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Style Diary : Chinese New Year 2012!

Melissa — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:24:06 +0000

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.

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!!!! 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!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Twenty One in 2011

Melissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:21:45 +0000

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! Buttttt I guess 21 isn’t such a bad thing, since all your presents will be tripled or quadrupled *wishful thinking!*.

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. 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!! 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.

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! 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! I had to convinced myself that I was just being strictly independent!

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!! 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!

Day 5 around Germany

Melissa — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:52:17 +0000

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!

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!

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

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! Yummmmehhh.

Oh yeah. We’re bad.

The tiled picture clearly shows the river that we’ve travelled along on our boat ride. 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.

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!

Day 4 at Heidelberg

Melissa — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:50:19 +0000

Helloooo! So I hadn’t been blogging cause ~~I’m so addicted to Sims on Facebook that I’ve neglected~~ my blog has been undergoing some system upgrade and changing of servers.

Anyways, it’ll be my first shift participating in the Perth Fashion Festival tomorrow so wish me luck! If i may, I will take some backstage photos for you guys to see. I’m just too excited being able to work as a dresser for prestigious designers in this coming week!!!

Plus, multicultural week is kicking off on this coming Monday so it’s going to be a busy week!

I’ve still got much to talk about my Europe trip and I’m only halfway through Day 4!! Continuing my trip from Lucerne, we departed on bus to Germany. On the way to Germany itself, we stopped by a scenic spot which overlooks one of the longest rivers in Europe, Rhine River. I was greeted with the most spectacular view of the river itself. It was definitely cloudy alright, but thankfully there wasn’t any rain pouring down when we were there.

I opted for a day dress as I know that I would be doing a lot of walking throughout the entire day. But in order to keep it casual, I took my leather belt which came with a fur vest and tied a little bow at the back instead to give my outfit a cute surprise when I take down my jacket.

We then travelled across the vast fields and passing by the Black Forest to arrive at a little small town in Germany. It was definitely a quaint and lovely town with quite a number of people in it. Our German lunch of pork knuckle and pork sausages was served in a restaurant located in Drubba, a cuckoo clock factory shop! On a side note, you can probably tell that I’m currently obsessed with dalmation and their lovely dalmation prints! One dalmation fur coat away and I’m straight to Cruella DeVil.

Of course, certainly we would be able to experience a German lunch consisting for pork sausages, pork knuckles, sauerkraut and some fries. It was weird though that there was rice on it! The waitress who served us sure have some great strength on her pair of arms as she managed to hold onto so many pints of beer at one go as though they are as light as feathers!! And since Blackforest cake originated from this part of Europe, we’ve got the chance to taste a piece of cake each! In my opinion, there was too much alcohol in it though so much so that it’s overpowering which completely destroy the cake as a whole for me.

Just right after our hearty lunch, we then proceeded to a demonstration on how cuckoo clocks are made!! I know how cuckoo clocks are made of wood traditionally but I couldn’t help it but to fall in love with that plastic one! Simply just too unique on its own!

There were definitely lots of families walking around, bringing their dogs with them as well. Almost everyone has a dog walking with them in this town and how I just wish that I could do the same in Malaysia as well. Anyway, on that day itself, there was a massive band and stalls set up like as though there was a festival going on so it was truly an amazing experience. Not to forget the wonderful lake overlooking the Black Forest (if I’m not mistaken that should be it!). We didn’t stay here for long though as we were supposed to continue our journey to Heidelberg.

My Judas Dance Crew baby!

I just love how the rays are passing through the clouds in this particular picture.

It irks me that we are having so many Chinese dinners in this trip alone when we can try what the locals have to offer!! So we had our meal at this Chinese restaurant and please don’t laugh at the monkey’s butt and it’s toot. Just didn’t expected the person who made this to go into such detail! It wasn’t intentional!!

I love how there’s palace in the most random places. I’ve seen so many palaces in this trip it’s not even funny! They all remind me of the Super Mario’s palace naturally.

There wasn’t much to buy in Heidelberg but I dare say that there were definitely many interesting things to see. The atmosphere in the small town market area was very relaxing with many alfresco cafes and mostly all of them are being almost full! And of course, it wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t visit the Hard Rock cafe in Heidelberg itself.

That day I was wearing:
Pink Ruffled Dress from Ying & Yang
Neon Green Watch from Swatch
Fringed Boots from a random shoe shop in Perth
Accessories from Lovisa

PS : On a side note, I’ve been watching this video every night without fail because I personally think it’s so funny!! Lanvin campaign ads always get me hooked!! SHUSHH I know mostly everyone has watched it but I just couldn’t help posting it!

