Into the woods; with you.

Did a styled shoot with Happy Photo People (run by Kuan Yee) quite a while back (: 

The set-up, props and flowers were done up gorgeously by The Enchanted Tree SG, and the beautiful dresses (part 2 of the shoot would be coming up soon) were from Style Lease. The weather was great when we arrived in the morning and I was blown away by the venue as well; it was tranquil, serene and really lovely. 

We love photoshoots with Kuan cause she's great at making you feel comfortable and she'll direct you and your partner to test out different shots as well. She's a really funny and nice person to work with too! (: 

With Tzu's birthday just around the corner, I just wanted to post these beautiful photos captured by Kuan, of us. Thank you for these beautiful memories that we can keep! 

And, to Tzu, happy 28th birthday love. I love you, you crazy, crazy person. 

Of course, not everything is as rosy as it seems online, we have had our fights, nasty conversations and stubborn moments. But yet, the sun always shines through those terrible times, and I'm glad we've agreed to never allow each other to bring any unhappiness regarding us into the next day. 

It definitely isn't easy sustaining a relationship; we often talk about how work must still be put in and that we should never take each other for granted. After all these years, I'm glad we've never grown too lazy to stop keeping that spark going. Sometimes during those moments when I see you walking towards me when we are meeting somewhere, I smile to myself, thinking about how blessed I am to have you. 

Here's to celebrating more milestones, birthday, achievements together (': 

Love, Jo ♡

Loose lines.

I love the weekends! Friday night to Sunday afternoon's the best - because Sunday night means that Monday's approaching. Can we have 2 day work weeks and a 5-day weekend, pretty please? 

Here's featuring an outfit which I love for its comfort level - one of my fave pair of culottes which I've worn countless of times, a loose fitted white top and the most comfy sandals ever. And of course, lastly, my trusty bucket bag. Photos were captured by Tzu, while we were over at Sentosa, two weekends back. The last time we were in Sentosa together was really, really long ago. The weather was crazy hot but we had fun thinking of math activities for my students to try out heh. 

Culottes: AforArcade

Top: The Tinsel Rack

Sandals: ASOS

Bag: The Editor's Market 

Wilder.

Sunday - Tzu and I visited a cafe called Wilder last Sunday! (:

It was actually introduced by one of my colleagues! She actually went back twice last week cause she loved the food and place so much heh. So, we decided to give it a try!

The space was pretty quiet when we arrived for lunch! The cafe only opens at 12.30 pm, and it was pretty quiet when we arrived. The space was simple and I love the grey washed walls and the pipe lighting (: Plus, the food served here's halal! 

The staff serving us were really nice and they actually have surprise mains on the menu too, which changes from time to time I think. We actually wanted to try the burgers, but unfortunately, they weren't available that day. 

So, we ordered a mocha, the salted egg fries to share and the surprise mains for that day - Baked chicken leg and salmon pasta! 

The mocha was quite good, I liked it! (: Really chocolate-y and smooth. Brought out my Printwich snaps for Tzu to look at, and I gave some of the photos for him to put up at his work space heh. Looking at the snapshots make me miss our travel days so, so much!

Our next trip's probably only gonna be in September only, so it's gonna be another 5 months before we jet off together ):

Mmm, the fries smelt really good. 

We loved the fries and finished every bit of it hahaha. The fries were crisp and had lots of taste of the salted egg yolk (: 

This was Tzu's Baked Chicken leg, which came with mashed potatoes and a red cabbage slaw. The chicken was quite tender, but the mash was kind of a let-down cause it was too runny though!

Pasta was quite yummy! The sauce had chili padi bits in it and I loved that it had that spicy tang (: Ah, I'm actually hungry while typing this now...

Wished we had more space to order the Calamari tossed in Salted Egg yolk, which my friend raved about but we were really full after we finished everything we ordered. So, I guess we'll be back another day to try out the calamari. I'm too curious to pass it up since my colleague said it's really delicious heh. 

We spent about 2 hours just eating slowly and talking about everything else in between. The cafe only had about 4-5 other people and it was kinda nice that we came across Wilder, cause we loved the fact that it's quite a hidden gem and not that packed just yet (: Sundays are best spent over conversations and good food. 

Wilder Cafe
749 North Bridge Road
(S) 198717

Love, Jo ♡

Knit and Pleats.

I often wish that Singapore would have 4 seasons so we could dress up for fall. I love fall fashion the most - the jackets, layering and boots all come out play heh. Tzu and I have discussed to head to Korea this September, and I'm super excited cause it's gonna be close to fall and I can't wait to see the fall foliage and go hiking in that weather!

This outfit was put together for Uniqlo and somewhat inspired by fall outfits - I picked out a moss green knit vest and a classic grey pleat midi skirt to pair it with. I'm definitely guilty of hogging pleat skirts for sure; I think I own about 5-6 of them in different colours! 

Completed my outfit with my trusty pair of booties from Clarks, which are crazy comfortable - they don't give blisters at all and the workmanship is just superb on this pair of shoes. And lastly, also featuring a cute bag from @Tallulah.Bag on Instagram which is a store based in Bangkok. They carry really cute designs and the one I have is actually called the Riley (: 

Outfit details:

Knit vest and pleated skirt: Uniqlo

Shoes: Clarks

Bag: Tallulah.Bag

Love, Jo ♡

Australia 2015: Hobart, Tasmania - Battery Point in the night.

Left off at Mount Wellington previously from the previous travelogue post and we actually headed to Cargo bar pizza lounge for dinner which is located at Battery Point, a suburb area which has a few eatery points and the Salamanca market is also held there on Saturday mornings (: 

The atmosphere was absolutely wonderful and it was buzzing with life despite the fact that it was a Monday night. Soft lights coupled with a glass of wine and awesome food while watching the world go by - ah, life. We had a pizza and some tacos - we picked the Salmon Mascarpone Pizza and the Pulled pork Tacos, which were both done really well and really delicious for a chilly night out. 

Not too sure if these lights were up because of the upcoming festive Christmas season back then, but it looked really whimsical and gorgeous against the night skies and trees (': 

Love, Jo ♡