what is it?

What is a 82cm x 82cm square burnt into a grass patch?

A dead pixel on Google Earth, according to Helmut Smits if you look at it 1km away.

Trevi

No. Not the fountain. The LV bag. One of their newer bag (ok not that new. My friend got it like a year back), the Trevi stood out because...



1. It looks nice
2. Actually have a shape
3. Is not common because it is a different price range compared to your usual Speedys and the new-kid-on-da-block Neverfull.

I chanced across an ad campaign for the Trevi, Trivoli and Tate. Man all of them LV ads are so good. This series of bags refers to the Trevi Fountain, the city of Trivoli and the Tate Museum. what a ranom bunch of places. I mean, a fountain, a city and a museum. Why not Ang Mo Kio, the Merlion and Fort Canning Park? That would work.

Trevi: that snatch thief damn handsom lor!

Tate: did i leave the stove on?

Tivoli: I have to stop staring into blank spaces!

If I get shuyi ones of these, you bet I will do a series of ad as well. But SGD3K for a canvas bag? We are no rich people. Totally out of our league...

James Jarvis x Nike Animation

The crow attack was inspired by an assault by a Singapore crow on James Jarvis. Yea! Have you seen those birds? If one really attacks me all i think I can do is run around screaming like a little girl.

Watch the video after the jump (always wanted to say that)


Onwards from AKQA on Vimeo.

words of wisdom...

'Fashion is the best motivation for losing weight'

so says the kaiser.But the man walks the talk. He used to look like this

vat are you looking at? hmmm?

Now he looks like this

party like a rock... party like a rawkstarrr!

Some says part of his inspiration to slim down is to get into Tom Ford's suits. Tom Ford don't do big grandpa suits. Only them slim cut ones. See them make verbal love to each other. This is passion people, passion! Not the People's Association card you fool!

Check out this hilarious blog I found.

peekaboo

Now implemented with the new peekaboo style. You see a summery here and continue reading here for the rest of the post. Pretty nifty huh?

drunk post

My wife and I went to zouk. First time ever. A bit drunk but it was quite interesting. No pictures this time round. Who do you think I am? Dawn? hmm?

How I am supposed to work to work tomorrow? omg die...

We cooked udon with jap dippin' sauce and slept.

juice box

Literally. Currently, only the banana juice box is in the market. Where else but Japan?


Speaking of banana juice, wonder why we never really see it in the market? It was said that until recently, no one knows how to extract banana juice. Too little moisture, turns to paste when squeezed and who on earth wants banana juice so badly anyway.


Anyway, I read about 7 years ago that them Indians found a way to extract banana juice. Some funky method that involves radiation. Now someone wants that juice real bad!

hand drawn notebook movie

A movie within a movie. Fascinating on many levels.


Noteboek from Evelien Lohbeck on Vimeo.

Check it.

auntie around the world: zurich

Last week was crazy hot in Singapore. So shuyi headed to zurich for some relief. Not the first time shes been there. Here is what she did the last time...

Identity protected for no reason at all.

so mature...

Who on earth takes this kinda photo anyway?!

my wife went to london...

... and all I got was a postcard.

A postcard to remind me whose boss.

i am 女王!

The actual card was pretty big. Almost A4 and it is only the cutout of the queen. Scary postcard.

tilt shift, stop motion, miniature faking?

This is an example of tilt shift + stop motion


Mardi Gras from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Remember when we mentioned stop motion? Well, we're talking about tilt shift and miniature faking now. Stay focused.

For those who do not have the tools for tilt shift photography (who have em? really?), the next closest thing would be miniature faking.

If you have read the wiki links above, you will realize that miniature faking is actually pretty achievable with our normal level of editing skills! Sharpen to an unrealistic level and blur off the top and bottom part of a picture, preferably something of a top-down nature.

something like this
us with Mr Dragon, 2008.

werk it?

How is this


Purple #11 from Purple Magazine on Vimeo.

and different from this?



omg is that really how they make a living? She could have done it totally wasted! In fact she could have done it better wasted.

soap

We've come a long way when it comes to toiletries. Our folks used to use bar soaps back then to clean everythang. I'm not even talking about fancy *add your fruits/vegetables here* soap. I'm talking the dirty looking block soap you can still get if you look carefully at the supermarket.

Face. Body. Hair.

That bar right here, is like a like F.I.L yo. It like a friggin' spa in your hands.

rub me all over ya bodayyy!

