2012 here we come...

So another year is on our doorstep and reflecting on the year gone by makes one confused as to where all the time went... I have big plans for it. I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to go back to uni for another year to do my honours in politics and I am determine to get myself to the point I want to be at by the time I start life in the real world. And I am going to proclaim my goals for the year for all the world to see (slightly reassured by the fact that I'm sure hardly anyone actually reads this blog ;P hehe)... Aside from committing to battling that awful monster we call procrastination to stay on top of uni work, pledging to get back to reading for fun more and getting totally into learning and practicing on guitar my biggest and most challenging goal for the year is that I want to lose 20kgs. I have been trying to lose weight for years now to no real avail and I am absolutely determined to actually do it this year. My aim is to lose 2kgs a month and be 20kgs lighter than I am now by this time next year - which is not going to be any easy feat. But I am going to take some very, very drastic steps to achieve that...

My plan: to cut out absolutely ALL junk food and take-aways all together for 6 whole months. Now anyone who know me and my sweet tooth will know how hard this is going to be for me but I know that unless I do something this drastic I'm not going to see any results... So that means no sweets, chocolates, chips, cakes, ice cream pancakes (dunno how I'm going to survive without those!), pies or take-away fast foods like burgers, hot chips, pizzas or anything like that. On top of this I am also going to do a month by month cut out of one other group which typically causes problems. So in Feb I will do no carbs, in March no meat, in April no carbs again, in May no meat again and in June no alcohol. In the carb and meat months there will be small exceptions just so I make sure I stay healthy like in the carb month I'll be able to have muesli and provitas and potatoes (as long as they're prepared right, ie. not fried or covered in butter) will still count as a veg; and in the meat month I will probably have grilled fish here and there to make sure I'm getting protein.

This is my basic plan and along with a rigorous amount of exercise I'm really hoping its going to help. I need to make this happen for myself. I am not spending one more Durban summer not wanting to go to the beach or jump in the pool (2 things I love!) because I'm embarrassed of the way I look... I am super excited about the prospect of actually making this happen... And I know its hopelessly boring about the hundredth person who doesn't like themselves and wants to lose weight but I feel like documenting this journey and the feelings that go along it is going to be an important part of it...

So here's to achieving some if not all of our New Year's resolutions this year and to committing to the creation of even more awesome versions of ourselves this year!!

Much love and peace to anyone who may actually be reading this ;P

Being a tourist in my own town ^_^

So I know I have been awol for aaaaages but life has been just a little bit crazy. Exams were exceedingly unpleasant, culminating in the ghastly task of packing up my room and closing down the entire res... But the first week of my actual holiday was absolutely fabulous!! I had my boy Bene here with me at home in Durban and we had a wonderful time ^_^ We did tons of cheesy tourist-y things but had tons of fun. And just having him here, having him by my side in my everyday home life, was beyond amazing for me. Here are a few photos of our antics...

I love this man very, very much <3

Love, love, love -- 3 loves!!

I need to have these in my life...

And in other news... This weekend I am going to the most amazing concert of my life - COLDPLAY!! Cannot begin to explain how excited I am XD

Updates to follow soon... :)

Musical gloriousness...

A modest description of the Red Hot Chili Peppers long-awaited new album, I'm With You. 

Track of the day: The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie

Lip stick junkie

Debunked the only one 

She came back wearing a smile 

Look-alike, someone drug me 

They wanted to unplug me 

No one here is on trial 

It's just a turnaround 

And we go, oh

Well then we go uh huh oh

The "L" word

So I am in this new relationship and of course the further along things go the more you start to think about those 3 little words... Now I am naturally a very affectionate person and express that all the time. I tell my friends I love them all the time and to me its just natural. With the people I care about its the normal way to end a phone call or say goodbye when you're parting ways. But as soon as you get into a relationship, suddenly those 3 little words that you use all the time with other people you care about suddenly become the biggest taboo. You can't say them too early for fear of freaking the other person out or them seeming insincere. So you wait. Even once you know that they're true. You don't want to be the first to say them - just in case you don't hear them back. But when it gets to a point where you're not just stopping yourself from saying them offhandedly, and are stopping yourself from saying them despite them being how you truly feel - that starts to feel insincere in itself.

