Monday 31 December 2012

TGIF!


TGIF!!!!
You must be wondering "you crazy uh, TGIF on a Monday!!!"
I know it's a Monday, but I just want to introduce you to this online store called TGIF!
It simply stands for....


The Girls In Fashion, also known as TGIF, aims to be your fashion assassin, offers a wide selection of the most desirable clothing and accessories, from basic apparels, feminine wear to chic rock, trendy and quirky styles.
Be sure to catch the latest styles and stay ahead in the fashion game with TGIF



Here's me in their striped romper which can be found here.
Leather jacket from weluvmeow!



Heart-shaped cut out back!
This is a good change to my wardrobe cos I hardly own anything so colorful and playful (: Got quite a lot of compliments on the romper when I wore it out.


Suede studded green shorts from them also!



Super love how casual the shorts is without looking sloppy <3

They are currently giving away a pair of ear studs for every purchase, how sweet a gesture during this festive season (:

And I got the cross one!!!!
Thank you for the ear studes (:


I think the moustache one is damn cute too (:

Now you know where to get your cny clothes and also clothes for those going back to school soon (like me!!). The love doesn't end here cos...

ALL MY READERS GET $2 OFF TOTAL BILL WHEN YOU QUOTE "SOPHIAXCHONG" 
<3

Do join their mailing list here to be the first to know of updates and promos!

Shop Now!


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Gonna pick the winners for the giveaway and reply all emails now so keep a look out!!! Also, gonna blog about my travelogue in 2012 damn soon!!

XX
Sophia

Sunday 30 December 2012

Thankful ♡

Hello, 

I'm back with a quick short post just to say Thank you to everyone who reads this space.
I've received a lot of emails/comments regarding the giveaway and I'm so so so so so touched x infinity by all your emails. I really didn't expect much of a response, not to mention super touching and encouraging words from so many of you girls.

I've read through every single email throughout the weekend and I wish I could give away something to all you girls but obviously that's impossible, so I'm gonna take some time tmr to reply every single email. Not the typical short liner "thank you and have a great day" reply but a reply in response to your email. Don't care if I'm gonna spend hours replying cos y'all deserve nothing less for writing so much to me!!! Every email is like an essay I swear! It's super duper hard to pick the winners so don't blame me if you're not chosen tmr k :/

Thank you for liking this blog and some of you for even "loving" me even though we have never met before. I've never thought of myself as a blogger that people or readers would really love cos honestly, I'm not some super pretty or interesting figure like so many other bloggers are. So thank you for embracing the littlest part of me and accepting me the way I am (of course i'll still try my best to make this blog more interesting for y'all). Many of you said that y'all like me/my blog mostly cos I'm real and down to earth........ which really in another word is honestly boring hahahah. So thank you for being so optimistic in your perception (: 

Thank you to those who are so supportive of Daniel and I. And thank you to those whom I've inspired in some way or another. It's a great feeling to know that I can impact in my small little way, so thank you very much. 
(WA LAU THIS FEELS LIKE SOME STAR AWARD SPEECH HAHAH)

Genuinely want to thank all of you who has been supporting me all this while, and also those who take the time and effort to send in the emails. I love you readers and this is one of the best way EVER to end my year.

Have a fabulous Sunday, I'll be back soon (:

XX
Sophia


Friday 28 December 2012

☆JOLLY X'MAS 2012☆ + GIVEAWAY

MERRY CHRISTMAS ERRRRBARDIIIIII!!

Yup Christmas lasts for 12 days so I can say it until....6 JAN!!!!

Here's my susulan wishing all of you a joyous season with his pocket balloon that's hanging around on his ceiling. HAHAH SORRY SOFIE I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF BUT TO KOPE IT HOME FROM VELVET!!!


Happy vicks is happy.


My x'mas babies <3 Can't wait for our gift exchange at Sofie's this Sunday!!!!




Hot mama Mich <3 she looks like a milf here heh!


Oh, and of course my handsome boyfriend....mmm.
Donna said he's damn "feeling" lol


Oh why so happy Daniel???


