Style Diary : Chinese New Year 2012!

27th January 2012 – 12:24 am

WHAT A BREAK!!! It’s been a month and a half long that I’ve been working my ass off in Zara so there wasn’t much time that I could use to spend my time with my beloved family and friends. I’ll leave my horrible stories from work on another post, that is if I would want to relive those moments! Also, I realised I’ve been sporadically blogging over the past few years which really shows how shallow my level of determination is wtf. :evil:

Every year, I’m always anticipating to start the Chinese New Year with a BIG BANG and this dress was just perfect in each and every way to welcome the Year of the Dragon!! Oriental print and lycra – just what I need to flatter the body well! I really love the outburst of colours on it and the quirky sleeves! I toned it down with a dusty pink heels with gold trimmings so it won’t steal the spotlight of my dress!

A few days before Chinese New Year, I’ve finally done one of the things which have always been lingering in my to-do list: Green hair!! Dyed my hair tips green and got a shaved side head again!! Hence, the punkster look I’m spotting now. I must say this was the happiest moment I’ve ever had after a haircut because usually I will be filled with regrets on my hair decisions.

On a side note, I’m glad that I’m spending my Chinese New Year in KL again this year and more importantly, I’m having my reunion dinner back in my maternal grandmother’s house for the first time for homecooked food instead. THE JOYYY!!!! :smile: Nothing beats the fuzzy feeling whenever I have homecooked food instead of chomping down the ordinary food in Chinese restaurants.

My dad and I have been putting up fake flowers onto our flowerless plants HAHAHAHHAHAHA which is rather damn sad if you think about it. Nonetheless, it looks pretty good from far and it definitely feels like it’s sakura season in my house now!

I don’t know why but my family will visit the whole family on the first day so there’s usually a change of outfit by late afternoon as it gets to hot during the festive season. Without fail, I’ll always go for something casual yet comfortable. I’ve been head over heels my high waisted black skinnies from Cheap Monday’s as these are the best jeans I’ve ever worn! I paired it with a scalloped top which reminds me of Flintstones along with my favourite and also my first Balenciaga bag that I’ve gotten when I was in Paris last year!

It’s gonna be my last week in KL for now! :cry:

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

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Twenty One in 2011

1st December 2011 – 8:21 pm

Whenever the year end creeps into everyone’s lives slowly, I will cringe slightly at the thought of my birthday as I really didn’t like the number that tells how I should behave but I guess it all depends on an individual’s judgement! :smile: Buttttt I guess 21 isn’t such a bad thing, since all your presents will be tripled or quadrupled *wishful thinking!*. :twisted:

For this year, I’m really grateful that my parents took the initiative to plan out a birthday party for me and even going the extra mile by giving me a key pendant necklace for my birthday present. Though it might seem cliché to some, it represents something more special than anything that anyone could ask for and for me, it is just so amazing and lucky that my parents got me this. :smile: I hadn’t had a party since I was 12 so could you imagine how nervous I was?!

On another thought, how did you like my pink lipstick? I used to hate the thought of having lipstick on my lips as I think it was suffocating in some ways but as I got older, I’m starting to appreciate the colours. Pfffttt so much for swearing that I will never ever buy lipsticks when I was younger. Look whose collecting now hahahahahha wtf!! Signs of growing up to be a young lady hey!?

It was finally time to wear the dress that I’ve bought for myself a year ago for my 21st Birthday party!! :razz: It’s the first ever designer collaboration piece that I’ve gotten for myself and the ruffles as well as the details of playfulness spells Lanvin in this dress perfectly. As a bonus, it goes perfectly well with my bright pink lipstick yummy!

For convenience sake, my parents opted for food catering with quite a good spread of food!! How I miss Malaysian food so badly especially the kuih-muihs!!!

As I’m on a budget and I really would want to have great photos to remember the night, I bought a roll of wrapping paper making ’21′ cut outs and paste it to the wall assuring to my mum that the paint will not be ripped off. Surprise surprise!! That’s the first thing that went when I peeled off the 21 HAHAHHAHAHA!!! I even suggested of leaving the cut outs on the wall like a Wall of Fame, as a reminder to them that I’ve turned 21. :roll:

Though I hadn’t seen each and everyone for quite some time, it was definitely great seeing everyone again and reminisce about the things we do from the past such as Dinosaur Game!! Goshh we’re such retards when we were young hahahhaha!!

