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2012-01-22T13:45:00.001+08:00

• CREATIVITY//ORGANIZATION//PERSPIRATION//COLLABORATION//CAPTURING ACTION •

What happens when a fashion student gets hitched to the best design portfolio network on the net?

Well, some SWAG happens like that on top, and more below.

•During LASALLE OPEN HOUSE 2012, 13-14 JANUARY 2012•

LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore,

meet your first

Behance Student Campus Ambassador,

Rice.

This was so last year as I've collated the products when the first hampers were sent out straight from the Behance Co. from New York (NY, baby!).

Being part of the very first team (see the rest of the 15 OSM peeps I'm part of around the world) tells me to get on with my brains to switch to organizing and leading skills to the sharpening tool.

But before anything else happens, I'VE GOT MAIL !!!
(Should you've been following this WDFIV blog, you should know how much I LOOOOOOOVE snail mails/posts/postage/whatever's in my mailbox and not e-mail inbox)

I've been waiting like a heck long time for this. Snail mail from New York Behance, I forgive you.

Why?

THIS:

WIN. Made my day in one October last year.

And so they were my object of desire and model for the rest of the evening hour taking shots and close-ups of the things you gotta take note:

And yeah, with the messenger bag from the famous 99% annual Conference Behance hold, I tried to make it as functional and still fashionable in a sense of way. Somehow, I was wearing seriously BRIGHT PRIMARY COLORS in that particularly gloomy day... talk about spotlight.

Which is exactly the entire message is all about.

"BRING ON THE SWAG with the bag of NY Be goodies!"

•wearing (X) SML crimson top, cobalt blue trousers, random yellow platform sandals, UNKL watch bracelet, pink Phillips headphone, Numo rings, Cotton On aviators•

This is how you work the messenger bag, RIGHT.

•raving my Numo acetate rings in a variety of colors gotten back from LOCAFORE!•

LASALLE kids reading,

make your future bright by signing up,

join the competition right now that it's out,

make our school proud by our stuff,

most of all,

make yourself proud as you're not an artist bluff!

(Once you join our network, endless opportunities awaits. No one is stopping you from working with people outside of Singapore.)

What's up next...

THE INFO BOOTH, on Behance blog!

Dawn.

2012-01-20T15:26:00.000+08:00

Hello in 2012 whutderrfakqer readers! A new dawn for the new year starts.

Issue 004 is coming out soon for DEW Magazine, check out the preview which I contributed a post for them for BOB!

I have no idea what issue theme will be, so I can't be musing after I stop writing from DEW 002 where I had to just mused with photos and here's my own favorites from 003 (because I am so tired from online writing in that point, meheheh)

There are so much stunning works I can only gape, but one is certainly interesting from the title, direction, and of course, hats off as it is not DIGITALLY MADE - IT'S HANDMADE! (A Personal Favorite).

this illustration is created and proudly said by an Indonesian illustrator, Eko Bintang, which I now nominate him as part of my favorite illustrators!! His drawings reminded me of good ol' days of CosmoGIRL! Horoscopes drawing I used to really like and cut out. I forgot that illustrator name, he's based in the States.

Someone recalls? Let me know!

(click on image to enlarge)

Dolce & Gabanna's "Boys will be Boys" getup is the closest style I could replicate with a sudden shopping spree of neon colored blazers on ASOS. If not, "Spank It Babe" is the most entertaining DPS ever, don't you agree??

Other than that, the third edition is filled with themes around 'EASTERN ISSUE', but I took some other awesome picks which are not entirely Eastern.

• can you believe this that these frocks are designed and made by an Indonesian designer? Guess who! You'd have to find out by going to the magazine! It's BREATHTAKINGLY PRETTAYYYYY. My style much.•

Anyhow I just realized the new features of Twitter those "Paper.Li" thing. Unless you use an iPhone and other touchy smartphones, you wouldn't know as there is no feature for this on desktop (blame me, I only log into the website, not using Tweetdeck whatsoever), so I've been popping out a couple places... like this one:

Funny thing is its from Padalarang, of all places!

More funny unimportant musings around my article and the comments can be found on my Tumblr.

I know I promised a lot of things to unidentified readers and whoever wants to but I really should get writing on more posts ey.

#SANTAHASBEEN

2011-12-25T18:14:00.000+08:00

Not working so much this year for me.
How about you guys?

In a warm-up post to get all warmed up for the season, and we still having the humid and terrible pouring clouds, here's my Joyeux Noel hamper, gotten from my cousin who's a master at the baking and cooking. Definitely a house kitchen master!

And you can't find these anywhere else...

TROPICAL STYLE GINGERBREAD PEEPLE.

Where else can you find?
Only in Singapore you'll have your Gingerbread people in bikinis and trunks (the surfer girl is my personal favorite but she broke her arm. /awww), and tux and a dress (out of ideas, my cousin say) whom she drew out of a non-hardening glitter food gel. Glitter!

What's more, she baked the most moist and soft pumpkin bread that is just right in its texture, and orange peel chocolate muffins that are so delectable and substantial as it is so dense once you bite in - after a pop in the microwave.

•lovely Joyeux Noel food hamper!•

•tried to save the surfer ginger people to a better place, while the girls lost an arm and...•

•lost her head. Michon naba. Kekeke~ Oops.•

I was dropping by for Feliz Navidad dinner and Midnight Mass and to visit my cuteeeeeeee pie Grace, the baby girl niece who turned 1 last month.

and boy SHE GREW A LOT. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HER walking and crawling on the floor with her adorable chubbiness I can't explain in words and her dad - my cous say, "she's still underweight though."

So here she is like when she was 4 months old or something...

•my favooooorite picture. LIKE 1 million times•

And now she's 1 year and 1 month's old... AND, THE BIG CATCH IS THAT SHE KNOWS THE CAMERA. She poses once I snapped and the flash blasted, and she started smiling and her face puzzled off as if she was thinking, "What face or pose should I do now?"

Speechless.

Too cute to believe but she now doesn't recognize me... TT_TT
Looks more like her mom now!

What is your Buon Natale wish? Here are some quotes taken from my dear T-list pal which I echo the most:

"@pyosaurus You know you're old when no one gives you presents anymore ):"

A sparkling blessed Christmas, dear readers and friends! Missed out what happened in the previous weeks of mine? The big issue of Adeline Chia, K-Pop party madness, and MAMA 2011 and other event coverages.

Need some virtual love? Check out my T-list on the left here as I'm spamming some tweet-y love today for some #fangirl #kpop #food #christmas #presents.

Watch out for the next post in 2012 of what made my 2011 THE YEAR FOR ME. (NOT Y.O.U. since I'm still solo. It's going to be 'YEAR OF US' once Key's on my side.)

Euphoria.

2011-12-21T02:44:00.010+08:00

First up is that most Singaporeans K-poppers should know (or you are still underaged thus you don't know what's going on) we had a serious K-popfied week with TWO club events just to celebrate K-Pop!

And what was the first installment for a fulfilling week (with SHAUN EVARISTO'S MOVEMENT LIFESTYLE EXPERIENCE SANDWICHED ON FRIDAY)? Noneother than SM ENTERTAINMENT's own producers, DJs, and personas BEATBURGER specially flown in from Seoul once again (after their trip for MAMA2011. They were here probably mixing the songs and enjoying themselves. Missed your MAMA 2011 Singapore news? Scroll below here and here) for just one special night to spin and rock the night at Singapore's nominated favorite nightspot and the home for all the riotous fashionable kids because owners Bobby and Ritz certainly can bring an entire artsy fartsy pupils version of Chingay parade to fill in the two rooms, THE BUTTER FACTORY's new WEEKLY Thu night, GAJA!

(Yes I cannot bloody believe it we now have a resident permanent night just to hear some K-pop blasting and to shed more calories comparing to just watch your favorite pretty boys on Youtube and press repeat for another gazillion times after that and still SCREAMING to the same moment and scene, I can feel you right about there. K-Pop fans who are night owls REEEEEJOICE)

Without further ado, it's back at the showdown between the daebak parties held last weekend, goodbye baby, goodbye normal life!

•Beatburger Greg and Gina unni of CINQSWAN•

GAJA! at Butter Factory

feat. BEATBURGERKOREA

REPORT CARD

A++++++++++

1. Performanceship

A nondescript experience comes with the package for this Gaja! debut. Like, COME ON, the name itself of SM Entertainment proudly boasts to have the highest market share from the Trinity of South Korean music industry for 2011 reports and still is going strong for their girls are throwing themselves to the USA pit, and my panjjak panjjak boys are having the best time of their lives yet in JPN.

Now, it's their sunbaes coming and making an ah-maaaaazing performance all K-pop dancers which I usually see 'em around other K-pop parties around town, dubbed as SNSD boys or something, gaped and cheered. THIS IS, LIKE, AN APPROACHABLE ONE AND ONLY (YET) SM PEOPLE IN THE SAME LEVEL AND DANCE FLOOR AS YOU ARE! AND THEY'RE DANCING TO THE SONGS YOU LIKE MOST!

For anyone who loves SM but has no more moolah left because you bought VIP moshpit tickets for K-Pop Night, SNSD, MAMA, SS3, K-pop Heal the World and many others, this is your remedy as they're the producers and choreographers. THEY DID IT IN ONE SMOOTH MOTION. OH GOOD SLUR LOOORD.

(#OMONA, #OMONA, #OMONA, #FangirlMomentWithoutTheNosebleed, #FanboyMoment)

2. Variety

There's the special dance team (with Gina unni saengnim who teaches us those K-pop dance at KTO, yo!) , there's them spinning, there's them dancing (Jae and Greg) with you, there's him (Stephen) in a guitar, there's him (Jae) crooning his rock star vocability, and also with a big huge bottle of booze to feed everyone in front of him like his piss. Don't get me wrong, this is the true euphoria of such rock concert. A club with a rock concert attitude as it has a party stage all can go gaga to.

All-round experience for the debut night, 100% satisfied and entertained. Since again, they have the name to hold, and it's at Butter, so well, you do need this kind of excitement to keep 'em coming. Which I assure you they are.

(KUDOS, @beatburgerkorea!)

1. Crowd

They're the real dudes and riot grrlz that parties till' they see the sunlight! K-Pop or not, even collared ahjusshi's are seen to enjoy themselves, let alone Caucasians.

"Wait, are they in the wrong party?"

That's what I thought but well, again, this IS the crowd that knows well how to party regardless of anything in between. Ladies who are #fangirlwithshrieksandnosebleed, you've got an additional point: there were the handsome oppas around! No no, we know there are two types of Koreans. The ones you see in the street and you were dissapointed because he doesn't look like Lee Jun Ki. And the rest, you see them on TV like Noh Min woo. For this night, they were like Soong Joong Ki's and Lee Min Ho's, I AM NOT KIDDING YOU. SINCE WHEN I LIE. Start unleashing your estrogen ladies, because boys, you could spread a lot of pheromone but I don't see as much Korean girls around as the guys. Although there is. So not to worry boys and girls who are looking for a prospectus of wearing a Hanbok for wedding, you both have equal chances. Play nice, OK! It's not rugby. It's Taekwondo. You still bow in respect before prancing on your target.

