Land of the Annyong's

Hey readers,

Sorry for the long MIA (Missing in action). But if you need an explanation, its because i was in Seoul Korea for a week! Cant wait to blog about my adventures, so you can check my itinerary and assist you on your next planned trip to Korea maybe, or maybe not. teehee.

This is Haechi btw. and he's actually a symbol of an imaginary creature that helps realise justice and enhance safety and happiness in Seoul Korea. Will be blogging more on my adventures, so stay tuned for updates.

lots of love,
Sara xx

Amante Charity Fair X GOOD SAMARITAN HOME

Hey y'all,

Im sure everyone would like to contribute to charity when they have a chance to. It pretty much resembles humanity in man kind which i find very important. And if you've been thinking about contributing but not sure how to, well here's one you can look forward to!

Theres a charity event coming up organised by Amante nail Spa which the proceeds would be donated to Good Samaritan Home - Home for children in Malaysia for their education.HOW AMAZING IS THAT?! Education used to be affordable for everyone, but with whats going on in malaysia now, the technologies that we need and scientific equipment in order to understand projects more requires money, and especially to the less fortunate, i think this would really help them bring themselves up to contribute to society one day. If you've never appreciated education, then you're on the wrong page my friend. Education is where you start, and as you grow, you learn how to bring yourself up as a person.

So, Amante Charity believes by helping raising funds for this home, it would make learning possible for everyone! From pre-schools students to graduate school, by providing basic education to those who need it most. Well, from how i look at it, who knows one day, one of them would be the ones saving lives from all around the world? Besides, everyones living in the world with a purpose. (which i very much believe). So when is the fair you may ask? It would be on the 7th of September 2014, at Amante Kota Damansara, where you can show support for these amazing young children or future doctors, engineers or even teachers and also to Good Samaritan Home.

Doesn't it make your heart melt being able to help the need? Well, especially if you want to see change in the world, we still need to start small, don't we? And on top of the event, are you aware that you would be rewarded too?! OMG!

Amante Nail spa is well known to housing popular beauty and wellness needs for women, and since they're the host of the event at the Amante Charity Fair, customers can purchase the Amante Charity Coupon Booklet  for RM35. Inside the booklet, it has a total amount of RM35 cash vouchers ( 7 X RM5 cash vouchers) where you can purchase on treatments, activities, food and games at Amante Charity Fair, and also a Bonus thank you Hot Stone Massage treatment worth RM88.

Pretty fair deal don't you think so? You get to contribute and be rewarded?! I say its a win win situation. And after a long day of working hours, I'm sure you would want to pamper yourself at least once a month, so why not pamper yourself with Amante for a good cause in September?

Boys together at home

"Seeing all these boys sleeping together, calling each other 'brother' is an inspiration to us. It have been our desire when we set up Good Samaritan Home to let these children have another family. Daniel comes to the home at the age of 6 years old. He comes from a single mother background. Now at the age of 21, he is doing his final year in culinary arts! He acts as a big brother to all of them and all of them call him 'kook'. He walks the mile as their brother; helping them in their work, showing them how things are done and etc.. His actions has inspired other boys and girls to feel at home."

-Taken from Amante's official Facebook page

If you're interested to join the  Amante Charity fair and contribute; here's what you can do:

1. Purchase the Amante Charity Voucher booklet at RM35 from the nearest Amante outlet OR visit www.amante.my for a list of locations near you.

2. If you don't have time to, you can transfer/bank in to Amante Beauty Care Sdn Bhd (Maybank Acc No. 512491131743) and send transfer note/bank-in slip to amantecharity@gmail.com with name, e-mail address & mobile number. You can then collect you Amant Charity Coupon Booklet on the event day which would be on the 7th of September, 2014 at the Amante Charity Fair.

For more information regarding Amante's Charity Fair Fund Raiser, click here.
And for official instruction to register, click here.

Providing a range from nail spa to body care,to create a sanctuary for women. The services offered in Amante would be spa manicure and pedicure, aromatherapy body massages, hair removal waxing, natural eyelash extension, facial treatment, jacuzzi & far infra sauna body treatments. All products used are all tested and proven internationally for its safety and efficacy.

