Fantastic Baby !!!!!!

Big Bang ALIVE Galaxy Tour 2012 in Malaysia

photo taken from ReonSu pictures

Its concert time again for the crazy mama!! 

I am loving the K-pop scene very much these few years and how can I miss out on BIG BANG which totally rocked the night last night?

Big Bang's ALIVE Galaxy Tour 2012 in Malaysia is the only leg that is held in an outdoor stadium. Their other concert stops are done in an indoor stadium, so it makes it special! Better still, when its raining in Malaysia and the fans are still roaring loudly, cheering for the boys and rocking the night away together with the boys, singing their hearts out despite the damp weather. 

I have got good company for this concert. I went with my Penang house neighbor, YL. Yeap, you heard me, my neighbor of 19 years and another mutual friend of ours. How great can that be? 

Big Bang bringing us together? =)

At first when I heard all tickets were sold out in just less than an hour its was sold online and at Farenheit 88, I was a bit disappointed. Then I waited for people to sell off their tickets but most of them were selling it at rockethigh prices. In Malaysia, this is what they call 'goreng harga' .. I almost gave up and thought maybe its ok if I sit this concert out but as the days drew nearer, my butt started to itch, my heart and mind telling me that I would totally regret if I really sit this one out.. so I started browsing forums .. and asking YL whom I knew. had wanted to go but she, too, were looking for tickets. 

I suggested to her that I will help look for tickets too and that we go together? and within minutes of that day, I found someone selling a pair of tickets for RM191 at the original price and the ticket price were in our budget so I quickly contacted the seller and bagged us those tickets.

A week before the concert, I made plans with YL on where to meet up so we can go to the concert venue together. 

photo taken from BigBang official facebook page photo album

We agreed to park at her work place, which turns out to be where my friend, YitFong, was getting married. Talk about such coincidence! Someone whom I turned down his wedding invitation to attend the concert. Yeap, I turned down the 13 years of friendship for 5 young, good-looking boys. *GRIN* HOW CAN I TURN DOWN THE YOUNG BOYS???? TELL ME !!!!

FY, the other mutual friend with her sister and brother-in-law, met up at the same place too and off we went, taking the monorail to the concert venue. It was really very convenient as the monorail stops directly at Stadium Merdeka ( Maharajalela stop). 

I thought we were already quite early but we heard there were already people lining up since last night, lining through the rain, which poured rather heavy earlier in the afternoon.. and when we were inside the stadium too.

We lined up for about an hour before they started letting us into the stadium and we made a mad rush to the front of the line.. unfortunately, there were already quite a lot of people before us but we were not too far back either, so we could actually watch the screen and if we tiptoe real hard, we could see the boys' head on the stage. Yea, the stage was rather low and small compared to the SM concert stage. Not to mention, the sponsored Samsung screen on both sides  were darn tiny. I think I am spoilt by SM concert and LeeHom's big LCD screen. 

We got in by 7pm, and then... suddenly the clear skies started to drizzle and then pour !!!! Thankfully we purchased ponchos outside, so we were not drenched in rain, but more of drenching in our own sweat! UUrrrGGhhh !!!!! 

Big Bang delayed the start of the show a bit until it started to drizzle again, and the best thing was, when they started, the rain stopped completely !!!!! 

Nobody really cared that they got wet, nobody cared about the rain.. all we wanted were the boys and that was what we got.

It was a really good performance, a good crowd of fans who participated and being K-pop fans, they have fanchants to each songs and almost everybody knew all the lyrics to the songs. WONDERFUL isn't it?

photo taken from BigBang Alice Galaxy Tour 2012 Malaysia Official Photo Album by Newskaki.com

T.O.P was just so sexy beyond words ... the voice, the rap *drool* 

Daesung was just so cute with those smiley eyes and his infectious smile :)

Taeyang and his English ...

GD and his swag *sigh*

Seungri and his exciting to be here .. *gRin*

but surprisingly, them being Korean artiste, they actually spoke English to all of us.. it was a nice change compared to Super Junior who spoke Korean to us, expecting us to understand them and their English were rather good.

The concert sure started and ended with a BIG BANG, thats for sure.. how can it not be when Taeyang stripped his shirt off in the end, revealing those YUMMEH YUMMEH abs and the sexy tattoo... some guys just do look sexy with tattoos.. Maybe its the 'taboo' badboy factor that added the sexy-ness to it..

