random

i rant, therefor i am
kinda like this quote.
how often do you rant ?

yay, get to 'con' ppl to play the '3 things that'.... game !
it is fun, don't you think so ? have you posted your answers, if not, hurry up ! the earlier you answer it, the more accurate your answer is (cause you might tend to follow others' answers)

another yay - i bag the lesportsac which i blog few weeks ago, thanks to metrojaya festive sales. with a 30% discount somemore. (pls bear with my cheapskate-ness. heh) have to be one with my meagre salary.

getting addicted to RD. it accompanies me throughout my teen, and i stop reading it for about 3-4 yrs. i picked up a copy the other day and got hooked to it again. all over again.
anyone knows where to get the old copies, like a few months back ?

some stuff from Winston Churchill

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
yeah, men are born liar. but i like to see them telling lies. esp the part where they try to cover up the lies with all sorts of everything.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
i'm still trying my very best to do this. i tend to runaway sometimes. sigh.

So little time, so much to do.
definitely, esp in getting enough sleep, reading, movies, music, etc...

Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.
so embrace failure, but don't sleep with it, get over with it as soon as you can.

If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain
happy liberal-ing ! yeah yeah yeah. liberal as much as you can while you are still free & easy.

the 3 things that.....

1. Three things that scare me:
insane, boring & rude

2. Three people that make me laugh:
jack black, chow sing chee, my raksasa cousin

3. Three things I dont really like:
war, politics, gossips

4. Three things I don't understand:
bullshit, jazz, lies

5. Three things I'm doing right now:
thinking of how to buy time from client,
thinking of what to eat for dinner,
listening to my MP3s

6. Three things I want to do before I die:
bungee jump,
visit africa
stay for a month and do nothing in the Greek Isle

7. Three things I can do:
smile, eat, looking at pretty stuff

8. Three ways to describe my personality:
easy going, friendly, quiet

9. Three things I can't do:
hip hop grooves, twist my tongue, close one eye

10. Three things I think you should listen to:
your instinct, your mum, good music

11. Three things you should never listen to:
traffic police, government, lies

12. Three things I'd like to learn:
italian, making pastry, talk more

13. Three favourite foods:
anything with chicken or eel, mediterranean food, korean kimchi

14. Three beverages I drink regularly:
water, jasmine green tea, watermelon juice

15. Three shows I watched as a kid:
thundercat, doreamon, smurf

16. Three people I'm tagging (to do this):
you you you

Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero is an artist from Colombia. His distinctive style of robust, inflated forms with unexpected and amplified human forms is recognizable.
Fernando Botero was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1932. He became interested in painting at an early age. In 1950, he went to Europe, where he traveled to Spain, France and Italy to study the work of the old masters. In Madrid, while studying at the San Fernando Academy he copied Velazquez and Goya in the Prado.
In Florence, at the Academy of San Marco he studied fresco technique and art history. There he began experimenting with volumes by expanding the figures and compressing the space around them inspired primary by the Italian Renaissance. He traveled to Mexico to study the Muralism of Rivera and Orozco. There, what he experienced greatly influenced his future direction as an artist. He introduced inflated forms, puffing up human body.
He combined the regional - Colombian images of his childhood with the universal - works of art from the past. Botero's smooth inflated shapes can also be related to fleshy figures of old master Peter Paul Rubens who he admires.

i like his works alot. inflated human figure. so distinctive !
i almost bag his Taschen calender for 2007. but the selection of paintings in there is not so exciting. to me at least. still thinking which artist to put on my wall throughout the year of 2007.
or shall i buy the Greek Isle's one instead ? a bit sien right. you keep looking at the beautiful scenery but you cant be there physically. argh !!!!!!!

really wiser

so so so heavy my head today. stuffy nose. irritating throat strikes back harder this time. thanks to the rock-n-roll session last night. but worth the trouble. Astreal is really good. although the songs are abit on the emo side. but i like the last song - snowflakes. is like a bomb. you have to let all your heart out towards the end.

my wish for the year ahead- wiser, smarter & richer. heh.

Jan Vermeer

girl with a pearl earring

above: the milkmaid, both by Jan Vermeer

his painting fascinates me. so real and so vivid. full of life. touches your heart deeply.

wiser

Meg White photographed by Juergen Teller

a couple more hrs to go and i'm getting a lil more wiser.
time flies. really.
thanks god the throat got better and i'm in a better shape to do whatever that trigger the happy me.

downloaded Damien Rice new album - 9 . not bad, he keeps his stuff in place. overall is mellow, needs somemore time to digest it.

some quotes i grab over the net for today.

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." -- John Lennon

"Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart." --- Joni Mitchell

"Never play a thing the same way twice." --- Louis Armstrong

i agree with mr armstrong. never repeat yourself. we must keep changing for the better and fitter self.

aight ?

Diary of 2007

work of Simon Starling for Turner Prize 2005

January
Germany takes over the presidency of the EU from Finland, and that of the G8 from Russia.
Ban Ki-moon replaces Kofi Annan as secretary-general of the UN. The World Economic Forum meets in Davos, Switzerland.
Microsoft launches the consumer edition of its new operating system, Windows Vista.

February
Chinese celebrate the Year of the Pig.
Britain relinquishes command of NATO forces in Afghanistan to a “composite command", likely to be headed by American troops.
The space shuttle Atlantis blasts off for the International Space Station.
Tinseltown hosts the Oscars.

