Full House Lifestyle Store and Cafe

Been curious on my constant updated post in my blog recently? Fret not! It just proved that I am actually been diligent. Alright, I get it. It’s a joke! Actually I am bored and quite free in the office.  After finished the annual meeting and reports, I am quite free during this period and will start to get busy again by the end of year. Do you know what I did on these few days? I mean every working day? SURFING THE NET!! Yes, I have been surfing all the sites, read all the celebrity bloggers’ blog, online news and researched on my coming trip details but the time still ticking slowly. It’s not even past 5 o’clock yet! Hell yeah! I couldn’t go on like this without doing anything. My boss will get suspicious if I am not typing anything. Lolz. To pretend that I am busy typing and doing work, so here I am, writing blog. =) Now you know…..~ *shame-faced*



Very cute menu!



Just want to share my instagram photos on the food I took when I was dining in Full House Lifestyle Store and Café. To make it easier, we called it ‘Full House’ then. First time came across Full House was from the photo I saw on my friend’s facebook wall and it was opened only in Kuala Lumpur then. The cute and chic, white interior design has attracted my attention. It has lots of cute things and cute cartoons, making you feel comfortable and young. It makes you feel like being at home!



Cute cartoon photos on the wall ~



Interior Design



 I have longed for a try there! When I heard of its opening branch in Kuching, I immediately checked out on it. Okay, not that I traveled to Kuching purposely for eating out in Full House. It just happened that I was in Kuching and the location is near to the hotel I stayed so why would I miss the chance to check out the food there? The ambience and design itself is a credit. The menu quite limited and the price looks reasonable. As for the food, well, let’s the photos did the talking. As recommended by the waitress, their wok-sear chicken chop is the most well-liked and a must try dish in the menu. I tried and yes, their wok-sear chicken chop did taste good. As for pan-sear dory fish, hmmm, not to my liking.



Spaghetti



Wok-sear chicken chop! Thumbs up~





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Pan Sear Dory Fish



Sunset



Sunset at Patong Beach, Phuket



Are you a ‘sunrise’ or ‘sunset’ kind of person? I belonged to the ‘sunset’ kind of person. I am not an early riser. I have to sleep in till the sun has goes up and shining brightly through my window, greeting me. 

Sunrise brings hope and chance, to welcome another brand new day. It is bright and cheerful. My dear is a sunrise kind of person. He is chirpier. He prefers to wake up early in the morning to have his breakfast to kick off his day. I am opposite of him. I would say, sunset is more suit my personality – emotional, introvert, mysterious, dark and yet attractive, ahemmm. I prefer to stay up late to work on my things. I am more active at night while moving like a zombie in the morning. Lol. 

Besides, the color and beauty of sunset fascinated me. By looking at the sunset, it is so poignant and yet, it warms my heart as well. The first thing I did on the beach is soaking my feet in the salty sea water. What a boring thing to do!



I am so bored~~~~



Phuket

Ever wonder why the kids felt so happy and excited when they saw the beach. Without realizing it, I also felt excited and smile broadly when I saw the beach. Like a young kid, I exclaimed excitedly, “Look, there’s the beach! It’s beach! Oh my god!” Except that I did not jump up and down.

I am not really into beach thing, you know. I prefer greenery grass and mountain more than sandy beach. I dislike the scorching hot sun. I dislike getting tanned. That's why I did not do sun-bathing as my skin already naturally looked tan. I run for shade when I am on the beach till the sun goes down in the late evening, then I will soaked my feet and played with the sea current. I did not know how to swim, not to mention the snorkeling. There’s one time I was so brave enough trying to snorkel and ignoring the fact that I can’t swim, nearly got myself drowned and appeared on the headlines. Have the urge to praise myself for being smart and calm enough to keep flapping and kicking my legs till I grabbed onto something. Actually I was wearing a life jacket so it won’t drown me. But I nearly was being suffocated by the sea water gushing in as I could not breathe with the snorkel mask on my face. Stupid me.

