OOTDs with New Short Hair

So here's the post I promised with my new short hair.



I have been playing with a lot of styles, who knew having shorter hair can be so much fun.

My first look was a cute matured Japanese volume curl.



Sweater: Liz Lisa, Japan
Skirt: bought in Harajuku, Japan

Second I went for a Korean kpop look, which was kind of my favorite.



Though it was at this length I realized I wanted my hair shorter.
I also started playing with hair wax.



Top: Shibuya, Japan
Ripped denim shorts: Bershka
Tights: Taiwan
Heels: Miss Sixty
Watch: Shibuya, Japan

Third look I opted again for Korean look, but this time, country girl version.





Top: Japan
Belt: Zara
Sandals: Charles & Keith
Bunny band: Shibuya, Japan

It was at this point I thought that I needed a new pair of flat pumps, which I never own before.
Simply because I have long toes and flat pumps my size were always too small and it makes me toes hurt.

Turn out I only needed to buy bigger size. LOL
So I simply bought a random pumps from the nearest convenient shop I was hanging about one day.



Shoes: Voir

On my final ootd, I decided to go for a very 50's look.



Hair band: Shibuya, Japan
Spotted Tights: Taiwan
Dip-back navy collared top: Zara
Mini Skirt: Sungei Wang


Right after this look, I went for my second hair cut, within the span of 10 days.

My Birthday

So my birthday has come and gone rather uneventfully. Over the years I've learnt to lower my expectation when it comes to birthdays.

I used to expect so much given the fact that I'm a romantic at heart and has always put in so much effort in conjuring the perfect birthday gifts, surprises and parties for others. It must have been such a waste for the womankind to not have me as a man. I've learnt that not everyone can be like me, and to expect the same or similar out of someone else was too much to ask for.

It took me a long time to learn to not expect so much out of others, and being a girl, it's really is hard to not want to be sweep off your feet even for that once in a blue moon. I blame it on being a Pisces.

This year I got a couple of endearing gifts.

Mr Tiny came into my life.






And a gorgeous pair of Chanel earrings and a lovely ice cream cake, which, believe it or not, was a first for me (the cake and Chanel).




Thank you my love ones for being there for me, always.
And for being there for me as I get older. 

I cut my hair, short!

Dress: Victoria's Secret

Arm candy: Taiwan

I finally did it. After 20 long years of having waist-length, chest-length, even butt-length hair, I went ahead and cut my hair short.

Isn't that how most long hair girl said it whenever they have a life-changing haircut of their lives?

However, two decades is a long time to adopt a change.

Why I did it? It was getting heavy.

Yea, and I suddenly realized that after twenty long years. -.-

Secondly, do you have having long and heavy untrimmed unlayered hair causes hair fall? Yea they do grow back, but then those baby hair can be so annoying when you're doing an up-do.

And the amount of time it takes to wash them! I swear I have spent at least double the time of an average short hair girl in the toilet just to shampoo and condition and comb out my long hair. It's even more exhausting after every swim, what with chlorine-rich water making my hair extremely tough to detangle and comb out.

It was one of the reason I put off swimming and going to the gym (sweating means washing hair more frequently) most of the time. It's not an excuse, it's how much I dislike washing my heavy hair.

NOT ONLY it takes forever to wash them, it takes forever for them to DRY. Like normally I put off washing my hair in the evening because I don't like to go to bed with a half-dry hair, I would just wake up with my hair all messed up and FIXED in that messed-up do.

And then it will take forever for me to blow dry them out.

It takes forever to curl them, style them, etc. The list goes on.

Erm, I should do a separate post on why long hair is no good. NO GOOD.

During the last of my long hair (before I went to cut it), I no longer bother to curl or style them, I usually just tie them up in a low pony tail, or leave them in their natural straight form.

Dress: Juicy Couture

Shoes: Charles and Keith

Earrings: Chanel

Watch: Fossil

Sunglasses: Judith Leiber

So I did it.

I cut it short. All of the length.

Duffy from Tokyo Disneysea, that night after I cut my hair right before bedtime.

In fact, I cut it twice.

I played with this length for about a week, and being not too happy with the length, it was still somewhat long, I went ahead and cut it even shorter. I will share more photos of that here in another post.

Excitedly, I started styling it almost immediately. Velcro rollers and all.

Following this hairstyle, I played with a lot more hairstyles before I proceed to go for a shorter length.

Will be sharing more photos soon.

This was a very matured Japanese look which I adored in most matured ladies in Japan. I wanted to try it out and it turned out brilliantly. I could see myself in this hairstyle even well into my 40s.

It actually wasn't that bad even for my age, because after half a day, the curl loosen up and it looks younger and more natural, most importantly, it has VOLUME (long hair girls will understand this), and still looks feminine!

Viva la short hair! 

Part of Your World - Real Life

Loving all the costumes.
Can't believe she managed to realize all the outfits from the Disney Movie - The Little Mermaid.

So amazing.

Tan Sri Vincent Tan's 60th Birthday Dedication

I know this might be a year late, and I know I'm slow...

But HOLY~




I was laughing all the way, I didn't know if it was the impressiveness of a local production, or the personal dedication to a single person, or the massive advertisements, or the tunes...

I can't even tell if it was the joy, or the humour, this just cracked me up to no ends. 

OOTDs throughout the Month

It's good to be able to dress up, go out and hang out with my friends after two months of sabbatical.

Since I had a little (ok, a lot) online spree while being home bound, I ended with a lot of new clothes over the new year which I never had the chance to wear, till of late.

For an afternoon out with BFF:

A little casual, a little fun and a little hip.

Striped Dress: Whitesoot

Necklace: present from the UK

Bejeweled Bangles: Taiwan

Hat: H&M

Shoes: Hushpuppies Annasui collection

For an casual evening dinner with friend:

Dip-back tux top: Whitesoot

Black mini skirt: Sub

Black opaque stockings: Austria

This is an easy top to pair with, while in Japan, I wore it underneath a loose sweater to let the collar peak out.

Sweater: Harajuku, Tokyo

Shorts: Taiwan

I wore a lot black stockings during the month of February due to the marks left behind by the injury. My torn right foot was almost black in color due to the burst of blood vessels from the torn ligament, and it still appeared swollen even though it didn't hurt when I walk anymore. So wearing black stockings could both hide the swell and the apparent color difference between both feet.

For a day out of visiting friends and movie on the last day of Chinese New Year (chap go mei):

Put on your Sunday best, it's never too late to do CNY house visiting.

Top: Harajuku, Tokyo

Pleated Skirt: Taiwan

Shoes: Hushpuppies Annasui

Watch: Shibuya, Tokyo

Bag: Burberry Blue Label, Tokyo

Necklace: Juicy Couture

Earrings: Chanel

For an afterwork drink with friends, and some skewers:

Top: Zara

Long Skirt: India

Watch: Shibuya, Tokyo

Bag: Burberry Blue Label, Tokyo

For a fine dine lunch with girlfriend:

Going for class, mix with city chic, and a little casual thrown in.

Dress and Belt: Massimo Dutti

Cardigan: Gap

Shoes: Hushpuppes Annasui

Necklace: Bangkok

Afternoon Foie Gras is best eaten with chucky dangly necklace