Traders Hotel Johor

We took the opportunity of the long weekend to be away, it was initally a trip to the Hong Kong Disneyland but Daddy wasn't keen to bring BB K to HK. Then we sort of decided to Gold Coast but made a decision to postponed it till later. Eventually, V got slighty irritated with our constant change of plans *opps and we relented to going to Legoland. I have read rave reviews of it but there was a "hoax" of kidnappers that sort of steered us away actually but of course eventually made that decision to go- Just because it was just a stone's throw away! 

I did a little reseacrch and decided on the Traders since we were to be there for 5 days. We needed some where price friendly (I am comparing with Legoland Hotel during CNY), and no fuss when it comes to food. I settled on Traders Club Floor coz we decided on NOT going anywhere but just rot in the hotel. For Club lounge caters breakfast and snacks during Happy Hour... okie you got me there, it was the HH that I was interested. I mean Free flow of alcohol while the children are occupied. The formula is quite right, right? 

The area we hung around most evenings

Comes with that cartoon channel for baby sitting while we chill

There is 3 of such wide space areas 

The set up for breakfast and those who prefer this coffee house set up. *Do note they do not provide baby chair. 

We spent our mornings and evening here with the exception of our day to LegoLand. The service was exemplary which was worth that extra price. Here are the spread they offer ...

Breakfast spread with made to order eggs from the kitchen 

Hor d'oeuvres spread with 1/2 bar

Attached on the roof top is the hotel swimming pool, it an infinity pool overlooks the Marina (nothing much seriously) But I must add that the waters are COLD! Omg, we tried going there in the morning and once in the evening.. it was Burr cold. The children didn't do very well inside especially the baby. 

Here is a view of our Club Floor room, seriously don't think there is much of a difference though Mr Bellboy told us that Club Floor rooms are bigger. Room is comfy as you can see in the photo and the children had a day bed to play around in. The King sized bed is slighly on the high side for the baby and so its better to create a play area around the day bed. There are cartoons for the children and Channel News Asia/HBO for the adults. 

The room set up

There isn't a bath tub so bring your blow up ones if baby are younger in age. The girls totally enjoyed the "Rain Shower", it became their highlight of the trip since the pool was too cold. I must add that the bathroom floor is on the slippery side so better be in the bathroom with them when they are having their rain shower water play. 

Traders offer a free shuttle to Legoland but you will have to book your seat with front desk. We didn't use the shuttle mainly coz it was full! But we did ask the staff at the Club Lounge who recommended us to drive and park at Legoland for 7 Ringgit. I would recco to drive/park since you won't want to miss the highlight of the fireworks which are later in the night and the last shuttle I was told leave at 7pm.

We enjoyed the stay alot and will use them again for a staycation for their location, security and booze/food. We had a hiccup and my green chilli didn't come with my horfun despite calling 3 times. But it was CNY and we understand they were running on a full load. Room service food was a bit blah but I will reccomend a cafe by the Marina that serves yummy local food if you don't mind walking a little. Don't bother eating at that Lat's place, save your calories for other restaurants. 

*Disclaimer: Daddy paid for the trip but he says will gladly accept sponsership for review for hotels. 

Everton Jerseys

That day, Daddy decided to get himself some jerseys and somehow I think he clicked the kids sections! Dang Dang Dang, he had to buy 1 set for the kiddos. I must say kids jerseys are really expensive or rather too expensive. Then again there is no reason for "sales" for kids since all fathers will definitely get a set for them and this is money making profits isn't it. 

While Baby Kate is gladly wearing them, I won't say the same for V as she claims its too boy-ish for her. Well, 5 year old has their own opinions of clothings right? 

