Back yet again... this time for good!

Hello all!
Yes I am back... and I promise this time I am back for good!
You'll have noticed that I've been taking a break from blogging these past few months. I guess I just wanted to concentrate on the remainder of my studies, and also with the changes going on at Chictopia, I just wasn't feeling up to blogging for awhile.

But now I am definitely ready to start blogging again! I have been meaning to get back into it for more than a few weeks now, but I tend to procrastinate, and also, a lot of things have been happening these past few months. The most major thing was that I passed all my uni subjects, which meant that I finally finished my Bachelor of Arts degree (with majors in Art History and Cultural Studies) which has been dragging on for quite a few years now! I even had my formal graduation on Monday, which was fun in parts but not so fun in others... (a separate post about that to come.)

So now I am currently looking for full time work, as I want to take time off from studying (after studying for 17 years in a row!). I've been applying for lots of things but no luck yet. I do want to continue studying at some point in the future, though I don't know what yet. I do miss seeing my friends at uni and will miss the atmosphere though.

Meanwhile... my closet has been expanding and is now overflowing into my tiny bedroom. Even though I've been buying new things, I've also been going through a bit of a style drought where I'm not really feeling very inspired or fashionable, which is also why I haven't taken any outfit pics in awhile. I am currently trying to cull my wardrobe and refine my style.

As I mentioned, I haven't taken any outfit pics recently, and have a lot of older outfits which you guys haven't seen yet, I'll still be uploading those so it might be awhile until you see some really recent shots!

Just to leave you with some oldish pics- awhile ago, my friends and I decided to dress up and have a picnic at Hanging Rock. Yes, the real Hanging Rock which was the basis of the novel Picnic at Hanging Rock, written by Joan Lindsay and also the film adaption from 1975. We decided to dress in our best 1900s inspired garb and cavort around the rock formations for a few hours- and got some pretty cool photos from it!
these were taken by my bestie using the iPhone app Instagram (i'm sure she won't mind me putting them up on here cos they turned out great!)


Photo of me up near the summit. Ironically, even though I brought my DSLR to take photos, this quick shot turned out to be one of the best photos of the day as the wind caught my skirt perfectly and the vintage effect is awesome!

Lovely picnic on the grass. So much delectable food!! My feet look odd from the angle in the photo though!


Schweppes Agrum + plastic wine glasses + parasol = great photo!


Anyway, thank you for reading!! I know my long absence will have cost me some readers, which is why this time round I'm going to dedicate myself to this blog and update regularly. Also thank you to any new followers who started reading even with the lack of posts recently!
You'll hear from me again very shortly... Hope to hear from you soon!

On top of this I ain't ever gonna understand

Hello! Quick update from me :)
Oh wow, these photos are old, my hair has grown a lot since then!
Outfit worn to... I can't even remember. Probably going out with some friends or something! Wearing: a floral Cotton On dress ($10, although the quality is not that great... i only wore the dress a few times and the material was already fading and pilling... at least it's cute though!), thrifted cream blazer $2, vintage leather brown bag, ripped tights, ROC combat boots from Ebay, originally from wantedshoes.com.au

I remember taking these photos... surprisingly I only ended up taking about 10 shots and they turned out really well, in terms of pose and also camera lighting! This rarely happens even though I use my DSLR, as even though the shots look good on the screen, when you upload them to the computer sometimes they can be blurry and a lot darker than what is on the camera screen.
Another thing, just recently I realised that my method of attempting to take photos with a sharp foreground and blurry background has been a bit misguided. I know you're supposed to use Av mode and use the widest Fstop but for some reason I thought you were supposed to zoom out as much as possible. Must have read something wrong- you're supposed to zoom in instead! So I have been taking lots of photos of random things in my house very close up :P and the shots are turning out quite well!

Enough from me. Please comment and i'll be sure to check your blog out! xoxo
Title: Last Nite by the Strokes.

Moomba

Hey again :)
How's everyone going? Still really behind on all my posts hehe. But I have heaps lined up for you! Also, I decided i'm going to do some more inspiration posts, have been lurking around Tumblr and there are so many pretty pictures! (Might get a Tumblr too, we'll see what happens...)
Anyway tomorrow is the start of week 6 of uni. So the semester is already almost half over! Scary. And did I mention it's the last semester of my Bachelor of Arts degree? FINALLY!

A few weeks ago it was Moomba in Melbourne. Moomba is a festival that happens yearly in Melbourne over the Labour Day long weekend, and it's held along the Yarra river with lots of music, rides and games, and entertainment.
This year I went on Sunday to watch the Birdman Rally for the first time, the Birdman Rally is where a whole bunch of people create crazy costumes and contraptions in order to jump/ fly as far as they can off a platform into the Yarra River- it's in order to raise money for charity, and it's really funny to watch!! Unfortunately I was too far away to take good photos and couldn't find any on the internet!
This was my outfit for the day: a really thin playsuit from Glassons because the weather was sweltering! The playsuit was only $5 because the seam was coming undone near the zip and it had a button missing, but that's easily fixed! I just love the cut out back. Brown belt (stolen from my mum's closet :P ), thrifted straw hat $2.50, thrifted gold Bloch flats $8, Wittner tan cross body bag from ebay about $20 including postage, and a star necklace from Japan, given to me from my bestie :D

Here are some photos I took while walking around the river and Birrarung Marr. Honestly, Melbourne weather is insane. Around noon, while we were watching the Birdman Rally it was incredibly sunny and sweaty (really glad I bought a hat.) But a few hours later it began to get really chilly and windy, and it started pouring down rain! Luckily by that time I was at the train station, but I had to get Dan to pick me up from the train station because it was raining so much :P
The only ride I went on was the Sky Flyer and it


Plastic seats in the heat... really don't envy the people who were the next to sit in our seats for the ride. Haha, ew...

whee!
It has always been my dream to win one of these giant Kermit the frog toys. Unfortunately, I am horrible at these games!






