Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Spring in Shanghai


Shanghai is been really amazing for me so far … Those eateries, hidden alleys, the smells and many more … 

Slowly, I start to feel something for the city … Perhaps I would live in this city one day ...

It was just one of the random stuff that I came across during one of my visits … A friend of mine who works for TimeOut Shanghai asked me to join her for one of her fieldwork to a “hidden” bookstore at Julu Lu …

From outside, it was nothing like a bookstore. From the inside, it was just so cozy, more like a living room or your own private library. It did not have lots of English collection, but wide range of interesting Chinese collection (perhaps it’s about a time for me to actually learn Mandarin) … It does serve light beverages and the shop keeper was just so friendly (Ps. She is also a translator; in fact she was working on translating one English book to Chinese when we were there).

Bought a book for RMB 30 (pretty reasonable price for a second-hand book) and pretty much still in good condition … The shop keeper mentioned that the book that I bought is really comical … Hope will get the chance to read the book over the weekend …

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Style is affordable



Recently, I read an article from Her World Singapore and it just struck me in the head …


Quoting from the article, MaxMara regional manager Maria Giulia Prezioso Maramotti said, “You can easily find products which possess their own identity, even if they are really cheap.”

I couldn’t agree more … The most important thing is ones have to dress according to his/her own identity … 20 bucks dress might appear as a thousand dollar dress as long as one wears it right …

Personally, I do love affordable fashion, I do shop a lot at GAP (my favourite brand J) esp. during sale when I can get 5 different outfits for less than SGD 150 … Mix and match it with those designers accessories and voila they just look amazing …

Check out my best find of scarlet red dress for CNY (STEAL – SGD 20 from Hula&Co 313 Somerset) …

The SPLURGE (Scarlet Red Dress - £319 from Diane von Furstenberg at Matches)