I finally decided to ‘Play Mas’… For many of you who don’t know what that means, we ‘Lucians’ usually refer to it as ‘jumping’ or ‘jumping carnival’…

Carnival was usually a festive event that took place before lent but since many Caribbean islands like St.Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua, St.Kitts, Grenada etc usually have these events it is now scattered around the year to minimize competition, have tourists enjoy the best of everything and off-course to cater to several island hoppers. The Island Carnival has revolutionized (and I somewhat use that word loosely) to 2 piece costumes with an array or artistic beading.

Carnival Girls

I have never gone to watch the main Carnival event (takes place in the City of Castries) in St.Lucia or taken part in the festivities but this yr (The year I have deemed so eventful) I AM! Consider me UBER excited for this. My friend ultimately convinced me to and I have Chosen my costume! Officially jumping with Red Unlimited. I am really not going to get into the specifics about their costume display but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the one I chose. Although, honestly, I’d love to be in their Platinum VIP section (not in my budget and they catered for previous revellers)

But The section ‘Magique’ simply cuts it for me.

The lighting in this photo doesn’t exactly display the true blue but I can guarantee you pics during the Carnival Season.

Interested in checking out more of Red Unlimited’s costume display? –> Redunlimited.com

All that Glitters isn’t Gold

Not all those who wander are lost

The Old that is Strong does not Wither

Deep roots are not reached by the Frost

From the Ashes a fire shall be woken

A light from the Shadows shall spring

The crown-less again Shall be King

I dont know if I ever blogged about Big brother before but it has been my summer obsession from BB7. Though I did skip BB10. BB13 is here and That fiery Redhead aka RACHEL is back in the house. Apparently, I love who America Loves to Hate all the time and she is my Pick to win this season… That Vibrant personality always has her in a corner with the other HGs (Houseguests)… Most Disliked for me has to be Porscha who I might refer to as Honda from time to time. She is such the flip flopper. OK maybe its b/c Rach always had her back and she totally Bashed her to Skeletor (Danielle) and Cow (Kalia)…

IM HUNGRY ….

I want him to be sitting there when suddenly, I cross his mind and he thinks to himself, “Wow. She’s beautiful.”

It has been a while since I have posted something meaningful or simply updated. I have been volunteering at the hospital for a little over a month now and this will go on till I leave for school ie: the end of summer. FINALLY, I will be getting licensed after wasting all this time so stay tuned for that. My driving instructor is So hilarious. He definitely keeps me entertained. As for work? You learn something new every day about the trade, life and even yourself.

Alcohol? Well thats for another day and another post. At the end of this summer, I will give an account of all my getting drunk experiences and whether this shall continue or NOT! I am leaning more towards the NOT but like I had stated before, this is a learning experience for me, One where I decided where I want to be in life and the path I am going to take to get there. There are so many things I haven’t learnt and experienced so I am taking the time off to accomplish alot. And yes, Being single does suck… SOMETIMES… Ok Most times

xoxo

My cute lil friend Alexa gave me this AWESOME site! Semi-Girly girls will appreciate it. I do. I think I go on there twice a day to see whats posted. My life has been going by a quote a day so expect tons of pictures from weheartit.com

Thanks Lexi…
You’re beyond awesome and gorgeous
xoxo

Too often than None I have caught glimpses of girls attempting to color/colour co-ordinate their outfits. Some colours have been a bit outrageous. If you are a neutral-colour person just like me, I think its time to “spice” up that wardrobe.

The art is simply Colour blocking and it is way simpler than you can imagine. Trust me. Colour Block combines the use of two or more blocks of colour in an ensemble. This could be for a top, bottom, tunic, a dress and even a handbag or shoes. Simply it means – creating an outfit by putting areas or blocks of solid color next to each other. It can include monotone, bright colours, muted colors, contrasting and complimentary colors. Clothes, shoes, handbags and accessories can all feature color block designs or can make up different blocks of color to be put together for a color block outfit.

So how can one achieve a balanced look via a colour wheel?

Firstly, to make this easy, a colour wheel can be used for pairing/stacking up the colours.

The Colour Wheel

Colours can be stacked by forming a T on the colour wheel with 3 colours (eg: Blue-green, red-orange and Violet), forming 90-degree angles (eg: green and yellow)  or adjacent colours or straight-line colours on the wheel (eg: blue and orange) …

Colour blocking explained:

Here is a sample video of how it is done

Really tiring day. Today was my first day being a Hospital volunteer. I am already soaking in the experience and I do think this is going to make me appreciate so much more in life. Got home and flew those heels on opposite corners of the room then immediately went to my comfy chair… Or MY THRONE (renamed)!!
Somehow my itunes was on shuffle and Ryan Cabrera came on. You guys remember Ryan? NO? He was that guy int he early 2000′s who appeared in Ashley SImpson’s video but more importantly is a talented musician! HE actually can play an instrument (or two). It’s you came on and this (being in this situation) reminded me how much I use to Love this song… SO I have decided to share it with my readers.

Hope you do enjoy. This is very dear to me

Jake & Amir are so funny…

collegehumor.com

A bit awkward to have me posting about the perfect salad since I rarely eat salads. Recently, my friend had a dinner party and she did prepare a “bomb” salad with apples, pecans and honey vinaigrette. Then I encountered it again the second time I chose to have Salad. I then did some googling and incase it is not known, here is a recipe …