Fashion Story

I've never really been a big fan of games. When everybody else was going crazy over FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and Texas HoldEm Poker, I was going crazy declining ALL the annoying invites to play the games!

Heck, believe it or not, I haven't even completed all the Angry Bird levels on my iPhone yet, let alone Cut the Rope! BUT that all changed when I started playing Fashion Story.


Fashion Story allows you to manage and decorate your boutique as how you imagine it to be. I have always dreamt to have my own fashion boutique. But since brick and mortar store is way too expensive for me to afford right now, running a "virtual" one pon jadi lah..

Playing this game is easy. When you start playing the game, you will be given a certain amount of cash in "gold coints" as well as "gems" to help you "kick off" your business. Then, you will need to order the items you want to sell in your boutique from the "Catalogue". You will see duration of hours under every item. That represents the length of time that you will need to wait before the item could "reach" your shop in order for you to sell it.


Ada item yang kena tunggu 1 atau 2 hari sebelum ready, and ada item yang ready dalam seminit pon ada! So once your items are ready for collection, simply tap on it, and place it at the rack or the counter at your store! Make sense so far? Don't worry, they do have a Help section that will help you get started, so make sure you go through it before kicking off your business alright! Err, if you plan to play this, that is. :P

Like most games, this game also plays by levels. In order to get to a new level, you will need to collect as many stars as you can. Once the yellow bar of stars is full, you'll be promoted to a new level! The best thing is, each time you reach a certain level, you'll get to order a new outfit! :D


And if you make enough profit to your shop, you get to expand it to a bigger one and renovate it to suit your own style! See when I started, my shop was a sad looking shop, with little items in it..


Now, my boutique is doing pretty well, it is big enough to have a lounge area, with 2 cute giraffe cushions at it!


I am telling you, this thing is so addictive, even my husband is hooked on it! :P


The only downside to it is that it is an online game and it requires Internet access. So if you are not subscribed to an Internet plan or suddenly happen to be at a rural area where the coverage is really really bad, then you won't be able to play this game :(


Also, in order to make your shop look pleasing like *ehems* mine :P, you might also need to spend a few bucks just to buy em "gems". Like, real bucks. See, there are some items that you can only get/buy using "gems".


So, if you do not have enough "gems", you will need to buy it. I guess this is how the TeamLava makes money out of this game. And fanatics like me, would actually BUY them gems, just to make our shops look.. well, pretty. :P Believe it or not, I actually spent a good RM40 to buy them gems!


It's so crazy because I never thought I'd spend a cent for any game! T_T Just so you know though, I am not the only crazy ones here as PinkStilletos and Mommaholicseries too, have their own virtual boutique! :D This game is available on iTunes, so download it now to find out what the buzz is all about! :D

Lebai Aydein

Like many other kids, my 22-month-old boy does not like having anything on his head ever since he was little -- not beanie, not cap, not songkok -- until recently. Nowadays, whenever he sees a kopiah (a kind of hat muslim men wear for prayer), he would quickly grab it and put it on his head.


Sometimes, when he can't reach it, he will even demand for it by patting his head; a signal to tell us that he wants the kopiah on his head, especially when Aien and I are preparing ourselves for prayers.


The funny thing is, he does not only wear it during prayers. He wears it when he plays..


He wears it when he "sweeps" the floor..


He wears it when he watches tv...


He wears it when he goes for a drive...

He wears it when he sleeps (or fake to fall asleep :P)..


And of course, when performing solah with us as well..


Update : Just received this picture from my husband just a while ago. Yes, he wears it even when chillin in the (new & clean) dustbin too!


Isn't he's such a darl? :)

Got Ride?

Aydein has a thing for rides since before. I am sure you knew from the entry I posted earlier.


We first noticed his interest in rides when he couldn't take his hands off his cousin's toy car during our Raya visit to my BIL's house. That's when we knew we just had to get one of his own!


Not long after that, we saw a hot red fire engine at a toy store near our office. It was too cute to ignore so we grabbed it right there and then. As expected, Aydein loved it! He kept going back and forth, back and forth around the house!


Of course, a kid can never have too many rides. That's why, toy or not, he would still get onto his toy train, get his little bum-bum on it, and ride it! :P


Oh, don't forget, his toy car too! :D


Knowing how obsessed he is with rides, we decided to surprise him with a gift right after he got out of the hospital. It is also a gift for him for behaving so well during his stay in the hospital. :) Lo and behold, Aydein's new ride! :D




Sighs, kids nowadays. I don't remember having any of these when I was a little kid!

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Merry Go Round

There are many reasons why kids just love getting on rides. They are colorful, they move round and round (or back and forth) and they usually have catchy tunes to them while they move about.

Younger babies may not appreciate them all that much, but if you have an active 1 year old who is seeing the world differently now, rides seem to be something impossible to dismiss, especially when there are many of them at the shopping malls!

The very first time we put Aydein on his first ride was a couple months back, in Times Square. I guess he was still a little too young to appreciate the theme park back then, so it didn't look as though he was having as much fun then.


Not for long, though! Now, each time we pass by any rides, he would actually pull our hands, point towards the rides, and drain our pockets with the ride's fee every 5 minutes! (the ride usually only lasts for 5 minutes, you see.)



This was taken not too long ago, at one of the rides in KLCC. See how much he was enjoying the merry go round? :)

It's amazing how simple things like this could make a child's day. And if only we could all see the world through the eyes of a child, this world would definitely be a better place to live in!


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone