance are normally defects, yellowish spots, lack of sizes and really old stocks! It's quite disappointing that there are not much of guy's clothes though. Either there's no stock or other people had already grabbed it all>.<! But I did managed to get some items to my liking! 

After the tiring day, we went to Chatime SS15 to chill!

One of my favourite drinks in Chatime, Grass Jelly Milk Tea with black pearls! Look at my weary face>.<

Behold, my loot for the day!

I bought 13 items and all of them totaled up to RM 65! While I was cutting off the tag, I calculated the normal price that I should be paying and guess what, it's RM1030! Such a big difference!

Really enjoyed the experience of grabbing cheap clothes, filtering clothes and chilling afterwards with my besties, CL and JJ!

Looking forward to the next ones : Nose Warehouse Sales and Big Bad Wolf Clearance!

Let's shop till drop!

Cafe Kalamanzoo: Bon Appétit

As this wasn't my first time dining in Cafe Kalamanzoo, I was really excited when Hahah had this amazing deal for Cafe Kalamanzoo!

"Hearty American meal for 1 at Kalamanzoo Cafe: Choice of Pesto Cheesy Chicken or Double Bacon Pork Burger and any milkshake on the Menu/create your own concoction from the existing menu for RM12.90 instead of RM26.40.

If total transaction exceeds 80, there will be free chocolate brownies with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
If you are a digi user, you can to choose another free drink, with the exception of beer. "

How cool of a deal is that? Trust Hahah deals for coming up with rewards multiplier!

 After buying the deal for about a month, we finally decided to have a double date in Cafe Kalamanzoo! 
Just a short and brief introduction of Cafe Kalamanzoo:
" The owners each resided in the States between five to ten years. A couple of years after their return, they realized they missed those days so much and decided to recreate them here, thus Cafe Kalamanzoo was born."
Even though they are the owners, they are really humble and friendly! So thumbs up for the great customer service! (Even they provide great service, they don't charge any service tax! So please do tip them!)

Love the design of Cafe Kalamanzoo! It's nothing too fancy but it will make you feel warm and cozy and it's perfect for a hang out place as well.

Yup! They are pet friendly too! So you can bring along your pet as long they don't disturb other customers!

Our first round of milkshakes! Starting from the top left: Peanut Butter Chocolate Milkshake, Chocolate Banana (You can see its slightly lesser than the rest because JJ sipped it before I can take the pic!), Blueberry Vanilla and Chocolate Peppermint. I would really recommend the Peanut Butter Chocolate Milkshake as it's simply the best! 

 Could resist ordering some side orders: Chili Cheese Fries RM6.90
According to the rest of them, it's really nice and the portion is definitely worth the price!

 

Daryl ordered the Soup of the Day: Spicy Mexican Chicken Soup RM5.90(I couldn't really remember the name though>.<) It's sort of like ABC soup with the carrots and onions but there's a lingering sweet and sour taste on your tastebud with a tinge of spiciness!

Daryl and JJ both ordered the Pesto Cheesy Chicken. It has a rather unique sauce with the pesto paste (I find it rather refreshing but Kelvin don't really like it though) and the boneless chicken is juicy!

As for me and Kelv, we ordered the simply delicious Double Bacon Pork Burger with French Fries! Just looking at the picture makes you mouthwatering! This is the best burger I have ever eaten and whoever invented this is simply a genius! When you match bacon with a juicy pork patty, all that came to my mind is that this is really awesome! I actually finish the whole burger by myself but I did let Daryl take a couple of bites to try it.

 Really creative of them!

 I have been waiting for these scrumptious brownies with vanilla ice cream! Actually this is the whole reason why I bought this deal, but they are rather cheap! It's only RM1.50 for a piece of brownies!

 

Our second round of drinks! From the left: Carrot+Orange, Grape Soda, Strawberry+Orange and Orange+Lemon. I preferred carrot+orange juice though and the orange+lemon juice is seriously very sour! Lol.

Finally a decent picture of me and Daryl! I would really say that Cafe Kalamanzoo has really done an amazing job because Daryl has never say that the food he ate was nice, it's always 'not bad'. But for the first time, he actually compliments all the food from Cafe Kalamanzoo! So you will definitely be seeing us again soon!

Since we are the last customers in the cafe, we requested to take a picture with all the 4 owners!Hope it wasn't too much of a hassle for them! 

Even when I am writing this blog, I feel like calling for a Double Bacon Pork Burger delivery to Serdang! It has only been 2 days and I am already missing the food! Even without the great deal from Hahah, it's still worth it to dine there.

Can't wait to dine there again!

Find out more:
Cafe Kalamanzoo
A-G-36, Jalan PJU 1/43, Aman Suria Damansara. 47301 Petaling Jaya Malaysia.
03-7805 1436
Open daily from 11am till 10.30pm except Tuesdays.

