I'm a lazy, lazy blogger.

Today's outfit

You guys, I'm such a lazy blogger. I can't even bring myself to writing more than this single sentence.. 

We all know how I love to shop, right?

Oops, I did it again. I promised myself not to buy any dresses before the end of 2011, but well, the pictures above show you how well I succeeded in that plan..

Anyhow, I have absolutely no regrets! Well maybe just a little, since I saw another dress that I barely could resist at the H&M today. The second dress is an imitation leather dress (H&M) and combined with my knee-high boots I think it makes a lovely combination. The first dress however puts a smile on my face; this, my readers, is my Christmas dress!

Don't you just love how the bottom part is made out of imitation fur? and the detailed golden chain edge above the fur  just finishes it off. Very simple, very chic, if I may say so myself haha.

Love,

Sia. 

Dressing up to go nowhere.

Last Saturday I was bored much and decided to dress up, even though I cancelled all my plans and wanted to chill in my room all day long. I couldn't wait to wear my new brown knee-high winter boots and that is why I used my medium sized hazel colored  purse and little brown waist belt to match the boots. The black silk shorts (my favorite; New Yorker) with little buttons with tiny golden bow ties as details really went well with the all black theme I went for, with on top a black simple basic long-sleeved  shirt. All in all, I was happy to dress up a little. And since I still went out that evening, it was a bonus!

Love,

Sia. 

Sometimes deeds actually do say more than words.

Remember when I promised to blog more? Yeah, I'm sorry about that..

I'm afraid that I don't even have a valid reason why I've been absent for so many days,

so to make it up to you I'll post some of my recent outfits and activities.

Love,

Sia. 

Inspiration

Normally, if I came across a picture like this on Tumblr or Flickr I would just save it. But this is an exception since I really liked the whole scene of this photograph. And the pants are just amazing, I would wear some stockings under it though, or maybe even woolen tights. We can't forget the fact that the horror winter is coming up right? 

Love, 

Sia. 

Lost days, Lost hours.

 12-11-11

13-11-11

I seriously need to put some more time aside to blog, otherwise we'll get the same issue all over again and it will take another 2-3 years before I post something on my page. I just randomly posted 2 outfits of the previous days; top picture is of previous weekend and bottom picture was today's outfit.
On Saturday I wore my favorite black and white dress that I bought in the Primark U.K two years ago (picture has been posted earlier) together with my jean jacket. As you may notice I cut off the arms of the jacket, and I must say that I really enjoy wearing it much more now. Combined with a black long-sleeved basic t-shirt, black leggings and my comfy shawl the outfit was complete. Today's ensemble was a combination I usually wouldn't try. I wore a cute white dress on top of  another basic tight striped H&M dress combined with the same black leggings and black boots. The boots are nothing special though. I bought them last winter, and to be honest, I never expected to wear them again. But I was happy to find them back in my shoe rack. They changed the whole ensemble and took it to another level. I actually wanted to leave the shawl out this time, but in this time of the year I'm afraid it's just too cold to leave it out. Anyhow, it matches with all my outfits and it is essential, so why bother leaving it out haha.
I'll try to post all the garments separately later on, just so you can have an idea about how the actual look when they're not teamed up with each other.

Love,

Sia. 

Yesterday's the past, so stop looking backwards.

I told you guys that I was planning on following the color-blocking trend. Here is my first official try out for this trend and I'm really curious about what you guys think. I did get a lot of feedback on it though yesterday morning, and they were all very  positive. I was most proud of the risk I took to combine the African flagged belt with the rest of the outfit and of how well the feathered earrings finished everything off. The red Vans definitely made the whole color-blocking theme a success to my opinion, even though I would've preferred red pumps. Well, I wish I could post today's outfit, but it wasn't anything special and I should really be studying for my french test at the moment. So enjoy your night, while I suffer during mine.

Love,

Sia. 

I believe in love at first sight..

I found it! I found my winter shoes!

