Designer Disaster

What have I gotten myself into this time?
Yes, I am known to be trapped in the designer handbags zone.
But who would have thought that I'd be so caught up with designer clothing now?

So, yeah, we read it all the time about designer collaboration such as Missoni for Target, Lanvin for H&M, Versace for H&M, Rei Kawakubo’s for H&M and the ever so epic Karl Lagerfeld for H&M in 2004.
But those all were not in Malaysia.
We, Malaysian, are nowhere near such designer hype.
We do not go nuts for international designers because they're not brought into here.
We just swoon from far far away land, through the internet and E!News.
Yeah, lame-o-us.
But who cares right?
We are born and trained to stay calm.
So, thats what I thought.
Little did I know, I was dead WRONG!

Started with 6th June 2012, news spread from one local news to another that Rizalman is collaborating with Tesco in releasing several clothes special for this upcoming Eid-ul Fitr.
This released is called 20-by-Rizalman and shall be available for all the hobbits in July 2012 at 20 Tesco stores around peninsular.

Rizalman who?
Ohhhh.. that Rizalman.
Who designs clothes for the Malaysian royalty and actress and singers and socialites.
Yeah, what about him?
Baju Raya?
Cheapest is RM180?
Max is RM250?
Seriously?
Tesco?

Since it is available at Tesco, and we have Tesco Shah Alam, Tesco Mutiara Damansara and Tesco Puchong nearby to the house, hubby agreed to take me on my quest in search for MY Rizalman.
Yehaaaa!
First day, Tesco Shah Alam.
Ohhh sooo many choices.
But.. But.. But.. where's XL ??
Demmit.. no XL size!!
What do you mean all finished? Crazy!
Second day, Tesco Puchong.. same-o-no-XL.
Frustrating, really.
I'm not that fat ok!
I'm just big size, 165cm tall with wide shoulder and hip bones.
I can fit into L but then my monkey arms and bulging ankles will poke other people's eyes!
We had to pause the hunt and wait for the following weekend to pursue my quest for XL since both of us are working.

Third trip, we drove all the way to Tesco Ampang after getting WhatsApp by an office mate that she saw a few XL the day before.
Not exactly the designs that I wanted, but I caved in and bought two.
Final trip, Tesco Mutiara Damansara, since it is near to our house.
Hoping and wishing.
Alhamdulillah.
Managed to get the very last one standing.
Overall achievement, three Gold Medal! 

I am one happy mommy, despite having to drag all my 3 kids along the journey.
Well, I thought I was.
Until..
Jovian came along!
What the h....
Who the h....
Oh oh..
Here we go again.

Jovian Mandagie.
Who designs clothes for the Malaysian royalty and actress and singers and socialites.
Well known for couture wear and JM bridal collections.
Yeah, what about him?
Baju Raya?
Max is RM400?
Seriously?
Where?

Now comes the hard part.
First Lady Boutique.
Only one is near to me, and that is Plaza Alam Central.
And by following instagram #jovianrtw, I found out that it has been jammed packed since wee morning.

Having 3 kids in tow, hubby said it's best to just go via Zalora.com for the online option.
Oh gosh.
This cracked my brains.
Because Jovian came out with designs selections more than Rizalman.
Can you possibly imagine the pain that I had to go through to made up my mind on which to grab?
And worst part of all, was that I had to do it virtually!
Without feeling the material.
Without seeing the exact shades and beading and lace trim.
Without fitting it onto myself.

To go purchase via online, was definitely not the best plan.
Online is more disastrous than reality.
Why?
Because the crowd could be 10, 20 or 100 times more than those ransacking the boutiques.

As expected, all XL sizes of the designs that I am aiming for, sold out in less than five mouse clicks!
Aaaarrrkkkk!!!

But hey, look, not all the collections are up for grabs.
Where's the rest of them?
Bamm!!
Now we know that Jovian is releasing them in batches.
So, there's still chances of me getting them in my size.
Fuhhh.. breathe in .. breathe out.. stay calm..

After sulking for a few days, without realizing it, Jovian released a second batch.
Thought it was just restocking on Zalora, but hooraaahhh, new designs!
Click here and there, then again, too late for me to get what I wanted, in XL size.
This was stressful.
Very.. very.. stressful.

What on earth is going on here?
Has somebody been haggling all the XL sizes?
Is there an XL underground club that I am not aware off??
Demmiiitttt !!

They say third time's a charm..
Heck! Yeah, right! Pffftttt!

Same old thing happened.
On Zalora.com, for the third Jovian released, I have once again unsuccessfully grabbed my choice of XL clothes.
Well, to be exact, I had them both in my shopping cart, right at 10.14pm, that's 4 minutes after Zalora released the batch for sale.
All of a sudden, the website started giving me error notification.
I kept refreshing and re-clicking the mouse selecting them into my shopping cart.
Unfortunately, by the 6th minutes, all XL sizes are gone.

Upset.
Disappointed.
Speechless.

That's the end of it.

So, I thought.

Hmm.. not quite.
Jovian has a secret plan up his sleeves.
A finale.

Me?
I don't know what to think, or hope, or wish for anymore.
Should I give up?
Or die trying?

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Side note :
If anybody sees these in size XL and available for grabs, please let me know / sell it to me.
I'm desperate.

 

*(pics googled from the net)

Instagram fever

I've just discovered Instagram.
Yeah, I'm late, I know.
Well, I'm not the social media type either, so, that's forgiven, I guess.

My friend Elin, Nini and Yaya were the ones who introduced me to this.
At first I registered only to view their pics.
Then I got sick of Elin posting all these food she cooked!
Demm that woman has the jamie-oliver-i-can-cook-quickly-and-delicious trait!
And then Yaya tempted me with her bags piccies.
Oh the devil!
And Nini with her beautiful experimental shots.
Which then tempted me to try snapping piccies of my own.
I think I got carried away too much today.
It's hard enough for me to post one pic a day, but today I posted 3!
That is way overloaded, for me.
Then suddenly it made me miss my blog.
Which I have been neglecting for sometime.
Hence, I figured, I'm gonna post my Instagram pics here today.
So, here they are..

First pic:

I was wearing a cotton floral baju kurung prints to work today.
And instead of just using this Cath Kidston Box Bag as my EBM carrier, I emptied my cooler container and took it out to lunch with me.
While waiting for the food, I realised that I was too crowded with flowers.
Hence note to self : Do not carry flower prints bag while wearing floral prints clothes !
Too much, even my eyes hurt!

Next:
After some false alarm last week, it finally rained today!
Alhamdulillah.. love the cool breeze and the fresh smell after the rain.
Which gave Arif, the reason to wear his elmo-rain-poncho.. indoors!
Sigh..
Yeah, sure honey, why not.. go ahead.
Whateva makes you happy.

Last:
Suddenly hubby decided to ditch Aishah and mommy, and went for the all-boys-nite-out to catch the 9pm show of Ice Age 4 the movie.
So, mommy being alone decided to whip out the instant fried noodles, with some salad, and some fishballs, and wallllaaaahh.. Dinner is served!

Nommm nommm nommm.. with cili jeruk too, of course!

Change of dress code

Today marked the beginning of my new dress code.

Discovered a few days ago that my belly has started to steal the limelight.

So out comes the maternity clothing from the box.

And welcome to hubby's new task to help tie the ribbon!

Ta-daaaa!

Hats Gallore, right here at home !

Yes!
Just like the Royal Wedding scenes that I blogged about recently.
I took the opportunity to wear this hat during Amin's sports day last weekend.

It was after all, an outdoor field event.
Assuming to be hot and sunny.
Such a perfect weather and event, for hats and such.. don't cha think so?
I specially requested my officemate, QZ who went to Melaka for a product roadshow to search and buy one for me.
I was superrr excited to wear this hat.
Heck, I even thought I'd be the only one wearing it.
But who knew, I was dead wrong.

The teachers beat me to it.

And I felt like stealing this one from her!
Pure envy!!

So, in the end, I don't feel pretty any more.
Naahhh, here! YOU wear it, hun!

What does it mean when hubby gave you this CHANEL?

Hubby gave me this present last May, during the Mother's Day celebration.

Yes, that is a CHANEL box!

That comes with a CHANEL card!

And beautifully tied with the CHANEL ribbons.

It even has a CHANEL sticker on the inside paper.

Ohhh the detailing!

My heart was pounding fast, wondering what could it be.

And walla !

Errr... what are these, my dear?

Now let me see..

This is the Mascara.

..with a very cool casing..

Again, you could find this kind of detailing only on CHANEL products.

Next is the eyeliner.. Hmm..

And the biggest box is this..

Looks like a compact, but nope, it's actually an eye shadow palette.

With 4 beautiful earthy shades.

Now, the thing to highlight is that, I don't wear make up.

Why? Hmm.. Maybe becoz I don't even know how, apart from the fact that I never bother to learn either.

So, does this mean that you want me to do the Kim Kardashian eyes?

Hmm.. what do you think? 

I'm kinda lost, at the moment

Have you ever had one of those days when you just feel lost?
Like, is this it?
Am I going to do this forever?
It's not actually 'bored' to be exact.
It's more like being lost.
Plain lost.

So, what actually did you do when you hit this moment of lost-ness?
Me?
Well, my first step in finding answers, was, basically using the nearest and closest thing to me - my iPhone4, and googled "Feel Lost".
Yeah, tell me how lame that was.
Hey, give me credit ok, for actually still able to think when hit by this lost mode.
Anywayyy, wow, being google, it came out with 202 million results.
Errkk.. this oughta kill my 'lost' time indeed!
So, since I was lost, I simply scroll down the list..
Found out that major links (those that appears on top of most commonly related to it), state that "feeling lost" is actually associated with depression.

Urrggghh.. ok.. now that sounds soooo serious and dangerous too.
Nope, I don't want to be in depression mode.
Coz, I am not really that depressed.
Ok.. continue scrolling google lists..
Flip a few pages, and walllllaaaahhh!!!
Found this!

Absolutely the thing that I was looking for.
Hmm..
I need a change..
Hmm..
What should I do next?

Get a new haircut?

Get a new hair colour?

 

How about a body tattoo?

Bwahahahha..

Buang tebiat ke ko, Aida oiiii!!

Ok, I heard you, my dear friends.. this is not it.

I know.

Perhaps, change my tudung style?

DONE!

From this;

 To this;

Change my daily workout routines?

DONE!

From this;

To this;

 

Hey, commuting back and forth to work is a workout routine, ok!

I had to walk to/ from the station, up/ down the stairs and not to mention standing for the rest of 18 minutes per journey.

I sweat doing that, you know.

Although not drenched in sweat, but still, healthy routines, right?

So what's next?

Hmm.. maybe I need to revamp my handbags collection?

Ohhhhhhhh!

So, this is where it's heading, huh?

Bwaahahhahaa

(pics googled from the net)