Stronger Than Before Launch || SupercrewKL x Elizabethtsm

There was a new line of clothing from SupercrewKL called Stronger Than Before which will be available to the public from the 4th of June. It was no surprise that I got invited to the launch since this line is a collaboration with the very popular Malaysian singer; Elizabeth Tan.

So on Saturday morning, I dragged my lazy self out of bed in the morning to get ready for the event.

Quick selfie while stuck in traffic.

Thank goodness for Uber (its super trustworthy, affordable and safe for a single lady) or else I'd never get to MidValley in time. Or at least with my sanity still well and truly in tact. I was expecting it to be super crowded since it was the weekend and also a school holiday so there would definitely be lots of people out. But the number of cars trying to get themselves into the parking area itself was enough to give me a headache - I wasn't even driving.

And the swarm of people inside the mall itself was batshit crazy. Every corner I turn was like an ambush of humans and worst, there seemed to be huge numbers of families with kids. Being alone in the crowd is enough to send me into an anxiety attack. I near died before even getting up to Fabspy's store, which was on the top floor but I just ran up there as fast as I could.

Literally.

And guess who I found waiting there. 

Imagine my relief to see a familiar face who was already waiting at the store. This is Aya and she is a pretty damn awesome manager from what I heard from the best friend. Honestly I think so too because she truly takes care of Liz and her friends too! I can attest to that. She's a strong one this one, you won't wanna mess with her. (;

By the way, the store was sectioned off to the public. Basically no one was allowed inside except for the few of us who were specially invited there by the superstar herself. *proud moment*

I was also given a t-shirt from the collection which I changed into. And it's so cool because there's not just the 'Stronger Than Before' tagline, but there's the best friend's name as well as her signature. This was just one of many and I can't be anymore proud to be wearing it throughout the day.

There's actually other designs in the line that are super nice. The jacket is the coolest because the sleeves are leather and the special logo on the front. Shop the rest of the collection here before they are completely sold out. (;

Stolen straight from my Snapchat. I mean, obviously.

You see this diva. She needed Aya, her manager, to help braid her hair before an interview. And she's probably gonna sit on me for posting this photo but... Yeap. Well hey, ook at me being all rebelious and bad-assed when in fact, I'm like a timid puppy.

The BFF and star of the day. :)

The crew!
From left to right: Leonard, Elizabeth, Melissa & then there's tiny me.

This girl right here, Melissa, is my bae. 

While I'm a giant ball of negativity, she is the complete opposite of me and most of the time she brings the fun to a party. Also, spending an evening with her always leaves me with abs the following day considering how much she makes me laugh. 

Mad love you babe! 

Finally the launch started and while Elizabeth was giving a speech, the lot of us decided to take the opportunity to take pictures. An event such as this needs to be commemorated in pictures so when we all have grey hair and alzheimer's, we can say that we were awesome at one point of our lives. 

The best support team right here - and I was totally not complimenting myself. Just, you know, I mean everyone that made time to be there. All in matching coordination of black & white. Which, in my honest opinion, is the best colour combination there ever was.  

While the best friend continued working and spend some time with her fans, the rest of us went for lunch. I was starving at that point cause I hadn't eaten before that and I think the rest of them hadn't as well, so food it was. 

Specifically Olive Garden cause Italian and Charis said it was pretty good. Actually it was my first time there but the idea of free-flow soup/salad along with breadsticks sounds like a damn good idea. By the time we were done, I felt like a pregnant penguin. 

Squad goals.

Mel, Me, Charis & Olivia.
Why I so short ;-;

Can't be anymore proud of where you've gotten yourself, baby! You are definitely stronger than before - not that you weren't. You know I'll always have your back & will punch anyone for you even if they are about ten times my size. I don't care cause I'll stand on a ladder to yell at them. ;)

One more picture with the giant wall of the best friend for good measure. Who can say that their best friend has a giant super-cool photo of themselves on a wall in a very popular mall? Well I can and I am hella proud. 

I GOT THE COOLEST BFF A GIRL CAN EVER ASK FOR. 

"Be yourself!"

Ironically enough the one shot before this and one that looked exactly the same, Aya said 'act like sluts'. Somehow we all came up with this pose in unison because this is how we are ordinarily, completely unaffected by the fact that there was a million and one people walking around us. They were probably judging us at that time. Laugh die me.

Ending the post with a gratuitous photo of myself.