Nail Spa products used by Amante:
OPI, Nail Tek, CND Creative and Essie

Body Spa products used by Amante:
Pevonia Botanica

Facial products used by Amante:
Bellewave USA for facial treatments

Photo credits
++ Amante Facebook Page
++ Johnnie's Blog Post

For more information, please proceed to links below.

Official Website: http://www.amante.my
Amante Nail Spa & Body Care's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmanteNailSpaBodyCare
Good Samaritan Home Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodsamaritanhome.page

H&M Grand Opening at Nu Sentral. Score yourself a RM200 gift card too!

So, if you haven't heard, H&M will be opening at Nu Sentral on the 17th of July 2014! And since it has always been a H&M tradition to reward the first in line with RM200 gift card, here's how you can score one for yourself. Still not too late! Don't forget to mark your calendars to make sure you don't miss out on the excitement! 

Date: 17th July 2014

Location: Nu Sentral, Concourse Level

So, its very often that we have people queuing overnight, so you better be prepared with sleeping bags and food in case you get hungry. HAHA. And yes, H&M did mention about the overnight queuing in fact, so for those who are adventurous enough, kindly make your way to the mall using the entrance next to espressolab. Good Luck, and all the best! 

Queue up for the grand opening and stand to win some swag from H&M! Be the first in line and receive a gift card worth RM200! Woo hoo, score! The next 50 in line will receive a RM50 gift card and the following 50 will receive a special gift! Also, the first 250 customers to make any purchase will receive a free gift while stocks last. That’s not all! Enjoy 10% of your entire purchase with a minimum spend of RM150 till the July 20th! Book your calendars ladies!

To rsvp, click here. 

Good luck shoperholics. Better get all those camping equipment ready! 
Sara xx

2.0 Runway

Hello there everyone. Been a pretty busy week for me. And i know some of you are wondering what happened at 2.0 Runway? Well, It was definitely an informative event on fashion x technology. From discussion about online shopping to how do you be trustworthy and convince people to buy and assure them that the product will arrive safely instead of getting cheated.

I had a few speakers which were my ultimate fave during the event, so most likely imma talk about them in this blog cause what they had to say was really an eye opener for me. And i will try my best to  explain what the message was all about.

Startup Speakers attendees 
Cheryl Yeoh - CEO of the Malaysian Global Innovation & creativity centre (MaGIC)
Giulio Xiloyannis - Managing Director of Zalora Malaysia
Johan Ishak - CEO of MyCreative
Kelvin Au - Managing Director of Asian operations
Renee Lodens - Starter of The Travelshopa Blog
Chang Wen - CEO and founder of Ninja Van
Fadza Anuar - Fashion Valet founder
Bernie Eng - Co founder of WaryBee
Tang Siew Wai - ICT and e-commerce for Reebonz/s

Fashion Show
Syomir Izwa
Zalia, By Zalora

First up, would be Renee Lodens. She currently stays in Singapore but originally was from Sydney. Out of all the speakers, she caught my attention the most because what she was talking about was basically on travelling and shopping at the right places. She's the started of the Travelshopa Blog to promote local brands and treasures of destinations around the world.

Her blog eventually became a respected shopping guide and resource for shopper travellers all around the world which is truly amazing! I mean yeah, you may find all the general places that you want to go to shop, but how often can you find places which are away from  tourist attractions? These places are the ones where you can find value to their collection compared to buying high end brands where you can find in any part of the world.

For more info on her website:
http://www.travelshopa.com

And next would be Giulio Xiloyannis, the Managing Director of Zalora Malaysia. I find his work brilliant as he discusses on marketing issues on how much do you spend and at the same time balance it out to how much you're earning. Zalora, as we all know it, has been one of the fastest growing online shopping fashion destination, thanks to the marketing strategies that Zalora has been spending on.

But according to Giulio Xiloyannis, he says marketing wasn't at the top of the list when it comes to spending. Zalora focuses more on delivery services to COD and also to assure that customers are comfortable with shopping with Zalora, as they have a 30 days return policy so that buyers won't hesitate on purchasing online. In fact, Giulio mentioned that they only spent around 10% of what they have on marketing. Which got me going bonkers, cause their marketing online has been pretty well brought up apparently. (you'd be lying if you haven't been noticing Zalora ads)

Zalora's Official Page:
http://www.zalora.com.my

So basically my highlights would be these two speakers, and they were amazeballs! Everyone else was great too, but my top two who inspired me would be Renee and Giulio. Fabulous speakers! Here are some photos from the event btw. Enjoy!