And yet, I would exclaim and getting all excited each time when I saw the beach without apparent reason. I am intrigued by the beauty of nature and how broad is the sea. The ocean waves and sea breeze just makes me feel calm and relax. The crystal clear sea water is just so tempting and makes me yearned for jumping into it each time, if only I could swim. *sigh*

So it was my second time paying a visit to Phuket, Thailand with my family. It was fun though except that my dear, my dad and I getting sick because of the heat and scorching hot sun. I was fortunate enough to get sick on the day we came back to Malaysia. So I still enjoyed the moment in Phuket.

Since I was a budget traveler, I tried every possible way to cut down our expenses. I booked the accommodation through Agoda.com. Often, it will have some offer rate or discount rate which I think is really worth. We stayed in Aspery Hotel at Patong Beach (the most crowded and popular beach in Phuket) for RM100++ per night per room included breakfast. At first, I was worried that the rooms will be small, dirty or in a bad location because of the cheap price offered. I was the one organizing the trip so I hope to impress my brothers and parents. They are quite fussy so I did not want to give them any chance to complain me. Surprisingly, the rooms are extremely clean, nice, spacious and comfortable. The location is superb too. Far from the noisy crowd but near to the beach and the shops. It only took 5 minutes walk to the beach and the shops along the beach. There are food stalls and restaurants around the hotel.



Aspery Hotel



We are food lover as well as seafood lover. We skipped those expensive restaurants which mostly crowded with foreigners. We opted for the ‘mamak’ style restaurant which also served seafood and nice Thai food but with cheaper price, of course. The bill mostly came out around THB900 – 1200 for six of us. Considered relatively cheap as we ordered around 5-6 dishes with seafood, meat and Thai beers.



Local delicacies - Mango Stick Rice and Pancake!! Must try!!!



We went to the Phi Phi Island since my brothers want to snorkel and swim. They did not want to go to James Bond Island for sightseeing. The package we took was expensive, costing us THB1500 per person and it was a big boat, not speedboat. Geez, I made an error of judgment! Forget it, since we had paid already and after all, he gave us a free transfer to and from airport/hotel.



Phi Phi Island



I decided to bring my family for sightseeing around the Phuket. Based on my previous experience there, I got grip on bargaining price with the ‘tuk tuk’ driver and salesperson. Often, they will offered a price very high and when you tried to haggle with them, they either shook their head saying no or telling you that it was very cheap already. Do not believe them. You can haggle the price down a bit which you think is worth or reasonable for the item and if they say no, you walked away. They will definitely pulling you back and agree to the price you offered. Let’s say, you can buy a T-shirt for THB100 – 200 instead of THB400-600. See the difference. So remember, you can get a T-shirt sold at the shop lots along the Patong beach for THB100, the most expensive also only THB200. Never pay any extra for a T-shirt sold there.



Nightlife in Patong Beach - Bangla Road



I was haggling with ‘tuk tuk’ driver for a reasonable price to bring us to the attractions around Phuket Island. We went to Promthep Cape, Karon Cape, Big Buddha, elephant trekking, cashew nut factory, Kata Beach, Karon Beach and Wat Chalong for THB1100 only! There were 6 of us. He did not charge by person for God’s sake. The tour agency charged THB1200 PER PERSON for sightseeing to these attractions!!! You hear me right. So it is better idea to hail a ‘tuk tuk’ and haggled a price to bring you visit to the places you want to go. He waited for us at every spot of attractions under the scorching hot sun. Pity him! We were hot and sweating profusely too. My dad gave him extra tips seeing him being so kind waiting patiently for us under the hot sun without taking his lunch.



Promthep Cape, Wat Chalong and Elephant Trekking!



On a side note, we paid THB800 per person for half an hour elephant ride. It was a good experience for the first time! But be prepared for the elephant stink and the legs will get wet by the elephant when it splashed water with trunk.