So I got to the point with my boyfriend (who I hope hasn't suddenly taken an interest in reading my blog :P) despite us having only been together a relatively short time, nearly 2 months or so, where I really feel that way. Its weird how you know. But you just do. When its a sudden realisation (like with my last boyfriend and also my first love - I can remember the exact moment very distinctly down to where I was and what I was doing) or whether it creeps up on you in a way that feels as natural as breathing. But having that realisation is scary. Having been in love before and having that person ending up hurting me immensely, letting yourself go to that place again is pretty terrifying. Plus the telling of that boyfriend I loved him was also not a very pleasant experience in terms of his reaction at the time. But its not exactly something that one can help, I guess. Cause here I am. Nearly a year after we broke up for good, in love with someone who had been a friend for the last 2 and a half years and with whom I never expected I'd be in this position.

And yesterday somehow the topic of these 3 little words came up because of those clumsy second nature sayings that we use everyday and that in any other context would be uttered with another thought. First I logged on to check my facebook and because I had no notifications mock-sadly exclaimed "Nobody loves me!" And as soon as I said it I knew his first instinct was to say "I do." But of course he couldn't... Then later on I went to my friend's room to get him a rusk for his coffee and she gave me her very last one so when I gave it to him I said, "Look how loved you are..." He promptly replied, "Yho, I'm love, am I?" And I trued to respond with a sufficient amount of flippancy, saying " Its just a figure of speech, gosh!" But had to turn away, cause I was really embarrassed at making the slip. His reaction however wasn't one of discomfort like I had expected. He was beaming ear to ear, despite having acknowledged that fact that he know it was just something people say...

Now a while back we had been lying in bed and all I had wanted to do was say those dangerous and glorious three little words. But like I said before, I didn't want to be the first to say them because what if he didn't say them back? So I went with the playful and unassuming, "I like your face." And it stuck. And soon he was saying it back. And with just as much conviction that I was saying them. He knew exactly what I meant when I was saying it. And this he told me last night. He is rather astute with such things, I will admit. And he pretty much admitted that he'd been saying it back with the same intention as I had.

So why do these eight letters paralyze us so? Why can my stomach fill with butterflies at hearing our own little expression of affection because I know what it really represents. But what it really represents can't actually be said outright. It is funny and is one of those many things that highlight to me just how strange a bunch of creatures us humans are. It also reminded me of an old movie from about 10 years ago called Love and Sex. Now I didn't particularly like this movie at all but there has always been one line that has stuck with me since watching it. I can't remember exactly what it was but I remember one of the characters talking about old couples who have been together for so many years that saying I love you becomes the same thing as something as arbitrary as a cheese sandwich. And of course the cheese sandwich becomes a motif throughout the movie for an expression of love all culminating in the line of "I cheese sandwich you."

So I urge all not to get caught up in the hype around this silly little phrase become more important than the feelings behind it. Because we lay there in bed last night, fingers interlocked and limbs overlapping and comfortable and content as too people could be with each other, both admitting how we felt, and yet we STILL couldn't actually say it. Even though I really, really wanted to.

But hey, I like what we got. And so if you are perchance reading this Bene - I like your face ^_^

Chords, picks and painful fingers...

So I'm finally starting to actually mess around on the amazingness that was my 21st birthday present from the fandamily - an acoustic guitar of gloriousness. The term has run away with me so much its taken me this long to start, but am beyond keen. Been super shaky, obviously, but I have slightly more confidence that I'll at least be able to play some basic ish to sing along to eventually :P (Was doubtful at first, cause my fingers just did not seem to want to co-operate.) Trying to learn some basic chords at the moment with songs that only need a few of them :P Theo was my first teacher but in the end I had to go off and do it on my own. When I'm this new at something I have to learn on my own at first cause I'm way too self conscious of how terrible I am in front of people.

