Singapore Vlog #1

We went on a year end trip to Singapore just a few days before Christmas. The trip was just the four of us and it was so much fun. This is part 1 of the three part videos that I'll be posting over the course of the next couple of days (weeks?).

Merry (Belated) Christmas everyone!

It's Her Day

This story is going to be a couple of weeks too late. But we celebrated one of my best friend's birthday, Melissa, at an Italian eatery that she and her husband owned called De Boni's Cucina Italiana a couple of weeks ago. We ate a lot, drank a lot, laugh a lot. May everyone have a jolly holiday!

Bullet Journal: December

We're almost near the end of 2019! For this month's theme, I'm feeling rather festive. So I decided on doing a somewhat Christmasy theme... you know, to get into the holiday spirit. To be quite honest, I really do think that this is my favorite one of the year. And also, be sure to check out the video I posted on how I did this month's spread.

Do-It-Yourselfer

We went to IKEA over the weekend. It was fun for the kids.

Bullet Journal: November

It's November! And that means we're already on our last stretch of Fall before diving straight into the Winter season next month! I was feeling a little uninspired and caught some creativity block, so this month's setup plan, I kept it pretty much minimalistic with hints of things that represents Fall: autumn leaves, acorns and muted brown color.

Date Night

We Clean Up Good

We dressed up for my cousin's wedding two weeks ago. I thought we cleaned up pretty good if I do say so myself. A big congratulations to my cousin, Megumi and her new husband, Bobby. May you both live happily ever after!

Cool Cats

Our 9 year-old son took these pictures. Not bad, eh?

What I'm wearing:
Vintage Christian Dior Boutique dress - Chanel quilted clutch - Vintage cat eye sunglasses - ASOS black suede heels (no longer available)

Being Casual

What I'm Wearing:

Alex[A]lexa "Fontaine" Top (here) - Zara navy linen trousers (no longer available) - Adidas Stan Smith sneakers (here)

"That's Life"

This is a super late post. Something I did just for fun for Halloween. I didn't attend any kind of Halloween party just because I didn't want to. But I thought I'd try something fun for myself makeup-wise. I was so inspired by the movie "Joker", I decided to try to do a Joker-inspired makeup look. I thought it turned out pretty good, considering I'm no expert at makeup whatsoever.

What do you think?

Bullet Journal: October

Welcome to Spooktober! When I think of October, I always think of Halloween. So I take this opportunity to create this month's setup to be slightly dipping into the spooky spirit but not going all the way in with the Halloween theme. I really love the outcome of this month's setup. I thought it still packs quite a punch despite the minimalistic aesthetic approach that I always seek for.

September Birthdays

So many special birthdays this month.

Let's start with September 8 - it's my mom's birthday!

And then September 18 - my daughter's 4th birthday!

We celebrated her birthday at her school per her request and she wanted to wear a full on Wonder Woman costume because she's in that phase.

Then September 24 - it's my birthday!

I wanted a donut tower for my birthday cake. My husband totally delivered with this amazing and delicious donut tower birthday "cake" from Dough Darlings.

Thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wishes personally.

35 and I'm hoping I shall thrive more here on out.

#momsquad

I'm so grateful for each and every one of you.

Birthday Wishlist

It's my birthday month! A girl can always dream up her birthday wish list right?

So here goes.

(Top to Bottom, Left to Right):

1. Latour HD-18S Double Color Ring Light

2. Loewe Puzzle Bag in Small (Black)

3. Leuchtturm 1917 Dotted A5 Notebook (Black)

4. Gucci Bloom Perfume

5. Glossier Super Bounce Hyaluronic Acid Vitamin B5 Serum or the Super Bounce Vitamin C serum

6. Lou Lou Rose Brittany necklaces (I have my own preferred details in mind though)

7. The Sims 4

8. Loewe Puzzle Bag in Small (Sand/Mink)

9. Calvin Klein bralette and panties set (Black)

Ok. That is all.

Bullet Journal: September

It's September, baby! September is my birth month, and one thing you need to know about me is that I was an 80s baby (I was born in 1984 in case you simply must know), which makes me a 90s kid. I have many fond memories growing up in the 90s. Where social medias are non existent and life was just so much simpler back then.

Anyway, in honour of my birth month, I thought what better way than to do an 80s/90s themed bullet journal setup? I'm thinking neon colors and geometric prints. Stuff that kind of reminds of what I'm into when I was younger.. that whole cool old school MTV generation stuff. I really do think that this theme is one of my all time favorite that I've done so far.

Enjoy!

PS: Don't forget to watch the video at the very end of this post. Also leave it lots of love by giving the video thumbs up and subscribing to my youtube channel.

School Pick Up

I am normally not the kind of mom who would dress up to perfection when it comes to school pick up. Heck, I'm the kind of mom who would just roll out of bed, brush my teeth, wash my face, brush my hair, wore my workout clothes, and I'm out the door for school drop off.

But sometimes, I still like to look presentable every so often. Like yesterday, I had to pick up my kids from school. So I put on my knee length baby blue skirt for a change (instead of my usual jeans) with a simple white tee. And to keep it casual I pair my ensemble with my neutral coloured Vans sneakers. To add a bit of chic-ness, I took my vintage cream Chanel bag out for the day. To top things off, doing the #evachenpose while waiting for my kids to come out from school.

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What I'm wearing:

The Editor's Market blue skirt (no longer available) - Vans OLDSKOOL sneakers - Chanel vintage bag - Quay Australia x Desi Perkins "Don't @ Me" sunglasses

On the Hunt

I was on the hunt for the perfect high-waisted trousers that are straight cut, slightly cropped to perfection and not black. While I was browsing through Zara's website, I stumbled upon the above trousers! I fell in love. I wasn't really sure about the sizing, so I just wing it. I bought it and waited about a week for my Zara package to arrive. When it finally came, OMG, it was perfect! From the fit, the color and the style. They are no longer available though, so I can't put any link for it. And my only regret is: Man, I should've bought two of them.

