girl crush: Rachel Rutt

Rachel Rutt is just so cool I can't even handle.  She's not, like, pretty pretty, but there's just something about her. She looks so quirky at times, but she gives such fierce editorials too.  I just love this girl, and she looks so fun to be around.  I love it that she could those rock faint eyebrows.  Mines are uber faint and sparse and I just look weird.

  

music: The Neighbourhoods

With my exams approaching and my nerves and tension building up, I just need something to cool me off.   Sweater Weather is the perfect song to play and listen to.  The video is cool and the song is just so chill...

Enjoy.

The Thunder: Perfect Mind

Recently, I came across this Prada ad from back in 2005 and I instantly fell in love with it.  How could one not?  I mean, with the beautiful Daria Werbowy starring and her reciting of several lines from this mysterious and marvelous poem found among old gnostic manuscripts, it was hard not to love.

The poem is pretty difficult to grasp and understand (for me, I'm such a beginners) with all the weird and awkwardly beautiful opposites.  I am not too sure as to what the poem is about exactly, so after some research, this is what I have concluded.  That the speaker, the female divine power, speaks of unity and opposites, and the beauty and radiance of all things in life.

some of my favorite lines were:

for i am the first and the last.

come forward to childhood

and do not despise it

because it is small and it is little.

and do not turn away greatnesses

in some parts from the smallnesses

for the smallnesses are known from the greatnesses.

i am control and uncontrollable.

i am strength and i am fear.

i am war and peace.

i am the substance and the one who has no substance.

But i, i am compassionate and i am cruel.

i am the silence that is incomprehensible and

the idea whose remembrance is frequent. 

for the full poem, click this link http://deoxy.org/thunder.htm

Enjoy.

by me: poem

a poem by me.

My sister has left to study abroad in the US two summers ago and I really really really missed her at the very beginning, but it got better now.  This poem I wrote when I missed my sister a few months ago all of a sudden.   I have yet to show it to her (it seemed awkward) but here, I'll just share with you people first.  Hope you like it. Don't judge me...

The original typed out version: (in case it's not clear in the pic above)

I wonder if you still remember, how
We would play our games of make believe,
We would run and hide under bedsheets.
Cuddling our toys we listen for our 'enemy'.

Never have we noticed how fast it came.
It came, came in a flash,
Took away our youthful days,
Our fun and games.
And now we're worlds apart.

We would share our foods, and laugh
At almost nothing, jokes only we understood.
You'd protected me from bullies,
Stood up for me as they came charging...

Never have we noticed how fast they came,
They came, came in a flash,
Took away our youthful days,
Our fun and games.
And now we're worlds apart.

And on nights like this, I often wonder
If you'd ever missed me.
If I'd ever crossed your mind.
My dear, I missed you so much.
And we're worlds apart.

Marina Abramović and Ulay

Performance artists Marina Abramovic and Ulay were old partners and lovers in the 70s, and they performed art out of the van they lived in.  Time passed and when they felt their relationship coming to an end, they each walked from one end of the Great Wall of China towards the other, met at the middle for one last hug and decided not to see each other ever again.  

Marina performed ' The Artist is Present' at MoMa in 2010, where she shared a minute of silence with whoever went to sat in front of her.  Without her knowing, Ulay went there...

This is so beautiful.

music: skinny love

I love this song so much.  The melody, the lyrics, all of it.  I still remembered the days when my listening to and favoriting a song just depends solely on the melody itself.     How wrong was I then.   It's easy to find good melodies that please the ears, but not many lyrics can touch the hearts.  Skinny Love is a perfect song to me, a perfect balance between the words and the tune.

The lyrics are beautifully written and one can definitely feel the deep emotions, the hurt, the perplexity and the plea for healing and salvage in the words (just my opinion).  It just, it leaves me speechless every time I listen to it.  The song itself, the way it sound and was sung made me feel so at peace in the heart and soothing to my ears (even when it's about a troubled heart).

