The Great Sigh of Relief: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

With great joy and relief, I announce that I have submitted all 5 lit papers and am currently preparing for my exams! A happy Good Friday to all; I hope that what Christ did for all of us still touches you this day, and every other day too. I feel incredibly blessed, and I undertake my revision with hope in Christ and with complete faith in His strength :)

I touched a snake!!!

Currently besotted with my pair of snakeskin wedges.

 Quite costly; but I am still delighted that I am wearing a reptile (if you don't agree, don't drop me messages telling me I am evil. I don't care for what you think.) 

I never, never can comprehend the wildlife people on documentaries espousing the gloriousness of a serpent. 

the same way activists will probably never understand the 'cruelty' of wearing snakeskin for something as frivolous as fashion I guess. 

BUT. luxe skins are not a fad. they are classics and here to stay. 

my pair is not loud at all; bronze but not too glitzy. 

My darling darling friend Pauline is SUPER anti-snake/sequins/shine. 

but she approved of the versatility of this pair. 

A pedicure in Lincoln Park After Dark completes the look. 

Let me upload a picture of them soon.

But please don't wear fur. I beseech you. The Furries are our Friends. 

upbeat

Enjoy some long-overdue CNY shots. my post is below the photos! :)

first of all, I made him pose for this. my boyfriend's not the showy type at all. I was inspired by his brit-india  cny clothes and somehow the first thing that came to mind was George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant. 

here's me and my mom-in-law-to-be at his grandma's place. love her!

that's us all celebrating my aunt's (pictured) birthday, that happened to fall on one of the days of new year. we feasted everyday! terence and siang (my cousin who resembles zac effron in every way, hahaha!) opted out of this shot. we're at sushi tei here.

 my best friend and I. a couple who eats together stays together! take my word on this. the table is bare cos our food hadn't arrived. hahaha. in case you're wondering.

 appreciating my first collections of a really GREAT harvest season. at that point of time (and even now), I was thinking: what recession? can't rmb the colour on my nails, but the ring is my cousin's; thot it was gorgeous but it's too big for my bones.

ok, back to the future. 

OH MY GOODNESS. 

i am so finally back. been locked out from my own blog for the longest time. problems with my password and the switch to a google acct and stuff like that. oh well. 

i suggest all of you visit The Sartorialist's blog. it inspires me everyday!

on the fashion front, I am trying to experiment with different looks now. I know everyone's all abt the recession but hey, i always maintain that you're only young once. save the safe for later (i.e. in a few years time when my peers and I reach the big 3-0 ARGH!!!!). long dresses (not maxi, help-keep-singapore-clean-by-sweeping-the-floor-also types), tribal influences and the ever-essential rocker studs and zips, block colours, minimalism and the quintessential floral flocks that I try to de-feminize. there's nothing worse than being called 'sweet'. 

Heart of an incredible lightness- terence calls me bikini pig

Welcome to the not-so-new year everyone!
How's your '09?
Mine's been off to a flying start so far; cousins from Australia came back, feeling really healthy and great (not so much like a slug anymore, slugging through the day sluggishly) and I discovered something that might actually be more therapeautic than shopping (*gasps, am I saying this?!)- packing.
been packing my room, throwing away stuff and it's really awesome now. like, i think i can qualify for some crappy I-madeover-my-room kinda reality series. AND WIN IT. hahahaa.
on the school front, so far so good. Shakespeare, Empire Lit and so on. it's my dream sem. hopefully with dreamy grades to boot.
but honestly feel spiritually challenged. a drifting away from God. my friend once told me you can never lose your faith. I agree. but you can kinda, start to think you can handle your life on your own. if you work at it. I don't think that's true. but I feel too far away to call on Him.
and yet, life really seems fabulous. I feel calm, secure, steady, serene, light, completely optimistic and truly truly happy and balanced; even more than I've ever been before.

but this thing between me and my God; well, paraphrasing Tim Gunn, I WILL MAKE IT WORK.
;)

time stood still.

my friends, the Christmas crackers and candy canes are out.
I saw them at Cold Storage today.
God help us while we abstain from the festive mood to pore over our books covering topics such as child language (the horror!). no, this is not early childhood. linguistics. which is better somewhat when you don't have to deal with the little terrors directly while learning about them.
yucks anyhow.
Ok let's press on.
I have a linguistics and european lit paper on thursday.
God please come to my rescue.

Take flight

Today, I have decided that my ambition in life is to own a Chow Chow.

the delicious smell of new leather

I think this has been my best birthday yet.
Tuzi actually WON. i only wanted my friend to play and sing her best on my birthday weekend, at the Grand Finals. yes, yes. MORE tears. blah blah. ok thanks for not teasing. And with that, the battle of the bands came to a dramatic and OMG-HAPPY ending.

I got my own Chanel bag. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! every girl's dream!!!!!!!!!!! not the 2.55. it's the boxy one; 'timeless classic' so i heard. and it came directly from Paris, the home of Chanel. in a white paper bag, with a camellia on the nice ribbon. in a nice box. her name is Chantelle. AHHHHHHH!!! thank you baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you really make me feel like your Dowager! i'm gg to bring her on her first outing soon. will update with pics. i'm so behind!

and i have a lot of ppl to thank for making this celebration swell.

let my pics say everything. but give me time. deadlines ALL looming!!!!!!!