The one with Clarisonic Mia 2...

So the last Sephora 20% off sale, I took the opportunity to buy this baby after hearing Shiqs and Izza raved about their babies. I am such a lazy face washer, if there is such a thing. So I don't bother removing my make-up first before washing my face. I am assuming the facial wash will do all the work. So imagine my surprise when I wipe my face and still see make up on it.

So I decided to get Mia 2 in the Christmas edition for 2 reasons. 1) It is too pretty from the usual solid colours (yes, I was aiming for pink) 2) It came with an extra brush head.

What are the things you can find in the pretty box!

LOVING IT.

I love how pretty it is. Yes, I am superficial that way. The same reasons why I only buy iPhone because they have the prettiest covers.

They have their own facial wash but you can use your own as long as they are not 1) oil based 2) beads for scrubs.

Mia 2 is much bigger than Mia. Mia is better for travelling but when it comes to holding it, Mia 2 gives you a better grip. Mia 2 also comes with a holder which allows you to dry it after using.

The charger. If I didn't see how it is done at Sephora, I probably still be finding the hole to charge my Mia 2. Luckily, I was quite attentive haha.

Deep pore brush was something I bought for Baobei when we are married and he can use it as well. This is highly recommended for men.

Also, inclusive of all Mia / Mia 2, it comes with a brush head for sensitive skin but Mia 2 Christmas ed comes with extra sensitive brush head so after the 20% discount, it really is cheap.

Yes, that is how you charge it.

It is said we can use it twice daily, and it will not "spoil" your face. But when I used the sensitive skin brush, I had little break outs. So I switched to the extra sensitive brush head, and best! My skin feels naked each time I use it because it really does remove everything. My brush head will be brown from the foundation but it can be washed with your facial wash soap. I use it once and at night when I am done with make up on my face. I have yet to switch to twice with the extra sensitive brush.

The only downside of Mia 2 is that I use more facial wash than usual manual washing. Also, after 15-18 uses you have to charge it for 5 hours which it would have been better if it can last longer eh? The brush head lasts for 3 months before you change (like a toothbrush) which costs about $30++.

Overall, I am very pleased with this baby. I don't have to worry that there is still make-up on my face every night. So my face is a tad better. Best part, it is also comes with warranty that is international. This has become my best friend in the toilet. Baobei used it once when he was over and I asked him to wash his face hahah.

Worth every $$$ I spend. It may be a tad expensive but take it as an investment. 

POST NOTE: Thank you Zu darling for noticing my error. (Was rushing for wedding errands which are never ending eh?) Mine is Aria, not Mia 2. Mia 2 is the smaller, compact one and has 3 speeds as compared to original Mia. Aria also has 3 different speeds and you can see when the battery is going to die. And yes, buy when Sephora has 20% off!

The one where I shift...

Since the plan is to stay with our parents until we get our own place, we have started shifting beds/cupboards/clothes. Baobei has not painted his room for the longest time ever, so we decided a face lift is what we need.

Baobei wanted "earth" colours but eventually decided on 2 shades of grey and scarlet pink, which is very unusual of him haha. He was all "It's okay B you don't need to help. I will be staying up until 6am to do it,"yeee banyak until 6am. When I dropby after tea with my NIE friends, Ibu-Baobei was already helping him to paint because she says he is too slow.

Baobei was like, "How do people do this as a job?" and he said "B, our house we just get people to paint ok?" It costs 1.2k to paint the whole house but he says it is worth the money. I was telling him Bangla bawah block actually can do it at a much cheaper price. Hahah, this will be a discussion when we have on our place (which another viewing this week!).

So after 2 days of painting, we are done. Now left to bring my things over, which is not much since we are going back on weekends and school holidays. The more pressing issues is to make space for him at Serangoon. HAHA. My room is tiny but I know it will be cosy.

TAK SABAR NAK KAHWIN MAMAAAAA.

The one Dancing Dollies jadi keyboard warrior...

So, I am so busy with the wedding and shifting, and still have not finished planned my honeymoon which is why I had to give my Friday #MPKvirtualdateat1213pm a miss. Then, I got this:

"I don't understand which part about buying in the open market being lots of fun unless you're damn loaded. Which you're not cos that cash portion you need to have is typical of the type of unit you're looking at.
While you're at it, there is no need to be condescending towards other people who are "refreshing the bto page", like you, they too want to have a house they can afford.
Stop trying to act like your ideas are damn original when they are not. You're making yourself seem so desperate to cover up your budget wedding with your tacky looking wedding card which good god, reminds me of a Rock Klasik Vol 15 cd compilation cover that you can purchase at Suria Records.
I have nothing against small weddings. But if you can have a go at others, we can have a go at yours too." Dancing Dollies aka Keyboard Warrior

And I actually very malas nak layan orang macam gini but it was too amusing to not reply this person, so I did (my comment was so long I had to cut into 2 parts to post but...)

Dear Terasa Nak Mampos,

I am actually very busy at this period of time because I nak kahwin and belum fully plan my honeymoon with my soon-to-be husband but your comment on my blog post is just too hard to ignore. 

You don't understand what is fun? My assumption is 1)You have never bought a house (but it seems awak Kakak-Kakak BTO) 2) Resale house is not your thing, therefore you tak pernah experience the process of buying from open market. Part 'unless you're damn loaded' is not true. HDB just needs to loan you a reasonable amount + combined CPF + grant (for first timers & stay near parents) for you to buy a house that fits your budget. Dah, it is that simple. Ni bukan era COV. Part 'Which you're not', kalau I reveal how much I earn a month (not inclusive of my soon-to-be husband), nanti you kater I action pulak. So it is rezeki masing-masing. Just learn to bersyukur with what you have and mampu ok? We didn't buy the house not because we tak mampu but we have plans to buy a brand new bike which 3/4 will be paid in cash and we have a few holidays we want to go in 2015. So jangan macam faham sini.

In this post where I mentioned 'the obsessed girl', I was talking about me. If you read my entry about 'The one with the unexpected house', I blogged about my experience of sales of balance flats with HDB and how I kept refreshing the page until the dateline to see how many people applied for the unit I wanted. Plus if you are able to use words like 'condescending', you will be able to understand basic English like ‘girl’ is singular, not plural. So I wasn't talking about other people, I was talking about myself. If you weren't so judgmental about people, then you won't terasa like you are now. 

I am not sure what "ideas" you are talking about that I am so big about it being my own. Haha, if you're talking about hantaran kecik is my "original idea", sorry to tell you that it is just common sense. I am not desperate to cover up my budget wedding, I am PROUD. I can tell people like YOU that no matter how budget you think my wedding is, I feed my guests with food cooked by Gurame, have a wedding by the sea, wear baju by The Wedding Brocade, have a ring customized making me the only one in the world who has it and only spend 10k which I have paid in FULL with my hard earned money! I tak mengharapkan duit salam to pay for my wedding or my parents/relatives to sponsor part of my wedding.

https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=rock+klasik+vol+15+cd&biw=1366&bih=626&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=A5yVVIOCO8TluQSN0IHACQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ
You mean my wedding card looks something like this? Darling, these records were SOLD in stores which I am pretty sure you know since your bapak own one. So no matter how tacky YOU think it is, this design made it out there and guess what? People still buy it. On a totally different note, thank god we are not related in any way. It would be a waste of money to bagi makan to people like you yang mulut tak der insurance at my wedding.

You can have a go at my wedding for all you want. There is nothing that I would have done differently. Anyway, I have nothing against grand weddings either. Just that, it irks me how unrealistic some people are to spend money they don’t have and be in debt after the wedding. Nak kahwin, jangan meyusahkan orang including yourself. Jangan kerja nak mampos for money to be spend on one day and you deprive yourself from happy things. I saved for my wedding but still could go Bangkok (taking SQ), Bandung, KL and Krabi, and still can buy shitloads of stuffs.

So awak jangan terasa sangat. Kalau nak kutuk, buat homework dulu. I am usually nice, even to people who have different opinions from me. But awak ni da datang rumah orang (which in this case my blog) uninvited, mulut asalboleh tembak. Kalau cakap awak bodoh, nanti tak boleh terima.

Okay, I am very busy. But if you masih nak comment bodoh-bodoh, amuse me. Kalau I terlalu free, I will reply you. Kalau tak, disini sahaja. Just take note, I have printscreen your comment just in case you realised how bodoh you sounded and nak delete. Tapi ingat, nak terror jangan kat keyboard je ok?

xo, RR.

