Body Mind and Soul - Shopping Therapy, SJP Moments and Spas

Aiyooo... makin lama makin mencabar lah nak mengupdate blog nie. I dunno if u all mengalami masalah yang sama tapi as days gone by ... all I can remember about a day event is pergi kerja then sibuk2 kat ofis, balik kerja, pastu kemas rumah, tgk TV, tido and pergi kerja ... mcm takde in between time nak mengupdate blog huhuhu...

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY TO JAYNE YVONNE YEOH

Anyway, first of all I would like to wish my "baby" sister Jayne .. Happy 21st Birthday ... too bad most of the family members will not be there on your birthday but do enjoy urself hard on this once in a lifetime special day coz after this you will start getting new year blues like me hahaha... AND ...jangan ingat body mu akan kekal bodylicious OK. I was thinner and slimmer when I was your age so paham2 jer lah who's SEBENARNYA gonna inherit Madam Nelly Paya ak Soweng's body 10 years from now.

Rustic Nirvana Spa @ Solaris Mont Kiara

As u know lah kan, lepas X'mas and dekat2 New Year i punya body system jadi tak betul lah sebab dah penat giler - body, mind and soul huhuhu... So, after all my family members dah balik Kuching I tried to have a good rest during weekend. Tapi biasalah takes time jugak to wind down sebab dah terbiasa dengan suasana riuh and then tiba2 sunyi sepi... huhuhu...

Tapi nampaknya permasalahan I mendapat perhatian masyarakat antarabangsa when I received a frantic call from Syuhana, asking me if I could joined her for a spa treatment at Rustic Nirvana Spa @ Solaris MONT Kiara. She got this promotion offer as a AEON Credit Card holder for a spa treatment for two at RM 68.00. Cheap right? Fuh, i pun dah lama tak pergi spa. Last I pergi somewhere early 2008. Sebelum nie I did enrol for a spa package at Zenith Spa @ Midvalley. Masa tuh I betul-betul nak pamper myself so I tried lah facial, massage and slimming treatment kat situ. I pun tak tahu kenapa I choose this place - perhaps because I was drawn to the green interior kot.

But lepas jer enrol myself to the spa package, I menyesal sebab tak buat homeworks atau tak try out other centres. Time tuh mcm cepat tangan nak "swipe". On the other hand, tak boleh salahkan diri jugak sebab I have never been to a spa before so I dont know what to expect. I am still a kampung girl at heart - kalau nak urut badan call jer Emma and balik kampung dia kat Felda "I can't remember the place", ada makcik tuh terer urut. So banyak lah lesson daripada spa2 nie.

First, don't commit yourself to many session package. Hari nie memang kiter seronok treatment tuh, tapi esok maybe nak try treatment lain plak. Secondly, jangan terus terpengaruh dengan kata2 beautician/therapist. Buat bodo jer kalau dia promote product dia atau dia suruh kita ambik pakej2 yang mahal. Ketiga, treatments nie pun sebenarnya boleh mix and match. We might like slimming treatment kat spa A but we love facial kat spa B.

Anyway, at Rustic Nirvana we tried the Jamu body massage, body wrap and herbal steam bath. Before we started our treatment, they served us sweet ginger tea. Hmmm I like ... I tak sempat lah nak ambik gambar spa tu but like the name, dia punya deco memang rustic... dinding dia tak dicat tapi dia buat mcm cement render. Sekali pandang mcm dinding yang tak siap. But wat I like about dia punya treatment room ialah ada built in shower so lepas treatment boleh terus mandi. Tak perlu lah nak jalan berkemban all the way to separate shower area.

Personally I like the whole Jamu treatment - macam treatment orang lepas pantang pulak. Lepas treatment u feel warm. But dari segi massage, I still prefer my favourite Thai masseur kat Urban Retreat, The Curve. Bagi I, I suka orang yang urut i memiliki jari2 yang pendek dan tembam. Jari-jari yang kurus and panjang make my sensitive skin sakit. Sepanjang kena urut tuh, Beverly, therapist yang assigned to me promote-promote lah spa dia orang tuh. Like the owner is Singaporean, and specialty treatment is pre-natal and post natal. Plus this is the only spa yang ada affliation dengan Pantai Medical Centre. Dia orang offer home visit service for women lepas bersalin. Ohhh! impressive.

