Never Grow Up

When I listened to the lyrics of Taylor Swift's songs, I thought they were so true. Like, really, really true. For example; Sparks Fly, Mean, The Story Of Us, and like my post title this time; Never Grow Up. Just read, and agree.

Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to, just try to never grow up

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone

So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder that I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on

Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up

Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to, please try to never grow up
Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up, just never grow up

This song was written from both sides' point of views; the parent and you. As a teenager there must be a time when you want to do everything your own without your parents interfering and can't wait to experience to live alone so no one will tell you when to sleep or eat or bath. You can do whatever you want. But once you got to that stage, everything was just so hard. And then you wish there's someone to tell you what to do, make your decision, and you wish to just turn back the time to when everything was so easy and taken care of.

My mom once (okay maybe quite a lot of times) said that she wished her children were all still little because she loved it that way. And I understand because I know the hardest thing parents could ever faced in life is to let go of their children. So, whatever you're doing and wherever you are, just keep in touch and show your parents you're still their little girl (or boy). Make them happy. Time flies. Cherish every moment with them. Take pictures. Have fun.

The green highlight was just very true in my case. Hahaha... Also when I hear the verse before, I was imagining my room, my dad's footsteps when he went upstairs and checking up on me and what did I do and asked have I cleaned myself from school and do my homework, or later on at 7pm they called me to have dinner (which I often answered I've had my dinner after school already), oh and my brother's favorite songs (in this case it was all SNSD's songs... but now I think he has changed his mind).

Oh, good ol' days.

So, just to memorize what it was like when I was little, I present this outfit post, with me wearing something childish like.

Halter top - Ripcurl

Jumpsuit - FCUK

Cardigan - Unbranded

Necklace - From key chain + string

Photographed by Made Ari, Stephanie Rusli, Michelle

Ciao

Thorpe Park

Now, now, I'm not a scary rider kind of girl so I thought it was quite a waste of money going here, although I had no regrets ;) Well first of all, Thorpe Park is known for its scary rides like SAW (90 degree roller coaster), The Swarm (a roller coaster with an upside down position, or something like that), Stealth (higher than SAW, faster too), and probably many more. It's not the Disneyland kinda place, more like challenging games with minimum decoration. I obviously didn't ride all those things I've just mentioned. I rode the kiddy ones.

The rides that I rode were very short in queue because everybody was like queuing for the terrifying ones and usually rode by little kids with their mothers. Hahahaha... such a waste right? If you think you're like me, maybe Alton Towers is an option too. I think the most horrifying ride I did was Scooby Doo in Movie World in Gold Coast. Ah... Maybe once in a while I should try new things, but definitely not in the meantime.

It was very cold that day and during Easter break so it was pretty crowded. My friends waited for the ride The Swarm for two and a half hours. Crazy.
Oh and look! We wore I "heart" London jumpers! <3

Ciao.

Summer Is Here

:) :) :)

I'll just put smiley faces so you'd know how happy I am :)

Yesterday was too hot though. I wore a maxi skirt and kept lifting up my skirt up to my thigh and made it look like mini skirt *eye rolls*. But today is just perfect. Windy and sunny. Don't you just love that? Makes you wanna hang out in the park, have a drink, and chat? Mmmm... Might do that soon!

Scalloped collar shirt and socks - Primark

Shorts - Tailor made

Blazer - Zara

Shoes - New Look

Bag - Cupcake

Hat - River Island

Necklace - From Shanghai

Photographed by Paulina Koshan

A story about the hat; I actually was looking for the white or black one. When I first came to River Island back then in October I found the perfect white/black hat. I tried it on and I loved it. And a passer-by just complimented me "The hat looks good on you!" I said thank you and then didn't buy it because 20 pounds for a hat wasn't right, at that time. But then I regretted it because it sold out a few weeks later when I came to any River Island stores I can find with the urge to finally buy it. So long, hattie. Then, in January I window shopped again with my friends and found the same shape, same type of hat, with different color. I was like, what the heck, I'm gonna buy it today. So here it is. The hat. Only wore it once, haven't wear it again hahaha... although I'd still prefer the black and white one, this color is so spring and calm and sweet like a cupcake. Especially when it sat just right on my head ;)

Ciao.

Me Not Gusta

Missing home so much right now and the fact that my three friends are going back to our home country doesn't help. I want to go home too!!! And eat. And sleep. I'm suffering from sleep deprivation for days now thanks to the work loads. But hey, trying to keep my head straight and thinking good thoughts... this will end in 3 weeks and then I can get my beauty sleep. And you know when I sleep, I sleep hard. 14 hours hard.

Not my best look... :/

Dress - H&M (for me it's the perfect black and white striped dress)

Jacket - Zara

Tights - American Apparel

Bag - Issey Miyake Bao Bao

Flats - New Look

Photographed by Paulina Koshan

Pictures were taken during my Spring break and on that day we watched The Hunger Games and ate burgers in one of the most delicious burger restos here, Byron. I think I should eat burger again soon.

I paired this black and white look with a touch of color to give the blah feel a little oomph. Usually I don't like black, white, and one other non-neutral color combined together because in my opinion they look cheap. Black and white are at their best when they are both alone. But, some colors like this green tosca will do. Also pink, but not shocking pink, but the pink I wore on this post. Avoid yellow cause you'll look like a bee, unless if that's your intention. All sorts of blue can work well with black and white, I think, except electric blue and cyan. I won't go with dark brown and red either.

Well, this color "lesson" is only a matter of opinion. Maybe your favorite colors are black, white, and orange and you want to combine all those together for a party outfit or whatever... it's your choice :)

I think next time I should do another color "lesson", especially about red and pink, because (again) in my opinion, they could be the worst color combination ever. If you don't get them right, that is.

Ciao.