I have to agree with the owner of this blog, “There are plenty of attractive men in the world, but unfortunately few of them that are avid readers.”. After looking through this site, I started noticing guys who are reading on the train, especially the hot ones, and the titles they read (hopefully not some erm you know)! And I must agree, it is kinda of rare (especially in our tiny island) to find Hot Guys Reading Books. HMPH.

]]> http://somethingboutrenes.com/2010/05/17/hot-guys-reading-books/feed/ 2 http://somethingboutrenes.com/2010/04/19/faces-in-places/ http://somethingboutrenes.com/2010/04/19/faces-in-places/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:39:14 +0000 somethingboutrenes http://somethingboutrenes.com/?p=4556 Don’t rub your eyes, you are not seeing things! There are indeed faces in places! All around you, in places you least expected!

Pictures above are all from Faces in Places

I chance upon a feature of Faces in Places in a magazine on my flight back and it was adorable!

“A photographic collection of faces found in everyday places.”

- Faces in Places

I couldn’t resist so I submitted one picture I took in Hakone, Japan at Coffee.Curry Cafe!

Hee.

In this new I love Wedding Blogs series; I am going to share with all brides-to-be out there some of my favourite wedding blogs both local and international! It’s also a strategy to entice friends of marriageable age to join my club just so I have a few more people to share, discuss, gripe and bitch about all things related to Weddings.

So here goes. Style Me Pretty is my top favourite! I love the gorgeous weddings they feature and the fact that they are mainly outdoor weddings! I love outdoor weddings! I always dream of walking down the aisle in a meadow of flowers or at the side of a gorgeous beach! But of course, we don’t have any of these here but a pretty garden wedding is more than sufficient! Style Me Pretty is my source of inspiration in crafting a perfect outdoor wedding with lots of DIY décor!

“Style Me Pretty is a style savvy wedding resource devoted to the modern bride. We cover everything from gorgeous real weddings to up and coming vendors and seasoned pros in the invitation, floral, fashion and photography industries. We feature only the most chic and style centric wedding related content, continually discovering new and brilliantly talented vendors, brides with an eye for all things gorgeous, and the personal loves of editor, Abby Larson.

Our readers looks far beyond your cookie-cutter wedding ideas and strives to design an affair that is both personal and incredibly charming.”

Source: Style Me Pretty

[Warning: Individuals with attention deficiency are encouraged to skip this potentially long-ranty-preachy post.]

Source: aviewfromthetop

“Happily Ever After” is often associated with fairy tales when the princess and the prince say I do. It signify a happy ending where one finds his/her true love and lives happily with them for the rest of their life and be constantly happy with no end. It seems like “Happily Ever After” is what everyone is looking for at least at some stage in life so it seems that “Happily Ever After” is the final destination/goal in life.

When will “Happily Ever After” starts? When you find your true love? So, after you found him/her, what’s next? People around will start asking for their wedding date. Wait! I thought “Happily Ever After” was here after one found his/her true love?

Fine maybe not. Maybe it only happens when one gets married! Right. So couples spend months and tons of money planning for their dream wedding hoping it’s finally “Happily Ever After”. After spending much effort, surely “Happily Ever After” is here?!

Along the way, the couple starts having kids and starts stressing over their child’s growth and development, education and career, his/her “Happily Ever After”, his/her family, his/her kids, his/her kids’ growth and development, his/her kids’ education and career and if they live long enough, his/her kids’ “Happily Ever After”.

Where the heck is “Happily Ever After”? When is it coming? My point is this – will there ever be a time when you are constantly happy with no end?

With much self discussion, my definition of “Happily Ever After” is a state of mind where one experience happiness and assume that this happiness will last forever. Happiness is often associated with happenings / events like, finding one true love, getting married or having kids. Happiness is fickle, shallow and fleeting. Sad but true.

Instead of debating when that fickle-minded “Happily Ever After” will ever turn up, I would rather seek Joy, Christian Joy, where the source of joy comes from God regardless of your circumstances.

“Rejoice in the Lord.” (Philippians 3:1)

Instead of pursing Happily Ever After, let’s all seek “Joyfully Ever After.”

I want one of these in our little new loft! Absolutely Beautiful Things from Brisbane, Australia is my new inspiration.

This is going to be our study room. Simple, functional and a little messy. HAH.

I want a Scandinavian – New Yorker Loft look.

I like Lady Melbourne’s lounge room. Even though the colours are mainly black/white/earth, it has a personal touch to it. I love it.

Credits: Lady Melbourne

Credits: Lady Melbourne

This girl is a sweetie, not only does she provides free makeup tips, she is also giving away freebies to thank her readers!

To take a part in the giveaway, go here.

“Ever bought something online that doesn’t quite fit? Or made an impulse purchase that you posthumously realized you would never wear? Little + Kilda is the perfect place for you to give your threads a new lease of life and free up some closet space!”

- Little + Kilda

I love this idea and I saw some cute stuff from Little + Kilda! But they are mostly in minuscule XS size! HMPH. Amandina and sister are tiny people! I’m just hoping more of her regular size friends will go surrender some cute stuff too! And by regular I meant size S or M not XS! Oh. It’s supposed to help shopaholics to earn some quick bucks by letting go some of those impulse purchases but it seems that I will be on the spending end of this “business” model. HMPH. Oh. In case you’re wondering, she’s not earning any commission!

I miss all the fun we had in Auckland!

Suzy babe dancing at the party in our private cruise.

All of us rocking the “house” in the hotel. HAH.

Suzy’s Blog.

Little birdie! I love your blog’s background! I’ve not only added you in my blogroll but I’ve also written a post for you! In return, you’ve got to blog more often! HAHA.