It will be three years this month since I started this blog. The mind boggles when I think about how much things have changed. How much I have changed. Heartbreak, depression, redundancy, stumbling a...
Write about someone trying to convince another person to do something they both know is wrong. Her hair is brushed back into a fresh ponytail. The lingering wafts of her shampoo – of macadami...
There will be things you wish you had done earlier. Travelling will top the list. Not just because you can accumulate an enviable collection of passport stamps, but because ‘all these places...
Who inspired me to re-post this, as well as the next. 31 January, 2009 “It always fascinated me how people go from loving you madly to nothing at all, nothing. It hurts so much. When I feel som...
I couldn’t help but be moved by a Kelly Clarkson ditty that debuted on the radio the other day. Like many others, the song speaks of break-ups and the ensuing emotions; of people being afflicted by o...
I asked my husband this question quite randomly over dinner last night and, much to my surprise, he gave me such earnest, pensive answers. I was so inspired by his thoughtful list that I decided to p...
I decided to stop seeing my psychologist two months ago. For three years, I sat in her plush, concrete-grey chair, deciphering my troubled childhood and picking apart the way I am living my life now....
As I step out onto the pavement, the nerves threaten to sweep me from underneath my feet. From below this staircase that I was about to climb, in this dress that I have waited so long to wear, I hear...
There are so many moments from today that I wish I could bottle up and take away with me, to relive over and over again. Having each one of you share in this celebration is one of them – for th...
When I first started this blog almost two years ago, its intention was to not only inspire creativity that had been stifled so cruelly, but more importantly, to help me gain perspective and pave a pa...
Leaving tomorrow for three days under the Bunker Bay sun! I love holidays in short doses. My other half says I need a distraction from the year week I’ve had. I have never wanted to get away fr...
Have no expectations. Have no expectations. Have no expectations. Have no expectations. Have no expectations. Have no expectations. Have no expectations Have no expectations. Have no expectations.
In every sense of the word, my wedding guest list is depressing me. The truth is, I’m struggling to find people that I want to invite. It was easy at first. Too simple, in fact. You hastily put...
I never feel I am worthy of my own feelings. Have no expectations. There is nothing quite like disappointment. I love my family truly, madly, deeply. Who is important to me and what is important to m...
First of all, I love this book. Like a little cube packed with creative goodness, it hardly leaves my grasp. There are two things necessary in keeping and maintaining a blog: time and inspiration. An...
Remember when you were in your last year of uni and filling out those copious amounts of grad program applications? Remember the starting grad pay of $35,000 per annum (that was if you’re lucky...
So according to a recent study, Facebook users aged under 30 boast an average 263 friends. Those aged 31 to 50 have 206 friends, whilst those aged over 50 average 92 friends. But how many of those wo...
via As if being the editor at large of Vogue Nippon and owning over 4000 pairs of shoes wasn’t enough… I think I’ve just died and gone to Miu Miu heaven. Oh, how I love glitter any...
Many sorries for being MIA this month! In between renovating, getting ready to move out, wedding planning, booking my 5-week Europe/Maldives holiday, launching the book, helping out at various fashio...
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It was my mum’s birthday a couple of days ago. I was at my desk at work when I remembered. Feeling terribly guilty that I had rushed out the door that morning only uttering a hasty good morning...
Wearing Lover ‘Anita’ cape sleeve lace dress and Christian Louboutin studded ankle boots
This whole macro photography thing isn’t quite working out for me. A couple of months ago, J surprised me with a Nikon 60mm micro lens, and ever since then I’ve been snapping away at ever...
Think: Two long tables surrounded by inimitable works of local art. Vintage typewriters and canvas prints squirrelled away in a corner. The juxtaposition of hessian and white linen. Tall vases of bab...
may 2009. You meet someone but you swear black and blue that you won’t let hurt happen to you again. And he is everything you’ve ever wanted, but this time, you stop yourself from wanting...
It’s hard to believe this circus began with 14 months to go. Seriously, where has time gone? I’ve had a couple of wedding-related meltdowns erupt here and there. I was also recently talke...
On having babies “Painful? Of course giving birth is painful. But you’re just gonna have to put up with it.” On eloping My mother: “Your dad told me two days ago that our fami...
I will preface this by saying that I am not devoted to any religious denomination. Nor do I believe in fairytales. _____ I could never really understand the big deal about getting married. Marriage, ...
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