EXHAU$T

dress- foreign exchange, cardigan, h&m, bag - c/o stylight, watch- michael kors, necklace- diy

YE$, i'm guilty of playing favorites. this black, leather strapped, semi- high low chiffon dress is currently the apple of my eye. i don't know why i was so giggly when taking these photos but whenever there are curious passerby's who look at me when im trying to pose for a picture i can't help but laugh at how absurd i must look. oh well.
i can't keep my eyes open and can barely form coherent thoughts or sentences so here it goes:

-bag is courtesy of stylight, they were kind enough to send me a goodie bag. love it

-went to vegas this weekend, fun fun

-finished two days of shooting for something quite exciting, not sure if i can talk about it yet but ill keep you posted, a humbling experience to be surrounded by many talented people

-excited to see kendrick lamar, RAC, porter robinson, adrian lux and porturgal the man this friday!

-shooting with graffiti beach this weekend! can't wait to play around with their amazing inventory although i am very afraid that i will walk out of there wanting everything in the store.

-will be studyin in Washington DC this fall

Ok, time to study more, finish a paper and hopefully go to bed soon :) hope you guys are well!
(oh & i'm getting the rest of my coachella pics developed, i'll post them after, promise!)

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RELIEF

cardigan- eileen fischer, top-f21, shorts- american eagle, belt- vintage

recap:

turned 22
passed my physics midterm
did some spring cleaning
wore yellow for the first time in years
explored downtown la jolla
got a film production internship
moving to los angeles for the summer..
scared shitless and excited as hell.
so much to do, so many deadlines to meet, so little time and so tired.


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LET'S TESSELLATE

tshirt- no idea, blazer- zara, necklace- c/o swaychic.com, claire's

My mom ALWAYS complains that I ALWAYS wear sunglasses in my pictures. But she has NO idea how hard it is to take a 'normal' photo of my face, and because I am usually too shy and self-conscious to pose in the middle of the streets for as how ever long it will take to get that one photo where my face doesn't look all contorted... i use sunglasses. But not today. Here you go mom. I love you.

Have fun at coachella weekend2, lucky fuckers!

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DO THE MUNDANE

shirt- vintage, jacket- vintage from amsterdam, shoes- naturalizer, necklace- diy, backpack c/o wetseal

Hello my lovely readers,

I'm back from Coachella! I will post more about it after I get my photos developed, but I can honestly say that it was one of the best weekends of my life. Unfortunately, my body refuses to cooperate so I'm living off of tea and honey right now hoping that it will prevent me from getting really sick. Snapped some quick photos after class today on campus, so excuse this rather bland outfit post.
You can't really see it in the pictures, but I stumbled across this Pink Floyd shirt last week and had to add it to my collection, because they are one of my favorite bands and I figured my other Pink Floyd shirt was ready for a sibling.
Anyways, I'm exhausted, gonna take a nap.

How was your weekend? Or were you guys at Coachella as well?
Much thanks to Wet Seal and Bollare (especially my blogcrush Kristen) for my Coachella Survival Kit, which included this cute floral backpack.

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SEE YOU IN INDIO

jalouse magazine editorial

It's been a rough week but I'm so excited. See you at Coachella!

FICTION

cardigan-eli tahari, bag- balenciaga, sunglasses- rayban, watch- michaelkors, shirt- h&m, shorts-diy

Hello lovely readers! Hope you guys are well.

I'm not even going to apologize for 'not blogging in a while' because I think everyone knows that I suck at updating. It's not that I haven't been trying, it's just that my life / outfits aren't nearly as interesting as I would like them to be. Anyways.

Noo.. I didn't forget to wear pants, I just didn't realize this shirt made it seem as if I forgot to put pants on this morning but I kind of just threw it on after a quick trip to the mall this morning. Met up with my cousin later on in the day for lunch in the Mission and tried their organic horchata boba from the boba shop they own. If you're in SF, check it out the Boba Guys! Anyways, had some pretty amazing Peruvian food which was a much needed cure after last night's business for my friends 22nd birthday.

Sadly I only have one more day left before I fly back to San Diego and it's back to college life. Can we all just say hello to my new watch gifted by my pops for my bday (in 3 weeks). Isn't she lovely? Never been much of a watch person but since my rollie don't tick-tock no mo I figured it was time to get one that actually tells time. Oh yeah, I dyed my hair this past finals week because I was extremely bored and tired of studying. (but it all worked out cause I got all A's this quarter) (insert angelic face).
See you soon!

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FINALIZE

photos by danny juare 

Oh shitt, finals week. Time for sweats n uggs. Luckily I turned in two of my projects on earlier this week so I only have on architecture final to study for. I'll leave you with some images that were taken during my shoot for Trend magazine last year (which I still haven't posted here.. awk), so I thought I would share.

Here's one of the projects I created:  https://vimeo.com/61669959

See you in a week! x

SELECTOR

On fragments of the latest issue of W magazine. I'm obsessed with Juergen Teller's photographs of Rachel Weisz, Marion Cottillard and John Hawkes.

1. Gold ring and cross whistle necklace (yes.. it's a whistle, how genius) are courtesy of SwayChic. Thanks so much to jenny for sending them over, love it!
2. Silver goodies from forever21
3. Heels. I almost cried when I realized they were really hard to walk in when I went out. Sunset Blvd especially wasn't too kind to my feet, but luckily i carried a pair of ipanema flipflops in my 2.55.
4. My newest tattoo (I have 3, ironically). Got this one two days ago, didn't really plan for it to happen so soon, but it felt right.

Every now and then I like to switch up the roulette order of my daily accessories. Sometimes I really wish I had a lazy suzan that would perfectly display and twirl around all my current favorites as the ones pictured above-- they were mainly used and purchased for my trip to LA last week with one of my favorite people in the world and I can honestly say that it was one of the best 3 days of my life. We stayed in the heart of Hollywood, a couple of blocks away from the Dolby Theatre, and it was absolute madness because of the Academy Awards. Saw XXYYXX perform live too! I posted most of my adventure photos on instagram (@xhighdee) but i am already nostalgic for LA so probably will end up posting some of the photos here too. But now, back to reality.

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ADVENTURES IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD

shorts- vintage DIY, choker -f21, jacket -vintage amsterdam, faux fur - h&m, tanktop - vince, necklace - urban outfitters

took these photos (thx cakes) with my new 50mm 1.8 lens and have been loving the quality of it!
it's great for portraits and other macros and is pretty great for video as well.

must admit i've been pretty busy the past few weeks and find myself in that place right now where i am kind of tired and ready to graduate (next spring.. i hope) even though i haven't been this happy in a while.  a strange dichotomy.
i'm taking pretty interesting classes, am still working at the restaurant, started doing research with my professor this quarter, and am trying to be nicer to my body; all things keeping me busy in healthy doses.
also, happy chinese new year! for those who have asked previously what my ethnicity is.. i'm 7/8th chinese and 1/8th german. hope you guys have the privilege to eat a home cooked chinese meal... i'll make do with panda express.


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DAILY GRIND

blazer- vintage, boots- steve madden, bag- urban outfitters, shorts- levis, blouse- f21

on campus. back in san diego.
my sister thinks this shirt is too "fat american tourist in hawaii" but i'm not offended. she bought me nike free runs, so we cool. ha ha. time to get back in shape.
ANYWAYS. back to the daily grind of classes and just livin, it's good.

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