"We say we exchange words when we meet. 

What we exchange is souls." 

- Minot J. Savage

Diconnected

That's what I've been feeling. Disconnected. Cut-off from the world I used to live in. 
It took me a year to figure that one out. 

Ridiculously excited over 2011! I can't wait for it.

"Be the Change You Want to See in the World"

25 Things I'm Grateful For this December

1. Christmas
2. Eyelashes
3. Good Food
4. Friends
5. Laughter
6. Salons
7. Stars
8. House Help
9. Faith 
10. Books
11. Trees
12. Siblings
13. Parents
14. Chocolate
15. Clouds
16. My fave niece, Joacqui
17. Conversations
18. and Laughter
19. Music
20. Flowers
21. Water
22. Trust
23. Love
24. Oil
25. Facials

love is not negotiable

 
Leslie: Love is not negotiable.
Christopher: Oh, baby, everything is negotiable!
Leslie: No, not love. Love is a guessing game. And that's the beauty of it, there's no guarantee. It's like diving into a pool of water without knowing if it's shallow or deep. Sure if it's shallow you end up hurt and paralysed from the neck down. But if it's deep... It's like throwing yourself out there without any guarantees. You know, that's what life's about! Ok, you know these carnival games? And you know how some of them are super easy and others of them are really hard to win?
Christopher: Sure.
Leslie: Well that's the difference between love and sex. Sex is the game where everyone wins a little price, and no one goes home a loser. And love is the game that's really hard to win. But if you do, and you gonna take home that life size dinosaur, it feels so much better than taking home a sh**** little plastic keychain.

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, 
not by the lights of every passing ship.

-General Omar Bradley

I don't know where I'm going but I can't wait to get there.

Let's Bring Back...

Manners. When did texting while having dinner with family, friends ever a good thing?

Playing outside - sunshine and rain. 

Handwritten Notes. 

Gentlemen. I think they all stopped at Cary Grant. 

Libraries. The smell of books, literally turning the pages and getting lost in the story. 

Charismatic Tennis Players. Bjorn Borg. Stefan Edberg....

Dancing. Really going out and dancing. 

And on that note, big bands. 

Double Features. Watching two movies. 

 

"There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up."

Rex Stout

You can kiss me in the moonlight,

On the rooftop under the sky.

You can kiss me with the windows open,

While the rain comes pouring inside.

Kiss me in sweet slow motion,

Let everything slide.

You got me floating, you got me flying.

It's the way you love me,

It's a feeling like this,

This Kiss, This Kiss !!

15 days

15 days till my birthday. I'm getting antsy. I'm leaving soon, I can feel it. I can't wait.

Some memorable movie lines

Some memorable movie lines I keep coming back to...

Broken English

~ Most people are together just so they are not alone. But some people want magic. I think you are one of those people.~

Sex and the City 

~ Don't you want to stand still with me?~

Meet Joe Black

~ Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived.~

so very true...

Regrets are a waste of time. They're the past crippling you in the present.

Under the Tuscan Sun

The bigger the better...

I should always think big. 
Bigger than that and always be excited. 
Why do I forget sometimes.

Friedrich Nietzsche

“We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving”

25 Things I'm Grateful For this October

1. Waking up every morning
2. Mr. Moon and Mrs. Sun along with the stars
3. Fireflies 
4. Atis, the fruit
5. Mountains and Lakes
6. Healthy and safe family members
7. Grace and Rosie
8. My Grandma's peaceful death 
9. Chocolates
10. Prayers
11. Trees
12. Water
13. Understanding Parents
14. Crazy and delightful brother and sister
15. Rainbows
16. Cupcakes
17. Sense of Well-being
18. A new day, everyday
19. Diamonds
20. Shoes
21. Facials
22. Pain-relievers
23. Manicures/Pedicures
24. Anti-itch medicine
25. Dove Soap

Life is too short, so kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly.

She said beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. You need to remember that when you find yourself at the beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up...and it will too. - HOPE FLOATS

"Don't expect eternal happiness. I wasn't brought up to think everyday would be beautiful. I was taught to just stay open everyday to whatever may happen and eventually the positive will come back to you."
Christian Lacroix

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World's Most Romantic Islands

Romantic island getaways from the Caribbean to the South Pacific to help start—or stoke—the flame.

