And I will walk 500 miles

1. A portion of my favorite accessories.

2. Boredom leads to clothes-ripping/hole(s)-making.

3. K, companion for the day.

4. Dome beverage vouchers from random strangers, our luck is indeed changing.

5. Flat white with biscotti.

6. Smoked salmon and avocado sandwich, won't go wrong with this one.

7. Twilight, with a good use of imagination.

8. New honey brown hair color, which doesn't seem to appear in this picture.

Now I should get going cos my assignments are waiting, oh how annoying. xx

This cannot be happening

Me: *beaming with excitement* Mom, I found the most gorgeous hobo bag ever on Urban Outfitters!

Mom: Really?

Me: Yaaa I can show you right now!

*Whips out Blackberry immediately with the page (above) ready*

Me: But it's a bit priceyyy..

Mom: Get it la, I can pay for it.

Me: Really?! Yay I told you it's nice isn't it! (spoken)

Yay that was what I wanted to hear! (unspoken)

I was delirious.

Until this morning..

Devastated, I mourn over the loss of such a timeless beauty.

Sigh what a 'great' start to my Tuesday morning.

Take five

Brain juices used to construct this entry ought to be used for my essay instead. Therefore, I am just working my fingers and not exactly thinking as I type. Enough said, I am heading back to work. xx

Living in the 70s

Love everything about this video and the song. Kids like them make me uncool.

Hippiness..

..comes from within. It's my kind of Happiness.

The voice inside my head

I find it strange not to blog these days. So here I am typing away once more.

Urm it's 2:42 am and I'm still awake. Why of course, it's because of school work! Damn I am literally drowned by assignments week after week, they are seriously endless.. infinite.. like space (pun).

Oh, and I am glad to announce that I have fully (well almost) recovered from those nasty corneal ulcers! Those horrid days are finally over.. and nope I won't be wearing contact lenses anymore, not gonna risk my precious eyes and vision. Never. Unfortunately, my flu has been with me for the longest time ever and it seems pretty reluctant to go, urgh.

Last night, I stayed over at K's place to complete my webpage (where I got to learn like awesome photoshop skills) and yeah, it's finally all done and ready to be published. BUT I can't seem to, have no idea what's wrong cos everything seems right and perfect.. emailed my tutor and shall just hope for a positive reply from him tomorrow.. technically later today. Alright, I think I should get going, goodnight all. xx

Berry Me Alive

Buried by berries in berry heaven.

Lipstick Jungle

Day 8.

Hey all, my left eye is getting better.. enough to abandon those shades when I'm out but sadly, not good enough to apply any form of makeup (aside from concealer). But then again, I'm pretty thankful that it doesn't hurt as much as before. And I should really try to finish my essay by tonight, it's way way way past its deadline. So much for procrastinating and using my partial blindness as an excuse, I am so dead :(

When Rock meets Country

There you go; the perfect combination.

Credit: Spanish Moss Vintage

Last night

I woke up in the middle of the night, crying.

Dreamt of Granny again, second time in this month, third since she left us.

Is this her way of communicating to me? Through dreams?

I really wonder, I really miss her.

Story of my life

I wanna be a little red indian

Living in a fort

Prancing in the air

With feathers in my hair.

Nope, I really don't have to be a billionaire.

Friends who sneak past security

To me, from L

"Some days are disaster

that you wish could just end.

Other days are bastards,

just like a bad boyfriend.

But it makes me feel much worse than this

to see your face marked with a frown,

I'm not telling you to smile but don't be down.

Don't be down my friend,

don't do your wrists any harm,

you don't belong on a funny farm.

And I fancy you in a party dress,

not in a hospital gown.

I'm not telling you to smile but

don't be down."

-Pandora Moon; Skins

Day 6.

When you least expect anything and think that this afternoon will be like any other, you get a surprise visit from your friends.

Friends who treat your home like theirs, opening your refrigerator and grabbing chips without asking. Friends who suck at art and make the ugliest get-well-soon card. Friends who climb into your bed and fight for that space (and your blanket).

Like I was saying, when you least expect anything and think that this afternoon will be like any other, maybe you're wrong.. cos mine just became special.

