♥Fringe + suede leather = Unbeatable♥

Was out in town, for an 'overdue' retail therapy session with Grace.

Sadly, mission failed cause we both went home empty handed >__<

Instead, we had Yo! Sushi and some sneaky shoots in Topshop!

Grace made me try on this straw boater hat, 

insisting that I have high resemblance of 櫻桃小丸子! haha...

I have actually been eyeing this boater hat, 

but not that pleased with the bo

w/band bit... whatever you call it...

In the changing room we goes... 

not to camwhore! I swear! 

I'm totally in awe with this suede leather fringe coat!!! ♥

and this vintage floral print vest top went quite well with it~~~

Notice the back as well?!?! Ain't it just soooo cool!!!

Even Grace thought it's 型!

*she had doubts when I took it into the changing room* hehehe...

Like it how in this pic, 

you can see the back of THE fringe coat, 

with the vintage rose vest underneath, 

and my Comme des Garçons X H&M dropped crotch pants 

*apparently said to have sold out in 5 mins!*

It's one of my proudest purchase from that day, along with the polka dot bag! ♥

Sadly, I have tons of other priorities in my shopping list,

and this coat is a bit out of my budget >__< *sigh*

wait for me, baby!

♥Waaay behind the camera♥

Had my first photoshoot styling on Tuesday~~~

only had a week to prepare, and gosh I've splashed out!

but oh well, it turned out pretty good... 

quite a few wardrobe changes, outdoor and indoor shoot

It took us all day though.. 

from about 11am till 6pm, damn knackered but satisfied.

Hair and Makeup by Dora Chan~~~

She was the one that got me into this...^__^ 

We had to have makeup and outfit change outside!!! 

Managed to snap a few shots during action... 

Aysha, a Polish photographer... she's really nice and bubbly~~~

and gosh she's sooo tall! she's even taller than the model!

I really liked the blue and white washed away door...

♥

Poor girl...she was shivering whenever the camera was down

it was really cold outside, 

although the weather was good, but the chilly wind was horrible!

But she did well, took instructions pretty good as well~~~

Didn't manage to snap more pics,

camera battery went flat,

and was busy sorting out the clothes...

Looking forward for the next shoot, 

but it ain't gonna be that soon!

busy busy busy with uni >__<

6 weeks of uni left!!! Wish me luck~~~

♥Refreshed♥

Finally, had my hair colour refreshed last Thursday with Tien ^__^

The colour didn't turn out the way I wanted it to be,

but oh well, it never did anyway...

at least I got rid of the ugly overgrown roots~~~

This pic of Tien was over-exposed, 

that proved how sunny the day was...

I retouched it a bit, really liked her orangey-red wavy hair here ♥

I've always liked this little curved path around central library, 

with the curved walls and tall windows. 

Something really timeless about it.  ♥

These pictures looked as if we were abroad somewhere in Europe~~~

but in fact, they were only town hall and central library.. =___="

Oh well, little marvelous spots in Manc can be amusing sometimes, 

don't you think so? *wink*

♥Down the road of N.Q♥

After uni, I was persuaded by Grace and Sally to have lunch in China Town...

The usual dim sums of chicken feet, duck tongue and so on..hehe...

doesn't sound very appetising? I know ^__^

Such good weather with enough sunshine, 

Ahhh~~~ luckily I've got my 小黑camera with me ♥

Grace had the sudden urge to wanna take pics with 小黑 today... 

Must be the weather... 

Threw on my fav white furry coat, 

cause apparently forecast warning said that it was gonna be cold today >__< 

I have to stop believing weather forecast that changes every seconds!

Why the huge shades??? Blame it to my red eye *sob*

 woke up with bloodshot eye today! 

No idea why, maybe the late nights and long hours in front of the screen *sigh*

And yes, I know I've been seen with this vintage trilby hat a bit too often recently...

Can't get over this obsession yet, so leave me alone!!!

Went vintage browsing with Grace in Northern Quarter...

Never failed to amaze me with little things you'll find in this area of town,

although that's where I go to work every week... hehee...

