Sebrinah Yeo

Monday, 16 April 2018

Gifts At The Tip Of Your Fingertips

Sebrinah Yeo April 16, 2018 1

In this day of age, everything is seamlessly connected online. That being said, its now easier to shop online for gifts to anyone at the tip of your fingertips. Online gift shop Malaysia there's aplenty, however, what really makes a difference is the creativity of it.

As a mother, we always do our best in everything that we do! Most importantly, we always try to capture those special moments and keep them close to our heart. At any given time of the day, when I'm spending time with my family, my kids are my most cherished moments because I get to watch every step they take in their life and celebrate with them when they achieved their milestones!

My smartphone will do it's job to capture all these precious moments that's close to my heart! I even have an external hard disk specifically to backup all of my family photo moments on a monthly basis since "Day 1"! Thanks to Printcious, I'll be able to turn these precious moments and memories into physical gifts and products that I can decorate at home or gift to grandpa & grandma. (Eg. Canvas, photo frames, puzzles etc)

What is Printcious? It's a creative gifts shop in Malaysia, that provides a wide variety of choices that you can choose from and customize with.

You get to choose from creating graphic Tees, colour mugs or magic mugs and cushions! These are very unique and exciting gifts to create and gift to your friends and families. Because it can be used as well and it's not just for show.

That's not all! There's also specially curated categories where you can choose from their wide range of products that matches the occasion or season.

Since now we're rolling into May pretty soon, time to start allowing your creativity to flow and start placing order for your gifts now, to be in time for these special occasions :
1st May : Labor Day (Create gifts that shows your appreciation to your staffs, especially the ones on-ground/frontliners)
12th May : Nurse Day (Thank them for their dedication to their work)
13th May : Mother's Day (For your mother, mother-in-law and your Wife-Mother to your kids. Whether rain or shine, they are always there for the family! It's as if they never sleep!)
16th May : Teacher's Day (Thank them for their dedication to teaching the future generation for a better tomorrow)

All it takes is just 3 steps to create your gifts for that special someone! You can create anywhere, all it takes is just a click at the tip of your fingertips at the comfort of your own home! How easy is that?

Printcious also accept bulk orders too. Just fill up the form in their website and they'll send you the quotation. If you're looking for the best mug printing supplier, don't forget to contact them. Or, if you have any upcoming birthday party or wedding luncheon/dinner and would like to impress your guests, photo booth rental is your best entertainment.

Veggie World Veggie Café, Puchong Malaysia Review

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Sebrinah Yeo April 05, 2018 8

My whole life, I have been a strong supporter of eating meat! Yes, I admit, I am a meat lover! Because I have tried vegetarian food before and I find it either too bland, too much flour and kinda costly.

However, this café changed my perception on Vegetarian food forever! A humble cafe nestled in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong (near Giant Hypermarket) for over 1 year plus. Serving you vegetarian food in appenty of variety of Western and Local cuisines!

With its spacious setting inside that's cosy, comfortable & suitable for everyone and is family-friendly!

Their menu consists of a variety of food for your choosing. And if your kids wants Fried Chicken, Burgers, Pastas or even Pizzas; You can order it here! (100% Vegetarian and homemade from scratch!)

My kids were curious why I am here in this Veggie Café, just look at this guy staring back at me.

The decoration is really neat too! Just watch out for your kid as they may attempt to peel it off the walls like my son over here...

The food was really delicious and tasty. To be honest, when you're inside, it doesn't feel like you're in a vegetarian restaurant. When the food arrives and all, you'd totally forget you're eating vegetarian food! Because it tastes so real, so good and the pricing is affordable too!

This is the chicken rice! The "chicken" is actually mushroom and doesn't taste like mushroom. The best part is the coating is homemade and when u tear the mushroom in half, the insides look like chicken meat and just below the coating it seems as if there's a chicken skin then but it's not!

This specialty the owner specially learned how to make it from China.

Burgers! Veggie Chicken Burgers with Egg, you can choose to opt. out the egg and Fish Burger. My kids love this! They love the fries for sure, and the burger is really tasty! Even better than the ones by the street and McD! Their sauces are all homemade too! Not your ordinary ketchup or mayo.

