Good Clean Fun… Possible? Hmmm….
I’ve been following the blogs of famous bloggers in Singapore for an extended period of time. These bloggers include Xiaxue, Dawn Yang, Agrivelt, Sarah Ann Lim, Rachel Kum, etc.
To be honest, I am rather addicted to their blogs. I visit their blogs to find out what they have been up to lately as well as get some eye candy in (Pretty girls, fashion, pretty pictures). Basically get a taste of their very happening life.
However, I notice a trend. It seems that their life is full of parties, alcohol and food. I was looking at the blogs with my best friend Grace and we kind of agree that the trend is worrying.
Sarah wrote that she had so much alcohol one night that she started puking tummy juice and had to have medical attention. The drunken lifestyle of Agrivelt seems to titter near that. Surely, that isn’t a healthy lifestyle? I mean, the health takes a beating…
Dawn and Xiaxue’s blogs have a lot more variety (XX’s blog wins hands down for variety).
However, it is an unspoken agreement that night parties and events definitely are more exclusive.
(I’m not going to include pictures for fear that there’s some copyright issue)
Now, don’t get me wrong. Parties are great! Having fun is cool after a stressful week of work and dressing up is every girl’s perogative. That’s the reason why I follow their blogs to know the current clubbing scene and of course, the fashion and the ‘in’ place to have your meals now.
However, I do think that life is more than just parties, alcohol and food. What about a book that inspired you? What about the song that kept you enticed and why? What about the bad days in your life? What about …
The other day, I was just talking to my friend and I told him that it seems that most of us have forgotten about having good clean fun. Think about it; when was the last time you went to a party without any booze?
Hmmm….
Back to their blogs.. I guess it’s a marketing tactic? I mean people generally aren’t that interested in reading about your likes and dislikes unless it’s something ‘in’ or ‘cool’, even ‘luxurious’ looking.
It helps that they can doll themselves up when they go off for their weeking club affair. People do like to look at beautiful things…
Food for thought. (Especially for someone like me thinking of setting a blog shop)
In Love WIth Laura…
Lately, I have been obsessed with a queer movie called ‘Perfume’. It was released perhaps one or two years back but I didn’t noticed it back then. I recently had the chance to watch it on Star Movies and was instantly seduced by the queer obsession of the protagonist and the alluring cinematography.
To me, the star of the show was none other than the ethereal Laura, interpreted by Rachel Hurd Wood.
Meeting Laura sung by Soprano Chen Reiss
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Love love LOVE the red hair!! That song that keeps ringing in my head with a vision of Laura, her luscious hair floating to the will of the wind as she rode on the horse to escape from Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, the eloquent murderer..
It’s either red hair with fair skin.. or jet black hair with pale creamy skin.. and my piercing blue contact lenses @.-
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The beautiful Dita Von Teese..
Hmmm… Black hair is easy to obtain… but the fair milky skin.. That is challenging.. Loads of whitening lotion!?
Any ideas??!
Can’t do this..
It’s funny how some people are so irresponsible to start something they can’t maintain and prolong.
Then they throw you aside and say that they ‘don’t want to drag you down with them.’
Oh and did I mention that he feels the sense of freedom when I’m no longer around. Yup.. Karaokay sessions, enjoy time with friends, and he told me that he needed lots of time alone.
It’s more like you can’t stand the sight of me you FUCKING BASTARD!! RIGHT!? I’m the STUPID girl who fucking gave you my time, my love, my effort, my EVERYTHING!!!
Fucking ditch me when I was having a difficult time in my Life just because you couldn’t FUCKING DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT!
Because of you, I’ll never trust another guy again. BEcause you RUINED MY LIFE!!!
I could FUCKING KILL YOU!!!
I HATE YOU!!
The truth is always brutal
‘I wanna patch back with my ex’
The words that rang in my ears… and to think that I want to wait for someone who didn’t think that I was worth it.
I thought it was the state of mind, it was something else, mid-twenties crisis. Oh no.. It was not. It was the fact that the ex had qualities that I don’t.
What don’t I have I wonder?
I cook, I clean, I can hold a conversation, I gave him whatever he needed emotionally and physically.
Maybe I gave too much. Maybe he needed the pain that his ex had inflicted on him. Maybe that’s what I lacked.
I shouldn’t have been the wonderful girlfriend. I should have known that all men wants only what they can’t have.
