Guest post/mixtape from Jada!

Hello bloggers! My name is Jada, and I write for Minestrone Soup for the Teenage Soul. I am doing a guest post for Tasha, a lovely lady and dear blogger friend of mine. I'm so happy and honored to be guest blogging for her today because she's been a busy lady with school. If you read my blog, I have a music feature every Sunday called, "A Sunday Tune." I also go to so many concerts, and I guess I would consider myself a music junkie. I thought I share a fun little playlist of some of my favorite songs for you all. I promise your ears will be happy!

Ha'i'ole.

food and places and people and cat of late.

here is a poem for you, too.

How does
a part of the world
leave the world?
How does wetness
leave water?
Dont’ try to put out fire
by throwing on more fire!
Don’t wash a wound
with blood.
No matter how fast you run,
your shadow keeps up.
Sometimes it’s in front!
Only full overhead sun
diminishes your shadow.
But that shadow
has been serving you.
What hurts you,
blesses you.
Darkness
is your candle.
Your boundaries
are your quest.
I could explain this,
but it will break
the glass cover
on your heart,
and there’s no fixing that.
You must have
shadow and light source
both.
Listen,
and lay your head
under the tree of awe.
When from that tree
feathers and wings
sprout on you,
be quieter than a dove.
Don’t even open your mouth
for even a coo.


-Shadow and Light by Jelal’uddin Rumi, from The Soul of Rumi (translated by Coleman Barks)

for some moments, i think i have lost love and i think i had turned cold and frozen. but poems (the closest to the fluttering-heart) teach me forevermore that love should never turn me into someone i wish never to be.


i am soft and melted, always. like icecream.

you're the one i want.

A. Age: 17
B. Bed size: single/pullout. convertible to a queen-sized though!
C. Chore that you hate: tidying up my room, hah.
D. Dogs: four dogs! they're hard to keep up with but i'm constantly reminded everyday why they're worth it. (:
E. Essential start to your day: toof-brushin', a good, wholesome breakfast, some good tunes and checking facebook.
F. Favorite color: pinks, pastels, blue-greens. (:
G. Gold or Silver:  for jewellery, i'd rather silver ones.
H. Height: 165 cm
I. Instruments you play: i played the piano when i was 7 but quit. since then i've never played a musical instrument!
J. Job title: student, wanderluster, photographer, reader.

 K. Kids: scare me a little but i think of my (future) kids and i think of how i'd feel about them. (:
L. Live: i live near the capital of Malaysia! a tiny country in Southeast Asia.
M. Mother’s name: Rena.
N. Nicknames: T, Tasha, Tash. Faye, occasionally.
O. Overnight hospital stays:  i've never had to stay in the hospital before.
P. Pet peeves: hypocrisy and self-righteous people.
Q. Quote from a movie: “Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss; but every once in a while, you find someone who’s iridescent, and once you do, nothing will ever compare." -Flipped
R. Right or left handed: right. 
S. Siblings: only two step-sisters.
U. Underwear: the pair my lovely friends got for me on my birthday! hahaha!
V. Vegetable you hate: i love almost all types of veges! ...except maybe Brussels sprouts haha.
W. What makes you run late:  procrastinating waking up or taking far too long to brush my teeth cause i'd be in a morning daze.
X. X-Rays you’ve had: never before!
Y. Yummy food that you make: mmmh. i think my speciality would be sandwiches! i definitely want to learn more cooking but for now, scrump-diddly-yumptious sandwiches get me by. (:
Z. Zoo animal: giraffes! they are such beautiful creatures. along with leopards, lions and penguins!

hope you got to know a little more about me through this survey! (: i know i don't post alot about myself but i hope this makes up for it!

much love. x

Softness.

i love clouds, blankets, Japanese roses, cuddles with my puppies. softness.

i will be back before you know it! (: while i'm away, please do enter this giveaway! tweet it/blog it/spread the love. (: take care and have a week full of good things!

much love x

Port of Call/Cuixmala

my fingers tingled with nerves and curiosity and newness everytime i take my new Sea Pride out for photos. (: and i thought i should show you the better photos i've been carrying in my camera, i might be absent from here for awhile.

i hope you are all feeling wonderful! x

first ever giveaway! (:

hello loves! (:

i have been planning to have a giveaway as soon as i gained 100 amazing followers and now i already have 108! so i thought i'd better have one to (sort of) thank all of my lovely readers for all of your support and love and encouragement! (:

and i know it's not really much for a giveaway but here they are!

• 6" x 4" prints of four of my photographs.

+

• a birdcage/feather necklace i found at a flea market!

the rules of the giveaway:

1. to enter, you must be a follower of this blog! (:
2. leave a comment for your entry and if you tweet/blog about it, leave another comment(s) so as to up your chances of winning!
3. leave me your answer to this question: what is your favorite type of photography? why? (fashion, nature, portrait etc.) whether you're a photographer or not i think you'd have one! hehe. (:
4. i will pick the winner based on your answer!

much love. x