The 2016 dUCk

It would not be long now before we kick in to 2016. 

Another year, another round of expectations, responsibilities, events and tonnes more exciting things happening. 

My crush excitement on X has finally died down. I am now, officially, back to my normal heartbeat, ready to rule the day. As if...pfftttt

I got myself a dUCk notebook not too long ago. Ok, I not only got it for myself, but I got it for my girls at work to share the love. I was not sure what the content of the dUCk notebook was like. When I got it, it was a book filled with blank pages. No lines, no dates, none. Just fill it up with imaginations.

Seeing the blank pages, I got the idea of saving it for 2016. What came to mind was to fill up every page with day and dates for 2016. I wrote down each and every page from the last few days of December 2015. The notebook had a hard cover with a wonderful design from their Kaleidoscope collection which was first printed out as their dUCk scarf design. The paper quality of the notebook was thick making it a breeze for me to come up with another idea. However, the notebook can only fill up to the end of June 2016. But hey, it was not supposed to be treated as an organiser or a planner, it is meant to serve as its function; a notebook.

But being the stubborn me that I already am, I see this as another opportunity to have more good reason to work on another dUCk notebook for the second half of the year, yay!

I even fill up special occasion with wonderful pictures to represent these special individual, such as a cousin of mine.

I had so much fun working on this personal project of mine, filling up the pages with pictures of my dreams, adding funny and inspiring quotes and many more. 

I do hope that 2016 will be a better year for all of us, filled with happiness and laughter. 

Next... my 2016 resolution perhaps? 

X

Blocked leave. 

I can probably smell its presence right around the corner. 

This is one of the wonders of my work. We are forced to stay away from work no matter how much we do not want to. Seriously! And here I am toggling between clearing my 2015 work as well as being excited for the upcoming year ahead. 

Yesterday, my friends and I decided to get together after work to catch up for a bit. We see one another physically almost every single day, but, we rarely get the privilege these days to sit and catch up on what's going on due to our responsibilities. It is usually a mere hi, bye, lunch? busy, you get the drift. 

After having dessert at my favourite cafe, we walked around for a bit. It was surprising how I keep bumping into some friends along the way. What was unexpected though, I bumped into an old crush. Let's just call him, the infamous X for the sake of this entry. 

I probably had the longest crush on X. Seeing him, I felt like a little school girl, looking up to this tall guy. I realised then, I still have that same crush on him since I first knew him at the age of 13. 13 I tell you. That was like donkey years ago, right? I was surprised that I found my heart racing and screaming at me. Can you believe it? My heart felt like it was pumping to the beat of Lean On! That is probably the same kind of heart rate I had whenever X used to speak me back in school.

I wanted to kick myself for not asking more about X, but quite honestly, my shyness simply got the better of me and, I wanted to play it cool. I had to. What was I thinking? I think I could feel myself blushing under his gaze. We spoke for a bit. X returned to Singapore about 2 years ago. I remembered from a brief conversation some years back, he simply wanted to continue studying overseas for as long as he possibly could. Plus, back then, he was already seeing someone then. I guess when I learned that, I got the message. X was off-limits. Ok, long story short, my feet was feeling wobbly and I knew I had to excuse myself before I melted before X. How did the conversation end? 

'Keep in touch,' I said, smiled and slowly walked away, freezing up and solidifying my melted heart again. I tried to clear my head of what just happened and get my heart beat back to its normal pace again. I felt like slapping myself for losing control and allowing my emotions to get the better of me. I remember having a conversation with myself for the next few minutes after that.

Stop feeling this way.

He's taken, dream on. 

This is not a movie. This will not end like in the movies.

Wake up, that is just a dream. 

This is why it's called a crush. It is a crushing feeling I guess. 

Will there be more of X's story? 

....

Nutella

Children's Day went by with a blink of an eye. 

A lot of things happened on that very day. I felt like Santa Claus giving out gifts to my cute lil ones as well as overseeing the photo booth to ensure everything ran smoothly as much as possible.

I had fun on that day but I did not get to meet one particular group of kids.

Some time went by and my initial plan to hand them something disappeared when I learned that Nutella was promoting these personalised labels. It could be for yourself or as gifts to your loved ones.

