1. Buy someone a goat (card) ($39): Help Oxfam Australia distribute goats to vulnerable families, which can be used to provide milk for the family’s nutrition and even sold to pay for school fees or tools. 2. Guide Dogs Victoria 2013 Calendar ($19.95): Proceeds of the sale support the training of guide dogs in Victoria. [...]
Holiday Gift Guide: For Beauty Buffs, Fab Fashionistas, Chic Geeks & Trendy Travelistas
{ 1. Laura Mercier Deluxe Travel Brush Collection | 2. Tarte Carried Away Collectors Set | 3. Disney Cinderella Compact Mirror | 4. Anna Sui Christmas 2012 Collection | 5. Cle de Peau De Voyage Palette Holiday 2012 } { 6. Low Luv x Erin Wasson Cosmos Double Finger Ring | 7. House of Harlow [...]
Holiday-ing in Japan: I Hauled Japan Home!
Okay, in hindsight, it’s probably not that much but when I was packing for home on the last day of the holidays, I had problems stuffing everything (including Tim’s shopping) in the luggage :P I went a bit bonkers at Matsumoto Kiyoshi. It’s a drugstore chain that sells a crazy amount of Japanese cosmetics brands [...]
Holiday-ing in Japan: 50 Highlights
Travelling to Japan for holidays is so different from travelling there for work. There are no expectations to blend in at all. I’m a gaijin (foreigner) and I’m not afraid to show it! :P Everything in Japan seems so different, yet familiar in many places. If you’re planning a holiday to Japan, I highly recommend you [...]
Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
Hello hello dear readers! Just a quick note to say I’m back from my 9-day holiday in Japan, and it was fabulous! I haven’t been back for 6 years and it was so good (yet feels quite strange) to visit the land of the rising sun once again. From Tokyo to Kyoto and back to [...]