January 1st, 2016.
Let's have some recap on what happened to me in 2015.

1. Another conference to attend. This time, much more memorable.

2. Solo travelling to Japan (the country I included in my bucket list and I TRULY LOVE). More photos and stories here.




3. Cut my hair short, then turned it to pink purple color.




4. Published my very first collection in LINE DECO as an artist.

5. Produced 2 personal lyrical artworks.

Once Upon a Dream

Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again

6. 1st THESIS DEFENSE! My Master degree ends soon. It was so fast, 2 years past too quick. Sorry, no picture.

7. And, a lot of personal life things going on. Up and Down.

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Finally, I can leave 2015 with no regrets. The year of suffering has come to an end.

TA-DA! Actually it's more like violet purple but it turned out to be a bit pink and purple mixed together. Well... I've been wanting to dye this color tho. So.. YAAAYYY!

Hello again, pink purple hair.

FYI, I dyed my hair in a salon near my dorm. It costs 40k won for the bleaching and another 40k for the coloring. It's actually a 'coating color' only so it won't damage the hair badly. The auntie there is super kind. She bought us an ice cream waffle, for me and Yvonne (who waits for me there T.T). It's my first experience dyeing my hair in salon tho, while I'm living in Korea. Usually I did it myself by purchasing some hair dye from beauty store like ARITAUM or Watson/Olive Young. It costs cheaper tho but sometimes the color didn't turn out well if you do it yourself.

So, piece of advice from me. If you want to do hair coloring but not the natural hair color (no need bleaching), just do it in a hair salon. Look for the good one. Cheap price doesn't mean good result. And famous salon one usually cost double price from the ordinary salon. So, be wise :)

Bye for now.

PAR// Natalia Pek
Talent// Riina Kangas
Stylist// Tabita Ivana
Art Direction// Indah Sari & Celia Asallie

© 2015

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Sorry for neglecting this blog. Not quite a long hiatus but I've been busy with thesis and everything. Honestly, I fell in love with this concept. Actually I was preparing another concept for a photoshoot but these friends of mine reminds me of Lana Del Rey's song for Maleficent. The 'Once Upon a Dream' in dark version seems to fit my taste :p

Check out the full version in my behance.

PAR// Natalia Pek
Talent// Tabita Ivana

Busan © 2015

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Finally, I got a little spare time in the middle of busy days. Actually I'm just bored and tired of doing my assignments so I just grab a friend of mine and do some personal project. It's been a while since I do emotive and lyrical project.

This time, I did 'Only Hope' song from A Walk to Remember. They got 2 versions of this song, one is popular one by Mandy Moore, the other is by the original composer Switchfoot. I personally like Switchfoot's version better. So yeah...

You know the lyrics. Or if not, google it yourself.

Check my behance for the full version.

Kekasih,
Masih ingatkah kau tentang cerita di bawah pohon rindang...
Angin berhembus pelan,
Dan bunga berjatuhan ke telapak tangan..

Hangat tubuhmu yang menyelimutiku..
Petikan senar gitar melantunkan lagu dari jiwa..
Ku rasakan aman bersamamu..

Haruskah ku masuk ke dalam alam mimpi,
Meskipun hadirmu disini memberi arti lebih dari sekedar angan...

Ultimate dinner: katsu curry rice, caramel pudding, and BEER

Got this crane from the hotel I stayed

Osaka Museum of Art

Osaka Castle, Osaka

Finally, the HARAJUKU me

Fushimi-Inari Taisha, Kyoto

Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto

PINK sakura

The Official Conference picture