I first saw this idea from a school mate of mine. She messaged me the details and made a mental note to free up some time for this. Nutella went around to different locations in Singapore for about five weeks. I was lucky as that week when I found out about it, Nutella was setting up a booth at NTUC Finest at Bedok Mall.

So I battled the traffic, waited patiently for a parking lot, grabbed a trolley, waited in the queue to make payment with many curious faces looking at me and wondering. Some came to me and asked why I was purchasing so many nutella jars.

I replied with a smile, 'It's a gift for my students.'

I then made my way to the Nutella booth to type in all their names and they informed me the personalised labels will be mailed to my apartment within 2-3 working days.

I think I was the excited one waiting for the labels to reach, transporting these jars to work and keeping it a secret from them. I could not even put a preview of what is in store for them as it was their exams around the corner.

While waiting for their last paper to end, I made my own Nutella tower.

Finally today, they got their jars and the look on their faces were priceless. 

I think not only they were excited, even the others got excited too!

Every Morning

Have you ever had one of those moments where you woke up and thought,

what happened last night?

what did I do?

how did I fell asleep?

These days, I woke up, reached for my towel, headed to the bathroom and stared into space. This is the part where I supposed I will reflect on the night before.

When did I switch the TV off?

What was the last show that I watched before I switched the TV off? (Although I do not remember switching it off in the first place.)

Did the TV switched itself off?

Was I chatting on whatsapp with my gfs?

What did we talked about?

What day is today?

These are the kind of things that are blogged up in my mind pretty much every morning before the water hits my face and ahhhh...reality sets in, it's a new day, time to get to work.

But first... 

what to wear?

hahahhahahahhahah

Online Shopping Detox (Part 2)

Another Sunday morning just arrived. It is not even 8am and I am here having tonnes of ideas I wanna blog about. But first, I gotta look back at the challenge I set for myself, which is, no online shopping for a week. How did I do?

Here's what I did the following days after Day 2.

Day 3

I figured it would be good to start fasting again. I did promised myself to pay back the fast early this time round. I was, as always, swamped with work, so the day went and the next thing I know, it's 5ish. Packed up and headed home. I had to settle quite a bit of work that night to clear. I did not even checked out any online shopping portal to satisfy a tiny bit of my cravings. 

Day 4

Thursday is a good day to fast, right? Continued with the fast another day. For this day, my body was adjusting to the fasting ritual. Plus, I only had a few hours of sleep. I was tired and feeling a little weak. Had to endure the day with whatever strength I had in me. 

Served me right for sleeping late.

Day 5

It's Friday!!!!

Made plans with my 2 long-time-no-see-bffs, Ayu and Ratna. We had so many catching ups to do. I think they were happy to meet up with me. Plus, it was Ayu's belated birthday dinner. So much laughter and happiness, with our little hero, Ehan, who kept entertaining us all the way. 

Day 6

Family outing!!!

Took my parents out to Fullerton for an event. 

I might try to find time to blog about this later.

Day 7

It is Sunday. It is today. Which means today, is belly dance class day. 

Guess what, I think I might be able to survive today. 

Time to get ready the veil, the belly scarf and more. 

Helloooooo Sunday....

Day 0, 1 and 2

The challenge that I set for myself is coming along just fine. Although I do sometimes feel like a druggie, shivering from not browsing through the online webbies for fear that I (may) lose the challenge I set for myself. Geez, cold turkey can be unexpectedly harder than I expected, hahahaha.

So, since this challenge was set on Sunday, Day 0, that day went by with a breeze.

Well, how can I not feel happy, I had zumba!

 

Getting ready for zumba or belly dance classes is always fun. 

It is even more fun when I got that great childhood buddy-cum-neighbour-cum-pretty much doing everything together bestie to drag each other along while we are at it.

What happens when we are done with class?

Force Erwin to snap that ootd shot for me. What are friends for right?

Day 1 went by before I knew it. Work was fun, then I had to rush off somewhere for a briefing to learn some interesting stuff. 

I did consider rushing off to yoga class in Bugis, but I forgot to pack my stuff and the yoga mat was not in the car. No mat, no yoga, no go.

Before I realised, it is already Day 2 today!

Not bad, I think I can survive this. What I did today was, I brought my mom to Karva. Karva is this hair salon for ladies only located at East Village. 