You dance K-pop or not we don't care, we just wanna hook some oppas to tapao. Like any other Ladies night or Friday's night.
(#SafeOneNightStandWithAPrettyBoy)

[Why safe? Doh. K-pop is still a safe thing after all. Probably but not after today. ㅋㅋㅋ. I leave that imagination entirely up to you.]

B-

1. Music

Of course, the warm-up WITHOUT ANYONE at the deck which made me restless because it was more of a karaoke in a huge room (BUMP) where all fans were singing along whilst dancing (there was still space).

Because most of the songs were not upbeat or isn't upbeat enough to be danced to, and it's only played auto by iTunes, I saw at least people were on the dance floor but my friends and I only did a shrug of shoulders and held a fake microphone instead and singing along to either ballad songs of 2NE1 (can't recall) and other.

Well, sorry I am bias to 2NE1, you no mess with any Blackjacks.

It was an #awkwardmoment once again but rest assured, at least people were on the dance floor.

To the point on why music is only getting a B-, is because in what world that the crowd starts to cheer "Kay Pop Kay Pop" due to the lack of K-pop songs played? It was weird, but I did join in.

After that I did my share of research and well, the event didn't exactly state that it was a 100% K-Pop night. "K-Pop Chart Toppers" as they say, which of course they did play, but I guess it was a dismissal. I'm writing as a view of K-pop fans, so I am with the same group who chants for more K-Pop. I was dissapointed that although MY SONG AND SONG OF THE YEAR 'I AM THE BEST' was played and hell yeah was it good to hear it every time I go to any K-pop club now, there was a significant lack of K-pop songs.

I respect the Beatburger dudes spinning the now in western tracks, mixing it well but most of them I am disconnected to, and because it is in the house of Butter Factory, and it's not the Kids party we know, guys, you gotta know that around you, there are still collared-off-from-work dudes and angmohs and ones who seem to be oblivious with K-pop somehow but in for any good music. Albeit the lollapalooza of the DJs presence and all, you should know too that Koreans don't like their own tunes, remember?

Albeit it was a lack of it that I stopped and rested too, that was how much we K-pop fans yeeeeeeeeearrrrrrned for more K-pop tracks.

1. Space

First, Butter Factory's decisions took me aback with holding Gaja! at BUMP, their bigger room. I was skeptical, "really? We need a space this big? Because all I know is that K-pop fans are crying girls under 18 who can't join."

When I entered, the place wasn't as deserted as I thought even when no one was exactly spinning on deck. I nodded my head in being impressed and be excited to take part on the dance floor. It was sad that no one particularly dressed-up like a Seoulian party - or chadchad's photos are beguilling enough to look like Seoul but actually taken in London.

Once the set had a spark to start, everyone was then CROWDING THE FRONT WITHOUT MERCY. A+ for their enthusiasm. But then, the next problem rose:

"Everyone, please make a circle!"

What, you'd want to make a circle t the sardine can dance floor, ya jeongmal mitcho? I was already gaping for air like a fish trapped out of water and we were first confused by how Greg spoke it, until the security came and put their steady hands out, out, to give space.

OoOoOoOooooooooh, make space lah what's so hard.

What's hard you tell me? WE HAVE NO MORE SPACE. By midnight, Bump was crowded from the dance floor to the VIP, but not from the entrance. Still then, it was hard to see anything because then we were pushed even further to make space for the girls to dance The Boys which erupted in madness!

Continuing on, it was going to be quite a show show show if Greg and Jae had all the space in the world of the dance floor. THEIR EPIC PERFORMANCE to hype it all up, was a bit restricted yet still a hat-tipper-topper-puller lungs deflating act in this limited space. The seniors who bash our boys and girls (seniority, fangirls and boys, don't bite them, they ought to reprimand when your biases did ~~a mistake or cannot sing~~)

I don't know how they do it, they did it. They did those hard techno broken dance moves in that teeny space.

Afterwards, the PARTY STARTED #FuckYeah.

Fakq yeah, we didn't have enough space to move or dance to it was fantastically hot.

However, this is safe to stay that it shows Gaja! will be here to stay at BUMP.

#fistsbump

(btw, juuuust kidding chad!)

FINAL VERDICT:

1. "Excitement uncontrolled when the DJ comes down to play, hell yeah!"

2. All-the-way-from-South-Korea (read: direct import) acts. Anything else?

3. Anyone who loves K-pop, and are not considered kids, get yourself invited here THIS INSTANT.

Other than I couldn't dance much nor perspire as much as I did as DJ MASA because 95% I know all the songs. I had rests in between for most half of the time I do not know, and because there was a restricted space to dance, I only dance with 10% effort. Swinging and do a full swag movement will cause an uproar of protest of taking over the dance floor with dancing incapabilities. HA.
This is the party to go for you kids older than 18, loves K-pop, but still in tune with the rest of world (not like me. I am only in my own Asianic bubble, judge me now). Plus, see the category that got the score of A. Now you'll know why we'll all come back.

However, in case you missed next week...

Don't worry, it is here to stay as a Thursday permanent.

Watch out for this week's boy comin' to town, DJ BURGER KANG! (No the name doesn't have to do anything. Why do Koreans obsess over 'burger'? That's to you too 'Burger' Kim, kkk~)
Here's how to bring in your friends to join you to party on a Thursday night and forget what Friday is (a working day) by sharing this WDFIV Showdown review for your SNS needs,

This is the review In 10 words or less...

An Asian night Thursday regular, more opportunities to eye-candy baby!

The next showdown: ULTIMATE PARTY WITH DJ MASA!

This commentary is written to no-offence to anyone or to bash. Solely based on opinion, experience and knowledge, this is to make your life easier to choose where to spend your precious hours at rather than hiding in that mouse hole and do shake your tummy (read: LAUGH, don't be uptight! Enjoy the words). Apologies if it were to tick you at any way or form. Now get your latest Hallyu affairs and entertainment feeds here and here.

Realm.

2011-12-21T02:44:00.006+08:00

As most of you Singaporeans K-poppers should know (or you are still underaged thus you don't know what's going on) we had a serious K-popfied week with TWO club events just to celebrate K-Pop!

I was friggin' to death frigcited. I mean, can I celebrate that I'm in the right time and right place once again this week? WHUTderrFAKQizVAT now brings you the continuing talk.

As for my best pal Carlos aka DJ MASA whom we first officially met back in the days (May 2011) hung out and he did a party and I went undercover as his video person behind his Singapore trip, and now as chingus are also the most crucial person to say the truth. And also for everyone's information for all Hallyu wavers out there, here is the breakdown of the event as the showdown continues on with Saturday's JigAsia Entertainment (17 Dec 2011) ULTIMATE K-POP PARTY WITH DJ MASA!

Yep, he sure looks better and better with his new haircut and after being and breathing in the same air as the CUBE kids from their CUBE Concert in Brazil... You'd have to read more in his special interview here!

I'm not going to tell you anymore general details - it's time for the points given.

ULTIMATE K-POP PARTY WITH DJ MASA

REPORT CARD

Score: A+++++++++++++++++++++++++

1. Music

I know that I have been to the greatest party (#FuckYeahDanceTillTheWorldEnds) when I am contented to know I have perspired and headbanged much to burn enough calories to eat a 5 slices of pizza today for the first meal (the very morning after). As MASA has promised from where we met during the party at Gaja!, "Don't worry, it'll be 100% K-Pop."

Well, I shouldn't say 100% K-Pop , it's about 95% of it. But that didn't matter nor I didn't complain or there wasn't a crowd cheering for "Kay pop kay pop!" However so, he has chosen the correct English tracks for the majority to know the song. For those of you who have joined me since the humble beginnings here and knows me back from middle school, I have ditched western pop and I don't know anyone except the ones that are repetitively played at public places that I can groove into.

And so if most of you had spotted me around the front side of the deck, and sometimes I don't dance, it's because it's not the DJ's problem to not play K-pop songs. It's MY problem that I don't know the latest K-pop songs.

Yes believe it or not, for the latest new rookie whatever mushrooming bands, I don't give 'em my eye just yet (I've been darn busy and Music Bank has just been so ever boring, or K-Pop is seriously getting its toll on me now?!) and even Masa asked me, " Did you recognized that new mashup?" I had to meekly answer,

"Is it that one? No? Then it's the mashup with the tunes I don't know , not because I don't know your stuff, but I don't even know the actual song or artist."

(me: #epicfail. masa: #winftw)

PURE BLISS. PURE, HEAVENLY, K-POP BLISS.

2. Passion

What else can I say? This dude's got the skills, wanted more perfection to improve and chose to stuck waht he believed in which until today I still assume he got called off his day job because he was late to return to his office on Tuesday (arrival day) from his first trip to Singapore. Carlos, correct me if I'm wrong.

This time, by the demand of his fans, and of our input that we wanted a live mix, he did went out to get his own set (did you read my interview yet?! You betcha. Scroll up again and click on that link.) and studied it all out to give out his best latest performance yet and giving the first dibs on his new mashups, "I did 6 in 2 days!"

He, transported us to a serious K-Pop realm dimension in a night.

If you're still wondering now how much effort exactly did he put into his performance tonight?

Yoogeun will tell you how much as much he loves my girl.

He's a total #WIN.

Score: B+

1. Crowd

Right on, compared to the one at Butter Factory, I'd have to say the crowd is different and it goes back to the label that's been around and I've acknowledged it as well that a "K-pop party is for kids". It starts early from 7, and ends by midnight like Cinderella. But I don't mind. I'm a good kid so I never complain, I'm only after the song and because I love it, nothing more. I enjoy kids party more than the usual roudy parties. Dear friends who are reading this knows how I'm the wrong person to ask to go out clubbing except a K-Pop party.

ANYWAY, the crowd, small but the regular, devoted and the 'cult' members (This one's for you Ms Chia. We enjoy K-pop morning, day and now at night. Can you live our lives?).

I felt terrible for Yoo Jaesuk look-a-like warmup DJ for no one danced to the song. But again, I did note about this at Gaja!, that even though no one was particularly playing in the set, it was empty at the dance floor but eople are still around as it is a strictly given dimension of a dance floor, which invites people at least, to stand up inside the zone without a choice if you don't have a table.

•One agrees with me. Situation at the warm up, reported by D. Tan from the party's event Facebook. Yes, he saved the day!•

Nonetheless, as said, the crowd in comparison to Gaja! are the ones who truly in for the K-pop scene. The ones in front of the deck (read: ME being 미친) are the ones who truly enjoy and KNOW all the K-Pop dance by heart. There wasn't many as most chose to stay behind still. A smaller, more centric crowd to enjoy it together - which I prefer! ;p

If Gaja! was literally being pushed like sardine in a factory can, this was jalapeno pickles in preservative water. Still could see spaces behind me as there's only another person and not another 5 layer more.
Again, not everyone's problem though.

As long as you enjoy the night, Hell YEAH.

Score: C

1. Warm-up Atmosphere (Interior)

At this venue, there were tables crowding the way so as humans, as I would to, we would be drawn to just sit and awkwardly dance within just the tables which I DID because yeah, the awkwardness of the empty dance floor... But I do like this much more spacious club. But it doesn't help the event...

Obviously. We were anticipating for MASA to spin which was slated to start around 9-9.30PM. By the time then, the people gathered around, but still, which I kind of liked and be thankful was I HAD SPACE TO DANCE. Kkkkkkkkkkk~

At Gaja!, because of the hefty performanceship and the regular goers of Butter they weren't afraid to dance becuase, IT ISN'T CATEGORIZED AS A KIDS PARTY. (Goodness syntax grammar error there but whatever). It was seriously packed with people crowding and wanting to be part of the dance and space was tiny to move.

