bahhhh*

aaah im about to leave on my medical mission to madagascar! SO EXCITED! kinda nervous. just loggin out of everything now, im getting all emotional. totally gonna cry at the airport, i can feel it, haha. these photos are from the DRC missionearlier this year. anyway, i still need to shower quick aaaah. what i'm tryin to say is that you should stalk my missionblog while im away. so excited so excited BYE*

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"can u hear me now? .. SEVEN days.."*

it's weekend. and for the first time in weeks, i noticed. today is: mission shopping. skypedate with missadachi. james' farewell. mont for C and J's birthdays. pondering friendships. a conversation with him. hoping i see more girls with flowers on their dresses and flowers in their hair. aaaand jessicasmith is rushing this weekend! #yaycollegelife

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takes my hearts place*

remember these? ahh good times.. stjoseph's memories. currently reading: we wish to inform you that tomorrow will be killed with our families: stories from rwanda by philipgourevitch. and 70 great christians: the story of the christian church by geoffreyhanks. still can't finish perfectmatch by jodipicoult. it's just... so heartbreaking, reading the kid's thoughts. he shouldn't be feeling like that. ever. let alone while he's so young. he's five, for goodness sake. five. oh gosh, i don't think i'll ever finish it..

jessicasmith, just read your 'thankyou elc' post..“once family, always family.” awww. and ohmygoodness i just discovered goodreads. it's he coolest thing! have u got it, miss adachi? i think youd love it! ive been on it for like.. seven hours straight, im so addicted!!! my mom is laughing at me for getting so excited at every new option, "andrea, get a real friend". #gottalovefamily (yes i am bringing twitter into every moment, bc i can) rightnow im: updating my 43things. currently reading: britt's romantic post aaand her amazing list of why it's great to be single. this whole morning i thought it was nextweek monday, and was kinda freaking out. haha, turns out it's only august23, calm down everyone. everything is suddenly so soon* lastnight escalated so quickly. and then i found an sms from you on may tenth. is it lame that that's the only thing that calmed me down? probably. but youre still in my life, and youre still the one i want to run to. so i guess that's a good sign.

so much happened this weekend. it seems all my adventures happen with especially with lisafortuin these days, haha we are so great.  but i guess ill blog about my thoughts and experiences some other time. i just bought cranberryjuice and a cranberryalmond bar. and a magazine i played a part in creating. tonight i will go enjoy those :) and that yummy green tea with jasmine mmmm. i don't feel like thinking or analysing. i just want to: complete the essay i began this morning. paint my nails barbie pink. search for more colleges in hawaii. but im mostly just smiling to myself about the INCREDIBLE people i have in my life. thankyou, amazing friends. you make me so happy, make my heart feel complete. sweet dreams to you all*

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it's like you hit me with lightning..*

"You are a puzzle...complex are every one of your parts and pathways, every thread sewn into place is knotted so intricately that if I was to try and solve you, it might take me a lifetime. For you are evolving....ever expanding and decreasing, your ways forever wavering yet always holding true to WHO YOU ARE.

So who are you? What is it about you that completes the picture of who you are?

And why are so many of us never happy with the artwork that is ourselves?

Something for us to ponder....especially me.

IDENTITY is a crazy concept..."

-buthonestly

(i want their boots. and their dresses. please and thankyou) yay the kling spring2010 lookbook! la la la. today. the sun was bright. the discoball reflected all over the car. the birds were singing. it put us all in a delightful mood. that, and the chocolate springrolls :) aaaand. too many sales. too many sales. i think i found what i shall wear on my birthday* (and a top to wear with my jessicasmith-forever21 princess skirt YAY birthday birthday) and wow. you wrote me the greatest poem EVER.

current playlist includes: make you feel my love by adele. starry eyed by elliegoulding. your anything by (ta dahhh) taylor swift. three weeks, one day til madagascar. happy weekend*

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postfromlastnight*

this evening: i visited the opsmile office. said goodbye to guanyuan (enjoy being back at penn with kevin! oooh) aaand went to the fashionshow at the capegrace with danna. had fun suiting up. with endless supply of delicious champagne. and oysters. and beautiful clothes. and these two lovely ladies we spent the night with.

 one, who we went my school and hated it as much as i did, for the exact reasons (apparently it hasnt really changed since 1987 haha) and one who loves vintage jewellery. im joining her at the alliance française, bc apparently you need french to work for the un. (damn you, madame williams, for ruining the language for me!)

