Olympics closing ceremony.

When it comes to Olympics, the Hoe family does it the right way. ;)



Teeny.



Me.



Jing.
I am sorry if she scared you wtf.





Mommy Hoe: "WAHHH what a worthwhile investment! We can use it for for every 4 years, for every olympic! We can pass it for generations and generations! WAHHH we can make it our family heirloom!!!"

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Drunken Daddy (induced so because of too much wine intake during his birthday dinner):
"I loooook the beesssst..."




Grandma Hoe!!
She was tying up some rubbish bags, so Jing and I joined forces-- I called out to her to distract grandma, then Jing promptly perched on the glasses on her face, followed by me quickly going "click!" on my camera. Grandma was in a total blur, hahahaha! Isn't she the cutest thing ever!!



Sorry for the mini disappearing stint, yes, I was home again! :D
Proper update coming up soon, I promise!

Magic tricks.

Hello, everyone!
Today, I am going to perform some magic. :)




Well, well, let me just rewind a little and update you guys. ;)
See, what happened is was, last week I got my pay.
My first paycheck ever.




Ladies and gentlemen, this is when the magic comes into place!


I assure you, the paycheck looks much more... presentable in real life, hahaha.



And let's see what it has transformed into!


*POOOOOOF*




Work clothes up first!
The stripes are a very dark peach, almost brown, and shimmery!

I am trying to add on more varied pieces into my work wardrobe. I am bored with work clothes. :(




Knitted vest with a little skirt and pockets, this would look cute in layering with slacks! :)





Gray chiffon and lace blouse.
For days when I want to feel less like a power woman, and get more in tune with me soft, feminine side wtf.

I know it looks like shit against the gray bedsheets, but it's really quite nice. T_T



Ok, done with work clothes! Let's move on to the more fun things. :P



A corset tube top with an ehnic feel-- the fabric reminds of me the kebaya kains? :)
And the best part is, it gives me quite a mighty cleavage when worn, hoho.




Indulging in my childhood! All of you know Peter Rabbit right! And Brer Rabbit from Enid Blyton, haha.
I love this necklace, it just has this childish charm written all over it. :)))

If anyone even dares to suggest 'Playboy' when they see me wear this, I swear I will whack them up. -_-




A vintage-inspired navy velvet brocade skirt with a gold embroidered band, which I wore to Lapsap in Palate Palette on Sunday. Only a teaser picture here wtf.
And stop looking at my boob and concentrate on the little bit of the skirt that you can see!





Heeheehee, top with carousel horses! This top is horribly me: whimsical, random, and superbly kiddish, haha!
The lovely owner of Tea & Sympathy purposely remade this top for me. *big teary eyes*




Denim high-waisted paperbag skirt.
You can't really see the paperbag ruchings of the skirt here, but oh well, nevermind, keep a lookout for it when I wear it! :P



Moving on to my happy buys of shoes!


Happy heels number 1!
The colors are way way more vibrant in real life-- a bright lively orange and brown.
I love how kitschy they look, and it also has this retro feel to it! :)



I hate to admit it, but sometimes I do feel bored of the gladiator sandals trend... Which is why we need more unique, pretty sandals! ;P
The sandals are a deep red, the design very nice right. :)))




Happy shoes number 3!
Whenever I see these shoes, I think of "Blue Cheese", which is super apt! 'Cause it's electric blue patent, with the funky holey cream yellow front, haha. Okok, I shall stop being so cheesy, no pun intended, HAHA.


There are actually more things which I bought from the Lapsap sale, but I shall put them in a separate Lapsap entry!


But I shan't leave out the creme de la creme of my buys. ;)
A little reward myself, and also something to commemorate my first ever real paycheck...



:)







Hello, lover.




Finally got myself a pair of Chanel sunnies, after talking about it since last year!



I am really sorry that the pictures sucked, I was in a rush when I was taking these pictures.
More pictures next time when I wear them out aight! :P


But it's really kind of sad, 'cause this is actually not the pair of sunnies I have been coveting from a long time ago! :( For almost 1 year I was going back and forth, deciding whether or not to get it, but I never did. The thought of forking out such a huge amount of money for 2 tinted lenses made me heavy-hearted wtf. Not to mention my track record with sunglasses/spectacles made me think twice (leaving them behind, breaking them etc.. -_-). In fact, about 3 weeks ago I was in Chanel Singapore lovingly poring over my dream sunnies, but I still couldn't bring myself to pay for it then and there. "I will use my first pay", I told myself, and walked out of the shop.

