Cheerleader week

Today was my kids's last day of a one week cheerleader camp. Everyday had a theme like pajama day, wacky day, green/yellow day...etc. They really enjoyed it and had fun time.

This is wacky day, they picked out and paired the outfits by themself, even the ideas for their hair.

This is green/yellow day. The big girl's outfit was sewn by grandma.

The last day, they put on a little show for the parents to watch. All the kids are just so adorable.
After the show, the kids and me. My little one was whining!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend with friends and family!!!! Hugs....from Hanh ;-)

Great Experience At Sycamore Lodge RV Resort

Very interesting place to visit for everybody who loves to camp is rv park nc, Sycamore Lodge, a private RV campground. It owes it's name to sycamore trees planted near the campgrounds to shade them. And there is great variety of trees in the park populated with many birds. Among them the rare red-cockaded woodpecker. The campgrounds are big enough for big RV-s too. And you can enjoy this park even if you do not have a RV. There are eccelent accomodations for everybody here. You will find many beautiful features in the rooms and in the kitchen. All this and many other characteristics make so that Sycamora Lodge is one of the best luxury resorts in NC.

Sycamore Lodge is unique among the nc rv parks not only for the beauty of the place where it is situated. There is great number of amenities for everybody here. You will surely appreciate beautiful lake and beach, the possibilities to practice water sports, a swimming pool and jacuzzi complex and playgrounds for your children. Not the least in the modern society is the possibility to use wireless internet.

This rv park north Carolina is situated not far from the nation's legendary and historic golf communities. You need only some minutes to reach Pinehurst Golf Courses.Other interesting offer of this family are event weekends, about 40 all year round, when the visitors can celebrate different feasts in this unforgettable form.

Life In The Paradise

Looking on this photo you probably think I'll tell you now many words in superlative about the beauty of these places? You are wrong. Contrary, I want to say: dear friends, can you imagne the terrible and solitary life that have the persons living in this paradise? Even with the modern vehicles is difficult to reach the next village -I don't say you about the next city. Seems, it is so near -if you are able to fly maybe. But if you have to use the very narrow one-car roads and these roads have nothing other as turns...



...you sit in your paradise looking on the other side of the valley one day...
you sit there second day, third day...
Than, in the evening, you turn on your TV and watch the LIFE somewhere there...



And now think a moment that you have to make all that road EVERY day -with rain or sun- to reach the next city (Salerno or Naples) where you found job...

What is the difference between the Paradise and the Hell?

Importance Of Heraldry

In some texts I read about Robert Guiscard, Norman conqueror of Italy, were mentioned his heraldric signs. So, was said, the lion was one of them.(Arms of Hautville family)

Than they told about the band used by the knights to put their swords on it. It was said, all the Normans have this band in their arms. All the Normans.

In Ravello I've seen arms with a lion and a band over him. I thought, it is of the family of Robert Guiscard. Asked the guides and they could not say anything about it. They said it's of Pope. But it's not true. I found a site with many arms of different Popes. All they have a mitre like this (Wikipedia):

The only sure Norman family I know lived in this zone, was the family of Princes of Salerno Sanseverino and here I found their arms in Wikipedia.
As you see, there is really a band on these arms. Nothing except it.

Where are other heraldryc signs? Like that lion of Robert Guiscard -I don't know.

Unfortunatelly I know nothing about this interesting science, Heraldry, but as it's possible to see, it is important to know it sometimes to understand ways of history.

Tell Intarsia About Arabs?

On these 2 photos you see the 2 sides of the portico of the cathedral of Salerno.

If you listen to a guide or to anybody who can tell you some words about this building you will surely hear this sentence that I copied from Wikipedia:
"The entrance has a portico with 28 antique columns whose pointed arches, with lava rock intarsia, show influence of Arab art,"





I was sure it's the truth and told it to the persons too. Till I visited Pompei a month ago. There I made this photo:



The cathedral of Salerno was built in about 1080-1084 by Norman conqueror of the town Robert Guiscard. Normans could be perfectly influenced by Arabs called Saracens in Italy because those had the use to plundert coasts of Italy at least from V-VI centuries.

