Thursday 27 June 2013

Neapolitan Feet & 30,000 Ft Microbes



Today I aimed for my feet to look like melting ice creams! Do you think I succeeded? 

These neapolitan-coloured brogues sent to me by MartofChina are only $15 - and they have sizes which fit my big feet, too! I really like them - although I think I will swap the laces for something a little nicer (the ones that came with them are a bit like pieces of string). Otherwise, I'm very happy with them!

Also - this overall-style skirt is from a physical store in Haymarket, Sydney, that is actually called "Internet Shop". So if you're getting confused as to why there is no link below, and going "but it's called Internet Shop!?!", that is why.

blouse - c/o Romwe
skirt - Internet Shop
shoes - c/o Mart of China
necklace - c/o Les Folles Marquises
socks - Tutuanna
hat - c/o Wholesale

Bacteria rule the world. For every human, Not only is there about 10 times more bacterial cells on and in your body than your own body cells, but there are probably about 5 million trillion trillion (5 with 30 zeros after it) bacteria on Earth. They are also extremely adaptable - bacteria can live inside hot springs and volcanoes, deep underneath the ocean and also, apparently, 9 km (or 30,000 ft) up in the atmosphere. 
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Very recently, scientists at Georgia Tech hitched a ride on some NASA airplanes, took samples of clouds and searched them for bacteria. They found about 100 different types of bacteria living in the clouds. And the bacteria might even affect how clouds form - at 30,000 feet, ice crystals which form the clouds need a particle to grow around - and that position could possibly be filled by bacteria. That means that bacteria not only rule our bodies and our land, they could also be controlling the weather.

Read more about it here, it's super fascinating (I've been reading about it all morning).








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24 comments:

  1. those brogues are so gorgeous! this whole outfit is wonderful, especially with your hair!
    Rebecca @ tr[i]b[e]cca

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  2. Cute shoes! What size are you anyway?

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    1. just one size too big of the standard largest size in asian shoes (which is 39!)

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  3. That overall skirt is SO adorable, and your feet TOTALLY look like ice cream cones! Adorable. As always, you are the cutest of all things ever.

    xox Sammi
    www.thesoubrettebrunette.blogspot.com

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  4. Love this outfit! That jumper is adorable, and I love those brogues!

    ~Vicki
    Decked Out in Ruffles

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  5. i love love love your pinafore and the lilac shirt is such a pretty colour! your shoes are so lovely too

    Sarah
    xoxo

    http://absolutelysarahx.blogspot.com

    ps. i knew there was a lot of bacteria but holy cow i've never realised just how much! and to think they're in clouds too- incredible!

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  6. Ahh, I love that you always have really cute flat shoes. I'm *really* picky about the kinds I wear, haha. Which is terrible for my feet. (lately, http://www.vixensandangels.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/u/tuk_geoff2.jpg , those have worked, though).


    Also, thanks a lot. Now I'm gonna be up for a while longer reading about bacteria and cloud. >:3.
    (oh, and on a sort of related note, thanks for helping me a bit some time ago with science classes. I got into a biochem and a biopsych class! I'm super excited for the upcoming semester!)

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    1. Ooh, those are lovely! I'd love to get myself a pair of them. Yep, I decided that you need a few pairs of really decent flat shoes. I can't do the whole walk-around-in-high-heels-all-day thing, not at all.

      And that is totally okay! I'm so happy for you :) Biochem and biopsych are basically exactly the two courses I did last semester, and I had so much fun! You'll love it!

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  7. You brogues look fantastic and it does sort of look like melting ice-cream :) I'm going to read the article about bacterias after this comment I think its quite interesting that they are so so small but their role is so so big in our lives.

    http://chamomiledealer.blogspot.com/

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  8. Ok, once again I love this outfit. But guess what? You know that red balloon dress you had? Well I had been oogling it on ASOS but then found it for a steal at Sheinside, so it is now hopefully be airmailed to my doorstep and I am so excited for its arrival. Now 2 Nishe dresses in my collection. And there are definitely LOTS of bacteria hanging around me right now because I am sick, sick, sick! Winter is no good for my immunity! :D

    http://meggymoo0.blogspot.com

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    1. The one that I was wearing was from sheinside, haha. Yay! It's such a pretty dress! And yeah, I could never afford the "real" version either (but I'm pretty sure they're probably manufactured by the same people, anyway. Heaps of that stuff is. Especially from places like asos).
      Ugh, tell me about it, I hate winter - being "immuno-compromised" like I am it's kind of terrifying everytime someone coughs near me :(

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  9. what a cute outfit! You really suit that overall skirt! xx

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  10. Aw, very cute outfit! Does that mean that it rains bacteria?

    Mabel
    Life of Mabel

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    1. Woww, good question. And I think it actually must! Much of the bacteria up in the clouds is actually sucked up from the earth... so I guess they probably come back down again, somehow!

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  11. I have a serial addiction for pinafores, they're my favourite thing in the world to wear. Thanks for your help by the way with glossi, in the end I couldn't use it because there's no option to make a square magazine so there was this big white space on every page, but never mind! My work is up on my blog should you care to look at it, and thanks for trying!
    Rebecca x
    http://www.bandasaur.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Me too! They are by far my favourite thing to wear at the moment.
      Ahh, that sucks! How annoying. Although, it is a free website, so I guess you can't complain too much! It still looks awesome as a series of photos on your blog, though!

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  12. Haha melting ice cream feet. You are such a trend setter!
    When I read the title I was imagining like, huge 30 000 ft tall bacteria! You may have talked about this in another post, but I have heard of stuffed animal microbes (courtesy of an 8th grade research project on viruses). Pretty sure you can buy a cute little meningitis.

    Rachel

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    1. Haha YES! I was totally hoping I'd trick some people with my title ;)

      Hahaha, no I haven't heard of that. I'd totally love to own a stuffed microbe. Maybe I'll have to do a science DIY?

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  13. So adorable!! x


    Melissa
    http://wildflwrchild.blogspot.com

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  14. cute style ;)

    www.heymarsya.blogspot.com

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  15. this is such a cute outfit! :)

    xoxo,
    rae
    http://raellarina.blogspot.com/

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  16. Your hair is gorgeous and your outfit is sooo cute! love it!

    www.laurensibs.blogspot.co.uk

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  17. Bacteria controlling the weather? Cool! I seriously always enjoy your science facts.
    Also those neapolitan-colored shoes! They're so cute! I love how perfectly you rock all pinafore dresses too.

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