Well, guess what. It is sold out already! T___T Both in Chanel Singapore and KL, and they are not bringing in any more stocks of that particular pair!!! In the end, I had to choose another one. This teaches me a valuable lesson-- sometimes there is no good in being too cautious in your purchases, look at where it lead me! Being an impulsive shopper has its merits ok. :(

And sigh, it's such a pity that when it comes to sunnies, the design don't really matter, because most importantly, the sunglasses shape has to fit you. 'Cause if it was up to me, I would have bought the sunnies with the trademark Chanel quilting at its side! But they make me look like retarded beetlebugs, haihhh.



Oh ya!


This skirt I was wearing here was also part of my payday-splurging-scheme. :P
Striped high-waisted front, and a doodled floral full skirt!
Wearing happy peach pink retro wedges here. :)))


My beloved sisters:


Jing, and her trademark Velvet-Ribbon pose, haha.




Don't mess with the Hoe sisters, or a fat lip you will get! :P




Pretty bangle-- beaded and fully embroidered, it reminds me of fairies somehow! :P
And please don't get distracted by the hair on my arm. T___T


My weekend back home started on such a wrong foot, it was almost a recipe for disaster.
A fight with the boyfriend almost as soon as I reached home.
Getting stuck in a jam for 2 and 1/2 hours with the sisters in KL. We all haven't had anything to eat at all for the day, and we were hungry and frustrated, but there was nowhere we could go. was almost in tears thinking of the time I was wasting! :(
Because of the huge delay in the jam, I had to cancel out on dinner with the family-- I made an appointment with the whole family 'cause I wanted to treat them to a nice dinner with my first paycheck. I felt so bad. :(



But I guess all things have a way of working out for the best. :)
Though the jam was so so bad that I thought I would be in a foul mood forever, the laughs and excited chatter the sisters and I kept up during our lunch/dinner more than made up for it.

I've made plans with the family to bring them out next Sunday, and nothing is going to stop me this time! It's daddy Hoe's birthday. :)

My Sunday was surprisingly quiet, besides Lapsap, I spent the entire afternoon and evening napping with the boyfriend and watching The Simpsons together. The movie was released when I was still in Melbourne, and we made a pact to watch it together when I get back. 1 year later, we finally managed to catch up on this date of ours. :) His room is always awfully cold, so I bundled myself up in a freshly-laundered long-sleeved shirt of his, with his Homer Simpson T-shirt underneath. Add that to tight cuddles, and I would say the date went pretty well. ;)

I gave some money to my grandparents when I was back. When my grandma saw the bundle of notes in my hands, I thought she almost cried. She told me to keep the money to myself to "buy something to eat", but in the end, I managed to persuade her to take the money. I was all choked up then. The moment just felt incredibly personal and... raw.
But I wouldn't give it up for anything. :)







Oh wow, guess what! It's the 20th again!
Pay day for August (month 2) has arrived, oops. HAHA!

ps: This entry was actually completed last night, but I couldn't publish it 'cause of the wonky internet connection, rawrr!

Kamikaze/ Food spurt.

I think I am a superhero wan. -_-

I reached S'pore at 5am yesterday. I slept for 1 hour, and went to work.
The things I do to stay home just a little longer.

It's amazing that I am still standing after a long day of work.

But not for long! I really need some sleep, I can feel my brain shutting down.

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Home was good. :)
Though it was only 2 weeks since I have been back, there are all these little subtle changes at home.

The new Saga at home; bloody car has finally arrived. I find it quite funny actually, 'cause sometimes my sisters and I act snobby and swear that we will never drive Sagas, and look at what car my dad got Teeny, hahaha. But it really is kind of ridiculous, 'cause the whole point of getting a cheaper car for Teeny is 'cause she will be going to Melbourne next year, hence the car will only be used for this year. But of course, due to Proton's inefficiency, we only got the car half a year after we bought it. -_- And now Teeny is going to drive the car for about 3 months before her uni semester is over, and then the car will be idle (everyone else at home already has a car), HAIH.

My room, which has turned into a mini warehouse for Jing's baby-- Velvet Ribbon and Teeny's friend's shopping site. -______-

My brother's voice has gotten deeper again. Did that boy swallow a lion or what??

Teeny's new hair color. And let's not forget Jing's regrowth wtf. I am going to force that woman to go do our hair together soon!

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An 1-hour nap is too short! T_T
I am too lazy/tired to upload pictures from my weekend, so I am going to take the easy way out, and post up some backlogged pictures that I uploaded last week to blog but didn't get to it, 'cause I was too busy replacing all my bandwidth exceeded pictures, rawr.

