안녕 여러분~


I'm going to save the long story to myself and just going to write a short one. Well, hopefully it is short. I was meant to post about this last July but I was a lazy bum who always procrastinate at my best then regret it later. Sorry for the delay.

Anyway moving on...

First of all, I didn't not post about this just to show off but I got a lot of questions about how worthy the laptop is, so this is me reviewing it, well half of it. If some of you interested in getting a Macbook, then keep reading.

As some of you already know, my 2 previous laptops is completely broken. The other one is not completely broken but its hardly functioning that the only thing I can do with it is transferring data from my hard disk to the laptop and vice versa. No iTunes, no photoshop, no notepad, no videos, no Chrome or Mozilla, and definitely nothing useful for me to do with it.

I was laptop-less for about a year. I've been borrowing others for the past 14 months to do all the blogging and the transferring photos and music to my phone and hard disk. One day my dad asked me to create my brother's business logo and I told him that I can't do it since I don't have a laptop to work with and I definitely need an editing platform for that kind of stuff. That's when it hit me that I need a laptop. ASAP!

source: google

The amount I spent on the internet on my phone is just ridiculous but helpful because I don't need to waste my time searching once I'm in the store. I have a few laptops on my mind so I can save all the talking about specs etc with seller which I really hate.

We went to Harvey Norman and Asus store in Mid Valley, but unfortunately I live in a country where most of the good stuff is unavailable, I wanted to cry when they said they don't have the Asus Zenbook UX330.

The seller recommended the Windows notebook but he said it doesn't come with the keyboard. Both is sold separately and the notebook alone is almost RM7,000 - RM10,000 so I wasn't bother to ask the price of the keyboard. I almost asked the guy whether Oompa Loompa made it with their tiny hands. 🤔😂
Am I looking at Windows notebook or Alienware? Ridiculous!


So I made up my mind and with a heavy heart, I practically dragged myself to Machine (Malaysia's Apple Store) and walked straight to the laptop section. I am already familiar with all the models so I don't take much time to choose what I want. I know about each model's pros and cons. Without hesitation, I asked the seller to get me the 128GB MacBook Air 13". I bought the 128GB because I have like 2TB hard disk so I can save some money on that part.

I don't really fancy MacPro. I mean, I'm just a blogger. I don't need a high tech device in my life unless I'm a graphic designer, a gamer or a national hacker. Although I admit MacPro spec is much MUCH MUCHHH better than MacBook Air, but I'm going to be honest here I'm only using 15% of the laptop. The rest of the built-in goodness is left untouched.

When I said MacPro, I didn't mean MacPro Touch Bar & Touch ID. I have had my hands on it and all those bad reviews are so true. So yeah, if I'm rich and got nothing better to do, ONLY THEN I'll get the Touch Bar MacPro.


I asked all kinds of questions I need to know including anti-virus installer and how relieved I was when they said "Mac is a virus free device. You can't get a virus if you're using the new Mac." I forgot it's 2017. hahaha windows should have that too but maintain the price because Windows is so expensive but so easy to get virus.


Pros

• It's an anti-virus device. You don't need an anti-virus software because virus and Mac is like me and boys. Boys is the virus and I'm the Mac, they'll never attracted to me.
• Any kinds of blogging platform looks good in Safari and I don't use Chrome.
• Pictures appears crisp and sharp be it in Photoshop, blog or Instagram web version.
• The Macintosh interface is top notch. I love how with 3 fingers swap from left to right I can access to full screen blogging to Mac dashboard.
• Built-in app screen recording. It's also allow me to record my iPhone screen even before the iOs 11 was released.
• Built-in video editor aka iMovie. So handy!
• Video float on top. I can watch my favorite movie while doing my work.
• Airdrop. My ultimate fave feature. Every time I take a new photos or videos, I just airdropped it from my phone and save it in my hard disk to save some space in my phone or if I want to watch a movie from my laptop to my phone real quick.

Cons

• If you are using Android, you need to download a third party app to transfer file etc.
• Music, photos and videos has to be sync if you want to add it in your iPhone. Too much work.
• Fake Apple cable doesn't work to connect with your iPhone to Mac.
• No CD drive
• You have to format your hard disk to be able to transfer files between the Mac and your external hard drive otherwise you need to download a third party app... again.
• Overpriced.
• Other cables is sold separately at the cost from RM200-RM500.
• If you need to present a presentation at work or class, you need a DisplayPort to VGA Adapter for RM122.
• no HDMI port and the adapter is sold separately for RM150.
• For a newbie, the whole interface can be a little confusing and hard to understand.

Total:
Macbook + casing (inc keyboard cover) = RM4199 + RM160 = RM4,359

Like I said, I'm just a blogger, not a uni student or working so I didn't buy Microsoft package. I don't need them. I rather spend that money on Photoshop or Lightroom. So if you're a student or your work requires Microsoft Excel. Word, Outlook etc, then be ready to fork out RM600+ for it at Apple store.

Example of one of the Microsoft pack

I must admit, it's worth the money. Imagine buying the Asus Zenbook for the same price and as soon as I download a torrent, BAM! Virus starts flowing in. I guess for once in a while, you can reward yourself something regretful but helpful. hahaha 😂

But everyone has their own opinion and this is mine. I really hated this laptop for 4 weeks after I got it but as I learned its basic, playing around with it, its apps and some other things I learned from random geek website about what I can do with it, I'm starting to love it.

