Friday, May 22, 2009

fragile idealist

I come across many things which inspire me each day...some more than others. So far in the last week, i've been reminded of how lucky I am, how beautiful life is to share with everyone, someone, how many facets of life has influenced my own life. Sometimes you are down, but I remind myself how lucky i am, things could be much worse so quit whining and enjoy every bit of your life!
FRIENDS
Kudos to my friend Dennis, who back in the day, I had taught and helped him with his A.Mus.A exam. Now, role reversal. We had an awesome jam session yesterday and Master Lee got the creative flo' happenin' y'all! :)
FASHION
Another inspiration: George Wu. Absolute chic and class. Check his AW 09 Fragile Idealist collection at:
Those 2 words, fragile idealist ... i'd say describes me at this moment in time. with a 'can-do' attitude and always thinking the best of situations, I'm also very sensitive and fragile when it is in reference to emotions.
MUSIC & LYRICS
No, not the movie (although I must say it is one of my favs, just because Hugh Grant is such a sop in it and every teenage girl loves Ever After with Drew Barrymore and her wings :D).
These lyrics from Coldplay:
Come up to meet ya, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need ya
And tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets, and nurse me your questions
Oh lets go back to the start
Running in circles, coming in tails
Heads on a science apart

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
And tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing tails
Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Oh it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start
Ooooohhhhhhh [x4]


Hope all is well. Looking forward to Canberra performance this coming weekend :)
Much love always,
Van-Anh

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Heart Reach Australia 2009

As I finish my concert for HRA 2009, we move on, full force ahead to plan for the next - hopefully a more youth orientated event.
It was an amazing concert with such great support from past patrons as well as new audience members. Not only that, the band was in great shape and supporting artists, Alan Winter and Tanya McFayden were great too!
Thanks goes to The Piano People for the loan of their piano and tuning services and of course, to Leo for the impeccably suitable dress for the occasion, being on the Sunshine Coast and all.
Blessed with glorious weather, I felt right at home.

Please check out Heart Reach Australia @ www.heartreachaustralia.com for the tremendous work and sponsorship programs HRA provides. I will try to post up a video really soon for you to see in more detail.

I'd like to do a shout out to all the people who have sent me incredibly lovely messages re: my website. Thank you for your support and encouraging words. I wouldn't be able to do it without you guys. xx

For now, sleep calls for another filled day before hitting home - Sydney; and back to the Sydney grind ...not that that is a bad thing at all, just that 1) the cold is not nice to come back to and 2) apparently it's raining! :(

Always,
Van-Anh

Thursday, May 7, 2009

OFFICIAL WEBSITE UP

Hello everyone!
It's almost 1am and I fly out of Sydney in about 7ish hours...yet nothing is packed!

Having said that, the Van-Anh Nguyen Official Website is up: www.vananh.com.au is official up and running which makes me super excited. Sign up to the mailing list and I will definitely keep you updated on the happenings in the world of V-A :)

This is going to be a short entry because I really MUST pack...so paranoid about forgetting things...it's ok. Dress, music, shoes, that's all I really need. Anything else, i can get up there if i forget..haha.

Let me know what you think. I must thank Leo, Manning Cartell, Pelle, Theme & Variations, Azalia, Jackie Tran Photography and of course, Take The Leap for making the website and everything to do with it possible :)

See you sunshine coasters this weekend.
x
Van-Anh

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

myspacing...

It's been a while since i've trawled myspace music and wow, there is a plethora of talent out there!
A friend showed me Mateo's myspace and I'm absolutely loving the construction of this song 'Complicated'. Quality piano, quality voice, quality mixing, layers.
Just thought i'd share the lyrics from the song:

[VERSE 1:]
So look at me now
It's a quarter pass 3,
I won't sleep
Cause you walk through my dreams every night
So why did I change
I never thought cupid could win
Change the way that I been all my life
[PRE-HOOK:]
I just wanted to be
Never wanted to fall... ya know
But you just got me
It's not intentional
Can I be over you
Or will I just lose control
(You got it, got it, You got it bad)
Am I ready for this
Or has my heart taken over my mind
Can I commit
Or should I just press rewind
Is this my cue
Or maybe this a warning sign
(You got it, got it, you got it bad)
[CHORUS:]
This love is so complicated
It's so complicated
It's so complicated
And sometimes I hate it
It's so complicated
It's so complicated
It's intoxicated
I think I might be falling in love[x2]
[VERSE:]
So picture me now
I'm stuck in a room
Painting images of you
Trading colors for your smile
Oohhh
But I can't let it show
So I'm holding it in
Trying harder to pretend
But am fronting all the while
[PRE-HOOK:]

[CHORUS x2]
[BRIDGE:]
If I don't react, would she give me up
Would she change or lose attention
O... the faith I lack... has me missin' so much
Am I wrong for my ommission
Why did I neglect what I knew from the start
Did I lose my intuition
When I just wanna say... I love her everyday
[CHORUS]
[VAMP OUT:]I'm thinkin'... I'm fallin

Go and check it out at www.myspace.com/mateo

I've written a track with DJ Matt Cahill (UK) so will hopefully post it up on www.myspace.com/vananhnguyenmusic soon.

Hoping to see all you QLDers in Maroochydore this weekend for a massive Heart Reach Australia (www.heartreachaustralia.com) Benefit Saturday 9th, 2pm!

Always,
Van-Anh

Monday, May 4, 2009

Fashion Palette 09

Last week was obviously the big Fashion week for Sydney, with Rosemount Australian Fashion WEek throughout the week followed by Fashion Palette 2009. With its inauguration with the Launch Party @ Cargo, it was off to a good start! The 2 day event @ the Sydney Convention Centre had fashionistas, buyers, students and curious fashion driven minds filtering the auditorium, eager to find out what was in stored for them. General Pants had already won several girls with their free 15 minute studs campaign, pressing studs into Levis & Converse shoes for you to keep.

The highlight for the first day was definitely fashion illustrator Arturo Elena (http://www.arturoelena.com/). What a phenomenally polite an gentle giant. Such finesse and detail in his amazing artworks of Amazonian statuesque illustrations.



Then there was Paul Fields of Stand. All i can say is inspirational...especially if you are a fashion student or aspiring designer. Such positive vibes...which brings me to the point of this entry.



Positivity. I make a point of surrounding myself with positive people, positive vibes. That's why i felt a strong connection and alikeness with Paul Fields because his energy was all positive. Why let negativity pull you down? Why be around people who don't believe in you? They'll be the ones in the wrong later on when you've made it to where you want to be.



I'm just going to leave it at that for now. Sleep awaits. I have yet another amazing Leonado Salinas dress to wear this weekend, thanks Leo! You're a gem! Fresh from his SS 09/10 season, i'm so grateful and it is such a privilege to be able to wear it.



Stay well and smiling,

Van-Anh x
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