First time in PENANG trip!

 bag : REBECCAMINKOFF bags / guy's singlet : cotton on / wrap around shirt : vintage

Chill people! I am wearing pants inside, it's just really short that's all cause I wanted to be comfy in the airport,

my flight to penang was 9am so I had to wake up at 6am, oh no, 5am because I had to 'wake up' call my friend,

who wanted to be all glamorous in the airport, yeah, with concealer, bronzer and all that shits, lol but me, 

I just wore nothing on my face, and felt soooo out of place, expecting there was no one that early in the airport,

but no... girlfriend, there was tons of people in KLIA2, who would have thought right at 6am -_- LOL anyways,

HELLIOWWW guyssss, I know this may sound really embarrassing but yea, it's my first time landing in Penang.

A lot of people were shocked as well lol being that I'm a Malaysian and haven't been to Penang before, I know,

where have I been and what have I been doing my whole life right? well, the reason is... I don't know...lol.

So we've been told to venture into this "popular" cafe in Penang and here's a lil bit on how it looks like inside,

overall for this Penang trip I didn't bring my DSLR so the pictures here are not that sharp as my other pictures, 

reason why is because I wasn't there for a "traveling trip", I was there for a mission – a surprise the bff mission lol.

okay so before I blog about this lil cafe, I wanna talk about our mission ! 

So! We already know that the bff is going to Penang for her getaway birthday trip, so I was invited by her gang,

p.s, you know me and my bff isn't at the same city right now, so I was invited to be the secret special mysterious guest! 

haha. it was a plan fail actually cause someone from the group there accidentally spilled my name when booking the hotel,

so we were like wtf, haha but I went with another "secret guest" - Enzo the diva, so at least the bff doesn't know that he's going! 

So we arrived in Penang first, got the cake and le cute macarons from Gurney and off to surprise her in her hotel room! 

and then we went out to explore penang!!!

anyways, here's a lil bit on ChinaHouse, penang! a really cozy and interesting cafe that has live band at night too! 

This place is super amazing, as you guys all know, Penang is a heritage place similar to Malacca, (my hometown yo)

So, all the shops, including Chinahouse, looks like any other shops from the front, when I first saw it at the front,

I really did start to doubt what was all the big buzz over this normal looking, in fact, quite boring looking place! 

But when I went in it was much cooler! It felt like a never ending passage with different colors and patterns everywhere.

every more step we took was a bunch full of "wahhhh"s and "woooow"s as we ventured into this space.

A twist of modernity with a heritage / tribal essence would be the best way to describe this place, 

very much like Twelfth St. by Cynthia Vincent dresses' collection. amazing prints with a modern cutting. 

I didn't get the chance to take pictures of the place much, but I will when I come to Penang again ;)

 just a tiny spot from the cafe - this is the bar part that lights up at night. 

lol look at me damn concentrating and focus on my drawing. 

oh they have a "Coffee cup contest" basically you can find an empty paper cup on your table with some crayons,

and later then you can just let your imagination and hands to the job ;) hahahhaa what am I talking about, sounds dirty, 

so me being me didn't really read the instructions beforehand, so we just drew whatever we had in mind,

can you guess which one I drew tho? I think it's pretty obvious by now, hahahaha so after we had our cakes from the cafe 

(btw it tasted like Alexis if you haven't tried), we went out for some more adventure time!! 

cats #1 which reminds me this picture would go so well with KADE SPADES HATS ! 
There's a cat one that I like so much! meow~ Cat Women wannabe right hurrr. or I mean purr. lame lol

cats #2  so many cats drawing!! :D

what are best friends for? – they're there to be silly the same way you are :) 

On the road side, I think we were walking on the famous old road? And me and le bff did our hair here! 

I don't know what's it called, but the guy from PERU did this for us, took like 15 mins and rm25 for one of these.

It's really pretty tho, and it's not called hair braiding, okay I'll call this hair string tying braids ;) hahaha

okay enough walking around,  we went back to the hotel we stayed in SUNWAY resort penang, and fortunately!

DOWNSTAIRS our hotel was the popular street lane!! woohoo! So many yummy foods to eat! recommended by the taxi guy,

OH btw, when I told my friends (in kl) that I took cabs wherever I went in Penang, they were laughing at me T_T

Because you know whyyyyy, the roads are actually pretty near by... AND! in Penang, the taxis doesn't use meter.

It's all fixed price. At first I was thinking, "Eh, good what, so when there's jam it won't get overpriced."

But apparently it's even more expensive with fixed price, i didn't know what and still am not quite sure why, 

but whatttteverrrr la, hahahaha. So anyways! We packed soooo much food, damnn lots! and went up the hotel to eat.

HAHAHA, i'm so sorry I can't show you the pictures of the good food, we were just too excited we stuffed errthang in. 

