I don't know how this is relevant to Christmas, but let's just roll with it.

Dec 25 / 3:14pm

(Photography by Lenne)

I'm generally anxious about potentially romantic holidays such as Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day and even My Birthday if I don't have anything exciting planned in advance (e.g alcohol intoxication).

Which is why it was kind of surprising, even for someone like me who's easily infected (by viruses), to be experiencing warm, fuzzy feelings this festive season. And considering how I've been dreading Christmas for fear of a heightened lesson in loneliness, I'd say that it's been pretty awesome. It's always comforting to know that your happiness doesn't have to depend on another.

These photos were taken during a truly magical day I spent in Perth, during a very happy point in my life. I had gone exploring, and was standing alone in a vineyard when a flock of brilliantly coloured birds filled the sky. They were merely inches above me when they swooped overhead, and as a city girl who's never been remotely near the wild, I stood frozen to the spot. Frozen with a newfound awe of nature, and frozen with the newfound realization of the insignificance of our existence.

What an awkwardly honest festive post. Maybe it would've been simpler to link that fateful incident¹ to miracles, then attempt to use that to bring up the birth of Baby Jesus?

¹ My phone fell into an MRT (train) track this day last year, and it's still alive! And I haven't misplaced it. Yet.

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台灣

Mar 18 / 10:41pm

Hello everyone!

I have 3 days left in Taiwan, and I've had some pretty amazing moments and a few disastrous ones.

The fashion that Taiwanese male celebrities endorse/wear/design really isn't my cup of tea, but my opinion's been gradually changing since I got here.

(Randomly, everybody say SARANGHAE to my room mate Wenmei who just asked me to mention her, haha <3)

I've visited at least 4 stores owned by Taiwanese celebrities (as I'm currently surrounded by fangirls), and I'm most impressed by 小鬼's AES: Alien Evolution Studios.

I'll have to admit that meeting him contributed to the sudden admiration.
Hearing him talk about AES was really, really inspiring. I'll blog about it another time!

I took some street style photos in 西門町 (Ximending), ambushing the random passerby and such. Taiwanese girls have such amazing makeup skills.

Hopefully I'll have a proper post up soon.

Thank you for very much for reading and commenting despite my recent hiatus, I really appreciate it!

p.s A friend of mine recommended me/this blog for a styling contest organized by The Straits Times' Urban and Tampines One, and I've just been informed that I've been selected as a finalist. I guess this will mean that I might actually have more local content for a change, yay?

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Snow Day: Jacquelyn Jablonski

Mar 2 / 1:57am

Full gallery here.

I had a rather (last minute and) disturbing shoot last week with Kaze and Togu, we're not really sure how to classify it.
It is most certainly not a Cosplay shoot! >:

(But the shoot was inspired by one of Fujiwara Kaoru's stories.)
I don't know how you guys will react to it, maybe I'll post it up in the future, haha!

I will be going to Taiwan next week with my school!
I'm excited but worried about my chinese!
What if no one understands what I'm saying?!

I have another interview lined up, and some of you may know her!
I'll post it up before I leave for Taiwan, so please be anticipating! :D

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a couple of phobias diagnosed over the holidays

Jan 5 / 10:33am

photophobia [ fəʊtəʊˈfəʊbɪə ]
n.

1. An abnormal sensitivity to or intolerance of light, especially by the eyes, as may be caused by eye inflammation, lack of pigmentation in the iris, or various diseases.