By Emma Sloley

Rangali Island, The Maldives

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Whether you’re after all-out luxury or sand-between-the-toes casual, there’s a romantic island for you. And while many of these dream destinations have “remote” and “secluded” as their principle selling points, others are surprisingly close to home. (One you can practically see from the Hollywood sign.)

No matter whether you’re a new couple just getting to know each other or you’re celebrating your golden anniversary, these romantic islands will help you holiday happily ever after.

Rangali Island, The Maldives

Of the 1,192 islets that make up this island nation in the Indian Ocean, roughly 1,000 are uninhabited. Suffice to say, your chances of finding romantic seclusion are pretty high. Like most of the resorts here, the Conrad Maldives Hotel occupies its own private atoll, called Rangali Island. The romance factor kicks in before you even arrive, thanks to a seaplane ride over the shallow, impossibly clear lagoon. Soon enough, you’re dining in the underwater restaurant and kicking back in the over-water spa.

Molokai, Hawaii

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Molokai, Hawaii

A conspicuous absence of international hotel chains is just one reason this idyll—situated east of Oahu in the Hawaiian archipelago—draws romantics from all over. Hike to remote waterfalls, kayak secluded rocky coastlines, and ride donkeys into the lush valleys, or just laze beachside. (Head for the golden sands of secluded three-mile-long Papohaku Beach, at the far-west end of the island.) With just one traffic light on the island, the only gridlock you’ll encounter is caused by colonies of curious sea turtles frolicking in the outrageously clear waters.

Capri, Italy

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Capri, Italy

Sure, noon in Capri Town can be a tourist swarm, but the bulk of visitors depart on the last ferry back to Naples or Sorrento—leaving the island blissfully free for lovers. And this dramatically craggy outcrop, a Mediterranean Garden of Eden splashed with floral color and perfumed by lemon trees and herb gardens, has remained a magnet for the A-list since antiquity, when Emperor Tiberius set up camp here.

St. Lucia, Caribbean

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St. Lucia, Caribbean

If the Caribbean Sea were a catwalk, St. Lucia would be its most bankable supermodel. This 27-mile-long island is lush, mountainous, and blessed with gorgeous beaches and verdant cocoa plantations. The jade-green twin peaks of the Pitons, jungle-swathed volcanic plugs that rise from a silvery ocean on the southwest coast, are the Caribbean’s most striking backdrop.

Bocas del Toro, Panama

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Bocas del Toro, Panama

Located in the Caribbean Sea near the border with Costa Rica, this group of islands is all about low-key relaxation with a Latin American flavor, pitch-perfect for sybarites who don’t want to pack a designer bikini. The main island of Colon has a buzzy downtown full of waterfront bars and laid-back nightclubs, while the smaller islands offer deserted beaches, rainforests, mangroves, and coral reefs.

Catalina Island, California

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Catalina Island, California

Just 22 miles southwest of Los Angeles, Santa Catalina has a certain Mediterranean flavor. Yachts jostle in a glinting harbor, sorbet-colored homes cascade down the hillside, and the secluded coves are ready-made for romance—including the aptly named Lover’s Cove, east of Avalon.

Santorini, Greece

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Santorini, Greece

Sweeping views over a picture-perfect caldera—the result of a volcanic eruption around 1600 B.C.—is just one factor in Santorini’s romantic charm. Gorgeous, striated cliffs and black-sand beaches don’t hurt, either. Head to the famously picturesque village of Oia (book a room at the 18-suite Mystique) with its classic whitewashed, cliff-edge architecture, blue-domed churches, and stone houses overhung with bougainvillea canopies.

Barbuda, Caribbean

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Barbuda, Caribbean

If your idea of Eden is unpaved roads, truly deserted beaches, and nary a nightclub, this 68-square-mile island in the Eastern Caribbean is for you. Barbuda features just a handful of high-end hotels, including Coco Point Lodge, on its own 164-acre peninsula fronting glorious pink-sand beaches. Take a boat trip to the Frigate Bird Sanctuary on a lagoon in the island’s northwest and ogle the 5,000 namesake birds that call it home.

