JQ Talks

Guilty as charged. I was one of those who didn't care about insurance when I was younger because like most millennials, I was too busy living my life and working so I can earn enough money to live my life. Who has time to care about paying for insurance, right? Especially when we are not able to see the returns immediately or ever. I'm grateful that my mom took care of everything when I was younger and ignorant towards medical insurance. As a freelancer, I don't have any company medical benefits to fall back to, it's all on me. It was only recently, when I took over and had to pay for my own insurance that I truly started to care about what I was paying for. Every month, forking out RM200 is not a small sum of money for someone like me! How do other people of my age or younger do it? x After doing some research, according to ‘ Malaysia Insurance Sector Report 2017/2018 ’, it seems that the insurance penetration in Malaysia is pretty low, between 40% ...

We first learnt about the existence of Nitro Cold Brew from one of our favourite local cafe nearby our place. Ever since then, the term Nitro Cold Brew Coffee kept popping up from different popular cafes and now, even Coffee Bean serves them. We love our nitro thanks to its silky smoothness that's almost similar to a cold draft beer, specifically, Guinness-like but without the alcohol, of course, we had to try them when we were invited to Coffee Bean's little gathering launching the new Coffee Bean's Nitro Cold Brew.  However, with all these buzz about nitro coffee lately, its only natural to question if it's just a temporary hipster hype or does it provide any sort of benefits like coffee do? Scroll on to read more or you can check out, how does Coffee Bean's Nitro Cold Brew look like, how I tapped my own cup of nitro, and find out what we won while we were at the event in the video below! Do like this video and subscribe to our Channel!

Neubodi Bra Drive is one campaign that I've been supporting for a while now and this year, it's no different. I think it's a great way to get rid some of your old bras and at the same time, helping others. This yea, in conjunction with the International Breast Cancer Awareness month How it usually works is that you, as a supporter, donate your used yet still in okay conditioned bra to Neubodi by dropping them off at the "Bra Banks" available in most Neubodi outlets. Then, people from Neubodi will filter all bras and donate these gently-used items to victims of sex trafficking, this will enable their rehabilitation into society as they earn a livelihood selling these second-hand bras. Beneficiaries of the "DONATE" initiatives are communities in Malaysia, Cambodia, Nepal, India, and Africa, including those in poverty for whom bras are sought-after essential item - providing comfort and self-esteem.

Oh yeah, we finally did it after all the late nights watching other people getting their backs cracked on YouTube. We finally consulted a professional to find out what's wrong with our  body and get some relief out of it too.  After going through the Gonstead Chiro Method, I found out that most loud bone cracking sounds in chiro videos are not quite real. They are FOLEYS! Also, just by visiting your Chiro once is not going to make much of a difference. It's more than just getting your bones cracked once. It's a process where you are required to go back weekly or fortnightly especially at the beginning stage.  We hope this video helps shed some light on real life chiro process so you'll know what to roughly expect if you are interested to visit a chiro yourself.  Hope you enjoy and learn something! xo,  Twitter  |  Bloglovin  |  Instagram

Did you know that Malaysia has our own brand of slow juicer? Thanks to a friend, Carole, for introducing this to me. I managed to collaborate with them and try out their juicer.  It's call the Crego Silent Swirl Juicifier with the motto of 'The Ultimate Way Of Juicing". It looks pretty similar to a lot of other vertical slow juicer out in the market but pricing wise, truly, Crego is considered pretty reasonable (RM899) for people who are interested in a slow juicer for home/personal use.  I have an unboxing + assembly demo + first test + cleaning demo video for you all below:  Do Like the video and Subscribe to my YouTube Channel!

Guardian in Malaysia used to be a place that I visit when I'm looking for a pharmacist or medicines. They were never my choice of visit when I'm looking for beauty products. Until now. A few of the Guardian outlets in Malaysia had gone through a revamp and boy oh boy, the new Guardian concept store is magnificient! I had the opportunity to visit the fourth revamped outlet in Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall last month, truly, they did an amazing job. It has a really fresh and clean look to it which ultimately enhances customers' shopping experience overall. Here are few things that I like (and I believe you will too) about the new Guardian's Concept Store.

I'm so fortunate to be invited by Phillip Wain for a facial and body massage review session. I've heard about this place before and I am always intrigued to visit this place as they are a women's only one stop health and beauty centre. Not only they provide pampering sessions but also keeping fitness in mind with a well maintained gym and workout classes provided for their members.  Phillip Wain has been around for about 30 years and currently has eight luxury fitness club located in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia. Phillip Wain Women Exclusive Club has a high reputation and aims to meet their members needs by providing professional consultations, beauticians, nutritionist, fitness instructor, and a 6-star luxury private environment. 

As much as I like sleeveless tops, I generally try to avoid them, especially the ones that shows my entire arm. Main because I used to play volleyball and swim a lot, which could have been the reason for having broader shoulder and more muscles on my arms. The problem with this is that, if I don't work out, the muscles in my arms get flabby overtime and it's definitely not flattering at all. Plus, it's the hardest to lose when it comes to arm fats.  So when I was asked to try the Nano Japan Diet and Antioxidant beverage, it took me some time to say yes because I'm a little hesitant when it comes to dieting products that need to consume. Though, I had a really good experience with the Nano Japan Collagen powder and I'm still loving it because of how delicious it taste mixing with my morning coffee or milo, thus, I thought why not try this out.  My fiance knows very well that I have insecurities with my flabby arms and he loves to make fun of it whene...