No, it is not resistant against snow. It probably won't keep my feet extremely warm and it probably won't help against the slick roads.. But it's extremely gorgeous and I just had to order it. Which brings me back to breaking my own number one rule "I'm not buying without trying". Anyhow, I got this at Nelly.com since the other online shop was American and needed me to either pay through credit card (don't have one) or make an Paypal account (don't want one).

Well, I'm satisfied and I can now most probably concentrate on my work for tomorrow.

Love,

Sia.  

Postponing, I'd major that.

I'm so screwed tomorrow morning.
Instead of studying all I'm doing right now is chatting and trying out long lost clothing items that suddenly seem so much more appealing than usual. Like for example this colorful see-through blouse (Shoeby) of mine. Ahh, it's not really see-through of course because of the prints on it, but other than that the description is correct.
Okay, final attempt to study starts in 10 minutes. So in the mean time I'm going to do all the silly things that I usually never even think of, just so that I can get my mind settled for a while and concentrate on my books.
Wish me luck!

Love,

Sia.

There are temptations everywhere when you're supposed to study.

I've been home for almost three hours now and I've not even actually read what's in my books. 

They're open, but I'm afraid that's where the journey ends for now. I swear, I was really planning on studying as hard as I could.. But then the laptop magically flipped on and the television was mysteriously zapping through different channels all by itself. I am aware that in other cases this would be the beginning of a horror scene, but no, it's just my way of taking the blame away from myself. Anyhow, I started searching for shoes and went on Facebook and all that nonsense and now I regret it since I'm probably going to have to study all night now. fml. 

So here is where we go our separate ways, I guess. I'll post today's outfit later on if I can find the time and I'll add some of the shoes I was looking at on Nelly.com and Karmaloop.com.

Credits to the second website by the way, love it!

Love, 

Sia.

'Cause I rap with an accent don't mean a damn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS8i74cGBy0&feature=player_embedded

We are Africans - JJC (Naija Remix)
Yeah, I'm black and I'm proud. 

I'm afraid, the battle has begun.

I'm searching for a new pair of winter shoes, since I noticed that I still have some money to my access.
Now the problem is that I really have no idea what type of winter shoes I want and how much I'm willing to spend on them. Take this advice from me: do not order your shoes from the internet before you've actually tried it on first in one of the local stores that sell them. This way you avoid any complications with how comfortable it fits and how well you can walk on them. Of course they look good, they always look good, but  just to be sure it's better to think twice before ordering them online. Okay, so now that I'm done with acting all wise and stuff, why don't you help me decide which shoe type looks more appealing. You know you can always leave me a comment!

Love,

Sia. 

Money money money, is so funny, in a rich man's world.

Okay, so I just found money in my purse of which I had no idea of it's existence. 

So this is going to be the shortest post I've ever made 'cause right now I'm going to do 'I'm rich' dance.

If you will excuse me. 

Love, 

Sia. 

Ahwwyeaah. Like a boss.

I'm going to make this very very quick. 

I went for a job interview today at a hotel called 'Hotel de Wereld'. 

I got the job. 

Further information will be posted later this week.

And now I, my dearest readers, am going to bed since I've been walking around all day like a brainless zombie. 

Goodnight.

Love, 

Sia. 

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks"

People, meet Tommy. I remember the day I met Tommy, I remember it like it was yesterday..

Yeah, in fact it was yesterday. I swear, this dog gave me the most traumatic experiences that I've ever had in one evening. Not only did he lick me, scratch me and follow me around an hour long, he also humped my arm for so long that I seriously felt raped. So I guess this dog showed ME some new tricks..

And still, I think this picture is the cutest thing haha.

Love,

Sia.  

Don't rush your dinner, dear!

