I want to go stargazing.
It’s something I really want to do this year and I hope I am able to do so.
Maybe someone will take me there…or perhaps I have to go myself. But going myself will make me feel alone, again. I hate feeling that way.
The soft and the hard collide in Midnight Angel. Diaphanous silks and chiffons are mixed with leather and patent, while ethereal ruffles, delicate appliqué and cutwork are given a touch of tough when contrasted with zips, chains and harnesses.
From studded tuxedo jackets and safety pin collars to dramatic-feather shoulder detailing and sultry lace panels, these are pieces for making a statement in.
Body-con silhouettes continue to rule with skin-tight dresses, high-gloss leggings, second-skin pencil skirts and high-waist shorts stealing the style-limelight.
Teamed with black leather bralets and embellished tights, pencil thin stilettos and clutch bags with handcuff-style bracelets, this is a collection for the girl who’s not afraid of looking fierce.
Cancer Horoscope from Russh
You’ve done an admirable job at putting all the most important pieces of your career in place during the first half of 2011 while Jupiter moved through your house of fame and honours. Now the momentum you built will guide you rapidly forward. Uranus, which entered your lofty tenth house of career success in March 2011, will bring you many surprises from now through 2019. Under this once-in-a-lifetime visit for Uranus you will have the power to become quite famous in your industry, so hold on to your hat, dear Cancer. Work you hard and smart, and you’ll be going places.
Evidence of the type of career surprise that Uranus might deliver could come up near 22-24 March this year, when Uranus and the Sun conjoin in your house of career reputation. A point in the year when a surprise career could come up and thrill you will be 20-23 July. These will be a dazzling set of days when you will almost certainly get good news, and what does develop will come as a result of the efforts of a friend. In the early part of 2012, from January through mid-June, you will have Jupiter in Taurus in your eleventh house, which rules, among other things, profits from efforts made from hard work into ventures in the previous months. Many of the efforts you made to secure your career last year will pay off this year, and you should see financial gain
Financially, things are looking up in a big way. You will breathe a sigh of relief once Neptune leaves your house of joint finances on 3 February. If you hope to see a substantial rise in income, circle the several days the proceed 13 May as excellent to see results, thanks to Jupiter’s proximity to the Sun. Also, be ready to ask for a raise on or just after 1 August, a brilliant new moon in your earned income sector. In case you are curious, Neptune will be in Pisces, his home place, and in a fellow water sign like yours, you will see the best qualities of Neptune emerge, that of inspiration. No one alive today has ever experienced Neptune in Pisces, as the last time Neptune visited this sign it was 1847 to 1862. As you see, this will be something new for everyone, of every sign! Neptune will remain until 2026, long enough to set up one of the important themes to your life.
In matters of love and fun, the move of Jupiter to Taurus in the first half of 2012 may be the answer to your prayers. While up until now you may feel all you’ve done is work, from now on, it will be time for you to play. Late April, after the new moon 21 April, will announce a light and social time for you that will extend into the first half of May. 12-13 May will bring the luckiest day of the year, linking Jupiter to the Sun in your eleventh house of friendship/ people /events so you may be attending quite a party near that date! Although you will travel quite a bit, mostly for work, see if you can schedule a vacation in early March or in mid-November for doing so would fan the fires of romance. After Jupiter moves into Gemini, you may have special luck with a blind date, so if a friend suggests she make an introduction on your behalf, enthusiastically accept. Circle 8 November as an exceptionally happy day to schedule that blind date! November may also turn out to be a major month for mixing romance and travel. Thanks to an outstandingly friendly solar eclipse in Scorpio on 13 November you may go quite unexpectedly – and be amazed to find that love blossoms as a result.
You have come through a storm of challenges, dear Cancer. Soon you will feel the warm sunlight on your face. With possibilities for romance and new friendships on the horizon, along with career breakthroughs and a better financial picture shaping up, you have every reason to be excited. Welcome 2012 with open arms. In so many ways, you’ll soon have proof positive that life is about to get much better than it’s been in a long time!
What I am
I’m
- resilient
Yeah…well to be honest, nothing of great intensity has hit me in my life…but small things do hit me once in a while. Whilst I get really worked about them most of the time…these episodes last only for say…a few days or something. And then miraculously, I’m totally over it.
So there, I think I am resilient. Let’s hope this carries onto the future for whatever problems I may face.
Mr Darcy
So I just finished watching the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice. I quite liked it and as one who has seen the flawless BBC television version, I thought the film version did a great job capturing the lovesickness and torment Darcy went through. And that got me thinking about courtship in the 21st Century and the incredible differences to the 18th Century.
It also got me thinking about myself and how unladylike I act compared to those women in the film. I guess it’s the emancipation of women and all the stuff to do with women’s rights and that women are not just resigned to tending the household which has resulted in the change in how women and society are viewed. Despite that, as I watched the film, I secretly wished that perhaps I could be living life in the Regency era, attending dances and being involved in what seemed like an incredibly romantic method of courtship.
