Soul Doc Moments

The hippie is back! with a vengeance

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:08:00 +0000

The hippie is back!!

Helllloooo....all! I thought my Indian skirt phase and gypsy style phase is long gone. Before I knew it...after I bought some hippie head bands in Sg Wang a few months ago, I just couldn't resist the carefree & slighly crazy style...

(top from Scoop, skirt from a Chiang Mai night market, Kimono jacket from Second Charm)

and I loooove this dress from Vintage Socialites

the last pic, message from modern hippie, Go Green :D

speaking of green! shopaholics go green this National Day!

The Recyclists are having a one of its kind fundraising event this national day, COME shop and do your bits for our home planet earth :)

Girl at play & at work

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:45:00 +0000

after work...at Impefect, So What?

Win-Ni and me

and Callista

at play, magazine shoot

at play...another magazine shoot, Jasmin & Eka

Jasmin

work, costume fitting (Alvin Tay Couture)

play, STYLO Awards

work, backstage

to the play!

Jan 2009, the lady at work meeting

the STYLO girl make up

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:32:00 +0000

my first self-portrait beauty shot?!

after Merc Benz STYLO Fashion Award last night @ Lake Garden

make-up by yours truly

false lashes from M.A.C.

hair by Sam Chau @ A Cut Above, BSC

an update

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:11:00 +0000

Dec 20, 2008
Tomboys & Angels Fashion Show
pics by Chong SeeMing
shots from before the show..

actor, Ayam

actor, Davina Goh

Annexe media manager, singer & song writer, Jerome Kugan

conspiring with fellow model on what to do on the catwalk, the Blue Fairy

Rohaizah directed the show
the models

Chris Khaira, myself & Mien

the show
Pang Kee Teik & Sharon Bakar in their moment

the confused boy...girl?

Finale

Dec 12, 2008
Samsung Year End Appreciation Party doing my rendition of Habanera (from Carmen) with Joanne Kam's (hot) dancers
at the party were...
Sarah Lian

hot emcee :)
Chermaine Poo

Emmeline Ng
Tony Eusoff (performed sizzling jazz standards)

Other times, other fashion...
Dec 20th @ Bangkok Jazz with Elvira Arul

the hair band (designed by a lady named Irene) I bought after the Tomboys & Angels fashion @ Arts For Grabs

I wore the dress SeeMing bought for me from a flea market years ago, I had it revamped into a Twiggy dress and finished up with the fisnets I was wearing from the fashion show a few hours ago...

Dec 14, at the Cyberview Lodge & Resorts Wedding Fair organised by WeddingsMalaysia with the resort
Louis Pang is responsible for this lovely shot :) thank you!!!!
pic by Lee Kuen the make-up artiste, she wanted some silly bombshell pose :)

a fully sequinned Qi-pao SeeMing found in Kuching second hand shop..

revisit an old stunning red dress at a recent wedding performance bought in Salvation Army shop in Iceland (SeeMing's honeymoon trip)

Glorious, comfy, sexy batik dress!!

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:49:00 +0000

the dress, part of a modern opera costumes, bought at a flea market for RM 20. Altered to fit me...

value: priceless

fashion flair @ the flea markets

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:56:00 +0000

Aug 17, 2008
Lapsap sale @ Palate Palate
Noami of Tea & Sympathy

before Lapsap sale...I was checking out WIP Cafe Family Flea Market @ BSC...
and a cool babe with a cool skirt
WIP Cafe Family Flea Market will be back for two more weekends - Aug 24 & 31st. Go shop :)

Zoo fashion, Aug 9

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:25:00 +0000

The sights from ThreadsZOO on Saturday, Aug 9

lady Dee of the zoo invited me as part of her already amazing line-up of live music acts. It felt RIGHT, to be there, singing at a fashion bazaar, two of my big love in my life...fashion & music.

(thank you to Chien who help getting the photographer to snap these singing shots on my NIKON)

I bought the blue Chinese jacket just before I went on stage, the girl who sold it to me said she wore when she was a kid....yes, very tight la round the armpits!!
gorgeous & TALENTED girlfrien Anita Ibrahim joined me on stage with Come Fly With Me :)
La vie en rose
(I wore the second hand French Connection - FCUK dress I bought from stylist Justine Teh)

Did I mention I love her style? Meet Michelle again, her other pics are in my previous entry...think she was wearing a nick name or something that day...

