April 2015 - WEDDING FLOWERS
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In Utah - April 2015

In Utah - April 2015




I'm slowly catching up and all of these posts are coming at you out of order. Bear with me and I'll get all caught up! I have a zillion pictures to get off my phone and I'm working on it a few minutes here and there. 





Our family time with the Larson's was shorter than planned. Bruce and Gayle flew in early Saturday morning and headed home as soon as possible after hearing that our sweet

Tiara Thursday: The Swedish Diamond Bandeau

The Swedish Diamond Bandeau
We've featured a few tiaras here that have sparked debate as to whether they should even qualify as a "tiara" proper, and not just some kind of sparkly headband. The line between a bandeau tiara and a fancy headband can be a fine one, and today's tiara sits right on that line.
Victoria
Often referred to as the Swedish Diamond Bandeau, this is probably less of a tiara by design and more of a diamond rivière (a necklace, usually, of a strand of single round diamonds) repurposed as a hair ornament. The bandeau features two such strands across the head.
Silvia
The Swedish royal ladies do like to get creative with their tiara hair. They often take intricate hairstyles and add more jewels to them, such as brooches or strands of diamonds woven through (a strategy used by Queen Silvia for some of her Nobel Prize Awards hairstyles over the years, including the example above). Crown Princess Victoria has used rivières to further embellish the bases of both the Four and Six Button Tiaras (for Nobel 2011 and 2012). It's hard to differentiate between these, so it's hard to know how many rivières they have available for such experimentation, or just how many different uses each one has had.
Victoria
Victoria has worn the Diamond Bandeau on a few of the rare occasions when she's worn her hair down at formal events, and Princess Madeleine has also used it to great effect. Since this particular arrangement has been worn multiple times and has been worn to tiara events, seemingly classifying it as another tiara option from plentiful family collection, I'm calling it a tiara here. It's a baby sister to the Dutch Diamond Bandeau, giving you the impact of a tiara without the full weight of one, which seems handy. And I'm all for the dream of being able to play around with your spare diamond strands...

What say you: 
Yay for all gem creativity!
or 
Nay! Just put a proper tiara on already, why don't you?

Photos: Kungahuset and via Getty Images
Royal Duo of the Day: April 30

Royal Duo of the Day: April 30

Queen Letizia and Queen Sofia teamed up for the Reina Sofia Awards yesterday.
So this is basically a handy little summary of all relevant aesthetic differences between current and former queenly generations in Spain, in a single appearance. Two light suits for spring, done in two very different ways.
One floral suit with extra ruffles, extra jewelry, extra flowers, extra extra, and one solid suit with only a tiny touch of texture, a touch of accessories, even just a touch of color overall. One hairstyle that hasn't changed in hoooooow long? and one freshly chopped. Not a case of one being better than the other, but a case of happy contrasts.

By the way, Letizia did show us that she still has plenty of available hair styling mileage with her new 'do:
This was at the Cervantes Prize last week after the big cut, all coiffed up and ready to go. I like it!

Photos: via Getty Images as indicated

Royal Visit of the Day: April 29

Queen Silvia and Princess Madeleine, with her husband Chris O'Neill and daughter Princess Leonore, have been in Rome and Vatican City this week. They were there primarily to attend a conference focusing on child trafficking (below), organized in part by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Queen Silvia has been an advocate on this subject for some time and opened the conference; Princess Madeleine is joining in her mother's work in this area and with the World Childhood Foundation.
It also happens to be an area of focus for Pope Francis, and Queen Silvia dropped by for an audience on Monday, and she brought the whole family too. Chris O'Neill is Catholic, no doubt a reason why he and little Leonore tagged along.
I was surprised to see the family put on one of the most formal papal visits we've seen in a while, dress code-wise. Both wearing traditional black, Queen Silvia stuck with a long skirt and heavy pearl jewels, while expectant Princess Madeleine wore a black dress and short jacket with a long single strand of pearls. The royal ladies wore heavy black mantillas and their portrait brooches.
Vatican dress code protocol has gotten much less rigid in recent years. We've gone from the days of tiaras and veils to optional head coverings and daywear; even the color code of white for those with privilège du blanc and black for others has been relaxed under Pope Francis. (The current pope has much more pressing concerns than dress code, like hanging out with his tiny new BFF.)
I always love a good mantilla appearance, but I love it even more as it becomes more of an optional thing, honestly. It's up to them and they chose to go fancy, and that's always a decision I can get behind.
Video: The audience

Photos: via Getty Images as indicated

Royal Fashion Awards: King's Day, 2015

Yesterday was Koningsdag, or King's Day, in the Netherlands - a national holiday and King Willem-Alexander's birthday. The party was already rolling from events in the previous days: a palace reception (video link), and the King Games for schoolchildren.

