It's been a wild Christmas and year end getting the house done, dealing with The Ordinary Co's busiest period of the year and also finding time in between to hang with friends and enjoy the festive season! Super grateful for Fujifilm for sending me their SQ20 Instax to capture all the memories over December!


While I already have a rectangle Instax, there's just something very classic about a square one which has been missing in my life!! The Fujifilm SQ20 is the latest version after the SQ10 and comes with all kinds of nifty features like the live screen to preview and edit your photos before printing, and a large dial to navigate the camera. While part of the fun and mystique of printing instax's is not knowing what's going to come out, it can also be costly at parties because the moment may have passed and people may have moved on (or the precious instax may come out blank or not properly lit... which has happened to me so much :'D)


Fortunately this goes away since you can brighten and even add a filter to the images before printing them out! And if you want more than one, the photos can be saved and reprinted so that you don't have to get everyone to stand there and wait for multiple shots so that everyone gets an Instax, letting the party move on.


While it comes at a heftier price tag of $299 compared to other Instax cameras, it's a nice bridge between digital and analogue to future proof your moments! Now I can't wait for to capture the rest of the year. Cheers guys!

So I've been to J's Salon a few times before on my own, but sharing is caring right! This time the team kindly let me bring along dear Laveena for some girly spa time (cause goodness knows we hardly see each other in the day, hahaha).

Got our hair treated and pampered at the highest level of luxury one could ever hope for, and I have been so thoroughly spoilt to the point where I get kinda snobby when I go to other spas cause nowhere has as much attention to detail as J's!


Their Deluxe Garden Suite is E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. I will never, ever tire of how peaceful and tranquil it is with it's plush chairs, soothing sounds of the fountain trickling in the background, and the delicious smell of Kerastase products... all whilst overlooking the Singapore River!


But first! We got our scalp and hair condition diagnosed so that our treatment could be specially tailored to our needs. Was very honored to have salon director herself, June, who is also a certified trichologist, to take an in-depth look into both our hair and scalp condition.

For me, I have a sensitive scalp, so I was given the Kerastase Specifique anti-pelluclaire treatment and their Aura Botanica range for my damaged hair (it's organic!) to nourish and tame the frizz.

Now that the house is almost done, it's nice to finally have a little breather to start traveling again, and travel we did! Can't believe it's already been a month since we went to Bali... and as if travel isn't wonderful on it's own already, I was gifted my very first TUMI luggage just in time for the trip - their newest, lightest and most durable yet: Latitude.



I've used Samsonite luggages since young, and ever since moving out of my family home, I've needed to get a luggage of my own (things you don't think about until you become an adult and realise that you need to stop using the family suitcases).

Getting a TUMI seemed like a natural upgrade, especially since Samsonite bought TUMI so they're basically the same family, except TUMI is basically your super cool, classy aunt who travels the world often and doesn't look a day past 30.


Timmy the Tumi (yes I named him, if you don't follow my Instagram) weighs just 2.8kg and is TUMI's lightest most flexible luggage yet, without compromising on the durability. This is due to their special SRRP Ballistic material in which layers upon layers of 100% polypropelene are pressed together to form the Latitude's outer casing. Fun fact: this material is also used for sporting equipment and in the automobile industry!

While Timmy is an International Carry-On size and thus, didn't have to go through the horrors of check-in, he did have his fair share of hits falling face first off a ledge when the wind blew him (as if I don't need a better example to show how light he is, ha!) But he got away clean without a single scratch on his body: a testament to the durability of the design.

 Other than the airport, I did bring Timmy the Tumi out of the villa when we went for our day trips. Rolling him around was a dream because of how smooth and sturdy the wheel system is, and it was pretty funny because my friends would ask every day, "is Timmy coming along?" as if he were the 9th member of our 8 person group!


I think one of my favourite things about my new luggage is that they also provide monogramming services on your luggage - for life! They had a 4 letter limit, so I just put my initials ML (for lack of creativity, ok, and I figured I can always go back!) They even had other options and colours such as gold and silver for the font, but I personally preferred the blind embossing.

Another thing is that every TUMI luggage comes with a tracer number which can be registered online. While they can't actually locate the bag (it's not GPS guys), if it is ever found and returned to a TUMI store, they are able to use the 20-digit serial number at the back of the luggage to contact the owner!