Grace's loving the graffiti... and made me take a picture WITH it... *sweat*

hehee...

P/S: Okay...This picture is a bit random... 扮甚麼貓咪啊？

不是啦！

我是Grace遺漏在機場，可憐的一把雨傘

“Grace主人，妳唔記得帶埋我走啊。。。我仲掛係trolley度既！”

♥Lost & Found♥

For some reason, I have not been very excited bout going to town recently 

and shop around for clothes, or bits and pieces...

I find it a bit sad... and annoying in fact

annoyed cause the 'me' now, is no longer the one that I used to be familiar with

how weird, don't you think so?

Maybe I'll get away by blaming it to my study...*not*

seeing that I'm already piled up with tons of never ending work about the industry itself,

I might have actually been a bit put off by them at the mo...

*******

I came across this ethical brand, SANS, when I was researching for my ethical project.

It's a New York based brand by Lila Volkova and Allessandro DeVito.

The following S/S 2009 collection totally got my attention!

I have a current obsession with cut-out at the mo.. 

and I just HEART the way it's being done in this collection ♥

An unknown force made me look more into this brand, but somehow there aren't that much info bout them online. Gotta hunt down some printed articles bout them!

The picture below is from their A/Q 2009-10,

The armless furry hooded coat, with just side seams, I'm dying to know how it's constructed and what fabric component is it!!! 

Can't really see how the hood is joined to the body *sob*

******

Let me present to you, Susie Bubble!!!

Stumbled upon her blog when I was browsing around for some vintage dresses for a photo shoot, what a treasure I've found!

She's a British Born Chinese (HK) that's currently working for Dazed & Confused (Dazed Digital). Got hooked reading her blog, and her amazing style just so.... Susie? 

haha... can't find a term that definite her style really..

Enough said, just click into her blog through the link under my Fave Read list...

After long hours of sitting down in front of the screen, browsing endlessly into different forums and blogs and sites and the list goes one.....

I'm pretty happy, cause I could feel the birds are flying back to me...

Many thanks to Susie Bubble, she has brought back some of my old senses *phew*

Looks like I'll have to cut down on food consumption, and increase in THE therapy ^__^

★Vincent★

I've been humming this song a lot recently,

when I'm walking to work,

or when I'm waiting for the bus,

alone....

I guess i've been having this habit,

to block myself from the rest of the world...

to have my mind not thinking bout anything else...

other than the tune....

I've always liked this song by Don McLean a lot...

But I'm more drawn towards how Joanna Wang sends her emotions across through this song

王若琳 － Vincent

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflecting Vincent's eyes of China blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hands

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you Vincent
This world was never meant for one as
beautiful as you

Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
A silver thorn on a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will

♥迷宫♥

不擅于对你表达，很自责

忍受我的任性，委屈了

起起伏伏的情绪，困扰了

不时的犹豫，不时的不定

觉得是必经的

只是像迷宫

有些，我不想说出口

也有些，我不想承认

可能和我遇到挫折的逃避习惯有关

未来有一天，

也许我会不经意的当成玩笑来表达

到时候，应该不重要了吧

如果真的不重要，也可能会忘了

近期来的压力，和种种因素

我只能转向用文字，纪录心

所以，不想公开这个小小的空间

只和少数分享

最近，王若琳的声音能平复混乱的心情

这首迷宫是中文版的 Let's Start From Here

歌词，很喜欢

因为太符合了

你也会喜欢吗？

王若琳 － 迷宫

看著你　看窗外　瞧瞧變紅的叶
輕輕的　你的手　又握緊了一些
該不該讓你到我的世界

let's start from here　無所謂　慢慢來

迷宮一樣的未來　轉一個圈
會到哪裡　我喜歡愛情有點神秘
I don't care where we go
Let's start from here

陪著我　喝咖啡　愛在空氣裡
暖暖的是你的笑　趕走心情的灰
我想我不在意你曾愛過誰

Let's start from here
無所謂　就算愛　　像空沙發在等待
擁抱著　是不確定　我喜歡愛情多點驚喜

I don't care where we go
Let's start from here
Let's start from here

愛一個人怎麼開始啊　像街上走過那些人們
轉一個彎　預見美好

Start from here
無所謂　慢慢來　迷宮一樣的未來
轉一個圈　會到哪裡　我喜歡愛情有點神秘
無所謂　就算愛　像空沙發在等待
擁抱著　是不確定　我喜歡愛情多點驚喜