On the other hand, back at DBL'O, DJ MASA's first performance, it was pretty much full house on the dance floor BECAUSE THERE AREN'T TABLES! I have to say that the fever euphoria is much at a higher octane during the first, but the music is SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO GHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.

This time round, I have to say that the crowd was pretty mblgmblmbmglm because the chairs are comfy, riiiiiiiight whoever was sitting behind there ? At least they were there to enjoy to be inside a serious K-pop realm.

FINAL VERDICT:

1. "Brought K-Pop party to an entirely new whole level by knowing what K-pop fans like and wants"

2. Real K-Pop fans will have space to dance!

3. Although most of you guys are shy!

LOL never mind on the third, I did give it a miss for the warm-up because literally NO ONE was at the dance floor, and it is another suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper #awkwardmoment situation when it is.

For the 2nd, big shoutout to Lydia of (x)clusive - a true SONE and she KNOWS her K-Pop moves dayyyuuuum well, took over our zone to dance the entire K-pop mashups like mad! Now this is how K-pop party is done. As long as one of your pals in the dance floor knows all the dance steps, you've got your K-pop night covered of F U N.

If you'd like to share this WDFIV Showdown review for your SNS needs,

This is the review In 10 words or less...

You're jinjja baboya total K-pop fangirl/boy if you miss this.

MISSED the first showdown? 가자! AT BUTTERFACT

DJ-Feat.

2011-12-21T02:37:00.003+08:00

Because of my own wanting to kind of create this sort of thing without a demand and only for the sake of laughing, WHUTderrFAKQizVAT brings you a new commentary column of similar juxtaposition of things! This first debut would be on the TWO K-POP PARTIES HELD LAST WEEK. Super daebak week I tell you, and as a comparison between the two and why you should go.

가자!

feat.

BEATBURGER

VS.

ULTIMATE K-POP PARTY

feat.

DJ MASA

After the cut,
if you're interested is to "see what I wore to the event."
I haven't update my wearing outfit post in gazaisdjfawoeilzlaaaaiiillion online blog light years for the two events which most of you aren't interested unless you'd want to see the only girl dressing like someone coming out from a 2NE1 casual/house clothes-labelled wardrobe.

"Seriously, you look like 2NE1 leh." my baka imouto commented before going out.
YOU THINK THIS IS 2NE1? WAH MAN THINK AGAIN LAH.
"So colorful."

Now I get that. Points for being colorful for GAJA! Debut I made such an effort so Jae and Greg and Steph could point out boomz here's the Gaja grrl. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ~

Yeah right.

•wearing River Island dress, Feiyue shoes, bag from Yunan trip. Accessories: watchcessory from UNKL47, DIY hair piece, random broken glued with UHU red dummy glasses.•

Yes, that was a DIY hair-piece. I wanted something from the Pop Art Movement but I was watching and creating this 1 hour before event while watching KBS World Glory Jane.
Yeah, but I like it anyways.

Oh no, the shoes came that way, I didnt purposely buy it half half, I don't have enough Ka-Chings yet to purchase Made in China shoes marketed in France and French price as 2nd rank loved sneaker culture. Tee hee. They're seriously good though. Good brand to take a look and learn.

•reads: the party name! Let's go!•

Ah, sense something? This will be a new Tweet pic face starting next year. Trademark Twitter photo profile is to not show face but surprisingly, I DID Just for this season and the celebratory of the boys AZIATIX on their winning. Hurrah!

Two days later:

Happy early Christmas with cuties of the Christmas characters and pisseeeed that the Nutcracker, on why we wanted to take pictures in the first place, ain't looking at the camera. P!)*(U_!(*#(*%JOIJFPIEWEOI*(##* WDFIV.

Anyhow can't see anything. Nothing out of the norm, only when you see my back then the story of the night life lies there. But there's nothing more. I had no more idea and I put the two and two together of the clothes I haven't worn over 2 months hanging and folded in my wardrobe. Quick fix, it works!

Black and black. Been a while!

•I had no time and no idea what to wear. Creative juice was juiced out on Thursday. Quickly pulled a black (Elohim top) & black (liquid leggings) with my usual gem collar accessory for the night. Out with sandals, I want to dance like mad, thanks•

Now, go back up and enjoy the SUPER COMMENTARY COLUMN SHOWDOWN.

Lovely if you could tell me if you agree, disagree, loved, laughed, raved, hate, and everything down below on the post or holler up to me.

Happy holidays 2011! Feels so like Christmas now. Aw aw aw. Bite grit teeth at home eating ice cream alone.

Moolah.

2011-12-09T21:39:00.001+08:00

And so there's been this frenzy going on with a journo from Strait Times in which I didn't catch.
(Well, sorry that I have not been in touch on my Twitter [which I have moved as a Specialist on KLOUT yay! Not that it matters to you], nor Facebook).

Well, a day after this, I have an announcement that this post is updated. I just finished watchin KBS Entertainment Weekly. They were talking how K-Pop lyrics are so boggling on how empty the meaning and all their glizy blitzy music. They too, are talking and critical about it but can't do anything as it is such a major contribution into the pop culture and arts wave, in which why Singapore is getting some moolah thanks to this too.

Pop Critic Im Jinmo states that this situation with the English wannabe and weird lyrics that you force English inside the song makes "K-pop deem shallow and cheap..." and another media person says, "but when you see pretty faces and cool dances, you forget everything about the lyrics."

So Ms Chia, before you regurgitate your inmost opinion on national paper, you should know that Koreans themselves actually are anti-kpops. You're not alone. Or, the Koreans I know, such as my classmates and peers that are around me 95% they seriously do not like K-Pop, as it's rare to find a Korean outside of Korea who is a crazy fan like me. That explains how 80% of MAMA votes are overseas. Teenage years onwards and ones who live overseas hates K-Pop so much, and they reward me the label of walking K-Gossip dictionary when I asked a new scandal news which they just give a shrug over.

This new move I think, is because why I ditched western pop in the first place when I first met K-pop.

Sick of K-pop Cult [in Singapore]

The headline first greets.

It's a local media here in Singapore and the journo, Adeline Chia (which I am surprise she's got her fan page, maybe I should start making one for pictures and videos which didn't make the cut for OUR favorite K-Pop and J-stars, who's up? I'M HEARING YOU BELOW. LOL /hangmealready)

Let's break down her rants in this first ever utterubishing of the year before you can try and comprehend how do you say whutderrfakqizvat.

It's seriously been a long time since I utterubbish, a column here on my blog to say concrete opinions, no-offence taken.

I found whatever picture I had uploaded here, this must be DBSK when they were at their glorious days, but like what Chia says, they don't "live a life that's like a movie" which caused their 13-year contract to end and move out and to form JYJ.

The plastic fantastic making machine (read: trinity of the Korean entertainment, and latest new ones for the new fresh too-young-to-even-sing-or-act-or-have-low-voice boy groups that has been sprouting like wild mushrooms) has only one aim: MOOLAH MAKING MACHINE.

Don't you know how much they rake in MERCHANDISES (which I fell that when I was younger, now I know better to not spend... NOT) and SINGLE SALES (seriously not worthed but it is because how beautifully packaged it is and the PHOTOBOOKS) and PHOTOBOOKS (for further emphasis). I BET TONS OF GIRLS MELTED OVER THAT JAEJOONG SCENE (that's why I screenprint and I was oogling over it. Couldn't find the post of where I used this pic but I found this EPIC one instead for good)

Everyone still with me and agrees?

Now I'm a fan here, I've been in the Hallyu Wave since late 2005, which makes me a proud veteran to support and enjoy this entertainment, but I am rational and I'm in the middle. Continuing my profession to upgrade myself as a 'professional fangirl' by being a journalist, my previous and upcoming background in media and culture studies proved further for me to make a point and to lead everyone, young and old, to please see both sides. Don't get rushed off, see left and right when you cross or you'll get hit.

"To any disinterested observer, it was a blatant rip-off. To the fans, it was like communing with the gods. It was a uniquely depressing experience but during the show, I couldn not put my finger on the reason."

I cannot agree more. But this is a movement called ˆsafest way to do business, 110% guarantee REVENUE" event. I was at one last year and I've forgotten to multiply the ticket price to my home country's currency which I usually do becuase I am blinded by the news that my gods are coming (Haaaaail JYJ). It was like VVVIP ticket if it were to be back home and I got like faraway seats for a friggin' showcase. But well, since we love them so very much we will support them till the end, right?

#AKTF

That's the power of fans. Without us, the entertainment industry will never start.

General rule, people, there's a demand, there'll be high-octane selling supply. Hot cakes, krispy donuts, you name it.

Ms Chia, didn't you learn this in business class?

Don't tell me you're loosing to me in knowing the world of competitive stocks and loan sharks.

"A lot has been made about the Hallyu Wave, the unstoppable South Korean pop culture tsunami that has washed up on the shores of the world, conquering music charts, television ratings and the wall space of adolescents’ rooms.

I am heartily sick of it. Every bit of it. The manufactured sounds, the ersatz emotions, the clone-like stars, the cult-like, weepy fandom."

I understand. It's because how Singapore is such a lucrative city to make the moolah churn for all K-pop. Remember the days where we whutderrfakq Thailand back in 2007-2008 because all K-pop stars seem to go there and greet fans and never in Indonesia and rarely in Singapore? I know I did lament it every time I met my Thai friends.

And then I was crying and screaming of joy when K-POP NIGHT CONCERT 2008 as the first ever concert in Singapore, without any tickets that are sold but is pretty full house to my mom, "MOM I CAME TO SINGAPORE AT THE RIGHT TIME RIGHT PLACE RIGHT MOMENT. Fandom support finally pays off after watching religiously every night of ArirangTV, I now get to see Wonder Girls 'Nobody' live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

And Nobody was, in fact, the song of the year in 2008, and in Bugis street today, it is still repetitively, on the loop, played by that juice stall.

I have to stop reminiscing as my fangirl spaz keeps on surfacing...

At any case however, I wonder why you are even sick of it in the first place... if you only see us trending it on Twitter, and see overnight queues, and you hear it once in a while because it's well, JOB CALLS, you can't push it on your culture vulture - you're already making negative comments in this contemporary culture that we all agree it's taking over the world. I know - why don't you kindly decline the offer to cover the event - and pass the job onto a colleague who I would believe would appreciate it more?

I 've met the press peeps as in the same position as you and I are - some of them are totally clueless about it, in which the general remark is "they look all the same!!!!!" which I totally understand. Unless you're an actual fan, all the girls are like hot off the taiyaki pancake making at ION B4.

Unless otherwise stated, I would have to take sides with K-Pop now that if you're writing this because you're only a person who's examining us from the reflective bubble surface, you're only seeing yourself. If you're inside the bubble, that means you have already been exposed the ins and outs, and finally pop the bubble to get out of the 'ridiculous' cult group you say but so at least your say is much more substantial than what it is now, a recycled grey paper, in the bin by this hour.

You are sick of it - then please explain what Beliebers are. Beiber is a good competitor in his seventeens, and arguably has bigger fanclub than what Cassiopeia (TVXQ) is.

