Thursday, January 24, 2008
I've been meaning to start this category for quite awhile now but have not had much time. A small selection of my friends used to get an email weekly of random links. Usually, they consisted of miscellaneous things that I would covet (definition: to wish for longingly) or thought that they were items that they would also find appealing. It was time to finally post this because, frankly, my bookmarks were getting a little ridiculous.
These are just a smattering of things that have caught my eye in the past little while...
1. I bought one of these flasks by Shinzi Katoh for Marie for Christmas. Check out the rest of this designer's products. If I could, I would seriously buy almost every single thing they have listed on the site.
2. I feel like every year, I ask the hubby for one of Abigail's gorgeous works. I think the hubby refuses to get me any more jewelry as he's always putting them away. I have the very bad habit of just taking off my jewelry and leaving them where I took them off. But I'm thinking, if I ask VERY publicly, he'll actually get it for me...
3. I don't know what it is about these cute, random people by Meredith Dittman that captivates me. But captivate me they do.
4. Toronto Life magazine had a great issue about design in Toronto. Coe & Waito was one of the featured designers. You know my bird love, there's something about the clean line of the bowl with the one quirky print that gets me.
5. This was actually one of the things I wanted to get for Marie for her shelf from one of my all time favourite shops. But it feels like every box I send her, there's some sort of bird thing and I didn't want her to think I was completely cuckcoo (even though I probably am).
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Posted in Coveting, Delectable Design
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I have to say, I am still in shock over Heath Ledger's death.
So much speculation over how he died -- was it accidental? or did he kill himself?
Does it really matter?
A family still has to bury a son, a woman has to raise her child alone, and a daughter will never know her father.
It's all so sad...
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Posted in Star Gazing
Dear Stefan,
I cannot believe that it is our second wedding anniversary already! I can't believe because I am still not used to the idea of you-us-forever. If you think about it, marriage, taken seriously with the thought of forever can be a daunting thought.
The truth is, this year wasn't all rosy. A few close friends ended marriages or long term commitments. To say that these turbulences in our friends' lives don't affect our own would be a lie. You start to question things, issues that were underlying within our own relationship gets brought into the surface. Every time one of our friends' relationships ended, we'd have a couple of sour days following.
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Posted in Lurves, Stefan
Yes, a start of another new year.
I hope everyone had amazing holidays. I've been so slack at posting lately. I've been busy with life, but mainly work. I have a deadline that is unavoidable, looming large and all my thoughts are on it.
Like the start of every year, you cannot help but reflect on the year that is past. Last year, like any other, had its own shares of highs and lows. I try to be like my mother and look forward to every day.
I am (very unfortunately) not like my mother. I don't know where she gets her calm because I certainly did not inherit those genes from her. This holiday season, my mother was ill, not in a very serious manner but enough to make me think, "My God! My parents are no longer in their 30's anymore." Because in my mind, my parents are forever young.
Anyone who knows me knows that I am utterly, completely terrified of death. It is a fear that keeps me up at night. One of the many reasons why I have this fear is because I cannot bear the thoughts of NEVER, ever seeing my loved ones again. The thought is so gut-clenching, so mind numbing that I would rather not think about it. In our book club last year, we read an incredible book that deals with this subject. How I wish I could be that brave to even talk about it in such an eloquent manner.
But the truth is, it happens.
What a morbid entry this must seem to you.
But what I wanted to say was, I am not one for making resolutions and I am not really going to start now. I do know that this is what I am going to try to do differently this year: to not sweat the small stuff, to remember that work can never be more important than living my life (hmmm...good luck with this, workaholic that I am) to enjoy every day the best way I can and to love the people I love as much as I can.
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Posted in Family Shenanigans, Me-ness