[Outfit] Spotted Again
Posted by Everest says in Fashion, What I Wore Today, what i wore wednesday on May 26, 2012
It’s my outfit post again! And I promise the next post is not going to be my outfit post.
I must admit though that it is so much easier to do an outfit post as opposed to a travel or dining post. :-p
I love polka dots as they make an outfit a little more fun and a little more interesting. What more a dress with haphazard dots in two colours!
Love this dress as it is thick enough to weigh the dress down to give it enough form and it just makes me a happy girl wearing it.
Not forgetting the vintage vibes it gives. 
Bag: Samantha Thavasa
Linking up with The Pleated Poppy, Rolled Up Pretty, Blonde Episodes & Transatlantic Blonde.
[Oufit] ‘Spotted’ across the Causeway
Posted by Everest says in Fashion, Inspiration Monday, Malaysia, Malaysia - Johor Bahru, Visible Monday, What I Wore Today on May 21, 2012
It was a horribly hot and humid weekend! (>_<”)
Headed to Johor over the weekend as our photos are ready for selection already! Both Beebops and I were a little excited and a little worried about how the pictures might turn out. Thankfully it turned out fine.
We had our lunch at Old Town White Coffee at City Square first.
The monkey with his funny faces while waiting for the food.
Mine was chicken char siew (roast meat) with dumpling noodles & his was Nasi Lemak.
And a cuppa Old Town White Coffee Gao (Strong) each to prepare us for the use of our concentration and eye power when choosing our pictures!
I enjoyed the photo selection process as we were both quite sure of what we didn’t want in our pictures and we agree on almost all the choices together.
We were given 141 pictures to select from and after close to three hours of choosing we made our choices. *gasp*
I wonder how long it would have taken if we had more differing views.
It was close to dinner time and we headed to a place which was recommended by my colleague.
The skewered BBQ food and Claypot Lou Xu Fun (老鼠粉） are their popular dishes.
So we ordered the recommended dishes and a plate of sweet potato leaves.
We waited quite long to be served our food as the place was rather packed. And we both got a little restless and was kind of spacing out as we were mentally tired from the photo selecting.
I am not too sure if I was due to that that the both of us felt that the food tasted normal and not really worth the wait.
The Claypot Lou Xu Fun had a good serving of minced & sliced meat and nicely braised Chinese mushrooms. The prawns used were not fresh prawns but were those that has been dried and soaked in brine before as it was dry and tasteless. The soup base of this claypot lou xu fun wasn’t as flavorful or tasty as it looks.
The sweet potato leaves was cooked with most of the stems which is usually removed as it is very tough and fibrous.
For the skewered BBQ food, we ordered prawns, chicken wings and abalone mushroom.
The mushroom & chicken wings tasted quite nice but the prawn was dry and not sweet tasting.
If you are in Johor and would like to try the food at the restaurant, below is the address.
It is along the street of The Store at Taman Sentosa, on the left hand side if you turned in from the main road.
Restaurant See Hai 101 Grill Chicken Wing - 新四海101海鲜楼串烧
Bag: Argyle Centre, Hong Kong
Chambray Shirt: Cotton On, Dress: Dip Drops, Boots: Jeffery Campbell from Solestruck
And the inspiration was from Inspiration Monday…
See the other ladies on Inspiration Monday & Visible Monday.
[Outfit] Mint pants in not so Mint condition
Posted by Everest says in Fashion, photography, What I Wore Today on May 17, 2012
This Spring is so “Cool” & “Refreshing” with the Minty trend!
Personally I don’t quite think that the mint colour complements my skin tone as it makes me look a little darker and dirtier looking.
Despite this, I am still unable to resist this fresh vibrant colour and have a few pieces of clothing in Mint.
I had this pair of Mint colour capri from Mango from seasons back, or should I say eons back.. If my memory doesn’t fail me this Mint capri is at least 7 years old. *gasp*
Many times I have contemplated donating it away in the past 7 years, as I always have problems trying to pair it with any thing except white which was very boring I must say. This problem led to the reason why I wore it for less than 10 times in the past 7 years.
I am so THANKFUL I didn’t give up on it!
With the Mint trend breezing into Spring, inspirations are just everywhere on the internet.
And this picture was what I was inspired by…
credits: unknown.
I forgot where I got this picture from and hence I am unable to provide the link or credits to this person.
If this picture is yours, please let me know so that I can update the credits.
Top: Taiwan, Mint Capri: Mango, Slip-on Wedge: Charles & Keith
Ring: Thailand, Watch: Casio
If I had taken a picture 7 year ago with this capri maybe it would look like this. 
Linking up with Transatlantic Blonde & Pleated Poppy.
Have a good day!
Weekends away
Posted by Everest says in thoughts on May 13, 2012
I have so much I want to update on my blog but I have not posted anything in the past two weeks as I have been busy on the first two weekends of May.
Had a great holiday to celebrate Beebops’ birthday at…..
& this weekend we spent it at a very spiritually & emotionally fulfilling but very mentally tiring camp.
Let me try to settle down and gather my thoughts so that I can share with you all about it.
I think I am going to just head to bed right now after this seemingly non-existent weekend.
Have a great week ahead!
[Outfit] Bow Wow Wow
Posted by Everest says in Fashion, What I Wore Today, what i wore wednesday on April 28, 2012
I can never resist anything with the Ribbon Bow, much less a garment with three bows.
Plus it is in a flattering dusty pink shade.
This jacket makes me feel just a little more demure whenever I wear it.