Perhaps sebab dia guna ramuan herba seperti kunyit, halia, dan serai wangi yang bagus untuk buang angin - berapa kali I kena tahan dari buang angin hehehee.... Pricewise, compared to Zenith, I think it's cheaper and I think Asian inspired dia nie memang sesuai untuk wanita yang mengalami hormon imbalance, and post natal. Yang lepas bersalin tuh bagus try... u will know why ... (sebab I pergi lepas habis period).

The down side - sebab I still love my massage sessions at Urban Retreat. And then like I said, I taknak terikat because of the package thing until takde peluang nak try spa lain.


Sidetrack - Suprise Housewarming and X'mas Gift from Raj and Tuan Hamdan TTPR

After Syuhana, at 2.30 pm I received another call from my teh tarik buddies, Raj said he and Tuan Hamdan of TTPR has something for me and told me to meet him in 15 minutes time. Aiyo... I am so bad with suprises coz it always ended up people get suprises from me. Then just when I was about to getting ready to meet up with them at Tuan Hamdan's office I received another call from Datin Zaitun's office asking me to be at the Level 6 meeting room for a discussion immediately .... haaa see?

Turn out that both Raj and Tuan Hamdan felt bad for not attending my small X'mas party and they both got me a Christmas cum New Year cum housewarming present. Raj got me a PINK wristwatch and Tuan Hamdan gave me a nice crystal wine glass set. So sweet.... thank you guys... I will make up with many many teh tarik sessions nanti yer. I know Raj mesti tak tahan tgk jam tangan Fossil I mcm Ramli and Sazali tak tahan tgk jam tangan Baby Guess I dulu... hahahaha. Sungguh tak sessuaaaaaaaaiiii....

Sarah Jescica Parker (SJP) Moments @ Buttermilk

I am not into cupcakes tapi entah mengapa when Syuhana ajak I gi Uptown beli cupcakes for her hubby birthday masa our long Friday lunch break I rasa SJP of Sex In The City sangat ... very chic ! Sayang I was not wearing skirt kembang fru fru dengan heels to die for huhuhu.... Semenjak banyak spent time dengan Syu and Nurul, I suka lah indulge myself dengan benda yang comel-comel nie. Kadang2 heran jugak, manalah diaorang get to know place2 comel mcm nie. I like the decor of the shop, mcm classroom tadika pun ada, mcam american kitchen in the 1960s pun ada.

Shopping Therapy and Herbaline Facial Spa @ The Mines

Yesterday, I spent the whole day sleeping. Best betul AKHIRNYA dapat tidur lena dan panjang sampai tulang belakang i sakit-sakit. So pagi nie I kuatkan diri getting myself out of bed and heads for Mines for my CNY shopping. Mcm baru semalam jer shopping for X'mas. Kadang2 I rasa I terlebih cina pulak bila shopping for CNY like kena pastikan no "black", kena buy semua baru termasuk lah new lingerie... hehehe... Last 2 years, Angel Lim, my insurance agent fren, gave me panty merah dengan bunga peony besar kat depan to symbolise cepat kawin .... problemnya panty tuh very aunty style so i pun tak pakai so tertangguh lah perkahwinan I selama 2 tahun huhuhu.... But syariah lagi best ... she bagi a set of G-string for my 17th birthday anniversary ... alamak... kena workout lah pulak ...

Anyway, highlight of my shopping therapy was a facial spa at Herbaline plus complimentary fish reflexology. I sebenarnya pun tgh start a new life kat Seri Kembangan nie so as part of my new lifestyle kena start lah jaga kecantikan from top to toe. I was drawn to Herbaline nie because of the green interior and price per treatment dia very affordable. Ranging from RM 68 sehingga RM 138. Best of all, dia tak paksa orang ambik pakej and they entertained walk-in. The beautician pun tak paksa I beli product dia. Lately jugak pun terasa nak start a good beauty regime nie selepas tgk muka kawan2 lama kat facebook. Ada yang makin cun, ada yang makin "matang". Since muka I nie kering and I pun lama tak buat facial so they recommended the deep cleansing and mosturising treatment - which is very cooling and refreshing. hehehe... tgk gambar kat atas pun tau i mesti terlelap time treatment.

I thought spa nie kecik jer. I was suprise to find that the fish reflexology area dia nie open-air dalam taman berkonsepkan Zen. So after my facial session, I relax myself kat taman nie sambil membiarkan kaki "Giselle" i dijamah oleh ikan2 kecik. Tak sakit pun ... rasa macam kejutan-kejutan elektrik. Haa semin, this is how I achieved my sexy feet ... huhuhuhu. To distant cousin "Giselle" - you better watch out...