update!

I've been behind in blog posts but they will resume shortly. I've been busy moving into the apartment and getting used to the city and new people.

I just started classes today. It is my first day of my junior year at a new university. I've been anticipating this new beginning all summer and it has finally come. I can't say that I'm nervous, nor excited. I just want to get right into it to get a feel of things. I've somehow maintained a no expectations mentality...

Alright! I'm going to catch up with the weekday posts.

music monday - smallpools

Last week I saw San Cisco and their opening band was Smallpools, a new band that just formed in 2013. 

This is their hit song "Dreaming." I first heard it on the radio and I thought it was Passion Pit! 

Smallpools definitely stole the show with their upbeat sound and sing-a-long lyrics. Another great tune to check out is "Mason Jar."

Even though my summer is over already, Smallpools is summer playlist worthy.

wanted wednesday

THE PERFECT CHELSEA BOOT

Topshop's Affanita Chelsea Boot

Not particularly the style I want for a chelsea boot so I need help finding more options! 

DESERT BOOTS

Clarks Desert Boots for Women

I'm so hard headed when it comes to dressing for comfort. I cannot part with my ankle booties because to be honest, I wear such basic outfits that the ankle boots makes the statement (they should be because they're an expensive pair of Rachel Comey Mars boots).

I go to a school that is on a hill, and I live off campus so I have to wait for a bus and walk back and forth from the apartment to campus. I will look like a fool in 2 inch heeled ankle boots going to class. It's time I give into comfort and invest in a pair of flat soled boots. 

tasty tuesday - haight street market

HAIGHT STREET MARKET 

Haight & Ashbury, San Francisco, CA

"Flashback" Reuben - $7.50

This local market has a deli with fresh food and handmade sandwiches. The sandwich I got was packed with pastrami, sauerkraut, and a vinaigrette on wheat bread. You can choose what bread you'd like and other additional toppings. I got it on a sub and after eating one half, I was already stuffed. These sandwiches are great for on-the-go and can be stretched to 2 meals. 

It appears this market is very popular seeing that the line for the checkout reached to the back of the store, yet no one minds the short wait. 

music monday - san cisco

It is no joke that I am a music cover aficionado. I have a cover to share again. This time it's San Cisco's cover of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky."

Since Daft Punk came out with their most recent album, "Get Lucky" was already known to be a summer hit song. I've been listening to it since May, and I continued to listen to San Cisco's take on it.

Carrying on, I chose to share San Cisco's cover because I am actually seeing the Australian band tonight at Slims SF. Apart from their cover performance, I love their original song "Beach."

friday friday - last bit of sunshine santa cruz

Unless I think of something more profound to dedicate for Fridays, it will remain as Friday Friday because sometimes Fridays are happening, sometimes they're not, and sometimes they are spontaneous. That's what Fridays are. In this installment of Friday^2, it's a "TGIF I'm gonna kick it in my PJs and recount w/ images and one sentence."

My attempt to do gradient effect nails.
It is much brighter and apparent in person.

Strawberry Macaron
Kelly's French Bakery - Santa Cruz, CA

Spontaneously I went to Santa Cruz with my best girlfriends and basked in the sun on the boardwalk and beach because I go back to foggy SF on Sunday!

therapeutic thursday - impermanence

- Frantz Fanon
Wall Piece with 200 Letters by Mikko Kuorinki
at Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum

Thinking about this quote right now is making me wish I used this in a college personal statement (I wish I was kidding because isn't it cliché to start any paper off with a quote nowadays?)

I had a conversation with a friend the other day and she feels like she's been in the same lane for the past years, with no real progression or milestone; whereas I feel like I've been in many lanes and still there is this great unknown of where I'm going (kind of like now, I'm not sure where I'm going with this. Stick with me...it'll all tie up...I think or I hope..?)

In high school I thought I had it all figured it out. I had this plan, this route that I was going to take to bring me to where I wanted to be, to a place I knew I wanted to be. By the time I entered college, I've taken several detours and experienced many yields. I started changing lanes. As I ventured out, everything I had known about myself was being challenged. I was losing a sense of self, I was gaining a sense of self. Not going according to plan would usually scare me, but I've learned to roll with anything that happens because everything that hasn't gone according to plan has still in the end brought me to a new understanding of myself.

You can be in the same lane, or in different lanes, but you are still moving with time and the world. I believe in impermanence. Nothing is really forever, nothing is ever really the same.

Constantly you're having to edit yourself and your life. At the moment, all the plans I had for this summer never transpired; however an unexpected opportunity arose and I took it. I'm not sure where it's going to take me, but I'm moving forward. I'm in it for the experience.