:: early birthday prezzie from nuffnang & tgv ::

Haven't checked my Gmail account for almost a week. With intention to clear up the mailbox, I opened it today and found a lil' surprise. It was an e-mail received 2 days back from Nuffnang entitled Happy Birthday from Nuffnang and TGV Cinemas!

In their blog last month Nuffnang did announce that they are introducing the TGV Birthday Surprise for Nuffnangers. Thanks to the very generous TGV Cinemas, 250 lucky Glitterati Nuffnangers who are residing in Klang Valley will be randomly chosen during their birthday month to receive 4 complimentary passes valid at all TGV cinemas nationwide.

It's a birthday gift from Nuffnang and TGV for bloggers............... and yes, I'm one of the lucky winner and the chosen one (yeayyyy~!!!). It is a surprise indeed and still couldn't bellieve I'm lucky enough to win. SUPER MASSIVE THANKS to Nuffnang and TGV Cinemas for the early birthday gift - you guys are awesome cuz it really made my day!
 
Ironically mr.Hubby also received 4 complimentary movie passes today after winning a contest by RHB Bank through phone. This means we now have 8 movie passes, so no more excuse to skip watching movies in the cinemas.   


p/s: my birthday is coming up soon and I can already feel the "heat" :-)

:: starbucks released new logo ::

If you're a huge fan of Starbucks (like one of my BFF) you need to know that the world's largest coffee company has revealed the revamped look of their logo yesterday to a cheering crowd of employees in its Seattle offices and also on a webcast. The new logo is yet to be widely used, maybe in March to coincide with their 40th anniversary.

The new Starbucks logo still sustains its iconic sea nymph graphic with few slight updates but comes without any circling STARBUCKS COFFEE wording around it as per image below:

I'd say the new logo is fresh and modern. It may look a bit simple than the current one but we'll get used to it in days. For your info, that is the fourth version of Starbucks' logo since establishment of the company in 1971 as a small coffee, tea and spice shop in Seattle. The first logo was in brown colour but updated and changed to green with a dash of black in 1987 and further refined in 1990s with the current logo that they are using.

Just to be franked, I don't mind them changing their logo how frequent they want as long as they still maintain their good service and good coffee... and writing about Starbucks somehow reminds me about the taste of their rich Dark Mocha Frappuccino, my most favourite drink after Java Chips Frappuccino. If only I could have a venti of each right now... superbly yumm-eyh!

- news source: Yahoo! Finance
- image source: Yahoo! Finance - AP Photo/Starbucks

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:: celcom to offer iphone 4 ::

Hey, have you heard? If not, you gonna know it from here that rumours about Celcom to offer iPhone 4 is almost true!

I did ask someone who is a reliable source about it yesterday and he admitted that the company is still working on the deal. It is still unsure about the exact date of release but it should be anytime within this first quarter of the year and they will be offering much better deals than the other two giant providers. Possibility on this news to become reality is strongly supported with the launching of micro sim by Celcom few months back. Just think about it... why should they offer micro sim which can be used only in iPhone and iPad if they're not going to sell it one day, right? ;-)

:: when everything is only RM5 each ::

Maybe you're already familiar with Daiso shop, a Japanese multipurpose store that sells everything for only RM5. We did pass the shop few times already in Sunway Pyramid but never interested to enter until yesterday and oh my, there were so many things inside and once again all of them only cost RM5 each. How could I miss such good bargain!

I used to go to RM2 shop in Seremban but we have to be careful because not everything is sold at RM2 like the old days, when such shops started opening in Malaysia. From my experiences items like broom, floor mop, pail and other large goods are nowadays sold at RM4 and above. But that didn't happen at Daiso because everything is at flat rate no matter how big or small the good is. It depends on us as customers to think and decide on the items whether it really costs that much, higher or actually lower. As stated above, Daiso is a multipurpose store that sells everything from beauty stuff, kitchen stuff, sewing stuff, gardening stuff, office stuff, laundry stuff, toiletteries, stationeries, toys, potteries and many more. Rambang mata dibuatnya...huhuhu. But one that really impressed us the most was pet stuff. Yeap, couldn't believe that Daiso also selling pet items and that also include pet costumes for only RM5 each! 

