July 31, 2015
I DON'T THINK I'VE MADE A HAUL POST BEFORE
Here's to first times - even for shopping hauls! I am so excited about this purchase that I almost checked the FedEx shipment schedule every waking minute... It was worth it. And, they came a day earlier than approximated, which is frickin' awesome.
So I recently received a 30% OFF coupon code from Cotton On and I just had to splurge but without the help of my sister, who undoubtedly loves Cotton On as well as I do, I could not have reached the minimum MYR250 mark for free shipping. Phew, otherwise I had to spend an additional MYR43 just to ship these items from Singapore! The reason why we chose to purchase these online rather than in-stores was because of the way these items are priced. Some were priced higher at the mall while some had better bundle deals online. Plus, I don't have to tirelessly find my size (XXS and XS') which is unquestionably hard to get.
Our total was: MYR 343.05; Mine alone was MYR199.80
1— Playsuit / Rompers. Sale items.
2— Crop tops. L-R: Discounted; Sale item.
3— Neck pillow. Sale item.
4— Panties. Sale items.
5— Swim bottoms. Sale item.
6— Passport holder. Discounted item.
You know, given my first shopping experience with their online store, I am pretty happy with what arrived and the condition it was in. They arrived in a well-packaged box with air-packets surrounding the not-even fragile items. I love it. I love how much care is taken into shipping them regardless of the fact that they were 99% fabric and would not break. Almost all items were packed in their individual plastic packaging and all came in perfect condition, obviously minus the wrinkles. All original tags are also intact. They also include two separate and different invoices.
However (cue dun dun dunnn), my sister and I received a total of two items wrongly or rather, what was pictured on the website does not match what we received even though the skirt is a skirt and my passport holder is definitely is, a passport holder. Let's talk about mine: My passport holder came lookin' good on the outside but I felt totally misled on the inside. On the website it shows a passport holder that has slits for credit cards, etc. but over here, it is merely a sleeve for the passport. Not what I was looking for. :(
Good news is that in-store returns / exchange / refunds are now available and I'm planning to exchange one of my crop top to one size up and probably return and refund my passport holder. The form for that is at the back of every invoice paper. Bad news is, the passport holder is by Typo, a sub-division brand of Cotton On and I can only refund / return / exchange Typo items at Typo outlets... And the nearest one is in the 1U mall. Ugh.
Oh well, not that any of these 'wrong' items would stop me from ever shopping online at Cotton On again (however the shipping cost will. I can NOT wait for when they have a storage facility in Malaysia and shipping would be cheaper!). Ratings by me personally would be 4/5. 1 star off for false advertising on the website vs. items delivered and received.
Last note: Please hide my card. I smell another haul soon.
[EDIT:] Turns out I didn't fully realize the crop top I wanted to exchange sizes for is a sale item and therefore could not be exchanged. Which sucks, because I do understand that refunds aren't allowed because they'd want to clear the stocks but I'm just changing sizes which makes no difference in the stock count. Just sayin'.
However, I did get a refund on my passport holder. Which is great even if I had to go all the way to Damansara for it.
Pic taken with Canon1200D. Edited in Photoshop CS3.
Labels: Haul, newthings, shopaholic
BY TRACY | 12:53 AM ·
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July 01, 2015
AVOCADO IS BACK ON THE MENU
Waiting for avocados to ripen is a drag. Especially when you keep thinking of the plans you have for it... Reading recipes and watching videos online about the different ways you can prepare this fruit berry. I opt for a simple one yet again for now because slow and steady wins the race (But also because I have a can of tuna opened from yesterday's sandwich lol)! I'll gradually hone my cooking skills, bear with me. Here's a great snack: Avocado and tuna sandwich.
I decided to make my simple but oh-so-delicious salad into today's mix for the extra avocado and tomato laying around after sandwich making. It's a 5-minute job I can't resist. No eggs for today because I was lazy. Here you go:
Ingredients:
2 slices of your preferred bread
1 large avocado
1 tomato
Canned tuna
Salt and pepper
Steps:
1. Mash half of your avocado and dice up the other. The former for your toast, the other for the salad. Salad recipe here. Put as much salt and pepper into the mashed avocado. Taste. TASTE IT.
