Hello lovelies! This week’s Trigger-Happy column is pretty much a filler post because I haven’t taken that many photos over the last week to churn out a proper post.

Of course, there’s always a but. =p Since coming home to sunny Malaysia, I have re-discovered the importance of a certain product:

Sunscreen! This is my current sunscreen stash, some of which are already empty. Extra brownie points to those who manage to point the empties out to me! I have been using quite a bit of sunscreen as I’ve been travelling loads, spending most of my time in a car but I do feel the heat even in a car with nicely tinted windows. Having a layer of sunscreen on my body (arms and neck, especially) has kept me pretty much burn-free for now so I thought I’d gently remind all you lovely people to wear sunscreen as to prevent your skin from ageing prematurely!

p/s: The only sunscreen I use on my face is the fantastic Shiseido Perfect UV Protector . What’s your favourite sunscreen? =)

I have been gorging myself a little too much lately so this week’s column will mostly be about food! =D Two weeks ago, we headed up to Genting Highlands for some cool air and Dim Sum, one of my many favourite foods:

My birthday clutch is seen in the foreground as I took it to show the boyfriend this pretty clutch is going places! =D

Speaking of going places…..

We have been going places thanks to my brother’s professional driving skills! I’ve been spending the last week in Ipoh, meeting up with Lily who kindly played tour guide and even presented me with two beautiful birthday gifts that I’ve been wearing everyday since receiving them:

Lily’s fab at selecting lip colours and I’ve never been happier as I have never owned anything from Dior so having two different lippies from the brand made me hyperventilate quite a bit. Thank you dear!

Since we were around the area, we dropped by Lumut for the day and stumbled upon this homemade noodle shop:

Then there’s the bubble tea craze that has not died out yet! This is old news but I was hanging around KLCC one day and we found a new Bubble tea shop. They had an opening offer where a glass of bubble tea only costs RM2. Naturally, I jumped at the offer!

Final random photo of the day. Also in Lumut, we found a Kedai Rakyat 1 Malaysia (a convenience store catered to the citizens of Malaysia) and I couldn’t help but giggle at the packaging:

We walked out empty handed. Have you been to any of these stores?

Also, we have a winner for my little giveaway! The gift goes to Gin so congratulations Gin! <3

I’ve been seeing strange things in the sky! I call it the Theatre of the Grotesque. Queer, distorted shapes the clouds form but perhaps I’m only seeing them now as my mind is muddled up in a bizarred way.

I’m still packing, have got a couple of days left in this country I’ve called home for the last five years. Where life takes me next, i do not know but it is incredibly comforting to know that I’ve got supportive readers like you. So thank you very much for sticking with me and I have a few surprises coming up seeing it is my birthday month!

Also, it happens to be Stephanie’s birthday today!!! Go wish her a very Happy Birthday now! <3

It may be disconcerting for me to end this week’s Trigger-Happy column with this image but seeing it’s Grotesque week this week here goes:

Tell me what you think of it and I’ll tell you mine!

Happy Thursday!

Today, I’m battling a very severe case of cramps. Then the lovely postman decides to place all my parcels (three in total) under a dustbin lid. Note that this has also been something I have battled with over the last two years.

Let me talk you on a walk down the cherry lane….

Two years ago I placed a Cath Kidston order online. Cath Kidston’s floral prints are their strongest selling point and they even have their own special floral print postal bags! A few days after I discovered the dustbin lid was right at my doorstep, with the instantly recognisable Cath Kidston print sticking out from the bottom of the lid.

I was furious. What if some passerby saw the package and decided to walk away with it? We don’t have gates here so anyone could simply walk up to my doorstep, nick the package, walk away and I wouldn’t even know that the package was at my doorstep!! O.o

Another incident. I bought some Mario Badescu stuff from Beauty Bay and thought the parcel went missing as it’s been a good two weeks since I received it. Out of frustration I accidentally kicked the lid one day when I was about to enter the house. No guesses as to what I found under the lid. A dusty Beauty Bay package.

I brought this matter up to Royal Mail. They promised it wouldn’t happen again….

Until now.

Good thing is, I do not need to arrange for a redelivery. Or go through the hassle of heading to the main post office to collect the parcel.

The bad? Losing the package, of course! I’m really lucky I live in a good neighbourhood *touches wood* and all my neighbours are lovely people! Which brings me back to when our wheelie bin used to be overflowing with rubbish (usual uni student house trait) and one of our neighbours would always move some of our rubbish bags into his because he was worried that the rubbish collectors wouldn’t empty our bin because it was too full!

Again, I digress.