5th November 2011.
 Running dinner. Ever heard of this?
Well neither had I, until 2 months ago while I was sitting at the dinner table together with my godmother and she asked me if I would like to participate their annual 'running dinner'. Okay, so let me explain to you guys what the rules are of a running dinner: There's a large group of people and they're all divided in small groups of 6-8. They all prepare either a horse d'oeuvre, a main course or a dessert. And the fun part is that nobody knows exactly in which group they're divided and whom they're going to received.  And finally we all gather at a big house for the dessert and everyone meets and chats with each other again while eating delicious desserts and drinking some whine and champagne. Fortunately for me, this was at a friends house which made it a bit more pleasant for me. Only downside was that everyone expected me to sing at this occasion.
I had to say that I explicitly enjoyed this event and I'm already looking forward to next year's dinner.
Above you can see the considered dresses for yesterday evening and the final outfit. Sorry I didn't post the complete outfit, but I'm exhausted right now. I'll try to take some better pictures, that's a promise.

Love,

Sia.  

I swear, I can explain this..

Or maybe  I shouldn't bother explaining this.. 

Shall we all just agree that boredom makes us do silly things you just can't account for afterwards?

Yeah? Okay, great. 

Love, 

Sia.

Laziness kills.

Yesterday I was just too lazy to post the outfit that I wanted to wear to school. And in fact, I only wore it for 2 hours and later changed into my silly house pants and comfy sweater. Anyhow, here you go. I still took the effort to post it for you guys. I was planning on wearing a pair of cream colored sled heels under this outfit, just to give it a little twist. I'm still planning on wearing this to school though, probably next week. 

Love, 

Sia. 

Ahh, unfaithful memory.

I completely forgot that I was still supposed to post the items I was dying to buy. Well, here they are! Aren't they gorgeous? And yes, I know very well that I already purchased a winter coat, but the *Tally Weijl coat is just irresistible and overwhelming at the same time. As I already said I have to watch my spending so my parents won't go all crazybananza on me, which means that for now all I can do is fantasize about these gorgeous garments. But there is no doubt at all, that they will one day reside in my wardrobe. 

Love, 

Sia. 

Bring in the sun, block out the colour.

Awyeah, I'm definitely going to follow the color blocking trend. I mean in the first and second class of high school I actually already dressed like this, not knowing there was an actual term for it and unfortunately my wardrobe wasn't as sophisticated as it is now. I'm really planning on getting some new items, will post these later on, but for now I've shopped too much in just two months, which means I need to watch my spending before my parents flip out on me haha.

Love,

Me.

Totally, totally spies.

Yeah, I'm watching totally spies at this very moment. Just got back from the doctor an hour ago and I was told that I was supposed to finish an antibiotic treatment within a week, I started it just now and I'm already feeling sick and nauseous. So I decided to stay home and watch cartoons all afternoon in my bed and afterwards I'll help my guardian cook for the running dinner tomorrow evening. I'm actually looking forward to it haha, since I've never done it before and my mom told me it's quite hilarious. I'll take some pictures and post them tomorrow night, I'm just too lazy to do that right now, together with the explanation of what a running dinner actually is. 

Okay, I'm going back to my totally spies marathon. 

Bye for now. 

Love, 

Sia.

What's up doc?

I'm going to the doctor this morning. In fact, I'm about to leave in 10 minutes so I won't be late.
I'm very much aware of the fact that I have a French test today, but it's really just by chance that I need to see the doctor around the same time of the test. So it's not my fault, but it's definitely not bothering me at all haha.
But I gotta go now! Will post some more when I get back from school.

Love,

Sia. 

Let's go back to the roots.

YES, I found my camera back! At least now you guys can expect some decent photographs.
So I just made some snapshots of me wearing a headscarf since I'm really planning on doing this more often. 
I guess I've always been fascinated by the way African women wear their headscarves and I really want to take a shot at going back to my roots in a metaphorical way by wearing more African-related outfits. I'll probably but more effort to this when I return from Liberia in January, because I know for sure I'm going to shop like crazy over there haha.

Love,

Me. 

Coat so furry, I'm feeling like a G.

My (not so) new coat. I bought this baby 2 weeks ago in the autumn break when I was in Den Hague together with my aunt. I remember seeing it hanging while we were walking around at the market and I fell in love instantly. Yes, yes. I fall in love with clothing, don't judge me haha.
So, I bought it. And it made me feel like world's biggest gangster the very first time I actually wore it and paraded around with it. I hope you agree with me that it is the best winter coat to protect me against the 'horror' winter that is expected this winter if we can believe the horrifying weather predictions.
Anyhow, I have absolutely no regrets buying it, and the price for which I got it definitely adds to the fact that I don't have any regrets of this purchase.

