How to clear off blocked parcels from the Malaysian Customs

Hi guys,

So yesterday, I received a call in the morning from Pos Malaysia saying that my parcel from Japan had been detained. I had to go all the way to KLIA Pos Malaysia Hub in order to claim back my parcel.

Remember to bring along your IC, reference number of the detained parcel or the official letter from Pos Malaysia as well as the parcel's sales invoice/receipt (if you have one. I didn't bring any since its a gift from my friend)

Here's what you need to do.

1. Register at the guard house and get your visitor pass
2. Once you enter the building from the gates, turn right and enter "Pintu 2"
3. Proceed to Counter 2 and provide the Poslaju letter/ Reference number in order to get your parcel's official letters.
4. Go to the next counter and provide the letters to the person in charge. You will claim your parcel there and leave your visitor pass with them.
5. Proceed to Kastam counter and open the parcel. You will be asked several questions like what are the items inside etc. 
6. If your items are cosmetics like mine, they would have to take some samples in order to test at their pharmacy. 
7. Since mine are pharmaceutical items, I had to go back to Counter 2 and wait for them to process my declaration and request for testing of product.
8. Luckily for me, my items are considered less in quantity and not for retail sales. I am not required to have the items being tested. Proceed back to Kastam counter to claim your parcel.
9. Make payment of the total tax and processing fee. I paid about RM58 in total including GST. After that you have to go claim back your visitor pass.
10. Before you leave, go back to the guard house to return visitor pass. They have to conduct checking again to make sure everything is done.

This whole thing was a new experience for me. At first I was worried that the Customs officer would be strict and may make the process a lot tougher but I was wrong. 

The Customs personnel are all very helpful and kind! The lady at Counter 2 even offer to help this China national women to declare her items since she isn't able to speak/write Malay.

If you think that it is troublesome to travel all the way to KLIA just to claim your stuff, you may also appoint Pos Malaysia to be your agent and settle everything for you with a fee of RM 49.50

You need to provide sales invoice to Pos Malaysia. Customs will then calculate the total you have to pay to them. 

I chose to go there myself since I do not have any sales invoice. I thought that if I settle it myself, I might at least be able to negotiate as well as understand what charges incurred. Plus, I get to save back the agent fee lol. 

If I were to appoint Pos Malaysia to be my agent, the total I had to pay is 

RM 49.50 + RM 58 = RM 107.50

or perhaps more since they may just increase the value of my parcel when there isn't any sales invoice.

The whole process took me about 30-45 minutes. There wasn't much crowd.

Hope this post is able to help you! 

LUSH Mask of Magnaminty Review

Hello world~

This is a review post for a popular brand in UK called LUSH! So what about LUSH? LUSH is a cosmetic company that sells handmade beauty products!
It started off in UK and had expanded to over 200 shops across the globe. But sadly, Malaysia hasn't have one yet :(

I've got LUSH bestselling mask here which is the Mask of Magnaminty!
I got mine from AXXEZORIES, an instashop that sells a full range of LUSH products from both Japan and UK! Damn, there's so much of stuff that I want them all =.=

I got this 125g for RM63. Well its considered cheap cause I saw many others selling for RM70 and up.

So this mask was a big hype and got everyone talking! It is suitable for acne prone people (which is me too) as well as all other skin types (unless you are allergic to peppermint).

Main Ingredients
Peppermint oil - To control acne break outs and leaves a refreshing feeling
Vanilla Absolute - To calm skin
Honey : To retain moisture
China Clay - To control sebum and oil
Evening Primrose Seed - Rich in vitamin and help in controlling acne
Aduki Beans - Grinded and work as a nice scrub to exfoliate gently

This mask comes in the normal formula and the self-preserving formula.
So what's the difference?

Normal : Have preservatives and other chemicals. Color slightly brighter
Self preserving : Have NO PRESERVATIVES and 100% NATURAL! Color is slightly dull hehe

This mask have an expiry of 4 months.

First Impression
This mask is in a thick texture, smells like chocolate mint ice cream YUM.
I had this kept in the fridge to prolong the freshness and to cool the mask


Verdict
I had a layer on and had scrub on my face before leaving it on for 15-20 minutes.
This mask felt really good and cool on the face. It didn't give any burning sensation as I thought it would. Application was easy as well :D

Sorry for the ugly photo. I know the layer isn't green enough but its so hard to capture the green lol

After rinsing, I notice that my black heads on my nose were gone like seriously!
My skin felt really clean and cool and it's a pleasure especially putting them on before sleep
As for the acne, it didn't really help much I guess cause my acne is there lol. However, I didn't get my weekly breakouts as often anymore!

