26 April 2013

A Trip Down South.

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Photodiary of my Melbourne trip a few weeks back.  It never ceases to impress me.
Most impressive restaurant was Movida and Melba!  URBANSPOON them!!



29 March 2013

SHE SAID "YES"!!


Most exciting thing that's happened this year so far...my big sister is engaged!!!
I have a huge urge to watch all wedding movies like Bridesmaids, Bachelorette, My Best Friend's Wedding, Bride Wars.. gosh WHAT ELSE??

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18 March 2013

3 Annoying Things About Blogging.

image via kentonmagazine

I read opinionslave's thought provoking post about the repetitiveness of blogging and I applaud her for being brave enough to voice her sentiments.  She mentioned that those "Queen B" bloggers are becoming too controlled to the point where they start to lose their sense of personal style.  Also, many of the bloggers post about the same thing over and over - I don't know how many more different angles they can actually take when covering fashion weeks.  Before I launch into my own sentiments about blogging, I want to applaud these celebrity/popular bloggers for having the persistence and working hard to get to where they are today.


1. TOO MUCH
It is suffocatingly overwhelming the amount of posts that are brewed each day.  Unless you're a real favourite or your post title is particularly interesting, I probably won't read anything more than one paragraph.  I'm sure this is the same for those reading my posts too.  It actually takes longer time to write shorter.  Think about writing concisely while preserving informative and engaging content.
This leads me on to outfit posts.  Often I come across very photo-heavy posts. The only thing is that sometimes there are TEN PHOTOS of the SAME outfit.  Front, back, left, right, close up of detail...even that is just 5 or 6. Awesome photos, but choose the best ones to post!


2. TOO COMMERCIAL
By no means am I against monetizing one's blog. But many tend to forget about their readers and become too focused on making money.  It is the readers that are making their blogs valuable.  Have you come across blogs that post about sponsored products and they just love every. single. thing.  REALLY!?  I think you will be doing the sponsors a favour if you offered a genuine opinion about their products.  Okay, so maybe they do love everything.  But please, talk about the quality or insight as to why it's great, offer alternative options, formulate a set of criteria used to rate each item or something more than: "It's amaaaaazing, I lovvvve it." I also think that bloggers should tell readers sponsored posts or gifted items which will be more helpful for us readers to take a mental note when reading.


3. TOO GENERIC
Blogging is not just about posting a few pictures and writing a few lines. If you're a serious blogger, you cannot afford to just do things on repeat.  I see lots of repetition in poses, locations, words or phrases, and people.  You may be comfortable with that but put yourself into the readers shoes and ask whether they have seen you do something similar before.  Don't underestimate the element of SURPRISE.  Freshen up your blog by using different mediums (e.g. gifs, vlogs!), collaborate with other bloggers more, take a genuine photo of yourself that's different to your normal poses, and use your biggest asset: YOUR PERSONALITY!!

Just my two cents.

What annoys you about blogs?



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09 March 2013

Film is Extinct?!


I've always wanted to talk about my addiction. I love film cameras!!
It's sad people forget about them these days, hence so many film processing stores have closed down or moved to country town where people may still have film cameras lying around in their barn.

BRING FILM BACK!

Featuring #SparkytheCorgi



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08 March 2013

Too many 5ams.


TAIWAN!! HONG KONG!! BEIJING!!
Nope, not me though. Just my sister bringing back the goodies from all the places she's been (not the Boy London snapback but I just thought it fit in to the picture nicely).

Too many nights staying up til 5am for me means having ridiculously funny conversations with L where we say the most honest, outrageous things.  We said we will record some of these conversations and share it.  That seemed like a good idea at the time.  At 5am, there has also been moments where some crazy great business idea will spring to mind.

Caveat that - everything seems to be a great idea at that hour.

Recently discovered a new skill - web design! Work assigned the task of revamping our company website and said someone else had done something similar within 8 hours.  CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!!  So I managed to whip up something in a few hours - boss loved it. Looked professional and now ready for a relaunch!! Anyone need a website done? CALL ME.



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28 February 2013

VLOG #1.



I finally got the courage to make a video!!
I did it for many reasons. Maybe I'll get into those reasons another time. 
No idea if this is the first of something, or the first & LAST of it. 
But I did it.

So yeah, hi guys.