Then came the fancy soaps. Remember Imperial Leather? Course you do. They carved this figurine from the soap and put it under running water in their ad. Back then dissolving soap was an issue. But aren't they suppose to dissolve? I've always thought it was lather. Leather? Really? Why?

who can forget that sticker?
why would they put a sticker there?

But, alas, the soap era did not last. Shower foam came in and it was all the rage. Soon simple shower foam was not enough.

We need more moisture!
Says Dove.

They crammed so much 'moisture' (ain't it just water then?) in there, it's almost not 'shower foam' no mo. More like just 'shower'.


We need to put all kinds of fruits in there! Says the late Anita Roddick. She can go into a supermarket, pick a fruit/vegetable and make a whole series of products from it, complete with story of how that products helps children in countries we never heard before get education, prevent the parents from selling them to child prostitution, and... em WORLD PEACE!

Whats that fruit over there?

Dragon fruit, Ms Roddick.

I see... What is the most ghetto country country where we can get dragon fruit and exploit I mean help the poor people there?

That would be Sri Lanka, boss.

Good. Spin the story bitch!

Now now. I'm sure some ancient tribe used to wash their face with some fruits and they all have like super smooth skin. But surely some fruits/vegetables are bad for your skin? I mean c'mon!

Body foam kicked off in a great way and became mainstream. And we know what happens when things go mainstream?

Yes.

People want to be special and hop off the bandwagon. We want handmade soap now. Long story, same ending. It can be totally explained by the bar of manuka honey + kelp + oatmeal soap lying in my bathroom right now...

Addidas ADH1851

This is the ADH1851. Love the old school look. Framed wooden braclet, old adidas logo and all. Mixing things that don't feel right together like metal and wood looks great. This is a very mod look: very popular in the 60s. Think Twiggy with the Bob. Love the Bob.

But it retails at SGD200+. They must have taken the WEED from the trefoil adidas logo and smoked it. A digital watch for that price?

And it ain't even real wood. It is a wood coloured enamel filled steel bracelet.

Anyone going to HK or china, just get me a knockoff.

rihana x michael jackson

Rihana (what kind of name is that anyway? always reminds me of ribena) hop on the bandwagon (geddit band-wagon? as in band jacket? no? anyway....). This jacket was reportedly from Balmain, which is another way of saying that this shit costs a bomb. Maybe two.

Balmain is killing this season with the whole band jacket thing and the pointy shoulder silhouette. As much as I like the whole thing, it will only be a passing fad. Those over-the-top ones that is. But some pieces with more subtle band jacket rope details will live on.

awwwwoooooh! slumdog millionaire!

But whats with the hairdo Ribena? I mean she look like MJ back in the Thriller (some still say that it is the best album evaaa) days. And tell me if i'm alone here... But does MJ back then look kinda... Indian?

My brain keeps retaining the useless stuff. I will always remember when I was playing CounterStrike, there was this dude who had his nick like 'Michael Jackson awwwww!'. I thought it was god damn funny and it stuck with me till now. We do remember all the silly little things and forget the important stuff huh? Like that formula that could decide if you pass or fail the exam, your important anniversary dates etc.

sexual harassment panda

Weekends. Time for a laugh.



a one-off character in South Park. but I bet you now on, you can never get that 'sexual harassment panda!' jingle out of your head.

Originally aired on July 7, 1999. omg. This thing is in my head for almost 10 years already.

Moncler SS ‘09 Cotton Jacket

omg super nice.

When I was in the army, I hate light grey garments: the infamous 'ARMY' tee? It literally means sweat, pain and serious amount of tekan. Especially when it turns from light gray to dark gray.

crumpled and complete with sweat stains: authentic.

But things change and people move on. Now gray is one of my favorite colors. Heck, I got married in a gray suit.

show me the munnaay!!

ANYWAY, this cotton jacket is awesome. It has the Mao Zedong vibe as well.

wtf. I'm gonna shoot the speech writer... japanese?!

Cotton, gray, big pockets and buttons everywhere.

looks so plush and soft

nice detailing

All these for the reasonable price of € 245.00. The strips across the sleeve bought it from €145 to €245. Because, it's all about the details people!

jeremy scott

Been seeing him a lot these days, particularly with addidas. Check this. And this.

flora by Gucci

did they put morphine in there? cos this girl be trippin!

