i have a penchant for buying unique necklaces from countries i've visited...

the 7 yr old porcelain maori necklace from New Zealand is still an occasion wear.
a tradition symbol frm the maori tribe that represents bravery...
a treasure...
that gave me confidence at my lowest point in life...
that gave me courage when i felt lk giving up...
that gave me bravery when i felt awkward standing in midst of multitude...

3 days ago... we welcome a new addition...

a celtic mood necklace from York...

the celtic represents the time of the Viking's expansion to the British Isles during the period known as the Viking Age...
and what's cool about this celtic necklace is that, like a mood ring, it changes colour according to your emotions based on its thermochromic elements...

ahh...
the love for unique necklaces...
this shall be on my neck for a long while...

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Launched only on the 15th this very month, ting bijouterie has a line of jewelries that has both the western and eastern influences in them.

PROMOTION ends june 30th!!!!! so hop to ting bijouterie for more details on purchasing, shipping etc and also to view the line of jewelleries available.

i say...
a milkmaid from the side and a recovering cancer patient after chemo up front....

one thing i admire about karen cheng is her ability to fully utilise the internet... i admit am an avid reader of her blog for the occasional reads about life and of course for the cool websites that she always manage to discover. karen stumbled upon polyvore, a fashion site whereby you can create you own fashion assemble frm products found in real online stores and kinda introduce the site to me through her blog.

am no fashionista... no way near a slave for fashion! money, height and figure are to be blamed for. however, polyvore seemed to fill in my lacuna perfectly... well of course in my own imaginary world... afterall, in the cyber world, i can be filthy rich, 6 feet tall with a body to die for...
with jus a click of the mouse, i created seven different looks for each day of the week...

elegant monday

red + black assemble (above right)
accessories...
designer handbag frm bagborroworsteal.com
murano glass necklace frm antica murrina veneziana
dress...
black twinkle dress by Day Binger et Mikkelser

laid-back tuesday

accessories...
buddha charm necklace by hannal zakari

shoes...
yellow glare shoe by beatrix ong

outfit...
muriel sweater frm Abercrombie & Fitch
tessa tank/ tubes frm Abercrombie & Fitch
emma low rise boot jeans by Abercrombie & Fitch

mix-match wednesday

accessories...
brown marc jacobs bag
'lucky you' charm bracelet by lulus fashion lounge
zad gold medallion by lulus fashion lounge

shoes...
cole haan women's jolette low sandals

outfit...
old navy light weight thermal - knit carnis
accessorize print ra-ra skirt

environmentalist thursday

accessories...
Polka Dot bag frm YesStyle.com
kirra girl epoxy floral earrings frm Pascun.com
bangle frm targe
birdcage bubble umbrella frm raindrops

shoes...
white sandals frm witchery shoes

outfit...
miss selfridge ribbon trim day dress

lazy saturday

beach sunday

we are all fixated with shoes... yes all of us... from a midget to a giant, all of us at least own a pair of shoes... thus shoe fetishism is the most common fetish among all the fetishes out der...

i love shoesss... n thx to my retarded brain... it seems lk i can never haf enuff shoes to wear and thus the signals frm the brain to buy more shoes although it's pretty unnecessary to... my profound love for shoes has gone beyond obsession and am pretty sure many ppl are suffering from the same incurable disease like sadly, me.

i pout at the thought that shoe models get to own the shoes they modelled for!!!! damnit... if i had the perfect toes or even feet for that matter, i wished i was a shoe model!!!! u dont haf2 b drop dead gorgeous to be a shoe model, u jus need 2 haf nice feet...

God blessed me with awfully huge toes and webbed feet, and though i'm truly thankful that i have healthy looking feet sometimes i do wish that the genie in the bottle myth was true...

bt den again with the new technology advancements, there's a new higher power now and it's called adobe photoshop... :) airbrushed, edited, photoshop...

speaking of editing, my sis's bf wade had a fren who worked for victoria secret once... and it's pretty hilarious dat he only lasted 6 months... one wud think that workin for victoria secret catalog is every straight guy's dream job bt according to him, he had enuff of airbrushing nips n pubic hair stickin out frm undies or even distorted looking thighs and protruding tummy by the end of the 6th month... lol... and to tink that i felt completely insecure and low after lookin at VS catalogs without knowing Victoria's 'true' secret... pfft

i guess the answer to Tony Ronzoni's question of "where did the nipples go?", from his book How to Draw The Nipples Back on Victoria Secret's Catalog Model's using Adobe Photoshop is in two words... COMPLETELY AIRBRUSHED, like what they usually do to Britney Spears!!!