A conversation

I said, "I want to go back to Bangkok, they have a mall called Central World with awesome shops in there."

He said, "They have better shops in Paris, we can to the Champs Elysees."

I Said, "I can't afford anything on that street!!"

AHAHAHA. Good attempt at being romantic though, hunnie :)

An Education

Since Tien got an account at Netflix.ca, I've been blessed with hundreds of movie choices! Today I picked An Education!

Story takes place in 1960 London, with impeccable taste for fashion.
This movie is an adaption of British Journalist, Lynn Barber's memoir. It depicts a young bright 16 year old girl, Jenny, who is pursuing education at an all-girl prep school, and aiming for Oxford University. While she is bored with the relentless and seemingly meaningless school life, she meets an older man, who seduces her with his charm and luxe lifestyle. She soon learns that his lifestyle is a work of con, and is involved in shady business. She learns to accept his dubious work, and doubts an Oxford education would ever be useful. She throws away her education, and accepts a marriage proposal from the older man. Should you want to know how this story ends, please watch the movie! hahaha! No spoiler here :)

The movie was great, I really liked the 1960's fashion and elegance everyone had about themselves. The main actress, Carey Mulligan, is said to channel the great Audrey Hepburn in both elegance and talent. After watching the movie, the lesson that should be learned is, "All that glitter is not gold." Though...those glitter should be diamonds!!

Lynn Barber was once naive and fell for a conman, who deceived her as well as her family. Life's a big lesson, and lesson learned!

Check out some wardrobe from the film.

Vanity

You are looking at Guerlain's meteorites powder. I guess this is one of their most signature products, one for its distinctive package and for its awesome colours. The product is suppose to applied all over the face, for a glowing effect. The red gives a feeling of blushing, greens tones down the redness, purple attracts light and gold and white balls highlight and brighten! Sounds like an amazing product eh!?

I swear this product has been around longer than me, because I used to see bottles of beautiful cosmetics on my aunt's vanity table. The most intriguing one was the one with rainbow balls of pearl! Since I was a kid, I had been eluded by the packages of beauty products. This meteorites powder has to be one of my first encounters with cosmetics!


Museum of Shanghai Toys Taken from Sparklette.net
I like this kind of feel! Old school Shanghai women's vanity table, much like my aunt's!

I don't think I am a makeup/product junkie, but there is an army of bottles sitting in my bathroom. Sometimes it is simply difficult to resist such impeccable marketing! Beauty in a bottle! So I've been wanting to get my hands on this powder for years now, but never had the opportunity, or time, or the justification to buy another $60 product.
(By the way, this sells for $52 on Strawberrynet.com)

I think the closest thing I came to buying something similar was the Givenchy's Prismissime 9 colour face powder. It sells for $56 at strawberry.net.com
I bought it at airport duty free when I was bored and waiting for board. This is what happens when they have those fancy duty free stores luring you in with shiny cosmetics! A trap! But nonetheless, I love it! The package is convenient and cute! The powder smells nice, and makes me have that 1920's shanghai feel when I use it!




P.S. I will be posting a blog real soon about the 1920-1930 Chinese and Japanese antique advertising poster! I really love them! I loved everything about that era, the Western influences on traditional Chinese architecture, the glamorous outfits, the hair, the life!

Savings

Yesterday was another metrotown adventure with fellow shorty, helz. On the way to mall we had a conversation about finances and savings. It appears that everyone else in the world has the idea of saving money and future investments. I, on the other hand, has never really thought about savings. I usually just save some money, then blow it away on something like a 2 month vacation. I guess it never occurred to me that I may need to live on savings in the future.

I guess people save money because they want to buy a home, have retirement security. Helen said I was overly optimistic, because I believed that when I don't have money, I'd just be able to make some. It never crossed my mind to purchase my own home, so putting some money aside was never in the equation. HAAAHA... I should really rethink my financial habits.

Jeggings

Jeggings

So, for those unfamiliar with the term Jeggings, it is bascially denim leggings. What are leggings? Those skin tight stretchy pants, close resemblance to the stocking tights, but footless. These denim leggings have been all the hype, with magazines advertising and celebrities strutting in them.

I wanted to see for myself what these Jeggings were all about. I went on Sunday with my beau to metrotown, in hopes to find some Jeggings. We found some alright. I took home with me 2 pairs from Forever 21. One is a light wash denim colour, the other a combination of legging + jeggings. Very cool looking. As I tried them on at home, I realized that the comfort I saw in leggings were not present in these legging relatives. Leggings are usually made from some cotton material + a huge % of spandex. Making it very form fitting and comfy! These Jeggings were stiff and not so stretchy. The closest thing I could think of was the skinny jeans, and I like my skinny jeans. The jeggings did not have the shape of a skinny jean, and was awkward and tough to wear. I decided jeggings are not for me. So I returned these jeggings for store credit. I am still on the search for comfy jeggings. Perhaps some leggings that come in blue...haha.

Here are some photos of skinny jeans and jeggings. Personally, I think skinny jeans have a better fit. Jeggings are just tight. ha


Skinny Jeans

Oh, and I fell in love with a tassel dress, but Helen wouldn't let me buy it for the better of me. Little did she know...I will go find one.. :)
The fringe, the tassel just makes me wanna dance! Bring back the flapper era!!!


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Shoes!

So I am feeling under the weather, but I am at work, so to keep myself sane, I browse the latest shoe collection on neimanmarcus.com

Look what I found.


Alexader Mcqueen Leather Jacket Bootie!

Isn't so awesome?! For $1,155 USD a pop!! HORRAY!

Currently loving Brian Atwood pumps. They are just so high! and apparently very comfortable?! ha. One of these days I will be a successful business owner that struts down the street all day in them fabulous heels!

Goals

I need a short term and a long term goal. I feel aimlessly walking around these days. Come on brain, let's make some goals and go towards them in a timely manner.

The burden of being a female

As a female, we have natural weaknesses towards goodies like shoes and handbags. Meet Louis Vuitton's iconic Alma in baby size! Aww, how adorable. I am not one to hoist around a logo bearer, I went through that stage already! hahaha. But this is too cute to resist. It comes in an array of colours! White, ruby, purple, peach and more! The colours are all stunning! Currently sold out on the website.... My, I don't know how to justify spending $1,000 on a purse, just yet. I may need some time to convince myself. HAHAHAH WOMEN ARE INSANE.






This is what happens when you are bored at work.