Featured@ Collective Selection

The post by Claire from Collective Selection was published on July 2009 and I stumbled upon it recently after googling myself (Oh please! Don't tell me you don't google yourself! At least I admit to doing so!)

Thanks Claire for the mention and giving me an opportunity to share the same article with LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault!

p/s: I have deleted the post regarding the Louis Vuitton Mirior Alma MM due to spam. Yes, that post attracted a lot of spam.

Give it up for the Koreans!

It is the classic tale of boys versus girls. Theoretically speaking, in Korea, the saying "anything you can do, I can do better," is pushed to the limits.

For example, the video clips below. One song. Two version. The first one female version and the male version of the remake.

First up, "Abracadabra" was first performed by the Brown Eyed Girls.

Later, Dirty Eyed Girls (2am+2pm) did a parody for the video. And it is 99% accurate!

If that doesn't convince you, watch the stage performance of "Signs" by Brown Eyed Girls,

and the parody by 2am+2pm+beast of the same song (don't ask me why they name their band after the time)

You have to give it to the boys for having the balls to pull off such a stunt!

Give it up for Korean boys!

Confessions of a Scrooge.

Just finished watching Confessions of a Shopaholic (yes, I know I am that late). Well, what can I say? We must resist commercialism and materialism in all its form.

The last part where Rebecca managed to walk past YSL, shopping free and all the mannequins started clapping for her? Wow! That was powerful and true to the basic idea: money can't and won't buy you happiness.

No Gucci bags. No Prada shoes. The temptation is strong with all those glitzy advertisements of fabulous people in fabulous clothes and we are being duped into thinking that "oh my life would be much better if I had that bag (yes, I have issues with bags, deal with it.)"

But it doesn't (almost).

Looking back into reality, I heard of stories about people who literally sleep with their entire bag collection (bags split in the middle, hubby on one side. That being said, you know a new bag is better than sex!) or would literally have a meltdown if they don't get a new bag (serious! Scout's honour that this is not a joke!).

But then again, who doesn't want to have all the money in the world, things wrapped in plastic and with a swipe that you will be the most stylist person in the world with that oh so fabulous new pair of pants?

For me, I do it the scrooge way. Scrimp on the pennies and splurge on the pounds. That my friend is penny wise, pound foolish. But you won't see me ever with a plastic card in my hand.

Oh contraire, a wise financial expert once told me that the richest person in the world always spend with cash while wannabes with bad finances, well they rely on plastic and debt.

So, go green. Paper over plastic. Besides, who doesn't like the smell of money. Even if I only have a dollar in my wallet, at least it is MY dollar and not thousands worth in debt.p/s: On getting new clothes. Pfftt!! That's soooo 2009! The recessionista reigns supreme. If she can't afford to buy new clothes, she just borrows it from the Narnia closet!

pp/s: With the government introducing an RM50 tax for your credit cards, isn't time to cut the plastic?

Apple iPad. But which pad?

Apple's "breakthrough" or "life changing" iPad is officially out of the bag.Yahoo claims that the iPad has a billion other items and interface and hardware missing from this device.

But seriously, an iPad!? That's something MadTv talked about for ages! Don't anyone at Apple watch MAD TV?"

Ok, the one above is the real iPad from Apple. Now, watch the MadTV clip below, yup with the iPad way back in 2007.

Apple seriously! An iPad. You could have given it a better name but not a freaking iPad. Steve Jobs, you should fire your marketing department!

Malaysia Property For Sale

So, I was thinking aloud. Property for sale.

Sale? As in MEGA SALE? Buy a house free furniture? Wow! Wait, landed or up in the sky? Single storey or condo? Pool or not? Parking? Nearest shopping mall? And my personal favourite, "Got security guard or not? If got, very mafan lah. I don't want all these gated property!"

When the word property comes to mind, I am thinking, is it just landed property as in houses or industrial property, land like buying 200 acres of land to plant cherry trees and harvest vanilla beans (Hurm, a plausible idea)?

Time and time again, people have been saying "Oh, when I retire, I want to buy a plot of land and built a small house on top of a hill and live in seclusion, away from the hustle and bustle in the city."

We can expect that their daily routine would involve countless rounds of jolly session which I will not elaborate on.

However, if everyone where to buy a plot of land somewhere in the jungle, all the new developments in town and all those on the rise?

Yang penting, orang dulu-dulu selalu cakap, invest in property, more stable. Share market tak boleh predict. Kalau I, I beli je the whole block yang from ground floor to penthouse of the condo je. Then all my friends I bagi you all tinggal sebumbung ngan I!

Coming soon!

Coming soon February 14 aka CNY!

Comments now need word verficiation!

I have received a series of 11 spam comments today! 11!! I am very disturbed by this, thus I have no choice but to now introduce the word verification thingamajig to stop such nonsense from my blog.

I love receiving your comments, I honestly do, but please no spam on how to grow your willy, or having a good time with exhibitionists, or inheriting billions from an unknown will from the other side of the world.

Putting a link to your blog is fine, but no SPAM!

I personally hate having to put go through word verification on other people's blog but I think that this is one of the way to combat SPAM.

To the spammers out there, you know who you are and please stop spamming me!

Ecstatic and insane! Emotionally disturbed!

This is one post I really can't contain myself. I am about to faint out of pure joy and could not sit down quietly as I type this. I am every bit emotional and no words can describe how I am feeling right now.