I think it affects me in little ways like how talk & walk. :-p
Pleated Wool Skirt: Beijing, Tank top: Cotton On, Jacket: OL Affair
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Half way through the day, I realised that my outfit could pass off as an elevator girl’s uniform in the prim and proper sense.
Heels: Elisa Litz, Bag: Longchamp
Linking up with Transatlantic Blonde & The Pleated Poppy for What I Wore Wednesday.
Thanks for dropping by!
[Outfit] Inspiration Monday 23April
Posted by Everest says in Inspiration Monday, Visible Monday, What I Wore Today on April 24, 2012
I have been following Two Birds’ blog for some time already for their Inspiration Monday where every week, they would update their Inspiration Monday page to feature one celebrity style which readers could gather some inspirations from and put together their own rendition of the outfit. All these time, I just couldn’t quite be inspired by these outfits to make it work appropriate enough.
And finally this week this picture of Sara Rue has inspired me!
I am so glad to have been inspired!
This dark lilac dress has been in my wardrobe for a least half a year already and I didn’t know how I could wear it.
The dress came with a elastic thin, ruched detail belt that I felt emphasized my thick waist.
And a cream colour belt just looked a little too bright and clean for this colour.
Who would have imagined that brown actually blends in so nicely with the colour of the dress! (well at least I think it looks good together)
Yippeee!
I am elated that I can finally wear this dress out and even more so that I am finally able to be contribute to Inspiration Monday!
What I was wearing:
Dress: H&M, Obi Belt: H&M, Wedges: Elisa Litz
Take a look at Visible Monday & Inspiration Monday to see how others have been inspired.
[Nail This] GlitterRed
Posted by Everest says in Nails on April 24, 2012
You might have read in my previous [Nail This] post that I painted over my gelish nails and for this manicure, I still have my gelish polish as a base as I am still a little reluctant to remove them as I feel that my nails are so soft and thin after all the filing and soaking in the gelish polish remover.
This was actually my second attempt at this red nails cos the first time round I painted it and went to sleep leading to all the smudging of the polish and it was hideous!
I used 2 coats of Bogota Blackberry as the base colour and one layer of the red glitter from the Muppet’s collection.
Thanks for dropping by!
High Tea @ Straits Cafe, Rendezvous Hotel
Posted by Everest says in food, places, Singapore on April 23, 2012
Weekend high-teas is a popular activity that many Singaporeans love to indulge in.
And without any advance reservations, you are unlikely to get a table in the more popular restaurants.
One lazy weekend, both me and Beebops woke up rather late, he said that since we are already kind of over our lunch time, why not just head out for High Tea instead.
After many phone calls later, we managed to get a table at Rendezvous Hotel’s Straits Cafe for our high tea.
There was quite a sizeable spread of food items ranging from salads to seafood to sashimi.
There were a couple of sections where you can make your own Popiah.
And try not to be too over-zealous with your fillings else it would end up being quite a mouthful like mine. : -p
There is also a counter which you can order Laksa and the chef would prepare it for you.
As you can see below it was awarded the award like 10years ago, but trust me it is still one of the better buffet laksa that I have tried.
The laksa gravy has just the right quantity of coconut milk and the light consistency so that you don’t get sick of the gravy half way through your bowl.
All I can say the only thing missing is the cockles!
Order a cup of tea when you are almost done with the spread.
How can we not have the durian puree desserts when the glass sticker is “screaming” right next to us.
Delicious! So much that I took 3 despite a very full stomach.
It isn’t overly sweet and it manages to retain that bittersweet taste that durians naturally possess.
The high-tea spread honestly isn’t very big but I must say that whatever they had there was of quality and tasted good.
If my memory serves me well, it costs about $25 per person after a credit card discount. At that price, it left us feeling very satisfied and very full.
Rendezvous Grand Hotel – Straits Cafe+65- 6335
1771 / 7
High Tea: 3:00pm to 5:30pm (Saturdays, Sundays & Public Holidays only)
9 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189559
[Nail This] Easter Eggs
Posted by Everest says in food, Nails on April 9, 2012
How was your Good Friday long weekend?
I had a great time spending it with Beebops and I can’t believe it is Monday already now!
Painted my nails in pastel in polka dots and zig zag lines like Easter Eggs.
The only time I can eat these Cadbury Mini Eggs now is during Easter as it is imported only then. 
They used to have it in the supermarkets all year round. I usually buy more than one when I see it on the shelves and now I am down to my last one and I should head to the supermarket really soon to sweep up what’s left on the shelf!
For this manicure, I used the Yellow Polish (second bottle from the left) & the Orange Polish (second bottle from left) for the dots.
Please pardon the uneven edges as I painted over my gelish nail polish as I didn’t want to remove it cos it involves so much chemical soaking and further filing of the nails.
[Outfit] Tribal Too
Posted by Everest says in Fashion, What I Wore Today, what i wore wednesday on April 4, 2012
It is another tribal inspired outfit and this was taken before my vacation in Vietnam too. Pardon how slow I am to update my blog!
I must get down to updating my blog proper soon else things life just moves on and I just feel too lazy to blog about them.
Anyway back to my outfit, this accordion pleated skirt was a gift from Beebops when he went to Thailand with the boys and it was worn by the villagers in Chiang Mai.
I love the skirt’s bright designs all around.
As I wore this outfit to work, I kept the rest of the outfit black and simple and threw on a black blazer in an attempt to make it look less casual.
Blazer: Zara, Tube Top: Victoria Secrets
Thanks for dropping by! I promise to update my travelogues soon!
Linking up with The Pleated Poppy & Transatlantic Blonde.
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