I thought to name these batch of pictures "Food Spurts", 'cause well, if you frequent my blog enough, you'd know that I am mad over food. ;) I get very happy when people read my food entries, and visit those places/consult me based on my recommendations! And also, I get a sense of thrill whenever I check my site referrals and I find that people linked to my blog 'cause they googled a restaurant or a certain type of food. I feel like I am doing my part for spreading the love for food, hee. Anyway, I understand that droning food entries might be boring at times, so I am going to save the food reviews for new/worthwhile restaurants, and what you will see sometimes are sporadic short entries of random food that I have eaten (and what I wore, hahaha), hence the term "Food spurts". :P

(Pictures are from my pre-work era wtf)



The poor boyfriend who layan-ed me after work every evening to bring me out for dinners and such.

Back then, I didn't fully appreciate just how much effort when into a simple action like that; but now that I have started work, I understand that some days after work, you're so tired you just want to crawl into bed and not come out. But yet he accompanied me almost every night, entertaining to all my whims and needs. *teary*


We went to Vietnam Kitchen!


Where I had a drink with matched the color of my dress WTF.

This is called the tri-colored...err, drink, haha. A Vietnamese special, it's made of cendol, red bean and mung bean (i.e. green bean).




Spring rolls! I love Vietnamese spring rolls-- the only problem is that I usually feel like eating 20 at one go. -_-




Seafood noodles.

Which is making me a little queasy in the stomach now, 'cause I have noodles almost everyday for lunch. -_- Haihh, but I am talking crap la, come 12pm tomorrow, I will be thumping on my table (and stomach wtf), yelling "LUNCH TIME!" at the top of my lungs and march off to the nearest food court for yet another bowl of noodles. -_-




The boyfriend's Vietnamese fried rice... which didn't taste very Vietnamese at all, haha.
I only took this picture to pacify him 'cause he gets emo when I only take pictures of my food. -_-




Outfit for the night. :)
I love love love the clutch I was carrying! It is really roomy, I can even fit my waterbottle in there, and no one knows the better! :P





Things that make up the outfit that is the color of cendol wtf.




And the pretty back of my dress! :)
Pay attention to the pretty, erm carlights in the background too, haha.

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From Vietnamese to Chinese wtf. Dragon-i was on the menu. :D




The tube I was wearing actually has this long drape flowing down the front all the way from the bustier, but it doesn't really show in the pictures. :(

And wow, my waist looks so small in the first picture! *big shiny eyes* Is this a sign that I should wear black more often. -__-
Btw, if you haven't realized it yet, black is one of my least favorite color. I am not one to be a wallflower WTF. Haha, no la, maybe 'cause black doesn't really go with my personality or something, but I am more of a bright happy clappy colors type of person. :P





Dragon-i in Sunway Pyramid! Which was really nicely decorated, I feel.

And I am sorry that I am so jakun, I think probably half of the people in PJ have tried Dragon-i before, but it was only my first time!





Me likes Dragon-i in Pyramid, because it has ceiling-to-floor windows overlooking Sunway Lagoon! Kind of lends a nice, romantic, candlelit dinner effect. :D
And also provide great inspirations for dreamy, gaze-into-the-future poses apparently, haha.


Moving on to the food:



Sea coconut and longan drink, very yummy.




Siew loong pau, one of the recommended dishes! :)




My la mian, signature noodle dish, and also a trademark Szechuan specialty if I am not mistaken.



Comes with fried pork chops, le sigh.




And the boyfriend's la mian, with braised pork ribs. Thumbs up for this too!


I don't know, quite a few people who have been to Dragon-i came back with mediocre to bad reviews about the place, but I pretty much enjoyed my experience there! Food was good, and I really liked the ambience (and the view) of the place... Definitely a place I will go back to. :)




My crescent-shaped floral print clutch. Place there to subtly hide my satisfied bulging tummy. :P




And me loves the big-ass vintage ring that I added into my collection recently! Though I get a lot of exclamations whenever I wear it. -_-






Looking through all these pictures, I can't help but think about all that I am missing out on.

Before I left for Singapore, occasionally the boyfriend will throw me a pout and tell me "But I won't be able to see you in your working clothes!" or "We can't have dinner together after work!", and I will just wave him off dismissively.

But nowadays, when I stride in the underpass tunnels, the corridors of shopping malls, or even just walking across the street, I see young working couples everywhere, hand-in-hand, a familiar face for each other after a grueling day of work.

Isn't it sad, that this is a new chapter of my life, and I can't do it together with you. I can't tighten the knot on your tie before you go off to work, or give each other goodbye kisses every morning before heading off to the daily grind. I don't have lunches with you to look forward to at work, I don't have a pair of arms to run into when I step out of the office.







On nights like this, I can't help but think about all that I am missing out on.