Somewhere Sometime: Brick Lane!

Herro! 

Went to the Somewhere Sometime exhibition in East Gallery in Brick lane which exhibits many talented illustrators I know, especially they are in the year above me at Westminster's University.

Rachel of Precious Little

It was really lovely to catch up and see "Life AFTER Uni," the graduate's life. Also as a plus, it was great to see Rachel of (@precious_little) who previously done work for Amelia's Magazine. Check it out! Also check out Rachel blog on Private view. Loads of people to browse and be inspired. 

Riccie, me and Rachel

Including Riccie, a designer/illustrator using collage and papercuts especially of food and litter dropped in various locations of London. The asparagus was my favourite. Yum.

Exhibition on until Weds 7th July. So head over and see! While you're there enjoy Brick Lane. If you haven't been to Brick Lane, to define: it's exhilarating, smelly and exotic and chaotic. Me and my beloved keeps stopping every time there was a stall with odd trinkets, vintage items. He wanted to impulsively buy Plane googles to look bad ass. So next time we'll go to Brick Lane instead of Oxford St.

I Heart Amsterdam

Hallo! How is everyone? Did you enjoyed Valentines/Chinese New Year weekend? 

Just arrived back from a lovely trip to Amsterdam, little *jet-lagged* maybe, confusion between which country I am in. Especially when Amsterdam is just as multicultural as the UK. 


We landed in Amsterdam around 9pm and we got stupidly lost, however we saw the heart of the city. The giant Heinekken, Grosch neon lights and more lights, the long street names. It was intoxicating and very liberating especially you get that hit when walking past the coffee shops. 

Numerous times, nearly got ran over if not by car, then by trams or even the cyclists, whose cyclist lanes are generously wider than the pedestrians.  At times, the cyclists are invisible, until they will either shout at you or ding you last minute. 

Of course, the Red Light District, the main curiosity of the trip. It is beautiful but such different atmosphere at night and in the daylight. I have to admit, it was bloody hard to find but as we walked down the main street of Damrak, and saw SEX SHOP neon sign, I looked like a proper tourist and got giddy. 

It was tourist attraction with huge diverse groups and there was loads of Kebab shops, Chip shops, Coffee Shops. Of course I wasn't disappointed, loads of Sex shops, sex shows, peep shows on offer also there was the Hash Museum. 

The Red Windows, (you couldn't hide from them), the girls looked at times bored and talking to their colleagues. While observing some tapped on the windows and teased the tourists. At one point I was walking down the street and the client just came out of the window and knocked right into me. 

  The cultural side of Amsterdam was epic, there was the Van Gogh Musem, Rembrants Museum, Rijksmuseum. The queues were unbelievable long (Tip: Anyone who's going to the mueums, buy online ahead or at Coster Diamond ;)

We went straight back and went to the Troppenmuseum instead, it was a tropical museum dedicating to the colonies and the slave trade that brought Amsterdam its resources. Pretty amazing museum.

I had such an amazing time, evening the cold snowing weather didn't stop the city from bustling. I had numerous amazing moments like Van Gogh's Sunflowers, the RLD and of course, I did all with Robert. It was our 6th Year Anniversary on Valentines and it was a pretty amazing one. 

Thanks to everyone who recommended me things to do in Amsterdam, I nearly did them all. xxx

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

What can I say this Christmas Eve except have a lovely time tomorrow on Christmas day :)

May you enjoy the luxurious food, your family fussing and the Boxing day sales ;)

Merry KISSmas! xXx

Who likes Cake??

Hello there and good afternoon! It's been a busy week, preparing for the next show, D&AD New Blood, more information can be found here.

You have to register first, but it is free so please come and visit ^_^

Also on Weds 17th June,  ( if you're curious, yes my parents did call me 'June' they won't forget my birthday :P) it was my 22th birthday!  I don't feel that age though, I feel 19 at least..

Mum thought at first I was 24, d'oh. 

After the age confusion and debates, I had a lovely day. After going to Uni, I went to Central, window shopped and I found some cute things on my travels. (I wish I brought those cupcakes.) I thought the 'Super Mario Bros' window display was super cool. I ate at 'Mermaid's Tail,' typical for a mermaid lover like me.

It was a simple day out  really but was lovely. Even more lovely was the surprise I had the next day, when my lovely friends, Katie, Becky and Rashika presented me my own Bday cake hehe. It's was chocolately and indulgent cake and coincidentally, perfect present cos I didn't have any cake on my birthday.

Thank you!!!

 

Holga Experimenta

Hello there this evening!

I just got these  developed today from my holga camera which was an experimental buy. Anyway, the guy from Snappy Snaps had a rant to me, saying how crap the holga is and how you need to focus and lighting more. But it's not that bad, it's abstract and surreal at the same time. I will persist, suppose practice makes perfect. I won't give up painting soon ;)