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What I'm wearing:

Zara top (no longer available) - Zara high-waisted trousers with belt (no longer available) - Chanel classic flap bag - Quay Australia x Desi Perkins "Don't @ Me" sunglasses (here) - Repetto Rose mary jane shoes (here)

Bullet Journal: August

It's August baby! Which means it is Back to School month! For me at least because both my kids' school started pretty much at the very end of July. So, yeah. I'm making August a back to school month for me. The super long school holiday has finally ended, and we're back to reality extra hard now.. This month's bullet journal theme that I have chosen are Hot Air Balloons! No particular reason really. My head space has been pretty much in so much chaos the last couple of weeks, imagining being on top of a hot air balloon soaring through the sky felt calming. At least in my mind. Because in all honesty, I'm extremely terrified of height.

Anyway. As always, I posted a video on how I do this month's layout. So don't forget to check out the rest of this blog post and watch the video. And also give the video lots of love by clicking the like and subscribe button. I would highly appreciate it.

Enjoy!

Road Trip: Taman Safari

For the last stretch of the kids' school holiday, we end it by going to Taman Safari Cisarua. It has been years since the last time we went, so we figured, might as well go. It turned out to be a fun filled day, which both the kids thoroughly enjoyed. You can witness all the shenanigans in the video below!

Can't wait to visit again in the future!

Vintage Dior

One of the greatest perks of having a fashionista as a mother are all the fabulous vintage designer pieces hand-me-downs that I get to enjoy as the only daughter. This one has got to be one of my favourites (among the sea of vintage designer purses and other well made clothing items): a beautiful Christian Dior see through blouse that I can dress up or down. Here I pair it with my favourite black skinny jeans from ASOS.

Bullet Journal: July

There's nothing represents Summer better than a beach or pool day. So my theme for this month is none other than Beach Day!

Watch the video below to see how I set up this month's bullet journal spread.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed making them. I have to say, I'm very pleased and proud of myself this month because with this theme, I get to explore my creative side more. Now keep in mind that I am not the best at drawing and all things artsy. But I'm trying to come out of my comfort zone every so often. And I'm very happy with the result!

FRIENDS

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Fight for you

Respect you

Include you

Encourage you

Need you

Deserve you

Stand by you

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction has got to be one of my all time favorite movies ever. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, who is also one of my favorite film director ever. This movie has given me a lot of inspirations every so often. I'm also obsessed with Uma Thurman's character, Mia Wallace's style in this film.

Bullet Journal: June

Summer is officially here! Here is my June bullet journal set up.

Summer is all about the chill and laid back vibe (although none of that might be happening to your girl any time soon) and the first thing that pops into my mind is ICE CREAM.

Video is linked down below, be sure to give it lots of love!

Eid Mubarak

Happy Eid Mubarak for those celebrating.

It has been a pretty busy month for me, but so many blessings.

What I'm wearing:

Shankara blouse (coming soon) - Zara high waisted trousers (no longer available)

Bullet Journal: May

May is all about transitioning from Spring to Summer. And I'm all about daisies! It looks very crisp, simple and fresh.

You don't know how much bumps I had to endure to be able to put out this new video. In the middle of filming the camera suddenly stopped recording and I lost a chunk of footage. You can see it in the video below about all my endeavour. Although it took a while, partly thanks to my little brother, I manage to salvaged the video. Hence, the delayed in posting up this video.

Anyway. Enjoy the video below and don't forget to give it lots of love and subscribe to my channel!

Until the next one!

Rooftop

Chasing the golden hour because the lighting is just superb. Also, Summer is almost arriving. I think this white eyelet top from Zara and a mini denim skirt is perfect to welcome the season.

Summer Vibes

Summer vibes to me is enjoying the cool breeze and warm weather in my backyard. While chasing the gorgeous golden hour obviously.

Military Jumpsuit

I am currently loving the whole military-inspired jumpsuit look. The one I'm wearing is from H&M. They're perfect and won't break your bank. Also I think they're super versatile to be dressed up or down. H&M currently have many variety of military-inspired jumpsuit styles that I think worth checking out. 

French Bob | White Frills

I got a haircut over the weekend. The cut that has been haunting me in my dreams for the past week or two. I've been obsessing over this French bob hair style and finally pluck up the courage to get it done after consulting with my stylist over the phone. I am so in love with this new hair! Another exciting thing? I got this new top from my good friend Monique who owns the label alex[a]lexa and I am obsessed!

What I'm wearing:

alex[a]lexa Fontaine top (here) - ASOS Farleigh mom jeans - Gucci belt - Quay x Desi "Don't @ Me" sunglasses in white - Zara heels

Bullet Journal: April

I made a poll on my instagram a while back on deciding what theme I should do for April's bullet journal setup. The contenders were between Rabbit vs Umbrella. Most of the votes went for Rabbit. But guess what? I decided to use both instead. I'm also feeling the color blue this month, so I guess that's also my color theme for this month.

Vintage Wings

I was rummaging through my jewellery box the other day, and found a hidden gem that I haven't touched for years! It's a vintage gold angel wings necklace that I got at a vintage store in Sydney, Australia, many years ago. I'm pretty good with my stuff, so it's still in its original shape that I bought them. The chain is a bit too long for my liking, so I might do something about it.

Fashion Friday: It's Pizza Day

Weekend is family day. We tried this new-ish pizza place in Terogong area called SL/CED PIZZERIA. So delish, you should definitely try it out for yourself.