Shopping! Shopping!

In preparation for my upcoming Spain and Portugal Trip, I've been hoarding clothes. :P These are my purchases for the last 7 days.

Dress from New Look

Necklace from New Look, Tank Top from Gap and Denim Shorts from Mango

Necklace from New Look and Play suit from River Island

Skirt from River Island

24th Bday is my passport to being wild

Loving her Gladiator Heels!

Donna wearing a Topshop Playsuit, H&M belt and New Look Gladiator Heels

My Crazy Girlfriends!

Darlene wearing Dorothy Perkins Dress and New Look shoes and Doris(in Fuschia) wearing New Look and Unbranded shoes

The Free Champagne!

STRIP HIM!

Free Drinks made us crazy

CHEERS!

YES!

My body shot turn

Lick it Good!

FACT: I went drinking for 3 days. The photos above were from the second day. First day was Donna's bday, Second day was mine and Third day was broken hearted Donna day.

I wasn't scared about turning 24. In fact, I look forward to it cause I made it a point to celebrate this year. Mind you, it wasn't normal for me to have parties cause I hate being centre of everyone's attention so I broke my celebration into 3 just like my list said, Dinner and Clubbing, Trip Abroad(on my next blog) and Paintball.

I was happy on my 24th. Me, my friends and my family went on a dinner and we went clubbing. It fell on a Wednesday so entrance is free and drinks are cheaper than usual. We had one tequilla each and proceeded to 2 rounds of tequilla body shots. Rai then got us cocktail drinks, Me and Donna got Mai Tai on the first round, Darlene and Doris got Long Island. I tried Doris and I must add that I LOVE THE LONG ISLAND COCKTAIL. Taste like Iced Tea. :-P So on my next cocktail, I got Long Island then we had champagne and I forgot the rest. It was a fun and crazy night. :)

Fishing-Fishing, Fun-Fun!

I am too lazy to drag the photos in order, instead, I will write in captions and hopefully you guys get the full story.

The dogfish killers from Fishing, Day 2.
This is me,trying to kiss the dogfish. This guy jokingly asked me to be his second wife. I laughed.

According to Mr. Sulk, the Ugly Betty look. That's me trying to take a photo with the first fish that we caught on the 2nd day.

My Day 2 outfit. Forgive the ugly face. I didn't shower! - Blazer from Zara, Shirt from Uniqlo, Top worn as Skirt from Primark and Glad Sandals from New Look

Overnight fishing from Day 1. Rai and Kumar fished til 3AM and caught 43 fishes!

That's me trying to throw the fishing rod. I can say, I have 1 out of 10 chance of throwing it properly. :P

Rai doing the BBQ.

Outfit from Day 1 - Blazer from Zara, tube top from Mango, Leggings from Zara and Glad Sandals from New Look

Rai and Kumar setting the fishing rods.

We left Reading at 10:30AM on a Wednesday Morning, Arrive at Kumar's just after 12 to pick up the camping gears and tea break and Finally arrive at Dover at 4PM. We set up our bbq immediately and started fishing. The pier was closed so we settled into fishing in the shore. We didn't caught any fish until after 9PM and our fishing buddies stayed til 3AM. Me and my friend Donna stayed in the tent as it was raining hard with thunderstorms and lightning. She was scared for ourlives but I wasn't. On the contrary, I was enjoying the whole experience. Everyone woke up late the next day and yes, fished on the shore once more. By lunchtime, we were all hungry so we went to the town centre for KFC and fished on the pier. We caught 2 more fishes and went home at 4PM. It was a fun experience for me. I haven't laughed in a long time. I missed myself. Everyone, the crazy Ailema that everyone loved is back! :)

Day 4 - Colloseo, Forum and then to Pisa

Another blog entry with no order. :P

We left early to go to the Colosseo. The queue is long so we figured that if we got there early, we can finish early. We were right, we queued for less than 5 minutes and we used the Roma Pass to by pass all queues again. What a lucky day! After Colosseo, we went to the Forum in Capitoline Hill. Spent 2 hours there and was home by 2PM so we can check out and catch the train to Pisa. At Pisa, my uncle picked us up from the station, he lives 5 minutes away and we had a fantastic Filo Dinner. I can summarise the Italian food in 3 words, Pizza, Pasta and Panini. We were dried up, we want something soupy. :-P We were tired so after dinner we wanted to go straight to bed but my uncle got other plans - a prayer meeting plan that is. Oh boy. We struggled for another an hour and a half.

Shot on the Reception of Hotel Felice. That's what I wore on our way to Pisa.

Outfit - Top from Mango, Flats and Skirt from Primark.

Shot inside the Forum.

I just like this shot.

