Beautiful Things.....

Oh no.......I found love in a Bottega Veneta Intrecciato iPad case....

In Teal

In Green

The Balenciaga Addiction Continues...

So the Bal bag addiction continues......

I love the smell and feel of the smooshy leather and simply can't forget the beautiful golden color I saw in the boutique the other day when I was shopping for Cassis......so I decided to take the plunge.....

I drove all the way from work to the boutique yesterday quite determined to get a new bag, but as Fate would have it, by the time I got there, the shop was closed. Damn they were punctual!

So obviously I was more determined than ever that I would get it today.  Strange how adversity strengthens the resolve LOL

Anyhoos, I took off from the office at 6pm sharp today so that I can get to the boutique before it closes.  I did get there in time, and amazingly, the item that I wanted was available (so I must be fated to own this right? ^_^)

To be honest I had gone in half expecting one of few things to happen:

• The colour I want is not available
• The colour is available but the size I want is not available
• The size in the colour I want is available but the hardware I want is not available

Interestingly enough (and further convinced me that I am fated to own this bag), no such problems occurred.

Worse, I got up-sold from the classic (cheaper) version to the rose gold hardware version.

But of course I lapped it up like a little puppy.....finally walking out of the boutique with a nice package but a big hole in my pocket :(

Rawr..........

However I do love my new baby, here's a pic:

The second pic is much closer to the true colour - a beautiful golden pile of smooshy leather.....

I think this will curb my addiction for a while......until I can find a shade of green that makes my heart leap! 

In the meantime, I've my sights set on a Steve Madden.......tah!

My First Bal

In a moment of impulse, I committed to my first Bal today.......It was an insane want that I just followed through hoping and praying I do not regret this later when I receive it.......

Would have loved to buy it from a boutique in Spain but alas, I do not think I'm heading that way in the next 12 months..

The color was the driver, it's a beautiful wine hue that I love now...can't wait till it's hanging off my arm :)

Mon Ciel Vert

And so it is at this late hour that I have decided to go on this journey - one of potentially mindless ramblings to ease the load off the rapidly racing mind..  

Mon Ciel Vert - My Green Sky 

In many instances (or perhaps "geographies" to be accurate), a green sky is often viewed to be a foretelling of the coming of a storm, however in some tiny parts of the world, a green sky is a beautiful manifestation of an incredibly rare phenomenon - the aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights - dazzling magical layers of green dancing across the night sky sometimes for just fleeting moments. I've often fantasized about myself standing in an open field bathed in those dancing lights, privy for just a moment to the stories that they whisper, transported to a dream world of such breathtaking beauty that would be etched in my heart and in my mind till the end of my life...

Transience is the very essence of the beauty of life.  If one could hold on to beauty forever, it would hardly be as sought after.  If one could hold on to life forever, then what would it be but perhaps one long drag of meaninglessness...Precisely because there is a finite time to everything that provides reason to sought for meaning for this time, to make the most of this time.

We are hardwired to push for the better. I believe this applies even to a chronic underachiever. Somehow, somewhere, sometime in his happy go lucky life there will be something he truly cares enough for to spark him to push a little bit harder to do better, so even in the smallest ways, we are hardwired to push for the better. 

Let me take this a little further, I believe all living things are hardwired to push for the better. Darwin based a whole theory around this. So is evolution a reality? While there may have been evidences of adaptation in certain species to an evolving environment, I do not think we have seen any apes walking out of the jungles in human form in the last few million years.  

If evolution is debunked, then does that mean creation is the absolute? How did the world come into such order, who was the higher intelligence that created this order? How did one single cell become a living perfectly functioning entity with such intricate inner workings that are still being discovered by scientists today?  How is it that we are hardwired to push to be better to survive? If the theory holds true that the creator is on a higher plane than the created, then how can anyone doubt that we are created by something that is out of this world?

Who are we? How did we get here? How do we get through life everyday not wondering about exactly this?  How can we get through life everyday thinking our mundane troubles and worries are anything but transient? How can we get through life everyday without being thankful for being alive and a part of this miracle of being?

Mon Ciel Vert is a reflection of this beautiful miracle we live everyday and a celebration of the fact that I am alive and surrounded by beauty.

Till the next time I'm compelled by the senselessness in my mind to write again, saisir le jour!