Dalat Vietnam : Travel 1000 miles away just to prove that I'm crazy.

..and entitled myself to be registered into a mental asylum.

This is plain crazy and stupid. There is nothing jaw dropping sight over here and to me it just more or less like haunted house at cheap fun fair. Still in the middle of construction some more! That was so unfair!

I did read the other tourists and travel blogs profess about how unique this crazy house is... but still it failed to impress me. Only a few angle did shows that the spookiness of the architecture, and the rest are.. just plain creations and works of cements mold. I didnt see "fairytale" in it at all. Sorry. 

 

One of many theme rooms they had it in here...

 

You can experience the craziness of the rooms and layout with as low as USD30 with a breakfast. seriously.. I dont see this room is.. sleep - able.  Can u? Look at the mattress and low ceilings.. by looking at it, I can imagine how poor the air ventilation..

 

As museum or place to to complete your travel itinerary, yes. But to stay in here, and oh... all the writes up about this place are totally overrated.

 

 

 

Real queen termite inside.

 

This is the guest house / Crazy house lobby I think...

 

..and maybe breakfast is served in this area/room.. I dont know. There is no proper layout / room descriptions around here. Not in English!

 

 

There is 1 single souvenir stall selling locals handmade.

 

..and it is normal trying, posing with it -  without buying it

Ok, next stop - even more boring - er

 

This place called Bao Dai's Palace. It is a summer palace of former Vietnam's Emperor Bao Dai (1926 - 1945). But Do not expect to see object de'art inside the palace.

 

The garden is well maintained, thanks to dalat's natural cold climate which helps put a charm into the surroundings with pine trees and hydrangeas flowers. Or else, macam Tasik Titiwangsa aje..

 

I had to put some kind  of shoe comdoms in able to walk around inside the palace..

This is nothing to compare with Emperor palaces in China. The furniture is alike living in modern 2 star hotels. I was like.. wtf... I thought all emperors cribs looks something like Forbidden Palace, China... Arrgghh 

 

 

 

I Guess this is the master bedroom.

2nd bedroom - and I believed the workers slept on it at night... look at the bed sheet!

Guest's rooms? Hmmm most probably for male guests

and this for female guests? Cuz it's pink?

That is the only interesting artifact I found in this big square house. And I believed that was a gift or imported / bought by Emperor Bao Dai during his trip to China?

Emperor's official office. Pfftt.. Telekom Muzium ada ni berlambak.

Some of Emperor's Corningware collection.

It is a boring trip indeed. So, to complete it, I feel it is not enough to end this boring trip by not making myself looked utterly moron. So paid RM2.50 (15,000 dong) for it.. They have this room with all king/queen/princess/gundik costumes for rent.

 

 

Stupid.

Ah, beware of these 2 kutu. They were like forcing you in a very friendly way to take pictures with them. They will pose with you like real monkey and pig who never saw a human in their entire life and in the end asking you to pay 5,000 dong for every snap. Fucker.


After wasting 3 hours time of the most boring tour in my whole life,  We asked the taxi driver to drop us at the best / famous restaurant in Dalat town. He was not helping at all.. dropped us at his friend's restaurant where there were no sight of customers in it. Wth? Then we walked further up and down until we saw this one.

Ok la, consider unique since the interior were made by bamboo, sticks and branch. It is a very clean and cosy spot. The owner is a pretty mid age lady who can speak English very well. Ah, I totally forgot to take a picture with her.

I hope they took this from a dead tree and not from the poor young live trees just to decorate the ceilings.

There are few other restaurants tagged and recommended by the "Lonely Planet" along the street. But the price of the food are twice expensive than the one which wasnt recommended by that popular travel guide show. 

and the menu not bad. I had enough eating shell grilled animals already.

Grilled fish. The fish was so hard and tastes like a chicken. Sigh. Not good.

BBQ squid. It was ok. different than what we had in Bagan lalang or seafood restaurant in KL

Seafood spaghetti. Wasn't mine. Anyway, the sauce was a bit sweet. Urgh.

Mushroom soup with asparagus. - Urgh.


If u ask me what is the best food I had in Dalat... is this.. homemade croissant...soft, creamy, buttery..and it smell very...milky... I loves this cute soft small croissant ... more than the stupid tour, the princess outfit, grilled fish and dalat town itself...

As a conclusion. this croissant was the only best thing I encounterd in Dalat.

crazy.

Fake It.