It sure was a good night last night, despite rain and all .. I would do it all over again.

Just waiting for the next group of young boys to come to Malaysia to perform .. Super Junior M ? 

=)

**other photos are taken off from YL's facebook photos. 

Youth Preservation project

Hitting number 3 next year got me panicking now.

My skin has always been dry and dull-looking.

No matter how much sleep I get, I will still look as if I am very tired and have not slept for months.. the dark circles and eye bags don't help either.

I really look like a panda bear but then again, panda bears are cuter anytime .. I am just plain scary without the makeup on.

Its amazing how my husband and son don't get nightmares just by looking at my naked face.

This year, however, I started to notice that fine lines are starting to develop around my eye area, and the crow's feet, uurrgghh... I feel so old looking at me looking back at myself in the mirror. 

Even if I try covering up with make-up, and my make-up skills are like only 3/100, the most basic ever ... with no knowledge at all on how to apply concealer properly, eyeliner, eyebrow drawing, blusher... failing very badly using eyeshadows and blusher.. *sigh* and then suddenly the caking under the eyes showing everybody the lines which looks like the dry cracked desert ground ..

So, one day, I told Hubby that I need some shopping money to get me some preservation help to my skin.

Luckily Hubby had RM400 shopping voucher with him, and I took it away from him without hesitation and called up Z to go shopping with me.

Previously I had spent about RM300+ just on Biotherm range but they made my skin breakout like mad.. so I guess Biotherm is not on my list of preference now. :p

Originally I wanted to try out Dior Hydra Life skincare range but damn, they are really way too expensive and that day, the sales assistants were rather picky with their customers so too bad .. then I thought I wanted to give Clinique Repairware Laser Focus but it seems its still not sold yet.. and I heard many good things about Advanced Night Repair serum by Estee Lauder so ...

I ended up at Estee Lauder and got these.. 

Damage? 

Hmm ... RM490 which means I had to fork out another RM90 :(

RM200 for the eye cream and RM290 for the night mosturizer.

The rest -toner, serum and day mosturizer are free samples given by the sales assistant so that I can tryout the range and see if it works for me.. because if it works, you know its a definite return to Estee Lauder counter for me.

Today is my first day applying the range ... 

I am giving myself 3 months at least to see if I can see any positive difference in me, which I am going to start sharing with Jaden his supplements. One cannot just rely on skincare range alone.. I need vit-Cs and lots of antioxidants too.. :)

This also means, I have to apply the skincare diligently and not once every two three days, which I do have the tendency to slack off ...

So.. wish me luck in my very own 'youth preservation' project and lets see if it can perform miracles on me. 

Self Help :: Feeding himself

Next mission :: to teach him how to use fork and eat noodles .. :)

Would you still love me tomorrow?

Looking at this picture right now, makes me think about the future.

Would he still be taking this type of picture with me when he turns 20? 30? 40?

Would we still have that carefree smile together, snapping candid photos like this?

I now understand why people say, no matter how old a child is, he/she will always be a baby in their parents' eyes.. and that is how I see Jaden in mine. Forever my baby boy. 

Magic Number 5

Dearest Jaden my son,

Mummy would like to first and foremost, apologize to you for all the times mummy had been superbly mean to you, scolding you and threatening you with the cane but do bear in mind, its all done in the name of love -in hope that you will grow up to be a well-behaved good young man.

I can't believe that you are already 5 years old. I wished time would slow down a bit so I will still get a chance to baby you. You have already grown to be half my height and weight and you are only 5. There is only a few years before you tower over me, my dear child.

This year, your birthday was nevertheless anything less than before. Exactly like how the past years have been, we celebrated your birthday with lots of joy and pride, celebrating your growing up and milestones you have achieved so far.

Kai-Yeh, Gyn and PeiSan came over to celebrate with you your, sharp at 12am on 28th September, singing you the Happy Birthday song which you enjoyed and clapped to it. Reminded me of when you turned 2 years old. How you looked at each and everyone in the eyes happily. This year, you did an additional thing, you got to blow out your own birthday candles !!

Mummy baked you a little teddy-bear's head cake as you were into bears this year. The bear's eyes and mouth were decorated with blueberries with a strawberry nose. You did like the cake and ate quite a bit. :)

It is a given thing that you will always have a birthday party every year. This year, we held the party in our own house, this time much more intimately with only a few friends.

