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New Shirley Style Blog Post - 5 Things to Try This Month – April 2024

It seemed like Year 2024 had just started not too long ago, but we are already in April. Working from home has saved me some commute time, but it also keeps me busier than ever. I feel like each day goes by much too fast for me. The consolation I have from working from home is to choose where I want to work in the house. I have set up my desk by the window and it gives me the opportunity to watch…

New Shirley Style Post | The Red Versatile Marc Jacobs Tote Bag for Spring

Red is my all-time favorite color for accessories and nails. When it comes to purchasing red handbags and shoes, I prefer a bright red color. In recent years, I’ve been looking for a new red handbag, but I couldn’t find the exact red color I wanted.   The other day I came across Marc Jacobs’ Small Leather Tote bag in True Red color online. The red color known in the retail site seemed a little…

Shirley Style Fashion Blog: The Journey of Resuming Playing the Piano

It has been over two and a half years since I started to play piano after I quit playing it when I was 13 years old. The idea of picking up playing the piano again came to me during the pandemic in Year 2020, when my mom asked me to teach her how to play the piano. My parents gave my piano to my cousin when we moved to the States. So, to teach my mom, I bought a Yamaha P-125 digital piano which…

New Shirley Style Fashion Blog Post - The Results of Using Bobbi Brown Extra Repair Moisturizing Balm

A while ago I tried Bobbi Brown’s Extra Eye Repair cream and the result was unexpectedly good. I decided to try Bobbi Brown’s Extra Repair Moisturizing Balm SPF 25 to see if it’s as good as the eye repair cream. The Extra Eye Repair cream by Bobbie Brown provided plenty of hydration for my eyes and diminished the fine wrinkles around my eyes. I was hoping that the Extra Repair Moisturizing Balm…

New Shirley Style Post: The Classical Piano Songs of the Romantic Period #piano #music #joy

I recently purchases a new classical piano music book with songs from the Romantic period (1830 to 1900). In the book there are many of my favorite classic piano songs by famous composers, including Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, etc. (My new piano book with sticky notes on the songs I want to learn.) When I received the book and scanned through the content I felt like it was Christmas…

New Shirley Style Fashion Blog Post - Nail Design Inspired by My Nieces

I got my nails done the day before my nieces visited me last month. Instead of getting my usual red color with glitters I decided to get something different. I wanted something that was perfect for the warm weather and fun. And I wanted something that I could relate to my nieces. Ten minutes before I arrived to the nail salon I figured out what colors I wanted to get. I wanted to put both of my…

How a Small Gadget Can Change Our Behaviors

It has been over 10 years since I wore a wrist watch on a regular basis. I didn’t like how a watch looked and felt when it tucked under my long sleeves. And I didn’t like the sound of the watch band scratching against my desk when I worked. If I needed to look for time, I could always rely on my phone. After staying home without much exercise in the past year, I wanted to start doing some simple…

The Joy of Finding Something You wanted after a Shopping Hibernation

How often do you buy a pair of shoes right on the spot simply because you like them? And how often do you think rationally about whether you really need them or not? Staying home during the past pandemic year changed my life in many ways. One of the things I realized was that I don’t need a whole lot to maintain my everyday life. Besides having food and a home to live in, I don’t need a lot of…

One Lost Benefit of Working from Home

How often do you turn your camera on when you join online work meetings? I am not a big fan of live video calls for work, because I enjoy taking every advantage of working remotely – meaning working in my comfortable hoodie sweatshirts and putting on my dorky glasses. I’ve been holding off on turning on my camera for as long as I could — until yesterday. I had a work meeting with a new director…

New Shirley Style Post: 5 Things to Try This Month – March 2021

Have you ever seen any house plants that die completely and regrow months later? Right before last Christmas holiday I bought a fresh catnip plant for my cat, Inca. The catnip plant died a few days after I bought it. I’ve bought numerous catnip plants in the past years, but none of them died on me that quickly. After the catnip plant died, it was forgotten and left in the corner by the window.…

New Shirley Style Post: 5 Things to Try This Month – February 2021

When I think of February, I usually immediately associate it with birthdays for my brother, friends, colleagues and myself. However, this year when I think of February, I think about traveling. In fact, I think about Las Vegas, the last place I traveled to in February 2020, exactly 12 months ago. And I miss traveling; I miss the time when I could go anywhere without worrying about the…

New Shirley Style Post - 5 Things to Try This Month – January 2021

We are now beginning a new year. I hope everything will be better for everyone. If there are any take-aways from Year 2020, I’d summed up mine to two things: 1. life is unpredictable and 2. don’t take people you have in your life for granted. Growing up I’ve always known or was told about how life doesn’t always turns out the way we want, and we have to cherish everyone and everything we have.…

New Shirley Style Post: Work Life Balance while Working from Home

I started my current job about six months ago. This is a work from home position. Right at the beginning of the job, everything was moving non-stop at a fast pace. My typical working day is about 10 to 12 hours. Sometimes I’d also have to work on the weekends I am sure there are plenty of people having to work like this and they don’t complain at all. But for me, this is the most demanding job…