My two favourite pair of heels! Makes everyone so tall after putting them on and I kid you not when I said it doesn’t hurt a bit!

Oh god, everytime I look at this picture, it reminds me of my sad Birthday Cake story hahahha! :roll: My parents gave me the choice of choosing my very own birthday cake so I thought I might have order the cake and collect it myself since after all, it’s my duty. On the day of collection, I was waiting for the man to bring out my cake so religiously, till when he looked at my receipt, take a look at me and asked ‘You ordered and bought the cake yourself, and you’re here to collect it yourself?’ AND HE SAID IT WITH A NASTY SMIRK!! OHMYGOD HOW DARED HE, I didn’t know how to respond as I was much in a disbelief that what he said was true and I didn’t even realized it till he pointed it out! :evil: I had to convinced myself that I was just being strictly independent! :razz:

After all those worries about how the party would go, I’m really thankful that it turned out great towards the end! I love how the the special moments are captured into polaroids and I’ve read all the mini messages that I forced most of you to write hahahhaa and it made me smile every single time I take a look at it.

Special thanks to my cousins for helping me throughout the entire night from being my very own ‘bartender’ to photographer and everything else!! :razz: I’ve got the most amazing friends as well as family whom gave me an amazing time!!

PS : Now that I’m back for another two months, it’s tough getting the jobs that I want for experience sake but that should not stop me from getting what I want. Patience, determination, and passion will keep me going on chasing the things I want in life no matter what. Whenever life brings me, I must not turn down knowledge no matter how irrelevant it may seem but who knows what that could bring you to because after all, life is full of surprises! :mrgreen:

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Holland

26th November 2011 – 9:59 pm

After getting a good night rest from the night before, it was a full day out in Holland visiting cities such as Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

We headed to a diamond factory for the first thing in the morning because nothing wakes you up better than having diamonds in your hands!

The Gassan Diamond Factory is made up of a few floors. Each room I walk past in the factory, they looked like laboratory rooms meant for chemical scientists that you would commonly find in the movies! But of course, it’s filled with diamond experts instead. :smile:

Doesn’t this just looked like a scene stripped right off a milk advertisement?! I would always think that I could only see this in New Zealand but apparently that’s not the case because there are more sheeps there! So, really this is such a bizarre thing to see and not long after, we saw a cow grazing on grass and shitting simultaneously yuckkk! :evil:

For women, after diamonds, then comes shoes. Headed to a tiny hut by the country where they make wooden clogs and we were given a demonstration on how clogs are made. Technology and machines do play a big transition as a pair of wooden clogs could be made in seconds using machine whereas if he were to carve himself, it would probably take a week to complete a pair if I’m not wrong! (he said this in June!! so I’m trying my very best to remember :razz: )

Helllloooo pretty little pony!! =DDDDDD

WHY ARE YOU NOT SMILING BACK?!?!

Just right across, it was a hut making cheese!!! Before I could even enter the building, there’s a lingering aroma of the pungent cheese. Having tried all their cheeses, it was no surprise that the smoky cheese was everyone’s favourite!

The lady welcoming us was dressed in their traditional costume and by now, you could really tell that I’m really dressed for the occasion HAHHAHAHAHAA!!! Heyyy, I’m just blending in with the locals. :razz: Another reason would be that I really wanted to play around with long pleated skirts back in June so what do you think of this combination? :smile:

Right after, we then went off for Rotterdam, a place where it’s 7 metres below sea level so it’s reallly prone to flood! As you could see from the first picture, the sea is actually right behind that grassy hill!! Freaking saw a shark-like fin and I have no idea if it’s real or not as it was just floating around WTF!!!

The roads heading towards the small town were really narrow that it could only fit one vehicle at a time, so there was a bit of a traffic slow down from there when I was starving like an elephant!! :evil:

Finger food stalls were everywhere, and it seems that fish and chips are really common here. Okay, more like almost every stall is selling fried fish fillets, seafood and chips AND ICE-CREAM.(to which I’m not complaining considering I had two scoops after lunch hohoho!)