Daylight Savings ended today... it was completely dark at 7pm. Winter is coming... very sad! I miss Summer!
Well hope your enjoyed the photos! Looking forward to your comments :D

Falls Festival and Tasmania 2010-11

Hellooo! How's everything going? As promised, here are some photos from my short 10 day trip to Tasmania over New Years Eve. I went with quite a few friends to Falls Festival in Marion Bay which lasted from 29 Dec to 1 Jan, but the few days before and after the festival Dan and I drove around Tasmania and stayed in several national parks!! These photos are late, but I already feel nostalgic for Summer and the holidays... sigh! Well one month of Autumn is almost already over, the year's going by so quick!
Falls Festival (A music and arts festival) was amazing, the first overnight festival i'd been to. So many amazing bands! Camping was great too, we didn't stay in any motels at all, it was tents and blow up mattresses for the whole time! I've missed camping out in the bush ever since I left Scouts/Venturers.

On the Spirit of Tasmania, watching the other Spirit of Tasmania go by!
This gorgeous conservatory in the main city park in Launceston.
We stayed in Ben Lomond National Park for one night, and the next day we hiked up a mountain. Note that the sign says 1.5 hour return hike... well we had been hiking for about 1.5 hours in ONE direction and we were nowhere near the summit! :( We were quite cranky by that time so we went back down again!
Amazing scenery during the hike, there wasn't a clear path either so I was really glad I wore my hiking boots. Unfortunately I forgot to put on sunscreen and so had a burnt nose for the rest of the trip!!
Packing the car before driving to the music Festival. Fit 5 people and tents, chairs, clothes and food for 4 days into a tiny 4WD is no easy feat, let me tell you! We had shopping bags on our knees the whole way there!
A sea of cars and tents at Falls!

The weather was fantastic! Being Tasmania, I expected it to be cold and raining for the time we were there but it was great! Sunny but not too hot during the day, even thought the nights got freezing! (Though it's not too bad when you have lots of alcohol and body heat in the crowds to warm you up!)

A friend's interesting way of sneaking alcohol into the festival... A lot of work for only a couple of shots but it was the subterfuge that was the fun part! :P
Fun times :P
The entrance to "The Village," a crazy section of the festival with comedy acts, circus acts, burlesque and more!
The Living End ALWAYS put on an amazing energetic performance. One of the best live bands I reckon!
Possibly taken while sitting on Daniel's shoulders during the Living End. I think i'm just really uncoordinated because every time I climbed up on his shoulders I could barely stay on, and had to grab other random people so that I didn't fall off... haha!
Marion Bay Beach, lovely!
Angus and Julia Stone on the main stage.
Best friends! :)


Paul Kelly! Definitely the most engaging + singalong performance of the whole festival! :)
The highlight of Falls Festival for me- Interpol, one of my most favourite bands ever! It was worth all the sweat and bruises from being in the mosh pit being attacked by guys twice my size...
Interpol- LOVELOVELOVE.
The Klaxons, playing after Midnight on New Years Eve!
So much fun... I definitely want to go back next year, or at least visit some more music festivals during the year!

Straight after Falls Festival, Dan and I wanted to stay in the Freycinet National Park near Wineglass Bay but the camping was completely booked out. So we had to drive for another hour to the Douglas Apsley National Park. After we got there we had to carry out tent and everything to the camp ground because you couldn't drive directly into it but it was worth it! There was this absolutely gorgeous water hole nearby, and every time we went there it was almost completely empty, hardly any tourists. So we practically had the whole place to ourselves!
The place was so lovely that we decided to stay there for about 4 nights! :)
Like an oasis! (Also, it was good being able to finally have some sort of a wash seeing as we hadn't gone anywhere near a shower for about four days due to being at Falls Festival. Haha!)
One day we drove to Freycinet again to visit Wineglass Bay. The lookout onto Wineglass Bay, one of the top 10 beaches in the world I think.
The steep 1 hour hike down to Wineglass Bay was worth it :)
After Falls finished, Dan and I split up with our friends to road trip on our own. A few of our friends were also planning on staying for a few more days but they couldn't all fit into the car as well, so they went off by themselves, and we told them we'd be heading up around the East Coast of Tasmania. By the way, hardly any of us had mobile phone reception for the whole time we were in Tassie! (Only those who were with Telstra had coverage. It was sort of annoying while we were at the festival because if we lost anyone they'd have to wander around by themselves for ages or wait back at our campsite!) So we couldn't communicate at all. So it was a major shock when Daniel and I drove into Bicheno, the nearest town to where we were staying, and we randomly bumped into our friends who had gotten there that morning! Really fortunate and a major coincidence- so we spent the day with them at the beach :)
Our last night in Tasmania, we stayed in Narawntapu National Park. The beach was so empty, it was just kilometres of beautiful, isolated beach.
The tide was out so there were these tiny little crabs everywhere!!

My attempt at a Dragonball Z style Hadouken using sand... :P Dan and I literally took about 50 photos of ourselves doing this... lucky there was no one around watching us!
Playing in the sand dunes...
Going on a nature walk and about to hike up to Archer's Knob :P
View!

So that's it... hope you enjoyed looking at the pics! Can't wait to do it all over again some time! :) One of the best recent experiences of my life! More outfit photos to come soon dearies.