Photo Diary: Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel & Hollywood Hotel Scenes

Staying at a Disneyland hotel had been a dream of mine and Shah's ever since we went on our first Disneyland trip in Paris. I remember walking towards the exit after an incredibly exciting and satisfying yet exhausting day and staring wistfully at the windows of the hotel above, wishing we could just go straight to a room, take a shower and lie down on the bed while talking about our day in the park, instead of riding a 50-minute packed train home.

Super Easy Homemade Tomato Soup With Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Since tomato soup isn't in our food culture, the super cooks in my family like my mom and aunties never bothered with tomato soup, so it's not really a staple of our growing-up experience. Whatever tomato soup I did try though — most coming out of a can, and sad — put me off it, and turned …

Photo Diary: Hong Kong Disneyland Scenes

If there is one thing I would change about my trip to Hong Kong Disneyland in December last year (last year as in 2019 sorry my bad I know how late this post is, but better late than never!), it would be to bring a normal lens for my camera which would have been good to capture sceneries; I only carried my macro lens which I always use for my outfit photos. 

Nevertheless, you know what really mattered in the end? I went to DISNEYLAND!
(Also, thank God for iPhone cameras.)

We headed straight to the hotel after arriving in Hong Kong in the afternoon and immediately got ready for our first day in the park. Hong Kong Disneyland is the smallest Disneyland so with a two-day park ticket in our hand, we didn't have to rush trying out every single ride we had our eyes on and had our most relaxing Disneyland trip ever. Well, as relaxing as a Disneyland trip could be, anyway.

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Will Repeat Wearing Everything. Well, Except...

These photos are from my "archive", meaning they were taken AGES ago but just never found their way to this corner of the web. Hardly a favourite outfit (hence, temporarily archived) and I doubt I will ever repeat this head-to-toe, but I will repeat wearing every single thing I wear here!

Celebrating Betty's Happy Adoption Day!

The date 15 December is special for my family since it was the birthdate of my parents' first grandchild, my 10-year-old baby nephew (he'll always be my baby). We've always made a day out of it, filled with a family lunch and dinner, opening of birthday presents and ending with a huge i…

Colour-block Top & Pleated Skirt Set With Chunky Black Boots

Shah and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary last weekend. With restrictions come limitations so there was nothing fancy-schmancy planned; no dressy dinner at my favourite restaurant in KL, no trip overseas involved like Disneyland HK last year. But I spent our first-year anniversary ever by …

How I Created My Colourful Gallery Wall

One decor tip I learned is having stark white walls could make a space feels "unfinished". The thing is, the rooms in our first house all were painted a different colour, which worked out beautifully (if I may say so) so Shah and I wanted to experiment with white walls all around for this…

My Family's Outfits For The Solemnization Ceremony at The Westin Desaru Beach

I didn't want my brother Hisham and his wife Cu's solemnization event to end! It was such a beautiful morning by the beach, surrounded by my family (a.k.a. my most favourite people on earth but undoubtedly the bunch of people who annoy me the most + I annoy the most) and having the absolute…

My Outfit For My Brother's Beach Wedding: Green Printed Batwing Top With Matching Tied Pareo Skirt

Our family decided on a green theme for my brother's wedding at the beach, hence, the whole lot of green love you're seeing in this post — and in more to come, as I'm hoping to share some of my family's outfits here too.I bought this matching green printed batwing top and tied pareo…

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Hi, I'm Liyana

I'm a style & lifestyle blogger based in sunny (and ever humid) Malaysia. On The Good Weekender, you can find typed journals of my evolving modest personal style, travel adventures, skincare/beauty updates, home decor things, and stories of other bits and pieces of my everyday life. I hope you'll enjoy flipping through these pages of my virtual book!