March
The four-yearly Cricket World Cup is held in the West Indies.
The League of Arab States summit takes place in Cairo.
The world’s most-wanted man, Osama bin Laden, turns 50.
Finland celebrates a century of female MPs.

April
Presidential election in Nigeria.
Deadline for the complete destruction of Libya’s chemical weapons.
America commemorates the 400th anniversary of its first English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
Nicholas Negroponte’s “$100 laptop” goes on sale to developing countries, initially for about $130.

May
England and Scotland mark the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union of their parliaments.
Presidential elections in France and Turkey.
Lovers of good movies flock to the Cannes film festival; lovers of bad music tune in to the Eurovision song contest.
The winner of the Lulu Blooker prize, the world’s first literary prize devoted to books based on blogs or websites, is announced.

June
The G8 summit is held in Heiligendamm, Germany.
Venturi, a French car manufacturer, launches a limited edition of its solar-electric-powered car, the Eclectic.
For the first time since 1851, the America’s Cup is hosted in Europe—in Valencia, Spain.
Also for the first time, Venezuela hosts the Copa América, Latin America’s football championship.

July
Portugal takes over the EU presidency.
The mandate for US Trade Promotion Authority, which allows the president to strike international trade deals, expires.
The Tour de France makes its grand départ from London, then resumes on French soil.
J.K. Rowling is likely to publish the last of her wildly successful Harry Potter books.

August
More than 3,000 athletes from 200-odd countries compete in the World Athletics Championships in Osaka.
The British army’s presence in Northern Ireland is reduced to a permanent garrison of no more than 5,000; counter-terrorism legislation targeted at Northern Ireland is also due to be repealed around now.
Experts gather at the European Marine Biology Symposium in Kiel, Germany, to discuss the effects of climate change on the ocean’s ecosystems.
Scouts, Cubs, Beavers and Brownies celebrate 100 years of Lord Baden-Powell’s Scouting movement.

September
The UN General Assembly meets in New York.
A collection of some 3m seeds, representing the agricultural diversity of the planet, is completed in Longyearbyen, Norway.
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant is due to be commissioned.
The Rugby World Cup kicks off in France.

October
Presidential election in Argentina.
Pakistan decides who follows Pervez Musharraf as president—or at least how a new president is to be chosen.
In Britain, the controversial Turner prize will be hosted for the first time by Tate Liverpool.
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, which has been circling the Red Planet for the past two Martian years (around 1,374 days), is due to complete its mission.

November
The five-yearly congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in Beijing around now.
More than 20 heads of state and government from the Asia-Pacific Economic Area meet in Sydney to discuss regional issues.
Zimbabwe resumes international Test cricket, having withdrawn in early 2006 after the loss of 20 senior players.
Wordy types enjoy a night on the tiles at the biennial Scrabble world championship.

December
Presidential elections in Kenya (if not sooner) and South Korea; parliamentary elections in Russia.
The International Air Transport Association aims to have achieved 100% electronic ticketing by now, saving the industry some $3 billion a year.
Japanese and Chinese diplomacy is tested on the 70th anniversary of the “rape of Nanking”.
Sailors set off from Fremantle, Australia, on the inaugural Antarctica Cup, a non-stop race to circumnavigate Antarctica, over a distance of 14,600 nautical miles.

something interesting from The Economist.

highlighted items are those which caught my interest.

Turner Prize are given to british visual artists under the age of 50. prize of thirty thousand sterling pound will be given. it is an effort to promote the local contemporary art scene. Simon Starling is the winner for year 2005.

A century on, Finland's female President Tarja Halonen has just been voted into office for a second term and women's representation in parliament stands at a healthy 38%. Italy, for example, is the worst performer in the EU, with only 11.5% of parliamentary seats filled by women. Worldwide, the average is only 16.6%. As Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja told Associated Press: "We're not perfect, we have a lot to do still, but we are an example for the rest of the world." (from BBC news)

Anna Sui - spring 2007

i've always like her collections.
lotsa bohemian, hippies, dresses and skirt.
look at the torn leggings, stripes vs flowery print, like-clog-like boot footwear... everythin, i like everything there, i pick these few out of 44 styling.
my favourite is the black light-bulb-like dress.

superb.

random

waiting impatiently for this new release of Bloc Party which will be out in feb 2007.

tracklisting :
A Prayer to the Lord
England

Hunting for Witches
It Started in an Afternoon
Kreuzberg
On
Seroxat
Song for Clay (Disappear Here)
Sunday

Uniform
Waiting for the 7:18
We Were Lovers
Where Is Home?

i hope it wouldn't turn out to be like The Killers' second album. not as good as the first one. that's the thing with human. we tend to make comparison. when you have a sister in the same school, the teacher tend to compare the result of you both. when you directed a brilliant debut movie, your second movie will automatically be compared to the first one.

so hard to keep up with people's expectations.

so just do your best. try your best. allow no regrets.

still battling with that evilish throat, is not getting any better, having slight fever also, damn !

went to my second uncle's funeral last night. he passed away peacefully on monday, he has been struggling with a few chronicle diseases over the past few years. guess is a relief for him and his family. rest in peace my dear uncle.

