Welcome back. 

Trust me, I have been blogging these past weeks but most of them didn't make the cut. 

Usually I just lose my creative juices or I just didn't feel like posting it. As always, April passed by really quickly, just like the other months. 

Here are some of the significant events that happened this month: 

010417: Mama and Abah's Anniversary

We celebrated my parents' special day with dinner @ Spize. It was our first time there and of course we needed to dress for the event. It wasn't the first time there for my parents as they went there with their friends the week before. Their impression of the restaurant was pretty great and they wanted the rest of us to try the amazing delicacies there. 

There weren't many choices to choose from for me because I'm a pretty picky eater. I ended up ordering Bangers and Mash - just a sophisticated way to describe sausages with mashed potatoes. When the food arrived, I was kinda bummed because I had a feeling it wouldn't be filling to the tummy. Oh boy, I almost tapped out halfway through the course. It would have been better without the caramelised onions but best believe I finished everything in the plate. 

070417 & 080417 - Wedding Bells 

Mind you, I wasn't referring to me getting hitched. Nad, my best friend, invited our circle of friends to her second brother's wedding. We were invited on both Saturday and Sunday - Saturday for the akad nikah and Sunday for the wedding reception. Trust me, I'm not the most knowledgeable person when it comes to Malay wedding terms and customs because 1) no one from my paternal and maternal side is getting married yet, 2) my friends and I are only 21, and we aren't getting engaged yet (let alone getting married) 

We haven't met farhana in such a long time and it's always good to know that we can talk about anything and everything eventhough we don't meet on a frequent basis. Wished nabilah could have joined us during the ceremony but she's always in our minds and hearts. Like they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. 

I told Nureen that this looks exactly like the picture we took back in secondary one, during those exhibition trips. I would have inserted the image here but it's okay, if you remember which image I'm talking about, good for you. 

nrnslmt takes over nrhaziqah's phone

We went to the bride's side on Saturday for the solemnisation. We were supposed to help with carrying hantaran but guess who were the last ones to reach the destination? Throughout the whole event, all we were thinking was when we could eat because all of us were starving. Plus, it didn't help that it was my first few days so occasional bursts of crankiness from me were present. Nad was busy with her family and she kept apologising for not spending time with us more. Little did she know, all of us were just chilling at the back of the room and we used up the time catching up with each other's lives. 

On Sunday, all of us attended the wedding reception with our own families. Without fail, farhana was the first person to arrive, followed by saj, nureen and the fashionably late - me. Ironic though because I'm the one living nearest to Nad compared to the rest 😆 Initially we decided to crash at mcd for dinner but we realised nad couldn't leave the event. So we stayed with her till the end of the reception. If you followed either one of us on snapchat, you would have seen the hilarity we had while our time there. 

We tried to play with Nad's nephew and niece - Aaqil and Nayla! Those two toddlers were a joyful bunch of kids, running around and it's cute to see their interactions with each other. I wanted to play around with Nayla but she was shy around me. So you know I had to whip out my secret weapon a.k.a. snapchat filters. 

Here's a short snippet of me admiring this cutie (also understand that my voice goes 3 notes higher when I'm around kids - even higher with this voice changing filter) 

who's getting hitched first? 

Oh, we definitely didn't plan our colour scheme for Sunday. All of us weren't shocked at all when we came wearing the same colour palette. This week was a pretty tiring week because your girl had to wear heels for both days as she doesn't own flats.........just because I believe that flats aren't flattering on me. 

150417: Singapore Modest Fashion Weekend (SMFW)

First and foremost, I've always been into fashion since young. Heavily influenced by fashion reality shows like America's Next Top Model and Project Runway, it carved my liking towards fashion and progressed from there. Fun fact - I wanted to enrol into Fashion Design in poly but I decided not to. Fashion design is an extremely challenging path to take, with the art not being recognised in Singapore and the fact that you'd need to survive using lots of connections. 

I have always dreamed of working in the fashion industry - be it modelling or designing. I used to stay up with my mum back in my primary school days to watch ANTM on channel 5, right at the 11pm timeslot. I remember complaining how I lack sleep because I was up way past my bedtime but it's always worth it. The dream is still deep inside of me, not giving up yet. I guess I just need more knowledge and courage to make the leap of faith. 

