May21

One singular sensation

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Monday again. Sigh.

Had a pretty relaxed weekend, the only exciting day was Saturday really. It started off with a belated birthday lunch for two of my friends, Nicky and Tony, at Capricci. Most of the gang was there which was great fun and luckily we had a table inside because it was one of those absolutely scorching days outside, the ones where the aircon is your superbest friend.

The food was brilliant (the homemade paccheri with homemade Italian sausage, Portobello mushroom and Parmesan cheese sauce was to die for!), if you live in Singapore I really recommend you to try this place. It’s located on 27 Tanjong Pagar Road.

Unfortunately Saturday was one of those days where one thing came after another so straight from lunch me and Julian (another friend) went to meet my parents for dinner at Osteria Mozza. After having had four courses at lunch, dinner wasn’t what I wanted at that point so settled for a small appetizer. Felt a bit bad about that as they do have some fantastic food there (and a very cute bartender…but that is besides the point). Next time.

Dinner done it was time for the evening’s event.  A Chorus Line. I like the movie but had never seen it on stage. And I loved, loved, loved it! Some of the characters are just hilarious.

Afterwards the plan was for me and Julian to meet up with the gang again but they all called it quits pretty early so we ended up going to South Coast to meet with some of J’s friends. 3 hours and one big bottle of Perrier later I decided to call it a night and oh, was I happy about that waking up on Sunday morning. Head clear and me ready to tackle the day already at 9am – and I did get a lot done but as it was mostly those hateful household chores that we all have to do, I am not going to bore you with the details.

How was your weekend?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top, shoes and bag – Zara
Skirt – homemade 

(Hmm, I seriously need to get a little bit of tan on my face, those dark circles under the eyes are not looking good!)

May20

Caught in a web

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Oh, I like this dress worn by Ashley Simpson. Me want. Not to mention I have the perfect shoes I could wear with it too. Anyone know where it’s from?

I also really like her haircut. If I wasn’t in the process of growing my hair longer this is a cut I so would go for. And if I wasn’t living in a country with very high humidity. Sleek would go instantly frizzy. Not a good look.

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May18

End of the week

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I get out of work
And then I throw away all of my cares
I get out of work
And then I wash the week out my hair

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
It’s hard as could be
But by old Friday evening
We’re free, we’re free, we’re free

End of the week
The weekend started
Been working so hard to play
End of the week
It’s time to party
End of the week

You’re tasting freedom
No one to push you around
End of the week
And life has a reason
End of the week

Street are alive
You know everybody’s going somewhere
You put on the slide
You gotta beat the crowd just everywhere

And all the music all the dancing
Get you so high
And all that sweet romancing
Oh my, oh my, oh my

End of the week
The weekend started
Working so hard to play
End of the week
It’s time to party
End of the week

May18

The little mermaid

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I am not a huge fan of mermaid dresses but I must admit that I quite like the one (by Christopher Bu) that Fan BingBing  wore in Cannes. Or, I like the fabric of the dress more than the shape but guess it would’t come across as well in any another one than that of a vase (or rather, mermaid) so I’ll let it pass 🙂

Even if I like it though, it is not quite up there with the Roberto Cavalli “Ming vase dress”, famously worn by Victoria  Beckham back in 2005. That dress is the exception to my rule.

May18

A spoonful of sugar

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Every now and then they treat us to a nice buffet lunch at work, today was one of those days – this was to celebrate the opening of our newly renovated office (well, we have been working in it for a while now but guess it can still be called new). Unfortunately for me there weren’t that many things I could eat, suffering from food allergies that I do (and many things on that list are often used in Asian cooking) this is something I am getting quite used to though. My rumbling stomach doesn’t really agree with that. Time to hit the snacks and cookie drawer soon me thinks. Yes, we have one of those. For good and bad. Mostly bad.

I was going to show you a pic of the buffet as it was a really nice one but I only thought about taking a pic of it when it looked a real mess so instead I’ll post some of my various likes on Pinterest this week. Maybe not the same thing but hey…

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May17

Aqua dreams

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How absolutely gorgeous does Diane Kruger look in the Giambattista Valli dress she wore at the opening ceremony of the 65th Cannes Film Festival yesterday?

Stunning!

I so want that dress!!

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May16

Let me entertain you

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Who needs reality TV when you can have real life…

Neighbors of mine seems to have had serious relationships issues for a while but today it really escalated – and it has all taken place in our lift lobby. It started off this morning when I was waiting for the lift…could hear the woman of the house yelling at the man, calling him a loser and a few more well chosen words (slightly better than last time though as she then said something in the lines of “I killed my brother and got away with it and I can do the same with you”…). Thinking nothing more of it, I went off to work.

Coming back home this evening, it continued. She ran out of the house, yelling and screaming as per usual and off she went. 20 minutes later she is back and starts pounding on the door. Apparently he has locked her out. She is furious and starts screaming that he has someone in the house, demanding to know who it is. Needless to say he didn’t answer. She gets even madder and decides to call the police. While she waits she is rambling to herself, alternating with screaming at him through the door. Still he doesn’t open (big surprise there!). She then starts yelling things that are not made for print. Police arrives. She screams a bit more. Demands to get in to get her stuff. Telling the police he has thrown her out the window at one occasion (we live on the 16ht floor…don’t think she would be standing up if that was entirely true), smashed her glasses, stolen her money etc. etc. One of the police men finally get to go in to speak to the man, when coming back out he seems to have a little less sympathy with the woman. She ends up having a bit of argument with them. Not a smart move. Even less smart is then saying she will kill the man. At this point I can’t help but start giggling a bit. She is rather entertaining.

To cut a long story short. She seems to have decided to move out. Has some bags packed and is escorted out by the police. Her parting words – “Sorry neighbors, don’t be friends with him, he is a bad man. He doesn’t want me. He wants men. He is gay”. This is where I start to laugh. Quietly though as she is a tad bit scary. And I do value my life.

I don’t think we’ve seen the end of this story but fingers crossed we get some peace and quiet around here.

At least for a while.