Rating : 4.5/5 
(missing 0.5 point due to the tub packaging which needed me to dip my fingers. I used a tiny spoon to scoop them up anyway)


Nevertheless, I would still recommend this cause its so nice to put on, leaves my skin feeling squeky clean and removing my black heads. Its a good scrubber :D

TIPS : Do refrigerate them as I know that it can keep the freshness as well as prolong the expiry! :D

Heres the link to the instashop :
Facebook : http://fb.com/lushmalaysia
Instagram : @axxezories

Signing off,
Eloise

My journey of battling depression

Well as per title, another note to self is to be POSITIVE!

Been like 9 months since I blogged and those old blog posts are depressing like hell lol.
With those negative and sad posts, suicidal ones as well, definitely got me deep in thoughts.
Anywayyyyyy, good news is that I'm finally back to my old normal being and I'm happy with that! :D

Depression and stress were such shit but human's have to shit through out life right?
Came to know that stress is inevitable and so is depression.
This whole 9 months was a roller coaster ride and full of ups and downs.
Studies and final year thesis ain't some easy pie either.

I learned that to overcome stress, there's so much ways!


1. Surround yourself with happy people! 

I'm blessed with friends that are such jokers and always made me smile. They are cheerful, funny and never fail to make me laugh :D I would like to thank my Facebook newsfeed as well for entertainment and jokes I laughed so hard to. Laughter is definitely the best medicine yo!


2. Always speak out your mind. 

Don't be afraid to share out your feelings. I am one that was so full of negative energy and many of my friends agreed that. Since then, I was so afraid to share out my negative feelings, complains and how bad I really felt. Why was I afraid? It's because I won't want them to be saying 

"Oh look, Eloise is complaining again"

"Don't think too much"

"Don't so negative, think positively"

 These are the common verses I heard and to be honest, I hated it and hated myself for it. I don't want to be a nuisance or an annoying mosquito bite that people are dreading to get rid of and hence, I kept it to myself. 

Everyone need someone to be there listening. Thank God that I have my bae with me, Mee Lai, Jackson and many others who tend to keep giving me encouragements and strong support to hold me back up again. I owe you guys!

3. Shop, shop, shop

I am one who had been running business online (my store was up on Zalora! Another achievement unlocked!). I was so busy earning money that I forgot how to spend it -_- I came to realize that shopping is indeed overwhelming. I have been shopping like mad last week both online and offline and I blame it on sales :/ Not something that I would be proud of but I definitely feel happier rewarding myself! After all these months of earning, I'm finally buying something for myself although its just a pair of RM6 slippers from Cotton On, RM15 organizer from Typo and whatnot. To work hard is to reward. 

4. Be happy of what you have

Sometimes I came upon sad posts of others on Facebook, people that were losing people that meant so much for them. I felt a pang on my face that people have much lesser of what I have and yet I'm thinking myself as the most pitiful person in the world. I did not appreciate what I have nor did I realize what I have. All I saw was some gloomy, dark space with me in it and I was there alone (Depression can really do some cruel shit -.-) I read a lot of these sad stories of others to remind myself that I'm way blessed (I mean no bad intentions okay). I even copy pasted those stuff on my stickypad so that I read it when I catch a glance of it to keep it in my head. 

These are just some examples that I could think of right now.
I was a person chasing for perfection and achievements in life, which in my case is money and studies. I neglected and sacrificed my happiness for it.

I was too busy planning for future but did not plan for tomorrow. A selfish bitch who thinks for myself and myself only. A bad tempered lady that shouldn't be categorized under lady too -_-
But I'm glad that all these happened in the past. What matters most is right now, I am constantly trying to change that negativity of mine and be a happier person.

It was the little things in life that matters most.

The things that you love doing, you found yourself doing it
The people you love so deeply saying "I love you"
The precious moments captured with your phone camera

How long did that take you to realize these beautiful things? It took me more than a year.
A year was a long time that I had wasted but a lesson for me too.
I'm glad that I'm being a happier person now, doing the things I like, travelling and so much more!

Life can always be better.

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

Love,
Eloise

Nobody

Had you ever felt lonely and powerless at the same time?

Lately, there's been too many times of heartbreak, sadness and arguments.

Each of them is slowly ripping my heart off.