The one and only, Kokokaina, who performed on Saturday too...I had a starstruck moment....

from left, Anita, Beatrice, a babe I donno her name, myself & Dee of ThreadsZoo
Beatrice, we used to sing in the same choir, like 10 years ago!!! (Operafest Children Choir!!!!)

vintage dress from Michelle's store

Christmas tree situation, showing off what I bought on Sat, the necklaces, the earrings & the cooool watch!!!

the update...

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:48:00 +0000

been a slacker in the updating!! anyway here it is...starting with the more recently ones...

just last weekend, Aug 2, at the MTV Asia Awards
Malaysian songstress Jaclyn Victor, wearing Carven Ong, accessories from Rafflesia
Stefanie Sun Yan Zi of Singapore
back up singers, Chelsea J & yours truly
the videos from the awards...

Better In Time

Bleeding Love

vintage organza blouse from flea market
from left - JJ (drums), Jingles (bass) & Hiran (Keyboard)

And then...before the MTV, there was the No Plastic Bag Concert, on July 17 at Eastin Hotel
we had fashion show, sing song, dance...comedy, poetry reading, green shopping...green pledging..etc! Justin Yap's creation on the cat walk...the models were our catwalk favourites and celebrities

Hannah Lo

Chelsia Ng

Deborah Henry
Xandria Ooi

Nell Ng
Ida Nerina
Also wearing Justin Yap's fashion that evening was TP Lim, our super emcee :)
more pics from the concert by Alex Moi, can be viewed from here. The pics here were those I took these on my Nikon D70s.

July 12, at Godson Max's 1st birthday party....
Nell Ng shows how to party
portrait of me by my man
happy family
later..at Bijou Bazaar
Michelle, the girl with the idea...love those red nails, glasses & bangs

the Urban fashion warriors at Urbanscapes 2008 - June 28, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:49:00 +0000

the people of, at...Urbanscapes 2008

Deanna of The Threads Zoo

I love the combination of her purple head scarf and the shades, with a non-baby-tee and the lovely full skirt..

The Blue Fairy

show stopper skirt

I like the necklace on his teeshirt with the whole "lawyer-a-weekend-carnival" look...

The chair people

there is only one YC

Adeline and I

I like his style...

Sam my hair artist

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:52:00 +0000

A tribute to my hair stylist Sam Chau of A Cut Above in BSC branch, since Jan 2007...pics of his work, on my wild mane :)

Sam is simply...well, maybe I should just let the pictures speak for themselves :)

Jan 2007

Aug 2007

Sep 2007

October 2007

Nov 2007

Dec 2007
Jan 2008

Feb 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 2008 June 2008

and the counting continues...dresses in 2008, old and new!

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:20:00 +0000

Before I move on to my dresses galore...I tell you a story first :)

just a week ago, a bunch of us dressed in white and cutie props came together for...
WILD @ Attic charity concert for IPR (Independent Pet Rescuers)
singig songs from cartoons and animations, also ran an adoption drive, fund-raising lucky draws,
Ida Mariana & Tria Glam shot by Andrew Thien, found on Facebook!
this one also by Andrew...
meow...the Siamese cats are here! Me and Nicole WILD emcees! Nell Ng & TP Lim
The one and only TV Smith came and took some shots :)
Peter Ong & TP Lim, angels in white!

and other gig gear at Attic...I had a date with sequins in Attic...on two accounts
The green series...

Spiderman chicks at Alexis, March
(my dress from Scoop, an Armani silk cocktail number for RM 180!!!)

in April, this dress is also from Scoop!
Posing outside a wedding dinner in Ipoh, with goffy girlfriend LouShin...my guest singer at the dinner :) -- my dress, an old designer silk dress by Alouycious Wong.

