Summer midis.

The embroidery trend in clothing this year is all the rage recently and I've bought quite a number of embroidery pieces as well oops heh. 

Mixed feelings about the summer break coming to an end as I'm preparing to dive back into work once more, but excited to see some of the best colleagues ever from their vacation break (': 

Completed the look with a straw clutch I got for a steal in Yogyakarta, Indonesia a couple of years back and a floppy hat! Gotta love shopping overseas when you find awesome buys (: Sandals are from Zalora, and the dress's from Soeurs.co!

The wrap midi has floral embroidery at the front and at the borders of the collars. Sleeves are elasticised and tends to create a slightly puffed-up look when you bend your arms - I love how vintage it looks actually. 

Love, Jo ♡

Summer ready.

Hey there, Summer break! ☀

Thank God for vacations, really needed the time to just unwind. Dressed up a little for the weekend for movie night with Tzu - we finally caught Wonder Woman and omg Gal Gadot is just amazing. She actually filmed part of the movie when she was pregnant and also, how the heck does she still look so good after having 2 kids is beyond me! #goals

When I think about summer, I think of maxi skirts, cami tops, stripes, denims, sandals, straw hats and bags - can't wait to style more items in my wardrobe differently!

Paired my nutmeg flutter sleeve top with a old fave in my wardrobe, a weighted white maxi skirt with open flaps in the front together with some cross-strap sandals in black and a black sling bag for an evening around town. A white maxi skirt is a must-have in the wardrobe, it goes with anything and everything! 

My shoes and bag are from Zalora which I think is great for getting affordable items especially if they are on sale - but I think I bought a pair of sandals once and it kinda like snapped after about 3-4 wears ): but the rest of the items I've got from them so far have been ok though! My bag's still good (: 

Top's from Fashmob and skirt's from Runwaybandits - some of the online brands I love and frequent! Also, loving the rings I got from F21 - a pineapple and watermelon ring (if you can spot from the photos!) 

Love, Jo ♡

Ain't no fancy pants.

We're entering into April soon! 2017, you're passing by too quickly.  

A quick post on this pair of pants which is a huge fave in my wardrobe + Tzu took v nice shots that day just using his iPhone so... here's a new style post! 

I'm guilty of owning many colours of an item I like, and the Stans... well, I'm not proud of how many colours I own of it to be honest oops (6/7? I'm not really sure *twiddles thumbs). The other pair of pants which I own in that many colours is the Lucky Strike and they are really comfy and easy to pair with too. Gotta love Aforarcade's take on pants! 

But of course, I love the Stans just that teeny bit more because it's slim cut and really flattering on the body. Plus, you can dress it up by both tucking in your top or out, and you'll still look equally chic and put together. 

Kept things simple with a black and white striped shirt scored in BKK for only $8, a roomy roll-up brown clutch and some mules. 

Personally, I love neutral shades such as brown, beige and khaki. It's easy to use these neutral shades and they are really flexible as they go well with a wide range of colours. They are also easy on the eyes without being too harsh as well.

I also tend to get drawn to colours such as mustard, burnt orange and olive. More than pinks and reds actually. Blue's an ultimate fave, especially navy or light blue. And of course, white's a staple - when in doubt, go for white (:

Love, Jo ♡

Denim on Denim.

It's March...already?! Crazy how fast 2017 has been passing! I feel like I'm just trying to stay afloat the entire time through 2017, but thankful that I've made it well so far heh. Just came back from a short Bangkok trip cause Tzu had to make his wedding suits (:

Tried out a denim x denim outfit 2 weeks back, and there's lots of different ways to pair denim with denim - you can choose to go with different washes of denim or designs, you can also choose to stick with the same/similar wash of denim for your top and bottom too. 

Scored the cutest pair of boyfriend jeans in my wardrobe which comes with heart cutouts from Soeurs.co and paired it with a sleeveless denim top from The Tinsel Rack.

What I love about denim on denim outfits is that you can make the style either really casual/street with accessories such as caps, sneakers and backpacks, or you can also go for a more polished look by pairing it with a fancy pair of earrings and heels. Either way, it'll look awesome! 

Tzu thinks my jeans are a little too weird for him but, I love them? It goes right next to my tassel jeans for sure haha.

Love, Jo ♡

Tulles and sneakers.

Happy 2017! (: 

It's crazy how fast 2016 passed and everything's just moving so quickly. Aiming to do more posts over this year haha just to document moments and share about outfits too. Finally worn out this pretty romper and tulle set which I've kept in the closet for the longest time ever and thanks to Des who helped me snap the photos while we were out the other day! 

I'm guilty of owning too many tulle skirts for my own good but I just couldn't resist this cute set which consists of a romper and a see-through matching tulle skirt from Klarra -  so you can wear them together or just the romper on its own. Opted for some comfy white sneakers (fave pair at the moment from Novesta) together with an oversized denim clutch (scored it in HK quite a while back) for a more casual look. 

Tulle skirts are really quite versatile as they can be paired with a tee or sweater for a more dressed-down feel or with a more dressy top such as a lace top or a camisole for a more glam look. And of course, every girl needs a pair of comfy sneakers to take her to many, many, awesome places heh. 

Always up for trying out new styles and I've also been watching this drama recently in which the female lead dresses up in these awesome vintage items and I just love the combinations so much! Hopefully I can find the time over the weekend to try out some of the ideas in my head. 

Weekends are always way too short, am looking forward to the long weekend during CNY and all the yummy goodies, seeing everyone dressed up in new clothes and the angbaos!

Love, Jo ♡

When I said "Yes".

Best inspirations for writing almost usually always comes in the middle of the night for me, somehow. As 2016 draws to a close, there's something I'll like to pen down before the year ends and it's probably one of the life-changing moments in this year - I got engaged heh!

