It’s hard to imagine that your parents were once young people themselves, free of the care and responsibilities that befall one as one “settles” into marriage, children, chasing careers and paying off mortgages and going through the vicissitudes of a normal life. That they actually had a sense of fashion through the 70s and 80s before ‘dad jeans’ and walking around the house in housewife clothes became the norm. I went home recently, and spent half a …[Read more]
Did you grow up in the 1990s? Did you just adore the boy bands from the 1990s- Remember All-4-One (‘I swear‘), Boyzone (‘Words‘), Backstreet Boys (‘As long as you love me‘), Color me Badd (‘I adore Mi Amor‘), Tommy page (‘A shoulder to cry on‘) and MLTR (‘Someday‘)? If your answer is a firm YES , then…you probably are already going for Retrolicious 2015 in Singapore. In case you don’t know what we are talking about, have a quick look …[Read more]
Secondsguru.com is all about recyling, upcyling and reducing waste. Given this, we simply dig people who contribute towards this effort. Our featured guest blogger, Shikha.S.Lamba is one such person. Shikha is an entrepreneur, a mother, a jewellery designer and above all a transformer of old jewellery which often languishes in peoples cupboards. So if you have gemstones or baubles or just pieces of jewellery you do not know what to do with, reach out to her and she will spin her …[Read more]
There I was, standing all dressed up, hoping he would spot me in the audience and call me up on stage. We would then croon ‘Something Stupid’ looking into each other’s eyes… when out of the blue, the clouds decided to pour down on the open air Padang stage at the Formula 1 in Singapore. I shook myself out of the semi trance state and ran to take cover for my iphone but the star …[Read more]