I can't do anything. Never had I felt so powerless like this before.

Who cares if I'm having a bad day?

Who can I turn to since it seems as if I had lose everything that used to be so important to me?

It gets lonely especially at night and when everyone had fell asleep.

And there I am, swallowing hard on my fate, crying alone silently on my bed to sleep.

I felt poor and stupid. Poor for not having anything and stupid for screwing things up.

The feeling is as if losing everything and left with nothing.

I'm really sick and tired of what I am right now.

No direction

Although I'm a psychology majored student, isn't it ironic that I do not know what is the fine line between depression and being emotional?

October was a horrible month, I almost can't handle everything in life.
I felt tired, restless and sick.
Studies and health had been deteriorating ever since I started my bachelors.
Not to mention my feelings and wellbeing had been extremely negative.
I even planned to stop pursuing my studies and just come out to work and earn money.
Money, the non living thing that empowers everything.


There's too much of arguments, sadness and literally everything negative.
Suicidal thoughts? Who haven't try that before?
I always have the thoughts, but then again...it's a stupid thing to do so I won't

Birth -> life -> illness -> death

Why try so hard and face these problems when it was death we are going to face in the end?
I used to ask myself this. And yes, I gave up in having hope for life.
Yes, I had been living in a much better environment if compared to those less fortunate and I felt really blessed about it.
But however, I'm not motivated to live happily.

Bf told me I had been really negative lately, cursing vulgars and easily annoyed whenever I drive and it wasn't good if this continues.
He ask me the meaning in life, I just told him there's not much meaning in life besides living and earning money.
He told me to live everyday and yes I did but without a direction.
He ask me about what are my hobbies and interest.
I thought long enough and came to know that I have NONE.
Then he ask what do I want to achieve in life.
Again I think, and there isn't anything that came into my mind besides travelling the world.
Then he asked me to make it as my direction.
Well this dream seem so distant. Afterall it is about money again.

I lost hope, dreams and motivation throughout all these negative times.
Friends told me I look pale lately without the glow I used to have. I just answered that I didn't get enough sleep while putting on a smiling mask and reassure them that I'm okay.
What am I? I can't even recognize myself.

Lost in KL

Yep, my title says it all.

9th May 2014, was a supposedly good day.
Had some minor argument with the boyfie so I decided to go out and meet Rabbit and Mee Lai to release some tension.

We decided to meet at Mid Valley around 3pm and it was my first time driving out at that distance.
So I told mum and she asked me to use Federal Highway and some flyover road which would be a U turn and lead me to MV. And she told me its the first flyover after passing by MV.

I was a little doubtful because usually my dad uses a normal U turn on the left side before passing MV and there's no flyovers used. I followed her instruction anyhow.

I left home at 2pm and used the flyover she mentioned. And holy shit, there's no U turns and only a straight highway which leads me to Damansara. So I passed by like 3 tolls and I saw Tropicana City Mall. I continued straight because there's no fking U turns and I reached TTDI.

Where the heck am I, I don't know. And at this time, Waze and GPS failed me badly because there's no signals. Then I was turning and looking for signboards there's nothing close to Bangsar. There's only Ipoh, Kuantan etc.

I was like okay keep calm, I can do this. I continued driving and reached some housing area. Had stopped by to ask for some pisang goreng seller for directions and they told me I'm in Bandar Utama now wtf. They weren't quite sure either how to go MV so I kept driving and driving till I reached another highway.

I continued straight and then Paradigm Mall was on my right. I knew I'm close to Kelana Jaya and hell yes, I was right cause I passed Kelana Jaya LRT station too. There's no other roads that lead me back to KL or Bangsar. All the signboards show Taylors, Sunway Pyramid.

And yes, I broke into tears as I'm all alone and don't know what to do. Then I kept driving and reached Petaling KTM station. I was like wtf I'm gonna park here and take KTM to MV instead. But after thinking on how to go back home at night, then I thought better not. I was leading to Petaling Jaya that time and I called my dad. He panicked as well because he don't know how to lead me back since I have no landmarks around me and I'm on a highway which I cannot stop. He asked me to look for petrol station nearby and ask help from taxis to lead me to Mid Valley and pay them.

Dad : Why you go follow mummy advice? You also know she's not good with roads.
Me  : She sounded macam yes and said she got more experience than me. Of course I followed
Dad : Next time if want ask for directions in KL, ask me not her


Not long later my mum called


Mum : You got lost ah? Where are you now?
Me    : I don't know where am I either
Mum : *heard me crying* hahahahaha you crying ah?
Me    : Thanks to your advice, I got lost
Mum : Hahah you also very naive, I say what you really follow
Me    : *DAFUQ* If not how?!