Your party started at 730pm, and while guests start trickling in one by one, you were having fun manipulating them to play with you and keep you company by watching all your DVDs. 

You were casually dressed in your Maroon skinnies and white singlet, looking everybit a urban fashionista. At least that is what Mummy thinks about you.

Mummy cooked baked pasta and roasted chicken for you as your birthday dish while the guests are served the most unhealthiest food ever, KFC and Domino pizzas. Well, at least Mummy also baked chicken drummets for the guests to munch on. :) This year's party was indeed very much a chillax one.. no pressure, no running around, and no chasing you around. You were very very comfortable having this party in your own territory, little one. 

Daddy and Mummy gave you a bicycle for your birthday and seeing you get on the bicycle brings tears to my eyes. You have indeed grown up so much ...

Mummy commissioned a GFCFEF (gluten / casein / egg free) cake for you in the shape of Sesame Street's Baby Bear as that is your current favourite. 

This year, you got to blow out candles on three separate birthday cakes, two of your special diet cakes and one for the guests, which Mummy got from Food Foundry - Vanilla Mille Crepe. 

Mummy loves how your eyes lit up each time you hear people sing you the birthday song. You were the superstar of the day and living up to each of that moment, having things your way.

Haidn, your baby god-brother, celebrated your birthday with you for his very first time too.. I sure hope that you both will grow up to be close to each other like how brothers should be. 

You got a lot of hugs and twirls from your birthday guests. 

I hoped you enjoyed your birthday party as much as Mummy enjoyed planning and preparing it for you.

I love you baby boy, and please do let Mummy walk with you and hold your hands because there is no one else that Mummy loves greater other than you. 

Lots of love, hugs and kisses,

your mother. 

Singapore -of girlfriends and my love, LEEHOM

Last weekend had been a great weekend getaway for me. Just me, myself and I on a plane, heading south to Singapore.

Reason for going :-

1) My girlfriends are flying in :- PG - KL - HK and meeting one up that is based in SG.

2) My boyfriend (fine, my imaginary bf), LeeHom is having his MusicMan II @ Singapore.

Since I missed the show in KL and since he is my #1 idol, I have to attend the concert no matter what. So when I heard the news about the ticket sale pre-launch, I got my trusty girlfriend, PC to help me buy first thing in the morning and in the evening, for Z to help me buy flight ticket. Yes, I bought the flight ticket two months in advance and got it at a cheap rate too. Woo hoo ~

I was glad I did it because, not only did I get a 10% off, I got one of the best seat in the house for the cheapest ticket. Hey, SGD ain't exactly favorable against Ringgit so I got to pay within my budget without forgoing a great show.

So, last Saturday, I drove myself to the airport early in the morning and found quite a strategic parking spot. Why strategic? Because there were two policemen sitting right under the tree shades monitoring the parking lot. Checked in as early as I could and thumbs up for Tiger for being on time, earlier in fact. Just that I didn't really like the experience coming back though. Thats another story to tell next time. I just want to talk about happy things here.. =) =)

Bumped into an old friend whom I have not seen since 2005 and now, hes a married man with three kids. THREE KIDS already?? He was with his wife and daughter, just sitting in the row right infront of me.

Then when we landed, I decided to save on cab and took the mrt instead since the hotel I am staying this time is just right above the mrt. So convenient ! and best, its only SGD3.

WW and PC was out shopping at that time nearby so I went up to the room first and rested a bit before they came and join me for my first meal of the day. Actually, the food I ordered was not bad. Then PC left for home to refresh herself while WW and I took the MRT down to Orchard. Thought I could do a bit of shopping for Jaden but we ended up just walking, getting lost and in the end, we took a cab back to the hotel where I got ready to head out for my next appointment -LEE HOM!

The atmosphere was ecstatic. This time, my experience in attending a concert in Singapore changed. It was a 360 change from the experience I had during SuShow III. Maybe because I was seated next to amazing friendly LeeHom fans and to see the Homaniacs in the  

VIP seats holding up the MALAYSIA sign made me feel a little better.

Despite my ticket cost being the lowest with the additional 10% off, I still believe that I might actually have quite a good seating as Singapore Indoor Stadium ain't that big and everything was rather clear, with the large LCD screens, I could not ask for more. Made some new friends who were really really nice and friendly, resulting in me leaving the concert with one of the girls., Coke (her Thai nickname) *grin* Just kidding. We were actually heading to the same direction and us being tourist, decided to go together.

