With the title above, I’m pretty sure a lot of you would know what I’m gonna blog about this time.

It’s that time of the year again in less than one month & I see a lot of forums are putting up thread on how to celebrate this occassion, what to give, what to wear, what to do, how to ruin it(some of us are definitely pathetic nowadays), how not to be single on valentine’s day & yadayadayada.

To most of the singles, I bet Valentine’s day would be the most dreadful day in the yearly calender because this would be the day when you see a lot of lovey dovey couples & this sends you straight to hell wondering why you’re the one that is looking & not the one being looked at.

There’s nothing to be worried about whether or not you’re single on Valentine’s day because you won’t be punished on that. Trust me. If you can’t celebrate with your partner, celebrate it with friends or parents/family. Valentine doesn’t cater only to lovers….it caters to all type of love in the world.

Celebrate the love of your parents towards you ever since you came into this world with much appreciation. You do not need to wait till Mother’s Day or Father’s Day to show it(best to show it 24/7). Celebrate the friendship you have with your besties. Honour the love your besties give to you as friends & how they stood by you during the toughest time. There’s nothing sweeter than being celebrated & honoured.

Honour yourself on that day as well by pampering yourself. It’s a day for us to celebrate love indeed…therefore, love yourself to the maximum. Indulge in spa/manicure/facial with a friend (or you can choose to do it alone). Treat yourself to fancy restaurants & buy yourself flowers(if you wanna save money, pluck it from your neighbour’s garden). This is certainly a great way to build up your self confidence cause when you’re happy, you’ll look way prettier than before.

For couples, if any of you could, try to cook a dinner or do something on your own instead of just paying your way cause it wouldn’t be so memorable in the end. Personally, I think that it would just be a normal dinner like how I always eat out with him. The only difference is he has to burn a whole in his pocket for this ’special’ valentine’s meal. You certainly don’t want your guy to fork out so much & have to eat nothing but grass for the rest of the month eh?

Do some memorable stuffs like putting a collage of pictures you & your partner took together for as long as you guys are together. Do a time capsule by going back to the places you guys went together before & take pics of the places. From those pics, you can make a story from it or whatever you like to do base on your creativity.

If you wanna make your own cards, get inspiration from those cards selling at memory lane. They have catchy phrases & funky lines that are sure to make your partner float(at least it made me floated when he presented me with one of the memory lane card). o means to offend anyone but I once had a boyfriend that’s chinese ed & the card he gave me was one of the most memorable one(sorry to my current boyfriend).

It’s nothing much actually…no fancy decos or expensive materials used. It’s just a few words from him. He’s not good in English & seldom uses English in front of me because he was embarrassed to use it. But on that Valentine I spent with him, he purposely did a card that was written in English because he knows that I do not understand Chinese characters. It was thoughtful of him as I know how much he hated to write or converse in English in front of me as he doesn’t want me to look down at him. Nevertheless, the card had its fair share of grammar mistakes(broken English as well), but it made me felt contented for what I have because of his sincerity & the trouble he went through to do me that card.

Don’t be afraid to try & make things by your own because you will never know how your sincerity would touch someone deeply enough for that someone to remember you for as long as he can.

Browsing through my pics, and I found this…

What do you see? Zip? yea? It’s like a never-ending zip. Really really long. What’s that for?

See? It became a bag. Yeah a zipped bag.

Cool? It can be either for personal use or can be as a souvenir for people. It comes in different sizes like a pencil case size, a medium size, and this one. This cost 15 pounds if I am not mistaken. It makes good souvenir though. Very creative. They come in different colours too which you can choose from, but it’s limited.

It’s shopping again. We went to this place called Oxford Circus and again, walk around and around. Then, oh la la … we saw a shoe shop. There are so many types of shoes there. Boots, heels, sneakers - you can find it there.

Their sneakers are limited though. It’s from Sketchers and their price range is like 60 pounds onwards if I am not mistaken. I am not too sure. So, kindly buy it in Malaysia. I bought my Sketchers for RM120 in 1 Utama. Their boots are nice, with the fur and all. Aww … so nice.

I didnt buy this. My friend bought it for like 10 or 15 pounds I forgot. Enjoy~

Restaurant: Roadhouse Grill (Rome, Italy)

Few months ago, I went to this restaurant called RoadHouse Grill in Rome, Italy. As soon as we entered, this particular waitress came up to us, greeted us with a very cheerful face. You automatically feel that you are hungry, more appetite to eat. As she lead us to our table, she gave us the menu and asked if we would like to place the order right there. We told her to give us some time. She came back a few minutes later and I decided on my food already but stuck between 3 choices of cheese. She recommended one, which I forgot. From the beginning til the very end, she was very helpful, and very cheerful. So, here comes the food.

That was the food that 4 of us ordered. No complaints and this was the nicest food with excellent service that we had throughout the time we were in Italy (5 days). Yeah, I can say that it’s fab! Worth a try. The price isn’t pricey too.

This is my first post in MYB Blog. Many of you are quite new to me I guess, I’m sorry I’m not better looking or active in the forum. If you’ve noticed the light blue avatar in the forum, I appreciate you for acknowleging my existance. I’m now in Shenzhen. So, when Shenzhen comes into your mind, what would you think of? Prostitute, illegal abortion and pirated stuffs?

 Yes, I wouldn’t say no but these things aren’t applicable right here right now in my place. Everything that you’ve heard was only a minor part of Shenzhen, and the rest a very different perspective, from what I’ve observed. And from what I’ve observed, Shenzhen is full of tall buildings, working apportunities, cheap massages and people calling themselves “Lucy” or “Mary” in a mainland China slang. Teehee. In short, they’re quite up to date, as families with an average income would likely send their children to a private school, hoping them to learn English and get in pace with the globalization.

I’m staying in Shekou, 32th floor at a condo. It’s quite cool here, but will get cold by Christmas. The weather here now is like Genting, I have enough sunshine here. No rain as far as I’ve observed from the 9th of Dec. My skin gets dry, and my T-zone is damaged. Therefore a gentle reminder for all the MYB travelers, if you’re visiting a cold and dry country, take your face products along. You won’t want to look like a person who has incurable skin disease. Dear big kah chehs, please help this miserable lamb- me, my skin is gonna crack in no time.

 Across the sea there we have Hong Kong. There’s a wide range of Hongkies. From cold blooded to hyperactive, but not somewhere in the middle. Something all of them have in common is their quick and fast reaction in doing anything. Even though the train waits for them they still have to walk in fast steps, and if you’re slow and you block their way they’ll stare or curse. Their expressions are most honest. Brutally honest. No personal attacks, but I seriously think they need to slow down. Chill a little maybe. I feel the stress they all have lol. I went to a Hong Kong shopping complex and I ordered a plate of Indian curry rice. It didn’t taste bad, but the price was really intolerable for me if I’d have it in Malaysia. You see, in Malaysia, we can indulge the nasi kandar plus lamb plus chicken plus sotong in a mere RM10 note in an Indian restaurant. But for here, I have to pay $45. No big chicken. No added curry. And an original CD album here costs about $110. The living status here is uber high. 

I’m sorry I couldn’t express in form of pictures. But if there is, it’s expected that you’ll see tall, rapid buildings from the 32th floor view. The building lights from Hong Kong is breath-taking no doubt, but I guess you’ve seen much from pictures and movies. Guys here are quite trendy looking, no matter who he is. From rubbish collector, policeman, shop part time worker to the custom staff. They all look gorgeous to me. (:

 I apologize for any typing error or grammar mistakes. Microsoft word here doesn’t seem to function properly, or I’m not used to read the computer in Chinese. Till then, I also apologize for the boring content.