writer rachel, 21, art music literature architecture fashion philosophy

my website Cherchez Beauté

wishlist
Books I want
tree of codes - jonathan safran foer
six walks in the fictional woods - umberto eco
the separate heart and other stories - simon robson
generosity - richard powers
shades of grey 2 - jasper fforde
fiction ilustrado - miguel syjuco
mr peanut - adam ross
light boxes - shane jones
a void - georges perec
the mind's eye - oliver sacks
the fall - guillermo deltoro
bel canto - ann patchett
wolf hall - hilary mantel
my name is red - orhan pamuk
the misfortune - wesley stace
time's arrow - martin amis
darkmans - nicola barker

Skin Care I Want
Anne Semonin Eye Express Radiance Ice Cube
Benefit Ultra Radiance Face Re-hydrating Mist
Clinique Repairwear Intensive Eye Cream
Murad Essential C Eye Cream SPF 15
No. 7 Protect & Perfect Intense Eye Cream
Tokyo Milk - EVERYTHING. I want everything from them, darn it.

Make Up I Want
Amazing Cosmetics Amazing Anti-Aging Face Primer
Benefit Sugarbomb
Benefit Moon Beam
Canmake Cream Cheek Blush Sweet Apricot
Coffret D'or Shine Drape Rouge (Glow)
Le Metier de Beaute Creme Fresh Tint in Poppy
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Blissful
YSL Pure Black Lip Gloss

Other Stuff I want

Nail Polish Lemmings
Essie Starry Starry Night
Chanel Ciel de Nuit
Clarins 230

a-england Lady of the Lake
BB Couture Dragon's Breath
BB Couture Napa Valley Red
Bb Couture Mendocino Midnight
BB Couture Redwood Forest and loads more BB Couture polishes...

Butter LONDON Black Knight
Butter LONDON Tart With a Heart

Color Club Untamed Luxury
Color Club Otherworldly
Color Club Scent-suous Gingerbread Man
Color Club Scent-suous Santa's Cinnamon
Color Club Scent-suous Sugar Plum Yum

China Glaze OMG! Collection

Cult Nails Hypnotize Me

Deborah Lippmann Edge of Glory Holographic top coat
Deborah Lippmann Call Me Irresponsible
Deborah Lippmann Forget You

Dior Exquis

Essie Geranium
Essie Strawberry Sorbet
Essie Swept Off My Feet
Essie Mademoiselle
Essie Marshmallow
Essie Mesmerize
Essie As Gold As It Gets
Essie Pure Pearlfection

Estessimo TiNS The Neo-Vintage Dress

Etude House BL009
Etude House WH004

Finger Paints Special Effects Asylum
Finger Paints Special Effects Twisted
Finger Paints Evergreen Dream
Finger Paints Sparkle Top Coat
Finger Paints Cordur Orange
Finger Paints Holly Good Times
Finger Paints Floatin' On a Cloud

Glitter Gal Marine Blue

Golden Rose Scale Effects: 2, 5, 11

HITS Lambada Flake
HITS Valsa Flake

Illamasqua Rampage
Illamasqua Boo! and Hiss Nail Pantomime Duo

Kleancolor Metallic Orange
Kleancolor Metallic Green
Kleancolor Holo Chrome

L'Oreal Owl's Night

Ludurana Aurora Boreal Reluz
Ludurana Aurora Boreal Emocionnante

Lynnderella (Llarowe stocks in January) Cauldron Drippings
Lynnderella Happy Holo-Daze
Lynnderella Gotta Love Brains
Lynnderella Bride of Franken

OPI Time-less is more
OPI DS Extravagance
OPI Diva of Geneva
OPI Jade is the New Black
OPI Can You Tapas This
Orly Galaxy Girl
Orly Lunar Eclipse
Orly Au Champagne
Orly Royal Velvet
Orly Meet Me Under the Mistletoe
Orly Happily Ever After

Ozotic 624
Ozotic 531
Ozotic 532

pa A19
pa Q24
pa A24
pa A134

Periphera - any polishes, especially the perfume enamels as I don't have these yet. From Korea.

