The Exception

"... I'm the exception ..."
" You're my exception. "





Keane - Somewhere Only We Know mp3
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L'anamour

Je t'aime et je crains

De m'égarer

Et je sème des grains

De pavot sur les pavés

De l'anamour

"I love and I fear"

Jane Birkin - L'anamour
Jane Birkin & Beck (!!!) - L'anamour

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Prada's "Fever"

Wow there truly is some wonderful shift in fashion world. Celebrating plus size, for one. Such a fab idea for Prada hiring Victoria's Secret models for its show and Louis Vuitton too. Also the comebacks of some Too-old-for-catwalk models, some of them are even in their -gasp!- 40s, such as Kristen McMenamy and Stella Tenant. Even the 47 year old Elle Macpherson walked for Louis Vuitton.

Speaking of movement, Prada's finally come up with a marvelous creation for their Fall Winter campaign. Guess what? Iconic model Angela Lindvall sang sultrily in a video to match the prints ads! If you ask me, it sure brings the engaging ads to life! Moreover, the song "Fever" is my absolute favorite, it got the 60-ish vibe that makes me wanna sway and swing! I fell in love with it since I first heard it on Factory Girl (you know, when the Andy Warhol guy saw Sienna Miller dancing in the apartment).

"...never know how much I love you..." indeed!

(Download Fever - The McCoys)


And that's not all. Let's not forget the baby line, MIU MIU. One of my fave model, Abbey Lee Kershaw are frolicking and making mischief with dolled up Siri Tollerod and two other models in the video ad.



Yep, this is a great progress indeed! I truly await more revolution in this much beloved fashion industry!

More later!

XXOXOXOXOXOXOO

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Lenka "Force of Nature"

/...you're completely bewitched
caught under my spell.../

Lenka - Force of Nature.mp3

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The Hoosiers : worst case scenario?

This UK band ( and I didn't know they're British until like today!!!!) is like my fave band in the whole world!
They're so good, with those catchy beats (ooh and their witty and celver lirycs!!!) that makes me wanna jump around and shake my body.
I can never actually say what their genre really is.
It's like pop meets disco meets rock meets punk meets a lot in between.
They even claim that their music is "odd pop", combination of loads of music genres.
It's so strange that The Hoosiers is not famous here in Indonesia.
But whatev, I never liked anything too mainstream anyway.
the first song that I heard is Goodbye Mr. A, which is like two years ago.
My faves so far, would be... Goodbye Mr. A and Worst Case Scenario.
If anyone has their full album (The Trick To Life), please please, please, I'm begging you to tell me where to download 'em!!!


Download The Hoosiers : Worst Case Scenario
Cops and Robbers
Goodbye Mr. A
Killer
Worried About Ray
Run Rabbit Run
A Sadness Run Through Him

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Two Way Street : free ebook

I think I read too many historical romance already, so when I found a good teen lit, Gosh, it was such a refreshing change.
It's about a broken up couple going on a road trip to college.
A three-day road trip.
It's pretty witty, told from both the girl's and boy's perspectives.
So it's like a less harsh, longer, funnier version of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.


Here's the summary..

There are two sides to every breakup.

This is Jordan and Courtney, totally in love. Sure, they were an unlikely high school couple. But they clicked; it worked. They're even going to the same college, and driving cross-country together for orientation.

Then Jordan dumps Courtney -- for a girl he met on the Internet.

It's too late to change plans, so the road trip is on. Courtney's heartbroken, but figures she can tough it out for a few days. La la la -- this is Courtney pretending not to care.

But in a strange twist, Jordan cares. A lot.

Turns out, he's got a secret or two that he's not telling Courtney. And it has everything to do with why they broke up, why they can't get back together, and how, in spite of it all, this couple is destined for each other.



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Free Ebooks : Meg Cabot + Sophie Kinsella

Haven't written in so long.
I was like so outta this world, I spend 20 hours a day in my room (when I don't go out for my french lesson, obvie), reading at least 2 books a day.
I missed the Fashion Week (Marc Jacobs, oh Marc Jacobs!!!)
and my ielts test was pretty fucked up cause i was so into Julia Quinn's and Meg Cabot's to even bother myself with ielts prep modul.
Well, whatev.

Astrid said to post some of the e-books I've got holed up in my laptop (and I got tons, mind you), so here it is. It took a long time to post, and I only just upload the chicklits only (yep, sparing the thrilling and romantic historical romances).

Meg Cabot is on of my fave author. She's so witty, I adore all of her books.
Here I posted some of her less-popular-than-princess-diaries-but-so-good-anyway works.
The Heather Wells Series (you'll never guess it's actually goof, what with the silly 'Size 12 is Not Fat' titles. Honestly. I thought they're stupid books about weight and stuff instead of the cool ex-popstar turn detective with the hunky investigator of hers) and 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU Series (struck by litghning, had ESP overnight to find missing people, alive or dead, oh, and the conflict with the FBI? Not to forget gorgeous Rob, of course. way cool!!! Oh, it's even made into a television series in US) .
These two are way different than PD. Mysteries mixed with enough portion of romance and humor (tho less romance than what i'd like).

