Jakarta Holidays Day one

I am here in Jakarta , a long planned holiday with my parents and Nas and her family. It was a treat for me too , he he . We woke up at 3.30 am to get the 6.20 am flight on Air Asia. Nas went on another flight later. After two hours we finally reached Jakarta. Jakarta is lush and tropical and the people are very friendly. Sadd was already waiting for us. After one hour we reached her spacious and lovely  house . I was waiting to meet the house cat, a very large  Persian cat call Fan---sha. She was plump and I could touch her but she scampered upstairs. We had Bakso in the afternoon , we ate twice. I dozed off , at night we have guests, my cousin who is married to a local lady and their daughter. It was roasted fish, some salad , Indonesian style , I forgot the name and a very nice tom yam.

Kittens

I have two kittens now, brought home by their mother . Jingga's girl friend Pinky which is not Pink at all. One has three colours , white , orange and black and another an all black kitten with blue eyes. The kittens are now  bold enough to come into the house. It is raining in KL. I have not named them yet..  Another pair is Kiki and Koko and Awang. The big cat.

Today I saw that I have two spots on  my  eyelids. I have rubbed a black head with bicarbonate soda and water and it hurts. Now I am wearing bedak sejuk on my face as there is redness . Today my mother cooked masak asam ikan Mayong, or sour fish. I hope that is the translation, with mustard greens,  fruit salad and salted egg. My favourite. My mother had roasted some ground nuts and blend the nuts and add some rojak sauce. So it becomes a nice fruit salad sauce. My niece , Maryam got 5As for her UPSR examination . Her mother Nas was ecstatic.

Penang holiday and food

                                                   Healthy Bones day at Gurney Plaza

                                          Roast Lamb and Briani at Hameediah Restaurant

Last Friday my parents and I were treated to a flight to Penang by my sister Nas.Before leaving we had some noodle at the Noodle restaurant at the airport. We had some dry Hong Kong and Taiwanese dry noodle . My parents had the one with wantan and I had the one with beef. The Firefly  flight to Penang was one hour. When we arrived , we were whisked to dinner again at Pak Hussein Tomyam. This is the second time I have been here. We have Thai fare . It was nice with fish, kerabu sotong, kailan , squid in batter and apple juice.

The next day we went to see my nephew's kindergarden concert. He was one of the contestants from the east coast. The next day we went to see my niece at her Taekwondo practice at Queensbay mall. We went to Borders  bookstore and lingered on. After that we went to have some bryani at Hameediyah restaurant at Campbell street.My father said it has been around for  decades. We had roast lamb and bryani rice and all the condiments.Maryam had chicken tandoori. After paying we realised that  there is another new restaurant just a few steps away ,the tandoori one. Next time we will got there.At night Nas brought us to another restaurant near the seaside called the Seri Pantai Tom yam.We had grilled fish , cockles and others. It rained everyday in Penang. 

Then the next day went to Gurney Plaza for my nephew Hamzah , colouring contest. His kindergarden KTM, had participated in the Healthy Bones day . After one hour we went for lunch at the Awet Muda  restaurant which is an  open air restaurant    at the road side. We had malay food with bean sprouts in coconut milk, grilled sting ray and a lot of ulam greens basically . I could not resist the banana flower  or jantung pisang and sambal. The last day was spent  at the hair dresser. I had a hair cut and hair colour , my mother too had her hair done. A treat from my sister Yati, he he he.So there goes four days  of  niceties in Penang.Penang is a nice place especially  the houses near the hospitals with old trees.

Roast duck at Mukmin Restaurant Shah Alam

Today I followed my mother to Shah Alam to take her ring . We had decided to try the halal roast duck at a chinese muslim restaurant at  Sek 19 in Shah Alam. The restaurant is Restaurant Mukmin at sek 19/1B .I have not tried roast duck before, I seldom eat duck so this is a treat. We called the restaurant first .  So about 1.00 pm we reached the restaurant. It is in front of the De Palma hotel. We also ordered a vegetable soup, baby kailan with salted  fish, fried tauhu and a whole duck. My father  was  also interested to try, so we packed half of the duck for him. The whole roast duck costs RM 48, half is RM 25 and a quarter is RM 13. I ordered some asam boi drink which is light green in colour, my mother ordered chinese tea.  So the roast duck came and we dived in. It was a lot for both of us since my mother eats less. It was tasty however it is an acquired taste and I eat some more at home.

