passing by the hour

Started a new job recently and the job was slightly a lot easier than what I’ve thought. Compared to a normal monthly account closing, I just need to count and close monthly cost of goods sold. My current company, well, they don’t practice monthly closing due to their nature of business, for example - you don’t always count oxygen tank even though they’re very useful but not that expensive till the extend people will steal them (or does the tank worth more than I thought? Beats me..). So I’m there to count and make sure their stock doesn’t go missing. And cash too. That’s the big picture. For those who understand what I’m saying, you should probably know what kind of position I’m working for.

Anyway, work is easy, simple and straightforward except the part when one or two demon(s) and few bitches tend to block your way. That’s when sadness and anger comes in. Part of a company package. Idly, I wonder why a company has work that way. I mean come on, must there be trolls in an office?

Here am I in the office, bored to death. I’m able to finish all my work very very early and guessed what? After I got my new job which is much 180 degree different, I kind of missed solving accounting equations and double entries. Finding out why it doesn’t freaking tally. For the past two weeks, finally today I get to do what I do best – finding out the discrepancies. Searching high and low instead of just capturing normal data which are all correct!!! How boring is that right? Tell me about it…

Was thinking to myself what kind of post do I close for this year end. A Christmas post? A resolution post? Holiday post?  Anything that is more interesting than these? Any recommendation?

Oh ya, great news for Mr Grey and Ms Anastasia lovers, the second movie is coming out next year! Can’t wait! My spoiler to you is Mrs Robinson will be there!

All about face Cleanser

I remember few years ago when I went to my friend’s usual facial salon for first trial, the beautician told me that all most of the people has combination skin. Dry on the outside and super freaking oily in the inside. In some cases, dry at certain area and oily at certain areas at the same time. Usually people will make a mistake by thinking they are having dry skin or sudden oily skin. How does it work? When you have a dry skin, your skin will generously produce a large amount of natural oil to protect itself from further drying. LOGIC!

If you're still unsure what kind of skin you're having, here's a picture to show you :

But this is what I’m still having now. Years ago it was even worst. I was having the perfect skin till I hit 16 of my age. Man it was terrible. Acne was non-stop toying with my face. That time I was using Clean and Clear, but only for their face wash and pimple gel. Their face wash generated enough but not overload foam, however, it works like a suction to all my oil and sebum. It was able to control the oil level. Good deal for a teenage face cleanser. The part where it gets expensive is when you’re using their pimple gel. Honestly, I’ve used more than five tubes because it really works based on its label. My mum always stocked them up for me before its gone especially the pimple gel. 7.5/10 for Clean and Clear. However, they have improve their formula from then, hence the old packaging are no longer in the market. This is how it looks like on their improved products.

Slowly, I became immune to that brand and I changed to SebaMed. A bit slightly more expensive than Clean and Clear. However, I used two of their cleansers – foam wash and soap. I like their foam wash the most cause it doesn’t dry my skin that much, where else for the soap, it dries, so I only use it during the end of the day. Toner was good, basic. Apparently I didn’t use any moisturizer, cause that time, my head was thinking moisturizer will only make my face oiler! Oh ya, their pimple cream was the best during my teenage cause it's able to cover my redness, that time it's like a teenage concealer for me. hahahaha. 8/10 for SebaMed. A widely regconised brand which doesn't go wrong. Also an improved formula. Can't even find the old packaging pictures anymore.

I got influenced by my ex later on for using The Body Shop. You’d be thinking I used the tea tree series right? Half true, cause I was using two series but the tea tree was after I use their aloe vera series. GOD that series was super delicate. I used a full range though, from face wash to toner (ONLY!! Again!). The aloe vera was able to calm my skin from further irritation. 6/10 for aloe vera series. 

After my skin was not so red, I slowly changed to tea tree. I’ve got to say, they own the best tea tree series compared to oxy which my sister was using. The only bottle which I’m still using right now is the essential oil. It works better than Clean and Clear pimple gel, but if you have a budget to cover, Clean and Clear is good enough. Really. 9/10 for tea tree series.

For oxy, I give a 6/10 due to my heavy acne prone skin. But if you're having a light acne, you can give this a try. 

But one thing I need to remind you guys, product that suits me might not better suit you or the other way round. Hence, you cannot avoid from trying and testing until you find the right one.

I’m not sure whether is my hormone or all the facial products are unable to put an end to my acnes, so my mum decided to bring me to her salon. The facial products that she was carrying during that period was Sothy’s. Expensive brand. 

This is the toner I used if you want to know.

First time ever a person nailed me with a pimple extractor. The feeling was bearable but awful. Bloody hell.