I know the picture of my lunch doesn’t look the least bit appetising but it was alright and when you’re hungry, every taste bud in your mouth definitely died a little. :roll:

Even on a weekday, the town seems to be filled with a parade all day long!! There were little girls all being dressed up in pretty frocks for a competition and a group of men playing a set of instruments repetitively till there are countless times of moments of deafness as nobody can hear what the other person is talking no matter how loud you shout wth!!

Aside from the crowded streets, the streets are filled with souvenir stalls, pubs and finger food stalls. We decided to sit by the dock and watch the locals interacting with their pet dogs in their boats which is rather amusing, really.

As there were a lot of places to be seen, we quickly departed to our next destination – The Windmills of Holland. From a distance away, you could probably already spot the row of windmills.

It was quite a huge place to walk around in as it’s not just windmills alone, there was another cheese and chocolate factory in it and a small farm too!

As for our last destination, we did a little small boat tour around Amsterdam seeing how most people live in boathouses. It’s really nice to see how people would turn these small boats into a small cosy home for themselves and how each boat would be different from each other in their sense of style alone.

Then it was the famous Red Light District!! OMFG there’s even an old woman and when the curtain’s closed, you can’t help but to imagine nasty things hahahahha wtf!!! But everything is just so surreal as I wouldn’t have imagined that I would see real pimp daddy on the streets yoooo!

For my outfit I was wearing:
Lace Cropped Top from Topshop
Midi Pleated Skirt from Azorias
Longchamp Bag borrowed from Mummy
Leather Strap Belt from Forever New
Accessories from Lovisa and Diva
Chanel inspired Flats from Vincci

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Wedding Bells

21st November 2011 – 3:07 pm

One of the reasons why I flew back to Malaysia in such a hurry right after my finals was partly due to my lovely cousin’s brother wedding! It has been a long time since a wedding took place in my family and I hadn’t been to a wedding ceremony for a long time!

It was held on the morning after the day I arrived so technically I only had a few hours of sleep so hopefully I didn’t look too tired!! There wasn’t much to do so I was basically there to eat all the lovely buffet spread prepared by my aunt. I felt like I had gone up to food heaven because I was Malaysian-food deprived for so long so it was gobbling non-stop and chomping madness like it was an eating competition WTF! :roll:

All the decorations down to every single detail was done by the groom’s sister/my cousin sister! I really liked the christmas tree concept but it’s hanged with wedding/love related ornaments instead such as salt and pepper bottles! Being cousins, we shamelessly took this back when she casually said that we could take some things on the tree back. Who would have known that everyone in the family would at least take a single thing! I admit that I even took a hanger!! HAHAHAHAH WHAT? It’s printed with pink polka dots all over it! HAHAHHA FAMILY -nobody knows any shame when it comes to the family. :lol:

Seeing how it’s going to be such a hot and humid like any other day in Malaysia, I opted for something casual yet airy to maximise comfort without sacrificing on the stylish factor. :razz: I’ve gotten this neon yellow pleated mermaid skirt from Azorias long ago and I thought, this could be just the perfect occasion to wear it along with my cotton ‘denim’ shirt!

Knowing I’m such an accessories kind of girl, I’m pretty obsessed with sharp and spiky things lately so it’s no surprise that you’re seeing me in this spiky necklace. Gives me a new level of attitude along with my latest haircut that I got myself right before the wedding dinner itself!

I really liked Sandy’s wedding dress that night as it really reminds me of 20s! The feather head clip to crystals and beads dangling from her sleeves, everything including the wedding was absolutely beautiful. :grin:

The dinner was held on the next day instead so there was plenty of time to get ready hahaha! Being cousins, we were given tasks to help decorate the place with balloons and leading the guests to their respective tables.

What do you think of this dress that I’ve designed myself? You could tell that I’m really liking the asymmetry trend and I really love how this dress conveys a hint of mystery from the see through chiffon.

Felt like Katy Perry that night with my new partly shaved head, blue streaks of hair ends, a soft gradient green dress along with a pair of high platform heels with a pink plastic heel at the back!

