SMK BU3 Charity Concert

Hello, CONCEPT recently performed for SMK BU3's charity concert. Check out the full performance below! x

videography credits to : Arief

-Zoey

Lokai ; Stay Humble, Stay Hopeful

Last week, I received my birthday present from Edison (a bracelet which I absolutely love). He got me a Lokai bracelet online and had it shipped to my place. If you haven't already seen it all over social platforms, here's the cool thing about Lokai bracelets...

• it has a black bead that holds mud from the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth
• it also has a white bead that holds water from Mount Everest, the highest point on earth

The black bead symbolises hope. Even through life's lowest moments, stay hopeful. The white bead on the other hand, symbolises humbleness. On days where you feel on top of the world, don't forget to stay humble.

I absolutely love the meaning behind this bracelet (even tho it might just be a really kick-ass marketing gimmick) :p Anyways, if you ask me how I feel overall after wearing it...I can honestly say that it doesn't make much of a difference. I wear it every now and then as a physical reminder on days where I need that extra boost, but other than that I find it pretty cutesy too haha! 

Head over to their site to find out more : myLokai x

-Zoey

[Behind The Scenes] KainByAin

Last week, I had the opportunity to model for the oh-so-talented Nurul Ain Idris 's new line, KainByAin. Her style takes a modern twist on traditional local wear and I'm absolutely loving it! Can't wait for the official launch, I'm basically just waiting to spend my savings on her amazing new collection! 

Here are some photos of what went on during the shoot. The pictures are quite blury tho...

Had tons of fun dressing up & down for this shoot. Loved the whole concept and the outfits were beautifully designed <3 Don't forget to check Nurul's site out for updates! http://nurulainidris.com x

-Zoey

Expectations

Hello there, just a little something I need to get off my chest  so bear with me if you're reading this. I was thrown into a situation recently, and I've been doing some self evaluation & observation these few days, just trying my best to find an answer/solution. So here goes. Tell me what you think about it after. I would love to know. 

I find it so ironic that us as humans expect so much from others that we don't realise how most of the time, other people feel the same towards us too. We expect the people around us to always know what we want because we often have this mindset that they SHOULD know. All because they spend an ample amount of time with us, we feel as if they should have paid enough attention to know exactly what we expect from them at times of need without having to speak up. Thing is, I can't promise anyone who knows me to understand how they feel when they need me to, so why do I have such high expectations towards the people around me? Don't you think we as human beings are equally dysfunctional more than 50% of the time?

The thing is, we are all equally confused. We are all equally fickle minded when it comes to things like these. We honestly don't know what we want most of the time but we expect others to. I (we) don't have a solution for this problem because we're basically just being confused human beings. I know how it feels letting others down and simultaneously feeling let down. Bottom line is, that we need to stop expecting because it never will tally with our expectations. We're constantly setting ourselves up for disappointment and we don't realise it. We get so mad & sad all the time because things don't turn out the way we hoped it would or should have been. We don't always get what we want but that's life. It has its ups & downs but we make it through anyway. It's bearable and I hope this short note of mine helps you in the near future. Think twice before reacting, adjust and amend what you can. It's not that hard once you've got the base down.

-Zoey

Spontaneous Day Out

Hello there! I decided to write about a really spontaneous and fun date I had with Sheng Wei last week. He picked me up after my school's Merdeka Carnival and we decided to go to Empire Damansara to try the widely promoted Boat Noodles by people I've been following on social platforms. 

Empire Damansara is an up and coming foodie area. It has the ever so popular hipster vibe to it and the cafes built in. Boat Noodles originated from Thailand and is probably really common if you have it there. I'm guessing some genius decided to bring it in locally and made it a really hipster thing that is Instagram worthy so no one from this generation can resist haha! 

4 choices of classic Thai noodles to choose from, what's your pick? 

As you can see, the bowl of noodles only consists of a spoonful or two of noodles. That explains the amount of bowls we stacked up above ^ Noodles were good but after awhile, it was pretty hard for me to differentiate the noodles but overall it was tasty. 

The only dessert on the menu. Average I say, tasted like the Malay kuih with green and white layers of coconut & pandan kaya in a cute saucer pan...

After lunch, we (I) decided to drag my beau to get a pedicure done together haha! If you haven't already know, I love dragging him to do all kinds of dumb shit with me for the fun of it :p Anyways, his first time and it was hilarious. I paid for his "manly pedicure" at The Nail Parlour (the usual nail parlour I go to). My basic pedicure cost about RM50, whereas his one cost about RM70. OH MEN...*rolls eyes*

Enjoying his "wtf is this" face hahah!

He agreed it was relaxing but quite a waste of money haha but it's not like we pamper ourselves 24/7 so what's a little splurge once in awhile? 

-Zoey

Sweet 16!