Oh, there's also Sophie Kinsella of the Shopaholic phenomenon. May I say, the books far outshine the crappy unauthentic (New York setting, hello???) movie? Cause it totally is. The movie lacks the original British-ness. The humor are totally lost. I read the books and I found myself giggling over the Becky's quirky remarks. Watched the movie : snoring out loud (not literally of course).

So, bitches, read and download these books here.

Meg Cabot's 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU download :
1. When Lightning Strikes
2. Code Name Cassandra
3. Safe House
4. Sanctuary
5. Missing You


Meg Cabot's Heather Wells Mysteries download :
1. Size 12 is Not Fat
2. Size 14 is Not Fat Either
3. Big Boned



Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic Series download
1. Confession of a Shopaholic
2. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
3. Shopaholic Ties the Knot
4. Shopaholic and Sister
5. Shopaholic and Baby

Bon appetit!!!!

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Romancing MySelf Mixtape

Not much of a playlist, I'm afraid.

Well, i don't know, but lately I've been feeling lovey-dovey.
(yep, all those romance novels really brought out the worst in me)
Or at least, I missed feeling lovey-dovey (but it doesn't mean I want a new romance right now, no thank you vey much).
It's just it's been a while.. since the last of us.
Our togetherness. Midnight phone calls. Quirky lil e-mails.
Him whispering my name.
Ah, well. Those are surely neither here nor there now.
Still. This is pretty much my story.
Well, our story.
Right from the start ("Oh, it is love/from the first/ time I set my eyes upon yours"), with the awkward conversation ("I'd rather dance with you than talk with you"), silly flirting games ("Oh, love/such a silly game we play..") going out for coffee in Kakiang ("...about this ol' coffee shop that I love so much"), evening stroll in Ubud and the happy times, untill the unvoiced goodbye.


Hello Goodbye - Oh, It is Love
Kings of Convenience - I's Rather Dance With You
Matt White - Love
Pachelbel's Canon in D
The Macabees - Toothpaste Kisses
Louise Armstrong - La Vie En Rose (english)
HSM 3 OST - Can I Have This Dance
Sondre Lerche - I Wanna Call It Love
Landon Pigg - Falling In Love at The Coffee Shop
Aqualung - Strange and Beautiful
Jem - Maybe I'm Amazed
Pete Doherty - Lovers
Jack McManus - You Think I Don't Care
Paul Tiernan - How To Say Goodbye


"...goodbye/farewell/so long/au revoir..."

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Fairy Tales

I absolutely adore fairy tales, regardless how cynical I can be about its existence (or lack thereof) in real life.

Ella Enchanted, Cinderella Story, Ever After, and Sidney White.
My fave movies; some of them are modern day fairy tale.

This week I revisited our love-hate thing relationship (between me and fairy tales) by watching my kid sister's dvd (like any other lil girlies, she's crazy about Barbie and Princesses, her fave is 'Princess in pink' which by the way is actually Sleeping Beauty). Snow White to be precisely.
I know. Totally cheesy. It's abso-fucking-lutely ridiculous that she sang all the time. Oh, and what about the Grumpy Dwarf? There's nothing cute about dwarfs. I mean, eww. They had beard and crinkly face, seriously.


Snow White's never been my favorite story. I only saw it once before, like in the fourth grade or something. She doesn't even look that attractive to me (consider the irony when she's supposed to be the fairest of them all). I like Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast better. Belle, Aurora, and dear ol' Cindie are way much prettier, I think. Snow White had this round face and chubby cheek. Stupid hair. And the dress too (like any girl who wears cape doesn't look ridiculous?).
Ah, well.
But there's this scene where Snow White sang into the wishing well surrounded by even way stupider singing birds. It was so corny, except that I fell for what she said.

"I'm wishing/ for the one I love/ to find me/ today..."

Gosh. I don't know, but I just felt like weeping.

I may be a cynical woman who gave up 'true love' and 'happily ever after' long ago (Gee, I feel like I'm a forty year old hag instead of the bubbly seventeen year old girl about town I'm supposed to be. Ah, well. I've never been that bubbly to begin for), but at heart I'm still hoping-no, dreaming about them.

The reason why I'm crazy for fairy tales; or any love story, really; is that they showed me something that might have been existed, however long ago, despite they're man-made fictions.

True love.

God, now I've turned mushy.

Anyways, I also happen to
read these amazing novel (ebook, to be precise) by Alex Flinn.
Beastly and A Kiss in Time.
A modern day Beauty and The Beast and Sleeping Beauty with twists.
The thing is, it's not just any fairy tales retelling.
Although set in today's Manhattan and Miami; they still have the magic.
The beast. The princess form a different time.
And they're funny.
Like in beastly, the estranged hot high schooler-turned-beast joined this chatroom consisted of people that's also turned by magic. Like the frog-turned-prince, mermaid-turned-human, and so on.
Oh, and the most important...
True love.

P.S. to download the ebook (much cheaper than buying the paperback, you can see it first then decide to buy, like i did) just click the books' title, kay.
Kisses...

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