For Baby.

I miss you chasing me around the house. I miss you waiting for me at the door when I get home from work. I miss you jumping up and down with your toy in your little mouth wanting to play. I miss you waking me up in the morning with that cheerful smile on your face. I miss your floppy ears, your leathery nose and paws, I miss your little tail, wagging with happiness, I miss the intense look in your eyes, I miss your happiness. I miss your rubbing the tufts of fur on your head, on your back, I miss rubbing your tummy and watch your hind lefs kick the air with joy. I miss coaxing you to come down the stairs. I miss rewarding you with elated calls of "good girl yay!" when you were finally toilet-trained. I miss the way your little head bobs to one side when we talk to you. I miss playing rough and tumble with you, even when it meant having scars on my arm. I miss your greedy beg for food when we are having our dinner. If I let you nibble my ears and chew on my hair, will you please come back, Baby? I promise not to shout at you anymore. We miss you.

Good night Baby, sleep tight. 

Instagrammin'

Sorry for the absence, since i went over to the dark side - and got an iphone - 6 weeks ago, i find it hard to part with it for even half a second. so, i kinda forgot i actually own a laptop, and an actual camera. instead i have been really active on instagram, me and two friends started our own a-photo-a-day project.

so, if you have the time/out of your minds, drop by and say hi?

white and grey

greys and whites go together perfectly, like peanut butter and jelly. wow, that rhymes. that pair of nicholas kirkwood pre-spring 2013's have staked a place in my heart like no basic pump ever had. subtle enough for the office but still screams party. also, the entire h&m spring2013 collection, so swoon-worthy.

red

i have gone red for about almost three weeks now, it fades a little with every wash but it's for the better since the red highlights now blends in naturally with my black hair and brown streaks. oh and bytheway, sorry for the lack in updates, have been busy the entire january, with the slight remodeling of our living room, job applications, chinese new year preparations and pfffft. no worries, still alive and kicking here :)

201314

first post of 2013 goes to my newly painted nails. i have abandoned this place for too long, so whilst waiting for my youtube video to load (i keep going back to watch serial killer documentaries, so intrigued by their social and psychological upbringing - what drives a person to kill another?) i decided to do an improvised french manicure and debut them here. 

so, hi, 2013. 

november

it's been exactly a week since i submitted my 20k-word thesis. 8 months of slaving over journal articles and doing readings after readings, the stress and effort of planning, researching, interviewing fashion bloggers/readers and analyzing the barrage of collected data, finally bore fruit. when my course coordinator asked me how i felt as i handed to him 4 printed copies of my thesis, each consisting of 125 pages of the labour of passion, stress and late nights, i let go a huge sigh of relief and merely replied "i am...very relieved", and i smiled the widest smile, ever. he said i would probably be notified of the result somewhere in january next year, and everyday since last week i have been hoping for the best.

having barely slept the past month trying to get my shit together and to make this thesis work, for the past 6 days i slept whenever i have the time to, which is the entire day! my routine was: wake up for lunch, go online, play with the cats, watch some dramas/series, sleep until it's time for dinner, and then watch more dramas until it's again time for bed. 

will be diligently editing photos from november. although i have been on a "thesis-lockdown" the entire month, november was still an eventful month; his graduation, the malacca trip with his family, and other miscellaneous happenings, like finding the most amazing pork burger at ninja joe and photographing (before devouring) a whole box of macarons he got me from levain. these pictures are a preview of what will come in future posts, if i dont procrastinate any longer.

his graduation ceremony on the 3rd of november.

one of the landmarks of malacca, the christ church.

this is the big boss.

macarons from levain boulangerie and patisserie. 

i took tons of photos (like these) of every individual macaron. i think they are the most photogenic of desserts.

i shall leave you with a self-portrait of a very hagard-looking me taken on the day before i submitted my thesis. amazing backlight in the honours room, and i was waiting for about 250pages of paper to print, so, anything goes. and just because i have not updated this space for so many days. just because.

let there be light

having a tough time getting rid of 10k words from my thesis, getting really mentally and physically exhausted, wondering if all these late nights will actually pay off. today's weather was superb though, blue skies, fluffy clouds. i just had to stop and stare. in 6 days, all will be over, months of slaving on articles over articles, analyzing interviews and fashion blogs. i cross my fingers hoping it will all be worth it in the end. 

oh, hello

met my supervisor today and got quite positive feedback for the first draft of my thesis. not completed (at all!) yet, but at least i'm in the right place, and that puts my heart and mind at ease. will have to finish everything by tomorrow night/friday morning - (1) cut out about 10k words, (2) rearrange sections and add some stuff in if i can do (1) - and send it back to him. and the rest will kinda be history. his "with some editing this is actually worthy of getting published" comment makes me wanna do cartwheels the entire way back from uni, so if you see a girl with messy hair and a big grin on her face walking along sunway, yep you've spotted yours truly.

here's to another week of sleepless nights, beautiful pictures taken while i was drifting off into the land of no-thesis. 

2 - that's a bird's eye view alright.

3 - "whatchalookinat? never seen someone just hangin' 'round?!" 

4 - meet peep the singing owl, he's singaporean

5,6 -10days ago, with his family - we chartered a bus, there were about 25 of us - at malacca.

waiting for the train to take me home

having completed 2 of the 3 main chapters of my thesis and submitted them for feedback from my supervisor, i decided that i deserve some down time after working non-stop for the past 10days. i am now leeching off the starbucks wifi, i guess this is a down time meant to be, cuz when i was purchasing my usual mocha praline frappe, i was told i m the lucky customer of the day, and that there will be a complimentary tall beverage waiting for me within the next 14 days. nothing is more awesome than free drinks.

new favourite cross bracelet from autumn ripple, been wearing them all the time since i got them. and notice the cat prints laptop sleeve auntie su made for me peeking out there. love it so much, thanks auntie su, if you are reading this :)

sitting at the train station waiting for my 2pm train to get back home. and am seriously loving how the pictures that i took a few days ago turn up, while i was up all night and was able to catch a glimpse of the first rays of sunlight at 7am. and also feeling all warm inside seeing pigeon couples enjoying each other's company in the early morning hours. makes me realize that despite all the stress i put on myself for this thesis, there is still magic around me. i guess creativity translates itself best during times when one is at peace with oneself. 

trying to take baby steps this weekend, and also aiming to finish the last main chapter of the thesis by next friday. hopefully i can fit in the conclusion by then too. keeping my fingers crossed and heart calm.

bare legs

1.2.3.7//4//5.6//8//9.

very into showing some leg currently, so my poor jeans/maxi skirts/trousers have been quite neglected. on some days when you want to go casual but want to give that pair of worn shorts a pass, the sweater-skirt look would be an updated alternative to the "lazy day uniform". but wait, that's a pair of leather shorts in #6.

and also, i believe the stress on getting the thesis finished has set in, but it has also pushed me to pull all-nighters trying to get at least a chapter done in 2-3 days. cant wait to be back on normal sleeping hours.

oh, and happy second-last month of 2012!