The King is putting his own spin on the celebration, just as his mother and grandmother did before him. So they visited one town (Dordrecht) instead of two as they did in the Beatrix days and the events were a little different. The King and Queen brought their three daughters along (Catharina-Amalia, Alexia, and Ariane), and they were joined by Prince Constantijn (Willem-Alexander's brother) and his wife Princess Laurentien, as well as three of their cousins and their respective wives (Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène, Prince Bernhard and Princess Annette, and Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita).

We had a big royal party, and thus we have a big round of royal fashion awards to give out. Settle in...

Most in Need of a Cape
King Willem-Alexander
Everybody gets a cape except the birthday boy (Princess Alexia had a little wrap for herself later on). Oh well. He seems content enough to just manage the Caped Crusaders for now.


Most Efficient Accessory
Queen Máxima
Máxima looks pretty, no? She's my best dressed for the day, slightly wrinkly dress and all. And as a special bonus, her hat served dual purposes: 1) hatpin weapon storage, as always, and 2) probably a fair bit of confetti storage too. You know, for the after party. She's always thinking, that Máx.


Most in the Spirit
Princess Laurentien
Somebody has to wear orange, right? I'm pretty sure it's in the rules. The rest of this look is entirely random, but that's par for the Laurentien course.


Most in the Season
Princesses Marilène and Anita
A pretty floral on a sunny April day is always right in my books, and I'm loving both of these (that's Marilène above and Anita below). Carry on, ladies.


Most Princess Proper
Princess Annette
Slap a hat on this and she could compete with Máx for the queenliest of them all. But the hat game is not one in which you want to tangle with the Caps Lock Queen, so it's probably smart of everyone else to leave her to it.


Oh yes, and while we're going Dutch...and speaking of caps lock hats...

Most Eccentric Accessories, Other Birthday Division
Queen Máxima
You ever notice how, the crazier the hat gets, the bigger the Queen's expressions get? She knows what she's done. On Saturday, the royal couple continued the celebrations of the kingdom's 200th birthday (not to be confused with the King's birthday, okay, he's only 48) and Máxima repeated a turban she's worn a few times. But it doesn't get any less eye-popping, no matter how many times she sports it.
Didn't your mother ever warn you not to take cake from strangers with teddy bear pelts on their heads??


Photos: RVD/Het Koninklijk Huis, and Getty Images as indicated

Spring/Summer Evening Look






Clothes:

Top ~ Select (£2.99)
Skirt ~ Boohoo (£10.00)
Shoes ~ Newlook (£11.99)
Hairband ~ Primark (£1.99)

Since the weather has been ridiculously beautiful recently, I decided to purchase some new 'summery' skirts (this number above being one of them!) I absolutely love this gorgeous daisy pattern and think it would look perfect on an evening out. This small white crop top makes this outfit even more summery, paired with a jewelled floral hair band. 

Makeup:

Foundation ~ Bourjois 123 Perfect Foundation
Concealer ~ E.L.F Conceal Palette
Blush ~ Urban Decay Naked Flush Palette in Streak
Bronzer ~ Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess
Eyebrows ~ Rimmel Brow pencil in Dark Brown
Eyeshadow ~ Naked 2 Basics Palette
Eyeliner ~ Collection 2000 Fast Stroke
Mascara ~ Revlon Lash Potion
Lipstick ~ Maybelline Colour Drama Velvet Pencil in Berry Much

What is an evening look without a dark red lip? Maybelline's drama velvet lip pencils are affordable, long wearing and highly pigmented, not to mention their stunning colour range. I definitely need to buy some more of these - but this colour is most definitely the one for this look. The soft, sultry brown eyes are also uber pretty, especially with the thin feline flick. I decided to intensely contour; I love a good ol' bronzed glow in the summer, it makes my skin look super healthy and radiant. 