Day 3 in Lucerne

Melissa — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:23:33 +0000

For our third day, woke up to a beautiful morning sunshine which I’m eternally grateful for because it has been raining for the past two days! In my entire trip, I must say that Lucerne is one city that I came to love a lot. It’s so pretty in terms of scenery and I would want to live here when I’m old!!!

Have you ever guys been torn on what to have for breakfast because the spread is soo mouth tantalizing!! So that explains the cereal (OH.MY.GOD, the best cereals I’ve taken because I’ve added walnuts and honey nuts inside!!) and the other plate meh hehe. I’m supposed to eat like a king for breakfast right!?

What I love about travelling is that we cover a whole lot of distance by foot so that’s definitely some great exercise! We walked from our hotel to the iconic wooden Chapel Bridge for about 10 minutes. The view was absolutely breathtaking after crossing the bridge as we’ve managed to catch a glimpse of the mountain and the lake was filled with pretty swans and ducks! Okay, I know that you can only see ONE swan in this picture but I swear that there was at least 15 of them!

I swear to God I’m addicted to all the pedestrian traffic buttons because I seem to have a picture of each in every country I go to wth! And don’t you think this particular one looked like it’s taken over by human-eating robots or something. I’ve managed to buy two watches while I was in Switzerland and they were spectacular! I’ve always wanted a black one but I guess my skin doesn’t go with black watches so I got a white one instead along with a Fluorescent Neon Green watch with silicon strap(not pictured)! It was such a delight to touch the silicon material. So nice to smell too!

Even though it’s freezing, that doesn’t stop me from getting a cone of ice-cream from the famous Ice-cream store! They sell macarons with ice-cream fillings too! Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to get them though cause I still hadn’t finish my box of macarons from the day before. Camwhore Fail!

We then proceeded to the Lion Monument and to manage to get some cuckoo clocks magnets from a quaint little corner store. But I guess the shopaholic character got the better of me because I ended up buying mouse pads with cows on them too LOL!

After spending a wonderful time on sight-seeing and getting some souvenirs, we went up to Mount Titlis by taking a cable car. It was approximately an hour just being inside the cable car. Throughout the entire time, we could hear the bells hanging on the cows’ neck jingling dingling doo! We had cheese fondue for lunch along with other dishes as well but I didn’t want to stuff myself silly as we knew that we were going to take a stroll along the snow covered mountain!

Just as the moment we stepped out, it was snowing heavily for a few minutes! DURING SUMMER! It definitely was one hell of a magical moment at the top of that mountain. My family and I held our hands together to walk because we were so not equipped with clothes that are meant for snow! I fell halfway and all they did was take continuous shots of me while laughing and nobody even bothered to help me up!!! The most amusing thing I saw while walking was that an Indian lady was walking in her SAREE while it’s snowing!!! To think that I’m already freezing in my winter coat!! But that’s not it, there was another couple who were pushing their baby pram on the snow. ON THE SNOW! It didn’t move an inch of course cause the wheel was rolling at the same spot.

Everyone went back into the cafe in less than 10 minutes and you could tell that I wasn’t very happy and satisfied with that as we still have an hour or so more before we could get back down! So i waited for my dad to have his ice-cream (look whose the kiddy one now ) before he could take me out to play in the snow again!

‘TYRA DID I MAKE YOUUUU PROUD? I’M SMIZING!’

As soon as we got down, we spotted two local kids selling fresh cherries by the roadside. The small boy kept cycling back and forth from his house to pluck more cherries when a swarm of Chinese tourist surrounded them! While waiting for them to buy their cherries, there was an exchange of conversation between the girl and a Chinese woman who doesn’t know how to converse in English, and so she turned to me. That’s when all the monkey signs came out. Knowing how I’m a complete idiot in Mandarin, I just waved my hand around leaning back and forth, rolling my eyes mumbling ‘I don’t know what is she talking about!’ because I can’t translate anything at all! But we did get our hands on two bags of cherries and they the sweetest ones that I’ve ever tasted!

That’s one thing when you played in the snow, you’ll definitely get gross and tangled hair soon after! Spending the afternoon surrounded by snow was more than I could ever ask for. We went back to the city after that to have a walk around CLOSED SHOPS because it was a Catholic holiday!!!! SO YES, two days in Lucerne and STILL NO SHOPPING FOR ME YET! There I was, sulking in front of stores when their display windows are filled with pretty clothes.

