my name is lula. for real.

title says it all.
and i miss flo's character - just wish i'm inspired enough to write again.

wowza,
a new lizzie story!
 
this isn't much,
more of an intro that she's back-
include a bit of nate & @lemonade-lagoon (girl i miss chu & ceci & all those crazy fun times b1 & b2 had!!)
 
//
 
Hello lovely Upper East Siders
 
It's been a while,
but guess who's back in town-
& she's not alone.
 
Linking arms like a couple back on their honeymoon-
well, it probably is
'cos rumor has it they've spent all those months MIA
in viva la france!-
it's peculiar how nobody recognised them...
 
Maybe everyone's forgotten about them.
Been gone for too long does that.
 
She's from Hollywood,
so she should know...
wouldn't you, my dear, L?
 
xoxo
GG
 
/
01/03
(i'm not sure about the dates but if anyone wants to mention liz, she's back from Mar onward)
 

Armed with a grande cup of coffee and the morning papers, I walked down the familiar streets feeling slightly nostalgic - distance makes the heart grow fonder, and as I looked up at the skyscrapers it truly felt like I was back home.
 
"I never thought New York City could be such a welcoming sight," I spoke to Libby over the phone as I took a careful sip of my coffee.
 
Libby, now sporting a baby bump the last time I saw her on the cover of People magazine, would be my early morning wake up call (literally) since my arrival back to the States. She didn't spare me with the nagging and that whole 'you have no idea how worried we were' speech but after a few days had passed, she had loosened up and became chattier about baby plans.
 
"But I don't think I would want to raise the baby there," she replied. "Apartments just aren't baby-friendly ... and we have our own garden and a kick-ass view of the beach from the backyard here in LA."
 
I tried to remember the LA home - my home that I grew up in - and felt all warm and fuzzy inside. The place is wonderful, which was why I made a fuss when I was shipped to the Big Apple initially.
 
But now that I've been away for a while, I actually didn't mind being back in the city.
 
As I stopped at a crossing, I spotted the penthouse I was heading towards and promised Libby to pay a visit soon before hanging up. I smiled at the thought of playing big sister soon - I just crossed my finger that the new kid wouldn't be horrid.
 
The green man flashed and I moved along with the crowd as they crossed the street. I hadn't noticed him till I reached the penthouse building, and found a familiar somebody walking towards me.
 
"Damn, it's true!" were his first few words as we stopped facing each other.
 
I cocked an eyebrow, and stared at him slightly baffled. "What is true, Nate Carters?"
 
"That you're back in town."
 
"Did that gossip blog thingy announce my comeback?"
 
"Yeah, pretty much."
 
I found myself smiling again. I didn't know whether it was a good or bad thing, but that would mean I am still relevant enough to be talked about. Oh, how I miss this city...
 
"How's France?" Nate asked, crossing his arms as he flashed a smile at me.
 
I found myself crossing my own arms as I gave a light nod. "It's good. France is ... France. You know..."
 
I left my sentence hanging in the air, and suddenly the two of us just stood in awkward silence. I didn't know what else I should say to Nate and he looked like he was in the same dilemma.
 
"Well," Nate finally spoke as he uncrossed his arms and stuck his hands into the back of his jean pockets. A crooked smile lit his face as he continued, "You're back for good, right?"
 
I nodded. Then as if to reaffirm myself, I replied, "Of course."
 
"Great."
 
He gave a gentle pat on my head - which I would usually find annoying but somehow I let him be this morning - as he walked off, but paused a second later as he turned around. "Oh, just a little advice..."
 
"Hm?"
 
"I know this is between the two of you but ...you should probably go meet him. He wasn't too happy when you left /like that/." He gave a cheeky wink at me before walking off.
 
I just stared at his back. But I fully understood what and who he was talking about. I took a gulp of my coffee, as if to drown away that sudden feeling of guilt inside me and continued walking into the building.
 
The doorman greeted me with a warm smile as I walked into the lobby, tapping my heels against the marble floor to some tune stuck in my head while waiting for the elevator. The door finally opened, and out popped my mother.
 
"Lizzie, what're you doing here?" she asked, surprised as she greeted me with a hug. I tried not to wince - I hate hugs, period - but didn't force myself away from her.
 
"We're suppose to have our breakfast date today, remember?" I asked, gesturing to my coffee and the papers. "I called yesterday to remind you."
 
She muttered an 'oh' before looking at me with guilt. "I almost forgot..." I stared at her blankly but she quickly added, "I'm getting some bagels across the street, come along."
 
"Sure."
 
She dragged me to a nice little deli right across the street where we grabbed some bagels to go. Along the way back to her place, she wouldn't stop asking me about everything.
 
