CAPE TOWN

I am really happy that I finally finished editing this set of photos. Trust me, it is quite of a burden not having the energy and/or time to update this blog especially when I usually update every 2-3 days. The skies have been blessed with beautiful cloudy afternoons lately (yes, I find cloudy days beautiful although it may be depressing if I lived in London or something like that) and that meant that I get to wear this tartan cape from PICNIC. Since the cape was already a stunner, I paired it with simple basic items I have in my closet.

SPARE IT

I apologize for the lack of posts lately. I needed a bit of a time out as there are a lot of things going on in my mind. There were great stuff, and the not-so-great stuffs. But, since I don't like sparring negativity through my blog nor other social medias, I simply hope that the bad things will just turn into memories as time goes by.. and I hope that I may be able to share to the goods news with you all in the months to come! I have an outfit post that I've been wanting to get uploaded from a week or two. I promised to myself that I will edit them during the weekend. Please stay tuned for that :)

meanwhile, you can always take a peep of what's going on through my day via twitter @glister_blister or through my instagram @mkoesnadi. or if you're up for images, then check out my pinterest boards here!

Let us all hope for an even better & joyful December !

THE GREAT GIFTS

my holidays have been blessed with a great amount of sleep and some of these goodies I'm showing you today ! Sometimes we forget that small meaningful goods can just mean as much as (or much better than..) big/expensive goods. I have always enjoyed that adrenaline when my friends/family buy me things that I've been wanting for ages, even if it's only a simple box of street vendor rice that you can only find in weird corners over Jakarta. That being said, I also tend to give late birthday presents to friends just because I felt it's better to search for the perfect suitable gift rather than just buying some random mug/shirt at the mall :) Christmas is coming up in about a month and I'm starting my gift shopping list already !

THE POOL

this is my very first time posting an outfit in which I'm wearing a bathing suit. I loved swimming as a kid but the older I got, the lazier I got when it comes to washing & drying my hair from those nasty chlorine water. anyway, these photos make me miss my old assistant very much ! I'm planning on having a relaxing long weekend since I had to work my butt during this half week even when I lost my voice..

WICKED WEATHER

Wicked weather season is back and by "wicked" I mean that the weather has been unpredictable. Scorching hot in the morning, heavy rain during mid-day, and bright sun in the afternoon again... Not that I spend a lot of time outdoors here (correction : I don't do outdoors except when I'm walking to the carpark), but the temperature does highly affect my dressing cues. My foolproof solution for an all-in-one-weather-appropriate outfit is to make myself warm in the upper torso while keeping the rest "cool" with a mini bottom. That way when the top is warm, your legs sorta feel warmer too..and when it's hot, your legs get a breeze of air and the top half of the body also cools off (or is that just me?)

I'm happy to have this large sized cropped sweater added to my wardrobe! I currently only plain colored knits so it was nice when the awesome local brand I've been working with, PICNIC, carried a variety of prints in their store (both online here and offline at Gandaria City).