CARPENTER & COOK

It took me more than 3 years to finally visit Carpenter and Cook despite living just 10-15 minutes away from this whimsical vintage cafe. With a day off from work on my birthday last month, I decided to drop by to have desserts after lunch.

Their beautiful printed flooring tiles first caught my eyes, then an array of pastries and their well displayed vintage collectives and furnitures around the cafe. While the pastries are a little pricey in my opinion (the lemon tart I had for $6.50 is just slightly larger than my camera lens cap), they are homemade and tastes great, so was their coffee.

Overall, Carpenter and Cook is a lovely place to spend some time at in the West whether you are hanging out with your girlfriends, your other half or alone, enjoy a yummy pastry along with a cuppa coffee.

PACKING FOR AUTUMN

I'm one of those checklist freaks when it comes to travel packing. For the fear of missing out on necessities, bringing mismatched clothes, packing too little, packing too much...

With my annual family vacation booked, I can't help but to start preparing a checklist, itinerary and got my itchy fingers busy creating google excel spread sheets to get them planned out. I'm however (or maybe I hope I will be) cool if things do not turn out quite as planned with unexpected change that could be likely to happen.

I'm 3 days away to my birthday and just about 2 more weeks of work till I jet off for a week – forget about work (I hope I'm allowed to) and enjoy the cool Autumn weather. Can't wait!

THE REFINERY

Celebrated Nathaniel's birthday last Sunday over lunch at a black and white cafe, The Refinery. I wasn't quite sure what to expect other than having my heart set on trying the Teriyaki Chicken Don and I can understand why it is one of the signature bowl there with its nicely done eggs and tender chicken. I'd like to try other mains off their Brunch menu like Kong Ba Pau sliders and Gyuniku Donburi on my next visit.

If you're looking for a place to dine between Central-East area, do give Refinery a try!

On a side note, I'd like to confess that I really want to steal their marble table back home...#justsaying. I'm for all things marble.

And with N's birthday, it means my birthday is just exactly a month away. How fast; it felt like yesterday I just celebrated my birthday.

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115 King George's Avenue Singapore 208561

SATURDAY

Particularly in love with COS' AW15 campaign, with a glacial icelandic (my dream travel destination!!) backdrop featuring Sun Fei Fei and quickly put together a simple flatlay with my quartz necklace with the perfect shade of Dior grey nail polish. And dreaming of having a wardrobe filled with COS...#dream

Have a great weekend!

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COS magazine, ThreeOneTwoFive quartz necklace, Dior junon nail polish

WARDROBE CLEANOUT

My shopping ban of purchasing 12-15 pieces of clothing a year has completely went out of control thus far – of which I find many pieces that do not actually suit me or so unfortunately do not fit me well because of my oversight and impulsiveness.

As we approach the last term of the year, I'm hoping to find new owners to take over these goodies. Cleaning my wardrobe and you'll find item(s) from Calvin Klein, DKNY, Topshop, Asos, H&M, Monki, FeistHeist, vintage and also several brand new items. Shop my wardrobe clean out now.

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