Outfit of the Day - Chinese

I am still not well enough to take outfit pics. But I have these outfit pics which were taken just before I am became ill and which I did not have a chance to put up.

This outfit consists of a red Chinese style dress, paired with gold sandals and long gold earrings. I wore this outfit to catch a movie with hubby :)

The satin material of the dress was quite difficult to photograph as it tends to reflect light a bit too much! But hubby has tried his best :) 

So do you like this OOTD? 

Dress - bought in Malaysia

Shoes - Myntra.com

Earrings - Forever 21

Singapore Haul!

I have been missing quite a lot recently from the blog. So sorry for that. Have been bogged with work. But I will be more regular now :)

So today's post is dedicated to the shopping I did during my Malaysia-Singapore trip. Unfortunately, I do not have photos of everything that I purchased. Below are some of the things I bought for myself.

Missing in the pics below are the following items: t-shirts for hubby, a Chinese outfit for my 3-year old nephew, shirts for my brother, a purse for my mom and a neon green purse for my niece (she had specified that she wanted a neon purse!)

For myself, I bought a couple of Chinese style dresses, and a few necklaces. Let me know what you think! :)

Chinese style dresses: I have been wanting one for so long! that I bought 2!! :-p

Price of the short one - S$79, the long one - S$89



Necklaces from Talismans - 3 for S$10

Top from Uniqlo - S$29

Makemytrip.com - Review

With the travel posts done, now comes the "much-awaited" review of makemytrip.com. :-p

I will first give a description of our interaction with the company and then provide the pros and cons.

When hubby and I decided to go to Singapore - Malaysia for our vacation, we checked out a few different tour operators and then based on cost-benefit analysis, finalized on makemytrip.com. During our research on various operators, we had already decided on which tour suited us best - based on no. of places, cost, no. of days and the pre-decided dates of the tours.

The first thing before finally deciding to go with makemytrip was to check the websites of the hotels which they were providing and decide whether we were fine with them. We did not much like the look of Cherry Loft Apartments which they were providing for Singapore, but decided to go ahead since any place in Singapore couldn't be that bad. Tip: Always check out the websites of the hotels being provided before deciding to book.

Once we had finalized on the trip to take, we called up the number provided for customer care rather than booking online (which provided INR500 discount per person) since we had a lot of questions which needed to be answered before we finalized the trip. The customer care number "eventually" directed us to a "Travel Specialist" (TS). It would take a long stretch of imagination to think of the TS as a 'specialist' as he knew very little about the travel aspect of the trip. We asked him our queries, of which he could only answer a few and said that he would get back to us on the rest after confirming.

Day 6: On the cruise

We boarded the cruise on Day 5 around midnight and after finding our room, having a really late dinner and exploring a bit, it was off to bed :)

On Day 6, we explored the ship (Superstar Virgo), explored Malacca (in Malaysia), the island near which the ship had docked for the day, and then came back to the ship for a bit of rest and total entertainment at night!

Day 3: Batu Caves + Genting Highlands

On Day 3, the agenda was Batu Caves and then on to Genting Highlands.

Batu Caves are natural caves which were converted into temples in 1980. To reach the caves, one needs to climb 272 steps. The steps are heavy and my suggestion would be to take it easy while climbing. You will definitely be tired when you reach the top. There is also a 140 ft high statue of Lord Murugan which is the main attraction at the caves.

It was wonderful to visit Hindu temples outside India. :) Hope you enjoy the pictures below after which I will write about Genting Highlands.

Dress - g.u. (bought in Japan), Bag - bought in Japan, ring - made by my niece, Sunnies - IDEE, necklace - H&M

Day 2: City tour of KL + Shopping

After an early night on day 1, we were ready bright and early for our city tour of Kuala Lumpur. As per the itinerary, after the tour, we would be dropped off at Bukit Bintang for shopping. Since hubby and I had been there the previous day, we knew exactly what to shop for! :)

During the city tour, we saw the Palace, the twin towers (close-up), the chocolate boutique, went to the top of KL Tower and saw the whole of KL, and took loads of pics :). I will leave you now with the pics. Hope you enjoy them!

The Palace

Day 1: Arrival in Kuala Lumpur

Sadly, my vacation is over and I am back to the grind :(

But the good part is that I get to share my experiences and photos with you :)

The posts related to my vacation will be more of travel posts with a bit of fashion included. I will give details on places to visit in each city, interesting facts, places to shop and any other titbits that seem important. And yes, these posts will be quite picture heavy! Hope you guys enjoy reading the coming 8-9 posts :)
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Day 1: We had a Singapore Airlines flight from Mumbai to Kuala Lumpur (KL), with a stopover at Singapore. The flight was a bit tiring since we were flying at night and did not get much sleep. Also, makemytrip (through which we booked our package) had chosen seats for us on the flight which were not together (I will do a post at the end on my experience and rating of makemytrip.com). So that was a big disappointment (since the flight was full, we could not get 2 seats together).

Anyways, we landed in KL and were taken to our hotel there - Sunway Putra. We reached the hotel by around 2pm and the rest of the day was free. The good surprise here was that we had a suite instead of just a room - and the view was awesome (of the twin towers!). So we showered, had a bite to eat and decided to explore on our own.

There was a train station just a minute away from our hotel. So we took a train to Bukit Bintang which is the shopping destination in KL :) There are around 7 malls here which range from the very high end (Pavilion mall) to the reasonable (Lot 10 and others). It was fun just going around the malls and window shopping. We had real fun just browsing and deciding on what we could buy (I had a shopping list from my family which had to ticked off!). The day ended with us returning to the hotel, going for dinner and then early to bed - due to lack of sleep and jet lag.

I'm leaving on a jetplane....

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go

I'm standing here, outside the door ...

 

I am leaving today ...