Move forward, move on, move off, move up against, move back; directions are but choices circumstances offer you in a platter, whether of expensive silver refined and highly polished to reflect our blank countenances or caked in flaky rust and inflicted with scratches aplenty.

We will all find our way, eventually.
And it boils down to the matter of whether you want to or not.

☆ olive green-brown checkered ribbon hairclip
☆ engraved metal heart-shaped chain necklace (~300円, from Japan)
☆ slim beige leather-strapped wrist watch (~2600円, from Japan)
☆ star dangle earrings
☆ chain necklace joined with an array of quaint trinkets

I think I’ve grown significantly more keen in my daily fashion than any time else in my life ever since I started going to work. And by paying attention to all these details and aesthetics, I’ve probably picked up something on coordination and styling. Now I do understand and appreciate why people spend heaps of time looking for the right look, and simply looking good. To some it’s more of a skill than a gift; if you don’t work on it you won’t realise how much you can achieve. But no one says you have to, anyways.

I’m intrigued by this photo to no end; not only because it truly depicts the era (1880s) of Japan that is often seen only in period dramas and in illustrations, but because of the striking resemblance at first glance. I couldn’t help but imagine Ohno living in this very surreal world – he would most probably enjoy making umbrellas and fishing at lakes all day, no? 「優しい傘そっと差して行こう」嵐

See more of these, taken by Adolfo Farisa, the man who shot old Japan.

And it sure gets even more surreal. The portraits are beautiful.

Here’s my happy place for now. It used to be my desk at home since I had gotten a new pc this year and revamped the shelves above it. Two months yet I find myself adjusting, still, to the nicest bunch of people around; it’s because I’m probably rusty with people and design, so I would need a lot more time to come to consider it entirely comfortable. Maybe months, maybe even years.

Alice in Wonderland post-its a gift from the lovely g; the second design from Totally Hot stuff and the last from a stationery shop in SH (they’re both from the same manufacturer btw)

Mini face and character stickers bought in Taiwan, originating from P714, a design house specialising in really cute merchandise. P stands for planet, while 714 marks the birth of their little planet, just as how The Little Prince has his home named B612.

I quite certain my love for snowglobes stemmed from this particular one.

Hello, you’ve probably forgotten about this space.

9/7. A leisure trip with the entire company to Johor, my first in many many years, to mark this day. It was great to know I could speed on in the impromptu races while go-karting – no need for a driving licence – minus the minor crash incident which earned me bruises and a weak wrist, as well as submerge myself in the satisfaction of street photography once again (dad has gotten the Fujifilm F30 fixed, and I’m bent on selling my Canon point-and-shoot; a long story but it goes all the way back to the Japan trip, which I never got to blog about) surrounded by a quite disparate kind of flavour.

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