Have old bras that don't fit or just don't wear anymore? Great! Do drop by in one of the Neubodi specialty store near you to drop them off in the prepared Bra Bin. Don't trash them out because Neubodi's Bra Drive Campaign helps the women community in Nepal, India and Cambodia to improve their subpar living conditions. These trafficked women are able to make 5 times their minimum wages when they sell your donated bras in the second-hand clothing market, as bras are considered as luxury items and they are inaccessible within these regions. Personally, since the Neubodi Bra Drive started some time ago, I've always kept my unwanted bras aside just so that I can finally put them all into these Bra Bins. I even had a friend who passed me her old bra months ago (when she was cleaning out her closet) just for this campaign!

Thank God for unimates! They are the ones that knows and accepts you for all your crap. Watching each other grow for that short 3-4 years was definitely an interesting journey for me. My life wouldn't be the same without the friends I had in my Foundation and Degree years, they just know how to brighten up a gloomy day! I couldn't believe that it's been 7 years since we knew each other! It's crazy how much "those were the days..." we now use everytime we catch up.  "Remember, we used to karaoke every week after class?" "I still remember we used to FIFA the whole night till morning and order the best burger nearby when we were hungry." "We once could stay up 24-h just to finish our assignments and still can go to class the next day. Ohmygosh, those were the days when we had the energy." Truly, it's so different now. As we grew older, of course, we are much wiser now ( hopefully ), we realised that we are re...

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PMS is real but we can learn how to control our emotions to ensure that it doesn't get to your head. However, menstrual pain is rather out of our control. Not every lady experience menstrual pain ( you are so blessed ) while some go through it whether or not they steer clear from ice water or consuming things that are known to "cause menstrual pain". I personally do usually experience the time-of-the-month torture, mostly comes with back aches and lower belly discomfort that usually last for one to two days. There are many methods to treat the cramps such as medication, hot water bag, drink hot beverages and etc. Well, I find myself either popping pink tablets or exercising ( or stretching on my bed if I'm lazy ) to help get over the unpleasantness. Many times, I also get very tempted to just snuggle on my bed, watch a movie and indulge in kit-kats even when I have tons of deadlines pilling up. Taking medication works most of the time but it's definitely no...

I'm not one of those hygiene freaks that changes their toothbrush every three months. Yeah, I know, it's quite basic but I don't have bacteria in your mouth kinda OCD. I've always used a toothbrush till the bristles goes out of shape, that's when I will change my toothbrush. 

Okay, I'm definitely not here to answer all your questions about premature ejaculation (PE) neither am I here to help you figure out if you have this condition or not but I have someone who can help you figure all this out. A. Menarini (Malaysia) recently launched BE BRAVE campaign to create awareness among couples about PE and how it's actually a treatable condition.  No one really speaks about this issue and some may even feel held back when it comes to seeking advice from professionals for it is still quite a taboo topic in Malaysia. If you are wondering, PE occurs when a man ejaculates with little sexual stimulation and before the man wishes. This can lead to a decrease in sexual satisfaction and quality of life for men and their partners.

Does your nails look like this?  What is fungal nail infection? Fungal nail infection or fancily known as Onychomycosis, is a fungal infection of the finger or toes nails. Research in UK shown that 3 and 8 out of 100 people will encounter this infection at some stage of their lives. It's more commonly affect people of aged 55 years and above and younger crowd who share communal showers and work-out fanatics. It's also said that toenails are easier to get affected as compared to fingernails and once you're infected, it won't just go away without treatment.

New innovation eliminates odours & reduces indoor allergens for a healthier home.  Fabric furnitures act as a reservoir for house dust and it's mostly being released into the air you breathe when you throw yourself onto the couch, bed, walking on carpet or even simply fluffing up the pillows. In Malaysia, the most common allergens in the air that we breathe at home are house dust mites and various animal dander that may trigger asthmatics symptoms in an allergic individual.  It's easy to wash dust from clothing but it's hard to tackle dust mites that becomes airborne in the home from fabric furnitures that you don't wash on a daily basis. 

As a child, I suffered from eczema. My late grandma and my mom would tell me stories about how they bathed me in all types of liquid and apply tons and tons of cream due to the skin disease. Thank goodness my skin got better as I grew older.

Yoga and the girls I feel that it's quite true that people these days expect a lot from a woman. We are expected to be good at being a daughter, wife, girlfriend, mother, employee, employer, friend and etc. All these came about because we wanted to be equal with men. To be frank, I really don't know how do a superwoman these days juggles between being awesome at her work and being a fantastic mother while still able to somehow find a social life in between those two lives.  When things are tough in the real world, I guess it is really important to know your self-worth and to truly love yourself before you can think about others. That includes eat well, sleep well, exercise, pamper yourself and go crazy during sale season. 

Some time ago, I was invited to attend a workshop learning all about the science behind quantum energy. Thanks to the medical revolution of the 21st century, it's found that quantum energy is able to repair and revitalise the cells of the human body, enhancing its natural self-healing ability to cure as well as prevent against diseases. 

K-Ginseng (Cheon Gyeong Sam) is finally here in Malaysia, distributed by Caldbeck Macgregor (M) Sdn Bhd's Health & Wellness Division. It's known as the 'World's Best Gyeonggi Korean Ginseng' and it's halal-certified by the Korea Muslim Federation Halal Committee. The products include red ginseng roots, white ginseng roots, red ginseng extract, red ginseng extract tonic, honey sliced ginseng, vitality drink and red ginseng G-drink.