RIP my dear uncle.

random

julie by james sebor - surrealist artist (that's him in the painting above)

i am on sick leave today. battling with a sore throat. doctor said it was merely caused by lack of sleep. alright i shall try to sleep more then.

i found this pretty impactful from the book 'the pig that wants to be eaten'

as we go through life, the cells in our body continually die and are replaced. our thoughts too change, so that little of what was in our heads when we were ten years old remains when we are twenty, and these thoughts, memories, convictions and dispositions are in turn replaced as we grow older.

human after all , is the animal of changes.
so why bother to understand someone. since he or she might change into something else.

nothing is forever.

live for the moment.

Jason & Zooey

Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor.
Schwartzman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Italian American actress Talia Shire and the late producer Jack Schwartzman, who was Jewish. Schwartzman is part of a family of people involved in film. Besides his parents, he is also the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and cousin of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola and Christopher Coppola.
Schwartzman is best known for his role in the films Rushmore, I ♥ Huckabees, and Slackers. Prior to acting, he was the drummer for the band Phantom Planet . Despite leaving the band for an acting career, he still composes music for some films. He appears in the music video for the rock remix of "All About the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy. He also contributed to Ben Lee's 2005 album Awake Is The New Sleep.
In early 2005, he took part in production of Marie Antoinette in Paris under the direction of Sofia Coppola, in which he appears as King Louis XVI with Kirsten Dunst
Schwartzman has dated actresses Zooey Deschanel and Selma Blair, the latter of whom is eight years his senior.

he graces the october issue of NYLON , first guy ever. i've yet to see his acting , still waiting for Marie Antoinette to show (doubt if it will ). his jewish look kinda mesmerize me. jewish with a bit of indie rock look. how fascinating is that !
i like his taste in woman. i always like zooey and selma. they are so indie and hippies !
another cover on the left is zooey. she looks like a fairy in that lil white dress. coincidentally bothe the issues say LA 'The LA Issue' . god ! they are making me like LA as well.
phantom planet kinda quiet lately. the last album was good. very sunny music, for you to groove along in your bikini under the sun.

Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17, 1980) is an American actress.Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California, and brought up in various international locations because of her father's work. She is the daughter of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Weir; her sister, Emily Deschanel, is also an actress.
She made her film debut in Lawrence Kasdan’s (1999) comedy Mumford. Deschanel then drew attention with her role as Patrick Fugit’s hippie older sister in Cameron Crowe's autobiographical Almost Famous (2000). Her next roles were in the small independent film Manic as a mental patient and in the Tim Allen movie Big Trouble. Her profile grew with her role in All the Real Girls (2003), as sexually curious 18-year-old virgin who has a life-changing romance with an aimless 22-year-old man (Paul Schneider). For her role, Deschanel was voted Best Actress at the Mar del Plata Film Festival and also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Deschanel played a department store elf opposite Will Ferrell in the comedy Elf (2003). She also starred as Trillian in the movie adaptation of Douglas Adams's science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Most recently she appeared as Sarah Jessica Parker's neurotic roommate in Failure to Launch (2006).

match made in heaven. jason & zooey.

something changed

my favourite song of Pulp - vocals by Jarvis Cocker

I wrote the song two hours before we met.
I didn't know your name or what you looked like yet.
Oh I could have stayed at home and gone to bed.
I could have gone to see a film instead.
You might have changed your mind and seen your friends.
Life could have been very different but then,something changed.
Do you believe that there's someone up above?
Does he have a timetable directing acts of love?
Why did I write this song on that one day?
Why did you touch my hand and softly say.
Stop asking questions that don't matter anyway.
Just give us a kiss to celebrate here today.
Something changed.
When we woke up that morning
we had no way of knowing,that in a matter of hours
we'd change the way we were going.
Where would I be now if we'd never met?
Would I be singing this song to someone else instead?
I dunno but like you said
something changed.

my heart wrenched everytime i hear this. different time will give you different feelings.
can you feel the sadness in between the lines ?

the indecisiveness and the sorrowness.

you know something has changed, but you just have no idea what and how it happened.

love & life.

Daniel Craig

Daniel Wroughton Craig (born March 2, 1968) is an English actor.
Craig was born in Chester, England, the son of Timothy James Craig, a steel erector and sometime merchant seaman, and Olivia Craig (née Wroughton), an art teacher.
He was brought up in Hoylake, near Liverpool, and Frodsham, near Chester. After briefly attending sixth form at Calday Grange Grammar School, he moved to London when he was 16 to join the National Youth Theatre.
He trained at Guildhall, graduating in 1991, and his first major leading role on screen was a co-starring part in the 1996 BBC Television serial Our Friends in the North
Craig was previously married to British actress Fiona Loudon. They had one child together, named Ella.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185819/

he caught my eyes in the movie Layer Cake. British movie directed by Matthew Vaughn (whom also directed Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels). he is a big-time drug dealer in there (the movie is about drugs and mafia), he carries the character very well. the body and eye movement, is him that makes me like the movie. is a 'man' movie. Sienna miller was there as well, merely as someone to be slept around.
i got so excited to know that he will be the new james bond. although 007 and layer cake is two different movie all together. but i am sure he will put up a good show.

after watching him in 007, i cant help but admiring him more. he uses his charisma and charms and create a new agent 007 - bolder and tougher (not so refine like those previous bond)

opportunity comes to those who are well-prepared. i think his journey to fame is just starting. and it will definitely go brighter.

kudos daniel !