AND AFTERWARDS! you know me, when I go to a new place I always like to check out the party scenes there,

but i realise, with the best company you can just party anywhere! So we partied in our hotel room...

hahaha NOT! no way we're gonna be stuck in the hotel room doing nothing! ROUND ONE PREDRINKS LETS GO!

us looking all fine and shits before heading to the clubs! yeah we went to two places :) –cuvee and soho

 haha I'm gonna fast cut this one cause we were quite messed up, hhahha, in a good way,
the whole party turned into a lipstick party afterwards, errbody using my lipstick to kiss errbody.

but kisses were giving mostly to the birthday gurll – queen of the night! so much love for you

you should be more than blessed having so many wondering people caring for you sweetie!! xx

okay roll out of bed the next morning, it was harddd getting out of our major comfy beds, but we did!

cropped top : similar here / midi skirt : similar here / gold + black shoes : similar here

I guess this is my "travelling outfit", a cropped top to make sure you don't get too warm from the hot sun,

a long a line midi skirt, well ironically to keep you away from the sun, because you don't wanna get a bad tan, 

and it's also flirty in a way because of it's a-line cutting it looks ultra girly and I love wearing this everywhere! 

and HEELS of course, wedges to be specific, I love wearing wedges for outings and in fact, I think wedges

are more comfortable to walk in than heels. and of course I've said it before I am gonna use my RM bag for travels,

because it's so damn secure! I got mine from SHOPBOP.COM , you can check out REBECCA MINKOFF there 

Well, so anyways, we shopped around gurney plaza and I think there's a new mall beside it ( i forgot the name)
but it felt like Pavillion KL, I bough myself a lot of stuffs from H&M ( i knowww, i'm in penang but i'm buying kl stuffs)
that's just because in KL i don't have time to go for shopping! haha, so I treated this penang trip as a lil getaways,
and of course our lil surprise mission for the bff's birthday. :) Hmmm, I'm missing penang's char keuw tiao so much!
even my tummy is rumbling when I type out the word penang char kewy tiao T____T sigh.

I'll be back for you soon penang! Anyone know any similar char kewy tiao places that tastes like Penang,
BRING ME PLEASEEEE~~ thank yuuuuuuu! 

BANGKOK ADVENTURES

I feel as if my Bangkok trip this year happened so fast in a blur, and I remember I left KL on 23rd August, and now it's already the start of October. Almost two months passed by already, and oh my, the end of 2014 is coming soon!! Oh god, when you grow older you'll feel that time passes by on 

a turbo jet. My Bangkok trip this year was a much needed short break from the chaotic life I have in KL, but you know me, I sometimes find myself secretly obsessed with the busy life rather than staying home doing nothing. Sometimes secretly liking the stress once in a while planning and working. Worked hard for this trip that I bought a few months ago (I know, reason because there was cheap flights on sale then), saved up most importantly because I was spending for my own accommodation, flights, travel fees, and most importantly, SHOPPPING! (I know, I usually don't need to spend much on that LOL :P) It was a 4 days 3 nights trips that seem fairly little if you minus the time and hours we need to spend on the plane and airport, to cut it short it was basically less than 3 days. Too Short to explore the whole of Bangkok itself, I reckon a week would be the best! This bangkok trip that you're about to read isn't really much about travel, but more on shopping. It's my second time at the heart of Bangkok City and this time is fully about shopping, party, and of course good food! But first! Here's what I bought from BKK if you guys girls can't wait to see my haul!

Just in case you never been to Bangkok it looks something like this. Yeah, don't get too awed from the shocking amount of wires they have on their electric polls. When I first visited BKK I was surprised to see some places in the city being very old and poor, and some very rich and "high classed". Astonished by the diversity, but there wasn't a group in between. And also by the traffic, if I were to judge pollution on the streets by 3 cities (KL, Singapore, BKK), BKK would be the worst, followed by KL and lastly Singapore being the cleanest. I stayed 3 mins from Platinum mall, Pratunum, because the last thing I would do is carry bags of clothes on their train, so I opted to stay near the shopping central! 

Jam packed busy streets, just like any other cities to be honest, here's how central world looks like (a small part of it)

Another haul I got from their 7-eleven! I hear from a lot of my friends saying that the stuff they have in their 7-eleven is yums! From breakfast to 

mid night snacks, I'm not sure I didn't try that but I bought a lot of snacks back to munch and chew on, LOL my favorite is these two,  a definite 

must buy when I'm in BKK

their coconut nata yogurt and this "yakult" like drink for a damn cheap price!