I love you two, G & L.

Living with an eye

Day 3 at home.

As seen on my Twitter, I'm currently resting at home with a corneal ulcer. Life is pretty miserable, plus I have a 2000-word essay (which I have yet to begin) to be submitted by Friday, 6pm.

I'm practically living in darkness, with my curtains drawn 24 hours and I'm 2 bars away from a completely black laptop screen. It is that bad, I know. The presence of light hurts my left eye, like how it will hurt when thrown into a dungeon of needles.

I hate(blame) myself for using contact lenses when I have an almost perfect vision. Sigh, life sucks for now.

Go Japan

Wow.

A walk down Memory Lane

Okay I know my title is rather cliche but I cannot be bothered to think of a better one! And since I wasn't in school today plus being completely bored at home is probably the next best excuse, I rummaged my cupboard and found a couple of bite-sized collectibles which I used to fancy during my childhood days. Well, I'm not sure if any of you guys used to or still own these.. cos it'll be pretty cool to have somebody who shares the same memories in my childhood kit :)

Wooden toy vehicles from Kinder Surprises! They are known as the 'pleasant' surprises in my family cos some were absolutely horrifying when we opened those stubborn plastic eggs.

If I'm not mistaken, these were from Precious Thots. Aye ancient metal figurines, but really adorable. I remembered asking for the little ballerina for one of my birthdays.

Erasers of all sorts- various cartoon characters, random animals, fruits and flag ones (which were all given away cos they dint make the cut when I shifted home). The pebble was hand painted by me when I was in the midst of an art piece for school.

Well, I got these for free cos I didn't pay for them, none of us did. Haha. I think such mini plastic food figurines are still available in local stores, would love to own a couple of bento sets and sushi of all kinds!

Okay, this little ghost isn't part of the bite-sized collectibles but it was smiling at me from the bottom of the box and obviously I couldn't resist its charms and made a space for this photo. I can't remember where I got it, no wait it came along with something that from Japan.

Finally, individual charms and alphabets which are usually put together to form our names. Lets see.. I have Samantha necklaces, bracelets and plenty of keychains from plastic beads to metal ones. Yea I used to adore my name until it became goddamn common.

Alright, so I guess that's all I have to show! There are probably more of such in various parts of my house but if I were to continue my search, this will highly end up as a Treasure Hunt for childhood memories. xx

Starfishes and seagulls

Often, I would fantasize about snorkeling in the clearest sea water with the most beautiful corals or scuba diving in my wedding gown and having pufferfishes as my witnesses.

On the contrary, I have never been a huge fan of the ocean and beaches, cos all I think about is the scorching sun and how I'll end up having a horrid tan and probably battling skin cancer when I get older. This explains my poor attendance in Sailing and a reason to hate it, haha.

So, I was just thinking of beaches in general today and decided to google on 'sand bottles', something which fascinate me as much as ships in bottles. Better known as, bottled sand art, it was originated from Petra, Jordon (I'm guessing it's one of those Arabian countries) where multicolored sand rocks were a form of inspiration for such masterpieces.

The camel design (which is my favorite of the lot) was created in the late 1940s and a wonderful tourist who shared the same fascination as me, brought it to England. From there, new and creative designs were born and brought to various countries across the globe though they remained as 'Pedra's treasures'.

Then, I came across this paragraph and found it pretty amusing..

"Moving sand art out of its homeland means intuitively that it has to adapt to new environs. A camel would look silly in Switzerland but a reindeer would blend nicely so the reindeer design was born in Switzerland. The dolphin and the palm tree were born in Devon, England.

In Italy, customers were more challenging.. they wanted to see a Picasso in sand art!"

Curious, I went to google for Picasso in sand art and I found one.. but it's not as aesthetically appealing as the original camel ones so I refuse to put it here. Couldn't find any images of reindeer designs but I think they'll look equally stunning!

Now, I would really love to have one of these treasures at home. Hmm, trip to Pedra anyone?

P.S. For more sand art pictures, visit http://chicagosandart.blogspot.com/ and you'll probably join me for this trip. Haha, I'm just kidding. xx