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Got a magnetic earrings from Claire’s when I went to York Designer Outlet. Tried it out and I would say that it’s not practical to wear it and go about with your daily life because it can fall off very easily.
Here’s the first and second episode of my new series on YouTube:
Here’s my YouTube channel => Lovebellbelle if you would like to check out the other videos or feel free to subscribe to my channel too. Wonder can reach 100 subscribers or not this year hahaha…
Since I’ll be in the UK for a bit longer this time around and do not have the luxury of time to go shopping around this time, I decided to hop on the online purchase bandwagon here because it’s very convenient. Tried H&M UK for its online purchase since we get free shipping when we sign up as the club member. My sister ordered two tops which were not as described and I ordered a dress that I didn’t realize it’s a maxi dress. Hence, we had to return it.
Good thing is that we have a H&M store nearby so we decided to return to the store instead of using the other two options which I couldn’t really make sense of. Also, as an excuse to go in-store to look see look see, who knows there’s something else to buy when in-store hahaha….
Anyway, I bought two tops in-store already before trying out its online store. It was quite fast for the delivery. We ordered on Sunday and it arrived on Tuesday. The return was easy and quick. Made another purchase online from another brand. Waiting for the package to be ready and to be collected from the store. Another video for this will come soon.
I’m using Huawei Nova 2 Lite and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2S for filming. Edit was done on the tab with Filmigo app.
Thank you for the support π
I had the opportunity to attend a fashion show last Saturday. It’s been a very long time not attending any. Used to catch those at the shopping malls and bridal fairs but no longer doing it for so many years. When I had the opportunity to experience the 2nd Mad Hatters Party which was organized by Society Atelier Sarawak in conjunction with What About Kuching Festival, I quickly grabbed the chance. This is their second year doing it.
It’s a fashion show cum hi-tea. You don’t always see Kuching people dress up. In this event, some people really dressed up to the nines and wore their wackiest hats.
The party goers are really taking it very seriously. I don’t have a hat so I went without one hehehe… Kuching is not big, everyone practically knows each other. Almost all the cool people in Kuching attended the event. Don’t play play yo…
The fashion show featured many creatively designed hats and apparels by our very own talented local designers. Many of them had made a name for themselves not only in the local fashion scene but internationally too.
The renown designers showcased their designs are Edric Ong, Tanoti, Livan, Melor, Emil Hamlyn, Anna Sue, Ben Nazry, Arzmy Hargreaves, Ramsay Ong, Michael Lim, Senia Jugi, Manoy, and Sandine Benedict.
Vicky Fong is the one behind choreographing the show. Models wearing extremely high heels strutting down the runway with all sort of headpieces and clothing.
Party goers were so excited to see them but at the same time worry hahaha… The heels are damn high!! ;p I heard many gasping especially when the models walked up and down the staircase. Then again… The models are professional enough to handle those heels. No worries haha…
Okie dokie, now, let’s have the photos do the rest of the talking.
Cheers to all the designers, models, those working hard backstage, and everyone involved to make this event a success! See you next year!
A series of events are going on around Kuching this October in conjunction with What About Kuching 2018. Check it out at AboutKuching.com and see what other bloggers are doing at the various events at SarawakBloggers.com.
Here’s a short video I posted in my Instagram. Enjoy!
Was so excited that I managed to sign up for Bidayuh Traditional Necklace (Pangiah) Workshop organized by Pungu’ Borneo in conjunction with What About Kuching 2018. I’m always curious on how these traditional necklaces are made. In fact, I ever dream of making my own jewelry/accessories for sell hehehe… However, never get into doing it. This is my first time making a proper beaded necklace.
The class was 10am to 5pm at Pullman. Our instructor was Lucille from Pangieh Ranee. Very talented and creative lady. It’s not easy to do all these things, it requires high passion and patience.
Even though I’m half-Bidayuh, I do not know much about the tradition and culture of the Bidayuh community because my mom’s kampung doesn’t practice the customs as it’s a Seventh Day Adventist village.
Let me share a little bit about Pangiah with you…
This necklace is from Bidayuh Jagoi community in Bau area in Sarawak. The functions is for healing, ceremonial, and harvest offering. It’s a ‘spiritual’ and sacred necklace worn by a priestess or a woman healer. It has the power to gather spirit that would provide guidance and help to grant their wielders request. It is not common to be worn by common Bidayuh folks.