Sothy’s was not a good selection for the salon’s customers apparently, first is the weather in Kota Bharu while second is its content’s richness. Hence, Sothy’s was stopped and Meso was introduce in her salon. Meso better suits my skin compared to all the products I’ve tried. The beautician mentioned that Meso is a brand targeting Asian’s skin although it comes from France. Meso was not widely known in Malaysia compared to all the brands that I’ve mentioned, hence I have to restock while I’m back in KB for holidays. These are all the cleansers I used. I use their full range excluding toner. 9.5/10 for their products.

Good thing never last which I’ve noticed, the beautician stopped her business as she was having a ‘slipped disk’ like my mum.

Then there's the Shu uemura. Great cleanser with makeup remover. You might freaked out on their price but trust me, if you buy a small bottle of salon brand cleanser, adding up will be the same price. So why not you get both cleanser and remover together instead of buying them separately right?

My personal favourite for more than a year...

I do get stubborn skin sometimes, irritating reddening skin when flower pores and dust hit me... so I'll use A/I.. 

Run around the world with this bottle, no hesitation taken. 9.8/10 for shu shu cleansing oil.

Sometimes you might think cleansing oil might be a little bit to heavy in the morning right, so do I. My solution is milk cleanser. Good products but very rich in content, if your skin are acne prone, you might not want to choose this brand cause it might trigger your acnes to develop. Its either you choose wisely on which series you use or substitute with another brand 8.5/10 for Sothy’s.

For those with sensitive skin, you have to stick to one product for a long term only will you see the results. Best is using cleansers that doesn't produce foam and toner or moisturizer that doesn't sting.

My recommendation, Cetaphil. You may think that Cetaphil is known for body wash, you're super wrong! I use it for body, for face if I'm lazy to take my face wash from the sink (I hate keeping face wash in the shower cause when I'm not bathing, I had to purposely walk into the wet room to get it), and also intimate area!!!! Please stop using intimate wash cause it's not good! I know cause I had infection due to it and it cost me RM500 for my consultation and medication service in the SS15 OBGyn! Oh ya, one thing, Cetaphil has no foam. For first time users, you might not get use to it. Same goes for their price. If you're lucky, you might able to get offer price for RM180+ for 2 litres. Check it out at Caring! I've done my research, their's the chepeast. Then followed by Guardian, then Watsons. I'm not sure AA Pharmacy though, you can give that outlet a try.

97bros bracelet

A month ago it was my boyfriend's birthday and I was seriously out of idea on what to give him. In a year, he gets three presents, each from valentine, birthday to christmas. Yes, he's one lucky bastard. Since our relationship started rolling from year 2011, I think he has more than 15 special gifts from me right now. Well, except for two which he literally "can't find it" instead of admitting he loose it. Bravo!!!

This year's birthday I was like totally blank. I can't think of anything. I don't want to get him another pair of shoes because I know I will be ended up sleeping outside the room if his shoes continues to pile up on the floor (closet was fulled!).

I was scrolling my news feed in facebook one day and I saw LengYein jie sharing a picture of a bracelet that she's wearing. Well well, what do you know... FINALLY! Instead of couple tees suggested by my friend, I could get a couple bracelets! Which is new. I can't bear to wear couple tees out like last time. Like I'm afraid that no one knows that we're a couple. Well, that's old story I would not want to remember.

It took quite long for the bracelets to be made and reach my door before September was gone after I placed my order. First, all of the bracelets are made in Malaysia (Penang to be specified, nice place for beach), Second, they are all made by a number of boys born in year 97 (all of them!!!! I wonder how do they meet, from high school??).

 Ok, you might be thinking what does it have to do with the two conditions right? Let me guide you through... Because they are born in year 97, so currently they're all still studying.. in pre-university, and they were having their finals while my purchase was made (bad bad timing).
Well, as much as I want my bracelets to be done and sent at the very next minute, can't means can't. You won't want a handcrafted item goes wrong when you took your official close look at it! However, they did apologised for being late which was very very very considerate of them. =)

The bracelet comes with a gold colour water proof buckle with their ENgraved logo on it, while the rest depends on what colour you've ordered. I've ordered two different NMD inspired bracelets and guess what, it's even awesome than it looks on their website! Great isn't it?! It's very rare that you could get the same as what you see online and get the best out of it.

The material used on the rope are lightweight nylon kernmantle. It's a genuine MIL-SPEC MIL-C-5040 Type III. It has seven to nine inner yarns each made up of three strands. In other words, layman term, they are known as parachute cord, paracord or 550 cord if you may. They are famously used in the suspension lines of parachutes. It can be also act for general use such as securing a tent, securing a splint OR my favourite - tying up my boyfriend like what happened in Fifty Shades Darker. Yummy~ I WAS KIDDING!!!!! Ok lar... in my dream maybe... hahahahahaha!

