Wednesday, February 16, 2011

OOTD: Will You Be My Valentine?

Well a belated Valentines everyone! I strongly believe that Valetines is not only for couples. When I was in high school, singles would also celebrate it as Friendship day and give each other flowers so we are never really alone. It is nice! Last year this time, I was single and we celebrated by going out for a good meal. Any reason to eat at all is good!

Valentines is a Monday and I had to work and I don't relish the thought of overcrowded restaurants so I went out the day before. My friends asked me to go out for a Sunday morning breakfast and so I did. It was decadent! To be truthful, I ate my day away literally. Morning breakfast and afternoon tea were courtesy of the friends and dinner was with the Boy. I was very stuffed when the day came to an end!


We were at Jones the Grocer for breakfast.




My best friend whom I've known for 17 years now. Shocking!


Her adorable son, so tiny and so naughty.


This little girl ran up to him and molested him all over because he was wearing a tshirt that says "I'm Rich!"


Milk Rocky Road, a combination of marshmallows, caramel and violet crumble and milk chocolate




Valentines, not without some heart-shaped objects. These macarons are made of rose, lychee and passionfruit.





Deep fried towered egg with sauce


Thai food is not without a bowl of sweet and sour spicy Tom Yam soup


Barbecued squid with sauce


Deep fried sweet and sour Garoupa with herbs

All these food and I didn't even showed you what I ate for breakfast! A special mention to my cherry earrings which I adore and spent a long time finding. They looked very real and I have people telling me from time to time how delicious they looked hanging from my earlobes!

Review on the ASOS CURVE Exclusive Vintage Inspired Playsuit:


The moment I saw it, I knew I had to have it although there are a lot of things that I saw and knew that I had to have. First of all, may I say I love jumpsuits and playsuits? They are like dresses to me - easy to wear, no mix and match required and I am really a boy trapped in a girl's body. I tend to hop and sit cross-legged a lot and dresses are sometimes too inconvenient. This playsuit has the most beautiful plethora of colours. I love the flutter sleeves, the neckline of the playsuit, the slightly ruched bodice and to top the cake, there is a lovely cutout behind the playsuit. Now in our hot summer weather, I appreciate cutouts like these to be cool and in all sense of the word, this is a perfect playsuit! When it arrived, the material was thin but I didn't feel that it is inferior because the material is meant to be thin and cooling. The floral prints are absolutely gorgeous and the bottom flares outwards so I can fit into my usual size 22 with ease. The only thing that I did wish for was for it to be a little longer. In its current length, I cannot bend down without exposing my rump for the world to see. But other than that, perfect perfect perfect! Very true to size and a well-loved piece to pass the hottest summer days with ease.

Bowdicts for the ASOS CURVE Exclusive Vintage Inspired Playsuit:



I still gave it a full 5 bows even though I wish it was slightly longer. I think I should have expected it to be short from the pictures on the website.

Fat Aus is also rocking hers here!

Playsuit: ASOS Curve (here)
Green Clutch: ASOS
Elastic Slip-Ons: Charles & Keith
Ring: Topshop
Cherry Earrings: Fred Flare

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

OOTD: H & E



I attended another wedding on Sunday and I knew this girl the day I started my current job. The third day we met each other, we set off to Canada together for job training. She was my room mate. We visited Niagara Falls together (it was our first time!), sat in the Maid of The Mist ride clad in the unflattering blue plastic ponchos, got very lost in Montreal and pored over the french signboards, embarked on the outlet mall mission at Buffalo in New York, ate our way through dim sums, desserts and pork chop rice in Hong Kong and scaled the Great Wall of China.

Dear Eileen, I sincerely hope you found the happiness you deserve.



This is a three-tier cake - first tier is sugarless, second tier is sugared and the third tier is rum & raisin.









One-shouldered Pink Dress: New Look
Translucent Black Shrug: New Look
Diamante Teardrop Earrings: Forever21
Red Furry oversized Clutch (seen here): Charles & Keith
Black Bow Ballerina Flats (not shown here): Dorothy Perkins
Bow & Tulle Headband: I forgot!

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

OOTD: Eddie's Wedding

This is my first time having a full 8 course wedding lunch and the man of the show is Eddie who had come a long way in Love and finally receive the bliss he deserved.


The groom and the bride - Eddie and Lydia.


C'est moi, at the lobby of the Grand Hyatt.


I fell in love with the bag the first time I saw it but I wasn't quite sure if it is to be black or red but lobbied for the red in the end. It is furry, very roomy and if you believe it, I even put in a pair of high heels that I wanted to wear but couldn't.


You might have remembered the necklace from here.




Do you see my reflection in the shiny balls?




Greta and I.






The beautiful fir tree at P.S. Cafe was adorned with pretty little butterflies.


Had a cup of tea before heading home after the wedding lunch.

I have another wedding to attend to next Sunday and funny thing is that the colour combination that I intend to wear is exactly the same as what I wore for this wedding lunch, even the accessories I want to use are the same!

Verdict for ASOS Curve Tiered Pleated Rara Skirt:
I have plenty of good things to say about this ASOS Curve Tiered Pleated Rara Skirt. It makes me feel delicately feminine and the pleated tiers do their jobs of giving me a swooooosh when I move. My friends love the skirt on me and it is very easy to match. More often, people think it is a formal type of skirt, great for dinners and events but I would have no qualms pairing this up with t-shirts too! I sized up and now the waistband felt a little loose on me but nothing a few stitches cannot fix. It is the perfect skirt and I want to wear it over and over again. It is a little heavy because of the tiers though.

Bows for ASOS Curve Tiered Pleated Rara Skirt



Pearly Cuff Tunic in Pale Pink: New Look
Tiered Pleated Rara Skirt: ASOS Curve (here)
Ballet Flats: Topshop
Oversized Clutch: Charles & Keith
Embellished Necklace: Forever21

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