"Did you climb the Eiffel?"
"What's your favorite coffee?"
"Are you going to come back to Verona?"
 
I had to raise my hand up at her midway. "Stop - you're starting to bug me, Mom," I pointed out. Her face suddenly dropped but then I added, "I'm not going anywhere now, so you can have all the time to ask me those questions."
 
"I'm sorry, Liz, it's just that I get too eager now that you and I ... we're both talking and meeting," she spoke. "It's like I'd just won the golden ticket, you know ... for being the best mother in the world or something."
 
I rolled my eyes, but grinned. "You're not qualified for that. But I could avoid you for only so long, I guess. And I realize while I was away that reconnecting with my past is probably the best."
 
Mom looked like she would be in tears any minute now, but instead she flashed a smile and we continued walking back to her place.
 
"By the way," she asked as we got into the elevator later. "What happened in France? And I saw the photos of you and that Derrick boy front row at Chanel during Fashion Week. Are you two back together?"
 
I turned to her and chuckled. Something about how worked up and curious she was reminded me of an old good friend of mine. "Seriously, Mom. I'm starting to wonder if Ceci's invaded your body or something."
 
She let out a chuckle, too. But she was persistent about one thing: "Tell me about this Derrick. Seriously."
 
The elevator reached the penthouse and I pretty much raced out, heading straight towards her kitchen - wherever it was.
 
"Down the hallway, to the right," Mom pointed out and I followed her direction well to find the kitchen. I dropped the bags of bagels down on her kitchen counter and helped myself to a can of soda.
 
"You're avoiding the subject, Lizzie Davis," she suddenly popped up behind me, arms crossed, a cheeky grin plastered on her face. "The million dollar question, what's happening with Derrick?"
 
"God, who are you? People magazine or something?"
 
She gave a nonchalant shrug. But she wasn't going to back down, I realize, and I let out a defeated sigh. "Fine. We are."
 
She raised her eyebrows.
 
"Derrick and I - we're back together. Happy now, Little Miss Nosy?" I pushed past her heading towards the seating room and I swore I heard her shout aloud 'Score!' behind my back.
 
I laughed, amused by her reaction, but also that pang of guilt from earlier suddenly rushed in. Maybe I should take up Nate's advise - it's probably about time I face those demons that I'd been running away from.

it took me soooooo~ many days to actually get this done
SIGH
 
but yes, kiddos
lizzie is back.
break out the party!!
or maybe not.
 
anyway
here's the short recap-
i got super frustrated halfway through...
i think it's pretty obvious
i just don't have that much of concentration level no more
SOBS.
 
@vampire-weakend @emgeemtee @mclovinn @lalasparkles @laurcams94 @lovelygabriella @little-red
 

LIZZIE DAVIS
"THEN & NOW"
 
-
 

'That Crazy Girl from Hollywood'
 
Lizzie Davis was the daughter of famous Hollywood producer and an aspiring artist. It was normal for celebrity spawns to be in the limelight, but when her mother left the family (to pursue her dream AND with a much younger man, no less) Lizzie became an instant pap-magnet. She blamed everyone and their mother for everything that happened, and turned to partying, drinking, and becoming best friends with Paris Hilton. Everywhere Lizzie goes, the cameras would follow. Hollywood just scored itself a new bad girl.
 
Before she hit rock-bottom, her father decided to intervene: by sending her off to New York City, where she was to be taken care of by his then-girlfriend, Libby, while undergoing counselling. He even made her live in a normal apartment - you know, so paps wouldn't find her.
 
Lizzie didn't really care much about counselling or moving or even staying with Libby, but what ticked her off the most when she found out that she would be attending one of the world's most prestigious academies on the Upper East Side - Monroe.
 
Preppy uniforms.
Spawns of the rich and powerful.
Everything that Lizzie was allergic to - but she had to make it work if she ever wanted to go back to Hollywood.
 
How hard could it be to stay low-key, and most importantly, out of trouble?
 

 
ONE: 'NEW KID ON THE BLOCK'
 
Lizzie suffered a bad case of culture shock when she first arrived on the UES. The whole uniform thing at school wasn't making things easier for her, neither was the fact that pretty much everyone recognized her (oh, the irony of her dad's 'stay incognito plan').
 
Luckily, she found a new friend during her first few days in the city. His name was Robert Samuels, and as days passed, Lizzie learnt that he was some sort of celebrity himself. Just not in a very good way...but he made her feel welcome and he's the only friend she's got to turn to then.
 
While she tries to fend off all temptations that would drag her back to her old ways, little did she realize that the more time she spent with Rob, the more she was revealing a different side of her.
 
