Tie a Yellow Ribbon

Right now, I'm at a cupcake/coffee shop in my neighborhood "writing" my autobiography for grad school. I came to this shop multiple times this year alone, I sometimes wonder if I look pretentious, or a gal with nothing to do. Or maybe they'll see me as a college student diligently writing away multitude of essays she has to write for history or english(crossing my fingers that this is how I appear to the two cashiers).

 I have to admit, I'm a better at getting work done outside of my house. I find ways to occupy myself in other ways at home, and being outside, I feel less inclined to watch netflix on my laptop. Or maybe it's the air, who knows? But I did not move my butt out here to watch netflix, so I feel more determined to work on school-related things.

The weather these past days in Seattle has been beautiful, I woke up in such a pleasant mood before my alarm rang. A couple more of these weathers and I might half-expect birds to lift my blanket up as I channel my inner Cinderella and break out into a song (no such thing).

I'll be having an outdoor picnic with my friend and sister later this afternoon. Excited eeek! Leaving with a song I've been replaying the past two days.

Friday Favorites

Currently, I am distracting myself in anyway possible to avoid writing this paper I have for graduate school. I haven't even started yet they already gave me an assignment. I would say 'preposterous!', but the professors want to know me better so..yay? Thus to avoid writing this paper once again, I decided to upload a whole bunch of links that touched me in the heart, made me laugh, or made me lust. And who knows, maybe I'll make it my weekly post so I can start writing here routinely..

Amazing pesto pasta I had before my hike at Cinque Terre last year. 

I cried reading this while avoiding my paper in Starbucks...

I'm a little teensy bit obsessed with map prints..I already own this beauty.

Agree, but I still want to see more of the world with my own eyes.

My belly wants you inside me!

I couldn't agree more. YES and a million times yes!

Another way to view the infamous Dove video.

This calls out for summer.

My sole purpose to visit Cali.. and to see my friend S of course :)



Happy weekend! And now back to this paper....

Channeling my inner Effie Trinket?

I love themed parties. Unfortunately, I've been to very few and none of them really lived up to my expectations; some were just regular house parties named as so, and some just failed overall. I'm currently on the lookout for a flapper dress for a 20s themed party. I could go on about how the 20s really wasn't only about the flappers, how it really popularized in 1928 ish, but I'll stop. I really don't know a lot about things, just tid-bits of a lot of things. 

While on the search for an affordable yet doable dress online, I ran into a dress that would be perfect had I wanted to be Effie Trinket. Oh Halloween is so far, but this dress with some Marie Antoinette-esque makeup would fit the picture. I'd DIY this, but the crinkled organza makes the dress more perfect that I couldn't possible copy. 

via H&M 

But I just might DIY this for halloween. Because when else will I be as bold wearing something that is slightly extreme and out of the norm as this? (But again, this is a beautiful out of the norm dress.)

Maybe Effie Trinket traveled back in time to join the Gatsby crew hmm? :)

In Search of the Perfect Black Skirt...

I've been on the lookout for the perfect full black skirt. When I backpacked around Europe, I peeled my eyes for that one impeccable skirt I could wear for years on, one that I would call my favorite go-to outfit. I had found a maroon woolen skirt at Orla Kiely, but the price didn't seem deeming for a maroon skirt. No, it had to be black. I passed it during the sale also, but now I wish I bought it...might've been worth the price in the end bah.

Then I finally found one, I considered worth having. The fullness of the skirt, the pleated folds! Alas, it was Jason Wu, thus impossible to afford. But, on a positive note (I suppose), my size was gone.

So instead of cashing out, I will end this post with a image of my close-to-dream skirt, and adjourn the search until next time...

Jason Wu Sculpted Techno Satin Skirt

Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

It's been months since I came back from my amah-zing trip from Europe, and I still miss it everyday. I enjoyed eating, wandering, and am now thinking of doing a backpack trip alone. After going with a friend, I realized I could do this alone, as long as I carefully planned everything. Plus the hotels I stayed at were all friendly and in close vicinity to all the major tour spots. In the future, I hope to visit more museums (I am a huge history-nerd although never ask for information, my memory is horrible), locations, and just soak in the beauty more and relax!


My museum visits started at an early age. My mother was a huge advocate for museums and galleries, so we'd visit all the visiting exhibitions near our town. While my mother insisted on me reading all the details in the display note describing the artwork, I preferred staring at the pieces and imitating the ones I found hilarious. Now, I've grown to enjoy learning more about the artwork while still humoring myself by posing my favorite ones.

Friend and I imitating the statues in the Statue Room

The same occurred at the Louvre walking into the Statue Room. Walking in there was like being Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice(2005) film, where she visited the statue room of Mr. Darcy's Pemberley home. Call me crazy, but I heard 'The Living Sculptures of Pemberley' as I walked around. I was Elizabeth, but without the Darcy scupture. It ended soon once the quirky side of my came out and wanted to pose as some statues. So here is one of my favorite, enjoy!



As Charles Caleb Colton said, 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'.

Girls Season 2

Should be working on my essay, but I found the new trailer for Girls Season 2. Now I just need to wait until my friend Suehee finishes watching Season 1 so I can talk about that and about this trailer. 

On the other hand, Walking Dead. It's getting more grotesque and thrilling! If Glenn or Darryl ever die, that'll be the end of my interest towards the show. 

Money

What if money was no object? What would you do?

While watching this video I found via Swissmiss (one of my favorite go-to for random information), I thought what I would do. I'm going towards the path of becoming an educator, but if I truly were to do something with no regards towards financial issues, I would choose to go into the woods, live in a small quaint cottage with a small vegetable garden,  have a horse, cat, dog. I would drink tea daily while reading, learn to cook, paint, run, swim (assuming I have a lake nearby), and create things. I don't know what these things are, but I find it fascinating when I learn someone created something extraordinary from something plain. Just adding the little detail makes a whole lot of difference.

It was a wonderful 3 minutes of daydreaming in my head. Now I am going back to editing my essays woot!