The Arabic Taste - Al-Safina.

Hey guys! I must share with you guys an awesomeeeee new dining place in Kemaman! :D Huge thanks to Syafiq for bringing Uzair and I there! :DDDDD Thank you so much!

I was like totally spellbound when I got there, I didn't even know there's a place like this! Since usually we just keep eating in the same restaurants in the Cukai town, so this is like a totally new discovery! :D

It's pretty hard to find. It's situated nearby the Kijal beach inside a Kampung area. We travelled on a narrow road with kampung houses on our left and the beach on our right. Sometimes the goats would cross the road, and chickens as well. Kids playing happily at the roadside too. It was a nice sight. :)

Greeted by this signboard upon our arrival! :) Can't wait to try!

I was like "wow" when I get in, and Syaf brought us to the "best seats" where you need to take off your shoes and go up the stairs. :D There were cushions on the floor and pillows so you can sit there cross-legged. Super comfortable and fun hahaha!

With Uzair! He's probably still crying now because Arsenal lose to Liverpool 0-4. LOL. 

With Syaf! Good to catch up after all these years! :)) And thanks for bringing us to this awesome placeeeee!

We ordered the Arabic Mint Tea and it comes in this huge pot with emeralds at the side wtf hahahahaha! Looks like Aladdin lamp, the longer version ahahahaha! :D

The boss serving us tea hahahaha! :D You can add some sugar in it, I personally prefer the original taste though. :) Love mint!

The scenery from the window, you can see the beach and the blue sea from here! :)

Since it was still early we decided not to eat too heavy, so we got ourselves some kebabs!

The taste is soooo good!!!! The bread outside is just right and there're chicken/lamb inside with pickled cucumber and other veges. SOOOO YUMMMM omg. :DDDD I finished it in 5 mins. I think the price is around RM 6 to 7 per plate! :) Totally affordable!

Closer shot of the seats! :))) So comfortable I can fall asleep there haha! :) All the time I was there I'm thinking I need to come back here again, and I need to recommend this place to my friends and bring them here as well! :D

Pictures shot outside before we left! :DDD

Trying to get the sunkissed hair-fashionably blown kinda shot but.......

FAILED. LOL.

Goats crossing the road! :)))) Love this blurry shot! :D

Oh you guys must want to know the price and what else do they have there!

I think the price is totally affordable and the proportions are big enough! :)

Btw, it's like god heard my wish, since I kept thinking about going back there again bringing my friends. And my wish actually comes true! 

The VERY NEXT day, I went for CNY day trip with my friends and after visiting a lot of houses and getting lots of ang paos, we decided to go Mesra Mall to watch movie. And I forgot what happened, and suddenly we decided to go to the Arabic restaurant again! Good thing we had Ehaun with us, coz she just live nearby that area. If you ask me to bring them there again I'm afraid I can't find the way. LOL.

They all were totaly hyped about that place and they loved the food there too! :D

This time we ordered the Chicken Madhgout! It's like some chicken buried inside the rice. The taste is a puke-rainbow experience! The chicken is soooooo soft and the rice... THE RICE. T____T Cannot tell you how yummy it is omg. T_____T You just need to go try it. The taste is really special and different.

The price is RM 41.90 for this whole huge plate of rice (1kg). It's great for 4 ppl! :) So after divide, it's just like RM10 per person. Really cheap! :) We shared it among us, which were like 6 ppl and we were pretty full already! :)

We ordered the mint tea again! :) Though some of the girls don't really like the taste of mint haha! Only Ehaun and I appreciate it hahahahaa!

Maple with the magic teapot! Haha!!

Happy girls!

And it's like god loves me too much he wants to grant my wish several times LOL. My aunt announced that she would treat us dinner at a really good Arabic restaurant, and I was like, "Is it Al-Safina"? The answer is YES. 

OMG Hahahahaha! So it's like 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'm going to the same place!!!! But I love that place so I'm not complaining. Hahahahaa!

They reserved the whole best seats for us! :DDD Yayyyy! Pictures of my aunts and family!