Then when I post my part 1 reply, I saw this:

The author being Dancing Dollies aka the Keyboard Warrior. I don't delete comments.

Baru cakap kan? You know the saying "Kecik-kecik tak nak mampos, besar-besar susahkan orang." Ah ni lah the epitome of the saying.

The one where the haus agent failed...

Disclaimer: Haus here is not thirsty in Malay but is pronounced as house. International slang haha. So please don't read it wrongly ok.

I think I have mentioned that we are looking into resale flats

1. Size of the house (< 103 sq m)
2. We want to kaup (take) as much money we can from gahment (no grants if bought directly)

and found one which we went for viewing the Monday after the entry. We managed to set the appointment and got both our parents to have a look at the house with us. Reason being? Our parents have a better eye for houses since they bought and sell quite a few themselves. 

So anyway, we met the haus agent whom I shall name M (for merepek) under the block. We found out that the house is on the 2nd floor. Already a disappointing factor because I wanted odd number and a higher floor, preferably. So we entered the house and then, she brought us around and started talking about the little details. You know haus agent right? They speak only the good things and hope you don't notice the bad things.

TBH, the house is in an Ok condition. If we bought it, we would redo the kitchen, toilets and paint the whole house. And get new set of air-con. We noticed some corners of the walls very worn out but we were OK with it. But M started her merepek-ness, it was hard not to cringe.

After looking around the house, M took out a floor plan of the house to show us that it is 105 sq m. Then she pointed to the front door on her floor plan and showed us the front door of the house. I mean, ummm? I can tell where is the front door or master bedroom without looking at the floor plan, thank you very much.

Then M started asking us how we felt about the house and we told her about what we felt that needed to be done. So the price was put 470k which was out of our price range but the ad says negotiable so we are just trying our luck. So we told her 470k was something we can't afford right now because we are still building up our CPF, especially Baobei, and we are looking for something lower. 

So then M asked if we have done our HLE, and I told her that we have not as we needed Baobei's December pay slip to complete the HLE. But I told her based on our calculations on HDB website, we are eligible for 3XXk only. Guess what M said?

"But both your combined income is more than 5k right? And you have no debts for cars/personal/study right? I think HDB can offer you 400k for HLE."

Wait, a haus agent is telling me that the loan calculator designed by HDB is not working right? How can what I calculated and what she thinks HDB can give me is a HUGE difference? Yes based on experiences of people who have or in the midst of buying houses said that the HLE will be slightly more than you calculated. But we are talking more than 40k difference here. Merepek right? If she authorised the housing loan at HDB, I think our housing will be in trouble or people work to pay for house only.

Nevermind. It doesn't stop there.

M said her seller is not in a hurry to sell and that they are not buying after they sell because they will be staying at a relative's. B U L L S H I T.

We found out that her client is divorced and the woman has already remarried. You know what that means right? Court gives you a time frame to sell off the unit to return the CPF to it's respective owners meaning in this case, the woman and her ex husband. After all, I am pretty sure her ex husband would not like the current husband to stay in the house that ex husband paid his share right? So the not hurry to sell, I call bullshit. 

M said she can try 450k for us but any lower can be hard since the ex husband has his price. When we told her that we definitely do not have the money to pay at 450k, she said this, "Why don't you loan from the bank the excess and then rent out your house for awhile to pay the bank?" Seriously I am starting to question her credibility. How can we rent out when we just purchased the unit? There is a rule that we can only rent out after 4 or 5 years living in the unit. And she is a haus agent and I am just a potential buyer, but I know rules better than she does (or she's just trying to make her sale).

So nevermind. M continued her selling tactics on us saying "There are couple of people who have viewed and are interested." Sorry, you posted this ad for awhile and yet no one has bought it. You texted me and arranged a viewing the day you came back from holiday (no rush eh?). You reposted the ad a month later (even after I have viewed and you waited for our HLE). So the many potential buyers you speak about? I call B U L L S H I T.

Then M decided to play 'dirty'. She said and I quote, "People are taking advantage that it is low floor and only Malays can buy over the unit." No darling, people are not taking advantage but it is to our advantage. Know the difference. Yes, people prefer high floors that's why low floors sell at a cheaper price and that is a fact. Malays can only buy the unit because our quota is not filled and that is just too bad for that particular flat. Anyway, it is known that Melayus like to stay near their kelompok (I am not sure of the word/spelling and everyone is asleep haha so just take it as it is) in Jurong, Tampines, Clementi, Pasir Ris, Bedok, Simei but very little of us in Serangoon and Bishan. So it is our advantage.

