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SKYY Vodka Signature Cocktails inspired by Sex and the City 2

iamthewitch — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:35:47 +0000

I am a huge fan of Sex and the City. I used to watch it when I was still studying in my uni, downloading episodes after episodes from the network drive and watching them instead of studying. *LOL* So, when I heard of an event which was related to Sex and the City, I simply had to go! It was the launch of the limited edition SKYY Vodka as the official cocktail for Sex and the City 2 movie.

Saucer and witch at Sultan Lounge, Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Thought my dress looked familiar eh? I once tried it from Irenelim boutique, but ended up not getting it. But Irene thought I looked fabulous in it and here I was, with the dress! Thanks to Irenelim fashion!

The bar

SKYY Vodka ice sculpture

Following the announcement of the exciting deal at Milan and San Francisco in mid-Feb, the partnership between SKYY Vodka and the second edition of the Sex and the City film reached another city. The four new seductive concoctions inspired by the movie for the fairer sex are Glamour Girl, Fabulous Flirt, Busy Beauty ,Pretty Princess and Mr. New York

Glamour Girl

A classic cocktail with a sweet and colorful twist, the Glamour Girl is a girl’s best friend. Always uniquely dressed for the occasion and decked out from head to toe, she makes an entrance like only a true New York fashion maven can.

Fabulous Flirt

Fabulous Flirt is dripping with an unparalleled allure so bold and sexy, you’ll refuse to settle for anything less. With an untouchable blend of sensuous orange and raspberries, just one sip will stay you all night long.

Busy Beauty

With a set of killer stilettos and a busy schedule ahead, you are ready to take on any challenge in life and love. The best thing is you’ll never be too busy to look beautiful. Showcasing a blend of grapes and lemon, garnished with Basil leaves, Busy Beauty will leave you head over heels and litigating for more.

Pretty Princess

Strutting her way down Fifth and Madison, a classically styled Pretty Princess is easy to love and impossible to ignore. Bubbly with just a hint of the dramatic, this drink is refreshing, with a dash of the bold and unexpected matched only by its lovely Sex and the City™ inspiration.

Mr. New York

At the center of a love/hate relationship that’s impossible to resist, no man makes or breaks a woman’s SKYYline like the always-dapper Mr. New York. A not-so-classic elixir that keeps our girl on her toes, this drink is big enough to handle any black tie affair.

witch with a Busy Beauty

The turn out was pretty impressive. The club was fully packed with people!

The crowd

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Chilling out at Sky Bar, Traders Hotel

iamthewitch — Sun, 09 May 2010 03:00:30 +0000

It was a Saturday night, and a few days before our 7th month of married life anniversary! So Saucer decided to bring me to the much hyped Sky Bar. He tried to call earlier that day to make a reservation but all tables were fully booked! The guy asked us to walk in instead, preferably before 10pm. So, we changed and left the house earlier to reach there around 9.45pm. Lucky for us, we had a ‘table’. I said ‘table’ because it’s really a couch! *LOL* They led us to this comfy 2-seater couch just by the poolside, facing the KL night view. This was technically not a ‘table’ but we were happy since it was comfortable and we had a nice view.

Sky Bar, Traders Hotel

Can you spot the couch on the bottom left corner from the photo above? We were sitting on an exact couch just next to it! So you now have a better idea how our ‘table’ was like. It’s no surprise that Sky Bar is famous for its amazing view, since it’s situated high up on the 33rd floor of Traders Hotel. We were literally eye-to-eye with the Petronas Twin Towers link bridge!

View from our seats

Also, the whole bar area surrounds a glorious swimming pool which is only open during the day until 8pm. Otherwise, I’m sure we would have seen some splashing activities going on that night.

Black and white view

I ordered a mocktail called Shirley Temple (RM20), which tasted very much like Sprite with a little lime. The only difference was the little maraschino cherry on top!

witch and Shirley Temple

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A Night at The Palette, Puchong – the new Happening place!

iamthewitch — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:50:05 +0000

As someone staying in Puchong, I somehow feel the responsibility to make it a more well-known place once in a while. After all, everyone has the notion that Puchong is some place which is famous for the jam and the toll! Well, that aside, Puchong has much more to offer! Case in point is the up and coming trendy “The Palette” situated at the Puchong centre itself, just opposite IOI Mall. It is a row of shop lots filled with mostly hip restaurants, bars, desserts place and coffee! One fine evening, I suggested to Saucer to go and have a try at the Palette.