Atm working on the 3 chords it takes to play Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Greenday (getting confidence in strumming is way harder than I thought!) and am trying to figure out the barre chords that are needed to play Billionaire by Bruno Mars & Kanye West just cause I really like singing that song :P (Reeeeally struggling with those barre chords - gonna ask Theo to show me how to do them.)

XD Funny faces ftw XD

So I have just arrived back at uni for the second semester of my third year, having recently turned 21. And I have noticed that I have taken to making the funniest of faces in photos these days. Previously my poses consisted of 3 basic moves combined in various ways: the pout, the eyes looking up into some random corner and the peace sign (all of which can be seen below middle right :P). This isn't purposeful it just seems to be my default every time a camera is pointed in my direction. But lately I've moved on from the predictable to the ridiculous o.O

Here are a couple of my faves. . . XP

=) Life is goood... (=

A quick post uploaded sneakily at work…

So I’m on holiday – which means zero internet access, hence the silence. But I couldn’t resist a little update while I have the chance…

The last 2 weeks have been quite the whirlwind. So much has happened and so much is going to happen that I almost don’t know when to start. Firstly, I am no longer single… It is seriously crazy! I went out of my last relationship saying that at least for the extent of this year I did not want to get into anything serious with anyone just because the last one had ended so badly and been so draining and of course because my academics needed to be made my priority. But for some reason that decision go totally overridden :P And what’s even more strange is that it is with someone who I’ve known since 1^st and who I’ve never had any kind of “romantic encounter” with (if I can put it that way :P). But in the last week of term when I was partying with everyone after their last exams, we ended up making the most amazing connection and something just happened.

I know its really insane that 2 weeks later we’re in a relationship, and believe it took A LOT of deliberation on my part. And I couldn’t possibly attempt to go into all the intricacies of my thought patterns over the last few days. But basically I have thrown caution to the wind and put aside all my concerns and fears and just gone with it. I mean, every time we chat, and every moment we spent just chilling and canoodling in my room over those couple of days, just made me so happy. So why not gve it a shot, right? And I mean, he is a wonderful guy, and we have known each other  for 2 and a half years, so its not like we just met… The potential of the whole thing makes me unbelievably excited. The prospect of having him in my life and getting closer and closer is too lovely for words.

One perk, (and I use that word humorously! :P) which was only revealed when I had actually made up my mind and said yes, is that he has tickets to Coldplay in October and is now taking ME =) Which I am frikken freaking out about! I mean, not being able to see them was so utterly depressing to me. I grew up with them and they have been unmoved from my top 5 favourite bands ever since I had the capacity to think up such a list. It is most definitely going to be one of the highlights OF MY LIFE ^_^

Another amazing thing that I am exceedingly excited about is that Josh, Cam, Katez and I are road tripping to G-Town for the Arts Fest on Sunday ^_^ So frikken keen for the festival – was there last year and absolutely loved it. And so frikken keen for road trip vibes! (Copious amounts of photos will be taken and no doubt end up up here.) I absolutely love seeing my friends perform, and quite a few of them will be this year. And its going to be cool to expose Katez to my G-town life :P (Different worlds merging is always rather a strange experience :P).

And then of course it is gonna be MY BIRTHDAY!! ^_^

To sum up, I am feeling so exceedingly blessed right now. This next few months looks like they are going to be some of the best experiences of my life. And I cannot wait.

For now, I will continue to slave away in front of this computer doing this rather tedious and exceedingly boring desk job – the things we do for money, right? :P

Signing out, from my cloud 9 currently situated in the real world (but soon to be relocated :P)

Bisous! xx

# The definition of cool #

Reblogging this from Sharlz' tumblr - this duo, Karmin, do amazing covers and this one's by faaaar my fave. She is SO amazing - spectacular voice + mad rapping skills = a smiling me (even at 1 in the morning with a killer law of property exam in 7 hours :P).

