Of sensual showers

Purchased my first ever bottle of “Neroli Jasmin Shower Gel”, by The Body Shop.


Its regular price is beyond what I pay for showers, but once in a while a, I am bless with a sale to indulge in the finest things The Body Shop has to offer. Yes, I said “finest”. This is THE finest shower gel I’ve had the privilege, no, no, luxury of using!


Its description on the bottle reads:

Neroli takes its name from the Italian Princess of Nerola, 

who used it as her favourite perfume to enchant admirers…. Neroli Jasmin, a captivating blend of Jasmin with touches of 

warm vanilla orchid, sandalwood and neroli. 

Wear it and embrace your feminine powers.” 

Flip the cover open and you’re greeted with sweet yet slightly musky smell of jasmine and vanilla. The musky effect is something I’ve never experienced using the other body shop shower gels. It really lends something unique to the Neroli Jasmin.


The scent only gets better once you lather it on, mixing it with some water. It intensifies, but does not get overwhelming. Achieving an amazing balance.

I enjoy my showers, but the neroli jasmine really transports me to a calmer and sexier place. The vanilla and jasmine scent makes it very feminine, and then musky undertones makes it so … so woman-like, so sexy.


Best used with warm showers. Turn on the heater, let the water run for a few seconds… let the steam start to build… then start… the fragrance fills the shower and envelopes you with sexiness! It really does unleash the hidden feminine powers! Helps you embrace it! Makes you sexy and confident.


One of the best showers yet. 

A must buy for all shower buffs!

As i raise my arm to my nose, 5 hours after my shower, i still can smell the neroli jasmin!

Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame. 

What comes to mind?

Madame Tussauds? Hollywood? Bollywood?

The next question: How do you get to be part of the hall of fame?

Well, by attaining fame. Being famous.

This gives rise to the most fundamental of questions: What is fame?

Do you really have to have your name and picture sprawlled all across the tabloids and papers to be deemed famous?

Do you need media recognition?

An award maybe? Noble prize even?

Not for me, and not for The Script.

You’re in the hall of fame once you make an impact, be it on one person. Because then, you’ll be in his personal hall of fame.

My teachers, lecturers, and educators of all sorts, you are all in my Hall of Fame.

Be students

Be teachers

Be politicians

Be preachers

Be believers

Be leaders

Be astronauts

Be champions

Be true seekers

The Whimsical Garden

This piece just happened. I was watching an episode of Greek, an ABC series I follow(ed), now that it is over and I've watched all the episodes.

So, I was watching Greek, and drowning myself in all the university style drama, when my hand just reached for the yellow foam, and I started cutting out random flowers. Next thing I knew, I had pretty foam flowers!

Now, when one has pretty foam flowers, one must adorn them with pretty pink studs! 

Usually, I'd just store my material in a drawer, keep it for another day, another card...

 my material drawers!~!

BUT not this day. This was an inspired day… or hour… I went on full speed and created this Whimsical Garden !

Beautiful!

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Casting 50 Shades of Grey

There has been a lot of hype on who will play Christian Grey and hype, albeit less, on who will play Anastasia Steele. Here is my pick!

Matt Bomer as Christian Grey. 

Vanessa Marano as Anastasia Steele. 

 

These two actors seem right!

***The True Test of a Good Butter Cake***

Ever bake a butter cake and it taste delicious fresh out of the oven, but smells like eggs the next day?

Such used to be the story of my cooking adventures. 

Half, sometimes more of my cake used to go to bin because no one would eat my cake. In fact, I hardly had any cake myself. I guess all the baking make me "jelak" before I even tasted the cake. I thus resorted to baking chocolate cakes. Why? The Cocoa powder masked the egg smell.

However, I soon learned (from Tessie, my sister, who in turn learned this from a cooking show in TV, see, TV is very educational) that you need to "de-sperm" the egg before you use it in a cake.

Also, I was using a microwave oven, instead of a regular oven. My family recently purchased a mini oven, cheap and small but mighty useful.

So a few days ago i set off on a new baking adventure. Step one: I bought myself a new baking tin, a smaller one, to bake a smaller cake of cause. I decided that butter was too expensive to waste. It would be wiser to bake a smaller cake and eat it all on the same day it is baked. 

I bought the "good" butter, it cost about 1 Ringgit extra. I thought, why not. 

I was then home, and ready to bake, my weighing scale out and ready. Now, to weigh the goods, and not myself. I used the good butter, the new baking tin, I de-spermed the eggs, i used the new oven, I even put a pan of water in the oven to keep the cake moist, and i used the awesome recipe Arpita Bajaj gave me.

The outcome, my BEST butter cake yet! 

The cake was moist, it came out of the pan easy, it was buttery, it had a great bite, it was cooked all the way though, and it did not smell like eggs!!!! Most importantly, it was a decent and modest size, no wastage, and it left us all wanting more, and without the "jelak" feeling.

I saved a few slices for the next day, for after all, the true test of a good butter cake is to see that it still taste good the next day, and that it does not smell like eggs when cool. My cake tasted great the next day, and smelled nothing like eggs!

Success!!! 

I'm a pro baker now! *Beams* HAHA!

Graduation 2012 collection

Some of my girlfriends recently graduated and my sister and I spent some quality time making these for them. Enjoy.

 This was done using mostly the quilling method. The "congratulations" is hand written with a gold paint ink pen.