That’s Saucer walking

Love the lights and colours welcoming us at the entrance. And the bright and cheerful floor too! Apparently Colgate was here for its latest ad! So now you know where the ad was filmed when you see it on TV next time.

Bright happy floor

I loved the wide and airy walkway at The Palette, making one feel comfortable and open. There’s also a good ventilation system here, so one wouldn’t have to sweat like a tap when walking along this walkway.

The Palette, Puchong

Pretty waterfall

After walking for a few minutes to survey the available restaurants, we decided to enter Kissaten. To be frank, I’m not sure what type of cuisine Kissaten is focusing on – Japanese? Italian? Western? I found the menu to be very diversified so I wasn’t sure what to order.

Kissaten menu

Interior of Kissaten

In the end, I settled for Seafood Spaghetti in tomato sauce. The dish arrived piping hot, which was a huge plus for me. I liked the al dente pasta, but not so much of the sour and somewhat bland tomato gravy. It would have been better if it was more savoury. The seafood was fresh though and I spotted about 3-4 prawns inside.

Seafood spaghetti (RM17.90)

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Finally… After the tiresome years

iamthewitch — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:22:26 +0000

Yes! The letter is finally in my hands! The letter that I have been yearning for ever since year 2006. Oh my, has it been that long already? I was so happy when I saw my status online: “GRADUATED”. The past few years were not spent in vain. I finally have something tangible to show for. The burning of midnight oil, the panda eyes, the stress, the juggling of work – everything! They’re all worth it for just this letter. I felt nostalgic and actually went to the archives to search for all the posts related to my studies. It gave me a sense of achievement and warmth, to know what I’ve actually gone through in order to get this piece of paper. Now, this is why I blog!

Lemonades

Seafood attack

One down

Happily looking forward

I’m so proud of myself.

Masters degree awarded

I’m looking forward to my convocation this year! Everyone is invited!

Wedding dinner at Sentosa Regency Hotel, Alor Star

iamthewitch — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:20:18 +0000

Third part of the wedding trilogy! Sorry for delaying the post, but I’ve been slacking and eating so much during the past few days of Chinese New Year that time flew by! So, here we go with the second dinner on the same weekend. It was held at the Sentosa Regency Hotel, Alor Star, possibly one of the few notable hotels there. We chose to have it in a hotel since we already had a Chinese restaurant dinner back in Kampar.

Hotel ballroom

Main table

The hotel package included all the hall decorations, backdrop, chair covers, menu cards, corsages, balloons and so much more! Really worth it, I must say.

Menu card

Since we’re given a complimentary night’s stay at the hotel, Saucer and I both got ready in the hotel room before that and came down at7.30pm to welcome guests.

Walking towards the hotel entrance

witch and Saucer

Forgot what I was laughing about

Our car in front of the hotel – nice shot!

After the guests arrival, we proceeded to stand by at the ballroom entrance for the wedding march at 8pm.

Wedding march

In Alor Star, we didn’t have the tea ceremony earlier at my MIL’s house, so we had the tea ceremony at the hotel itself. We thought it would be a better idea and more convenient for the guests, such that they did not have to travel to 2 places. The tea ceremony in Alor Star was extremely LONG! There were so many relatives we had to pour tea to, such that I didn’t have the chance to eat that night. I think I only ate 2 dishes overall, at the beginning.

Tea to my MIL

Tea to Sister-in-Law and her husband

And not to mention that after the long tea ceremony, we had to give angpow to the juniors. At first, we thought we’re supposed to give angpows to just the kids who are related to us (sort of), but that emcee went and announced to the whole ballroom to ask ALL the kids to line up to get angpows from us! Horror of all horrors! We planned to give the kids an angpow from each of us (meaning two angpows to the kids in the total), but since the amount of kids at the line was humongous, we had to combine our angpows! And each kid only got one. Oh well, blame it on the emcee

Giving angpows to kids

After that was the singing performance from my niece-in-law, little Heidi. I think I was changing my outfit so I didn’t manage to listen to her performance. No worries, we have it all recorded on the video.

Heidi performing

After my attire change, we went up stage for the cake cutting ceremony. Well, if you must know, the cake was fake. *LOL*

Cake-cutting ceremony

And this time, I had the chance to open a bottle of champagne as well!