Fashion Snap - some of my fav - 1

Tops: Yohji Yamamoto
Inner: 無印良品
Bottom: COMME des GARCONS
Price: ￥14,000
Place of purchace: 渋谷
Shoes: CONVERSE
Accessory: ZUCCa
Glasses: おもちゃ
Height: 171～175cm
Shoe size: 24,5cm
Cloth size: S

Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker never really looked comfortable as a pop star. After so many years struggling to make an impact - Pulp were formed all the way back in 1978 - when his band finally broke through around the time of Britpop the lanky speccy drainpipe didn't find fame to his taste.
He may have conspicuously enjoyed it at first - after all, 16 years is a long time to wait for success - but, to anyone who saw him schlepping around aftershow parties as Britpop peaked and began to burn itself out, it soon became clear he wasn't having much fun.

"Black Magic" nails the disillusion. Like the self-referential "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time," it's a stodgy enough lump of glumly glam riffola, but it's one of the rare occasions Cocker sounds involved in a song. "You only get to see the light one time in your life," he complains. "Is there anything more wretched than having just one sight?". It's bitter but brave, a kind of negative tribute to the magic of pop from someone who's been cast out of its spell. Elsewhere he sounds most alive singing from beyond the grave: "Fat children took my life," he seethes on the eponymous rant. "The parents are to blame"-- knowing he's sounding like a nannyish MP or Daily Mail reader, but running with it anyway-- "breeding maggots without the sense to turn into flies." At least he can still get intoxicated with disgust.

Tracklisting
1. Loss Adjuster [Excerpt Part 1]
2. Don't Let Him Waste Your Time
3. Black Magic
4. Heavy Weather
5. I Will Kill Again
6. Baby's Coming Back To Me
7. Fat Children
8. From A To I
9. Disney Time
10. Tonite
11. Big Julie
12. Loss Adjuster [Excerpt Part 2]
13. Quantum Theory

waiting patiently for this

Street: The Nylon Book of Global Style
ISBN: 0789315017
Subtitle: The Nylon Book of Global Style
Author: Nylon Magazine
Editor: Editors of Nylon Magazine
Publication Date: September 2006

Ask any designer, fashion editor, or art director where the hottest trends are coming from, and they'll tell you it's from the streets of certain cities. And if you ask them what magazine gives the best, most authoritative coverage of these outsider fashion incubators, chances are they'll say Nylon. Nylon here combines its street cred and international expertise (the magazine is read in major cities around the world, and has recently launched both Japanese and Australian editions) to reveal the iconic looks in the seven most fashion-forward cities today: London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Melbourne, Copenhagen and New York. Led by acclaimed editor in chief Marvin Scott Jarrett, Nylon's editors, writers, and photographers cover these cities' trends with the same signature flair, enthusiasm, and eye for the cutting edge that has catapulted the magazine to the top of its demographic. Each chapter opens with an introduction describing the city's particular history, traits, and culture, followed by full-page pictures of each city's stylish residents, showing their creativity in full detail, from Tokyo's famous Goth Lolitas to Copenhagen's casual chic and everything in between. Quotes from each subject tell about who influences their personal style, what they love about their city, and their favorite local stores. Edgy, colorful, and fascinating to look at, Street is a chronicle of diverse urban style that you won't be able to put down.

i called the Borders, but they don't have it yet. arghhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!

Avril Lavigne

I wasn't very happy to see her on the cover in that kinda dressing and make-up at first. so i didn't bag it during the 1st time.

but NYLON is too hard to resist. i bag it finally. (together with the october issue with Kirsten Dunst on the cover. did i tell you i couldn't stand Kirsten ? ) but i gave in this time for NYLON.

'she might have lost a bit of her teen age but she definitely still has her edge'

that's what written on her page. i personally prefer her with those punk rock stuff. although it kinda makes her look not so pretty. (she is a beauty, no doubt, even with minimal make-up)
she will not cut any rock stuff for the time being cause she's busy with movies now.

cant wait for her movies.

current read

i luv pork knuckles, roasted pork (uncle ho's ) , bbq pork, pork sausages (uncle ho's) stew pork and pork chop alot. but this one is nothing of that kind.

'This book is like the Sudoku of moral philosophy'

It presents 100 of the most interesting thought experiments: short scenarios which pose a problem in a vivid and concrete way, and invites the reader to think about possible answers for him/herself. Experiments cover identity, religion, art, ethics, language, knowledge and many more. In every case, he sets the problem up for the reader, and then offers some ways of approaching it. There are rarely 'right' or 'wrong' answers (though some answers are better than others), but the real point is in the exploration of the question. From Zeno's paradox to Groundhog Day (how do you make sense of a life of eternal recurrence?), via the pig that wants to be eaten (so should you eat him?), Plato's cave, Minority Report (is it right to punish people for what they are going to do, but haven't yet done?), and an American Werewolf in London (how can we tell whether we are awake or dreaming?), this book makes philosophy not only mind-stretching but also entertaining.

a note on the author

Julian Baggini is a philosopher, writer and journalist whose work encompasses a wide range of interests and styles.
Julian was awarded a PhD from University College London for his thesis on the philosophy of personal identity in 1996. He then went on to found The Philosophers' Magazine with Jeremy Stangroom, supporting himself with a portfolio of jobs that included teaching and, increasingly, journalism and writing.
His writing bore fruit in 2002, when five books he wrote, co-wrote or co-edited were published. Among the most significant of these was his first major trade book, Making Sense: Philosophy Behind the Headines (Oxford University Press) and the textbook he co-authored with Peter S. Fosl, The Philosophers' Toolkit (Blackwell), which went through several reprints in its first year.
Julian is increasingly in demand as a journalist and commentator, writing a column for The Guardian, and articles for BBC News Online, Prospect, Times Education Supplement, the Observer and New Humanist, among others. He makes regular appearances on national radio and television.

