Saturday, June 29, 2013

Wash Ur Gossips

Assalamu'alaikum. Holla!

Wutta great Saturday night, huh! So where did you have your dinner today? Well I hope it was lovely! Just wondering since I'm actually in a mood to blog about a really COOL & CATCHY place to hang out this time (plus good food, of course!!). Perhaps this will be great if you want something a little different :)))

Well if you happen to be in Shah Alam, there's a Muslim café called Wash Ur Gossips that I would highly recommend you to check out. Located at Section 15, this LAUNDROMAT café (with its sky blue signboard depicting a cup in a laundry machine) surely deserves a review! As far as I'm concerned, it's the FIRST-ever and the only laundromat concept café in Malaysia so far... heeee. Aite, what's so awesome about this place besides the rare concept, its unique name and cool tagline? Definitely the FOOD, FOOD, FOOD!!!

Wash Ur Gossips offers a wide variety of dishes (both Western & Asian fare) and gosh, they're all at affordable prices! Well I've been there twice with my family and we were completely satisfied with the food as well as its cozy ambience (not to forget the warm welcome received from
the owner, Uncle Danny Hamdan and his family!). By the way, I'm not very sure about the price of their coin-operated self-service laundry but I heard that it is very affordable too. Perhaps you should check out their FB account for more info? [CLICK HERE] So tomorrow is Sunday..! I bet it's a "laundry day" for most of us. How about killing two birds with one stone then? DO YOUR LAUNDRY & SATISFY YOUR STOMACH as your laundry gets done! Sounds good, isn't it? *Ooopsie, totally forgot that the café operates everyday BUT Sunday!!! SORRRRRRRY* Any other cool places that you can think of maybe? Feel free to share them here!

P.s. All photos taken using my iPhone and they weren't edited. Only a few were uploaded anyway :)


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Every dirty laundry has a story... So true :p

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Cute concept!

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A must try "Seafood Chowder Soup"
#Nikitasrecommendation

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Succulent "in-house STEAK"

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Sexylicious "Banana Pillows"!!! #Nikitasrecommendation
I just started practicing good eating habits but sadly to find
myself already craving for this 'guilty pleasure' treat :(

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The laundromat room

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Eh..? Besides latest magazines and free Wi-Fi service available at the outlet,
looks like they also have these to offer ;)

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Good Vibes Festival

Hey hey hey peeps!!

It's going to be a 'not so long entry?' this eve. Well I just would like to update on my upcoming activities... walaah! Hmm I guess some of you already know about this but perhaps some may not? And to those who just got to know about it and wish to grab the early bird tickets... I'm so SORRY for the late post! Huhuuuu.

Good news to all music lovers out there (especially those who were big fans of alternative rock and Britpop somewhere in early 90s), Future Sound Asia is organizing a festival called the "Good Vibes Festival" this coming August 17 at the Sepang International Kart Circuit and guess what?! THE SMASHING PUMPKINS & ASH will be there... LIVE IN MALAYSIA, guys!!! Besides that, international bands like Modest Mouse (love this band too!) and Japandroids also will be there together with our local bands; PESAWAT, Monoloque, Kyoto Protocol, Pitahati, etc and other bands from the Southeast Asia (as far as I'm concerned). And it is said that the festival also features ART, FOOD and FASHION attractions to create the complete festival experience. I mean how cool is that..?!? Woaaa seriously can't wait for it, baby! B)

the smashing pumpkins
The famous American alternative rock band,
Smashing Pumpkins

Source: fridaetv.com

ash band
The Britpop band from the Northern Ireland, ASH
Source: townfulloflosers.com

pesawat band malaysia
The awesome Malaysian band, PESAWAT
Source: the-wknd.com

[Just a little highlight about the local band, PESAWAT here... I really like these guys! They were kind enough to make it on our wedding and that was 4 years back!! They played 2 songs last time, "Mirage" and unfortunately I couldn't recall what was the other song... hehehee. And I would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the ex-members of a local band once called THE ROCKETTS for also attending our reception (two of them are actually my Mr.'s friends) and wutta surprise that they actually composed a new song especially for our big day! SO SWEET. *Wish they'll read this someday..* They were all awesome and we were so unfortunate for not being able to take photos together with the lads last time! *Honestly it wasn't that easy to be at the bride & groom position... :p* Anyway, hope you'll enjoy this official music video by PESAWAT performing "Mirage". Love it!]