Popping the champagnes

Pouring champagne

First sip for the couple

And then, it was the toasting ceremony.

Toasting ceremony

Right after the toasting ceremony, it was time for our duet performance. This time, we sang a different song called The Gift by Martina McBride. So hectic was my schedule there that I really didn’t have time to sit at my table ever since the tea ceremony.

Duet performance

Right after the performance, we went to each table for toasting. See what I mean? No chance to eat at all. There were about 33 tables in total, and we’re proud to say we went to each table without fail!

Table toasting

My brother getting over excited

In the mean time, Poh Leng, one of Saucer’s heng dai, decided to be brave and went up stage to sing a song dedicated to us! Bravo!

Performance by Poh Leng

Soon after, it was time to say goodbye to the guests (I still didn’t have the chance to sit at my table *fml*).

Standing at the ballroom entrance/exit

When all the guests left, we took a family portrait at the stage. Again, thanks to Steve Tan for the wonderful shots throughout my wedding. I really appreciate his work and his dedication! We showed the morning pictures on slide show in the middle of our dinner, and it actually received a huge applause from everyone! Plus, he’s a really nice and simple guy to work with. No pressure at all.

Family portrait

My own family

With the new family

Last but not least, Saucer’s groomsmen went on stage and threw him in the air! *LOL*

Throwing Saucer in the air

And Saucer’s favourite shot of the night:

Jump of happiness

And that, wrapped up my wedding trilogy. I must say it was a tiring ordeal, but one which I enjoyed despite the ups and downs. I know, wedding is only for the night, but marriage is for the lifetime. I look forward to a lifetime of happiness with my newly wedded husband, holding hands and weathering the storm, come what may.

Wedding ceremony at Kampar

iamthewitch — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:01:32 +0000

Waking up at 4.30am is no easy feat, especially when you sleep at 1am the night before, but that was what I had to do on my actual wedding day! The appointment for make up was at 5am, and I had to wake up earlier to wash my hair from the night before. *sigh* Luckily I felt much better after the early morning shower, and before long, I was already halfway done on my make up!

Made up eyes

In the middle of the make up session, my aunty from the US called to congratulate me on my big day! I was so surprised and touched, but I couldn’t talk long for I was rushing to be back before 7am!

Call from US aunty

At about 6.40am, the make up was done and the veil was pinned on.

My make up artist, Fancy

I reached home by 6.50am, and guess what? The groom entourage was already there! *Gasp* I was in a panic because I couldn’t let them see me! They’re supposed to reach at 7am, what were they doing so early!! So I had no choice but to call my hubby and told him to drive away first. And I rushed in to get changed! Anyway, I didn’t have to rush because the groom entourage had to go through a series of obstacles before they see me.

Some raw egg mixed with something

Platter of sweet, sour, bitter and spicy stuff!

I’m impressed with what my bridesmaids did with the platter of food! They were cut up so meticulously ok! I was expecting them to just pass the guys one whole bittergourd for them to finish, but they ended up cutting it into such fine pieces! *LOL* Well, what can I say, the guys had it easy!

In the meantime, I was just stuck in my room, with nothing to entertain me. I was so thirsty at one point in time, that I had to use my mobile phone and call the house phone downstairs to get someone to bring me water! *fml*

My nice French manicure

Luckily, the photographer did come and entertain me for a short while, that is, until the groom entourage attacked the house!

Putting on my Charles & Keith sandals

My bridesmaids for the day! I requested for all of them to wear the rose-red coloured dress, but too bad one of them had a slight miss. So we made her the head of bridesmaid! *LOL*

May Foong, Mei Fong, Corinne, Theng, Angie & Szu Ann <3

Don’t they just look gorgeous??

Later on, my parents came up to my room to place the veil over my head.

Placing the veil over my head

Patiently waiting

There was nothing else for me to do but to wait and listen for the arrival of the groom entourage.

with the gorgeous girls

The groom entourage looking dashing in red ties

Soon enough, I heard car horns booming from afar, and I knew the guys were here.

My brother opening the car door

Our wedding bands

And soon, the games started! I wasn’t watching these first hand, so I could only tell the story from the pictures by Steve. This must have been the raw egg mixture with something. Judging from how Chris looked, it must have been nasty! *LOL*

Drinking raw egg

Gross…

Then came the platter of food to be eaten. Again, I have to say this, the guys did have it easy to eat such a small amount! Girls, you were all being too kind!

