Asian musings

Hallo.

This blog has been neglected for quite a while now, so here I am. (^▽^)
It’s only out of reluctance that I blog, so bear with me.
As of late, I’ve been investing a tremendous amount of time browsing through Japanese web shops and bookmarking pages for my wishlist, in which I get  a little  enthusiastic about. Scrolling to reach to the bottom of the list is like legit giving your finger a five minute work out.

So here is the abridged version of my wishlist:

Keisuke Kanda ~

ManiaQ ~ Nile Perch ~ syrup. ~ Candy Stripper ~ Tokyo Bopper ~ So yer, I pretty much need a part time job like yesterday.. (´；ω；`)

Scooter

Tags: clothes, Japanese fashion, shoes

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Dear Nonexistent Readers,

I know Mary-Lou and I should probably post more frequently, but there is actually nothing much to report from around these parts. Our lives are horrendously uneventful, thus there is nothing interesting to share for the internet already holds other limitless fascinations. However, we did encounter some decent sights last Saturday. So on behalf of the ever-absent Mary-Lou, this is an overdue post I shall commit myself to write.

Around 1:00-ish pm we headed for Glebe Markets, and using your average intelligence you may have already guessed that’s it’s located in Glebe.

A snapshot from my parietal lobe. I have brilliant coordination.

For lovers of random vintage gizmos, apparel or handmade thangs, the Glebe Markets is probably cloud nine for you.

I have ample evidence..

I didn’t manage to take a photo of what I bought… maybe I will for the next post.

On the topic of vintage, I have always had a mad keen interest in anything steampunk or clockwork related.

This pocket-watch is so perfect I can’t even..

(Charles-Hubert, Paris)

A list of steampunk-themed films (that I can think of ) -

Sleepy Hollow

The Golden Compass

Castle in the Sky

I’m pretty sure that there are also other films.

If you’re really into cosplaying click here and check this out. There’s a whole bunch of other sites which I am not bothered to link onto this post, but if you’re extremely eager you can inbox me. (Navigate your cursor to the About page)

(Re)listening to: 하루 하루 by Big Bang

Reading: FRUiTS magazine

Okay, well that’s it for today!

Scooter 

Tags: clothes, fashion, movie, Random, Scooter

Why, yes I’m alive

Greetings senoritas,

Happy Easter! I’ve been very quiet of late. Sorry for the lack of posts, I was keeping my priorities in order..
Other than being mentally deflated by trying to survive mammoth revisions, I have been peachy keen.



This is a gif.

Recently, I did the Myers-Briggs personality test due to intense moral debate whether I should finish my What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (dare I say what a bad pun this is) summary for English. So yes, because I have a productive rate which tends to plummet at a scary immediacy, I ended up answering all 70 questions of the test.

Apparently I am an INFP, which is absolutely fabricated, like a horoscope. It claims I have perfectionistic tendencies, which I don’t.

Haru, my little promoter
Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love

Right now I’m so sleep deprived that the whole world seems to be in soft focus. I seriously have an unerring knack of staying up late early to finish reading books.

Something to enjoy before this post ends.

Sorry, this is only a short, random post.

Buhbye,

Scooter

 

 

 

Tags: Random

Good Morning, Good Evening, And Good Night

Salut,

This is Mary-Lou and I haven’t posted in… well, this is my first post for this blog.
As Scooter mentioned previously, school has been keeping us busy and I really hadn’t had the time to post recently.

So I’ll start this post off by mentioning my watching (or re-watching) of “The Little Rascals”. Great movie, you really can’t go past those 4-5 year old boys running around in their over-sized coats and 90s flannels and what-not. And on a side note, Alfalfa’s singing “You Are So Beautiful” was so amazing.

 

 

 

 

images courtesy of the printscreen function on my computer
and the last one from tumblr.com

I’m sorry for such a short post, considering the delay of posting it, but expect something merveilleux next time.

 

To wrap up;
Song of the moment: Blackbird by The Beatles (watch I Am Sam -> saddest movie ever)
What I’m (not) reading (yet, but will): Different Seasons by Stephen King

Toodle-loo!

