Yue’s Yappings

Three years ago, Charlie and I visited our Italian relatives Barbara and Vittorio in Lucca, which is in Tuscany between Pisa and Florence. Barbara and Vittorio own a number of houses and villas and rent them out during the summer. We were lucky enough to stay in Villa Pieve during our […]

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If baseball is America’s favorite pastime, then shopping is Singapore’s. Singapore is considered Asia’s shopping paradise, where you can find every one of your favorite designer brands.
By coincidence, the annual “Great Singapore Sale” is happening right now, from May 25 to July 22. You can find great bargains at all the major […]

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Being a US size 4, I went shopping last weekend to J. Crew and Express and discovered I’m now a size 0. How can that be? According to Burberry, a US size 4 is bust “33″, waist “25″ and hip “35″ (equivalent to a UK size 8, French size 36, and Italian […]

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I have been ordering beauty and skin care products from Sephora.com for many years. Recently, my sister told me about an alternative website, www.Sasa.com, hosted in Hong kong. Besides carrying most US and European brands, Sasa also carries some of the leading Asian brands such as Laneige, Kose, SK-II, Kanebo, DHC, Chen Yu, etc. […]

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I am in love with the Chocolate cell phone from LG. The Chocolate phone is the hot new phone from LG, a Korean cell phone manufacturer. It has a minimalist, glossy black design with a red glow touch sensitive pad and a hidden slide-out keypad. Its so attractive that 300,000 flew off […]

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Patent leather is very popular this spring. You see it in handbags, belts and shoes.  So I recently bought myself a pair of patent-leather shoes in shinny black from Steve Madden.  It comes with 1 ½ inch kitten heels which is a perfect height for work. It’s very versatile and stylish […]

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VPL, Visible Panty Line, is one of the biggest fashion faux pas for a modern girl. For anyone not interested in VPLs, now is the time to bail on this post.
VPL is a very serious problem. I hear there are scientists who have devoted their careers to solving this problem. Most women […]

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I love New Years because it presents a set of new opportunities. One of my New Years resolutions is to make my life easier and less stressful by acquiring less material things.
For a start, I am going to simplify my closet. Like most girls, my closet is always jam packed, because I have […]

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Personally, I think jeans are one of the most important items in a woman’s closet, but finding a pair of perfectly fitting jeans is no easy task. Over the past years, I have owned over a dozen pair of jeans of various fits, lengths and washes. Sadly I am not very happy with […]

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