The concert was AMAZING. 

LeeHom NEVER FAILS to entertain his fans, giving them what they want. His musical talents BEYOND WORDS. That UNIQUE voice that you can distinguish him from other singers any time. FAB with his words.. though I felt that he actually love Singapore. :( but then that is just my feelings.. I know, Singapore is a clean, safe, modern and much more profitable than Malaysia but me, being Malaysian and proud to be one, just feel a little sad that sometimes these artistes tend to overlook their Malaysian fans. 

Zhang ZiYi was also there, attending his concert. LeeHom and ZiYi were actually in Singapore for a few weeks, filming for their new movie. Shes rather pretty in person too and she seems to enjoy the concert as much as we did. 

This time, I bought myself a MusicMan II souvenir, something which I don't think I would be able to get my hands on if its in KL. Those would have sold out like mad in KL, knowing how large the fanbase is here in Malaysia.

The concert ended at about 11pm and I headed towards Clarke Quay to meet up with the girls who have been waiting for me.

Of course, me being me, got lost together with Coke at the MRT line. Stupid MRT keep winding 

up at the station that we didn't want despite 

us getting on and off and on and off again. In the end, we got so frustrated, we got off at MBS station and well, I got a sort of non-official look and walk at that place, pass by Avalon, saw the beautiful Fullerton across MBS *sigh* if only I could slow time down, I would have liked a nice walk and take some touristy pictures.

Finally we hopped onto the cab, walked around Clarke Quay, my phone was down -could not call out nor received calls/sms.. until we bumped into Coke's friend who was on her way to meet Coke too and she helped me made a call to PC and took me to meet my girls. How nice right? And I just only met Coke a few hours ago...

We partied for a while at Attica, while looking at all sorts of people from all walks of life, making a fool out of themselves in there.. a teenage girl who fell down on the floor drunk, flashing her panty to everyone present, an embarassed boyfriend pulling her up and they continued making out like nobody's business... a really good looking expat with some trashy looking local, who only have eyes for his trashy girl.. *sigh* 

Anyway, we girls had a few drinks before calling it a night and one by one, all fell asleep as soon as we had a quick bath at about 4am-ish.

I, had to get up early at about 9am the next morning to meet a fellow mom for breakfast. Luckily, the mom was kind enough to meet me at the hotel, and me using the hotel voucher for free breakfast for the both of us as the others were still sleeping and by the time they wake up, breakfast would have been over.

Since the girls were still sleeping, and I needed some help with directions getting to SuperNature and H&M, the mother offered to come along with me. You have no idea how grateful I am to her for coming with me and also introducing me to SuperNature. I went wild with purchase after purchase at SuperNature for Jaden's things. Guess the exchange rate in SGD didn't stop me after all.. 

Money spending did not just stop at SuperNature, which turns out to be situated just behind St. Regis Hotel. If only I knew about SuperNature back in Feb, that would have been even more perfect. I headed to H&M to get Jaden some clothes for his birthday. I think we walked nearly the whole Orchard and the only thing that made me remember where H&M was A&F. Yes, those yummy young half-naked hot-bod models do really make you remember the shop location. * BIG MONKEY GRIN*

By the time I was done with my shopping, it was about 1230pm and the mom and I parted ways at Orchard with me taking a cab back to the hotel to meet the girls for lunch. Saw SC, but she was heading out to lunch with her Sg friends so we had a quick talk and after I quickly packed, I took a cab to meet the two girls who left without me for lunch at a nearby area.

Thankfully, they have not started on their lunch yet and well, it was one of the best meals I had in Sg, other than the ramen place that LinaRee brought me before. I am sure many would have heard of this chicken rice place called Boon Kee Chicken Rice. After a scrumptious filling meal, and some girly chat.. it was time for me to head back to the hotel, take my luggage and head straight to the airport.

2days 1night in Singapore with my girls is just too short... after minus-ing out the hours I spent at MusicMan II. I already missed them when I sat in the cab, heading to the airport.

So did I enjoy my getaway trip? Well, it was a yes and no, yes because I got to meet my girls and also watched the concert, no because of some accusations, which I WILL NEVER FAIL to get whenever I am away without the boy. That fact never changes ... :(

and that concludes my Singapore trip in August 2012.