My eldest really enjoy this Veggie Chicken Burger! Plus it's so huge, can share with 2 people if you're a small eater! This is a Monster Burger size by the way.

The fish burger as you can see is really fulfilling and the vegetables portions inside is really generous. Scrumptious with every bite!

The pasta is really tasty too! The sauce is lovely and you won't find it anywhere because it is made from scratch! Not those pasta sauces from the shelves. Definitely a must try! Portion also huge!

Pizza! Who don't love pizza?! Yummy pizza where it's dough and sauce all made from scratch, 100% vegetarian and tasty for the whole family! Tastes better than the other pizza's that you know of! Trust me! The pizza though is baked really well and it's soft enough with the crunchy crust on the sides! Great as a sharing platter!

This yummy crunchy roll appetizer looks lovely! My kids love it so much that, they finished it all for me. I didn't get the chance to try it at all. Boohoo!!

For drinks we had Carrot juice and also Dragonfruit juice. It wasn't too sweet, just nice and very refreshing to quench your thirst with. I love the Dragonfruit especially! Good for detoxing too hehe!

Such a generous portions of serving for each meal! You have to come by and experience the flavours yourself! It's not your ordinary vegetarian restaurant with rice and veg.

If your kids HATES vegetables, this is the place to be! They will thank you for it! Don't have to even tell them it's vegetarian! Just order and eat, they won't even realize it at all.

Veggie Café
No.2A-G, Jalan BK5A/2C, Bandar Kinrara, Puchong
Tel : 03-8082 7695
Opens Daily : 9am to 9.30pm
Facebook : Veggie World Veggie Café

Download UGrabLah application to get "Cash Voucher" off when you dine-in here.

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A Journey To Kota Kinabalu Sabah

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Sebrinah Yeo March 30, 2018 2

I've always wanted to travel to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in East Malaysia. Now I may have that chance with my family! In doing so, I have to plan ahead for this journey especially with kids! Thankfully, with the help of other parents in my support group, some are even locals themselves who has shared tips and even places that me and my whole family will enjoy together. That being said, let's begin my journey plans and save it down here for future reference!

Firstly, to check flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu.

Image Captured from Traveloka

It's pretty easy to use Traveloka as you get to choose the best flight rates available with various airlines and schedules. If you're lucky, you may even get to find really cheap air tickets!

These are my summary of the itinerary that I will be planning for my journey to Kota Kinabalu with my family. Am also including all the other amazing recommendations and tips from my friends!

Image credits to Pinterest

STAY : Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa, Kota Kinabalu

💟Provides room views of both the ocean, Mount Kinabalu or South China Sea

💟5-10 minutes from the airport and 10 minutes away from the city

💟Surrounded by natural beauty

💟It's a private spa island

💟There's 7 dining venue (4 restaurants, 3 bars/lounges) at this resort!

💟Kids activity area like water play area, pool, play area for toddlers or younger kids with padded walls and soft gentle toys catered for them. There's even a babysitting option provided by the resort at a small fee of RM30 per hour. There's also a kids club with more activities and schedules of fun-filled excitement for the kids

Other venue's worth staying at, recommended by my friends are;

1. Sutera Harbour Resort (They have their own jetty too and also 5-10 minute from airport)

2. Kinabalu Pine Resort, Kundasang (Stay for 1 night to enjoy stunning Mesilau views)

3. Little Hut, Kundasang (It's in the middle of a local village, best to bring your own food as there's nothing much to eat here at night but the Mesilau view is beyond words and the kids will love the hut. Best to stay for 1 night)

4. Gaya Centre Hotel, is opposite Suria Sabah Shopping Centre

5. Mandarin Hotel, Gaya Street. On Sundays the Gaya Market starts just outside the hotel.

6. KK Suites Hotel, Gaya Street. The street food at Gaya Street is amazing according to reviews!

7. Marina Condo, a service apartment in town.

8. Guest houses if you are adventurous!

ISLAND ADVENTURE :

🏝 Island Hopping! It would be nice to go on island hopping with my family to visit the true beauty of nature and breakaway from the city lifestyle. There are 5 islands for island hopping such as Pulau Sapi, Pulau Manukan, Pulau Gaya and small islands of Pulau Mamutik and Pulau Sulug.

