The Opportunity Cost

In everyday life, we are bound to find moments where we have to make decisions and some decisions requires sacrificing something in return for something greater. In the world of Economics, there is such thing called, The Opportunity Cost. According to Google;

The loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.

Back to School Supplies Haul

It's been around a month since I started school again and yes, due to my love of procrastination, i'm making this post a month late :') but better late than never! So here it is guys! My back to school supplies haul! Lately i've been buying some cute stuffs for the new term and I hope these fun knick knacks will get me pumped up to study more diligently!

The Scorch Trials: Expectations and Actual Storyline

After reading The Maze Runner, I completely feel in love with the book and the characters that I think it's best to say that this is one of the best fiction story i've ever read, it was a very well-written story by James Dashner, which I have wrote a book review on it which you guys can read it here, and what I love most about it is that every chapter brings a brilliant twist that it makes us wander what will happen in the next chapter.

So I began reading The Scorch Trials soon after I finished reading The Maze Runner, the ending of the book one was somewhat of a cliffhanger as it ended with Thomas and the gang escaping from WICKED and being rescued by strangers that warned them about the Flare that has spread throughout parts of the world.

WARNING: Spoiler alert!

Vocabulary Expansion Thanks to John Green

So here are a few words that I find stumbling again and again on most passage when I read TFIOS and Paper Towns, I had such a good read of it that I thought i'll share on the internet of how much that i've learned of new words from reading those two books, so without further ado, here are the words that the definitions are from the internet vocabulary that I played the words using my brain! lol, enjoy!

Against the Common Flow

Everyone is their own individuality

One may seem alike to another

but,

a single trait or more can define them apart

Being different can often be misunderstood by most people. Being different can sometime lead us to seclusion from the common. Being different takes up a lot of bravery from the inside, and being brave is being confident with taking a road that we believe in, even though it is different from everyone else.

That road isn't going to be easy. That road isn't always gonna give us applause from other people because we choose to be daring. That road isn't always gonna smooth but, if that road is the road that you truly feel that it is best for yourself,

Then go for it. 

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That is all from me, hope you guys will enjoy this mini post about motivation and remember! Uniqueness and being genuine is very rare these days, don't let society dim your spark!

xoxo,

Gia

Flowers in Ramadhan

Last month was a month filled with soul rejuvenation and forgiving one another, but instead of taking pictures of people, I found myself snapping my cameras at pretty flowers and here are the pictures that I ended up with :)

OOTD

Hi guys! I've taken this photo several weeks ago and yes yet again, due to my laziness, I did not make any post about it until now. So I was sort of running late that day and I wanted to wear an outfit that was both comfy but looked presentable at the same time. I grabbed my favourite skirt at the moment, which is this cute butterfly patterned skirt and I paired it with a Superman tshirt and a jeans buttoned shirt that acts as somewhat of a coverup and to make me warm when i'm sitting in class when it's super cold, and as you guys can see, I brought along my Princess Jasmine socks, my brown bag, pink wallet and my Paper Towns novel that day and I also have finished reading it so hopefully i'll be making a blog post about it soon and yeah that was the ootd for that day lol.

Ok this post was super short but I just wanted to share this to my blog and yeah i'm gonna do more refined ootd post in the future!

xoxo,

Gia

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Tumblr Update!

HELLO THERE MY DEAR BLOG THAT I HAVE ABANDONED FOR THE PAST MONTH :(

Lately life has been overwhelming and I decided to seclude myself from all sorts of social media devices and rethink where did I did wrong that caused me in such agony.

BUT

enough with all of these sad and pathetic posts, i'm back! and hopefully i'm gonna be better than ever, I decided I wanted to pimp up my blog and tumblr page, hence my new banner :) what do you guys think? I tried editing the css to centre the banner so it'll look nicer but idk what went wrong but it doesn't function when I typed the code. But also, feel free to check out my tumblr pages! The first is my main tumblr page where I reblog and sometimes I write mini notes regarding what i'm in the mood to write that day and the second one is my photography page! I'm still practicing on my photography sills but hopefully day by day i'll get better at taking pictures :)

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Got a lot on my head that I wanna write on this blog so hopefully in the near future i'll be able to complete these upcoming posts of mine that I keep promising myself but I haven't exactly made them yet :') Until then, have a good day!

xoxo,

Gia

Monthly Playlist: June

♡ Let's Go Home - Carousel
♡ Colours Collide - The Beth Edges
♡ Summertime - The Sundays
♡ Just Be Mine - Cher Lloyd
♡ Black Roses - Charli XCX
♡ Short Hair - AOA
♡ Shooting Star - Bag Raiders
♡ Lanterns - Birds of Tokyo
♡ Alive Again - Phillip Phillips
♡ Where No One Goes - Jonsi & John Powell
♡ Giving Up the Gun - Vampire Weekend
♡ Pumpin Blood - NONONO
♡ Thunder Clatter - Wild Club
♡ Gold - Gabriel Rios (Thomas Jack Remix)
♡ Dear No One - Tori Kelly