Picture Polish Hypnotic (Coming out in 2012)
Picture Polish Vegas

Mavala Agena

Missha HGR01

Nicole by OPI Hard-Kourt Fashionista
Nicole by OPI Kourt is Red-y For a Pedi
Nfu Oh 51
Nfu Oh 52
Nfu Oh 56

Nubar Peacock Feathers
Nubar 2010
Nubar Swiss Chocolate
Nubar Sour Candy
Nubar Gold Feather
Nubar Greener
Nubar Indigo Illusion
Nubar WIldlife
Nubar Purple Beach

Rescue Beauty Lounge Recherche
Rescue Beauty Lounge Anne

Revlon Facets of Fuschia

Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Turquoise Opal

SpaRitual Golden Gleam
SpaRitual Howl

Zoya Casey
Zoya Adina
Zoya Kimmy


cool stuff
Style.com
City of Skies
Flickr
Spinner
Fashion Nation
Scrangie
Vampy Varnish
All Lacquered Up

credits maker
picture
brushes
blogspot
blogskins

Thursday, January 22, 2009
Qn: "Appearances are deceiving." Elaborate using appropriate examples from case studies and real-life experiences. (50 marks)

backdated entry.

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I've realised that it's quite amusing to talk to people in class. I'm quite sorry I didn't actually try to talk to many people last year, resulting in a backlog of conversation this year. Sometimes the verbal (or non-verbal) barriers that we build around ourselves are more intimidating than our appearances. Even though appearances sure help in repelling potential conversation buddies. Like hm. Maybe if I go around school wearing my white hoodie with my hands in my pockets, my strange "emo" lop-sided hair and a murderous expression on my face, people will be sufficiently repelled and/or scared off by my appearance. Especially since it doesn't convey the typical air of femininity that they are used to from "people like me", although I'm not even sure what that means. Maybe that's one reason why it's good to have this hairstyle. I need an image change from the supposedly bimbo, vain and girly Rachel who squeals when she is poked. Dunno. Maybe their perception of the long-haired, short skirted Rachel corresponds to their opinion of my intellectual capabilities, thus explaining a general reluctance to talk to me about things not regarding fashion, boys and make up. Or maybe I'm wrong. But is it any wonder that people are shocked when they realise my interest in reading up on philosophy, religion and thought experiments and keeping up my grades, in addition to my interest in clothes, shopping and other typical girly past times? Oh well. At least now I'm labelled a mugger. Better than being labelled an airhead, I guess, though I don't see how surfing the net and playing Sims 2 for 6 hours counts as mugging.

I'm so distracted. Yuck. My thoughts are all over the place. Anyway back to the extended thought experiment of me going around school with a machete in my bag... That's not gonna work the way I see it. I'm usually predisposed to waving cheerfully and energetically to friends I happen to see at school. Unless it's someone who skulks around looking like they don't want to be disturbed. Which is usually not the case for most people. Haha.

I digress. Today was rather amusing, as I've already mentioned. More new quotes from a hole (I learn from someone. Best to take precutions against the new wave of teachers who use google). Most of the quotes/anecdotes masquerading as jokes aren't worth a mention, but there's one really funny one: XX is going on about how we lose marks in random places and used the metaphor of a "leaky faucet" to describe that. Then said entity promptly went on to ask (rather unwisely) if we knew which holes our marks were leaking out from. Our dear "mel" (sniggers) countered with a pert mention of his name, albeit in a rather soft fashion, to which XX barks "I heard that!" The whole class burst out laughing. XX responds by saying something about not being the one to stop the holes from leaking and by that time I was laughing so hard that I swore (in my head) unconsciously. I think if we had XX's lesson for 1.5 hours every time I'd die from the embarrassment I feel for XX before dying from the killer and humourless "jokes" that abound. That being said, it's a breath of fresh air from 2008, the air being the smell that wafts from mouldy oranges refusing to rot properly.

After lessons had ended we were at class bench as usual. I broke my customary silence towards the majority of the guys by recounting the newest exploits of our beloved hole. From the look on LC's bemused face, Xiang jie's look of pure ectasy and Rz's guffaw, I could tell that this was a whopper. I lingered in the moment for a while, then decided to head home for lunch and the company of my mac. On the way to the canteen, I met CP, Lester and CH. Random conversation about Linus ensued. Then CH asked me how the 100xstrut modelling went ! and if I'd bought the Dream Theater CD I'd set my sights on ! If you're reading this now don't feel offended at my surprise. I'm just not used to comments like that from people regarding my blog posts, heh. Err because not many read and even fewer remember. And to know that someone follows my blog so judiciously (and probably many other blogs too as Lester pointed out :P) is a rather interesting/flattering thing. But thank you (: You made my day. And just for the record, you're a really nice person - opinion widely held by class people fyi.

My day ends here, with a call from someone. I'm getting more and more exhausted by this whole thing. It's dragging my mood down. But I'm glad we cleared up more stuff today. I feel like I'm in the process of moving house over an extended period of time. Lots of stuff to shift but many of the boxes and belongings are too heavy to shift right away. Lots of dust on the shelves that have yet to be cleaned. Oh well. Things take time. Soon, I will be completely settled in my new house.

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