Since the sentence didn't move us at all, M went one step further. She said, "Anyway my seller is not well to do. You saw that right? So poor thing if you were to buy it at a much lower price." SHE DID NOT JUST GUILT TRIP US. Yes, the seller has a mother, 4 kids and a maid which equals to 8 people. Yes, she can no longer afford the house and needs to get a cheaper house. But I am not buying a house at your price out of pity, we just don't have that kind of money. Or rather, we are not willing to pay more than what we can afford. But you don't say things like that to guilt us. I am sorry things are not going well for them, but we are not starting our marriage with a debt because we pity them. So if we take bank loan, they senang and we susah kirakan ok ah? DON'T PULL THIS SHIT ON US. If we had the 450k budget, trust me we would have taken it already. But we don't and you know it!

We were seriously unhappy with the way she worked but we liked how big the house is and how close my parents would be. So after we got the results of our HLE (within 3 days if you don't count weekends, thank you Yvonne for helping get it done ASAP!), we texted her

Btw, did you notice how her story change? From 'not in a hurry to sell because they are not buying' to 'they need to buy a flat after selling'.

M thinks she is the only one who can play hard to get? I see potential haus agent qualities in me. Haha! But I was told to play it cool even though I really love to get the unit. The master bedroom toilet is huge and we could fit a bath tub, that's why I keep dreaming about me soaking in the tub.

Anyway, M replied me the next day,

And that is why I am blogging about this now. The deal didn't fall through and amazingly, I was/am ok (I am more attached to houses than Baobei are). For me, I am pretty sure there are reasons why we didn't get the house like maybe the house isn't good for us or we probably spend more money trying to fix it. Like I said, we are not in the rush but it will always be nice to have our own place and currently the resale market is a buyer's market. Hopefully they will get a buyer that can meet their pricing so the 'not well to do' (according to M) seller can buy a house. It will be funny if weeks later, M would text me and say that the seller accept out offer. Who knows by then we are actually looking at other houses (haha since what I said is a total bull).

What's our next plan? Since our HLE is valid for awhile and I seriously love haus shopping, so the haus hunting continues. Buying from the open market is really fun. Instead of being the obsessed girl who keeps refreshing the BTO page to check if the unit we want is still available, I spend a lot of time on STproperty and PropertyGuru (bookmarked them!) page checking for 4A houses in Serangoon and Bishan.

Til the next haus that may potentially be ours, xo.

The one where we were interviewed...

ROMM interview got pushed back because Baobei is on course and they are not opened on weekends. So we finally managed to grab some time in between his course and Baba's work to go for our long overdue interview at ROMM. Found on ROMM's website the things we needed:

Basically for non-baggage cases, you just need to bring your IC (and if you have gone for kursus, bring so you don't have to bring on the hari nikah). But if not, you need all the other relevant document to support 'your case'.

We share with ROM so there were lots of couples of different races, so make sure you get the correct queue number!

Apparently, you can't book your timing with the tok kadi there. You just have to try luck. We reached about 10am and there were tons of Malay people, and we were like "Crap, should have come earlier." Turns out, those Malay people are here to for 2 sets of solemnization that were happening at ROMM itself.

So we entered and took a queue number at the little machine at the side of the Information Counter. 2 minutes later, we were called into the office to have the officer very the details we have filed if there are any typo or if we have any changes to our name, address, mas kahwin, hantaran, address of the solemnisation etc. We (Baba, Baobei and I) produced our IC, in which she put in the folder and asked us to wait for the tok kadi to call us in for our interview in the room.

Baba went him for his part of the interview. During the interview, he asked if

1) I am his real daughter (not anak angkat or luar nikah) 

2) If he consents the marriage (he likes Baobei or not) 

3) If he is going to give me away or the tok kadi will.*

*Baba had no problem when he gave away Kakak to arwah Abang Faizal but he was nervous when he gave away Kakak to Abang Ridz. So he suggested for Abang to do it for me. He asked Tok Kadi in which he pushed the blame on me, saying it was me who wanted it HAHAH. Thank Ba, I got the backlash from the Tok Kadi who said that Baba is healthy and fit, and he should give me away not Abang.