Karmin covering "Look at Me Now" by Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes

~New Bangs~

So I think that's what Americans call them - bangs? :P I cut this new full fringe a little while ago myself, over my res basin - just for fun. (And because I am procrastinating from studying like a boss :P Mainly that actually. Although I have been wanting to go full fringe for a while. All that's left to do is the hair dye! ;P)

Short term aspirations!! *yay*

Two random things on my mind right now - ok to be entirely honest there are about a million random things on my mind right now but these are the two I'd like to blog about right now at exactly 00:34 when I should be getting some sleep so I can actually have a productive day of study tomorrow... Aaaaanyway!

These are 2 things I am looking forward to greatly in the next 2 months... 

Firstly!! Next term is a major term for birthdays, and particularly for 21st's so I am so, so, SO super excited about all the dressing up that that's going to entail. The first one I have when I get back is a trailer trash themed 21st - exceedingly excited for the curlers in the hair, cigarette behind the ear, belly button exposing cropped top and possibly some home-made cut off denim shorts (with leggings of course 'cause there is only so far I will go :P hehe). Then next will be MY 21st bash in g-town, which I haven't chosen a theme for yet - eep! Need to do that soon. And then I have a "freaker's ball" 21st (basically the old school sideshow, carni kinda vibe). Have NO idea what I'm going to do for that! (Suggestions are welcome! :P) But its very exciting. Then I have an under the sea themed 21st 2 weeks later - and toying between the easy option of some sort of sailor or Sharlz's suggestion of jellyfish ('cause I have this bright blue poofy bubble skirt that would work for that) or if I could pull it off - the AWESOMENESS of Spongebob Squarepants! XD  

As could clearly be gathered from my post about my last dress up 21st (where I was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz - so worth seeing, I'm rather proud of it) I am exceedingly fond of dress ups!! 

The other thing that I am super stoked about this holiday is baking adventures with Sharlz (which I mentioned previously but like, seriously! :P)

We heart it has opened me up to a whole new world of insanely awesome cupcake ideas that are downright inspirational I tell you! I think I need to start a portfolio or something 'cause when I'm a mom one day and have lots of children's parties to bake for these would give me ideas for daaaaays... :P (Yes, I do think "When I'm a mom one day..." types of thoughts quite a lot. hehe) Now I won't be making anything near this awesome this holiday, of course - but these are some of my favourite crazy cool cupcake pics of late. . . ^_^

~That's right, it's happening!!~

So I finally made the decision. I have been wanting to get a tattoo for years but I finally decided I'm going to do it on my 21st birthday!!! ^_^ There are lots of reasons why I am doing it then and why I'm getting what I'm getting but I want to talk about it all when I actually get it... I'm also not going to post the picture of the design I want because I want it to only appear on my blog on ME :P hehe.

For now, this is a lovely tattoo I saw on We heart It that is stunning and very unique... (Not the one I'm getting - don't be misled, but lovely none the less.)

^_^ *The perfect cure* ^_^

So the start to a perfect end of a hellish week was some super awesome girls and 2 for 1 cocktails!! Claire and I literally walked out of our southern African politics exam (which actually ended up going a lot better than I expected after all) and went straight into Grotto Mojito to have some of the super yummy babies you can see below... We did almost the full rounds of the time and it was actually a rather interesting evening by the end of it...

Gabi (pictured at the top) and Claire (at the bottom) are most defs two of my favouritest party buddies!! (And I was very proud to be the one to buy Claire her first ever beer! ^_^ It was originally just cause they were R7 but then I found out she had never had an entire beer on her own and I couldn't let her turn 21 - just 2 days later - with that being the case, could I? :P)

Down but not quite out...

So haven't been doing too great lately, and it pains me to make my first official non-happy post on this blog but I guess it had to happen sometime...