Love,

Me. 

Mini black and comfy white.

Today's outfit. A warm comfy white sweater (borrowed from my niece) on top of a short black basic dress (H&M)

combined with my red Vans of course, and double stockings (H&M). I kept it simple today, this way I could actually show off my long brown feathered necklace made of brown imitation leather and with gold accents (Primark). You can find a better picture of the necklace in an earlier post.

Anyhow, it was a comfortable outfit, even though I would've preferred the basic dress to be a tad longer.

Love,

Sia.

Pain, pain. oh yeah did I mention pain?

Okay, so usually I'm really not the person to complain about how much pain I feel at a particular moment, but this is just ridiculous. Woke up this morning feeling so much pain in my bladder only to find out that I most probably have an inflammation of the bladder. So now the only solution for me is to avoid drinking water or any fluids whatsoever so I don't give my bladder any work and I don't have to go through another torture of peeing.

Anyhow, at the moment everything is going fine. Just getting ready to go to my sweetest crazy ass friend Hanadi and all I'm hoping for is that the pain stays away haha. I'll post today's outfit later on this evening and probably with some other pics of me and Hanadi. Be back in a few hours!

Love,

Sia. 

Frank Ocean, my love.

Frank Ocean - Bed time story

Oh yeah, before I forget!

Oh My God.

I just saw the cutest grey sweater and I couldn't resist ordering it.

Now, I'm not the type to order things through the internet, but since I've known this online shop (Sustilo) for ages I thought 'don't think, just do it'. And to finish it off I added an abstract ring to it.

The only down side to it is that it will take 2 weeks to deliver..

Ahh well, it's okay. I'll survive haha.

Love,

Me. 

Rush hour outfit

As I promised, I posted today's outfit.

Nothing special though, I usually like a bit more extreme outfits, but I wasn't in the mood this morning since I was extremely late due to oversleeping and getting dressed was literally a 'rush hour'. So I combined my favorite panther printed long-sleeved top (too long ago to remember where I bought it) with a white woolen hooded sleeveless vest (Derbins), the famous tiny dark brown belt and of coarse the accessories. I matched the pearl earrings with the vest though.

The top picture shows the basic outfit, the red Vans and the cream coloured trousers (H&M) and the bottom picture shows how it all looked like together. Except for the pants.

Well, I'm done for today. Not feeling very inspirational, so maybe I should read a book or something to get my mood back up. Bye for now.

Love,

Me. 

Forever tired.

Pff, just got home from school and I'm feeling tired as always.

And guess what? The only time I'm actually active is usually in the middle of the night when I should be asleep. Ahh well, it has become a way of life right now so I guess I should stop complaining about it, right?

Hmm, I was planning on taking a picture of my outfit today and posting it on this blog. But then I realized that I hate using my shitty blackberry camera, and I could

(a). wait until I have an Iphone. (b). buy a decent camera. (c). just deal with it.

So I decided to combine all three options; I'm going to deal with it until I get my Iphone first, and later on buy a decent camera. Isn't that a neat plan? Yeah, I think so too.

Anyhow, I'll still take some pics with my BB camera, just so you won't miss out on anything haha. These will be posted later on this evening.

Bye for now.

Love,

Sia

If only I had a time machine.

June 21, 2011

April 6, 2010

July 8, 2011

Good times.. In fact, these were great times.

And if only I had a time machine, then I would go back to these times.

But for now, I'm going to bed and get me some good night rest haha.

Sweet dreams!

Love,

Me.

Say cheese!

Ahwww, isn't he cute? haha, camchatting with Alyah and her little brother at the moment, isn't he the cutest thing? Anyhow, I'm having so much fun with her and I missed her like hell. Can't wait to see her again in December <3

Love,

Me.

Something borrowed, something blue..

