The Style Roundup

Mid-year this year someone did ask if I wear different shirts every day to work? Well, why should I lie coz it's not something I can hide from the viewing public anyway, it's out there laid in the bare coz everyone can notice. So I answer yes. In fact I answered that I have a 4-months worth of shirts in my wardrobe, provided that I do wear different one every day. Four-months worth coz doing laundry is truly something that I hate doing. If I find that a shirt already had a weird smell... I can just wear a different one the next day and do laundry once in blue moon. Or once in 2-3 months to be exact. So, nak pengsan tak dengar tu...huhu!

The thing is, if I like a shirt I would buy it more than one. Like the +J white shirt, I got about 4 of them in the latest FW11 collection coz I just love the cutting and all. The others especially from Asos, I probably got two pairs for each type since I can do the same style the next week but wearing a different  pair of shirt, if you get what I mean.

So, what is the style roundup for last week. Nothing much, except the usual shirt + tie + blazer combo as what you've been fed of in this entire blog journey.

• Wednesday.

Last Wednesday is my annual performance review day. Nothing more formal than looking in the traditional, classic black and white ensemble. I paired the +J white shirt with the diagonal stripes tie from Tie Rack + the slimfit single-breasted blazer from Asos. 

Mentioning my performance in my workplace this year, there has been a mixed reviews. On one hand, my boss said my contribution to the company is outstanding. Mana tak nyer, dah jadi Chairman mesti la everyone knows who I am! Ha! My supervision is also above par, and the best part is the evaluation from the students by which I exceed the requirement - I got 6.6 out of 7, which to me is whoa! (Other people normally got around 5 only!) Yet on the other hand, I need to perk up my publications per se like writing up lots more journal papers and research publications. I think if those people read this blog, they would've put me on the outstanding category, kot... ngehahaha! :)

• Thursday

Another annual performance review day but from my another superior which is from the Head of my research cluster, since they gotta separate this research part. The leader said I am on the 'exceed requirements' coz I got many stuff on my plate. From the research grants and funding, to the patent thing - the logo that I've created for my research group that went for patent filing, those are beyond what is required I need to do this year. Not bad I guess.

For the day I went for deep green shirt from Zara + green tartan checks tie from Tie Rack + grey chambray blazer from Asos. One thing I hate about the shirt is that due to its slightly hi-sheen, when I iron it it leaves that 'shiny' mark which is intolerable. Anyway, whatever...

• Friday.

Usually, Friday is all about slightly looser fit since it was a Friday prayer day. But today I went for a uber-slim t2t as I slipped into the ultra-slim shadow checks suit from River Island (again) paired with the slimfit beige shirt from Zara + grey wool tartan tie from Uniqlo. The tie is a bit underwhelm to the whole ensemble given that it's slightly slimmer as compared to the collar and the tie bar. Again, it's a fashion faux pas... but with the blazer, it's almost a pass for the end of the weekday.

What's the best thing about that Friday? Someone emailed me mentioning how she missed my session in the class. Again? Awww..... shweeeeet...:) (have I left such an impact to those kids? Hmmm....)

* solat Jumaat at nearby mosque around my housing area, that's why easy to slip into my kurta, less 'skinny' visible! :)

Monday Blues? No, It's Purple Monday!

Something I seldom do is to wear colors on Monday, except blue coz I love playing along with the 'Monday Blues' brouhahas. And today, instead of wearing blue I took on another hue in the color wheel - purple, to give a shot of fun to the otherwise plain start of the week. It seems that whenever I wear purple, my cliques always went 'ooh, purple!' here, 'wah, purple!' there, 'ooh, purple!' at the pantry, 'whoa, purple!' at the lift. Indeed it's one color that brought people eyes to really pop when they see me wearing one. (Ker mmg aku yg hot bila pakai purple ni? ngeee...)

But today, it looks like not only me who wear purple - quite a number of people in the office also did! Maybe pakat-pakat le tu kot...huhu. Whatever it is, it's really fun to wear this color sometimes as it liven things up. Oh, do you know that I was once kena tegur for wearing purple in a ceremony that I'm emceeing? It turned out that purple, together with yellow is the color for the royal. Yes, royal. Not Casino Royale, or Royale Bintang; but the Diraja like for the kings and queens. Hmmm... good tips there. No wonder I never see any crowd wearing it except the Raja themselves.

Btw, my shirt is from River Island, very slimming yet very prone to creases as it is quite cotton-ny. Paired it with the slim cotton tartan checks tie by Uniqlo, it was like marriage made in heaven. Except that the marriage is not that a perfect one. Why? Turn out that my tie is too slim compared to the high-neck collar of my shirt, plus the Lanvin tie bar went way over the width which made it looks so funny. Yet, to avoid all the mistakes without having to go home for a change, I just wore the slim black blazer over it to hide the 'flaw', and had to double-knot the tie to pump up its 'triangle'. Much safer, I guess. 

see the mistakes? No matter it's a Lanvin, the tie bar too wide compared to the width of the tie. Not good!

And the best part (or weird, which ever which you perceived!), the color of my tops really match the bougainvillea flower that I saw on my way to the cafe. Whoa, I'm very the Ipohngites la camni, coz bougainvillea IS Ipoh's official flower! What a coincidence...!

*blurry, blurry photo. Blame the iPhone 4! :P