Amy Winehouse in Camden

Amy Winehouse appears well as she dances at a pub in Camden but walks out to find her car got a parking ticket.

Amy Winehouse Through the Years

A look back at the life of Amy Winehouse in her younger years. .Amy Winehouse was laid to rest today after being found dead in her home on July 23, 2011.

#59: Curry

We had a Malaysians Medical Students Mid-Winter Dinner down at the Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Grafton. Sort of like a little get together. One of the best parts, there were three different types of curry dishes. Yellow, orange, red.


#59: The grey and coral pink floral dress.

#58: Stripes & Sites

#58: Preppy asymmetrical striped wool cardigan.

Jewelry received by mail from my mum a few weeks back.

Usually, I like to buy from MANGO and ZARA shops back home in Malaysia but unfortunately, here in Auckland, they hardly (practically nil) have any of my favourite reasonably priced European brands. They have mostly what we do not have back in Malaysia, like Glassons, Dotti, Lippy and etc.

So anyway, I decide to do a post on a couple of my favourite online shopping sites that I browse for interesting goodies during my free time when I have nothing better to do. Probably 1/10 browsing sessions, I actually purchase something off the site.

Mostly I prefer European sites because they tend to have more classic styles either in bright colour palettes or vintage-looking shades.
Dorothy Perkins

Lots of nice fancy dresses. Reasonably priced too. They have nice online exclusives and limited editions. I’ve gotten a limited edition event dress for MYR150, which I believe is about the price of a dress anywhere else back in Malaysia. Maybe even way cheaper in comparison to brands like MANGO and Topshop. Though pricier than dresses from random boutiques that sell Asia imported clothing.


Debenhams

They have reasonably priced items. Pretty good grabs during sales. I’ve gotten a pair of embellished black genuine leather gloves for MYR100 while they were on sale. Mainly because I was indignant about having to pay MYR80 here for lousy woolly gloves that do nothing to keep the cold off my fingers.

Topshop

Nice to browse through but I never bought anything online. Topman always seemed to have more sales and really good deals in comparison.


Forever21

The one site that I’ve bought several times off. Usually for coats and knitwear because they’re usually rather unique-looking. Unfortunately, they have a flat rate shipping of USD38.00, so it is not a good idea to just buy one piece of clothing off the site.


Romwe

A Hong Kong based website that offers free international delivery. Pretty reasonable prices and really popular among fellow Lookbook-ers.


Yesstyle

Another Hong Kong based site. Reasonably priced and reasonable shipping fees for REALLY fast shipment of just 1-2 days.


Wholesale-Dress

One of my favourites because the prices are remarkably cheap for clothing that you can get identical copes at those Asian clothing stores back home or here in Auckland. I once saw this sweater on the site for USD7.00 and it was being sold at this Asian clothing store here in Auckland for USD100. A really good website for buying clothes if you’re one of those people who buy heaps of clothes and wear them just once or twice. Oh  but be selective, smart and careful when buying off them, go quality hunting for good materials.

#57: Chambray

#57: The chambray shirt.

The chambray shirt, a once upon sometime last midyear splurge at Dorothy Perkins.

Leather jacket. A good thing. Today’s weather was frosty. I managed to get an exclusive $70 discount off my leather jacket when purchasing.

Boots for the day. A good thing indeed. There were frequent showers throughout the whole morning and afternoon. The shoelaces of my boots are beginning to look battered.

Got to get back to work.

#56: Beads & Green

#56: The green shoes.

Product of yesterday’s shoe shopping quest for gold ballerina flats which, pretty much failed.

I had a choice between pastel pink or green but I settled for green.

Paired them up with a gold beaded top, double-breasted navy blue cardigan and jeans.

Beads and buttons.
Tried this Japanese ramen shop for lunch. Tried the spicy seafood ramen.
However, the serving size was ridiculously huge. I packed home more than half of my spicy seafood noodles. Probably reheat them for tomorrow’s lunch.

For dinner today, I stewed beef with carrots, potatoes, onions, mushrooms with herbs and spices such as coriander seeds, star anise and cloves.
Made chilled sweet longan with mung beans and barley for dessert.
An Ibanez guitar.

Spent a little while playing the guitar but I still have a personal preference to play classical guitars.
Random photograph for today.