FAMOUS FRIENDS

February 5, 2012

Like many of you, I trawl street style blogs a lot, and I gravitate towards men’s street style, just because. You can imagine my delight, when my good friend, and my beloved editor at Designaré HOMME [beloved because he farms out freelances gigs to me all the time!], Jeremy appears on one of them.

And then of course, if you haven’t read my squealing over Kate Spade’s Spring Summer campaign images, here’s one of them… and my soul sista/ favourite clothes horse/New Yorker’s in the campaign. Also, it’s from the campaign that I learnt that Xiao can’t play musical chairs:

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LOVE

February 4, 2012

You would have seen photos of my latest indulgence if you follow me on Twitter and Instagram. At first, when I handed over my card, I felt a little guilty. Then, every single time I look down at my hand and see how gorgeous it is, I die a little inside.

[That's it. No. More. Shopping!]

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EASY PEASY SQUID SALAD

February 1, 2012

I have given up on the aforementioned Intermittent Diet – my schedule’s too batshit crazy for me to stick to the same eight hours a day everyday of eating. Instead, I am welcoming, with open arms, the four-hour body diet that I love and made me feel like a million bucks when I adopted it as a part of my lifestyle.

Anyway, I whipped up an easy squid salad this evening for dinner and after I uploaded the photo on Instagram and Path, I had some people ask me where I had it, and what the recipe is. I don’t make super complicated meals – which is why Thai is my favourite cuisine: it’s fast, dependable and all you need is a handful of things to make a perfect dish.

I threw in my favourite greens [at the moment - rocket and baby spinach], sliced red onions, cherry tomatoes, squid that I freshly gutted and grilled - and I poured my favourite homemade salad dressing – cilantro, lemon, olive oil and my favourite, top notch ingredient, chilli padi.

The salad is fresh, zesty and gives that good saliva-inducing twang when the world of spicy and sour amalgamate.

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BEAUTY RESOLUTIONS

January 31, 2012

I’ve made my resolutions [and I'm superstitious of telling people about 'em], and I’ve given you ideas on what resolutions you can make for 2012. It’s not too late – we’re still in the first month of the year. What I haven’t done – is make beauty resolutions, because let’s face it, beauty is no joke!

  • Exercise as soon as I can. Unfortunately, my toe is still fractured so I won’t be running any time soon. I will however, attempt to start swimming from this Wednesday onwards. I’m not the strongest swimmer, but I’m going to try because sitting on my arse complaining is not doing me any good!
  • Drink more water. I have a massive 2-litre bottle that I keep by my bed but I still feel like I don’t drink enough water. When I do, I can literally feel it in my skin – it’s pretty awesome.
  • Never, ever smoke a cigarette.
  • Throw out expired makeup. If I can’t remember when I bought it, I should dump it.
  • Don’t forget sunblock. And for days when I do, stash a bitty bottle in the purse.
  • Experiment. My makeup and hair styles have been easy, tried-and-tested. I need to shake things up a bit and learn new things.
  • Figure out my signature scent. I’ve boiled it down to three – now I need to figure out which one I want to use day-to-day, and which one I want to use on special occasions, and which one to bid a fond farewell.

Easy peasy beauty resolutions I can easily stick to. What are some of yours?

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YELLOW AND BLUE

January 31, 2012

I’m back in IKEA. In case you were wondering why I’ve been making monthly visits to IKEA, I’m one of their ambassadors – a title I’m thrilled about because of how much I bloody love the place. This time, I went there with my lovely partner-in-crime who once appeared so often on this blog until he got too busy for me. Before we arrived, I reminded him to remind me to photograph our meal. Alas, some meatballs and five chicken wings later, he exclaimed, “Eh! You didn’t take a photo of our dinner!”

So that is why you have a photo of bones and one piece of chicken wing to start this post. And here’s some stuffed greens just cos’ it’s damn cute:

It’s no secret that I’ve been shopping for a new bed for ages. There’s a lot of things to consider – price, space, space under the bed for me to stuff my stuff, the mattress, how sturdy the bed frame is, amongst other things, and I’ve finally decided on the one I’m getting. This bedroom set with the bed, and the wardrobe:

I’ve also decided on my mattress, which Fadz has approved, as you can see, as he tests out the mattress next to me.

Then, he too decides he needs a new mattress

Now I have to figure out how to move all the crap in my room, buy my new furniture, and move it all back in. Aiyoh.

Of course, when you’re in IKEA, it’s hard to leave empty handed. I had my eyes on these jello-esque lamps which were barely twenty bucks!

But instead I got bath towels for J and myself, and a super cute bowl/ cup that I will use for Froot Loops. Teehee.

And in case you were wondering, I was totally rockin’ IKEA colours today too!

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