Ahhh.. Russian peak season is finally over. Now I get to live my life back like every other people and have my weekend like Im used to do..what a relieve..

For the past 2 months my house and room looks like a shit shack. Called the maid to clean the shit out while cream my leg and trim my nails.. heaven...

Loves this fridge magnet. Bought during my trip to Ho Chi Minh city. Put it on my window grill next to my dressing table. Hope I will finally can be with someone that I love this year, always stay beside me sharing good and bad, laughter and tears..

Free time to read my faves... Im so 3 months behind now!!! What's hot? What's in? Must haves?

Do a little advance purchases for upcoming invitations and trips. Planning to cover South East Asia this year with my girlfriends..

Vincci+ - RM139. Very comfy and sexy.

  an LBD, dress to match with my snow skin heels and bloody red dress. All from MNG.

It's normal for a lady to splurge a bit in order to look all good. Some are even willing to went through pain (and death) just to look beautiful. Especially the one who dares to go under knife, boobs jobs, skin tightening, and liposuction to name a few. But hell, If I got a lot of money, I'd rather to hire expensive personal trainer and cook to get me a Megan Fox's body. But it is just a dream. So, for poor ordinary people like me.. all I can do is just FAKE IT in order to achieve the silhouette effect :P

I have a few favorites brand which help me faking it  - in a good way. They are so good until I myself didn't believe I looked so flawless in/with it. lol.

#1 - Face

I hate when my face looks all shiny, not glitter, but oily shiny kinda look under the flash light. I tried so many foundations - liquid or cream and 2 way face cake to achieve healthy glowing skin under the flash light for over 10 years! buy failed until I met Bobbi Brown...

RM145.00 - Bobbi Brown

I swear over this creamy compact foundation! This is my 4th case and gong to finish out soon. The cream will quick adjust and absorbed into my skin few minutes after the application. The best thing about it is, the longer I wear it, no matter how sweating my face does, this superb cream will absorb it for me and keeps my face looking matte glowing. Can wear it alone. Loves the effect. It made my skin looks all neutral, wearing nothing at all!

RM165.00 - Bobbi Brown

Here its partner in crime which responsible to make my skin looks like celebrity under the flash light. lol. I only use this during night time cuz it able to absorb more oil/sweat/flash light. Loves it!

 

Flash light!  Leave the shine to your hair, not the face. Flawless! No cakey, no oily effects. The product has some minerals in it which also can helps to improve my uneven skin tone and dry skin condition!

#2 Hair.

 

Vidal Sasson - RM149.00

 Everyone born with straight hairs swear by Tong Curler. Whatever brand is, make sure it is ceramic rod/ ceramic coated. It will prevent your hair from serious damage.

Lucido-L - RM16.90
My 3rd jar. This can perfectly defines my fake curls. And it smells good too!

#3 Body

Heh..when talk about body, your bobbies are the eyes of your body. lol. Im a fan of La Senza push ups (since Victoria Secrets still nowhere in KL). But when it comes to seamless, fit - to - body and gave me all au natural round looks.. I just discovered "my basics" by Women's Secret.

My basics by Women's Secret - RM169.90

It has 3 colors and of course Nude is the best color. Loves the material, weightless and unlike other strapless bra, this one support and snug your bobbies perfectly without slippery even with a lot of movements. I've observed many girls keep pulling their strapless up every 5 minutes. But not with My Basics range, because it has rubber line along the bra inner strap which can prevent slippery act.

 

So now u can see the difference between whom with My Basics by Women's Secret and who's not. Magic!!!

#4 Legs.

Ah, everybody knew how to fake in order to have slim, long endless leg. Killer heels - of course!

Nine West - RM429.00

Every girls should know that wearing heels will add up the sexy look by 50% - straight away, without have to put on slutty dress. Ask boys around, which one they prefer to feast their eyes on to, with or without heels? I know by wearing heels will not help you getting your additional height permanently, that's why I put it in my FAKE IT list. At least it gives you some kind of illusion of a gorgeous Gisele Bundchen legs for a while. Wearing high heels doesn't mean you are torturing your legs. Cuz I manage to find the comfortable ones, like those 2 pairs above. Or else, wear it with stick on gel cushions from Scholl

I saw most of the girls nowadays with fake eyelashes. I should give it a try too. Hurmm.. you are allowed to fake whatever in order to stay pretty all the time but never fake your attitude and your true colors. 

"There are no ugly women, only lazy ones" ~ Helena Rubinstein