Everyone went their separate ways after that. I met up with other friends to have some dinner and then watched a movie. Me Before You. Cried my eyes out as expected because it's super sad even though quite choppy which bugged me a bit but at least the casting choices made.

No matter how I still prefer the book because there were a few scenes that were quite important to the story which did not make it into the movie. With good reasons but it would have explained the characters better in some way.

And now, on to other adventures for this introvert. I think.

❝She walks the earth freely, yet her feet never touch the ground.❞ 

— Lang Leav

I wonder what else about my very uninteresting life I can update about. Maybe about the watercolour workshop I attended the day after this launch? It was probably my third one and I still wanna join more. We'll see. Au revoir! :)

CLOSETStyles Blogger Fashion & Food Bazaar 2015

So over a weekend, I dragged a friend with me to the bazaar organised by ClosetStyles. My reason was that I was looking for something nice and cheap to buy - a girl can never say no to too many clothes. Even if my wardrobe is starting to run out of space by the day.

As is with my book shelf. But who cares, right? :3

Picture from Facebook.

But in truth, I was secretly excited to meet a few of our very own local bloggers whose blog I have been reading for several years now. TEEHEHE. Among the few that I was looking forward to meet was Audrey of Fourfeetnine, Cheesie and also Sue Lyn the writer of Bangsar Babe.

Also Careen, the gorgeous mama to be, who I have not met in years.

Would have been a beautiful day if not for the terrible haze. It was so bad that my sinus was acting up so badly. I was sneezing every few minutes and sniffling the entire day which gave me quite a headache by night time.

INDONESIA WHY YOU SO CRUEL TO BURN TREES AND OUR LUNGS? 

The event was held at Brolly's which I have heard and read about, but never got the chance to visit. It really isn't that hard to miss because there's a giant red bus right in front of the restaurant. Since neither Reu and I had eaten anything yet, we went to grab something to eat first before we lost ourselves in the cheap clothes.

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Ohkay fine, it's less of the former but more of before I get lost in the shopping moment and forget to eat. Happy now? -.-

Brolly's concept is really interesting. They have several menus which seems like they are from different restaurants that have all merged into one - whether it is so, I am not sure. But everything is cooked in the same kitchen from what I could tell.

Though I do like that they had various cuisines to offer. There was southern cuisine, steakhouse western kinda food, asian fusion and also Japanese. The latter option even offers a competition where you have to finish a giant portion of curry rice & be put on the wall of fame to be immortalized for the coming days. 

Be warned, you have to finish a 1kg plate of rice AND the curry that it comes with. Omg how? 

 A mini 'how to' guide to seafood. The southern way. 

I got a bit too distracted by the southern style seafood menu from Crab Factory, SS2, especially since it was at the very front. They offered many kinds of seafood boils and also Po Boys which I've never tried before. 

All the deep fried goodness. :3

There was an internal struggle as I was scanning through this page. My stomach screamed yes at everything that was on here, especially the sight of perfectly fried wedges and fries. But the vain side of me was yelling NO because those are everything I shouldn't be eating - fat fried and carbs. Two things I should be avoiding so my waist (and bum) do not continue expanding. 

Eventually I caved in cause I have no willpower against temptation, especially when it comes to food. Though, it was a Saturday and I deserve a damn cheat day so there. (excuses, she says)

Complimentary caramel popcorn from Brolly's

Well since I was going to indulge in fat food, I might as well go all the way and get myself a coke anyway. Plus I was not willing to spend Rm6 on a bottle of mineral water so there you have it, super Chinese right down to the bone.

We were served warm Caramel Popcorn while we waited for our food. This was complimentary - but I do not know if it's for every day as long as you dine there or it was specially just for that very day. A quick check showed that they do have a popcorn stand there all the time so perhaps they do..?

If that were the case then I commend their idea a lot, gives us diners something to nibble on before our meals arrived. Which was what the bae and I were doing while we chatted.

It was super good! Every popped kernel was coated nicely in sweet caramel which was super indulgent and almost better than popcorn that you could get elsewhere. I think it may even be better than my favorite kind from TGV cinemas which is saying a lot. And I especially like that it was warm cause it came freshly made. YUMS.

Cajun flavoured Wedges by Crab Factory [Rm 7.90]

You should have seen my face when this arrived to our table. Having gone without having wedges for a long while (aside from those I bake at home) this basket was as close as paradise as I could get.

I really liked how the each wedge was fried to absolute perfection while the inside of it was fluffy. Though, I have to say that this seems more like the frozen kinds you can get from the supermarket which is a tiny bit disappointing considering the price tag.

