to read;

know that when i post this, i want all of you to read these blogs written by the most wonderful and unique snowflake bloggers, i am so lucky to have made friends with them. ♥

• Jada (Minestrone Soup for the Teenage Soul) is one of the sweetest ladies you'll ever meet! she has such excellent taste in music and every post of hers makes me smile so much. her blog has such a pretty, summery, carefree vibe to it. (: i hope you'd all follow her new blog, as her old one got lost in the black abyss of cyberspace!
• Kinsey (soulBACON) is probably one of the strongest, bravest girls ever. i don't know her in real life but i really wish i did! (: she has such a sweet, honest soul and her posts just make me think more in depth about the little things in life. i love the way she speaks her mind with such passion, it is truly inspiring.
• Brenda (a time for being human) has such great talent for photography! i have very much enjoyed watching her photographs grow and become as beautiful as ever. i also adore how she has a bucket list of places to photograph in LA, it makes me want to travel there even more! +i love, love reading about her little adventures (and feeling just a tiny bit jealous! hehe).
• Lindsey (map of ghosts) is one gorgeous lady and has an equally gorgeous blog. (: her photographs are so dreamy and relaxed and somehow reminds me of iced tea and swimming pools. haha! +she is going to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter real soon! ah, how divine is that?!
• Danielle (sublimelite) is one of my newest blogger friends! she takes photographs of regular everyday things and yet imbue some wonderful beauty and simplicity into them. that has definitely opened my eyes more to see the potential in the most ordinary of things! (:

i am definitely having more "to read;" posts for the next few weeks, so look out for more brilliant blogs that i haven't mentioned in this post! (:

xxxx

photos, poem, song.

from today. (:

this poem is from a book called, "Poetry of the Romantics" that i got from a vintage store for 3 bucks. (: also used in The Mentalist!

that is all. goodnight! xxx

dance yourself clean.

photos from forever ago, a week ago and an hour ago. (:

i hope you're all well and will have a simply wonderful weekend!

xxx

+
a wondrous little quote that i fell in love with.
"I didn’t choose photography; it chose me. I didn’t know it at the time. An artist doesn’t think first then do it, he is driven."
– Ilse Bing

sail.

on Sunday, it was one of my oldest and best friend's birthday so we went to the city and shopped and ate Lebanese food. mmm, so delicioso! (:

also, i've almost finished my exams (only art paper left on thursday, which i'm pretty nervous about) and next week onwards, i'll have two weeks of holidays! planning to spring clean and read a few good novels.

i've never been so deprived of reading.

xxx

maggie and milly and molly and may by e.e. cummings.

maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and

milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it’s always ourselves we find in the sea

+

one of my all-time favorite poems of e.e. cummings'.

xxx


p.s. what do you think of my new header? i really can't pick one! ):
help me? (: 1, 2 or 3?

love-charmed.

a dreamer in a book-dusty library, a lone wolf in the moor, a birdy who sings so lovely in the morning.

i wonder if i do belong to someplace, i'd like to think everywhere in the world can be my home.

have a lovely *rest of the week, loves! xxx

Malaysia love.

i know that many of you reading are not from Malaysia and therefore not understand the slang words used here, but i love this whole video and the song! it made me light up and smile so much that my cheeks are aching. (:

sometimes, it's hard to look past the flaws of my homeland, but things like this reminds me that the good things the people brought outweigh the bad things. most of the time anyway. (: there are so many things wonderful and lovable about Malaysia and it's about time someone reminded me about them.

have the best week, loves! xxx

old habits.

hello loves! (: i finally forced myself to go out and take some photos! except that first one of my sister which was taken in Perth. (: (and in the first and last photos, i used image overlays from the lovely Eadaoin of City of Blackbirds)

i hope you're all well! i've been slacking on studying today. /: definitely picking up again tomorrow though. (: also, my mom and i watched The Roommate together today and, well, i might or might have not been covering my eyes three quarters of the movie... i get scared too easily. hahaha!

i hope you all had/have a lovely Saturday! (:

p.s. i'm thinking of having a giveaway very soon so, keep reading!

xxx

young stars.

blew the cobwebs out of my mind, gave me bright eyes instead.

i have to apologize so profusely for neglecting my blog so much! i'm currently having my midterm exams that lasts for 2 weeks+ and believe it or not, i have barely taken 20 photos since i got back from Perth two weeks ago! ah. how terrible is this. i'm neglecting my camera too. i really want my creative spirit back. ):

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

-Albert Einstein

i think this quote has found me at a right time.