Have you heard of Fish Spa? Well, I’ve been dying to try it for awhile and finally did at Kenko Fish Spa 2 weeks ago when I was at the Pavilion. I love my manicures and pedicures and part of it is because I’m obsessed about exfoliating… and having groomed nails. So when I heard of this new holistic way of getting rid of dead/dry skin I was so totally have to try it!At first the idea of having little fishies nibbling away your dead skin was a bit icky to me (yes, I’m quite ticklish) but I must admit that I was very curious and excited to try.

It is also said to reduce the symptoms of certain skin disorders, promotes blood circulation, releases tension and helps you relax. I was wondering.. how can you relax when you are watching these little piranha like fishes nibbling away at your feet? The suspense was killing me.. I must try this! 

So I finally had a go.. They had like an indoor ‘river’ running through the shop. Before you can dip your feet into the pool, you’ll be asked to wash and scrub your feet first. Then you take a seat by the side of the pool and dip your feet in. Within seconds the fishes were were all over my feet! The first 10 minutes was torturous! So ticklish!! You can actually feel them nibbling, and the most ticklish were the ones that go in between your toes. I almost had to bite down on the towel that was given to me! I wanted to laugh out loud but I can’t, there were many other people around. After awhile you’ll get use to it and you’ll actually grow to enjoy it. Really..no kidding. My Dad (he was there with me) thinks that it’s not so bad when you don’t look at the fishes going at your feet and you’ll soon  relax.

Aiden had a try but he was just too excited.. We even tried to put Caitlyn’s feet in (not like she has any dead skin on her) but she giggled and tried to kick the fishes away. (Oh, children under 4 years old are free of charge, by the way) When our 30 minutes was up I was actually reluctant to go, I was just starting to get the hang of it! So be warned… it can be addictive! I know I am. I’m so doing this again! So did the fishies do their job? I think they did. I don’t know if it’s phycology, but my feet feels cleaner  and lighter, there’s this tingling sensation.. maybe due to the ‘improved’ blood circulation?    

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How many ways do you think you can eat ‘tau foo far’? Well many apparently… I was at Curve last yesterday with my Mom and Caitlyn when we chanced upon this store that sells soy bean milk and ‘tau foo far’. I’m usually not the soya bean kinda person but what caught my attention was the way she served her soy bean milk and ‘tau foo far’. Amongst the many varieties that you can choose from are soy bean milk with chewy pearl beads inside (this is kinda like the bits that you find in those taiwanese pearl milk teas),the green stuff in cendols…Then there’s the ‘tau foo far’ … You can choose from ‘tau foo far’ with lychee (Mommy Jazzmint can take Faythe, I remember she likes :P ), sea coconut and white fungus, cincau, red bean, tong yuen, chocolate chip (yes..you read it right) and many more. I tried the one with sea coconut and white fungus, not too bad. A chage from having boring ‘tau foo far’ just plain. But why this store deserves a post in my blog is because I personally have to give it to this lady for being innovative enough to come up with something like that… taking something that has been around forever like ‘tau foo far’ and putting a twist to it. I thinks that’s great. Do stop by her stall if you are at Curve/Ikano for a bowl of her ‘tau foo far’.  

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Not too long ago I was my Daddy’s only favorite girl…(Mommy is in a different category all together so no questions bout that) But ever since the arrival of Caitlyn, I have to share my throne with her (not that I’m complaining) As I don’t have any sisters, I have been the only one on the spot and I must admit that I do exercise it’s privileges quite often. I can see now Caitlyn is following my footsteps quite well with my Dad and her’s. 

Daddy adores her to bits. Can you blame him? Caitlyn always greets him with her most sweetest smile and the warmest hugs when he comes to see her. People always say that Daddy favores girls to boys. I think that’s true…at least that’s how I grew up. I could almost get away with anything with Daddy…almost anything… not everything. Now I see what I must have been like when I was a child with my own Grandpa and with my Daddy… 

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