Can you see how happy my mama is? She got this Princess Diana hairstyle she loved oh so much. I never knew there was such a hairstyle, but the hair stylist knew about it and gave my mom what she wanted. See that glow of happiness on her face? She is one very happy lady.

I on the other hand, got myself a super short haircut which suddenly makes me feel extra light, like I can float and dance easily. 

Day 2 verdict: Survived!

Day 3 to 7:  Good luck to me!

Online Shopping Detox

Good morning Sunday!

A little too early to blog on a Sunday morning but I love it today, and hopefully, the many more upcoming Sunday mornings. I woke up this morning doing a bit of thinking. And since I have a bit of time before heading off to the morning zumba, why not just jot my thoughts down for a bit?

A few weeks ago, I posted a challenge to myself.

I challenged myself to not do any online shopping from a particular website for 2 weeks.

Why did I do that? Well, coz I have sooo many new and unused clothes which needs my undivided attention for a change. You see, I do not have the privilege of entering work at 9am. Usually by 7am, I gotta make sure I am decently dressed for work, transfer the contents from one bag to another. Most times, I just picked the bag I used the day before so that I do not worry about forgetting anything from the other bag. Then off to the kitchen for a quick drink, bite and some vitamins for the day.

By 7.20am, I gotta make sure I am out of the door and off to work.

I know most of my colleagues are already at work by the time I reach my work place. 

So what happened during that 2 weeks challenge?

I realised I got back into my comfort zone clothes of wearing the usual clothes. I picked the simple ones or the one of top of the folded pile, or better still, the ones that do not even need ironing! I know many can relate to this. It saves time, I know.

This is not good, ok.

Well I did have a lot of work. I was also bringing home work to complete, sleeping late and hardly any time to look through my wardrobe. Rightttt, blame it on work, hahahahha.

So here's my personal challenge which I really do hope works.

No ONLINE shopping for a week.

Yes, online. I can go to a boutique and get something which based on experience, hardly happens these days except when I was looking for my workout shoes which requires me to try them on before making the purchase.

For this week, I gotta be like....

Although I do worry that I might be like....

Or end up being like...

hahahahahahah

So this week, let's focus on other areas besides that online shopping.

If this fails, I am probably gonna need to be in shopaholic anonymous association talk to heal myself.

Ok, maybe I can blog daily this week to track my own progress.

Good luck, Naime!

Wide Pants Wedding

Erwin's cousin got married today at this beautiful location along Changi Coast Walk.

I decided to ditch my usual choice for wedding events and opted for pants instead of a long dress or a long skirt. Let's go with wide pants today. Why not wide pants for a wedding? 

It's decent, modest and it can pass off as stylish as well.

I always liked this wedding venue. Food was great, the ambience was cool. 

The fan was blowing directly at me. I was in a state of zen.

I love the beaded details of the side pockets. 

The designers certainly put in that extra thought to it.

What was most important for me, my mom approved my look for today. 

naimefied look

headband: Tangs

scarf: Kaffah

top: Malaque x FV

pants: Samantha Sherina by Thian

shoes: Studio

bag: Celine

What happens in the car

I was viewing youtube videos last night when I came across this video of Justin Bieber and James Corden carpooling to Jame's work place. Interesting how such events in a car can become a hit on youtube or talk shows. Upon watching this, the thing that crosses my mind, 

THIS IS WHAT ERWIN AND I DO!!!!!!

Ok maybe not the exchanging of clothes and the doing the rubik's cube part. 

But everything else is spot on! Or so I think, hahahahhah.

Of course this don't happen on Sunday mornings. 

It usually happens at our night outs chilling or movie or whatever we can possibly do at night.

This kinda reminds me of the movie White Chics!

NHF Babes

Sunday mornings are a little different now. 

It's not waking up, pray, then back to bed. 

It's more like wake up, roll over, Yay! It's finally Sunday!

Hahhahahaha.

Ever since I started on the Sunday morning fitness, my energy level seems a little higher than usual. Not only do I look forward to Sundays, I seem to have more energy at work as well to overcome the daily workflow. 

I am glad Erwin suggested I try out Nawal Haddat Fitness class. I would like to be my usual deluded self and self-declare that my friends and I are NHF Babes! Seriously love the energy and the good vibe from her class. 

