RING-A-LING GOES THE WEDDING BELLS

Picture taken by a friend, Gerelynn

A late one indeed but better late than never.
With my childhood friend, Selena, who is also my occasional lunch pal. Another year will mark our 20 years of friendship :) Being somewhat baffled by the fact that all of my full outfit shots were blurry and if not, legless, I vowed to never, ever leave my camera at home again. Silly me decided to be 'modest' and 'humble' at the wrong time.

The day wasn't all that bad when you have sisters who took a half day's leave off from work to help stitch a bow sash onto the dress, chauffeured you all the way there, waded through the stampede crowd to help snap a couple of outfit shots (which explains the blurry pics mentioned) and on top of that, waited patiently till you're done. All without the slightest grumble. Aren't my sisters the best? :)
I wouldn't want to imagine life without them.

And to my mom, Happy Mother's Day. You've been more than a great Mom! Love love ya ♥

ROBES, SCROLLS AND SMILES

ph. by Dad and mutemode
(blazer/latidots, tanks/basics, skirt/thrifted, shoes/nose, bag/nightingale)

"Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that,
you'll make a difference." Arie Pencovici

I believe you are. Congratulations, my dear sister Rebecca.

CRYSTAL CITY - PART I

ph. by Jasmine and Sara
(tees/random, skirt/vr, clogs/online, bag/vintage, rings/diva & f21)

Being reunited with my best friends from college was definitely one of the best events before the year ends. We had lots of fun taking pictures, catching up,
eating feasting, and going from shops to shops. We spent most of our day at Midvalley Megamall and The Gardens, which has very beautiful decor all the way
through - Nothing like here, at all. Not that I'm complaining either. Sara's birthday was the day after this outing and so we had a mini birthday dinner at Ikea Food
Court and gosh, their Swedish meatballs were heavenly! Too bad there weren't pictures of it because my camera battery died halfway through. Great. Overall,
we had an awesome day-till-night-out, and we even exchanged presents - I got my early presents too (Thank you so much Sara and Jasmine for the lovely
lovely gifts!) and I'll find time to compile them into a post very soon.
Okay, off to my purchases. Shopping restrictions implemented, I only got myself a hearts mesh tights, and a cardigan at the very last minute. Boo, but I'm proud
of myself for still having some self control LOL. What a way to put it.

So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sara, still hoping you like the simple gift (:

ON YOUR BIRTHDAY

Here's a special post for my sister, who has ALWAYS been there for me, through the thickest and thinnest of my life. I hope I was there enough for her too.
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY, BLESSED BIRTHDAY TO MY BELOVED SISTER, REBECCA OF STYLE-ANTAGONIST!
(Might be a belated shout out post, but never a belated celebration)

May the blessings of our Lord God Almighty be upon you always, overshowering you, not only on this special day but in all the days of your life. You have
been an amazing, amazing, sister (double because you are that amazing) to all of us, and I thank God for that. Bless you!

MORE THAN A MANIC MONDAY

THE BIRTHDAYS


The months before were filled with celebrations where 3 birthdays and a wedding, were cramped hectically into it. The birthday boys and girls are
my dad, my brother and my mom. The cake pictured is one of Mom's favourite - Pandan cream cake. And Dad's oriental taste for food are depicted
well in the next pic. We ate and ate and not forgetting burning them thru our routined jog/walks for the wedding a week after.

THE WEDDING


Mom and I. My family and I attended Rebecca's future sister in law's wedding dinner reception. Rebecca was like JLo in The Wedding Planner,
minus everything about the movie except the planning part. She even prepared a heart warming slides for the newly-weds which got some into
tears. I was wearing everything Mango whilst Mom had on a beautifully-sequined vintage dress in oceanic hues, which was a gift from Rebecca.
I was a lil sceptical about that dress at first until Mom tried it on. I guess Rebecca was right that it was indeed a beautiful dress. Mom was basically
beyond dazzling that night.

THE TRIPS













Another week after was Malacca. My fam and I finally kept our words on this family trip to Malacca, one the states in Malaysia, which also
happens to be the most historical state here, which also happens to be a place where my mom grew up. My sisters and I got our outfit figured out
a week before but as all of us were, well, taking our time off from blogging, we didn't plan on something blog-worthy. So basically, it was comfort
over style. The trip was fun, I had a great time - we all had. But on the food sector, it was kind of disappointing as our tastebuds were craving for
something more and all we had was close to tasteless. Maybe we need a tourguide on that.
I sighed at the sight of the last picture - Leaving Malacca without any of those simply adds on to my list of regrets. I blamed it on the crowd, who
kept pushing us to go forward so it was quite impossible to just stop and savour them rings.

A day after Malacca, I flew to the People's Republic of China for work, for a week. My colleague and I were litterally lost en route and in translation,
and had a little too much of Gung Fu tea. A week felt like forever there. We couldn't wait to pack our bags for home.