Nowadays, the method of courting potential romantic partners has changed dramatically…. Pop culture dictates methods of going out and acting drunk whilst the opposite sex perceives lumps and bumps on the other as sexual attractions. And you know, those stories of random one night stands that people have and what’s even worse is that when one feels attracted to another they use disrespectful language such as ‘sexy bitch’…..that is simply what pop culture has taught me. And that leads me to the conclusion that chivalry is unfortunately suffering a bit.
It must be a terrible cliche….but oh my goodness, I have fallen in love with Mr Darcy. Why don’t you exist now, Mr Darcy? :( And I think I have found a book to read during the holidays….why yes…Jane Austen’s lovey dovey yet somewhat witty novels.
Shake It Out
Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
All of the ghouls come out to play
Every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues strong
It’s always darkest before the dawn
I’ve been a fool and I’ve been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I’m always dragging that horse around
Our love is pastured such a mournful sound
Tonight I’m gonna bury that horse in the ground
I like to keep my issues strong
But it’s always darkest before the dawn
It’s hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off
I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I’m gonna cut it out and then restart
‘Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It’s always darkest before the dawn
Given half the chance would I take any of it back
It’s a final mess but it’s left me so empty
It’s always darkest before the dawn
I’m damned if I do and I’m damned if I don’t
So here’s to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
I’m ready to suffer and I’m ready to hope
It’s a shot in the dark and right at my throat
Cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Well what the hell I’m gonna let it happen to me
A muted fire.
With the onset of the whole Qantas grounding debacle, I resort to listening to Wu Lyf’s Dirt and watching the music video for it. There is a very poignant line in that song, ‘No matter what they say, dollar is not your friend’ which resonates very well to current capitalist society.
The year 2011 has been a year rocked with reforms and challenges, all stemming from different parts of society. Dictatorships have been overthrown, namely the Libyan one where Gadaffi’s overthrow had resulted in mass celebrations around the world. I personally feel so proud for those people where they can actually experience democracy and choose what they want for themselves. The London riots were something that I am not a supporter of because that was not a riot of any use but a rage fit for looting and stealing. And in developed countries like the US, movements namely Occupy Wall St has been taking place and it’s funny how it is occurring right now. I suppose the world is sick of the corporate greed that is dominating all our capitalist societies. It is true that the rich are getting richer and the poor, poorer. This is particularly evident in my birthplace Hong Kong. Do any of you know how much the average family forks out to live in incredibly cramped living flats in Hong Kong? Pretty much most of their salary. And you must factor in higher and higher living standards that are proliferating in the city and you get incredible divides in society. From rich golden spoon young ones sporting the latest designer bags to others who are begging on the street, asking for a spare dollar to buy their meals. And you know what this is all caused by? Real estate firms who are fucking the whole city up.
And now Qantas. Qantas is grounding its whole entire fleet because fucking Alan Joyce cannot reach a settlement with his employees. This was announced just a day after Qantas’ AGM where Joyce was awarded a 71% pay rise. Ah I see. The pay rise to $5 million dollars for one single man who does nothing but fuck the company up but a strong resistance to meet union’s demands for simply job security, pay increase to correlate to inflation and the resistance to move jobs offshore. What is wrong with this reasoning? So many things. It has ignited a great fire online and on televisions with many people, having a just heart in support for AVERAGE AUSTRALIANS WITH AN AVERAGE INCOME who just want JOB STABILITY. Alan Joyce retaliates that increasing the pay rise of its employees will damage the brand’s long term financial achievements. But hello? Qantas has always been a profiterable airline and will be one in the long run but with all the negative publicity that has been generated now and the horrifying decision to ground all flights, isn’t that just tarnishing what you have worked hard to achieve in the first place even more?
I am absolutely disgusted by Alan Joyce’s maniac, reckless and monstrous behaviour. This man knows nothing but greed. He is only motivated by the dollars in his bank account and is uninterested in anything but himself. Corporate greed is ruling our society people. And hence, dollar is not your friend. Nothing is your friend.
Greed will consume you. #occupy
Endings
I have just finished my last ever anatomy class and am now on the train, posting via my iPhone. The whole uni experience has been something that was so hard to grasp initially for myself. I remember feeling so lost every single day and feeling that the friends at uni whom I had just made were incomparable to anything I had in high school.
October is the present and we’re heading into November soon. A lot of my negative feelings with regard to uni and the new friends have dissipated into thin air. Despite the many lows there were amongst them many highs. Ultimately, I am grateful for everything that has occurred. I feel like I’ve grown many ages since the beginning of uni and I am certainly a different person in comparison to the one I was in year 12. Perhaps I have changed in some aspects as well, but I think it’s all for the better. I still feel very lonely sometimes but the friendships I have fostered with uni friends is something that has changed. I wasn’t always happy in high school…
So this is a farewell to sem 2 of year 1. I cannot wait to meet up with them all over the break.