Outfit - Top from Zara and Flats and Skirt from Primark

Mum wants to have her photo taken with that Tree. She said that they use it in Palm Sunday.

I thought it is funny to take photo of the Lady Tour Bus. Walking ad anyone? :P


The forum still.

Beware of Scammers! Colosseo on the background. This guy asked us if we want to take photo with him, we said yes thinking that it's a good Roman Gesture. He asked for a tip afterwards and my gave him 3 Euros, we haven't got much Euros with us but He asked for more. Scam I say!!! Tip my a**!

Inside Colosseo.

Mummy Dearest and Me inside Colosseo.

Few things that Italy that UK McDonald's don't have. BTW, I go to McDonald's everytime I visit a country. They sell Iced Tea instead of the usual softdrinks and they have the option of normal chips or curly fries. Their bin is automatic - sensor! You don't have to push to throw the rubbish. Another thing, there are few stations at the Metro with automatic cleaning thing. You only have to pay 1 Euro to get in and it cleans itself automatically when you leave. No flushing, no touching, all automatic!

Day 3 - Exploring the Vatican City

Sorry photos are not in chronological order. I wanted too but I was too tired to drag the photos and actually having a hard time doing it. Forgive me. :(

Shot inside the Vatican Museum. Yes, that is painted ceiling right there. They have massive tapestries, sculptures and paintings everywhere. It is very very grand. We are not allowed to take photos on the Sistine Chapel for copy right reasons.

Shot outside the St. Peter's Square.

Shot infront of the St. Peter's Basillica. This is where the Palm Sunday Mass was held.

Shot inside the St. Peter's Basillica.

Shot inside the Vatican Museum.

The old Vatican City entrance according to the Tour Guide. Outfit (no close up) - dress and flats from Primark and belt from Mango.

Pieta.

Friday Film Date - Confessions of a Shopaholic

STARBUCKS

The girly dates started with coffee at Starbucks. We talk for a bit while waiting for the film to start. I mostly talk and they listen. Hahaha! My sister doesn't talk much so I just took the piss out of her. I am a MEANIE I know.

CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC

It is such a good film to watch with girlfriends. It got all the elements of a girly film - comedy, love story, clothes and accessories. :P It wasn't as fun as the book though. I felt that the film is a bit slow and it deviates from the original story of the book. The clothes aren't as amazing as it should and so are the accessories. I've expected more and it didn't deliver. That's just me so decide for yourselves.

PIZZA HUT

Or should I say Pasta Hut? Ehehe! Pizza Hut announced its name change a while back and they hadn't do anything on the signs yet. Credit Crunch anyone? :P We went for Pizza Hut cause we couldn't decide what to have for our late lunch. We went there starving but it seems like they've forgotten our order. We waited for 30 minutes or so. When we finally got our order and on our second serving, we were given extra, large pizza for waiting. We couldn't eat it anymore so we decided to split it and take it home. We left the restaurant and me and my sister went to Zara whilemy friend Amy went home.

My outfit for today. I need to wear the dress to get into the mood. Dress and Flats from Zara and Belt from Mango and YSL Medium Majorelle Bag. I am not doing the bag a justice.

I found this Gladiator High Heels at Zara but is not on sale. Damn! Wait for me my baby. I will get you after I book my Trip to Belgium. :P

Close up. Donations anyone? Every quid is appreciated. :)

counting my blessings

Isn't today a lovely day?

I woke up at 9AM for my 11AM dental appointment. Put mud pac on and deep conditioned my hair while watching E! News. Hahaha! This is exactly what I need. PERIOD. I left home with enough time to reach my dentist. It was nice walking with light snow. It makes Winter bearable. :)

I go to my dentist every 3 months. She said that I should have strong gums for my age and no bleeding while brushing. She also suggested that I should floss and gurgle regularly which I did religiously for the past 3 months and it paid off! She said I can visit her every 6 months now. I saved £46 quid today. I celebrated by shopping of course!

I got this from Mango for £12(Original Price £40) on sale. I rarely pay full price.

£28 from Oasis. Patience is truly a virtue. Yesterday, this was on sale for £35(Original Price, £65) and today they had another 20% off. Lucky, Lucky me!

The remaining 7 quid I spend on this.

I just want to share something in connection to Krispy Kreme. This week, my mum, me and my sister started watching, Paul McKenna's I will make you thin. Not that I need any help with dieting, I am slim myself. Anyway, he gave Four Golden Rules to keep you fit.

1. Eat what you want. This is the reason why I bought Krispy Kreme.

2. Eat when you are hungry.

3. Eat consciously.

4. Stop when you are full.

Hope this helps people on a diet! Goodluck everyone! :)