What would you wear on a summer evening night out? Are you brave enough to wear a dark lip?

Love you all,

Royal Outfits of the Day: April 27

Two outfits today, one I should like that I don't, and one I shouldn't that I do. It doesn't make any more sense than that sentence did.
Take this, for instance: Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary celebrated the anniversary of the Hotel d'Angleterre, and Mary wore a black dress from Ole Yde's YDE label with a tiered tulle skirt.
So this is basically the little sister to that black Carolina Herrera gown that Queen Letizia wore last year. And I looooved that gown. Therefore...I should like this gown...and yet, NOPE.
I blame the bodice. Maybe just borrow the dress from Leti next time?

And then there's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, still doing her version of wardrobe musical chairs, grabbing whatever's at hand when the music stops.
And much to my surprise, I think I like it this time! Sure, I'd change the skirt, because I can always find something to change. But the sweater manages to feel very much in the M-M style without being a) black or white, b) covered in flowers, or c) covered in ruffles. A change I can get behind.
The sweater is from Burberry Prorsum
The whole world's gone topsy turvy, I'm telling you.

Photos: as indicated and YDE, Style.com
5 WTF Avengers : Age of Ultron

5 WTF Avengers : Age of Ultron

Hello love.

Bruce Jenner finally comes out from the closet. To me, what he did on national television is so brave, and the fact that he made peace with himself, it’s something I truly respect. Although I still find Kardashian show to be as equally crappy as Fazura’s show on E!, the acceptance from the family, I am amazed. You see it’s not that every day your father decide to grow vagina and boobs I would have series of meroyan mati lelaki moments if I were in one of their shoes.

On lighter note, I still get buzz and messages about my wedding post (here), somebody decided to rip, translate and make it more tasteful, and honestly, I don’t give a damn kueh seri muka about it. Just have fun, please enjoy reading it in whatever languages you stumble into. Anyway,

I had the opportunity to finally watch Avengers: Age of Ultron yesterday, and to tell you the truth, I am not really into action flicks. Unless it’s as good as Saving Private Ryan, I generally would not pay $15 for it.

The entire 3 hours, I had questions running through my head, and followings are the questions, and I shall name this post, 5 WTF the Avengers. Can someone answer my questions?

  1. Why only mat salleh superheros, where our Asian representative? Technically Asians would make better superheros. You know why? Because our junks comes in smaller package (unless you partially arab, black, kayu balak or gajah/kuda afrika breed), hence not much post editing needed in that “you know what area”. 
  2. How come Scarlet Johansson has perfect make up the entire time despite the perang bersama robot-robot bogel? How come her hair is always in good shape, and I would have hair like kena rogol even after 15 minute nap? How come? Does her superpower comes with curler and makeup parlour? Anyway Does Thor wear deodorant?
  3. How come Hawkeye’s wife tak melenting, meroyan when he brings back the entire kampung of superheroes to his house? This is so untrue depiction of the normal reaction, usual reaction of mom/wife or anything in between would be, “ayang, can we talk for awhile” “then carut husband, kataya what you think our house tune hotel is it?” tak adanya sweet talk, about the responsibilities of superhero, then please come back safe. “Abang pilih ayang, or them, hantar ayang rumah mak ayang!” katanya. 
  4. How come, these people don’t the usual? If I were to bump into robot bogel or robot wars, I would probably take pictures, edit in on VSCO than post it on Instagram, #naughtyrobots #letiops #Vscocam. How come they don’t go toilet? How come they don’t crave for biscuits during a meeting? How come they have proper conversation? What happened to 1000 messages on whatsapp groups, your friend zone out focusing on her Instagram/whatsapp messages? 
  5. How come Quicksilver’s costume is my running gears for marathon? How come Scarlet Witch chose her costume so fast? If I were asked to join the legion, I would probably take at least a week to choose my name, my costume, and then have a proper celebratory party ala Apple style. I wouldn’t for sure choose leather jacket as my costume. Ketiak basah beb. 

Yelah, sebab tu I am not a superhero.

Fine.

