Passion is Thy Name!

Myth : 4-day extended weekend is a long enough time to do lotsa stuff.
Truth : "Time flies when one’s having fun" - I’m putting all my money on this one! There just wasn’t enough time to juggle shopping, eating, chilling with good friends, visiting family, and spending quality time with my man. That is alot to be done in 4 short days, agree?
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Highlights of the weekend are :-

• CNY yee sang dinner with some very dear friends at Chow Yang, PJ. Menu for the night as below. Yummilious!
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• We discovered a new place in Section 13 that offers an impressive selection of wine - and inexpensive too! Name of the building is Jaya33 and name of the place is The Vintry Cellar. It’s located on the ground floor facing the main road, a few doors away from Coffee Bean. Great ambience for cigar, wine and chilling with friends.
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  Housemates, ex-es and best buddies - all posing for a picture, for old times’ sake.
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  There will never be the likes of us again, I’m sure. After all that we have gone through - from friends to romantic partners and back to best buddies - there is so much we have gone through and yet, our friendship bond was so tight that it kept us together all these years. I heart you folks very mucho! *muax*
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• Galfriend time at the Spa. Finally got to check out KL Pavillion’s famous Fish Spa. Was it a bizarre experience? YES! Would I go back for another? NO! Didn’t like the fish nibbling at my feet and especially my calves. All my life, I’ve never been ticklish at my feet and thought I’ll actually enjoy the experience but I was sorely disappointed. It was a weird experience but hey, if you’ve never done anything like it before, you should at least go for the experience but I personally will never pay another RM35 to have those fishes exfoliate my feet. Gimme the pumice stone anytime.
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  Here’s a picture of customers getting their feet exfoliated by the Turkish fishes.
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  And here’s a picture of my galfriend’s feet with her exfoliators.
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  They even have private rooms with small tubs for customers who wish for a full-body exfoliation. Urgh. I cannot imagine getting every single inch of my body nibbled by those fishes. I personally wouldn’t do it if they pay me for the treatment!
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  This service is still new and not yet open to the public. We were lucky enough to get a tour of the private rooms. Notice that the fishes inside the tub are relatively smaller ones. They are still baby fishes and put in there to test the water. Once the water is ready, the big ones will be put in. Again, Urgh.
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  What I loved was the 30 mins of reflexology treatment prior to dunking our feet into the aquarium for the exfoliating process. The guys were damn good at pressing all the right points of our feet and I for one was oooh-ing and aaah-ing in pleasure as my very tired shopping feet were being rejuvenated for - what else - MORE shopping!
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• Shopping. Oh, the shopping. I won’t even attempt to capture the details of the retail therapy we did over the weekend. Let’s just leave it that our credit cards were still burning hot in our wallets as we started our drive back to Penang. Yes, it was that mad! Books,  bags, shoes, clothes, accessories - you name it, we shopped for it! :\
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  Ok, one picture. I will share one picture of one item in my shopping list.
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  Sexy, eh?
  What made it totally irresistable was the fact that it was 50% off! *gleeful grin*
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• Getting an unlimited supply of drinks from some nice guys at Hard Rock while my galfriend expertly put her flirting skills to good use. I just sat there and watched in amusement as she twisted the guys around her little finger. Hehee…. The priceless look on the guys’ faces when they saw our men walk up to us a couple of hours later (they were tied up earlier in the evening. Hence, the gals were all alone at the bar - alone but not loney! *wink*)
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• More pampering session at Urban Retreat Spa at The Curve. Got their mini spa package for RM 218 which covered a full body aromatherapy massage, a full body exfoliating scrub and a bath. Was it enjoyable? Yes. Did it have the WOW factor? Nope. Would I go back there? Nope - not because it’s that bad but becos one is spoilt for Spa choices in KL and I’ll definitely want to try new ones.
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• Oh, Sweetheart didn’t win the USD 40K for the Pro Tour but he did win the biggest prize of it all - quality time with his woman! ;))))

Overall, it was fulfilling, very fulfilling.
I came back to Penang recharged. Is that good? You bet!