Foto Per Voi

Ciao tutti, I've been experimenting with my new camera Sony NEX - a gift from my cleverest bf - and just wanna post some of my fav nature foto here for you to enjoy! ;) Nature never looks so gorgeous. Get out and enjoy the light.

Five years later

I turn 35 in exactly 2 hours - exactly five years since I've first started this blog in 2005 when I left on my epic solo journey. Things have changed a lot since - making room for new friends, a grande amore, expanding businesses and a bigger consciousness and spirituality. I still make mistakes (I'm not perfect). I still sulk (altho lesser mood swings). I still remember my italiano (grazie dio). And I'm ever more grateful for what I'm blessed with - old friends, health, family, humour, colleagues, appetite for life and of course my love L. 

He always has the best taste in gifts (from flowers, a tasteful ring, fitted dress, even shoes and lingerie). L outdid himself when I opened his gift a few days ago - a gorgeous state-of-the-art Sony Nex-5 camera - 'perche sei molto brava'. 

Most of all, I love his card (he's a poet at heart) - it reads 'there's no gift in this world which could express my immense love for you.'  He entered my world 5 years ago - on the last night of my trip. Today he's sleeping in the same bed, along with my beloved bolster and furry cats. How funny life takes you or is it the other way round?

In any case, I am pleased for coming this far, and look forward to the next stage in my life. Maybe it's time to grow up - or maybe not, haha. Here's a toast *salute!

Something Different, Something New

I never made a mid-year resolution before but with my 35th birthday fast approaching, I find myself with a desire to do something fun, creative, adventurous - anything that would shake me out of my rut and comfort zone and give life a great big hug. So my mid-year solve and gift to myself is to do something different every week - from small things like making myself a fab fresh salad for lunch or changing my hairstyle (both I have done this week!) to exploring a new country. Life is too short to worry about 'will I look good with a fringe?', 'will green look good on me?', 'should I wear gold eyeshadow?' Who cares? Just fucking do it and have fun at it!

Of course, the best birthday gift would be to finally purchase my own home but COV prices are sky high and L's plans are still in limbo, so we'd take a chill pill and see what unfolds at the end of the year. For now, L and I are appreciating whatever time we have together and making the best of it.

Last night on his day off, he made me truffle pasta with freshly shaved black truffles and trickled with more truffle oil - buonissimo e pieno d'amore! Funnily he made himself fried bah-choy vegetables, ate it with chopsticks, followed by a box of smelly durians. We're such opposites.

I couldn't decide if I should celebrate my birthday - half of me wants to throw the party of the year yet the other half just wants to crawl into a hole and let the day pass. Maybe I'll toss a coin by the end of the week or do something different - just as I had decided :)