The Broke Student’s Guide To Travel
New York, America Outfit: Her Velvet Vase USA | Shoes: Pazzion Singapore | Socks: Korea | Coat: Borrowed | Bag: GAP | Tablet: Amazon Kindle FireSo in the last two weeks staying in New York I’ve been introduced and subsequently addicted to Netflix, the pay-per-month streaming service in the States. As a result I haveContinue reading #1898 | Welcome to America
Filming for CAG 2015Changi Airport is the best airport in the world. I say this with a lot of pride. I nod about it with locals and repeat it proudly to strangers on planes, abroad, etcetera. I say it with such assurance that it throws people off – they laugh at first at such brazenContinue reading #1896 | The barepacker’s guide to Changi Airport
Abu Dhabi, UAE. Featuring: Fossil’s 2015 Holiday Collection The Curious Set Fossil to me has always represented a form of achievable luxe, toeing the line between affordability and quality that endures the test of time. I can’t count the number of Fossil watches I’ve bought or chipped in for for birthday presents, christmas gifts, etceteraContinue reading #1895 | Calling all Curious: Fossil 2015 Holiday Collection
A group of us were invited to Montigo in August, an instagrammable haven thirty minutes from Singapore. I find myself using the word Montigo freely, as if Montigo has become an island of it’s own, independent from Batam. For sure, that’s how it felt – the entire time we were there, we only left theContinue reading #1980 | Montigo: The Instagram Resort
. Ah, Paris. They say that third time’s a charm, but in truth every visit I’ve made to Paris has been a unique experience that remains memorable in its own special way. In July, one of my closest girlfriends and I took an overnight bus from London to Paris – and it being her firstContinue reading #1978 | Jemma for Airbnb: Living under the Eiffel
Top: Love Bonito | Skirt: Supre | Coat: Friend’s | Bag: Gift from friend | Hair by HairloomSydney, Australia. All photos taken with the Nikon D750 on a 35mm lens These visuals were shot in the street behind our airbnb apartment in Syndey – which was really a refurbished warehouse, but that’s a story forContinue reading #1972 | Golden hour Golden hair
London, England.Grey dress: The Velvet Dolls | Furry cardigan: my sister’s | Floral flats with silver Ankle Strap: El-ska All photos taken on the Nikon D750 on a 35mm lens. Mocha Mondays is a new and semi-regular feature on cafes and how workable they are, for freelancers or students looking for a place to parkContinue reading #1967 | Mocha Mondays: London Grind
London, England. airbnb.com/jemmaAll photos taken on the Nikon D750 on a 35mm lens. Call it kismet: in July, Xiaoqi and I stayed with one of the best airbnb hosts in the world. We did London in two legs – before Bath/Paris, and after Bath/Paris. Both apartments were lovely in their own right, but in ourContinue reading #1966 | How to make friends all over the world: The Airbnb Edition
Osaka, Japan. airbnb.com/jemma All photos taken with the Nikon D5500The stuff my childhood was made of: Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Laputa, My Neighbour Totoro, and so on.. there’s something about Studio Ghibli’s charm that endured all the way through till adulthood. A friend of mine wrote her thesis on how Miyazaki specialises in creatingContinue reading #1963 | Jemma x Airbnb Osaka: All your Ghibli Dreams come true..
One of the things I really enjoyed in Hong Kong which I wanted to talk about but that didn’t fall into the brackets of hipster or broke student’s guide material was a really fancy night out at The Pawn. It was a rather spontaneous thing – when she saw that I was in HK fromContinue reading #1961 | Being Fancy in Hong Kong