CHAPTER I: CITY OF LIGHTS

Okay, so this is the continuation of my ten-days trip diary in Shanghai and Beijing after the Prelude. However, this part will be talking all about Shanghai at night and how beautiful it was!

To say that I was excited to finally step my feet in the city that everybody knows is beautiful is an understatement. Shanghai is indeed BEAUTIFUL. The very first day I came, I went to the iconic The International Bund right away, which showed me how Shanghai shone at night. The view took my breath away, period. It was love at the first sight, especially with the sight of oh-so-unique Oriental Pearl Tower. Shanghai was just amazing! If you are planning to come to Shanghai, make sure to visit The International Bund at night because it will take your breath away like it did to me.

The next day, my friends and I went to the tallest building in Shanghai named The World Financial Center Building which is 470 meters high. You know what happened when I arrived at the highest point of the building and looking down? I (embarassingly) screamed. That was absolutely terrifying to say the least. Can you imagine if the glasses break? Nope, I can't. The view was beautiful, though. If The International Bund showed me how beautiful city lights from the frontside, then The World Financial Center Building showed me how beautiful Shanghai was from above. My breath was taken away the second time there. Well, that would be many breath-taking views in this trip, so get used to my breath taken away lol.

Anyway, that'd be it for now. Hope you guys enjoy the first part of my trip diary in Shanghai and Beijing. See you on the next part!

Hippie!

PRELUDE

Jacket (Baleno),  Backpack (Planet Ocean), Pants (Celcius), Shoes (Nike), Scarf (Thrifted)

好久不见！(Long time no see!) I've been a very bad blogger for abandoning my blog for two months. It's just these past two months I've been super busy with school's stuffs such as assignments and finals. I got no time for doing anything but reading those Chinese characters and memorizing them which almost got my brain burnt to ashes. Thankfully, I finished the finals in January and got a break for a week before my ten-days trip to Shanghai and Beijing, which is the very reason I came back! Yup, I'm about to share the trip with you, but it will be in many parts because I've got one thousand photos from the trip and I still have to choose the best ones to put in here. And as you can see from the title of this post, it will be the beginning of the many trip diary posts.

Ten days of travel in Shanghai and Beijing, I didn't take many outfit photos (none in Beijing, sigh) because of some problems. But thankfully in Shanghai, I've got two (or three, hopefully) outfits captured although not in the very professional way. At least, they are presentable to put in here, lol. Talking about the trip, it was an experience that I won't change for the world. I got the chance to go to places that many people don't have the chance to go to, and I have to say that I am forever grateful! Although I found some troubles here and there along the trip, but most important is I enjoyed every second of it. 

Hippie!

THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME

Leather Jacket (Baleno), Shirt (Thrifted), Knitted Sweater (SPAO), Vintage Backpack (Planet Ocean), Pants (Celcius), Shoes (Nike)

Although Christmas had just passed, but the joy it brought is still clearly floating in the air as the songs about Christ's birth are playing over and over again everywhere. It is indeed the most beautiful time of the year because who can deny how joyful Christmas it is? Here in China is not an exception. People celebrated Christmas a little bit differently, which means they (or most of the population) didn't celebrate it by gathering with the family in front of the fireplace or dinner table, but by shopping 'till their wallet turned into paper because the discounts here were crazy, no no scratch that, I mean insane, all only for Christmas celebration! I almost lost myself in the ocean of % sign in every store I laid my eyes on, but thank God I didn't.

Not buying things nor getting any presents doesn't mean I didn't get the joy of Christmas because it isn't always about things or presents, but I found my joy in more simple way. Finding this super beautiful, tall Christmas tree surrounded by these Garfield miniatures, not to say the cute ones, is my simple Christmas joy. Even though I'm thousand miles away from my source of joy (yup, family and close friends!), but at least God gives me another (simple ones) source of joy in this year's Christmas and I'm forever grateful for that. Wasting no time to squeal over how cute these miniatures were, I snapped some photos (including my outfit, of course). All photos were taken right after I went back from church lol. So, mind sharing your joyful Christmas? ;)

Hippie!

ONE WEEK AWAY

Photos by: Callista Miranda

Denim Jacket (Baleno), Shirt (ROWN DIVISION), Pants (Celcius)

Guess who's got himself a DIY Christmas tree (without a star, lol) in his room? Yup, me. Can't believe, the most beautiful and joyous time of the year is only one week away! Time does fly too fast that I think it was just yesterday I celebrated last year's Christmas with my family, and now I'm about to celebrate it again, but this time, alone and so far, far away from home. Although I have to celebrate Christmas alone this year, but I still get myself a present. And as present, I mean this light green denim jacket that I purchased few days ago in Baleno. Aside from its color being so Christmas-y, I also still don't have any piece in this color in my closet so I thought, why the hell not? I might need to be a little bit more creative in mix-and-matching this jacket with my other pieces, which I have to admit isn't an easy job, but for now let's just put the worry aside and be happy on Christmas! Anyway, have you got yourself a gift for Christmas?

Hippie!