Outdoor Cinema Experience in Basel !

It's the last weekend for the Outdoor Cinema Experience in Basel by Allianz and tickets were sold out online.....but we could try to buy tickets still at the door at 7PM and so I queued a pretty long line and was told that I most likely wouldn't be able to get the ticket since there were only 200 tickets left,
But I was thinking,

I'm getting a ticket for one, so what are the chances?!
Got to the ticket booth with adrenaline rush telling myself not to get disappointed and try again tomorrow, and I got it !! There were only 13 tickets left after me, what luck !

And they asked me, "Student ticket? 5CHF"
I was like....."Err yea yea, student ticket!" But we all know I've graduated with my student ID card expired but hey it would've been 10CHF so why not !

It felt like I received treasure after waiting in line for 30 minutes !

(and check out the Ben & Jerry's free ice cream voucher, amazing !!!)

They didn't tear the voucher away from my movie ticket and at the ice cream booth it stated,

"All you can eat" 

So thinking that I could eat more than 1 Ben and Jerry's for free...... how awesome is that?!

got myself another one right after the movie ended wohooooo! But they started collecting the vouchers after so maybe it wasn't meant to be "All you can eat".... oh wells, I've got nothing to complain with getting 2 free B&J's ice cream !

The doors opened at 7PM, and there were other stalls selling alcohol, pizza, drinks and so much more! Getting a bottle of water was 5CHF which I thought was expensive...but they gave us a token that if we recycled at the end of the movie we'd receive 2CHF back, gotta love the recycling culture here :)

"Hidden Figures" was such a good movie though !! Definitely a 10/10, and going to the cinema alone meant that I can sit anywhere with a good seat cause I didn't have to accommodate with anyone else having to sit next to me.... and I got myself the front row seats with those beach-y chairs (dammit, should've taken a picture but you can imagine it)

Also, check out the subtitles... it was in French and German since Basel speaks kinda both though mostly German, which I found to be soooooo cooooooooooool

It was definitely a great experience and would do it all again, Basel has so many things to offer so glad I'm calling this place "home" for the next few months :)

Be careful when you "share" or "post" !

Okay maybe its better for me to rephrase the title,

STOP COMPLAINING UNPROFESSIONALLY OR UNREASONABLY!

If you were in a restaurant and the food that turned out wasn't as good as what you expected or the service was bad, would you stand up and shout to everyone in the restaurant that,

THE FOOD IS SO BAD! NOT WORTH IT!

No, if you are most people (courteous and respects others), you'd call the waiter/waitress or the manager and explain to what you are unhappy about. Which most restaurants and service companies actually do appreciate, it gives them the room to improve. We do appreciate good and bad feedbacks but its never okay to us when people aggressively intend to give feedbacks just to express their rights of emotions or point of view.

Nowadays, often on instagram or facebook, people express how unsatisfied they are about certain brands or services. But little do they realise, its the same impact as if you are submitting your complain through shouting in a room full of customers (i.e. the restaurant full of people and you shout your reasons for not being satisfied with the restaurant).

Look at it this way, if the restaurant is a person's main income to support the family, do you know how much your comment which took you only 30 seconds to write has impacted the person's whole life? A person could have lost their main source of income ! No, I'm not asking you to give pity and let it slide. I'm implying that there is a way to give feedbacks and reviews, and it would be great if you could talk to the owner or the manager themselves. One bad comment might lead to a domino effect and it wouldn't be okay for the business.

(bak kata melayu, jangan aibkan orang) - but because expressing your views and opinions have been made easy and accessible nowadays, people don't realise their implications behind every bad comment or review they give ! So please, if you want to give feedback be careful about it. Your intention should be good every time, even when you want to submit a complain it should be for the better of the company.

And if you want to spread awareness, go ahead. But only when its reasonable to do so. For instance when you've complained to the manager a lot and nothing's been done. OR when something really life-threatening has happened to you for instance the food you had made your child get food poisnoning for days. You get what I mean? IF you wanna say something bad, just make sure it's worth it. Know the consequences of everything you do. And just, don't write light bad feedbacks or commenting on photos replying to your friends' comments when they are not much good things to say. (They say, "If you have nothing good to say, then better say nothing at all")

Personally, me and my mum do like getting reviews. Whether they're bad or good, we know our strengths and weaknesses from there, and what we can improve to give a better experience to our customers.

Even if its just to reply to a friend's comment or pretty much anything; whatever you choose to do when you want to give an opinion or review on a service or restaurant, I beg you, please think twice before you click that "share" or "post" button. Put yourself in the other person's shoes before you do anything, know the consequences. Just think, is it really worth it? Is this the best way or are there better alternatives?

"Saya tak boleh kerja dengan Bangla"

We hired a new worker with us yesterday and today he told us that he didn't want to work anymore because,

"Saya tak boleh kerja dengan Bangla"

Ya Allah, so maluuuuuu and sedih. It felt like a knife went straight to my heart when I heard that. Why would anyone ever think that way?! Especially as a Muslim, you are NEVER to degrade anyone based on their religion or race - Islam teaches us love, and being discriminative is highly frowned upon.This mentality is just not acceptable!

These people from Bangladesh are the people I have mad respect for. Most of them are being disrespected and mistreated but they still preserver anyways.They have 2-3 jobs, stay far away from home just to collect enough money for their home. That's true love there.