I don't care where we go
Let's start from here　um…
Let's start from here　oh…
Let's start from here
Let's start from here

♥swift . tense . time♥

It was Manchester Games '09 yesterday

and was volunteering for the very first time

Never really had a chance to get involved in M-games that much

when I was in the comm... 

I've always been stuck with M-Night for some reason...

Here are some of my favourite pics that I managed to snap with 小黑

I like this one... ^__^

For the whole day, I was at the basketball court,

running around and screaming like a mad woman indeed >_<

How glam was that!

Me and Grace think that this is a pretty cool pic~~~

Don't you think so too?

the movements are kinda cool...

This may not occur to be a very appealing picture...

so why did I post it here?

Noticed how their poses are sorta like in pairs?

^___^

M-Games 09 basketball champion

Imperial College

The exhausted Grace and Von

I fell asleep while FB-ing!!!

一天下来，还真的满累

但令我想起以前那两年，四处奔跑的日子

不同的是，当初的战友

虽然，预了会招惹白眼和是非

难免会轻微的痛心，但我可没那么闲空去理会

我只要尽本能给以支持，就好了

欣慰的是，那些尝试逗我开心的人

意想不到的关心和一句‘辛苦晒’

真的还满感激的。。。

谢谢咯！♥

♥回忆，被削掉了♥

在这儿，都好几年了

看着这儿的人，换了一批又一批

心里难免会有点既陌生，又熟息的无奈

这些日子，让我发现，没有任何人事物是永久的

反而，因待在这儿久了，一些美好的回忆会慢慢的被削，被消磨掉

久而久之，留在心里的，就不再是美好的了

美好的，只能凭记忆，埋没在脑里的一个角落

忍着泪，只求无奈的寂寞感能被忽略

不要经历痛心，就选择把心关闭

但不容易，因为习惯了分享，

可是当得来的，却是冷漠和不珍惜，甚至质疑

委屈，只能往肚里吞，因为是自找的

看来，我要寻找新的开始，新的回忆

当时间到了，我就不能回头。

♥Fab-Feb♥

February

the month that is full of LOVE♥

signs of affectionate is growing,

and you can literally smell the Love in the air.

*okay, call me lame, so what!*

I had work on V-day night,

it was alright... but tiring, of course.

J, our manager, gave us roses that night after work...

how sweet~~~

*he just loves to please us girls...womaniser!*

The first night of Feb,

most of the Mancunians i know spent the night unconscious.

Why?

cause is was CNY party night at the new club Bijou!!!

the drinks was hell expensive, I have no idea how everyone ended up drunk anyway.

Rumours said that boys just swiped their cards like there's no tomorrow!

*saw that myself actually*

and the bill next day came up to be a few hundreds £££ at least!

Grace, Tien and Me.. 

Love you Grace for watching over me that night~~~*hugs*

This is our dear Ra'a, 

The man who rocks NING!

and he's leaving us *sob*

behave yourself when u're back home!

Last day of CNY, Effie, YunSin and Wilson

came to Manc for dinner all the way from Cardiff and Notts!

It has always been fun to have them around ^__^

*Jee was holding the camera*

Wilson must be back home by now...

Didn't know he was leaving till we met up for dinner!

*sigh*

Cardiff's gonna be a lot calmer now...hehee...

Everyone miss you!!!

又来了

我以为，

一切都很理想，

以前的，都不可能会发生

怪我胡思乱想好了，

我就是，怎样！

一而再，再而三，

叫我怎样嘛！

那是什么心态，恕我不理解

我知道可能是抱着玩玩的心态

但有些无心的举动是会伤人的

虽然不是什么大事情，但我可不想积少成多

这篇，看到与否，做什么感想，自己思考吧。

反正有人只看图，不看文。