It is one week of zumba class and another week of belly dance class. Let me put it straight to you, Nawal Haddat rocks! She's fun and she gets you pumped real good, making it worth your trip down to Tampines. 

Here's a shot of us with our zumba-slash-bellydance coach, Nawal Haddat herself!

What is more fun, is looking for clothes to ensure they are ideal when I am on my way to class. That is more fun than I initially thought. You know those the tops, bottoms, outerwear, et cetera. 

Sooo exciting!!!!

If you ladies are looking for all-ladies fitness classes, do check out Nawal Haddat Fitness on FB or instagram. She is very prompt on replies and really friendly. Her classes are affordable too which will not burn a hole in your pocket. 

If you are thinking that it is midway through the cycle, just put that thought aside, pick up your phone and whatsapp or message or call her at 9139 5357. Don't worry about being afraid that you might be lost during the class, you will get into the flow before you know it. We gotta start somewhere. 

Up this coming weekend: zumba class

naimefied look

scarf: Sufyaa

top: Nike

pants: Nike

cardigan: Capital T

hip scarf: Nawal Haddat

Zumba Belly

The lack of updates in my blog certainly signifies how busy I have been with my life. I know, I say that quite a bit. But I am glad for the time spent. Be it with work, a bit of quality time with my parents and friends. Perhaps some time for my TV. The TV has become a bigger source of entertainment these days. That is, assuming I did not fall asleep watching it.

Here's a lil something which I have been wanting to update for the longest time. Remember how I have this to-do list that I have been wanting to do, but due to fasting month, Eid, visiting and work, I have not been able to achieve that goal yet? 

Well, I finally did it!

Here's what happened. 

Erwin has this thing with her Friday nights zumba class somewhere. I have always been intimidated with the idea of zumba coz well, everyone told me it is high intensity. I wanted to give her zumba class a try, but she warned me the class has male participants in it, which, well, kinda hindered me from taking that step forward. Then she told me about this Nawal Haddat Fitness class. It was meant to be a class for ladies only and it is hijab friendly. 

Took me a while coz I was not sure if I was gonna be able to follow the classes thru if I were to do this alone. I got in touch with Nawal herself. She is this super friendly lady which just warms your heart. 

A lil back and forth deciding about the classes, dates, days, etc. 

Long story short. I decided to try out yoga first.

Yes, I did it. I was super proud of myself for surviving that class.

Needless to say, I went to work with an entire body ache. I believe I worked on the muscles I never knew existed. But hey, I learned I could do the tree, the cobra and a few more poses which I have always been envious of.

So the following week, I tried out zumba with Erwin, under the direction of Nawal Haddat herself!

Before I attended this class, I spent some time watching zumba videos on youtube to psych myself up and be mentally prepared of the high intensity level zumba will bring me to. Erwin has been going to zumba classes, she was the queen. I on the other hand, was not prepared to look like a clown.

It was fun, but I also realised I needed new shoes!!!

It has been sooo freaking long since I worked my body out! 

So whoever thinks they can never do zumba, never say never!

Nawal alternates her class every week. First week is zumba, the following week is belly dancing class. We had our third class last weekend, so we will be working on our belly dance moves this coming week. Imagine belly chains, veils and more. You get the picture.  

After posting these pix on instagram, Fiza and Muli joined the classes too.

Not only do the 3 of us work together, we are now working out together even on weekends. Hopefully, to a much healthier lifestyle ahead of us. 

Btw, I have not given up on yoga yet. Though the timing clashed, I am gonna head back to yoga, the beginners' class of course. Maybe a mid-week yoga would be a treat. Wish me luck on that.

Too Busy

Fren: Hey u free for a meet up Wednesday night?

Me: Sorry, I got a long day the next day, I need an early night.

Another fren: Mi, I have not seen you for quite a while, how about breakfast this Saturday?

Me: (checks my schedule)  I got a couple of things going on this weekend, can I get back to you?

(needless to say, I was just too jammed packed with stuff to get back to my friend.)


Yet Another Fren: How about Friday nite? I can come over to your area, we can grab a bite for dinner and we can just catch up. You have been very busy.

Me: Can't, I'm already booked this Friday.

Trust me, I do feel lousy not being able to have time for others. Despite being busy with stuff, I do feel blessed having concerned friends who never got tired of sticking around by my side, Alhamdulilah.

