On the Panel (again)

Yay! I love being on the panel for talks and stuff. The last one I was invited on was for our club's weekly event about relationships and tomorrow we will be talking about friendship. It is really cool how we still talk about things like this when we are in uni and can afford the luxury of time. Conversations like these will be so hard to come by once we start working and have heaps of other stuff piled up in our real-working-adult-world plate, no?

Not that I have that luxury of time that I speak of. Seeing how I have neglected this blog and left it neglected for quite some time. Rest assured that I still wear cool clothes, match them, wash them, remix them. But without the time to actually record my what-I-wores, I can only do this, for now.

Magazine cut outs! I think this is actually one of the best runway to real way ensemble that I have seen recently so sharing = caring.

Take care my darling readers, I will be back soon. I hope. :(

Lavender for fingers

I have thinking about the O.P.I. lilac dusty nail polish since last autumn/winter. It's just the perfect colour even though purple is not the colour that most people want to see on nails. And since I cannot justify buying a tiny bottle of nail lacquer that I will not finish using, I held back that desire. If I were to describe my want for it I would put it this way: if it was a pair of shoes or a dress, it would probably cause physical pain on my shopaholic self. So thank God it is just nail polish.

And double thank God for running into a perfect counterfeit that costed less than half the price in Bling. Happiness happiness joy joy.

Just turned 21

I am so sorry for the lack of posts. But after finishing all my tests in the most miserable ungraceful way, all I wanted to to rest, thus the hiatus without notice. My weekend was relaxing and I turned 21 on Monday! Which was also the Queen's birthday. Ever since young I am convinced that no matter what happens I will celebrate it on the day itself, not before, not after. So we sucked it up and paid the 15% surcharge for dinner.

When I put the event up in facebook, I put Total Sanguine 21 as the title because it fitted that case perfectly, I did not plan the event at all. My cellphone was out mainly because I refuse to top up my cellphone credit during exam time. The booking was made and changed a few times and all the guests did not get invited until the night before and the invitation was sent out around midnight.

I had completely no idea what I would wear, but then Yvonne and I went to the city earlier that day for lunch with my aunt so we took a detour and I grabbed this gorgeous bow top from Witchery (which was on sale!). Isn't this top amazing?! And from Witchery! I would never buy anything off Witchery unless there is a sale. They are so posh and expensive! Anyhow, I paired it with my favourite skirt, patterned tights and my favourite shoes. Rex came to pick me up a minute after I put on a decent amount of make up and I was running around the house stuffing things into my handbag.

The dinner went beautifully and I just realised and counted that 21 people turned up! I got around 150wishes from facebook, texts, emails etc. So I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who came and those who couldn't come but sent their wishes. You guys are amazing!

P/s: Yvonne gave me $150 birthday money which I splurged on two huffer dress and some thermals, show you next post? :)

What happened to you?

I have to say I am so bad at time management because I procrastinate a lot. But I am working on it and I am sure I will make a point to set time aside for actually writing some nice long posts instead of the picture and two line of words thing that I kept doing recently.

So what happened to me since the last time(around a week ago...the last one was kind of a scheduled post so it doesn't count) I posted something? I slept for less than two hours on 3 consecutive days. I guess you might be curious why would I do something so cruel to myself so I am going to tell you. I had an essay due on Friday. An essay which required a reading done beforehand, and the reading was hmm....not very short. I did hand in the essay on time and enjoyed most of time when I was writing it while feeling all academic and smart.

Other than that, I thrifted this $1 velvet-like jumper (originally from Marks and Spencer) from the hospice store in the student union building before they close down (sad face).

Oh and I tried to wear a tee, pencil skirt and cardigan combo like Alexa Chung, but ended up going more indie than brit.

So here are some lazily-done-but-adequate outfit shots for you to enjoy before I whip up another favourite collection collage. :)

Perpetual Princess Bird-In-A-Necklace

Thrifted jumper originally from Marks and Spencer

Tweed shorts from Esprit

Black tights

Emu Ugg boots bought on sale last year

Oh-so-indie straw hat from Andrea's vintage sale #2

Mom's multicoloured scarf - Esprit

Dusty Blue Cardigan from Gap

Wendy's t-shirt

Black Pencil Skirt from Glassons

Vintage brown belt

Black tights

Vintage buckled shoes

Lest we forget

I launched head first into my books around the time we had Anzac day. It was the end of last week. I have been dying to want to go to Two Squirrels vintage for weeks but talked myself out of it. Then, I stop going to malls and shops and thrift stores. The reasons for all the above, midsectionals. Every law student's third worse nightmare (after law essays and law finals). Unfortunately, mine was lined up 3 in a roll, back to back. But I have to say, it is not as hard as last year's exams. Either it's me not trying hard enough, or my new plan of energy sustainability is working.