What started out as a passing advise as a friend soon got her a little too involved in the drama on the UES - the one that would involve scheming and ruining the life of the Queen, Cameron DiVello.
 

TWO: 'THE DYNAMIC DUO'
 
The Rob-Liz duo was in full force during prom season. Rob has always had an obsession with getting into a certain UES Queen's pants. He had roped in Lizzie as adviser as he cooked up some scheme to get what he wants. Lizzie, surprisingly, enjoys this little game.
 
Lizzie enjoyed a little 'fame' within the UES crowd, no thanks to a little feature in the local gossip blast, GOSSIP GIRL. Well, it's inevitable now that she's glued to Rob and ruining lives left and right. Especially if those lives included Cam DiVello's, who by now, hates Lizzie. The feeling's mutual, though Lizzie can't really put a finger as to why she feels that way about Cam.
 
She found a new friend in Ceci Moon, who was a complete opposite of herself yet nothing like the other kids at Monroe. They instantly hit it off and were sworn soul sisters. And Ceci's a much better friend that Rob ever was - plus she gives excellent advise, be it boys, clothes, or life in general.
 
During this time, in all the prom drama and fiasco, Lizzie met Derrick Jenner (cue: swoon~!) through Libby at her photoshoot. They had a few things in common, including their involvement in the fashion industry and that they both were pretty much tired of hearing about prom (Lizzie had always been vocal about how much she hated prom). Ironically, they ended up going together to prom as dates.
 

THREE: 'LIZZIE IN LOVE'
 
Lizzie has never been in love. She's dated various men and made out with a few back in her days, but never had she ever felt the rush of falling in love till she spent time with Derrick. Theirs was an innocent little love story, something so simple and sweet. It was almost like Derrick had brought out a new side to the crude and wild Lizzie... but every story has its ups and downs.
 
Derrick's never been in the radar at Monroe, which is a mystery considering he's a very hot young rising model then. Maybe because he never seemed to care much, except for his modelling career. He would REALLY do anything and everything for it, including leaving town for weeks. Lizzie was never really happy about it and while she tries to be the good wife (or girlfriend), it started to test her patience after a while.
 
Especially when he had an affair behind her back with some Monroe D-lister. To give the girl some credit, she was a model too. Liz had no plans of letting go of Derrick, and while she'd plotted revenge, it all went to waste - the girl left town and Derrick was too much of a sweetheart. She never really forgave him, just simply 'moved on' from it.
 
But of course, Lizzie has her faults, too. Like Rob Samuels. She can never shake him off her life, and neither could she ever say no to being involved in his little schemes. One that included posing as his girlfriend while Derrick was out of town just so that they could make Cam DiVello jealous (OMG how cheesy was this plot?!).
 

FOUR: 'MESSING WITH THE QUEEN'
 
If Liz and Cam hated each other then, they wished they could really kill each other by now. They even had a public rumble on an ice rink - which led Lizzie to turn to Rob to plot the whole 'make Cam jealous' at Charlotte's party. The plan worked in Rob's favor, of course.
 
All seems to end well, when Liz scored an internship at ELLE magazine during this time. When everything was going smoothly - too smoothly - Cam enters the picture. And to make it worse, her best friend Ceci and even Derrick seems to be on board the 'I Love Cam' ship (those two were in the school committee then). A big blowup during an ELLE photoshoot led Liz to losing out the internship and even worse than that, she also lost her best friend AND boyfriend.
 
Of course, Liz decided to plot a sweet revenge (without her partner in crime), by using a certain abusive ex-boyfriend of Cam's, Zack Carters. It did mess with Cam a little seeing the two people she hated the most together, but while Zack and Liz enjoyed a short 'relationship', they ended up being close buddies instead and even ended up as housemates in college.
 
Cam and Liz eventually decided to call a truce - http://www.polyvore.com/mmn_nov_11_theres_world/set?id=24897884&lid=473167 - and as if to seal the deal, Cam also became the face of Lizzie and Libby's fashion label, LDV, alongside Derrick.
 
Liz still hates Cam (and vice versa), but for now they're not after each other's throats - at least they're not trying to kill each other in public ice rinks no more.
 

FIVE: 'NOT SO HAPPY ENDING'
 
Everything was going well for Liz now that Cam and the whole drama is out of her hair. She was also graduating from high school - something she thought would be impossible when she first stepped her foot in Monroe. Her own career with LDV was taking off, surprisingly.
 
Derrick and her couldn't be more happier, either - until he got a modeling contract offer in Milan. Of course, he took up the offer, and they decided breaking up was probably for the best of their interests.
 
