“I Love You, It’s Not Quantum Physics, I Just Love You” ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ – D, 16th September 2007

(Photo of us at Lake District, England)

1649 days. That’s 2,374,560 minutes – and in this time, I cannot begin to count the number of times you’ve made me cry, but of this I’m sure: every single day you make me laugh. And for that, I Love You and I hope I’ll want to love you till my heart stops (or till you put a restraining order on me, whichever comes first!)

Happy Everyday-Is-Valentines-Day, my love x

THE MAIDEN VOYAGE 2012

Hong Kong – the maiden voyage of the new year & the fifth time we’re there in less than 12 months. We spent the first week of 2012 in the Asian shopping mecca filling up on old school trolley-cart dim-sum & street side delicacies. Fell miserably ill- but even that was fun, holed up in our delightful hotel suite watching pay-per-view on surround sound, digesting documentaries on snow leopards, fighting to keep our eyes open and then falling asleep with you. It would be quite nice to improve on my half-arsed Cantonese.

It’s good to be home, and I’m spending my next few days curled up in a ball under the sheets, with a myriad of teas and some crisp new books. It’s just what the doctor ordered x

TATSUYA

Tatsuya to celebrate with the boy. We wanted to eat everything on the menu, so we went for 1 x chef omakase and then more à la carte than we could finish.

In these last week+ leading up to the trunk show, finding the time to blog is a rare luxury! I’m so tired with these 9amto4pm days, let’s just let the melt-in-your-mouth-sashimi & mouth-watering pictures do the talking, shall we?

& melon that, literally, bursts in your mouth. ’twas a good meal indeed x

SEOUL SEARCHING IN KOREA

Garosu-gil. Hands down, my favourite street in Seoul. The street’s name translated into English is “Ginko Avenue”, but apart from being lined with ginko trees, Garosu-gil also houses an eclectic mix of Korean high street fashion, cult designer boutiques and quirky coffee joints. D bought more shoes than his two feet can wear in a year. & It was love at first sight for me – the vibe, the laidback energy, the delightful little finds. It was the perfect place to lose yourself for awhile, to stop for a coffee, a chat and a daydream. And that’s just what we did – in between blowing all our remaining cash on clothes.

The Day We Walked “Home” In The Korean Rainstorm

Cafe Chang Hee / 78 Samcheongro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Thinking it was a passing rain, we sought shelter in a cosy little cafe with a handwritten menu and drip brewed coffee from Africa, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica and other faraway places I would like to visit. We sat by the window and watched the droplets race down the glass as the sky turned darker and darker.

Hours passed before we finally realized that the rain wasn’t lightening up. So we got up, walked out and tried to flag a cab. To no avail. In the end, we walked 45 minutes in the pouring rain and thunder storm. Visibility was so bad that with water dripping down our faces faster than we could shake it off, we couldn’t even see past an arm’s length. We reached our hotel freezing cold and literally dripping wet, as though we had just come out of the pool with all our clothes on. It was crazy, but also a pretty awesome adventure. And I can’t think of anyone else I’d want to share it with.

SEOUL TOWER

Possibly the most touristy thing we did on our trip to Seoul was take a cable car up to the Seoul (Namsan) Tower. We whiled awhile, watching martial arts performances and listening to drum beats. And then even though we knew exactly how gimmicky it was, we couldn’t resist – and declared our everlasting love, on (ridiculously expensive) little love lockets.

“We are the music makers, we are the dreamers of dreams”

(Outfit – White Tee & Denim Shorts, Topshop / Suspenders, American Apparel / Panda Chain, Korea / Le Pliage Tote, Longchamp /  Sunnies, H&M )

A glimpse into a perfectly sunny day we spent in a park in Seoul – I squealed over the panda chain, you quickly bought it for me. We spent the day riding bicycles, making wind-charm-wishes atop a hill, befriending Korean strangers flying beautiful traditional dragon kites. I kept losing balance, but we never gave up – riding and riding and then finally stopping by the seaside. We held hands, basking in the sunshine, breathing in the salty air, happy to just be in the moment. We are the makers of music, we are the dreamers of dreams.

Secret Gardens of Changdeokgung

(Outfit – Vous et Moi Singlet, Topshop / Shorts, M)phosis / Ballet flats, Burberry / Studded Bag, Zadig & Voltaire /  Sunnies, H&M )

On our second day in Seoul, we went in search for some Korean BBQ, and then headed for the Changdeokgung Palace – it’s actually the second and smaller of the palaces in Seoul, but we’d heard that there were beautiful secret gardens. We walked and we walked, exploring random residences and pavilions, stopping only for little breathers and kodak moments. We walked until we finally reached the deepest depths of the palace, and there, sprawled in front of us, the secret garden – We stayed there for a little while, seeking shelter from the restful pavilions, overlooking the little fountains, flowing streams, lush greens and beds of yellow flowers.

사랑해 sarang-hae-yo I LOVE YOU

It’s been a month since I boarded a flight home and left a piece of my heart in Korea. This particular photo was the first in a series of 700 trigger-happy-holiday-shots eternalizing 8 days of pure bliss. A teaser photo, and if I may, one that holds a special feeling in my heart.

A quick story behind it: Twas the night before the trip, and I was frantically throwing mismatched separates into my luggage whilst simultaneously complaining that the KRW conversion rate completely boggled boggles my mind. Yes, I own multitasking like that. And so he quietly took a sheet of A4, cut it up neatly, and painstakingly did the dollar to dollar conversion for my shopping convenience. (I ended up asking him everytime I wanted to buy something anyway, but) it’s thoughtful little things like that, that makes me smile, and I’m lucky to have him. ♥

香港

Hong Kong with the pals this summer can be quickly summarised into a couple of key phrases: shopping, eating, intense humidity, eating, monopoly deal, and yet more eating. I’ll leave the pictures to do the talking, but be warned, they’re poorly taken and (in this post) completely disorganized, so unless you want to see pictures of food, food and more food, you’re probably gonna be bored.