Shizens "Stand Firm Stay Firm” Photography Contest

Since ancient times, women inner strength can only be seen through their roles of giving birth to new life, taking care and protecting their family. But as time passed, women began demonstrating their capabilities in undertaking more responsibilities, raising a family as well as being part of the workforce and contributing to social welfare. As evolution enhanced the confidence level of every woman allowing them to showcase their inner strength, they still recognized the importance of physical beauty and strived to maintain their outer beauty through various means.

As a means of acknowledging and recognizing the efforts of all women, Shizens will be launching a “STAND FIRM STAY FIRM” photo contest from 2 to 30 April, 2014. 

Contest is classified into 2 categories, Photography Enthusiasts and Mobile Photography. Participants can submit their best shoots that is strong emotions, human and feminine at www.standfirmstayfirm.com or #standfirmstayfirm at Instagram to win prizes worth more than RM18,000

I believe in strong women. I believe in the woman who is able to stand up for herself. I believe in the woman who doesn't need to hide behind her husband's back. I believe that if you have problems, as a woman you deal with them, you don't play victim, you don't make yourself look pitiful, you don't point fingers. You stand and you deal. You face the world with a head held high and you carry the universe in your heart.” ― C. JoyBell C. 

The prizes are really good too, check out the prizes for both categories below

Are you a strong woman too? 

 Find out more here: http://bit.ly/1rtxVPb

Lunasol Spring Sandy Beige Purification Makeup Collection 2014

At the previous Kanebo's anniversary event I also managed to check out Kanebo Lunasol Spring Makeup Collection 2014. Although this has been made available on the counter since early January however I do not think there is a media launch for this hence there is a lack of news of this collection. So I will be sharing some of the pictures & pricing of this Lunasol Spring Sandy Beige Purification Makeup Collection 2014 here.

Lunasol Sand Natural eyes has four colour eyes shadow set that consists of beautiful monotone colours, as it cut from the scenery of sand. All colours meltingly blend with the skin, and the overlaying exquisitely accentuates. the natural contours of the eyelids for a dramatic look. Each Lunasol Sand Natural Eyes is priced at RM185 each..

Sand Natural Eyes - 01 Neutral Sand

Sand Natural Eyes - 02 Clear Sand

Sand Natural Eyes - 03 Warm Sand

Sand Natural Eyes - 04 Cool Sand

I have tried the texture and honestly they are not my favourite one. Their colours are very natural and light.

 Lunasol Sand Pastel Eyes under Lunasol Spring Makeup Collection 2014 

L-R : EX01 Light Pink, EX02 Light Orange, EX03 Light Yellow, EX04 Light Green and EX05 Light Beige 

A limited edition bi-color eye shadow set reminiscent of the scenery of sand. Using a fingertip, apply the Shiny Color with sand-like sparkles over the airy Pastel Color for a spring-like finish adorned with clear colours and sparkles. Each Lunasol Pastel Eyes is selling at RM93.

Lunasol Shiny Pencil Eyeliner under Lunasol Spring Makeup Collection 2014 

A pearly eyeliner pencil that naturally blends with the skin while defining the eyes. Offers brown variations with superb nuances.  Each Lunasol Shiny Pencil Eyeliner is priced at RM65.

Lunasol Sand Natural Cheeks under Lunasol Spring Makeup Collection 2014 

L-R : EX01 Natural Pink and EX02 Natural Orange

A limited edition cheek color that looks as if the ever-changing scenery of sand has been captured inside it. Blending three colours creates a subtle radiance and healthy look and also blends well with the skin tone to create a natural, healthy-looking complexion that makes the entire face look beautiful. Each Lunasol Sand Natural Cheeks is priced at RM130 (including a brush) 

Lunasol Full Glamour Lips under Lunasol Spring Makeup Collection 2014 

New colours for spring inspired by the natural color of the lips. Adds a luster that seems to come from within while making the skin look beautiful. Each Lunasol Full Glamour Lips is priced at RM111 each.


Lunasol Spring Sandy Beige Purification Makeup Collection 2014 is already available in all Kanebo Lunasol counter nationwide such as in Isetan and Parksons.

Expedia Partner Appreciation & Award Event

Wondering if you all have notice my blog header quote 

"I'm living in the Box, I'm jumping out to see the world." 

Have you ever wonder what is the meaning of it ? 

I think that I'm living within the 4 walls .. don't know how does the outside world look like and after my trip to Phuket I decided that I can't wait to "jump" out to see the world.

Can you all guess where are all these places ? 

NO SECRET that I got addicted with travelling - everyone around me knows that!

Because I paid for my own holidays - no one sponsored me or anything! I got to properly plan my financial - on how to maximised my money so that I could travel more places. 

And people always asked me how come I can travelled so often, my answer to this is very simple. 

