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[ Man ] [ Nature ]
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Charlotte Russe,
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Polyvore,
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Tsumori Chisato
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Colour Me Beautiful
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Chanel,
Christian Louboutin,
Clinique,
Converse,
Elizabeth Arden,
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Oris,
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T By Alexander Wang
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Date A Girl Who Reads by Rosemarie Urquico
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.
Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.
She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.
Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.
It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.
She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.
Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.
Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilightseries.
If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.
You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.
You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.
Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.
Or better yet, date a girl who writes.
(In Response to Charles Warnke’s You Should Date An Illiterate Girl.)
Monday, August 1, 2011
X Games 17
New post. Has been way overdue. I haven't really been in the football mood recently, hence the lack of football on my blog "Footy Chic". I've been watching a few other sports. The summer X Games are always really exciting to watch. Started watching them three years ago and now I make sure not to miss them. My favourite catagory is definitely the street skate and BMX. Not the most extreme, but definitely shows off the skaters and riders' skill. In my opinion this year wan't as exciting as last year, although the Rally races through the streets of LA were pretty insane.
A big talking point this year was Travis Pastrana's fall, or rather falls while attempting a 720. Here's a clip.
But what this video doesn't show is how he could barely walk after his first fall. It looked as though he had broken a few bones then, yet he got back on his bike, attempted it again, and unfortunately fell again.
After breaking his right leg and ankle on Friday he was seen practicing driving his newly modified hand controlled Subaru in hopes to be able to compete in the Rally Cross on Sunday.
Amazingly he did compete in the Rally Cross final end ended up coming fourth.
Call it determination, call it craziness, whatever it is seems to be working for Travis, one of the most insane motorsports person I have ever seen.
A few results:
A big talking point this year was Travis Pastrana's fall, or rather falls while attempting a 720. Here's a clip.
But what this video doesn't show is how he could barely walk after his first fall. It looked as though he had broken a few bones then, yet he got back on his bike, attempted it again, and unfortunately fell again.
After breaking his right leg and ankle on Friday he was seen practicing driving his newly modified hand controlled Subaru in hopes to be able to compete in the Rally Cross on Sunday.
Amazingly he did compete in the Rally Cross final end ended up coming fourth.
Call it determination, call it craziness, whatever it is seems to be working for Travis, one of the most insane motorsports person I have ever seen.
A few results:
Rally Cross
Rally Car Racing
Street Skate
BMX Freestyle
(apologies if the results are a bit hard to see)
Thursday, July 21, 2011
G.O.S.P.E.L- Propaganda
I saw this video last week while in Cape Town visiting Harfield Church. It is such an amazing video. Preaching the most powerful and most important message in a way that can relate to my generation. God.Our.Sins.Paying.Everyone.Life.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
My Favourite Fashion Bloggers
I discovered these three blogs a bit late, but from the moment I did, I've become addicted. Chiara Ferragni's The Blonde Salad, Kristina Bazan's Kayture and Andy Torres's Style Scrapbook are my new favourite fashion blogs. All three girls are beautiful and have impeccable taste, unlike many other wealthy fashion bloggers who use their blogs to flaunt their wealth and make unnecessary statements. These girls are down to earth, real people. Chiara and Andy made a name for themselves through their blogs while Kristina is a successful model, and she is only 17.
Here are some looks from all three bloggers to show you just why I love their style and blogs so much.
The Blonde Salad
Kayture
Style Scrapbook
Style Scrapbook
I think Chiara, who is my personal favourite because of her chilled vibe, is making the biggest name for herself. She has her own shoe collection named after herself.
And here it is:
