current Topshop cravings

Outfit: day and night

Yesterday wore this wonderfully simple and comfortable grey t-shirt dress.



Switched to shiny nylon leggings for the evening as it got a bit to cold for bare legs. I also exchanged the jeans jacket with a blazer which I belted with that incredible Burberry-esque Zara belt.

Sport & Fashion

photo credit: nationalgeographic.com
Fireworks light up the sky over the Beijing National Stadium; also known as the Bird's Nest during the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Last night's 2008 Beijing Olympic opening ceremony was spectacular.
As good as my Spicy Hot Pot dinner.
I'm addicted to hot & spicy food right now.
watch TV + eat + laugh = perfect lazy life

I'm a lazybone, a couch potato and I rarely do any exercise.
The most exciting sport for me probably is shopping long hours in high heels.
I can spend a whole day browing from shop to shop without feeling tire, hungry or thirsty.
Exercises I do are picking up dog poos and changing cat litters.
However, I love to watch other people doing sports;
such as swimming, surfing, gymnastics, diving and F1.
Good luck Aussie and Chinese.
Fair game everyone, and no politics thanks!

photo credit: Olympic Official Web
This traditional Chinese costume from the Tang Dynasty is so amazing.
Admire Chinese textiles, especially their minority clothing;
embroideries & tapestries, silk, dyed fabrics & fabulous colours.
I'm curious to find more info on the Chinese ethnic costumes.
Will do that when I have time.

photo credit: peopledaily & marlamallett.com

In The Mood For LOVE 花樣年華

Beautiful Chinese dresses shown in this amazing movie
Love Meggie Cheung, love her face, her body & her dresses.

here's two of my Chinese dresses I have.

Grazia Magazine

photo credit: Garzia Magaizne
It's the FASHION Olympics
New Season Looks in Beijing

A Surprise Found

Zen Japanese Restaurant
388 Burwood Rd
Hawthorn 3122


Ph: 9818 0116

A new Japanese Restaurant just opened at Hawthorn.
The food is quite impressive.

The location used to be a Shanghai Chinese restaurant
which we used to be their regular customers.
The owner is a tropical fish lover which he showcased he's Angel fish
in a large tank near the window.
I loved to sit at the table next to the fish tank.
Unfortunately it has closed.

However, it has changed to good hands.
The new Japanese restaurant run by a young chef really won't disappointed you
with it's freshly cook food and friendly staff.

permanent vacation

I'm back from my 4 days trip to Nice (France). What an enjoyable time that was, I came back completely relaxed (who knew 4 days could make such a difference), tanned and many happy memories.

The city of Nice is, well nice ^o^ But it's almost a bit too touristic for me and the beach there isn't really nice. So we went to a beach in a small town maybe 15min by train from Nice which was way nicer.

Prada-esque lace

I haven't been shopping for a while and so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw all the new items at the H&M Trend section. They had a lot of fall stuff in already, including these wonderful lace pieces:

It's very very much inspired by the Prada Fall 08 collection which I really loved and so I couldn't resist and bought the rose/beige tulip skirt and the black top. The funny thing is I actually saw a beige lace skirt paired with a black lace top in the Prada store display just a few days ago, so I wanted to try the look myself by pairing these two pieces. I am actually quite happy with the outcome but I don't know if I'm going to wear it like that.

a better look at the skirt:

Letter with Love

My Prince Charming

The first thing went back home after watching the Sex and the City movie was google online to find a book entitled "Love Letters of Great Men".
Unfortunetely it doesn't exist.
How romantic it would be to receive a love letter from a man you love.
Darling never wrote me anything special.
He's not that kind of man.
He's bad at express himself in writing.
He loves me in some other ways.
When I shown him these necklaces on etsy a while ago, he smiled and said he would buy it for me.
I smiled back and nodded my head.
As simple as that.
LOVE