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

Mary Cassatt was born in 1844 in Pennsylvania, USA as the daughter of a wealthy merchant. At the age of seven her family left for Paris in France. After a few years of life in Paris, the family went back to the USA. Mary, impressed by all the art she had seen in Europe, surprised her parents by the wish to become an artist. Becoming an artist in the 19th century was as difficult for a woman as becoming a doctor. Society then had a different understanding of the role of women.
Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas became good friends. Some art historians think she also was his mistress. This is however rather questionable as Degas was considered a convinced misogynist. Under the influence of Edgar Degas and the other Impressionists the artist Mary Cassatt changed her painting style. She used light colors and began to paint people. Mary Cassatt's favorite subjects became children and women with children in ordinary scenes. Her paintings express a deep tenderness and her own love for children. But she never had children of her own.
She did not like the modern artists like Henri Matisse or Pablo Picasso and spoke of "dreadful paintings". Even her Impressionist colleagues were whacked. For Claude Monet's late works - his famous water-lily paintings - she found the words "glorified wallpaper".
She had one thing in common with Edgar Degas and that was poor eyesight. When she died in 1926 at the age of 82 she was blind.

the largest picture was her, painted by Edgar.
her drawings kinda touched me deep down inside.
i like those picture of the lady reading books.
reminds me of lotsa fond childhood memory.

deja vu.

life will be perfect if i get.....

1. another Moleskine, or i should say unlimited supply of it
2. another LeSportsac , or Tokidoki, but not the pink ones,
3. spanking new and small laptop
4. spanking new and small digicam
5. life-time membership of California Fitness
6. VIP discounts to all the shops in Sg Wang
7. another Techno Marine
8. Lacoste jade green polo-t
9. another pair of Onitsuka Tiger
10. credit cards' outstanding amount turn 0
11. a pair of Seven jeans
12. Balenciaga Biker bags (i know is old but i still want one ! )
13. anything from Manalo Blahnik
14. Land Rover's Freelander
15. anything from YSL. dress, belt, bags.. etc
16. all perfume from Guerlain but definitely not the new one
17. a vintage leather boots, must be in brown
18. free holiday in Greek Island
19. vintage clothings and accessories, lots and lots of it !
20. any Chanel leather bag

that's all for now. being a greedy person. there are more to come. heh.

i'm just an ordinary gal living in the ultimate materialistic world.

NYLON

My source of inspirations
my source of mix-and-match
my bible my belief my food for the fashion-soul

Botticelli

Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli ("little barrel") (March 1, 1445 – May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). Less than a hundred years later, this movement, under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, was characterized by Giorgio Vasari as a "golden age", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his Vita of Botticelli.


my favourite are
the birth of venus & primavera

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 – May 9, 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist artist. Best known as a painter, his bold experimentation with coloring led directly to the Synthetist style of modern art while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way to Primitivism and the return to the pastoral. He was also an influential exponent of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms.

Quotations by Gauguin
In order to do something new we must go back to the source, to humanity in its infancy.

I have tried to make everything breathe in this painting: belief, passive suffering, religious and primitive style, and the great nature with its scream.

How do you see this tree? Is it really green? Use green, then, the most beautiful green on your palette. And that shadow, rather blue? Don't be afraid to paint it as blue as possible.

To me, barbarism is a rejuvenation.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?

How long have I been here? Hence, foreword, for I shall not know. For i have been traveling for too long. My bones too weary to remember my age. Hence, how long have I been here? Thou shalt never know.

i can't help but agree with the bolded line. my mind are clearer with my eyes shut.

My Brain

Your Brain's Pattern

Your mind is a firestorm - full of intensity and drama.Your thoughts may seem scattered to you most of the time...But they often seem strong and passionate to those around you.You are a natural influencer. The thoughts you share are very powerful and persuading.

What'>http://www.blogthings.com/whatpatternisyourbrainquiz/">What Pattern Is Your Brain?

My EQ

Your EQ is 100

50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick!51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese.71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely.91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that.111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt.131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin.150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar.

What's" Your EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient)?

My Theme Song

Your Theme Song is Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf

"I like smoke and lightningHeavy metal thunderRacin' with the windAnd the feelin' that I'm under" A total independent spirit, you can't be held down or fenced in.You crave the feeling of wind on your face... and totally freedom.

What's" Your Theme Song?

I am a Song Dragon

took the http://dragonhame.com online Inner Dragon quiz

In the war between good and evil, a Song Dragon tends to walk the fine line of Neutrality....When it comes to the powers of Chaos vs. those of Law and Order, your inner dragon walks a fine line between Law and Chaos....

Song Dragons are semi-nomadic in nature. They do choose a general geographic region to live in, but move their nests frequently within their territory.

