Liona Loves

XMAS 2009

2009-12-25T10:41:00.001-08:00

Merry christmas to everyone!

Jimmy Choo H&M pumps x H&M zipper bottom tregging x VM silver dress x ONLY leather jacket x Jimmy Choo H&M bracelets x Casio G-shock x H&M studded belt x Guess bow bag x MAC $$$$$ YES on the nails

Time flies

2009-12-19T05:28:00.000-08:00

What a week. Time really flies! Finally got vacation now and the chance to chill a little. Short summary of a few from last weeks activities.

x Went to Holland Casino on saturday. It was pretty fun, just too bad I could only play on the slots and not make money.

x Tried a new class at the gym. BBBB which is the dutch abbreviation for legs, chest, butt, belly excersises. It was pretty funny.

x Went to a big party from my University's faculty. P-Co organised a party for all students and not students at a local club in Delft. The theme was pink and purple, and off course me and my girls went all out. DJ's playing were afrojack, sunnery james, ryan marciano. And....I heard that (V's secret) model Doutzen Kroes was in the building, which was very exciting.

x It has been snowing like crazy since thursdaymorning. After the party we tried to walk back to the appartment, which was like an hour long walk, in the snow. WITH MY FLATS ON. Couldn't have been more stupid. At one point it was so cold I could slip my flats back on..

x Did a little 'Christmas' shopping in Den Haag and Delft, or whatever excuse I need to go shopping hihi. Got a cute jumpsuit and some basicy/not so basic actually tees.

x Dyed my hair into a more chocolate color brown-ish. Don't know if I'll stick with it or go back to my own espresso color...

PA mental mess up

2009-12-11T13:18:00.000-08:00

Went to see the much talked about movie Paranormal Activity two weeks ago. Watched it at Pathe Scheveningen at 00.00 for the extra scary feeling. Damn, that movie was scary.

The cheap budget filming made it look like some real life documentary which was super scary. Basicly watched the movie through my fingers, I was really that scared. After that I slept in the living room with my brother and friend. Everytime I heard some crazy sounds I just got scared, it's so ridiculous, but that movie really messed up my mind.

For the ones that are into scary movies, this is really a must-watch. Just keep in mind to not watch it alone...

Playing with Jimmy

2009-11-25T14:30:00.000-08:00

Been really busy with a project at school. Snapped this real quick, definitly more outfit shots w/ my H&M Jimmy Choo's coming up.

ONLY white tank top x H&M treggings x H&M turqoise blazer x Jimmy Choo for H&M pumps, bracelets x Casio G-shock

* Chanel blue satin on the tips
* MAC x Hello Kitty something about pink on the toes

Jimmy Choo for H&M launch

2009-11-15T06:25:00.000-08:00

Right after ila, I went to Den Haag to get myself a good position in the Jimmy Choo for H&M line. We got there at 6.00 am and there were 20 people in front of me. The first 160 in line were divided in shifts of 20 people and got a bracelet. Without bracelet you were unable to shop for the shoes, bags and jewelry in the collection. The store openend at 9.30.

I was number 21 so got a first place in the second shift. After every shift the H&M crew stocked up their collection and cleaned up.

I was able to pick up the zebra flats I was eyeing for ages for. Also got two bracelets and my favorite. The black strapped heels. It has an 11,5 cm heels height, but so gorgeous! Peep the pics below (sorry for the bad images, will get better ones when I get to it).

I Love Asian @ Rotterdam

2009-11-15T06:17:00.000-08:00

Went to ILA last friday with some friends. It was in HMH Rotterdam. The theme was Las Vegas and there was a guy walking around in a JOKER costume. Scary, but awesome at the same time.

powder pink sequined H&M top x Vero Moda tregging x primark grey flats x casio G-shock x H&M snake skin bag x random bracelets

Liona @ take me out recordings

2009-10-16T11:49:00.000-07:00

Last week I went to the recordings for a dutch tv show called Take me Out. It is a datingshow. There are 30 women who judge one guy on their appearence, personality and impression. I was just there with some girl friends to sit in the audience and clap and cheer when we were told to. It was a fun night and pretty funny to see the studio in real life.

Sheer white H&M tank x Black crispy H&M skirt x LV speedy bag x UGGs black classic shorts

Comme and play

2009-10-10T01:04:00.001-07:00

Between the studying and stuff I still manage to have time to shop too. A few weeks ago I bought this tee from Comme des Garcons Play. I usually don't really wear tees, but I love this one. So I played around with it a bit. Supershort post because I have to get ready to go to The Hague for a little shopping with my brother.

