Anyeong Noona

While her dramas often end up somewhat lacklustre, Shin Se Kyung has managed to daze Noona in whatever she’s wearing in her various drama. Black Knight has given her a lot of fashion inspiration despite the fact that she won’t be able to wear any winter OOTD in this crazy hot tropical country named Singapore. But anyway, we can still get the bag if we can afford it somehow...maybe. Or maybe we can travel to winter countries and voila, a chance to wear red coat and with black slingbag. Yes? No?

Steal Her Look: Shin Se Kyung’s Chic in Red

Noona would like to vote for red coat to exist in any woman’s wardrobe because after all red is such a flattering color. The red coat from Korean fashion label, Tint Rose, costs USD 285 on its website (www.tintrose.com) and it is one of the most popular item amongst the the label’s creations. Noona supposes its popularity was boosted somehow by the drama, Black Knight. If you are, however staying in a tropical country where it’s forever summer here, Noona thinks you can still work the look but substitute the thick coat with blazer instead. Now if only, we can find similar color for the blazer...

In the spirit of lunar new year, Noona thinks that red color will work as well as maroon to be pair with that classy black Celine Trotteur bag. How about pairing the red double breasted blazer (is that a typo there?) from River Island with it? The red blazer costs 89.90 SGD.

Alternatively, Mango also has a similar blazer at less scorching red tone. And to make it even better, the Ruched Sleeves Blazer from Mango is currently on sale from the initial price of SGD 119 to SGD 72.90. Not exactly cheap but at least it’s not in the hundreds.

Actually blazer will also work well if you are travelling in spring or transition from spring to summer where the weather is sunny but the wind is still pretty chilly. So an outfit idea for spring maybe? If red is too strong for you, you can opt for pink instead since spring is all about the pastel color. Zalora happens to have one pink scrunch sleeve blazer at SGD 54.90 now if you are interested in one. Pink blazer is nicer to pair with black top intead of white though.

Right, how about the bag? Noona can’t help but admiring that classic black Celine Trotteur bag which has a price tag of SGD 2,800 (i.e. more than 3x her monthly rental). *cry in broken Korean*

Alternatively, you can probably choose for cheaper option offered by Coach. The courier bag from Coach & Rodarte is currently priced at SGD 950 i.e. less than half the price of the above Celine. #cheapome

Mille Feuille is one of trademark pastries offered by Paul. While I usually go for the plain one, I decided to go for Strawberry Mille Feuille that night. The crispy golden puff pastry, strawberry creme-filled Napoleon cake topped with light apricot glaze. A lovely rendition in my belly. Sometimes I can’t really decide whether I like strawberry or chocolate better as the base for the cake. Hmm.

8. The Story of Strawberry Mille Feuille, Paul

FRIENDSHIP FOR LOVE?

I am at the age where my peers are getting married (and even have babies) one by one. At this stage of life, I come to realisation that my close friends are mainly made of singles. Old articles written by the Guardian and BBC have confirmed that statistically, you tend to lose friends for a relationship at the ratio of 1:2 (losing 2 close friends from 1 relationship). Oh wow, isn’t that a bummer?

But then again, love for your partner is definitely bigger than your love for close friends. So I suppose this what make people who are getting in relationship to somewhat “ditch” their close friends. The intimacy of a relationship after all correlates very tightly with the frequency of your interactions with those individuals. Needless to say, if you don’t even bother to make effort to still see your friend, the emotional engagement that you have with them will drop. Being at the receiving end of this treatment, I even say that the level can drop to the irreparable stage i.e. the stage where I don’t bother to ignite our friendship ever again. After all, who want to be treated like a convenient friend?

But then again, since this seems to be a worldwide MO (and I probably would be swept through the same MO if I get into relationship again, despite my strong willpower not to), I suppose this is one of those pet-peeve that you just have to endure and get it by as long as you are still living on earth. Sucks, but nobody’s perfect.

Where to get Strawberry Mille Feuille: Paul, 3 Gateway Drive, #01-05 Westgate, Singapore

Opening hours: Daily 9AM - 9.30PM

It seems that the adventurous side of me has taken over my laziness for the past few days. I become more open to travel further (which is in Singapore standard involve few MRT stations + few bus stops from home) to try out new stuff. Having fellow adventurous cafehopping buddy helps a great deal in this Singapore version of cafe adventure of our lifetime. Ciel Patisserie, a small cafe located a few stops away from Serangoon MRT station, is a nice place to have cake and coffee. Its cakes remind me of Kki, those pretty little cakes with colorful coating. Exotique (SGD 6.40) is described as coconut bavarian creme, passion fruit cremeux, coconut joconde and coconut white chocolate crisp on the menu. In layman terms, it’s a coconut cake filled with passion fruit cream and white chocolate crisp at the bottom of the cake. Perfect cake for those people who prefer their cakes to be on the less sweet side because of the sweet and sour taste of passionfruit.

7. The Story of Exotique, Ciel Patisserie

HAS UNEMPLOYMENT BECOME A MORE ACCEPTABLE TREND?

I have eaten many cakes for the past few days in view of my failed relationship. While this has helped a lot in mood, the new habit does not really help in terms of waist size. Engulfed with immediate fear over the moving needle on the scale, I quickly make a run to the gym. Gym membership in Singapore is definitely not cheap and yet, I am unable to let go of this membership. I have included gym as one of those places which I visit everyday because one session of gym class will help me to spend few hours of my, otherwise, free day.

I expect the 3PM class to be empty because by right, most people are supposedly stuck in their office, trying to overcome their drowsiness after lunch. Today was an exception. The class was nearly as full as a weekend class. My curiosity encouraged me to take a 360 degrees view of the class to see what kind of people made it to the class. Most of them are in their 30s.

Are all of us unemployed at the moment? Or do these people have find out the ultimate secret of work-life balance?

I wonder if I should do a quick survey to them one day.

One day, when my crazy gut is higher than my common sense.

Where to get Kimchi Toastie: 124 Hougang Avenue 1, #01-1444, Singapore

Opening times: Tues - Thurs 11AM to 8PM, Fri - Sat 11AM to 9PM, Sun 3 - 9PM, Closed on Mon

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Anyeong Noona

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