Playing With My Heart

Well actually I was just having some fun with the new heart-shaped gift from Posies (which contains quite a few cute poses) and with the hat that comes with the new red giftie hair from ChiChickie :-)) I also decided to try the skin from Pink Fuel that my dear friend Xanthe told me about (and that has been all over the feeds) since it seems to go better with the red hair...



Dress: White Corset (includes matching jewellery and heels) from Meghindo's--125L
Bracelet: Imperial Flower set (includes matching necklace and earrings not worn here) from Ceriano Designs--60L Sundays (for the whole set)
Hair in all pics : Tabbie Love (with colour changeable hat) from ChiChickie--free (group gift)
Skin in all pics: Skye (Milk) Pink Sugar from Pink Fuel--50L (Valentine's Bazzar)





Dress: Simply Glit from Meghindo's-75L
Shoes: Prissy (Ocean Blue) from VDI
Bracelet: Summer Song from Zuri--free
Necklace: Pearl Necklace Cross Diamond from Brillante--1ooL (sale)

Seeking inspiration: Reasons To Be Missed...

Photo from: We heart it

Dearest Devotees,

Last night, as I was reading Twelfth Night in the second floor lounge of the Law Building, one of my favorite songs ever Leave Out All The Rest by Linkin Park, came on and all thoughts of what would become of Olivia and Orsino instantly abandoned my mind. You see, a couple of days ago, a fellow sophomore died and although I didn't know him I was deeply saddened because I know what it feels like to lose someone, especially someone that was close to you in age, because it just reminds of our mortality. I've been thinking a lot about goals lately and this sad event combined with the song made me think about goals in a whole new way. This song's lyrics are so full of meaning I just have to write it all, because I could never put it better:

"Leave Out All The Rest"

I dreamed I was missing

You were so scared

But no one would listen

Cause no one else cared

After my dreaming

I woke with this fear

What am I leaving

When I'm done here.

So if you're asking me I want you to know

[Chorus]

When my time comes

Forget the wrong that I've done

Help me leave behind some

Reasons to be missed

And don't resent me

And when you're feeling empty

Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest

Leave out all the rest

[End Chorus]

Don't be afraid

I've taken my beating

I've shed but I'm me

I'm strong on the surface

Not all the way through

I've never been perfect

But neither have you

And if you're asking me I want you to know

[Chorus]

Forgetting

All the hurt inside

You've learned to hide so well

Pretending

Someone else can come and save me from myself

I can't be who you are

[Chorus]

Forgetting

All the hurt inside

You've learned to hide so well

Pretending

Someone else can come and save me from myself

I can't be who you are

I can't be who you are

- From AZ lyrics

When your time comes, what will people remember you for? What do you want to be remembered for? Because these are the major life goals that you should be working towards all the time. What are your reasons to be missed?

My Reasons to be missed

I want to be missed because...

I am a caring and loving person.

I give myself completely to the people and causes I care about.

My art work and the way I lived my life inspired and continues to inspire people.

I want to be that person. I'm not there yet but I will work on it and hopefully I will be there one day.

I feel like finding out your reasons to be missed is enough of a seeking inspiration exercise today so good luck in your search and when you're done may I suggest immortalising them by:
♥writing them down on an inspiration board

♥take a picture of list and put it online

♥writing them somewhere you can see them regularly

♥turning them into your motto

♥incorporate the list in poetry

Links that inspired me this week:

New blog love: Miss Scholastic and Creative Arts Anonymous : Written by two fabulously talented women that motivate me and inspire me.

I've been re-embracing my love for poetry lately and this site just works wonders for me.

Artistic personality in the sciences definitely left me feeling more than a bit miseducated.

I long for a change from my normal music routine, and I also miss Geneva, my home. Listening to its online radio brings it closer to me.

I fell in love with this photostream by Jessica Ortwerth

Magical.

Love you all and Stay inspired,

P.S. So let me know what you think. What are your reasons to be missed? How would you represent them or immortalise them What inspired you this week? Feel free to let me know in the comments below. And if you want to keep up to date with my posts you can Follow my blog with bloglovin

Labour of Love

During this Valentine season, instead of showering each other with gifts, Erwin and I decided that working together towards a common goal will further cement our love, and I can't agree more! So here we are, already in a Chinese New Year mood (which happens to fall on the same day as V-day this year), as you can see in our um...not so traditional clothes..*grin*

Our labour of love..Erwin labours and I love it *hee*!!



Maybe we should just order a pizza...



This better be worth it...



Stop playing with your chopsticks dear...





My outfit: Osma from Feel China--free (group gift)

Hair: Earth from Magika--free

Necklace: from Tama--free (Welcoming The Tiger Hunt gift)

Ballet Slippers: from Honeybear's--free (Shoes and Accessories Hunt)

Erwin's outfit: from Wild Thing

Checking in with Reality: 07/02/10

Photo from : brandydarling

Darling Devotees,

Its February now and the further we get away from January 1st the harder it is to keep to the resolutions we made at the beginning of the year. I find that when breaking down major goals into smaller ones that fit into specific time frames makes them more realistic and easier to accomplish. I've also found that telling people about your goals makes you more determined to accomplish them because these people, directly or indirect, hold you accountable. That's why I want to use this segment to break up my new year's resolutions into manageable smaller goals and hopefully by the end of the year everything will be achieved. I invite you to join me by commenting about your goals at the end of the post. I shall do this segment every week and try to let you know how the week went in the following week's post. I hope that we can achieve all we've set out to do together. :)

So over the next month I will:

♥ Write an approximately 50,000 word novel.

