Pictures Tale | My Christmas Pamper Evening

May the peace and hope of Christ's birth be with you now and in the days ahead. 

Merry Christmas xx

A Day With Me | "Passengers" Screening on 23 Dec 2016

Hello peeps! Last night I attended Passengers' screening and just want to share and document my experience with you guys hence here's the blog post heh. 

Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355644/mediaviewer/rm562235136

The details on the tickets are amazing!!

The packaging!

Super early

Credits to Kok

Director: Morten Tyldum

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA): Rated PG-13 for sexuality, nudity and action/peril

Official Release Date (MALAYSIA): 29 December 2016

*SPOILERS ALERT* Passengers is set in a futuristic world. The story is about a bunch of people who signed up to the Avalon starship company to be transported to a new homeland called Homestead II. All the passengers are being put into a hibernation state whilst they travel through the space for 120 years until they reach Homestead II. Halfway through the journey, some mechanical malfunction occured at Avalon's spaceship when one of the larger meteors got through the sheild, and triggered the hibernation pod of a fellow mechanical engineer Jim Preston (Chris Pratt). He woke up, thinking that all of them were about to land in Homestead II, but ended up finding out that they have only completed 40 years out of 120 years of the journey - he woke up 90 years earlier than everyone else, and the worst part is - he has no way to get back to sleep in the hibernation pod. In a year's time, he try everything he could to get help but was in vain. His only companion was the robot bartender - Arthur (Michael Sheen), who is also the main catalyst and source for comic relief. One day, as he is strolling in the hibernation room, he spots Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence). From her electronic profile, he got to know that she is a journalist from New York. He also watches the videos that she recorded before boarding Avalon and reads the books she wrote. He was profoundly attracted to her. After that, he pondered upon the decision whether or not to wake her up as well as he has the hibernation pod manual. And I shall leave you at the cliffhanger for you to find out the rest of the movie in the theatre *evil laugh* 

Sorry for the super lengthy synopsis of the movie. Honestly, I suck at summarizing things and I think this is pretty hard for me because I watched the movie and I know everything that's gonna happen and I JUST CAN'T PUT THEM IN SIMPLER WORDS. And also, I don't know if I'm giving away too much lol. I feel like everything is important and everything must be told in order for you guys to get the gist of the movie. I hope I didn't give away too much of the plot. Review time! Okay, first I am gonna make comparison of the trailer to the actual plot of the movie. EVERYTHING WAS UNEXPECTED. I thought it's just gonna be another "space movie". I don't know if it's just me or it's everybody, but I'm always under the impression that space movie is always slow-paced, and someone is bound to die. ALWAYS. Passengers is totally the opposite of what I expected. It's hilarious, it's controversial, it's nerve-wrecking. A lot of people say that it's like a spaceship version of titanic, but I think it's more than that. This movie makes you think in depth, like how fate plays with our lives in a million ways, the butterfly effect of that one single decision you made, the nature of mankind and how isolation can effect mankind so deeply that a person is bound to do something against his conscience because it's the nature of humans. This movie definitely provoked a lot of deep thoughts in me. Plus, the Sci-Fi genre is totally my cup of tea. Hence, I would 100% recommend this movie!

We got to watch this movie 6 days before its official screening in Malaysia, which is on 29 Dec 2016 and I think we're so lucky that I'm beyond words! This is definitely the most perfect Christmas gift for me because I get to watch Jennifer Lawrence's movie and share the joy with my bestie (who has been looking forward to watch this movie for many months) and my family as well. Thank you GSC for this wonderful experience! 

Hope you guys enjoyed reading.

Lookbook | Outfit during Christmas holiday trip 2016 (featuring sneakers)

Hii! Today I'm going to be sharing with you how I styled my outfit during my short vacay. A lot of you guys would probably favour travelling to countries that are in the winter season now, but since it's a budget travel for me this year (and for most of the years actually), my outfits are actually more suitable to be worn in warmer countries because I travelled to KL this year. Although the clothes are not suitable to be worn in counties that are experiencing the winter season now, they actually look quite winter-season-inspired considering that the colour are mostly nudes, black and white and kind of toned down.

Just to make it clear, these are the sneakers that I paired each and every of my outfit with. I feel like I should mention this beforehand so that you guys don't have to hear me repeat in the description for the 3 outfits because YOU WILL BE BORED TO DEATH. 

For my 1st outfit, I paired a flimsy basic white top with a V neck + a pair of leather textured shorts. I think these two are the perfect combination and you can wear them anytime, anywhere. They are very basic, chic and comfortable. The top is flimsy and made of a very breathable fabric, which is a plus when you go to crowded places like flea market and especially comfortable when you the temparature is humid or when you are having a day where there are no air conditioners. Since the whole outfit is pretty lowkey, I wore a few dangling pieces hanging from my neck. I actually felt okay to over-accesorise for once. I quite like how the accessories spice up the whole outfit.