"This seems to be the drill: Train some nice-looking kids in a star factory. Assemble a group of them. Give them a name that is an abbreviation for something or just a random collection of letters and numbers.
The girls must have stick-thin arms and legs and the boys must look a bit like girls. Next, produce a song that is the demon child of lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas. Throw in Autotune, hip-hop beat and strong synth lines. Make a video that is a mini movie, featuring the stars doing synchronised dance moves while the back-up dancers gurn at the sides.
Voila! You have a viral hit."

Only one explanation Ms Chia.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-LAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

(OH! It works. I didn't plan this post to have this title beforehand and this pun worked! Sasuga, watashi-wa, hyahahahahaha)

Let me explain how the K-Pop works - leave talented Wheesung, Leessang, 8ight, VOS, SG Wannabe, etc. alone, they're not part of K-Pop we're talking about here - they focus on spur of the moment boom.
A quick escalation to popularity, and to find a long downhill after 3-4 weeks. Senior groups would last longer as their popularity soars and most music channels keep them up 1st place due to votes. Once in a while, a song of the year appears. The last time I know, it's a fight between Nobody and Abracadabra...
This year's song of the year, 2NE1, though I voted for them, have to say it's short-lived. But it is song of the year because not only I hear the song is used at GAG Concert and aptly fits well, it also is a stance for the girl groups to be so dominant and have the guts to say 'I AM THE BEST." Maybe your perception can change if you were to watch YG Concert hopefully next yaer as their concept is far then the 'Formuta T' you're talking about. And which this formula is implemented.

"I worry about these starlets who are worked to the bone and whose careers last as long as their good looks. Then they are discarded like rag dolls."

I feel you Ms Chia. I feel the very same way that this industry is so about the looks and popularity and not judged by the real vocal skill and how big their lungs capacity is. Sadly, it is the world we are at, and it goes in the same for fashion. I feel bad for the boyband "Boyfriend" as it so doesn't appeal to me but a lot to younger girls because they're "SO CUTEEEEEEEEE."

Once they're not cute, they are down the drain. Should know that this K-Pop is the tapao entertainment - takeaway, instant and quickly be discarded once you're done with it. Fans ages 17 and above should start reasoning well on why they like other than "because they're handsome!" and I sure to believe to hope that they will stick to them till the end, sometimes even until they disband.

"Recently, watching a sea of red lightsticks keeping beat to a song made me and my companion grab on to each other. Eyes wide in terror, we communicated wordlessly for fear of persecution. Our faces said this: ‘Are we at a cult gathering?’
K-pop is also unique in inspiring extreme behaviour from fans and generating psychosis. Cyber-bullying and online smear campaigns are common practices by anti-fans who target a certain entertainer they hate."

Aww, please don't say that, I am a bit offended by this. We're not a cult, we're a family who supports one group. Isn't it the same if you loved Brad Pitt when you were in your teenage years? Or watching your Keeping Up with Your Hollywood nutty-empty-headed stars every week and gape over them?

Since we're proud Asians, we do things our way to show our support. I have been in this 'underground' weird cult then since I first met it in 2005 and I am proud that I have stuck and went through with it in the nightmare of highschool where I was the only one going balls with K-Pop and dramas and all things Korean - and here it is, payback time. I have reaped my hard work. And I am still a proud Cassie, VIP, Blackjack, Fluxus girl, whatever you call, and even more proud that I am part of the hot movement of the year.

Overnight Q's and restless nights with tents on the street isn't new - it might be for you, but if you were to travel and have seen the world the worst and best of East and West, Harry Potter fans queued like hazzard 1 WEEK BEFORE, worst than us K-Pop (which I still think it's ridiculous). But that's how we show our love.

Now please save me from a sea of PINK LIGHTSTICKS tomorrow (one down today) full of boys, and not girls. The cheers, Ms Chia, should I state the obvious, isn't the high-pitch scream from the cult you went to, but tenor to bass-pitched, or more like lions roaring, in the sold-out, full house Indoor Stadium. I think SNSD's voices will drownnnnnnnnn because hunters are on prowl for your not-so-juicy lean-cut thighs.

So yeah, deal with it, we're making a tsunami.
F4 from Taiwan last time made a serious damage to even domestic' helpers everywhere, why hsould this be any different?

Westlife, all went crazy too.

After that, so sad that boybands died down in the West.

Then, came along FINKL, HOT, GOD... and the rest is history when it slowly climbs to popularity and now sky-rocketing so fast that it will hit its Maturity peak soon, so don't you worry Ms Chia. Singapore, will get over it next year, when I leave. Next year will be the final year before fangirls grow up, saying its 'oh another K-Pop act' and not '!@3$*()&#%(*@#&%)(@*&)!@(*&$)(*& they're coming!!!!!' and wasting about $150 average per event, tax and service and hardship not included.

*taps blackboard furiously*

Fellow students and fangirls and fanboys, let us recap what we have learnt today.

Behind all creatives, unless labelled on our foreheads 'dying artists', is a COMPANY.

Where it is a company, it would only sustain if there are positive revenues.

If there are no profits created, then it is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

So, before you even try and say we are weepy crying fans all over made boys who lasts only how pretty they look, and vice versa for fanboys all over SNSD goddesses today and tomorrow, without us making hype, without them making idols, without the world to have a place, WE JOURNALISTS AND REPORTERS WILL HAVE NO LIFE IF IT ISN'T FOR THEM. HALLELUJAH FOR FREE EVENTS FOR ME although a few I don't have a clue at all what or who I'm watching (I don't support rookies until I see them live and they impress me then OK).

Thank goodness for events in this tiny country, what if there's no K-Pop? Your advertising media rates won't rise high during MAMA 2011 live screening raking millions, and local magazines who just puts any K-Pop star for its cover gets a boost of 30% sales higher, well, see the good side. If you have war, Singapore can drown any single time. You got no lions to take care of you now Ms Chia, because,

quote unquote a pal of mine, "you've messed with the biggest fan group in the world of K-Pop."

Then in my speculations, MAMA 2011 is a joint effort of CJ and YourSingapore. Of course, tourism in Singapore has gotten a slight boost and name now. And they're trying to seriously make a 1 trillion won deal or so. But if let's say they're signing the deal on Monday, and this article you have written is published, I wonder what the Ministry of Tourism have to say by reading their citizen writing in a negative point of view of regurgitating the obvious facts of the industry.

They would ring you to death and will shrill that 'SO WHAT THEY'RE LIVE-BARBIE AND KEN-MAKING FACTORY, WE WANT THE MOOOOOOOOO LAH!"

Oops, you've screwed a 1 trillion won deal.

See you at Super Show 4! (Maybe)

Core.

2011-12-02T15:24:00.001+08:00

To the core of the crust.

Dear people who have actually, seriously clicked 'Buy This' - it is actually not for sale but to let me know of who is genuinely interested, I thank you very much. I tried for fun with the new widget for BUY THIS and it looks good too, but also that the TEXT option was somehow weird that I couldn't add any text box. So this refers to this blog post for my rationale file.

This is a zine project from college, filled in with most of my expeditions, writing, interview, articles, and a few taken from the publications WHITEBOARD JOURNAL.

Special exclusive interviews includes South Korean fashion designer, based in Paris, SONGZIO, and the president of Bunka Gakuen Japan (the fashion institute there) SATOSHI ONUMA.
In-depth insight of the trip I took (which I've never got around blogging about it but it's still sitting there in my drafts, sorry!) YUNNAN, CHINA, and beautiful captures and flash news in the design world.

Below is the rationale file process for the design aesthetics, color, typeface information, etc. (the dirty bit of the project).

To see the entire project, do visit and appreciate it, as seen below!

See the project here

However, you are still interested up to this point to want to get a copy? For people who are genuinely interested in getting a one-of-a-kind copy with extra oomphs added in the package, I can't thank you enough and I'll do my best to make one-print runs.

Drop me a comment here with your email which is contactable to further communicate! :)

Amazonist.

2011-11-14T14:23:00.000+08:00

Guess what I found at my college's library?
The Debut Edition of Melissa Plastic Dreams shoes magazine, entitled (duh) Plastic Dreams
August / Sept (Fall issue I suppose) 2011!

And as placed as being one of the most natural, colorful places in the world with vast habitats in ecology, South America - Brazil, is truly the place to visit after looking at the article! (Wait. this is off-track). Anyhow, featuring some of my cuts which I dug out with an apparent similar color palette suiting the magazine.

Katy Perry is the first model used for the cover, with her inside for sure showcasing Melissas and a styling confusion - from Topshop to high-end designer labels, is Melissa wanting to show that it can be used all over? Your take.

All peektures should be able to be clicked en enlarge, I suppose.

• Sorry Katy fans! Didn't dig the editorial much of her here but I like this shoes above so I took it out. •

Don't mind me being a rowdy pink kid a while - this was the outfit of the day when I met Mademoiselle Yulia. Yeah, THAT GIMME GIMME girl x Fafi. One that remembers me (hopefully) that I sent her a snap of KTZ's Sasha. She's amaaaayzinggggg but I didn't get to meet the VERBAL dude :(

Wearing head-to-hip in KTZ. Isn't the pink-tassled vest stunning?! Get it here for anyone in SE Asia - I got mine here since I live in Singapore myself. Ha!

Of course, who doesn't love our lady of punk and funk : Vivienne Westwood? I still love her to this very day!! But nonetheless I don't seem to like any of her Melissa shoes...
(look at her creations from the olden days to today! Special timeline just for her~)

But, I like Alexander Herchhovitch, the other hitmaker (like my nails! *wishing)! Love his shoes and designs, epicly the bondage boots for his RTW 2009 collection.

• DIVA ring, OPI colors that matches the Rose print Tee worned. Yeah, that IS my original nail, anyone asking •

So onto the beautiful, fashion editorial world-class standard for plastic pairs of Melissa's from JPG (Jean Paul Gaultier's) and plastic fantastic Barbie girls, I really love this editorial Tropical Delirium:
:

And not forgetting that SERIOUSLY SCREAMS MY STYLE, fluttering parrots in the midst of the Amazonian forest, with bows and ribbons twined and colorful pouffed hair:

GLAMAZON.

In a special column, names from Blonde Salad Chiara came up whom once Ira told me about her, (and we're both so dead in blogging and moved onwards in our offline life, LOL) and I was pretty obsessed with the beautiful name of the beholder - no stalker attached here but it gives such a pretty ring to it - and rhymes like Fererro chocolate,

(drifting again. We have a SAS: short attention span problem)
but I noticed one that I really knew well. This is, Around the World where Melissa fans dwell and is famous for being in their own skin!

Well I was hesitant at first ! However after reading it and somehow to check the site link written it is correct - they didn't state it but tinytoadstool, the super kawaii creations Shan makes I can't stand it and here she is!

And how I STILL DREAM OF GOING THERE. SOUTH AMERICANOOOOO WHEN WILL I VISIT YOUUUU AND TAHAN THE 21-hour fly travel. Rio de Janeiro of Furious Five, Youth Day in 2013, then drop a visit to Machu Picchu... /daydream for now

Check out their article on about their rainforests and the country in INTO THE WILD, how they influenced the world thru their natural habitat and on their design processes of Melissa.