I ALWAYS HUNT FOR THE BEST DEAL, be it air tickets or hotels. 

And honestly internet is the best place to hunt for best travel deals, because travel agent will normally charge you a fee. My boyfriend and I are travel deal hunter... we do not splurge and buy expensive air tickets or stay in expensive hotel (unless they have great promotions!)

 And Expedia is one of the website that we always surf to look for the lowest travel deals. After all they are one of the world largest online travel company.

And just few days ago I was at their Expedia Partner Appreciation & Award Event. The event was attended mostly by hotelier and their business partners. And it was interesting to know how our local Kuala Lumpur travel market is as there are few speakers from Expedia who fly in just for the event to share their expertise. 

Quite a surprise to find out beside our Singaporean neighbour, Malaysia is highly visited by people from Australia, Japan, UK & US. Hehe moreover this year is Visit Malaysia Year 2014, hopefully we will have more tourists :)

 Irene Low & Suneet Nigale talk about the current market trend.

According to their research, more and more people are owning smartphone hence the mobile apps is the new thing now. And if you don't know yet, Expedia has a mobile apps too!

And they shared that just Valentine's Day alone this year, after 10pm there are a big shoot up of hotel booking via Expedia mobile apps. Well mobile apps are great for last minute booking yay! 

And Expedia runs great marketing promotions all year long,. And like the Thailand Sale, RM353 includes flight & hotel for 3D2N is ...is really a good deal! 

Oh so many speakers, I enjoy Ms Katheleen Tan, CEO of Airasia Expedia one the most. She gave a very inspiring speech and share how she started her career from pr agency, fashion, music, aviation and end up now in online travel agency. She was one of the pioneer to help Tony Fernandes to build up what is AirAsia today. One amazing lady! 

And when she was asked to share the secret of success - FOCUS, PRIORITISED and GET A GOOD TEAM of employees to work with you. Besides that she said it's important to GET A LIFE & Enjoy what we are doing. 

And I would agree on that very much. Life is short and we would not know how we would live, so we should  enjoy every moment we had!

p/s: You realised Katheleen is AirAsia Expedia CEO ? That's because it's a joint venture company between Expedia Inc and AirAsia. AirAsiaExpedia oversees both Expedia and AirAsiaGo businesses across Asia Pacific.

And because of her work nature, she travels so much. And I have been folllowing her on twitter (@Empressrox) and instagram (@katheleentan) for quite some time.. and busy stalking her pictures. 

And being a social media influencer herself as she he has 300,000 followers, she said social media change today's market. And some hotels which she has stayed has gained some booking after they are being shared/promote on her instagram.

And I was extremely lucky that day..because before the event start we are told that they are 6 lucky envelopes under the chair in the hall and I so happened to be sitting on the lucky chair to won 3d2n stay in Tristle Hotel JB.

My luck does not stop there, when there is a Q&A session to win the grand prize (i.e a pair of tickets to Perth, Australia) I managed to answer how many followers Katheleen Tan has in Weibo ! How do I know ? Google lah....it is 283k of followers!

Must be the yellow power lah - cos Digi & Expedia also in yellow colour! 

And did you realised we are in both in blue! Blue & Yellow is Expedia colour :D

Just before the event ends, Expedia announced "Oscars" Award to give recognition to their hotel partners.

Top Producer 2013: Furama Bukit Bintang (200 and above rooms) &Pacific Regency Hotel Suites (below 200 rooms) 

Rising Star 2013: Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral (200 and above rooms) & D'Garden Hotel Kuala Lumpur (below 200 rooms) 

Most Engaged 2013 - Best Western Premier Dua Sentral 

Best Content 2013 - Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur

We also had a photo opportunity with Katheleen Tan & a few others bloggers who attended the event. Can you see how happy am I ? Well I was asked by the photographer to pose a happy picture because I won two prizes!

Expedia was pretty generous and there are many others prizes to be given away as well and some of our friends managed to win that too! Congratulation to them too! 

So if you have not decide where you should go for holiday this year, you should try out this Vaccationizer helmet cos it would tell you where you should go next. HAHAHA ... 

Where in the World Should I be right now ?

Anywhere - as long as I have not been there! 

Looking at the dates, this is the best time to go to Japan to see cherry blossom! But this year I'm not going since I have been there twice.

I already had 3 holidays confirmed this year after I grabbed AA cheap air tickets during their promotion. And next week would be flying to Bangkok for a short holiday before my beach holiday in Boracay end of the month! At the later of the year, am going Myanmar with my friends. And all thanks to Expedia... am going to Perth too! Not forgetting Tristle JB hotel voucher too! Follow me on my instagram ( @jessyings )  or Facebook to see my travelling pictures !

Definitely would be looking at Expedia website to hunt for good hotel deals. 