Tzu and I have been together for over 4 years (we turn 5 in Mar 2017!), and a lot of our friends have been asking when we're gonna get married yknow? My answer would always be "Aiya see when this guy proposes." and he'll be like "Aiya, taking it slow. Must plan properly one you know." Hahaha.

And, it really happened when we were on our Korea trip in Sept - pretty unbelievable to be honest! I wasn't even thinking about it happening during the trip cause we were flying off really quickly during the holiday break and everything was a huge rush; we didn't even have time to plan the activities we wanted to do cause we were both way too busy with work.

Earlier in the day before the proposal 

Okay that morning, Tzu was acting a little weird actually. We were planning to head to Gyeongbokgung palace + wear a hanbok at Bukchon Hanok village so I was all like, okay I'm gonna wear shorts okay so it's easier to change into a hanbok.

Tzu's response: "Eh hmm I think you should wear smth nicer?"

Me: *frowning* "Huh why?"

Tzu: "Aiya...I'm alrd wearing shirt and pants. Wear something like nicer?"

Me: "ERRR okay hahahaha that's weird but okay."

He never tells me to wear something nicer?! It was beyond weird hahaha.

That day's outfit! (:

But anw, the story was that he told me that there's this nice park called Hanuel Park that has really nice fields and sunsets - so we planned to go there that evening after visiting the palace + village.

He also said that he's meeting his Korea-based colleague to pass her something from the office and that she would be there cause she's bringing her friend around to catch the sunset too.

But okay, as we all know, programs never turn out exactly on time and we were delayed cause we got lost around and so we were running late.

While walking up to Hanuel park (it's actually quite a while of a walk up the park cause there's a flight of staircase you've to clear), but the view is beautiful.

View from the staircase otw up

He was asking me to hurry up (cause he was rushing to reach the proposal venue before sunset) but I kept stopping to take photos.

And I was like: "But why!! The sun haven't set right and your colleague's gonna be there to watch sunset so it doesn't really matter for the time since we are all gonna end up in the same place to watch the sunset."

Tzu: "No la, just hurry up? Later she want to leave earlier idk."

Me: "Why so weird hahaha. Everyone is catching the sunset and it's at 645pm? So she should be okay with it since she's there to catch it too!"

Tzu: "Later can take of the place, let's just see the sunset from higher up!"

Me: "Why you so funny, okay lor."

Hanuel Park's really pretty! Basically after climbing up this long flight of stairs, you'll have to walk a little more and reach a large field. But he was supposed to bring me to this structure in the middle of the field where he hired a photog company to snap photos of the proposal + plan a set-up with our photos and flowers!

Hanuel park 

Last funny part:

We reached the structure and it's like 2 storeys high? So we had to climb up. I'm still quite blur here, didn't see the photos (of us) clipped on the structure.

So anw I reached the top part of the structure and I was like "Ooooh so nice let's go there to watch the sunset."

Tzu: "No no, let's go this way!" *points to other side of the circle structure*

Me: "Why?! The sun is this side what?!"

Tzu: *pulls me over to look at the other side*

And then I saw this:

*frowning* I was like "Are those our photos?"

And this guy whips out his iPad and starts showing me a video he'd made with all our friends, family and even my dogs?! (': (Heh thank you for all the love!) The video is just really funny hahaha, A for effort, really! I was laughing quite a bit at it actually heh.

When the video ended, he wanted to begin saying what he had prepped, but yet, he couldn't cause it was really difficult for him to do it and he didn't expect that it'll be so difficult (': so he started to tear and I started to tear and it was just indescribable?

Everything we've ever gone through, every memory just came to mind. From being friends and hanging out, going through other relationships, getting together, learning more about each other's habits and patterns, going through graduation and onward to work, sharing our struggles and surviving ugly fights; the list goes on. 

We've been through so much together since 2012, and for every celebration, victory, obstacle and upsetting argument - I'm thankful for all of them because they've brought us to where we are today.

Truth is, relationships are never gonna be like what we see in movies, in the media or what not. It requires work, compromise, lots of love, patience, trust, communication and most importantly, forgiveness. We are still working on these and more, but there's no one I'd rather learn and grow with ♡

Also, Tzu told me allllll about his prep for the proposal and it was like, a rushing river of words cause it was crazy for him to keep the entire thing from me hahaha. 

1. How he kept the ring away from me 

- he actually kept the ring in his wallet (which is a great place because whenever we are travelling he usually keeps the shared fund so he'll pay for the meals and I'll never bother to check it hahaha) whenever we were on flights because he was afraid that customs may ask him to open the ring box to show them what's inside then he would have to propose there? 

Omg I cannot stop laughing even as I'm typing this out hahaha. 

2. How he managed to film the video

 - when I was away in Indonesia earlier in June! That was like a huge opportunity frame for him. 

3. Contacting my friends/colleagues to film a video 

- coordination between lots of people is always difficult and he had to remind them to give the videos to him so he could compile them and make everything good. 

4. Carrying an iPad around and making sure that I don't open up the video app.

He actually has another app to play the movies we watch on the iPad LOL. 

5. Communicating with the vendor from Korea while being out with me 

- I think he was lucky cause I was quite caught up in a novel I was reading. So I'll be like, "I'm gonna read my book now kay!" when we are travelling on the subway around Seoul. So he could just talk to the photographer without me even noticing hahaha. 

Excited for the wedding (actually more for the honeymoon haha oops) with this guy heh! Although, I am an extremely lazy bride-to-be... we haven't started on anything, only booked the venue so far but at least the date + venue's settled heh! (: 

Love,

Jo ♡