I love walking around the streets in Lucerne, the shops, the cafes tucked in the middle of the roads, random painting of a banana on the wall and the swans swaying idly to the water currents in the lake. Everything was just picture perfect with the amazing view of the mountain under the blue sky. I could live here thinking to myself as it’s one of the cities that I love so much.

That day I was wearing:
Pale Pink Belted Cape Coat from Forever New
Off-White Long Sleeve Top with half sheer sleeve from Kookai
Fringed Boots from a random shoe shop in Perth
Flower Garland and Cameo Bracelet with ‘Pearls’ from Diva
Accessories from Topshop and Thomas Sabo

Fur for Truffle Festival

Melissa — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:08:06 +0000

Just a week ago, I attended my very first food festival in Perth after all these years! For this one, it was all about truffles, truffles and more truffles!

Going with the rhyme, so I thought this would be a great time for me to wear my faux fur gilet! My precious precious fur vest. The desperate things I would do to get hold of this treasure of mine! I’ve always asked my friends if they have any desperate shopping stories to share just so I wouldn’t feel so alone hehe but it seems like I have too many it’s not even funny!

As soon as we got there, the rain was pouring so badly with strong cold winds, I was beyond freezing!! But as the weather tends to have its own PMS, it was all sunny minutes later. So Thank God for that. We were greeted by Jean Pierre Sancho’s tent and the first thing I couldn’t wait to get my hands on was their truffle macaron! Tastewise, it was okay but I didn’t really like the texture of it though as I find it a tad bit dry.

Walking deeper into the festival, there were a whole lot more stalls offering a variety of food. There was a long queue at the Truffle and Mushrooms stalls especially and the grilled mushrooms smelt soooooo good! It was definitely one of the juiciest and tastiest mushroom I’ve ever tasted! Boy they were big juicy juicy mushrooms! It was my first time eating mushrooms this way cause usually, I’m perfectly satisfied with a mushroom omelette!

Saw a bunch of old ladies in the middle of nowhere and thought it was funny to imitate them!

After awhile, we were on a street filled with food vendors and the aroma of food being cooked by each stall was just too good to ignore! So everyone bought different food so that everyone could have a taste out of everything! We’ve got Fish and Chips with Truffle Mayonnaise, Truffled Potato Croquettes, and Gnocchi Ravioli with Mushrooms and Truffle from Inconte. I love the truffle mayonnaise so much because I found myself constantly dipping away with it! We even shared a Truffled Moonmeat Burger from Mondo Butchers and Crispy RABBIT and Truffle spring rolls! YES, I ate a rabbit eeekkks!! It was soft and tender I have to say but I felt like as though I was eating a pet dog! But the weirdest bit of the day was the chicken and truffle flavoured Ice-cream! There wasn’t any taste of chicken in it though but it was definitely an amazing treat!

You can tell by the end that I was very, very truffle-fied.

As we started our day earlier in the day, we’ve noticed that there was a tent promoting Tourism Malaysia specifically and it was funny because there’s no other countries promoting themselves and I thought I was in a Truffle Festival! But then again, I’m glad it was there as I’ve got to attend Chef Wan’s cooking session hahahaha! Ohmygod he is one of the horniest man I’ve ever known because he constantly talks to us about dirty jokes! (not that I don’t enjoy *coughs coughs!* )

I loved the session so much because it was also my first time trying out the Malay’s porridge that is always being served during Hari Raya? Correct me if I’m wrong! Other than that, he even cooked lamb rendang? I don’t know what is it called in Malay gosh but the meat was so tender and well marinated!! *shyy*

That day, this was the outfit that got me freezing like a mad scrawny chicken! But hey, no pain no gain!

Faux Fur Gilet with a leather strap beltfrom Forever New
Navy Blue with White Stripes Tunic from Uniqlo
Red Loafers from Random Shop in Beaune
Accessories from Diva
Heart Pendant with Necklace from Dearest Mummy
Alexander Wang Rocco Bag

Beaune

Melissa — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:32:27 +0000

I’m having mixed emotions today because of my weird encounter with a stranger at the train station. So there I was minding my own business, with my earphones on playing the list of songs fro mmy phone while people watching, THIS MAN on my left raised his voice a few times to say hello to me.