The Romans could not avoid contacts with Arabs in all their history, it's clear. Even if the first documented contacts go back to the II-III centuries. Pompei was burried in 79, I century.

Now I think about it: could it be really Arabic influence?

Aztec Mexican Dance

The dancers with my two sweet girls.

Once I was in Cancun, Mexico and got a chance to see the Aztec fire dance. It is quite a dance, the mask, the costumes, the music are so native to Mexican culture. I really obsess with any native country costumes because of its character and cultural influence.

The Aztec Fire Dance is one of the most basic manifestations of the artistic and cultural spirit of the people of Mexico. It has been referred to as a form of prayer and a total way of life and communication.

The costumes are made of colorful embroidered cloth and animal skins often adorned with polished stones or mirrors and accessories made of shells or seed pods. Most impressive are the headdresses, made of feathers of pheasants, eagles or other birds.

The chants and movements are strung together with the sound of beating the drum made of wood and gourds tensed with animal skin, or the tongued hollow log drum, with its rich spirit touching vibrations. Blowing shells and playing along with reed and clay flutes, tambourines and rattles made of shells and seeds create a very unique native sound. Seed pods and metal bells are also worn around the ankles of the dancers and serve as instruments, sounding with every step of their dance .

Summer leather

Who would wear leather for summer? it's too hot. But when I saw this top sometime ago, I thought this one would be ok to wear it in summer ;-). It is sleeveless. In addition, the back of it is 100% stretch thin cotton, the front is cut-out, thin and extremely soft leather material. I love its texture, interesting, unique cut and it's kind of like a modern cave-man outfit. This outfit is perfect for a wild night date with my husband. And I'm definitely wearing this top throught fall/winter with grey turtle neck underneath. I wore it with Alexander McQueen legging, Balmain boots.

Tiger face vintage cuff.

The back of the top is 100% stretched thin cotton.

Close-up front. It's written on the top "Open your mind-Love Peace- Share Spirit". This top is made by Share Spirit. Do you see a skull above "Love Peace"?. The necklace is Mellisa Joy Manning.

Wish you all have a lovely and peaceful day!!! big hugs....Hanh ;-)

Ps: From the last posts, I had on Rouge Allure -Imagination pink lip stick Chanel and orange lip was a mix of Imagination pink lip stick underneath orange Heat Wave NARS. I also just bought leather strings to plan to make a necklace and I hope it'll come out good. So, I would share with you sometime soon.

Hua Mui - The Traditional Kopitiam with Colonial Touch, Johor Bahru

Hua Mui Kopitiam (N1°27.438' E103°45.857') is located between the junction of Jalan Trus and Jalan Dhoby of Johor Bahru town.

Hua Mui Kopitiam of Johor Bahru town

This Kopitiam existed since 1948, it's 61 years ago...and I believe the boss today might be the second generation of the family.

I Love it because I called the Kopitiam of Malaysia. You will see all the Malaysian customers in the Kopitiam at anytime, no matter what races or religions you are from...all of them just like to have cup of coffee over here. The area will be crowded at most of the time.

The customers of the Kopitiam

Beside the coffee and tea, they are famous with the toasted bread. Till today they still using the charcoal oven! And I ordered their Signature dish - Hainanese Chicken Chop. Overall it was Delicious! It's crispy and tasty!
The cost of the foods & drinks here are reasonable price.

Hainanese Chicken Chop (Cost MYR9.80)

Honestly, I still haven't come across the second kopitiam like this in other corner of Malaysia. It's really show the True of Malaysia. That's mean the Kopitiam for Everyone!!

* Kopitiam - it's direct translate from Hokkien Dialect, meaning simple or traditional coffee shop.