This time the special dish is Mixed Grilled! As yummy as ever too! :) It's like RM 23.90. A very huge plate!! :)  

Do go and try it out if you're Kemaman people or if you're coming to Kemaman! :))))

Restaurant Al-Safina, Kijal Beach

Address: No. 1212 Kg Che Wan, Kijal Beach, 24100 Kemaman.
Tel: 09-8588239
H/p: 0122783015

They serve lunch buffet from 12pm - 3pm, from Sunday to Thursday! :)

Ps: The boss there is from Iraq I think. And he's superrrrr good-looking! Hahahaha! My aunt was like whispering to me, "The boss here super leng zai one!" And I was like "omg where where!!!!! I want to see!" And the boss appeared later and I was like OMG REALLY LENGZAI!!!!!! Hahahahaha!

Ps2: All the ingredients of the food are imported from Arab so I can assure you the authentic taste! :) So must go and try and also check out the lengzai boss! hahahahahhaha!!!!

The Element of Surprise.

Have you guys ever feel like something shoot up in your head and exploded like fireworks when you receive a present? The feeling when you have the physical reaction of your eyes getting bigger, your mouth opening into a wide O, and you scream and jump around like a crazy person? 

That's one of the reasons WHY I love presents so much, both the process of giving them out or receiving them. I love the feeling of elation, the suspense before opening the wrapping paper. And to achieve all these, we go to the basic of it, THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.

About 2 weeks ago, my blogger friend, Ivy suddenly told us (Maple, Fion and I; the 4 of us have our own special chat group in Wechat) that she wanted to give us a little gift. She asked for our addresses and sent the present to us by courier. 

There was a little interlude, she made a lil mistake in my address hahahaa, but the postman still manage to send it to my house!!! :) Thank you Mr Postman you're awesomeeee! :)))))

When I received the parcel, I was guessing what's inside. It feels very soft and light. So I carefully opened the parcel...........

And I screamed. LOL. Let's be honest I'm not a screaming type of person lol. I mean, I used to be when I'm younger la, but now I'm like old already, so I'm much more, ahem, you know, mature and solemn. BUT, upon receiving Ivy's present I was like bubbling with excitement and happiness I couldn't contain  myself. LOL. I immediately get into my Wechat and literally screamed into the voice message hahahahaha!!! I have to let the excitement out or I'm gonna explode. XDDDDD

Alright enough crapping, I have to show you guys the present!!!! :)))))))

I'm using up all the stickers I can find to exclaim how touched I felt. Inside there's this mickey-shaped note with Ivy's cute handwriting! T_____T Thank you dear! I hope I will have my own concert in the future lol, if so, I'll get you a free ticket la no need you to buy. And your present definitely is NOT CACAT!!!! T____T It's perfect!!!! I'm DEFINITELY bringing it to Shanghai and USE IT EVERYDAYYYYY!

Mwahhh love you lots! Hope to meet you in real life soon too! :DDDDD

The present is this mad adorable+cute+creative tissue cover. TOTALLY DIY by IVY!!!!!!!!!!!!

So much heart and effort put inside the making of it! T_____T

Even got my name "XI" on it! T____________T

Wait till you see the other side!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG got violin and bow, and pretty dress, heels, and bag!!!!!!!!!! 

Somemore got violin strings on it OMG! T_____T Cannot imagine how much time and effort Ivy used! So creative and everything so detailed!

The very happy and proud owner of this amazing gift! 

Switch to the back camera for better quality pictures wahahhaaa! (okay, just excuses to post more pictures here) XD

THANK YOU SO MUCH IVY!!!!!! REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!!

I'll get you something nice from Shanghai next time I come back kay!!! LOVE YOU LOTS!!!! :)))

CNY 2014!

Gong Xi Gong Xi! :) Happy Chinese New Year peeps! :) Guess you guys are still in the CNY mood since now it's just the 5th day of it. :D 

I just got back home after spending 4 days in my grandma's house in Johor. :) It was nice to meet up with my relatives there, though this year it has been pretty quiet compared to the previous years. A lot of my relatives went travelling on the 1st and 2nd day of CNY so it lacks a bit of the boisterous happy mood like last time. Anyway, we stick to our custom of dressing up and going shopping LOL.

Start off with my big face! :D

With my sweet little cousin! She has the prettiest eyes ever! :) Sad that she was only there for the 1st day morning, and that afternoon her family went somewhere else to travel. 

One best thing about CNY is definitely the Ang Paos. Hahahaha!! 

*Insert $-$ into my eyes* LOL!

My 2 pretty cousins! :) Hui Min and Hui Ling! :)  Hui Min is very shy and quiet, and SHE DRIVES BETTER THAN ME. *facepalm* Hui Ling is very fun and talkative and she knows a lot of awesome phone apps which she recommends to me. :D Now my phone becomes more high-tech and pretty mwahahhaha! :D

Btw I really want to thank my brother, Hang! :DDDD He's the best! Hahahaa!