Now of course, any sane person like me wouldn’t answer to the first few hellos because I’ve always smiled or waved at people whom I think was saying Hello to me, but really it was to the person behind me. Hence, I ignored him, thinking that he wasn’t calling out to me! Not giving up, he waved his hand over just inches away from my face, that I could literally feel the wind caused by his hand movements. We ended up talking about Angry Birds WTF because he assumed I was playing that game on my phone. So I wasn’t very keen on talking to him because I’m sorry, his pronunciation wasn’t very clear from the first place due to his Arabic accent so I tried to break off the conversation by putting my earphones back.

THEN TO MY ASTONISHMENT, he asked me ‘ARE YOU STRAIGHT?‘

WHAT.THE.HELL.

ANYWAYS, after a hectic schedule in Paris on the first day, all we did on the second day was just travelling across the country to Switzerland. I was a little down at first when I see itinerary list for the day as there was probably two things at most. But at the same time, I was quietly looking forward to Switzerland because my parents had always been telling me how wonderful it is whenever I ask them about their Europe trip decades ago.

But boy oh boy it sure was another gloomy day as it was drizzling for quite a bit during our whole journey.

It was pretty chilly and helll I was freezing in my sheer top! Of course I didn’t want to admit that in front of my family or they would reprimand me for wearing something so thin! I’ve always remembered seeing the newly advertised Kinder Bueno White in every magazines I read, so when I finally see it being sold at one of the snack stores, I stole my mummy’s money to pamper myself with Kinder Bueno. I have to say though that I still prefer the milk chocolate. Guess I’m just not used to eating white chocolate! Halfway through our journey, we spotted a castle on my left and doesn’t that just reminds you of the castle in Super Mario when we play as a kid?!?!

Midway through to Switzerland, we’ve made a short detour to a quaint town known as Beaune to spend a little bit of ~~my dad’s money LOL~~ time. As soon as we made our entrance, I could feel the peace radiating from the town already without even having to get down from the bus yet!

We were given the privilege to have our own lunch so relying on our ~~instincts~~ sense of smell, we went around sniffing and spotting for the cafe with the most patrons! While walking along the streets, there it was, the smell of grilled sandwiches and the sound of a busy restaurant serving its customers with a variety of mouth-watering food, we knew that restaurant would be THE ONE.

As everything was mostly written in French, thankfully the names were quiet similar to English and with the help of a pretty girl whom served our table that afternoon, we managed to pick our lunch without any problem and I dare say, this was one of the best meals I’ve ever had on my Europe trip. Though the simplicity, each dish was perfectly prepared!

As the saying goes, the way to a man’s heart is by filling up his tummy! So as cunning as I can be, seemingly that my Dad was happy, I went up to him and asked him if he could buy me a pair of red loafers from that a random shoe shop! One must not be afraid to take chances and go further! So there I was, pushing more buttons HAHAHAHHAA, I asked my dad if I could get a box of macarons!

I must say that not that I’ve tasted a lot of macarons but I could tell that these ones were good!! I was keen on buying more pastries because honestly, I’m a sucker for all things sweet but I sternly reminded myself that no, I wouldn’t be able to finish them! Although it’s just a small pastry store from a quaint town, Pâtisserie Wagner does wonders with their selection of pastries and desserts!

After spending a good two hours in Beaune, it’s non-stop travelling to Switzerland! As soon as we arrived, we were famished by then so we had dinner at one of the restaurants in the hotel called Penthouse. The meat was absolutely juicy and even more flavourful when it’s combined with creamy mushroom sauce! Funny thing was, it was already close to 9 and it was as bright as ever outside!!! So my parents and I took a brief walk outside the hotel just across the street to have a look at these colourful watches because they were so eye-catching from afar when I walked into the hotel earlier! Wished I could have a box of these beauties!!

Moving on to outfit pictures!

What I love about this top is it’s capelet collar because I guess somehow, having something over my shoulders makes me feel protected in a way hahaha! That’s why you see, superheroes have capes! And I’ve been buying these kind of tights because I love the idea of knee length socks but not so much of the socks itself because it tends to slide down as I walk, whereas these tights gives the illusion of you wearing a knee length socks and you need not have to worry of it sliding down your legs(!!) and having to pull it up over time and again. I’ve gotten so many questions whenever I wear these out because strangers would always come up to me and ask if those heart shapes were my tattoo! I think I’ll die if I put a tattoo on my thighs because as you all know, I’m highly intolerant to pain!!

