of chick lit, flicks and music

i find it rather embarrassing that at a grand ol' age of 30, i still thoroughly enjoy chick lit, flicks and music.. somehow, the idea of fairy-tale endings appeal to me.. and lighthearted humour, coupled with all that cringe-worthy cheesy-ness and less than real plots/storylines/lyrics come together to give me a general happy and warm fuzzy feeling inside..

some of my friends have first hand knowledge of my liking and have been put through the "torture" of chick-ness.. K & S could not stop laughing and cringing while being dragged through "he's just not that into you" at the movies, or HM with "priceless" on dvd, or J, who's been put through this for many many years or even my poor ears, with the following song on loop ALL day on an especially bad work day! (i especially like the change of outfit midway through the song! i know i know.. i'm a sucker! :)



when i was younger, i wondered if i would outgrow them soon enough, but clearly, it hasn't happened.. and contrasts are starker in light of HM's selection of books, if likened to university coursebooks, make my reading look like kindergarten colouring books.. :)

ah well.. i am who i am.. at least it contributes to my emotional (albeit unrealistic fairy-tale like) education :) and woe betide the person i fall in love with..

of coco avant chanel and being fashion

I have 2 silly friends whom I love dearly.. they are silly and they call me fashion :) it all started with R calling me "the fashionista".. but this four-syllabic nickname soon became "fashion" coz it was otherwise too tedious to type/call/name.. so i am known to them as fashion.. more in a sarcastic and mocking sort of a way than a.. ermm.. they truly think i'm fashionable sort of a way.. :) i love them all the same though.. sometimes, they also call me odderlyn.. but that's a story for another time..

Of late, I've discovered a new-found appreciation and gratitude for fashion.. Not that i wasn't appreciative or thankful to begin with but various conversations and incidences have all culminated in my one conclusion.. that i am so very loved (..and al's so very blessed!.. again another story for another time)

Because God loves me, i have the rare occurence of actually loving my job.. Fashion is something i've enjoyed since i was a kid (i have terribly incriminating photos!), but it is a career that i clumsily stumbled into.. What i mean by this is that it wasn't a career I had planned for.. it is truly and utterly God-given.. I cannot take any credit for this humongous blessing in my life.. God placed timely people and events in my life that led to where i am now..

Over the course of the past week, i've had to talk about fashion alot.. i've met up with random strangers to talk about what i do because they are considering moving from banking to fashion.. i've been validated at work.. i've had to tell my rags-to-fashion (not riches) story a couple of times.. all these events have heightened my awareness of how blessed i really am.. *thank you God*



The flatmate and i are gonna catch a movie on sunday.. We started off saying we will watch Star Trek because it has been highly raved about.. but then i also wanna watch coco avant chanel.. the trailer is super enticing! :)

I'm not a chanel fan, but i must say that SHE IS FASHION.. she has the immense honour of being the founding creator of the little black dress, she popularised suitings among women at a time when women were bound in corsets and uncomfortable clothing.. reading the history of coco chanel inspired me.. to do what i don't know, but it lit a fire under my ass to make me wanna get off my seat and on with it and do something! :)

of fashion schooling and what-nots

While doing some research at work, I came across a website with the following images used to represent the trends for Fall/Winter 2010.. I have a soft spot for the use of architecture or interiors in fashion to represent the juxtaposition of hard-wear vs soft-wear and the construction of a fixed 3-dimensional form inspired by a piece of architecture to fit a 3-dimensional form which is the human body.. oftentimes the result is one that surprises and completely alters the shape of the human form to begin with.. I miss being at fashion school.. :) i reckon i'd wanna return someday to do a masters in fashion or pattern cutting or something technical like that.. appeals to my fashion geeky self.. :)

of the difference between being utterly alone in the office swamped with work and being in Christ alone

I will look back on tonight, face wet with tears of frustration and remember that in Christ alone, my hope is found, He is my light, my strength, my song.. This cornerstone, this solid ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storms.. what heights of love, what depths of peace, my fears are stilled, my Comforter, my All in all, here in the love of Christ i stand..