He drove us to the shopping mall and treat us EVERYTHING. The movie tickets, the huge sushi set, the movie popcorn combo and even snacks after! :DDDDD

谢谢哥哥，不好意思让你荷包大出血了。不过被请客感觉太爽了哈哈哈哈！！！

Love this picture! :DDDD

The siblings! Hahahaa! Di An on the left and Hui Ling on the right.

Why so serious? :DDDD Hahahahhaa! Btw both of them are very good at eating Wasabi. 

*facepalm x 1000000000000* Seems like I sucks in everything. LOL.

I can only eat like a SMALL TINY PINCH of wasabi. And I'll cry. T______T

Brother ordered this hugeee plate of sushi combo! OMG! :DDDDDDD And 4 of us finished it and felt so bloated LOLLLL.

We went to watch The Monkey King. And to be honest I don't like it. LOL. I appreciate all those actions stuff but it's all too fake. The storyline is the old one, but added some new characters. It's all like very 狗血, LOL. I think I prefer something that's more down to earth. 

Oh btw, Hui Ling recommends this place as the best selca place ever. LOL. The make-up room in the ladies. :D It has the best lighting wahahahhaa!

Just to get the headband on my head. :) Learn this Headband Hairstyle from Youtube. 万能的Youtube大师。 Hahahaa! :)))

After that we went for Purikura!!! So much fun omg! Hahahaha! In some pictures, Di An just disappear because he's not fast enough hahahahaha! :DDDDD Purikura is all about speed and responding techniques hahahahaa! :D

Uhm.. Good lighting so allow me to put some selcas. Hahahaha. :D

CNY DAY 1 OOTD:

Embroidered Beige Lace Dress from Zara

YSL Sling Bag

Aldo Skeleton flats

PS: I got both these dresses (including the navy blue dress I wore on CNY day 2) from the sales in Shanghai. Didn't even bother to try them out coz the queue was too long LOL. Just simply snatched the size that I usually wear and paid for it. Hahahahaa.

Luckily both of them fit perfectly!! :D Phew! :DDD

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CNY Day 2! :) The same old routine. Dress-up and go watch movie again. LOL. Didn't bring my hair-curler back this time so couldn't do some fancy hairdo. T_T Just did a simple half-up.

We went to watch From Vegas To Macau. And I really loveeee that movie! :D It's really funny and at the same time convincing. :D Hahahaha good movie supposed to be like that okay??? :D Not like The Monkey King, always uses the same old "Transformer" technique ----- Monkey turns into King Kong in the end =.=. 我看到很闷，可以不可以来一点新意？ *yawn* LOL.

Btw my Singapore relatives came over that day but I forgot to take pics with them!!!!!! OMG now just realised. =.= Anyway one of the reasons is my phone battery had gone dead so I had to charge it. :( Anybody know whyyyyyy Samsung phone always heat up? It was super scary, I thought it's going to explode or something. Super hot at the battery area. :( I already changed a new phone battery but the same problem still happen. :( AND the battery dies SUPER FAST. :( 

CNY DAY 2 OOTD:

Navy Blue Dress with Criss-Cross Back from H&M

Belt from Bugis

YSL Sling Bag

Navy Blue Wedges from Earth Music & Ecology

Btw loveeee my little nephew, Travis! He's like super duper cute. Always smiling and loads of fun! :) He'll come to play with you and always shine you the brightest smile ever. :DDDDD Where to find such a cute kid like this! Hahahaha! And I loveeee his watermelon hairstyle. He has perfect skin and hair, like a doll! :DDDDDD

And here's my eldest bro, Yang! :)))) He's super awesome, and always help me with my phone and computer and stuff. :D He always gets new phones for me and my mom wheehehehehehehe!!!!! :DDDDDDD

Btw these are the BREAKFAST we ate everyday. 

I'm eating non-stop like a pig and now I'm still feeling very bloated. Can't stop myself because I can't find all these goodies in Shanghai!!! 

Shanghai's breakfast is Pao and dumplings. Everyday like that. T____T 

So MALAYSIA'S BREAKFAST IS THE BEST. T__________T

I can't stop myself, I have to keep eating. T__________T

I think I'll probably die of indigestion. T________T Somebody save me please. Anyway will update soon! T_______T Ciao!