I didn't get any if you were wondering

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Some fun unit trainings we have :

"We learnt the secret trade tricks of the professionals on how to correct droopy eyes, uneven eyes, create dolly eyes, fuller lips, straighten crooked nose, shape eye brows according to our face shape, contouring at the correct positions to slim the face!! Wow amazing amazing, our skills has gone 1 notch up!! We gotta love Mary Kay for providing this training from celebrity makeup trainer Susan Law!! Shhhh... not every one got this training, only us coz we were TOP in Mary Kay Singapore & Malaysia for completing the challenge!! Book us for your corrective makeup workshop! Did I just mentioned they are trade secrets?? I love my Mary Kay!!" 

Have to love my offspring directors Vanitha and Bernadette, 2 ladies who inspire me so much!! We are working hard with loads of fun and enthusiasm to create Mary Kay Singapore's 1st National Area! Will love if YOU have it to join us!!!

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My new hairdo - Colour

         Got my hair fix last week and got requested for a review by my FB friends and so here it is.
     

{This is not a sponsored post, I paid}

I have been pondering how how to fix my hair for it was driving me insane with the fact that its just a blah... no volume, just poor messy coz I'm trying to grow it out. Though of curling the korean way like this, so sweet right? Then I thought sweet is not I am looking for this season.  So I search around for colours instead.

Wanted something ash colour for its a cool tone and will suit me much

Though hard and its like shoulder hair length needs more pop than that right? Okie I mean in my opinion la. So googled more and love love love this!

But I swear this is too over right wahahah. Spoke to my stylist and she search around for some colours but it seems meh. So after everything, I scrap all my ideas and went straighten just to tame my natural curls. My curls are only manageable when longer so its back to straight and blah hair. Eventually my mood got stagnant, like all my creative juices were blocked. I look into my wardrobe and didn't get inspired to mix and match them.  Bought new clothes and it just didn't happen, then I knew the hair patrol needs to intervene. LOL

Googled and got Salon Vim high on the bloggers list and read alot to fiqure that this is worth a try. It's at 313 which is just opposite my office, makes it so darn convenient to just run in between my makeup/skinacare classes. I got stylist Lilian and she suggested to bleach half my hair. Ya like omg.. I was just think of streaks but nevermind went again with her suggestion. So it was a 3 hours or so ordeal, came with a $400 price tag. Does price and service tally? Nope in my opinion, I had the same cup of green tea for 3 hours. Nobody bothered to top it up or at least check. My last hair treatment at Century Sq at $235 got me nice hot drinks top ups, its not the drink that mattered, Is just about asking.   The magazines that was placed on my table was not my preference and I didn't touch it for 2 hours and well, nobody bothered about it. The last time I paid $400 for my hair, I was a Queen.

But I must say I managed to do their popular Prive treatment and it rocked man! My hair felt fuller coz its a moisture treatment, will recco that if you have the budget. I didn't do any cut for I was waiting for my hairstylist to be back from UK, would still prefer her. Stylist Lilian and assistant stylist was awesome with no hard selling, I went in knowing that it will not be cheap. Lilian calculated everything with me during my consultantion and we did have a long consult for the colours we should use.

 I may give this place 1 more try for touchup .

{But I must comment that the receptionist are just pure cmi. Its like you have nice hair and nice service, then when its time to paid... you feel like how did I ever bother coming in here? Paying $400 is alot of money to get that crap attitude. Anyways, they need to fiqure out that training aspect coz having skills and good product is not everything now. I basically left with a NIL feel good factor, which I think is sad. I had to quote one of our mummy blogger name to get a 10%, (she made it like I don't deserve it , like wth?) Then I gave her MOTHERKAO and she was going on like "mummther, mommth, m... oh there is no such name" you got it wrong. So I quoted blogger name , and she was like no such person. For crying out loud, mother is M.O.T.H.E.R, (okie u can tell I am not pleased). Her face throughout that 5 torturing minutes was just zzzz. To think I had to dig out my gf's post and prove to her, then her face finally changed and gave me that 10%. On top of that I HAD TO PAY HER that $360+ , buay siong. Oh may I add, no please, no thank you, no im sorry. NOTHING. It was like I was in a coffeeshop talking to someone on my next table. Then finally, at the end she gave me back my Credit card and pass back to me with a low decibel Thank you, with her eyes ON MY CARD. I was just looking at her waiting for that eye contact. NOTHING. If this post ever goes back to the Salon, I just hope they do a proper training.}    

