I've always been a fan of Japanese food. Sushi and sashimi and all that ramen and the list goes on. Funny that I love the korean language and korean skincare and all, but I prefer the Japanese food over Korean food. lol 

Anyway, if you're from Malaysia, you should know Sushi Zanmai by now. It's almost everywhere. It wasn't recently until I knew that Sushi Zanmai was actually owned by a 'company' call Supersushi. They own Sushi Zanmai, Pasta Zanmai, Hokkaido Ichiba (my favourite place), Ozen Zanmai, Zen, Sushi Zen... so many right wtf. I actually suspected Hokkaido and Sushi Zanmai were the same because the menu and logo were damn similar. and i was right. 

Sushi Zanmai and Hokkaido Ichiba is definately one of the top ten japanese sushi restaurant to go in KL. 

I don't usually order the sets whenever I go for Japanese cuisine because I feel it takes the joy out of it. LOL. How can you not have nigiri sushi?? 

Salmon Mentaiyaki - Salmon/Belly Nigiri Sushi is one thing, but for the past two year, mentaiyaki has been coming up and you can see it everywhere. and best of all, it's actually DAMN NICE. #gwenapproved

Just in case you didn't know, mentaiyaki is actually marinated pollock roe. Some call it mentai sauce, mentaiyaki, mentaiko (similar just different spelling. ) 

Yakiniko Don - Beef fillet with onion on rice. This is like one of the simplest recipe. But you know they say sometimes they easy ones are the hardest? It's true. The trick for yakiniko don is the beef. If it's too dry, or over cooked, or too raw, or not marinated well, the whole dish deduct points. lol 

I don't usually order a don by myself cause I won't be able to finish my order food. So fatty usually orders it and I nibble from him. 

Edamame - Not everyones favourite, but it's my kind of french fries. :) 

Salmon platter. lol how can anyone resist this. #nuffsaid 

Who's a sushi/japanese fan as well? Share what is your worst/best experience or where is your favourite place. 

It wasn't until ONE DAY, someone posted on Facebook and people around started saying "eh. beauty products, salon, spa and massages also will be affected with GST!" 

wtf

So all you ladies out there, eyeing that Clarisonic or SKII treatment? Any high end luxury item? Get it by end of the month, if not you would have to get it oversea. LOL. 

*The reason why I bought my Clarisonic last week so that I wouldn't have to pay the obvious difference. LOL 

If you want to find out more about GST; to know what is affected and what isn't. You may check out <here> 

A friend even tagged me to join them. But i was like heck no am i going to line up for that. 

but that didn't mean I didn't take the opportunity to drop by at their store the week they were open. I had to right! How could I miss this?? At first I wasn't sure about the price of their products, but when I went there, it was cheaper than I expected #seriousshit 

They were quite a number of people which I wasn't surprise seeing that it's quite a famous brand and newly launch in Malaysia. Next thing I knew, I grabbing face mask and spent an hour in the shop and walked out with a membership and paper bag. 

 Innisfree haul that cost is less than RM80 and free gift as well. 

Check out my post on that day (link)

The downside of Malaysia is that, you can't get everything anywhere. For example, Nars is only available in Pavilion! Bad enough for those who stay out of the city, it is so troublesome to go to Pavilion just for it. What more those who don't even stay in the same state. 

BUT NOW. the good news is that. You don't have to go all the way to Sunway Pyramid to purchase Innisfree. HERMO.MY sells it already!!! 

You may check them out here <link>

I KID YOU NOT!!! 

And the price is even the same or cheaper. So thumbs up for not being pricier. 

I got so excited I bought like 6 Innisfree items from them. #notsponsored 

So for those who stay in Penang, Ipoh, JB and even Sabah and Sarawak. You may now get genuine Innisfree products. LOL. 

Check them out at Hermo.my 

or their Facebook Page Hermo Malaysia 

for more information. 

#HAPPY SHOPPING 

I came across this quote on a shirt in Zara that day. 

"Self confidence is the best outfit you can wear"

Which is really true. Snapped a photo and wanted to share it with everyone because it's a message that should be spread around. But like any other quotes, many things are easy said than to be done. How many of us actually follow our own advice we give to others? Even myself. 

Always have confidence in yourself, in that way, you would do so much more and show your full potential in whatever that you are doing. 

I generally have very dry lips. So lip balm/lip oitment are really important to me. Especially for someone who can't live without her lipstick. Usually if I am using lip tint/stain or a sheer lipstick or smtg shiny/moisture with glossy wet look, it's fine. But matte lipsticks are also one of my current favourites. 

The tricky part with matte lipsticks is that you can't have cracked dry lips, if not it will look horrible. 

When i say horrible I really mean HORRIBLE!!! 

If you have cracked lips, and you apply lip balm then a matte lipstick, your dried flaky lips are still obvious. This is why it is very tricky and terrible when you have dry lips. 

I would say it's all about test and trial. I know many people would suggest and tell me to just use Vaseline, but the thing is- Vaseline didn't work out for me. I still had my cracked lips and sometimes I end up having sores. So I stopped and the sores went away. 

I have tried all sorta of lip balm; from Nivea to LipIce to QV, to Mac cosmetics lip balm and lip tint and even tried our Diors lip balm and Chanel's one as well and also other brands. 

But none of them really worked out perfect for me. It did make my lips better but didn't whoo me. 

One day I decided to give La Mer a try. And OMG they were so good but so expensive.  It literally burns a whole in anyone's wallet and totally wasn't worth it. They were good, with the peppermint taste but wasn't good enough for me to say #takeallmymoney 

Then few days ago I walked into BB and noticed there was a lip balm. I tried it on the spot and fell in love with it. For a split second I had a #takeallmymoney feeling so I bought it on the spot (and also managed to grab other stuff) LOL 

The Bobbi Brown lip balm comes with a SPF15 which is a plus benefit. I've seen bloggers reviewing that it's not that great and they wake up with white flakes. But so far, I've been waking up with smooth lips. I wouldn't say my lips are 100% smooth because I have so badly cracked lips that miracles don't happen. But BB saved me enough to make it feel so good that it's not cracking or flaking off. 

Another thing I had is having the need to reapply lip balm throughout the whole day. Then I can't have any lipstick d!! And it also means that lip balm is not doing it's job. But BB's lip balm only requires one application for a full day moisture. So nice right. 

This retails at RM80 and I bought it with my own hard earned money. Not sponsored :) 

Would I recommend it? Yes!!! Because asides what it does the packaging is just lovely! 

All in all, it's a personal preference. Like I have always said, you need to test it out to try it out.