I officially turned 16 on Monday and I had the best time celebrating my birthday, full of surprises, 3 times with all the people I love. I am beyond blessed to have them in my life and I am beyond thankful for everything they have done to make my sweet 16 the most memorable one that I'll ever have. *tears of joy*

I mentioned surprises above, and by that I meant really good ones that made me balled my eyes dry and shut me up for a few minutes. Okay, so a week or so before my birthday, I was feeling kinda down because I really wanted to celebrate my 16th birthday but I didn't know how or what I wanted. Aside from that, Sheng Wei wouldn't be able to celebrate it with me due to A-level's trial exams falling on the day and week of my birthday. And for that, my whole hype over celebrating my sweet 16 died down and I was just feeling all moody because I didn't know what exactly I wanted to do next. I ended up wanting to celebrate but not having the hype to do anything fancy so finally I planned to have dinner at Signature @ The Roof with the girls and maybe spend the night away at PLAY @ The Roof or something...

After school, Kamilia, Bea & I followed Thira home to get ready for the night. We took forever (typical vain bitches), in and out of the toilet and taking turns in front of the mirror. I think we took about 2 hours, no kidding. We got all dolled up and left the house at 8pm. Reservation was made for 830pm and on the way to First Avenue, Thira told me that she needed to go to Publika to collect something from her step sister before her mom drops us off. I got kinda ticked off because her house was literally 5 minutes away from First Avenue and it didn't make sense to head all the way to Mont Kiara from Kota Damansara and then back again...

When we reached Publika, I thought she was just going to pick the item up without stopping, but she ended up telling me that we all had to come down because her step sister just "left the house". At that point I literally started taking deep breaths because it was past 830pm and she made me walked from one end of Publika to another "looking for her step sister". I remembered at one point, I just stopped following her because I got fed up telling her "why can't she just come to us? we're at the main freaking entrance...you don't even know where you're going or her exact location!" She stopped and grabbed me whilst disregarding what I had just said. I was trying so hard to control whatever anger I had inside of me that was starting to boil up. We went up & down Publika and by the time we made it to this restaurant called Marharba, I was already teary. She walked in there and I thought "FINALLY! SHE FOUND HER!" and so I followed her in...and to my fucking surprise...I DIED. 

It got kinda awkward behind because no one knew what to do when I ran out after the surprise HAHAHAHA sozz cried too uglily 

SELFIE GAME VERY STRONG!!

Feeling so freaking blessed to have each and every one of you in my life. The fact that the girls actually took the time to plan this beautiful surprise for my birthday and the people who actually took time off to come surprise me on my birthday, means so much to me. I don't think I'll ever forget how hard you guys made me cry and how I couldn't speak properly because of the constantly sniffing and heavy breathing. 

After the party ended at around 10+, we left Marharba and hung out around Publika while waiting for our ride to The Roof. The Azriman twins and Brandon brought us to PLAY for the after party with a few of the girls. 

All in all, I had a great night! Spent it with literally the best company anyone could ever ask for. Thanks again for the amazing surprise party! So much love towards all of you, thank you! 

(Top & bottom : one of the store from POP MARKET @ The School, Jaya One / Bag : H&M / Bracelet : FOREVER21 / Shoes : H&M)

The day after, I was supposed to celebrate my parents' early anniversary celebration at PLOY...or so I thought. Anyways, took a ton of food pictures because I wanted to blog about PLOY but I guess now it's part of this post haha! 

Overall the food was pretty good. It was a bit pricey for the size of it tho. I hated the pizza btw...it tasted gross. Loved everything else tho! 

Anyways, back to the topic...

I thought it was their early anniversary celebration...

After dinner, someone surprised me from behind...

THIS FEGGIT

I was pretty shocked because I swear he was home just a while ago texting me, saying he was studying for his test the week after. 

Thank you baby for surprising me even tho it was just for a short while. You went through so much trouble looking for PLOY because your Waze screwed up but haha your fault :p thanks again for the Thomas Sabo charm ♥ 

"I got you a pair of baby shoe charms to add to your collection because you're my baby and that's the closest colour I could find next to your favourite Tiffany Blue." 

Thank you so much baby, you never fail to surprise me because you're always so unpredictable :) in the best way tho. 

(Dress : Fox-Out / Bag : H&M / Shoes : H&M / Necklace : Bausch K) 

On the day of my actual birthday, we had a small surprise dinner for Nang because it was her birthday too! TWINSIES! Her mom & sister planned it at PicNik, Publika and she didn't expect anything at all! It felt pretty good making someone cry because they're overjoyed. 

Twinsies! ♥

I got my own picture with the cake too hahahahah! thanks to Nang's mom ♥

I'm not going anywhere without my girls, love them to bits!  ♥ Thanks for everything! You guys made the most out of my 16th birthday ♥

(Top : Trxple Clothing on Instagram / Bottom : H&M / Shoes : H&M)

Once again, I have these lovely people in my life to thank :) mommy, daddy for helping with the surprise, Sheng Wei for the time off & my main girls (too many to name but you know who you are) for making sure everything went as planned. Thanks for planning all the surprises, I love you guys to death!  

P.S. sorry for the bad quality pictures .___. should have brought my camera...

-Zoey