So why life is pretty sucky at the moment... Firstly its exams and as if I didn't hate exams enough already, I have been allocated THE worst timetable EVER. I have written 2 in the last 2 days and write on Thursday and Friday. Yes, that means FOUR 3rd year papers, i.e. the majors in the final and hardest year of my degree, in the space of 5 days. Last night my efforts to have another nearly sleepless night studying back fired and I fell asleep and lost around 5 hours of vital study time. It might not seem like a lot, but when I literally had just 12 hours between my first paper and the next, it really is. Basically had a mini-meltdown this morning because I honestly did not feel like I could get the minimum I needed to for this paper. You know its bad when you have to make sure you've wiped off all the of the mascara-laden tear stains down your face before you leave to go write your exam. Now that it is over, I'm still not sure but there's not much I can do about that now. And I basically have absolutely everything riding on this year. But enough about that - I have shed enough tears and wailed at enough of my friends for one day :P (Shout out to Jamie John Bezuidenhout for being the awesome guy he is ;P)

Secondly, and something which puts my exam stress completely in perspective, there was an awful car accident in which two people were killed just outside Grahamstown, a girl who lives in the res just near mine, and I guy who I've seen around g-town a thousand times... Both were good friends with many people I know. Even though I didn't know either of them personally, it is absolutely awful and it has been yet another source of tears over the last 2 days reading the statuses and posts from their friends. I can't help but imagine the unbelievable pain they must be in, not to mention their families! Its just so inconceivable that 2 young, vibrant people with their entire lives ahead of them should be taken from this world. I am sending as much love as I can to all that knew them. :'(

Yet another addition to my current state of emotional turmoil was a message received from my ex-boyfriend a few days ago. Now I know that months down the line, something as insignificant as an sms should not affect me like this but it just has sort of brought up all of the dregs of emotion still dwelling inside of me - and at THE most inconvenient time at that. As much as I have not lost my belief in love, it is times like these that make me think that life would have been a lot simpler if I hadn't found out what it really meant. Because once you've had it and then you lose it, a part of you gets lost with it. And I'm trying to decide which is worse - the time when you're still in love but you know its over for good, or the time when you're not in love anymore and all you have left (amongst the hurt and the resentment) is the memory of what it used to feel like. 

This is by far the my deepest and most revealing post yet. And I do feel a little vulnerable sending such personal musings out into the big wide world. But his is one of the reasons I wanted to do this whole blog thing. To share and express. And not just the good but the bad too. 

On a more positive note, I do have A LOT to look forward to once these exams are over. More deets to follow - but let me just say for now that MAJOR ish is going to be going down. . .

For now I'm signing out to return to my studies. Currently engrossed in the Law of Persons (at least much more interesting than the content of the paper I wrote today even if there is in fact even more to actually learn). Here's to the nasciturus fiction, domicile, prodigals, curators, lots of latin terminology and cases involving people with some of the weirdest names I have ever heard - case in point with Mr. Beaglehole (I mean, really?). 

Signed: Down but not quite out. . .

Was described by a friend today as being like a "sentient stress ball" because of my soothing presence. I quite like that ^_^

- Disclaimer on present and future absenteeism -

I extend my sincerest apologies to the masses of diligent followers who will no doubt be devastated at the lack of activity on my blog of late ;P hehe. It is exam time and I have possibly the worst exam timetable ever drawn up in the history of university exams EVAR, so to say that I am a tad stressed and much more than a tad short on time would be a grave understatement.

As of the 15th of June however I will be done, but will be hanging around this little town for quite a while before I make the delightful (pleeeeease recognise the sarcasm) 13 hour bus trip home. During this time I will be doing nothing but going to the gym (to work off all this exam snacking and winter comfort eating), reading (for pleasure - at last!), celebrating every last exam of each of my friends the only way us rhodents know how (with a great night out), studying for my learners licence (which I'm re-writing 'cause my last one expired, sadly) aaaaannd getting in lots of blog time!! ^_^ I cannot explain how excited I am at this prospect.

