Skin

Oh Boy...

"...You can feel like a part of something if you're part of the scene

You can make your life look pretty add a little ice and gin,

Wash off the make-up and prepare the aspirin

Well you can get out of this party dress but you can't get out of this skin..."

xoxo

Skye's Day Out : Art Museum

...never mind what the others say, it's only important what the wind whispers...

The other day, I went to the museum...

I saw a painting of Hitler being sort of kind...and I pondered...

I loved the floors, the way words sort of flew into the air, how broken pots stuck together in golden glue and that clothes aren't always typically simple...

I sat looking at words flip...it was nice...

There was wrinkled tin foil that reminded me of cola and a man made out of ash that told me that anything is possible...

Then I stumbled upon a majestic horse. It was made out of film reels. I felt like a movie star...I think it neighed...

I got to go to church before meeting some strange looking strangers....and the writings on the wall told me to dream...'ol Buddha agreed...

I met a lonely sailor adrift on a sea of broken chalk...I sort of envied him (also, I was a little creeped out =\)

I discovered that I love how shadows and light play well together in the dark and that the grass  is green - no matter where you stand ;)

Book #1 : Cloud Atlas

"A half read book is a half finished love affair..."

-Cloud Atlas ; Letters to Zedelghem-

Cloud Atlas - hmmmm...let's see. My attention was brought to this book when I first saw the trailer for the movie back in late October 2012. You guys know how Hollywood big budgeted movies are like - their trailers are superb and leaves you wanting more. And that's exactly what it did to me. I wanted to watch the movie badly but (yes, there is a but...) since it was an adaptation of a novel, I told myself, "Skye, screw the movie for a bit and lets get lost between the pages of the book 1st!" ...yeah, I did not literally scream that out at myself. But it sort of did sound like it in me head =\

I don't know if it's just me but, it seemed as if the book was a little bit of a let down. It should just be me, I mean, it's a best seller, which means a lot of people liked it =\ But having an idea of what this book was supposed to be about and then reading it and realizing it's not all that, is not a very nice feeling. Maybe I should not have put so much anticipation on it.

It wasn't as if it was yucky or anything. The concept I still very much liked. The notion of reincarnations and how our actions now, at this very moment has a rippling effect into the future or the past for that matter. If you ask me, I say, yes that seems logical. It might just be the optimistic romantic in me that strives to believe in such things, but why not? So that portion of the story I loved but the construct...hmmm...maybe I did not concentrate as much as I should have. Maybe there are bits and pieces of the plot that I had missed...it just seemed like there were no beginning nor end and so, no middle at that (yes I'm super making sense, I know!). But maybe that what was David Mitchell was aiming for - to show that in a linear life (or lives), one that seemed like there are no crests nor troughs, there is still significance. And it might not be apparent to those living in the same timeline but in a bigger scale of things, everything and everyone is interconnected. Now see, that is something good to go to sleep thinking about (among other things ahem.. :p)

So here I am, finished with Cloud Atlas and not too sure how I feel about the book. But I have a choice, we all always do, which is to take the good instead of the bad...no regrets though ;)

PS : Next up, Kim by Rudyard Kipling - so far the first chapter has proven quite an interesting read :)

PPS : Gonna go get myself the Cloud Atlas movie (finally) and see if the movie matches the trailer and surpasses the book :D

Burberry Prorsum Fall 2013

I have not been posting about the 2013 Fashion Week on time!! The party had moved to Milan and I'm only just beginning! Truth is I was following it but was just a little too pressed for time to blog about it. Well, here is a preview of one of my fav lines - Burberry Prorsum...

This season, Christopher Bailey is playing more on texture and patterns. It gives Burberry a nice freshness to it which I kinduh like and kinduh not like too. There are hits and misses (well for me at least...). Some of the designs that I love you can see it above. There were some where they were too plain and some that looked too much like farm animals. Maybe it's just me and my own taste :p

In any case, I still love the line. The bags are edgy and the coats are, as always, very Burberry-esq! Colors are demure and they pop at the same time. Am I making any sense? :p

PS : I'll try to post more on some of the lines that caught my eye this season. Dolce & Gabbana! Whoa! :p

Fuel for Thoughts...