Short attention span, I shall sojourn to my own wealth of my final year project (dealing with SAS and all that jazz), fashion-focused project.
Wait for it next year! Until then, I'm signing off after another probably 5 more posts (if I can make it) for this year.

Just came back from Anime Festival Asia 2011, will be doing Sundown Festival and, not forgetting the Mnet Asia Music Awards later end of the month. Woots!

Can't wait for the musings? TUMBLR // TWITTER // SVPPLY

Futile.

2011-10-27T20:25:00.000+08:00

I KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG WITH MY BLOG.

It is the layout. And the domino effect for the typefaces and the spacing and all that. For all bloggers out there to have clicked the new 'Dynamic' features and all, be prepared to be in a jumbled state of mess like what I did to my own journal whut derr fakq iz vat right here,
all the art direction and typefaces and spacing and all those jitters critters which we designers care and the ubiquitous fandom bloggers don't - please bear with me as I'm on the trail to pull my software engineering roommate - plus did I tell you she understands most of the Big Bang Theory jokes?! I'm not kidding - and my design expertise off the line but not on the line nor Blogger templates which makes it all gone to make things right.

Until then, whut derr fakq seriously screams WHUT DERR FAAAAKQQQ THE LAYOUT IS ALL WRONG!

(seriously graphic designer in anger pissed yours,
RICE)

Dip.

2011-10-25T12:06:00.000+08:00

It's been a while, DEE AI WAI!

The summer was productive because my Santorini trip got cancelled, thanks berry much ah. On the bright side it WAS, a very productive summer. Designed more dresses made dresses and did more DIY's and it was like a little crafty summer. And this was in July 2011 (see how I've neglected my dear dead blog for now because I'm feeding amongst many other places)

This is rather easy, you know, the usual DYING. I only did a couple experiments by using color and trying to keep the colors together because I dyed three colors at once, but to not dye the backside... seen below.

So this was my experimental black dye with my dad's old tee, which you could see what happens to it now and it looks a fantastic add if you agree with me...

It was a whole black pail because I wanted to dye a gradual color for my grey slouched top from (X)SML, which in the end failed because I didn't bleach it first.

However after I bleached it... everyone else agrees to keep it just like that. Pictures soon!

THE BIG QUESTION: Which of the colors you guys prefer?

It is now, actually plain white again (after all this tedious work, I KNOW.)

I'll be updating this post with another DIY Collar! Tee hee.

|（－－）| *

2011-08-27T13:08:00.002+08:00

UPDATE TALLY: |

*giving up face

Alright, I have to give up. Time is ticking, and I can't halt time either.
Interestingly for this year I haven't prepared the usual handwritten wish list so this was abrupt for fun...

(;´ρ`) ｸﾞｯﾀﾘ

But the best thing is, from last year's list,
I've manage to get some of them ticked off! (Copy pasted down below)

So here's this year...

PRIORITY #1: CAREER HIGHLIGHT TO GET a schedule
for one to one videonterview for the SHINee boys coming
on 10th Sept woots!
pray for me guys real hard (its better than sending me some physical gift riiiiight I know what you're
thinking) and if it is blessed in return I'll pray for you all to be safe in the 2012 apocalypse.

WHICH OF COURSE, didn't happen. Duh.

PRIORITY #2: whatever may be may be best after
my graduation PLANS and PROPOSALS.
To be approved and so my career will start from there to
skip Masters and enter PhD EZ-ier. maybe.

1. mani mani mani mani book vouchers from my favorite bookstores.

PS: IDK Borders really closed down! That was my childhood 12 years ago rolling

around the carpet and reading for free everyday...

2. still the solo trip to the land of the morning calm or rising sun

3. (it got cut off!) anyways I STILL NEED A WALLET

4. COMPACT DSLR to make my life easier

5: aren't these little nordic friends from H&M the cutest thing
ever?
(EHM EHM. this is all to my media fellows out there who's going for the media preview and getting %% dibs,
to please get me this furry pals and to deliver them to my office address and in return I shall lavish you with
all the fashion blessings I have to offer from the store /big grin)
via Superadrianme

and much more from

last year's

~~1. Suecomma Bonnie stiletto that can squirt blood from someone's head, size 38, last pair seen in ActuallyActually~~

2. Intern in D&C/RAZORRED/D&C transferred to their branches, SO-EN

(this could be next year) 3. Trip to Seoul/Tokyo anytime . . . Won't tell why XD since it's over

4. Need the power to start writing my scenario/novel soon like soon.

4.5 Both plots!

5. (Mistake , didn't change 6 to 5. So I'd have another wish! Yay) All the books I want.

Hands on two fuschia books: Meester Bebe Fatal's and The Shoes by Bonnie

FIFI LAPIN's BOOK! (Free shipping!)

Alex's Spoon, by who else? Sweet crooner Alex of Clazziquai

Rare copy of SHINee Hello Baby. Love the art direction~

Korean magazines: NAZINE, ~~maps,~~ Arena Homme,

UK magazine: Lula, Amelia

~~2nd Generation of Feminine Drawing (not accurate title)~~

~~Mori Garu Style book!~~

.... and so on. best to give me in vouchers form that'll be helpful much thanks!

6. Still in search of a WHITE HEADPHONE. Or whatever which covers outside the ears. Nothing comes to the likes. Hmmmh.

7. Since I've skipped this number, so this goes to MARC JACOBS WHITE RUFFLES DRESS. I've seen it in black in the ION atelier, but as I'm a white person, I think I'd like this one better (this isn't a coincidence with a sudden Jacobs fervor. I've seen the dress much earlier in the year and I LOOOOOVE IT)

( AS IF THIS WILL EVER HAPPEN GUH UNTIL I WORK ALL THE WAY DOING ENTERTAINMENT REPORT) 8. Lucky number #8 for... can gorgeous guys be around me. I should transfer somewhere else like Eliora going to koukou. MAN the experience. (Gile lo hrs ngeblog every minute yeah! Find me an awesome koukou koibito ne~

~~9. #8 is very dumb. Cameras! Polaroid in square format, Fujifilm natural, Fuji instax Hello Kitty won from Gmarket...~~

( GETTING THERE! ) ~~10. A CLEAN FACE.~~

11. I was never a perfume person until...cute bottles and packaging came along. I'm a package junkie. Packaging is adorable, I'll get it but the lip gloss just rots inside the bottle I wonder how can I clean it out and keep the bottle. Enough of me, time for a wish to make!A whole mini-set of LOVE (original, snow babes, and summer version) Harajuku Lovers and what I saw today was a summer special HL gift with THE TOWEL WITH CUTE G on it, and (contemplating between Original or Spring or Glam) Vera Wang's Princess perfume (and they have the boxed set too)!! And as usual I added out of the box since it's too cool.

Note: didn't exactly get the whole bunch but I won the new line from Female! Woots but I wish I'd gotten a LOVE

12. Complete discography set of Humming Urban Stereo, Clock Music, Fluxus, M-Flo...

13. An illustration of myself personally ordered from those Etsy drawers or Fifi or other bloggers.

See this - I got two pairs! Ho ho ho 14. (this is pretty hard. I'm stuck since 10)OK I GOT IT NOW. Actually, I forgot. Beuh. I NEED AVIATOR SUNNIES. It'll be cool to be reflective but I only want to replace my plastic vintage YSL aviators which I ... don't remind me

15. VOUCHERS... Do I need to write? (oh OK the stores)

Desigual
ASOS
Riverisland
NEWLOOK ($60 in total in order to get those suede heels in brown and lilac size 5/6 and its freaking running out soon T_T)
Isetan
Gmarket
Uniqlo
{X}SML
Kyobo
Kinokuniya
Pixiemarket
Those Japanese stores in Central
... neverending

16. oh wait, I skipped this. I FINALLY REMEMBER. I NEED A WALLET. I haven't changed for the past 6 years since the last time someone gave me as a gift, before was a Red Kipling wallet in 3rd grade. Now dirty black Guess?. It's still OK but it's kind of dirty now. T_T

~~17. Flight ticket to Seoul on my burp day to attend 'The Creators Project' or getting insider scoop or whatever. AH. OHEMGEE it's now this week.~~

(I DID HAVE IT BUT I DON'T MIND HAVING ANOTHER ONE HAHAHA) ~~18. DO I deserve a surprise party? Unless $$ goes to #3. Heeeeee.~~

I don't need all these earthly things as I have all you guys.
So you guys gotta come to splash and dance and do childish
acts when I call no matter what!
<3

OH, YOU FANCY

2011-08-09T00:58:00.001+08:00

You'll never hear me ask once and for all to go out at midnight all the way to a club.
You'd give me an incredulous look in a second, blink in disbelief, but go 'hurrah!' on the next.

Well, that was only one night, for only one reason - to see fancyHIM and THE Peli spin for the night all the way from TOKYO! Omaigotto, when else?

And since N.thanael Shaf Stefan and the usual hood are there to do some dance moves as said...

So here it was - and I love the design of the poster/flyer/image here!

Thanks to the club owners Bob and Ritz who parties hard all around the world and keeps in contact, whoot whoot! *TIP, IDK as well on how they order pieces from Burger! World is small~ that's how they are eccentrically accessorized as well. Oh, and now Burger is with xoxochad so its BURGER & FRIES, CHECK 'EM OUT.

>>> flash shopping link ho ho ho >>>>>

Back to topic, they're pals with MLLE YULIA too, so they're the heart of the Tokyo clubbing scene. And the fashion part for sure which I was aiming for.

It's a mask ball, and from its description, a mask is a must. I was stucked for a bit but luckily I had a mask somewhere safe kept since a couple years back.

So of course, I had to prepare. As geeky as I'd get for all things Nippon, here's what I did to plan beforehand:

•uh, yeah, that's supposed to be me in a big bun on top, with whatever drawing and the additional last minute change from necklace to hair piece of my baskin robbins spoon 'cessary... and the mask.•

When I was re-reading for a gazillionth time after the night of N'TH (click on the picture to support em! I love love love this free, yes freeeeeee magazine in SG) and saw Peli on their Droptokyo street style, I was even more overwhelmed. That's why she was even more familiarly refreshed on my head! *And I like that girl on her left with her colorful skirt*

Yeah, to cut things short, I prepared just as I drew on the above for the tee. I've been keeping this tee for some time - it's and old tee of my dad's used for soaking up the last bits of dye I did during the summer (POST WILL COME NOT ANYTIME SOON HA) and after contemplating plus watching the latest SHINee Juliette video which put me to fashiongasmic of its styling and the toy masks, I tried to cut like le wife's pink tee turn something liddat on left here.

•snap away and cut cut cut with full on accessories on the night•

With a few changes from knee-high black socks to leopard prints and being the earthy-theme'd helped by Miss President Director of BS Corporation Damian Shirley I was ready to rumble and to be looked at weirdly. Yeah, you be the judge. ;)

The theme for me was all out and the night where I felt like I was supposed to be in 原宿(Harajuku).　ふわふわふわ〜

•When it becomes a necklace, and the fancyHIM goodie in my bag~•

•wearing unbranded colorful tee (inside), DIY black-dyed self die-cut tee, Batik Semar dress as jacket, old navy brown wool shorts, leopard stockings, unbranded yellow sandal wedgeswearing all most of my chunky bracelets gotten from Turkey, Diva metal ring, small crotchet bag from Yunan, Glo-in-dark rosary, DIY Spoon haircessory and the mask•

Got little goodies perfect for my pin collection and next DIY-ing, and the best memory however blurred. Mission accomplished at 3AM, which is what I wanted to do and the ONLY thing I wanted to do is to snap, and pass. Won't dish anymore to keep the wish far safe. 11:11!