🏝 Borneo Kellybays, approximately 30km from Kota Kinabalu, in Tuaran. A beautiful place that is suitable for kids and it is special because it is the only Sabah nature attraction that lays between the sea and river.

🏝 Sepanggar island, a 12 minutes boat ride from KK. Only accepts maximum of 40 pax tourists per day. It's price range is from RM120 onwards per pax inclusive of return boat trip and lunch. They also have water activities too.

BEACHES :
🏖 Tip of Borneo, if you love beautiful beaches.

🏖 Beach at Karambunai is beautiful and clean; Lots of Korean tourists there too.

OTHER AMAZING ACTIVITIES :
♨ Poring Hot Springs, bring extra clothes to change.
🏠 Rumah Terbalik/Upside Down House, this is quite common now. Also available in other parts of Malaysia.

🐟 Fish massage, great way to relax while the fish nibble those dead skin away from your feet. It's ticklish too!

🏞 Memorial Park, Kundasang for sights & see. The Kundasang War Memorial is a memorial located in Kundasang in the Malaysian state of Sabah, which is dedicated to the British and Australian soldiers who died in the Sandakan POW camp during their death marches to Ranau.

🏞 Perdana park is a good place for kids. The Musical fountain at night starts from 8pm.

🏔 Kokoi Hill, the kids will enjoy the cool weather.

🏞 Lok Kawi Wildlife Park is another great place for families with kids, a really nice park to enjoy nature with.

🐇 Rabbit farm for the kids, they will enjoy it!

Shopping :

🛍 Centre Point Sabah Shopping Mall

🛍 IMAGO Shopping Mall

🛍 Suria Sabah Shopping Centre

🛒 Gaya Market at Gaya Street

🛒 Pekan Nabalu, Kota Belud. consists of several rows of open-air markets selling fruits, vegetables and flowers, as well as a longhouse market where vendors sell merchandise such as Sabah souvenir t-shirts, beaded handicrafts, musical instruments and many more.

F&B :

Most of them said the seafood here is the best! And Tuaran Noodle, Sang Nyuk Noodle, Beef noodle and Seafood tom yum noodle are a MUST TRY delicacy!

🍽 Salut Seafood Restaurant

🍽 Welcome 100% Seafood Restaurant

🍽 Upperstar Pepper Grill & Bar

🍽 Nancy Kitchen, provides good food and there’s a playground for kids to play and it’s by the beach.

🥛 Desa Cattle Farm in Kundasang, enjoy fresh delicious milk and yummy yogurt ice creams.

🍓 Strawberry Garden Kundasang, you get to pick strawberries here.

🐝 Gombizau Honey Bee Farm, because "Honey add to everything it will sweeten up your life"

TRAVELLING TIPS :

Don't go during end of the year as it's raining season; It will be super cold and wet. Best to go during mid school holiday season.

OPTIONAL : DAY TOURS

If you are looking for day tours, my friend recommended "Amazing Borneo" for their top rated services.

The "North Borneo" cruise is alaso great, the food is also tasty.

With all these useful information, this will make my journey to Kota Kinabalu much more ease! Hopefully it will also assist you on your journey too! Until next time.

Unpredictable Shingles

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Sebrinah Yeo March 06, 2018 4

Life can sometimes be unpredictable. Just when things were going great, all of a sudden it can change 360° and when you least expect it!

So my sharing today is purely about me. What happened to me?

I had a great time at food reviews etc. I remember my last review was eating Durians, and my mom reminded me to take more cooling drinks before and after because of fear of being too heaty.

Photo from Google Images

Well prior to that, I had some breastfeeding issues as my youngest was teething and bit me a few times, and my eldest refuse to wean off and his latch started to hurt because of his full set of teeth. So this cost me my left breast having a milk bleb. An extra skin tissue grew over the milk duct and blocked it causing discomfort. I either had to poke it with a needle, try and scrub it off or something... I blamed my itchy hands for trying to pry it off. It made a hole and then right after having Durians, I got my body too heaty till the hole will not recover. I stopped breastfeeding on my left side. I only pumped on the left.

1-2 weeks : 29th Jan 2018 onwards

That's when I started to feel weak and tired and aching from my head to toes. And with a hole in the breast that I had to pump on schedule to avoid blocked ducts, engorgements or even worst mastitis; I was worn out and tired!

