Foreigner in a strange land..


One of the things I love most about my job as a model is the experiences that are put my way and how every day brings something different; I never quite know what to expect, and I've become really rather fond of this way of living.. I am more alive than ever. Sometimes of course, it can make me nervous, sometimes excited, sometimes apprehensive; but always intrigued... What will tomorrow bring? It's quite an unusual way for work to be, but I love it. I am never bored and am always learning.

Today I have a show in another city, so as I sit, a foreigner amongst the masses.. I am writing this post on a fast train from Beijing to Tain Jin.. I have no idea where I am going, who I am meeting, what the job will entail or how my day will turn out; but I am okay with that, it will all work out as it always does, whether we worry or not. So instead I will just sit and be reminded how I love to travel. And actually, how much I enjoy train journeys.. I always feel a sense of calm when I'm travelling by train or by aeroplane. For there is this certain amount of time where all that we must do is sit and just be. It gives me time to think or write, or listen to music, or read, or simply just observe the world (on this occasion this foreign Chinese land) flying past me and take it all in.

And so today, in what could be a strange situation; I am quite content with just the way things are.


Let it be.




With love x




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