My hands are shaking and I think my blood pressure is like up a billion percent. My adrenaline is pumping.

The feeling is like winning a lottery!

I am trying very very hard not to scream in the office or faint on the floor. You can't wipe that smirk off my face. You would see me laughing like a fool but hey, it is all good..............

p/s: Contain yourself. Don't jinx it, Behonce!

Ganas dan rangup!

Dear Mr Photographer,

I have always dream of being involved in such a shoot. Can you please make my dream come true?


Yours truly,
Behonce.

Bloopers! What? You think we are all serious-lerious fashionistas?

Obviously, it wasn't all VOGUE GLAM bam bam, "give me the look" photoshoot. Duh, we obviously had fun and fooled around with the bags and our props.

We started our day bright and early at 9am! Yes folks, we hauled our bums off slumberland and assembled at our location (a house at a location only the photographer, prop artist, model, costume designer and I know).

Our lady host (owner of the house) was bright and early anticipating us (bless her and her husband and her family for graciously letting us literally shoot the house top down!).

Ok, first pix. Our lovely, bubbly and cheerful model here was supposed to do a semi "OMG, my bag is falling" scene but the chandelier was in the way and we failed to get a good angle. We were so scared of her falling off the ledge.The one below worked but we decided on the picture against the wooden divider as the emotion evoked was stronger. FYI, the bags did not fall onto the ground once and has safely returned to the owner (bless her to for letting us touch our grummy paws on her collection).
Next comes my favourite shoot, the "Mak Datin" shoot. It was just so fun to do. I mean, all we did was "You tengoklah Datin tu! Masak pun tak, suami makan KFC je" or something like that. Memang sah style cara mak Datin gossip. Hawau Datin Diaries gitu! (Sorry, no translation!)
"Dah, aku tak kuasa nak layan kau!"
Tapi, masa jumpa di luar, sempat lagi nak peluk cium! Are we really peluk cium ala Datin or tengah plastic ala Mean Girls? That's for you to answer!
We found an accordion along the hallway and decided to have fun with it. The one she's holding is not a ring buoy for swimming. More on that later.
Now this shot of the Birkins was a hoot! Imagine them as ladies who lunch. We called it the "Herbalife" party!
The picture between the rails failed to make the cut as it did not show case the bags. But you have to agree, I looked good in this picture! (Ok, fine self-praise is no praise but I can't help it).
The pool shoot was fun as I actually had time to swim while doing the shoot. We used my school's old kain pelekat and dubbed it as our kain basahan. SMKS9 would be so proud to be featured on such a glamourous shoot! Whahahahahahaha!!
Back to the ring buoy. Our model right here thought that it was a great anti-thesis to parody a luxury shoot with her Ikea bag. And a buoy. And in a resort-ish dress. I give her two thumbs up, three snaps and a standing ovation! You go girl! Show those snobs what luxury is all about! (p/s: The Ikea bag is something money can't buy. The one's sold at Ikea is yellow.)
The Chanel bag picture below failed to make the cut also as my facial expression was so off. Yes, I am aware that I can take a bad photo and we learn from these mistakes.
We did do a shoot at the outside balcony where we would just stand around like celebrities while our photographer was shooting us from below. Imagine this, "Our model and me standing on the edge of the balcony like true divas and full diva attire. I had a silver headpiece of metallic feathers which was reminiscence to an Iban warrior's headpiece.Wanna see the rest of the photo? Haha! Only if you ask really nicely! =p

Once again, I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone involved in the shoot. To the gracious host who let us play guest at his house. To the bag lady who rented us the bags FOC. Rent darling, not keep. As usual, bags have been return to the owner. No, I did not steal anyone of them. To our fabulous model who inspire us. To our crew of photographer, prop artist, model, costume designer, we worked hard and the results show. Sekian. Terima Kasih. Moga jumpa lagi di masa akan datang! (Soon I hope. SS10 bags are already on the way?)

National Lockdown. A day to stop and think.

Starting today for a week, Lain Orang, Lain Canang will be shutting down for a week as a mark of respect to today's happening.

Let us take this time to take a step back, and do some soul searching in the inside.

We at Lain Orang, Lain Canang is against the use of violence as a form of self expression and promotes equality and harmony.

We hope that everything can be discussed in a peaceful and civilised manner and should no party ever resort to violence as a tool to instigate fear among the people.

Featured @ Birkin Watcher.

This is my first debut on Birkin Watcher!

And he identified each bag. The name, the hardware and all and I was like"WOW! He seriously known his Hermes."

Thanks again, Birkin Watcher.

Big hair. Permed hair. Or no hair? A bad hair day indeed.

I have been fussing over which hair style should I go for come the 2010 Chinese New Year. I have managed to narrow it down to three top looks in which I will decide on the end of January.

Look 1. The blowout.

All I have got to say is if she can have hair that huge, I want mine to be bigger!

Look 2: The Rihanna

Something very workable as I am used to having a shaved head but heavy on top.

Look 3: The Kylie

I was really tempted to have my hair permed the other day. Best that I've checked was RM70 for a perm. Anything cheaper than that? I am sick of having straight hair but people keep telling me my hair is too short to be permed.

So guys? Which look will I be rocking this year. I have done the blonde, the bald and the va-va voom and I need fresh ideas people!