I am thankful for whatsapp and facebook. It keeps the people close to me closer (even though it is just virtual) and facebook helps me to be in the loop of what is happening in their live (whenever I do have the time to check facebook at least). It is nice seeing my sister-in-law, cousins and other family members celebrating their youth, graduating, posing those happy moments with my aunts and uncles, or reading their funny shoutouts, or ex-schoolmates who just gave birth to a new additions and more. 

Someone told me I need to be able to balance my life better. I do try my best having a work-life balance. I learned over the years to prioritise in order to get a whole lot more done. It is not easy. 

I have not seen Erwin for ages, and we live 2 minutes apart from each other by foot. She came over the other day to pass me some cupcakes. They were yummy btw. What was supposed to be a drop-and-go errand for her ended up with us catching up for a good 20 minutes at the front door. Even then, I had to get back to doing my work.

I do miss my girls.

I miss hanging out with Ayu and Ratna. Ayu is back at work. Her 4 months of maternity leave has come to an end. I miss chilling at either of their places. I owe Ratna her tripod and I can't seem to find the time to drive over to her place to return it. I miss them dearly.

I miss watching the movies with Erwin and just heading somewhere to just sit and talk, laugh, rant, more laughing, et cetera.

Thank god there's whatsapp. We hung out there a lot when I have some time to unwind in the evening before I head off to dreamland.

My aunt messaged me and invited us for a short trip up north with my cousin. I was just thinking of heading back up to Kay Ell and check out some collection from Mimpi Kita or The Cosry or somewhere there. Sadly, the proposed dates clashed with my work. We are considering joining them just for the weekend, but I cannot be certain for now.

I sometimes wish I have an additional 24 hours a day. Things are moving too fast for me. Alhamdulilah, being busy is indeed a blessing. An ibadah I love way too much.

I do have tonnes of things on top of my mind to type out. Like talk about my sprained thumb caused by excessive whatsapping, hahhahahahah. Didn't know that was possible. Or the upcoming dinner event outfit I am thinking of.

Sometimes I wonder if I need a macbook air and just put it next to my bed so that I can blog down more thoughts while in bed. Then I thought of my bed's seduction, the television shows, the channel surfing, the fluffy pillows, the iPad being connected to the Apple TV, me drooling over that cute actor before I simply slipped into dreamland, sometimes, with the TV watching me instead...

Well... I think I should know better...

Maybe I need a bigger bed instead?!

 I had no plans to head out today. I was planning on working on some stuff I had brought home to complete. I ended up with a tummy ache, nailing me to my bed and running to the washroom every now and then. There you go, just like that, my Saturday was gone. But it gave me some time to catch up on some much needed rest. Allah knows best, He knew I needed this, hence this happened.

Time to head back to bed and a lil me-time....

Blush Mix

The golden jubilee weekend has been fantastic indeed. 

From social gatherings to meet-ups, weddings and more. Ayu and Ratna always commented that these events are  pretty much part of my weekly schedule. This month especially, wedding invites seem to be pouring in more than usual. Even as I am typing this, I am writing a mental note to myself about the 2 wedding invitations and the open house invite on the same day next weekend. 

One of the things which I always love looking at any lady in all these events, is the way she dresses up. My mom always say that how a person dresses up, reflects alot on herself. 

My mom is my Coco alrite. 

She always nags at me about my clothes. Do not mix work clothes with other social event clothes. Same goes for shoes and bags and more. Whenever we shop together, she is the one who always hits me with the hard truth if the apparel looks good on me or not. Or other way to style them up other than my usual comfort style. 

I envy how some ladies seem to have a room full of her own clothes. Although I do wish that sometimes, I would love to have a warehouse full of clothes, I learn to make it happen despite the lack of wardrobe size, hahahhaha.

So if I am gonna be having social events on weekly basis, I do not have the space to be adding on new items to the wardrobe all the time. I decided to bring out one of my lacey blushing skirt which I designed myself and pair it with my favourite white shirt. I love this mix.

Just like that, a totally new, never been matched before outfit fit for another occasion.

naimefied look

headband: Tangs

scarf: Kaffah

Top: Ralph Lauren

belt: naimefied

skirt: naimefied

bag: Miu Miu 

SG50

Today marks a significant day for our dear beloved Singapore.

