http://valerietan.com Thoughts are meant to be Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:28:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Remember my confession on trying to read more in March 2011? My fairy God mother must have been listening to all my confessions or she has been reading my blog. Two days ago, I waltzed into Kinokuniya to get the book One Day and found myself spending more time at ... http://valerietan.com/2011/12/29/the-elves-and-the-shoemaker/ November came and went... silently... December has arrived. As I score zero on the shopping chart - after all, did you hear that Chanel has increased prices once more? And my 2.55 has doubled its value (and slightly more) in just merely two years? - I did set my eyes on ... http://valerietan.com/2011/12/09/of-coffee-good-friends-and-autumn-leaves/ I'm so deeply embarrassed by my lack of post - October came and went just like that! How do those bloggers keep up to date with their blog despite their hectic schedule? I wonder. Finally decide to archive some of my photos... and these made me smile. There is just something so ... http://valerietan.com/2011/11/07/dreaming-of-loubs/ As I lament how rough the stocks have been doing in the last two months, let me say that it has been an equally rocky ride on Chanel stocks - the price of the bags that is. As people watched to see the US markets free fall, eBay bidders watched the ... http://valerietan.com/2011/09/29/jadore-my-very-first-vintage-chanel/ Hello folks! How have you been doing? Two months ago, history was made. Singapore and Malaysia finally came up with an agreement to have the land that the Malaysian trek was sitting on, returned to Singapore. In return, Malaysia was given a piece of prime land in the heart of the Marina ... http://valerietan.com/2011/09/12/so-long-mr-ktm/ This month just flew past in a flash. So many places to go, so many friends to meet. So little time. Me on the KTM treks. F21 shorts, studded bracelets and my mosqi patch are the best accessories for this journey. More on this later. http://valerietan.com/2011/08/19/the-august-wind/ My nieces are the sweetest people on earth. http://valerietan.com/2011/08/13/happy-birthday-singapore-2/ Swinging like a pendulum. Immersed in a stack of never ending pile of thick solidified tree pulp. The urge to cut it all off, dye it neon pink; drink some banned liquor and party till the night go down. Such is the conflicting interest of life. 'Till the dusk no longer sets at 22 ... http://valerietan.com/2011/08/04/the-pendulum/ This is my final post on my Hong Kong trip with my girlies. Oh the fun, the glamour and the drama. No prizes for guessing which is my bag. So long! http://valerietan.com/2011/07/30/hong-kong-of-friends-and-fun/ I had much fun walking the streets of Hong Kong with my girlies and it's much regret that I'm ending my posts for this trip soon. =( On day three, we woke up really early to cross over from Tsim Tsa Tsui to Central. I've never taken the star ferry and ... http://valerietan.com/2011/07/26/hong-kong-breathing-in-the-sights-and-sounds/