Platter of sweet, sour, bitter and spicy food

The best man, Wailian, took the manly job of brushing his teeth with wasabi! I wonder how spicy the wasabi was, but he didn’t seem to care! That’s what a good heng dai is, eh?

Brushing teeth with wasabi

Do I spot a tear somewhere?

Chris had an attempt eating a spoonful of wasabi too!

Eating wasabi

Looks like the wasabi did turn to be pretty hot.

After effect of wasabi

In the middle of the games, the groomsmen tried to enter the house! Luckily, Angie came to the rescue! *LOL*

Angie coming to the rescue

Games are not over guys! The next in line was the dance! The girls made the guys dance to Single Lady by Beyonce. Haha I definitely want to watch the video of this!

Groomsmen dancing

Ooh sexy move showing butts!

When they passed this stage, the girls had something else in store! Wax strips!!! *LOL* All the guys were given wax strips each and they’re supposed to wax part of their leg hair. This is to show them the painful routine we girls go through just to look good for them! *hmpf*

Peeling of wax strips

I think some of the guys peeled the wax strips really slowly (like Saucer) and hence didn’t get much hair out. They should have just stripped the wax strip off within 1 second! That should inflict more pain. *evil*

Whose hair was this?

There was one more game to be played but unfortunately, the dai kam je (Really party-pooper) rushed them and the girls obediently stopped. Hence, the passing of angpow from the groom!

Angpow to the bridesmaids

And finally, the entourage was in!

Saucer entering the house

And soon enough, they’re all outside my room, while Saucer came in to unveil me and pass me the ring and flowers.

Unveiling

Putting on the bride’s wedding band

Putting on the groom’s wedding band

Passing of rose bouquet

And then both of us headed downstairs to start the tea ceremony.

The tea ceremony started with the most elderly and senior members of the house, which are my grandparents.

Serving tea to my grandparents

Followed by my parents. My mom teared a bit that day, and she was embarrassed that the photographer caught her in a picture!

Serving tea to my parents

After that, it was tea ceremony for all relatives from all over the place. Last but not least, it was us giving angpows to single siblings and cousins. And more gifts!

Cousin Theng from UK passing me a huge and heavy gift

My brother giving me a gold bracelet

A picture with the girls! I really like this shade of red. Looks really good in pictures!

Us with the bridesmaids

Saucer with the groomsmen

Group picture with groomsmen and bridesmaids – we LOVE this shot!

After more family portraits were taken, we were on our way out to the car. My dad held the umbrella for me while my mom was sprinkling rice all over behind me. I wonder what these gestures symbolize?

Walking towards the car

Us in the car

Our journey was from Kampar all the way to Alor Star, approximately a 3-hour drive! My family was smart enough to buy us some snacks and drinks and placed them in the car so that we had something to munch on along the way. God bless them, because that was the only time I ever had the chance to eat something the whole morning!

Picture taken along the tunnel

I just love the picture of the car above! So very professionally taken! Thanks to Steve Tan! The 3-hour journey soon ended, and we reached Alor Star where my mother-in-law was waiting.

My nephew-in-law opening the car door

And that, my friends, marks the end of the wedding ceremony, detailed all the way from Kampar to Alor Star! I’m finally, officially, part of Saucer’s family. I had to start calling everyone in his family like my own. It will take some getting used to, but time will definitely improve it!

Getting down from the car

I had fun during the whole wedding ceremony, the waiting in anticipation, the nervous feeling, the excitement, the worry, the stress! They all ended well! I didn’t realize how stressed I actually was until the whole ordeal was over, and we were finally resting in the hotel room. That was when I started to feel hungry and relieved. It was exactly the same feeling I had whenever I finished my exams in university. No kidding!

Wedding dinner at Kam Ling restaurant, Kampar

iamthewitch — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:42:05 +0000

I’m finally back from my honeymoon! Maldives was wonderful, a beach paradise indeed. But both of us are now red and with peeling skin! *LOL* Anyway, since I’m on the topic of my wedding, I intend to do a play-by-play coverage of what happened on the three occasions: Wedding dinner at Kam Ling, Kampar (bride’s side), Wedding ceremony at Kampar and Wedding dinner at Sentosa Regency, Alor Star (groom’s side). A trilogy! And following that would be what I’m sure most people are looking forward to, my honeymoon in Maldives!