Things that give me a little bit of hope for now - the prospect of dinner at my lovely friend's Claire and Gabi's digs tomorrow night which will accompany a politics study sesh. Real food is always an absolute dream when it means a break from dining hall food. XD I do not know what is on the menu as of yet but I am most certainly getting a garlic bread to go with it because I have had an insane craving for it for the last few days which MUST be satisfied...

Also, making lots of exciting plans for the holidays with the amazing Shark which copious amounts of series and movie watching as well as tons of cooking and baking - ohmygoodnessgracious too amped!! ^_^ Recipes to be tried out already include as many of the cupcakes in this delectable selection as possible: http://mingmakescupcakes.yolasite.com/.

Oh and how can I forget - the making of 21st plans which although accompanied by much anxiety (not the biggest fan of my own birthdays, especially when they involve my planning of my own parties) is actually getting me pretty excited. more to come on this topic soon!!!

Ok, I really should get back to studying... Its 2:30am. Wouldn't you say that that's totally the perfect time to review our country's termination of pregnancy laws? Totes, right? :P

Much love and peace to the universe.
And any awesome person who actually happens to be reading this ;P
<3

++ 'Cause we've all felt like this at some point in our lives ++

Jenny Owen Youngs - F**k Was I

Love grows in me like a tumor,
Parasites bent on devouring its host.
I'm developing my sense of humor,
Till I can laugh at my heart between your teeth,
Till I can laugh at my face beneath your feet.

Skillet on the stove is such a temptation,
Maybe I'll be the lucky one that doesn't get burned.
What the f**k was I thinking?

--> Essay writing at 1am <--

So as the above suggests it is 1 in the morning (1:12 to be exact :P) and I am working on a politics essay on migration in southern Africa (so fun! . . . not :/). Anyway, I just felt like mentioning that I am pretty darn chuffed with my internet growth for the day ^_^ (Jeans & Sharlz will understand :P hehe)

That is all for now. I will not be sleeping tonight. Wish me luck, oh cosmic forces out there!

Bisous! xx

~Music video of the Day~

Fionn Regan - Put a Penny in the Slot

I apologise,

I seem to have arrived,

On what items in my bag from your house.

There's cutlery,

A tablecloth, some Hennessy,

And a book on Presidents deceased.

I'll have them fed-exed to you,

It was a strange thing to do,

I hope we can still be friends.

Ah, it was not me,

But someone else, you see,

Twisting the steering reins.

"I do" . . . or at least I will, eventually :P

My dear, dear friendling Jessica Jeans Hutchinson has now gotten me into another way in which to spend even more of my time 'surfing the net' (and not working like I should be)... First it was We Heart It and now it is wedding blogs! :P

Here is one of particular loveliness I've been browsing... http://ruffledblog.com/ ^_^

Sigh... A girl can only dream... :P

Hair to dye for. . .

So I've been wanting to something drastic with my hair for absolute AGES and every time I see Emily from Skins (seasons 3 and 4) I totally want to go her amazing auburn-red colour! My mom is appalled at the idea and I myself am no too sure if I could pull it off but I can't shake the crazy desperate desire to do it :P

(Incidentally this was also what got me into wearing similar bows in my hair. It was before they started becoming big here so it was soooo hard to track cool ones down. But now I have a rad little collection :P)

~Ruby slippers and pigtails with bows~

So everyone who knows me knows that I love a good dress up party and this has to most definitely be one of my favourites to date... My friend of exceeding loveliness Justine Watkins (pictured below as the sexy purple version of Jasmine from Aladdin) celebrated her 21st with a Musical themed bash and I choose to go as the iconic Dorothy from Wizard of Oz.

I was very proud of my outfit - especially the home-made ruby slippers ^_^ Check it out...

