I'm back from the East Coast!

Coffee and Breakfast Sandwiches at Inatteso Cafe Casano in NYC

Architecture Exterior of a Cathedral in NYC

Harper's Ferry in West Virginia

A suburban block all decked out in Xmas lights and decorations

Rockefeller Center

New York street art and wall mural

Discovered graffiti/street art while strolling through NYC- "Protect Yo heART"

"LOVE" on the side of a building in Baltimore

Head in the clouds, a sky picture taken on the plane

Panorama in front of the One World Trade tower 

Panorama of Downtown Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Here are some of the pictures I took from the East Coast in Baltimore and in New York. The pictures are captioned as follows. Also, I have confirmed and will be going back to New York in the beginning of February as part of my grand prize for winning Sorel's Style Contest! I will update you guys and also post pictures from that trip afterwards. 

I am excited for the new year, and I can't believe 2016 begins this week! I finally made a Facebook page for my blog and Instagram. If you guys get the chance, please check it out and also "Like" the page. :) I will post plenty of pictures on there, including some that won't be on my Instagram, since I can upload multiple pictures and create albums on Facebook. 

I will do my best to blog more, especially in the new year, but I will be consistently updating my Facebook page and Instagram. Keep in touch and I wish you all a Happy New Year and a fantastic start to 2016! In the meantime, enjoy the pictures, and I'll catch up with you guys again in 2016. :)

Cheers,

~Tiff 

The New Year and this Christmas 2015

I have an announcement to make! So, I will be going to New York and the East Coast for Christmas and again in January of 2016. The trip to the East Coast for Christmas is for vacation, but my second trip back to the East Coast in January is because I won a trip to New York! I entered in Sorel's Style Contest on Instagram and was lucky enough to be chosen as the grand prize winner. I am really grateful, ecstatic, and excited for this trip. 

I will keep you guys posted on any other new developments and updates for December. I will definitely blog again before I leave for my trip at the end of this month and also before  my trip with Sorel to NY! 

I will update you guys while I'm on the trip through the speed and convenience of my Instagram! But I definitely will make a blog post dedicated to the Sorel trip afterwards, so hopefully you guys will look forward to that as much as I am looking forward to it :). 

Well, Happy December 1st everyone! I hope you all are doing well and excited for the holidays and the New Year! :)

Keep in touch! 

~Tiff 

Hello Kitty Party at the EMP

I won't write a long caption or explanation for this, but these are the pictures I took from the Hello Kitty EMP Party. I will update you guys on new events and news soon! Happy Hump Day and have a great rest of your week. :)

~Tiff 

Paradox of Place Press Preview 10/30/15

The trees outside of the Seattle Asian Art Museum were so eerie and beautiful, I had to take a pic

These are all pictures from the Paradox of Place Press Preview, this last Friday. I took these photos from the exhibition and it was such an honor going and being able to see the exhibit before it was open to the public. They served coffee and small cookies as refreshments and snacks in the main lobby before we were given a tour of the whole exhibit. Each portion of the exhibit was very captivating and intriguing to the viewer. The content really made you think about what message they were trying to convey through their installation/media and why they had decided to utilize those certain items. If you are in the area, definitely go and check out the exhibit! :) 

Also, I will have another personal post of just pictures that I took at Freaknight from this past weekend on Halloween day. Next week, I will have a post up about attending the Uniqlo Grand Opening event and the VIP party this week. Music wise- I am also very excited to see one of my new favorite up and coming djs, Hermitude this weekend. Saturday, I will be going to another Seattle Art Museum event for the Diwali Lights Festival. I will keep you guys posted and updated here and on my Instagram on all these activities. 

Look forward to more fashion posts as well this month and until the new year with more fashion Instagram contests. Hope you guys are all having a wonderful start of the week so far and the start of November! I'll talk to you later!

                                                      ~Tiff 

(P.S.: I extremely apologize for the weird formatting of the text and several of the photos for this post. For some reason, Blogger is being weird and not acting normally for me. I would center everything, including my text post, but when I actually publish/preview the post it won't change or save my format for centering all my pictures and text. I didn't want to bother waiting for an email reply from some tech support nonsense, so I apologize, but for now, and I don't know how much longer, I might have weird formatting and off-center posts..hopefully this doesn't affect the content quality!!)