The most striking attribute of the Song Dragon is it's voice. Having several sets of vocal chords, the Dragon's every word reverberates like a string symphony.'

Song Dragons build their homes deep in seclusion, but in truth they are very social and friendly in nature. They will often be found polymorphed into human form and fraternizing with people in bars and public places.

Song Dragons are the bards of dragonkind, they greatly value creative thinking and artistic talent. They live life to it's fullest, and are well known for going to extremes. They are also known for their good-hearted nature and kindness.'

This Dragons favorite elements are: Jade, Music, and Happiness
http://Dragonhame.Com

grab the test from http://izchan.blogspot.com/

random

Form is timeless while function is bound to the present -- the validity of form transcent the utility of function

got that from an ID colleague (on his cubicle in fact)

gives me lotsa room to ponder - form or function ?
which is more immortal ?

Stranger than Fiction

Tagline: Harold Crick isn't ready to go. Period.

Karen Effiel is an author writing her latest novel about an isolated man named Harold Crick. What she doesn't know is that her fictionalized character is real. The real Harold Crick is an IRS agent who has lived a dull existence and one day begins to hear Karen's voice as she narrates what she puts on paper to what Harold has and is doing. Because of this Harold insists the help of a literary professor to find out what is happening and ends up changing things about his life including beginning a relationship with his IRS client, a government-hating bakery owner named Ana Pascal. Harold, however, finds trouble when he hears that Karen plans to kill him.

i can't wait for this, because i luv to see Dustin Hoffman. the most brilliant actor. he does not play the role of Harold Crick here, but he could always steals the limelight. no fail. all the time.

respect and adore. immensely.

Stereo by Pavement

Pigs, they tend to wiggle when they walk
The infrastructure rots
And the owners hate the jocks
With their agents and their dates
If the signatures are checked
Youll just have to wait
And were counting up the instants that we save
Tired nation so depraved
From the cheap seats see us
Wave to the cameraIt took a giant ramrod
To raze the demon settlement
But high-ho silver, rideHigh-ho silver, ride
Take another ride to see me home
Listen to me! Im on the stereo stereo
Oh my baby baby baby baby babe
Gave me malaria hysteria
What about the voice of geddy lee
How did it get so high?
I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?
(I know him and he does!)
And youre my fact-checkin cuz(aww...)
Well focus on the quasar in the mist
The kaiser has a cyst
And Im a blank want list
The qualms you have and if they stick
They will drown you in a crickIn the neck of a woods
That was populated byTired nation on the fly
Everybody knows advice
That was give out for free
Lots of details to discern
Lots of detailsBut high-ho silver ride
High-ho silver ride
Takes another ride to make me
Oh, get off the air
Im on the stereo stereo
Oh my baby baby baby baby baby babe
Gave me malaria hysteria

i luv the last line
i used to sing along this when i was in high skol

another deja vu.

indie rock is immortal.

best of Mary McCartney

my favourite - of all from Mary McCartney

she blends in perfectly with the drawings on the wall. just like a fairy in the woods !

oh how i love fairytale !

LeSportsac

i've fallen in love with this print. it has lotsa punkster and skinny people in it. red head, skinny guy with a guitar, hot cheerleaders, rock chick who says rock concert comes before exams. (yeah, i agree !)

it is designed by amy davis - the theme says scholprint

how deja vu is that !

school time = free and easy period

one word = the most 'punk' print i've ever seen !

Mary McCartney again

i like it with the old woman.
it is boring when you see too much of pretty stuff.

aight ?

Kate Moss by Mary McCartney

Kate Moss put on a bit of weight in this series of photos, nevertheless she still caught my eyes , as usual.

my favourite is the one with the red dress. she speaks from her dress and her eyes.

bravo.

YSL

Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (born August 1, 1936 in Oran, Algeria)













"Dressing is a way of life."

“Fashions fade, style is eternal.”

“I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.”

Le Smoking Tux photographed by Helmut Newton

Created in 1966 by famous coutourier Yves Saint Laurent, the Le Smoking tuxedo suit for women was the first of its kind to earn attention in the fashion world and in popular culture. It pioneered long, minimalist, androgynous styles for women, as well as the use of power suits and the pantsuit in modern-day society.
a style that was first popularised in photographs by Helmut Newton-(October 31, 1920, Berlin, Germany – January 23, 2004, West Hollywood, California) was a German-American fashion photographer noted for his nude studies of women.

That 70's show

The show follows the life of geeky teenager Eric Forman (Topher Grace) and his five teenage friends: Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon), his feminist girlfriend and next-door neighbor; Steven Hyde (Danny Masterson), a rebellious hard-rocking stoner; Michael Kelso (Ashton Kutcher), a dim-witted narcissistic ladies man; Jackie Burkhart (Mila Kunis), a self-involved high school cheerleader overly preoccupied with wealth and status; and Fez (Wilmer Valderrama), the nicknamed foreigner whose country of origin is ambiguous and whose hormones are out of control. Fez's real name is felt to be unpronounceable to the other characters and so they rename him Fez, which stands for Foreign Exchange Student (the spelling being poetic license).
Signature elements of That '70s Show include surreal, sometimes elaborate, dream sequences to illustrate various characters' vivid imaginations, some of which include references or parodies of fads or films of the time, such as Star Wars and Grease, and the 360-degree scenes, also known as "the Circle". The Circle is used to illustrate the teens' implied marijuana use, usually in Eric Forman's basement. All the segments include nonsensical dialogue complete with deadpan humor. Of note, no actual smoking is shown in these scenes; it is only inferred by the visible smoke in the background and foreground. However, as the series progressed and the teens matured, the actual smoking became less and less frequent, and often times they would merely sit in a circle to discuss various issues in their lives.
Other elements include the use of split screen, which involves two characters talking to each other about the same topic (often relationships) as two other people with foil viewpoints: almost disturbingly similar but differing in a few major key points for comic effect.

i used to follow this religiously. I'm mesmerized by the cast, the retro dressing, the dry-humurous script (esp fr Hyde). good shit. enough said.

