Birthday post time! I’m so happy that I celebrated my birthday abroad. I’m not one for big birthday parties because I fear that no one will turn up, so I’m still really amazed that I managed to gather a bunch of my oldest friends together for a birthday escape! My friends and I decided to spend
LIFE
4TH NOVEMBER
A super duper quick post to celebrate mine and my mum’s birthday today! If you’ve stuck around over the years, then you’ll know that my Mum and I share the same birthday. I like to keep celebrations pretty low key and this year as we celebrated with a meal out earlier in the week and
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ILLUSTRATION
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE ONE!
Today is my baby sister’s 18th birthday. It only seems like yesterday when she used to sit on her highchair at the dining room table and we were all laughing when the little 4 year old told us excitedly and sincerely that if she were an animal, she’d be a donkey. Adorable. We all used
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FOOD & DRINK
WINNIE EATS: ROUX AT THE LANDAU
Recently I booked a table at Roux at the Landau in The Langham Hotel for my sister Hailey’s birthday. Roux at the Landau is a collaboration from Albert and Michel Roux Jr and headed up by Chris King who is the Chef de Cuisine and trained at Le Gavroche. We were pretty excited because we love
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LIFE
CAKE & NOSTALGIA
Another year, another cake! My birthday cake this year was an old school Chinese cream cake – one which I used to always have as a child (complete with Hello Kitty and Mimi). The Chinese bakery remember us so well that when my mum ordered the cake and couldn’t remember the exact characters of my
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LIFE
THE EPHEMERAL
There is just something that is unbeatable when it comes to instant film. Compared to digital photography, instant film (and film in general) reminds you of how fleeting that moment is in time. Each moment is captured with no messing around with deleting unwanted photos or editing. Unlike the 1000s of photos I have stored
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STYLE & FASHION
A WHOLE LOTTA PINK…AND SOME CAKE
Jumper – AWear, Skirt and Scarf – Urban Outfitters, Necklace – Aland (HK), Ring – Me and Zena, Brogues – Carvela There’s a whole lot of pink in this outfit and it’s a colour that I avoided a lot as a teenager (the angsty, eyeliner loving, band t-shirt loving teen would not have approved) but
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LIFE
BIRTHDAY GIRLS
It’s my birthday! As with every year, I share my birthday with a very special person in my life and that’s my lovely mum. I have spent all weekend celebrating and catching up with friends and family which generally involved eating lots of food and cake (check out Instagram for pics!) So the plan today? Taking it