Tips for buying shoes and Snapss of life in Penang

I think every girl has their one specific obsession, whether it be expensive shoes, clothes, bags or makeup etc. I'm more of a bag-girl so I can't really say I'm an expert when it comes to shoes but nonetheless I still want to share some tips I have when it comes to shoe shopping!

Tip #1 Try to avoid buying shoes online

I used to do a lot of online shopping and with online shopping it's basically a hit or miss in terms of quality and sometimes sizing. And I usually find that when it comes to shoes there are more misses than hits. Most of the shoes I've bought online are either the wrong size, are really bad quality or not very comfortable. So now I've  really been put off buying shoes online. I think with shoes, you really need to try it in person for size and comfort and not buy a pair of shoes solely based on the design/looks. So unless there are great reviews on a certain online shop in regards to their shoes, try to avoid buying your shoes online!


Tip #2 Expensive shoes are worth it in the long run

When I say expensive I don't mean that you have to spend 400-600 dollars on branded shoes like Ferragamo, Christian Louboutin, Jimmy Choo etc.. Expensive means 80-100 dollars. Of course sometimes you can get good quality shoes for around 20-30 dollars as well but it also depends what country you are buying those shoes from. For example; if you paid 20-30 dollars for a pair of shoes in Australia,  it's probably super shit quality or you are super lucky. But if you paid for 20-30 dollars for a pair of shoes in Malaysia you can get some really decent shoes. In the long run, the money is worth it because good quality shoes last longer!

Sometimes it's so frustrating when the bow on one of the shoes fall off or the shoe just fall apart completely etc. Good quality shoes will not do this! But the plus side of buying cheap shoes is that when they fall apart it's not very heartbreaking. However, you might as well spend 100 dollars on a pair of good quality shoes rather than 3 pairs of 30 dollar shoes that break after a few months.

Tip #3 Comfort should be highly regarded

Doesn't matter how gorgeous the shoes are, when you try it on in a shoe store and they're already killing your feet when you are only walking around the store then DON'T BUY IT! A lot of times I end up buying shoes that are really gorgeous but are not comfortable at all and I talk myself into getting it thinking the pain is worth it. It's NOT! Those shoes end up just being "accessories" on your shoe racks and collect dust. Trust me!

Shoe Shopping in Australia
My favourite shoe shop in Australia is Novo. However, I don't really like buying shoes in Australia because they are so much more expensive than shoes in Asian countries and the designs are so-so.

Shoe Shopping in China
Not really recommended because the quality is really bad unless you buy shoes from shopping centres and those shoes are not very cheap (around 100aud) but at least you will definitely get good quality ones.

Shoe Shopping in HK
I haven't really had time to go shopping in the actual shopping centres because I spent almost everyday in Mongkok buying clothes but I think you can find some pretty shoes in shopping centres in TST and Causeway bay.

Shoe Shopping in Japan
Expensive but almost everything is good quality and style! However if you are lucky, sometimes you can come across pretty cheap shoes but their quality is almost guarenteed good! Japan is my shopping haven full stop.

Shoe Shopping in Korea
I don't know if I went to the wrong places but I couldn't find any shoes that I liked in Korea!! And I was desperate to buy some as well since I only took 3 pairs on my holiday and one of them broke while I was clubbing in Korea... But nope... Couldn't find anything I liked. Clothes and shoe shopping in Korea is just not my cup of tea! However my bestie who lived there for a year managed to find a lot of nice shoes so maybe I just went to all the wrong places?

Shoe Shopping in Malaysia
I quite like buying shoes in Malaysia because everything is really cheap in comparison to Australia. Especially the boots! Normal shoes range from 40-70RM and boots range from 60-100RM. A lot of their styles are really nice and the quality is not too bad. Of course it's not like super great quality but most of them are comfortable and you can get a decent amount of wear out of them.

Shoe Shopping in Singapore
I've pretty much only shopped at Charles and Keith in Singapore. Most of their styles are quite mature and not really the cute style but I did end up finding some nice stuff from there! The shoes that I bought are surprisingly comfortable and definitely good quality! So definitely recommend CnK! There are quite a few CnK stores worldwide so check out their official website to see if there's a store near you!

Ok here are some Snaps of my life so far in Penang which pretty much consist of all food pics! lol

Photos all taken with my phone so don't expect awesome quality =P

Chicken Wings~

Malaysian style home cooked meal by my bf's mummy

Shopping day! Bought a LOT of cosmetics and skincare etc. Will blog about it next!

