Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks - on your body or on your heart - are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt - Anthony Bourdain

Bali

free

The waves have retreated to the sea, the fishermen and their boats retires to the shore. The sun hides under the dusk blanket, only the flickering city lights from the coastline illuminates the horizon . I am completely at ease here.

全てうまくいく

I've soaked up more sun than I have in the past 3 years, and I'm slowly learning to unwind and relax. 

I've met some lovely people and caught up with old friends and relatives. 

It's nice to finally have some time for myself, and to get rid of all the worries in my head. 

There's always things to keep me occupied during the day ( everyone starts the day so early here btw) so by the time night falls i'm already exhausted and ready to tuck into bed.

It's really laid back here and it's just the break that I needed, I feel more at ease and less anxious, and I definitely felt more inspired . 

Everyone is always full of smiles, and it's ever so contagious.

Somehow everything comes with an expiry date. Swordfish expires. Meat sauce expires. Even cling-film expires. Is there anything in the world which doesn't?If memories could be canned, would they also have expiry dates? If so, I hope they last for centuries. 

重庆森林

Another quote from Chunking Express ( gosh i must stop quoting from this film)

I haven't taken any photographs with film cameras in a while, I tend to use them to capture those special moments, but since I've ran out of 35mm films and haven't bought any new rolls, i've been slacking off in photography. 

It's not long before I leave for the summer holiday. Even though I'm quite excited to spend a month in the land of sea and sun , there are people I will miss, and my days wouldn't be quite the same without them. 

I have been blessed with the loveliest people around me,  and I am really grateful for their existence. I wanted to cherish and capture every single moment I spend with them and preserve the memories in photographs. 

The kind of memories that makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside, I want to keep close to my heart.

 海の彼方には　もう探さない
輝くものは　いつもここにわたしのなかに　

見つけられたから

Itsumo Nando Demo ( Always With Me )  piano ver. - from Spirited Away

Kittykat & Korean dinner

Kittykat was leaving for HK so we went for Korean dinner in SoHo. I got my Doraemon mask from the Matsuri.

Matsuri & Takoyaki

The 2011 matsuri at London eye was a lot of fun . Esp. the food stall part. yum.

Sylvia McElroy & AW12 collection

i miss spring.

taken with olympus 35trip film camera