This is a good list to live by.

Drink tea? I practically overdose on it.

Dance freely? Fo’ sho! *shakes and wiggles*

Now if only I knew how to bake cupcakes.. :)

It’s no huge secret that my favorite color when it comes to fashion is black. My wardrobe is a sea of black clothing, and guess what, I’m not done! I’m constantly on the lookout for more to be added into the collection :P

Having said that, I also have a soft spot for another color – purple :) From plum to sweet lilac, and then there’s the eye-catching magenta and the ever popular violet.. I probably have numerous purple fashion items in these hues and more, it’s that much fun to wear!

And now you can understand a little better on why my heartbeats quickened when I saw this gorgeous Lavender Lace Overlay Blouse on Whitesoot. I quickly placed an order and my package arrived like clockwork the very next day. Awesome! In a perfect world, every blogshop would be this efficient ;) You know how anxious us customers can get rite?

The lavender blouse evokes a sense of dreaminess, so I played on this and paired it with a long ballerina skirt.. and here was the result in pictorial form :D

Lavender lace overlay blouse: Whitesoot || Ballerina skirt: Can’t remember where I bought it from, oops || Black strappy heels: Vincci

Pretending to be a princess.. and failing big time LoL

Just look at the pretty lace details :)

One last smile!

Now this is interesting ;) Not to say that I agree with each item in the list, but it still doesn’t hurt to keep them in mind. The big three-oh is creeping up *holy crap!*, and two years from now, maybe it’ll be good to re-look and reflect on things that were achieved, and not.

30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the Time She’s 30 (by Glamour Magazine)

By 30, you should have:
1. One old boyfriend you can imagine going back to and one who reminds you of how far you’ve come.
2. A decent piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in your family.
3. Something perfect to wear if the employer or man of your dreams wants to see you in an hour.
4. A purse, a suitcase, and an umbrella you’re not ashamed to be seen carrying.
5. A youth you’re content to move beyond.
6. A past juicy enough that you’re looking forward to retelling it in your old age.
7. The realization that you are actually going to have an old age—and some money set aside to help fund it.
8. An email address, a voice mailbox, and a bank account—all of which nobody has access to but you.
9. A résumé that is not even the slightest bit padded.
10. One friend who always makes you laugh and one who lets you cry.
11. A set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra.
12. Something ridiculously expensive that you bought for yourself, just because you deserve it.
13. The belief that you deserve it.
14. A skin-care regimen, an exercise routine, and a plan for dealing with those few facets of life that don’t get better after 30.
15. A solid start on a satisfying career, a satisfying relationship, and all those other facets of life that do get better.

By 30, you should know:
1. How to fall in love without losing yourself.
2. How you feel about having kids.
3. How to quit a job, break up with a man, and confront a friend with-out ruining the friendship.
4. When to try harder and when to walk away.
5. How to kiss in a way that communicates perfectly what you would and wouldn’t like to happen next.
6. The names of the secretary of state, your great-grandmothers, and the best tailor in town.
7. How to live alone, even if you don’t like to.
8. Where to go—be it your best friend’s kitchen table or a yoga mat—when your soul needs soothing.
9. That you can’t change the length of your legs, the width of your hips, or the nature of your parents.
10. That your childhood may not have been perfect, but it’s over.
11. What you would and wouldn’t do for money or love.
12. That nobody gets away with smoking, drinking, doing drugs, or not flossing for very long.
13. Who you can trust, who you can’t, and why you shouldn’t take it personally.
14. Not to apologize for something that isn’t your fault.
15. Why they say life begins at 30!

Last Friday night ;

╬ black cherry tea for the second night in a row
╬ Asahi is dry beer hence it’s good for cough, is Eric’s theory
╬ Club 9 revisited
╬ green bottles
╬ black pints
╬ one last orange glass
╬ talking about cars, relationships and marriage(!) in between rounds of pool
╬ “she’s too young for me”
╬ 4AM group chat on Whatsapp where I fell asleep halfway through while the boys continued yakking

It was an unexpected location to celebrate my birthday on its actual day, but hey, what’s there not to like about Melaka? It’s all about good friends who took the effort to make it memorable.

And memorable it was! Just take a look at my birthday cupcake..

They asked me to lick it, but nuh uhhhh, no way!

A couple more pics of some of the fab people who were at Tye Yong Chia’s place aka Tye Club :D

Chilling at the Tye Club with Garick, Hong and YongChia!

Garick, Dominic and Alfred Lawrence YeeKuan (yes this guy has 3 names, haha)

Anna and Terence :)

YC, HanRen and William – the most accomplished drinkers in Melaka!

Oooh reflections..

With Chris, Hong and YC

Balloons.. happy! :) :)

Happy birthday to me – I officially turned 28 last Saturday.

Did I have a good celebration? Nope, I had numerous good celebrations :) The most meaningful one was on the eve of my birthday, for reasons that I won’t bother explaining here. It just, is.

Now that the confetti has settled, I find myself constantly in a pondering mood. So many questions but no clear cut answers. Happy moments collide with sad ones. From smiles to tears and then back to smiles again. It reminds me of a Lifehouse album title – Sick Cycle Carousel.

Let’s hope turning 28 will bring forth some clarity of mind soon enough. Fingers crossed, and toes too! Coz for all the uncertainty there is in my life right now, one thing I do know for sure is that I can’t go on leading my life this way.

Ivan: Hijacking this post!

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!! WOOT WOOT!!!

I’m having the most random craving for crabs right now!

