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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Post No#100

This is my 100th post!
Im super busy this semester, having minimum 4 committements to prioritize at all time: Microsoft, MMSS (Monash Marketing Students Society), MPC (Monash Photography Club), and uni, naturally.
If you want to head straight to my rant on video games, its right at the bottom since i have no photos to accompany it.
But if youre here for my photos (the main point of my photoblog), then here is a series of photos that i managed to snap in the past weeks.

Brighton beach houses. Taken during MPC trip there. Nicky is my secretary on my MPC committee. She does a great job!
 I favour cold toned photos. Most of you who do photography with me, or are in my club would know this :P
 More cold tones. For a uni assignment we had to visit a farmers market freaking 2 hours out of melbourne to do research. It was absolutely freezing that early in the morning.
 I wore mustard chino's (not visible in this photo), a silk shirt (i love my silk shirts), a burgandy cardigan (burgundy is my favourite colour, ive got almost one of every item in burgundy), a leather jacket, and a scarf from the $2 shop (i love plaid scarves). Also wearing a mimco necklace that is supposedly gold plated, but who knows...
 This is from the MMSS Double Denim party. I recently became a part of the Monash Marketing Students Society, working on the MINDS team (Minds = Marketing Industry Development Scheme).
My good friend Sagie (above), is the president! We used to work together at Optus, so its good working with an old buddy again :) (He is pretty awesome).
 Some other cool MMSS committee people :) Jenny from Social, and Tara from Minds.
 Conor from Digital.
 Sam from Minds and the other guy is from social im pretty sure, but i cant remember his name!

 Microsoft were generous enough to send me this package :D I was so excited opening it, even though i knew what it was. I love opening presents.
 Photos for Microsoft - of me using my new headphones! (They are Beats Studio)

 This is at Lancefield Farmers Market. Strawberries are one of my favourite fruits, and the ones they sold here were DIVINE.
 Each bite = perfection.
 This was from ages ago! I did a shoot with a muso.

 My take on Gossip Girl! Next episode comes out this week.... ive been waiting like a month. Speaking of tv shows, alot of my favourite are finally returning! Revenge for one, is resuming this week again. So is Game of Thrones! (Been rewatching old episodes. Daenerys is my hero <3)
The dress was a present from my mum, and is from Asos. Was very expensive, and is made out of chiffon silk. And i love chiffon anything. Ive got soooo much chiffon its ridiculous!
 I got this top and skirt from Chadstone. Hint: Its not actually a skirt, its a skort! Which is fantastic cause i dont have to worry about the wind blowing it up and stuff...
Also lately ive been in the habit of wearing gothic style chokers, or really chunky statement necklaces. Pity the more complicated they get, the easier they break :(
 This was before the semester 1 MPC welcome party. I absolutely ADORE this pleated leather skirt. Leather was in fashion, like, start of last year. But it was so expensive, like $200 a piece, and i wasnt into leather then. I had to search high and low to obtain this skirt! (Cause its not in fashion anymore)
Its one of my favourite items of clothing, ever!! And it fits me like a glove :) Its got a pretty narrow waist... i was worried cause i bought it online!
 Top is from Asos. Features a pleated collar! I love pleated stuff.
Also, these photos are very few of the warmer toned photos i have...
One thing that is incredibly important to me in clothes, is the fit! So so so often i find clothes that dont fit me. They are always too big, or just not cut well (perhaps cause i shop cheap). Good cuts and well fitted clothing is sooo essential to looking good.
This cheap blazer is from supre of all places. But they make small sizes, like XXS and XXXS, so this blazer is the only one ive ever found that fit me well!

