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March 2018

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Pieces of Bali 2017

Posted on Friday, March 23, 2018


Possibly the most useless, yolo holiday of my life in which we hung around Bali for 5 days eating, getting massages and not really doing anything other than maybe one mini adventure out to Uluwatu on the first day I arrived, ahaha.

I really enjoyed the cheap food in large spacious cafes. Our daily $1 mee goreng across the road and the massages at the same hole in the wall cookery every. single. time. just 5 minutes from our hostel. If you told me to check, I would say I spent 80% of my time in Bali in the same 1 kilometre square block, mostly so paralysed by the fear of the impending explosion of Mount Agung (it finally exploded in December 2018, it was September when we went) that we spent our last day there sitting in a nearby cafe (of all places) drinking Sangria till we were tipsy - the things we do :'D

Yet by some miracle, we have pictures to show for the trip. So yep. There was my only holiday of 2017 but some people don't get to travel at all, so I count my blessings and am super grateful for how the current year is going!

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Grana Pop Up Singapore

Posted on Friday, March 9, 2018

Swung by my first Grana pop up here in Singapore on Friday for the VIP media preview party with my girls. I've been working with / wearing the brand for over a good two years and it's definitely a go-to place for great quality basics. It was so nice to finally get to see the brand in its full fledged, physical form - the shop front alone looks like something out of a magazine, and it's perfectly situated opposite Tiong Bahru Bakery / Merci Marcel and definitely worth a pop by after a brunch.

We showed up dressed fully dressed by Grana, of course.


Brand colour cupcakes - I feel like this half eaten one is an accurate representation of my heart: blue and frosty on the outside, pink and squishy in the middle :'D


We explored the clothes - they have great fabrics from Chinese Silk, to French Linen and Peruvian Pima Cotton; and everything was hanging on the most perfect mint green clothes racks (so inspired by this shade - maybe I will paint my clothes racks for my house mint green now).


I always make sure to take at least one ratchet picture of Laveena at every event - ha! Not sure why she is making this face, the wine was pretty excellent! (I would know, I had 3 glasses on an empty stomach, oops).



Manda and I both twinned in their camisoles, I love how far apart the straps are - the perfect cami I've been looking for!!! (Also, we always choose the same things, we have such similar taste).

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The pop up is till end March 2018 at 59 Eng Hoon Street, do pop by if you can and experience the space!

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Gown Fitting with Stitch by Stitch

Posted on Friday, March 2, 2018



So I recently did my ROM over the weekend with long time and favourite fatty / fiance, Justin (yes I am now a married woman and it's still taking a little getting used to, ha!)

Before any of the above could happen, I needed something to wear. Luckily for me, dear Manda linked me up with Joan of Stitch by Stitch Co so that I could look ah-mazing. I know, I know, even though it's just the signing of papers so that we can get our HDB, I am extra like that as a person. The gown I picked was exactly what I would look for in a wedding dress, except that it was sitting there, fully formed. I loved the simplicity, the delicate boning and dramatic but not too-dramatic train.

Joan herself runs the business with her partner in Indonesia out of her lovely home studio here in Singapore. They specialise in custom made gowns and you can book an appointment through their website here!

Photos by Manda Olivia and Myself