After which, it was our turn for the interview. First Tok Kadi verified with Baobei about his details and confirmed that he is single. Then was asked if he took religious class outside (don't worry if you don't because he won't give you that judgemental look). Then he was asked to angkat sumpah. Then it was my turn with the same set of questions and angkat sumpah.

That's it. All ready to kahwin already!!!

We took about 20 minutes for the whole thing. We were lucky because the Tok Kadi that was interviewing us was supposed to go and nikahkan the 2 set of couples that we saw earlier in the midst of our interview.

Then took the rare opportunity to be out in the morning for KFC breakfast

Look at our happy faces! So much love for AM Twister & porridge.

After that we headed off to OG to checkout bedsheets and towels since the bed will be delivered sometime soon! Who knew bedsheets shopping can be so much fun. Will keep that for our next virtual date.

Oh, woke up to this:

Next, someone is going to congratulate on being married! I will love that more.

Til 12.13pm, xo

The one where we chose the untraditional...

I think I have mentioned quite a fair bit, how much of an unusual bride-to-be I am and I don't think my future MIL has expected a DIL like me. I mean, I am pretty sure she knew I was different than typical Malay girls but I don't think she expect me to be someone who is not big on grand weddings and hantaran (haha).

So how did we eh?

With The Wedding to be just a few days away, I think I have "the right" (because nanti people sakit hati and say I have not kahwin so got no say. Pls sista!) to give a little insight of how and why we did the things we did, and how it will help the future newly weds to make decisions. Maybe when I am a "pengantin lama", I will have better things to contribute, but remember that I am not the conventional kind of bride.

Weddings are meant to happen once in your life (In Shaa Allah), and yes it is a day we want to remember that for the rest of our lives. It is very important, therefore there is a lot of planning. With that being said, a lot of money is involved in the process of getting married. But remember this: A wedding is a ONE (two for some) day event. People tend to get too caught up in something that happens over a day than the things that will happen when your wedding is over. Things we talked about (and I am very lucky to have Baobei who is in-sync with me):

1. Size. The more people you invite, the more food you have to cater and the bigger venue to seat/accommodate your guests (especially during lunch/dinner time). 
2. How grand you want your wedding. It can mean many things like kompang ($500-900) /malay dance ($500-800) /live music ($1k and above) /photobooth ($400-800) /dessert booth ($500 onwards) & it can also means the kind of bridal ($1k can get you either 1 or 3 pairs of outfits, depending on who) /caterer* ($10-15/pax) /decor ($1.5k-10k). *My take is always to splurge on food. People will ALWAYS remember good food.
3. Dulang exchange = $ for the dulang decor ($15/30 per dulang) + $ for gifts (usually more of the high end brands like channel and chanel). IMO redundant. You can buy gifts anytime, darling. + You have to transport the dulangs to a safe place after the nikah. All these barang leceh.

Anyway, whatever I have to say is not really important because I am a bride-to-be of an small, intimate wedding. I don't invite every Malay person I know. I am especially not a fan of splurging all my savings on a day because up til now, I still cringe at the thought that we both have spend almost 10k each for The Wedding. 20k can bring us to Santorini, Bora Bora, Maldives, Brazil, Italy (I heard there are so many awesome beaches) and Africa or it could buy us the 9k mattress that I was lying down at Sealy store (sigh, my back would be eternally grateful to me) & our 2a bike. But I love the fact I don't need a videographer because with a wedding this small, I will remember The Wedding for the rest of my life because we will get time to mingle with our guests.

For savings part, after we have gotten the quotations from our vendors (which we split right smack in the centre) we knew how much money was needed. You take the amount that you need + $2k. Why? This is a wedding, there will bound to have unexpected costs and it is always great to have cash in hand for these kind of emergencies.

Most importantly when it comes to money, always have ALL the money needed to cover all your wedding costs.

NEVER, EVER RELY ON 'DUIT SALAM' (ang bao) TO COVER YOUR WEDDING COST.

