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UCLA Campus Shoots- my first finals are over!

December 7, 2015

Bag- Kate Spade// Shirt- Forever 21 // Hat-Urban Outfitters

“I think I like you…I think I’m going to like you….” -Urban Zakapa// This is how the song I’m listening to begins…

With finals week of my first quarter in college over, I feel a familiar weight lifted! For now, we are free. I’ve stopped thinking about love for the time being, but little instances come and go that leave me happy and feeling like I could be in love again someday soon. It’s a nice feeling; hopeful, at least. 🙂 This is an outfit I wore often in Asia (minus the hat!) and I wanted to share with all of you guys. Very simple, very easy, and cute with anything from black boots with crew socks to sneakers!

Happy Monday readers <3

Last Summer

December 6, 2015

These photos were taken in the summer, and already my world has changed phenomenally. What I can relate to now still is that youthful feeling of hope and faith. These photos were taken at a crossing road point in my life, I didn’t know fully how to interpret the past behind me because it was unstable. There were so many things that I wanted affirmation on before I felt like I could really decide how I felt about myself, love, and where I was going. Waiting on factors outside your control leads always to a shaky passage of time.

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Dreams of Gold

December 1, 2015

These photos were taken right after my high school baceaulareate-same dress, same makeup. I know, it’s only a bit late. (please catch my sarcasm.) I couldn’t help it though, those last days were a blur of goodbyes, emotions, and tying up loose ends before my long summer trip to Asia. Back in these pictures, I was still with my old boyfriend and we were pretty inseparable. Pictures bring back a lot of memories, but these pictures are more sweet to me in retrospect than bitter- maybe it’s the golden haze on the wheat from the sunshine. Maybe it’s the internal calm that I sense in my expressions in these pictures…I’m watching and accepting the end of a chapter and the end is exciting in a way. I’m usually not one for goodbyes.

But as time passes, everything blurs together, maybe for the better. The happiness and the sadness average each other out, and I am left with armfuls of distinct moments. I think of them as carefully picked jewels in a treasure box. This is my past. This is what makes me myself, as I am today.

Happy weekend everyone! Thanks for sticking with xx

Floral Trailblazer (ft. Tobi)

November 8, 2015

Hi guys! I’m excited to share a collaboration that I did with Tobi a while back. I am modeling their “Nothing Lasts Forever” romper. As I was scrolling their clothing, this romper immediately caught my eye. It’s a smooth polyester that feels like silk. The flowers are a fresh and bright print and it’s such a great addition to my closet! I paired it with Kate Spade “Imorana” heels, and a nylon bag with some patent accents. Me and Ed Tran headed to a park on a pretty day and snapped these shots- I love the outcome!

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