(as you can see from the photos, my hair isn't in its best condition)

My 2nd outfit is the combination of a black long sleeves top with golden buckles + a light brown a-line skirt with buttons down. This outfit can be a little stuffy on humid days but it is absolutely perfect for cafe-hopping or shopping because they have air-conditions to make the interior airy and cool. The thing I like about the black top is the furry texture and also the golden buckles on the sleeve. And the little cut-out as well! I paired them up because the golden buckles has same colour with the golden buttons on the A-line skirt and the texture of both pieces just goes so well together. I also wore a golden necklace with an 'O' pendant just to add a finishing feminine touch to the whole outfit (I actually borrowed the necklace from Meow Lover, so shout out to her!) 

For the 3rd outfit, I am going to feature Wei as well because, let's be honest, her outfit looks awesome on her, doesn't it?

I paired an off shoulder wash-out grey top with bell sleeves + a pair of frayed washout jeans shorts. Honestly, I didn't think that an off shoulder would look flattering on me because I am quite fleshy but I tried it on in the fitting room and I quite like it (it's nowhere near flattering but.. at least not as bad as I thought it would) This outfit has a subtle rebellious vibe, at the same time it's quite cool as well because the colours are washout. To me, I think it's all about what you accessorise this outfit with. At the top part, I have two necklaces hanging around my neck - one is in gold and another is with silver. Both are of the same length, but they have different pendants. They look surprisingly good together when paired with this outfit. Surprise, surprise!

Wei paired a dark green blouse + a pair of black flowy shorts. I really love this combination as it is elegant and comfortable to wear during a trip. This look is quite plain, but the flowers made of sequins at the border of the neck lining just make this look works. Magic! 

These are just some of the outfits that I have paired up with no reference of professional outfit pairing advice or whatsoever, they are entirely just my personal opinion and me rambling through with you guys HAHA I hope you enjoyed reading and hopefully you'll get some inspirations for your outfit for this coming Christmas holiday! Travelling to any places around Christmas? Would love to know where you guys are heading to! 

That's all for this post. Thank you for reading!

Travel diary | 3 Days 2 Nights trip @Bukit Bintang & Cheras, KL

Stayed over at Meow Lover's house the day before departure because we need to get to the KTM station at Butterworth early in the morning but the Penang bridge was going to be closed the next day due to Penang Bridge Marathon 2016. Went to Design Village with my family before going to Meow Lover's house and reached her house a lot later than planned because we had our dinner at Wendy's and the queue was crazy!

Woke up around 5am. Got ready - applied Laneige BB cushion (courtesy of Meow Lover) and changed into a black tank top that I got from a junk sale and a ragged army green trousers at I got from Forever 21 at a really good bargain. After breakfast, her mum fetched us to the KTM station where we assemble with another two - the Bombshell and Wei. It was a first time experience for all of us to travel by using ETS and we were all so excited! I was wide awake for the first few minutes on the ETS, looking out the window and soaking in all the really beautiful scenery and still feeling so surreal to actually travel with friends for the first time. After all those ohhs and ahhs, I practically slept through the WHOLE journey, somehow managing even not going to the loo during the five hours on the ETS. It was only when we were near the KL Sentral that I finally woke up and somehow managed to drag myself and the luggage out of the ETS. 

Once we were out of the ETS, I am totally blown away by how KL Sentral looks so much like the interior of an airport! It's so full of life with people travelling from one destination to another. We asked the receptionist how can we get to Nu Sentral (it's attached to KL Sentral actually) and were escalated to the entrance using a flight of escalator! (yay?) I went frantic for a moment there because all the shops were so pretty and festive that I wanted to cry out of happiness. 

We strolled around in the mall for awhile and had lunch at Sushi Tei before catching KTM to the KL station, which is the next station after KL Sentral. 

From left: Meow Lover, me (JQ), Wei, Bombshell

After we reached the KL station, we called for an Uber that fetched us to our hotel. The hotel that we booked was Pacific Express Hotel. We booked one superior room as there was a 30% off promotion on Trivago when we were searching for hotels. Price: RM54 per person for 2 nights. Besides the reasonable price, we chose this hotel because it was just within walking distance to Petaling Street and Central Market and also, they have a freaking open air pool at the top of the building. 

We chilled in the room for awhile, then went up to check out the pool for a bit, came down to change into our swimming suits and then went up again to the pool for a cool dip. Bombshell swam like a fish (so natural) while Wei and I are just doing silly moves in the pool yayy HAHAHA

Later, we got back to our room to bathe and get ready for dinner, and that was when something disastorous happened to me. My hair were all tangled together and it was soo gross. I swear it wasn't because I didn't comb my hair (secret revealed, I don't comb my hair all the time). It was all wet and sticky (it sounds wrongg but this is exactly how my hair felt). I asked around if their hair is somehow in a situation like mine. Bombshell said that it was normal because I didn't wear a swimming cap and the chlorine in the pool water could be jinxing with my hair. Anyway, moving on from that note, we got our make up done and by the time we got ready for dinner, the weather was bad. We walked to Petaling Street and it started to drizzle when we reached. We hurried to a stall and three of us order chicken rice (RM9) while Wei ordered Wanton noodles (RM10). 

True friend holds an umbrella for you on rainy days like this when you are so engrossed in photography that you don't even care if you are drenched anymore. Thanks Bombshell!