Comme des Garcons Play tee x Only grey tanktop x H&M belt x Pieces tregging x Bangles, random x Watch Casio G-shock

Louis Vuitton S/S 2010

2009-10-07T14:14:00.001-07:00

I just finished watching the spring summer 2010 fashion show from Louis Vuitton via the Art of Travel by Louis Vuitton facebook special. Let me start of with saying that Marc Jacobs is a genius! I loved the small handbags and I am IN LOVE with the red-ish speedy bag with a long handle. The models hair was so cool with the big afro and bow going on. The collection is not very adequate for everyday wear, but for a fashion show the combination of patterns and fabrics were so great. The shoes were insane by the way, I so want the brown leather sandals.

Enough yapping, lets save money for the items (which is so not gonna work out)!

Instead of studying

2009-09-23T15:53:00.000-07:00

School is starting to get more hectic, whilst concentrating needs a lot more effort now. This morning instead of studying....

I was inspired by Kanye West and Amber Rose to buy a denim jacket, so I did a few weeks ago. Played around for a bit with the jacket.

I was foolin' around, dancing and singing to Good Girls Go bad by Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester.

I captured a picture of my rose-printed-tulip-shaped skirt on the rose printed sheets, while my book looked like some kind of decoration instead of center of my focus.

I was wondering how I would decorate my studentappartment (grey walls, dark wood floor, high white ceiling, clear table and seat, pretty chandelier and a good spot for my collection of be@rbricks, dunny's, hello kitty's, fafinettes). Not gonna happen cause I'm staying home, which is much better than nasty roommates.

It was a very useful day, hihi.

Another sushi thing

2009-09-18T15:05:00.000-07:00

Just got back from Rotterdam. Did a little window shopping and had dinner at Sushi Qube. The food was really good, definitly going back to eat! Lately I've been busy doing things for school and trying to hang out with friends. Did some shopping, but more on that later.

Monkey Business

2009-08-27T03:38:00.000-07:00

I've been a bit absent on the blogging part lately. I pretty much just had lots going on.
x Introduction week from my new school TU Delft
x Shopping in Rotterdam/Den Haag/Zoetermeer/Delft/Maastricht
x Driving lessons
x Catching up with friends
x Work at the chinese restaurant

Monday night me, my brother and friend Heidi went to dinner at the new Sumo restaurant in Den Haag. It was rather dissapointing, so I wouldn't really recommend to eat there. Oehh and tuesday night I went to see G.I. Joe, which was a really nice movie. Loved all the boys muscled and lots of action going on. Loved evil Sienna Miller. I like the movies this summer!

Next monday is the start of the new collegeyear. I'm pretty excited to go to university, just hope I picked the right study. Later gators!

Driverlicense part one

2009-08-11T14:51:00.000-07:00

Since this morning I happen to be the proud owner of a theoretical car exam certificate. I'm not there yet, but I guess the roadtrip is one step closer. Just wanted to let you know that ^.^

PS: I am blogging from my brandnew HP elitebook I just got in for school.

Transformers 2

2009-08-04T14:45:00.000-07:00

I know I'm very late with this, but I finally got to see Transformers The revenge of the Fallen today. The movie was really good. If you haven't seen it yet, you should definitly watch it. I liked Sam's spaz, Bumblebee's radio voice, Robowarrior's secret pictures, Mojo's new friend Frankie and off course my big love, grandpa Jetfire. That was one fierce grandpa Decepticon taking side of the Autobots! I went to see the movie with my good friend Athina at Pathe Spuimarkt in Den Haag. We had some time to kill before the movie. So we hung out at Spuiplein for a bit.

Berlin in two minutes

2009-08-03T14:50:00.000-07:00

I posed at the border-sign-thingie.

Had van Lindt mini bonbons that were almost too cute to eat.

Went to the Sony center by night.

Fixed my wardrobe malfuntion at Brandenburger Tor.

Visited Niketown and Adidas (duuh cause whenever you're in the land of origin of the brand with the three stripes).

Enjoyed mentos cola.

Protected my bag from the scary man, while posing at Checkpoint Charlie.

Did some damage.

Laughed/cried over this kid.

BERLIN WAS FUN!

