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juin 23, 2006

shooting the skyline

(: summer vacations:)

Coco, a Parisian couturier, comes back this summer vacation to see her sisters...
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She promenades along the harbour and shoots the cityscape...
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It's such a lovely day, an absolute blue skyline sprinkled with cotton white clouds.
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coco is wearing green one piece decorated with ruffles, matching yellow laced pants and bolero cardigan (sugarmag), milky toile converse (from unknown source, Japan). white monogramme multicolore speedy (re-ment, i love hawaii !. DSLR, with stupid non detachable flash under such sunshine! (from Camera Happy), she needs a simplistic Leica, perhaps the Hermes crossover MP !

juin 06, 2006

rapunzel

Coco in rapunzel hair.
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She is the forever hair changeable girl.
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i adore her in white blond hair.
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some kennerish craving... hoping to have the affinity of a rapunzel haired kenner, like crystals that would come in affinity, as beatrice came to me by chance and in surprise...
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(today meandered some old steps and alleys.. in secondary school days)

juin 01, 2006

longings... for summer

Coco's summery nap by the lily pond, after an irised rain
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so big lotus leaves, we can steam them for glutinous rice dumplings... for the day!, thought Coco
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Yesterday was Dragon Boat Festival.

(these pix were taken last year by the lily pond in the campus, using a simple, pure DC)

mars 10, 2006

gallantry

coco court by sweet william (Dianthus barbatus) from the pyrenee...
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cupid in a the pleasurable garden
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coco wore a pure white laced dress with redberry pattern and headdress (blythehautecouture), laced undergarment (sugarmag), white boots (momolita preta)

mars 09, 2006

ode on a tulip bed

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. (John Keats)
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journal intime dédié à alberto, le 9 mars

janvier 19, 2006

toys street

the 'toys street' (tai yuen street) is a one way street between the tramway run johnston road and queen's road east pavement, being cut across in the middle by the perpendicalar cross street. the two streets form the street stall market in wanchai. besides the several toys shops, this is where wanchai residents shop for a variety of household goods as well as foodstuff and grocery...
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coco can't squeeze herself into a toys shop (hung hing) in this lunch hour, she wanted to buy re-ment goodies
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two toys maniac collectors... a paradise in the several toys shops selling reasonably priced popular (and old) toys, especially those imported from japan
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coco found that several shops, like kam fai, have replaced their arrays of toys by lunar new year goodies
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further along the streets are everywhere new year in the making...
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lunar new year eve is on 28 jan and new year day on 29 jan, one week ahead to kung hei fat choy la...
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coco wore a red toys patterned set(without the dress and minijacket today) but with hooded jacket of the same fabric (from sugarmag).

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janvier 18, 2006

après...

a windy day
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walked up the steps only to find out that après has changed its owner...to a new brasserie; in the distance wondered why did not see après manager stephen popped out to greet you...
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mauvaise ambiance...
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then went to tiffany flowers to see the plants
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so windy, it started to rain, too
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missed the view on the slope on the pedestrian pottinger street... here at corner of staunton street a new restaurant in the making...
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coco wore a khaki baby doll layered dress (sugarmag), khaki fur hooded vest (cct)

janvier 13, 2006

soHo soHo

the allure of coco madamoiselle in soHo again...
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the escalators are the heart of soHo
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first visited la librairie agnès b
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then two fav shops - the new age shop's been my neighourhood shop for years, an oasis to me for metaphysics literature...
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DK aromatherapy as well, their constant supply of some of my essential oils (oh the scent of first pressed ylang ylang!), the exclusive los scarabeos and of coz the spa moments of aromatherapy massage
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soHo's bread and butter- la boulangerie @ elgin street
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staunton's about to hoist up a new banner
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a soHo scooter zigzagged past us and just anchored in this haven at the end of staunton street, a pizza mission done by those nice indian chaps!
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my fav crêperie, though i regretted the former girl owner, la normandaise who is now in Switzerland, i continue to frequent the now friendly nepalesse homely kitchen of the same french crepes, sandwiches, a menthe à l'eau or a sweet cider, completed by a suzette and an espresso ~ often my canteen!
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just discovered that carolyn borel read the cards at bohemian lounge every monday, i like her magician poster of the classical tarot de marseilles
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in a friday mood (it happens to be a black friday), ending today's lunchtime vagabonde with coco at the still sleeping beauty, la Kasbah

coco is a french girl with her pale blond hair and rare olive eyes (thanks to arling of sugarmag shop, i appreciated each time her unfastidiously trying out each style and color of wigs to let u make your choice and that time about a year ago, she asked if i wanted a french girl! there it was this wig)
coco wore the '10th anniversary' set of sugarmag (only mag knows what is 10th anniversary?) and brown boots from japan from sugarmag

janvier 11, 2006

emerald love

saint john's cathedral is a convenient place to make some sketches of photography, although the sun is wayard to coco at noon time...
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up battery path
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the arches of the west door
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peeping outside a church window (the image reminding of the tarot's 6 of pentables, but a deprivation card!)
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the east window
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today's lighting is quite peculiar, sunlight momentarily piercing thr the partially overcast sky, making a watercolour effect to my photos
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the wednesday lunchtime recital (today's programme included grieg's peer gynt played by the organ), at the far end colossal stain glass window where crucification of Christ is depicted ~
view of 1QRC from the cathedral
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coco wore a 'timepiece' patterned dress (sugarmag), not unlike a clown

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janvier 08, 2006

frisson

again a chilly, and worse still an overcast day, coco in a frisson...

on coco, khaki buttoned, layered babydoll dress (sugarmag), woollen overcoat (cct), white russian woollen hat (sugarmag), woolly boots (sugarmag)

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janvier 05, 2006

polaris

coco : je veux mon hiver...


on coco, bulky ecru coat (blythism), russian styled fluffy hat (sugarmag), australian fluffy woollen boots (sugarmag), white bear (sugarmag)