It’s okay, it’s alright my dear self. I’ll work hard, I’ll make lots of money and shower my love over people who actually care about me and not some jerk who don’t appreciate me for being there always and so giving.
Goodbye.
Just because you’re worth it.
Hi people…
Sigh… So many things happened, till now, it seemed a whir to me. Everything happened too fast.
I wouldn’t elaborate too much but it’s been a long time since I felt like the way I did.
To many others, they tell me that I should look forward in life. But sometimes, just sometimes, it’s worth it to hold on, just that bit more, endure…
Just because it’s worth it.
Work is my only solace, but that doesn’t mean that night time is easy to pass. They say that 4am in the morning is the hardest to pass.
How true.
Cest La Vie… they say. Oh well, that’s all I can swallow for now.
Gotta get back to work….
Everything will be alright!
Things couldn’t be worse…
I am currently jobless, have no income, have a depleting bank account and had just lost my phone… AGAIN!
Strangely enough though, I have this strong feeling of assurance. I feel as if everything is alright and that I can see a clear path and have a vision of what I want . Not only that, I am executing it and it is due next week. The ’sweatshop’ operation that I hold in the confort of my room went uninterrupted and was completely the day before yesterday.
Maybe it’s because I have a great sense of pride and achievement in the thing that I’m setting up. Maybe because I now don’t have to tolerate idiotic management at work who only talk but have nothing to show for. Maybe it’s because I know I strongly believe in what I’m selling.
Maybe, it’s because I believe I will create tidal waves ( if not, then small waves) in this society with my new product.
I’m crossing my fingers and visualizing my future…
Back with more inspiration!
I thought that Japanese magazines are the only magazines I’ll ever touch until I picked up Vogue at the times bookstore at PS. I always felt that Japanese people are the most adapt people at creating fashion fit for the asian body or style and I still think so. It’s just that I was looking for something or someplace that will give me a different perspective on the line of ’STUFF’ that I’m creating now. ^_*
Let the music begin before the inspiration…
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The pictures in the Japanese magazines has a sharper, brighter quality to it. These photos from the Vogue magazine are simply ethereal. I’m not saying which is better. Both just simply offer me more options when it comes to presenting the ’stuff’ that I’m working on.
Agrgh!! Excited about it as it’s almost all done! ^O^
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I have every reason to feel at the top of the world as life is so full of hope and I’m having tons of fun! Including the fun I had at beer fest…
The beginning of the Party!!!!
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Magners! My first beer at beerfest! It’s fruity light and oh so girly! Ditto for serious beer drinkers (And yes, I was snubbed by the other three who told me to buy Jolly Shandy…)
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The friends next to our table. Don’t be decieved by their age! Look at the amount of beer bottle and cups!!! They can out drink us youngsters anytime!!
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The two ex-Westlake secondary girls having fun..
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Drink, Drank and drunk…. Not!!
hahaa… poseurs….
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Poison…
More Poison…
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And yet MORE poison!!!
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Kawaii Neh… eww…
Singapore Sling with boobies… What could be better?? *O*
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The BEER GIRLS!!! WOOHOO!!!!
Now give me that sexy back…
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Hmmm… the above two pictures.. well, let’s just say that coming towards the end when everyone had a tad too much beer, people start throwing buckets of ice and water at other people.. Thankfully, I was out of the way…. Hahaa!!
And yup! Till the next beerfest, DEFINITELY!! ^_*
A collage of tempting images..
Indulgence is…
I recently got a taste of the Japanese Whiskey thanks to my gal pal’s love..
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Doesn’t the bottle look clean cut and zen like with the angular edges? Hmm… This thing about the Japanese.. the ‘hard-to-put-a-finger-on-it’ attractiveness..
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Christina and her hot beau.. Thanks Jasen! For the whiskey… ^_*
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The two drunken friends… The thing is babe, we’re never good with whiskey. (Not that I’m good with ANY type of alcohol…)
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My dear baby girl… are you drunk yet? Hahaaa….
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And then I feel that I must blog about these gem of a morsel! Mini doughnuts! Yet, again from the land of the rising sun! I’ve tried them a few times and they’re as sinful as they look…
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It’s located at the basement of Central
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*Gasp* The one with the white glazing and a jammy middle!!! Me WANTS!!