Berin, Germany

2009-07-28T11:57:00.000-07:00

I'm going on a family trip to Berlin this thursday. We will stay at Novotel, near the citycentre for a few days. Hope the shopping will be good!

Mallorca day #7

2009-07-27T08:07:00.000-07:00

The week we had been looking forward for so long had come to an end. We went to the beach for the last time and swam for a while. While we were swimming it suddenly started to rain. It was a bit scary but at the same time nice to see. After swimming we got some of our favorite gelato at the local icecreamstore. We chilled at the balcony and got ready for dinner.

The last night had to go in our "Mallorcan tradition-way". So, we decided to do another meal at our favorite restaurant Del Sol. I had the squid again, which was good. And off course cocktails. The strawberry daiquirie was also great again. We went clubbing for the last time at 538 and got back at 3.00 am cause we had a lot of packing to do. After packing we cleaned out the appartment. We said goodbye to the beds, the great awesome lovely balcony, the hotel staff and waited for our bus to pick us up at the lobby.

The bus brought us to the airport in Palma. We checked in, had no overweight suitcases, thank god. We waited at the gate and we flew home in transavia, flight HV 324 back to Amsterdam. The flight was good, not that I really experienced it cause I was sleeping almost the whole time. Back at Schiphol airport, my parents were there to pick me up.

Back to work, driving lessons, biking and reality. I miss our apartment, the sea, the spanish friends, just the whole atmosphere. On the other hand, being back from one adventure means we can plan our next one. We are all trying to get our driver license as soon as possible and do a road trip! I can't wait to go back to Spain, to Madrid and Barcelona and visit our friends!

Mallorca day #6

2009-07-25T01:05:00.000-07:00

Monday our sixth day on Mallorca was a one of mixed stuff. We had a short sleep because we got in our beds at 7.00 am and had to woke up at 9.00 to say goodbye to our spanish friends. It was really sweet of them to come to our appartment to pick us up. We went downstairs to the lobby. It was packed downstairs since they came with a whole group and were also leaving with them. The group was nice and also waved at us while we were saying goodbyes. After goodbyes we went back to our beds for a short nap.

We woke up at around 1.00 pm and got ready to go to Palma, Mallorca's capitol. We did a little shopping and sightseeing. Palma is a beautiful city. It has the same kind of little shopping streets you also find in Barcelona. Too bad it was almost to hot that day to do more sightseeing. I got to hear later it was actually 43 degrees Celsius, which is way more than I am used to in the Netherlands. Shopping in Palma is pretty nice. They have a MANGO, Zara, Bershka, Blank and more of some little stores. Picked up some clothes, but nothing really special. The dinner we had there was really bad. We ordered large portions of tapas, but only got some shitty crap. I forgot the name of the restaurant, but it definitly wasn't a succes.

Back in El Arenal (that's the city where we stay) we got ready for the night and had cocktails at a really cool bar. Everything was decorated in much more modern style than the rest the boulevard had to offer. We had long island icetea's and mojito's. It was really good, but then we came accross their 'secret cocktail' that wasn't on the menu. It was a strawberrymojito and it was really good. Probably one of the best cocktails we had that week and we did drink some. We went out to 538 again and were planning to go to veronica, but one of my friends got really sick so we headed back earlier. Got some take-away kebab on the way home because the meal earlier was so bad. Chilled a bit at the balcony and got a weird phonecall from some guys we met the day before. Didn't really got into that crap too much and just went to get some sleep. It was a really nice day, but also a bit sad and I hope to see our spanish friends soon.

Mallorca day #5

2009-07-23T01:41:00.000-07:00

This day, sunday july 12th, was probably the best day we had on the island. We had a good night rest, or actually morning rest I should say. We had to get some water and took our trolley for a walk, which caught a lot of attention. Just hung out for a bit, went to the beach and the usual dinner preparation. While we do this, we always have an order for the bathroom, since not everybody is at same speed. I always go last so I don't have to wait that long when I'm ready. Going last also means I have to wait quite some time to shower. In that time we usually chill at our balcony and have silly conversations with the other residents of the hotel.

We got to talk a bit more to our downstairs neighbors. They appeared to be four really nice spanish guys. Lisa decided we should give them a note to meet up later. I figured, since the communication was a little difficult, to give them a spanish note. So we went down to the receptioncounter and had some sentences translated. The woman behind the desk thought it was pretty funny and she was such a great help. We went back to our appartment upstairs and sent the note with a piece of rope, down to the appartment below us. The boys got the letter and agreed to meet up and they had to laugh a bit at our silly idea.