2. Toast your bread. While waiting, slice your tomato as many as you'd like. And leave the rest for the salad.
3. Generously slather on your mashed avocado like butter. It is dubbed as 'nature's butter' for a reason... :)
4. Add on your tuna as much as you'd like. If you look closely, only the first picture is visible with tuna... I didn't add that much tuna at first and so it was hiding behind my tomato lols.
5. Make your salad!
6. Eat. Do I have to tell you this too?
This was a yummy in my tummy afternoon. More soon!
Waiting for avocados to ripen is a drag. Especially when you keep thinking of the plans you have for it... Reading recipes and watching videos online about the different ways you can prepare this fruit berry. I opt for a simple one yet again for now because slow and steady wins the race (But also because I have a can of tuna opened from yesterday's sandwich lol)! I'll gradually hone my cooking skills, bear with me. Here's a great snack: Avocado and tuna sandwich.
I decided to make my simple but oh-so-delicious salad into today's mix for the extra avocado and tomato laying around after sandwich making. It's a 5-minute job I can't resist. No eggs for today because I was lazy. Here you go:
Ingredients:
2 slices of your preferred bread
1 large avocado
1 tomato
Canned tuna
Salt and pepper
Steps:
1. Mash half of your avocado and dice up the other. The former for your toast, the other for the salad. Salad recipe here. Put as much salt and pepper into the mashed avocado. Taste. TASTE IT.
2. Toast your bread. While waiting, slice your tomato as many as you'd like. And leave the rest for the salad.
3. Generously slather on your mashed avocado like butter. It is dubbed as 'nature's butter' for a reason... :)
4. Add on your tuna as much as you'd like. If you look closely, only the first picture is visible with tuna... I didn't add that much tuna at first and so it was hiding behind my tomato lols.
5. Make your salad!
6. Eat. Do I have to tell you this too?
This was a yummy in my tummy afternoon. More soon!
Labels: Food
BY TRACY | 9:32 PM ·
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June 30, 2015
Safe to say, it's easier than I thought it would be! This was a fun sandwich to do. It was sort of experimental because I didn't know what the * I'm doing when it comes to poached eggs. But I had less doubt than I did the last time because I was I knew the initial problem was not using straight-out-of-a-chicken's-butt fresh eggs. And so here we have it: Tuna and poached eggs sandwich.
This was also a very satisfying meal as it was making it- as you can clearly tell because I totally went all out on this meal's photography. I whipped out my camera for this! I can't explain to you the glory of the hallelujah chorus started playing when the yolk broke through the cut I made. And I also can't explain the tiny disappointment of when the second egg didn't pull through... It was because I left it in to simmer for too long lol. My fault, my fault. Here are the deeds:
Ingredients:
2 slices of your preferred bread
½ tomato
Canned tuna
2 eggs (poached)
Salt and pepper
Steps:
*I started off with the eggs. I've read countless of blogs, recipes, and even watched videos- all of them mention the same thing: You need vinegar and salt in order to help the yolk and white stay together. Having a fresh egg would be the start of that. However, a swift peek at my pantry shows that I didn't have vinegar at home with me. So I makedo and added more salt... I don't know the science in this, but hey, all that matters is that it works right? (I can hear chefs around the world crying while reading that.)
1. Poached eggs: Basically like any article, blog, tutorials and videos out there, here's no different except the the lack of vinegar. Crack the egg into a small bowl / cup. Simmer a pot-pan of water and add in salt. Before it starts to bubble too harshly, take a... something, anything (spoon, etc.) and make a (strong) whirlpool. Grab your bowl / cup with egg and pour it in swiftly.
2. Watch the yolk envelope itself with the white. Magic. You can help by make more swirls.
3. Get a spatula and GENTLY lift up the egg off the water hence draining it. Gently wiggle the egg on your spatula. Is it too wiggly? If it is, you might want to put it in a tad bit longer so it won't break that easily when you're plating. This is where I made my mistake for my second egg... I placed it in the water for too long after. :(
4. If it's ready. Good. Grab a paper towel, put it on a plate and GENTLY place the poached egg on the paper towel so that it drains the excess (salty) water. Then, you can start on your second poached egg.