♥ Do something new and exciting on my blog (wait for it darlings).

♥ Become good friends with some people in my classes.

♥ Find scholarships and apply for them. I need them for next year.

♥ Improve in my spiritual life.

♥ Work on my music. That demo won't record itself. Good news: My voice and piano teachers have promised to help me!!! I'm going to record one in particular for my voice class.

Photo from: Sabino

Over the next week I will:

♥Write at least 2 chapters of my book.

♥Start the surprise on my blog.

♥Post out my acceptance letter to the National Society for College Scholars (I got the letter yesterday!!!). Scholarships and discounts here I come!!!

♥Go for Catholic Center Retreat, and deeply reconnect with my faith.

♥Practice my singing and piano playing everyday for at least an hour.

♥Form study groups with lovely people in my classes.

I'm taking the big leap into the unknown. Will you take it with me?

Love you all and Stay inspired,

P.S. So let me know what you think.What are your new year's resolutions, goals or aims? Have you begun work on them? What will you do this week and month? Feel free to let me know in the comments below.

Gong Xi Fa Cai!!

This year, the first day of Chinese New Year falls on the same day as Valentine's Day--February 14, and since the traditional colours for both occasions are red, pink, or such similar shades, I think on that day there may be a sea of red or pink everywhere! But it's a good thing that over the years, people no longer follow these unspoken 'rules' when it comes to colour and style, especially for Chinese New Year clothes, red or pink is no longer de rigueur, and some go so far as to wear black (gulp!) which is traditionally frowned upon as an inauspicious colour...

Outfit: Cheongsam from SWA--includes matching earrings, shoes and parasol

Hair: Classic Hair with Chignon from MrS

Outfit: Gold Dress from Glitterati--free (Welcoming The Tiger Hunt gift)

Hair: Tirabaci from MrS

Jewellery: from DemotiK--free (Welcoming The Tiger Hunt gift)

Outfit: Isha from Feel China--free (group gift)

Hair: Classic Heart from KC--free (Valentine's Day Hunt gift)

Outfit: Cheongsam Fujin from Bibiten--free

Hair: Cholie from KoKo

Outfit: from Tokuno--free

Hair: Oriental Hair from MrS--free

Guilty

I sure love the name of this dress, I mean, it just reminds me of all the countless things I have been guilty of, but good thing we are here to talk about fashion *hee*!! But seriously, this dress suits me perfectly, I love the clean lines, the colour, and the price is great too, only 10L!! What a steal!

Dress: Guilty from Meghindo's--10L (special price--limited time)
Earrings: Guster Groundhog Cameo Earrings from Talisman--free
Hair: Zaara from KoKo--150L (sale)
Shoes: Sandra Heels from Vextra Messing--free (Shoes and Accessories Hunt)

Trendlight: My Faves for Spring/Summer 2010

My darling devotees,

I simply can not wait for winter to end and spring to come anymore. A large part of my impatience though, is not because I despise the cold, or because I am tired of wearing my boots, lovely as they are, everyday (both of which are true). No darlings, the source of my impatience stems from the fact I have a strong desire to see the stores revamped with their Spring/Summer merchandise. I mean, Fall and Winter clothes are great and all but nothing beats the immense variety of colours, cuts and styles available to us when the weather gets warm. So, in order to get a sense of what I would be likely to find in the stores, I hit up Style.com for their interpretations of the season's trends. According to Style, there are 4 major trends for this season and they are :

Marching Orders (Utilitarian)

Clean Energy (White from head to toe)

Game Theory (Sports wear obsession)

The Big Reveal (lingerie inspired wear, a lot of lace)

Pattern Play ( various prints)

And Pastoral Interlude.

Of all the trends they listed, the two I love the most are Pastoral Interlude and Pattern Play in that order. Why do I love them? Well...

• My personal style is something called Boho-Whimsical, which just means that I love mixing gypsy skirts, peasant tops and the likes with whacky polka-dot prints, random bows and butterfly brooches. Don't believe me? I will definitely see about doing outfit posts in the near future.
  
  
• I don't know what you think about when you hear spring but after a pretty neutral winter, all I can think about is colour and plenty of it. I will wear white but it will be as a backdrop to my rainbow acccessories. I probably won't be doing the utilitarian thing because army green and khaki tend not to work on me.
  
  
• They are just totally adorable. See...

(All images from Style.com)

I think these styles are also reminiscent of the 60s and 70s style scene, a scene I absolutely adore. I think the pastoral interlude options are probably going to be seen as boho-folk or country chic soon just because the clothes look very similar to the boho-folk trend of 2006. No matter what they are called, one thing is for sure: they speak to the romantic in me and are definitely my faves for Spring/Summer 2010.

Love you all and Stay inspired,


P.S. So let me know what you think. Are these trends you could/would follow? What's your fave for Spring/Summer 2010? How would you rock your favorite trend? Feel free to let me know in the comments below.