PROENZA SCHOULER PS1 LEATHER BAG 27 July 2009 in FASHION, Shopping, Uncategorized

I’ve been lusting over the Proenza Schouler PS1 since January this year, when I first laid my eyes on this beauty. I saw it whilst surfing the net, in passing, and was quite taken by it… then shortly afterwards I started seeing it appear...

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...

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...

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?

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...