I honestly do not know who took this photo. I just found it on Pinterest and it was captioned, what love feels like.
I agree.
An excerpt
An excerpt from Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow:
Why be concerned with gossip? Because it is much easier, as well as far more enjoyable, to identify and label the mistakes of others than to recognize our own.
Fuck. They are on to us.
To want and need the same things
It is slightly annoying how these words seem to roll out of someone’s tongue so easily.
With people starting to explore other career options, I can’t help but wonder if I should be doing the same thing. After all, I’ve never really imagined myself working in a bank for life, no matter how noble the cause.
There are still days when I just sit by my table and stare blankly at my computer screen, wondering how the hell I ended up here. How the nuances of routine and constant nagging of constant things managed to bring me comfort so assuring that I cannot even recall what brought me here in the first place. How this is not the life I imagined for myself.
I guess that’s what death does to you: it forces you to evaluate everything, set everything in perspective, become pensive enough to see if the life you are living is really the life for you.
I used to say I can live off of pizza, beer and a good book.
Or a typewriter, sheets of paper and sunglasses.
Or wine, cigarettes, chocolates and Shakespeare.
Maybe I should start moving towards what I really want. More importantly, maybe I should start wanting more than what I need.
Oh well. It’s Ponder Thursday for me. How has your week been?
Falling for Kate
For those of you who just tuned in to my blog (naks), I want to state right off the bat that I am not a girly girl. I am subtle girl. Pogi girl if you may. But there’s only one thing that turns me into a full on floral loving, bow donning, polka dot hugging girly girl: Kate Spade.
They have a couple of local stores here in the Philippines. Although I really love the accessibility, I have to hate customs and taxes for almost doubling the price of their products. Worse, I can’t even buy online when they’re on sale because they’ve already set up a local store. So while I look for ways to buy their sale items, I explore their new arrivals.
The Spring 2013 catalog is filled with golf references but these are the pieces I fell in love with the most.
L-R: Avery Capri, Robbie Skirt
L-R: Dawn Dress, Rhys Dress, Rosina Dress
L-R: Roslyn Top, Shannon Top
The clean lines, solid colors and simple shapes just draw me to this collection. They’re quite preppy too.
But of course I cannot deny that I loved Kate Spade bags primarily. I mean, who wouldn’t?
Clockwise from top: Battery Park City Ruthie, Cabana Tile Sydney, Garden Grove, West Valley Valentine
Come on! You have to admit these pieces are just charming. I like the fact that they’re so tastefully crafted that these can easily go from corporate to casual.
And let’s not forget, those charming iPhone cases!
L-R: Petula Stripes, Get Carried Away
These two are fantastic additions to an already witty line. I swear if I just didn’t drop my phone so much, I would have opted for these charming ones instead of a clunky Otterbox.
Which, by the way, I am very grateful for, given that I drop my phone for some reason at least twice a week.
Le sigh. I wonder what else could come my way. Looking at pretty things certainly brighten my mood, but the fact that I have decided to be more prudent and channel my funds to more meaningful causes just brings so much pain to my heart.
Or rather my shopping heart. It’s a different one altogether.
And given that I had a pretty awful day in the office, I’m glad it’s these sweet little nothings that perk me up.
These and phone calls that last forever.
Good night everyone. See you tomorrow.
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