"To Arthur!"

Guess who went to Arthur's Day? 

Oui, moi! (Translate: Yes, me!)
All thanks to Erica Ting and Iris Yoong as I got 2 tickets each from them! 

If you guys have no idea what's Arthur's Day, it's actually to celebrate the day which Arthur Guinness signed a 9000-year lease on the famous St. James Gate brewery in Dublin, Ireland. Arthur's Day 2011 will be ending in Malaysia where there will be live music concert featuring none other than Taio Cruz! 

                

When we reach there at 7.30pm,we thought we are late and there will be no parking. But luckily for us, traffic was quite smooth and there's plenty of parking left!

Arriving in style! (We are slightly overdressed but the camera seemed to like us!lol)

 The massive crowd!!!

 The performing artists of the night: (with no particular order)

Mizz Nina (Still remembered Jessica was pulling me through the crowds because What You Waiting For is on! I am wearing heels!!!)

Soler (Hot guys!)

Prema (nice voice)

Burn Arena and Yuri Wong singing the theme song "The Call" (Apparently Yuri Wong composed this song!)

 Last but not least, Taio Cruz! The crowd went crazy when he came out, I was one of them of course!)

(Pictures credited to Guinness Malaysia)

Me, William, Calvin, JJ and Jess! ( I gave 3 tix to Jess, William and Calvin so now they owe me dinner!)

Kelvin in the picture! The poor guys have to half squat in front of us! Lol.

We didn't feel like drinking as there's no free flow. GAB charged about RM50 for 3 pints which I guess it's already quite cheap but hey, we are only students! Budget control here! Lol. There are stalls who are taking advantage of this and sell a small bottle of mineral water for RM5! Luckily for us, when we stepped out there's this Chill Out Zone where they provide us bottles of mineral water for free!

I was stuck in the parking lot for almost 45 minutes but it's still better than what I had expected and since I am staying at Serdang, it's just a short route back for me! 

Thanks GAB for organizing such an amazing Arthur's Day! Hopefully the next one will be even better!

"To Arthur!"

Pastry Culture: Affordable Pasta?

Seeing that GSC Tropicana City Mall actually offers cheaper movie tickets, so we headed over there for Johnny English Reborn (which is hilarious by the way). As we were searching for our lunch destination, we came across to Pastry Culture where it sells pastries and cakes. Surprisingly enough, they also sell pasta in sets with a reasonable price. It's RM9.90 for a pasta, dessert of the day, ice cream and a bottle of mineral water! How cheap is that!

While waiting for our pasta to arrived, thought that I am gonna do some self shot wearing newly bought make up (Etude House)!

Meatball Pasta with a mini slice of raspberry cheese cake and a scoop of ice cream.

Seafood and Ham Pasta with a mini slice of strawberry cheesecake and a scoop of ice cream.

The pasta is served in a paper box which I am not sure whether or not it's considered as eco-friendly but I guessed there's not enough staff to do all the cleaning. The pasta wasn't  heavenly good but worth for the price. As I cant taste the cheesecakes, so I basically cant give any verdicts on that, however Daryl did say that the strawberry cheesecake taste better than the raspberry cheesecake. Overall, I think it's recommendable and I would definitely go there again to try out some desserts. Although it's kinda pricey, but it's so mouthwatering just by looking at all the pastries, confectionery and cakes! (Didn't manage to snap pictures of those but will definitely return back there for second round!) 

Just to show you guys the "Dress of The Day"! Love this dress which I bought it in Pearl Harbor in Sunway Pyramid (Asian Avenue). 

Nice Place to Chill - dr. CAFE @ Solaris

After some extreme spring cleaning around my Serdang house, I felt so restless being at home and want to just go out and chill! So after several hours of complaining that we are really bored with nothing to do at night, we finally decided to meet up for a drink with Shanker.

Initially, he wanted to bring us to somewhere in Jaya One but it was quite late and most of the stores are already closed so we have to opt for another option. He brought us to dr. CAFE instead which is located at Solaris for a coffee session. 

dr. CAFE was originated from Saudi Arabia and serves 100% Arabica Coffee. They have this tagline claiming that they serve "The Best Coffee In The World", quite a phrase isn't it? We will see whether that holds true!
We had a hard time ordering as we aren't exactly coffee lovers! The staff was quite helpful when she helped us to narrow down our choices while Shanker just keep laughing away at our indecisive manners! In the end, we decided to choose Caramel Macchiato Latte which I think is under the Expresso Category.
 

There's actually a No Photography policy which we didn't know about, so we just keep taking pics!

 Finally, our Caramel Macchiato Latte is done and it smells absolutely delicious!!!

