Jenny Zhou

A big 你好 from Shanghai, China ! ☺

photos taken from my personal instagram @jennyjzhou (2014)

One half of this blog, I'm Jenny Zhou, (some people call me Little Jenny cos I'm short and awesome 1.62m), 19 y.o. first year university student. 
You may also know me as 'Olive' from Olive & Petal on Youtube, where I make covers, shopping hauls, blab about my life and whatnot. 

- A quick little backstory -

 Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia (holla !), as a first generation Australian to my two outstanding parents, hailing from Shanghai, China. I am of Chinese heritage, 1/8 Russian and possibly 1/16 German if you believe it or not, because I look 100% Asian. English is my primary and first language, and Shanghainese is my at home lingo, whereas Mandarin Chinese, I had to learn at Chinese school on Saturdays...And I speak a wee little bit of French, or what's leftover in my brain from VCE days...

After completing my VCE in 2012, I trotted along and started uni at Monash University in Melbourne (best uni ever), studying Bachelor of Arts (Languages) / Bachelor of Laws. Whilst interesting, this course wasn't where my true passions lay. Early 2013, I auditioned for the Shanghai Theatre Academy, in China, to pursue my lifelong dream of becoming an actress. Annnnd spoiler alert ! I made it, so here I am on the other side of the world blogging !

- What I will bring to the blog -

As many of my close friends know, I have always prided myself on how I dress, and fashion is a part of my lifestyle. I practically live by the Karl Largerfeld quote:

“Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.”

And so, I'm always that over-dressed girl, who puts way too much effort into planning her outfits, even if it's just a half day at uni. My style reflects my personality and how I'm feeling on the day. I love colour, prints, anything that makes me stand out really. In turn, I don't really follow trends or anything, I see what I like, I buy it, I wear it. So if  you ever see me wearing all black, in hoodies and trackies, you'll know my life has crumbled and shrivelled haha.

Something else that takes up a large slice of my brain cake, is food, healthy food. If you knew me back in the days, I was literally junk food queen. Having extremely busy parents, breakfast was pizza, lunch was spring rolls or whatever oily thing I scavenged at the canteen and then insert the very occasional Macca's, KFC, Red Rooster, Ice-cream, chipschipschips.

HOWEVER, I am a changed woman now. Changing to more healthy eating options was probably one of the most difficult things ever LOL, but I'm still alive now, and my body is definitely thanking me for it. So on this blog, I'd also like to share with you some more healthy meal and snack options (that aren't totally boring and just make you go bleurgh, hand me a donut) and also the occasional treats, because we're all just human and we have cravings and I have a ma-gassive sweet tooth :3

So there you go, a little peep into my life !
(Thanks for reading this essay, I'm a chatterbox as you can probably now tell...)

I hope you'll come along on my journey of getting "the 241".

Lots of love,

Jenny ♥
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