**Bridal beauty**

So this is most definitely one of the most beautiful dresses I have ever seen!!! And I really love wedding dresses, so that's saying a lot... (This is also a rad movie. I especially love the last few lines because I totally believe that the term soul mate is not reserved for husbands/lovers but can most definitely be best friends too! Corny I know, but hey :P)

But anyway... If by the time I get married I am exceedingly wealthy (or my husband is :P) it would be a complete dream to have a Vera Wang designed wedding dress. Not because of the label (I am totally not a label girl) but just because I think that everything she makes is absolutely breath taking.

90's RomComs ftw!

After watching one of my absolute fave's in the early hour's of this morning I thought I had to give a shout out to the awesomeness that is the classic 90's RomCom... My childhood would be incomplete without these quirky leading ladies being swept off their feet by their either equally offbeat and adorably awkward male counterparts or 'too cool for school' ladies men. Thank you Meg, Tom, Jules and all the rest for all the good times... ;P It was so hard to choose but here my top ten:

1. The adorable kids make this one for me...

2. Meg Ryan is positively enchanting!

3. No need for explanation - absolute classic!

4. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore at their best, along with some of the most hideous outfits ever to come out of that era :P

5. The gorgeous Julia once again :)

6. The classic pair going old school with radio rather than e-mail this time :P

7. There is no denying it - nothing says romcom like Hugh Grant... 

8. The classic chance encounter while travelling through the fragrant, cultured  wonderland of Europe. And who can resist that accent ;)

9. Admittedly this is from '89, but could not leave it out! 

         

10. One of those 'will they just get together already!' kinda movies

A very special Shark. . .

So there's this lady that needs to make a speedy appearance on this blog. Because anything about me would be totally incomplete without heavy mention of her. :P 

If you ever have the amazing fortune of meeting her you'll understand what I'm talking about. I couldn't even begin to explain how frikken amazing she is. Let's just say I wouldn't be half as cool as I am, if it wasn't for her rubbing off on me :P 

Here are just some of the moments of awesomeness from our 1st year at uni (we were literally joined at the hip from the moment we met, it was kinda freaky actually ;P). . . 

Here is the link to her blog of awesomeness so you too can experience just a taste of the pure magic that is Sharlene Shark Naidoo - http://sharklene.tumblr.com/

... the window to the soul ...

So I'm procrastinating from doing my politics tut due for tomorrow morning (eep!) and watching the latest season of America's Next Top Model :P (love it!) And seeing all the AMAZING make-up they get done the shoots is seriously inspiring to me...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE really bold eye make-up especially. I think my eyes are one of my biggest assets and I love acccentuating them. Its gotten to the point that if I don't wear eyeliner I feel naked :P Its the best way to highlight your face and totally make it pop and grab people's attention. I think beauty in the face is totally the most important (way more than being super skinny or something like that :P). And make-up is totally a way for every person to bring out the best in themselves. I just recently died my hair a darker shade of brown so I have been going a lot bolder with my eye-liner to highlight the dark against my rather pale skin. And my amazing friend Sharlene has been insisting for a while now that I where red lipstick with this look cause my dark hair totally means I can pull it off. Last night I finally got my opportunity to do it when I had to dress all corporate for two of my friends' joint birthday thing and even though I was slightly hesitant to go so bold, it actually turned out kinda amazing. It was very 1920's glam ;P

I hate how crazy expensive make-up is, because if it weren't I would totally own like a truck load of it!!

These are some pics courtesy of the amazing *we heart it* which I love. . .

~Sugar and spice and all things nice~

So, there are many reasons I want to travel. I cannot wait to get out there and see the world, to experience all the different cultures, hear (and learn!) the languages, explore the landscapes aaaaand. . . taste the candy! ^_^

I love sweets! Like soooo much!! And whenever I have termed 'overseas fancy candy' and can't help myself from salavating just the tiniest bit ;P hehe. So yes. I cannot wait to travel to EAT THE SWEETS! XD