After taking her cocktail ring, we went to HPA office which is near Giant. Sek 13 Shah Alam. It is a large and beautiful shop and office .I bought some skin care , the Awana powder and Minyak pati sepang or Caesalpina oil. One add the Awana powder and the oil and leave for two hours before you sleep and one can have soft beautiful skin. I will try it.

Olay regenerist firming night cream and Safi Moisturizing cream with Sari Gamat

I am using two creams for day and night. At night I use Olay Regenerist night firming cream. I have wanted to buy this cream for awhile. So , I did about  a month ago. The cream is lavender colour. It is a thick cream. I feel there is an overall improvement on my face but not so drastic. I think I should use this cream for more than three months to see the real improvement .   Sometimes I use it on top of the rosehip oil and after using Dr Denese facial pads. This cream does not get rid of  my brown spots and the uneven colour. I think I don't want to think so much of these minor spots. The normal price of this cream is RM 69.90. I have bought  for RM 57.90  at  a Caring pharmacy during sales.I like this cream .

At day time after cleansing, I will use the Safi moisturizing cream with BHA and sea cucumber or  gamat extract. This cream is thin in consistency. It is a huge  jar of 80 grm. It is very soft. I bought it mainly to prevent pimples and this cream is said to help regulate the skin's  sebum and moisture balance. One can use this cream for day and night. It is a pleasant cream. It costs RM 8.30 at Guardian pharmacy. I used to wear the other cream with Cucumber extract . The one with the green top. This cream will last a long time and I find that pimples do not visit for a time being.

Dr Denese Advanced Firming Facial pads with Actizone and the Resurface & Glow treatment face wash

I have bought two Dr Denese products , the firming  face pads  with Actizone and the  Resurface  and Glow treatment face wash. I have been using both products about two to four weeks.  At first I use the firming pads with Actizone, 60 counts, the next week I bought the Resurface & Glow treatment face  wash online. At first when I use the pads, it was cooling and then it stings. After using it twice, my face had gone red and I had to wash my face. After about three weeks, my face has got used to it. I used it about 30 seconds on my face and then on my hands. I liked it  and I see improvement on my face . Yes, there is a lot of moisture in one pad as was said in her video.   I am supposed to use it everyday as my face is prone to pimples but I use it every two days and will try to use everyday. I like the treatment wash , I feel it exfoliates better . This is my first time using a face pad and it does not dissapoint. My next agenda is to buy the face serum. Dr Denese products come in the blue jars and bottles.The price of face wash was RM 65.90 and the Firming Pads was about RM 103.00.After using for more than one month, my face is fairer. It is the same tone with my fingers. I have some flakiness around my nose. At first I use the face pads on my hands but there is a spot which occured so I stop using on my hands.  Overall my face look better but I think using the pads three times a week or less will suffice. Some users of this glycolic pads say that once a week will do well too.

Fair & Lovely Multi vitamin cream

My hand is fairer than my face. Maybe two tones lighter. So I bought the Fair &Lovely  cream. It is a good cream though. I used the cream some time ago. I used the cream once a day . I used this cream  as I hope to be as fair as my hands. I think I will have to buy an appropriate sun block. It is very hot  nowadays and it rains in the afternoon and evening.The colour of the cream is white. There is another one called the anti marks cream i.I think I will try the other cream. I still have a pimple scar.  I should be using the cream  twice a day. I am careful with creams as I do not want to get pimples yet pimples are part and parcel of life. Now I always get back to those creams which have been around and the ones I used in the past. 

There are two kittens which are at the house. They are Spicy , the cat's kittens. They are wild and scampered whenever  I am near them .  They ran into the drain like Jingga one year ago.My father bought a " Misha"  cat food. It is in a green plastic. It is Halal. My cat Jingga was drenched today in the afternoon. He was yeowling and I did not see that he was soaked .After eating the fish , he hopped into bed and was sleeping contentedly.