Lily

Welcome to L.I.L.Y a blog about how lovely life can be. I'm a lady who loves, music, film, and fashion. Most of all I love quirky haircuts, rockabilly+burlesque, random shade throwing, Leopard print, JEM and Bette Davis. Most of all I'm from one of the greatest cities in the world: LONDON!

I CURRENTLY LIVE IN SOUTH KOREA!

I'm also a writer with a big mouth: http://acheofthemouth.tumblr.com/

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"I think the hardest part of being away from home and living in a foreign country is the language barrier as it hinders possible great friendships. I’ve also found that old ways die hard when it comes to me and my constant tiredness plus my severe temperamental nature make me hard to be around sometimes. I also care a lot about too many people who probably don’t remember I exist. Other than that I really like it here and I need to put myself out there a bit more to meet new people. There are a lot of things I’m learning to accept about myself too, good and bad. It’s all a learning curve I guess."

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Me and baby Yubin at the Eastern Social Welfare Society. I’ve recently started volunteering at the orphanage in Hongdae and I really enjoy it. It’s really fulfilling and helps me when I’m feeling lonely and/or overly maternal, which happens a lot these days because I work with some adorable children at my school Jamwon, which is in Seocho, Gangnam.

If you live in Seoul and you would like to volunteer, please take a look at this site.

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"So I went to wash my hands in the upstairs bathroom at work this morning (my hands were so dirty I couldn’t tell which way was the right side up) and I see the cleaners standing around the vicinity of the bathroom (the door was WIDE open) doing their usual thing, filling up the mop buckets with detergent etc. One was standing close to the toilet and I wasn’t sure if he was throwing paper in there. Anyway I strolled in and proceeded to wash my hands. I then heard a zip go up swiftly and the man turned and gave me a dirty look. I apologised but dude…if you’re so pressed about being rolled up on, why are you urinating in a public place with the door wide open?"

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Me posing before Chloe’s party~peep Selena in the background.

(yes the pout is my thing~)

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"Visa acquired, flight booked through Asiana…so I guess I’m going Korea now? No more living in denial about actually going. Despite constantly talking about it."

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#nicki minaj #musings #aladdin
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Notes The living embodiment of A$AP Rocky’s music

I swear I just find myself hip rolling in a corner whenever any A$AP song comes on. ESP to Purple Kisses and Pesos. His music is so damn atmospheric. Love that kid!

#asap rocky #musings
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So l took a long nap last year and woke up as Samantha Jones. No good can come from this.

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Both eyes set firmly on the prize.

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Okay you did. Once.
(Source: eschmalenberger)

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"One of my greatest achievements in life is accepting the fact that I’m a fangirl for most musical genres. I like a lot of shit, and I’ll support the hell out of it if I love it. I have no shame either about how much I love Pop music from all over the world. I firmly believe if you like something then you should be proud and vocal about it. It seems like we’re caught up in how bad things are and stanning ironically that no one is actually genuinely liking things like they used to."

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Notes I FINALLY had Pho! aka My Hoxton adventure

For a person like myself who has been into East Asian culture for so long, it’s actually kind of strange that it has taken me so long to get into Vietnamese food. It’s not like I don’t know loads of Viet-Chinese people, so basically the fact that I never ate Pho is due to me being a flop.

The restaurant Tay-Do in the Kingsland road is quite famous for their Pho amongst people from all over London. Directions: Get off at Hoxton Overground station, walk left from the station, turn right onto the main road-stay on the same side of the road and walk straight down and you will find Tay-Do:

(please beware that shitty photos taken on my phone are below)

My best friend is actually Viet-Chinese so she showed me all the things she usually gets and I actually liked them all. This is what we had:

Banh Cuon:

Banh xeo!

My friend had Bún Thịt Nướng as a main course:

And made mini version of it because I’d never tried it before:

My Pho arrived and I was SO excited!

And lemme tell you it didn’t disappoint! I had mixed meat and damn that thing was so filling. I ate all the meat and veg and left half of the broth, but at £7.50 I’d def get it again!

Then we went up the road and ended up finding this place:

The Bridge Cafe has to be the most the Hoxton, Hipster type place I’ve seen in a long time and I gotta say it was a nice, relaxing place! We ate some cakes-I took a terrible pic because the place was so dim and I didn’t want to mess with anyone’s vibe. But this is what I had:

The cake was lovely, but I was more enchanted by the fabric on the table:

Just something about it is so pretty to me. I dunno what it is…

Overall I had a great day with my friend and it’s been great spending time with her and solidifying our friendship even more. Great start to 2013!

Even though I shouldn’t be drinking anymore, I’m going to eat Pho after a drink-up and see if it has a sobering effect lol!

#food #asian food #london town #musings
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I had a great time this year but I’m glad to see the back of 2012.

#2012 #new years eve #musings
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Me throughout 2012~

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