sugar rush.

one bag of Asda milk chocolate cookies. one bag of Tesco milk chocolate cookies. one box of Asda milk chocolate chunk cookie mix. one box of Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix. several bags of handmade chocolates. Hotel Chocolat Milky hot chocolate. one box of Godiva chocolates. one large red rose. that would sum up my weekend. yes, a sugar rush indeed.

you and me could write a
bad romance

i'm going to see Lady Gaga in London on Saturday!

x

i believe.

valentine.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone ♥ it has been a beautifully crisp sunny day today; a perfect setting to celebrate the day of love. unfortunately, i have been stuck in Birmingham over a very dull Valentine's weekend. but it's lovely to see the celebrations going on everywhere and they have definitely lifted my spirits.

here is a very interesting article i came across on CNN about love and the bodily functions associated with it from a scientific point of view. but for the more hopeless romantics, i leave you with my favourite poem; Variations on the Word Sleep by Margaret Atwood

I would like to watch you sleeping,
which may not happen.
I would like to watch you,
sleeping. I would like to sleep
with you, to enter
your sleep as its smooth dark wave
slides over my head

and walk with you through that lucent
wavering forest of bluegreen leaves
with its watery sun & three moons
towards the cave where you must descend,
towards your worst fear

I would like to give you the silver
branch, the small white flower, the one
word that will protect you
from the grief at the center
of your dream, from the grief
at the center. I would like to follow
you up the long stairway
again & become
the boat that would row you back
carefully, a flame
in two cupped hands
to where your body lies
beside me, and you enter
it as easily as breathing in

I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like to be that unnoticed
& that necessary.

x

so simple.

effortlessly miranda.

it's no secret that i absolutely adore Miranda Kerr! i'm pretty much obsessed with her and one of my favourite things about her (other than her insane body) is her style. she owns one of the most effortlessly chic wardrobes i have ever seen (with a close contender being Nicole Richie but she's a tad too Bohemian for my fashion palette). i love the colours Miranda wears; mainly greys, blacks and pastels with occasional splashes of colour but always flattering her curves.

x

afternoon with snow.

there was a very random gust of snow fall this evening (following some sporadic and light snow showers earlier during the day), lasting for about ten minutes and totally distracting me from my already much neglected International Marketing Action Plan. having grown up in the tropics, snow will forever amaze me. for some reason Uni work seems to be like an obstacle; in the way of my life these days! i have zero motivation to work which is why my assignment was left till the very last hours before my meeting with my lecturer tomorrow. but i guess pressure makes me work?! this place truly sucks the life out of you. at least the snow offered me some positive amusement for a good few minutes today. otherwise, i have had a very slow week. are we almost halfway through February already? ridiculous!

x

meaningless.

half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you

Khalil Gibran