Though I guess, given how nice and crispy it was plus with the added Cajun flavourings, it's actually pretty alright. I still finished this happily that day. 

Lambogarlic by Nove 9 [Rm26.00]

The name was probably a big reason why we ordered this pizza to share. Quite catchy eh?

It's not too hard to guess what toppings this pizza came with aside from the obvious cheese. Lamb sausages & mince as well as garlic sauce on top of a pizza that was not in any way doughy.

This I liked a lot because it had all of my favourite things pilled on top of a nice crispy dough. Every time I order Dominos, this is the kind of crust that I would go for which I think is the NY crust and the one at Brolly's definitely tops my usual order by an arm's length.

After getting our bellies filled with good food and spending like almost a good two hours just catching up, it was time for the both of us to head out and do some mini shopping. Thankfully for me there wasn't too many people since being in a crowd drives me near mad.

This was the first store that we stopped at first which sold those temporary tattoos. Also I am a big derp and can't remember for the life of me what the name of this was. ;_; I am a fail blogger. But we probably spent the longest time there because we were spoiled for choice.

This table be hipster. LOL. I try to be punny.

LOOK AT ALL THOSE DESIGNS.

Just trying to pick one to buy was difficult enough especially for someone that's as indecisive as me. But that also made me itch to get inked again. Like an actual one, even though I already got a new tatt for my birthday this year.

Eventually I got the gold one with the angel wings. That looks amazing and it came with many other smaller designs that looked nice & tribal-ly. I just wish I was smart enough to get the details of the store so I can tag them but I really blanked at the time, I'm blaming it on the haze that irritated my sinus so badly that it distracted me terribly. (EXCUSES PLENTY)

Finally we decided to walk along the stretch of stalls that had been set up by the other bloggers. I spot a few that I was very familiar with as I read their blog most of the time - such as KampungboyCityGal, CherrieMun, Cheeserland, BangsarBabe and also FourFeetNine.

I might be a little incorrect here but.... I believe the bloggers had the choice to either donate most or all of their proceeds from the event to charity, or keep it for themselves.

I remember that I saw a banner on a rack that said that Amber Chia would be selling her clothes and donating all of the money to a foundation that helps breast cancer patients. Coming from a family where an aunt of mine survived the sickness, I thought it was pretty amazing and also that this event was done for a good cause.

Careen Tan. Pic Credit from Facebook.

Look at all the shoes and clothes that she was selling off, among several other things like sunglasses & also the #GirlBoss book which I was tempted to buy but didn't. Though at the end of the day I only went home with two packs of the temporary tattoos and a full belly from the good food at Brolly's.

AND YET, I don't know why I still decided to stop by McD's before heading home after to get some Chicken Nuggets to try the new French Cheese dip and also some Spinach Pie. Then continue catching up with Reuben because we have plenty to talk about since I haven't seen him for months now.

And no, I don't want to hear how entirely unhealthy my meal at Maccers is. Plus I do not want to hear how terrible the spinach pie is even though I slightly agree since I can easily make it myself. I liked it and that was a Sunday, I can eat anything I want when it's the weekend.

But before leaving, there's something important that I had to do and that was....... TAKE PICTURES.

Photo taken with my iPhone 6.

OOTD shot in front of the event banner. Here's what I was wearing:

Black Lace Romper: Online shop.
Messenger Bag & Ankle Strap Shoes: Twenty3
Blue Leaf Necklace: Lovisa

Funny thing is, this was the only picture that I liked out of the many that was taken at that spot. Even so I can see that my hair is in a mess and I was also somewhat un-prepared. But this picture is definitely better than the others that was taken and if you look a little closely, you can see why.

Let me put them up side by side so you can see what I am talking about.

All the fail.

The wind was really not co-operating with me at all. It didn't help that the wind was coming from my left which just messes up my fringe entirely. But this romper makes me look so slim and that makes me happy, so have a barrage of pictures of me trying to look good. (no shame at all)

You can tell I was not too happy by the second picture as I try to keep my hair away from my face long enough for a picture. Then the bae snapped a shot which resulted in my grumpy expression but, I gotta give him props cause he somehow has this really amazing ability of capturing moments. I officially dub him as my number 1 photographer. :3

SEE WHAT I MEAN THOUGH. Hair. In mah face.

But I also like this picture even if half of my face is not visible. No thanks to the jackass wind that did nothing other than mess up my attempt at taking a nice OOTD shot and also blow more of the terrible haze in our general direction.