Speaking of perfumes, whats the best selling perfume of all time?

CHANEL N°5

The company estimates that a bottle is sold worldwide every 55 seconds

It's a classic scent but most young girls might not like it saying that it smells auntie. Back then Coco Chanel wanted something damn expensive. Jasmine oil was THE most expensive to extract. So viola!

kukutails have left the building

Shuyi harbored 3 cockertails in the slammers. Cockertails are quite lot bigger than lovebirds & parrotlets. So they pretty much dominated the place.

see somethin' you like pal?

pika pika!

go on... make my day

The original residents lived in fear under their tyranny.

we will not testify in court!

I don't want no trouble. please!

Now that the cockertail have left the building, everything is back to normal.

butter/lemon rice

Success! After watching all the cooking shows, if there is something you need to learn about cooking, here it is: basics + creativity + courage.

Let's see TV people who have influenced us in cooking...

方太: singlehandedly taught every auntie home cooked food. my mom used to write down her reciepes and keep them together with the newspaper cutouts. She taught the world the use-chopstick-to-see-if-the-oil-is-hot-enough trick.

check out my fro yo

Yan: Can cook but he can also make himself a god damn clown. disgrace to asians around the world. almost singlehandedly created the chinese sterotype. baaad engrish.

ching ching chong!
wanna see me juggle 3 choppers?

Nigella Lawson: showed the world that an ogasm is so easy to fake. There is seriously no food so good that can make you moan like that.

ohhh yessss. arrgghhh ahhhhh!!
now this sauce is scrumptious!

Jamie Oliver: successfully gives you the illusion that cooking is super easy. Throw this in... look how beautiful it is. A dash of salt n' peppa, throw this in, pop this in the oven while you go and watch TV and viola! A meal for my 200 friends who comes over to visit.

me jamie. see me kook!

You need to know the basics. Somethings you just can't do. The major mistakes of cooking, obvious to some, mystery to many.

Then there is creativity. You need to see what you've got and improvise. Added too much water? Flour differs from recipe? omg what to do?!

*slap*

Get a grip. Don't freak out.

Which brings us to the 3rd and final point. Courage to start cooking. Some people just dare not cook. Have you seen jamie oliver, that buck tooth brute, cook? He just anyhow throw things in.

The other day, i cooked this for shuyi.



rice + tumeric + cummin seeds + garlic + butter + lemon + bacon = butter/lemon rice

Just cook it like you would do for a paella.

Backyard Bill

I've always pulled reference to the sartorialist. His photo of beautiful people in uber stylish clothes on the streets of the most glamorous streets on the surface of the earth inspires me to dress up and take good pictures of my muse (got to be the wife dey).

real deal

But from another website, I was introduced to this dude: Backyard Bill. No, not a member of the Backside Boys. That was so over in the 90s. This is his blog.

Real people in real clothes. Kinda like streetssnaps. But that blog always takes pics of the same hippies in tights and shitty far east stuff on. Not that cool. So not cool that I shall not even link 'em.

Fred Perry 100 Year Anniversary Polo

black/gold

white/green

omg. In love. Love the combination. But knowing how much Fred Perry cost, I'll pass.

go see Dr Show

Today I had half a day off. So we went to see Dr Show.

Outfit check!

bargain!

I must begin to shop for myself. I found that I have not much of a wardrobe to mix and match with. Enough of shopping for shuyi!

same 'ol

Dr Liew Show Kiat

I always accompany my folks to this clinic as a kid. As I always sleep and wake up at the destination, I've always thought this clinic to be in Bedok till today. I have fond memories asking the folks for money so that I can buy the hacks honey/lemon sweets at 10cents for 3. $1 meant diabetes back then.

The meds given were so interesting. One sheet of individually packaged powder. One bottle of klassic black 济公 pills. And one packet of brown pills.

so bitter, it has gotta work

We had a lite pre-dinner at the hawker centre where I found the worlds smallest departmental store.

May Fung. Everything also got!

she loves her green bean soup

We headed off to Bugis for some walk walk and dinner with my mother-in-law. On the way there, we met Mr Bean.

luuvv was all around

muji stuff are kinda nice. but we ain't buying shit till the discounts drop!

holy wifebeater batman!

Hip Dinner: by Billy Bombers (which looked EXACTLY like Billy Bombers to me) is having a 1 for 1 deal till the end of Apr. Food is so so but the price is reasonable.