Sunday Tidbits for April 26: Three Queens and More...

Let's get right to it, shall we? Your tidbits for the week:

--Events surrounding the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign have been covered over at the Jewel Vault, from QEII and her gang to Crown Princess Mary. [Jewel Vault]

--Update on the state of Queen Silvia's fashionably injured shoulder: Scarf slings are hot this season, as displayed at the Silvia Home's Inspiration Day. [Expressen, Kungahuset]
Kungahuset.se

--Look who stopped by London just to be cute with some flowers: Princess Beatrix! (Multitasker that she is, she also managed to fit in celebrations of the 140th anniversary of the King Willem Fund between the cuteness.) [Getty]

--This dress on Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie is good...from certain views. [Luxarazzi]

--Three pieces from the fascinating Devonshire Parure are on loan to Tate Britain in London for another month as part of the exhibit Sculpture Victorious: Art in an Age of Invention, 1837-1901. [Chatsworth House, with thanks to Joyce for the tip!]

--This week in Royals Striding with Purpose (that's the title of my next blog), Crown Princess Mary celebrated the jubilee of the Maternity Foundation. [Getty]

--Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visited a research ship which is frozen waaaay up north in the Arctic Ocean. Their trip included an icy camp out overnight, and gave us the headline (according to my browser's stilted translation) METTE-MARIT FROZEN IN ICE FIELDS: Will probably be taken out by helicopter later today. Much like a fine white wine, you want your M-M chilled to just the right temperature before you remove her. [Se og Hør]


Lots of stuff coming up this week, including some questionable outfits that require your verdict, and also the annual King's Day in the Netherlands (which will probably also yield some questionable outfits that require your verdict, let's be honest).

Photos: via Getty Images as indicated, Twitter, Kungahuset

Relaxed Native Wedding in Early Summer

K & S Photography
 What a great setting for a relaxed summer wedding - the Coal River Valley is a beautiful part of Tasmania with many fabulous wineries.  Pooley Wines is the setting for this wedding I was privileged to provide flowers for.  


The three bouquets combine pastel summer tones with the textures of native foliage and gum nuts.


In the bouquets you can see Wax Flower, Eucalyptus, Dryandra Formosa, Proteas and a number of different Leucadendrons including Pisa, Safari Goldstrike and Safari Sunset.  There is also some late Berzelia.

K & S Photography
I love the style of this informal, yet well-considered wedding theme.  



Early wax flower, some still in bud, combined with gum nuts, eucalyptus foliage and the soft silvery yellow of the Leucadendron Pisa bracts surrounding silvery cones - simple rustic boutonnieres.

K & S Photography
A beautiful country scene!  And great photography by Kat from K & S Photography.   

K & S Photography
They look so happy!

K & S Photography 
There were so many lovely details included in the celebration.  Floral centrepieces were created in vintage fowlers jars and suited the long table style of seating.  Bunches of flowers were also hung on the doors of the beautiful old stone barn where the wedding was held.  You can see a Leucadendron Silver Tree cone, more gum nuts, Silver Tree foliage, Leucadendrons and Proteas.


Native summer blooms are combined with foliage, gum huts and twisted willow.
The pincushions are Scarlet Ribbons which are early in their season here, and are softly purple and red coloured.  


Little details provide personality to a wedding.  This wedding had loads of personality!  The chair decorations were simple but added soft summery colour to the ceremony seating.  

K & S Photography


Leucadendron Love

Leucadendron Red Gem
It's this time of year that I fall in love with Leucadendrons all over again.  Not that I ever really fall out of love with them.  Its just that as autumn deepens, their new growth matures and their colours really pop.  Maybe I forget over the summer, just how sparkly they can be.

Front: L. Safari Goldstrike,  Middle: L. Jubilee Crown,  Back: L. Safari Sunset
In the foreground, the Leucadendron Safari Goldstrike are still in their growth phase, and too droopy to pick.  But that startling red in the back row is the Safari Sunset, showing off one of the reasons why it's the most widely grown leucadendron.

Front: Leucadendron Maui Sunset, Backgrounds L. Tall Red
Everywhere I look in mid autumn there are leucadendrons showing off.  Some of the Maui Sunsets have just set their flower heads and others are still growing.  Their colour is dusky but fresh.  Behind them is the glow of Leucadendron Tall Red.

