What will get you farther?
what you truly love?
or what proves to be more prestigious in the work field?
29 September, 2009
21 September, 2009
personal statement #1
Maximum words: 250
Word count: 249
Prompt: What decade from the 20th century would you like to live? Why?
Picture this: a woman walking down the side walks of the city wearing a vintage, brown, sleeveless dress with buttons starting from the breast and ending just above her waist, fastened with a thin, black belt, and finished with black pumps. This woman, despite the difficulties she faces by World War II in the 1940’s, still manages to look as elegant and beautiful as can be. This fashion sense has always appealed to me because it is simple, elegant, and classy, and if going back in time means wearing the clothes from the 1940s, I would definitely not hesitate. In fact, my style is mostly inspired by the 1940’s fashion: the high-waisted shorts and skirts, the floral dresses, the blazers with puffy shoulders, the high heels. Women from the 1940s send a vibe that they are not afraid to embrace their feminism, and it’s a quality I truly adore.
Actresses of the times like Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, and Ingrid Bergman were all fashion idols. They were glamorous, yet conservative with what they wore – as mostly all women at that time were. Their dresses up to their knees, their shirts tucked into their shorts were almost effortless ways to look good and feel comfortable at the same time. My style closely resembles theirs in that I try to be as simple and conservative in what I wear. Truly a fashion era I would love to experience myself: elegant like a woman should be – simple, but never losing its appeal.
Word count: 249
Prompt: What decade from the 20th century would you like to live? Why?
Picture this: a woman walking down the side walks of the city wearing a vintage, brown, sleeveless dress with buttons starting from the breast and ending just above her waist, fastened with a thin, black belt, and finished with black pumps. This woman, despite the difficulties she faces by World War II in the 1940’s, still manages to look as elegant and beautiful as can be. This fashion sense has always appealed to me because it is simple, elegant, and classy, and if going back in time means wearing the clothes from the 1940s, I would definitely not hesitate. In fact, my style is mostly inspired by the 1940’s fashion: the high-waisted shorts and skirts, the floral dresses, the blazers with puffy shoulders, the high heels. Women from the 1940s send a vibe that they are not afraid to embrace their feminism, and it’s a quality I truly adore.
Actresses of the times like Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, and Ingrid Bergman were all fashion idols. They were glamorous, yet conservative with what they wore – as mostly all women at that time were. Their dresses up to their knees, their shirts tucked into their shorts were almost effortless ways to look good and feel comfortable at the same time. My style closely resembles theirs in that I try to be as simple and conservative in what I wear. Truly a fashion era I would love to experience myself: elegant like a woman should be – simple, but never losing its appeal.
13 September, 2009
09 September, 2009
Epistles.
I'm begging you.
Please take me back to that grade school shit.
The days where you need a messenger to send a love letter.
The days where holding hands would suffice.
The days where first kisses were the biggest thing.
I'm begging you.
Please make me feel like a little girl again.
The days where you get butterflies because of a simple myspace comment.
Where a simple text would make a day extra special.
The days where talking on the phone never had an end: falling asleep and waking up STILL on the phone and saying goodmorning.
I'm begging you.
Please take me higher.
Out of sin.
Out of the depths of lies, deception, games.
Out of doubt, uncertainty, insecurities.
Please, make me want to be better than i am.
Have you ever felt like you're constantly letting it slip?
"I'm so aware, yet so detached."
Have you ever felt like you know what you want, but doubt it'd never happen?
Have you ever felt like you can't go back but wish you could just to feel like you're still intact?
Have you ever felt so frustrated because you can't match up?
Have you ever felt tired because you're the only one that cares so much?
Have you ever felt so careless because someone totally just let you walk out of their lives without a fight?
A girl like me
who has everything and more @ her feet
and who has no reason to complain or feel sad or mad or anything with a negative connotation still does.
I've lost more than i've bargained for.
i've lost more than the other.
Isn't is funny how you can have everything @ your feet
and still feel like you have nothing at all?
Please take me back to that grade school shit.
The days where you need a messenger to send a love letter.
The days where holding hands would suffice.
The days where first kisses were the biggest thing.
I'm begging you.
Please make me feel like a little girl again.
The days where you get butterflies because of a simple myspace comment.
Where a simple text would make a day extra special.
The days where talking on the phone never had an end: falling asleep and waking up STILL on the phone and saying goodmorning.
I'm begging you.
Please take me higher.
Out of sin.
Out of the depths of lies, deception, games.
Out of doubt, uncertainty, insecurities.
Please, make me want to be better than i am.
Have you ever felt like you're constantly letting it slip?
"I'm so aware, yet so detached."
Have you ever felt like you know what you want, but doubt it'd never happen?
Have you ever felt like you can't go back but wish you could just to feel like you're still intact?
Have you ever felt so frustrated because you can't match up?
Have you ever felt tired because you're the only one that cares so much?
Have you ever felt so careless because someone totally just let you walk out of their lives without a fight?
A girl like me
who has everything and more @ her feet
and who has no reason to complain or feel sad or mad or anything with a negative connotation still does.
I've lost more than i've bargained for.
i've lost more than the other.
Isn't is funny how you can have everything @ your feet
and still feel like you have nothing at all?
02 September, 2009
All love.
Clear your mind for a sec.
and close your eyes.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Now ask yourself:
what makes you truly happy?
Could it be your family? or your friends?
Could it be that special someone?
or ASB? Is it work? is it traveling? Is it writing?
Or could it be as simple as sitting in a coffee shop and reading a book?
Is it prestige? Is it knowledge? Ignorance?
Could it be Church? Or how about art?
music? dance?
picture it vividly in your mind.
Now take a snapshot of that image.
Are you seeing it? Yourself looking and feeling genuinely happy?
Now take this image everywhere you go.
and hammer it into your days.
In turn, your days will be as blissful as if you were born yesterday.
Don't let yourself stray from this image -- no matter how much you are bombarded of the desires of your companions. For their desires are solely theirs, and yours solely yours. Besides, their desires won't do YOU any good. So don't fret when you come across a desire more prestigious, fancier, cooler, or whatever 'more' it may be. Because the things that make you genuinely happy couldn't even compare. Why you may ask?
The simple answer is this:
BECAUSE IT IS YOURS.
and close your eyes.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Now ask yourself:
what makes you truly happy?
Could it be your family? or your friends?
Could it be that special someone?
or ASB? Is it work? is it traveling? Is it writing?
Or could it be as simple as sitting in a coffee shop and reading a book?
Is it prestige? Is it knowledge? Ignorance?
Could it be Church? Or how about art?
music? dance?
picture it vividly in your mind.
Now take a snapshot of that image.
Are you seeing it? Yourself looking and feeling genuinely happy?
Now take this image everywhere you go.
and hammer it into your days.
In turn, your days will be as blissful as if you were born yesterday.
Don't let yourself stray from this image -- no matter how much you are bombarded of the desires of your companions. For their desires are solely theirs, and yours solely yours. Besides, their desires won't do YOU any good. So don't fret when you come across a desire more prestigious, fancier, cooler, or whatever 'more' it may be. Because the things that make you genuinely happy couldn't even compare. Why you may ask?
The simple answer is this:
BECAUSE IT IS YOURS.
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