We checked out with smiling faces as we bought 6 items with total price of RM30. Our haul includes a pair of grip gloves, an extra large 60cm x 60cm laundry bag and these:

KiKi got another 2 pink costumes and a polka-dot pink collar (not in the picture because she already wore it). Another collar is meant for KoKo, the cat that Bee has at his shop.  

What a worthy bargain. Daiso will definitely be my must-visit store ;-)

:: walk the cat ::

We did it! We successfully brought KiKi to the park yesterday noon for a walk (or more to smelling the grass for her).

It was still morning when my previous entry was posted and that time I wasn't too sure whether we will be able to take KiKi for a walk because she was still unfamiliar with wearing a harness since we just bought it the night before. Surfed the Net and found that we should train the cat before taking her out to get them feel comfortable so we did. Referred 'how to leash train a cat' from wikihow and here are among steps involved in case you're interested to walk your cat too:

1. Get the supply.
- we bought the harness (RM28.00) and the leash (RM7.90) from Pet Lovers Centre. Both could be found in most pet stores, however you need to ask the SA to get harness in smallest size for cats because they are mostly for dogs and in larger size.

2. Don't stress your cat out on the first day. Start with having him/her in the harness.
- we put the harness on KiKi and let her wear it for only around 1-2 hours (only).

3. The first day is over and time for real training. Don't do it if your cat is still uncomfortable with the harness. Attach the leash and start walking (don't tug, this needs patience). If your cat does not move, hold a treat. If that does not work, pick him/her up, move him/her forward and point the direction where you would want him/her to go.
- we didn't take one day to move to this step. We were still inside the house and KiKi didn't move but busy biting the leash instead. We then opened the door and she started walking few slow steps and stopped. This happened few times and we had to carry and place her around the porch to make her walk. She was more interested in smelling and eating the grass though. Around 20 minutes later she got a bit more comfortable and able to walk few steps more than earlier.

4. Keep training until your cat is pro then take him/her outside.
- we only train KiKi around 45 minutes when Bee decided to take her to park straight away. With us, she really need to be a fast learner heh? Hehehe.

5. When your cat is used to the harness you could substitute it for a collar if you wish
- we personally do not agree with this because if the leash is attached to the collar, it means the only support is around the cat's neck. Imagine if he/she got surprised or shocked with something and suddenly tugged or run away as fast as he/she could, it may hurt his/her neck or get choked.


We were happy and glad that we were able to take KiKi out on her paws and enjoy the nature instead of sitting and observing surroundings inside the carrier. KiKi likes to look around and that's why we like taking her out in the car because she will behave just like an excited kid. Besides smelling the grass, she even climbed a tree and did a bit of running in the park yesterday after she got comfortable. It was a memorable experience and hopefully we could walk her out more often later.

Just to share that I pity the dog next door. Dogs need to be walked but we never see her being walked by our neighbour at all. Dunno why some people still want to keep an animal as a pet but could not care less about its needs...

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:: cuteness ::

Look who's wearing a new tee:

KiKi got her first top from Pets Lover Centre Ikano. It was our first visit there and we were so impressed. There were lots of pretty items for pets from costumes, shoes and even strollers. I was so attracted with various costumes available. There were tees, dresses, gowns, elvis presley suit and even cheongsams. We bought KiKi that pink stripes top because of the colour and also because it came in smallest size. Most others were in larger size for dogs and maybe many cat owners have bought the small ones for their kitties. It fits her well and automatically transforms her look. KiKi instantly look girlish in it and we were speechless everytime watching her... total cuteness!

Other than that we also bought KiKi a harness and a leash, a comb and also a canned wet food as a treat. We planned to bring KiKi for a walk in the park this evening but not pretty sure about it yet because she got shocked when we tested the harness on her yesterday. Have to train her first and let her feel comfortable before taking the next step. Above all, we were satisfied with our purchase and will definitely visit Pets Lover Centre again next time as it's far more better than Pet's Wonderland. With that purchase, Bee also got himself a free membership and we instantly got 5% discount yesterday - at least something than nothing. 

Pets Lover Centre outlets are available in Ikano Power Centre, Sunway Pyramid, Mines Shopping Fair, Bangsar Shopping Centre, SS Two Mall and Jusco Kepong.

:: 1.1.11 ::

It was a great ending for 2010 and a nice start for 2011.

:-)