The moments you don't see ...

Concerts are a thrill. Nothing can replace being on stage, but it's everything attached to leading you onto that stage which adds to the thrill. I was able to have two wonderful people in Saigon help me out in capturing these moments just before my concert with the Ho Chi Minh Symphony Orchestra last month in celebrating 40 years of diplomatic relations between Australia and Vietnam.

Here is a selection of many from the night. Thank you to Phan Vo for capturing these stills:

in the dressing room

dress: Valenciani by Adrian Anh Tuan | make up & hair: Vuong Lam from Dior

Vuong will not be happy. He told me to 'not show teeth when smiling' because the red lip accentuates how wide my mouth is. haha

On stage.

loving the sounds of the Steinway

Can't go wrong with YSL

That moment. 

walking out of backstage to meet and greet.

For actual behind-the-scenes footage, please see my youtube channel in a 3 part episode (part 3 to be uploaded soon):
Part I
Part II

Thanks to Guy Gonyea for shooting this!
Love and grace,
Van-Anh

Right Now's:
Wearing: Forever21 Sailor tee, Forever New scallop shorts, barefoot (too hot for shoes today)
Reading: Brahms Piano Trio Op 114
Fav food: green mangos
Fav song: Happy, Pharrell Williams
Last thing bought: Babyliss 32 inch curling iron
Listening to: Joshua James and also Beyonce's new record.
Lust Have: Jambox by Jawbone, and anything Jamie Ashkar
Missing: girlie brunches and not having a stuffy head from pollen and allergies. urgh.
Next destination: Darwin

2013 in pictures

PICTON, NEW ZEALAND

18 countries later. Almost double the amount of cities. That was 2013. I tried VERY hard to narrow down each country to a few pictures. I can't even start to list the names of people that have  made this year SO memorable. I hit 5 new countries (Fiji, Vanuatu, India, Oman & Canada), I can't even count the new cities that I visited. Every place I go to, I see ....

ILES DES PINES - FEBRUARY

NEW ZEALAND, TAURANGA - FEBRUARY

 ... i smell, I feel, I listen, I taste. I am inspired all year round and can't wait to transform these into song. So here are my selection of pictures (no concert pictures because that is for another blog).

OMAN, KASAB - APRIL

UAE, KHOR AL FAKKAN - APRIL

SINGAPORE - MARCH

SINGAPORE - MARCH 

AUSTRALIA, HOBART - FEBRUARY

USA - ALASKA (MENDENHALL GLACIER) - JUNE

VANUATU - FEBRUARY 

VANUATU - FEBRUARY

KOREA, BUSAN - MAY

INDIA, KERALA (with mum) - APRIL

INDIA, KERALA - APRIL

INDIA, MUMBAI - APRIL

INDONESIA, BALI - MARCH

INDIA, COCHIN - MARCH

HONG KONG - MARCH

HONG KONG - MARCH

FIJI, DENARAU ISLAND - FEBRUARY

CANADA, VANCOUVER - JUNE

CHINA, SHANGHAI - OCTOBER

USA, DISNEYLAND (yes, that's a country in itself haha) - SEPTEMBER

AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY - OCTOBER

AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE - MAY

SRI LANKA - JULY

USA, SAN DIEGO - JUNE

USA, ALASKA (ziplining) - JULY

USA, ALASKA - JULY

AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY - MAY

INDONESIA, PULA WEH - MARCH

JAPAN, OSAKA - OCTOBER

JAPAN, TOKYO - OCTOBER

JAPAN, TOKYO - OCTOBER

MALDIVES, MALE - AUGUST

JAPAN, OSAKA - OCTOBER

USA, NEW YORK - JULY

USA, NEW YORK - JULY

USA, HUNTINGTON BEACH - JULY 

USA, SEATTLE - JUNE

USA, SAN DIEGO - JUNE

VIETNAM, HCMC - APRIL

VIETNAM, HCMC - APRIL

VIETNAM, HCMC - DECEMBER

I can't wait to embrace 2014! Make it a bigger and better year than 2013! MAKE your dreams come true! Love unconditionally, laugh a lot and dream more than ever!
Love and grace,
Van-Anh