(requirements for my dream house: chandeliers. and high ceilings.)

[i still love these ysl slingbacks. no, not the countryroad knockoff. come up with your own designs, dang it]

[teenvogue's new covergirl: victoriajustice yay* ]

oh and then a wonderful time at homegroup. mark driscoll's 'vintage jesus' dvd. coveting callen's amaaazing boots... *sigh*  and tina explaining all about her dad's horse breeding, and life in bonnivale. aaand taylorswift's new single is out. speaknow releases october 25th YAY :)

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worth trying to be*

just wrote five heartfelt goodbye letters.

now onto the faraway (and notsofaraway) friends...

(wishing i could be there with you, miss adachi and jessicasmith. send my love to alexander and thekrew. awww i miss thekrew. late nights, early mornings, vending machine food *tear* youre going to have an amaaaazing time. -and jessica simpson, hello!- i miss you both so much. take thousands of photos)

[images via sixthandmain and jacqleenbleu]

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my heart beat. can you hear my*

today is my last official day at the opsmile office.

it's heartbreaking. but they'll always be my family. and ill always be involved. and we'll still have our very own romantic adventures*

(not usually a tavi-stalker. but when she's wearing miumiu, how could i resist*)

today's romantic adventure comprised of: used bookstores. scary men on drugs. a broken atm point. danna's one moment of fear in this country. boerewors rolls. one thousand magazines. carrying one thousand magazines up to the 7th floor. much tape. supercool nailpolish. and beautiful baby taru*

still: stalking herecomesthesun. have newnew running through my head. obsessively drinking orangejuice. mmm orangejuice :) *counting down the days til august tenth. newly inlove with tygerberg campus and the amazing adventure victoria -no, not you- has planned for the days to follow)* and this weekend i will see people. in public. yay!

almost hometime.. *sigh*

but hello weekend!

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meant to publish this lastnight*

yesterday i: learnt that in madagascar, on our way to the hospital each morning, we walk along the beach. fell in love with jo's puppy. renamed jo's puppy. succesfully made a meal. hijacked jo's fb. spent all day with medical council folders. ate four pears. found chloe's skirt. contemplated the similarities between love and death.

today i: woke up with superfastjellyfish stuck in my head.-still going. now i just feel like fruitloops. then i realised ive never had luckycharms. and kinda feel left out. found a really pretty keyring for missadachi.

jo is moving. into her own place. gosh. *so jealous* and so sad. so many memories in her house. so many things i thought we'd always do there. oh well.

went to greenmarketsquare on a hunt. such beautiful jewellery. felt so horrible being like 'no thank you, im just looking'. it's weird that that's my automatic response. it's like.. growing up i've been.. desensitized. you want two rand? no, i can smell the alcohol alll over you. i'm not gonna give you money to feed into your addiction. but then i just walk away. surely that's worse. i guess i could justify it by sayin that i'm using my discretion. and there are some people who have stopped trying to improve their situations, relying on begging and sleeping on the streets. i once met a man who had lost all his family bc his wife lied to her new boyfriend, and basically stole their house away from him. he has by no means lost his will to live, but he doesn't see the need to get a job and find a house or reunite with his children. he continues to smoke and is quite happy to live on the streets. -something i can't understand. but does that give me reason to decide if he should get lunch today or not? on the other hand, should it be my responsibility?

[overthinking today lol]

stalking cadbury. and celebrities. for work. yes, i have the greatest job.

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upon arrival..*

kristencamden volunteered with opsmile in india. tamlin showed me her blog, nomadic, no wonder why. she hasn't updated it in a year, but her photos and poetry = amazing. i've always wanted to go to india. but this makes me want to go right now. she's living there and volunteering and travelling. it sounds wonderful.