The boys would meet us at beachhouse 1 at 3.00, so first we went out to dinner at Del Sol, out favorite restaurant. Next to the balcony way an open karaoke podium that was very entertaining to see and hear during dinner. After that we preparty'd at the appartment. While we were chilling we suddenly heard a big bang. When we ran outside we saw it was fireworks. They were firing it right next to our balcony so we had the perfect view. The fireworks definitly made our trip even more unforgettable. A while after the fireworks ended we headed to 538. After 538 we met up with the guys and hung out till they had to back their bags, since they were leaving the next morning. By that time it was 7.00 am so we also decided to catch some sleap and to say goodbye to them the next morning.

Liona Loves Harry Potter 6

2009-07-21T13:36:00.000-07:00

Last sunday I went to see Harry Potter and the Halfblood prince. I expected a lot from this movie since the book was very exciting. The movie was so scary but I loved it. From the beginning it was so dark and moody. I do have to mention it was slightly dissapointing, the end fight wasn't as furious as in the book. But what I did like a lot was that there were a lot of 'romances'. And in the end it just doesn't matter how good or how bad the movie is, it still is Harry Potter, so that makes it a must watch!

Off course I went in style, wearing my snake bracelet. If I could only talk to him in Parsletongue...

Mallorca day #4

2009-07-21T02:26:00.000-07:00

Still trying to catch up with the Mallorca trip.

Saturday was a relaxing day. We had breakfast at our usual spot. A had a squid and tomato baguette which was okay and off course our favorite drink at breakfast, some kind of fruit soda called radical fruit. After finishing breakfast we headed to a big supermarket to do some more groceries shopping. They had a trolley kind of basket to put the stuff in. When we were at the cassier we had two 5 liter bottles of water, watermelons, sugarmelons and more and it was going to me too much to carry in bags. So we decided to take the trolley with us. Walking down the boulevard with the trolley made people laugh so hard and so did we. It was definitly a funny experience.

We went down to the beach again and swam a lot in the sea. This evening we had to go to dinner a bit earlier. We had dinner at Q lounge, which was okay. I had dorado fish that was well prepared, the paella is not my thing but quite alright. The steak was a nightmare. And with that I mean to say it was thin, hard, not cuttable or something. It was horrible, my friends looked like they were cutting wood instead of a piece of meat. The sangria was good, but it's hard to go wrong with that one.

Clubbing would be different tonight. We bought a trip to BCM at Gogo tours. BCM is a big club in Palma. We would be picked up with the bus and also brought back, we already payed for the entrance in advance and there would be free drinks, with no limits. It all sounded like a great night out. Unfortunately it appeared to be so different. We went with 6 busses and yet the club was packed with English people. Don't get me wrong, nothing mean about them. But I have to say that there were so crazy people. Boys kissing eachother on stage, girls standing naked under the shower on stage and everything. Let's just say it wasn't the night we signed up for, but in the bus back we heard many agreed.

When we walked back from the busstop to our appartment we got into a strange fight with a spanish couple. The short and rude girl pushed my friend Lisa, but good for us we were walking with a group of spanish boys. They were talking to the crazy woman while we walked back to the hotel. Crazy things going on that night.

Mallorca day #3

2009-07-20T15:53:00.000-07:00

Friday was a great day because we went to AQUALAND. It is like the name already says a park with waterslides and everthing. We loved the big yellow tube slide because we fit all four together in that one. We basicly spent the whole afternoon at AQUALAND and went back with to bus to our appartment, or at least that is what we thought. Mister busdriver decided to take us all the way to Palma and make us step out of the bus. So there we were, hungry, moody, tired and not to mention sloppy looking and stranded in Palma. Thankfully we found our way back to the hotel, thanks to the nice busdriver, but it wasn't fun to stand in a bus with crying babies and smelly men.

Back at San Diego we tried gelato at the icecreamstore nextdoors. The gelato was the best. I had watermelon and green apple, oh damn that was good! It tasted even better than real watermelon and apple. After icecream we went to prepare ourselves for the night and while waiting for the shower me and Anne were shouting to some neighbors. That is how we got to meet Juan (more on him and his friends later), our spanish friend that stayed in the room below us.