So yeah those are the abundance of songs i've been loving for the month of June! I know it's not the end of the month just yet but I couldn't wait another day to post this because i've found a lot of amazing songs this month and I want to share it to you guys through my blog :) Hope you all will enjoy and have a good day!

xoxo,

Gia

OCD Update

As of now, I am feeling so much better than before. I'm slowly recovering from my severe compulsive obsession of always have to do something in a exact pattern. I'm learning on how to not always do things as I plan in my head and just let life surprise me. Now I can sit in my bed and be calm without thinking of a lot of things, even though that sometime happens, i've been so much better.

I still love cleaning my room until it is near perfection and I do still obsessively think about my room coordination & decorations. But not as compulsive as before. It's weird how sometimes simple things are so complicated or maybe us humans make it seem like it's a complex matter. Nonetheless, i'll keep trying to do things one by one and focus on what matter.

I feel really bad for I have been neglecting my blog for a while now. But I have quite a lot of interesting projects for my blog. I hope it'll come true and not just remain as an idea. I'm going to the coffee shop now to finish the couple last chapters of Paper Towns, which i'm very excited about and maybe pay a short visit to the supply store to but some decorative things for my room.

Until then, i'll always be struggling to deal with my OCD and daydreaming, but I promise to myself I will get better and I will be better.

xoxo,

Gia

PAINT - After Ever After 2!

Hi Guys! I saw the first After Ever After video by Paint a looong time ago and it was AMAZING :D and I also loved how he included Princess Jasmine in the first video, but now he's back with the second After Ever After video and it does not disappoint!

Watch the video and see what he has to sing for Mulan, Cinderella, Tuana and Elsa! 

xoxo,

Gia

Random Pictures

Hi guys! I originally wanted this post to consist of more variety pictures of things, that are not just food, but I ended up taking pictures of food or drinks I find appealing. Even though these pictures are not a lot but I hope there'll be more of me posting picture related posts on this blog and I hope you'll all enjoy!

Current Addiction: Milktea

Hey guys! Just a quick update I wanna put up on my blog dedicated to my everlasting love for milk teas. I'm not so sure why i'm addicted to these drinks but I just feel the urge to drink a milk tea almost every day lately since they're so refreshing.

Chatime Milktea - Chatime

Thoughtful Gifts

Hi guys! Finally midterm week is over and now I can start blogging again! Last week was kind of like an emotional roller coaster ride for me as surprisingly, I was stressing out a lot on my grades and it was just hectic I don't even wanna look back at it lol. But for now, it's finally over and I decided to start blogging again!

I had my birthday last month and my aunt and my cousin in law were very thoughtful of giving me these presents :) I have to admit i'm a very old-fashioned 'birthday' person, whereas I really do appreciate the people who remembered my birthday and actually giving me thoughtful gifts, it does not have to be expensive or grand, but sentimental and personal.

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I really need to learn how to accept people the way they are and get used to the fact that just because you were nice to someone, they're not always gonna repay your kindness. It really saddens me when people are just pretending to care, giving us false hope, acting all coy and as if nothing's wrong.

And then comes the moment when we are in need of help, they disappear. They neglect us, both our problems and our presence. 

The 'No Makeup' Makeup Look

For this post it was quite a different thing that I would usually do. I have always wanted to do an everyday look and i've always wanted to ask one of my friends to be the model for my blog. So I asked my dear friend Resiah Lim to be in my blog and thankfully she said yes!

Monthly Playlist: May

♡ Chocolate - The 1975
♡ X You - Avicii 
♡ Winter Sleep - Olivia Lufkin
♡ Mr. President - Pia Mia
♡ Lovestruck - The Vamps
♡ Illuminate - Afrojack & Matthew Koma

Don't have a lot in line for last month but here are some of the songs i've been finding myself listening to when i'm showering first thing in the morning.

xoxo,

Gia

THANK YOU JAMES DASHNER

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate James Dashner's breathtaking masterpiece?

April Favourites

Hi there guys! First things first, I know this is now the beginning of June and i've haven't even done the shoot for this month's monthly favourites but yeah so today I have my April favourites for you all! Idk if i'll be doing this month's favourites since i've been having a lot on my plate and i'm having my midterms next week so things have been pretty hectic lately, but we'll see! But without further ado, here's this month's favourites!