Okie I lied! There was a Good Cause but there were no heels for me. A minor accident left me with a soar ankle giving me an excuse to wear my pretty green flats. The picture of me doing a "Limp..Drag..Limp..Drag.." routine in heels comes to mind. Could have been quite amusing.

Be it heels or flats, there was a huge turn out for a Charity Walk by The Body Shop and Glam Magazine on Saturday evening to Stop Sex Trafficking of Children & Young People. Did you know that in Malaysia, Tenaganita estimates that 90 children go missing every month. Bet you didn't know that. Well neither did I. A shocking figure! The worst part is Malaysia is not just a destination but also a source and transit point for young people who are trafficked. Seriously what has this country come to? Trafficking of Children, protected wildlife, what next??

A lot of people signed up on the spot after finding out what the walk was about. It was really encouraging!

The Body Shop staff all dolled up and ready to make a difference

The Body Shop MAs

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Can you spot Thanuja Ananthan (Miss Malaysia World 2009) and Will Quah?

Around the world, more than 2.5 million people are trafficked every year. Out of this alarming number, 1.2 million are under the age of 18. Globally, this results in USD27 billion in profits which is the third largest sum for international crimes after illegal drugs and arms trafficking. (Source: ECPAT)

This is a global campaign intitiated by The Body Shop more than three years ago and has achieved a milestone this year when more than 10,000 petitions were presented to the government urging them to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights to the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. These signatures were collected in less than three weeks by staff of The Body Shop. My signature is there and I sure hope yours is too.

All funds received through the walk will be channeled to Tenaganita, PS the Children and Nur Salam for their continuous work on child sex trafficking. Funds were collected through registration fees by participants who took part in the walk as well as through the Kick The bag campaign which The Body Shop runs throughout the country. Funds for this campaign are collected through a RM0.50 donation when customers take a bag. Should they refuse one, The Body Shop then donates that sum to the fund.

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PS The Children

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Everyone plays an important role to curb this serious predicament from getting any worse. Despite the fact that Malaysia has an Anti-Trafficking Act, the specific awareness on the trafficking of children for sexual purposes is still lacking. This sanction will further strengthen laws and will hopefully put a stop to the issue here in Malaysia.

Everything about the evening was just so GLAM!! I was invited by Suzie Adnan, the newly named editor of GLAM Magazine for the launch of GLAM Great Escape Exhibtion and my ♥ YSL Muse Two ♥ came along. 

Trying to do a Puss in Boots here but obviously the lack of fur doesnt help.. lol!

GLAM-ness!

With Suzie Adnan - She rocks!!

The GLAM Great Escape Exhibition is an exclusive partnership between GLAM Magazine and The Gardens Mall which will display a collection  of photographs featuring remarkable and memorable fashion spread from Malaysia'a most influential fashion magazine.

The photographs in the exhibition includes fashion spreads taken over the past 7 years captured by Malaysia's renowned photographer Bustamam Mokhtar, featuring the most beautiful and memorable shoots the GLAM team have done around the globe.

With Bustamam Mokhtar & Supermodel Tinie

Check out the exhibition from 19 April 2011 to 8 May 2011! Some of the shots are so amazing that you just can't take your eyes of it.

Photos from various spreads

Last year's Paris Cover Shot with Tinie

Here with Jaja - GLAM's Fashion Writer

It was too tempting..

The Fashion Show

made you go "What??" didn't it.. lol

The After Party

this is what happen when the after party is at an art gallery..

With Khir Khalid - the make-up artist for this year's Paris shoot with Deborah Henry

i love the design..

Eldon from Snips - did hair for Deborah Henry for this years' Paris shoot

There are loads more photos (not of me) at The Gardens, well worth it to have a look!

I realised I didn't really have much time to walk around *sigh*. But Jaja, the babe from Glam and I made a pact that whatever happens we had to make it to Ladurée!

First stop was Arc de Triomphe which was about 20 minutes walk from the hotel, not too bad. Good thing it was only March, so there weren't many people crowding around. Going there in summer is just crazy. Since I was already there, figured might as well add to my collection of Arc de Triomphe photos from previous visits.

After a few quick snaps, we walked down Paris' prestigious avenue Champs-Élysées making quick stops along the way at various stores including a huge Sephora.

Then there it was, across the road.. Ladurée!! The Ladurée tearoom started in 1862 when Louis Ernest Ladurée created a bakery at 16 rue Royale in Paris which eventually turned into a Mecca of Parisian pastry creations.  It is known as the inventor of the double-decker macaron, fifteen thousand of which are sold every day. They are still one of the best known makers of macarons in the world!

15 minutes later and we were in! Wow.. the decor of the tearoom was beautiful. It transported me back to a more historical Paris with a refined atmosphere.

Here's what we had for tea - Tea for us both, Cheri - Delicate blend of cocoa, caramel and vanilla tea, Eugenie - Delicate blend of strawberry, cherry, raspberry and currant tea, Tarte Chocolate a l'Orange and macarons. Lost for words.. it was DIVINE!!

I didn't want to leave.. omg just let me live there! Alas I had to go.. do not despair my love, we shall meet again. Pretty obvious I go absolutely mental when it comes to gorgeous desserts. *salivating.. drooling..*

After Jaja's short shopping trip, the sun had already set. Which meant it was the perfect time to get to... The Eiffel Tower! After so many photos at the Eiffel Tower in the day I finally get to see it at night. Despite the numbness in our fingers and the cold that was seeping through our coats, the sight was magnificent!!

I got back to the hotel exhausted but satisfied wishing I was back at Ladurée stuffing my face with to die for desserts and macarons.. Time to pack for London.. Woohoo!!