Leucadendron Tall Red
The Tall Red are such a great filler.  

Leucadendron Inca Gold
Inca Gold are a fabulous yellow winter flowering Leuco.   Most of their growth has happened by this time of the year and the winter weather brings the colour.  They can be picked green, and often have a bronzy orange tinge as the you get towards the red tips.   

Leucadendron Safari Sunset
Picking Leucos is a pleasure.  It's one of my favourite jobs on the farm.  There's always a feeling of satisfaction at this time of year when they're a fabulous colour, and great length.  

Leucadendron Safari Sunset
And there are also moments when I gasp, and have to whip out the camera to capture the light and colour.

Safari Sunset at Sunset
I love Leucadendrons!

Royal Style Twins of the Day: April 24

Today, we're flashing back...way back...to a week ago, in Copenhagen, where the reception for Queen Margrethe's birthday at City Hall featured some style twin moments worthy of a closer look.

First up: Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Crown Princess Victoria and their twin appearances with, uh, themselves.
Above, in Copenhagen in 2010 for Margrethe's 70th birthday, and below, also in Copenhagen for Margrethe's birthday, five years on. Mette-Marit's even wearing the same gold headband, which (as the Royal Hats Blog points out) she's worn in several different ways.
"So, whaddya think...same thing this time, except different?" "AGREED."

For the same same thing, you need look no further than the Mexican state visit to the United Kingdom a month earlier.
Mexico's first lady, Angélica Rivera de Peña, sported Mette-Marit's Alexander McQueen coat first. It's an A-line crepe coat in ivory with a double lapel detail, and the only surprising thing about this is that one of the British royal McQueen fans didn't beat both ladies to it. (Perhaps they will join the party later on. I'd love to see this one belted, just to shake it up.) Unusually for one who loves the colorful accessories, I prefer the First Lady's black touches to the Crown Princess' gold/red/nude mix in this Who wore it best? battle.

Our other twin - nay, triplet! - moment from the City Hall event comes from Crown Princess Mary and the gray hat she paired with her Oscar de la Renta coat dress.
As soon as she emerged with this chapeau, I thought it looked familiar - Kate-esque, I said - and indeed it was. From favored royal milliner Jane Taylor, this is a hat we should know well by now.
Zara Phillips sported the same gray version to Cheltenham over a year ago. She paired it with a truly unfortunate outfit that I will pretend I did not see since baby Mia was just a few weeks old at the time. But the original royal example comes from the Countess of Wessex, who wore a version in a different color and material to Ascot in 2013, paired with an Emilia Wickstead outfit in gorgeous vibrant teal. (An outfit that would get a lookalike of its own when the Duchess of Cambridge wore a similar number in New Zealand last year. It's just a chain that never ends.)
Mary's got the lock on sophistication in accessory pairing, but Sophie's version is a welcome shot of color. I'll call this one a tie and I'll take both for myself, outfits and all, thanks very much.

Your turn: Which versions of these twin appearances are your faves?

Photos: via Getty Images as indicated, Net-a-Porter, ITN video

Tiara Thursday: The Ansorena Princess Fleur de Lys Tiara

For at least five years before we ever saw it in action, there were reports of this tiara’s existence. It was said the Princess of Asturias (as Queen Letizia was at the time- hence the Princesa name many articles have given it this week, and the name we’ll use here) had been given a new tiara in diamonds and pearls, with a detachable diamond fleur de lys brooch in the center – the only portion that had actually been worn. Spanish jeweler Ansorena, who made the tiara, commented on its creation and pictures were published. But as the years went on and the tiara remained unused, it started to seem like some kind of mythical, somehow imaginary jewel…which only made its final debut last week an even sweeter surprise.
The Ansorena Princess Fleur de Lys Tiara
The reports were finally proven correct at the gala dinner in Copenhagen for Queen Margrethe’s 75th birthday. The tiara is indeed a creation of pearls and diamonds, set in 18 carat white gold. There are 450 diamonds forming a base of looping swirls and the center fleur de lys motif, and the diadem is topped with 10 large Australian pearls, selected from 3,000 gems to get just the right pieces for the tiara. The fleur de lys is a Bourbon symbol and part of the King’s coat of arms, and Queen Letizia likes to use the diamond brooch with her ribands for state banquets and other gala occasions.
It was made by Ansorena (other Ansorena tiaras have used the same loop design) and it’s not the only Ansorena fleur de lys tiara in the Spanish royal collection. The best known example is the biggest piece available to Spanish queens, a wedding gift from King Alfonso XIII to Queen Victoria Eugenia in 1906. Letizia’s version doesn’t have quite such a cut-and-dried gifting story.