Super gorgeous Mag!!
Damn random but I'm super loving my velvet felt romper from HK! $20 ONLY :D



Hahaha this Karei was like having her own winter season. Crazy girl wear this in Velv!

My Christmas included dinner with my relatives and lunch with Daniel's family but unfortunately I have no pictures cos the food was too tempting for me to even whip out my camera :(
Really hope y'all had an amazing Christmas!
I have yet to buy Daniel's present...and it's like 28th already!!!!

Because it's Christmas, I'd like to do a small giveaway to two girls.
Hint : Maybelline cosmetic set! (I mix 4 things together in a set)

You can drop a comment at my blog comment box or email me at sophia.chong@hotmail.com

Tell me why you like reading my blog, your name and include your mailing address!!!
I'll pick the winners by next Monday so comment before that! <3
Looking forward to all your comments!!!

XX
Sophia

Wednesday 26 December 2012

香港 DAY 2 & 3

DAY 2!

It was getting a bit colder on the second day, like around 15 - 18 degrees!
Serene and I woke up early in the morning at 10am (super early for someone who wakes up at 12nn/1pm) to have dimsum at Lin Heung!

Loving the cupcake beanie I bought on the first day and my dad's trusty white high socks lol. Because I don't  wear sneakers so I don't own socks, therefore I had to resort to stealing my dad's nerdy socks hahaha


The obligatory tourist shot in HK.


So this is Central which is located in Hong Kong Island. This is also the famous nightlife lane of HK, similar to Clarke Quay. It's called Lan Kwai Fong.


My favorite H&M outlet is located here!


Come back from Perth soon BB, I miss you already!! She's also TJM supporter, can you see the TJM coat on her??? I obviously am a TJM lover luh!! Head to toe decked in TJM all the time!




So this is Lin Heung, one of HK's oldest timsum restaurant! Pretty famous and is really like a typical HK restaurant. Located at Wellington street (: My fav eggtarts from Tai Cheong Bakery is nearby also!


See what I mean by oldest timsum restaurant? Filled with TONS of elderly also!!! 
Totally loving it cos I think elderlies can be quite cute and they just make the place legitimately traditional hahaha



So these fierce waitresses would be pushing their carts around. Be forewarned, Hong Kongers (especially those working in low service line) generally are very rude and impatient. I don't think they intentionally wanna treat you like you're a "slowpoke and get out of my shop already" but it's more of like their culture that they are like that?
Especially in such traditional restaurants, everything is FAST FAST FAST. Don't ask too many questions or take too many pictures of your food. Come in, find your own seats (usually tables are shared among strangers), don't ask more than 1 question when ordering food, finish up your food and don't chit chat there, pay money and go. 
It's a fun or rather fresh experience, but you can sometimes feel like a burden or even offended by their impatience.


Spotted a crowded cafe called Fast Slow Cafe and got our caffeine fix!






No idea why these water "bottles" were all over the road.


My priddy girl <3


Makeshift Hello Kitty cookies shop along the road!

Didn't do much at Central and headed off to Causeway bay to shop!


Went to the new F21 and they sell all sorts of things!!! Pillows, Hello Kitty stuff, bedsheet, make up, umbrella etc etc. Didn't get anything from F21 though!


6 LEVELS!!! Singapore, you suck.



And this was near Sogo! Went for mask shopping in Sasa! The face masks/skincare products are quite cheap so I usually buy quite a lot! You can also try out this place called Bonjour which is similar to Sasa.



Super love this stockings!! Bought a few back for some friends (:

Went off to Sushi One for our half price jap food!!! Went there with Daniel on my previous trip and I fell in love with it already. 50% off for sushi, sashimi and a lot of other things after 10pm!




Reached there at 9.30pm and there was already a long queue outside the restaurant! Whatever, long queue also must queue! It's a must eat for me in HK!


You can haz pouty lips and I can haz slim shady cheeks



Tadah!!! Some of our food, still got ice cream, drinks and more sushi I think! Bill came up to only 170HKD which is about SGD27 for two people!

Headed to Temple Street for the night market which was a bore. Don't bother going to temple street if you have been to Ladies market. It's the same thing!! They only sell knock-offs, touristy t-shirts and lame things. I don't get the hype about ladies market AT ALL.