Reception at Kam Ling restaurant, Kampar

Dinner was held at the newly opened extension building of Kam Ling restaurant, Kampar. Kam Ling is probably one of the, if not oldest, restaurant in Kampar. I remember going to this place for meals since forever! Recently, they expanded their empire by building another 3-storey x 4-shoplots unit just next to its existing building – making it by far the largest restaurant in Kampar.

Table decoration

I was lucky to be able to book the ballroom of Kam Ling, situated on the second floor (highest) of the new building. This ballroom is so huge it apparently can seat up to 80+ tables! Plus, the best part was that the area has no pillars at all, and there are lots of gorgeous chandeliers lighting up the whole room.

Backdrop of the stage

The event started at 7.30pm, with guests arriving from all over the world, literally!

Signing the guest book

Saucer and I were there at around 7.40pm, welcoming guests at the entrance of Kam Ling.

Greeting guests at the entrance

We then proceeded upstairs and welcomed guests near the guest book area.

Us and doryfish + her hubby!

Us with Angie and my brother

My aunt from KL

We welcomed guests up until 8.10pm, when we started to get ready for the march-in. I knew people were getting restless and hungry! *LOL*

Champagne glasses

The flower girl and boy (my niece and nephew-in-law) were dressed so smartly in their gown and suit! Aren’t they sweet?

Flower girl and boy

The wedding march proceeded at 8.15pm, with confetti flying and music in the background. It was lovely to be the center of attention for just that few minutes, to know that you won’t be walking down the same red carpet again.

Wedding march

Seated at the main table

Guests enjoying dinner

Saucer and I prepared a special singing performance to the guests on that day, singing a duet of Endless Love. Unfortunately, the sound system of Kam Ling left much to be desired. The microphone’s sound came out to be muffled and too soft. We ended up having to shout our lungs out, and I’m sure we missed some tones! *LOL* Well, it was just for fun in the end, and we did have fun!

Saucer and witch singing

Dear Jessica even came up to us after the performance, telling us that it was very sweet and it made her want to get married! *hugs*

Jessica and us

Next was the toasting ceremony. We were invited up to uncork some champagne (sparkling juice was more like it ) and pour it on the glass fountain.

Filling the glasses

Toasting ceremony

After the toasting ceremony, Sidney asked us to their table to perform a second round of toasting! He brought a few bottles of the Halal champagne, Chamalal!

Us with Chamalal champagne

Very thankful to the group of bloggers who came all the way from KL and Penang to my wedding dinner! Love you guys!

From left: Chris, Ken, Teoh, CK Lam, Sunny, Coco & Jessica

Us with Szu Ann and Keh Jun – my room mate from uni & best bud!

Thanks to my ex-colleagues and boss from Penang, for coming all the way south! Really appreciate it!

Penang ex-colleagues & friends

My brother, his girlfriend and cousin Theng from the UK

Time flies and before we knew it, it was time to say goodbye to the guests!

Walking towards the exit

Friends from the university!

Diana and witch

The bloggers and us!

Jessica and witch

So there you have it! The first night of our wedding dinner. All the pictures were taken by the amazing and talented Steve Tan! We enjoyed his work very much, especially those taken on the morning tea ceremony. Stay tuned to see those candid pictures all right!

My pre-wedding photoshoot 2

iamthewitch — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:41:38 +0000

Last month, I attended Prince Hotel’s Princely Wedding Fair and I was so lucky to win a voucher for a photo shoot with Covershots! Here is the next batch of pictures taken with a new batch of wedding gown too. Tell me if you love them or the first one. (Note: The last 3 pictures were taken at Princely Wedding Fair, courtesy of Ken!)

Saucer and witch pre-wedding photo album taken by Covershots

I love love love this white gown!

P/S: I should be in Maldives honeymoon-ing when you read this!

If we were in a smaller car…

iamthewitch — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:37:46 +0000

At this moment, I have so much in my mind that I would like to blog about, starting from my Hen’s night, to my wedding dinner, to my wedding ceremony. But something happened today that precedes everything in my to-blog list.