Lizzie convinced herself that she was fine with the break up. She also convinced herself to enter college - Verona - despite earlier decisions to focus on LDV, as an attempt to mend her relationship with her estranged mother, who was a professor there.
 
But getting over Derrick wasn't as easy as she tried to make it to be. She got involved in her old ways - drinking, partying, even drugs - when she befriend Felicity at Verona. Little did she know her new friend would get her overdosed, leading Liz to fall so deep even after the ordeal was over.
 
She turned to the one person who was always there for her - Rob. They ended up dating. But confused and always questioning her happiness, Liz decided to run. She left Rob, college, and everything she had, and flew off to Europe on her own. What she's trying to find, she's still figuring it out. And in the foreign city of Milan, she reunited with Derrick - and the last anyone head of those two, they were in Paris.
 

 
NOW:
 
Lizzie's back in town - along with Derrick. She knows people will talk. She also knows she's got some answering to do.
 
But she's ready to face whatever that's coming her way. Girl's got guts ... do I sense some old-school Lizzie back in town?
 
(ps. lizzie's new model is ELIN KLING, btw)

Remember this character?
http://www.polyvore.com/grace_lee/collection?id=1705901
 
i think i've been inspired enough to write again. & the fact that i was once upon a time MADLY in love with her character... sigh. but @alycat (hey, girl!) makes the best characters ever though i will change up a few things about her in the new stories.
 
FIRST STORY SHALL BE UP S-O-O-N!!

trivia: it took me approx 3 hours - yes, T-H-R-E-E - to make this set. i have lost my ~mojo~
 
(NOOOOOOO~!!!!)
 
but i think months without any leisure internet surfing has done things to me. /shudders. it's been all work, work, work non-stop so i finally decided to call for a vacation (and a very well deserved one, i must add. ha!).
 
maybe i need a new job.
i kid, i love my job. and i love bangkok - I LOVE THAI FOOD!!
 
now, i shall go and say hello to a few ol' friends around 'ere because i really miss you guys. like, a lot.
 
i don't know if i should tag you guys ...
@vampire-weakend @emgeemtee @wishes-and-dreams @laurcams94 @lovelygabriella @lalasparkles @lemonade-lagoon @etchasketchinlola
 
i think i'd missed someone though ... /bricked.

hello.
i'm back home right now - after sleeping off the jet lag for a bit (like 5hours, harhar!!). i hate budget airlines. i spent 2-half hours listening in to different conversations of various languages during the flight. and when the plane landed i thought i was going to die.
 
O.O
 
anyways ... wow, polyvore's new editor is actually really good! i like that i can find items by colors now. i tried making a new set then realize i have this in my draft - so why waste time and energy right? hoo hoo...
 
and yes, yes, i miss all of you. like many many lots! (that's how one of the girls in my office speaks, and i find it so adorable i can't help repeating after her, /bricked!) the first thing that i look forward to is to catch up with all the MMN stories! just read though. i don't think i have the time to write anymore. then again i keep saying things that i don't necessarily do so ... (;
 
oh! i saw the .gifs and stills and comments for GG's final 2 episode. i'm sorry but it's so lulzy. DAN IS GG?!?! WHAT?!?! DID THE WRITERS BUMP THEIR HEADS OR SOMETHING??! THEY MUST REALLY HATE DAN.
 
but mini-Chuck is adorable. though he'll probably grow up to be evil. and i somehow thought about how it'll be if Cam and Rob actually got married and procreate ... lol! the last ep of GG totally made me think of MMN. i can't help it, really.
 
... oh, yeah. not sure if anyone cared enough. but i 'befriend' a very cute expat in bangkok. he's french. dark hair, blue eyes. MELTS. we met at the bar i mentioned in my last post. LOL! we're just friends though. a word of advise from a local colleague: never trust the expat. /bricked.
 
i need to go (last minute) christmas shopping tomorrow. ergh. i hate the rush and the crowd and the rush and the limited items available. have i mentioned the rush?! but at least i won't be flying back to bangkok till the second week of the new year. WOOHOO!!
 
so more poly time.
and stable internet connection.
and food. i miss local food... sobs.
 
now i shall go and indulge myself in some MMN goodness, hoo hoo (;
 

@vampire-weakend @lovelygabriella @emgeemtee @n-zy @wishes-and-dreams (how are you girlie?!?!) @etchasketchinlola @the-wild-things @laurcams94 @ohofkors @mclovinn @lalasparkles

Created in the Polyvore iPhone app. http://www.polyvore.com/iPhone
 

Okay the title don't mean anything but oh my god i love this new app!!! though its hard at first...
 
anyway, i think i can be online more often now. just that i need to get myself a new laptop. my previous one broke cos i dropped it from the study desk in my room. /bricked

HELLO EVERYBODY.
 
i am tired, jet-leg, and hungry but right now all that don't matter because i've just discovered the internet in my hotel suite is working PERFECTLY.
 