DAY 2!

Checked out in the morning and headed off for breakfast! Wondering why we checked out on the 3rd day when our trip is a 4 days trip? Shall reveal later! (:

3rd day was the coldest so it was damn shiok!! Like 13-15 degrees?

OOTD!

Okay fine, actually I look the same everyday cos it was a super last minute trip so I didn't have time to go buy more winterwear. Just made do with whatever I had in the new TJM collection. I wear different stuff under my coat/jacket everyday though, but not that it can be seen after decking on the layers.

Went for breakfast at Macau Cafe at TST!





My favorite drink to order at cha chan teng is ICED MILK TEA! Not damn damn damn nice luh, but I want to copy those TVB shows yknow hahaha. The actors always like to order iced milk tea when they go cha chan teng so I follow suit haha. 


Mafia Serene!



MY FAVORITE NOODLES IN HK!!!!
This beats wanton noodle ok!!


It's a kinda mix and match cold noodles thingum. There will be a wide range of ingredients and sauce you can pick from to mix with your noodles. SGD$0.50 for every ingredient. After you pick whatever you want, they will mix everything in a transparent bag for you and you have to eat it from the bag (in the picture above).

I always pick spinach noodle, crab meat, corn, sausages, chilli and garlic sauce! I love it <3


The list of ingredients!

Continued shopping at Fa Yuen Street and Arqyle Centre then headed back to Isquare to have lunch at.......


ANGELABABY'S CAFE!!!!

Ahhhhh she's so gorgeous!! I swear all her pictures in the cafe makes me feel terribly ugly. 


Ordered a high-tea set which was mediocre, but not too bad since it was only SGD$10!


Interior of the cafe.


They have very futuristic-looking cubicles too.




Ordered truffle ravioli cos the high-tea set wasn't filling enough. This is pretty nice though!


Then we were off to Chrome hearts @ Peninsula hotel!
Such a disappointment cos they ran out of female t-shirts which I wanted to get for myself, and small sizes for men's t-shirt which I wanted to get for Daniel :( so I left empty-handed!!!




Super tired from all the walking :( Eyes were damn red from lack of sleep also!


Hong Kong's skyline from the ferry terminal <3 mad love the view.
Pictures DO NOT do the view justice at all. Please go buy an air ticket and see for yourself!




And we managed to catch the light show at 8pm! It's played everyday at 8pm without fail. Caught it last year when I was on the ferry from TST to Central. It didn't seem so nice this time as compared to last year's :/ but still my favorite skyline!

So as I mentioned earlier on, we checked out in the morning even though our flight was on the next day! 
That's cos I told Serene that I wanted to save money and it's not worth it to pay for another night of hotel since our flight was at 8am the next morning (means we have to leave for the airport at 5ish am)!
So instead of wasting the last night away, we went to drink and KTV!!!!
Fortunately, we chanced upon a stretch of really nice bars at Kimberly Road after my duck rice dinner! Settled for Dada bar!



Beer for the tanker, and pina colada for the lousy drinker.


Spent the night playing 5-10 with each other then decided to hit a random KTV lounge called Club Crawl. At first, we were damn shy to sing and all but the owners were really really good and friendly hosts. Somewhat very glad to have met such nice people in HK who kinda became our friends. They let us have free flow drinks, sang with us, taught me how to play darts, let Serene make her own drinks behind the bar, and even offered to pay for our cab ride to the airport cos we spent ALL our money!!!!
Of course I won't be so bad to take people's money so I gave them 50SGD in exchange for 300HKD for our cab ride to the airport. One of them, who's a policeman even dropped us off at our hostel.


Damn random, but I bought Oreo this Heineken soft toy from Harbor City! The canned ones are for my mum lol.

So, that's about our HK trip! Took our 8am flight back to Singapore the next day and poof, what an awesome trip though it was damn short.
It really is a good way to end off my gap year. I feel like life is now more complete and I'm ready to go back to school in 2 weeks' time!!

I miss HK and I'll be back I promise <3

XX
Sophia