以拼貼方式裝飾手帳超美的!
拖了好久才寫的開箱文 :3 從開始記錄日常開銷、瑣碎事物到用美美的方式記錄生活都少不了用紙膠帶來填補空隙。一開始是用多年前在書局買的便宜塑膠質膠帶，到後來開始在Daiso敗了一些紙膠帶。Daiso全部物品都賣RM5，相比較MT之類的“名牌”，敗一點點也不那麼心疼。後來在社交網站上關注手帳達人的粉絲專業后，開始一發不可收拾（內心而已 XP 錢包不夠厚 科科）


很喜歡壘摳的畫風也會常常注意她是因為中六同座也有關注壘摳的粉絲專頁。一開始也沒什麼留心壘摳的花磚紙膠帶。後來開始想收集圖案較複雜的紙膠帶時就直接看中了花磚紙膠帶。

葡萄牙花磚紙膠帶
直接詢問了Hello Studio 你好工作室是否有郵寄到馬來西亞，很遺憾的是沒有，然後就直接找代購了。其實為了3卷不到500g的紙膠帶是超不值得的!一卷價格是TWD150，3卷一組優惠價是TWD420，加上 台灣國內運費和國際運費換算到來一卷差不多是馬幣RM30了!（哭）那時沒多想就直接訂購了。真的要買得多或者和朋友一起分擔才不會那麼重本。

葡萄牙花磚紙膠帶包裝

由於是預購，所以等上了好幾個星期，速度也算很快了。製作廠商是日本Round Top丸天社，有注意到很多台灣圖文作家等的紙膠帶廠商是Round Top。包裝很簡單，就用棕色繩子綁著牛皮紙信封，中間夾著一張小卡片。
葡萄牙花磚紙膠帶
一個設計一卷，共有三捲紙膠帶。三卷都是不同的顏色和設計，有藍色、棕黃和藍黃。圓標也是和紙質，不費力就撕下來了，也不會醜醜的。圓標就拿來貼在手帳裡了。


葡萄牙花磚紙膠帶小卡片
包裝上的小卡片，卡片寫著“葡萄牙的大街小巷，因花磚的點綴而變得與眾不同，每個轉角都是驚喜。我們期待這款花磚紙膠帶，可以豐富你的手帳與生活，天天都有愉快的好心情。Obrigato!（謝謝）。 Hello Studio 你好工作室。”
葡萄牙花磚紙膠帶拉開來的花式
三款花磚紙膠帶都各有5個花磚設計，可是花磚沒有一定的排列方式，就依照五個設計隨意重複。拉開紙膠帶後真的是滿滿的讚歎聲，壘摳畫得很細緻很美! 花磚與花磚之間有空白細縫，方便剪下來做拼貼。真心覺得花磚紙膠帶的cp值還蠻高的，可自行隨意拼牌，貼出屬於自己的花磚。



記錄在手帳里的花磚紙膠帶，最後用了三卷花磚紙膠帶來做拼貼，拼成一個心形。

也因為壘摳，也開始會留意花磚，尤其是在受歷史和文化熏陶的檳城。也才慢慢發現原來馬來西亞也有那麼美的事物。有時候不是我們的國家沒有美好的事與物，而是我們不懂得去欣賞她的美、珍惜它的存在。









Hot Chocolate and Earl Grey Lavender Latte

It's coffee day. Why? Because I went to 2 cafes with friend and had 2 cups of coffee!

I went to Alor Setar to meet my friend, Jooi and we had our lunch in Tiffz Coffee Gallery. I picked the place as I had not gone there before. Tiffz Coffee Gallery is located in Simpang Kuala. It's in the same row with and it's on the second floor. It's not easy to find it for the first time, just look for the signboard on the 2nd floor.
 

Upon stepping into Tiffz Coffe Gallery, I could see the counter and some seats on the left and there were more seats on the right. The overall environment was relaxing and it's a great place to escape from busy life to enjoy a cup of coffee. There was a large square Portuguese style floor tiles that attracted me.