It was about 4pm, and Saucer, my MIL and I were in the Mercedes S-Class, on our way back to KL. At certain points on the road, the roads were pretty wet due to the rain, but we were fine. The 4 of us were still chatting about something when suddenly we felt the car skidding to the right, due to the rain and slippery roads. For a split second, all of us kept quiet until we realized what was about to happen. The car seemed to lose control as we skidded to the right, and the driver tried to swerve it back to the left but to no avail. The tyres didn’t respond accordingly and lo and behold, we had our first hit to the back of the car, hitting the divider on the left side of the highway. Saucer’s mom panicked and shouted, as I turned white with fear. After the first hit, our car spun around across the road and we hit again, this time head first to the divider at the centre.

By then, I was already thinking, what was the worst that would happen. Will we die? But we were in an S-Class! Somehow, I had faith in the car. We continued to spin for about 3 rounds, hitting the front and back, until the car finally stopped. We were now in the middle of the road, with the head facing the wrong direction. I almost wanted to count my blessings that all of us were all right, when an oncoming car came heading towards us. It was getting nearer and nearer, and as much as I prayed that it wouldn’t hit us, it did, and quite badly so. The proton that hit us was badly damaged, with the front bonnet all dented and smashed, while our car was still standing solid. Thinking about it now, we were extremely lucky that the oncoming vehicle was just a car and not a lorry. Otherwise, I might not have been able to tell you my experience right now.

The accident was so scary that it got all of us shaken. Fortunately, the car still managed to move, but the proton didn’t have such luck. We moved to the side of the road, after which we waited for the driver to negotiate with the other driver. Whatever happened after that was history.

Even the Mercedes emblem was gone

I am so very thankful that all of us were safe and sound home now. It was one of the scariest experience that I ever had, barring the case where I went skiing that one time. I keep on imagining what would have happened if there were more cars on the road while we were spinning. We could have caused more cars to be hit. We could have overturned. We could have… Oh well, there’s no point thinking of all the what-ifs right now.

When we finally settled the police report, we continued our journey back to KL. I am not sure if yesterday was a bad day or not, but we saw 3 other accidents later on, involving cars skidding due to the rain as well. THREE accidents, somewhere near the Sungai Buloh exit on the PLUS highway. Scary.

Thank God for the sturdy and safe car. I can’t help but wonder what if we were in a smaller car…

What happened on Valentine’s Day 2009

iamthewitch — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:35:06 +0000

As promised, here is the account of how the proposal happened. Are you ready with tissues yet? Just kidding! *LOL*

This happened early last year, when I was still working in Penang. So don’t get confused!

It was a Friday, the 13th of February 2009. Saucer happened to be in Penang during that day for some work related matter. Since I was already planning to go and visit him in KL on the same day by flight, he also bought the same flight ticket with me to go back to KL together.

Flying on Firefly

Our flight was after work, so I managed to ask a friend to fetch us both to the airport. I was surprised that he was holding two boxes of Domino’s pizza when we met up. He said he ordered them for our dinner so that we could eat at the airport. Apparently by the time we reached KL, it would be too late to have dinner there. Well, fine by me, but a little weird there.

So we both ate at the airport while waiting for the time to board. The Firefly flight was good as usual. Punctual and safe. I forgot to book for a cab to fetch us from the Subang airport, something that I intended to do earlier. So we were left with either taking the airport cab or walking across the street to flag down other cabs or a bus. We chose the latter and stood for a good 10 minutes to realize that it was no use. All the cabs to Subang airport were practically monopolized by the airport cab company, so it was no point waiting. So we walked back to the airport cab and bought a ticket to go back to Taman Bahagia, where his car was parked. The cab fare was RM23, not too bad, thankfully.

We reached his car after 20 minutes or so and he started driving towards Putrajaya direction. Apparently he wanted to bring me to Alamanda to have drinks and then walk around the Putrajaya bridge because it’s nicely lit at night. I was thrilled by that, but the trip to Putrajaya was not very short. It was about 40 minutes or so and then he said he needed to go to the toilet (so like him). So he was driving and driving and we ended up at Putrajaya Shangrila. I was surprised! Well he said he wanted to use the toilet there, so OK with me. He parked the car and got down, but surprisingly, he went to the boot and took out our luggage bags! I asked him why, and he said it’s dangerous to leave the bags in the car. Then I said, my bag had nothing expensive in it, and it’s not a laptop bag. Then he just insisted, so I followed suit. And then I saw a glint in his eye. Very cheeky glimmer, I must say, and then it struck me. Are we going to stay there?! I asked him that and he said yes! I was so excited! It certainly caught me by a very BIG surprise! I thought it was going to be the start of a beautiful Valentine’s celebration.

