Hi beauties! The only thing that can keep me from blogging is class and work, and lately it’s just been piling on so I have had to skip some posting dates. I hate missing everyone’s posts and just keeping up with the online world, but sometimes it’s good to take little breaks I suppose! Tom arrived in Madrid on Friday, and on Saturday we were off to Avila on a little escapade. It was beautiful; a small city surrounded by a medieval wall behind which stood little churches and houses that might belong in MacBeth or Ever After. Easter parades and desserts, overpriced Cokes and cheesy photo ops were all part of the fun.
I’ve come back with more reasons why I know Tom is my person in the world:
- He always listens to what I have to say, no matter how random, weird, creepy or boring it is
- He makes me feel appreciated and important
- Food is high on his priority list, especially cake
- He doesn’t mind walking across half the city as I continue on my search for the perfect dress
- How easy it is to wind him up, and how fun it is to just be playful and joke about his Britishness that I secretly love
- He also doesn’t mind me spending about an hour at Sephora playing with makeup goodies and having my own makeup done at the counter
- The way he laughs
- He is a big cheeseball and writes songs for me (and plays them whenever a guitar is at hand)
- Lying is definitely not his forte, so he doesn’t even try it
- He makes me smile/laugh even when I am so incredibly pissed off (which I love/hate!!)
- He loves anything art or design related, so museums and galleries are always a fun option. So are design sites.
- Studio Ghibli films are all time favs for both of us
- He manages to make me feel beautiful even on ‘fat’ or ‘blah’ days
- His hotness
- His Britishness
- His everything
How do you think you know when you’ve found your person in the world? A friend or lover who just fits?
Hope everyone has been having an amazing time! I will be making my rounds soon enough to make sure I can catch up with everyone :)
Hello lovelies! The sun has finally come and it is now okay to let my windows open all day long. It is strange how much more awake I feel, I just want to go outside and walk for ages with no predetermined destination until I find a cute little obscure cafe where I can have a nice cold cup of leche merengada.
Spring, is that you?
I have been sorting my life and making exciting plans for next year, none of which I will reveal until they are a sure go. All I can say is that next year I will be extremely busy to say the least, dabbing in all these areas that have interested me for so long. I don’t want to be at the halfway point in life wishing I had done this or that when I was younger. Now is definitely the time, so I am filled to the brim with excitement and all these expectations. I am going to make a turn in my life (or rather, a few!) and I can’t wait!
So to celebrate, I have decided to prepare Lemon Soda’s first giveaway! Would you guys be interested in one? Do let me know! If you have any ideas or would like your product to be featured, email me so we can arrange something!
Thank you guys for always stopping by and all your lovely comments, it means the world to me!
I’m the kind of girl who is just as happy at home watching bad TV as dancing out all night. The kind of girl who is a neat freak, color codes her class notes and arranges her books according to size; also has the messiest room and is often left wondering where that one sock went.
Like the things I love, my pet peeves are endless, but I don’t think about them often so I couldn’t come up with a good list to share. I have negative thoughts, but don’t manifest them out loud (mostly, at least), because negativity just taints everything with a sort of bad energy that feels heavy and I hate feeling heavy. So I focus on little things that my heart loves, like cake and taking Chimbo (a.k.a the cutest 15 year-old “puppy” you’ll ever see) for a walk around the ghostly streets. It’s March and everyone is still hibernating so everything is still and crisp, perfect.
I’m the kind of girl who will eat an extra serving so as not to be a rude guest. I don’t mind cleaning, as long as there is some loud music blasting for me to dance to. I’m so used to seeing my nails painted that I find it weird when they’re bare — clear polish is my bare minimum! Especially on toenails.
I like neon colors, muted colors, neutral colors. All except all the primary colors together.
I can usually see the two sides of the coin in every argument (though out of pride will not show it at times), which comes across as wishy washy for some people. But if there is one thing I have learnt in my 20 years of life so far, it is that there are no absolutes. Every day I find yet another reason for agreeing with Socrates; “I only know that I know nothing”. Everything we perceive with our senses may not be reality; it is just the way our brain decodes what is real for us to understand. What we see is a result of light hitting surfaces, reflecting in our eyes where that nerve impulse travels through to our brain, where it is translated and transformed into what we understand as an image. When I was little I was the kind of girl who worried about the possibility of my pink being someone else’s green.
I am the kind of girl who is a walking contradiction, who wonders about everything and is fascinated by people. So I find it extremely fitting that I went on to study Psychology — I couldn’t be happier!
What kind of girl are you?
I was 18 and fresh out of high school. Most of my friends went straight to uni, but I was thinking of a gap year in Beijing. I absolutely loved it and stayed for a second year. Here is a brief list of some of the (many!) things I learnt during my time there!
- Language barrier shmarrier — when your life depends on it your brain will spit out words you never thought you knew!
- Cup noodles are not a good permanent dinner replacement.
- Cab drivers are not only full of insight and street smarts, but they are a good source for practicing both listening and speaking.
- Having a day of the week to sort yourself out is key; laundry, kitchen & bathroom cleaning, bill paying.
- True friends will always have your back, no matter how drunk you were.
- That said, finishing two Soju bottles on your own is definitely not a good idea.
- When you buy tickets to see Tiësto, make sure you’re there 3 hours early or risk not even making it to the dancefloor.
- Student life is the life.
- The Great Wall is not so Great after 9 times. If you’re planning on going then get yourself to the old part in ruins; it has not been touched and is beautiful, without all the tourists and vendors around so you can get a nice photo!
- Government censorship.
- An afternoon out at Ritan Park, in the boathouse, with dumplings, is an afternoon well spent.
- Bargain! Anything for sale you can get for less.
- Hou Hai and the surrounding Hutongs are beautiful, even in the freezing winter; bikes are available for rent so you can explore to your heart’s content! One of my favorite places in Beijing.
- Coming home at 8am in last night’s getup while everyone’s grandparents are out doing TaiChi does not make you look very good.
- I want to go back.