Sheer Blouse with Pleated Capelet Collar from Topshop
Black Cuffed Shorts from Zara
Tights from Topshop
Accessories from random silver shop and Diva
Heart Pendant with Necklace from Dearest Mummy
Longchamp bag borrowed from Mummy

PS : Yes, I brought Minnie along with me for my entire Europe trip!!

J’adore Paris

Melissa — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:12:50 +0000

Melissa : Hello Daddy can I speak to you?
Daddy and Mummy : WHY? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BUY AGAIN?
Melissa : *giggles like a schoolgirl*

They know me too well -.-

Please pardon my short absence as I was having the time of my life coughing my lungs out when I got back from my trip! And I’ve been recuperating in the corner ever since. Nevertheless, it was definitely one of the best trips that I’ll keep close to my heart because my daddy had promised to take me to Europe when I was ten and I’ll be constantly reminding him of how he didn’t keep his promise at the end of every year for a decade. So I could literally say that this is my long awaited trip and I thank you so much for keeping your word and making it happen!

To start with, it was definitely the longest flight that I’ve ever taken but it somehow made me realised that I could really sleep soundly even if it’s in a plane! Anyways, upon arriving in Paris Airport, I decided to change my outfit IN THE AIRPLANE’S TOILET and i thought it was an impossible mission knowing how tiny the space is. I even managed to put on my tights so I think I’m Superwoman!

Skipping all the usual things people go through in an immigration, we’re done and while waiting for the bus, we saw a little bird getting rolled over by a trolley full of luggage and it just happened right BEFORE MY EYES OHMYGOD! So the first thing I thought of was OHMYGOD THIS IS A BAD SIGN instead of POOR BIRDIE. Anyways, I love how everyone have their pooches on a lead walking around because it’s just so exciting to look how these puppies resembles their owner!

Yuuppp that’s right! That’s the very first man that caught my eye on the streets of Paris! *wiggle eyebrows!!* I have to say that I didn’t spend that much time in Paris though, to be more specific, I only have like a few hours? Which I honestly can say that, IT DEFINITELY WASN’T ENOUGH AT ALL!

One of the reasons to that was due to the heavy traffic in Paris. I hadn’t expected traffic to be this bad especially around Avenue des Champs-Élysée. But I guess that it’s one of the famous tourist area so that explains everything.

We were spared 5 minutes at Arc de Triomphe (better known as Arch of Triumph) and I have to exclaim that I really, REALLY love the intricate details that were beautifully carved onto these buildings and pillars. So much history and beauty being put together and I really love buildings with designs like that.

Every single spot we stopped at, I would force my daddy to take pictures of my outfit to which he would agree!! Anyways, while walking towards Louvre Pyramid, the iron grills along the street seems somewhat familiar to me because as an avid follower of random fashion blogs and pictures on tumblr, I would always ALWAYS see iron grills in those common street style pictures!

After much walking, I thank Heaven that we were then whisked off for lunch at Chef Edouard’s! The waiters doesn’t just look yummy but they sound even better when they speak mandarin! That reminds me of this video which I just watched the other day HAHAHA!! Anyways, I was quite impressed with the choices given because we were being spoilt with I’m guessing chicken(?) pâté, juicy escargots, duck confit and apple tarte tartin to finish off and I surprised myself when I could finished all of them single-handed!

Finally, I spotted a cute red Vespa parked by the roadside!! I knew that the owner was sitting at one of the tables just right opposite but I pushed my pride aside to take pictures with it shamelessly because HELLOOO, you can hardly find one in Australia or Malaysia!!

Then off I went on a boat ride with the new found Parisian boyfriend HAHAHAHHAHAA ! Anyways, there was a point when it comes to a spot where I noticed these police officers on the speedboat and walking around in their uhm BLACK DIVING SUIT? I nudged my sister and told her that it looked like as if they just walked out from an action-packed movie.

But really, I love the last picture here though I must admit that I hadn’t been able to capture their emotions at a close range but I enjoy looking at this picture tremendously because of the way they smile at each other and you could tell that they are having a good time just talking by the river! Friends or not friends, it’s the warmth they’re giving and that makes me misses my friends and family dearly!

As we only get to spend a day in Paris and without much time left, the only place left to go was Eiffel Tower when it comes to sight seeing. However, due to the VERY VERY BAD TRAFFIC, the woman who acted as our tourguide told us something that nobody wants to hear.

