121 Middle of the End

Or middle of the bend?
Just a mild update to let you guys know I am still alive and, thankfully, more than halfway through my papers. Just three papers and two subjects to go-- six days-- and I'll be F.R.E.E.!!

Credit: Alexandra Sophie Photography

Also, Aaron Tveit is my latest obsession.

If singing's not your thing, check out Tom Hiddleston dancing.

And, for good measure, let's hope the other candidates and I will 'get Loki':

102 Interesting Articles... Happy Friday!

Source: A For Arcade

I've got a few ideas for blog posts in the works (not to mention that education post I've been putting off), but in the meantime, have some web links/ articles that caught my attention:

1. A For Arcade's Oct 2013 lookbook (pictured above)
2. On (Not) Eating Out Alone: "Except, one Saturday afternoon, I realized that while I’d been spending time alone, I hadn’t been spending it with myself... I’d come to a point where music and story and escape were the norm."
3. 6 Popular Movies That Have Terrible Moral Messages: including my childhood favourite, The Little Mermaid. Oh well. Still love it.

For music, here's a song about a mode of transport sung by a mode of transport (I kid):

97 A New Pet Hobby?

Two papers down, six more to go... and I've been browsing Thought Catalog, haha! Here're some links to get you started on what I think might be my new pet hobby: tracking my thoughts in a notebook:

1. How and Why to Keep a Commonplace Book
2. How to Digest Books Above Your Level
3. On the keeping of commonplace books during war
4. On the 'manly tradition' of the commonplace book- just as applicable to women

And a nice quote:

In our pursuit of knowledge, we often desire a traceable path in our growth.

-The Commonplace Book as the Predecessor to Pinterest 

Last but not least, two amusing image-list-things:

1. Harry Potter Gifs
2. Very British Problems (That Also Apply to Socially Awkward Singaporeans) 

93 Bah, Humbug

Just a cute little triptych of pictures from my mugging session yesterday. After four days working on my IS (independent study), I only had one day left to chiong for my paper today-- what a stressful period!!

Experimenting with a new (admittedly Instagram-inspired) editing style. The pile of notes in the first picture are all my notes from these 1.5 years of KI, and I'm happy to say I've read most of them (hurhur).

91 Dancer

we are the dancing shapes on the back of the universe’s eyelids

Quote and pictures from Tumblr

58 Waiting

Credit: Sunday Evenings (link in sidebar)

51 Restless

 Our hearts are restless until they rest in You.

-St. Augustine

Just a beautiful quote to tide both you and I by.

48 How I Study

I have an Econs test tomorrow and took perverse pleasure in procrastinating by taking photos of my progress... or lack thereof.

"I'm not going home, not really."

An ambivalent owl drawn during class

All laid out, ready to go

Heigh-ho, it's off to work we go

about forty five minutes in

a new addition to my wall of inspiration

about an hour in, sugar rush desperately needed

Disclaimer: my desk is usually not that neat. But I moved all my junk to the bed, wiped off the dirt and dust, turned on the desk lamp and air conditioner and presto-- pretty good library simulation!

04 Filler: Grey Pullovers

it's raining cats and dogs and owls

Let me introduce you to what I do when I don't have anything in particular to blog about (or, I'm too lazy to write stuff)... I pull out some inspirational shots from the multitude I have saved on my desktop! To save your souls from boredom though, I'll try to arrange these fillers by theme.

Today's been one of another rainy lovely days, and I always have a soft spot for grey pullovers (grey, not gray)... so here's 3 to brighten up your day :) Think of it as 3 different ways to style a pullover! They're everywhere these days, though I always find they're not as practical for the very on-off weather we have here, especially if you're taking public transport.

girly prep

Zooey Deutsch (credit to TeenVogue)

 irreverent hipster prep

Dree Hemingway (credit to Who What Wear)

 glammed up

Credit to malibuminx.tumblr

[/edit] So, this just in: Keira Knightley looking as perfect as she always is, in a grey pullover and blue textured skirt. What makes this is her shoulder-length disheveled hair: the kind I'm always hoping I'll have... 

Credit for rain background in the main pic to RevGalBlogPals