I was pissed.

Thank God I found Petronas and I asked the cashier how to go Mid Valley as there's no taxi at the time. And thank God again, there's this old Indian man who was paying for his snack told me to follow his car from the back because he's going to passby the highway which leads to Old Klang Road. He say will lead me to the road toward OKR and he will use another way to go to his destination. I put my trust in him and said thank you. We drove and he did lead me to the road towards OKR and signalling me that he have to go separate ways, I handsigned thank you to him again and I'm all on my own for another time.


It was a bad day. As I was going through the way, the road got separated into 2 and I'm in a dilemma on which to choose. In the end I chose the one that leads to National Stadium aka Bukit Jalil (I thought it will be near). And luckily I continued and saw Kinrara. Dad called me many times to ask me where am I and I said at Kinrara. He say I'm near to Mid Valley already and I was like yay THANK YOUUUU. I saw Old Klang Road signboard and continued


And shit happens, I followed the signboard to OKR and it lead me to another housing area and there's no further signboard on where Old Klang Road is nor Bangsar. I had to ask for directions again from those roadside food seller. In the end, a Malay courier guy helped to lead me yet again and we separated after because he's going another way. And I relied on my luck, follow by my instincts and managed to saw Bangsar signboard *tears of joy*

Bangsar LRT was on my right, so I made a U turn and managed to reach MV in no time *even more tears of joy* By the time I reached and found my parking, it was already raining heavily and it was 5.20pm which means I drove for more than 3 hours =.=  

Talked about my bad day to my friends and they're laughing hysterically.
Yep that's FRIENDS.

So when it was around 8 or 9 I decided to go home. But I am really afraid that I will lost again. Asked boyfie how to back and so ngam, he was in MV as well with his friend. He followed my car home and to be honest, I wasn't over yet with the argument earlier in the morning lol but I needed his help so I forget it.

And yep, got a surprise kiss and that definitely melted me away :P
My day was topped with cherry and I thought it ended.


HELL NEVER WAS I WRONG.
Got home and decide to bath after such long day. When closing the door, saw a stupid lizard on the wall, That scared the heck out of me since I hated lizards. =.=

K this is a long post.
GTG BB

Practicum Milestone : Unlocked and Accomplished

So.....I had my practicum/internship started on 10th February and it ended 8 weeks after at 18th March. 

Was a loooooooong time it felt as I were counting the days and wanted it to end badly.

I have to say, working world is a realistic world.

Think you know your classmates and friends well?

LOL, wait till you start working together.

Yeap, dramas and conflicts happen all the time.

Don't be surprised when a "friend" back stabbed or bad mouthed about you.

Anyway, to keep it short, I didn't enjoy that as much as I thought I would.

Dealing with other people's problem when own problem wasn't solved is not my thing I guess.

I still prefer to lead my college life, meeting up with sincere friends and gossip around (just like a teen should be)

Being old sucks.

Just wish the real working world won't come anytime soon.

will be blogging my Pangkor trip soon!

The Journey (一路有你) Review

Ever recognized that big hot air balloon whenever you're watching Astro?

Hello! And here I am for the review of this movie.

The Story

- Its about Bee (Joanne Yew) who had been staying in England since 8 years old coming back home to Malaysia along with her caucasian fiance, Benji Ben Andrew).

- Bee's father is a stubborn, traditional Chinese man who doesn't really show his love to Bee (even though he is) and wouldn't accept Benji at first but slowly throughout the movie, both of them compromised each other and lived happily.

Critics

1. Joanne Yew's language fluency

Yes, she sure is pretty with her flawless feature and figure but man, acting as a girl who is raised up in England, shouldn't she have an awesomely good command of English along with some British accent?

No offense but her English pronunciation is really bad in which I think it doesn't meet my expectations. Not only that, even her Cantonese fluency is bad as well. I would understand though if she were to act it out that way. But anyway, being a half-banana I would appreciate it if the crew had chosen someone else who have a good command of English for the movie since its kinda ridiculous for the character she's playing.