A&W Root beer with ice cream!

Famous Penang Char Kway Teow!

More Char Kway Teow and Kway Teow soup

Movies are so cheap in Penang (10RM!) So we watched a lot of movies!

Recommend this one! Love is the only answer 人约离婚后

Malaysia fruits! Love Mango Steen! Too bad Mango steen season is almost over =(

I LOVE lady fingers! They are super expensive in Australia!

劲抽福绿寿 Super funny! Recommend!!

Yay Jap magazines~~ and Tsubaki!

MacDonald's GBC burger, they only sells this for two months every year for Malaysia's Merdeka day! So yummy!

Pappa Rich My green tea ice cream with red beans is sooo nice! The Green tea is super rich and yumm

New area Strait Quay in Penang

Hainan chicken rice and white curry mee

Welcoming iPad 2 to my Apple family~

Dry style bah ku teh! Soo nice! 

Ok til next time~~ xx

My Shoe Collection~~

Quick update on my life before I get started!

So I've officially moved to Penang, Malaysia indefinitely so a big hello to my Malaysian readers! Hopefully the future content in my blog will be more relevant to you all! I've settled in quite fast since this is my 5th time here in Penang in the last 3 years. Also, expect a LOT of food posts in the future because Penang is the city of food in Malaysia. Also more product reviews, especially Japanese products from Watson (Majorlica, Kate, Liese, Fasio etc etc) and Sasa (Dollywink, Canmake, My Beauty diary etc) ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ

Also I'll be more active on my Tumblr now and hopefully Twitter because I've just welcomed iPad2 to my Apple family ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ So please check them out!

So I was packing away all my shoes into boxes to store before moving to Malaysia so I decided to take a photo of all my shoes and do a shoe post o(*^▽^*)o

Group shot! The boots at the back won't stand up properly lol! 90% of my shoes was not bought in Australia because shoes in Australia well at least Perth is expensive and the styles are just so so!

Forgot to include these in the group shot because they were packed away in a box and only remembered them when I packed away all my shoes fml (-。－；)

I'm not going to take a photo of every single one of them so here are my fav shoes from my collection! I'm going to number the shoes for easier commenting (*´∇｀*)

#1 

I forgot to take an individual photo of this pair and I can't now because they are back in Australia (ﾉ_-｡)

I bought this in Harajuku in 2008! The style is super unique! and you can take away the gold/red strings or wear it with the shoe which wraps around you leg/ankle. I did my toenails at the nail bar so I had to change into this pair because the shoe I wore wasn't open toe shoes. Had to walk from Shinjuku back to Nihonbashi via subway of course. Surprisingly they were super comfortable but I've only worn it once more ever since which was for a hair competition and my theme was Ganguro lol! 

I find it's really hard to match these shoes with anything or maybe because I'm not daring enough cos they seem more like Cosplay shoes lol. Looking at it makes me want to start wearing it again... too bad it's thousands of kms away fml (ﾉ_-｡)

#2

Love these short boots! Super comfortable as well! Super easy to match! They are from Charles n Keith a popular Singapore brand but they have stores in KL and Penang (Gurney Plaza, ground floor, new wing) so I bought this pair in Penang! They were sold out of the white one so I had to settle for black (/ヘ￣､) The SA at Shu Uemura Perth loved them lol!

#3

Bought these boots in Taipei! My favourite boots! The fur is apparently rabbit fur?  I can't remember the exact price but I think it was around 100aud. They are super comfortable and easy to match!

#4

Bought this pair of shoes from Chimomo in Perth. It was 200aud which I found super expensive, probably the most expensive pair of shoes I've bought up to date especially considering it's not even any special brand. But I've worn this pair a lot of times since I bought it and I don't regret the price at all because it's super easy to match and very comfortable as well! Worn it to clubbing few times too!

#5

Charles n Keith again this time bought from the Singapore store! I don't like buying different colours of the same style but I got persuaded by my friend to do so this time because I just couldn't decide which colour to pick! Do not regret my decision at all! They are quite comfortable and great to wear to clubbing! Especially the black one, you can't really tell when it gets super dirty (because I get stepped on all the time in clubs hence I've developed Iron Toes! LoL) Price was around 40sgd

#6

Another pair I bought from Charles n Keith at the Singapore store! My friend was really obsessed with CnK so we pretty much went into every CnK store we walked past in the short 5 day SG trip and there's a LOT of CnK stores in SG! Lucky she was a member and it was her birthday so I got a member birthday discount on these shoes because we bought them on her birthday (＾▽＾) This is one of my fav pairs of shoes! Super unique style and easy to match and surprisingly comfortable because the heels are really high!! Priced around 90sgd