The dress up game in Genting...May 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:17:00 +0000

yes, you can guess I had myself some fun dressing up for this performance...Genting's Masquerade party show last Sunday.

feathers!!! masks and diamonds!
Alexa the dancer in her stage gear
posing behind the stage
the dance lesson after my sing-song session :)
Alexa & Fung Tuan, ready to get up and teach some steps...
making magic on the dance floor
Cheryl who visited me back stage said my make up can go a few notches up in the drama department, I agree, gotta go get those crazy face glitter soon :)

The new dresses & hair in 2008!

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:59:00 +0000

Sam did it again!
hair by Sam Chau from A Cut Above in Bangsar Shopping Centre...

and my sequinned qi-paos from Shenzhen...

Thai silk & vintage earrings from Perth

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:10:00 +0000

Finally found an occasion dramatic enough for the huge vintage pearl earrings I bought from Perth
Attic show, Jan 30th
Leonard Yap on piano in the background
Also wore my Thai silk dress fresh from Chiang Mai tailor (City Silk Co. Ltd., Thapea Road), ala 1950s diva Lin Dai-ish. I sang songs from the bygone but not forgotten era of golden Shanghai Mandarin pop.

Shanghai Beach hair!

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:11:00 +0000

For performance at Sunway last night...

Experimented with new make-up, the Chinese doll? Shanghai in the 1920s, hair was a bit of a fused 60s and 20s feel...done by none other than Sam @ A Cut Above in Bangsar Shopping Centre.
the Starlet from Klang, Shwee Yong, power house singer. Sings fluent Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien and English
I love her heels, silver shimmer.
I call this the granny and grand daughter shot :)

some of the new and old stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:16:00 +0000

Hmm, actually, everything I wore in his pic are second hand, bras n undies not included :)
Sun dress bought from Scoop, MNG
Shoes from a lady in Amcorp Mall flea market
Handbag, gift from Seeming, 2nd hand Fendi
Belt from flea market, cant remember which one...the green woolly cardigan on the floor is from Good Sammy in Perth
Another piece from Scoop, red podka dots
Blue suede shoes with diamante bought from Perth back in 2005...
Nicole the Biatch...
had this cheongsam altered recetly, fits like a glove now...Seeming got it from a flea market
something else I altered...Tannkul LBD bought years ago...wore this combo to the Chicago musical.
with purple suede wedges bought yeaaars ago, worn first time.

The Lapsap style...junkyard sale @ Palete Palete

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:24:00 +0000

Sunday party, music, drinks, fashion and shopppping at the Lapsap & Kraftgrafik Junkyard Sale, held at Palate Palate

I really like Xu's look yesterday, cool DJ outfit
rocker chick
she looked like a Taiwanese movie starlet doesn't she?
old friends Rachel (green) and Trish
Goofy YC and I LOVE HER DRESSS!
the men in ties
girls in cute dresses
like these bangles
Kinky blue fairy
bought a silk night gown at the sale! couldn't wait so I pull it over a skirt I wore as a dress that day...
cool shopping bag on a cool tee shirt dress

the fashion on stage - 2007 edition

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:28:00 +0000

I love putting together a look for all my performances, those don't require a costume but my imagination. Here's a collage of the looks I created for all the performances in 2007.

December

the look - Salabianca
dress - Salabianca
hair - Edwin Saw @ Suria KLCC
make-up - Averine
the show - Suria KLCC Designer Tree Charity Auction Cocktail

the look - Cherubino from Le Nozze de Figaro the opera
dress - home-made, mainly flea market buys (the vest & shirt)
the show - KLPac Sponsors Dinner performance

the look - Glamorous prom queen
dress - some Sg Wang boutique...
hair - Sam Chau @ A Cut Above BSC
the show - Jocelyn Tan & Teik Kien wedding @ Renaissance Hotel
(with me was Irene, Jocelyn's gorgeous mommy)

November

the look - sexy siren
dress - Zhouk
the show - Willliam Ng's birthday party @ W Wine Room, Asian Heritage Row
pics by Justin

the look - Shanghai Tang
dress & bracelet- Shanghai Tang
heels - Aldo pumps
hair & make-up - Lawrence
the show - Shanghai Tang launch party @ East, Westin KL
pics by John Ong

the look - Shanghai Nightingale
dress - Monica Quen lace cheongsam
hair & make-up - Same @ A Cut Above BSC
the show - Dharma Drum Mountain Fund Raising Dinner
pic by Peter Ong