[Credit to Tiffz Coffee Gallery]
Both of us ordered spaghetti. I ordered Green Secret Spaghetti (RM11). It's green spaghetti with green sauce. I ordered this as it looked so healthy. Lol! Jooi ordered Tomato Secret Spaghetti (RM10). It's just like the classic tomato spaghetti with hams and egg. What made their spaghetti special was the half-cooked egg in the centre of the spaghetti! It's attractive and looked yummy.

Green Secret Spaghetti [Credit to Tiffz Coffee Gallery]

However, we were a little bit of disappointed of their spaghetti. It's quite moist. Jooi went there with her classmates at night and she told me their food tasted better than afternoon! Maybe we didn't have the luck to try their best spaghetti or the chef was not in mood in the afternoon? We were not so satisfied and would like to try again next time. :3 I wanted to try their pizza next time.


For coffee, I ordered hot Rose Latte (8oz RM9). The first time I had Rose Latte. I had had rose tea before but this time rose petals were added to the latte. There was strong aroma of rose in the latte. It tasted nice and for me it's more suitable for girl. Just my own opinion. XP But be aware not to stir the rose petal into the latte because I accidentally ate it. It's would be not nice for girl to spit out the petals.

Rose Latte

Then, Jooi felt like to drink hot chocolate from Caffe Diem. So, we went to another cafe and had my second cup of coffee. Caffe Diem is located in Pekan Cina. It's opposite to Terrace Forty Eight [Bar & Restaurant]. It's quite hard to find parking space in Pekan Cina but we were quite lucky that day. I'd been to Caffe Diem for a few times. I like the place as it's an old shop and the cafe didn't change much structure from the original.

[Credit to Caffe Diem]

Since we were already full, we ordered coffee only. Certainly, Jooi ordered a hot chocolate (RM9) as that was our purpose there. I wanted to try something new. So, I had Earl Grey Lavender Latte (RM9), tea with coffee sounded weird and it tasted not ordinary too! The taste of tea was much stronger than coffee and it almost covered the taste of the coffee. Overall, it didn't manage to surprise me. I would prefer stronger taste of coffee since I was drinking coffee, not tea.

Earl Grey Lavender Latte

Making a smile face by using the spoon. LOL

That's it for our outing. Will meet her again some day when I'm going to Alor Setar.



Caffè Diem
Pekan Cina
Mon - Tue 12:00 pm - 12:00 am
Thu - Sun 12:00 pm - 12:00 am

 Tiffz Coffee Gallery
Pekan Simpang Kuala
Tue - Sun 
2:00 pm - 12:00 am


A cup of coffee on the wall

There are so much cafes pop out in Alor Setar since last year. Each cafe has different theme and speciality. For me, a top rated cafe will provide heartwarming service to his customers, has their own special brewed coffee and nice environment.

 Recently, I had my coffee hunting [from the phrase food hunting lol] in Alor Setar. The first cafe is Coffee Books & Rain Cafe. I just randomly chose a cafe I felt like to go.
Coffee Books & Rain Cafe card

Coffee Books & Rain Cafe is located near Hong Leong Bank in Jalan Pegawai. It's a little bit difficult to find the exact location. Just turn into the entrance between Petronas and Hong Leong Bank and go straight until the T-junction. Then, turn left and you will see the cafe painted in black on your left soon. To explain it in a simple way, it is located behind those shops. Haha. 
Front door of Cafe

Cashier
The first impression when I stepped into the cafe was the tables looked a little bit messy. But, this is good one, not a bad comment. I don't like cafe with tables and chairs organised too tidy like a restaurant. For me, it's order within disorder. Haha. The special about the tables here was oil tank tables. The oil tank was used as table but it looks kinda small for me. 



Outdoor seats

I had no idea what coffee I wanted to drink. So, I asked the barista to  recommend me. He recommended me latte speculoos. So, what is speculoos? Speculoos is  a subtle mix of spices such as cinnamon, white pepper, ginger, cardamom and nutmeg. The coffee had the nice smell of cinnamon and I liked it. It's not too sweet. So, those who don't like rather sweet coffee like mocha, cappuccino etc can try this. 
Coffee and Drinks
Hot Latte Speculoos

Plain water is provided! Seriously need some water after drinking coffee.