We had fajita's at Tex Mex Cactus restaurant which was pretty good. They served big portions. We couldn't finish it all even though we were super hungry. After dinner we chilled a bit at our balcony. The balcony of our appartment is so great. It is big and spacy, it is so cool and relaxing with the oceanbreeze. Thinking about it makes me want to go back so bad.

As the usual we went to a few clubs, but ended to stay longer at 538 and Veronica. After clubbing we went to the beach to catch some fresh air and met two funny guys from London, with accent off course. We talked a bit and called it a night, even though it was somewhere around 6.30 am, and tried to catch some sleep.

Kaws exhibition at Gorilli

2009-07-20T14:30:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago, my brother and I received an email with an invitation for the Gorilli anniversary party at the store in Rotterdam. It would be a celebration for the future of the store. That same day the new BBC|Icecream collection dropped and also new OriginalFake items. Not only were there new collections, Gorilli had an exhibition of their Kaws collection. It included exclusive Be@rbricks, stormtrooper and many more. I picked up a pillow and brother bought a shirt. I could rant about this for much longer, but you just have to see it for yourself.(psst check out Andrew and Aaron rocking their Yeezy's for the first time)

Mallorca day #2

2009-07-20T07:29:00.000-07:00

The second day on the great island of Mallorca was a good one! We got to find out how everything kind of works. A guy we met at the beach told us there are "balneario's" from 1 to 15, which basicly are the sections of the boulevard. We started our day with breakfast at some sandwichspot that had the best mozzarella tomato baguette ever. We pretty much spent that day at the beach and it was really sunny that day.

After the beach we chilled out at our awesome terrace/balcony and enjoyed drinking out of our huge drinkingcups. We had a late lunch at McDonalds. Love french fries and chickennuggets, best combo ever. We got ready to out to dinner and pre-partyd a bit. We had dinner at Del Sol, which was a huge succes. The food was good and fresh, not even to mention the cocktails. The cocktails were even better. I had a strawberry daiquirie and it was so good! Lisa's sex on the beach was also really good.

This night during clubbing we discouvered 538. That was our homebase-club for the rest of the week. The music was ok, the employees were very friendly and they had a funny shot called kabouter, which is dutch for gnome. It was something with grenadine and they put it in a longdrink glas. You have to shake the glass with your hand covering the top, take the shot, shake the glass again and suck the alcohol out of it. It sounds weird this way, but it is actually pretty funny. Point of story is, it was a good day and night!

Mallorca day #1

2009-07-20T01:40:00.000-07:00

Right after graduation I headed home to finish packing because I had to catch my flight at 5.00 am. We had to check in 2.30 am which means I was not about to get sleep that night. Everything went smoothly and we were waiting at the gate entrance before we even knew. We tried to stay awake with some mocca frappucino's, my fave. We flew with a tiny tiny Transavia plane, with no radio/tv/games. After a 2,5 hour flight we arrived in Palma de Mallorca.

After picking up our luggage we had to wait for the bus to take us to Hotel San Diego, which would be our home for a week. While waiting among the palmtrees and other passangers we shot a few moments.

After the 15-minute busride we arrived at our hotel, where we were told we couldn't get our apartment until 1.30 pm, whilst it was 8.00 am! We just walked around for a bit sight seeing, sat at a cute terrace for hours. When we were finally allowed to get into our appartment we settled our stuff and went groceries shopping and went to go swimming in the beautiful ocean. That night we had dinner at Enchant, which was bad and went clubbing at Beach House, ClubNL, Black Magic, Cacao and some more in the German part. It was al so so.

Check out our amazing view from the balcony.

Graduation night

2009-07-20T01:32:00.001-07:00

July 7th 2009, the day I have been waiting for since forever it seems. The night of graduation for class 6 VWO of Alfrink College Zoetermeer. The ceremony held place at Stadstheater Zoetermeer, the local theater. I was happy to be able to share this special event with good friends, my family and my friends in the audience. Most graduates in the Netherlands don't get to wear a rope and hat. Luckily for me my school does have that as an old tradition, which made it a lot more official. So since that night I am in the possesion of one of my most valueble things, my VWO diploma.

Nike air yeezy triple release

2009-07-18T15:05:00.000-07:00

After several release pushbacks, Concrete Den Haag finally released the much anticipated Nike Air Yeezy in all three colorways, with a total of 18 pairs. Due to the limited pairs many people were dissapointed. My brother and friend managed to be second and third in line and cop a pair. They arrived in The Hague around 3.30 pm on friday and the shop opened at 9 am the next morning.