This funky card was hand painted... the wishes included. It took me a few hours as i was really enjoying myself... I love how abstract and unique it is... Just like the girl who received it.

This whimsical piece was thrown together with much ease! Tess made the owl with much skill! It is appropriate for a guy or girl... granted that the pink theme be changed to a more neutral colour like blue or yellow. Tessie is mostly responsible for this.

There was a time when I used to make birthday cards using this theme. The butterfly is a foam sticker with some glitter effect.

Here are all 4 of the cards:

Selamat Hari Raya

I was experimenting with some acrylic paint I had at home.... The background is paint, and the rest quilling

Ketupats for all! Ketupats have always been the symbol of Hari Raya!

Huggy Card

Sometimes you just want to give that someone a hug... 

be it a friend or your sweetheart.

Send a huggy card to someone today

(The quote: "A hug a day keeps sweethearts that way")

Red Dress

This card will make any young girl happy, and any lady feel like a young girl!

Tell me what your favourite colour is and I can change the colour scheme of the card! Other beautiful schemes are Purple, Pink, Blue and even Black.

Purple Tulips

A nature card. It can be used for a variety of occasions- Thank you, Invitation, Happy Birthday, I miss you, Happy Anniversary, I love you.... you name it!

Birthday Cake and Gifts

I made this when a friend asked me whether I had a birthday card for sale.

(the type of gift stickers used may differ in future orders, depending on the availability of the stickers)

The colour scheme can be changed according to the purchasers choice. Almost any colour scheme is available.

Place your orders!!!

Christmas Collection

Christmas 1- Foam Reindeer with bead collar

Christmas 2- Foam tree, felt pot and sticker gifts and star

Christmas 3- Foam and Felt Socks

Christmas 4- Hand glued to form a Christmas tree.

Christmas 5- Merry Images of Christmas. 

(The type of gift image may change depending on availability)

Christmas 6- Tiny leaves shaped paper are painstakingly sticked one by one.

Christmas 7- Gifts!

Christmas 8- Two Tone Tree!

The gifts are paper, but they have a little sparkly stone in the middle of the ribbon

Christmas 9- A Feisty Christmas Tree

Should anyone like to place an order, let me know.

The allure of the 1800’s.

The dresses,

The men,

The protocol,

The balls,

Classic courting,

The lengthy conversations flooded by niceties and protocol.

Or;

Frederick Wentworth

Edward Rochester

Heathcliff

Edmund Bertram

Fitzwilliam  Darcy

George Knightley

I’m a sucker for romances.

I tried to list the “men” in preference, but I could only settle on Wentworth being my favourite. The rest all rank second together. There really is no choosing among them. They’re all awesomeness.

Darcy and his Pride.

Elizabeth and Wickham talk of Darcy's pride. (Chapter XVI)

Wickham:

"- for almost all his actions may be traced to pride; -and pride has often been his best friend. It has connected him nearer with virtue than any other feeling. But we are none of us consistent; and in his behaviour to me, there were no stronger impulses even than pride" 

Elizabeth:

“Can such abominable pride as his have ever done him good?”

Wickham:

“Yes. It has often led him to be liberal and generous,- to give his money freely, to display hospitality, to assist his tenants, and relieve the poor. Family pride, and filial pride, for he is very proud of what his father was, have done this. Not to appear to disgrace his family, to degenerate from the popular qualities, or to lose the influence of the Pemberley House, is a powerful motive. He has also brotherly pride, which with some brotherly affection, makes him a very kind and careful guardian of his sister; and you will hear him generally cried up as the most attentive and best of brothers.”  

(Pride and Prejudice. – Jane Austen)

When you read this book, forget not its title.

For every good author ensures that the title relates to the core of the book.

Thus, look out for the many colours and faces of Pride and Prejudice throughout the book.

The greatest of authors also write in a fashion that allows the reader to feel the emotions of the characters.

I KNOW Jane Austen was a GREAT author.

I see the many shades of pride unfolding… I expect to develop a prejudice against Darcy, and some other characters in a few more chapters. And as the book goes on, I also expect to be prejudiced against Elizabeth.

We’ll see how well I know Jane Austen’s style.

The Shower and My Siblings.

Background:

My elder brother and younger sister share a bathroom. I used to, but gave up. Now I am much happier. *Smile*

I was sitting in the hall when this conversation took place between my siblings in the kitchen, within earshot:

*some talk about who showers at what hour in the mornings before work*

Brother:      *something about how its his timing for the shower and she shouldn't be in the shower at that hour*

Sister:         Why should i come out when I was in the shower first?

Brother:      We have an agreement!

Sister:         Show me the agreement!

Brother:      It’s a verbal agreement

Me:             [internal mono-log]: my brother takes the prize with his response!

A few days later, I tell my sister that I heard her conversation with our brother.  And she says:

Me:             He really took the cake with his response that it was a verbal agreement

Sister:         Actually we have a memorandum of understanding ya? (though it was a question, it was more rhetoric and said with so much conviction that she had made a most capital point)

Me:            All you have is an understanding! No Memorandum!

Prezzies

Look at all the gifts i got you for your birthday!

Interested purchasers, do contact me

Butterfly with gift

A new birthday card. 

Butterfly with gift!

The butterfly, gift, and flowers are made using the quilling technique. The grass is felt.

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