We've had other problems with other part timers but nothing hurts me more than this. How inhumane can someone get ? And to have the guts to type that out? What did you think we were gonna say, "Its okay, we understand?!" This isn't something new to most Malaysians - deep inside most of us we have the difficulty of accepting "changes" or "differences" - but you have to tackle that within yourself ! I hope that throughout the growth of this business, we are able to bridge this gap - to tackle this issue of 'discrimination'

Dear (ex) part-timer, it is absolutely frustrating that there are still people among us that are as discriminative as you. But I am glad that you left, because people with your mentality aren't the kind of 'good vibes' I wish to promote in my working environment.

I wish you all the best - I genuinely hope that one day, you'll sort that discriminative mind set of yours and spread love to every single human being you meet

The Tiffany

Almost every girl has their secret obssession on something (well, guys do too, either shoes or tech or even just expensive restaurants), 

But its that one thing that you secretly smirk a smile and leaves your heart smiling,

You know what I mean, you know that feeling ;)

But, mine has always been Tiffany ! 

Gosh it sounds like I'm such a 'high-maintenance' girl but honestly I'm not. I've been in the UK for 3 years and have had 5 pairs of shoes average, I own only 3 pairs of heels (black, black and nude), I have only 4 make up products (eyeliner, primer, foundation,  powder) and okay I really don't have to explain/defend myself but really I'm not that 'high-maintenance' - average makes sense kot but most of the time I spend using my own money, I've been shopping with my own money most of the time (my parents, siblings, friends and cousins still do belanja me once in a while) since I was 18 when I first got my first ever pay roll from my first part time job, Starbucks  :) 

SO anyways, back to my love for Tiffany,

I got my first Tiffany when I was turning 16. Sat for my PMR exam and got 8A's, then my parents asked me what I wanted for my results, I told them I couldn't really think of anything and that I was already happy as I am - yes, I totally was a nerd and still am. A few weeks after the results came out, my parents left for Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I suddenly got a call from my mum,

"Eisha, you want Tiffany bracelet tak?"

"Ma, its okay, its so expensive ! And I'm too young to get one, I don't deserve it! Its okay ma"

"Okay, but if mama insists on getting you Tiffany, would you be okay with it or would you prefer Thomas Saboo etc?"

"Okay, yea ma, sure"

Then I thought she'd end up not getting me anything, which I'm totally cool with. But when they came back from their trip, my mum told me she's got a surprise, and it came a beautiful blue box, 

The bracelet in the picture isn't the one that looks like mine, my mum customized my first Tiffany bracelet by choosing her own locket which was 'limited edition' in Dubai and bought it with a Tiffany silver bracelet, the pendant/locket had the word "Love" on it, and I love it to bits till today :)

It was a Tiffany bracelet ! (I know it's not much of a surprise anymore but I never thought I'd ever have one) - but I fell inlove completely 

I wore it everyday - and since I couldn't wear it to school, I remember I came back everyday (or when I got to boarding school, time outing) putting on the bracelet first after taking my uniform off.

Coming to College, I was initially in Taylors ss15 doing SAM, but I scored a scholarship to pursue Law in the UK (JPA scholarship) - and  my mum told me she wants to reward me,

I told her its fine, I was already happy as I was. But she insisted if I should get a Tiffany necklace,

And I thought it does sounds like a good idea :)

Ever since I got my Tiffany bracelet, I never bought any other bracelets. And even if I had to go for a really formal event or had to dress up for, I wouldn't even take it off. Even for sports and futsal times! I realised that I was one of those people who doesn't change accessories once I've got one good sentimental one - quite a sentimental person kan? I never thought I am too ! 

We went to Pavilion, and when I took my first step into the Tiffany shop that day my eyes were lit up by the beautiful Tiffany blue colour of the shop, and after spending hours there, we settled on a beautiful necklace, and we got this one.... 

 

Moving on to today, I never took my Tiffany necklace off ! Whether I'm swimming or travelling or  hiking, I will always wear it. Even in my sleep :) and as I am writing this post ofcourse 

My Tiffanys' have been with me through everything,

My first solo trip to Macedonia,

My brother's graduation, 

and so many more lah !

But its been years since I got my last Tiffany, and my heart started to ponder on the possibility to get one soon again, thinking what the next achievement in life that I might be able to get a Tiffany,

And I told myself that since I'm graduating this year and will be turning 23, I thought that the perfect gift for myself would be to is being completely 'Financially Independent'. I do have a business and have part time jobs, most of the time I spend using the money I earn but when it comes to travelling with the family and going out to eat, my parents still pay for me. and they wouldn't let me 'treat them' unless I started working, so yes,

Tiffany Earrings it is <3

Also cause my ears get irritated by non-silver products at times so I thought it'd be a great investment :) I'd wear it till I get old and wrinkly, the same with my other Tiffany accessories (the necklace and bracelet) - the only reason I find excitement in growing old besides having a family haha

Okay so I suddenly came across this, and the first thing I had in mind was, that this would be the ring I'll wear the moment I find my "other half", the love of my life :)

And as cheesy as it was, I instantly thought of engraving it either with our names, coordinates of where we met, our favourite quote or goals in life or pretty much something that means so much to the both of us !


Writing this blog post is a huge step for me,
If you ever see me owning those Tiffany earrings, it means that I'm 100% financially independent,
and if you see me with those Tiffany rings,
You'd know that I've settled and fell completely inlove with my one and only! - hopefully soon hehehee


Till then :)