22nd Birthday Celebration

To be honest, I've never celebrated my birthday without my family before in my whole entire life and this year, when I learnt that I was going to be ALL ALONE in brisbane and that my birthday was in the middle of my exams, I was superrrrrrrrrr sad and moody. The day before, I was already kinda all teary and whinyyyyy, complaining on the phone non-stop to my poor mother. So minutes before 12 midnight on my birthday itself, I was cooped up in my room, dressed in my pjs and whining on the phone to my mom when... MY FRIENDS BURST INTO MY ROOM wishing me Happy Birthday??! I was super shocked that I couldnt stop screaming and all I did was continue to hide under my blanket. -.- yes, whats wrong with me? Then the first thing my friends said was "are u dressed decently??!?" Hahahahhaha. And I even had TWO cakes to blow! Apparently, one was partly from my mother! My mother had been contacting my friend here and secretly planned this surprise for me. Awww, I was super touched cause I didnt expect my friends to come surprise me??! OMGGGG. 

Im super grateful to God for sending these angels into my life! (*ps you know who you are, especially the one sitting next to me reading this now and laughing non stop.) 

25 June 2014

21 June 2014

“Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew next to each other. And every day the straight tree would look at the crooked tree and he would say, ‘You’re crooked. You’ve always been crooked and you’ll continue to be crooked. But look at me! Look at me!’ said the straight tree. He said, ‘I’m tall and I’m straight.’ And then one day the lumberjacks came into the forest and looked around, and the manager in charge said, ‘Cut all the straight trees.’ And that crooked tree is still there to this day, growing strong and growing strange.”

Tom Waits, Wristcutters: A Love Story 

The Jolly Attic

The Jolly Attic is a new blogshop that has recently been established and do support them! 

www.thejollyattic.com 

I was really happy to be approached by the really friendly owner to be able to share this upcoming lovely shop with you guys!

I chose the below three pieces from their collection! 

^ Nightfall Abstract Dress

I think shift dresses are really one of the best things ever invented. Doesn't make you look sloppy at all, in fact, its pretty dressy yet super convenient because you don't have to worry about matching the tops and bottom. And its not those body-fitting kind so you don't have to worry too much after a heavy satisfying meal. 

This one from @thejollyattic is made of super good quality! I swear. I was kinda shocked when i received it cause the quality is comparable to those branded shops (think, Zara? okay its even better than Zara actually.) 

^ Noir Eyelets Crop Tee

This eyelet top is really pretty upclose! It has this flowery design, though you can't really tell from far. And match it any denim shorts or jeans and taadaa, ready to do! 

^ Allover Floral Crop Tee

As you can tell, (check above), I really do like cropped tops. I always pair them with my high waisted shorts. And most of my clothes have prints. I am seldom seen in solid colours. Anything floral, abstract and I like it. So of course I immediately laid my eyes on this and had to get this piece! Okay, I admit I am bias towards floral prints. 

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Some of their new arrivals which are really pretty that I have personally picked out! 

Time for you to shop now! :) 

Daydreaming again.

I wanna live in a blue and white coloured wooden beach house with a large porch, with one of those big swings you can sit on to look out to the ocean. On those swings, there will be white cushions and probably cans of coke left behind from the night before. There will be lots of baby cactuses all around and they won't die in my hands, cause well, they are cactuses for a reason. And it would make me happy that they survived cause I would like to believe its cause I took good care of them though everyone probably knows why. And I would have a crazy lover? Should I call him lover? Well, cause the term boyfriend tends to lead too much heartbreaks and complications. So yes, lover though it sounds kinda sleazy but definitely not. I'll have lots of dogs, or maybe just one. So I ll focus all my attention on him. And we'll go play in the ocean together with the waves and I ll overcome my stupid fear of stepping on sand beds. The dog will have dinner with us, both good and terrible dinners, and sleep with us in bed. My lover and I will take turns to cook terrible dishes for each other and argue over who does the dishes but hopefully he'll let me win but I'll feel bad and help out. I'll know each and every corner of the house. Every item handpicked by us, with a story behind. Then every night we'll sit by the porch, huddled together in my blanky and talk about everything, anything. And I'll probably be able to recognise more constellations by then. 

Sigh, daydreaming again. Me and my ideas. 

06 June 2014

       Sorry for the major lack of updates in this dead space, but I am still alive and well, kicking. I've been struggling with the piles of assignments and dealing with, owells, being homesick. I miss home. :( But not too long till I get back to Singapore and I really really can't wait for time to pass. I miss my dogs. I miss my family. I miss going back home to home (yes, if that even makes sense to you).

       I seldom head out these days. The times I head out is probably to get food cause I ran out of my rations.  But of course I still go out once in awhile to maintain my life. The sight of maggi mee kinda puts me off now, even just by looking at it. I am really craving for some real authentic home-cooked food. Lotus root soup? Or even Yati's sometimes overcooked vegetables. I miss them. And my riceee. No words can ever ever describe how much I LOVE rice. I really love rice so much, just give me rice and sauce and I am already a very satisfied girl. 

       Then what do I do? Well, I end up being a sushi. Hahahahhahaha. My bed is the rice, I am probably the wasabi in-between, and my big heavy blanket is the salmon sashimi on top. Hahahaha I really like this analogy. I think it fits perfectly. Other than that, I do random stuffs in this small abode of mine, which I hate to do it, but have to, call it "home" in this foreign land. Though my real home is definitely x100000 times filled with more warmth and love than this nest. Or maybe a nest which a tornado has swept through with all the wreckages and remnants around. Urgh. But then again, I cant complain about this nest of mine filled with lots of ice-cream. Mars bar ice cream, crunchy ice-cream bars, Bulla coconut, gelato, hahahaha they keep me somewhat, alive and maintain my level of sanity.  

       I realised that staying at home and being alone is actually, nice? Sometimes, in fact I rather stay in my nest than head out. I just wanna spend some time on my own, doing my own shittzzzz and just chilling. The me two years ago would probably have disagreed and protested in great disbelief. But maybe this is part of getting old? I no longer feel a Need to go out. I am actually happy staying in my nest. Wait, tornado-stricken nest to be exact. 

Salon VIM GSS

Salon VIM's GSS is here! First time customers can quote my name to get 15%! 

Time for a new hairdo! :)