As I have mentioned before, Phuket is indeed an ideal place for romantic getaway or spending the holidays with your family and friends.



Sunset at Patong Beach!



Abraham Lincoln: The Vampire Hunter

Abraham Lincoln. I heard of his name. I know he was one of the President of United States. But I did not know his history. It was quite interesting to watch the film with the addition of vampires’ existence in this history. I love vampires. Can you imagine Abraham Lincoln carrying an axe and chopping down the vampires’ heads? That is pretty cool, I think. He was still in fit on taking down the vampires even though he was 50++ years old. Hmmm.

Only then I realized he was the one who had abolished the slavery and in the period of Civil War. I had study the American history previously in my college years but you know, after graduated I had returned all the knowledge to lecturer. Although I could not remember the whole story, I still could recall a tiny bit of the history here and there. Anyway, till now I still could not understand why he was being assassinated that time as he was one of the great man who had put an end of slavery and promoting economic and financial modernization in United States. He gave freedom to the Black. Hmph, I will never understand the politics!

The film is refreshing and thrilling. Yet, not boring at all. Some scenes seem ridiculous and it had a lot of what they called it, a CGI effect? Sort of. So pretty worth to watch in cinema.

Staring at tHe Sky

Often, I questioned myself. What am I doing? Why am I here? And often, I didn't get the answer.

We are a strange creature. We like to ask questions that either we knew the answer or we knew we wouldn't get the answer for the rest of our life. Do I sound depressed? No. Seriously, no! Just that I like to think a lot. I mean, real lots. I would came up with lots of questions. I would pondered with the questions raised in my mind. Things happened around me. Life matter. Social matter. News I heard. So it was concluded that I am an emotional type of person. Introvert. Very in-depth person. Whatsoever.

Often, I would stare at the sky or lost in thought by staring at one point.

I enjoyed the moment with myself. Thinking. Or doing nothing at all.

Trying to find the solution to my problems. And waiting for God's guide.

Isn't it feel good just lay on the greenery grass, embrace the nature and look onto the blue sky?

Is part of the relaxing therapy too. Just empty your mind and close your eyes for a minute.

Busy Bee

Just a blink of eye, it’s already past June. Half year gone. The second half year is going to be a busy months for me. As you read from my previous blog entry, I am getting married. I have lots of preparation need to be done. So far I have not decided on my wedding decorator, corsages, car decoration, bridal flower bouquet, actual day photographer and the menu for reception. Headache!

You know, man isn’t doing any help in the wedding preparation. Man’s nature, I believe. They just simply giving you an answer, ‘You decide, babe’, ‘Up to you, babe’, ‘As long as you love it’ and blah blah. Gosh, we didn’t want to hear that sort of answer! We want a sincere opinion and decision. So yeah, I did all the planning myself and just ‘inform’ him on the details. He agrees to all my decision. Ughhh~ *faint*

Aside from busy-ing with my work and everyday’s routines, below is the schedule of what am I busy-ing for in the second half year:

July: My youngest brother’s shotgun marriage (=.=lll , faster than his sister~)

August: Preparation for my wedding

September: Planning on my itinerary to ‘Sawadeekap’ land and yes, I am off for my vacation in Thailand.

October: Okay, it’s getting anxious as the time is drawing near to my wedding. I need a final confirmation and preparation such as self-grooming and details for the wedding. Need to send out the formal invitation card to friends and relatives.

November: My Big Day!!!! I will be a November Bride~~ Then take off for my honeymoon. *blush*

December: Oh shit, I am someone’s wife and daughter-in-law!! Behave. It’s end of the year so preparing to welcome the new year!