My brother got a pair in the black and pink colorway and my friend Aaron got the tan ones. I went by after the N*E*R*D concert (same day) to check up and picked them up the next morning. They looked so tired but satisfied and very protective of their $1000 worth of footwear fresh in the box.

18TH BDAY BASH

2009-07-16T15:50:00.000-07:00

Saturday july 4th 2009 was independence day in the USA but also the day for my birthday bash. It was at my favorite Chinese restaurant Kee Lun Palace in The Hague. Spent the night with some good friends. Got some really cool presents. A day to the Efteling with my chicas, 808s and heartbreak record, pink snakeskin clutch, talib kweli ticket (early gift) and many more. Thank you guys so much for coming and making it a good night!

NER*D at Your Music Festival Rotterdam

2009-07-16T10:24:00.001-07:00

No words can describe. N*E*R*D was so so great. It was so special to finally see my all time favorite band. I was sad Chad wasn't there, but hey that will keep me excited for the next time. The band opened with "anti-matter" which got me really hyped and by the time they performed "spazz" I was in music heaven. Classics like "Bobby James", "Rockstar", "Lapdance", "She wants to move" and "Fly or Die" made the evening unforgettable. Pharrell was in great shape and got the crowd going crazy for him.

I almost got on stage. Fam Lay told their security guy to pick me up, but the crazy woman next to me knocked the guy and so there goes my moment. Still that could not have ruined my night. It was AMAZING! Ooh and did I told you we were standing FRONT ROW? My friend told me the next day he saw me screaming on the big scream haha.

Bottom line, it was a great show, we had great weather and I love love love N*E*R*D.

PS: I did not got really upset for not getting on stage because in December I already had this moment with P.

Guess who's back

2009-07-16T10:20:00.000-07:00

Yes yes, flew back yesterday from Mallorca. I am back with lots of stories and pictures. Not only from Mallorca but also N*E*R*D, Nike Air Yeezy triple release, Kaws exhibition, my birthday bash, graduation and more! Stay tuned.

Transformers DVD box

2009-06-24T14:28:00.000-07:00

With the new Transformers movie coming out today, I wanted to watch the first movie before seeing the new one. Since I didn't have it I bought the DVD. When I returned home I saw it was a special edition DVD box that actually was a Transformer. It is a flat version of Optimus Prime. Way cool surprice and definitly the coolest DVD box I have seen so far. Check it out yourself.

Front sight of Optimus Prime.

The back with the DVD carrier.

Liona Loves leopard umbrella

2009-06-23T02:03:00.000-07:00

The weather in the Netherlands is very unpredictable. The sun might shine in february winter and be hiding behind the clouds in the summer. And when I say clouds, I don't mean the cute white cotton dots that look like they came out of a magazine no. I mean the big grey ones that look like they can spill their water any time. And that happends quite often, always when I'm not prepared. Let's just say that whenever it rains I won't look quite as fashionable as Rihanna in her umbrella video.

Luckily for me I picked up this really cute leopard umbrella when I was in Paris a few months ago. It's Marc by Marc Jacobs and has a clear handle. I love the umbrella which makes rain that less worse.

Liona Loves turning 18

2009-06-22T08:50:00.000-07:00

While I'm spending my last day as a seventeen year old, I was thinking about my perfect birthdayparty. I realised it actually is the one like Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl. The theme was Japan, which I really like. It had great food (sushi), music and entertainment (guitar hero). I loved how the apartment was decorated. The walls were japanese-ish white with dark wood screens. And for more festive decoration there were also sakura (cherryblossom) prints, loved it.

As for the outfit, Blair wore a little black dress, something I would wear too, combined with some killer heels. Something like Melody Ehsani's Asjai heels or Jimmy Choo's fire open boots. For more edge I would add Katy Perry's sushi manicure.

Picture credit to Cattlorett

Unfortunately I am not Blair Waldorf. But that doesn't mean there will be no celebration. I'll have my party at my favorite Chinese restaurant in The Hague and will celebrate turning 18 with good food and good people.

