and cloudy is only bad if you want it to be >:)
found these photos taken almost a decade ago from the look out on Mount Royal in Montreal (Canada).
it’s crazy how photo quality if the iphone has changed since then
I am also realizing now that I do not frequent this lookout anymore
I wonder why some habits simply disappear from our lives as if they never existed
On this day, I saw/visited
Saint Aymes café
Princess Diana Memorial Fountain
Albert Memorial
Royal Albert Hall
Victoria and Albert Museum
and
Harrods
I then walked home looking at a beautiful sky with a crescent moon 🌙
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
First, I was still in a wonder by what is probably too common to Londoners. The mailbox, double decker busses, pubs, and architecture in general were still novel to me
I stumbled upon the Saint Aymes café, which was lucky becuase it’s unsurprisingly an instagram hot spot
Then I crossed Hyde Park where I passed the Princess Diana memorial fountain, the Albert Memorial and the Royal Albert Hall right across the memorial
after passing a modern building (was it a business school?), I reached the Victoria and Albert museum
Harrods!
I know it from Mr. Beans when he plays with the Christmas lights so it felt like a mythical place for me
and the interiors did not disappoint!
Harrods gift shop was a candy store for me but it was surprisingly with a low ceiling and incredibly… hot
I had to wait for sundown to see these famous lights that I saw in Mr. Bean of course. The flashiness of the cars around this area were fun to look at too
Finally, I walked back to the hotel with the road lit by the prettiest pink sky and the sliver of a moon
#ootd
August 2, 2016
I had landed in New York with just 6 hours and I did not let it go to waste!
I took the train to downtown New York, met with a friend, and enjoyed a most pleasant visit at the MOMA.
On that day, though, I felt incredibly rushed and nervous that I would not make it back to work on time but I am so grateful that I made the risk.
I guess life is often like that at times.
We might not realize what a great memory a huge leap will give us much later in the future..
there is the mantra “will this matter in 10 years?” when we sweat about the small stuff
but in this case, it was a case of “this will be totally be worth it in 10 years” and I realize now that I’m grateful for many of the little investments I made for myself in the past and I shall continue to see what I can do for my future self
your future is cloudy