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The finish line

Hi everyone,

Thank you very much everyone from the bottom of my heart for your kindness and support of my blog. I wish I have prizes for all of you but unfortunately I just have one Giving away Gift this time. I should have a Give away Gift every month because you all are such sweet supporters. And we had many many ties. Following the rules, we had a random pick for the winner. Now, allow me to announce the winner...Congratulations to Pret a`Porter P

Finally, I'd like to post my awards and tags that I've received from the past month from fabulous bloggers. Thank you to Fashion Titbits for giving me the Lovely blog Award, thank you The Left Look for Kreativ blogger Award, thank you Karolina for Gold Medal of the Best Blog and San Francisco Stylephile for the tag with 6 things that make me happy. Also, the Kreativ Award requires that I post 7 things that are true about me. It's so funny that I about to post this and I got message about giving me Award from Janetteria , thank you Janettaylor. It also requires to reveal 10 things about me. Here they are:

1. I'm happy when I see my husband and my kids laugh.
2. I'm happy when my big daughter tries to eat something new (she's picky-eater).
3. Can't wait for my parents come here to visit.
4. I suck at computer technique, but I learn fast.
5. I never go to nail salon, I'm happy to do it myself at home.
6. I'm not a good driver and very bad at direction.
7. I just remembered that my memory is not as great as it was before. I'm forgetting thing easily now, LOL.
8. I'm sensitive person but I try to conceal it. Yes, Janettaylor, I just like you on this one.
9. I can handle hot summer very well.
10. I sleep with my two girls on the weekend nights because I love to snuggle with them in the next mornings.

I wore sheer black 8 or 9 years old BCBG top, Emanuel Ungaro skirt, pony fur Givenchy shoes, Prada crocodile clutch.

I wish you all have a wonderful day!!!! hugs...Hanh ;-)

Traditional Watch Shop at Bukit Gambir, Johor

Traditional Watch Shop

Spotted this watch shop at the town of Bukit Gambir. Think of keeping this photo for the future....because I believe it's really difficult to find this kind of Watch shop nowadays in our daily life....
Do you see any shop like this in your area?

Apologies of the poor quality photo, it's snap from my mobile phone.

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Jade Garden Seafood Corner at Sungai Rengit, Johor

Jade Garden Seafood Restaurant (N1°21.056' E104°13.435') located at Jalan Hee Seng at Sungai Rengit of Johor.

"Sungai Rengit is a town in southeastern Johor, Malaysia, located near Pengerang. It can be reached from Singapore by boat from the ferry terminal at Changi Village.

Sungai Rengit is essentially a collection of fishing villages and is very popular with seafood lovers. The town usually comes alive during its weekend flea markets. There are also regular Chinese opera performances which liven up the atmosphere for the local population. From Wikipedia."

This small fishing village has a nickname called the Lobster Village.

Initially we don't know which restaurant to choose, we simply drive around and passed by few like Good Luck, Sin Kong, Sg Rengit & Jade Garden. Among all of them, Jade Garden has more customers than others. So we decided to have our early dinner (about 5:30pm) here.

Jade Garden Seafood Restaurant

The fish tanks at the right side of the restaurant are full of Lobsters!

Lobsters Heaven!

While we walked in, their customers are almost fill up the tables! We quickly order our dishes immediately.

The Restaurant environment

1) Spicy Lala clam

2) Vegetables

3) Sweet Sour Crab

4) Steam Fish

5) Signature Lobsters

Spicy Lala Clam

Vegetables

Sweet Sour Crab

Steam Fish

The Lobsters (cost : MYR90.00)

The Damage : MYR205.00 (For 4 adults and 1 child) included drinks.

It's reasonable Cheap! No wonder everyone willing to drive all the way from Johor Bahru to Sungai Rengit (About 110KM) to enjoy the cheap seafood over here!

My comments on the foods : If you want to enjoy the seafood over here, you have to order the Lobsters beside other seafood. Because A)...this place is famous with the Lobsters, and B)...the way they serve others seafood are not as good as those seafood restaurants around Johor Bahru (even there are fresh). Therefore, the only reason for me to dine here is just because of the Cheap Lobsters! Not others seafood....