All I could hear was ‘YOU.MIGHT.NOT.HAVE.TIME.TO.SHOP’.

Then it seems like the end of the world, not because I couldn’t resist the shopping beast inside me but my brother in law started to mumble repeatedly saying ‘I don’t care, I want to shop. I don’t care if we don’t go to the Eiffel Tower!’.

When he mentioned those words, I got so worried because it was bad enough that I hadn’t gone up to the Great Wall of China regardless of me going to China a few times. So I didn’t want to come all the way to Paris and not go to Eiffel Tower!! Till this day, the ‘Great Wall of China’ incident is one of the things that I didn’t want to think or talk about!

Luck was on our side however, we got to go up to Eiffel Tower in the end! *throws confetti!* The view was just spectacular from where I was!

Lastly, it was then time for shopping at the prestigious Galeries Lafayette! You see that picture on that bus? My mummy saw it at the airport earlier and told me that I should buy that ‘headband’ because i would be crazy enough to carry that on my head HAHAHAHAH! Obviously my instinctive reaction was to give her the -.- face but secretly, I wished that I do have that LOL! Jokes aside, I really love that girl I saw from the coat she was wearing to her boots. And I love how that man’s pants matches the pedestrian traffic light.

It definitely felt like I’ve signed up for an amazing race competition because of the time limit we were given to buy everything in one place. To be more specific we only had 50 minutes to do our shopping. To make things more boom boom pow, it was one of the largest malls with the best brands inside. I have to say that I dislike being rushed when I’m trying to take in my surroundings both visually and emotionally but hey no complains because after all, this is a tour! But I did add one bag in one of my latest favourite colour to my collection which I will show you very soon! Though on the bad side, by the time I tried on the clothes I wanted to buy, there just wasn’t enough time for me to pay so I was quite devastated at the same time!

Anyways outfit time!

As I was in Paris, I’ve decided to wear something taking a slight influence from the Parisians’ style. Honestly, I love this combination so much because it is so comfortable to wear in at the same time especially when you’re on a holiday. What do you guys think?

Sequins and Grosgrain Ribbons Jacket from Topshop
Tulip Print High Waisted Shorts from Topshop
Black Pleated Tank Top from Kookai
Accessories from Lovisa and Diva
Heart Pendant with Necklace from Dearest Mummy
Longchamp bag borrowed from Mummy

Last Sunday

Melissa — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:00:44 +0000

It was Father’s Day last Sunday and thankfully I arrived in KL the day before so I’ve got the chance to celebrate this day with my dearest kesayangan Daddy!!

I definitely felt like a bimbo the other day because my Daddy had to fetch me to the hairstylist to cut my hair first hohohoho!! Mind you, my hair was as long as Rapunzel ~~which was my lifelong dream~~ as you can see from the narcissistic pictures above.

We Daddy brought us to Delicious because my sister and I are broke like that and because that’s one of my favourite places to have lunches at. I just realised I didn’t take pictures of my Daddy and I when it’s Father’s Day we’re celebrating. Shows how bimbotic I could get hahahahahha!!

What do you think of my new length of hair???? When my hair was being cut, i kept thinking of this.

Whatever. It’s just hair.

After an hour.

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I WISHED I HADN’T CUT IT!!!!!!

I know. I have multiple personalities.

Oriental

Melissa — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:53:20 +0000

I’m supposed to be packing for my flight now which is due in a few hours but look at me, I’m blogging!! *pauses* I just lied to my mum saying that I’m packing.

Hello again!! Here’s another post as promised days ago to keep you entertained!!

This kimono wrap was definitely one of the times where I buy a certain thing without giving a thought. In another words, an impulsive purchase. WHATTTTTTTT? It’s on 50% sale! But I didn’t regret a single bit because I’ve worn it so many times as it’s light enough and keeps me warm enough from those cold winter breeze. I particularly like the prints on the kimono wrap because it’s has a strong oriental influence so I thought of playing around with my outfit to that theme. What do you think of it?

Luckily, my finals was only spread within a range of 4 days, this simply means that I could have an extra week to grab all the goodies on sale just in time for the Financial Year End Sale!

Spending hours walking has definitely took its toll on our legs so we spent a long time leaping around in the park like it’s a playground for kids. What’s more kid-like than finishing the day with chocolate drinks and cheesecakes?

KIMONO WRAP FROM TOPSHOP
RED NAUTICAL WAISTBELT FROM MNG
WHITE FLOWER HEADBAND FROM DIVA