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Dior FW 21/22

ok this is my favourite runway show ever (not that I've really paid attention to many)

I think it's best to watch the analysis video first, then watch the show:

Considering this is Dior's ready-to-wear show and not even their couture show, I'm so impressed by the amount of storytelling. The atmosphere reminds me (of all things) the manga A Stepmother's Fairytale. But let's get onto the clothes / looks themselves, here are my favs:

Generally I really like the shilouettes, the contrast in textures, and the thorn shoes is fking perfection. I swear I'm gonna buy it regardless of the price. 

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Recently finished books include Perilous Bounty and Dressed, and I don't have much to say about either. The former is quite similar to Omnivore's Dilemma which had a big impact on me as it was the first book of this Big-Ag-is-ruining-our-food-system topic that I've read. The latter I had mis-matched expectations for, I erroneously though it was on the philosophy of clothes but it turns out to be more on the sociology of getting dressed. There is one quotation that I really like from (where else) the chapter on suits:

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 Warm weather things

跟我的思念厚厚一叠

 I've finally rectified by mistake of not having 七里香 in my library. Still not sure how my file disappeared years ago, I definitely had it since I own the CD. 

But man, young Jay Chou is good stuff 😭😭😭

窗外的麻雀 在电线杆上多嘴
你说这一句 很有夏天的感觉
手中的铅笔 在纸上来来回回
我用几行字形容你是我的谁
秋刀鱼的滋味 猫跟你都想了解
初恋的香味 就这样被我们寻回
那温暖的阳光 像刚摘的鲜艳草莓
你说你舍不得吃掉 这一种感觉

雨下整夜 我的爱溢出就像雨水
院子落叶 跟我的思念厚厚一叠
几句是非 也无法将我的热情冷却
你出现在我诗的每一页
雨下整夜我的爱溢出就像雨水
窗台蝴蝶 像诗里纷飞的美丽章节
我接着写 把永远爱你写进诗的结尾
你是我唯一想要的了解
雨下整夜 我的爱溢出就像雨水
院子落叶 跟我的思念厚厚一叠
几句是非 也无法将我的热情冷却
你出现在我诗的每一页

那饱满的稻穗 幸福了这个季节
而你的脸颊像田里熟透的蕃茄
你突然对我说 七里香的名字很美
我此刻却只想亲吻你倔强的嘴

On a side note, I've been more aware of translation now that I'm learning Spanish. It's really hard to maintain both the meaning and the structure when translating, especially lyrics. But since I'm not a huge fan of the top translated result on Google, I'll embarrass myself and give it a shot:

Outside the window sparrow are chirping on top of transmission wires

You said this sentence has a strong feeling of summer

The pencil in my hand is moving back and forth on paper

I use a few lines of words to describe what you mean to me

The taste of saury fish, I want to understand both you and the cat

The feelings of first love has been found by us like this

The warm sunlight, like a freshly picked strawberry

You said you can't bear to eat this kind of feeling

Raining the entire night, my love overflows like the rain

The fallen leaves in the yard and my longings layer thickly 

A few sentences cannot cool my passion

You appear in every page of my poem 

Raining the entire night, my love overflows like the rain

The butterfly on the window sill is like the fluttering beautiful passages in my poem

I continue to write my everlasting love for you into the poem's ending

You are the only understanding I want to achieve

Raining the entire night, my love overflows like the rain

The fallen leaves in the yard and my longings layer thickly 

A few sentences cannot cool my passion

You appear in every page of my poem 

The plumb rice plants bless this season

And your cheeks are like the ripe tomatoes in the field

You suddenly say to me that the jasmine's name is pretty 

but at that moment I only want to kiss your pouting lips

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life

oof it's been a while since I finished reading a book. 

This is an interesting contrast to all books on existentialism that I've read. In many of the pieces in this collection, Watts emphasize that it's a false notion to think of the (outside) world and ourselves as separate, in the same sense that "front" and "back" are separate. So if all is one, then there is no alienation to be felt. 

Another interesting idea is what faith means, apparently I've gotten it backwards the whole time:

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Belated post on the tower of cream puffs that I made for Mother's Day, caramel is a wonderful adhesive and mango caramel sauce is insanely delicious.

Made some osmanthus flavoured panna cotta to go along with some roasted tieguanyin tea today. Sort of a deconstructed osmanthus milk tea?