Life is short guys, see the world! 

http://expedia.com/
https://www.facebook.com/expedia.com.my

Rakuten Kicks Off Its Biggest Super Sale Yet from 1st to 10 April 2014

 Starting 1st April to 10 April 2014, Rakuten the biggest online shopping mall will kicks off its Super Sale! 

Held for the second consecutive year in Malaysia, the Rakuten Super Sale will offer an extensive selection of fashion and accessories from participating merchants at highly-discounted prices. 

Keeping in line with the Spring/Summer 2014 fashion trends from Japan, the sale offers sweet floral patterns entwined in elegant lace with a colour palette of soft pastel and vibrant shades, amongst a variety of other fashion choices. Do check out Tokichoi as it offers Tokyo fashion at really amazing designs and prices.

During Rakuten Super Sale, shoppers could skip the queue and enjoy browsing through a variety of the latest fashion trends from Japan with just a click of their mouse or a flick of their finger. Rakuten can be accessed at any time through desktops and laptops or on-the-go via mobiles and tablets.  

And one of my favourite fashion store in Rakuten is Luvclo because they offer plus size fashion. Personally I have bought some of the clothes from there before. The quality is quite nice and it suits me nicely. 

Can you believe their plus size blouse is RM18 and jacket is RM49 ? 

Shall take pictures and show you girls later on maybe on my instagram @jessyings

Love this pony bags in PG Mall too adorable and it's only RM45 now. Hopefully they will have discount starting 1st April. So do keep a look out! 

Besides fashion, Rakuten is also offering massive discounts for other categories such as electronics as well as health and beauty products.

Reflecting its tagline ‘Shopping is Entertainment’, Rakuten will be surprising shoppers with ‘Time Sales’ on top of the ongoing Super Sale – offering certain items at special discounts at specific times only. Shoppers can check out the Time Sale schedule through the Rakuten website, Facebook page and LINE. Shoppers will have many discount opportunities as there will be 1,000 Time Sale deals this year in comparison to last year’s 100.

To make shopping even more entertaining, Rakuten will be rewarding shoppers with up to 10 times Super Points at certain times during the Super Sale. Rakuten Super Points are given to Rakuten members when they shop – 100 Super Points are worth RM1 which can be spent on products across the website during the next purchase. 

In addition to its sale, Rakuten has also launched the Rakuten Happy Panda stickers, a series of 16 limited edition stickers in partnership with LINE, a popular mobile messaging app amongst Malaysians. These adorable stickers are available to Malaysian LINE users and can be downloaded from 18 March onwards. 

To begin the Rakuten shopping experience, head on over to www.rakuten.com.my . 

Tips : You may pick the item and save it in your wish list first and buy starting 1st April to enjoy the promotion!  

Start your day right by eating right, get positive energy with MILO. Join Malaysia Breakfast Day Run 2014 in Putrajaya!

My parents always tell me you must have the breakfast if you want to have energy for the rest of the day. 

Do you know Breakfast is not just a meal but it's about starting your day with positive energy to help your body to perform its best throughout the day?

And many people thought that skipping breakfast will help to lose weight, but it's wrong because it will only worsen to your diet. You will feel more lethargic, blood sugar level will drop leaving you feeling easily distracted and causing mood swings. And end up you might eat more because of mood swing!

While Roti canai, mee goreng and nasi lemak is definitely delicious, but all of us know it's not healthy and too heavy for breakfast! So have a balanced breakfast instead with a cup of MILO that would better boost the energy intake! 

A good breakfast will simply means getting the Positive Energy which is derived from the perfect ratio of nutrients consisting of protein, carbohydrates and fats. It would provide our body with the much needed fuel to take on both physical and mental challenges each day. 

According to Ho Hau Chieh, Executive Director of Dairy Business Unit, Nestlé Products, “Fuelled by MILO’s determination and motivation to advocate Malaysians on the importance of a well-balanced breakfast, the day is part of its nation-wide nutrition campaign - ‘Positive Energy For Champions’ that aims to keep the momentum going as the healthy breakfast habit should be adopted actively and not just in the heat of the moment,” he says. 

"As an advocator of healthy living, we strive to reevaluate how the nation can adopt an improved view on healthy living and start practicing with little steps,” adds Ho.

MILO representatives holding different MILO products, as you know MILO comes in Powder form, 3 in 1 and Ready to Drink !  And I miss the MILO truck drink... it always seems to taste so much nicer! 

This year, MILO also hold their annual Malaysia Breakfast Day Run in Dataran Putrajaya on 20th April 2014 starting from 7:00 am. 

The event calls upon all Malaysians to come together as a family to enjoy the most important meal of the day and participate in physical activities together. 

Apart from the 8-km and 3-km runs, there will be breakfast meals available to all runners and attendees while conducting various interactive sport activities that will keep the whole family energized. 

For more information on Malaysia Breakfast Day and its activities, please visit: www.milo.com.my/breakfastday