October

the look - chic cocktail babe
dress - BCBG Maxazria fall collection 2007
hair & make-up - Eunice @ A Cut Above BSC
the show - BCBG Maxazria media launch at Pavilion

the look - sexy femme, mix of beach holiday look
dress - bought in Cats Whiskas like four years ago
hair & make-up - Eunice @ A Cut Above BSC

the show - Wine Room re-opening party

the look - 40s cocktail high society
dress - Vintage buy from St.Vinnies in Perth (only cost me AD 18!!!)
hair - Sam Chau @ A Cut Above BSC

the show - Chan Seng Kitt @ Choy Yen Li wedding @ The Saujana hair hair hair! Big hair is me...

the look - 50s red carpet
dress - Zara
hair - Sam Chau @ A Cut Above BSC
the show - Phoon Vei Kwok & Joanne Yoon wedding @ Westin KL

September

the look - Evita glam
dress - Karen Millen (from Portobello flea market), bolero from 1 Utama , heels from Aldo
hair - Sam Chau @ A Cut Above BSC
the show - Tykerb Malaysian launch @ Sri Carcosa
pics by Rene Aziz

the dress is a sexy hugging black lace with tight slip underneath
Sam is my favourite hairstylist, he is an artist

August

the look - elegant recitalist
the dress - Sonny San
hair - Sam Chau @ A Cut Above BSC
the show - Two Sopranos In An Art Gallery

the look - 50s sultry
dress - Alouycious Wong (boutique Escapade @ City Sqaure Plaza ground floor)
hair & make-up - Lee Geok Wah
the show - UBS Golf Trophy dinner @ Hyatt

the look - 20's swinging glam
the dress - from D'showcase (BSC, 1st floor)
hair & make-up - Lee Geok Wah
the show - Royal Salute 100 Casks launch @ Mandarin Oriental

July

the look - high society chic
dress - Forever 21 (from Scoop)
the show - Starmakers Bootcampers swing The Attic

the look - Bohemian diva
dress - Dianne Von Furternsberg (from Amcorp Mall flea market)
the show - Three Little *itches at The Attic

the look - regal red
the dress - Zara
the show - US Independence Day party @ The Marriot

June

the look - Veronica Lake-ish
the dress - vintage buy from Second Charm
hair & make-up - Lawrence
the show - Joanne & Paul Benett @ Shangri-la KL

April

the look - Shanghai cabaret
the cheongsam - vintage buy from Second Charm
hair - Catherine @ A Cut Above BSC
the show - dinner entertainment at Genting

March

the look - Three dark ladies of the queen, concert version look
the brassiere catsuit - flea market from Kuching
hair & make-up - Lee Geok Wah
the show - Magic Flute in concert @ KLPac

Febuary

the look - 40s cabaret
dress - Miss Selfridge
hair - Catherine @ A Cut Above BSC
the show - Lake Club Hashers new year's party @ Lake Club

January

the look - glam-recitalist
dress - Beatrice Looi (bolero from Zara)
the show - concert in Bangkok (classical)
the look - 20s Shanghai songstress
the cheongsam - vintage buy from Second Charm
hair - Sam Chau @ A Cut Above BSC
the show - Mr & Mrs Ang Yoke Lian wedding anniversary party @ Westin KL

Let your hair down...Janet

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:26:00 +0000

Most recently...enjoying letting my mane down with feminine curls..

at the Tangs' Pavilion Fashion Liberation Party with Chelsia Ng (left) and Joanne Stevenson (right). I dig the funky get-up by the two ladies next to me!
this one by an old friend John Ong,(check out his happening site) Nell Ng joined the crowd

just four days before...at the BCBG Maxazria media launch at Pavilion KL...day party, where I sang

make-up by Eunice @ A Cut Above at BSC

At night, where I performed at the Wine Room re-opening party. Thanks to Celeste and Veron who gave me the idea of wearing my big-ass red flower in my hair instead of on my waist.

