This month is chockaful with formal dinners, etc, so as usual, i armed myself with my card, some savings and a pair of comfy footwear and went shopping! With S. ^_^
Today was supposed to be some 'field trip' for my Retail class, but as always, anything and everything can be turned into shopping-time. Teehee~
I really like this dress! <3 Mango's. Heels from FEP, pretty accessories from SIX, metallic blue OPI polish and Bat For Lashes's latest cd ^_^
Just adore how the accessories complement the dress so...
...first and last time i'll ever let myself splurge on costume jewelry...it is intricate and beautiful though!
Also got this bracelet, so i could alternate sets of accessories with this dress.
'Tis dull but nothing some liquid detergent/ lemon juice won't fix i bet!
My really tall drag-queen-esque heels. Don't suppose i'll be wearing these for casual walks down the street...
Ear-candy! <3 One of my happiest buys of the day :D The piano version of 'Laura' by this talented pianist is really good too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2i7TkGwOCw
And that cat! <3 So cute. And also i kinda find it amusing to see such intense concentration and beautific enjoyment on the pianist's part-who's completely caught up in the haunting, gorgeous tunes-overriding the kitty's constant interference and pleading for attention. Such concentration!
<- Just $10 at Scape Underground! It's a haven for accessory-lovers and this shop-www.styledasher.com- has some of the prettiest and less mainstream shoes i've ever seen in town <3. The prices are also some of the highest i've ever seen in town too,unfortunately, but the quality and rarity makes it seem worth it ^_^
Now allow me to rave a bit about this glorious novel that i just finished today...
It's one of the best books i've read this month, and it seems to me to be one of the best books out there!
It's also a seriously old book(started in 1981 and finished in 1985; now that's dedication for you), and in my humble opinion, one of his greatest ever crafted creations.
I first experienced this book when i was in primary school, a wee lil thing whose range of literature ranged from Enid Blyton to Stephen King and whatever books i could get my hands on in those days. Being 8, i hadn't been exposed to the world Stephen King(S.K) had created through his other novels-like the Dark Tower Series-, so this came across as nonsensical to me, said 'nonsensical-ity' stemming from the 'eye' in the sewers, etc. I was disappointed too, because at that age my knowledge of monsters only expanded to full-out gore and solid, fixed human/demon figures, so i wasn't open to-or couldn't grasp-the concept of a vague, yet tangible being who could assume the form of every character's fears. Thus was my literary lust for blood, gore and morbidity unslaked.
I'm so glad i decided to give it another chance. Also, so glad my polytechnic has such a range of S.K's works available! But i digress.
Now that i'm older and have had considerably more exposure to his world, i find it much more easier to appreciate the characters, and their ordeals and own private little struggles. Forgive me if i sound sadistic(but hey, it's a S.K novel we're talking about here right?).
What really encompassed me in that warm, beatific glow-that a really good book can give you-was the ending. It was perfectly bittersweet and...this'll sound nuts, but in a sense, the ending almost gives one the vision of a warm, golden glow that only past happy memories can give? In short, it perfectly encompassed what stands for the end of childhood; beautiful afterimages and the passing of little-kid memories. That bittersweet ending actually evokes nostalgia, and that certain, serene, happy-yet-heart-aching emotion that accompanies all ends of childhood scenarios and endings.
Sigh.
...how i do love Stephen King's works so. There'll go some of my cash again, this time on more meaningful literary works. <3
Anyway, now that i've gotten my adoration-and the profound impact it's had on me-for this lovely novel across...it's time for more mundane things i guess.
Like homework.
Tsk.
Ah, but if i were a bonafide horror-novel reviewer, sipping sweet wine/any other drink of choice, avidly poring through carefully crafted works of literary art, enthusiastically raving about said novels in columns and the like...
But reality awaits. -_-
Ta, peeps! ^_^
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