When stars collide

Now playing: ♫ Death Cab for Cutie - Tiny Vessels








H&M jacket, cardigan, harem pants | AA jersey | Nomi boots | F21 bag

Give me a little credit for posting a outfit all in twenty minutes. Kudos to myself. I haven't post a outfit since 2010, SO last year. These harem pants are my new found love. There are days when I like wearing my skinny jeans but during mornings where I am in a rush then I like to be in something comfortable like these pants. Comfortable enough to do cartwheels. Maybe not.

Just finished my first week back to school, of course, I'm already feeling the workload sinking in. But I'm so glad that the weekend is here - definitely looking forward to a relaxing weekend to myself. Have a great weekend everyone!

"Born angry"

Now playing: ♫ Uppermost - Equivocal






Kensington Market alleyway, Downtown Toronto.


Black and white pictures are the best.

Induced euphoria

Now playing: ♫ City and Color - Sleeping sickness
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Wilfred over-sized shirt/dress | H&M jeans, knit circle scarf

Temperature in Toronto is gradually dropping lower and lower as we are approaching into Autumn as the days end earlier. But I must say, Fall has got to be my favourite season out of the four . The scenery of the leaves falling off the trees with the colour scheme of yellow, red and copper. Picture perfect.

I finally had the nerve to tuck away my summer clothes earlier this week. I'm going to miss the ease of throwing on a pair of shorts with a shirt and still look effortlessly chic. Final good-bye. But it is bittersweet. On the other hand, I am still looking forward to invest in some more knits, trench/wool coat, cardigans and laced up boots. Hence, I need to shop ASAP.

It's been two weeks since school started and my schedule was altered not once but three times. It's weird that I packed my lunch to school today. I feel like in grade eight all over again. Monday + 8:00am classes don't mix. Gotta double up doses of Starbucks - plus extra shot of espresso.

This weekend I am so excited not to work (except for Sunday... which in my books is a "no work day" but...) and instead I'm making my way to Hamilton to McMaster to visit a girlfriend and a few others. Hello social life again.

You had me at hello

Now playing: ♫ John Mayer - Gravity





Giorgio Armani vintage shirt | H&M blazer | Talula acid dye leggings | F21 purse | Aldo booties
Rings F21 and H&M

Birthday just came to an end as the clock strikes midnight. In continuation from my last post. Sunday, I spend the evening with two of my close childhood friends at Mildstones. I couldn't take any pictures 'cause I left my camera at home, sadly. I love using "it's my birthday"excuse cause it's just a way to get free dessert. We're talking about a warm double chocolate smothered with chocolate drizzle with cold vanilla ice cream - pretty much to die for almost. The day of my birthday, I spent the whole day just hanging out with the family. Another day that I got a full day to see my Jalen (He's my nephew... that I miss right now) along with my mother and sister. The rest of the evening followed with yet another dinner with the rest of the family at a chinese restaurant. I don't think I'll ever get sick of peking duck, yum. I just want to thank every one of you out there that wished me happy birthday and for those who came out to spend the time with me celebrating my twentieth birthday. I truly do thank you with all my heart and soul, love you all.

I cannot get enough of vintage pieces. What was so funny about this vintage Giorgio Armani shirt that it was my dad's back in early 90's(?) and I love it even 'til this day. There was one day where I had a hard time deciding what to wear and saw this just laying it on my table which was a clear indicator that it was made for me. At first the beginning before trying this shirt on, I was a little skeptical - I thought it would not suit me as I would think it would. Surprise surprise. It definitely proved me wrong. I've grown to love it. Another reason to love vintage shopping. Speaking of vintage... I've been looking long and hard for a vintage purse. I went into Forever21 and this vintage-like purse caught my eye almost immediately. Course, it isn't truly vintage but it does features some detailing in the bag. I am very pleased with this purchase. Oh, and how can I forget about these lovely booties. It's somewhat manly in the most feminine way which I love. It's very "Queen Street West"-esque, agreed? I was hesitating bring them home only considering that my mother would not approve of these but she loves them which I was happy about. Not to mention, they were on sale for $39 original price at $90? Yeah it's a deal no asian couldn't put down.

Yet another weekend of fun and play. It's back to work - another forty hours devoted to work.

Sun-kissed glow

Now playing: ♫ Placebo - Running up that hill






H&M blouse, shorts, flats, purse | Forever 21 pocketed tank

She's wearing: Forever 21 dress | H&M purse | Zara belt | Thrifted gladiators
Weather is getting hotter, clothes are starting to shred down a tad bit. It's the time of year when the sun sets at a later time.. which means we have more time laying on the grass and tan! Just last week, I've been spending my time indoors... working. Thirty-nine hours at work? Yeah not my cup of tea. But in the end it'll be all worth every bit of it. Sunday was my only day off and I needed to get outside for my own good sake! Friend of mine, Jessica and I went to the local park to enjoy lovely hot weather, taking "blog-like posing" pictures where everyone was looking at us for and just spending time together since she was back in Toronto for the weekend. Now we're back to square one. Back to work and just another week.

Month of June finally began. This month will be chaotic... In a good way! Definitely have my agenda filled. First off, my birthday is coming up shortly! To be quite precise - in an week! I haven't finalize plans for what I'm doing for my twentieth but I scratched out clubbing plans. Instead... I haven't figured it out but I'm open to ideas. BIG news! I've been talking so much about how I need to travel more often and get out of this city and just go full out to explore the world. In just about two weeks - I will be going heading to Los Angeles!! With the dear friend of mine, Jessica. We have not bought our flight tickets just yet (probably in the coming week or so) but we pretty much have it all figured out. Our main attraction to head over to L.A was for this event called Electric Daisy Carnival. To sum it all up, it's just a really big... I mean BIG rave party and famous Dj's around the world perform for this show. Check out this link and you'll get what I'm talking about http://bit.ly/drARAF. Oh and not to mention, last year at EDC - there was 90,000 people!! Talk about how crowded. Just hitting the topic of L.A makes me all giggly. June, I'm ready for you!

