All in the Name of Vanity

Today I had an appointment with the lady that does my eyebrows. Over a couple of sessions she has expertly shaped my eyebrows into a natural looking arch to rival the clients of Anastasia Soare in Hollywood. All it requires is a little waxing and some plucking and you too can have beautiful eyebrows. Oh and it kinda hurts if you have a low pain threshold but I was told that the pain is minor if compared to treading.

I have now found another thing to obsess and spend money on. First it was the hair, then it was facials, after that came manicures & pedicures and now it's the eyebrows. I swear ladies as we get older there's more and more things to be maintained! Stuff that you never think about when you were younger, well I certainly didn't. Also when I was younger I wasn't able to indulge in all these treatments on my measly salary.

So when will it stop ? The constant grooming and preening and spending on stuff that men will never understand. Visits to the hair saloon every six weeks, monthly facials, fortnightly manicures and pedicures and now eyebrow shaping every 3 weeks. Will we ever get tired of it all and let it be au natural ? Probably not as only women can understand. The goal is not to defy the aging process but to age gracefully and expertly groomed ;)

Anyway it's a boost to my self esteem when other women see me and say "she's a bit chubby but she has beautiful hair/skin/nails/eyebrows"..... hahahaha.

For those interested :

Benefit Brow Bar

Parkson Suria KLCC

03 2164 2187

Awana Porto Malai Langkawi

This is the view from our room at Awana Porto Malai Langkawi. Not too shabby, the view not the room! The room itself has much to be desired which I shall not dwell on as I'm not paying for it. The problem with this place is that it's in the middle of no where and if you don't have a car you're basically stuck here with limited options for food (was told my the hotel staff that the cab fare to town was RM28 for a single journey). Oh there's no beach too ! If you're looking for sun, sand, sea and surf this ain't the place for you babe. Tomorrow I might make an attempt to go into Kuah, providing there's a taxi service in these parts.

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Testing Mobile Blogging with Photos

I just wanted to test how this works, emailing with an attached photo.

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Close but No Cigar

There you have it fans of American Idol, Big Mike got eliminated !!! Despite his powerful vocals (especially on this song) he got voted off and instead Casey with the so so voice got into top 3.

Does this elimination reflects the demographics of the voters for American Idol ? Young, white, teenage girls ? Or is it just the fact that Americans are still racists ? Out of 8 previous winners of American Idol only 2 are black and we all know how talented African Americans are when it comes to singing ...... sigh.

Fortunately this doesn't mean it's the end for Big Mike, as seen in past "losers" of AI that are more successful now then the winners. I know I won't be buying this year's Idol winner's CD whoever of the 3 it is but when Big Mike's album comes out I'll be the first in line ;)

Mobile Blogging

I've just discovered how to blog using my blackberry. How cool is that ??? Now I can immediately blog when on the move. You know just incase I think of something fantastic that I need to share when I'm not near a computer hehehe!

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Porto Romano

Today was our 12th Anniversary and we decided that we didn't want to do anything fancy and so we ended up having dinner at one of our favourite Italian restaurants, Porto Romano in TTDI. It's not a fancy place but it's quiet and initimate.

Bruschetta

For appetisers we had bruschetta which were lightly toasted ciabatta and tomatoes drizzled with olive oil. I always love bruschetta and the ones here were quite good.

Beef Carpaccio

Next we had beef carpaccio served with butterhead lettuce and some mustard. The beef here is sliced very thinly and served raw but you can't really tell when eating it. I wouldn't say that it was my favourite dish here but it was ok.

Spaghetti Porto Romano

For the mains I had Spaghetti Porto Romano which was seafood spaghetti in spicy tomato sauce. The serving was large and I couldn't finish everything but had most of the seafood which were calamari, prawns and clams.

Spaghetti Arabiatta

Hubby had spaghetti arrabiatta with added chicken breast as originally it came without.

Panna Cotta

For dessert we both had the same thing Panna Cotta, which is our favourite dish at this restaurant. Panna Cotta is a smooth vanilla pudding which is served with a coffee caramel like sauce and toasted walnuts. This is delicious and anyone dining here must leave space in their tummy for this !

Overall it was a great night and we came home with very full stomachs :)

Porto Romano

28, Persiaran Zaaba,

Taman Tun Dr. Ismail,

60000 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel/Fax : (603) 7710 0509

Lisa Fischer - How Can I Ease The Pain - Music Video

Do you remember this song ? If you do you're as old as I am !!!!! hahahahaha

I used to love this song, it was even nominated in the Grammys. I wonder what happened to Lisa Fischer.

Chanté Moore - Bitter

Chante Moore is a great singer that has some how gone beneath the radar of most R&B fans as she is not featured on MTV. I was introduced to her music by a friend in 1994 and has since been buying her CDs. This unfortunately has been quite difficult as most of the time they are not available in Malaysia.