So what do you think?
Anyway thanks for reading. Much love from me.

안녕 여러분~

For almost a month I've been trying to post about this but something always came up and distracted me, thank God yesterday I was home alone with nothing good on tv so I can focus.

So let's just get to it now shall we?
First up:

CAFE OF THE MONTH: PARQUE CAFE @ ECOWORLD

• Too bad I didn't bring my camera during my visit here because it was unplanned. So excuse the quality of my iPhone camera. This place is AWE-MA-SOME-ZING! I must say, this is by far my favourite  cafe in Shah Alam. If I ever come here again, I'll drag all my girls and family to have some peaceful tea time here.
• It was far from home but it was worth it. If you guys happens to be in Shah Alam, give this place a visit. You can also enjoy your coffee outside where they have beanbags scattered around the garden.

• I'm always a big fan of mousse foundations but I stopped using it for a while to use the other foundations that my sister gave me just because I don't want to waste it. But the last 2 months, I decided to give these babies another go to see if the brands suits my skin. It did! Mousse foundations never let me down.
• These two brands is officially my favourite drugstore brands because they gave 10/10 result when I mix both foundations together.
• The texture is super soft and powdery, it blends really quick and easy using my fish brush especially under my eyes. It stays matte on my skin the whole day even without setting spray. I guess I can ditch my high-end foundations in my drawers because these babies cost only less than RM23/each ✌🏻

• I only saw this stuff on tv and American movies. I always curious to how it tastes like. Does it taste like steak? Salami? Pepperoni? Bacon? Okay fine, those references doesn't make sense but I only referred to it because of the texture and shape of beef jerky that I ever seen on tv. Jack Links Meat Snack offers a lot of other flavours like BBQ, Spicy and Teriyaki. There were a lot more but I couldn't remember the rest.
• I'm on a diet so I thought this would be a great source of protein for me. Plus it's only RM12 per pack. Yeah a bit expensive but that's what you paid for a meat snack tho not some meat flavoured snacks.
• I got a lot of people were just as curious as I was, asking me on Instagram whether if it's halal or not. And my answer is: YES IT'S HALAL YAY!!

안녕 여러분~



First of all, I want to credit the photo to the person who nominated me. I am too lazy to create my own because I just changed my laptop so I haven't install Photoshop yet. I was nominated for Liebster Award before like 3 years ago but I deleted the post. So I want to thank my girl Captaineverland for nominated me.

• You have to tell your readers 11 facts about yourself
• Answer the 11 questions that was given by the blogger who nominated you
• Nominated 11 bloggers to take part in the challenge

안녕 여러분~

It's a bit late for a monthly favourites post but I'm going to do it anyway. This post was inspired after I read my girl's post Captaineverland: April Favourites and I thought, why shouldn't I do this tag too? Maybe because it looks fun!


And now we're here.


May was amazing and so is this month so far but I don't want to speak too soon about June. Pictures below is some of my favourite last month, and a few probably will always be my favourite.


Some are old stuff and some are new.

• Poems is not really my thing but last month I decided to give this baby a go. I have this book for too long already and I thought it would be such a waste to leave it on the shelf unread.
• One of my friend who studied at MSU is a friend with this one guy who is known as Tulangkata by everyone at the campus. She told me that he's like an underrated poets and author in Malaysia.
• 99 Poems consists all kinds of poems and some of them contains a meaningful and deep meanings or in Bahasa Melayu we call it 'makan dalam' hahaha and the poems of course in Bahasa.
• If you happens to love local poems with a little brutal and in-your-face touch, then this book is for you and you can check out his Instagram to see some of his masterpiece. And his book was sold out at all major bookstores like MPH and Popular. And in case you want to know, it cost only about RM25.

Japanese Pancake (Fuwa Fuwa Pancake)

• To those who followed me on Instagram would see how often I went to this one special cafe (the only cafe in KL) that serves this goodness fresh out of the oven. I get sick of pancakes easily but Japanese pancake is super light and fluffy so you won't get sick of it. I can have 2 plates of these every morning.
• I was meant to post about this cafe before I went to Langkawi but I got pretty occupied with my Dad's doctors appointment and busy with planning for out trip to Langkawi because it was my Dad's first vacation in so many years but this post will pops in your reading list soon. I've edited the photo and draft everything. All I need to do is click 'publish'.
• If you're a big fan of brunch and pancakes, you REALLY need to try these babies. The price is slightly expensive but I promise you, it'll be worth it.

Starbucks Pop'zel Frappe

• It's no unicorn frappe but it's really good. I rarely drink Starbucks since 4 years ago because I prefer drinking coffee at cafes that the name doesn't end with bucks. Why? Because I can find a lot more cheaper but high quality coffee around KL. 
• I was in Chenang, Langkawi when I first tried this goodness. My brother was in the mood for some frappe so I thought why not get myself one because it's been a while.
• I was surprised by the sweetness even though it was coffee based. It really suit the ambiance I was in. BEACH + ICED COFFEE + SWEET POPCORN TASTE = PURE BLISS.
• I wish it would become a permanent choice on the menu but oh well.. I guess I have to wait for it like I do for Toffee Nut Latte on Christmas season.
• And please S'bucks Malaysia, will you make a halal cranberry sauce/drizzle please? This is 2017 for heaven sake! And bring the friggin' Unicorn Frappe here.