If you do that, shame on you. It is as if you're expecting your guests to pay for your wedding (like buying tickets to attend), and that from the start is not right. Your niat (intention) for having a wedding is to have important people celebrate this happy life-changing event in your life, not to help pay for it. You are clearly not financially responsible if you expect people to pay for your own wedding. If you can't afford to pay for the kind of wedding you have envisioned, then don't have it. It is as simple as that. The mistake people make is to expect the duit salam to cover your costs. Don't make it so grand just because you want your wedding to be better than the last BTB's blog that you read. Honey, it doesn't work that way. This is not a competition so snap out of it! I know of people who count their duit salam the night after the event because they need to pay off wedding debts. Don't start marriage with a debt. It will just stir up unhappiness for just a one day thing.

Yes, today is your wedding day and you're the princess. Besok? Masih princess ke? Sorry, you are someone's wife who still owe vendors money. Not very princess-y eh?

I am very proud that Baobei and I have paid all our vendors in full (well, the money is ready just the appointment dates are in late December). So whatever we get from our guests is a bonus, not so much of mengharapkan. Our niat is for our close friends to be there and have good food. Though for me, the hardest was to forgo kompang. I fell in love with void deck wedding with kompang, when Kakak and Arwah Abang Faizal got married back in 2011, and I knew I wanted something like that. But I know I don't have that kind of money to spend.

Another tip to save? Open a separate account with another bank (I love UOB!) and transfer a specific amount of money to that account on the day of your pay day. And keep the ATM card stashed in your house and don't bring it out. We will both keep the accounts even after getting married as our personal savings for our shopping & holidays, while having a joint account is strictly for house + babies.

But if you're asking me how did we decide to get married? It was back in 2011 when I set my mind to settle down by 2015 (and I like odd numbers, though not 5 but I can't wait til 7) because I wanted to have kids at the age where I still have the energy to run after them. So when I was getting to know Baobei in 2012, I told him from the start that I wanted to get married in 2015 and if he wasn't looking for that, he can take his leave because I am not interested to date around. Thankfully, he stayed. Look at us now, getting married in less than 46 days time (oh, you will know when exactly as the date approaches).

See you tomorrow at 12.13pm xo

If blogging is my full time job, I am pretty much fired from it.

I didn't realise how much things I need to do for the shifting (Serangoon to Jurong & vice versa), wedding, honeymoon and #MPKgirlboss that will be running after we are back from honeymoon. On top of that, nobody tells a bride-to-be how much things run through your mind in the middle of the night.

Anyway, we went for our first house viewing but I will keep it until we are done with HLE (today or tomorrow, YAY!) and discussion of price before I blog about it because I have A LOT to talk about.

Right now, I promise our virtual dates will continue tomorrow at 12.13pm

The one where people will ask about babies...

I am sorry if you were waiting for #MPKvirtualdateat1213pm today. If you must know, I am a huge procrastinator and entries are only written at about 1030am on that day. So when something comes very unexpected, our virtual dates get pushed back ok?

Like today, I found out that I have become AuntyKatt and Baobei has become UnclePek (haha from his IG name). My very close gf, Li, whom I met through blogging (she read my entries while we were in poly when I was in a 'blogwar' I think) and we became friends then.

Li is the first person whom I am close to who got married, got a house (in the process) and pregnant. So she's my go-to. So I visited Li a week before she gave birth, and this woman was craving for chocolates. I, on the other hand, couldn't say no and got her a whole bunch that lead to a 3.372kg baby!

So yesterday, she was texting me about how she was 3cam dilated at 12pm and at 5pm, she was stuck at 5cm and had to take epidural. Texted her at 8pm-ish and she was still in pain but baby still inside. At 10pm-ish, I called her because she didn't reply me and she didn't pick up (I later found out she was pushing haha). Close to 11pm, she texted me

I'm a mom!

I can't describe how happy I am for Li. From how they wanted to wait until the house, to how disappointed when she had her period, to "I AM PREGNANT!", to "It is going to be a boy!" to all those baby scans and comes to this. I am such a happy AuntyKatt.

So here's Eman Zuhayr

Grumpy kid this little one. Only 2 days old and you already know how to be so grumpy. His nose + lips like the mummy and hair just like the daddy. HIS HAIR SO LEBAT!!! Too adorable this one. But here's my fabbret feature of his

Eh hello Eman, can you please explain to me where you get the dimple from? Both your parents don't have. Your grandparents don't have. I bet you must have taken from me when I keep touching your mummy's tummy right?

What a heart breaker at such a young age.