Eva's Energy Sustainability Agenda

- Caffiene (the neccesarry evil)

- Midnight snacks (to sustain blood sugar level all night)

- warm ugly clothes for night (so it won't break your heart when you rip a new pair of tights and end up sulking instead of studying.)
- pretty cheerful clothes for day (like powersuits of the 80's & 90's, they work!)

what I wore:

Mango t-shirt, thrifted skirt, belt and shoes, Just jeans scarf. sleepy eyes.

Buy A Dress

Okay this is a bit random but Perpetual Princess just launched their first ever designer series of pretties and I am thinking about getting them to sell it in New Zealand (and I am figuring out how to sell it international as well). Perpetual Princess is a local label in Malaysia owned by a friend of mine (or my brother's to be exact). We had been trying to get the stocks to sell them overseas on our last trip back in the summer. Here's a little peek-a-boo at the new line!


Let me know if you like what you see. It will be very helpful for me to know if I should go ahead with the plan. :)




The print of this dress is very Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2010, no? I love the cut out part of the back and the button up skirt part!

Locked out

I am terribly sorry for the lack of updates for weeks. The fact is, I had been packing since the last post, then I got on the plane and head back to Christchurch, with my parents, uncle, aunt and a little cousin coming along for a 2 weeks holiday. And in the midst of that, uni started again. In other words, there were text books that needed to hunt for, supplies that I needed to top up.

Whilst I tried to bring everything I need from Malaysia (considering the gigantous luggage limit we have since the six of us are travelling together), I failed. But 0 week, week one and week two had been going well for me. I bought a vintage-look bike that should arrive later this week, along with simply gorgeous rattan basket with a handle, mudguards so I can ride across the fields and locks to prevent thieves. I also got a multifunction printer, a sony voice recorder and some pretty rattan storage boxes for my piles of clothes.

Oh and note for the title of this post, we got locked out. Yes, everyone in the house (Yvonne, me, Vincent - our new Malaysian tenant, and Steve - our new Taiwanese tenant) got locked out because the front door's door knob decided that it is going to retire while everyone is not home. I had to climb in through the windows to unlock the doors. But it didn't stop Yvonne and I from going out for a dinner I craved for, and a lil' shopping for our little home. :) I had Royal Roast, it was delightful, it made me full and happy. Yvonne had some thai noodle soup from Poppy Thai, they look as good as they taste. Yum.*

Note: Outfit shots would probably start as soon as I have time to take photos of myself. Ha! I am totally bummed that I did came out with new cute outfits but not taking any shots plainly because I was so busy. Sad.* :(

Yvonne's Noodles Soup

The new clothes storage! I love the cloth bag that we can actually take out for a wash in case it gets dirty. >

My much-craved-after Royal Roast...hmm...yum*

And that's a nice family photo we took when mom and dad was around :)

Frankie Magazine

Introducing Frankie Magazine, of art, fashion, music, craft and life. I found this bi-monthly magazine in Ruby's boutique. The magazine is based in the great land of Oz but nonetheless retain the artsy feeling that those big zines in the states have. I think it's awesome. Very much like what we see and speak about in lula magazine.





Since I was stuck at work until well after my working hours. And my bosses, being my parents thought it was appropriate for me work every minute while I was still at the office. I stole about an hour to do this collage while I could. That was before dad flood my desk with another stack of his dream projects and mom with bunch of long detailed formal letters.



Hope you readers like this mag as much as I do :) Toodles!

Saturday Revision

Nope, I have nothing to say. Except I still have a week of finals to survive. Study~

Exam Notice

It is officially exam time. Laws101 starts in approximately 9 hours. I love you my blog. I will strive to live through it and come home to you.

Doodles

The beginning of study week, I thought: hmm...a good breakfast ought to be a good kick off.

It worked for half an hour...

Then I started doodling.

And now I'm blogging. Jeez, can this possibly get any worse?!

Oh...it did already. I bought a pair of brogues, a pair of denim shorts and a blue shirt-dress off Trademe. *Sobs bitterly*

Art and all that stuff

Now that everything is all planned out for this summer, I guess it's time to plan what am I going to do for next summer!

Awesomeness.

I would love to still go back to Malaysia for my holiday, probably one month, possibly during Chinese New Year. The reason for a shorter stay? 1. Beach Project. 2. Summer school. 3. Internship (maybe?).

It is amazing how God opened doors. Opportunities just pop out of thin air. Thank you, Daddy & daddy. :D You guys are amazing fathers.