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I’VE MOVED!

Same address, different platform.

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Today is a very good day, because today is my very first day of work at a brand new job. The company that I now work for is a Norwegian furniture brand called Variér. Their quirkily designed chairs are exactly the kind of thing that makes my heart skip a little faster, and I will of course share what I am up to on this blog! From now on there will definitely be a few more interior entries in the mix as well.

(they are open from 11:00-18:00)

Leather pants & t-shirt from Wiksén, necklace H&M NEW ICONS 

HOME ON A FRIDAY NIGHT

1. I have a confession to make: I have become terrarium-crazy. More on this later.

2. I scored this metal-top table at an antique market in Oslo and polished it back to shiny.

3. I love to collect strange surrealist postcards and I’m quite digging the NEW ICONS collection from H&M.

Happy Weekend to all!!

ON CURATING YOUR OWN LIFE

“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.”
                                                      -Thomas Szasz

One thing that I love about living in Oslo (or should I say Europe in general) is spending hours in musty second hand shops looking at bric-a-brac and old books. If you’re lucky enough you can find little notes in these old books. In this one I found a handwritten note from 1975. March 1975. Little more than 38 years ago… and how times have changed. Books don’t look or smell the same anymore. Some books are simply data in a computer now, viewed through a screen. Even printed books look different. They’re almost too shiny, too perfect. Lately I’ve thought a lot about how I do not want to waste my time wishing things were different, as I sometimes do. I come from two worlds. I always feel like half of me is missing something, either way. I know that this sentiment is echoed by many who belong to more than one place. If there’s one thing that I am quite sure of, it is that I want to be the curator of my own life. I want to collect beautiful and nostalgic things. I enjoy it, and as long as it doesn’t bankrupt me, I don’t see anything wrong with it. I am quite certain that this flair for beauty is my filipino side. It must be. Therefore I embrace it.

One thing that will change is that I’ve decided to branch out a little more on this blog, and focus on everyday little beautiful things and not just fashion with a capital F. Outfit posts will continue, but I will also share things like this book. I’ve decided at this point, I am more interested in the bigger picture.

When I saw this skirt I was just like “YES PLEASE, IN EVERY COLOUR”. And so I ordered. 

This is my last week before I start working full time again so I’ve been running around from appointment to appointment trying to get things sorted while “I have the time”.  I have plans on getting some used furniture for my study as well, as it is currently the “unprettiest room in our apartment” if I can use TLC’s words. Ah, nineties references…

Vintage denim jacket from Wrangler, knit sweater from H&M (old) and statement skirt from Choies

The Spring Lust List

1. Statement skirt from Three Floor, available here.

2. Smythson leather notebook, available here.

3. Variér Planet lounge chair.

4. La Roche Posay Thermal Spring Water

5. Statement skirt from Choies, available here.

6. The Nikon Coolpix P330

Lately my chunky platform boots haven’t seemed so appealing. I’ve been enjoying walking around with these shoes, which are a much lower heel height than my usual. These shoes look best with ankle-cut jeans or short skirts. It’s also great to mix the Doc-a-likes with very feminine pieces (a la nineties) or with very tailored pieces to mix things up a bit. The Doc-a-likes are from Din Sko and the pumps are from Epilogue x Eurosko.