my camera

Okay, I have news. No, not wimpy or unfortunate news. No. My news is bigger than an obese elephant in a bright pink bikini. My news is bigger than the distance from here to Pluto (where I shall no doubt have a tea party) and back. My news is bigger than my dream mars bar (which is pretty darn big). My news is that...

I have my NikonD3100!

I am so unbelievably happpy, I could hug I pineapple or something. Since, my mum forgot to get a pineapple yesterday at the fruit markets, I will give virtual hugs. 

to you. and you. you at the back, i don't like you, go away. and to you. and to the baby. and you too!

I'm so happy I might explode. I've been saving for a little less than a year, and in that period of time I have NOT spent a single penny. 

Now if you excuse me I shall go run around squealing and dancing in celebration.

With a lota love,

Lotus

le happy

home

friends

busy packing for a road trip

tangled

purple nails

this song -- jar of hearts

a three way phone call

sand and sunshiney everything

finishing a letter with "ox"

tumblr teenager posts that relate to how you are feeling

photography and driving your friends mad because of all the photo shoots you organise involving them twirling in the sunshine

summer

a fresh start

finally having enough money to buy the nikon d31oo you've been saving up for decades (5 months)

simplicity and freedom

discovering that your nikon comes with a free strap, and that makes you very happy

your beautiful sister

rediscovering

tumblr {silverwishdust.tumblr.com}

the excitement of going to the coast and the beach

this is my first "le happy" i hope you have enjoyed it.

p.s le happy is a list of things that make you happy at the moment.

and it also a time where you can write in lower case.

ox

lotus

guest post || zahra

Dear Blog,


I'm at school and I've decided to invite Zahra, my awesome friend, to guest post:


So, which colour would you like to be Zahra?


This one please!


Parties or Discos?


Parties.


Pink or Blue?


Blue.


Dresses or shorts?


Dresses.


Ice cream or cake?


I like hot cake with ice cream on it. 


Zahra!


Fine... Ice cream.


Computer or Books?


Computer.


Nail polish or Normal?


Normal.


Okay Zahra; thank you so much for your time!
A last questions before you go:


What is you motto? (You know how I like mottos ^.^)


A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

fifty cents, just to inspire me

Today is the school "fête".
Rides, and food, and friends, and music, and stalls, and baking up a storm for the food stalls, and confetti. I don't know don't fete's always have confetti? No, well ours does.

I'll sign off, now, and if you are wondering about the title: this morning, my little sister half asleep was wondering around with a 50 cent coin her hand, I asked her why she was holding money and she said that she wanted to donate it to the orangutan rescue fondation, she said, she'd start with 50 c just to "inspire her".

that awkward moment when...

Your crush catches you staring at him

~

You trip over in public and want to laugh at yourself but there is nobody around to laugh with you 

~

You're watching a movie with your grandparents and a kissing scene comes on
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You realize the pen you're chewing on is one you borrowed from someone else

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You called your teacher "Mum"
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You say something to your best friend and then turn around and realize she's not standing next to you anymore
~
Someone catches you talking to yourself
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You tune out of a conversation and just say "Yeah" to make it seem like you're listening, then realize it was a totally inappropriate response
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Your dad requests your friendship on facebook
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Someone says "Hello" and you reply with "I'm good thanks"
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You push a door than instructs you to "Pull"
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You've already asked "What?" three times and still have no idea what the other person is saying so you just smile and nod
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Angry Birds actually makes you angry
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The stairs end but you don't realize and your foot lands in air
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You watch the movie version of a book and realize that you were pronouncing a character's name wrong the whole time you were reading it
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You walk into a glass door
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You have 59 tabs open while you're surfing the Net and can't figure out which one the annoying music is coming from
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You return someone's wave only to realize they were waving at the person behind you
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You say goodbye to someone then walk away in the same direction
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You're on the bus and accidentally sing out loud to your iPod
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A sentence doesn't end the way you think it spagetti

I hope you like this list from "Girlfriend" magazine. If you have any others to add, feel free to comment.

With love, 

Zoé

love. love. love?