SMFW was one event that I'll never forget as it's the very first event of its kind and the event showcased fashion lines from upcoming and promising fashion designers - mostly local and Malaysian designers. One of the designers that I've followed since the start was in the fashion show lineup too and I was so stoked for them. When I saw that they were giving out free VIP tickets for their fashion show, I tried my luck and entered the contest. One night my sister called me as I was on the way home from work to tell me that we won the tickets!!! 

this was how close we were to the main stage

My sister went as my plus one and boy, she had to handle this mess. 

So there we were, sitting in the second row. I swear to god, I couldn't breathe properly when I was seating there. My heart was super jumpy and I was just too anxious to see the beautiful designs on the runway. Needless to say, the hour long show got me in awe and I couldn't leave my seat after the show ended. I have vlogs from that day still in my laptop, definitely going to edit that soon. 

Did I mention that I loved my outfit of the day? Lately I've been into long outerwears and I purchased this beauty on Zalora. Can't wait to wear this out more often because it makes me feel like a princess (not that I'm not already one) Also, I helped my sister pick out her outfit! She wanted to play around with floral prints and voila, there you go. I was pretty proud of my pick - can become fashion stylist already. 

Update: hey guys, I just uploaded my vlog on youtube, I've embedded it here for easy viewing! Share the love by liking and subscribing to my channel if you haven't already 💜

220417: Artbox Singapore + Simching's 21st Birthday Party 

I'm kinda impressed with myself this year as I've been going down for most of these new exhibitions and local events, those types that are hyped on twitter. When I found out about Artbox, I immediately asked my friends if they'd wanna go for it. Artbox was held over two consecutive weekends so when the news about the overcrowding in Artbox that happened on the first weekend was circulated all over the internet, I was second guessing the trip there. Even my friend told me the trials and tribulations getting there, I was convinced not to go. 

I had a 21st birthday party invitation that night and I decided that it'll be fun to at least visit Artbox for a while. So I can include another indie event into my event hoping journal (kidding I don't own that) My beautiful Nureen was my date and we had so much fun. We haven't went out in a while and it feels goooooood to spend all my time with her. Honestly I don't remember the last time we hung out for the entire day, other than occasionally meeting after work. 

Our plan was to visit Artbox, try some delicacies there, kill time somewhere else before making our way to the party at 7. Initially we were supposed to meet at 12-1? Guess who took a long time to get ready...... We eventually met at 2, if I could remember properly. 

Even before stepping into Artbox, we were sweating like mad thanks to the sweltering weather. Thank goodness for my guardian angel because she brought an extra pair of sunglasses for me. It wasn't as packed as the first day, which was a plus. Maybe people were turned off by the crowd and decided to forgo Artbox. Despite the bearable crowd, it was a bit disappointing for me as I was expecting the venue to be a little bit bigger. There weren't enough space to walk through the booths. Not to forget that I was wearing a white top and my ultimate fear of ruining my top kept bugging my mind throughout the whole time there. We came across the Dragon breath booth and I actually wanted to get it but girl, I couldn't stand the queue. At least we purchased Thai milk tea (obsessed)

We went about two rounds around the place and realised that it wasn't worth it. However, we saw plenty of polaroid booths so we stopped by one of them. I love collecting polaroid strips from events like this. As of now, I have about three - winter wonderland, SAM and Artbox. We managed to get a few shots of the atmosphere there before making our way out of the place. 

Feeling touristy for the day, we went touring inside shoppes and stopped by our favourites - bath and body works & Sephora. Both of us were starving so we stopped over Yellow Submarine at Bugis to get our food fix. After an hour of hysterical laughter over the past, we slowly made our way to Ascott where the party was held. 

We were supposed to be there by 630 but we arrived an hour later. Thankfully we weren't the last few people. Simching looked stunning and it's been such a long time since our last meet. I met sc back in year one when we shared a few modules together and she was one of my first friends that I know that isn't from my course. Nureen and I claimed the spot at the end of the couch and continued talking from where we left off. 

All of the attendees gathered around to sing the birthday song in three different languages - English, Mandarin and Korean. She had unicorns as her birthday cake and cupcakes!!! Too adorable. 

exhausted faces after the tiring day

A pretty lengthy post for once huh? 

So that's the gist of my April. April has been an okay month for me, hopefully May will be a better one! Thanks for staying on till the very last paragraph. I kinda like the style of this post - summarising the important events at the very end of the month. Maybe I should continue like this for the upcoming months? Provided that I have exciting events for the month of May.

With love x