Goldfrapp

All of which makes We Are Glitter one of a special category of remix albums-- the sort that actually settles down from the originals, spinning brash, bullying pop out into something slower-building, more spacious, and more dynamic. This is dancefloor Goldfrapp that actually lets you breathe. The selection of remixers is impressive, and while the tracks a lot of them turn in are just about exactly what you'd expect of them there's a variety to the results that makes the experience of listening through the disc a much more comfortable one.

The standout is Detroit techno legend Carl Craig's take on "Fly Me Away", which he turns-- and I mean this literally-- into Donna Summer's "I Feel Love": That touchstone Moroder bassline goes pulsing up and down while Alison G. coos all alone around it, making a good bid for the exquisite sense of space and suspended motion in the original. Same goes for French house legends Alan Braxe and Fred Falke reworking "Number One"

i heart the cover - coz i luv peacock - they are the most fashionable animal in the planet earth.

Luomo

Paper Tigers is a total curveball. It's the most cohesive of any of Luomo's albums, by which I mean you can listen over and over again until you have no idea whether it's just beginning, or wrapping up, or pumping steadily through its middlemost densities. The hooks are less pronounced than on The Present Lover, but every track is very much its own song; Ripatti infuses traditional verse/chorus structures with his horizontal sense of sprawl until his tracks roll out like an endless, head-over-heels tumble
The whole record seems wrapped up with the very act of pop listening; the songs are at once hook-heavy and just out of reach. Hearing them feels a little like trying to rescue the memory of a melody that lingers on the tip of your tongue, a teasing wisp of a lick. The songs are as solid-- and as sticky-- as cotton candy.

Damien Jurado

Damien Jurado's records are like little outposts on a desolate Midwestern highway: overgrown filling stations, dilapidated barns, canted trailers. They have that abandoned and futile quality; rustic and battered by time, they can make us gasp with nostalgia for lives we've never lived. In Jurado's songs-- tunes for falling asleep behind the wheel with a bottle between your thighs and nothing but sky on the horizon-- you can feel his accumulated fatigue.

listening to him reminds me of the Belle & Sebastian , Kings of Convenience.

enough said. it will remain in my playlist for another few weeks.

Lady Sovereign

many said this is a big let-down. i suppose it was dued to the fact that her previous EP are too good e.g. Ching Ching.
i am someone who needs a fix of hip hop on and off to groove along.
this is quite a good pick

Love me or hate me, its still an obsession.
Love me or hate me, that is the question.
If you love me then Thank you!
If you hate me then fuck you!

love me or hate me, fuck you.....- brilliant piece of shit

Yeah,It's officially the biggest midget in the game.I dunno.Make way for the S.O.V.

peace.

My Stripper song is ..... Milkshake

Your Stripper Song Is

Milkshake by Kelis "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yardAnd they're like, it's better than yoursDamn right it's better than yoursI could teach you but I have to charge" One thing is for sure: you know how to shake it!

What Song Should You Strip To?

well not bad, pretty catchy poppy stuff !

Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

Marc Chagall (Russian: Марк Захарович Шага́л; Belarusian: Мойша Захаравіч Шагалаў Mojša Zacharavič Šahałaŭ) (7 July 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Jewish painter who was born in Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire. Among the celebrated painters of the 20th century, he is associated with the modern movements after impressionismhis work always found itself on the margins of these movements and emerging trends, including Cubism and Fauvism

Often used symbols in Chagall's works of art
Cow: life par excellence: milk, meat, leather, horn, power.
Tree: another life symbol.
Cock: fertility, often painted together with lovers.
Bosom (often naked): eroticism and fertility of life (Chagall loved and respected women).
Fiddler: in Chagall's village Vitebsk the fiddler made music at crosspoints of life (birth, wedding, death).
Herring (often also painted as a flying fish): commemorates Chagall's father working in a fish factory
Pendulum Clock: time, and modest life (in the time of prosecution at the Loire River the pendulum seems being driven with force into the wooden box of the pendulum clock).
Candlestick: two candles symbolize the Shabbat or the Menora (candlestick with seven candles) or the Hanukkah-candlestick, and therefore the life of pious Jews (Chassidim).
Windows: Chagall's Love of Freedom, and Paris through the window.
Houses of Vitebsk (often in paintings of his time in Paris): feelings for his homeland
Scenes of the Circus: Harmony of Man and Animal, which induces Creativity in Man.
Crucifixion of Jesus: the Holocaust, Jews being persecuted by the Nazis.

nicole etienne

A fourth generation artist, Nicole Etienne paints in a style that blends the classic values of traditional still life with the cubist approach of depicting objects without geometric perspective. Her work mirrors her personality: high spirited and contemporary, with a dash of humor. Etienne lives by the words of her favorite philosopher, Henry David Thoreau: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Etienne studied at the University of California and the Lorenzo de Medici School of Art in Florence, Italy