Anyway since yourtea had a CyberMonday sale, I got Li this to try:

BREAST FRIEND TEA!

Such a cute name. I got to know yourtea from Li who initially wanted to try one of their teas and I got really fascinated and ordered my very first Tiny Tea Teatox which I did a review and never did a follow up haha (I really am sorry haha). You can read all about it but this is supposed to help mummies with their breast milk flow. I think it is such a fun gift! It smells funky though (funkier than tiny teatox).

Anyway along with the loot, I got 3 more types of teas. 2 as gifts for 2 separate dearies that I will be meeting up to give them. 

1st up: Skin Magic Tea

2nd: Happy tea

I am super fascinated by the names! I don't really know how much these teas help but I think the name itself can play a huge part like a placebo effect kind of thing. Where you think this thing is going to make your skin clear or happy, and you actually "see" your skin clearer or you "feel" happier. I am such a sucker for these kind of things so can't wait to give them to the respective owners!

Lastly, I have been a fan of Tiny Tea Teatox and although I never did a follow up review, I know there's one thing that this tea has done for me that I am eternally grateful for; Energy. I am always on the move so I am damn lethargic in the mornings but at work, I no longer find a need to nap anymore. I have no intention to be tiny, so the part where it is supposedly to help me loose weight is not something I was looking out.

But since, I am soon to be married and be a wife, Tiny Tea Teatox is no longer an option for me. Why? Because it is said to not drink when you're pregnant/trying to get pregnant. Okay, breathe first. Let me introduce you to my 2015 tea: (when I say 2015 means I drink in 2015 onwards after the wedding, so pls sista)

Before you all go judging me for being "overly enthusiastic" or "kau tak tahu sabar', please chill your tits. There are people who are only getting married in 2016 and 2017 but they lagi enthusiastic about bookings and securing their vendors likka bridezilla when there's no rush since there's ample time. Whereas for me, babies can happen already after our wedding.

Why did I get myself Fertility Tea? 

First and foremost, let's sidetrack a little. Even before our wedding which is next month, we already had questions like "Are you guys planning to have one immediately?" 

I think I have mentioned it before (somewhere in the blog) that both our parents do not allow us to plan for our first kid, and we should just go with the flow. If we have, Alhamdulilah, rezeki. If don't have, we can always try again in the bedroom haha. Both of us are agreeable to whatever our parents said so baby can be in our 2015 plan, In Shaa Allah.

Thus, I am finding a substitute for my Tiny Tea Teatox since baby may or may not happen for us, and I don't want to do more harm to our potential baby so I am playing it safe. I am not like preparing for my body and hope to get pregnant like one month into the marriage but I am open to when Allah is willing to give us one.

1. My main purpose is to find a substitute to Tiny Tea Teatox because I love drinking teas and will need a replacement when I discontinue it.
2. The sub reason is to always prepare the good for our future kid so he/she can have an awesome time in my womb for the next 9 months. Anyway this tea is still good for me, regardless pregnant or not.

So I am finishing my last few teabags of Tiny Tea Teatox before I bid it goodbye until I have given birth to our first kid which we will never know when. Anyway, I think drinking Fertility Tea is super cool because if people are going to ask if I am pregnant or when am I ever going to be pregnant after our wedding/honeymoon, I can make them swallow the tea bags on my behalf. I am planning a heartless cold reply like I did with the "How much is your hantaran" question. 'You shut up, you have no say' kind of attitude to the same Makciks KPO. Worst case scenario, I can always look forward to the throwing of teabags or hot tea. Oh wells. Hahaha.

I think it will be amazing to have kids just by looking at how Li went through hers. It must have felt amazing to be placed at the highest level a woman can be; which is to fight between life and death to give birth to a little human being.

Anyway if you enjoy teas, you should get them especially when they have discounts. You should get people to buy together because you can share the 10USD shipping fee and the teas arrive in 3-4 days time (because they fly from Hong Kong). There's other cool teas that you should check it out, including Sex Tea. Knowing me, I will just order it for the fun of it. Yup, I am that crazy. But oh wells, you will always be surprised by the shits I do.

If you're asking me if the Fertility Tea works, I bought for 2 persons. 1 is currently pregnant while the other is still trying. So you will never know eh? Kuasa Tuhan.

Til our virtual date in 12 hours and 13 mins time, xo