I really enjoy weddings, especially the ones from my close family ties because it’s such an amazing joy to be able to meet everyone all in one night. For years, all of us cousins hadn’t been together as everyone’s very well all over the world so I’m really glad we could sit down together and enjoy a lovely meal together! :smile:

For my first outfit I was wearing:
Cotton Denim Top from Dotti
Neon Yellow Pleated Mermaid Skirt from Azorias
Balenciaga Clutch
Spiky Necklace from Lovisa
Neon Green Watch from Swatch
Black Chiffon Wedges from Topshop

As for my second outfit I was wearing:
Gradient Green Chiffon Dress designed by me
Gold Collar Necklace from Lovisa
Platform Heels from Topshop

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Day 5 around Germany

20th November 2011 – 12:52 am

I hadn’t been blogging for a month and this makes me feel like a sluggg!! I’ve actually had this post lying in my drafts for a really long time because I’ve been working REALLY HARD on my studies enjoying my trip back home too much with food showers.

Therefore, while my brain is on a long break, I’m just going to use every ounce of energy I have left in me to write up on my Europe trip! So I was still around in Germany in Day 5 and it was tiring because we’re moving from one country to another everyday! I certainly felt like a Nomad! :mrgreen:

Nothing spells a good breakfast without a warm cup of english breakfast tea on a cold and gloomy day! We were taken to a tiny town to catch the ferry to Cologne, Germany. But there was an hour till the ferry came, so we walked briefly around the town to check out the quaint little shops.

It was kind of freaky as I were taking pictures of these houses as I’m not too sure if the residents are watching me as I take or is the building being occupied because it’s REALLY REALLY quiet around there!! If i were to stay inside, I’m pretty sure you could hear me talking from miles away man!

I bursted out laughing when I set my eyes on these. Clearly depicts everyone in the society hey and it seems like something I could get off 9gag! OHMYGOD, did I tell you that is my latest obsession? I used to

The walls were filled with graffiti and paint sprays, though some might find it annoying and call it vandalism, and though it looked a tad bit messy here, I kinda liked how it looked when I was in the tunnel with the dim light coming in from the end of the tunnel! :smile:

FOR THE ENTIRE DAY, SHE’S BEEN POPPING OUT FROM BEHIND if you hadn’t noticed this already!! :evil:

It was a very serene place indeed as there was nothing around besides the small boat stop and a few houses lined up along the river! Hopped onto the boat once it has arrived and it was a 30 minute long boat ride with nothing but great views of the natural landscapes on both sides.

Another castle in sight and it sure was one hell of a windy day that time! I couldn’t even take a proper self shot without having hair on my face pfft!

So many ducklings by the river! I was obviously sighing in awe till my dad expressed how yummy they will taste like! :twisted: Yummmmehhh.

Oh yeah. We’re bad.

The tiled picture clearly shows the river that we’ve travelled along on our boat ride. :grin: Now everywhere that I headed to, there’s always a small fridge selling those mini tubs of Ben & Jerry’s and for my entire trip, I promised to myself that I would at least taste one of these little devils but time and time and again I’ll always end up being too bloated to stuff another toothpick down my throat. Hence, there goes my chance of eating it at a halved price compared to the ones selling in Malaysia!

Now now, there wasn’t many pictures taken while I was in Cologne as I was deprived from shopping excursions for the first few days of my Europe trip when honestly(truly!), my entire existence was focused solely on shopping itself. I was spending an hour of my given two hours in the cathedral thinking yuppp, the tourguide gave us two hours to walk around this snapping pictures. Could you have imagined the moment when my eyes laid onto a girl’s shopping bag labelled with ‘H&M’ across it? I went bananas because at that time, I was really hoping to get my hands onto a banana collection swimwear. It was a tough hour juggling between holding an umbrella to protect myself from the heavy drizzle and another hand balanced with shopping bags. Not to mention, there were an army of people on the streets! Ahhhh such memories. :roll:

Didn’t do much that night besides having supper in our hotel bar. The hot chocolate was simply delicious and there was an additional small block of chocolate for me to add in when the drink itself is chocolatey enough on its own already! It wasn’t a really long day filled with many activities so there wasn’t really any outfit pictures as it was a day just in comfortable clothes. I just can’t wait to write on my next few posts! :twisted:

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