Ok, let's not go out of line first.. At the end of the rope, they sealed it by melting and surprisingly they're able to make a smooth and perfect closure. No sharp ends at all. You won't get to feel the ends where they cut and tie a new colour (if your bracelet has more than one colour). If you get their royal series (single colour) then you should only have one or two ends of it the most. You'll be fascinated on how great their handiwork are.

Their bracelets comes in 0.25inch different starting from 5.5 to 7.5. However, if you're unsure on how to measure your wrist size, you can check on the steps provided in their website. If you're still unsure or want a custom size for example a bit loosen during wearing, you could request from them because they are all handcrafted from scratch! All of the contacts including whatsapp are listed as well if you have any question. My suggestion would be you measuring your wrist with a MEASURING TAPE, take a picture of it and drop an email to 97bros before proceeding to any purchase. Lesson learned. Don't say I didn't tip you ya.

October is here and what I've got for you guys is this... A new batch of series has been released called the Shades.. Fifty Shades of Grey you may think? Hahaha. No lar.. It's actually inspired by the new Apple Iphone 7. The new series has three new colours with a matching glossy gunmetal buckle! Anyway, with the conjunction of new series released, there will be a giveaway contest and the Grand Prize is an iPhone7 128GB in JetBlack!!! New phone to match your new bracelet right??? Ok, so here's on how to win it :

Method 1

• Purchase any 97Bros bracelet and you’ll automatically receive 10 ENTRIES for every bracelet.
• There are no limits on how many bracelet you can purchase

Method 2

• Follow our Instagram account @97bros
• REPOST our official giveaway photo on your account.
• Make sure to tag us @97bros & hashtag #97iphone in the caption.
• That’s it. You’ll receive one entry
• Contest runs Oct. 5 to Oct. 31, 2016. Winner will be randomly selected and announced Nov. 3, 2016 on Instagram so make sure you’re following us!

Remember, the more bracelets you purchase, the higher your chances of winning yo!!!

Of course, every contest comes with terms and conditions :

• For method 1, contestant will receive 10 entries for every bracelet purchased and paid in full before the contest ends.
• The bracelet can be any series or edition and does not necessarily have to be the Shades Series.
• For method 2, contestant will receive ONE (1) entry if he/she reposted 97Bros’ official IPHONE giveaway post on Instagram, tagged @97bros and hashtagged #97iphone on the repost photo, has a public account, and is following @97bros at all times.
• There are no limits on how many bracelets an individual can purchase. If he/she purchased 7 bracelets and fully paid the invoice within the contest deadline, he/she will receive 70 entries.
• If said individual also reposted 97Bros’ official iPhone 7 giveaway post on Instagram, he/she will receive a total of 71 entries.
• Reposting is limited to once per account.
• Resellers are not eligible for this giveaway. All entries will be revoked.
• Contest starts on 12.00PM Oct. 5, 2016 Malaysia Time.
• Contest ends on 11:59AM Oct. 31, 2016 Malaysia Time.
• One winner will be randomly chosen.
• Winner will be entitled to an Apple iPhone 7 Jet Black 128GB Model MN9M2LL/A.
• Winner will be announced on 9:00PM Nov. 3, 2016 Malaysia Time.
• Winner will be announced on Instagram.
• By entering this contest, you agree that your name will be publicly released shall you be the randomly chosen winner.
• Winner will have 72 hours to contact 97Bros to claim his/her prize. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of any and all prizes awarded.
• Winner must use either his/her phone number or email address we have on file when he/she entered when placing the order.
• If the winner selected is an Instagram repost, he/she must direct message us on Instagram using the handle.
• 97Bros reserves the right to change any of the terms and conditions of the iPhone 7 Giveaway for any reason without prior notice.
• 97Bros reserves the right to cancel the iPhone 7 Giveaway for any reason without prior notice.
• By entering this contest, you automatically agree to the terms & conditions listed above.

And before I forget, a good reminder for y'all... 97bros bracelets are only available on their official website or the first and only authorized in-store dealer Vetement.

So, if you come across to any unauthorized dealers, kindly proceed to inform 97bros. The original bracelet comes with three months warranty card with one time one-to-one exchange due to manufacturing defects (see their terms and conditions) inside and engraved black box. So make sure everything is in good condition before you accept and sign the receiving document. Always check before you sign anything.

So after a long long babling and explaining, my gift for you is this, all bracelet comes with a three months warranty as I've mentioned. However, you could get an additional of one month if you key in the coupon code - "97loyalty".

So, what are you waiting for?

By the way, NMD series will be taken down soon, if you're interested in this series, you gotta be quick! Start ordering now!