Elena Ilku

ELENA ILKU is a native of Ukraine, where she earned a Masters degree in History of Art and Design. She currently lives and works in British Columbia. She started her career as a professional artist in 1985, and since then has been extensively travelling, working and exhibiting her work throughout Europe and North America. She continued her artistic education in France and the United Kingdom, which helped her to develop a unique style of painting.


my favourite pick is the red one with a little gal holding a lantern. it looks abit eerie at 1st glance but i suppose that's why i like it so much.

did i tell you that my favourite colour recently (since a month ago) is red?

i was told that red is the colour of luv. you luv it more when you are in luv.

exit music (for a film) by Radiohead

Wake... from your sleep
The drying of your tears
Today.. we escape We escape.
Pack and get dressed
Before your father hears us
Before.. all hell.. breaks loose.
Breathe... keep breathing
Don't lose.. your nerve.
Breathe... keep breathing
I can't do this.. alone.
Sing us a song
A song to keep us warm
There's such a chill
Such a CHILL.
You can laughA spineless laugh
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you
Now we are one
In everlasting peace
We hope that you choke.. that you choke
We hope that you choke.. that you choke
We hope that you choke.. that you choke

i've been looping this song for the past few working days (during working hours)
is suicidal I know.
is a classic (never get bored listening to it) to me.
my heart was wrenched by the last line - esp when sung by Thom Yorke magical voice.

enough said. i shall keep looping it.

Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal (born November 30, 1978) is a Mexican actor.García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, to Patricia Bernal (an actress and former model) and José Ángel García (an actor and director). His stepfather is Sergio Yasbek, whom his mother married when he was young. He started acting at just a year old and spent most of his teen years starring in soap operas.
When he was 14 he taught literacy to indigenous peoples in Mexico, most often with the Huichol Indians. In his later teens he attended demonstrations and wrote about the Chiapas people during the uprising of 1994.

his quotes
"A person isn't born with the intelligence to be with someone special, you learn it, and you fail in the path of life, but you don't have to give up the chance to love."
"The talent survives and remains while the beauty is diluted."
"Changes occur that way. Suddenly the bricks fall into place in some sort of chaotic serenity."
"I go with the flow. Whatever music you play for me, I'll dance."
"I'm an actor. I don't need to abide by any ethnicity."

He first caught my eyes in Amores perros. talented chap with good looking face. seen the trailer of Babel the other day and he's getting better in the new movie. more charisma and stuff.
another man i adore and took my breath away after Ashton Kutcher.

PS : heard he is back with natalie portman. what more i should say. match made in heaven !!!

Mark Rothko (1903-1970)

Mark Rothko born Marcus Rothkowitz (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970) was a Latvian-born American painter who is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he rejected not only the label but even being an abstract painter.

I am a Rocky Road ice cream

You Are Rocky Road Ice Cream

Unpredictable and wild, you know how to have fun.You're also a trendsetter who takes risks with new things.You know about the latest and greatest - and may have invented it! You are most compatible with vanilla ice cream.

What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?

overly obsessed with ice cream lately. ranking of my favourite pick of the moment :

1. Baskin 31- choc peanut butter (it will remain at the #1 spot for a very long time)
2. Baskin 31- Choc escape (new )
3. Haagen Daaz - rum and raisin
4. Kit Kat drumstick

My personality

Your Personality Is

Rational (NT) You are both logical and creative. You are full of ideas.You are so rational that you analyze everything. This drives people a little crazy! Intelligence is important to you. You always like to be around smart people.In fact, you're often a little short with people who don't impress you mentally. You seem distant to some - but it's usually because you're deep in thought.Those who understand you best are fellow Rationals. In love, you tend to approach things with logic. You seek a compatible mate - who is also very intelligent. At work, you tend to gravitate toward idea building careers - like programming, medicine, or academia. With others, you are very honest and direct. People often can't take your criticism well. On weekends, you spend most of your time thinking, experimenting with new ideas, or learning new things.

The Three Question Personality Test

You have no idea how much i luv donuts !

You Are a Boston Creme Donut

You have a tough exterior. No one wants to mess with you.But on the inside, you're a total pushover and completely soft.You're a traditionalist, and you don't change easily.You're likely to eat the same doughnut every morning, and pout if it's sold out.

What Donut Are You?

I am Bert

You Are Bert

Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you loveable - even if you don't love them! You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

Paul Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)

Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement. He was one of the most influential twentieth century artists.
The youngest of five sons, Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming, and grew up in Arizona and California, attending Los Angeles' Manual Arts High School where he studied. He moved to New York City, following his brother, Charles Pollock, where they both studied under Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. Benton's influence on Pollock's formative work can be seen in his use of curvilinear undulating rhythms and in the use of rural American subject matter.

Cheryl Piperberg gallery

something for the kids - i like the soccer gals the most ! funky shit
the sunbathing elephant is cool as well.

i'm a cult classic movie

The Movie Of Your Life Is A Cult Classic

Quirky, offbeat, and even a little campy - your life appeals to a select few.But if someone's obsessed with you, look out! Your fans are downright freaky. Your best movie matches: Office Space, Showgirls, The Big Lebowski

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?