She was great - she suddenly high fived me for "great mask!" whilst re-Q-ing back to the party. It was a good choice to re-enter. It paid off.

Well, be the judge again for below.

•too happy to say so it was rather an awkward face emotion but nonetheless too two happy•

Butter Factory's best MISSMATCH yet - and boy was I BLOWN AWAY - the songs they spin and the taste SUITED ME WELL. I am the hometown kiddo of Japan afterall. AND PELI SPINS MAD. WDF AWESOME MAD. Love her DJ style hands down period .

Toast.

2011-08-03T12:25:00.001+08:00

This was for THEM.SG initiative act for ~~getting (a nicer pun would be=)~~ curating 10 peeps to create a fashion film out of their own curiousity and intent on what fashion is for about them. I've spotted a couple peeps from my homeland who's currently shakin' the fashion industry there, and with the DJ also hailing from Indonesia!

Pretty awesome initiation, a toast to them!

This was on early May 2011,

THREAD ON FRAME.

They're also updating their page on interviews with peeps shakin' the Singapore scene, so check 'em out! It is design, arts, media and everything in between that interrelates.

The usual face seen and scene, Nadzzzzzzzz.

First pic of the above is (almost) all my former seniors back in college. Could see Ily behind looking down... Ha!

And after a long while since I've posted this set of photos, this is what I wore on that day. The pants were considered lucky pants - I never came to like it but for the fun I tried it on, and it was in tightly my size but it was cosmically gorgeous.

No, I don't play dress up all the time in the office. Not all the time!

•wearing The Balletcats Girl with Shoehat tee, KTZ dropcrotch jeans, Irregular Choice heels•

light injected photos.

Season.

2011-07-22T20:21:00.026+08:00

So many new post but its the correct season to show off some real bright colors for the season! I've moved to a new crib, now A POOL INCLUDED - just behind me! Super excited with a large sauna room, I'll be more or less chillin - or cookin' myself inside the wooden chamber.

•wearing UNIQLO x Franche Lippee deer tee, UNIQLO baggy jeans, double Cotton On aviators in Cotton Candy Pink and Lavender•

"Truly Special treats made with love" or Franche Lippee, is the cutest thing ever - It is said to be famous for its textile prints, and it is well-said. I still keep its tag somewhere which I have most likely missplaced, but here it is - such cute graphics! I got the tee only for $9.90 on sale, for fun, and now I want almost their other tees from UNIQLO! Too late.

They even have this uber kawaii campaign where you can style and create your own looks with a funky cute song on the website~!

So yeah, it's the season to jump and play water! Kinda failed in this situation. Wear your brightest and faded color clothes with your solid hue shades and get out! (If you'd want a tan)

I'm oogling on the New Zealand pictures they are deathly stunning for The North Face ! BIGBANG is the face minus Daesung, Victory looks out of the picture, nonetheless the location is amazing with the dramatic sky! Love photos 2 and 3 best! Check the photos below:

But as for me I'm staying INDOORS, thank you very much. Catching up on the season's best things to watch and squeal and squirm and oogle on the actors and all. My FANGIRL post starts, NOW below.

Lots of self-made GIFs to self-entertain myself and go GAGA for anime and K-drama bla bla bla seen on my Tumblr and Twitter

For those of you who have withstand me to bring your courage and click on the jump, I salute you. Drop your name down on the comment box and I shall return you with a declaration of love.

HA.

For this past month and onwards on, after getting dibs on being a freelance journo for ANIMONSTER magazine back in Indo for being a SG rep. once again, they gave me a couple magazines which fed me all these animes I must catch on with! It's been a whole loooong while since I touched base on my otaku side. K-drama City Hunter / Miss Ripley / Spy Myeongwol / Lie to Me will have to wait. (THERE'S TOO MUCH K-DRAMAS TOO!)

Oh well, now that I know I've got KBS World on my TV straight, I got SPY on my timeline and since I can't wait any longer I'm watching it right now for the faster episode streaming. Love its OST!

Nonetheless, my TUMBLR is still working on a few things... with my beloved hallyu wave and my updates on otaku.

I even wrote about this on Korea.com : Gag Concert: 1st Wk. August '11 #Fashion rave from Gag's 'Handsome CSI' http://t.co/EAH2kvA

Should've seen me rave on that on Tweet. I love this session the most!

I fakqing love my wife here - the cutest bits to pieces with the dorky glasses I'd always love. From Replay during his solo shoot with Yoona wearing the Lanvin dress! CUTIEEEE.

From Tumblr, reblogged

Now, to 君に届け (Kimi Ni Todoke)

IT'S SLOW BUT I LOVE IT THIS IS HOW RELATIONSHIPS SHOULD BE RESPECTED. I forgive them for being such village love bimbos (because city relationships are faster snappier and ends faster too) while the setting of the story is somewhere Tohoku, North Japan, before Hokkaido, and so it has this village setting, and respect and taking things slow is what appreciation is. But I have to agree IT NEEDS TO TAKE TWO SEASONS TO ASK HER OUT? OMG.

Onto my self-happiness gif making.

I love what he says here. It's not a job. Just be yourself is the best advice ever. Don't let any guy get under your skin! It should be the other way around.

He's actually more handsomer than Kazehaya! I love him better! And how he loves Chizuru is too sweet.
When love needs no other explanation! It is not logical, always irrational, subjective, plain emotion.

From the live action movie. Serves its title right on passing your feelings. Awww <3 <3
But the movie was a let down...

I'm playing her right now on DISSIDIA DUODECIM FINAL FANTASY XII FOR PSP. It's been about 3-4 months me playing it, has the same RPG style and now I'm playing Chapter 13 on Warrior or Light and it's boring so I'm taking it slow again. Used to play long hours back when I played Lightning Cloud Yuna Bartz...

YES I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THIS HE IS COOL, so it was so hilarious she is trained to try and have her heart flutter and like him. And declaring since its her job. Too funny. And shes to pretty.

AND HOW CAN THEY SHOOT AT BENCOOLEN ST. LIKE BEHIND MY HOUSE GAWDDAMNIT HE BOUGHT FLOWERS FOR HER INFRONT OF THE HINDU TEMPLE!

Don't let me down Spy Myeongwol, you've been good and upleading your plots for 7 episodes now, don't slow down and falster and I'll give a thumbs down!

YAY ERIC SHINHWA DAMN HANDSOME MANLY DIE I CANNOT WAIT FOR HIM TO BE WITH HERRRRRR I LOVE HERRRRR SHE'S SO PRETTAYYYY HURRY UP AND DATE HER

WHUTDERRFAKQIZVAT (8)

2011-07-21T17:46:00.000+08:00

Yuki Nakano feminine yet 'catty eyed' sharp face features are fantastically preeeetttayyyyy. This is a poster from her first solo exhibition and I'm amazed by the detailing used by the etch of color pencils of the rainbow hair and the little intricate motifs as decoration. Love love love.

Oh, this is her : ふわふわふわ

See? I told you.
Japanese piipo, no matter how old they are or how young, never cease to inspire me thru
their demeanor. They're THE BEST. THE BEST NATION THE WORLD
CAN HAVE.

via Yukikkoimg tumblr

The illusion that the eyes are closed but at another blink of an eye, it's open.
Federico Cabrera captures the silent moving shadows between the models dressed in death gods clothes.

BLANQ from Taiwan. A studio for creative consulting, something in what I could do in my career years. Fashion, branding, advertising, photography, those kind of things.
via Behance.
Clothes created by Jeffrey Wang, project from Levi's to recycle and sculpt clothes out, entitled 'PERSONA', from well, pairs of jeans.

More below from them as I was looking into their works and the hair! Oh speaking of which I need to revamp my hair once again. It's a new season!

Then, curious about this scrapbook?

That's just only one spread of the preview, the rest you'll have to go see on MOGU TAKAHASHI's website. He has this ability to make these catchy artworks using well, for me it's already unused things like newspapers and such, plus the feelings to make the composition look right.

AND HOLY CANOLY,
THIS IS THE EVENT I SHOULD BE GOING TO EVERY TIME THEY HAVE ONCE I RELOCATE TO TOKYO:

THIS IS LIKE, SO SO SO SO ME. NOSEBLEED WORTHY.
They even have this kind of things, I cannot imagine! I'll really truly be happy to die here in this zine heaven created by the uber kitschy Japanese.
I MUST GO HERE NO MATTER WHAT!

Here's what Simone described the heavenly place of mine to die:

"Koenji is a nice, quiet place in the suburbs, but venturing along its Kitanaka Street one weekend last March, you could not have missed the commotion coming out of Shirouto no Ran No. 12. Crammed inside this small rental space, dozens of people were poring over, discussing and exchanging piles upon piles of booklets bursting with eye-catching imagery and color. The get-together was the biggest yet for Japanese "zinedom": the 4th Tokyo Zinester Gathering, a two-day event devoted to making, trading and selling zines."

-extracted from Japan Times

I want to meet Kei-san, he's MY HERO.

"But I don't care about money. What I want to support is people's autonomy and creativity, not the market, and I feel the alternative scene is finally growing in Japan too."

whut derr fakq the mainstream world, let's get the underground up here to see some light! (Y)
I'm on with you in the same sage path!

Anyhow fellow blogwalkers, I'd love to ask for your support for a new portfolio platform I just joined in, seen below:

Banzaaaai~ ^^
Well there's a bit problem in the name and such because they don't necessarily do know that I'm trying to TM my name to have spaces like this : e l z b t h r a i s a
Lots of interesting stuff happening there so do check some stuff out!

LAMINATE X TKYO

there's many many more going on my Tumblr roll,
G H O S T X H E A R T S
(a new logo for it coming~)

Holler up on the Bird deck @asiaRaisa,
and my other journalistic works on the left.

Kirameki*!

2011-07-03T18:58:00.000+08:00

*: happy

Two things why we should again make Japan be our role-model and to make us forever happy.

Recently, I went to a presentation by getting the usual Japan Creative Centre Singapore (JCC) newsletter and invitation for exhibitions. Now a confession: I only did a forward to my editor of Whiteboard without looking or reading what's it about - I only thought it would be another art exhibition which they usually hold. But I was quite taken by surprise to what I saw when I ran late and thought I was pretty lucky on being part of the audience of this group of NUS Japanese Studies and other few faq. students to visit Japan and learn from their PechaKucha presentation.

What's this all about? You can read the synopsis of my report for 'Role-modeling Japan's Green Movement" to click onwards below to the page...

which it was cut to a big extent. So I'll dish here for the whole report which is worth a good 500-word essay back in school for a post field trip report. Because, I am this impressed.

Hi 'Shoes', or yes however you pronounce your moniker, it is stuck in my head still. Good nickname!

Under the direction of Professor Doctor Philip McMorran from the National University of Singapore (NUS), 12 final year students were brought to the southern area of Japan for a trip of discovery and research. With the focus of studying on their ecological friendly methods, for 7 days they were enriched with the nature Japan has naturally hold and of what they have man-made to make things look natural.

