A New Blog

A domain belongs to myself!


www.xuxiaopain.com


Welcome to my new garden :)


And I'll keep updating here for a while! Because next semester I'll go back to China, and cannot get access to blogspot conveniently, which bothers me :(


Luckily I can keep updating the new blog within the GFW (Great Fire Wall) of China, so come to see me in my new blog!!


I'll both update in English and Chinese. 


Keep in touch :)

Here is a funny photo... hope you like it !

How far away are we from the truth?

I learned how to deal with Photoshop when I was in primary school, around 1998. At that time, Photoshop was only a kind of software for drawing, and following the instructions given by our teacher, we learned how to draw a series of birds on the "paper", and to do some collages from several smaller images. However, one could never image at that time that 10 years later, Photoshop would become a software to "change the truth".

For many girls who like to take photos, and also for models and stars, Photoshop even more important than skin care and the makeups. It can hide every short coming on you, your short legs, your bad skin condition, your fat waist... Everyone can become Angelina Jolie if they wish, with a proper makeup and of course, clicks in the software of Photoshop.

As one of the people who knew Photoshop since the earliest time, I never knew how to "change my face" with it until very recent. The things I done with that is only to change tones of the color or make some tiny filter. However I recognized that as "it is impolite to meet someone without makeups", it is also impolite to face you all without any Photoshop. So I Photoshoped a photo of mine according to Asian aesthetic.

Voila, bigger eyes, thiner eyebrows, deeper orbitals, smaller nose and higher bridge of the nose. Is it better? (I know my level...It is not so good...)

However I kept my thick lips. It is my signal according to my families and friends; without them I won't be me!

This is the original version. 

Colorful Garden Days

If asked where to go after school, my answer is not bar or shops, but gardens. Paris is a city of gardens, I enjoy walking on the sands and reading among the flowers.

The Parisians do this also. Gardens are always filled with persons, especially the most famous garden, "Jardin du Luxemburg". It is a site you cannot miss if you are planning a tour to Paris. Everyday the citizens in Paris go to gardens, reading, jogging, or simply sun bathing. 

This hobby to go to gardens are rooted in the childhood of Parisians. I also have lots of memories of playing in the gardens when I was very young, and until today, this memories are still the prettiest ones.

I love the gardens.

(Zara top; Diesel short; Sandro cardigan; Topshop bag; Dr Martens boots.)

Une Soiree chez Centre Pompidou

Never ask a person what is contemporary art: it is about feeling, about psycho, about concept, about atmosphere... but never about "what is it". I love it because when you face it, you will never get bored. The same thing express tremendous things, you can explain according to your understanding. My friends can not bare it; nevertheless I love them.  

Paris is the city of art; Pompidou is the place of heart. No gallery in the world can be compared with it, because it's the France National Museum of Modern Art. It makes me emotionally restless just hearing the name. It is the pioneer of the whole world's art. 

Centre Pompidou will hold "les Jeudis" occasionally. This event is about performance art, which usually hard to display in the gallery. by interaction between artists and watchers, and the combination of visual and acoustic art, one can experience a totally new type of art, which is soft and touchable, and also gorgeous. 

The heating in museums and galleries in Paris is always hot. I feel like summer inside Pompidou. It is weired that although last week people have to wear thick coats, today we dressed like summer. I do not like summer; because I hate to sweat. Summer is eternally the best season, so, treasure now, everyone. 

(Agnes b. dress; Ferragamo shoes; Marc by Marc Jacobs handbag.）

Bye bye winter!!

For the last time, I put my wool coat on. Spring is coming, yet there is still a little cold in the early morning. I promise it is the last time this season: because it's getting warmer!

I and Shelly had a picnic beside the Seine this afternoon and we agree that we should urge ourselves to lose some fat to welcome the beautiful season. However we  were eating wraps at the same time, because we also believe that we can reach our best shape by enjoying ourselves!

I just cannot wait to put my dresses on. Because I am always dressed like a boy when I wear the coat!!

（Lanvin for H&M sunglasses; Max Mara coat; vintage shirt; Diesel jeans.）

Quiet like the Sun

The days passed quietly like the sun. After long cloudy, the radiation of sunlight spread all over Paris today. Gorgeous. It is spring, and the daylight will be longer and longer day by day. I put on a scarf to celebrate the coming of spring.

Happend to listened to some Daoba (島唄) yesterday. They are kinds of folk songs from southern islands in Japan like Okinawa and Amami. They are quiet also, and quite beautiful. Share with you. This is a Amami Daoba from Ikue Asazaki, who is already over her 70s, the best singer from Amami Island. 

Welcoming Spring

Spring is always the happiest season! The warm, sunny and floral time of the year is unique in one year, you should never miss it.

The cherry blossom is blooming. At this moment, is the season of sakura. But in Japan, due to the mass earthquake and tsunami, so many people left before they saw this year's sakura blooming...may they rest in peace. 

After the whole winter's hibernation, it's time to come out and play! Though there is still cold in the early spring, cardigans are enough already.

I love my camera because of its function of automatically shooting. With this function you can go anywhere alone and do not have to give up the right of taking photos of your self. What's more, the display monitor of my camera can be twisted to my side, so it's more convenient to taking photos of myself!

I love this pair of sunglass and my small red bag. This year is my fate year, the Chinese year of rabbit. In your fate year, you should always carry something red to avoid bad luck (it is said in the fate year you will face the worst luck ever!! I hate this mysticism tradition). However, red is a great color because it gives you good complexion and always make you delighted!

 (vintage hat, sunglasses from Topshop Unique, vintage cardigans[green], cardigans from Topshop, handbag from Printemps, necklace from my friend)