photo diary: day 2 (city tour)

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this area is kind of outside the mall already but it's still air conditioned. (an open area before you can reach the other side of the mall)

experiencing singapura.

sometimes, i don't feel like writing/typing anything if i posted a lot of photos already, but right now i feel like sharing something, if not everything.

if you really have a good eyesight or if you've been reading my blog for quite sometime now, you'll notice that there's something odd about my photos. (now i've mentioned it, you probably checked it again. or did not.) well, i kinda vowed to myself before that i won't be posting a lot of photos captured by my phone in a post, but on our second day in singapore, i was too tired to bring my not-so pain in the A dslr, aside from the fact that i thought that the 3-point adapter we bought the night before at Mustafa Centre, a 24 hour mall, wasn't compatible to my camera battery charger, ergo, my battery got empty.

we started our second day by going to a mall called Funan DigitaLife where we looked for a laptop and bought my new ipod. around 1pm, we had our city tour (we got an agency since it's more convenient.) the city tour includes: a drive around the Civic District, a visit to Merlion Park, to an old chinese temple called Thian Hock Temple, to a jewellery factory, to the National Orchid Temple, to Little India and a 30-minute ride on the Singapore Flyer. before we rode the flyer, we got a little problem with our tour voucher. we booked and paid a tour that includes a ride on the singapore flyer but our voucher didn't specify it. we waited for almost an hour, but we were glad that they were kind and considerate enough to settle it between them, agencies, and gave us a pass to ride since it was really an inconvenience to our part.

after riding the Flyer, we went to Bugis Street where mom bought pasalubongs (homecoming gifts.) it was around 10pm when we rode a train back to where we were staying. when we arrived in our room, we nearly collapsed on our beds since we've been walking most of the time since our first day. even my parents, who are not inborn whiners, complained (and it was still our second day— hello third and fourth day!) but we enjoyed our day nonetheless.

P.S. God bless to all of my friends and batchmates who took the december Nursing Licensure Exam and are still waiting for the results. i know you will all pass! think positive and pray! :)

-adele

The Wombats - Jump Into The Fog

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photo diary: day 1 (sentosa island)

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merry christmas and happy new year?

i'm not oblivious to the fact that this blog had been stagnant for over a month or so. i know i did say in my previous post that i'll be posting the rest of our family trip in singapore, but then something came up. just a few days before i posted it, i applied for a work in an ESL academy, got accepted and i started the week after (december 17) which explains my being MIA (btw, i quit after 5 weeks. just.) i was not really that busy working but i just didn't find any inspiration to finish this post. there were also times i thought of deleting this blog and times i vowed never to make blog posts anymore, but here i am, blogging my life away again.

anyway, back to our trip in singapore. during our first day, we went to Sentosa Island. we mostly spent our time strolling from one place to another, took a few rides, watched shows and took a lot of photos and videos. few of the attractions and rides i recommend that one should not miss while in the island are: the Singapore Cable Car, Universal Studios Singapore, Underwater World, Dolphin Lagoon, Luge and Skyride, and last but definitely not the least, Songs of the Sea.

-adele

Rudimental ft. John Newman - Feel The Love

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the lion city

singapura.

hello! so it took me a month and three days before i feel like blogging again. seriously, during the month of november, i've been really lazy and busy making myself useful by planning our family trip to singapore since i'm always at home doing nothing productive anyway.

i will be posting the rest of our trip on my next posts, keep posted! 

-adele

Emeli Sandé & Naughty Boy - Wonder

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six degrees of separation

second. you're doing these things out of desperation.

two music video posts within an hour. sorry, the wire of my laptop kinda got busted late last week i just feel ecstatic right now because Hannah and i are planning something mind-blowing. haha *fingerscrossed*

updated: also, check out Rudimental's new music video, Not Giving In, which was shot in the Philippines. the song also features John Newman (again) and Alex Clare. it's more fun in the Philippines, eh?

-adele

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give me love

paint splattered teardrops on my shirt.

finally! one of my fave songs by ed already has a music video.

btw, did Isabel Lucas (yup, the girl from transformers: revenge of the fallen) also remind you of Warren Kenneth Worthington III (a.k.a. Archangel) from x-men when his wings were still growing?