A cup of coffee beans

There's only coffee and cakes served in this cafe. If you're looking for a relaxing place to hang around with friends, you can consider here. The drinks here are not too expensive and the ambiance is nice. 

I stayed there for about 2 hours alone, writing journal and taking some photos.  I needed some courage to walk around and take photos. Luckily, there were not much customers during that time.
But, I still feel a little awkward to walk around there. :o 

 I didn't finish the coffee and left a little bit. Why? Because I was going to trap the smell of the coffee in my weekly planner! ;p It sounds weird I know. I just drew the cups and painted it with some coffee. I liked the outcome as it's the real colour and smell of coffee. However, it smelled quite sweet after it dried. 
Writing journal


The yellow Spongebob attracted me!




 Coffee Books & Rain Cafe
Open daily from 12:00 pm - 12:00 am

The Malaysia Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 Postcard


 I've been joining Postcrossing for several years. I was introduced to it from newspaper. Through Postcrossing, I got many beautiful postcards with nice stamps and greetings from many countries. Currently, I have sent 53 postcards to 14 countries and received 57 postcards from 19 countries. I'm still writing postcard when I'm free. Now, I would like to introduce what is Postcrossing.

What is Postcrossing?
The goal of this project is to allow people to receive postcards from all over the world. The main idea is that: if you send a postcard, you will receive one back from a random Postcrosser from somewhere in the world. 

 Why? Because, like the founder, there are lots of people who like to receive real mail. The element of surprise of receiving postcards from different places in the world (many of which you probably have never heard of) can turn your mailbox into a box of surprises - and who wouldn't like that?
Postcrossing

 How it works?
Get an address randomly chosen by the system and post the postcard to the address given. Other members will send you postcards by the same way.
So, how to join Postcrossing?
First, you have to register an account in postcrossing.com. Fill your information and don't forget to fill the correct address as others are going to send you postcards. In the column [About You], you can write anything about you。 You could write the special postcards you wish to get(if you like specific things). 
Sign up for Postcrossing

How to send a postcard?
To send a postcard, request an address at [Send a postcard] and you will be given an address of a member and a Postcard ID. You can write or draw anything you like on the postcard. Some members have specific requires for postcards, you can send them according their wishlist if you have it. The most important thing is don't forget to write the Postcard ID given on the postcard. That is how the member can register your postcard and you can send another postcard again. In Malaysia, postage rate for postcard to other countries is only 50sen. It's cheap since sending a letter in Malaysia already costs 60sen now.
Send a postcard

What to do when I receive a postcard? 
The greatest moment when joining this activity is the time I receive a postcard. You will never know when the postcard will reach to you. For me, it's a surprise in my mailbox. Upon receiving a postcard, there is a Postcard ID on it and you have to register it. Register Postcard ID at [Register a postcard] and you can write some words to thanks the person sending you a postcard.
Register a postcard


 Can I swap postcards with other members?
Sure you can. If you are so eager to get a postcard from a specific country but you just can't get it or you want some specific postcards, you can swap directly with the members. Notice if the members are interested in direct swap in the profile. If they are interested in it, you could send them a message by stating your request. Or when a member send you a message to ask you for direct swap, you can say yes or no. It's up to you whether you want to swap or no. I had received message from other members to swap postcard with me but I can't remember if I had swap with them.
It's really fun to join Postcrossing especially when I get a postcard in my wishlist. When I have sent some postcards, I can't wait to receive postcards. And you will never know what kind of postcards will be sent to you, which country send to you or what message will be written on the postcard. That is a small thing that will make my day.

 Here is my Postcrossing ID if you want to take a look at my profile: cicis

 In my next post, I will show some of the postcards I had received. Follow me. :) 
Feel free to ask any questions regarding Postcrossing.