Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like to have... Alexa Chung's or Rosie Huntington's Body. A lot of money, be able to eat whatever I want and not gain a pound, amazing sewing skills which I defineteley do not possess, the best style ever! If these are a bit unreasonable a nice coat from zara, some trainers and my wishlist from asos would do. If not just a good holiday with my family and friends and a warm winter! xxxxx marina
Ok. So this post is going to be a bit more persona than the other ones but is because I've been evaluationg things that have happened recently and I think they are very useful so if you are reading and decide to keep going I hope you take something from this and it helps for your every day life, if not..is ok I understand I can be a bit boring and you have all figured out! I envy you! The first thing that I want to state is
If it doesn't flow, don't force it!
I was trying to make something happen that it was too difficult and after getting disapointed and trying so hard and not getting anywhere I decided to let it go. If it's ment to happen it will happen and just be patient, I'm pretty sure if it didn't happen is because something better is coming or you were just not ready at that time to experience what you wanted to experience.
Second
Listen to your elders!
I'm not saying go and ask every piece of advice from your grandpa, no, not at all. But take in consideration next time someone older than you gives you an advice or a criticism, they have lived longer than you, they have more experience, and even though at our age we believe we know everything.....we don't, trust me!
This skill took me a few years to develop and I'm still in the process but the other day that one of my teachers was telling me she didn't agree with my design and of course I got angry and did what she told me but thinking she was wrong.....well how wrong I was, turns out she was right and by modufying just small things that she told me to change my design became soooo much better and now I can even use it for my portfolio! Yay!
And last one
Work!work! and keep working!
This past few months I've been working non stop either at school, at Aberdeen House or at Alberre Odette! I haven't even had one weekend of except for the one my dad came to visit!
And I've realized by working so hard and practising and practising my work is better and I feel better and new doors are opening for me!
I had always had a bad feeling about life and fashion because I was not good at it or it wasn't as easy as horse riding was and I just wished I could have the knowledge I have at riding in everything else.
What I didn't consider is that I used to ride 3-4 hours a day 350 days of the year!!! And I rode good horses, bad horses, crazy horses, I fell, I won, I got yelled at, I cried, but in the end it was worth it because to this day the knowledge I have will never dissapear and weather i decide to do it as a hobby or profesionally I know I will always be really good at it because of how hard I worked when I was younger. So the same philosphy should be applied for all parts of life and I'm trying to do that.
So I don't know if I have told you but I'm working - doing an internship since I don't get paid in this boutique called Alberre Odette. It has been pretty damn good so far and I have learned a lot and met some really interesting people. There's one woman who is 52 and sleeps in a corset because she's afraid of gaining weight during the night! HA! Iryina and Agatha are owner and managers of the store and they are amazing! I have a lot of fun with them. And let me just tell you some of the clients are hillarious and totally unaware of reality. The other day a women came in saying she was not going to spend that much because she was saving and ended up paying around 2000 pounds! And she said: Oh! That's perfect not too much shopping because I have other expenses. If you ask me I could use that money for sooooo many things, but I guess if you have it why not spend it right? Anyway if you are in London come visit me at Alberre Odette and maybe do some shopping!
Get ready because this is going to be a loong post. So my dad came to visit this weekend, I was a bit worried but turns out it was an amazing weekend. I went to pick him to Hewathrow Airport and after leaving his things at the house we went for dinner to Bella Vita. My favourite Italian restaurant in London, is a bit far but the trip was totally worth it. I had the Pizza Bella vita which is Tomato, mozzarella, parmesan, rocket,
parma ham and extra virgin olive oil! SOOOO GOOD! My dad had the risotto al Frutti di Mare and looked really good too. We came back and I think I killed him because he was very tired so he went to bed really early. Good thing because my flatmates and one of their friends who came for a visit invited me to a pub in Holloway and we had soo much fun dancing. Nothing beats a good night of dancing with friends! Trust me! Next day I made croissants for breakfast and we went to Green Park, Buckigham Palace, Regent's Street and Covent Garden. We had a small lunch and went to see Jersey Boys! To be honest is not my favourite musical so far but it's pretty good and my dad loved it. Specially because he knew the songs.
We invited my flatmates for dinner in Covent Garden and I took them to PJ's. It is a restaurant I found on the internet really really good. We all had some Hamburguers which where amazing nothing like that McDonald's crap. And after coming home and my dad dying again we went out to Shoreditch and then to Dalston to the Jazz Bar because my flatmates friend said it was really good and....to be honest, it was! Some other friends from Alonso and Enrico came too and we had a pretty damn good time dancing and being silly! We came back round 5 and the next day I has to wake up early to take my dad to the airport. Mortal! I know. But coming back the guys where going to Mestizo and we had some Mexican food which was perfect for a day when you are tired and you want some comfort food. They went to see Paté de Fuá a mexican group that was playing here in London and in the evening we went to see Rust and Bone, a french movie with Marion Cotillard and it's AMAZING! Please do yourself a favour and go watch it!
So that was my weekend. I'm posting a few links, photos, videos and some extra things I saw for you to check them out. What did you all do on the weekend? Besos Marina