*do the happy dance*
 
okay i should stop. anyway, i am now in bangkok and living it up in a hotel room. a few of my colleagues and me will be bunking in at this 4/4.5 star hotel for about a month before we move into a serviced apartment much closer to our office. i'm not complaining - i love this hotel. i've been here a few times so it's almost like home now. AND I GET MY OWN ROOM WITH CABLE TV. though there's no view outside my window cos there's this huge poster thing they stuck on the window on my side ...
 
but i can live with that for a month as long as there's TV and internet. (and there's this super funny local show right now - i've no clue what it's talking about but god, it's hilarious just watching them) and the place is just a few minutes walk away from a few restaurants, a bar (i don't drink but it's a cool hangout to look for super cute expats i was told) and this super fantastic new shopping mall. YES I CAN LIVE WITH THIS!
 
so... how's everybody? i miss you guise so berry much!!!! also this was a draft for my next lizzie story but that got nowhere, har har! and also, so sorry i didn't reply some of your messages on my previous set - i shall go and do that now. i miss interacting with you kids. sobs.
 
and i should stop rubbing off my excitement to everyone i see right now. LOL!
 

lula-

@vampire-weakend @wishes-and-dreams @emgeemtee @etchasketchinlola @lemonade-lagoon @lovelygabriella @ohofkors @the-wild-things @laurcams94 @mclovinn @lalasparkles @oh-jayne @little-red @dark-blue-doll & everyone else whom i've known since been on polyvore...
 
i know you sort of know where this is leading but let me just start off by saying that i really (like REALLY) put a whole lot of thought into this.
 
the past few days have been insane - being sick makes things float by though. anyways, i think the highlight of the week, or probably my life right now, is actually being offered a very desirable position by my company a few days back. it really was unexpected and out of the blue, but this new position will require me to move out.
 
like out of my sunny island home Singapura to another sunny but not an island Bangkok, Thailand. my company's opening up a branch/office there and me, along with a handful of my colleagues have been chosen to be part of the team there. the idea itself is ... speechless. i'm getting a promotion (sort of) just as i started this new job, and you have no idea how much i adore Thailand.
 
i've said before that this new job is insane but moving to Bangkok would be even more insane- i'd probably end up crazy but i've decided to take the chance. why? because i don't think this kind of chances will come along anytime soon. i'm still very young in the industry i'm in, so why not start now right?
 
i can't stop smiling now but when i think of saying what i have to say next, i honestly feel like sobbing like a 4-year-old girl who'd just lost her favorite teddy.
 
i'm afraid i will have to say adios to polyvore.
for now.
 
i'll be leaving Singapore sometime next week- they really weren't kidding when they say its an immediate vacancy position- but i will need to prepare lots of things before leaving and settling there.
 
yes, this is like my final goodbye. sobs.
 
i will still try to get online to read your fantabulous stories and all, because i think i will some sort of media where i can turn to for sanity, but writing and being committed to a roleplay and sorts just won't be able to fit into my new schedule in the near future. so i won't be deleting this account. and i won't make it seem like i'm off for good (i think i already did ... HA!).
 
but i will really miss all of you. and writing. and lizzie. and flo. SIGH. i'm not sure how to end it for lizzie really... but since she's already in Europe, i think it'll be safe to conclude that she's decided to ditch NYC and run off into the European sunset with derrick jenner.
 
that's kinda romantic, no? hehe.
 
do drop some love though ... like i said i might still come online - i heard internet in Bangkok is horrid... i hope not though.
 
... i guess this is it.
 
bye bye.
and oh, i just saw the set for MMN... happy 3rd birthday! can't believe it's been that long. sobs.
 
bye.
 

 
lula-
 
ps. i really like this set. haha!

sniffs.
 
i have a really bad flu/fever right now- and ironically enough, it's a chance for me to finally have a break. from work.
 
i almost forgot what it means to have a life. or what my home looks like. /bricked.
 
but seriously -sniffs- i've been working like almost every day now, more than 10hours ... ergh, i need a life. and i can't even have time to finish up my stories. that's sort of frustrating somehow.
 
but how's everyone? and good luck to those getting hit by hurricane sandy. and oh, alex, i shall read those stories now... it's the best thing i can do now that i'm stuck in bed. -sniffs-
 

lula-