just a general note.

i figured i hadn't written a "meaty" post lately, so i'm sharing my thoughts on life thus far...
it is about 10:44 p.m. and i'm simmering down, my friend and i were on an emotional roller coaster all day-- (i think it might have been my fault, seriously being like a girl's girl at the moment, might've just rubbed off on her...) and basically, it's been craycray. i'm not really sure what i want to hash out of my heart--

i guess one thing is that, i'm so glad to wake up knowing i'm still in sydney. i will seriously cry an enormous amount of tears had i to leave australia.

this has been a huge dream of mine since twenty-oh-nine.
i can't believe i'm actually here, living life here. in sydney. (although i honestly thought i'd be in melbourne, but God has other plans!)
i mean, wow, time goes so unbelievably fast. twenty-twelve.

twelve years ago, i was twelve, (and here we go again,... ) i have no clue why my age this year is fascinating me so much. plus, it's the year of the dragon. #justsayin'
(and it's a leap year!)

anyway, it's so weird to look back and think about ALL that time that's passed. i definitely am not where i imagined myself to be, and i'm glad my plans didn't fall through, otherwise i'd be more screwed than i think myself to be. (GAAH, college loans! -- driving me insane lately! IN JESUS NAME, I will overcome!) i mean, who knows what i'll be doing in a year's time. i honestly haven't thought much about it, i had some things in mind, but i'm still weighing my options.

at the turn of the year, i felt like everything i struggled to build for myself, and all the walls i've put up for myself started to crumble down. it is the beginning of a new era for me. like the slate's been clean, and fear and failures are wiped off, and i get to start all over again. i'm excited and scared like crap. no maps, and hands off the wheel this time. yea, riding at the backseat with Jesus at the wheel.

classes are at it's final leg, and we're a stretch to the july conference, which means the end of the first semester in HILC. i'll move on to the next season, and expect much for the one to follow.

life never felt so right. so good.

vous etes belle.

i made a little card for a friend-- and it turned out pretty cool. i really liked how the bg turned out and how the colors worked out pretty well. i was a little worried it wouldn't look cohesive, but it works. yay. in my attempt to write a meaningful message in french, my dashboard translator decided to translate the phrase "you are beautiful", yes in french, but for a guy-- okay, who tells their guy friends that they're beautiful? i might tell them that they're "pretty" or say stuff about "pretty boys" (who are just way too metro) ... but never beautiful. anyway, with quick thinking i managed to paint over it to put "belle"... idk why didn't think of that the first time. hmm.

make sure to tell your mums that's they're beautiful, which all mums are. i sure love mine, and will give her a call on (PST) mother's day--

ryan gosling memes? (whatever memes are...)

i thought this one was particularly cute. i'd love to have koo koo roo tuesdays, or ... well, whatever the aussie equivalent is with _______ well, let's fill in the blanks some other time, we've yet to get there.

just for laughs,... enjoy ryan gosling, it's tuesday.

{adventures on instagr.am} // {04.14}

here's a set of photos i took during an afternoon break in sydney.
{adventures on instagr.am}

baby bimpy.

made of Lego.

Westin Sydney

Macarons from Lindt Cafe

#nofilter skies and clock tower.

pixie paintings: 'audrey'

"pixie-paintings"
definition: postcard-or-smaller-sized watercolour paintings. (yep, i just spelled color with a "u")
anyway, here's my little april project:

a cute little portrait of my friend, audrey!