Laucala Island, Fiji

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Laucala Island, Fiji

The South Pacific fantasy of swaying palm trees and extravagantly lush scenery reaches its fullest expression here. There are just 25 cottages on this privately owned resort, which occupies the entire island, each with a private pool, dining pavilion, and outdoor hot tub and shower. While the resort attracts deep-pocketed travelers, don’t expect glitzy lobbies. The emphasis is on rustic, pared-back luxury; every detail seems crafted to appeal to couples, including the lagoon pool with its man-made “islands” big enough for two.

Pamalican Island, The Philippines

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Pamalican Island, The Philippines

You’ll find only one resort here—Amanpulo, set on its own private island southwest of Manila with just 40 secluded pitched-roof traditional villas, strung along a pristine beach with sand so white it’s blinding. Beachcombers can navigate the entire island on foot in less than two hours, keeping their eyes out for baby sharks, kingfishers, and sea turtles, which lay their eggs here between March and October.

dreamy wedding dress

love

he said, do you trust me?

why? she said

i need to know. 

and she nodded. 

what happened? she said.

i need to show you something. 

once upon a time i wanted to know what love was.
love is there if you want it to be. 
you just have to see that it's wrapped in beauty and hidden away between the seconds of your life.
if you don't stop for a minute you might miss it.


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What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers. -- Martina Horner

“Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.” - Mark Twain

A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.

That is true and this is it. I've forgotten that my goal is to conquer the world and I'm going to do it now. 

NOW.

I can't wait to launch my line. And I will, brilliantly.

wonderful romance

All the pieces of me fit with all the pieces of him.

One must have chaos in onself in order to give birth to a dancing star.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Wallis Simpson's Qoutes...

Never explain, never complain.

You can never be too rich or too thin.
Wallis Simpson
 

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.
Wallis Simpson

To those who can dream there is no such place as faraway.

— Anonymous

Our minds are lazier than our bodies.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to."
— Jim Jarmusch

If it's still in your mind, 

it is (usually) worth taking the risk.

- P. Coelho

I'm tired.

I need a change.  Thinking of running away and never looking back. 

The truth of the matter is 

that you always know 

the right thing to do. 

The hard part is doing it. 

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

Exciting Times...

Finally, I woke up from the stupor - energized and brilliantly excited over the life i'm living. 

 

My Song

Your Love Has Got a Handle on my Mind

- Lenny Kravitz

Hey baby
There's something on my mind
Got to tell you
I never thought I'd find
Love that is simple and so kind
Love that is caring so divine

Your love has got a handle on my mind
Sweet as cherry
Fine like wine
Gonna love you 'till the end of time

Hey baby come put your arms in mine
Let's make love
'Cause I need to take that ride
I'm on top of the world
'Cause your my baby and I'm your girl

Your love has got a handle on my mind
Sweet as cherry
Fine like wine
Gonna love you 'till the end of time

Put your sweet little lips over mine
And open wide
When we're together I just can't hide
'Cause we've got a beautiful vibration
And we've got a beautiful situation

Your love has got a handle on my mind
Sweet as cherry
Fine like wine
Gonna love you 'till the end of time

Hugs and kisses daydream...lovely week ahead!

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Birthdays.

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I love birthdays and birthday months.  In November, there's always a certain excitement over what will be.  I always want to surprise myself doing anything and everything.  Birthdays gives you another whole year to do things differently.

My Fave Movies

I love romantic comedies, let me share some of them. 

Sixteen Candles...so cute, Jake Ryan is dreamy and the lines are just plain funny, crazy and poignant.  What every girl wished for when they were young.

Notting Hill.  It shows effortless charm and chance meetings.  I can watch over and over and never tire of it. 

An Affair to Remember.

7 Things I Love

Being grateful, I thought of posting 7 things I love the most in this world (excluding family, friends, fashion - otherwise it won't be just 7 things but the next 10 postings).

7. I love the beach.  A certain serenity I get from going to the beach.  The smell, the sand, the drinks and the ocean that makes things pass by beautifully and I don't even have to get wet.


6. I love chocolates & ice creams.  They're one of the best creations. I can't get enough of them.


5. I love to travel - experience new adventures and meet new people.  South America, Africa, Asia, Europe - there's a lot more to experience and discover. 


4. I love shopping.  


3. I love books and magazines and writing on my journal. 


2. I love daydreaming. 


1. I love chance meetings.  There's a certain feeling of living in the moment and meeting somebody who may mean the world to you. 