Lately ive been playing shitloads of xbox. Dance Central 2 for Kinect, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Skyrim, and Saints Row. Im super impressed with Kinect, it can detect up to 48 points on your body, and that means you REALLY ARE the controller! Its totally different to just using Wii, or PS Move!
Im about halfway through FF XIII-2, its taking me forever because im playing to 100% game completion, side quests and everything. Not to mention farming and grinding.
I started playing a bit of Skyrim, but havent progressed very far because i KNOW its going to be massively time consuming, and i dont want to get hooked right now cause itll affect all my other committments greatly!
I never considered Saints Row, untill a fellow xbox-er at this video games club i joined at uni lent it to me. Its fucking amazing. Like GTA but BETTER. I love being able to do as much shit as i want that i could never do in real life! My favourite thing is probably riding my pimped out motorcycle around town, with my very bad female asian driving skills. I really like motorbikes, and would love to ride one in real life, but for now, SR3 is good enough :3
SR3 is also a third person shooter. Which is really good cause i prefer third person games/rpgs. I started gaming 2 years ago on ff13, and that was third person, so i guess im used to it. Im also terrible at shooting, so SR3 was really the first time i had a decent attempt at it. Im proud to say im actually not toooooo terrible. Im probably a worse driver than i am shooter. In third person that is. If it was fps, id be absolutely fucked. And also. I HATE dem brutes. So fucking hard to kill. At least my health regenrates incredibly fast.
Games on the "to get" list:
Batman: Arkham city. Another third person rpg kinda. Also NO SHOOTING thank fuck! Lotsa melee :)
LA Noire. Ive heard good things about this game. I also like that 50's set in the past theme.
And since im borrowing SR3 and Skyrim, ive gotta buy my own also, so i can play co op online. Hmmm i feel like im missing some? Dont know which though.
Others im looking at include: diablo 3, mass effect 3, dragonage and darksouls.

Also i just noticed sherlock holmes listed as an upcoming game. Gonna keep an eye on that one! I loved the films, and sherlock holmes is also set in a vintage theme like la noire :D Also i cant remember him using guns alot, so im hoping itll be mainly melee.
Far Cry 3 is also coming out soon. Matt is really pumped for that one.
Kinect star wars sounded promising untill i saw the trailer and gameplay..... eh i think id rather just play it with a controller.
Anyway, thinking about games is making me want to abandon my computer and uni work and head to my xbox so i can bash people up with a giganti purple dildo in saints row 3 Or drive over them with a tank. Or parachute from my penthouse. Or hijack a million cars and add them to my collection. Attempt to find every model of motorbike in SR3. Buy new clothes. Upgrade my weapons. Do side missions. Improve my driving and shooting skills. Attempt to pass my next mission without failing -_-

Wow i cannot believe i wrote that much! I guess it makes up for my > 1 month absense.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Latest MUA shoots

Pinup

 Cotton candy hair :) My work in photoshop. 
Sorry i havent posted in a long time. Im in over my head with uni, work and other duties...

Monday, February 13, 2012

The past month

Dont have much time to write alot, so just gonna caption the photos.

Make up shoot 

New clothes :) Asos scallop skirt in burnt orange. Dr Denim cardigan from General Pants. Hat is from Dangerfield.

Beachin' 

Australia day 
 Alot of rekoderlig lol

 Bbq knife
 Getting bomb checked at the airport
 Qantas planes
 Melbourne Crew (minus me)


 NEW STUFF :D (minus computer)
 Double bed each :)
 Melb crew.
 

AMY!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Microsoft & Sunflowers

Sooooo its been awhile since i last posted. I have some exciting news for you all though!!!
This morning i received a call from Microsoft offering me a position as brand ambassador for Monash university! I will officially be sponsored by Microsoft for 2012 and this includes a free laptop, xbox 360 + kinect, and a windows phone 7! I also get to go on paid trips, concerts, events, free xbox games, etc :D
Ill be doing marketing for Monash around clayton and caulfield monash uni campuses for the next year! Im so excited!

End of this month i am being flown up to sydney for a few days, all expenses paid, to meet the other representatives from other states/universities, and to begin Microsoft training from the technical and marketing team! I cant wait to meet all the Microsoft staff!
And i cant wait to own a new windows phone :D

Back to the real deal... my photoblog. Ive got LOTS of photos i havent uploaded, but heres some that are not on facebook (yet). 
Lovely friend Max gave me these sunflowers! And i decided to take a few pics before they died :(
(Am also using them for a shoot i have planned)

None of them are photoshopped (:O), only color edited. 
 I am wearing a (no brand) purple chiffon sleeveless shirt, and high waisted leather shorts from forever new (boxing day sales). 
 I thought it would be nice to team up the purple of the shirt and the yellow of the sunflower in this outfit. And im looking a bit pudgy arent i?! I need to get more fit...

Next year is going to be full on it seems! 
This is how it is so far:
- Working part time in marketing
- Studying 3rd year marketing
- Part time marketing internship
- President of the MPC
- Microsoft U Crew Ambassador

Bring it on!
Ps. More photos of events/corporate functions/parties/NYE to come soon.