-adele

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because i'm a dreamer

PARIS (france)

AMSTERDAM (netherlands)

VENICE (italy)

ROME (italy)

SANTORINI (greece)

VERONA (italy)

BARCELONA (spain)

PRAGUE (czech republic)

TUSCANY (italy)

KOREA

JAPAN

GERMANY

MEXICO

dream on.

above are places i'd love to travel before i die — aside from the places i've mentioned in my previous post which i'd love to travel + move into, of course!

btw, the list is in no particular order — i've had enough difficulty just choosing a few places from all over the world (since i love to travel the whole world literally.)

photos: google

collaged by yours truly

-adele

LP - Into The Wild

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i dream to be an expat

below are places i currently dream to move and live into. i haven't been to any of the places before, i just made assumptions of what it'll look and feel like when one's actually living in it through the articles i've read or movies and photos i've seen. (i'm solely responsible for my assumptions/feelings and for the words i used) so pardon me or just stop reading if you find my words offensive/condescending.

LONDON or anywhere in the UK
(england, scotland, wales, northern ireland)

because i heard a lot of great, awesome, stupendous, struggling artists play gigs there for free. loljk. it's one of the reasons though, aside from the fact that i can't resist loving gloomy weather and an 'urban but with a country feel' kind of place. just walking on the sidewalks, after work or on a weekend, passing by bookstores, coffee shops or any interesting shops/parks/views would be enough to complete my day. i don't think i'll ever need any specs when i turn 60 yrs old or older, they're like food for my eyes.. and soul perhaps, but i'll definitely need hearing aids after years of listening to great, awesome, stupendous songs by great, awesome, stupendous, struggling artists.

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/PERTH/BRISBANE

because.. it's australia! ha! it's a place i consider peaceful and conducive to living. i find it homey and i don't know why or maybe because i'm a self-proclaimed wanderluster: i'm in love with places i've never been to and people i've never met-- a phrase that would summarize this whole blog post.

NYC

like i don't mind getting lost or walking everyday as long as i'll be seeing a stuyvesant street, manhattan kind of setting. stumbling upon a park or two along the way wouldn't hurt especially if we're talking about THE grand central park. a few months or a year living in nyc would be fine, but a lifetime? i don't know. it's just that the city's too fast paced imho.

CHICAGO

because of the urban with a country feel, again. i'm not really sure why, but for me, it's like london and nyc combined. and yes, cloud gate's a plus point.

LOS ANGELES

i also heard they have awesome music festivals there. (haha i'm not kiddin.) seriously, i kinda love the LA neighborhood. i'm not specifically talking about the rich and famous neighborhood, the normal and peaceful type would be enough as long as i get to walk around LA everyday beneath those palm trees which leads me to.. yup, the sunsets. i also love the setting of the movie 500 days of summer. if you've forgotten what it looks like, maybe you could, like watch it again? it'll be worth it. levitt's in the movie, duh. as well as the adorbs dechannel (sans the dumping levitt part.)

even though there are a lot of places i love (i saved it for my next post), e.g. Paris, it just didn't strike me as a place for working and living. i find Paris a great place for vacation only.. not unless i find a job that's totally Paris-befitting (eg. a baker for french macarons or a part of Vogue Paris, attend fashion shows or events and write articles about it and whatnot. HA!) you know i'm kidding, right? i may be chatty at times in my posts, but writing. is. not. really. my. thing. i rather show it through photographs even though photography's not my forte either. it's just that, pressing the shutter button's much easier than arranging my thoughts and putting them into words.

i digress, if you feel i'm prejudicial to the places i've mentioned above, you're always welcome to comment below and share your thoughts. maybe it'll even benefit me-- i'll get to read opinions/facts i haven't known before.

PS. i don't hate my country or trying to forget where i came from. i just want a new environment where i'm not accustomed to or where i can learn a lot of new stuff, enjoy and grow up. (dream on, adele! haha!)

photos: google

collaged by yours truly

-adele

Calvin Harris - Feel So Close

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move vs europe

move. pronto.

this video is another version of the video i posted before in my old blog. this is also a hint to what i think i'll be obsessed this month. in other words, i've already made posts that are waiting to be published and ideas that are waiting to be put into actions. wait, did you just think i've been really a lazy bum for the past few weeks? well, you're wrong! unless you count facing my laptop/mobile almost everyday to look for inspirations for my boring couch potato-life or broaden my knowledge in the form of surfing the internet as lazy, then i plead guilty. pardon me.

-adele

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this is just a break

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one song's enough to instigate.

i guess November can't stop me from posting music-related posts. if you haven't noticed, i've been making themed posts for the past few months (incidentally!) August - lookbooks. September - runway looks. October - music.

this month, i'm wondering if it'll continue (if so, what will i be obsessed this time.) hmmmm.

-adele

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