IPC Recycling Centre

I took a whole load of stuff down to the recycling centre in IPC today.

In case you're wondering, the centre's opened from 10 AM till 6 PM and is located in the loading area of the mall. You can get more information about the Recycling Centre in IPC here (click on the link).

It's just my way of doing my little part to help the planet...

Wardrobe Update :)

I've just realized that my wardrobe doesn't have enough colors... yup, really eye opening!!! Most of my clothes are black in color. Don't know why but I've always been drawn to black when shopping.

Anyway, I went shopping yesterday as well as the day before yesterday to update my wardrobe.

My haul:

1. A pair of cobalt blue skinny jeans (just looovveee the color!). Strangely enough, I only realised that both pairs of jeans (this one as well as the sand colored ones) are by Zara TRF today (when I found myself in yet another fitting room, hanging up my jeans on the hook to try on some clothes). By the way, it's super comfy to wear! I'm glad that I bought it :)

2. A pair of sand jeans (can't believe how I've manage to live this long without ever owning a pair of jeans in sand before this!)

3. An H&M  flowy chiffon top (ah, so romantic!)

The top goes with both pairs of jeans

4. Three H&M tees (just love H&M tees) in pink and blue

Notice that there are no black tees for a change!

5. A pair of wedges with blue bows!!!(awww... how pretty!!!)

6. A pair of cute ballet flats in blue (hmmm... notice that I've been buying lots of blue this time around!!!)

I also signed up for FOS's membership programme (it costs RM5.00 a year if you "like" them on FB and the membership allows you 10% discount on normal priced items. On top of that, you get a RM10 voucher when you have accumulated a total of 500 points, which is basically, pretty easy to do over a year).

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

As always, I refuse to watch the movie without first reading the book. I enjoyed reading this book.

The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent

This is a biography of Martha Carrier, Kathleen Kent's great grandmother 10 generations  removed who lived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692.

This is a story about the Salem witch trials which is told through the voice of Martha Carrier's daughter, Sarah Carrier.

Martha Carrier was accused of being a witch and was hanged because she told the truth, that she was not a witch. However, she told her daughter to lie and plead guilty and "admit" that she (Sarah) was a practising witch in order to be saved from death.

The book paints a picture of the torture and suffering that the people who were wrongly accused of witchcraft were subjected to while imprisoned.

This is a book that I'm glad I purchased.

O'Briens Chicken Slice and Cheddar Shambo

I redeemed my LivingSocial Coupon for O'Briens Chicken Slice and Cheddar Shambo at their 1-Utama outlet today. 

I was there at around 2:45 PM and it was fairly quiet (I guess I missed the lunch time crowd). Service was quick and the sandwich was yummy! 

The Chicken Slide and Cheddar Shambo is made up of chicken slice, cheddar cheese, red onion, tomato, lettuce and honey mustard mayo. 

The Shambo is uniquely shaped like the shamrock, a three leaf clover, which is a symbol of Ireland.

O'Briens Chicken Slice and Cheddar Shambo

yup, it was a great sandwich!

This is a great deal and I'm glad that I purchased three of the O'Briens coupons on LivingSocial 'cause you know what? One visit just isn't enough!

I'm definitely going back there for more! :)  

achievement!

I sold my first two online books in the wee hours of the morning today!!! :)

Okay, so I didn't make a lot of money but it worked --- my little online shop (http://myusedbookshaven.blogspot.com/) is actually generating business! Ka Ching!!!  :)

Season Parking Deposit

I finally got my deposit back for the season parking card last Saturday :) It's been almost a year now since I left that place and should have claimed my deposit back a lllooonnggg time ago but never got around to doing it until earlier this year. I've got cash!!! 

Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern

This story explores the possibility of knowing someone when you receive something of theirs. Could it possibly connect two strangers who don't know anything about each other?

Donating blood was the last thing on Justin Hitchcock's to-do list but he was persuaded into doing it by a female doctor during a blood drive week on the campus where he was a guest lecturing.

A month later, Joyce Conway suffers a miscarriage and receives a blood transfusion in hospital. After she leaves hospital, she somehow knows things now that she didn't know before. She can suddenly rattle off facts about architecture which previously were unknown to her. She sees images of people in her mind and she doesn't know who they are, but yet, some part of her, knows them, loves them...

