There is a shop called Gift Season located in Jalan Petaling (Petaling Street or near Chinatown) that sells gifts items that are a little unusual. What first attracted me to the shop is that is the steel plates with designs in the eras early to middle of 1900s that is usually used as a wall [...]

Tucked in KL Chinatown (Petaling Street) area, there is a shop that offers: Amulet casing Mole removal services Amulet casing Sometimes people who got some amulets would like to put in a case or make a locket to be able to wear the amulet. As some amulets does not come in its own casing, if [...]

Planning a wedding is never an easy task to do. There are many small details that needed to be taken care off when it comes to planning a wedding. More so when it comes to traditional Chinese wedding involving older generations that can be particular for the wedding to be carried out in a proper manner. [...]

It’s the time of the year and many people would be going for holidays, taking a well deserved break and at the same time clearing leave. Aside from looking for luggage, some little add-ons like luggage tags and passport holders may come in handy. One time I was searching for a passport holder (until my [...]

Traditional Chinese weddings requires specific items like a new tea set (used for the tea ceremony), red ang pows, wedding themed soft toys, plates, ribbons, slippers and even a red potty. Prior to a wedding, an auspicious date would need to be set, taking into account the birth date and time of both the bride [...]

Aside from a shop in Petaling Jaya that sells Halloween items, if you are based in Kuala Lumpur, another good place to get is from Petaling Street or Jalan Sultan. Sometimes as staff activities, there may be competition on the best decoration for Halloween which falls each year on 31 October. I know coz sometimes [...]

Mooncake festival is coming very soon and many would be looking for shop for mooncake laterns for their home, office or kids. If you wish to just find a place with convenient parking and grab your laterns, then you may visit hypermarkets or shopping complexes that by now would be busy selling mooncakes and mooncake [...]

During mooncake festival, children would play with tang lung or laterns. The tang lung or laterns that I grew up with were made of hamper papers and steel wires. Later battery operated ones were introduced and the latest I see this year is the cute moving minions. While visiting Petaling Street, I came across a [...]

If you live around Kuala Lumpur area and wish to purchase ingredients to make mooncake, you can try going to a shop called Chai Huat Hin which is located at Jalan Tun H.S Lee (in Chinatown KL area). This is the shop that I have mentioned in my previous articles where my mom used to [...]