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March always smells of travel. Doesn't matter the destination - be it international or domestic, the smell of travel is way up high in the blue sky. It's the time of the year where MATTA fair is held. And in conjuction with MATTA, generally all travel websites will have their own promotions.

I always look forward to MATTA fair but as time changed, travel fair promotions are now much easier and fun to find. Just look them up on the internet, if you don't already know by now. So I was going through March's promotional links and found Traveloka's "SALE-ABRATION". Here's the link to the promotion page, https://www.traveloka.com/en-my/promotion/saleabration-countdown although it's still a teaser. But hey, you KNOW it's gonna come soon and how can you NOT be so psyched about it, RIGHT?! Can you tell I'm already excited?!

If you've been living under a rock and this is your first time hearing about Traveloka, well, there's always a first for everything. On the plus side, you've stumbled upon gold at the right time! Traveloka is a one-stop flight and hotel booking platform for domestic and international destinations that makes searching, booking and managing your next trip hassle-free. Like all great websites, you can do your surfing & booking thru mobile app or website. And for additional information, check out their social media pages. On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google+.

What a good coinsidence that my best friends, Dahlia and Farah, share the same passion as I do. We have been talking about Traveloka's "Sale-abration" ever since we found this page. We are dreaming about Bali, how we are going to get tanned (as if we're not already) sitting by the beach and enjoy the beautiful sunset while the husbands probably just sit under a tree staring at their phones (boring!). We are sharing photos of hotels surrounded by the greens of Bali, praying hard and hoping that Traveloka "Sale-abration" is generous enough to give us a BIGGER sale so we can fulfill our dreams. Can't wait for Traveloka's "Sale-abration" to come by!

I am a person who prefers to have every travel detail planned under one roof, and so Traveloka IS my choice. I don't have to go to each airline's website to compare prices and then add it up to my hotel budget. I just let Traveloka find me the cheapest flight, then book my hotel from them as well. All I need is to register myself with Traveloka and all my travels are stored in their system. Saves you the trouble of finding your booking thru multiple sites, isn't it? And the prices are reasonable too! It suits my always-limited budget. And it's totally secure to save your card information on the site, so you have a better chance to grab that awesome promotional price! Rest assured the payment transaction is secured too. Of course you'd be able to manage your bookings through Traveloka. And if there's any problem that you'd need to contact them, you can DM through social media, email, chat or call and talk to a human being to assist. This is definitely a plus for me as I prefer to talk to a human being rather than just "talking" through texts in the virtual world like what some companies are doing now. 

So what are you waiting for? Go Traveloka, guys! A BIGGER sale! This is your chance to find yourself the best flight and hotel deals for your next destination! Give yourself a break from the red website and check out this baby-blue one instead. I'm 100% sure it's not going to disappoint. 2 more days to go! Drop your email in at the page https://www.traveloka.com/en-my/promotion/saleabration-countdown to NOT miss out on Traveloka's BIGGER Sale-abration! 

Jom!

Not much of travel plans this year. Not going anywhere since I've completely ran out of money & I'm super packed with work. At least until December 2017. Looks like I can say goodbye to some extra days of Hari Raya leave. Blerghhh!

NO new year's resolution this year. Seriously I was so caught up by tonnes of work since the end of last year that I did not have time to think of this silly thing. Tahun-tahun sebelum ni tak pernah tercapai pun, so biarkan je lah. 

Chillax je kita this year okay... ;)

Okay. So here’s a review of satu KL florist ni yang I think you guys would quite like jugak. Bloom2U is a very well made online flower delivery website that is very customer-centric and macam try to cater to semua types of customers. And when I say semua types of customers I mean SEMUA jenis needs and pocket size la ya. From a sweet birthday nya arrangement to a stunning wedding hand bouquet and much, much more.

So first off, they really simplified their site to show only the essentials. Ini membuatkan process selection lebih senang untuk para customers. For this review, I intro kat diorang nya first two tabs dulu - the Occasions and the Flowers nya tab.

From the moment you guys visit the site kan, you would already lebih kurang tau la apa yang you nak. And it’s usually for a particular purpose, or a flower type, so like I said, menyenangkan the selection process. So under tab Occasions tue, ada everything yang you guys usually nak. Dari birthdays, weddings, mother’s day, baby, dan quite a lot more. Under the Flower nya tab lak ada all the many different popular types of flowers like roses, orchids, sunflowers, lilies, so on and so forth.

You guys boleh je click on any of it, and then the site will show you an entire menu of arrangements that they have.

Diorang nya pricing pun I rasa quite good jugak la. Cam average seems to run between RM100 to a couple of thousand, bergantung pada apa yang dipilih. Tapi for one thing kan, semua nya memang cantik cantik and sweet sweet.

For me la, Bloom2U nie quite ideal for a lot of people. Dari your everyday guy to professional wedding planners pasal not only are their pricing fair and the work cekap, but the service memang gives you a peace of mind. So for any wedding planners out there yang tengah survey mana nak dapat a nice wedding hand bouquet, look no further! Nie ha ada a KL florist yang can “rescue” you. Haha! Gurau aja yer.

But for real, I’m quite impressed gak la ngan this online flower delivery site, pasal most of the other ones that I found memang not as comprehensive as Bloom2U. Sp apa lagi? Check them out yo!

Hi there people! So here I’d like to introduce you to Appletoner.com. They’re a local company that sells compatible toner for most mainstream commercial printing brands, carrying all sort of names for a toner printer like Samsung, Canon, Brother, Fuji Xerox and more. On top of just getting yourself a simple HP ink for your home office or some other popular brand, they also sell ribbons, films and printers too as well as provide machine servicing as well.

Essentially, they focus primarily on meeting your daily household printing needs. An original toner printer could easily go up as high as half a grand (yes there are obviously the ones that cost less than a hundred too), where as an adapted one would much, much more affordable.

Appletoner’s site is pretty straightforward, clean and customer friendly. They’ve sorted their products out in categories for easy finding, and there’s a solid search function as well. Just type in your brand and serial number and the site will spew out the types you need. Often it would give you several selections too, just to be safe I guess.

I’m no printing expert, but I’ve tried their service out recently and well… no problems so far!

But with all this talk about it, just what is a compatible toner you may ask? Well it’s basically a toner printer that’s made to perfectly fit the main market printers. It’s even stated here on their FAQ page.

 For example, you’d have a replicate HP ink toner printer to that can be used for your HP printing device. It’s a whole lot more cheaper and just as good. Original toners are manufactured in the brand’s own factory such as HP, Canon, Samsung so forth, whereas a compatible toner is manufactured by a third party. Everything is new, even the chip and the cartridge. They’re not recycled products which are refilled or remade. Its toners that has high printing quality which is made to be similar to the original.

And just in case you’re not all that convinced yet, Appletoner also provides a 1-year warranty on all their products. They even offer an overnight delivery service, provided you place an order before 2pm. Here’s a quick screenshot I took of their Shipping Info.

Take note though that they don’t take back empty or used ink cartridges because like I mentioned above, they deal in like-original printing products, and not re-fills.