care-tags.org

It's such a nice feeling to discover there's a postcard waiting for you along with the stack of monthly bills on your doorstep.

Yesterday morning my sister flew in from Singapore to have her back checked, which she injured when she was while setting up stuff in her new flat. The cost of the plane ticket was way way less than the cost of booking a doctor's appointment in a public hospital, and that's just basic consultation w...

http://i.imgur.com/SgyNJWkl.jpg Watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for the nth time again. It's one of my favorites and I think it's very befitting for Valentines. I always watch this when I feel like my current relationship is turning for the worst and last night was no exception. It's ...

Dont care for Marc Jacobs but seeing stretch hairbands at the FW 2014 show somehow makes my now daily hairstyle of ponytail + thick stretch hairband seem more high fashun and less I'm-30-minutes-late-for-work-so-here-goes, which is the sad reality of my life.

I've been on a Helmut kick lately. http://i.imgur.com/AOipoiR.png http://i.imgur.com/3kSOZYD.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ANjknTj.jpg http://i.imgur.com/R14OcLf.jpg The garter hand things look fairly easy to DIY... we'll see how that goes.

Decora nails is where it's at. As a nail biter, nail art like these equally terrify and fascinate me. http://i.imgur.com/j3emiJ8.jpg http://imgur.com/GvxLWby.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qUmGuSS.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8prsRtb.jpg Harajuku style nails are generally a bag of crazy.

Yesterday was my dad's birthday. He would have been 60.

My Ikea Gurli throw has such a nice texture I'm very tempted to stop using it as a throw and cut it up and make some clothes instead. I regret not picking up more when I had the chance and now I'm thinking of buying another one online.

Filipinos - how would you feel if a non Filipino wore the Barong Tagalog as a fashion-y piece. We've talked about appropriation before, and I have mixed feelings on it. Just wondering. For what it's worth, I LOVE that it's translucent. Some of those runway shots make me think it would look great wi...

Re barong fashion: I like barongs better when it's not so see through, as I think the white undershirt makes for a weird shape under the long sleeves. I never really thought of wearing barongs outside of formal functions but after a quick search on the net I think it can be done? I think most of our...

Books I've read since the last time I posted: One of our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde and Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut The Fforde book is the latest one in a series and of course it's the first one I pick up. I plowed through it though with a little difficulty and to help me...

I bought something from ebay from a US seller that only ships locally so I'm going to use a shopping service. She offered to send me an invoice and I agreed to have one with the shipping costs included before I pay and it's been a few days and the seller hasn't replied. I've already sent a follow-up...

I think Dior Couture Spring 2014 is one of the better collections Raf designed for the label in quite some time. Usually I hate Dior collections more than I like them but this time I actually enjoyed it. There were the usual problems I have with Dior Raf-era designs, i.e. shapeless forms that to me ...

Just finished reading Where Are You Wearing by Kelsey Timmerman. It talks about where our clothes are made, the conditions on which these clothes are made and the lives the people who make our clothes lead. The whole premise of the book hinges on the author's adamant desire to find out exactly where...

I'm already wearing socks yet I'm still freezing my toes off in the office. Feet are uncomfortably cold yet the rest of my body isn't. What kind/brand of socks should I get? All I have are cotton ones at the moment.

I guess it's easier for me because I'm female and it's not in our culture to go up to people and accost them because of what they're wearing. I've gotten stares and rude comments as I walked by and I deal with this by having earphones plugged in at all times. Probably the worst incident was when I h...

Currently we have an ave temp of 25C at night with very brisk wind. It might seem trivial to you westerners but that's pretty freaking cold here and I'm torn between rejoicing at not sweating like a maniac during my commute and annoyed at constantly being cold.

our conservative brit global ceo is coming for a visit next week and we have to be in formal business attire (which i dont have) and i have no idea what to do. godammit i dont want to buy clothes just for this.

On New Year's Day we went to this Middle Eastern/Indian/African/Greek restaurant and then went back again a few days later because the food was so good. New Year's Meal: Doro Wat from Ethiopia served with injera bread, ayib cheese and a hardboiled egg. It's a spicy chicken stew and very flavorful. T...

Best: Black Doc Martens 1461 with a plain welt. I wear them with practically everything. A close runner up would be my Bleach Catastrophe skirt with the buttoned front placket. Come to think of it this has been a great year in terms of purchases.

This is more about personal growth than it is about style but to be less inhibited/self-conscious about myself, including the way I dress. I have a habit of imposing baseless restrictions of what I can and cannot wear or buy. Hopefully in 2014 I'll let go a little bit and relax. I also want to clear...

http://i.imgur.com/hpxLcZN.png Wore this to a lunch date and netted me a free book from a sweet girl. I wanted to wear something simple and casual because it was unseasonably warm these days. I hope your holidays are going well, everyone! http://imgur.com/ztMy16Q.png Side view. The deep pockets of ...

When I hear JPG I think Madonna. http://i.imgur.com/O6aWh4m.jpg His recent collections have very strong and sometimes almost literal interpretations of music genres and musicians. http://i.imgur.com/3cu11xp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Z2OX7Qx.jpg http://i.imgur.com/3eMcVuF.jpg I am not sure if that has a...

A supplier sent us some festive cupcakes at work:



I'm not a fan of fondant so I just ate half of Santa's face. So many people sending us food as gifts I dont have to buy snacks anymore.

I hate the weeks before the Christmas holidays. Everyone is rushing their deadlines and yet they expect you to show up at parties. Plus the nonstop spending oh my god. The stress alone is making me sick, literally. I have a cold that wont quit for a week now. Good news is it's only three days until ...

however, i find myself really struggling to get good grades and make work that i'm proud of. i look around at my peers work and it feels a lot of time like their skill is way above mine and are making much better work than i am. i find it hard to focus on things intently for the long periods of tim...

I'm trying to decide which baked goodies I'm going to give friends for the holidays and I'm basing my choice on which one has the cuter packaging lol

I have extremely oily skin and live in a very humid city, two things that dont go well together. Right now I'm using this pore minimizing cleanser that has some sort of cooling agent that makes it feel like you have a mint mask on or something when you're washing your face. After that I use Hada Lab...

Listings for womenswear are so few and far in between even on SZ, where you'd expect it to flourish the most. Ebay I think is the best place to get things for a good price. There are online consignment shops like guyiconsignment and ina nyc but since they know the value of the items naturally they'd...

I wish there was a better secondhand market for RO/Ann D/cdg/YY/MMM and similar brands for womenswear. Or maybe I'm just not net savvy enough to get to the good stuff? This got me thinking about the differences with the spending and reselling habits of men and women. Do women simply discard the thin...