My Blog

I'm not sure who this picture belongs to, but I found it from tumblr 

I first discovered this word and its meaning years ago around the time I first created a Tumblr profile for personal use. It held so much meaning for me and it has stuck with me ever since I came across it. I had always had this feeling without knowing how to explain it, let alone there would be a term or word for the feeling. The word "sonder" was accurate in describing my curiosity of feeling connected with everyone else and the wonderment of just being a part of something bigger and having my life some how be intertwined with others. Because the word resonated so well with my core being and outlook on life, I wanted to use and incorporate it as my alias for my blog, Instagram, and other social media handles as my second identity. I decided to add the word "wonder" as part of the name because it rhymed with "sonder" and gave a nice ring to the name as a whole. Besides the rhyming aspect, part of the feeling and meaning of "sonder" includes the factor of wonder- and wondering and pondering with this feeling of "sonder." And that's how this blog was born. 

I decided to create a blog where I can share my own life, my story, my adventures, and my experiences with others in the world so, in a way, others can feel or see how our lives are intertwined, even if it is someone who just stumbled upon my blog and glanced over it. For those who stare out their windows at the moon every night and think about what it'd be like to live halfway across the world or be in someone else's shoes, for those who wonder about that feeling of "sonder" all the time, hopefully this blog fully lives up to the meaning and name. 

Stay tuned for recent updates of what's been happening with me and for a recap post on Bumbershoot this week. Next week, look for a special post on my most recent collaboration project using my Instagram photos. I will be going to several fashion events this month and will have blog posts on those events as well. On another note, I just dyed my hair and managed to fix it after a hair fiasco with the salon. I'm happy with how it turned out and am glad that I was able to salvage it. I'll have an updated picture soon, once I decide to take a selfie but I'm too lazy and I don't like taking pictures of my face. Anyways, have a great rest of your week and I'll talk to you guys again soon!

~Tiff

Falling in love with Fall 20!5 & all that's yet to come

CRUDE VANDALISM

"It's gunna be red. Cruise thru"

"Leaving it empty was more honest"

These are pictures I took from the art show I visited yesterday at the Glass Box Art Gallery in Seattle (also mentioned in an earlier post). Besides the art show, what else have I been doing? Well...

I've been working at my part time contractor position for Microsoft, my start-up internship, shooting pics for a local IG contest, and collaborating on a marketing project campaign using my IG photos. The campaign project has already started and will be finalized soon this October! I will update you guys on the results and when the campaign project has been finalized. I'll write a feature post about that specific project and I'll also post all the pictures used for the campaign upon completion. So stay tuned! ;) 

I'm very excited for the campaign project, and I can't wait to see the final results. Most of the final pictures are already on my Instagram and are also submitted as part of the Bellevue Fashion Week Street Style contest. I'm looking forward to Bellevue Fashion Week, as I'm planning on going to the Independent Designer Fashion Show and also to the exclusive Press Media/Blogger conference with Cara from Vogue for media bloggers only. I will keep you guys posted and upload pictures from these upcoming events soon. 

I'll also be attending a local fashion show the same weekend as Bellevue Fashion Week at one of Seattle's local community colleges, which will support the overseas study program for international students. I recently had gone to one day of PAX, the gaming convention, that was held at Washington State's Convention Center and had a blast. It was my first time going, and I am happy I got to experience and see everything there. There were people who dressed up as characters from the Mad Max movie, and they even drove Uber cars decorated as the vehicles from the Mad Max movie. But my overall favorite exhibits from the expo hall were the Indie Game booths and Giant Behemoth Games. 

This Labor Day weekend, I am really looking forward to going to the Bumbershoot Music Festival at Seattle Center. It will be my first time going, and I can't wait to see many of my favorite artists such as the Weeknd, Chance the Rapper, Flosstradamus, Zedd, Jhene Aiko, Borgore, and more. I will write a post on Bumbershoot and upload pictures from the event next week. But, if you want faster coverage just check on my Instagram!

Lots of exciting things happening, so check back soon and I'll keep you guys posted! Last, but not least, sometime over this weekend I'll have a personal bio post on my blog and the meaning behind the name. I'll talk about why I created this blog and why I decided on this name. In the meantime, have a great Labor Day Weekend! :)

~Tiff