The next day, we woke up later than we initially planned. Felt terrible because my whole body was aching. I asked around and Bombshell said hers ached too. So I thought it must have been all the weird-moves, extending my limbs in the pool and all that. For day 2, I wore a long sleeves black top that I got from VS Outlet and paired it with an A-line skirt with buttons that I got from H&M. I was really hyped about Bombshell's outfit and makeup as she opted for a bad girl look. I love Meow Lover's and Wei's outfit and makeup as much as I do with Bombshell's, but I felt the most exciting when doing Bombshell's makeup. It's like channelling her inner alter ego out through the outfit pairing, accessories and make up. I have to say that all of them looked absolutely stunning on Day 2.

I LOVEEE helping others to do their make up. It's just like finding a customized gift for each of your friends. Look at that winged eyeliner though :o Bombshell looked so "heong" HAHA

We hopped on an Uber to Tous Les Jours for free because we entered the promo code and by the time we got there, we only had to pay 45 cents or smtg and the driver was so kind that he didn't even charge us a penny. The breakfast/brunch at Tous Les Jours was AMAZING. We were all stunned by its interior design and decorations, not to mention also the reasonable price and the array of breads we can choose from! 

Fruity Pastry RM4.90

Honey Brionche RM4.90

Cheesy Pillow RM5.90

Honey Flower Cheese Bun RM6.50 This is an absolute sell out. We only managed to get our hands on one :(

Egg Benedict Breakfast Set RM14++ THIS IS THE BEST EGG BENEDICT EVAH!

From left: Bombshell, me (JQ), Wei, Meow Lover

brunch never looked so good, so do us

We walked to Pavilion after the breakfast/brunch. It was literally a stone's throw distance. The Christmas decorations at Pavilion is absolutely breathtaking - so grand! And also, can we take a moment to talk about the merry-go-round sponsored by Swarovski? *holds breath, eyes widen, mouth forms an O shape* Basically, we just walked around Pavilion and window shopped (we have tonnes and tonnes of money and we can splurge on designer bags and clothes and all those brands that YouTubers raved about, says no one ever) 

I think that the only shop that possibly has the most reasonable price in the whole Pavilion is Miira Mew, located in Tokyo Street. So if you guys ever go to Pavilion, you might wanna check out Miira Mew. They have some really lovely clothes at affordable price!

selfie in the dressing room cause the lighting is perfect

Had lunch at Pavilion's food court. This whole set is just for a freaking RM10++ It's a Herbal Soup stall. If you guys are planning a budget trip, also remember to check this stall out. They taste good and authentic!

Had high tea at Ben's because they had a promotion. We ordered their promotional set - chocolate cake (couldn't remember the exact name) served with hot lemon tea with syrup. The chocolate cake is really good as it is served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! Just OMG! As for the lemon tea, I'm not a fan of English Tea so..

Favourite bakery

So Christmassy!

Say 'hi' to Gingerbread man

Around dinner time, we went to Sephora at Starhill Gallery. It was my first time going to Starhill Gallery and I find that the structure of that building is soo cool! Loved the mini elevator there as well (it only fits about four people?) HAHA so cute! Had a stroll at Farenheit88 later, no surprise. Went to Shoopen (thanks for recommending Stephie!). Bought Japanese instant noodles for late dinner. Meow Lover also bought herself a box of Beryl's Tiramisu chocolate. 

First time trying Gelato. Tried the mango and mint+choco flavour. I have to say that it's not worth the price. We paid a freaking RM22 smtg for this.

After being stuck in the jam for about half an hour or so, we finally got back to our hotel and wind down. Had a really fun night directing and filming the whole process from cooking (well, technically it's not even cooking) the noodles to eating them and reacting to the taste of it and to when we dump it into the bin on Snapchat. Watched a really weird movie on HBO with zombies and vampires and mosters in it and fell asleep around 1am++. 

Surprisingly, I was the first one who woke up! Yayyy this is so rare that I'm thinking of presenting myself with a prize (lame) So we got ready, applied minimal make up on our faces, checked out around 10:30am and headed to Cheras to meet our really sweet and cheerful coursemate - Gold Fish. When we reached there, we were so delighted as she and her family has prepared a FEAST for us! All the snacks were very delicious and we were absolutely spoiled. Thank you Gold Fish and family! 

After having a luxurious breakfast at Gold Fish's and talked for a bit, Gold Fish's mum fetched us to Times Square. Had a really good time shopping there. The clothes were superrrr affordable. We kind of regretted spending Day 2 at Pavilion because there was really not much that we could buy and the day was kinda wasted. Our shopping ended hastily as we needed to catch our KTM in time around 5pm to Seremban where we continue the second part of our trip.

Btw, Gold Fish is not posing, she is REALLY having a conversation through the phone with her mum HAH

Whilst waiting for our KTM to Seremban, we had a selfie with our token.

ps: As for my body ache and hair, they got worst day after day. My fingers were swollen and my legs were so painful I couldn't even bend my knees. Luckily they got better after a few day's stay at Seremban. All good for now. As for my hair? They never got any better during the trip, only worst (jeez.. should probably start using a comb now)

That's all for this post. Hope you enjoyed reading. Thank you!