Thanks, but no thanks. -.-

Unfortunately I did not get an opportunity to steal a pic or two of the bloggers. They were doing their own thing and I really didn't want to interrupt cause I feel that is quite rude of me. Also there were a few bloggers that were not present or perhaps they arrived at a later time only because I left before midday.

However, I did get a picture with someone else.....

Stole a picture of the Bae. 

Thanks for spending the entire day with me, Reu! This just makes me miss all of our driving adventures before and after enduring hours of law classes together. ;_;

And that's the end of this post which means goodbye for now!

Zalora X Topshop & Topman Launch Party 2015

A few weeks ago, I was one of the few lucky Shoppr ambassadors invited to the Zalora / Topshop & Topman launch event. Safe to say that I am incredibly excited to know that one of my favourite brands is now available on Zalora, easier for me & my shopping needs. :3

Rushed home after work, I got myself ready to attend the event in APW, Bangsar where I met up with Becca & Nadia from Shopprapp. Already they looked dress to kill, so were the other girls that were attending the event with me.

After registration, each of us were given a goodie bag and inside are little surprises for us to take home. There was a Macaroon, a Rm50 gift card from Zalora & also a gift from Topshop/Topman which I guess is different in every bag. I spy some shopping time for me on Zalora some time soon, do you?

It was nice of them to provide drinks and canapes for all guests to nibble on while they mingled.

My choice of drink, Absolute Mango with Orange Juice.

With drink in hand, it was time for this hermit to wander around and mingle. Though truth be told, I was merely hanging around with Pearl, Madeleine & Abigail from Shoppr because they were the only ones I know there.

While we were exploring the space of the warehouse, there were waiters walking around with trays of food. Embarrassingly enough each tray caught my attention because I had not have time to eat dinner so I was rather hungry. The vainpot in me however constantly warned myself against eating anything because it's messy and it'll be a nightmare to stain my dress.

Still, I don't know if it was obvious on my face that I was hungry or something but the wait-staff kept walking towards us. Literally the same one would appear no more than five minutes after approaching us. Funny.

Tastes like fried char siew pao. But with beef? 

Little bites of macaroni taco and roasted potato stack.

The atmosphere as a whole was quite chilled with DJ HypeEmBeats spinning amazing tracks in the background.  

Wandering around, I spotted something in the back that caught my attention. Several pedestals were lined up together with headsets & these odd looking things

WHAT IS THIS SCI-FI LOOKING THING?

Quite interesting eh? 

Pic credit goes to Tim Chew.

Well it's a virtual reality that Zalora specially created just for this event. When you put this on, you get a 360 view of the entire venue before the glitz & glamour. All you need to do is put it on as demonstrated by my sister and then look around. What you will see is not a room filled with fashionable people but instead, a whole different atmosphere altogether. 

This is quite innovative of Zalora to create this specially for the collaboration with Topshop & Topman. 

With Madeleine, Pearl & Abigail. 

These girls are the few Shoppr ambassadors that I got to meet that night. They are literally the sweetest and most fashionable people that I've met in the longest time.

Also, I found out that night that Abigail is currently a student at MCKL. My old college! That brought back so many memories and there's even some that revolves around classes, specifically law & psychology. 

Squad goals. Teehehehe.

We even got to meet our very own Amber Chia and posed for a picture together. Initially each of us just wanted an individual photo with the supermodel, but she was approached by another photographer and invited us to be in the shot with her too. :3 She's so sweet and down to earth which honestly surprised me.   

Pic credit goes to Tim Chew.

I even got to catch up with my hot babe, Melissa. Whom I have not met in months since we're both busy with our own things. 

This means we need more dinner & girl time! xp

A dress by no one. Shoes from Aldo which I love to death, even with it's near neck-breaking height.

Ten points to whoever that got that 'dress by no one' reference. I officially dub you to be an amazing person. 

But no prize because.... Yeah. 

Gif made by me from the video by HelloGif photobooth.

Finally, gonna end the post by thanking Shoppr for the opportunity to attend this launch. It's been pretty amazing to be considered as one of the ambassadors among many other gorgeous girlies! Can't wait for more adventures with the team.

Plus this has also given me a chance to get to know incredibly sweet girls when I otherwise would not have. Cause ya know... A life of a social hermit. :3

So to join in on the fun, download the app now and share your gorgeous OOTDs with other girls because there's no reason it should go to waste. Download from the links below and follow me on amandalaurenlee, plus many other fashionable ladies.

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Well then, until next time lovelies!