Now the dresses...
Day dress, from the new Fall collection @ BGBG Maxazria
Night, an old eyelet dress from Cats Whiskas

The bird nest and the smoky eyes

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:15:00 +0000

All this extreme back-combing is taking a toll on me, mentally...seeing all that hair that came away with the washing and combing my hair slowly into place, painfully - I decided I need to consider some serious alternatives to style my hair for performances. My man suggested cutting my hair real short and keep a collection of wicked wigs for my performances (!!!!). I will start shopping and sourcing for hair pieces I could buy to reduce all that madness styling with my guy at A Cut Above. Each time Sam performs stunt-work on my hair half of the salon population stand behind him and watch him build yet another tower/bungalow on my head.
As for making-up my own face, it's a continuous and slightly frustrating process but fun at the same time...I like to think that I'm getting better all the time :)

This is a safe look for performance but I wonder what other hot siren look I could try my hands on...any idea?
and am mad about colors....and silk.

here and there

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:24:00 +0000

A cool and cosy house dinner party on a warm October night...Nell posed at hostess - Susheela's beautiful `hang-out hall'

A Kebaya Raya for me at Attic on Oct 12, 2007. The guys running the bar gave me a nice hamper for `best dressed patron' that evening. See what being vain can get you sometimes :) I was wearing a handmade (a vintage piece, sewn by none other than my man's granny about 40 years ago) organza-like kebaya top

Sep 16, teasing a laugh from my teary soprano friend Sook Siak, at her wedding lunch. She was to move her work from KL back to home town Johore with her hubby...hence the reluctant goodbyes. She looked like a possible Contessa for Mozart's Figaro, I was wearing an old dress bought from flea market at least four years ago.

Speaking of celebrations, I had the honour to attend Mia Palencia's birthday do at the Attic back in early September where I met with Tria Aziz for the first time since I last saw her during M! The Opera's curtain call.

I love what she wore that day...simply brilliant!
and of course she was her usual goofy self, never taking herself too seriously though looking seriously chic.

The birthday girl Mia showing off the ring I got her
and the gorgeous necklace she received, check out the silver grasshopper nestling on her neck...

The wedding at Westin KL

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:09:00 +0000

Sunday night at Westin KL....beautiful wedding, beautiful couple, in a sea of more beautiful guests in some impressive array of gowns, chiffons, lacey things...
I sang at that special event for the special people that evening, Vei Kwok and Joanne.

My get-up...
the look - 50s red carpet
dress - Zara
hair - Sam Chau @ A Cut Above BSC
I like fish tail dress, or is it mermaid tail?as usual, I adore Sam's work on my hair...though it's quite a bitch to wash it out later but look at the crazy height of it :)
Mrs Phoon, the proud and stylish mother of the bridegroom
check out her gorgeous beaded -lace gown...
Like mother like daughter, YC the daughter (she was the crazy chick who organised the beautiful wedding, she designed it too) is a stylish woman, and guess what, she makes jewelery! Yes! The earrings she got on - she made them herself!
I like how the tail of the dress trails behind her and the bold combination of black on pale blue

The bohemian and the rose

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:33:00 +0000

Aug 25, at Delicious (1 Utama), actress Juliana Ibrahim walked in with that stunning glitter in her eyes...and dress and that rose.

I like how she wore the rose, haven't seen one like that for a while. With her was Zainal Baki.

Earlier that at the 1 Utama Merdeka Community Fun Fair, Lilian and I `posed candid' for Nell Ng. Lilian, the stylish bohemian

Lilian laughs

Way earlier, Nell Ng goofed around with some merchendize at my 2nd-hand fashion booth at the fair. She was holding (besides something that belong to her) two crochet tiny table mats made by Mama, my man's granny.

The piano bar situation

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:33:00 +0000

Wednesday night of July 18th at Attic, happening piano bar around town...where people knows your name :)

Pics by Nell Ng, on NIKON D70s

My accessories, the distinct tan from Philippines, an old pearl bracelet from Kuching town and earrings bought from flea market years ago...dress from Forver 21, bought from Scoop.
Nell liked the heels...just something not that expensive actually, from Sg Wang.
Waiting to exhale :)

The fabulous flea market Diane Von

noreply@blogger.com (Going-Solo) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:34:00 +0000

I went all out 80s vintage at Attic

The dress, a gift from SeeMing, bought at Amcorp Mall from the singing shop store...all the fabulous concert gear for very, very affordable price.