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Year of the Snake Outfit

February 15, 2013 by Regina Chow 1 Comment
I’ve been hunting high and low for a yellow or green tulle skirt for the longest time and funnily enough, I came across one that I really liked when I was shopping for a friend’s baby at Gingersnaps. Gingersnaps may be a children’s boutique, but its Raffles City outlet stocks the same clothes in larger sizes (up to 14 years old). Needless to say, I got myself this pretty little tulle skirt in the largest size.

You can’t see it here, but the hems are manicured with a row of rosettes which gives the skirt an added flounce. I felt just like a ballerina!

Skirt: Gingersnaps
Accessories: Hermes and Elitrend
Bag: Forever New
 
Yellow is supposed to bring my Chinese zodiac sign good luck in the year of the Snake, so it was only natural that I wore this skirt on the first day of Chinese New Year. Besides, yellow, I’ve been wearing a lot of black. Contrary to popular belief that one should wear bright, vibrant colours for Chinese New Year, black is apparently another lucky colour that bodes well for me this year. I guess that works well to my advantage since 80% of my work wardrobe is made up of black and grey pieces. Don’t take me too seriously though, I just find these predictions very entertaining and since there is no harm in abiding by these “rules”, I thought, why not?

What about you? What are your lucky colours for the year of the Snake?

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Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner at Ah Yat Seafood Restaurant

February 11, 2013 by Regina Chow 2 Comments
How are your Chinese New Year celebrations coming along? After a week of gorging on rich, sinful delicacies which started a week before the actual reunion dinner, all I’m craving now is a bowl of plain Teochew porridge to clean my palate. Don’t get me wrong, I do appreciate the finer things in life, especially when it comes to food, but sometimes, too much of a good thing can be too excessive for me. 😉

This year, the reunion dinner with my in laws was held at Ah Yat Seafood at Turf City. Despite being very packed, the food quality was not compromised and every dish turned out really well. I found the octopus appetizer and the shark’s fin soup exceptionally flavourful.
Jw and I are not fans of abalone because the rubbery texture just doesn’t cut it for us. I think the older folks appreciate this dish much more than the younger generation. Perhaps we really can’t appreciate the finer things in life after all. LOL
True to its name, Ah Yat seafood certainly boasts a wide array of fresh, succulent seafood. The prawns were sweet, juicy and crunchy. Every bite brought tears of joy to my eyes. Ok I admit I’m exaggerating just a little. 😛
The Garoupa was delicious! The meat was cooked to perfection with a mildly sweet, delicate flavour. Just thinking about it makes me salivate. I know, I claimed that after all that feasting, all I want now is a bowl of porridge, but isn’t this the perfect complement to a bowl of plain porridge too? 🙂
It’s a yearly tradition for us to take a group photo after every reunion dinner, and this year was no exception. In place of my elder sis-in-law who’s on holiday overseas (how envious I am!), we had the honour of having my younger sis-in-law’s boyfriend join us for the dinner. 😉 
Finally, here’s my outfit of the day. I wore a cat motif shirt with a poufy lace cut-out skirt from my Bangkok trip some time ago. I’ve been collecting anything and everything with cat motifs because they’re so adorable!
Shoes: Salvatore Ferragamo
Bag: Dip Drops
Socks: Gift from Shihui

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CNY Visiting

January 25, 2012 by Regina Chow 4 Comments

Every Chinese New Year, we’ll make it a point to visit my parents first before heading to my paternal grandmother’s place, where all my relatives would gather. I never used to like Chinese New Year, but this year, I feel different, probably because we’ll be away from family for an extended period of time and my two grandmothers are getting frailer day by day.

Sometimes, we never do treasure what we have till we are this close to losing the people dearest to us. Likewise, absence does make the heart grow fonder.


On a more cheerful note, it struck me that although my parents are close to retirement, they totally do not look their age at all. What’s more amazing is that they’ve never dyed their hair ever!

I was really amused by this shot of my mum and my brother! They were both wondering what I was doing with the camera when I took this candid shot of them. 😛

I also had lots of fun playing with my favourite cousin, Shuya, who just turned 5 a couple of days back. She’s such an independent and intelligent little darling!

When my dad asked her to collect her red packet from my grandma, she exclaimed that she already did earlier on. She then hurried to her little handbag, opened it up and presented the red packet that my grandma gave her earlier that morning. It’s incredible how she even remembered what the red packet looked like given that her handbag was brimming with red packets!

This shot was taken when her hairband fell to the floor while we were chatting and I tried to put it on for her. For some reason, it looks like I’m crowning her as a pageant queen or a princess. LOL.

Oh, please pardon my messy hair.