Well maybe it’s not that random. It all started with KY and Carol tweeting about having crabs.. and then Winnie joined in by saying they’ve made her hungry for some crabby yumminess too. LoL Talk about a crabception ;)

Hopefully I’ll be able to drag someone to go to Lala Chong or Wong Pou one of these days.. I love the crabs at these two restaurants :D

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the following photos taken by Carol during her crab session at Fatty Crabs, Seputeh. Tell me if they don’t make you drool too?! Hehe.

I have to say it’s been one heck of a week. Absolutely epic.

It started with last Friday which was my last day at work and the amazing farewell that I had with the workmates – I think we definitely drank out hearts out that night, with the seemingly endless pints of Carlsberg and Kronenbourg Blanc.. and that one Flaming Lamborghini which was meant for Maxz as his belated birthday drink. Well I ended up having to share the concoction with him and when it was finished, Maxz gave me a huge grin while saying, “Thanks for drinking it all, I was only pretending to sip.” Arghh.

On that same night I was supposed to meet up with someone for supper, but in my tipsy state, I was asked to drive home instead, and that someone would come over. LoL The things I make my friends do – this person had already waited for me for 2.5 hours and then had to make the drive from KL to my place in Subang. And unfortunately I was in the mood to pick a fight, so guess who had to endure tons of scolding from me? =) We were yelling a lot, and laughing a lot as well. Good times. Too bad this friend of mine only got home at 4AM and was locked out of the house. Ahahah, I felt really bad about that!

Moving on to Sunday, which was Cider Sunday at Tom, Dick & Harry. When you start selling a pint of cider for a mere RM10, you know it’s bound to be fun and superly havoc. Just didn’t expect to hear of TWO car crashes that happened after that, all in one night. Glad that nobody got hurt though, sigh. Thank gosh.

The next few days passed relatively calmly, with test drive sessions at Volkswagen for the Polo and Ford for its Fiesta. Got to meet up with Maxine, Becky, Ian and RAYMOND at The Curve for a long overdue catch up session – woohoo! Ray has been missing in action for the longest time, so yeahh there were moments when I had to pinch myself (and him too, LoL) just to make sure it was all real. Haha. It was so good to see everyone <3

Becky, me, Maxine, Ian and Ray

I caught The Hunger Games in the cinema with the sisters on Wednesday, and I was a little surprised by how much I actually liked the movie. Jennifer Lawrence was perfectly cast in the lead role, and there was enough exciting scenes to carry the film through till the end. Definitely one of the best movies of 2012 thus far for me :D

Thursday night was Zouk’s 8th anniversary bash, and it was a last minute decision for me to head on over there. No regrets on going though, the place was massively packed and I joined my friends at Velvet who decided to escape from the crowd in Zouk’s mainroom. It was such a good session, with nonstop drinks and mad dancing for hours. Everyone at the table was moving and enjoying the music :P We left Velvet at 3.30AM and made a pitstop at Spicy in Hartamas for supper. The night ended with Sam telling me a whacked out (and untrue) version of the Naruto anime/manga story before I fell asleep. Very random and funny.

Cheery smiles from Whey Lu and I

Me and the ever-cool Sam Lum

Colorful garden! Michael, Sam, Whey Lu, Natalie, Garick and moi – I’m wearing a black tank top from Cotton On and sparkly lurex miniskirt from Whitesoot

My Friday night was a simple one spent at Piccadilly with a friend and his colleague. It did get a little awkward when his colleague started tearing up as they talked about some intense issue at work, but it just meant that I had to fix my stare on my phone screen for about 20 minutes or so. But it was all good after that, we went back to talking nonsense and laughing.

So that in essence was my 7 days of being out and about. Time’s aplenty when one is in between jobs, which is where I am right now ;) Let’s see what the coming days will bring.. Till then, take care peeps!

Bold vibrant prints are still very much in fashion, and judging by how quickly the clothes get snapped up at blogshops everywhere, the trend is here to stay for quite some time more.

Tribal print, aztec print, ikat print.. Call it what you may, as the design elements overlap one another and variety is aplenty!

Just to share, here are a couple of finds on the internet as well as our local online boutiques – enjoy :)

An assortment of printed fashion goodies!

{ 1. A Model Studio: RM34 } { 2. Whitesoot: RM49 }
{ 3. Azorias; RM159 } { 4. Kaleidoscope Sunday: RM25 (pre-loved) }

Happy Monday, peeps! Though it hasn’t been the best start to the week for me – I’m feeling a little under the weather right now. I’ve been hit by constant sneezing and sniffling, not to mention grogginess on a pretty high level.. Arghh. Let’s hope this won’t lead to a new entry in my Sick Log. It hasn’t been updated in a while there ;)

But on to nicer things now. Here are selected shots from my short trip to Kuantan a few weeks back, hurrah! It’s a small town but you can’t fault a place that has both McDonald’s and KFC fronting the beach, can you? :D :D For the gazillionth time, I wish KL has a beach. Gimme the sun and the sand and the waves and the unending blue skies, and I’m a happy li’l munchkin. Hehehe.

The pictures you’re about to see were taken at the Beserah beach, not of Teluk Cempedak which is the more popular and commercialized beach in Kuantan. Beserah is a quiet fishing village and the cool thing about that is that you get to see some interesting stuff being washed up in the sands, like various types of fish, prawns and crabs! The city girl in me is tickled pink by it all.

Mint sheer long top: XOXO Boutique || Black spaghetti-strap top as inner wear: Sub || Black shorts: Kitschen || Bag: Longchamp || Flip flops: Havaianas