A child grows up with "love". At the age of 4, a parent reads to the child a story, at the end of the fairy tale, the prince and the princess fall madly in love and live happily ever after. At the age of 9, a girl listens to music on her "hand-me-down" black iPod, songs that are always about love. Love gone wrong and love gone right. At the age of 13, the young girl  has her first real crush. A small little secret that she can keep in her heart safe and sound. A little bud that she waters every evening when the sun sets. A topic of conversation when talking to her friends eating lunch at school. At the age of 16, the young lady has fallen in love. At the age of 63, the elderly woman has had a life full of smiles, sunshine and love.

As you have concluded I am the "young 13 year old girl". That is why that part is the most detailed, because I am living it now.

With love,
Zoé

seizing the day

Hello beautiful people!

This is my 81th post; and "My words and I"'s birthday is coming up quite soon.

Lately, I've thought a lot about seizing the day. I've thought about waking up in the morning and thinking "Okay, today is going to be a lovely day, and exciting day" And even if bad somehow seeps into my life, at least I can hold me head high and carry this thought into my heart.

Even school days, the long hours of class, if I look at them in the way that they could enrich me, and that I could thirst for knowledge and books, then it is possible to enjoy these days. 

Certain people, actually only one person,  has done a lot to bring me down, to make me stumble, trip and hurt myself. But I have kept a proud heart, and with the help of family, friends and even teachers I have won. I have burst through the surface and finally, I am free.

Free to touch the sky

Treat your days like gems: precious, valuable and beautiful.

With love,

Zoé

P-S Joyeux Anniversaire Maman, Je T'Aime.

dear winter

Dear Winter,

Thank you for your twinkling, fresh, crisp mornings,
For the hot wattle bottles and steaming mugs,
For the colourful scarves and warm gloves,
For the sound of crunching beneath my boots,
For the pale, pale blue skies and white birds flying through these,
For the laughs and stories around the fire,
And the hot mushroom soup,
For the sharp wind making my face go numb and my cheeks, red

I've enjoyed your company.














Dear Spring,

Hello.

moi & questions

1. High heels or boots? Boots. I'm too young to pull off the "high heeled look".

2. What time did you get up this morning? 7:11 am.

3. What was the last movie you saw at the theater? Monte Carlo at Jess's birth day party.

4. What is your middle name? Lotus

5. What is your favorite T.V. Show? Modern Family. I also enjoy Glee, but prefer watching movies.

6. What do you usually have for breakfast? Cereal, milk, half a banana and juice. BUT, it gets much more exciting on the weekends: Croissant with honey, two eggs and juice.

7. What is your favorite sweet food? Layered mudcake.

8. What food do you dislike? Sizzling Cinnamon jelly beans with ginger tea.

9. What is your favorite CD at the moment? CD? I'm  not sure, but I am loving the singer "Adèle". 

10. What characteristic do you despise? Cruelty.

11. Favorite clothing? My flowery jumper.

12. Anywhere in the world on vacation? India or Hawaii.

13. Are you an organized person? Yes! I love having everything neat and "just so". 

14. Where would you retire to? I don't see why one can't retire in the same house their children have grown in. What better place? It's filled with memories and it's the place you feel most comfortable: home.

15. What was your most recent memorable birthday? Going shopping with my two friends and trying on "bindies" at the Tree Of Life while giggling like mad.

16. What are you going to do when you finish this? Read "Stormbreaker".

17. Furthest place you have ever been to? California or France, which is further?

18. Person you wish you could meet? All the characters I admire in books: Sara {A Little Princess}, Nim {Nim's Island}, Luna and Hermione {Harry Potter} and many many many more. 

19. When is your birthday? December 9th

20. Are you a morning person or a night person? I am a morning person, it's so lovely to wake up early in the morning when the air is crisp listening to the melody of birds. Even on holidays I wake up at 7:10 [see q. 1]

21. What is your shoe size? 8, I think.

22. Do you own any animals? Yess, a kelpie-cross.

23. Any news you'd like to share? I am so so so happy that it's the holidays and I've had a beautiful afternoon, it consisted of running, laughing, jumping, cups of tea and me falling on the pointy side of Sophie's cupboard failing to do a handstand... Yeah.

24. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? A teacher, somehow I thought my actual teachers would be my pupils and I could inflict the same hardship they had done to me. Yes, I was a very violent kiddy.

