Day 91: Sew Happy Tile Shopping

We are getting the keys to our new home in just a couple of days! *jumps up and down in excitement* Renovation planning has ramped up. So we went tile hunting on Saturday. It's amazing how many types of tiles there are with only slight variations. The search continues.

This top is the first "copy" top that I did. It was based on a top with a mandarin collar and Chinese buttons. I was lazy to put in the Chinese buttons, so it is what you see today. It's paired with my only pair of jeans and my white loafers from Scotland.

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Day 60: Painting Shopping

Our last morning in Ho Chi Minh was spent on shopping for the painting that Mr Kwek had set his heart on buying.

After trawling many streets, over the last few days, we decided to go back to the backpacker district. And in the end, we bought the painting that we had laid eyes on earlier. I guess that's that thing about art- completely subjective and if you like it, you will always go back to it in the end. Life is like that as well isn't it? 

In a street filled with art stores that sell copies of famous paintings, this store had unique art works which was what captivated us (especially Mr Kwek). 

With painting in hand, we raced back to the hotel, got our stuff and went right to the airport. 

A few hours later, we were strolling around ikea in tampines. The wonders of globalization. The world really is quite small.

Outfit of the day: black maxi dress a hand me down.

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Day 44: Busy Busy

It was a busy busy day. Bright and early, we rushed down to HDB to sign some papers on our new place and decided on the date we will finally get the keys (I can't believe it's actually happening!). After hurrying everyone along, I ran (literally) back to the office for a presentation. Miraculously I made it in time. Thank God. 

During lunch time, it was off to the lawyer's office to sign more papers for our house. I never knew there could be so many papers to sign. The lawyer's office didn't looks very lawyer-ly. In fact this corner with a bunch of books that I'm pretty sure they never refer to was the only thing that made it look remotely like what I imagined a lawyer's office would look like.

Since the lawyer's office was in the neighborhood, I decided to try out the famous Crawford bak chor me for lunch. I had heard all the stories of 45 minute queues! Using google maps, I found my way and I was glad to only wait in line for about 15-20 minutes. My guess is most people were staying in because of this ridiculous haze.

I have to say it was yums, but I'm not sure I would wait in line for 45minutes for that. So maybe this haze season is a good time for you guys to try it out.

I also had a spur of the moment dinner with a great friend whom I haven't met in a long time. It was great catching up over an overload of food. 

Here's today's outfit:

Charcoal dress from City Plaza

Green polka dot cardigan from Bangkok

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