Through our conversation, I found out that her favourite drink, in her own words, is the “yellow flower drink”. Everyone was bewildered and I was the only one who guessed that it was chrysanthemum tea. So cute right?

My mum then immediately concluded that I am good with children and hence, I should start a family soon.

*Awkward silence*

Erm, ok let’s move on…

The afternoon was spent at JW’s 2nd aunt’s home, where his family gathered. We were treated to a delicious feast comprising lotus root soup, fried chicken wings, ngor hiang, abalone and other wonderful delicacies whipped up by the mistress of the house. I love my MIL’s dress, which was a birthday gift from my SIL. She looks remarkably sweet and young!


Outfit shots with my SIL. I love the flattering cut of her dress. 🙂


Finally, here are my individual outfit shots.

Dress from Yuan, Far East Plaza
Hairband from Mustafa (a steal at just $4!!)
Transparent heels from Angel, Far East Plaza

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CNY Outfit for Reunion Dinner with In-laws

January 24, 2012 by Regina Chow No Comments
How did all of you celebrate CNY? Lunar New Year is an important traditional holiday for those of us who are of Chinese descent. One of our traditions is to gather with our families for reunion dinner and enjoy a heart-warming, sumptuous meal. On CNY eve this year, my in-laws and I had our reunion dinner at Soup Restaurant, and here’s what I wore that day. 🙂

大家是如何度过新年的呢?农历新年是我们中华民族的传统佳节。 和家人围坐一桌,温馨享用团圆饭,是我们的传统习俗之一。 今年除夕,我和我家翁家婆一起到三盅两件(Soup Restaurant)吃团圆饭,共度佳节。话不多说,这就是我当天所穿的连衣裙。

Yellow Sequin Silk Dress from Siam Square, Bangkok
Korean heels from Angel, Far East Plaza

**Trying to practise my extremely rusty Mandarin here! 🙂


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CNY Visiting

February 9, 2011 by Regina Chow No Comments
I visited my paternal grandmother on the first day of Chinese New Year together with my relatives. Unlike my maternal grandmother, my paternal grandmother has never worked a day in her life. She played the role of a traditional wife by looking after her husband and children and honing her culinary skills. She’s a wonderful cook and I remember putting on weight after staying at her place for a month while my home was under renovation!
The rest of the afternoon was spent visiting JW’s relatives but we were all so busy chatting that we hardly took photos. Well, at least not until we became besotted with this lady killer who posed for the camera like a pro.

His name is Keith. He is only 4 years old but I’m sure he will grow up to be a real heartbreaker. Mark my words. All the xiao mei meis out there, don’t say I didn’t warn you! LOL.

Dinner was a relatively quiet affair (finally, there’s peace!) at TCC Changi Airport. The menu at this TCC outlet is different from the rest. I usually go for the salmon mentaiko spaghetti, but they only had the crabmeat version here, which was a disappointment because the crabmeat tasted like frozen crab sticks from NTUC *shudder*.

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Early Reunion Dinner At Grandma’s

February 2, 2011 by Regina Chow No Comments
Here’s wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! How was your reunion dinner? I’ve already had 3 loheis so far, and it’s only the eve of Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year came early for my family this year as the first lohei celebration started last Saturday at my grandmother’s house.

It has become a tradition for my extended family to gather at my grandmother’s house for reunion dinner every Chinese New Year. We hardly get to meet one another usually as we all have hectic schedules but without fail, year after year, we would all make it a point to meet and catch up during our reunion dinner.

This year, we have a new addition to our family. My baby cousin Shuhai was born in January and joined us just in time for our reunion dinner! It’s funny how most newborns tend to possess an extraordinary ability to sleep soundly throughout the entire day. Likewise, Shuhai has this superpower too. She slept the whole night despite all the noise from the telly and our endless chatter.

And here’s presenting one of my favourite cousins, Shuya, Shuhai’s elder sis. She’s a whiz at iPhone games (she was holding her mum’s iPhone in the photo below), is extremely bright and not to mention very hyperactive too. I could barely keep up with her energy level and was hopelessly exhausted by the end of the night!

Oh and kids nowadays are so vain! We took a couple of photos, but this photo below was the only one that passed Shuya’s QC test. LOL!

Dress from ClubCouture

Have a great rabbit year ahead people! May this new year bring good health, prosperity and happiness to you and your family! Meanwhile, let’s all enjoy the long weekend filled with lots of feasting and angpows!

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My blogging journey has been nothing short of exciting. I was recently named the winner of Her World Magazine’s Estee Lauder Style Superstar Awards 2016. My blog was also awarded Best Fashion Blog (Grand Winner) at the Singapore Blog Awards 2014. The year before that, it won Best Online Shopping Blog at the Singapore Blog Awards 2013.

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