Foods rated : 3.5/5

The Lobsters : 5/5


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Cheap International Flights

Finally the period of the vacations began and many of us look for cheap international flights to visit all the points on the Earth that we dream all the year round. I have friends that think about the vacations from the moment they turn home. They are travel-fans. My husband begins to look for the ticket to visit his mother in Argentine about 8 months befor the date of vacation to find best offers. If you visit Travel.com.au, you can find not only "regular" one way and return offers, there are even "round the world" and "multistop" possibilities. Interesting, no?

Travel.com.au presents different destinations and airfares. One of them is qantas that is Australias largest airline and offers flights to any part of the world. And -imagine!- it's the second oldest in the world. I'm sure you did not know about it. This company offers so many and excellent services that it is one of the best in the world in this sense too. And if you are frequent flyer you can earn free flights or other benefits including deals with hotels and car hire.

An other reliable air service offers singapore airlines. Among other interesting proposals this company has two longest non-stop flights. All the classes of tickets are comfortable and the entertaining system during the flights includes more than 450 options. Your flight even if very long will never be boring. The company offers discounts for frequent flyers and special holiday packages for those who loves adventures.

Boking your flight with Travel.com.au as you see can help you to discover infinite possibilities to have a special vacation.

La Vie en Rose

Black is classic, elegant, modern, chic, tough, timeless, an all year round color. I love black! I have many favorite black outfits and sometimes wearing color is very refreshing from the black. I definitely take advantage of summer to wear my colorful outfits. Pink is my favorite color since I was little girl until now. Wearing pink reminds me of my Innocent, carefree childhood. Wearing pink reminds me of my very first dance with my husband when we were on dating and it also became the first dance for our wedding's day. " La vie en Rose".

I wore pink Lanvin dress, bought 2 years ago at Barney's on nice sale and Guiseppe for Balmain shoes, F21 jews.

Thank you very much to all my fellow readers for taking time to visit my blog, and a special thank you to all who leave comments on my comment page or through email. I truly appreciate it. When I read your compliments with the details about why you love to visit my blog, I've truly gotten emotional with your honest and kind words. It touches my heart.

Many of you inspire me for my sense of style, my travel, yummy food, also as a woman to remind the other woman can be who they want, no limitation in sight. Inspire me as a mom, a wife, a family lady. I'm honored with your wonderful, kind compliments. For young readers who may still be in high school or college, who have been sending me comments about how I remind them to focus for their school, I'm very happy to hear that. I want my kids to do the same thing, focus on studying while you could play with your fashion when you have extra time on your weekend, holidays, long summer break. To me, life's school is very important for us. It's a foundation of our life and we just have one life to build it with your best. It doesn't matter who you will be, what career you have: a doctor, engineer, a fashionista, or simply a mom; your foundation of knowledge is for you and your future's family. And thank you again to all my fabulous readers, wishing everyone a wonderful week ahead!!! love....Hanh ;-)

ps: thank you everyone for giving me the ways to check number of visitors of my blog. I'll check them out and let you know if I have any trouble ;-)

ps: the winner of Giving away Gift will be announced on the next post!

Plants Growing In The Crater Of Solfatara

Left the zone of hot air and soil (Healing Qualities Of Volcano Solfatara ) I crossed the cratere using special paths.

This area is similar to a botanic garden because there are inscriptions near every plant (wekll, not "every"...) and big tables with explanations here.

I just wrote about the trees growing in that zone of Solfatara in my post How Some Trees Can Grow. Those were eucalipts and here is Myrthus. It is not far from that place. The plants can grow really in any condition. Look here: this is not "normal" soil where you would plant something, true?

Some meters later -and we can see great explosion of life...

By the way, I don't know what are these "weeds".
Other 10-15 metrrs and you can see many campers and persons that live there.

Read more:
How Some Trees Can Grow
Two Volcanoes Of Campania/ Italy
Healing Qualities Of Volcano Solfatara
Therapeutic Mud And Steam In Solfatara