25. What is your favorite flower? Bluebells. 

26. What day on the calendar are you looking forward to? This Saturday as I'm going to the coast with my friend; but in general I always look forward to December: End of year, my birthday, X-mas, New Year's Eve etc...

27. If you were a crayon, what would you be? I'd be sad. I mean how interesting can a crayon's life be?

28. How is the weather right now? It's a undecided type of weather, sometimes it's sunshine, then it's cloudy.  

29. Last person you spoke to on the phone? I'm not sure... I think it was my friend's mother.

30. Favorite drink? I like fresh lemonade and hot chocolate with marshmallows.

31. Salty or sweet? Sweet! 

32. Favorite day of the week? Friday. 

33. Favorite movie? "A Series of Unfortunate Events"

34. Have you ever had a crush on anyone? Yes! I'm the most romantic person ever. So there was: Log, M., P., Dreamy Eyes, Pistachio, MJ... Yeah, they all have code names.

35. Did you have fun participating in this quiz? It was a little long -- but I do enjoy personality quizes.

to fairy tales and magic

There's always been a point in one's childhood where one's asked their parents the nagging question:
"Are they real?"
The countless of stories, fairy tales, classics, books, "Once Upon A Time"s. Are they real? When receiving the unsatisfying answer (that being: "I'm sorry honey, but no...") some - most - choose to believe in princesses feeling peas and princes slaying mighty dragons, that magic really does exist and that sitting for days in a musty cupboard will result to meeting Mr. Tumnus. And I do. I want(ed) to receive a letter on my 11th birthday inviting me to Hogwarts, I want to be able to become invisible like Violet and own a garden full of sweets and edible grass, I want to tumble down a rabbit's whole and eat a superb looking cake that makes me grow.

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams" "Everything in this room is eatable. In fact even I am eatable, but that is called cannibalism my dear children and is frowned upon in most civilizations" “So much time, and so little to do! Strike that, reverse it.” “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams” “So much time, and so little to do! Strike that, reverse it.”“A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.”

Which fantasy adventure would you like to take part in?

my bucket list - 100 things i want to do before i die | part 2

My Bucket List (Part II)

1. Ride on a ferris wheel 
2. Make a cabbage patch
3. Learn how to bake or cook at least 5 different foods (I now know how to make Double Fudge Choc Brownies, Gateau D'Eve, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Eggs and Lasagne)
4. Go to Queensland
5. Finish all the book series I have started
6. I want to do a huge photo shoot starring... Colourful umbrellas
7. Sum up all my courage and talk to D. E. ❤
8. Type on an ancient typewriter
9. Lay down beneath a willow tree
10. Make a peach pit ring or necklace
11. Own a hammock and spend hours swaying in it 
12. Do a dance camp or lessons
13. Do a "Once Upon A Time" post {like so} and other fun posts like a "Dear life" post {inspired by}, "I love..." {similar to} and "My Story" {a little like}
14. Make a website (maybe like a three six five) gallery full of my photos
15. Get my own computer
16. Go to Venice and Rome
17. Visit to the U.S with a friend and/or my family
18. Grow my hair really long, waist
19. Go to San Fransisco with my family
20. Make a difference in the world
21. Go thrift shopping
22. Ride in a hot air balloon
23. Learn how to play the guitar
24. Learn how to juggle
25. Compose a song
26. Organize a bake sale to raise money for orang-utans in Borneo
27. Ride in a helicopter 
28. Learn to like tea (It's good for you and all, so why don't I like it?)
29. Get my two french exams (le bravet & le bac)
30. Write a novel
31. Send a message in a bottle
32. Watch the sun rise
33. Go skinny-dipping
34. Jump off a waterfall
35. Be part of a flashmob
36. Sleep under the stars
37. Step into every continent
38. Stay up all night
39. Try voodoo donuts
40. Send a letter to a random address and see if they write back
41. Get my ears pierced
42. Have a pen pal
43. Go to Greece
44. A couple of years after I have completed 18, cut my hair as short as a boy

94 things that I want to do before I die {see part 1} If I think of any others I will be sure to type them up as quickly as possible! Hopefully before next year I will have composed a hundred items on my bucket list. 

dream/driːm/ To have a deep aspiration or a wild fancy hope.

my bucket list - 100 things i want to do before i die | part 1

Note: Notice the "lower case" in the title? From now on, to "casualise" my blog the titles will always be in lower case. It's fun, 'kay? But never, it's against my religion, will you catch me using lower cases in the beginning of sentences.