2. The chemistry between Ben and Bee's character

Sure, they are a couple in the movie but however, the movie doesn't show much of their love and chemistry. It was somehow rather dull because I really can't feel the "spark" or how deeply in love were they. It also feels like they were both "forced" to married as well due to Bee's pregnancy, well at least to me -.-

Plus Points

1. Chinese cultures as the main element 

This made the movie perfect for Lunar New Year. The movie is immersed in traditional Chinese customs and values which I'm proud of. It does elaborate a lot about how the 14 days celebration of Lunar New Year will go. Besides, it also show the real Malaysian vibe, crowd and environment on how the Chinese celebrate the days of Lunar New Year. It was rather traditional as they put in those superstitious elements inside too but however, managed to breakthrough some. But one thing they really emphasized on is respect for the elderly and the importance of family bonding

2. Humour

Who wouldn't love a show which is funny? Well to me, sense of humor is really important in a movie. I wouldn't want to just sit and stare at the screen and watching a dead boring show. I am impressed with how they blend in the funny scenes inside. Whole cinema was in laughter throughout the movie and that's obviously a good thing. One of the part which I think is the funniest was the Sofaman part. I just can't stop laughing at that scene!

Overall Verdict

It was nevertheless a good show. It is this kind of movie which makes Malaysia (and me) proud of.

Malaysians didn't really have much good actor and actresses so I would think it would be real good if they improve their skills in time and then give a better performance in future. 

The smile on the faces of the audiences in the cinema gives the movie a good wrap up. Which also means that the crew had did a good job on the movie :D

Rating : 4/5

Cheers and till then! 

Lets scream for ice creammmm

And by ice cream, I mean gelato.


Ever since the trip to Genting, me and dear found out about this super amazing gelato.
Its Gelatomio.
We had rum and raisin gelato there (That flavour is only available at Genting and not any other KL outlets) and at first bite, we fell in love with it.

Gelato ain't the same like any other ice creams out there.
Its of a smooth texture, you dont have to struggle scooping some ice cream with your spoon.

And we saw a deal on Groupon offering Gelatomio vouchers and we know we have to buy.

Gelatomio on the rock

Peppermint chip (both of our favourite) and blueberry mascarpone (tastes meh only)

This is only available at Pavilion outlet. They sort of mix ice cream together with toppings of your choice on a freezing cold stone.

We ordered this just to try how it tastes like since the videos looks interesting.

I would say it tastes okay only. Perhaps its the wrong choice of gelato.

Not worth for the price though

(If I don't have the voucher, I wouldn't be ordering this either)

Waffle and gelato

(Double chocolate and coffee crunch)

A classic dessert. I would say this tastes quite good. However they took so long just to make the waffle.

It took more than 10 minutes that I had to check if they forgotten about the order.

But definitely this wins Gelatomio on the rock in terms of price and taste.

*taken from my Instagram @chishein*

Large cup of gelato which you may choose 3 scoops of gelatos of your choice.

Its about RM 13 if I'm not mistaken.

For now we both had gotten a bit "sien" of gelatos.

Perhaps we would go there again for affogato in future.

Thank God for Melaka I found out that affogato are a real gem.

Till then. Take care ♥

The Internship

Hi internet user

Lol it's been a long time since I blogged. Anyway, I hope you guys are doing well there :D

I'm in the middle of my sem break right now and today 14th Sept 2013 marks the 30th monthsary of me and my boy hehe

Well, we had a simple date today.

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Morning, we had brunch at Wendy's, Times Square with our Living Social coupon.
Link here


We had our mango dessert at Hui Lau Shan, Pavilion. Ordered my favo mango crisps and chocolate wan.
Dear had some mango and coconut dessert which he claims to be awful and made his tummy unwell later :(
He had blacklisted that place lol but I'm sure we would go there again in future :P


Just right after dessert, we went to watch The Internship!

It was one of the many nice movies I've watched so far in 2013.

I give it a rating of 4.5/5

Well this movie actually is about 2 middle aged salesman whom had lost their job and finally decided to work in Google. However, they have to go through internship and finish a few tasks and compete with each other in groups. And by the end of the internship, only 1 group will be selected to work with Google.

Darn, ever since this movie I really wanted to go for a visit at least in Google office.

The foods are free, they have a slide to come down, sleep pods, rest pods etc.

Its just like an adult playground!

Are you tempted yet?

Heh this movie also have quite a few hotties inside.

Andddddddddd.....

TADAAAAA!!

One of them is Dylan O' Brien

Such a hottie ♥

I had to control my hormones while watching the whole movie lol.

Okay, no more spoilers as I shall let you guys watch it yourselves.

TTYL!