5. While your eggs are drying on the paper towel after their hot hot bath, toast your bread and start slicing up your tomatoes.
6. Spread an even but generous amount of tuna (or really, how much you'd like your tuna to be) and stick your tomatoes on it.
7. Using your hands, GENTLY (I can't stress this enough) grab your poached eggs, careful not to puncture the yolk, and place it on your tomatoes.
8. Salt and pepper it!
Remember to do the test! Cut it open. If you did it right, yolk heaven will flow right through. Otherwise, it'd be like the sad sandwich I have on the right of the picture below. Meh.
Happy poaching!
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BY TRACY | 8:09 PM ·
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June 29, 2015
THIS WAS PURELY EXPERIMENTAL
It came out good anyway! I love sandwiches, literally nothing could go wrong. Today, we have an easy tuna sandwich! PS: You can't see it in the picture, that pizza-shaped egg concealed it.
When I say experimental, it means just that. I didn't want to turn on the oven to make those oven roasted tomatoes, so I tried it with in a pan instead. Works just as well! But you gotta be careful if it's too hot or it'll get as black as a crow's feather... yikes.
Ingredients:
2 slices of your preferred bread
½ can of tuna (with / without mayo)
2 eggs
1 tomato
Salt and pepper
Olive oil
Thyme
Steps:
1. I started off with "roasting" the tomatoes first. This was what I did in replace of the oven: Slice the tomatoes into four thick slices. Drizzle the olive oil on your hot pan over low to medium heat. Place the tomatoes into the pan and shower your love on it with salt, pepper and thyme.
2. Close the pan with the lid and let it sit in that jacuzzi for, say about, 3 minutes. Then check if they're almost going turning black and blue, you don't want them to burn! If no, continue till desired roast-ness.... If that even makes any sense.
3. Pop your bread in the toaster.
4. Break both eggs and let it fill up the whole flat space of your pan. Break the yolks too. Dash on the salt and pepper. I used two eggs because I want them to be "thick" ;)
5. While letting your eggs to "harden" (lol this recipe is really going in a different direction), grab your toast which should be done by now, and spread your tuna generously. Generously.
6. Go in with your spatula and cut up your eggs in four equal sides. Like pizza! Place them like so (as per the pic above) on top of the tuna, and then top it off with your fake-roasted tomato.
I paired this with a glass of mango yoghurt drink. Mmmmm.
It came out good anyway! I love sandwiches, literally nothing could go wrong. Today, we have an easy tuna sandwich! PS: You can't see it in the picture, that pizza-shaped egg concealed it.
When I say experimental, it means just that. I didn't want to turn on the oven to make those oven roasted tomatoes, so I tried it with in a pan instead. Works just as well! But you gotta be careful if it's too hot or it'll get as black as a crow's feather... yikes.
Ingredients:
2 slices of your preferred bread
½ can of tuna (with / without mayo)
2 eggs
1 tomato
Salt and pepper
Olive oil
Thyme
Steps:
1. I started off with "roasting" the tomatoes first. This was what I did in replace of the oven: Slice the tomatoes into four thick slices. Drizzle the olive oil on your hot pan over low to medium heat. Place the tomatoes into the pan and shower your love on it with salt, pepper and thyme.
2. Close the pan with the lid and let it sit in that jacuzzi for, say about, 3 minutes. Then check if they're almost going turning black and blue, you don't want them to burn! If no, continue till desired roast-ness.... If that even makes any sense.
3. Pop your bread in the toaster.
4. Break both eggs and let it fill up the whole flat space of your pan. Break the yolks too. Dash on the salt and pepper. I used two eggs because I want them to be "thick" ;)
5. While letting your eggs to "harden" (lol this recipe is really going in a different direction), grab your toast which should be done by now, and spread your tuna generously. Generously.
6. Go in with your spatula and cut up your eggs in four equal sides. Like pizza! Place them like so (as per the pic above) on top of the tuna, and then top it off with your fake-roasted tomato.
I paired this with a glass of mango yoghurt drink. Mmmmm.
BY TRACY | 8:05 PM ·
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