Loving the sea...

Soft waves are strown beneath your prow, like carpets for a victor's feet. Oh, how I have fallen in love with sailing away on a cruise!

My dearest brought me on a short weekend getaway recently, on Royal Caribbean. The last I went on a cruise was like more than a decade back, and this time round I am totally blown away.

We booked a lovely suite, so the balcony was just beyond words. Our only problem was that we were right below the table-tennis area, so all the avid ping pong players made loads of noise that made it hard for us to rest in the room. Well, I guess no vacation is perfect.

Now here are what I love about the trip:

Number 1 --------- The beautiful skies and the sea!

 Viewing the setting sun from our balcony.

Number 2 --------- The lovely dinners (that I get to dress up for!)

Dress: H&M

Bracelets: H&M, Juicy Couture

Purse: Thrifted

Shoes: Pedder Red

Dress: Ash Lapin

Purse: Thrifted

Sandals: Rubi



Number 3 --------- Lazing around

Hubby peaking at me from pool. Haha. Love the pool and the sun, though I put on quite a bit of sunblock to prevent myself from really burning.



Too bad it was such a short trip, I am missing everything right now!

Till my next trip!!!!

P.S: Ash Lapin is having 50% off storewide, only till 7th April. Check it out!

Love,

Ash :)

Copenhagen International Fashion Fair

My boss was so kind to bring me along to Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) over the weekend. The truth is, I haven't been to such a fashion event before and I was excited! The fashion fair is HUGE. We were at Bella Center on Friday and Saturday and I swear we haven't seen everything! This event is a time for distributors and fashion designers to impress potential buyers and lots of effort were placed in the display and marketing of their products.

My hubby must be glad that nothing is for sale because there were just too many pretty things everywhere. All the products are for display purposes and only available for orders by shops. If only I can convince the boss to bring in all these pretty things to her shop. Ha!

Twice a year, my boss will visit CIFF to find and order new stuffs for her wedding and party dress shop. We spend the whole two days going through hundreds of stands and shops, networking with distributors and trying dresses with models in the shops. Honestly, I don't know if I will ever own a shop so it was really fun acting as a buyer there!

And lastly, here's what I wore on Saturday. It was so cold in Copenhagen! I had four layers on me but I was still freezing whenever I was out of the building. It's such a challenge for me to strike a balance between looking good and keeping warm. I wished I had my trusty windbreaker, fleece jacket and ski gloves on but I was too vain to wear them for CIFF. lol.

Here's the outfit beneath my thick layers of coat and sweater.

Black jacket: H&M

Denim jacket: Zara

Stripes dress: H&M

Vintage boots: Nostalgia, Iceland

Scarf: Vila

Have a great week ahead!

Ft

Tour SG

Though I wish that these are photos of me touring some other country, I am very proud to showcase my homeland Singapore.

Hubby and I did not go for any overseas tour this year (2011) end, so we decided to act as tourists for one day and tour our own country, Singapore. Knowing that most of our readers are not from the South East Asian region, I just had to put this up on our blog. Really hope that this will help you guys have a glimpse of how Singapore is like.

Yes, that's me and my hubby! We went on 2 tours for that day: A Duck Tour and a trip on the Singapore Flyer. 

The Duck Tours is an amphibious vehicle that brings you around the city area and on the Kallang River. While I loved the view, hubby fell asleep cause of the soothing sea breeze and heavy lunch. (what a spoil sport)

Singapore is unusually wet in Dec and we were lucky to have a non- rainy day on our trip but were not spared by cloudy skies.

After a lazy afternoon ride on the "Duck", we walked over to the Flyer.  On the way I spotted some nice Christmas decorations for me to pose with. On a side note, hubby hated my vintage culottes, said it looks like his mom's.

Outfit

Vintage: Culottes,Coach Satchel and Bracelet

Cotton On: Top

Far East: Bowler Hat

Asos: Belt

Gmarket: Socks

Topshop: Booties

Rings: Gift and F21

We got on the flyer at just the right time: when the sky was turning dark and city lights were up.  The view up there was really fantastic.

Hope to show you guys more pictures next time. Hope you liked them!

Ash :o)