London to Paree

We arrived London at 2 AM and we were exhausted. We walked along the empty streets to search for our hotel and found that we had to climb 10 billion flight of stairs to reach our tiny room. The room was so small that it would take 5 minutes for someone's fart to be ventilated, my goodness. Besides that, I fell in love with London instantly. It was surreal being there and I loved every moment. The highlight was when we met Bill Nigh in a random magazine shop in Soho. (If you don't know who he is, you know the evil octopus pirate from the pirates of the Caribbean movie who was heartless? Yeah him). HE STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH ME FIRST OMG guys please form a line. I would share our conversation but it's only between me and Bill Nigh and my friends xoxo.

Of course we made a trip to visit the Buckingham palace in the morning. They were changing guards so the surrounding was packed with human beings. I could not even get a shot of me standing in front of the gate without having someone walking into my frame. Oh well, least I saw the palace! 

Met up with Gurvinder for lunch and he took us to Five Guys. Best. Lunch. Ever. Bacon was an option for me to be included in my milkshake! But of course I didn't go for it lol... As much as I love bacon, mm no.

Just chilling with my home boy Big Ben.

We also went to Thorpe Park. Some photos were taken but I have no idea where they went so lets imagine me on a roller coaster. Actually I posted HEAPS of videos of us in Thorpe Park on my snap chat (li-mei) while waiting in line. Common sense is not to whip phone out while on a water or coaster ride, it's not safe for my phone. But if you have me on SC since, there you go buddy.

*** Moving on to Paris ***

Training to Paris was not fun, my ears nearly blew itself! Okay to be honest Paris was not that amazing as I imagined it to be. People there were not too friendly and they work extremely slow, which I got frustrated... Sorry Paris :( I guess because it was Summer and everyone was out and about being busy... I'm not sure... On the other hand, our AirB&B apartment was small and cute! The owner was so helpful too. Our whole Europe trip was basically on the hunt for food and drinks. Arrive at destination > go to our apartment/hotel> drop luggage > change and refresh for 15 - 30 mins > get out and look for food. Not to mention how many touristy photos I took with no shame, hence I hereby declare that the hair flinging and look away pose is my trademark (as seen on my Instagram).

Is this not the best shampoo ad you have seen? Or it can even be a BMW car ad. 

There are more amazing photos on  Magnum's instagram account. Go have a look and maybe your finger might twitch on the follow button ;) xx

I had to go to the Laduree store. It was magical! We had to miss out the Louvre on our itinerary as we had no time. Shopping took over most of Paris (because Sephora... and all the branded stuff, I can't miss it...) so this means Magnum will have to take me back there to complete the trip, HAHA.

Ok I shall stop here because it's getting late and I have work tomorrow... But in the next post we'll be in Amsterdam and Berlin! Can't wait to show you guys what we did (and a hilarious story of me cycling). Xoxo 

Interactive blogpost- Europe trip. Who - what - when - why - how

If you follow me on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and are my friend on Facebook, you probably know that I went to Europe for a month at the end of June with 2 of my friends and Magnum. It was the best experience of my life. So our itinerary follows: Dubai > Spain > London > Paris > Amsterdam > Berlin > Venice > Rome >Athens > Mykonos > Santorini > boring Perth. It took us a year to plan and pay for our accommodation and it took me  legitimately 4 days (or longer) to pack my luggage. No, thank goodness I did not bring my entire closet to Europe, I needed space to shop you know?! So i had to suck it up, mix and match my outfits or repeat them, which I survived. Flight from Perth to Dubai was rounded up 11 hours, I slept the entire trip because it's my talent. But can we take a minute to appreciate food on Emirates? It was so good, like eating on a flying restaurant, loved every meal I was served! We were so tired when we arrived at the hotel, but the thought of breakfast the next morning was refreshing LOL. I did not take much photos of the room and food (unless it is to send to my mother, and the photos are just simple ones, not blog worthy) because I was either too hungry or too hot to be bothered. First impression of Dubai right out the plane? Hot and EXTREMELY humid. Excuse me, I thought Malaysia was the humid-est country I have ever lived in but I was wrong.. It was so humid it became hazy, and let me show you the haziest photo I have of Dubai -

You think I joking? Noh! The heat was so horrible that I was sweating through my Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation and it never happened until Dubai sauna-ed me. Some scenic photos from Dubai did not turn out good due to the haze. P/S: all photos I'm posting here are not edited, because I were to edit each of them, I would have died of hunger. But then again I'm flawless HAHA ok.

* Dubai *

Indoor Snow Park in the middle of the desert sounds about right! We had skiing lessons and had so much fun in the snow, I felt like a 6 year old. 

We also attended a skiing lesson for an hour, first time skiing and I think I nearly broke my leg LOL

The Burj Khalifa

Cruising above the largest shopping mall aquarium

We watched the sunset (too hazy for pictures) and then had dinner at a Desert Safari. It was hot x100

Got my 1st phresh henna did in the desert, loved it!

*Spain*

When I stepped out of the aircraft to Spain, I could not believe that I was in Europe. It has been on my travel list since I was 18, and there I was standing on the soil of Spain. Oh My Gosh. The weather was warm - hot + sunny, but it was definitely better than Dubai because there wasn't humidity. The architecture design of the buildings around the city all looked the same so whenever we were walking back to our apartment, it was "is it this one?" "yeah i think so... oh wait no next one, pass the pharmacy" "are we there yet?" "yeah, close" It was the longest walk of my life... People in Barcelona are so friendly and helpful, I liked the city easily. Shopping was good, it had a few stores that will not exist in boring Perth for the next 100 years. You don't even want to know how much me and Stacey spent in Sephora... Anyways...

 Hop on Hop off bus in Barcelona 

Sagrada Familia by Gaudi, which is still constructing. It reminds me of an underwater castle, it is amazing!

 Explored the older side of Barcelona (Nearly died walking to our next destination, which is Casa Batllo, by Gaudi as well)

Nature is his inspiration apparently, and I loved every corner of the building, from the stained glass windows to the poles that supports the house.

That  is it for the fun things we did in Barcelona! Anyways, I have decided to spilt my posts up, so it will be 2 places per post or else when you're scrolling my blog, it'll be longer than the Great Wall of China.

For the next post, we'll be at London & Paree. Goodnight x

Soft blue

Perth is a beautiful yet serene place, I'm so lucky to call it home.

White, rose gold and soft blue reminds me of the clear sky and fluffy clouds that drifts above us.

It is when it's gone that we appreciate.

Accessories are from Magnolia Jewellery

Skirt is from L'poupee or @lpoupee on Instagram 

And of course, amazing photos by the one and only S.Yoong Photography