my mind, it goes kind of fast
i'll try to slow it down for you.


August 2007 +
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January 2008 +
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I am still not done grieving over the fact that I don't have DeathCab tickets. I was supposed to go out today and buy something that costs $148 and makes me smile to make up for it. But like my cousin came over for a lunch party, since my dad's out of country and everyone just feels like partying when that happens, so there wasn't time): But party was fun. I insisted on us all wearing dresses but my cousin said I was insane. It was a lot of food though): Food I shouldn't be consuming after CTs because I've been justifying my binging sessions by saying I was stressed over CTs. But now that CTs are long gone, I have no reason to.

We rented lots and lots of DVDs but ended up watching only one. August Rush! Because everything else had age restrictions and my sister refuses to watch anything she is supposedly too young for. So strange right, don't people usually get excited to watch something they aren't supposed to be watching... But it was nice anyway :D And Freddie Highmore is so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I don't get how he can be only a year younger than me.

Hmm I realised how my blog hasn't been having pictures for a long long time now. And because I'm sure you'd rather see pretty pictures than see pictures with me in them...

"Outlaw Couture" - Vogue Italia March 2008
Model: Natalia Vodianova
Photographer: Bruce Weber

Natalia is so darn amazing at editorialssssssssssss. Like I'm sure noone ever dreamt that living on a farm could be so glamorous... And I would never get over the fact she already has three kids. THREE.

AHH. School tomorrow!): Am so not psyched to face lectures and tutorials and cranky old people all over again): Just when it was about to feel like the holidays!

Okay lahhhh, I'm off to bum around and watch more DVDs! V

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FUCK LAH HOW CAN DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE TICKETS BE GONE SO QUICKLY): I WANT TO CRY OKAY. And I refuse to watch at a $68 seat. That's damn gross. ): Someone black market me $148 tickets pretty pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee):

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Grossest effing econs paper ): Which I'm expecting to get no more than an E for. Except I was so super calm the whole time, because sitting beside Keith is like no pressure, since he was sleeping or sitting around the whole time, as compared to everyone else who'd be frantically scribbling. But now that I think about it and after hearing everyone else rant even if they did fineeee, it was sooooooooooooooooooooo bad.

Today is no sleep and all work, for real. I am just so damn bloody fucking beyond screwed for Geog. And Physics, naturally. ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ):

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And this marks the end of quite a sad June holidays... I don't remember doing anything too exciting really. And there were countless of study dates, which I highly doubt did much good to me, because CTs start tomorrow and I feel as dumb as ever. And it would come as no surprise if I completely completely flunk it.

I have to applaud myself though, for trying. Because I've never really ever mugged. I mean, there was secondary school which I just shitted my way through, like I would cram insanely the night before the exam and then come to school, making people tell me as much as they can about the subject in like the hour before the test. And then there's primary school, which was just plain nonsense because you never really needed to study for anything. So yes, this is my first ever mugging period of my life. Not a very perfect one, but really not that bad considering I was a mugging virgin before this.

(I always surprise myself with ways I try to feel good about myself.)

I know an Oscar speech wouldn't come after my CTs because by then I would realise how bloody completely fucking screwed they went and then feel like I shouldn't be thanking anyone. So the speech comes now...

Okay so like thank you everyone on my MSN contact list I have asked endless questions to. It's like so bloody impossible to try an explain things online, especially to an idiot like me who takes foreverrrrrrrrrrr to comprehend something so simple, but you guys are all so nice and patient awwwwwww :D And to everyone who has put up with my endless "OMG I AM HAVING SUCH AN AWFUL DAY." because every day I try to mug becomes a really awful day for me. And to the existence of online shopping who has been like the complete perfect companion, for being there like at every hour of the day because buying something would ALWAYS make me happy even if I don't get it instantly. (HEARTSSSSSSSS to everyoneeeeeeeeeee) And Shi Hui gets extra hearts because she is the awesomestest BFFE in the whole entire universe. And so does Nabil because he's always the one who becomes the victim of my relentless rants about everyone and everything and manages to knock enough sense and spirit in me to think I would do fine for CTs.

