i need you.

v for miranda.

won't you think i'm pretty when i'm standing top the bright lit city

Miranda Kerr's latest spread for V Magazine; beauteous! i love the composition and styling; somewhat of a 21st century pin-up feel and everyone knows i have a huge soft spot for black and white photography. is anyone else excited about the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show coming up? it's just a little over a month away! eek!

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october blues.

i need to vent.

there are a myriad things going through my mind right now (and over these last couple of days); many totally unnecessary but my over-analytical self feels the need to provide them shelter in my already overloaded brain. there is one more week left of October! if September felt like a rush then i can't even recall the existence of October through the days passed. all i know is, everything is happening a little too fast and reality hasn't been shy to slap me in the face. i was in la-la land this entire time, in my own little world all care and worry free. deadlines loom ahead and are a painful reminder of my negligence thus. far the most daunting part is that never before has my future seemed so attainable and concrete yet so delicate and self-destructive. i had a little breakdown the other night, numerous bouts of hyperventilation over whether i can actually get through this next month or so! it's incredibly overwhelming!

but...i believe i can. i believe i can. i believe i can. and that is known as 'positive thinking'.

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the secret to creativity.

i came across this whilst tediously going through possible agencies in London for me to apply to for their Graduate Recruitment Scheme. this one is from the Saatchi & Saatchi Tumblr. don't you just love the world of advertising? such wit. i think i'm going to spend the rest of my Monday night (more like morning) on their Blog and Tumblr.

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over my head.

the title says it all. i am in over my head right now with assignment deadlines, job applications and extra projects (in hopes of jazzing up my CV). the worst (and best) part is that i have barely two months until Xmas Break to get everything done; definitely not enough time! i make plans after plans but no concrete work follows. my first deadline is next Thursday and the second a week later. ah! i am losing my mind! and it doesn't help that i've been blatantly procrastinating my Advertising Brief for the past one hour. can't i just look at pretty pictures of the new Chloe collection all day instead of analyzing and creating a new advertising strategy for it? hmm..reminiscing through the many many memories of Middle Schools sounds so good right about now; sweet simplicity.

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embers.

we are all embers from the same fire

tick tock.

it has been quite a beautiful Saturday morning (more like afternoon); i woke up around noon, lazed about for a while checking my mail and Facebook messages, washed up and got back under the covers with a bowl of Special K and an episode of David Letterman. ah, peaceful, quiet Saturday afternoons with barely-there sunlight streaming in through the gaps in my curtains. this is how it should be! minus the missing presence of someone occupying the other half of my bed. it's quite odd spending weekends in Birmingham now after escaping to London every single week for the past one month! i have been a horrible (or actually, a really good one) procrastinator since i've been back. i've got countless assignments looming over - none of which i have even touched. sigh, so much for my perfect Saturday afternoon.

it's Diwali today! and i want nothing more than to be back home and attending those million Diwali dinners and gorging on fatty, oily, cholesterol-soaked Indian food. mmm! Happy Diwali to you all.

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i'll be your sky.

to say that i'm smitten would be the very least of it all. i was being careful, cautious all along but for what reason? i don't know what i have to lose anymore; nothing. so i leap, for the first time in a long long time. and i love the feeling, the sensation of it all.

falling for London.

as mentioned earlier, i've spent far too much of my last few weeks of summer in London-town. endless days of Arabic food, museums, parks, cathedrals, Nando's and someone special. here are some accounts of this enchanting city and the last remnants of summer.

Museum of Natural History

a beautiful Friday afternoon picnic lunch at Hyde Park




St. Paul's Cathedral (sadly closed by the time we reached)

warm october nights.

i'm almost a month behind so i believe some apologies are in order. how this past one month went by i have no idea but it has definitely been a whirlwind of events and ups and downs. this past month has consisted of prolonged stays in London (beyond amazing ones might i add), constant traveling back and forth from Birmingham, stressful house hunting, living out of boxes and suitcases, settling into my new house, adjusting and getting back into Uni mode and totally freaking out about deadlines and job applications! i guess it is somewhat simple to see where my time went eh? regardless, we are half-way through October which is insane! there are officially two months left until Xmas Break. but as always, a myriad of obstacles to overcome until Break arrives.

i have been so busy moving around, adjusting and organizing my life again that i have barely had the time to mope around about being back in the UK. final year of Uni hasn't been too bad actually..it's been highly eventful to say the least. when i started second year, it was this excrutiating reluctance because i knew i was coming back to something i hated. this time around though, it's me coming back to the familiar (i don't hate it any less); the same streets, shops, smells, bus routes and ofcourse..the ghetto Birmingham boys. nonetheless it's something familiar, a place where i have given two years of my life and am now onto a third. it has made me realize that i could yes, no, maybe so end up missing this place once i graduate? only time will tell. until then, here's to my final year at Uni!

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