This is just part 1 of things that I love and for now this is it.

Always dream...

Here's a line from unicorndreammagazine, it's so apt:


...Dreams are like stars...you may never touch them
but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny.


utterly lovely.

Dream. Always. The bigger the better.

Awesome Things

Most of the time I forget about what makes life awesome. I should refrain and let go of a lot of things. It's about committing to not think so much, repeating mentalities and taking small things a lot...so they'll be part of my life. I'll try to put them into words and this will be a continuing post...

• Faith 
• Waking up with a smile on your face everyday
• Knowing that it starts and ends with you...
• Find what you love
• Keep looking, don't settle
• I'll be dead soon, so there's nothing to lose - death is a destination we all share
• Saying goodbye is a good thing as saying hello
• Stay hungry, stay foolish
• It's not about the events in my life but how I deal with things

inspirations!

You must always have great, secret, big fat hopes for  yourself in love and in live. 

The Bigger, the better. 

The time is now. This is the best time for women to be entrepreneurs!

Pilling Up a Stack of Yesterdays.

"Travel leaves the colors of exotic destinations printed in our memory like a stain of the place itself."

- Kevin McCloud, Choosing Colors

I miss traveling, sometimes I even miss the people that I meet in the places I've been. Life is too short to dwell on things that don't matter and if it happened in the past. That's it. No more turning back. Life is always exciting. 

Crushing Mondays!

I love clothes. WIth a really huge walk-in closets all for me. I'm thinking Marie Antoinette as the inspiration and having Coco Chanel's workroom as my canvas. 

snuffle shuffle...lalala theme songs

The Rules!

I saw this at Yellow Brick Blog and Tastes Like Red and I just had to do mine.

1. put your itunes/ ipod (or any mp3 player) on shuffle.
2. for each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. you must write that song name down no matter how silly it sounds! 4. encourage others to play along!

my results:

1) what would best describe your personality?
Like Pebbles on A Beach - Paul  Weller

2) what do you like in a guy/girl?
Rock you Body - Justine Timberlake


3) what is your life's purpose?
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - Mark Ronson 


4) what do your friends think of you?
Almost - Tamia


5) what do you think about often?
You Could Have it So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand


6) what is 2+2?
Besame Mucho - Andrea Bocelli 


7) what do you think of your best friend?
Something About Us - Daft Punk 


8) what do you think of the person you like?
This Guy's In Love with You - Harry Connick, Jr. 


9) what is your life story?
By Your Side - Sade


10) What do you want to be when you grow up?
I Wish That I was Making Love - Alessi Brothers


11) What do you think when you see the person you like?
Some Enchanted Evening - Tommy Dorsey & Rosemary Clooney 


12) What do your parents think of you? 
So In Love - Ella Fitzgerald 


13) what will you dance to at your wedding? 
Let's Call the Whole thing Off - Harry Connick, Jr. 


14) what will they play at your funeral? 
I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra


15) what is your hobby/interest? 
Change - Daniel Merriweather 


16) what do you think of your friends? 
Signed, Sealed, Delivered and I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder 


17) what's the worst thing that could happen?
Time to Get Away - LCD Soundsystem


18) how will you die? 
As Time Goes By - Nat King Cole


19) what is the one thing you regret? 
Ohh La La - Goldfrapp


20) what makes you laugh? 
Human Nature - Michael Jackson 


21) what makes you cry? 
A Piece of My Heart - Gang of Four 


22) will you ever get married? 
Cigarette in Your Bed - My Bloody Valentine 


23) what scares you the most? 
Come on Home - Everything But the Girl 


24) does anyone like you? 
You Only Live Once - The Strokes


25) if you could go back in time, what would you change? 
Stoned Out of My Mind - The Jam

26) what hurts right now?
Stay Up Late - Talking Heads

Indonesia

Indonesia's one of my favorite places in the world. It's mysterious, calming, exciting and felt like I was home. Jakarta and Bali are places that will always be a part of me. The endless conversations, the shopping, the food, late nights and early mornings. Indonesia is one of the loveliest asian countries.

my time is now.

This month is the end of my procrastination.
Really.

My businesses! Here I am.

another day

i'm quite excited over possibilities.