Is this mysterious connection only something that Joyce experiences or does Justin have similar experiences too? What is this mysterious connection that they share?

MooGoo Cow Lick Lip Balm

The chemical free ingredients

An edible lip balm (why hasn't anyone thought about it before???) --- makes good sense since it's on our lips and I'd want what I put on my lips (and potentially will eat) to be safe.

This colourless edible lip balm by MooGoo smells like mandarin oranges and doesn't contain anything nasty. I've been using this product for a few months now and there's still a lot more left!

I absolutely love this lip balm. It's the one lip balm that I have in my handbag all the time and I particularly love the mug shot of the moo cow on this product!

Would I recommend  this product? Definitely!

Read my other MooGoo product reviews

MooGoo Milk Shampoo and Conditioner

MooGoo Anti Ageing Face Cream

MooGoo Full Cream

MooGoo Milk Shampoo and Conditioner

I've been using the MooGoo Milk Shampoo for the past three months now.

What I like about MooGoo Milk Shampoo

• It's nasties free --- no SLS, no parabens, no ..................... 
• It works at reducing itching scalp caused by dandruff which makes it a mild anti-dandruff shampoo though it does take a few washes before you feel its effects.
• It smells nice :)
• Although it may initially seem to cost a bomb when compared to the nasty shampoos that they sell in the pharmacies and supermarkets, it's actually good value for money when compared to other safe shampoo brands as you get a 500ml bottle for the around same price (if not less) as the other safe shampoo brands that give you only 200/ 250 ml only. 

What's not so great about MooGoo Milk Shampoo 

• It can get to be runny in consistency sometimes (depending on the batch that you get)
• It leaves my hair looking greasy and flat looking :(

What I like about MooGoo Conditioner

• The bottle comes with a pump dispenser (don't know why the Milk Shampoo doesn't come with a pump dispenser)
• It smells nice :)
• It enhances the natural curls in my hair.

What I don't like about MooGoo Conditioner

• It doesn't take the tangles out of my long wavy hair. I get knots in my hair after using this product and recently, my hair was so tangled that I had to resort to using my old nasty conditioner just to detangle my hair!

Would I purchase the products again?
I would probably repurchase the shampoo again for it's anti-dandruff effectiveness until I find another safe shampoo that would work on my hair without leaving it greasy and flat looking. I don't think I'll be repurchasing the conditioner again though. The search for an affordable natural ingredients shampoo and conditioner that would work for my hair and scalp continues....sigh...

Read my other reviews on MooGoo products
MooGoo Anti Ageing Face Cream
MooGoo Full Cream
MooGoo Cow Lick Lip Balm

If Today Be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar

Tehmina's husband has just passed away and she is now in the US visiting her son and his family. She has now to decide whether to return to India where everything is familiar or to start anew in the US.

  

Living Nature Foundation

The pump dispenser that dispenses waayyy too much product

My solution to the problem : The cosmetics syringe 

that I use to save the amount of product dispensed

In my quest to make a move towards using safer and natural cosmetic products, I made this switch to Living Nature's Foundation. 

I've been using it for almost two months now and I love it. It goes on smoothly and is light weight and really doesn't feel like I'm wearing make-up at all. I use the color Sand and it looks really natural on me.

It smells like milk chocolate when you're applying it but the smell doesn't last long.

The foundation is packaged in a 30ml glass bottle and comes with a plastic pump dispenser.

A small drawback of the pump is that it's hard to control the amount that it pumps out and it tends to pump out way too much product. I've overcome that problem by purchasing a cosmetics syringe that allows me to use only as much product as I need.

Would I recommend you purchase this product? Definitely!

Living Nature products can be purchased in all Justlife Stores.

MooGoo Full Cream

The Full Cream tub comes packaged in a box

The all good ingredients

The MooGoo Full Cream is the thicker version of the MooGoo Udder Skin Milk. I've been using this product since December (I bought it on Christmas Eve). I purchased the 250ml tub (it also comes in a 75g airless travel pump dispenser).

I simply llooovvveee this cream. I've been using it every day after taking a shower and it just sinks into my skin. It needs to be worked in a little bit but when done, it feels good with  no greasy feeling. It has a very slight scent which goes away quickly. I've been using this product for about 2 months now and I'm only half way through the tub. A tub lasts a long time and is good value for the money spent :)

Oh, did I mention that it uses only natural ingredients and doesn't contain anything nasty? Check out the ingredients list for yourself.

