Just some photos I took not too long ago for my dear friend E-main as an early birthday present for her! I haven't been awake this early in a while, but somehow found the strength to stumble out of the house at 6am in the morning to catch the sunrise. It looks like they were at some cold, beautiful lake overseas, but in actuality it was MacRitchie Reservoir! We even managed to walk home together afterwards, cause #thomsonpeopleunite, haha. If you guys are interested in getting a casual couple shoot done, feel free to drop me an email at monica_lie@hotmail.com for my rates!

I love how Parisian houses are literally long length-wise to maximize the windows and light in the house. While I remember how balmy it was the first day we arrived (35C??), the creaky floorboards, the unpractical toilet paper roll holder that we would always knock over when walking in; I also remember the feeling of relief whenever we come back safely to our little temporary home, lazy mornings waking up in our room because it's raining outside, and the many makeshift lunches we made ourselves and ate on our living room floor even though we had a perfectly functional dining room.

Our Airbnb apartment was decently located near Galleries Lafayette and really affordable for Paris at S$200+ a night for the whole apartment (or around S$100 a person/night), much cheaper than a hotel - which is the beauty of Airbnb of course. The only catch is that we had to book it a whole 8 months before our trip because it's really popular and highly rated! But with the leisure of foresight, it wasn't much of a problem. Justin was the one who actually found this place and showed it to me because he knew it suited my aesthetic (aww).

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