Creating the tiara was Ansorena’s idea, a notion that came to the then-head of the family-owned company while he watched Felipe and Letizia’s 2004 wedding. He decided the new princess should have a tiara and set about designing one, considering other designs and even the use of aquamarine stones before deciding on the final model. Most Spanish reports I've read since the tiara’s debut seem to have settled on it as a gift from King Felipe VI to Queen Letizia for the couple’s fifth wedding anniversary in 2009, purchased for an estimated 50,000 euros, but earlier accounts indicate that Ansorena gave it to the royal family. From the actual giver of the gift to the timeline (it was made earlier than 2009, some say it could have been given as early as 2007 or so, and Letizia has been wearing the brooch portion since at least 2008) to whether or not Felipe had any input in the design, the details vary from one article to the next.
Wearing the brooch
When I first wrote about this tiara in 2011, I said that I suspected that the ambiguity surrounding the tiara's origin suited the royal family just fine, because while accepting lavish gifts is dicey territory, so is the purchase of new jewelry when your country's economy is struggling. Certainly the economic issues Spain has been dealing with coupled with the harsh criticism the royal family can draw are likely reasons behind the delay in the tiara’s appearance, as well as Letizia’s choice to give it a “soft opening” of sorts at a foreign royal event.
We’ve seen a slow and steady increase in her use of jewels since Letizia became the queen consort. The Danish banquet brought not only the new tiara, but a double clip-style brooch she hadn’t been seen in previously, her Cartier diamond bracelet, and even a Bulgari ring said to have been a gift from Felipe after the birth of one of their daughters. I was never quite sure what to make of the new tiara, and I’m still not sure even now that we’ve seen it – it does look much better in use than I thought it would and it sits nicely on her head, though the design overall is not a favorite. Still, I am glad to see it and to see her have a tiara that is her own and not one tied to any other member of the family.

It’s been a week since the big debut and I'm sure you've been thinking of nothing else since, so let’s have your verdicts…

This tiara: A winner, or no?

(By the way, if you need to see it in action again before making your judgment – you know, for science purposes – here’s part 1 and here’s part 2 of the dinner on YouTube.)

(And also by the way, no second post today!)

Photos: Ansorena, and via Getty Images as indicated
Queen Elizabeth II -- HRH's actual birthday

Queen Elizabeth II -- HRH's actual birthday


April 21 is Queen Elizabeth's ACTUAL birthday. She was born April 21, 1926. Royalty that are born in winter or poor weather months have an OFFICIAL birthday in the summer, a Saturday in June. Both are celebrated every year. Official celebrations are held in summer when there is a greater likelihood of good weather for the Birthday Parade, also knows as the Trooping the Colour. I'll post about

Royal Color Scheme of the Day: April 22

The King and Queen of the Belgians visited Strasbourg, France yesterday, and Mathilde wore something a little bit familiar...
...but not really, because it's new. Apparently the pleated red dress, jacket, and hat worn when the couple made their introductory visit to Germany in 2014 weren't enough to fill the "folded effects/red division" portion of the royal wardrobe, because now we have a slightly darker and slightly simpler red dress with similar details hat. The dress detailing is confined to just one side of the skirrt, which is both an interesting detail and possibly not an interesting enough detail for a fairly basic outfit.
Dior shoes (worn by Mathilde in a different color)
The primary point of interest can't be seen on the above photo, I'm afraid (click here for a gallery, though, or here for a video). Floral shoes! They are (per ModeKoninginMathilde) from Dior, but instead of the green version above, they are pink/red. And they are possibly the best pair of shoes Mathilde's ever worn. WANT. Oh, and P.S.: Look, Ma! Heels and no crutches! Queen Robocop has left the building.