It's funny how knowing what your horoscope says really changes the way you live the day. Today, Shi Hui told me my horoscope said I should take things easy and not to punish myself. And I was just so calm and zen and totally not freaking out the whole day. And it was a lot easier to be productive like that. Because I have been all jittery and freaking out sooooooooooo much in the past few days and I am just so bloody unproductive when I'm like that because I would be busy whining or coffee-swilling or binging (OMG the amount of junk I have consumed in the holidays is just immense).

Let's see what it says for tomorrow:

"You find it easy to work with other people and tend to pour a lot of energy into those around you. You are able to find assistance in whatever career changes you decide to make now, whether it be to a different area in the work place or a total new change. Success is indicated in areas of education, politics or the law. You know how to attack and solve problems, whether they are personal or public. Chances are that your social skills make you popular with almost everyone. You have a natural grasp for the political and for handling the public. Because your passion can be so intense at times you may experience some power struggles. You may find yourself coaching young people this afternoon--an inspiration. The next few days are social."

AHH SUCCESS AH. So like I'm totally going to ace econs :D And coaching HEHE I wonder what I can possibly be coaching to young people... Maybe tomorrow I will teach my sister "HOW TO BE LESS OF A PRINCESS" because she has been so completely ultimate princess lately, like even her teacher's complained. Lesson #1: Big sister is always the better princess. So embrace the fact that you're not the big sister and stop being such a princess. There's only room for one princess in the house.

Ahh well, okay Arina, enough. Off to read a bit off Geog until I fall asleep with notes sprawled all over the bed, because waking up to such a sight gives you the feeling you've studied a lot, even if you haven't...

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A Magic World
Ph: Tim Walker
Vogue Italia January 2008


This editorial was published like half a year ago, but whateverrrrrrr.

DAMN IT ARINA. STOP GIVING YOURSELF REASONS TO JUSTIFY YOUR VERY UNPRODUCTIVE STATE.

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D: I am so terribly depressed right now. Today, I listed down all the topics there are to study for CTs and I gave each topic a little square. I have like 34 fucking squares to cover): And I have 19days left to CTs. So assuming I don't study for two days, I have 17days left. Unless I fill 2 squares each day, I WILL NOT FINISH STUDYING FOR CTs ): ): ): ): ): ): (This sounds like a Primary6 Math problem sum. OH HOW I MISS BEING A 12-YEAR-OLD. You could just pretend to study and still ace!)

I obviously will be spending more than two days not studying. I have like things planned for so many days because I keep telling people I miss them and that we should go out. AND after many fucking hours of studying today, I covered only like 3/4 of a square. D: How am I supposed to go at the speed of 2 squares each day):

AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WELL FOR CTs. Like I've been flunking quite a lot of my previous tests but I keep telling myself it's okay because I will do well for CTs. But that is SO not gonna happen ): ): ):

And I feel so guilty wasting the past few days of the holiday doing nothing productive): OH.WELL. At least they made me happy.



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Okay so I don't know much about Mr Yves Saint-Laurent since he retired like in 2002, and back then I only knew of Prada and Ferragamo and Fendi and Gucci and whatever else that my mum used. I do know though that he is the father of androgynous power suits, or what he named "Le Smoking".

This picture, shot in 1975, would not at all look out of place in like this month's edition of Vogue, if you ask me. To create something that influences fashion even 40years later, surely he's damn fierce.

(Apparently he also popularized the whole idea of ready-to-wear and was the first designer to use black models!)

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I know I was swooning about the last underwater editorial I posted. But this tops any underwater editorial ever existed...

Magazine: Numéro 94 June/July 2008
Editorial: Eaux Profondes
Photographer: Alix Malka
Model: Natasa Vojnovic



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