all work and no play.

i have had a delightfully productive (and equally exhausting) weekend and am so proud of myself for getting things done; five Graduate applications, the completion of the Caribbean4Life project, a first draft of my Retail Marketing assignment and almost half of my Advertising Strategy presentation (including four campaigns for print, press and outdoor media)! i am all smiles and so relieved, especially after the numerous mental breakdowns i have suffered this past week.there are exactly two weeks till i am home.

as a personal treat for my immense productiveness this weekend, here are some backstage shots from this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show held in NYC. i don't know how they manage to make the event even more extravagant from the year before. a whole lot of glitter, glamour and sexy-ness. cannot wait to watch it once it airs!

someone like you.

deadlines.

is it already the very last week of November? didn't it only just begin? insane! five days till the end of November and one more month till the end of this year. where did the year go? i'm desperately trying to distinguish one month from another but find myself amid a blur of distant images. it is starting to get super cold; my hands went numb on my way to grocery shopping today! damn you winter. the only part i love about not being in Asia during this time of the year is all the Christmas cheer and festivities. Christmas time in this part of the world makes me feel like i'm living in a postcard or in those scenes you'd see in Hollywood movies. with Christmas carols on full blast in shops, decorations adorning the streets and markets selling mulled wine and cinnamon cookies; it's all so Christmassy!

but in the midst of Christmas cheer, these are all i must get through over the next 2 weeks:

Nov 26: Marketing Consultancy Project client meeting
Dec 2: Caribbean4Life client presentation
Dec 4: Brand & Corporate Identity assignment 3
Dec 11: Retail Marketing assignment 1 & 2
Dec 11: Advertising Strategy presentation
Dec 13: Flight out of London

and i've got several job application deadlines scattered throughout. i just want to be home already!

x

sunsets and carcrashes.

and in case you were wondering, you are like a sunset to me
and in case you were wondering, you are everything to me

twenty one.

i am officially twenty one. i had a fabulous weekend in both Birmingham and London with lots of good food, good outings and great company (along with British rain and chill; winter is here!). it was overall, very very special. i missed some very important people in my life but had others to make it all seem worth it. it was a weekend of reflection, of epiphanies and future goals. i feel that each passing year of my life defines more concrete wants and needs. thus, is age just a number?

i am home in three weeks for my warm Christmas with two assignments and two presentations to go!

x

definition of love.

i think it still applies though i'm no longer a teen, right?

gray sky morning.

it has been an odd Monday. i was woken up around 7 am from the sound of heavy rainfall against my window with the sun barely rising. annoyingly enough there is a slight crack under the ledge protruding from my window and during heavy rain the ledge at the bottom gets drenched from the leak, not to mention the million wires i've got running under. so i had to get myself out of bed to place a towel on the ledge incase my window started to leak again! not the best way to start a Monday!

nonetheless, when i woke up again around 11 am, the sun was out shining bright and cheerful. the rest of my day consisted of lectures, grocery shopping and finally returning home around 5 pm. i hate how soon the sun sets these days! ah, winter is upon us. and so are a number of assignments that i must get through before the start of my birthday celebrations this weekend. as unenthusiastic as i am about turning twenty-one, i am looking forward to the weekend. and home in 4 weeks.

hope you all have a sunny, celebratory week.

x

you and me could write a bad romance.

love her or hate her, the woman is a genius!

never enough.

flaunt.

i haven't seen her in a while; Rachel Bilson in Flaunt Magazine. i love the third shot! she will forever be Summer Roberts to me. back in the days when the whole world was obsessed with The OC. it reminds me so much of high school and the initiation of my love for Indie music. strange how life happens in phases; things go in and out of style.

x

skin and bones.

another week, grey and wet with the usual list of assignments and deadlines just bursting at the seams. it's depressing how monotonous these days have become and how much i live for tomorrow rather than today. it's paradoxical, the weeks seem to be passing at the blink of an eye yet the days go by at a painstaking pace. that's just how i feel, like skin and bones; lifeless. counting down the hours, minutes and seconds; i didn't realize that there are just five (well, technically 4 1/2) weeks left till i am back home. we are half-way through November. time to cram!

something amusing and beautiful i just found here. if you're as much of a fan of photography and emo/indie lyrics as i am.

one week till my 21st birthday. it's meant to be some sort of a 'rite of passage' isn't it? i beg to differ.

x

being human.

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s yours to keep for the entire period.

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, “life.”

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately “work.”

4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end. There’s no part of life that doesn’t contain its lessons. If you’re alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.

6. “There” is no better a place than “here.” When your “there” has become a “here”, you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here.”

7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life’s questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

10. You will forget all this.

by Cherie Carter-Scott

layer me.

forget diamonds, i'd like one of these babies

blackberry vs apple.

pretty cool. i want one!....either will do. though i'm leaning more towards the BlackBerry.

november.

it is officially November. a mere two months till the end of the year. a month and a half till i'm back home and a little over two weeks till my 21st; with assignments and Graduate Recruitment applications sprinkled in between (sprinkled may be a bit of an understatement). a belated Happy Halloween to you all. mine was nothing great nor eventful as i spent my night slaving away on upcoming deadlines. this will be probably my busiest week since being back at Uni and i cannot wait till Friday!

i hope you're November is as bursting at the seams as mine is.

x