My country.

My home.

We have come a long way. 

From a village settlement, to having a 7 storey building as the tallest building in the early 1950s and now, having a land filled with skyscrapers. 

At a young age of 50 years old, she has accomplished a lot. 

I salute our forefathers for their hard work, their sweat, their tears and more in contributing to the build up and success of Singapore to become who she is today. 

We are a whole lot of things all rolled into one, meeting at the melting pot.

My ancestors were among the many who travelled around the world for business, met their partners in an entirely different country and settled down with their loved ones in Singapore. Along the way, their offsprings too married non-locals and produce many more mixed up beautiful product of their decision; more lil cute Singaporeans.

I love it that in any part of the world that I am in, I am proud to say I am a Singaporean. We are multi-racial. We live in harmony and in peace. I love the fact that although it is rare, when I do bumped into another fellow Singaporean overseas, we became instant friends. 

This country is where we belong. We are blessed, truly, in many many ways. 

We just gotta learn to open our eyes and see it. 

My dear Singapore,

It has been an amazing 50 years. You deserve the Golden Jubilee title. Wear it with pride.

To 50 more years ahead and more....

naimefield 'Singapore' look

headscarf: dUCk

hairband: Sahara Shawl

top: T Syahmi

pants: Samantha Sherina By Thian

Shoes: Studio

Jubilee Weekend

I love working more than usual these days. That explains the lack of updates on my blog. There are days I leave home earlier than usual, leave work only when I am being shooed out of the building, after that followed by running of personal errands (this does not include meeting Ayu and Ratna). By the time I reach home, it is not only late, my parents are already asleep. 

Lately, this cycle has been going on for a while. There are days when the only way of catching up with my parents is before I leave for work, or in the afternoon when I have a bit of free time at work, I'll call my mom up to ask how her day was, or at night, when I came home and I caught that last few minutes before they head to the bedroom. They are pretty glad I am busy being swamped with work. 

I am really thankful that my parents are among the people who constantly remind me that aside from them, my work is also priority, not an option. My dad never fail to make me forget, work comes first, no matter what. Well, you guessed it right, he is a workaholic while my mom is always busy with her orders.

They always talks about my future plans, my projects at work, considerations to further my studies and much much more. There were times when my dad had to attend a surgery, he make me go to work and only visit him only when I am done with work, not apply for leave just to attend to him. That's my amazing dad.

Since it is the Jubilee Weekend, I am swamped with tonnes of stuff. Wedding invitations, open house gatherings, spending time with my parents, meet-ups with ex-schoolmates and I am perhaps hoping to squeeze in some me-time somewhere with a cup of hot chocolate and maybe a piece of cake. Well assuming it is not raining either.

Let the Jubilee Weekend begin!

I'll start by heading to the shower first....

Disembarking From Euphoria

It has been quite a while since I log on into this realm again for some me-time. How time flew so fast. I have been really busy with a whole bunch of things. Work these days has been taking up a lot of my time. Whatever free time I have after that are catered to spending some quality time catching up with family members, visiting extended families members and all. Yes, it is still Hari Raya season. A reason to discover more long lost family members. It was only recently that my frenz and I managed to catch up with each other as we sat talking and laughing, chilling by the sea side at East Coast.

Looking back at my previous posts, it has been quite a while. A good portion of my time has been dedicated mainly to my work. Someone once told me that it is a blessing to be busy with work, to have work, Alhamdulilah. I do agree with that statement. Working by itself is also an ibadah.

Work has been going well. I do feel grateful and blessed. I have also been putting in more time into my workload, occupying myself with my work projects and keeping myself busy by pushing myself forward and pushing the boundaries I have set for myself. It feels good.

Not too long ago, I decided to work on a personal project which I was excited about. Like really excited. Unfortunately, things went down south. I did not expect the unexpected to happen. Well to be honest, I do not think anyone would expect it. But we always gotta look at the bright side of things and I had to learn to see it as a blessing in disguise.

It is not easy disembarking myself from what I thought was my very own version of euphoria. Perhaps Allah had other plans for me. As what others say, we are mere mortals, we can only plan. That is pretty much it. The rest, we gotta leave it up to Him to decide, what ultimately is best for us. We can't hasten Him, He knows what is best for us.

I am still working on settling the logistics part. There are times I find it really difficult to pick up the phone, or type out the email and explained the situation to the vendors. Many were understanding and I too understood the terms of the contract from their side. Not my rezeki, I continuously chant that mantra to myself. Pretty much all the vendors were understanding with the situation. It was seriously a bitter pill I had to swallow. Erwin offered a hand to help out thankfully, but I make it a conscious effort to ensure that I get most of it done myself.

I am now (still learning) to move forward, moving ahead with myself. I do not feel that I am alone in this. I am constantly surrounded by tonnes of loved ones, be it family or frenz. Like I said, I am blessed in many ways and they naturally came to side with an ever ready shoulder for me to cry on if I needed to. Many, naturally became protective of me. So sweet right?

This is not an easy task, but I know He's got my back.
Just gotta hold my head up high and smile.

Our rezeki comes in many forms. In my case, I am seeing this turn of event as a rezeki which I may soon understand. Maybe it is His way of getting me back on track and mending my relationship with Him. I take this as an opportunity to discover myself and my capabilities, regardless at work or on a personal level.

To an eternity of happiness ahead...

naimefied look

scarf: Kaffah

headband: Sahara Shawl

Top & Skirt: Kuntum by Najeeb Azami

Bag: Celine

Shoes: Studio

Zalia

Day 1 back at work after the Eid celebration, I was tasked to be in a situation where I had to be back in my work clothes. Easy to run around in and more. 

So when it was suggested that the trio met up at Ratna's place, I knew it was the perfect moment to dress up and bring the Zalia out of the closet.

This is perhaps my first purchase from Zalora for myself. 

I love the smokey details spread around the dress. Mom says the dress makes me look like an angel floating around as I walked. Mama, your daughter is an angel, hahahahhah.

I paired the flawy dress with the Camellia from Sufyaa. The Camellia has always been my favourite choice whenever possible. This time round, Sufyaa came up with the satin edition of the Camellia. As always, it's super easy to be worn for any occasion.

Hope your celebration has been as fun as mine :*



naimefied look

Scarf: Sufyaa
Dress: Zalia

That time of the Year

 Syawal is definitely a great month after a month of fasting. 

It is that time of the year where we look for any excuse to go visiting, meeting up with close and distant family members, friends, neighbours and many more. It gives us a reason to cook up a storm, invite others over, most importantly, a reason to seek forgiveness if we have not done so.

This year's Syawal fell on a Friday, we had the extra weekend to do more visiting, accepting open house invitations and a reason to stay a bit longer than usual at some places since well, we have not been catching up for a while and we are not working the next day. 

I have been busy with work since the long break ended. 

Hence, my postings have not been as updated as I would like it to be. There are days where I am at work for almost 12 hours and continuing with work at home. I love my job even though I do not talk much about it. I love what I do and coming home to dinner and chatting while enjoying our TV time with my parents are probably the best blessing on a daily basis to me. 

Thanx to Eid, I appreciate this once a year affair where I bumped into long time no see people who share the same bloodline with me as well as long-lost friends who used to spend time with before responsibilities come into play in our lives. 

It is another long weekend here in Singapore. There's quite a bit of work that I will need to catch up with here as well as heading out to tag along with my parents to visit both sides of the endless family tree. 

But first, it's time for that signature the tarik of mine and clearing that laundry. Oh and perhaps a visit down to the nursery for a new bunch of flowers.

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend ahead.

naimefied look

headband: gift from Ayu

Scarf: dUCk scarves

dress: Naime

bag: Celine

Shoes: Manolo Blahnik

Love To Dress

 Eid Mubarak! 

Especially to all my Muslim brothers and sisters located all over the world. The holy month of Ramadhan has left us and now it is time for us to celebrate the month of Syawal, along with all the goodies and the entire package deal that comes along with it.

To all of you out there, on behalf of my family and I, please forgive us of any wrongdoings that we have caused you. We are humans and we do hope to become better people and better Muslims as we grow older along the way. 

So aside from the food and goodies and all that gatherings, I definitely enjoy looking for a reason to dress up for the occasion.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri

Maaf Zahir & Batin

naimefied look

Scarf: aere x dUCk

Headband: Tangs

Dress: Love To Dress

Bag: Celine

Shoes: Manolo Blahnik