What fascinate them overall is how Japanese are so exquisitely neat, initiative and its discipline dedication to maintain the situation. From the naked eye, the theme park garden Huis Ten Bosch isn’t just your usual theme park – powered by the water beneath its massive windmills and rivers and teddy bear museum, huge pipes all around are transporting and chugs water over and over to recycle.

Man made scenery at Kurokawa Onsen doesn’t look artificial at all. It has grown along with nature and the main mission of it is to present Japan’s nature close by with its guests relaxing while they bathe.

Kumamoto City Green Carpet movement is also part of the agenda, but what’s to note is the unbelievable action of city to categorize their waste into 24 different types, where we commonly see only 3, for better recycling methods and to preserve the future.

Read more of the field trip on Professor McMorran’s blog. Quite envious of him to have stayed about 4.5 years in Japan to actually learn about the country. That is my dream! More than ever that well, my driver's son gets a SCHOLARSHIP to study in Japan and now WORKING THERE as well as wanting to be a high school kokosei which I'll never be but forever in secret in wanting to wear the uniform, which Eliora did...(OK STOP OUT OF TOPIC ALREADY SORRY)

I sincerely congratulate the success of the final-year students of NUS for embarking the journey to make the first step of change.

Narcissm yes I see me. Tee hee~

Photos courtesy of JCC . Support 'em!

Now back to my space to talk whatever I want. I was blown away on how this professor was doing his job. And really, doing doing an extra effort to an extent to help his students to get a job in this opportunity. So you saw the photo above where I was sitting. I was sitting among these people that were from various industries and companies and etc.

PLUS POINT was that there was a lot of Japanese companies and reps from the JCC/Embassy, like the rep for the transport authority in Japan itself or how I perceive on how the MC introduced him. And man, for the professor who introduced each and every student with their specialist abilities and their interests and reminding everyone who were present to "please get in touch with them, contact them if you have an Earth to save" because a student wanted to save the Earth.

I don't think my lecturers will even lower their ego for some peanuts like us. Hmmm. I do feel that this kind of exposure needs to happen and a WOW for NUS. Good thing that there's JCC present to utilize in Singapore. It is a good city for creating opportunities - lots of things are popping up and you gotta grab it ya'll!

Cheers to Prof. McMorran there, I wish you were my lecturer. I got high respects for ya, fist bump!

Another thing is this cute thing from Lomography - the KIRAMEKI series! This was like back in May or I forgot since I've put the post to draft but aren't these a little zen darling (the middle one).

So there was a contest to win this kawaii chiisai darling. So I entered. I was late by a day but they immediately accepted by blur hazy geisha photo for the competition entry - only 20 people were chosen OMONA! But I didn't win.

Well I couldn't win because...

The event was held at GI Indonesia (at the time being I was still in Singapore) and my parents are viciously unsupportive by not attending (but then it was a city to city trip for a camera hmmm) , via LOMOGRAPHY album!

I couldn't get retrieve my photo anywhere, anyhow it was taken by Minhwan!

Now can we toast for Japan's everlasting forever zettai soba ni iru in my heart?

Oh dear whatever the point is that I love Japan berry berry much. MUCH!!!

Written on my 13 days left of holiday before returning for (hopefully) KMW2011!!!!

Over and out!

Colorblind.

2011-06-12T16:45:00.001+08:00

B + B

presents

KTZ

photo spam (of moi),

start

camera testing

•wearing a KTZ black tunic with tassels, tie-dyed shirt, DIY jeans harness, Supre purple leggings,
9West white heels.
Accessories: Buddha yellow bauble necklace, red glasses, Matryoshka pouch•

snap checkin' with lynette of kokokoreano. helped me out + special coverage for the site as in and out photog of the event! yay!

Couldn't get a better facial expression from J so here's the best thing he can do. We were the door bitches. Well, until I resigned to sojourn to the party floor earlier. :)

yeah, the other door biatches were bad to me. kacau face mash-up. I smile they 'tude. then its VV. funny, not.

now, onto the peeps!

Renessa and Diana

The fun fun friends who came just for me ;3

(this is where the part the sound fx 'awww' should come. but thanks guys fer comin'!)

Ily!

the big crew of Rayson, Daryl, Jen...

our crew with maknae Rachel!

Fads - who else? Stealing my bijoux top. ;p

Bohyun ssi of Suecommabonnie!
(remember this?)

Duh, who else, Sasha of KTZ!

Jo!

Jennifer and JJJJAAAANNN!

Junho sunbae! kkkk~

Cary and Rachel

Ze Butter Factory owners who sports KTZ as well and from their online store Nightvision.

fashion presentation and party!

who's the grrl! now put yo hands up and click away to support us at Best of British/BOB on top left! this is for anyone who wants KTZ to be delivered to you in Asia, hell yeeeeeah.

more photos on the album too!

Kudos to The Buttah Factory. This event was made possible by the thumbs up to vandalize FASH by noneother than weelikeme, Adrian.

xxx

end

Ico(Neo)nic.

2011-06-05T14:53:00.002+08:00

Iconic is the word. Neonic is another. You should know how things happen to be when you're working in a fashion company, you'd deal daily with the clothes you retail for.

The situation is fairly different if the brands or the shop you work for is what you like most.

That happens to me, especially dealing with noneother than KTZ.

It's a /die situation. It's the same for Fads who we love KTZ so much. And he did two on us, another one with a dark concept, using Kim's Bodybound.

Well, it's what make the cycle going, where I work, I get my salary but it all goes back to my workplace in return of some awesome shit wearable goods. Don't my colleagues love me so.

This was stills and candids from Fad's shoot, a few below for us at BOB featuring Pre-AW2011 KTZ things! Then I had my own fine share of wearing my own thing from the same colleciton.

8 models for the whole day did it going all symbolic for the make-up and just do serious jumping workout before proceeding the video making for the movie.

Movie? Well you'd gotta go to LASALLE SHOW '11 yasselves, that's a sneak peek for you.

Candid shots are from Raudha's (Hair) album~ Must be taken by Randolph. It's up on and for taken at Runway Addict.

I am trying out my new yellow neon vest from KTZ with hand-tied tassles (last image) as the bordering decoration.

GAWD, I AM GAWKING HOW I LOVE THE ATTITUDE THIS VEST POSSESS.

Worn with black MU chiffon-draped dress (I purposely increased the Highlight Shadow hyperbolically to see the creases and details of the super effortless dress of mine here), and loving my blue painted nails.

Here's what he said: " Why Zara will not replicate our items is that we add our own add-on hand decorations that no other high street will even start copying - it takes a lot of effort and more capital for production. You see Prada, it's only a print and color so you see it everywhere like you said. For us, like these hand tassles you find in this vest, is all tied by hand. They don't have the power to do that so they leave us be. But we do that. We give each and every clothing some touch from us to keep it real for our buyers and people who loves us for what we do."

Well said indeed. Go independent brands, go Kokon ToZai!

I even see you guys in a brighter light than where I am looking blindly now.

Story gone short, I wore this one day to MFW Asia 2011, where DRESSCAMP

was for in a show. Met N. all dolled up so nicely I feel like a nude kid in yellow.

Err yeah! Apparently got tumblr'd somehow! And my grrl Jo puts in full details on what (she thinks) N.th wore. Haha!

Check out @thexoxokids Seoul's 10 Soul post - a presentation of up & coming Korean designers in Singapore on his blog post here: http://bit.ly/lm3TwT

Ravin' him for linkin' my post on Concept Korea at Whiteboard!

Spankin' fanks!

And yeah check out the snaps of

CHADCHAD

MICHAEL HURTS AKA FEETMANSEOUL/YAHAE!

interview article from Dynamic Seoul's mag!

Ah ye, the Seoul's 10 Soul event. Still stuck at the deadline end of mine. More more more very late not soon.

Last note:

Yeah, new theme skin I LOOOOOVE for my Tumblr!

Plus I've discarded Mozilla. Hello Chrome with its own theme by Anna Sui!

11:11.

2011-06-01T16:05:00.001+08:00

I have officially graduated (nonetheless I still do not know my status whether I did pass or I have to retain. However I know that my attendance is of perfect level and my classes feedback are of average B+++++++. Yes, not A, because each guru gave me a 69 and not 70) for my Diploma! That's my shoes shoes shoes for M R B L.

*Jiggy Pinocchio dance*

•Fashion textile prints•

I don't know if it's just plain coincidence but I have said this repeatedly to everyone why and how's life in Singapore currently. I came here at the right time and place. How right?

Well, the fact that our Fashion Dept. has been collaborating with Korean Universities and professors and we'll have an exchange program.
The fact that I am the youngest graduate in the year for diploma (I'm still 18YO ya'll!) and the college's timetable has given me freedom to do all sorts of things I like to do, and what they didn't teach me doing.
The fact that I had remembered my old childish dream to want to meet/work with the stars I was a fan of, (those were the days of a better Hollywood and when TV was still safe for kids like me watching Kenan & Kel sputtering "my orange soda?!") and I simply wanted to become either a movie director because I get to meet them plus boss them around or an actress itself so I get to work with them.

It all came back after I had a couple jobs to fill in my experience when I'm now a journo for Korea.com / Whiteboard that I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MY LIFETIME GOAL.

As a journo and going to all these events and such, training me to be a professional person by attending press conferences was not taught at school. By experience, by learning to understand each time how the event goes, I have matured myself and as Lenne say, I could bring myself well.

Moreover did I have to prim myself well as the PR / Project Manager in the company I part-time for, previously my intern place, Glamour Inc. The name says everything. I do not want to screw that up.

Anyhow, as '11 is the year I have graduated for the first time from this college (IT HAS BEEN THREE FRIGGIN' YEARS SINCE I MOVED?) and the famous 11:11 wish commemorates the wishes and dreams prayed inside each final year project to please hire me or get me noticed and some investor would like to invest or hire us. ;)

Here goes: My personal favorites and my own project at The Lasalle Show '11!

*WARNING: Photos heavy from the extensive exhibition!*

Fashion

• M R B L Bespoke Shoe Label by me!•

•Year one photography project. Remember the Beast Within? I guess lecturer G is so biased on us here she decides to take over the whole space for our YEAR ONE. I apologize to my fellow fashion disciplines, such as from Design that a few of their stuff aren't exhibited. And we could always put another rack in this corner.•

•Siobhan's Journal, Ingrid's RAK, Mayble's JNBY. The Nature corner in the fashion exhibition•

•I love Hazel Tan's super cute Topshop IT GIRL Campaign•

Graphic

Yes yes I am biased towards Lim Siang Ching's Pattern Matters. It's deathly gorgeous and captivating I just love the whole thing. It's as meticulous and detailed as it gets. I wouldn't mind learning through Patterns when I'm young. I think it gives a creativity boost for our young brain to develop our right side of the brain if teachers were to start teaching with these.