Photo from Google Images (but I did had this ulcer at the exact same spot and same size but deeper hole)

3rd week :

Then I suddenly had 6 ulcers, 3 big ones in my mouth and 3 small ones on my lips. It was excruciating... I put salt, tried honey, vinegar, it was not helping. Went to see the GP at the Clinic and the GP just gave me medication for my ulcers.

My first visit to the doctor I already showed them this and they thought it's just acne.

Then I fell ill, I had on and off fever for a couple of days. I assumed it was due to the change in my Breastfeeding cos of the engorgements and blocked ducts. I had to massage, hot & cold compress until it started to soften again. Then I suddenly had high fever for 2 days and felt chills! Finished two packets of Panadol Actifast during the times I had fever. Went to see GP again, and gave me another ulcer medication and pills to make me go to the toilet.

4th week :

I was prepared to get my blood checked for dengue but my fever stopped. Then every evening I felt chills at my hands and feet, I would shiver but no fever. My body felt so weak and tired. I called my urut lady to come twice. Manage to get some wind out of my body, manage to reduce the shivers and chills I had during the evenings. But she told me to get a blood check because my body is cold, not hot and in 2 days gap she noticed my back started to have new acnes with pus inside and in batches/clusters, which is odd.

Went to my GP again and this time she said from the first day she saw me I have lost too much weight, I look pale, she said best to get immediate check-up at the hospital and she gave me a letter to a private hospital in Puchong. Went there to the A&E at night (it was a rainy night), the hospital was so freaking cold, your fish would freeze right off the floors!! Had to get extra blanket in the Emergency ward because it was freezing!

They put me on drips, took my blood which they had to squeeze it out (till my hands turned blue) because it was flowing too slow and they also took my urine sample. Waited for an hour plus and they came to tell me that they thought I had chicken pox but it's not, it's like pimples only.

Then said I had urine infection, low blood pressure, my red blood cells were low and my white cells were high. But they said I can stay if I want to, then they can run more tests on me. Or I can go back and if I want to follow up, I can come back after a week. Charged me rm700+! Gave me so many Panadols & Gastric pills which was useless to me. Some sachets to drink for my urine infection and Antibiotics for a week. I finished the sachets and antibiotics but no difference. My urine infection probably gone.

Can't believe the hospital won't give iron pills or something to boost my blood pressure. So I had to get it from the pharmacy, iron supplements.

So my diet now revolves around pork liver soup, black chicken soup and beetroot juice.

End of 5th week : 3rd March 2018

Finally decided on a weekend to see a Chinese sinsei that my mom frequents. He saw my back and immediately said I had Shingles (in chinese is "sang se" aka Snake disease) gave me Chinese powder herbs for consuming and another mixture for mixing with rice wine and applying all over where there are Shingles on me. He said he has never seen anyone with Shingles this much before. It's going to take 10+ days for recovery.

I'm on the 4th day of my Chinese medication and it seems to be helping so far atleast better than the GP and hospital I went too who failed to diagnose this! They thought it was chicken pox and then corrected themselves saying it's acne. What the hell!

I am thankful for having really high pain-tolerence level! It's not painful for me, I just can feel what's going on and all and it's still bearable for me but for any ordinary people it will be excruciating! Even giving birth without any pain killer etc is painless to me. My gynae stitching me up without any medical intervention right after birth, I can still talk to her asking questions. That's how high my pain-tolerence level is.

So that's how I spent my Chinese New Year 2018!

I am Grateful & Thankful my mom & husband helped around alot and were a great support in my wellbeing! I could literally have bed rest but it was not the kind of rest I am asking for. This is not pleasant at all. Also my Mother-In-Law for helping to get black chicken from the morning market in KL for me, we had been searching around Subang for weeks to no avail!

UPDATED EARLY APRIL 2018
Finally recovered on 1st week of April 2018. The scars dried up. Skin peels and flaking off all those dried shingles. Had to find a good skin and hair product after recovery and was able to find some really good natural ones that soothe my skin and helped in recovery too. Will share in new posts soon.

UPDATED 15th October 2019
My shingles scar finally lightened and back to skin colour thanks to the Ultimate Duo Pack! And this is just 38 days progress! Still have 5 months for the complete repair and overhaul of my entire health. And it is natural.