18 until 21

1. THEIT bag | 2. Film rolls (ISO 100 or 200) | 3. Polaroid Land Camera 250 | 4. Speedlite 430 EX II | 5. Disposable water camera | 6. iCA iPhone case |

Countdown has officially begun for my birthday. Only 18 days left.
Exactly two days before Valentines, I shall be celebrating another year of life. I'm actually excited this time around. It'snot an 'awkward' age.

The wishlist.

As you can see, it's 100% all camera related gear. Many items on this list are just things I've had my eye on for years. Am I getting any of these? No. My actual birthday present was bought earlier this year to fuel my wanderlust. Nothing like traveling for my bday (except camera gear... lol).
Can't you tell I'm a camera nerd? I'm sure I bore L with all my photography knowledge (thank you for always listening to my 'the lighting is sooo good here'  blahblah). With that said, check this video.

Anyways, if you'd like to send me birthday emails/cards/letters, that would mean the world to me. I always get a bunch of birthday notes that melt my heart and I don't want this year to be any different. Email me and I'll send you my address :)

Naturalé

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
-Allan Chalmers


Once you choose hope, anything's possible
-Christopher Reeve


Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
-Dale Carnegie


Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.
-Dorothy Thompson


The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams.
-Elizabeth Gilbert


A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?
-Jane Wagner


Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence
-Lin Yutang


Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.
-Pearl Buck


The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from hope to hope.
-Samuel Johnson

Picture from: Fodder, Julie, threelittlebirds, Alis, Saga

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Stuck with this song in my head. I finally Finished "Riven" & "The Shack". Very interesting and wonderful to read. It sets a path of freedom.

side note: it's my Big one-eight birthday tomorrow. don't forget.