Shopping online is too fun

I used to be skeptical about whether online shopping in Malaysia would have enough quality products to be of interest to me. However, this has been swiftly debunked by blogs I read and sites such as Tongue in Chic and Little Accompaniments. Now, it's a thrill to get cheap, unique and/or handmade goods without having to physically go out and hunt them down.

Over yesterday and today I've placed orders for two pairs of earrings online and purchased a dress from a colleague's secondhand blog, spending a total of RM80 while sitting in front of my office computer. I'm putting this all up cos I want to cap online spending with the following exceptions: (1) the next pay cycle begins, (2) YMF releases a new collection, and (3) I settle one more item. Will post on this item soon.

Blue Chrysanthemum earrings from Chatterbead , vintage-style earrings from Dainty dreams and vintage floral dress from Underused items.

Geek moment

Encounter by Fumi Watanabe

I got to wander around Ikea two nights ago and in the picture frame section, I saw a print and thought, “Hmm, deer and swirly motives. That looks like what’s-his-name-Watanabe’s style!” I felt so clever when I checked the tag and it was correct. This may not seem like a big deal to you, but it was to me. I can recognise little-known artists!

A bit of a deflation when I found out yesterday that Fumi Watanabe is a woman though.

Gender bridging

Fergs and I usually converse on the drive to and from work, and every now and then chance dictates that a brilliant insight would be gleamed. Today was one such occasion. It started with me narrating a communication gap between my parents and I stumbled upon a controversial observation: men rarely communicate (or withhold communication) with the intention to frustrate, while women will resort to frustrating communication.

This is because women would withhold from saying what they really want to because they think men should know it, and/or they want their men to be able to pick it up. It’s like we play a perpetual game of “let’s see if you are paying attention to me.”

When men omit something, it’s usually because they don’t know how to say it, or it doesn’t occur to them that they should. In their head, they don’t think it’s worth telling.
Pic: At sea in a teacup by My Folk Lover.
Doesn't the guy's hair look like Fergus'?This makes a lot of sense to me.

Buying aunty clothes through modern means

Means I've bought vintage clothes online. Thrifting has been popular overseas for a while now, and there's a small but dedicated scene here. I haven't gone to the junkyard sales held regularly, mostly cos my weekends are already packed and I'm not crazy enough to squeeze in trekking all the way to KL/Bangsar, where these gatherings are.

All the pics below are from Your mom's fashion, which is the best site (and only one I've patronised) so far. I love the way they style their shoots, it puts them in a class above the rest.

First purchase ever, made two weeks ago. It arrived on Saturday and my brother called it weird. Well, it's different...the sleeves look puffier in real life and you need a degree of confidence to carry the dated look.

A new collection came out on Monday night and I picked this one up then. It should arrive by this weekend.

Very sadly, I wasn't quick enough to reserve this one. See the model waving goodbye? I would take it personally, but I like this dress so much that this picture is now set as my wallpaper.

Silver unicorn ring

I'm not a ring wearer but I love horses and the design and workmanship on this piece is superb! Click on the image for a larger view to further appreciate it.

From Rabid Fox's esty shop, via someone's Chictopia page (I don't remember who). Which reminds me, I haven't featured that heavenly fashion site yet...

Mama Mia! (2008)

I walked into this with free tickets and no idea what the movie was about, other than it features ABBA songs and Meryl Streep. Not planning to write a full review, lazily linking the NY Times instead.

What I’d like to do is go on record to say that this might be the most fun I’ve had in a cinema, and if you watch it, it’s best not to take it too seriously. As someone wrote, this is the closest you get to see A-List actors doing drunken karaoke.

Time to dig up my dad’s ABBA greatest hits compilation now!

Caught!

I was asked about this twice by two friends all the way in Australia before lunch time. I've never heard of that site before, so it was a surprise. It feels a little like I'm being scrutinised now...

Well, we were passing by on the way to move things out of Fergs' old apartment and instead spontaneously decided to drop by. No, I don't know what I was looking at and yes, Fergus looks like a kid. Read about it on GCB.

Backposting

Did anyone notice? (This one too!)