welcome back, me

wow, Europe was eye-opening.

(but isn't it always?)

everyone keeps asking me "how was Paris? how was Europe?"

I'm really at a loss for words..I just say "goooood"

all I can really say is..it's not what I expected..

BUT-you can't complain about the scenery..the countryside..oh.my.gawdd.

it is to die for.. that's one thing I love about Europe..or maybe the Western countries.

The scenery. The green. The white. Breathtaking.

capturing it on camera is not doing it justice but that's the least a traveler can do.

On my trip though, I learned/discovered a few things:
Jack Kerouac (although he's American)

Josephine Baker (also American at first)

Italians are worse than the French

I'm not used to the winter too well..

Paris is quite dirty, sadly.

I'm too sluggish to post any photos here cos even doing it on facebook is so taxing..

I'll be off to Krabi, Thailand for New Years on the 30th (woohoo!)

looking forward to that..

I'll leave you now with this song which sounded extra awesome while i was on the road :)

I met the Walrus

Check this out guys :)

Paris, j'arrive!

Wow, I feel like the worst sloth in the world..It's been too long since I last posted :(

feeling really bad...

My excuse: it's the holidays..I tend to do nothing but watch lotsa tv

(more like tv shows on the computer..)

It's about 2 days to my flight to Paris.

Yay!!

My mum, aunt, aunt's friend, and me will be going on a 7-day tour after being in Paris for 2 days

We'll be going to Italy - Rome, Venice, Milan, Florence...; Switzerland - Basel..; Monaco - Monte Carlo; and also other places in France like Cannes (!!!!), Nice (!!)

Aaahh this would be my first time in Europe and first time ever going on tour while I'm there :)

Oh, I will be visiting Disneyland too! should be awesome

I will tell you much more about it after I've come back from Paris, def ;)

On another note, I've come across more beautiful websites =)

Enjoy these:

The Next Page (a collaboration of DaydreamLily with English Muse!)

Lily and the Muse (another collaboration by the dynamic duo!)

The Boo and the Boy (there are some really good decorating ideas)

My Dog-Eared Pages

{Paris, you're in my dreams}

~All Photos courtesy of Tina from The English Muse - through WeHeartIt~

*Please click on the photos to go to Tina's WeHeartIt page to enjoy loads more of beautiful pics*

Thank you, Tina!

oh, by the way, i just joined WeHeartIt cos it was just too good to resist :)

~bliss...for now~

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas (soon) & Blessed New Year (if I don't get back here by then)

love and peace,

di

small hint

here's a video i found (with the help of a friend) on youtube :)

it's too damn amazing, coincidentally it's my all-time favorite 80s song..it's the best!

it just brightened my day (night, actually..) and mood :)

a small hint that tomorrow will be a better day.

can't wait.

peace + love,

di

Into the Woods. . .

Finally! I've taken the time I have to put just a few of my forest trip photos here :)

With my trusty Sony Cybershot (DSC T-2) baby.. and yes, no dslr (or slr, for that matter) yet..

Oh, well, patience is virtue :) and also maybe if I worked then I could save up for one.

The lake where me and the boys saw a huge-ass Arapaima!

This was what we saw (inside the forest,somewhere..) when we looked up.

I just love the shapes and the spaces in between.

Ah, nature.

(This was an awesomely poor attempt to capture it, my apologies)

On the right is a Bamboo plant which is really, really big (although it isn't portrayed as such here, sorry)

This 'trip' was definitely memorable-worthy. We got lost after walking for about 3 hours.. and luckily (Thank God) there was a fence ( yup, apparently we walked across the whole forest) and Joachim managed to break it (it's not really legal..) and I was just happy we were saved!

We ended up at the end of the forest and actually had to take a cab back to the starting point because it was just too far! And maybe also because we were drained from all the walking. And leeches! Aaaaagghh!

But all in all it was great fun with great company :) Awesome!

love n peace