Pearls, sneakers and a new haircut / Biseri, tenisice i nova frizura

They say pearls match everything, don't they? Well, why not try pairing them with sneakers? I love pairing dresses with sneakers because I'm all about that causal yet feminine chic. If I can have a bit of pattern mixing (for example striped sneakers with floral dress), why then I turn into a blissfully happy girl. If I can be comfortable and still feel dressed up, well then I don't have anything else to ask for in my style voyage.  Colours, patterns, mix of styles.... all these elements came together to create the kind of outfit I feetl best in. What else can I say? I felt pretty darn good wearing this. New haircut made me feel even better. When you feel like you can’t change anything, change your hairstyle. It might give you a new perspective. Few things can make us feel as confident as having a great hair day. Am I right, my darlings? Sure, changing our hairstyle is a risk but life is always about risk tasking. Besides, it is not like our hair won't grow back, is it?

Kažu da se biseri slažu sa svime, zar ne? Zašto ih onda ne nositi i s tenisicama?  Volim nositi haljine s tenisicama jer mi veoma dopadaju ženstvene, a opet ležerne odjevne kombinacije. Ukoliko mogu dobiti miješanje uzoraka (npr. tenisice s prugama i cvjetna haljina), onda sam blaženo sretna djevojka. Ukoliko mi može biti udobno, a da se u isto vrijeme osjećam i dotjerano, onda nemam više što tražiti što se stila. Boje, uzorci, mješavina stilova...svi ti elementi su se povezali u onaj tip odjevne kombinacije koja mi se najviše sviđa. Što mogu još reći? Osjećala sam se jako dobro u ovome. Nova frizura još mi je više podigla raspoloženje. Kada vam se čini da ne možete ništa promijeniti, promijenite svoju frizuru. Možda vam to da novu perspektivu. Malo nas stvari čini tako samopouzdanima kao savršena kosa. Jesam li u pravu, dragi moji? Istina, promjena frizura je uvijek pomalo rizik, ali život je pun rizika. Na kraju krajeva, nije da nam kosa neće ponovo narasti, zar ne?

A book in my hand. What a surprise! :) Well, let's get to the point. This novel  Bitter Traces (at least that's how I would translate the title) by Nikola Mihaljević left me a bit frustated. It started off wonderfully and it left me puzzled as to why I haven't heard of this author before. Little did I know that soon I was to find out why. The novel is quite messy. The first four chapters are brilliant, the characters are well rounded and the story is fascinating. After that, it all goes down hill. It's like the first four chapters were written by a good writer and all the rest by a mad one. Upon having read it this morning, all I could feel was bitterness. No inspiration, no light, no hope...and it is not because the book deals with difficult themes. God only knows how many books I've read so far that could be labelled that way. It is just that there is no light in this book, no deeper message, no conclusion...it feels more like a sketch for a novel than a real novel. Without doubt, it is one of the most depressive books that I've read. I literally like there was darkness heading my way with every new sentence. Moreover, it just isn't a good piece of writing, it is not a well written novel. It's rushed, messy, unfinished....I don't recommend it. Lesson of the day- just because author is uknown, doesn't mean that he is good. Often I get blown away by works written by uknown authors. Not this time! 

Knjiga u mojoj ruci! Koje iznenađenje! Dobro, idemo to odmah pojasniti. Roman Gorki Tragovi Nikole Mihaljevića me učinio pomalo frustriranom. Početak je bio divan pa sam se pitala kako to da nikada prije nisam čula za ovoga pisca. Uskoro mi je sve postalo jasno. Roman je jako neuredan. Prva četiri poglavlja su odlična, njihovi likovi su dobro zaokruženi, a njihova priča zanimljiva. Poslije toga slijedi katastrofa. Kao da je prva četiri poglavlja napisao dobar pisac, a ostatak (bez uvrijede) luđak. Kada sam dovršila ovu knjigu jutros, sve što sam osjećala je ogorčenje. Nimalo nadahnuća, nade, svijetla...a nije to zato što u knjizi ima teških tema. Sam Bog zna koliko sam knjiga pročitala koje se mogu nazvati teškim. Jednostavno u ovoj knjizi nema svijetla, nema dublje poruke, nema zaključka...imam osjećaj da je to prije skica za roman nego pravi roman. Bez sumnje, to je jedna od najdepresivnijih knjiga koje sam pročitala. Doslovno sam imala osjećaj da tama juri prema meni svakom rečenicom. Nadalje, to jednostavno nije dobro štivo i ne radi se o dobro napisanom romanu. Požuren je, neuredan, nedovršen...ne mogu ga preporučiti. Pouka dana- samo zato što je autor nepoznat, ne znači da je dobar. Često me oduševe djela nepoznatih autora. Ne ovaj put!

floral dress/cvjetna haljina: not branded, nije markirana
blazer/sako: vintage
sneakers/tenisice: startas
bag/torba:  handmade Croatian folklore bag/hrvatska folknorna torba ručni rad

Nothing is certain in life. We might pick up a book and end up feeling like we've lost our time but if we don't try, if we don't read a lot, then we probably won't find those books that will be precious to us, those books that will make us believe in humankind again, that will make us feel alive and happy to alive. Either way you turn it, you can't avoid taking risks. We must love, even if it means we will get hurt, we must put our trust in others, even if we will be betrayed. We all make mistakes but there is always hope. There is always love. There is always strenght. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 

Ništa u životu nije sigurno. Možemo uzeti neku knjigu i na kraju osjećati da smo izgubili svoje vrijeme, ali ako ne pokušamo, ako ne čitamo puno, onda vjerojatno nećemo naći one knjige koje će nam biti dragocjene, one knjige zbog kojih ćemo ponovo povjerovati u čovječanstvo, one knjige koje će učiniti da se osjećamo živima i sretnima što smo živi. Kako god okrenete, rizike ne možemo izbjeći. Moramo voljeti, čak i ako budemo povrijeđeni, moramo vjerovati drugima, čak i ako će nas izdati. Svi mi griješimo ali uvijek ima nade. Uvijek ima ljubavi. Uvijek ima snage. Nemojte da vas itko uvjeri u nešto drugo.