Street Casting

2009-06-21T03:01:00.000-07:00

The last I ever expected myself to do is to audition at a casting for a Dutch movie, but it happened! Friday june 19th before we went to the Idle Warship concert, we had some time to kill. While walking next to Schouwburgplein, a guy came up to us and asked if we wanted to do the audition. First we were all kinda laughing and not wanting to do it, but we ended up doing it anyways. It was a fun experience, but I'm glad I don't aspire to be an actress, because I am so bad at acting.

The casting was for the Dutch movie "Komt een vrouw bij de dokter", which is based on the book written by Kluun. Carice van Houten,who internationally broke through in Valkyrie, will have a big part in the movie. The audition was sponsored by Jameson Irish Whisky.

Zachary snapped some pictures while I was goofing.

Liona Loves Talib Kweli

2009-06-20T14:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we last minute decided to go to see Talib Kweli at Watt in Rotterdam. Talib was performing with his Idle Warship. They were here for the celebration of the first anniversary of the Gorilli store. The warm-up performance by the PanAfricanZ wasn't all that to me. The main act was really good, with his high energy Talib knew how to hype the crowd and I was loving it at the end of the night. Idle Warship has great female singers, Res and Graph Noble. Res has an amazing voice live and Graph Noble is one sassy lady who can also rap, I like. I hope they enjoyed their first performance in Rotterdam, I know I did.

Too bad no pictures, except for this crappy one I took with my phone.

Liona Loves to have passed finals

2009-06-20T13:32:00.000-07:00

Yes yes, I did it. I passed for the VWO finals. In the Netherlands it is a tradition to raise the flag and hang your old schoolbag on it.

With my old bag hanging in the air, my parents thought I might like to have a new bag. So as a graduation present they got me the Louis Vuitton Speedy 30 Damien Azur. I love it, the picture really doesn't do it justice.

Liona still Loves mobbies

2009-06-17T02:20:00.000-07:00

The most anticipated female sneaker that came out in 2008 has to be the Reebok freestyle x Married to the MOB x Colette. After seeing the first pictures of the white clean basic background of the shoe, the MOB signature lips and to top it of a red glitter sole that actually forms big lips when you pair the shoes, I was falling for the shoe and had to have a pair. Our annual Paris family trip couldn't come at any better time, since it was in the same week as the shoes would drop at Colette.

Unfortunately Colette said that most of the shoes were sold out, but they gave me the tip to keep an eye on the webshop, cause I might never know. With that said I was dissapointed and kinda gave up on the shoe. Luckily for me my brother didn't. After a few weeks we returned from Paris he gave me a call when I was in school. He said there was a pair in my size and he put it on hold for me. I rushed home and ordered them and had them two days after that.

We are a year after that and I still love the shoes to death. It's just a bit sad that they look pretty worn out now. But that is the risk of wearing any shoe. Besides, shoes are there to wear!

Liona Loves Blogging-time

2009-06-16T15:41:00.000-07:00

My exams are over and the last few weeks I've just been celebrating the end of my final year of high school. The results will come in on thursday, which is very exciting. The end of exams also means that my 3 month vacation has begun and that means more blogging-time! Get ready for more posts...

Liona Loves NER*D

2009-06-08T05:36:00.000-07:00

These tickets make it official. Friday july 3th its ON! N*E*R*D that is. That means me, my brother and friends will be in the same space as Pharrell - speaks for itself, GREAT -, Chad - who can play ANY instrument in the world - , Shae - who has the most camo pants I've ever seen. They will play outdoor at the Your World music festival in Rotterdam. Let's hope for nice weather, a good crowd and us dancing on stage. It doesn't get better than that.

Nice to meet you

2008-12-16T13:29:00.000-08:00

The girl behind the stories in short. Liona, 17 yr, living in The Netherlands.

LOVES

Family&Friends / shoes / iPod / MAC nail laquer in steamy / NERD / dim sum / ghettogold
Kanye West / lipbalm / animal print / cup-a-noodles / curling iron / Amy Winehouse
sex and the city / partying / sushi / camwhoring / little dresses / Teriyaki Boyz / ice cream cones socks
sunglasses / gossip girl / strawberry bodybutter / Comme des Garcons x H&M / kungfu panda
silky fabrics / magazines / shoeboxes / south park / knuckle rings / doing whatever I feel like doing

non-LOVES
rainy days / dirty laces / low-battery on phone / flavourless chewing gum / emo's
dust / lack of closet space / deadlines / chips in my nailpolish / reading shakespeare
fakers / heavy schoolbag / ironing clothes / not being able to do what I feel like doing

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