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Day 26: Up in the Air
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Most of today is going to be spent up in the air. By the time I get to Bonn, it should be tomorrow for Singapore.
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Here's today's outfit:
Jeans from Mango
Pink top from Uniqlo
Purple ombre scarf from my mom's closet
Black ballet flats
Comfort reigns in my book. So if I'm going to be stuck in a small seat for over 12 hours. I better be wearing comfy clothes. Something that lets me move around easily in and that keeps me warm in the cold and dry airplane air.
See u guys in 17 days! Take care!
Day 25: Sew Happy: Button Up Top
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Here's today's outfit:
White sleeveless button up top from Gan Ann's sewing room
Blue pleated skirt from a flea market
I'm surprised at how hard it is to find simple well made clothes at reasonable prices. It seems clothes with bells and whistles are so much easier to find and cheaper too. Can anyone explain this to me?
Anyway, I was finding it really hard to find a simple white button up that fit well and was not exorbitantly priced. Realizing my search was futile, I decided to sew one with the help of my sewing teacher last year. I was so pleased with the result, I made another one in pink. Unfortunately, the material I used for the pink shirt shrank after washing :( lesson learnt: wash your fabrics before sewing. Prevents such painful outcomes. Looking back, I appreciate how my sewing teacher made use learn the basic of drawing a pattern, then allowed each one of us to make whatever we felt like making. So we all ended up with stuff we actually would wear. I may have liked home economics a little more in secondary school if we sewed something I would actually wear instead of the hideous vest.
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White sleeveless button up top from Gan Ann's sewing room
Blue pleated skirt from a flea market
I'm surprised at how hard it is to find simple well made clothes at reasonable prices. It seems clothes with bells and whistles are so much easier to find and cheaper too. Can anyone explain this to me?
Anyway, I was finding it really hard to find a simple white button up that fit well and was not exorbitantly priced. Realizing my search was futile, I decided to sew one with the help of my sewing teacher last year. I was so pleased with the result, I made another one in pink. Unfortunately, the material I used for the pink shirt shrank after washing :( lesson learnt: wash your fabrics before sewing. Prevents such painful outcomes. Looking back, I appreciate how my sewing teacher made use learn the basic of drawing a pattern, then allowed each one of us to make whatever we felt like making. So we all ended up with stuff we actually would wear. I may have liked home economics a little more in secondary school if we sewed something I would actually wear instead of the hideous vest.
Day 23 and 24: Preparing for War
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It has been one of those weeks where I blinked and several days have passed. So I'm gonna have to put 2 outfits in one post. Mr Kwek also pointed out that both outfits look similar. Eeks!
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Day 23 outfit:
Black esprit top- a hand me down
Grey pants from bysi
Power leather heels from Itti and Otto
Day 24 outfit:
Black top from Chinatown
Brown skirt from Mexx. I love the pleated details on the back of the skirt!
Brown leather shoes
Where did all my time go to this week? Mostly to preparations for my work trip where I'll be away for 17 days. I've spent my work days reading all the different documents, and my evenings trying to pack and put all other things in order such as getting my hair cut and paying my bills. Every time I go for one of these trips, I feel like I'm preparing for war. Yes, I get overly dramatic at times. But only just a little.
Recently, I've found that going on these extended work trips are becoming increasingly difficult. Especially after I got married. I can only imagine the sacrifices of those who travel more frequently and/or have have kids waiting for them at home. Tough.
On a lighter note, I'm hoping I packed a sufficient variety of clothes so that I can keep up my different outfit everyday challenge. Hope you guys are having a good week so far.
Day 22: Conversations
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I happened to talk to 2 ladies originally from China today. One was a cleaner in my office, and the other, a facial therapist.
Both have lived and worked in singapore for many years and built lives for themselves here. One even had obtained citizenship and had 2 children here.
Both spoke of the difficulties faced in moving to a different land seeking better opportunities and lives for their families. Limitations in job prospects, high cost of living, language difficulties.
And just like anyone who has lived overseas, they spoke of missing food from home.
I really enjoy such conversations with people from totally different backgrounds from me. I always go away with a sense of how incredibly different we are and yet we are all the same. Reminds of the time I was talking to a lady from Lebanon, a man from Ghana and a man from Vietnam, and how we all knew Gangnam style :) but that's another story for another time.
Today's outfit has nothing to do with these conversations but here it is:
Black cardigan worn over a black n white dress from Bangkok
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Both have lived and worked in singapore for many years and built lives for themselves here. One even had obtained citizenship and had 2 children here.
Both spoke of the difficulties faced in moving to a different land seeking better opportunities and lives for their families. Limitations in job prospects, high cost of living, language difficulties.
And just like anyone who has lived overseas, they spoke of missing food from home.
I really enjoy such conversations with people from totally different backgrounds from me. I always go away with a sense of how incredibly different we are and yet we are all the same. Reminds of the time I was talking to a lady from Lebanon, a man from Ghana and a man from Vietnam, and how we all knew Gangnam style :) but that's another story for another time.
Today's outfit has nothing to do with these conversations but here it is:
Black cardigan worn over a black n white dress from Bangkok
Weekly Round Up- 3 Weeks!
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It has been 3 weeks since I started this Different Outfit Everyday challenge on this blog. Here's the weekly roundup.
As I approach the 1 month mark of this challenge, I'm fast running out of my outfit staples. I'm going to have to start mixing it up and trying new combinations. Seeing as I usually wear a simple work dress everyday, I need ideas on how to make these work dresses look like different outfits. Suggestions anyone? 0 comments
As I approach the 1 month mark of this challenge, I'm fast running out of my outfit staples. I'm going to have to start mixing it up and trying new combinations. Seeing as I usually wear a simple work dress everyday, I need ideas on how to make these work dresses look like different outfits. Suggestions anyone? 0 comments
Day 14: The Weekly Round Up
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Today's outfit is simple. A purple dress I got from a flea market.
And here's the weekly round up:
1. I'm no fashionista. My wardrobe consists mainly of simple dresses and a few other basic pieces. I don't even accessorize beyond earrings.
2. I'm no model. Posing for my daily outfit photos have been my least favorite part of this challenge. I always feel a little awkward standing in front of the camera.
3. My style has not changed for many years. I still wear some clothes that I wore when I was 16.
4. I have more than enough. I am greatly blessed to have so much.
I was at EXPO today to check out a home furnishing fair and the Robinsons sale was happening at the hall next door, so I trotted in to check it out. Temptations were everywhere! There were several good quality dresses going for cheap. But as I contemplated bringing them to the cashier, I thought of the many other clothes that I still had back home. Then I realized, I have more than enough. Since i would have been willing to spend that money on dresses i didn't need, i thought of what else the money could go to. And I remembered the lesson we learnt at church today about remembering the poor. So that's what I will do in the week ahead: remembering the poor in practical ways with the money I would have spent.
This challenge is doing me some good after all.
I hope we all try to bless others this week, just as we have been abundantly blessed :)
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