Here is some photos of the hair colour. I did ASH whole head (I believe it was 6.1 colour) and added Purple onto my bleached hair (3/4 of my whole head). It looked blueish for the 1st 3 days and eventually faded to the ideal colour(which I know will continue to fade more). The whole head ASH colour faded and became really pretty.  The day 3 and day 4 photos are just wash and casually blow thats why its pretty messy. But you can still see its hair glow, please pardon my hair... I have natural curls that are soon to be back!

I totally love love love my new hair, V says I look like Twighlight and Rarity. I don't know what she was talking about and googled to find these . wahahah.. I certainly do right!

I totally feel lighter and awesome with my new do, oh did I mention I had to buy colour shampoo, colour conditioner, new hair mask, new hair brush just to maintain my new tresses. New meaning in life for the next few months!!

Gruffalo Kidsfest 2014

{mummy reviws}

Every child would have heard of Gruffalo isn't it? We made a decision to watch The Gruffalo this round and invited my niece to come along with us! Guess what, she is 7 years old and have never of The Gruffalo. This is what I meant by assuming. We don't practice reading the same type of books and I assumed everyone knew about it!!  V was reading it when she was a toddler (I mean I read :P) hahah. We are big fans of Julia Donalson's books and "A Squash and A Squueze" being our mother and daughter favourite (Julia Donaldson's 1st picture book). We managed to catch that favourite in KidsFest 2013! It was just amazing and it lead me to buy most of her books. I bought most of her books she collaborated with Axel Scheffler, David Robert's and Nick Sharatt.  Sad to say, V hasn't picked up my reading joys... YET. I can only hope K has my genes.

Something about the Gruffalo for those who has never read it before. It has sold 5 million copies around the world and  has been translated into 50 lanuages! It was 1st published in 1999 and was even nominted at the Oscars, you can read their awards here. The story is about a cunning mouse who survives the whole woods' journey after encountering a fox, an owl and a snake. He evades danger by creating an fictional creature, The Gruffalo. The reading is fun for it creates a reading aloud joy for the parents which is why the it gets engaging trying to be animated! The inspiration for the Gruffalo came about because (as explained in her autobiography)

"The book was a going to be about a tiger but I couldn't ger anything to rhyme with "tiger: Then I though up the lines:"Silly old fox, doesn't her know/ Ther's no such thing as a ______" and somehow the word "Gruffalo" came to mind to fill the gap. The gruffalo looks the way he does because various things that just happened to rhyme (like toes and nose, black and back)

Kidsfest 2014

We enjoyed the adaptation of the Gruffalo by Kidsfest! The rapport between the actors were in sync and loved how they teased each other. It made what was a slightly long show for a child to a engaging one. V was glued to her seat the whole time but my niece got slightly distracted as she didn't quite understand the joy of the storyline till much later. My dear 15 mo got only into the groove when the music started and when there were dancing! The adults found the bantering between the actors to amusing. Overall it was worth the watch, of course there were parts of the show I found it slightly lengthy.

It was just amazing that the team was able to transform a 5 mins book to a 55 mins play! I read that this production has performed around UK and all over the world from Poland to Germany, from alaska to Hongkong, from Malaysia to Paris, from dubai to Chile and from Broadway to Sydney Opera House! With a production so well aclaimed, its a great start to allow the children to start watching performance from young.

We came home and read Gruffalo, this time round it has become way more fun!!!

I am so ready to book my Kidsfest 2015 when V is slighlty older and that she will be able to enjoy more shows!!

Disclosure : We were gifted the tickets to catch Gruffalo and there was no monetary compensation for this post. All views were strictly V's and mine.