...I hear the sound of the piano keys in the night,

It played along to the rain outside,

There is nothing that I wouldn't do to stop time right now,

Because this moment brings me closer to you...

I had only 4 hours of sleep last night. That's not too bad actually. I have had even worse nights. But I guess the prospect of going through a Monday workday with only 4 hours of sleep and no coffee is quite a put off....zzZZzzz....

At least the day started with a tour of the company's plant. And to be quite honest I found the plant quite nice (a case of grass is greener?...) and maybe because of some other factor :p Like, you know, ummm, how smart people are quite yummy, like :p Moving on..........

Anyhu, I've finally got coffee in me! This should calm my mind. I've been having the strangest (a little dangerous) thoughts recently. I'll not go into much detail. Some things are best kept in the dark. Okay, now it makes me sound like some sort of psycho - cue creepy music....but don't worry, I have no skeletons that I dress up and keep in my bedroom. I do however own a skull ring. Which is cool. Okay, maybe not. Yes! Yes! It is cool!! =\

PS : Need to make a trip into the city to get me books in my book list.

PS2 : I've ended up with books from the 19th and 21st century as well....

The Start of a New 365

...beginnings are the starts of endings and endings are the starts of all things. I am breaking down in order to build myself up - rock bottom is a good place as any to search for a beginning...

I have decided to start a project this year. Something that I want to see through - it's been done before so I know it's achievable. I have this list of books. They are some of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. I know a statement like that can be very subjective. In fact, it is. But as I have yet to come up with my own list, I shall follow the advice of those that are deemed experts in the field of literary. It's going to be tough. Some of these books are really long and the language (though English) need full focus and  concentration. I would like to be able to finish one book in a week but I would also like to be realistic. But, if I give myself leeway like that, I'm afraid that I might lose track and end up procrastinating. So this is what I'll do. I have a few books that I have by my bedside that I am currently trying to get through. What I'll do is to slip in some of these great literary works in between the ones that I'm reading. I will give myself 1 week (2 weeks tops) to complete a book. At which point I will write up a summary of the book - a sort of like a critique if I may say so (really, I hope I can say so...).

This should help me get away from work. Yes, I am at the verge of hating my job. It's not classy I must say for me to admit that. But I am being honest. It has finally caught up to me - my disdain towards the factual

rigidity of numbers and figures. Some might call me stupid. Yes, in fact I am calling myself that as well. Because I have end up falling into the crevice of those lemmings and in that path, I am beginning to lose my soul. I do not want that. I can literally feel myself disappearing and it is not a very fun notion. But because I can't just quit on a whim (actually it is not impossible per say but, oh well, we'll see...), I have decided to wean myself off of work. At the very least I can start enjoying these books as I've always wanted but had always made up excuses of how I do not have any time (yeah boo on Skye...)...

By my side at the moment is Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. I have but a few chapters left before I finish it. Once done, it will be my first feature critique on my blog (one which I don't know if anyone reads). It might not be intellectual and deep as how a professional book critic might write but that's not the point. It will be an opinion of an individual and she is just one that loves the written words - whomever it may come from...

PS : I know it has already been 2 months into the new year. I had been busy chasing after my soul...

PS2 : I have trouble spelling dissappearing disappearing....

Hebrews 11:1

It gets tough sometimes. So tough that letting go and giving up seem like a blessing. But I refuse. I always hold my own on to faith. And some may say that I am blind and stupid but I say true faith is a gift not many have the privilege to embrace...

I keep faith in my darkest of hours and know that there will come a time, be it the next second or the next lifetime, that in the end, all things end well....it may only be a tiny beacon against a stormy horizon but damn it, I'll chose that sliver of light over any other promise any day of the week and twice on a Sunday....

xoxo