Skinny Love- Bon Iver

(I like this better)

Skinny Love -Birdy

Enjoy.

look good no matter what

So today, a blind lady caught my eye while I was in the subway today.  But what caught my attention was not the fact that she was holding a guiding stick, but the impeccably put together outfit she was rocking.  She was in a grey cashmere-type turtleneck, a navy blue suit (blazer and ankle grazing pants), and a pair of patent black oxfords.  She got a maroon leather bag hanging on her shoulder and she was holding a red and white guide cane.  I'd always wondered how people who couldn't see get dressed in the morning.   And today, I thought to myself, what would I have in my wardrobe if I got blind one day all of a sudden.   Then I found out that A.P.C has some pretty good basics that works together however you pair them, yes, even without seeing, you'll still look chic and amazing.

boho inspo

                     
A city girl as I am, sometimes (by sometimes I mean most of the time) I dream of being a wild child, a boho babe, even a forest nymph running in the fields in rugged boots and floral crowns.   But as we all know, expectations are never the actual reality.  So, I will just let these photos quench my dire thirst now, before I, hopefully transform into a boho babe someday...

music: Beliver, San Cisco and more

"I'm just a believer that things will get better, take it or leave it, but I don't wanna let it go..." American Authors had became a recent favorite band of mine, and this song especially, makes me so happy.  I feel the song and I feel that it should be the soundtrack of my life.  It's as if I am ready to charge and march on forward to whatever ahead of me.  Believer is just an awesome spirit booster when anyone needs some lifting up on bad days. (admit it, everyone has bad days and, admit it, you love this song.)

"Singing oh la la la oh la la la la...oh la la la oh la la la la..." people are getting sick of me "la la-ing" on all day long but San Cisco's songs are all so catchy and fun it's hard not to be brainwashed by them and hum their songs all day long.  Plus, these four are just such cutie pies and seem so genuine and fun, I'd love to switch lives with them.  Another plus: they make me want to wear patterned shirts.   

" I said pa, I wanna see the world, I wanna see it all, I'm gonna be all that I can be and more."  San Cisco is so cool that I can't just pick one song.

"Who's gonna catch you now, who's gonna catch you now, running so far away so far away..." San Cisco is that awesome that I can't just pick two songs.

Enjoy.

movie time: Silver Linings Playbook

I just watched Silver Linings Playbook, as many people also did, I believe, and I enjoyed it a lot.  I mean, a movie with Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro can't be bad, can it?  The movie is not just an ordinary rom-com, but an inspiring story of love, family, friends, understanding and acceptance.  This whole movie experience was an emotional roller coaster ride, as I get all laughing and smiling at times and then get all quiet and deep other times, feeling the hurt inside of these characters.  I also enjoyed a lot the witty dialogues between characters in the movies.

The way Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence portrayed their troubled and complicated characters, Pat and Tiffany, was intense and passionate.  This movie goes to show that Bradley Cooper is not just a pretty face, nor is he just an actor of comedy (queue Hangover series), but an actor capable of taking on serious and emotional roles.  Jennifer Lawrence also showed what she is capable of in Silver Linings Playbook (Oscars at twenty-two, I mean, you go girl!).  She not only can be the tribute Katniss who seemed kind of depressed and quiet, but she can also be the wild and quirky Tiffany.

I especially loved the scene when Bradley Cooper was trying to find his wedding tape and ended up causing a havoc, when he yelled "I'm not calming down. I don't give a fuck who hears me. I'm not calming down. I'm not ashamed of it, I'm not ashamed of it.  Let the whole neighborhood wake up. I don't care."  The way he acted it out, I am not sure how (I am no actor nor expert), but perhaps the way he said it, the way his face became, the tone he said it in, just made me connect with the character right that instant.  He seemed desperate and mad and lost all at once, and it all just touched my heart.  Seeing how Pat and Tiffany made it out of their mental disorders and climbed back up from the dark pits of their lives, makes me feel good, like, I can achieve whatever I want to do and I can find happiness too. (I don't have disorders, just to clarify)

Plus, the soundtrack of this movie is really good too!

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HEY YOU YES YOU

Just two random doodles that I did today while I should be studying for my diploma exams which are coming up in less than a month.  I really want it to end soon then I will be done with my secondary education and then move on to the next chapter of my life... UNIVERSITY! Weehee I'm excited and nervous.
So...I should say something related to the doodles I did today eh? (But seriously, nothing was in my mind when I was doodling and it was extremely random so I don't really know what to say about them) I guess I'll just say hi to whoever is reading, so "HEY HANDSOME" " HEY PRETTY"
Anyways, hope I showed a little more about myself in my second post. Y'all have now seen my doodling style and now know approx how old I am and stuff...erm bye for now

Testing the waters

just testing the waters in the blogsphere here, and as everyone does in their first blogpost, I'm going to try to decribe what I think I want my blogbaby to be about. ( which I don't have much clue now) I guess it will just be about things that interests me: music, books, art, fashion, photos etc...along with just some random thoughts and rant.
here comes the conclusion of the first post on my blogbaby...so happy blogging to me, I guess? Let my random rants begin...