The charms are believed to be able to protect the priestess from harm while performing a spiritual ceremony. Ok… The ones in the photos are just ornamental. Actual charms can be from wild boar tusk, bear claws, brass bells, brass coils, ancient coins, rikis tolam(transparent green-blue beads) or rikis biru(big sized melon beads). These will be given by the ‘patient’ who would like to engage the service of the priestess as a prosih(gift).
The key components of a pangiah consist of:
1. Beads
2. Charms
3. Spacer
4. Brass coil
5. 2 old coins, for each side of the pangiah
6. Main colours are red, black, and white. It can also have mixture of colourful beads. It is usually very colourful and can be easily notice from afar.
These days, it’s being used as fashion statement. There will be no charms on them, even if there are, it’s mostly ornamental. The one we’re learning was the traditional ones.
The strands are made up of odd numbers(9/11/13) for pangiah. The motives and designs represent the nature such as bird’s eye and mountain/hill.
Here’s mine… I experimented with Boton Manuk Puni(diamond shape with small dot in the middle represents the bird’s eye). All eyes on you! Don’t play play! π
Left: Lucile was very passionate in teaching us how to do the necklace.
Right: It’s one hard work! Don’t complain that these things are expensive, it’s not! It’s very labour extensive! I had body ache working on it for 6 1/2 hour! *LOL* Oh man… Worst than going hiking in Bako hahaha!! See the necklace I did? Hahaha… Well… I was too eager to want to get it done, I’ve forgotten about counting the beads for the curve. Oppss… I didn’t finish my necklace because I was too ambitious, curiously testing out the patterns, and making a long one *LOL* The one in the photo is unfinished. So… I am going to remove the curve and one side of necklace to redo it one of these days.
It’s an interesting class, great for beginners. We called it a day with a group photo with Lucille (5th right). I really enjoyed it. Thanks to Pungu’ Borneo for organizing it.
A series of events are going on around Kuching this October in conjunction with What About Kuching 2018. Check it out at AboutKuching.com and see what other bloggers are doing at the various events at SarawakBloggers.com.
AEON is going to open its door to shoppers on 20th April 2018. Was lucky to get a sneak peek of the place before it opened to the members at 1pm today. This is AEON Co. (M) Bhd. first mall in East Malaysia. Located along Jalan Keretapi, it’s so huge that you will not miss it *LOL* Housing more than 130 retail lots spread across three floors with 1800 car park bays that spread over five level of its multi-level parking.
As you know, you will find AEON very own supermarket and department store offering fresh groceries for your daily needs, trendy apparels for young and old, household furnishing and appliances for your home and office, and mouthwatering food and beverage to fill your tummy.
Do look out for TOPVALU – AEON’s global flagship private brand, known as the provider of affordable yet reliable Japanese products since 1994 has been AEON’s standard in delivering the best quality, safety and value to consumers across Asia with TOPVALU groceries, TOPVALU COLLECTION for versatile garments, TOPVALU HOME for the best selections of household furnishing and appliances for home.
There’s a lot of food counters such as ‘Ready to Cook’, ‘Salmon Counter’, ‘Marinated Counter’, ‘Premium Fruit Gift Pack’, ‘Cut Fruits & Juice Counter’, ‘Cheese Counter’, ‘Korean Kimchi Counter’, and ‘We Cook You Eat’ cooking station. The cooking station is what attracted me the most, it is something you cannot find anywhere else but in AEON, pretty interesting, will try it out when I’m there again.
The F&B selections with ready-to-eat light bites, easy preparation meals, and authentic Japanese cuisine such as sushis, assorted tempuras, pizzas, cooked meats, hot snacks, assorted sandwiches, salads, and more. Not to forget variety of buns and pastries at ‘La Boheme’ Bakery.
Here’s some views of the department store, lots to see. You will have to go there to see for yourself. The prices are not too high. There’s a section selling skincare products, looks very interesting but didn’t have time to take a look at it.
With the launch of AEON MALL Kuching Central, AEON CO. (M) BHD. now has a total of 27 AEON MALLs and 35 AEON Stores nationwide.
Go sign up up for the membership card tomorrow(18th April, 10am-8pm) and the day after tomorrow(19th April, 10am-6pm) so that you can have a look at the place first. I foresee on the grand opening, the crowd would be massive *LOL* Check out their FB page https://www.facebook.com/aeonretail.my/ for more details.