And guess what? It is delicious! As I am not a coffee lover, so I cant exactly say that whether if this is the best coffee in the world but this cup of Caramel Macchiato Latte is simply the bomb! It's perfect for a rainy day as well!

 We are a bit overdressed for this though. Lol. 

 The gentleman, Shanker! ( I will never forget what he told us that night - NKK!)

There's a variety of cakes and sandwiches as well.

As our dinner is just ABC soup, we took a slice of Swiss Chocolate Layer. Costs about RM10. Nothing great about it though. The oreo has gone soft but the cake itself is very chocolatey though.

Well, is it the ultimate coffee experience? For me, I think it is! The ambiance is really nice and its a great place to hang out and just chill. There's this nice and cozy sofa where you can just relax on it and their coffees are delicious (at least the one that I ordered). It's just too bad that we came by too late and they closed the shop at 12.30am.
Definitely will be going there again!

Shopping Sin: Etude House Dr Oil+ Solution Review

Is shopping a sin? If it is, then I am extremely sinful! I love shopping and my excuses for shopping are always because I needed retail therapy or exercise. Lol. But really, shopping just makes me forget about all my problem though it is quite an expensive therapy and sports!

Recently went shopping in Sunway Pyramid with JJ (the ultimate devil). Honestly, we weren't expecting to spend that much but looking forward to some window shopping that's all! But in the end, I spent around RM300 while JJ spent around RM200>.<

                                          I was wearing so simple but JJ was wearing maxi dress!

I spent the most on Etude House and I wasn't even planning to buy anything from there. It seemed that just browsing around can be dangerous as well! While JJ was looking at the eyeliner section, I was browsing through some BB creams and I found the whole set of Dr. Oil+ Solution (which basically is the beginning of a major splurging!) 

                             Dr Oil+ Solution Anti Shine BB Lotion SPF 20/PA++ RM35.90

The colour of the BB cream. 

Once it's blended smoothly...(not sure you guys can see or not though)

Well, the reason I fell in love with this BB cream is that it's not oily at all! It gaves you a powdery feeling once u applied it. It blended smoothly with the skin and it's so light you can barely feel that there's anything on your face! It was written on the box that it's oil free, paraben free and talc free so it will be suitable for sensitive skin girls as it won't clog your pores.

The bad sides of this BB cream is that it has sheer coverage so if you have blemishes or dark circles (sadly, like me), it won't do much to help you in concealing it. This BB lotion will give a slight whitish cast and it's a tad bit flaky on my skin as well. So I would recommend this to blemish free, oily skinned girls who wants a natural look.

Dr. Oil+ Solution Anti Shine Mist RM25.90

A facial mist which you can use to control the oily shine on your face after wearing make up for long hours. According to the instructions, it can improve foundation coverage and longevity. Apparently you can spray mist over the face before make up application to improve make up effect and durability as well.
For me, I think this mist is quite effective as I was spraying half of my face to see whether there's any difference. The part where I sprayed it was so refreshing and non-sticky where the other part is slightly oily! I made JJ to spray it on her face as well and she admitted that there's a vast difference as well! Thumbs up for this!

Dr. Oil+ Solution Anti Shine Finish Pact RM36.90

Comes with a small sponge puff and a mirror as well.

It's a finishing powder where the powder is translucent and gives you a matte finish. I was really searching for a compact powder and I find this quite useful as it really does control the oily shine on my face (I keep touching my face to see whether it has became oily. Lol. It did lasted for few hours) and it gives a smooth silky feeling. There's only one available shade though and I think that this is more suitable to girls who have light- medium skin tone. It's not bad if you are looking for a natural touch up.
Additional
                                                 Etude House Magic Rice Pack Peeling RM20

I was looking for a scrub as my previous Origins scrub went MIA. I couldn't resist getting this as it was on sales! The normal price was RM49.90 and now it's selling at only RM20, how can I ever resist that? The sales assistant tried it on my hand and I can actually see the difference in the skin tone and my hand felt smoother as well ( I forgot to take pictures at that time!). It's actually quite creamy with tiny exfoliants so that when you use it on your face, you won't feel painful at all. Despite the name, there are no actually peeling involved which I guessed its a good thing. If you have blemished face like me, peeling would be quite a torturous thing for me!It would be much better if it provides a more hygienic packaging though. Overall, this is quite good considering the price but I will only recommend it after a few uses.

Freebies! 

If you purchase more than RM88 (which obviously I had!), you will receive this gift set which comprises of facial cleansing foam, body wash, body lotion and also mask. (Note: If you bought over RM60 like JJ, you will also get a toner and serum as well!)

The sales assistant was kind enough to give us some samples as well!
Aloe Moistfull Soothing Cream and Collagen Moistfull BB cream

For more promotion, check out Etude House Facebook Page.
I guessed I am seriously a cosmetic/skincare junkie ! So more product reviews coming up!