F O O D

this was our first day dinner. IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW, I went there with my bff it was a 2 girls trip to BKK, and she hasn't been there before so I thought why not bring her there for a shopping trip since thank god I've been there once before so it wasn't so hard. and IN CASE YOU ASKED, yes I'm just walking around my hotel room in my bra and panties because I'm very open with my bff like that, hahahaha. and because we were all sooooo tired from shopping and walking the whole day, this dinner was suppose to be a quick one before we rush and head to the club! 

Haha, no it's not a romantic candle light dinner lol this was actually a random idea we had after passing by this store (on the road side) yes it didn't had a legit store, but you know the rules for food hunting, always go where the nose brings you, and also where the crowd is the most! We gathered over the crowd, and "da bao-ed" the ones that we wanted to try - Glass noodles with vegetables and mushrooms, PORK green curry (which I never tried before and it tasted awesome!), and some steam egg and an egg with some awesome sweet sauce! And all these cost below RM10 !!!! RIDICULOUSSSS R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S!!! Why so cheap one how can?! Some more the portion was epic loads! I was a bit taken back when I found out the price was so... all I had on my mind was I hope I don't get a tummy ache after this, but we risked it since there was a lot of people taking away packets after packets at this store... I'm telling you BKK's food is awesome, if I were to choose a type of food that I would eat for the rest of my life I would choose Thai food, oh god, glorious Thai food that my taste buds rejoices as the authentic taste of good Thai food when it swims on my tongue... 

lol

after that we had to go for PARTY TIMEEEE

selfies in the lift

random dude. and the mirror was actually a ceiling in a Thai club, lol those finger prints tho!

messy horrid look after clubs 

clubbing in BKK- one word - hardcore. I now understand the reason why a lot of people ask you are you looking for "ang mos" when you tell them you're on a vacation in BKK. LOL there's basically 70% of ang mos in BKK's clubs. I went to 2 clubs that Saturday night, the first one I went to was called Mixx, and the second one was called er.... Shock? They were both great, but I wanted to go to Levels Club in Bangkok because I heard it's the Zouk of BKK, but when I was in the taxi the driver was telling me that it closes at 12am or 1am which was ridiculous because that's the time where we come out in KL! I asked why and he said because they're ruled by the army now that's why and it happened like 2 months ago :( oh well... Next time maybe. So I ventured to the other ones which closed way later! Oh yeah, and the girls there... FUH. damn hot, it's like you can never find one girl who's not! Seriously thai girls are banggin. all smoking hawt it makes me feel out of place there, LOL

Chatuchat shopping! BKK is hot hot hot! so always have a bottle of water at hand to prevent dehydration! and also to clear your system from the oily food they have by the road side. One thing I like about BKK is that unlike Malaysia, they can openly sell PORK!

PORK. PORK. GLORIOUS PORK. you can see pork everywhere! 

ignore the very tired + sleepy face, with the iconic MCD in Thailand.

along with it's glorious iconic Samurai Pork Burger that the non-muslims Malaysians crave about. Not sure if they have pork burgers in Singapore or not though, but I always have this when I come to BKK, heck it's only been my second time, haha! But I guess this goes onto my list of must haves in BKK!

that's the XIU YORK on the far right that my tummy calls for, ah god it's fabulous, their xiu york taste so diff!

DID SOME ONE SAY BACON SHOP?!?!?

This shop in chatuchat is killing! I ordered the pork fried rice, and my friend ordered the beef noodle! Another thing that I miss so dearly about BKK is their BEEF NOODLE! seriously go to those old shops ones (again with crowd of course) because those are the authentic ones, unlike a lot of commercial ones that don't taste that great. I honestly don't know how to describe the flavor of the sauce / soup to you guys, it's a bit sweet but has a really strong taste, omg, thinking about it just makes my tummy so hungry *brb getting a bag of potato chips right now*

It's gonna be very hot, so lots of fans needed... LOL

Another thing that I always look forward to when I'm in Chatuchat, their coconut ICE CREAM! i'll never get bored of it!!

in fact, I had 3 coconut ice creams in a day that day already... I'm pretty sure I COULD stuff another one down..LOL 

Never seen this flavor anywhere before...

Again, beef noodles that were SO GOOD

Not so authentic Thai food that didn't taste good at all.

Burn fish by the road side!! Where there's still scales and shit. but we still ate it to try it! lol it's nice!

come on you know it, you gotta have their sticky rice with mango when you're in BKK! no where else taste better!

some crispy popiah stuffs with vegs

Here's me leaving the city in the airport T_T shoot OOTD sikit.. LOL

Goddamn lovin my kicks! 

GOOD BYE BANGKOK. hope to see you again next year! 

and here's some more vain pics of myself since you guys stayed with me to the end. HAHAHHA.
Can't wait to get my ass back to BKK, what I miss most about this journey is also the time spent with good companion :)
And the good food as well, Have you guys been to BKK before? What your most memorable moment there ?