Since we're on Red Queens from Benelux Countries - Mathilde has her specific wardrobe sections, we have our specific coverage sections - Queen Máxima headed from Denmark to Washington, D.C. last week as part of her work in financial inclusion. She repeated a red Natan frock that I thought was a hit originally, and I think is a hit on the second go too.
Who knew talking about finance was such a kick, huh?

Photos: via Getty Images as indicated, RTL video, Dior
Don't fight please, eat kuih koci.

Don't fight please, eat kuih koci.

Thank you friends.

Almost 400k views in couple of days. I must have ticked off so many people with my opinion which I am not apologetic for.

Words are cheap, like your 30 sen kuih koci.  How you process, flavour (letak coklat Nutella @ asam keping), and mind-register it, determines how it effects your life. Anyway, everyone is entitle to their opinion, so am I, and that way, I don't disable the comment button.

Anyway I had a very pleasurable time reading all the comments (not all of it, too dramatic for my liking,and its so lengthy, just like karangan bahasa melayu SPM), for your easy reading, and my sanity, here’s some of the things that made me laughed:

My atrocious selection of words, plus with grammatical errors & typos, and my limited vocabulary. 
You see, I am not an English teacher, or I am writing the next Twilight Saga, and by the way what I wrote isn’t going to be in one of the Cerpen Antalogi Kerusi series, I don't see the need to use extravaganza words like hitherto, gallivanting, promiscuous. I cannotlah, cannot imagine, feeling mat salleh lebih pula, I enjoy my lah, my grammatical errors and my Soto Jawa, so as long sampai to audience, OKlah kot.

The writer seriously has issues with himself. 
Who doesn’t? , please don’t say you woke up this morning looking all perfect, like Anita Sarawak kan? Hell no, even Angelina jolie or ryan gosling has issues with themselves. I had a big issue this morning, lost my favourite spender and that annoying mak cik who decided to do groceries shopping in PETRONAS to add to the wound her contemplation as to which gula-gula sakit tekak nak beli, biru or kuning?

"Dia sentap tak dapat jadi bridesmaid/maid of honor le tew!"
This is funny, seriously, with my physical traits I would look rather ridiculous in brides gowns, terbayang lilit bunga kat kepala, pegang bunga, cerita pasal how amazing the bachelorette party was, sambil betulkan zakar. OK not a nice scene.

Why don’t you post about Chinese customary? 
I don’t know how a simple post, bertukar wajah into a racial fight. It would be ridiculous if my post was a comparative study on modern satu malaysia wedding trends yang mengegarkan fatamorganakan? Begitu Ya, feeling tulis final year project paper.

Sexual preference. 
Is it even actual issue co-relating to the post? 1st of all I have no issues with sexuality, it’s a private affair, be it heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, everyone is capable of using their brain and has right to voice out their opinion.  And please you alls,  labelling or physical attacking people isn’t a game of true gentlemen. I ada penis, you ada penis? why segregate kan? Right Noks?  (P/S stalker tahap hadramaut ok, stalking creepy mood, A+. I like)


I enjoy receiving your personal emails, comments from random makcik kiah, and even awkward question from my conservative father about the post.

I shall resume posting my silly rants like usual, and hopefully we could have proper discussion about it.

(Tak mau gaduh-gaduh OK.)

Please proof read for me, kata cikgu English kan?
Royal Haircut of the Day: April 21

Royal Haircut of the Day: April 21

CHOP!
Queen Letizia attended the 'Woman Awards' last night in Madrid.
Look who got her hair did...
She tested out the faux bob (yes, that's bob with ONE o, stop giggling) hairstyle a time or two, and now she's really gone for it. I like to think she made a point of holding on to those long locks juuuuussst long enough to debut her new tiara in the best possible fashion before making the cut. (More on that tiara coming up later in the week, by the way!)
Her newly short and sassy bob was paired with Yanes earrings, Prada shoes, and another Felipe Varela LBD (she really takes that theory that you can never go wrong with a little black dress to heart, you know). I think I like the new 'do - she certainly seems to like it, at least. I do believe I'm detecting some swagger here. And I love a queen with swagger.

Photos: via Getty Images as indicated

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