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SHELTY

Some nights ago, as I was walking home, I suddenly thought about Shelty and how he's not going to be with me forever. And that made me kind of sad. That night, I came home and found him on my brother's bed. He was in his shirt, all cuddled up underneath my brother's comforter. I went up to him as quietly as I could but he still woke up in the midst of his sleep and looked at me with his eyes half-open. I almost cried. I kissed him and whispered: " Thank you, baby, for being part of my life. " I was still about to cry. I stuffed my head into him and gave him tummy rubs (much against his will I imagine) but I still did it anyway because if I didn't, I felt as if I'd be missing out on something so precious. A couple of nights ago, we came home from an event and it was almost midnight. I was dead-tired and kept complaining about how I had to work the following morning. After showering, I heard my brother mention how he didn't have enough s...

Good old, good old

"I don't know what else I can do because if I do something right, it's unacknowledged. She doesn't even say thank you. But if I do something wrong, she is vicious. "   - Andy Sachs (The Devil Wears Prada, 2006) Tomorrow marks the start of the third week of my internship and ever since it begun, I feel like I haven't had time to properly update the site. My last post was 5 days ago but it feel like it was 5 months ago. Before internship began, I was honestly excited about working for a women's fashion magazine because it was in line with my interest in both fashion and writing. 2 weeks into this internship and it has been a real eye-opener for me. I feel like Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway's character in The Devil Wears Prada ) recently but not in a bad way of course. In the last 2 weeks, I've been to town countless times doing store returns + loan/sample pick-ups. That's the downside because I strained my entire body lugging around extremely...