The guest list is the most troublesome and brain cracking thing throughout the preparation.  Why? I have no idea who’s to invite and who’s not to invite especially my colleagues in workplace. Sigh. As a Libran, never….really does not ever give two options to Libran to make a decision. Because we’ll engrossed in thought to decide on which one! Both appeared good to us. We can’t weight which one is better and end up, our scale is imbalanced. Then you’ll see a solemn expression all over our face.  So now I couldn’t decide the decorator for my wedding reception and the theme and color. *faint*

Hopefully, everything will be settled and confirmed by the time comes. I have no sisters to help me out. My good friends, well, not in town and some of them are busy with their babies and family life. Kinda sad when realizing that our friendship has not been the same and close like in high school years. Woman always put the family and love on priority. I understand but still I brooded at the fact.

I am going to take my pre-wedding photo shoot this month. Nervous and hesitant. Worry and worry. Worrying too much of the small, little details like what if I am not photogenic, is there any gown that will suit me, is my heels going to match the gown and blah blah blah.  Okay, not to bore you with my worries. Signing off.

Our Story

Okay. Our story is not that amazing or fantasy or romance like those fairy tales love story or what you have seen in korean drama. It's just a simple story on how a boy meets a girl then we date and now yes, we are getting married. To hold each other's hand for the rest of our lives. A commitment. A responsibility.

I think I was mentally prepared for it. It is a path in my life that I need to walk through. That's what I kept chanting to myself. Yes, I can do it. Everyone can do it and why not? Right? We've been dating for ten years. From friends, lover and now a family. My other half.

U know what, we are actually met at the bus stop. Yes, you heard me right. A bus stop. Erm, is it a first sight love? I have no idea. To him, he says yes. For me, well, he did attracted me on the first sight. Then it took me a few months to have this kind of butterfly in my stomach and heart beats all that. We were staying in the same housing area. Waiting at the same bus stop. He said he's actually had been noticed me earlier, waiting or walking alone at times. He didn't dare to make a move until we are been introduced through a friend of mine whose happened to be his housemate. So finally we knew each other existence. From a nod, a smile, a simple 'hi' and to a small 'talk' whenever we bumped into each other.

One day, he has the courage to ask for my .... email address. Lolz. Is funny. Normally guys would ask for a handphone number. But he is too shy to ask for the handphone number as he didn't want to show his eagerness. That's what he told me after we started dating. First, we emailed then we started sms-ing till late night. These went on for a few months till both of us came back hometown for chinese new year break. Well, again, finally, he got the courage to ask me out for lunch. You know where the story leads to. Yes, we started dating since then. We went through every emotion. We argued. We fought. We were in a cold war. We kiss. We got back together. Happy memories, sad memories. In the end, we still stuck up with each other. I guess I couldn't get away from him in this lifetime. After 10 years of courtship, it cannot be denied that we have lost the passion and the romance is dead. Don't get me wrong. We still love each other. We still care for each other. Passion is still there but just not as great as the first time when we dated. No more butterfly in the stomach. No more heart beat. No more sweat palms. That's what they said, it had become a family love. Everyone is pushing us to get marry. They said it's the time for us to enter into the next chapter of life. To lit up the passion. Having a baby and all that would not bored the relationship. A soulmate.

Alright. Is that a bluffing? Those advices are from seniors and elders. So they knew better than I do. Okay, I agree that we have been really dating too long. Marriage is the only answer to our relationship. That's where our relationship go to or else where does it end, right? Yeah, the wedding bell rings~!! Great, cheers to my first and only love/man in my life. Good thing is I am also his first and only love in his life (unless he's cheating on me~).

I am just trying to be honest with my feeling. I am not acting like I am living in a fantasy land, marrying to a prince and lived happily ever after. I hope that I can be a good wife, a good daughter-in-law, and a good mum, in future. I hope that I can do well in those new role assigned to me. They are all new in my life. I have to learn to overcome my fear and do well enough as not to disappoint some people who look upon on me. (But I am still me, right? I can still be myself. I am an individual even if I am someone's wife.) Sigh. Fears. Marriage phobia. God, just guide me.