The panel discussion session.

Below would be some of Shomir Izwa's works. A blend of modern and classical into his designs.

One of my favourite designs by the designer. So classy, yet elegant and traditional. 

My date of the day (#dotd)

The crowd during the event. TONS OF PEOPLE!

Meet Renee Lodens, travelshoppa.com founder. 

So, that pretty much sums up my Friday. I'd say it was very productive. Too bad i didn't get to talk to Giulio, but he seemed too busy to be approached. Oh well, theres always next time. And did i mention that they might have a 2 round of runway 2.0? Looking forward for the next discussion talk. Will try my best to inform all of you about the next event.

Thats all for now, toddles.

With fabulous love,
Sara xx

Forever 21 X Sale

Source: Google

If you haven't heard, yes, Forever 21 is having a massive sale right now! So if you're looking for new clothes to hunt down, Forever 21 is the place to be as prices of apparel starts as low as RM10 from Forever 21. How cool is that ? Anyway, i just dropped by Forever 21 at Sunway Pyramid today and my buys are to die for! To find out what i got from my Forever 21 haul today, keep on reading.

So here's what i bought 2 Skirts, 1 Top, 1 Jacket, 1 Cardigan, 1 Dress and a pair of heels. Total of 7 items from the store basically. And how much did i spend on all 7 items? Just RM180. It was that cheap! And i asked the sales person of forever 21, and its said that the sale has been running for over a week now. So get your comfy outfits on, and start shopping if you don't want to miss out on all the deals.

And since i did mentioned i'll post up the things that i bought earlier, here is the moment of truth. *drum rolls please*

Black Skirt GunMetal 

Original Price : RM70

Discounted Price: RM10

Beaded Black Dress

Original Price: RM299

Discounted Price : RM30

Tribal Rusty Casual Jacket

Original Price: RM219

Discounted Price: RM30

Beaded Top 

Original Pice: RM139

Discounted Price: RM30

 Cocoa Beaded Skirt

Original Price: RM139

Discounted Price: RM30

Woven Beaded Cardigan

Original Price: RM199

Discounted Price: RM30

Silver/Gold Shoe

Original Price: RM119

Discounted Price: RM20

And thats basically what i got from Forever 21, and since all that was less than RM200, its was like a SUPER STEAL DEAL! I have to admit that I'm a thrift shopper-holic. And yes, its because i don't have all the money in the world to spend and actually I'm still happy :) You don't need money to be happy, all you need is to be smart, love art (As earth without art is eh) and basically live within your means. Why kill yourself to get a bag by starving yourself?

I believe that god will always give you a chance in any way to achieve something, but just remember that to get what you want, you might just have to sacrifice a few things in life. Like rather than going for a sale shopping spree, you might have to not spend the money to be able to afford a prada bag of your own. In my case, i have too many bags already. And its not easy for me to shop and see the things i like. So once i got my eye on it, I'll definitely find a way to just keep it as my own.

And if you're wondering how much i saved from this spree, let me just compare to you the original price and the price that i paid for all of it.

Total of Original Price: RM1184

Total payment of discounted price: RM180

I have never felt so happy for almost spending over RM200 in a day. ahha. Cause usually i don't. but yeah, in my dictionary, money comes and goes. I still have some stash of cash at home, so i guess i needed to spoilt myself a little, since its my birthmonth anyways. And yes readers, I'm turning 22 soon. Which gives me a pretty sucky feeling cause I'm still a kid at heart. boohoo.

Anyways, if you have any other enquiries on Forever 21, feel free to just check out their website to see what kind of clothes they sell. Most of the clothes i bought today was from the Forever 21 Contemporary collection.

Source: F21 official website

For more information on forever 21, head over to one of their official sites:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Forever21
Official Website: http://www.forever21.com

Don't forget to hit me up with what you guys bought from Forever 21! Would love to see what treasures that you've found in the store.

toodles for now,
Aliza Sara
xx