The small little things.
Posted by ilyana | Filed under Fashion, Food & Nosh, Misc
I had quite the busy weekend! My cousin got married on Sunday so the whole extended family was camped out at my house scrambling to put together a dinner meal for the guests; the women were chopping up what seemed to be like an endless bag of onions while the men were just sitting down and sipping their coffee. Urgh, men. The only thing they’re good for is the occasional phonecall and when we need them to pay for our shopping >D I got your back, single ladies.
The best/worst thing about having your entire family over at your house (including the ones from overseas) is that they tend to bring over a LOT of food, not that I don’t appreciate food but one aunt bought 5 large boxes of donuts from KL so you can imagine how much of a feast we had in my kitchen! diet confession: I ate 4 donuts HAHAHA…shit.
Aah don’t you remember the days when we were kids and didn’t give a hoot about our weight? Everytime we had access to sweets or cake, we had no qualms about table manners and greedily stuffed our faces with as much junk food as possible, pausing only to savour the taste momentarily.
Hid got me some really cool chocolates and a bag of mints from South Africa! Cadbury South Africa, I LOVE YOU! You make Cadbury Asia look so boring! The Dairy Milk Question chocolate had a question printed on the wrapper, “Are you keen?” and the chocolate had the answers YES or NO imprinted on it so I can imagine this particular chocolate gets sold out very fast during Valentine’s Day lol. I think it’s really cute and tastes even better, it’s dairy milk chocolate with white chocolate creme in it! Hid told me I should give it to a special someone when he comes along but sorry I wait for no man when it comes to chocolate so I shared it with my brother haha!
I love looking at my mother’s vanity table not because of what she has on it but rather what my dad has. He’s got an extensive collection of watches he keeps in a glass coffret, most of them are wind-up watches instead of battery-powered which just makes his collection even more special to me! The man knows his watches as well as I know Prada lol.
One of my fave watches is the kooky colorful watch you see on the left. It’s called Crazy Hours by Franck Muller, a Swiss watchmaker known as the “Master of Complication” because of his knack for creating complex time pieces. Observe the haphazard numbers on the watch? Normally you would think it’s 5:10 but it’s actually 9:10! The hour hand actually jumps from number to number every hour, AMAZING.
My super early new year’s resolution for 2010: GET ORGANIZED AND PLAN AHEAD. The best friend and I got a moleskine daily planner each during the Kinokuniya 20% sale; we’re keeping it sealed in its original plastic wrap until 2010 hits! I think moleskines are the best notebooks/planners around, they cost a little more than what you would expect to pay for a notebook but they are the BEST. I used to be someone who refused to pay more than 10 bucks for a notebook but I got my first moleskine at a heavily discounted price and there was no looking back - after I finished using it, I bought another at full price. They last forever, inspires you to write more and looking at it makes me happy.
What are some of the little things that make you happy? Tell me in the comments!
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10 Responses to “The small little things.”
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zahirah Says:
November 24th, 2009 at 12:50 amreading a good book with a cup of tea while laying on my bed that’s next to the window.
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toothfairynotes Says:
November 24th, 2009 at 4:55 amwahahaha 4 donuts! omg… :S
I love the little things that make me happy, like Boyfriend fixing food for me, or the sun on my skin, discovering new music etc… so many things!
loves
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ilyana Says:
November 24th, 2009 at 10:20 am@ zah
That sounds really relaxing! Too bad I don’t have time to read often these days.@ toothfairynotes
YEAH I KNOWW, my tummy just got bigger sigh.Aww your boyfriend cooks for you? That is so sweet and a major plus point imo! The men here don’t usually cook sigh.
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heartofpearl Says:
November 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pmwow the doughnuts look yummy! the green one is strange but i would pick that one hehe!
i LOVE moleskin. i have been using it for the past 4 yrs. i use the weekly one so its black and thin but it’s perfect:) congrats on your cousins wedding x
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ilyana Says:
November 24th, 2009 at 5:01 pm@ heartofpearl
The green on is the best actually lol! It’s green tea with a minty (weird i know..) adzuki bean creme filling!
Me too! I write in mine almost everyday and I don’t ever leave the house without it!
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Catherine Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 11:30 amOMG THOSE DONUTS LOOK AMAAAAZING!! I am so jealous right now lol.
This is a very cute post. I love the story about your dad’s watch. I also loooove planners, though nowadays I have basically digitized my daily planning. iCal and Things run my life now, which, I think is actually quite nice because it’s soooo much easier to satisfy my color-coding OCD this way. Plus, I went through so many paper planners trying to find exactly the right layout and could never find one that was perfect! (Clearly, a problem with the manufacturers, not with my OCD lol.)
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ilyana Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 12:24 pm@ catherine
They taste just as good as they look!! Nahh don’t be jealous, you guys have so much more varieties of good sinful food! We don’t even have Krispy Kremes here ;_;Glad you enjoyed reading about the watches and other stuff lol, I know it’s not something I typically blog about but I think it’s nice to talk a bit about life sometimes.
Omg I am hopeless all the applications on my iphone that promotes you know being organized etc I just have to write things down lol buttt yes I do wish I could somehow color-code everything according to appointments etc in an instant!
I know you’ve had a rough week but please cheer up! xoxo
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Rae Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 11:08 pmOh my god — those doughnuts look amazing! When they’re that pretty, the calories TOTALLY DON’T COUNT =P
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aaron Says:
November 26th, 2009 at 5:07 amwhat makes me happy bb?
-sushi
-stumbling upon awesome fashin photography
-graphic design books
-killing your parents
-clearing clouds
-TRASH TALKING EVERY NIGHT WITH MY FASH WHORE BFF THIS ONE MAKES ME HAPPIEST OF ALL(u better not potong my steam by adding some shit like OH YOU FORGOT
-STALKING ZOMBIES) -
ilyana Says:
November 26th, 2009 at 10:41 am@ Rae
They were amazingly good! Thank you for reading and dropping a comment! <33@ Aaron
HAHAHAHA BABY U KNOW I LOVE YOU!