Aite, back to the topic! They've started selling out tickets for the early birds at MYR128 (starting from June 17 - 23), pre-sale tickets at MYR158 (June 24 - August 16), door sale tickets at MYR188 (on the day itself!) and VIP tickets at MYR258 (June 24 - August 16). Well I got to know about this info from my Mr. earlier (who is really into Smashing Pumpkins and Ash..!). Just imagine how annoyingly he was... texting and SKYPEing me all the way just to make sure that his pathetic wife managed to get those early bird tickets! *Duh..* Anyway, you can buy the tickets either online via myticket.my or at any authorized outlets as mentioned in their website. Simply visit www.goodvibesfest.com for more event information and highlights, ok? I hope this info helps! So see you there, maybe? Toodles ^3^

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Nikita's catch-of-the-week:
2 early bird tickets to attend the Good Vibes Festival with her annoying Mr.!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

June 12

Assalamu'aleykum wbt. Peace to everybody~!

It's been a while... I know! It has been exactly a month since my last article.. HEHE. Well I was actually taking my own sweet time for another 2 weeks++ after we came back from our Umrah end of last month :) So how's everyone? I miss you guys!! Hopefully things are going well with your life right now. Stop worrying too much and please be happy as always, ok? *Wink* Me?? Alhamdulillah, never feel better than this! ;))

Well I guess most of you probably think that I'm going to write about my recent pilgrimage, right? Honestly I'm really excited to blog about it but unfortunately not for this entry. But In Shaa Allah that'll be very soon, I promise! Will keep you guys updated so worry not! Anyway, I've quite a number of big events happening this June (even for the first 2 weeks!) and feel like sharing ALL of them here... hehehe.

JUNE 12 - My wedding anniversary. Our SOLEMNIZATION (the Muslims called it "Nikah") was held during this date and it was after Isha'. Alhamdulillah for this year is the 4th year of us living together as hubby and wifey.. tehee! Such wonderful years for the two of us. I've actually planned (a crazy one!) for our anniversary this year but unfortunately since the past 2 years, we never had a chance to celebrate our anniversary together (gosh, blame it to my hubby's company!!). Hmm I'd seriously think his company has this kind of conspiracy. They're just being jealous and it was so obvious that they purposely booked his flight ticket (for the recent trip) just a day before our anniversary! So what do you say about this? Hence, looks like I was indirectly 'forced' to postpone my so-called plan to next year huh... what the @%#$?!? MuaHAHAHAHAhahaha..... huuuuuuu *!psycho and heartbroken!* T_T

Whatever it is, I feel really blessed and grateful for Allah SWT has chosen him as my other half. And I said this truly right from the heart. Anyway, here are just some of the pictures taken on JUNE 13, 2009 (during the reception on my family side @ the Grand BlueWave Hotel, Shah Alam) just a day after our solemnization. Well we had 3 ceremonies altogether; the solemnization, reception on my family side (a fusion English wedding concept) and reception on my hubby's side (a traditional Malay wedding concept). My apology for not uploading my pictures in full as I was still not wearing hijab at that time.. huhhu. ENJOY VIEWING!! Ma'assalamah.

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Feels like yesterday...
The lovely wedding logo designed by our friend, Idan

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SYAHRIR NURDIN - His label has becoming very famous
among the Malaysian celebrities nowadays. *Am so proud!!!*

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My customized wedding dress designed by SYAHRIR NURDIN
Thank God, it still fits me well even until today! 

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The "Bunga Telur" (designed by my Mom)

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Equipment for the "Merenjis" session

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The "Pelamin" designed by my Mom's friend, Brother Sham

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Yummylicious menu for the guests..!

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Among the doorgifts c/w lucky charms

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More doorgifts please...

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Thanks so much to those who managed to make it on our big day, 4 years back XD

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The stage where we performed ;)

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My 12-year old baby brother (at that time!) & my cousin's daughter..
Well June 13 also happened to be his birthday so we have double celebrations on that day :)
I sincerely would like to thank my beloved parents and siblings, all my family members, my in-laws and our friends for all their hard work in order to make our wedding a success T_T
WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

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My good looking, awesome yet very humble fashion designers...
SYAHRIR NURDIN (left) & FIRDAUS

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"O Allah, bless this marriage til Jannah"