Okay, so don't mind my face on this picture. I just made a quick pic of how I went to school today and I must say that I got quite some compliments on the silk blue jacket (Shoeby). Even though the earrings (Primark) were another shade of blue, I like to call it aqua, this outfit worked perfectly. Combined with the same jeans I wore yesterday, it was casual and fancy at the same time. And to finish it off I wore matching blue shoes (Primark), a fancy sharks tooth (Primark) and a tiny dark brown belt (stole it from my mom). All the other accessories like the cross-chain, the rings and the collection of bracelets are standard to all of my outfits. They're a collection of precious gifts given by friends and family members who mean a lot to me, so I always wear them.

Love,

Me.

Well, hello autumn.

Since my very first post was about how crazy I am about fashion, I thought it would be right if I ended my day with posting this pic of my outfit to school today. Nothing special, just a simple autumn outfit; a striped blouse (H&M), a warm coloured brown shawl (Primark) which matched with the bit darker brown waist belt (stole it from my mom) and some simple tight jeans from the Derbins, finished off with my favorite red Vans. To be honest, I think this outfit works good for me. But I've got much more in store haha, just wait.

I'm off to bed now.

Love,

Me.

World's cutest couple.

Mr. and Mrs. Chakanda.

I swear, they look so cute on this pic. Proud to have them as my parents.

We've had our ups and downs haha, but then again, who doesn't ?

I miss them a lot, but luckily I'll be seeing them in December.

Love,

Me.

A little poem, because boredom seems to have captured my mind.

Well, this is something I wrote quite a while ago. It's not great, but I remember being upset and the only thing that was possible to calm me down was to unleash my pen on a piece of paper. So, well, here it is. I hope you enjoy.

" I want to tell you how much I miss you.
Scream to the world, and maybe they'll feel
that drop of poison ivy running through my body.
Scream my lungs out so maybe you'll hear me.
Wherever you are.
Or should I whisper?
Do souls hear us when we whisper?
Do they see us lose the struggle against our tears,
do they see them rushing over our faces?
Writing out the words: I. Miss. You.

But I can't let them run freely.
My emotions can't take control over me.

'Be strong' 'Hang on' 'Make us proud', words that slowly kill me.
Cause I don't want to be strong, I can't hold on
and I definitely won't make you proud if he's not here with me.

And he's not.

As he left part of me died with him.
Part of me neglected me.

And all along I was blind.
We all know the devil comes from behind.
Too much of a coward to confront you in the eyes.
Looks for a victim and deceives them with lies.
No, you're not safe, not even if you're baptized.

But this is not about me and this Lucifer guy.
This is about me and you,

and the memories that will soon join you in the sky.
And as I grow older I'll keep on asking God 'why?'. "



So, that's it I guess. hope you enjoyed.

Love,

Me.

A picture brings back a thousand memories

This picture.

So many memories start flashing by when I see this picture.

Let's be honest, for someone who isn't as photogenic as I am, this picture turned out pretty fine. Someone even called it 'stunning', but I that was just to flatter me I guess. Anyhow, this picture brings back both beautiful memories and memories that break me down. It's a picture I use to express myself on how I feel about death. Death.. Something that has been bothering me for the entire year, because no one knows how to deal with it. I've had to deal with the deaths of 2 people that weren't just very close to me, but two people that I knew for sure would've succeed in whatever they were willing to strive for in life. But ahh well, I like this picture. And even though it brings back heartbreaking memories, I still see it as something comforting and peaceful.

Love,

Me.

Good to be back, my love.

Sooo, I just found out I made this blog about 3 years ago and completely forgot about it after making just a single post. This of course I find very amusing since this is a perfect example of how I always set off something and then have big plans or bright ideas for it only to leave it as it is or was. Maybe that should be a bullet-point of the things that I'm supposed to change before 2012 starts, just to make sure I start it well.

I have a lot to tell you about, and I hope you're all willing to gain the patience that is necessary to read all of my nonsense. Even though, of course, I'll try my very best to keep you amused with my experiences.

Love,

Me.