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A Sharp Turn Down Memory Lane

June 24, 2012 14 Comments on A Sharp Turn Down Memory Lane
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Veterinarian, Blogger & Mother. Cecylia shares her musings on life and style in the same breath. She passionately believes that "every day is worth dressing up for."

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Hello lovelies! I hope you’re all had an amazing weekend! I hope that you’re somewhere warm, enjoying the fine company of your loved ones and entering The Artist competition :)

Big milestones are an important time to reflect on the past and all the people and experiences that made us who we are today. As I’m approaching my birthday soon, I often think back to the first decade of my life, which was spent growing up in Shanghai. Growing up in Shanghai was almost like being in a completely different world compared with my life in Melbourne now. Or perhaps I was just living in a different world created by the hyperactive imagination that I toted around as a youngster.

This is me colour-blocking in a Chinese forest with my amazing parents.

Sharp recently asked me to write a post to help celebrate their 100th birthday, which is coming up this year on September 15th – needless to say, they’re a little older than me, so I’m guessing they’ve got quite a bit of reminiscing to do.  Beginning as a company manufacturing a novel kind of snap belt buckle (doesn’t every good story begin with fashion?) they quickly added to their repertoire with all sorts of other interesting inventions (including the Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil – which inspired their company name) before setting their sights on radios, TVs and consumer electronics.

However, I know when I think of Sharp, I think of TVs.  Although when I was growing up in China, I knew their TVs as 夏普.  I can remember being utterly dismayed watching my first kung fu TV movies on our 夏普电视 and thinking to myself “当演员好可怜啊,他们为了拍戏而死。我可永远不想当演员。”Sorry, I thought in Chinese back then too.  Translation: “It’s so sad that all these actors have to die just for the sake of making a movie.  I would never want to be an actor!”

To celebrate Sharp’s up-coming century, the centenarian corporation is supporting communities and giving all of us a chance to publish our anniversaries on the Sharp 100th birthday site. By sharing a memorable moment in your past, you have a chance to win a trip to the USA!  It’s the opportunity of a life time! To share your anniversaries, or congratulate others on theirs, simply visit the Sharp website here.


My mum and me and one of the dresses that I was obsessed about as a child. She made the hairpiece and vest for me. And to think that the sneakers-cum-frock-look is only a recent invention...

Clearly my memories of watching all those extras dying on the television battlefield had quite a bizarre effect on me.  Now I’m an extra too!  My skills include sitting in the background, walking in a straight line and pretending to be talking.  If you want me to be in your film, ad or show, have your people talk to my people. :)

So tell me, what childhood memories or people shaped who you are today?

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a trip to the US to try and win.

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14 Responses
  1. Sonia
    June 24, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    Love your photos, thanks for sharing, and good luck with the comp!

    Have a great weekend!
    SDMxx
    http://www.daringcoco.blogspot.com

  2. cecylia
    June 24, 2012 at 4:15 pm

    Thank you:D These photos are definitely a trip down memory lane!!

  3. Nikki @ Styling You
    June 24, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    So adorably cute – that forrest photo is amazingly beautiful x

    1. cecylia
      June 24, 2012 at 9:58 pm

      thank you! Fun times with my folks :)

  4. Ricci
    June 24, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    so lovely pictures !! <3
    xoxo
    http://maybe-not2day.blogspot.com

  5. Call me M
    June 24, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    Aww you looked so cute as a little girl! And you seem so happy! Your mother is also really beautiful and very stylish!
    Thank you so much for commenting on my blog!

    1. cecylia
      June 24, 2012 at 9:55 pm

      hahah thank you yes mom was SO beautiful!

  6. Mica
    June 24, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    Love the forest pic! Great competition, I hope you win :)

    So nice to read a little bit more about you too :) You were a very cute kid!

    1. cecylia
      June 25, 2012 at 8:46 pm

      lol thank you :D I thought so too :)

  7. Cassandra
    June 24, 2012 at 11:16 pm

    Cute baby pictures! :D

    backtofive.blogspot.com

  8. Paulina
    June 25, 2012 at 3:36 am

    So pretty photos:)

  9. Konstantina Limon
    June 25, 2012 at 4:49 am

    Good luck sweetie :)
    xoxo
    LS

  10. Dasha Gold
    June 25, 2012 at 9:50 am

    Ohh such a cute pictures of baby Cecylia :) I love this post baby, have a beautiful week!
    xx
    D.G.
    http://www.thetrendspotter.net

    1. cecylia
      June 25, 2012 at 8:45 pm

      Thank you Dasha it’s a bit silly isn’t it :)

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