Shangrila Putrajaya Lobby

Waiting at the lobby

So we walked to the lobby and I waited while he checked in.

Saucer checking in

We were shown into our room later, with parkview and an amazing bed! There were orchid petals shaped into a shape of a heart in the middle of the bed, with a small bouquet of 3 roses in the heart. It was so romantic!

Rose petals on the bed!

Gorgeous bed

I was literally jumping and shouting around, while hugging him. I couldn’t believe it! There’s more, he told me. And he led me to the bathroom, where the bathtub was filled with water and rose petals. A flower bath! It was so gorgeous!

Flower bath

Bathroom

Shower

Toiletries

witch and Saucer were here!

At that moment, I was just screaming for joy and jumping around like an excited kid. I really couldn’t ask for more. It was at that moment that he held my hands and looked at me seriously in the eyes, saying “Darling, we’ve been together for more than 3 years. Will you let me take care of your for the rest of your life?” My heart almost stopped there when I braced myself for the unexpected. I was smiling and just hugged him, muttering something I didn’t quite remember.

Then he went down on one knee, held out a diamond ring, and said “Darling, will you marry me?” At that point, I couldn’t think of anything else to say but yes, oh a million times yes! His eyes were red and watery, and so were mine. We were both scared and excited. Then he carried me up and swung me around in circles out of excitement. It was definitely a moment to treasure.

Us after the proposal (I was still in my work clothes!)

After that, we took a long bath in the candle lit bathroom with flowers in the bathtub. Nothing more romantic than that.

Flower bath with lit candles

Then, we had our freshly squeezed orange juice (complimentary) while eating the delicious chocolate cake sent by the hotel. There were also lots of cute pralines and chocolate chip cookies, but nothing beats the amazing cake. Well, nothing beats my love, Saucer, of course. He’s the sweetest of all. Oh I love him so much.

Desserts by the reclining chair

Pretty Pralines

Chocolate cake

The chocolate cake was really decadent! Creamy but not overpowering, and not too sweet too, with just the right chocolate flavour. We loved it to bits! Though we couldn’t finish it that night, because we were both too sweet for each other. *LOL*

Yummy chocolate cake

Only then I started to recall things that he had done to make this event a success. At first, he asked me what time our flight would reach KL, and he made sure we had dinner at the Penang airport so that we could head to Putrajaya directly after reaching KL. Good planning. Otherwise, I would be hungry and asking for food once we reached KL and he would only be able to bring me to the hotel very late at night.

Then, he saved the location of Shangrila Putrajaya in his GPS and renamed it as ‘putrajaya’. This way, I wouldn’t know where he was going except that it’s in Putrajaya. Very smart. I was unsuspecting. He even went to the extent of searching high and low for my swimming suit (in my Penang apartment), so that we could both swim in the hotel the next day! Oh, he even remembered my phone charger… So very sweet. My phone was seriously low on battery on that night, and he made things right! But most of all, he carried the ring all the way from KL to Penang and back to KL again for this amazing surprise for me. My eyes watered everytime I think of this wonderful day.

Thank you Saucer <3

Some of the pictures we took that night at the hotel.

Staircase at the back of Shangrila Putrajaya

A Gym!

The next day, we woke up early to a nice breakfast. We almost had the whole hotel to ourselves as it was very empty.

View from our room

Breakfast

Coffee

Hotel cafe

Obviously, I didn’t just eat salad for breakfast! I only took one picture of my food and gobbled the rest in. *LOL*

We headed to the pool next, which was not used by anyone at all. The best part was that the pool overlooked the park, amazing view from the top! After swimming, we both went into the steam room/sauna room. I even went for Jacuzzi for a few minutes. The entire process was extremely relaxing and comfortable. Ahh… just, perfect.

For Valentine’s day dinner, we ate at Delicious in Bangsar.

witch at Delicious, Bangsar

Minestrone soup with garlic bread

Chicken Caesar Salad

Duck confit

I enjoyed all the food tremendously, although I thought the minestrone soup was a tad too oily. The duck confit was the best! Tender and juicy on the inside, and the gravy on the side… oh so glorious! How could something so wonderfully palatable be possibly made?

Us at Delicious

Thanks to Saucer for the wonderfully planned event. It would not have been possible otherwise. *muaxx*