Mary-Lou

Tags: 90s kids, movie, the little rascals

2011 Diana World Tour Exhibition

Happy Valentine’s Day mes petites anges!

Sorry for the delayed updates. I wish I could report that I’ve been off doing all manner of impossibly glamorous things, but sadly that’s not the case. In fact, the lame truth is that school started two week ago and Mary-Lou and I have been busy ever since.

But to make up for this depressing situation, I have decided to post about our extraordinary adventure which occurred a Saturday ago. (I am currently dividing my time between writing this post and writing an essay on the Petrov Affair, so excuse me if anything on the Cold War slips).

We had lunch at a restaurant called Ichi-Ban Boshi.
These were our meals:

Mary-Lou’s lunch

My lunch

After we fulfilled our Asian appetite, we headed for Kinokuniya, a legendary bookstore filled with wiseness. Then we raced out, because that’s what we did. And headed for this place:

..To go to this exhibition:

See the person in the background? That’s Mary-Lou attempting something probably unsuccessful.

 

The exhibition was okay. I expected more. The cameras displayed in the entrance were cutesy, but the top floor was rather boring. (―o―)y~~~~

Anyway, our disappointment was short-lived when we finally visited arguably the most amazing thrift store in the world.

Many things happened in between, but this on the other hand, unlike the essay I am writing at the same time, is a wordpress post and does not require 1000 words.

So here’s a stack of pictures we took out of boredom while riding home-wards on the train:

Goofy and Micky Mouse bow ties from Shag

Mary-Lou’s bag

The inside of her bag

The bag I carried around

The junk that populated it

My best pal

So that was my day.

Song of the moment: My Sweet Prince – Placebo
(and also if you’re interested in Asian songs)
Just Be Friends (piano cover) - ヲタみん

What I’m (re)reading: The Tale Two Cities by Charles Dickens

 

Live on,

Scooter

 

Tags: cameras, clothes, fashion, food, miscellaneous, shopping, Sydney

I am the soul child of Tim Walker

Sunny salutations to all you lurkers, stalkers and wide-eyed desperadoes!

I was a little bit uneasy about how to start off my first post, so I subconsciously made a collage of things that I wish to have currently within arm’s reach.

1. Librarian pin, fredflare.com 2. Cooking show dress, ModCloth 3. Knitted panda skirt, CatWorld 4. Hello Kitty key cap, ModCloth 5. Daisy, Marc Jacobs 6. Mint gloves, Topshop 7. Sakura Drops, Japan

At times Australia can feel like an isolated underground hobbit hole. There is an incredible lack of interesting shops and too much simplistic fashion sense in comparison to other places like London, New York, Paris, Tokyo and Stockholm. The time zone is arguably contradicting, as we seem to be catching on just barely in the material world. But sometimes, some things from around these parts can take your breath away. So, will you please walk this way and avoid contact with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and look at what this Australian fashion designer (Karla Spetic) has illustrated onto these beautiful garments.

One comment though; I’m not really sure as to why she chose the outback. Australian scenery is amazing. Anything natural about Australia is amazing. I think printing garments with a spectrum of colourful corals from the Great Barrier Reef would have made it mind-blowing. On the other hand, the pastel colours are really working there.

Anyway, I have to I bid you adieu!

Scooter

Tags: Australian, clothes, fashion, Japanese, miscellaneous

Why hello there stranger

This is officially the first blog post, but sadly, it’ll be inevitably boring; just sayin’. We have decided to give blogging another try, so here’s to complete failure..

It’s a bit too soon to pinpoint specifically what we’re going to fill this blog with, so for the meantime it’ll just be anything we fancy. This means, with our ultimate power, our brains, we’ll try to squeeze out all our knowledge on fashion, photography, and other fascinating junk which inspires us. But since our brains are faulty products bought on eBay, which can often heat up and produce a large serving of scrambled eggs, we might not remember to post often (this is because we do have a life, guys).

Also, on an important note, ‘Mary-Lou’ and ‘Scooter’ are not our actual names; they are our pen names.
If by any chance you really want to  know more about us, please navigate your way to the about page.

Anyway, we’ll now head off to find actual substance for this blog.

Cheerio,

Mary-Lou and Scooter