#7

Bought this from Shibuya 109 Flag-J at 3150yen

I'm not a big fan of pumps because there's more areas on your feet where you can get blisters but these shoes are easy to match with all my pink clothes (＾▽＾)

#8

Also from Flag-J same price! They are good for OL coordinates but I think my feet will die if I wear these out at the office all day. I think they are good for interviews or brief meetings? I don't wear this pair as much as the pink ones

#9

Absolutely love this pair!! Bought it in Penang at Opera which is one of my fav shoe stores! I think the price is around 50rm which is less than 20aud! Love wearing this pair with my maxi dresses to ensure that my maxi dresses don't scrape the floor. Also the cute bow and flowery pattern matches a lot of my mori-gyaru clothes esp Liz Lisa! (＾▽＾)

#10

Bought this at David Jones brand is Sachi. They were on sale but I think original price was around 150aud. I was really into gladiator shoes for a while so I fell in love with these! Went out of my way to get my hands on this pair because all my sizes were sold out except one pair at a mall I never go to! Don't wear them as much as I thought I would though

#11

Bought these at a Shopping centre in Shen Zhen priced around 100aud. I've only worn it once because this pair of shoes is frikkin HIGH!! I can only wear it on perfectly flat surfaces because it's really easy to trip otherwise. Can't really explain because I forgot to take a photo of what the sole looks like ･(>_<;)･ﾟﾟHowever, super pretty pair of shoes and it's studded with jewels so it sparkles a bit (＾▽＾)

#12

Wedge sandals from Opera around 50rm

Really easy to match and really comfortable! Love wedge sandals!

#12

Another pair of wedge sandals from Penang for around the same price!

#13

Vivi inspired short boots. It may look nice but the cutting of the shoe is really bad! It sits right under your ankle so when you walk it digs into your ankle bone and is super uncomfortable so I've only worn it once o(TﾍTo) If it's not for that this would definitely be one of my fav pair of shoes! Boo!

#14

Korilakkuma slippers from Donkihotte in Shibuya (＾▽＾)

#15

Nine West pumps from US

Hardly ever wear them (-。－；) I walk like a super retard in these.. (￣Д￣；；I can't seem to walk properly in pumps.. Maybe because I'm not used to it and I feel my feet are really restricted (´＿｀｡)

#16

Bought these for work at Opera. Get blister after a few hours (´＿｀｡) That's why not a fan of pumps at all! So easy to get blisters at a lot of different places

#17

The boots are modelled by my 11 years old sister hence the super skinny legs lol!

I bought a lot of boots from Penang because they are super cheap compared to Australia! They cost around 70-80rm which is not even 30aud! Boots in Australia start from 60aud and most of them cost around 80-90aud! Absolutely love boots! This pair of flat boots are one my "holiday to countries in Winter" boots because I do a lot of walking (mainly for shopping) on holidays!

#18

Bought these at Shibuya 109 LDS for 6400yen! It was 50% off! Sadly I've never worn these yet (￣Д￣；； I can pretty much only wear these for clubbing due to the style but I'm scared that it's going to be too hot and sweaty to be dancing all night in these so kinda put off wearing these to clubs! They are quite comfortable because I worn them from Narita airport to Penang Airport via Bangkok Airport (because I wanted to save luggage space and they were quite heavy) and it was bearable. 

#19

Also from LDS for 3000yen. I've only worn these once or twice because it was kind of hard to match with my super girly mori-gyaru closet (￣Д￣；； They are easy to match with casual outfits but usually I'm really lazy with casual outfits so I just chuck on anything and then I'm too lazy to find socks to wear with these boots so I turn to other shoes instead lol ヾ(＠＾(∞)＾＠)ノ

#20

Love this pair of super versatile boots from Opera, Penang. You can wear it over the knee, under the knee and also as short boots as well! I almost bought the same pair in dark brown! Also worn this pair to clubbing twice and it was ok! Brought this pair on my HK/TW trip and I could walk all the way from hotel in TST to Lang Gwai Fong!

Different ways of wearing this pair of boots...

