COLOURED HAIR 25 July 2009 in Uncategorized

Took a leap of faith and decided to colour my hair (base + highlights) for the first time in my life… a pretty scary thing to do considering I’d never done anything dramatic in terms of colour for my hair, and I was doing...
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TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 24 July 2009 in Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

So the total solar eclipse took place on July 22, 2 days ago. The last time a solar eclipse took place over Shanghai was during the Ming Dynasty on May 10, 1575. The next time we’ll see a total eclipse will not be until...
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QIPAO VS QIPAO 22 July 2009 in FASHION, Uncategorized

So… one qipao is 0 (custom-made), and the other is (off the rack). Can you tell the difference?
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VOLUNTEERING @ SPECIAL OLYMPICS DAY 20 July 2009 in Charity, Uncategorized

Volunteered at the Special Olympics over the weekend, organised by the Shanghai Patriotic School. It started at the (painful!) time of 8am on a Saturday morning.. so it took much effort to drag myself out of bed – even earlier than I normally get...
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HONEYMOON IN THE MALDIVES 19 July 2009 in Honeymoon, Uncategorized, Wedding

Chris organised our whole honeymoon, but it wasn’t a surprise for me because I don’t like surprises 😛 At first, we were THISCLOSE to going to Seychelles, until he tried to book flights. Turns out, it takes 1 day to get there, and 1...
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