So, without further ado:

My Bucket List

1. Visit India
2. Ride an elephant
3. Attend a full-on-punch-and-dancing-and-boys party
4. Raise more than a hundred dollars for charity
5. Own a Nikon D3100
6. Paint my nails 10 different colours
7. Speak three languages fluently
8. Make my 100th blog post
9. Get married
10. Eat a strawberry coated with chocolate
11. Have my first kiss
12. Have at lease one child
13. Own a house with a garden
14. Finish at least one of my many journals
15. Write a book or a novel, and maybe get it published
16. Go to Egypt
17. Compose a song
18. Earn my Tae Kwon Do black belt
19. Have a gap year (or a gap six-months)
20. Eat a layered red velvet cake
21. Visit Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Tasmania
22. Go to university
23. Plant a tree (olive, peach or apple)
24. Have a midnight swim
25. Host a party
26. Drink pink champagne
27. Ride a pale, blue convertible buggy
28. Go to Tahiti or Bali
29. Learn how to blow a bubble with gum
30. Learn how to braid my hair in a fishtail and french braid
31. Learn how to "yo-yo"
32. Find a job involving writing, art, photography and/or traveling 

What are your top 3 things you want to do before you die?

Thanks for reading!

Written with love,

Zoé

Guest Post || Sophie

I have Sophie here with me at school, we have a break, so I've decided to ask her personality questions:

What do you like to do on a rainy afternoon?

I'd like to read books or put a hoodie on and go outside and enjoy the rain.

Do you enjoy photography?

I don't have a camera and don't take many pictures, but I do enjoy looking at inspiring pictures, like the ones on Zoé's blog!

What are some of your favourite songs?

I like "Your love is my drug" by Kei$ha and "Animal" also by her.

So you have a moto, or an inspiring group of words you would like to share?

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain", and my other one "Keep going there is always good ahead" which means that every day there will always be something nice that will make your day, even if you don't know about it yet. 

What is your favourite herb, flower or plant?
{She's quite into herbal medicine :) }

I like, lavender because if its' medical uses and it smells nice. I also really love snow drops.

Which holiday (Easter, Christmas or your Birthday) do you prefer?

Christmas is probably my favourite because you get to receive chocolate, toys and other fun things and others too, so you can enjoy your presents together. 

Do you wear jewelry? What is your favourite item?

If I wear jewelry it would be simple, pretty and meaningful to me - with a sentimental value. I would wear it almost always and would keep great care of it. I love charms and pendants, so necklaces.


Lastly what is the genre of book that you prefer?

Mythology and Adventure. Also Fantasy. Such as Harry Potter (7) & Percy Jackson.

Thank you Sophie! You have been awesome! Thanks for giving my blog a moment of your time.

Thanks, it's an honor to be on your blog.

My words and I

I've decided to rename my blog to:

My words and I

{Grab my button on the right hand side}

What do you think? And, I've redesigned my blog. :)

I am in the middle of the 40 hour famine. I have not talked for 16 hours! It's much harder than one would think, but also quite easy. It's difficult in the way that if there is a great song on the radio, I either want to scream "Yes! I love this song" or sing along. Or I have to assess every thought that slips into my mind and if it is important enough to write it down on my whiteboard to share to my family. But it's great because I really see the world in a different perspective. See, I'm talkative and bubbly, I'm the kind of person who doesn't mind being the center of attention, when I walk into a room, in two minutes I'm telling a story, or a joke, or laughing loudly. That's me. But now, in these 16 hours, I've observed a lot silently. I've gotten to to know the calm Zoé. I've meditated, and I think I've grown wiser.

It feels nice. Sort of like the difference of big, bright sparkly lights used for stage lighting, that change colour and have all these effects; and the home-y lights, the ones that you use to write in your journal, the lights that know your secrets, that are yellow not white, that are just as pretty, but a little subdued.

I'm the same me, just slightly subdued.