Would I repurchase this product again? Definitely!

Read my other MooGoo product reviews
MooGoo Anti Ageing Face Cream 
MooGoo Milk Shampoo and Conditioner
MooGoo Cow Lick Lip Balm

Pushy African

A student who missed two Mid Term tests held TWO weeks ago, despite the dates of the tests being announced in advance and then reminded over and over again, insists that I allow him to take the tests now. The said student as well as his classmates were also told that if they were absent from either tests there would be NO taking the tests at a later date.

This student (he's African, by the way) has been harassing me for the past two days to allow him to take the test when he discovered that both missed tests amounted to 50% of the final grade (also something that I made clear to the class in the first week of class). He rarely comes to class and most probably wasn't aware of the marks breakdown which I explicitly explained in class --- ha, what a surprise!

His excuse for missing both Mid Term tests? He had to visit a friend in the Kajang Prison (can't help wondering what was going on that he just HAD TO visit his pal in prison on the day of the test...hmmm... someone suggested to me that perhaps it wasn't a friend he was visiting in prison but rather, he himself was locked up!).  He also told me that he was in hospital on the day of the test and produced a receipt from a hospital dated January 9 for a test that was held on January 19 --- hmmm... it seems like he has a problem comprehending numbers now....! The education system in the country which he comes from (Republic of Guinea) can't really be that bad, can it (I mean, to the extent of producing people who don't know the difference between January 9 and January 19 --- that's a difference of 10 DAYS!!!)?

Crimson China by Betsy Tobin

A story about an illegal immigrant from China and a woman who was about to commit suicide when she saved the immigrant from drowning and how their lives are intertwined.

Bookends by Jane Green

I love Jane Green's novels.

This one's about a girl, her best friend (a boy) and once upon a time close friend who suddenly makes an appearance in their lives after many years.

The Bone Setter's Daughter by Amy Tan

Ruth, an American born Chinese, fears that she is losing her mother, LuLing, to dementia. Ever since she was young, Ruth's mother seemed to believe that she had the ability to communicate with the spirit world and with Precious Auntie's spirit.

LuLing was raised by a nursemaid, Precious Auntie, who was mute and burnt. LuLing's mother did not show much love towards her and seemed to prefer her younger sister Goa Ling. Precious Auntie, however, was devoted to caring for LuLing.

LuLing later learns, after Precious Auntie's death, that she is actually Precious Auntie's daughter and that the woman who she thought was her mother all along was actually her father's sister.

Luling is sent away to a Christian orphanage after Precious Auntie's death and later becomes a teacher. She and her sister, Goa Ling, later immigrate to the US and marry brothers.

This story is about Ruth's learning of her mother's past and gaining an understanding into her mother's behaviour.

Bookcrossing

I went by to 1-Utama two days ago thinking that I was going to drop off some book crossing books and maybe see what might be available to be picked up. The little white book cabinet wasn't in its normal spot. Hmmm.....strange, I thought. Thinking that the 1-Utama management had relocated it to another part of the mall (as they had done in the past), I found myself walking to the other end of the mall looking for the Book Crossing Zone. Upon not finding the little white book cabinet there as well, I finally resorted to asking the staff at the Information Counter only to be told that the 1-Utama management have discontinued providing the service! :( The Book Crossing Zone in 1-Utama is GONE!!! :( :( :(

Sigh... and here I was thinking that 1-Utama is a great mall that is involved in community service... I guess I thought wrong. Now, what do I do with my Book Crossing books???

Starbucks 2012 Planner

At 23:00 tonight, I finally redeemed my free Starbucks 2012 planner from the Mid Valley outlet :) It comes tissue wrapped and presented in a nice black box.

Duduk Cafe @ Publika

I went down to Duduk Cafe in Publika two nights ago after reading numerous positive reviews on it. We ordered the Spaghetti Meatballls and Beef Burger.

The service was slow. The Spaghetti Meatballs was over done and the meatballs were burnt. The quality of  ground beef used for the meatballs was poor.  The Beef Burger was also overdone and dry. The chips that came with the Beef Burger was good though.

This is certainly one restaurant that I won't be going back to and I certainly won't be recommending to others :(