I did not manage to take any Trigger-Happy worthy photos this week as I have been preoccupied with a sudden decision, or opportunity as I should call it to uproot myself from here. The house is currently in a mess as I ponder on whether to keep, to ship or to throw many of my belongings. I’m such a hoarder! :s

Anyway, I have collected quite a substantial amount of Boots Advantage Points and I just had to use it to redeem something of use to me =p

The answer to what I got is in the other tab I’ve got on my browser.

Yep, I did indulge in a bit of late night shopping on my day off. =D I am now wondering what the postman has in store for me tomorrow. Till tomorrow, my lovely readers! Much love to all of you. =)

Hello my lovely readers! I managed to squeeze some time into putting some photos I took from this week and let’s start with the first:

Humpty Dumpty Meadow. This week, I feel and look like Humpty Dumpty. Something has triggered off a series of breakouts all over my face and it’s not the usual flare-ups I’m used to getting but a proper, bad breakout which involves white-headed bumps all over my face! There seems to be more on my cheeks (I rarely get even one pimple on my cheeks) and on my right chin than anywhere else on my face and I’m getting properly freaked out at the moment.

It doesn’t help that I am waddling about with a bloated belly that makes me look like I’m 6 months pregnant and I managed to sprain my back while helping my friend move!

Not a very good week for me, isn’t it? =p

But then again, there are a few things that managed to put a smile on my face. Like this:

An old, worn out ball. We do not have children living with us and I have always wondered why we constantly have random balls in our garden which led me to think that the neighbours’ kids must have hit their ball over. Early yesterday morning I spotted the fox playing around with the ball. Culprit found! It must have picked up these balls left by children in their garden and brought it to our home! =) I spent over 10 minutes watching the fox play with the ball and roll about in the grass before realising I was this close to being late for work! *gasp*

Another reason for me to be happy! My two tomato plants! The one on the right is flowering (which is a good sign, I suppose) and the other on the left seems to be doing its very best too haha!

I am all about food. Fruits, especially during summer. Here’s one of our two plum trees but this is my favourite plum tree as the plums produced are always sweeter and softer! =D

Here are some of the plums I picked! Actually it’s what’s left of whatever I picked earlier as I indulged in one too many plums as I walked about in our lovely garden! Weather’s been lovely again with a couple of hot days and some cooler, cloudier ones in between!

I hope everyone’s had a lovely week and I am surely looking forward to the weekend! =D Are you?

Hello everyone!! Last week’s column saw me starting the post off with dark skies… Even though the skies are looking pretty dark as I type this I shall fire off today’s post with a nice bright photo of some wild (maybe not) flowers I found by the side of the road!

The petals are multi-coloured and extremely bright so I took some shots of them to share with you! Unfortunately it was really windy, which explains the blurred shot. :s

I had a rather eventful week, with me successfully slicing my finger over my tub of Astral! Lucky for me I had a strip of Primapore plasters (the kind where you can cut the plaster to measure) and it helped stop the bleeding on my pinky!

Then I went on a fruit-picking adventure where I rather shamelessly picked wild plums along a busy main road! =D

They are sweet and juicy! Fact that they are free makes it even sweeter I have been picking a few every day so I get fresh fruit to munch on whilst working / watching YouTube videos hehe!

I spotted this extremely vivid red rose when I was walking down from uni and just had to take a ninja shot! As you can see the rose is growing in someone’s home so I had to lean over the wall to get a good shot. The peachy-pink rose in the background is equally pretty! In fact, I was sorely tempted to ring the doorbell and ask for the names of these roses as they are oh-so pretty! Maybe one day! =p

This shouldn’t really be in my Trigger-Happy post as I didn’t photograph this but I thought I’d let you readers have a little insight as to what my boyfriend does. He’s a chambering pupil in Kuala Lumpur. Folks, this is what the future lawyers of Malaysia are put through before they are even allowed to make their mark in the legal world. Okay I kid. It’s a one off thing… Or so I hope! =D

Sunday saw all Malaysians coming together, cheering for our dear Dato’ Lee Chong Wei in the men’s singles badminton finals. It was heartbreaking to see him lose and watch him tear during the prize-giving ceremony. Worse still, he later tweeted ‘I’m sorry.’ T___T

Okay enough sad news!

Blackberries have come to town!! =D

At this rate I won’t have to buy fruits for the next couple of weeks! Hmm am now thinking if I should put my ‘fruit money’ towards a new eyeshadow duo? Am thinking either bareMinerals READY or the NARS Kalahari duo. Decisions, decisions!

Also, I thought I’d show you a comparison post of my beloved tomato plants! =)

Are you doing, or did you get up to much over the last week? Have you been watching any of the Olympic events? =)