#21

My Liz Lisa boots which I haven't worn yet because I haven't found the occasion to wear it yet (￣Д￣；；

#22

Bought in Penang (Told you I buy a lot of boots there) I've worn these boots heaps of times! Love the style and it's decent to walk in but you will get blisters on the sole of your feet if you use them as walking shoes. I worn these to uni once and I did a LOT of walking that day so I was like omg... never again (ﾉω･､) 

#23

And my fav pairs of thongs ☆ヽ(▽⌒) Which I love wearing because it's comfortable and great in hot weathers

I threw away these shoes after I packed away all my other shoes

Group shot again using the pop art filter

Thinking about buying my first pair of designer brand shoes when I go to Italy in October. I mean I might as well since they are so much cheaper in Italy and I get tax back.

Saw this pair of red Ferragamo in Sydney and instantly fell in love! Around 600aud in Sydney but 400aud (after conversion) in Italy before tax refund! Sadly I don't see this pair at the official Ferragamo website so I hope it's not obsolete already!

The white version is also quite drool worthy but I don't think I'll get white because if I get the tiniest scratch or dirt on it I will be heartbroken! Too much stress and high maintenance to wear white expensive shoes! 

Of course I'm going to have a look at Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutins as well and then decide which pair of branded shoes I'm going to buy. But I pretty much have my heart set on the red Ferragamos if it's available for sale!

Hope you liked my shoe post and hope it was helpful knowing where they were bought and the prices etc. Which is your favourite pair and why? I'd love to know ^__^

xx

Fei Fei and BuBu~

I was suppose to do an outfit post but I got super lazy because now I kind of just feel like crawling into bed, watch some series and call it a day |￣ω￣、|

If you've been reading my blog, you probably know that I'm relocating to Malaysia soon! I'm actually leaving in two days! I've been super lazy about packing though (haven't even started) and I think it's going to be a really stressful process because I only have 30kg of baggage allowance! (ﾉ_-｡)

Lucky I don't have to pack any Winter clothes and all my Summer clothes should be quite light!

So my best friend is looking after my dog for me while I'm away indefinitely. I'm so lucky!! We bought our dogs together so they are real sisters and brothers which is sooo cute! The dad is brown and mum is cream and that's why they have different coloured fur but look the same! They also have totally different personalities!

My bestie's been looking after Fei Fei for 2 months now because I want to make sure he settles in before I leave so lately I've been spending a lot of time at her house with my dog before I leave. I'm going to miss him so much ･ﾟ･(ﾉД`;)･ﾟ･

Pomeranians are really adorable but here's a warning to anyone that is considering buying a pom

Their fur is super hard to manage! You have to spend a lot of time brushing their fur because it gets knotted really easily in the following places - Behind the ears, in the armpits area and around the bum! Also if you are slightly allergic or sensitive to fur I don't really recommend poms for you cos their hair is quite fine

Quick facts!

BuBu

• Even though she is smaller than Fei Fei she is actually the older sister! Fei Fei was the second baby of the litter and they have a younger sister which is a darker cream colour


• Their birthday is on 10th April 2009 which was Good Friday!


• BuBu is really hyper active! She loves to run after birds (My Bestie always like to say to her: They will come for revenge in Spring!! lol) and gum nuts!


• She was really ditzy as a baby and would run into doors etc but seems to not feel any pain! lol!


• Even though she's the smaller dog she likes to act like the Alpha dog so she have to eat first before letting Fei Fei eat haha!


• She gets jealous of Fei Fei easily and growls at him and then get scolded by her mummy!


• She more photogenic than Fei Fei ゜・(>_<)・゜

Fei Fei (fat fat)

• LOVES food! His eyes goes super shiny and sparkly when there are food around


• Snores really loud like a fat person haha


• Very obedient and submissive


• Randomly farts and burps and makes everyone run out of the room loool!


• Very loving and don't hold grudges! My favourite trait about him ~(＾◇^)/


• Scared-y cat! He's a bit of a sissy haha Oh well he will always be my little boy (＾▽＾)/

Here are some photos I took of them last night and today!

It's so hard to get them in the same shot together with both heads looking at the camera without looking away! So hard to take photos of animals ・(>_<)・

Love the pink backdrop!

Yay! Finally a good picture with them looking at the camera and no one blinking or moving!!

 BuBu looks so excited for some reason! 

Awww Fei Fei's starring straight into the camera!

Her expression => XP

I got a picture of her licking my leg!! awww

Gave Fei Fei a trim~ Cut his mane short because it keeps malting!

I think he looks younger and cuter with a shorter mane =)

I'll try to blog one more time before getting on the plane! Going to do a shoe post of all my shoes before I put them away for storage!

xx 

til next time （‐＾▽＾‐）