I had wanted to call my best friend, S. , and ask her how she was going - she's doing the actual famine, but with friends so it's a bit easier for her. But as I couldn't talk, I decided against it. A while later, the phone rang. My mum got it and it was S. I was elated. My mum told her that I could not talk and she said that she knew but wanted to talk to me. 

Then, I said these three words: "Je suis là" Which, in french means: 

"I am here"

I was so upset. My mum handed me the phone and S talked. It was lovely to hear her voice, even though it had only been a day since I saw her. She talked and, I so wanted to tell her I was listening. 

Anyway, once she hung up, I was so upset I had said those three words. My mum told me that it was the same as the people who do the famine. They have a small bowl of rice at the beginning of the day and one at the end, for them not to faint. Those three words were my bowls of rice. She also told me that I had not said these words because I had had enough of staying silent, but because they came from my heart.

I hope I will still be able to receive the $ 300 I've raised and give to starving children around the world.

I really do.

Roses Are Red

Challenge || 4 Books

10 Day Challenge || 4 Books



Ah, this will be so hard.. Before I start I would like to say that it is IMPOSSIBLE to choose your fave book. Even your top 4. So, do not take it personally other books, I love you equally.

4. "Alice In Wonderland". Every sequal, version or illustration!
3. "The Keepers"
2. Harry Potters
1."One Whole And Perfect Day"

If you are not satisfied with this list (I understand, only 4!!) then, visit my profile.

Challenge || 7 Wants

10 Day Challenge || 7 Wants

I want would like these 7 things:

7. A basketball, basketball net, basketball lessons (sensing a theme?).
6. I also would like a shelf with different compartiments for my treasures, in my room. A little like this -->
5. A new game and a new song for my iPod.
4. A jumper.
3. Also a traveling bag.
2. A new tennis racket.
Pretty boring. Right?
But WAIT, there's more (I sound like a TV advertiser *fake grin*: With the price of one we give you two!! Yay)!
1. I want world peace :) And health. And love. Tacky, but sometimes tackiness is the way to go.



Lots Of Love,


xxx


{Z<3E}

10 Day *You* Challenge

Hello again,

I have been tagged by Sonshu for a personality challenge. Over 10 days, I have to post:
















I tag Arianna, Polka Dot, Alice, Rita XOXO and Sukanya. I have followed these people's blog with interest and would love for them to participate!
Also, if anyone else is interested, feel free!

~ Zoé

Mini Breakdown

Hello again my gorgeous blog,

So, yesterday I had a mini breakdown about all the horrible things in this cruel world, and I decided to write a poem:

Pollution, Poverty and Starvation.
Cries of anguish and fear,
Resonating in my heart,
The world so big, so cruel, so harsh.





And then there's me. 
Don't know how what or how to start.
Salty tears, no hope, just grime.


Broken souls.





I hear something faint and beautiful,
I look up and at last see a glimmer,
Nothing stable, but there at least,





Comforting and sweet,
I feel elated, on top of the world.
Flickering candles, Friendly people and Bright flowers.

Colour seeps into my world.





Basically, have compassion and try to help in every way possible, but, please don't forget your luck and life.

Dialogue My sister and my dad:


Sister: Papa?
Dad: Mmm. [On iPad, distracted]
Sister: What do you do when you get fustrated? [Fustrated because of Gameboy game]
Dad: I sleep. [Still distracted]
Sister: Noo, but when you really can't do something and get fustrated.
Dad: [Finally paying attention] You start again and again.
Sister: Really?
Dad: Yeah, if you put your mind to it, you can do anything.
Sister: Oh.


It's lovely to listen sometimes, to kids and adults alike. They inspire me.



Hugs & Kisses.

~ Zoé

Tinkly

You know when you get the feeling you're a big blue butterfly, ready to spring up into the air.
The feeling of total freedom and having accomplished more than a few things.
The feeling of being pure and fresh.
The type of feeling that when it's raining, you want to dance and sing and laugh outside, getting drenched.
Or, when it's sunny you want to run hours and hours on end. Barefoot, close to the Earth, eating fruit and absorbing the light.
The feeling that you heart is bursting, and not the ugly way: not bursting with sorrow, but with joy and peacefulness.
You know that feeling?


Yes, so do I.