Carpe Diem

Now playing: ♫ Atlas Sound - Quick canal


Thrifted shirt | American Apparel tulip skirt | H&M belt, peep toe flats


Weekend came to an end and we're back to Monday - back to work. Spent my weekend lounging around and taking it easy. It was pay day weekend (thank goodness) so it was a given sign that I had to go shopping - no need to rethink that. Headed downtown with my dear friend Anna - we had to stop by thrift stores around Gerrard St and Parliment St. The first store we stumbled upon was a small boutique where this lady wall selling clothes, jewelry, furniture and houseware items. That's where I found this lovely floral shirt. I cannot get enough of floral print - recently, I find myself having purchases of some sort of floral design, can't help myself! Can you just guess how much this was? THREE dollars!! Definitely a steal. As far as I remember from last year, I was not a fan of thrift shopping or the idea of it and now I'm scavenging for thrift/vintage stores down downtown. The amazing prices on these items still amazes me.



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Free falling

Now playing: ♫ John Mayer- Slow dancing in a burning room





Wilfred cropped shirt | Zara pleated trousers, booties | H&M braided belt, necklace


TGIF? Not so much. The weather is not cooperating with me today. Gloomy skies, rain and thunderstorms - definitely not my cup of tea. Initally, I was planning to go vintage shopping downtown Toronto but again due to weather complications... it's postponed yet again. I went up my way and still got ready just before my shopping plans backfired. I was trying to find the perfect trousers so my instant thought was Zara. I walked in and found tons but as I was trying them on - I was not as please as I expected, unfortunately. As I was browsing around I saw the Zara manager and she was wearing these trousers that caught my attention almost immediately. So, of course - I got the ones she wore (which is the one I'm wearing in the picture). Aren't they lovely? I was also out the lookout for the perfect booties and pick them up while I was in Zara. I had a hard time finding nice booties - it was either the not right brown shade for me or the material was complete garbage but I'm really happy with these! And... this pretty much explains why I love walking around the city and being inspired from other fashionista's.

Starstucked

Now playing: ♫ Digitalism- Idealistic



H&M Boyfriend blouse, floral dress, high waisted shorts | Aldo & H&M Rings

Outfit for a lazy sunday. Tricked you, the floral tucked in "top" isn't really a top. Decided to pair this foral dress with this high-waisted shorts (keeping in mind these shorts are just comfortable as pajama pants, I like). It's a tad chilly out so threw on a boyfriend blouse for that ruggedly look. The rings above are definitely a new obsession. I'm eyeing myself a few silver rings but unfortunately they are extremely overpriced for my liking (I'm talking about the booths on Queen Street in downtown Toronto). If anyone can spare me a few stores for vintage or silver jewelry... I'm all eyes on it.

The weekend is coming to an end, won't be posting too much throughout the week cause of work but I'm around! If you follow my twitter then you'll have more of a quick update @vhhho. Until then, have a awesome week!

Spring blossom, H&M fever.

Now playing: ♫ Bloc Party - Banquet


H&M Garden Collection blouse | H&M Garden Collection floral printed tank, floral banded skirt, F21 slouchy cardigan | H&M floral scarf, tunic sweater, braided belt
F21 floral blouse, AA tulip skirt, Wilfred slouchy cardigan | H&M Men's plaid shirt, AA circular scarf, black tights

Pictures don't lie, clearly - I have H&M fever. Most of my clothes from my closet is pretty much from that store. Before working there, I wasn't the biggest fan of them. I mean yeah they have awesome basics and trendy items but it wasn't appealing to me. But now that I do work for the company it almost seems as if their garment are nicer then before. As for me, I've stocked up a few items - the pieces shown above are complied from a month ago. The quality in the picture isn't the greatest 'cause it was taken from my phone but this will do for now. I got to say, right now in the season of Spring... floral patterns and lace is a definite must-have in your wardrobe. The explosion of colours that floral gives off is extraordinary. It's not your typical solid colour but it just screams out spring, in my book. The shipments that we are recieving in my store of new productions contain a lot of lace-y items. Lace can do more than you can imagine - it brings a little something to your ordinary garment.Do you got your race lace on?

It's only day two of rebuilding this blog and I guess I'm doing okay... yeah? Well the weekend consists of relaxing and taking it easy after seven continuous days of work for me. Yeah work has been killing me physically but I guess I made it through (keeping in mind of the big fat cheque I'm gonna get). Yesterday was my nephew's one month celebration party, saw the family and some familiar faces. Didn't get a chance to spend him with Jalen 'cause he was napping throughout the celebration and when he woke up he was being a little cranky but I mean that's no different from other babies. Can't believe Jalen is already a month old! He's gained a little weight but he's still cute as ever. Today and tomorrow is just another day to lounge around the house so it's nothing interesting... all the more reasons to party next week! Even though this week hasn't end, I'm already anticipating for the next. My close friend, Jessica, is throwing her late birthday at Embassy Night Club which should be interesting 'cause it's sort of a reunion of everyone since practically everyone is done finals and out of school so a lot of faces will be there, can't wait! Time to get my dance on.