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!