a hushed glow

"You want to know what the Captain really whispered to me that day? He told me that my true love was right in front of my eyes.
And he was right."

-Tristan to Yvainne (a Star), Stardust


Stardust movie stills found in
Quenchant of the Curious

blessed

Hi sweets!

Today was Day One of a two-month internship I am doing at a certain magazine title (though most of you can already guess which glossy it is, I'm trying to keep things low), and it was really fun! I could not have gotten this internship without God's favour (which includes a very sweet boss!) and so I just really wanna praise and thank Him for His hand over my life, and also for the bunch of supportive people in it.

It's pretty surreal to be a part of this amazing editorial team. I was pretty (read: very) nervous the night before my first day, but the girls there were just great at welcoming the newbie. All are lovely ladies! There wasn't a boring moment - the moment my foot crossed the office door, I was immediately given my very first task, which was exciting and made me happy. Today, my tasks included making phone calls to cosmetic companies for price checks (it was such a pleasant surprise to see Boyfriend's sister on the list! hahaha small world), typing, looking up celebrity birthdays and sourcing images on Getty. As for tomorrow, there's a coupla things lined up but I'll leave that for another time... ;)

The night ended perfectly when I met up with the Boyfriend and got a big hug from him. Tomorrow we're going to watch Public Enemies. (turns out I can't seem to escape Christian Bale's wispy voice. Ever.) Yayy! Also, it's just another two days till our very special day - our first anniversary! We're keeping it simple, though. I'm just glad we haven't gotten into a fist fight since we've known each other; let's be grateful for that. Haha! ;)

Have a very blessed rest of the week, beautifuls!

xx

photo found in It's All Make Believe, Isn't It?

500 Days of Summer

First shown at the Sundance Film Festival 2009, I simply cannot wait until 500 Days of Summer hits the big screen! It is a story about Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitte), a failed-architect who ends up working as a copywriter at a greeting card company, coming up with romantic mush. There, he meets the girl of his dreams - truest of true, loveliest of love: Summer (played by Zooey Deschanel. Yay!). Unfortunately, Summer does not believe in love nor longs to be tied-down. Tom then spends 500 days - shown in vignettes that jump back and forth between the present and past - trying to prove to her that true, "lighting-only-strikes-once", forever-and-always kind of love exists (my kind of guy! hee hee) whilst learning about exes, relationships, and what it means to love and to have lost; to break apart and to reconcile.

Tres romantic!

xx

watch the trailer here

wistful thinking

Tell me, what is love if:

♥ you don't long to hear the other person's voice every minute of the day?

♥ you're not willing to sacrifice your life for the other person?

♥ you don't laugh out loud together?

♥ your heart doesn't skip a beat when s/he's around?

♥ you give up the moment something goes wrong?

♥ your heart doesn't ache when you are apart?

♥ it is not God-centred?

I don't know, but I certainly wouldn't wish that on anyone.

xx

lovely photo found in Fine Little Love

secret keeper

I've been keeping a diary for years now. Ample of both giggly and melancholic memories have been poured into it through the scratchings of a pen, while innermost secrets and aspirations that no one else will ever know fill the pages that I treasure so dearly. I find that I cannot fully comprehend or organise my thoughts without first penning them down. For me, clarity comes with writing. As Erica Bartle once said, "I write to see what I think" - and that is why the written word is just so powerful.

xx

photo beautifully captured by Milky Hearts

daisy

Daisy, give yourself away,
Look up at the rain
The beautiful display,
of power and surrender
Giving us today,
when she gives herself away

Let it go,
Daisy let it go
Open up your fists
This fallen world,
Doesn't hold your interest,
Doesn't hold your soul,
Daisy let it go

Daisy, why another day?
Why another sunrise?
Who's will take the blame,
For all redemptive motion?
And every rainy day,
when He gives Himself away.

A bittersweet song that uses a flower as a metaphor, with lyrics that encourage the daisy to not get rooted in this temporal and imperfect world but instead, let go of it and embrace the Maker of both sunshine (joyful times) and rain (cloudy times): God. He is the one who gives meaning to life and showed true, unconditional love when He gave Himself away on the Cross, dying for our sins. Jesus loves you, and He will take care of all your worries. You just have to let go, and release your troubles to Him.

Go ahead, He's listening.

xx

song: Daisy by Switchfoot

beautiful photo found in Fine Little Love