Bye Bye Blogspot.

I have decided to start a Wordpress blog instead, after getting advice from a few people,so will be closing this blog down as of today.

My new address will be www.roguette.wordpress.com - it's the only name I could come up with so far and I'll probably be changing it but am at a loss for ideas at the moment!

M xo

So long, Farewell London.

I have been a teary mess this morning, saying my goodbyes to my flatmates and quietly shedding tears in the comfort of my room. Today it just hit me like a tonne of bricks...I am leaving London and the adventure is over, for now.

Reflecting back on the past year and a half, I have experienced the highs of travelling to a European city almost every weekend, cramming in as many galleries and museums in London, moving to a completely foreign country on my own and starting on a clean slate, having to rent and pay bills for the first time (yes I had it good in Melbourne) and developing into a (hopefully) confident, mature person as well. That's just the tip of the iceberg. You might ask me why I'm crying when I'm going back to sunny, warm weather and the comfort of friends. I do look at the bright side of things but realising what I am leaving behind makes me feel so sad. What I fear is returning to that normality back home and being stuck there as I was before I left.

I have plans in the works for 2010 that I am yet to discuss with my family...and longer term plans for the future too. The house, kids and marriage factors are completely out of my sphere at the moment and I want to take the next few years to focus, reflect and live my dream. Life is too short and I have made myself a promise that I will continue living every moment like it's my last, no matter where in the world I am.

Thank you to all of the amazing people I have met in my 18 month antipodean journey...you have truly made it the best years of my life and I am forever grateful. It's goodbye for now.

M xo

I vant to suck your blood...

The whole world is going vamp-crazy with the release of the New Moon movie...and what better way to celebrate than adorning it on your neck? Puncture marks optional.

Necklace, Vermeat - www.vermeat.com

M xo

Culture Capital

They say London is the culture capital of the world, and I can certainly attest to that! I woke up early to score £15 front row seats to Breakfast at Tiffany's and then spent the rest of the day enjoying London's galleries and museums.

My first stopover was the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art. It was a very pricey £12 admission *ouch* but it was certainly a different experience. What stood out most was the travelling convoy of bright red wax through three of the exhibition rooms...not to mention the cannon of wax which is fired through a door every twenty minutes. There was a bit of a trippy/vertigo experience in the mirror room which featured about six different mirrored sculptures made of stainless steel, the concept is challenging the viewers perception of space. I thought I was going cross eyed at some point! The exhibition is definitely a must-see. Photography was not permitted inside the exhibition so these will have to do.

After a healthy lunch at Wholefoods Market (plus an almond chocolate brownie that I nibbled throughout the day) I headed to the Whitechapel Gallery which is featuring a temporary exhibition from French photographer and artist Sophie Calle, titled "Talking to Strangers." One half of the exhibition revolves around a break up letter from Sophie's partner, which she then asks 107 women of different ages and occupations to interpret this letter. From a clairvoyant to a talking parrot, the results are amusing and insightful. The upstairs gallery hosts the second half of her exhibition which is collection of works from "The Bronx" where Calle asks a number of residents to take them to a place of their choice, and a telephone booth which she records conversations and interactions with passers by.

The icing of the cake was finally getting to see Breakfast at Tiffany's on the West End, based on the novel by Truman Capote. I read the novel awhile ago so it was exciting to see the stage production. Anna Friel stars as Holly Golightly, the role which Audrey Hepburn made famous with her black sunnies and LBD. The play opened in September to mixed reviews. I kept thinking that Holly Golightly would be a brunette, not a blonde? So it was weird seeing Anna Friel don a blonde wig throughout the whole play...there are a few shocks in the form of a nude Friel and her co-star Joseph Cross (not together, in separate scenes) which I didn't expect at all...but nude scenes aside the play was charming and entertaining. I'll be honest and say it does not come close to as good as Jersey Boys was, which is also showing in London at the moment but I saw it in Las Vegas in September.

I am looking forward to seeing the Gentleman of Bacongo exhibition at the Londonewcastle Project Space before I leave London...

Only 5 more days to go.

M xo

R.I.P Daul Kim

30 May 1989 -19 November 2009

M xo

And the winners are...

Top 99 Fashion blogs

Not surprising to see The Sartorialist at the top, with Scott Schuman's gf Garance Dore close by. I noted a few other blogs that I haven't seen before...looks like I need to catch up with my reading.

M xo

I just blogged to say I ♥ you.

In 9 days I will be reuinted with the two people who have always been there for me, no matter where I am. I love you both so much! Note the bottom two images are of mummy impeccably groomed and beautiful as always.

M xo