A new addition to Number76‘s family!

This time around, it is at the much requested popular retail destination, Publika.

If Number76 Bangsar 1 is a cozy retro beach house, Number76 Bangsar 2 is a rustic, old-time street cafe, Number76 Starhill Gallery is a luxurious pampering parlour, and Number76 Mid Valley is a basement secret society, then now we have a little secret garden library.

It’s just so fun to see each branch living a different concept sending out different vibes. If i visit Number76 Starhill Gallery i make sure i don’t dress up too shabbily. I’ll probably get a fabulous hair up-do and then go for a Tai-Tai hi-tea. 😀 If i come to Number76 Publika, i want to feel super refreshed. Maybe i’ll go for organic color and Sparkling hair wash then off to Ben’s B.I.G to buy Japanese ichigo lolol. read more

One of the biggest mysteries in my life is that i think that my skin now is most definitely much, much better than 5 years ago. Dare i even say that it is better than my teenage years.

True enough, these days we have camera on beauty mode, endless filter apps, etc. But when i woke up and look into the mirror, i actually like what i see and i want this to be the start of a happy day ahead.

How come??

I guess 90% is because i have gotten so much more relaxed and so much less stressed out. The change of mentality. The other 10% is lifestyle change and taking proper care. I sleep earlier, put on lighter make up, home-cook more, and of course keeping a skin care routine every day. read more

We often want to pamper ourselves to body massages or spa once in a while when we feel tired, but have you thought about giving your head a well-deserved pampering spa session too?

I was invited by MoltoBene (company who producted Bene Premium Bluria & Rougeria hair care series i blogged about earlier) to try out Moe Moe Spa Treatment at their office salon.

Unlike the usual hair treatments that focus on repairing the hair, Moe Moe focuses on a relaxing experience as a whole. It sounds very Japanese (as it comes from japan, of course), but it is actually Hawaiian themed (knowing how much Japanese people love Hawaii!), and the word Moe Moe means “to rest” and “to relax” in Hawaiian. read more

In a couple of hours i’ll be celebrating my 25th birthday for the 17th time!

Just kidding. Actually this is just my 9th birthday 5 years in a row.

I actually forgot about it until a girl friend asked me how am i celebrating tomorrow and i was like huh. She’s like, aren’t you going out with friends?? To somewhere?! At least?! I was like what friend.

Anyway, this is the first time in 3 years i am not celebrating my birthday in Japan. Under a sky of sakura trees. And then the danna has been so busy with work that every morning when he leaves the house he bends down and tells Junya, “Papa goes to work now, see you tomorrow.” lolol. And then he’s not the surprise-party planning nor lavish present fancy bouquet type of husband. And i have always been bad at the whole party thing. So this year there would be no party, no celebration, no family dinner, no presents, no husband even lolol. And no Japan T____T. By right this would be my worst birthday ever. read more

(This was back in December, 2014 in Tokyo!)

Junya was about to go on his first date!

After the meet-up with Sayaka and Anna, we decided to meet again when Junya is finally here so that the two of them soulmates can meet for the first time.

To cut the story short (long story is on the link above), Junya and Anna was born on the exact same day, so their mommies feel that it’s sort of fated! When we chatted all these while, we also found out that they have too many similarities!! Of course the age is exactly the same, so it’s very likely they will hit milestones at the same time. But things like falling sick on the same day… that’s just like they are lovers on another star in another paralel world XD read more

To continue from Part 1!

This was back in December, 2014 during our stay in Tokyo.

The danna had work most of first and second week so i braved myself to go out alone with Junya to catch up with some friends!

11. HARBS, Lumine Ikebukuro

RinRin was the first person who came to meet me up all the way at Lumine Ikebukuro! It’s just right across my apartment so it was really easy for me! (If i forget anything we could just go back to my place)

Harb is a chain cafe that serves light brunches and also cakes. They are baby-friendly, however we had to wait about 15 minutes as they only allocate certain seats for guests with strollers (so that it won’t be in the way). read more

Fashion Shoutout:

Bossini X Sanrio Collection

Are you a fan of Hello Kitty, Gudetama and other Sanrio characters?

This spring, Bossini is debuting “A Day with Sanrio Characters” collection featuring Hello Kitty, Little Twin Stars, My Melody, Bad Badtz, and everybody’s obsession currently: Gudetama.

And I was so lucky to receive some of the latest collections! I ordered them in my pre-pregnancy size so I can wear them soon!! Here are the coordinates:

Hello Kitty Mesh Layering Skirt from Bossini X Sanrio read more

What is Tokyo without having ALLLLLLL the awesome food!!

Before i had Junya, i could eat the entire Tokyo if i wanted. The only problem was the space of my stomach. But not now when i have a little one glued to me 24/7. My choice were limited, i had to think thrice before deciding where go eat. My whole knowledge about dining in Tokyo was corrupted and had to start from ground zero.

Or so i thought.

It turned out, the only thing i didn’t have was probably tequila. I fulfilled and checked all items off on my Tokyo Must-Eat list, including sushi, ramen, yakiniku, hotpot, pasta, gyutan…… It was quite amazing! We went to all the restaurants we couldn’t previously fathom having a tiny baby around at, and we survived (gracefully). read more

So this is a story of how i saved my baby from murderous dead chickens. Raining down from the sky. Yay i just promoted myself to Supermom.

Except no red cape, no weird fringe, no flying hi-speed across tall buildings scooping my poor falling child up with one arm to escape a villain zombie chicken attack.

What happened was, in actual life, we just came back from our family trip to Singapore late at night, all tired. Except the little one because he just had a nap in the car. And i had tons of chores to do and one of the first things was to put all the perishable groceries into the fridge (Hokkaido milk from Meidiya, yay!). read more

If you have a baby, i’m sure you know how important it is to capture every single precious moment. You can just miss a couple of days and suddenly your little crawler has a tooth.

I have more than 10,000 photos and videos in my iPhone now XD. It would be really nice to print some of the best ones and compile them into an album. Photo albums are so nostalgic but also a bit outdated.

Nowadays most people go for photobooks!!! I have quite a lot of photobooks (for honeymoon, wedding etc), but they took me weeeeeks to design, and honestly i don’t really have the time for such luxury nowadays, yet i still very much like to have a few keepsake to document Junya’s life as a baby… read more

Junya turns 9 months today!

(Also read  first month , second month , third month , fourth month , fifth month , sixth month , seventh month & eight month here.)

Honestly i don’t really remember anything life-changing happening in the past few weeks, so i’d say it’s a month of steady strengthening instead of breakthroughs. For example the beginning of his 8th month he started pulling to stand with much struggle, and by the end of it he did it like a piece of avocado. Into the first week he dropped 4 out of 5 Egg Boro i gave him, and the past few days he’s been picking up food off his plate like a juggler! read more