"Ate everything. Danced through palaces at night. Got really dirty. Watched wild elephants mate and made friends in low places. Walked through villages and slept in rose gardens. Prayed in mosques, temples and churches. Felt so sad I was sick. Ran out of gas- twice. Camped under the stars, due to a lack of gas- twice. Closed my eyes and pretended to fly. Nearly crashed. Developed a whiskey habit. Threw poop with kids. Hiked through Bandipur National Park. Searched for tigers, ran from tigers. Spashed in waterfalls and fell in love every single day. "

please can we go tonight*

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and i'm a little bit lost without you*

dear taylorswift. your music is wonderful. you are really pretty. and you dream of wearing an oscar de la renta dress. i happen to think we would be great friends. but when i was watching eclipse, there was a bitterness radiating from my soul. a bitterness some may refer to as jealousy. *sigh*

 

tamlin didn't suit up even though it was her idea that sparked today. so she bought us what we think are called red gerber daisies. and now we all feel happy inside*

back on 43things. stalking LGMH and listening to cute british bands. this weekend brings: dramatic soccer. birthday celebrations. nintendo. and a reuniting of the best kind*

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stay a while*

 

completely conincidental yet extremely priceless moment. moonstruck forever* and wow blackbelt. thankyou. i don't even have a worthy response. you are almost as amazing as me. haha! -not a joke. 

dear girl-in-this-picture. you're cute. but you should know.. i'm cooler than you. mostly bc: i have an electric blanket under my sheet. i have pink fairylights. i'm drinking the most delicious rooibostea outv a pretty porcelain teacup. i am not wearing pearls on my wrist, but thirteen sillybands -dinosaurs and sealife, to be exact. i'm reading the newnew teenvogue. and victoria's [amazing] new blog.  

[if you weren't my person. i'd wish for one as great as you. -actually, id probably be sitting in a corner being emo. with no one to just accept lol. five years is a long time, kid. let's not test the theory]

 tomorrow used to be called friday. but it became 'fruity friday'. and now it's known as 'fancy fruity friday'. hoping for suiting up at work tomorrow :) for scarlett's wedges and tamlin's "devil wears prada shoes". and we all love the green floral shirt, scar! -just sayin. and happy birthday ashley tisdale. [can't wait for my holliemail from dublin to arrive]

songs of tonight: never leave you by tinchystryder. the girl can't help it by lmfao. my generation by thewho. thought she knew by thesingletrack. don't steal our sun by thrills.

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if you run it by her*

been creepin all over cute kitten photos.. my daddy says yes yay :) i'm going to name her (yeah she'll be a girl) cinnamon. kinda liking how themissionblog is turning out, getting sooo excited for antananarivo! life change of the day: separating tins from the trash when we put it out. the homeless people get 80c per kg from it, which is considerably more than the 15c for most other items. so.. making it easier for them, less scratching through the bin for things they can use. yup*

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she only drinks coffee at midnight...*

blackbelt's mom wonders why i don't have a boyfriend. themissionblog seems to be coming along. the drc mission photos are beautiful. listening to songs about girls they love for not being ordinary. girls they love in the moments inbetween. when you get back we are watching breakfast at tiffanys. it's been decided. (the world spins madly on by theweepies)

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in those scripts...*

stalking the labia website. -going to watch food inc there after tonight's game. and wow, this 'cafe white hotchocolate' is divine.to quote stepup2.. "tastes like candycanes at christmas". today, i reunited with my ankle boots. and my target skirt. i have been stalking madagascar. -did you know that vanilla pods come from orchids? wow. life lessons i'm learning here. symbols of madagascar which i'm using in my mission tshirt designs: baobab tree. lemurs. orchids. getting really excited as i read all these mission stories. i don't think you realise: how much of an effect you have on me. there is no competition. i couldn't lie to you even if i tried. (actually, that one i think you know)

happy weekend :)

enchantedhappy xoxo