In fact, you’re in for a visual treat every step of the way!

After about 2.5 hours of walking, we arrived at Bondi!

I tweaked this recipe based on Sushi’s initial recipe with clams (yummmyyyy). For those of you who are interested, here’s the recipe:

That’s it! Sounds easy enough, doesn’t it? Most of the ingredients can be easily found in the kitchen. If you’re wondering what type of white wine to use, I think both chardonnnay and savignon blanc will do the trick. In fact, I bought the cheapest chardonnay around and it tastes perfectly fine.

I personally think this dish would taste even better with a squeeze of lemon though. Will definitely try that the next time. 😉

Felicia and Pei first brought me to this restaurant for lunch. Felicia ordered sashimi and udon while Pei and I had the teriyaki chicken lunch set. The lunch sets here are priced rather reasonably at about $18-$20.

Crunchy on the outside with juicy, lean meat on the inside. It was absolutely yummy!

Life is never just made up of two clearly defined shades of white and black. There are 50 shades of grey (nope, no sexual stuff here), or perhaps more.

Different people have different perceptions and expectations of the same situation, and this is usually shaped by the life experiences that each individual has gone through as well as the level of maturity and situational awareness that each individual possesses.

I blog because I love writing and photography (I usually take photos without me in them. Those with me in them are taken by JW). The focus of my blog is on fashion (sometimes beauty too), food and travel because these are areas that family and friends usually ask me about and I’m passionate about these things. I think these are also topics that people can generally relate to on a daily basis.

When I share my clothes, bags, shopping hauls and travels on such a public platform, there are bound to be detractors who feel that it is distasteful or attention-seeking to do so. I can’t stop people from thinking the way that they want to because again, their perceptions are molded by their life experiences and upbringing. Perceptions can only be changed, be it for the better or worse, when you truly get to know a person on a deeper, more intimate level, but that is not possible with blogs as blogs only portray one dimension of the person. If my actions perpetuate any misunderstanding that you have of me, I’m sorry but there’s little I can do. I don’t aim to please anyone, except myself and the people I care about. 🙂

That’s the easiest way to feel happy, isn’t it? 😉

Thankfully, Alvin and Elisa arrived last Sunday morning. That gave JW and I the perfect excuse to visit The Rocks Market, not without first having his favourite ricotta hotcakes from Bills.
Click here if you wish to read my earlier review on Bills.

If this dress was longer, it could probably pass off as one of the blue cupcakes gowns that she often wore in Versailles, but that would also make me look like a clown. Haha.

We always complain that there’s nothing to do in Singapore, but when you’re blessed with good company, even a supposedly mundane activity can morph into something exciting.

Singapore will always hold a special place in my heart because everyone else who is dear to me is there and sometimes, all I want is hang around loved ones whom I’ve known since forever.

After all, home is where my heart is. 🙂

The amazing thing about shopping in Sydney is the incredible mark-downs by departmental stores after every season. The recent sale, aptly named the Stocktake sale, took place between June-July as this marks the end of the financial year for most stores. This is perhaps the best time to comb through departmental stores such as David Jones and Myers.

At David Jones, you can get designer shoes and bags – think Celine, Christian Louboutins, Charlotte Olympia etc. at up to 50%-70% off. Myers stocks Aussie brands such as Basque, Cue, Review, Wayne Cooper and Alannah Hill.

Now, on top of the original mark-down, it is common for retailers to slash a further say 30% or 40% off reduced items, so if you’re lucky, you could get that dress you’ve been eyeing for a long time at just 10% or 20% of the original retail price.

Take me for example. I have been eyeing these delectable platform heels from Basque at Myers for some time. Originally priced at A$169, it dropped to just A$17 during the sale. See what I mean when I say you can actually find items at 10-20% of the original retail price?

The kind sales assistant brought out the same design in another colour for me to try on. Needless to say, I bought both pairs! These are quality shoes (leather-upper too) with great workmanship after all!

Besides the departmental stores,I can’t do without Forever New (you can find this in Singapore at Wisma Atria and Raffles City) and Alannah Hill, two of my favourite Aussie brands. If you love frills, flowers, lace, and basically just all things girly, you’ll love these brands.

What I also love about these brands here is that you can find off-season items at discounted prices at Birkenhead Point, an outlet mall in Sydney.

Karen and I had a field day at Birkenhead Point when she came over recently. 🙂 Here are some of my buys: