June 2011

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Hangzhou: West Lake

June 30, 2011 in Travel by somethingboutrenes | No comments

Up next, I will be sharing about my Shanghai-Hangzhou trip! It was really fun and there were a lot of crazy shopping! Six girls just love to have fun!

// All pictures are from the talented Eliza (the cool girl with pixie hair!). Thank you Eliza for the wonderful picture!

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We arrived Shanghai at dawn and you can probably tell from our sleepy face!

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There after we were dumped into a coach for a few hours of bus ride to get to Hangzhou. Midway, we stopped for our toilet break and chance upon their famous rice dumpling chain!

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Then we were herded back to the bus and back on track towards Hangzhou!

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Our first stop at Hangzhou was “Xi Hu” (West Lake) and it was a beautiful place with a lot of sad stories.

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We went for a boat ride to bring us around the lake and it reminds me of Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan (but of course, this is nothing compared to Sun Moon Lake. HAH)

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We also get to walk around the lake a little.




June 30, 2011 in Loft Living by somethingboutrenes | No comments

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We bought new sets of placemat from Daiso for our place! Love polka dots! I was feeling lazy and got him to pack some food from his mum’s place for dinner! Thank you dear! Thank you auntie for your lovely meal!

Rheinhessen 2009 Kabinett

June 26, 2011 in Wine Loving by somethingboutrenes | No comments

Tried one of the few German wines I bought at DFS and I started off with the less sweet one. This has a hint of sweetness and yet the taste is crisp, fruity and a little young. It was not liquid gold though. With only a Kabinett ranking I should have known.

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Lesson 5: Painting with Pigments

June 26, 2011 in School by somethingboutrenes | No comments

In my fifth lesson and third painting we finally get to add pigments and enjoy the real challenge of painting! It is still in the theme of monochromatic but this time we get to add white pigment to the dark pigment and use it for the tones and all! We scrap less and paint more! The real challenge is to avoid contamination of colour pigments!

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After my class, he whipped out a lovely supper to fill my empty stomach! He is the real chef in the house!

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Isabel & Polly

June 26, 2011 in Books by somethingboutrenes | No comments

I love the fact that my office is so near everything! Including a library! During lunch I popped in and grabbed these two!

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(1) A Vintage Affair. Isabel Wolff is well known in the chic flick readers but what really caught my eyes was the book cover! I’m half way through this book and so far it has been good! I love vintage and this book made me appreciates vintage even more! I think it’s really romantic to know that every piece of vintage has a story to tell and yes, I do wonder if the person wearing it was happy, married, or in love.

(2) How to be Married – by Polly Willams - was witty and oh so true! I picked this book immediately because Sophie Kinsella agree that it’s good! (Inferred from a note she wrote at the back of the book!) While reading this book, it makes me wonder if I really have to be the perfect wife (a little like the Stepford wife) to gain his attention and reduce the daily frustration! Even though the book ended with (spoiler alert!) the man telling his wife that he loves who she is (including all her mess and spontaneity), I think in reality, some man do love their wife to be just a little like the Stepford wife. Perhaps, just a little more domesticated. BOO!

Funnel on her Head

June 26, 2011 in Paws by somethingboutrenes | No comments

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Barley chewed her fur bald at her back causing a huge bald spot the size of 3 fifty cents coin! We had to make her wear a funnel to stop her from doing that!

Barley was all clumsy and confused with a funnel on!

Banquet Card Selection at AWT

June 26, 2011 in Bridezilla Talk by somethingboutrenes | 6 comments

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We were at American Wedding Treasures for our banquet wedding card selection and we saw a few pretty cards, which we didn’t pick! Here are some! For Sheraton brides, you can have an idea what American Wedding Treasures offer!

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Breakfast on Drink Trolley

June 26, 2011 in Loft Living by somethingboutrenes | 3 comments

He spent Saturday morning making breakfast and we spent it eating at our balcony on our favourite drink trolley! It was a relaxing morning, which is now a luxury to us.

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Nespresso coffee, juice, scrambled eggs, grilled ham, portobello mushroom, toast, banana nut crunch cereals and a lot of love. Perfection.

Read: Mini Shopaholic.

June 23, 2011 in Books by somethingboutrenes | 2 comments

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You cannot imagine that in all the messiness in my life right now, I read a book in three days. I’m an escapist. Becky’s life with Minnie in tow makes my life seems all peaceful and chill. If I have a child like Minnie, I’m sure I’ll put a leash on her!

Grey Felt.

June 23, 2011 in All Things Pretty, Renovation Journey by somethingboutrenes | No comments

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We bought this more than a year ago during the Tokyo Proposal Trip and I’m glad we can finally let it see some lights! I know my posts are getting random but these are all the random things I took with my iPhone over the two weeks I’m away! There are more random posts to come!

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