Stephie's / Lyrid's super CUTE PIECE TOO I want to bring them home too! Check her cute blog on the left panel list!•

•I don't mind buying this as my fruit juice or milk or tea bag. Hands DOWN.•

•Children's storybook reinvented in the most artistic way possible. I'd get my hands on this straight if it was really sold. Sucker for packaging and outer looks•

•Packxtentions by Kennard, the crazy kid with this big concept. This needs super genius brain to create all the patterns for the cardboard to be re-utilized and be in a different shape after its first shape. Amazing transformation and thought. Too crazy for me to think so far!•

•I found my favorite font in this FONTIONARY! And again someone needs to seriously invest in this creation. Highly useful. Or the designer should actually make a deal with Visionary or something and produce it.•

•A variety of the reinvention of Newspaper design and dimensions. I LOIKE!•

•Think green, as usual guys!•

•Made with paper, laces, paper, paper, paper being cut, lasered, boxed, glued, etc. LOVE!•

Interior

•Gawd Marsha's work! I didn't know until I checked the name!•

ART Therapy

I have not managed to take snaps in the Fine Arts room! But they've got loads of interesting pieces to keep your eyes peeled!
Something I then picked up - I love collecting these novelties! Like hang tags, which I love to collect as well seen at my Tumblr, these are also my favorites to keep!

•Nothing is considered me visiting an exhibition without picking up free design inspiration: the quick, the easy and fuss free in size: name cards! Here's my chosen favorites•

Of course I had to prepare my own, but this is more or less my corporate name card for myself, created to support my 'Playground' (seen on top left panel). Yeah, I did cut off to create the diamond shape all by hand. All 200. And it's depleting like hot cakes! I've only topped up like about 10 each day and I have to keep cutting everyday. The woes of being utterly weird in shape.

Congratulations guys, we did it for this year! Keep the faith for yourselves and keep wishing the best at 11:11AM/PM for anything you want, because we CAN!

Yeah, anyone wants to buy my shoes or design it under mine? Let me know! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ^^

M R B L .

2011-05-19T13:19:00.000+08:00

It started with the chosen project #5 : Packaging, to create six items: HANG TAG, LABEL, PRESS KIT, INVITATION, PACKAGING, and PROMOTIONAL ITEM for a brand we have to conceptualize ourselves, derived from the company we researched beforehand. With the bylines of its market and target audience, I had in mind way before everything : to create a bespoke shoe label.

First, researching on what shoes I liked and what the direction of the shoe design should be. Something that should be interesting and different that will surely get attention.

The inspiration board for the actual shoe design. Two varieties. Which one you guys prefer, Left or right?

Those were the rough sketches made on my notebook. Some are inspired by LV, United Nude, Heavy Machine, Raphael Young, Camilla Skovgaard, and others said in the inspiration board above.

Below are the 5 mood and inspirations for each respective design we should create previously stated above.

This was the first batch of design that got rejected.

View and appreciate the final collection here!

M.RBL MANIFESTO

M.RBL aims to be adorned by the world’s fashion daredevils.

M.RBL gains attention by its glinting spherical feature beneath your very feet.

M.RBL dresses your feet like a long-lost fashion Dorothy – you have now reached the highest sanctuary in the fashion wonderland with it.

This is M.RBL, the show-stopping shoes that demand to gather your fashion balls up – the only way to work it to the M.XMUM with a N.NCHLNT attitude.

Note: this is only the first prototype. The original shoe design is still under process. Would anyone like to have a pair of shoes from MRBL, either by your own design or through my consultation, do let me know.

It's walkable, trust me.

. K T Z W T G .

2011-05-18T01:45:00.000+08:00

Above was the invite for Kokon ToZai's AW2011, entitled so. Don't ask me what it stands for - currently, I do not know and have no time to research. But may I boast that I could ask directly what it WTG means to the brainchild of the brand itself.

When, where, how, wha - ?

Before any bombards of questions, see below and start marking your mark on where the link leads you to. Anyone in Singapore and ravin' the one-of-a-kind dear KTZ, we should see you at the door or you'll be certainly expelled.

It's up on the kokontozai blog too! And I'm sure we all are ecstatic with the collection I call bandits runaway - all stripes and primary colors come into one. As for you all peeps who loves this as much as I do, don't fret and bite your nails as a teeny sneaks on what's THURSDAY NIGHT'S GONNA BE LIKE.

Keep on chanting.

Time to start marking your attendance here you party-goers and if you think that you stand a chance to be cooler than us and the strutters who's going to shake Butter on Thursday night!

Need to update your wardrobe to inject some bandit wear next season? I know I do... I've been eyeing this one piece and I know my paycheck's all going there when this term ends. Goodbye Hourani and Comme, I've made my choice.

See the updates on Best of British - found on the top left panel. Best of British is under Glamour Incorporated, a fashion retail company that aims to support and bring the upcoming British designers to the shores of Asia.

As for me... shot previews of me and the super amazing jeans from ktz. Post NOT coming soon until the event and Blueprint is over. Didn't know it fitted me well!

Article recaps after the snaps.

KOKOKOREANO FOR BOB + KTZ SG

Michael Jackson's Legacy to Thrill at MBS

(It's tomorrow, yo!) OBANGSAEK Launch @ Platoon Khunstalle

WAH! KOREA 2nd Anniversary Party

Korean Night Festival the Third (this Sat, be there!)

Rain, Rain, and more Rain, (wish it was the weather)

even older news

JAY PARK WINNING at MUSIC BANK FOR BEING ABANDONED (YUM)

BOYBAND TOUCH at Mens Fashion Week Asia 2011

Jump! Back in August at Esplanade

EPITOMIZED : Mens Fashion Week Asia 2011 Review

DEW 02 : E A R T H

Shinigami NO.2

2011-05-08T00:55:00.003+08:00

This, is a mix of my shinigami outfit post NO. 2, about my life goal checked #74, my dreadful college woes, and the upcoming summer I can’t wait.

Where’s Shinigami post number one? Well, should be coming soon, sometimes, one day… and why is it called this? Is because of this exhilarating awesome long draped skirt from Mu I got which I feel like I could just bring on my katana and bring on my death god jobs.

Alas, as if Bleach’s story is true.

See how my assymetrical black skirt drops ever so raw-ly to give an extra bump of silhouette. The best thing was how the peeps around the stand were saying
"nice pants!"
and I said, "no its a skirt! LOL!"
they were surprised and "what did you do to the side? did you sew it yourself?"
"Oh goodness no, the designer lets us have fun with our own creativity to let the skirt drape in differ ways. It has buttons inside attached. Osm right?!"
and they all agreed. Couldn't be anymore satisfied. I wuff my one and only skirt! :)

Yay where I finally met Jordan of the ultra popular worldwide Balletcats since we've worked anything but face to face for the first batch at The Goods Dept. Did you miss our catfight?

•not to mention how i love this candid shot then it took my KTZ ring perfectly! wearing a maroon Giordano tank top, Buddha necklace, MU black skirt, Schu nude wedges•

Then I also met another Jordan and Jess the polar opposite siblings all the way! LOL well they both were starving and finally after a dreadful long while and a contemplation to eat fish and co. we settled for Ootoya. I only came along to get my dessert (plus grabbing other foods they ordered as usual. We know each other too well in terms of food. When I say I'm not hungry or I DID get my dinner, there's always space to eat more) which was super super super on the top - nirvana seven! The best vanilla ice cream ever tasted. The texture was correct and the taste is superbly rich.

But anyhow, I’ve been planning to wear this skirt (I’ve been asked and pointed out several times, whether I’ve stitched the side hems myself to create the assymetrical drape look or not. Well you can judge yourself, what did I do with it? Answers coming below, who guessed right let me know) since a few days back planned in Singapore, in order to fit my little suitcase and immediately change when I touchdown Jakarta on the same day Brightspot Market opens its first night.

No I didn’t come all the way to Jakarta for – well more or less I did book a ticket to Jakarta by noon to catch the event in the city before returning to Bandung, my home sweet home. So yes, I did 20% came all the way for Brightspot. Confession of a wardrobe upgrade need. The solution: shop loads at the market to support local designers.

Outcome: Only managed to buy one.

Why why why? Every time I’d visit I’d only get one piece – one standout piece for sure, and it’s always white. And always patterned-like, as in, compare it below:

It’s ‘patterned-like’ and avant-garde. Left is Resida's Since Always, on the right is my new Danjyo Hiyoji sample dress (originally in tan) when poked out like this reminds me of either MMM or Viktor & Rolf. Hear hear. Only if I were to do this the whole time when I’ll be wearing this piece to my summer holiday at…

*drumroll*

Santorini!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I’d seriously never would do that but I’m friggin’ excited for my summer holiday)

I’ve got to plan my wardrobe. I’m going for the colorful hippie a la low-keyed Cavalli and Kenzo, all whites and neutrals combine a la Celine, and I’ve got no choice to try find more new things since this is failure. I was prepared okay, I’ve got my paycheck with me but I guess I’m saving it for more bespoke shoes.

Speaking of shoes, I’ve never released in public that I’m creating a bespoke shoe label for my final year diploma project. If there’s someone contacting me for it to actually produce them for the market, well, I would be stoked.

Who’d wear my shoes – no, let me rephrase.

Who would be my label’s daredevil and wear them?

My shoes are one tricky thing and I’m crossing fingers I won’t trip when sporting them on the upcoming 26^th May, 6:30PM. You all should come for the opening of the LASALLE SHOW ’11 (if you are in Singapore of course)! You might see me fall – it’s history! ;p

Back to Brightspot, I was looking forward to meet Nico, Emily, Primo, and of course the rest of the Whiteboard team and the lovely Dinda! Then I met Tontey and the rest of the interns which they should be enjoying themselves working under them minus the distance from their house to the company’s office address that I’ll just close my eyes.

And during today, I managed to accomplish two things:

To tick off life goals #74: Shoot a ‘stranger’ with a knifey question. Or something personal or something you know, that shoots at the heart. Like seriously since I want to know how they react. It can either be negative or neutral (which Caucasians or Western people would have this reaction, or even interested at it because of the question and even develops it out as a dialogue) in terms of human psychology.

To even more believe that I don’t have a pretty future with blond or slit-eyed kids but in return to have my thesis question ready for my BA year this upcoming new college term.

Sorry, Nico – you’re my victim!

I have a rationale and back up for this so bear with me, ;)

That was a touché touchy touchy subject I’m sure and I’d become a pelacur – pelan pelan curhat moment but you took it well! Sorry dude, hahaha it was all planned. Because the thesis that “all men who are into fashion should be all gay” as a topic is forming well – and is so far with first-hand account been so clear in front of me. I don’t know what to believe anymore so that’s why these experiences and accounts I have will be much useful, if my lecturer allows. If not, then screw it, I’ll need to find another interesting thesis question for 6K words.

Your reaction and answer had confirmed my hypothesis. Thus, the proposal for this topic has a bigger chance. With another fashion event upcoming, I’ll probably just drop dead and this 6K word essay would be then a 110% diary of a pelacur. My diary of rants against! *evil laugh*

Anyhow it was definitely fun although real short but I’m truly apologetic if I’ve hurt you in any way. Next time with Primo which I didn’t manage to meet to continue on the fashion debate! Deffo that you’d know more fashion things more than I do – fashion is not my religion after all, it’s food. Oh wait, K-Pop. ;D

I am now writing at 2AM in the morning amidst my diploma project redo and I am sleepy – my bed here is so good I could sleep in all day, different to the one back in stuffy Singapore. This explains my MIA in this space. I’m more often active in Tumblr and Svpply for quick inspirations and on WHERE ON EARTH CAN I GET THIS KENZO SHOES. Tumblr is always always fun, fun, fun, fun. :)

I MUST GET. HONTOU KAITAI. It’s so me, it’s so Japanese, redefined. But, WHERE TO GET. :(