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And then there the chocolate drenched ones with a burst of rainbow sprinkled on top as well as the pink ones with a light coat of snow…MMMMMMmmm…
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And to round it off, in the company of friends!
Kawaiiness Part II; Freedom!!
Freedom, my friends, is not overated!!
And yes, you’ve guessed it! I officially left my previous company on the 1st of March. Good riddance I’d say…
I’m onto my next search for the coveted career where it wouldn’t feel wrong every morning to drag myself to work or unmotivated to do the task on hand.
And the music of the blog is… something underated.. 
Pienso En Ti (I think of you) by Luis Salinas
This light-hearted cheery number was discovered by me when I bought the cd ‘Milan fashion’. It’s the last track of the cd and it wraps up the whole list of tracks which felt like a runway show commencing. It doesn’t sound too melancholic like most tracks placed at the end of the CD, but rather, telling others that this won’t be the last and there’ll always be chance to meet again for happy times. So, like me telling my girls in the previous workplace, there’ll be another time…
In anycase, I’d taken more photos from my favourite Japanese magazine. So this is kawaiiness from the land of the rising sun, part II
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Weave purses and bags for the coming summer!
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Don’t you just love that basket/bag she’s carrying?
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Sailor theme’s the way to go…
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Candy and fashion still goes hand in hand! That’s good news for me!
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A hint of Marie Antoinette… *Macaroons!!*
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Cross between Barbie and Audrey Hepburn..
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Amy Winehouse minus the drugs and alcohol…
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PS: I’m unable to get some of the pictures aligned the right way up and I’m mystified… I had already saved them to be upright in my computer but when they upload, they don’t upload the way I saved them…
Oh well.. till I figure out, bon appetit!
Inspiration from the land of the rising sun..
Recently, I went to another person’s blog and read about her post on the movie Marie Antoinette and the beautiful beautiful set. I scrolled down and there I saw a ‘critic’ criticising the blogger for blogging about such ‘americanised’ and ’shallow’ topic. Granted that the blogger had always blogged about high-end gourmet and other such endeavours, anyone is free to blog about something he or she likes. Consistency is admired by me, but there will be times when people let loose and indulge in somthing simpler and easy to understand.
It’s like taking a breather…
I for one, found Japanese Fashion magazines to be complete eye candy! I love the cramped, yet organised chaos and the psychedelic colours that fill the pages. It makes me wonder how Singapore magazines got to such a sorry state when I flip through them. I complained to this friend who is working at the conglomeration that houses most of the Singapore mags (Duh…) and he pointed out to me that it’s because of the 4 seasons that they have and that we don’t.
Could that be an excuse.. ?I suspect that those mags might be one of the causes of unimaginative dressing in Singapore. Or, it could be the playsafe attitudes of Singaporeans which causes magazines to select styles that Singaporeans feel comfortable in. I do see more improvements as the years go by however… Still, I do see people who go out with dishevelled hair sans makeup and T-shirts and shorts. Sigh… blame it on the culture of Singapore (not much emphasis placed on aesthetics like the Japanese) and the hot weather oftened used as an excuse to dress casual all the time.
Before I go any further, and let’s hear the music of the blog
It’s another sexy smooth number from Nuspirit Helsinki! The piano accompaniment and the vocals that went with it is absolutely unique and persuasive… Check out the unusual rhythem. I almost don’t know whether this is something to chill to or shake to. *_*
And, here’s some eye candy (literally) while you listen to something deeper than the black coffee on your desk ..
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My favourite Japanese magazine model! Lena Fuji! Sexy isn’t she?
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Clothes that you will never see Singaporeans wear on the streets. Sometimes I wonder why ‘cutesy’ dressing is being dismissed as childlike or shallow. As seen in the next two pictures below, cutesy can also mean creative. The colour combination and the use of befitting accessories bring it all together, perhaps too well.
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Even Chanel looks adorable in the pages of Vivi Mag! Amazing….
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Fashion and cute little dessert morsels go hand in hand…
Whenever I feel like dressing sloppy, I’ll only need to flip through the pages of my Cawaii and Vivi magazines to feel a pang of guilt and start planning on what to wear and the choice of my hairstyle.
Nowadays however, I only dress for work. Sigh… But my heads are still up as I’d already tendered my resignation. ^_*
This means more pictures…
till the next time!
