My parcel from Taobao is finally here!




 I lost count of the time I buy stuffs from Taobao but I think this is the fourth or fifth time. So far all my Taobao shopping experiences were good so every time I'll be anticipating the moment I receive my stuffs!


This time is rather different because it's the first time I'm not buying through friends/agents. This time I bought through the Taobao Direct Global Shipping! So I was a little worried that I might not get my stuffs that fast, or maybe not even get my stuffs at all! But I think it was a very small risk coz I have enough confidence in Taobao :D And now I know that my previous worries were unnecessary because I got all my stuffs with correct quantities and colours 11 days after I placed my order (faster if my sis didn't unintentionally order a pre-order bag).


The Taobao Direct Global Shipping is my favourite and most recommended method to shop from Taobao now (only if the stuffs are light and not bulky). Why I didn't know of this method earlier?!?! It's damn simple and safe! First, you just choose your stuffs like usual, add all your chosen stuffs into cart, check out when you're done and just pay through online banking or credit cards! I think it's even faster than buying through agents because you don't need to wait for the agent to approve your payment. Now you can just straight away pay through CIMB, Maybank, and other banks I forgot or with credit cards. Oh ya, when you make payment, the money actually will not be transferred to the seller until the Taobao warehouse receive the products. The money will be held by Alipay temporarily so rest assured that you won't be conned. If the items are damaged or not correct, you can always return or ask for refund.


Every step is so easy once you've done the registering step (which was quite a hassle but this is same for the agents).




The stuffs I bought are actually not cheap, but they couldn't be found in Malaysia (or at least not that easily to be found). K now let's look at the hauls, shall we?



The main reason that I wanted to shop from Taobao this time was to get the tempered glass for my Redmi Note 3 (as I didn't get to buy one from Mi's website last time. Refer: How I Got My Redmi Note 3). And the tempered glasses were not even bought, they were free gifts! I got two tempered glasses now coz I bought two new phone cases lol.

Phone case with tempered glass, iRing, electromagnetic waves filter sticker and plugger as free gifts.

OMG I super love this phone case. Before I even decide which phone to buy I already decided I wanna buy this phone case lol. I super love this kinda vintage floral patterns! At first I wanted to buy the 牡丹 pattern but last minute I changed to this 蔷薇 pattern because I was afraid the 牡丹 will look too old-fashioned.

23.80 RMB (RM 14.9)

Nice or not? It's totally like the picture shown by the seller except that the white background is actually beige (which I like it more because there's more vintage feel to it lol). The quality is good! It's almost impossible to get this type of phone case in Malaysia, what more if my phone is Xiao Mi.

21.80 RMB (RM 13.60)

Free tempered glass with the box which contained the phone case.

Came in a small box.

Super cute lah.

The quality of the brush is also nothing to be complained about! Nano-sized brush and really really soft. The cleaning effect is still waiting to be verified.

OK... I just thought I should blog about this day coz I did a lot of things for the first time today! :D


So... At first, my colleague, ST really wanted to go Sunway Lagoon but I said it's too expensive because there's no ongoing promotion now. And then another colleague, N also couldn't afford the ticket so no way we're going Sunway Lagoon. Then, I don't know who's the one suggested to go waterfalls. Even though I didn't feel like going anywhere at that moment (just wanna spend my off-day doing my own stuffs), I said yes without thinking because I didn't want my colleagues to think that I don't wanna go out with them. Well, waterfalls are free anyway so it's alright.

So we just planned everything yesterday during work lol. At first, ST offered to drive but yesterday she said she have to change her tyre rim or something and asked if I could drive. Before this, I already felt a little worried of our road safety because erhm her car is Proton and I don't know how's her driving skill. So of course I just agreed lah... Not that my driving skills are good lol. But it's undeniable that my dad's old Mercedes is safer and well... I just wanna test my driving skills on totally unfamiliar roads xD. So, after work, ST and N went to Giant to buy ingredients for the cooking, and I went home like a boss... lol aiya if I go also won't be useful lah.

This morning, I waited for them at home until around 10.30AM and we departed. Woooo first time driving following GPS... Quite excited... I don't think I felt nervous at all.. Driving on highways is not first time for me because I drove to my university many times during the last semester. But we have to go through the kampung roads... And the hill roads... OK I know it's nothing compared to the roads to Cameron Highlands but it's still really narrow with many curves and sharp bends. The roads were quite dangerous really. Luckily we reached Gabai Falls safely after driving through the small roads of Kampung Ulu Langat. Heck... The road into Gabai Falls was ONE-WAY and I had to reverse my car because there were cars coming from the opposite direction. Hahaha driving Mercedes here wasn't a good idea at that moment because of its size =.= Well, I parked my car at the roadside (the one-way road) and really scared someone scratched the side of my car lol.


We climbed the stairs to the second cascades because the lowest one was too crowded with kids. Haih coz we came on a public holiday. Climbing the stairs was very energy draining. Actually I was still fine but my colleagues already lost their breaths so we had to rest two times before we finally reached the second cascades.

Resting

333 steps they said.

The second cascades

Lol almost the same amount of people but with less annoying kids lol. IMO, the second cascades was perhaps the best because there's a slide there! I'll attach a video on the slide later ;)

We had our lunch before we went into the water because we were starving. N cooked rice with chicken, sambal ikan bilis and fried kuih with ikan bilis? The food was quite nice... We all brought cups but forgot to bring/buy drinks LOL. And we actually didn't bring any plate LOL.

OMG even when I first stepped my foot in Gabai Falls I was already greeted with the smell of smoke. BBQ smoke zzzz. There were many families having BBQ party there... Totally spoiled the clean air of the forest. At one time when we were in the shelter hiding from rain, my eyes were irritated by the BBQ smoke and I had to go out for fresh air. Wherever humans go, the place will be ruined zzz.

It's my first time visiting waterfalls without my family. It's quite a fun day. N was very funny as usual, doing nonsensical things, teasing kids... and us lol. We wanted to play the slide but there were a big group of Malay guys playing and we felt paiseh lol. After the group left, there were still many people there so we were still shy so in the end we didn't play :( It would be fun if you go there with a big group of your family members or friends!

Let my pictures tell the story coz I lazy to write lol. Of course, taken with my beloved Redmi Note 3 without filter and edit (except the face censor) hehe.  Don't know why the pictures posted on my blog post are not clear... Only when you click into the photos you can see the clear version.

Trying out macro shots. Nothing special about this rock.

So many people arghhh

My pale feet... The water was super cold until I shivered like I had Parkinson's. Taken with fish-eye effect in case you thought my legs were distorted.

Can see the water slide behind my colleagues. The water looks so nice in this photo.

This photo would be nicer if you can see the expressions on their face lol. SEE behind so many guys! They were all having fun with the slide!

This photo is out of focus but still nice lol.

Nice water lol.

With a little bit of sunlight from the above.

The place was shady because we were surrounded by forest. This is how it looks when you look up from the water.

I just realised the video was shot in HD mode instead of FULL HD mode that's why it's in bad quality haih.


We were there until around 6PM then we headed home. The trip back took about 1 hours and 15 minutes.


Overall it was a nice experience and I had fun :)