Saturday, August 29, 2009

D V!!!

"One dress is really what makes you famous."
- Diane Von Furstenberg, Project Runway All-Star Challenge





We'll see how far this dress goes at the premiere of Nicole Kidman's NINE. =)=)=)

Friday, August 28, 2009

PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STAR CHALLENGE!!!

For the love of dailymotion, Karto, Daniel V, Santino, Uli, Jeffrey, and the ever fantastic Project Runway, here's part 1 of the 2-hour all-star episode that premiered before Season 6, on Lifetime, after a long, hard struggle between the networks.

Ahhhh. Nothing makes my day like Project Runway, especially a group of familiar favourites. =)

Thursday, August 27, 2009

'Project Runway' Style: 17 Hot Designs (and 7 Hot Messes)


HOT MESS
Wendy Pepper's postal uniform
(season 1, episode 8)


"Everything that Kara Saun's uniform brought — style, fit, originality — Wendy's sorely lacked. Working as if she'd never even heard of the word innovation, Wendy made a dull white blouse with an incongruous, oversized collar and cuffed short sleeves, and paired it with unflattering shorts that even puckered on the model's size-0 thighs. It's because of fashion crimes like this that dogs bite the people who deliver your mail."




hahaha. tt's funny.

Monday, August 24, 2009

BJORK TEE!

I saw the coolest thing in the newest installment of 8DAYS today.

In what I think is Christopher Lee's best fashion since the beginning of time (the horrors of horror! think Star Awards man-in-an-apron days), he dons a shirt with a very cool-looking, icy-gazed, ruffle-haired Bjork motif, hands clasped below the waist! OMFG! I SO WANT THAT TEE SHIRT!

Well, it's a snap off his latest tv show, whereby he and Fann visits the fashion places in Asia. I'll give him props for his adventurous fashion spirit, but more so since he's looking better as he ages.


I.WANT.THAT.BJORK.TEE.
the internet sucks when I cant find it online. shit.

Friday, August 21, 2009

王菲 - 不留

"其實把所有的東西不留給自己,有時候,這種想把自己推到極盡是好事...不留的可愛,是因爲一切的毀滅都是爲了之後所綻放的(蓮)花。" - PJ




我把风情给了你日子给了他
我把笑容给了你宽容给了他
我把思念给了你时间给了他
我把眼泪给了你责任给了他
我把照片给了你日历给了他
我把颜色给了你风景给了他
我把距离给了你无言给了他
我把烟花给了你(我把)节日给了他
我把电影票给了你我把座位给了他
我把烛光给了你晚餐给了他
我把歌点给了你麦克风递给他
声音给了你画面给了他
我把情节给了你结局给了他
我把水晶鞋给了你十二点给了他
我把心给了你身体给了他
情愿什么也不留下再也没有什么牵挂
如果我还有哀伤让风吹散它
如果我还有快乐也许吧
如果我还有哀伤让风吹散它
如果我还有快乐也许吧



When you give so much of yourself,
beyond yourself,
such that nothing is left,
perhaps only then
can you truely find peace
in this total destruction.


"终须都归还无谓多贪"

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Britney on Letterman - Top Ten Ways the Country Would be Different if Britney Spears Were President

Joe Jonas confirmed, Kelly Clarkson uncertain as next 'American Idol' guest judge
by Michael Slezak
Categories: News, Television
Joe Jonas, one third of the teen pop sensation the Jonas Brothers, will be a guest judge during the audition rounds for American Idol’s upcoming ninth season, a source close to the show confirmed to EW.com this evening. The source said news is cloudier concerning published reports that season 1 Idol champ Kelly Clarkson will also join Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Kara DioGuardi at the judges’ table throughout the callback episodes filming in the next few weeks. It was previously announced that Shania Twain, Mary J. Blige, Katy Perry, and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham have all been tapped to fill the seat once occupied by Paula Abdul, who stepped away from the show earlier this month after a bitter public contract dispute.




JOE.JONAS.

yes. THAT JOE from THAT Jonas Brothers singing catastrophe.


for freaking gawd damn real?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!
he can judge meh? nobody else ah?!

Singapore Idol

Singapore Idol is an idiot.

I tuned in for the first time tonight. Well, not the first time,considering I stole some time from BBQ at batch chalet to catch 2 segments (approx 30mins?) of it. Today's show confirmed my lurking peeves:

- Hady Mirza is grossly underused, under-rated, and under-exposed. What a waste.
- Gurmit Singh is having bad hair.
- Ken Lim still talks rubbish and annoys me to hell. EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM ANNOYS ME. From his irrelevant, contrived comment and demeanour, to that horrible 7-11 advertisement. erk.
- Dick Lee's colourful wardrobe has more wit and humour in them than his pen-waving self.
- Florence Lian has good diction.
- the elimination of Tanna shows that the producers are so stupid they lack foresight (in a possible no-confidence-turns-superstar backstory. see Kelly Clarkson). It also shows that the judges favour "loud personalities" over potentially great local voices.
- to eliminate them on the bus, after they've nicely put their suitcases to rest, is not only troublesome, but insincere and rude. If they're trying to be inventive in their mode of elimination, please try harder.


Sigh. And I thought there's hope in Singapore Idol. They probably should hire Paula Abdul so that her antics can liven the show infinitely. Keeping my hopes up that there's truely talented people, or at least decent singers, this year.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

UP





"As buoyant and richly tinted as the balloons that figure so prominently in its story, Up is also thoroughly grounded in real emotion and ideas of substance. How's that for an instant boost? The result is a lovely, thoughtful, and yes, uplifting adventure (in 3-D where available) about an old guy, a kid, and a house that sails through the air, opening up new routes in life to people who thought they were stuck in their loneliness. The movie — which opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, a fresh choice — is Pixar's 10th commanding feature-length demonstration that the most inventive and fully rounded stories in movies today are being told by characters who require an animator's hand to breathe. Up is a beaut. And for once, 3-D animation proves its worth. (More on that in a moment.)

Up is a gentle ride, as befits the Walt Disney PG imprimatur. But I've rarely seen a message of such square sincerity — Life's biggest adventures can be found in your own backyard, shared with people you love! — told with such unselfconscious joy and bright good humor. Who says squares can't be hip? The star of the saga is a squat, sour old widower named Carl (voiced with Lou Grant-quality authority by Ed Asner), a balloon salesman in his late 70s with a head as blockish as a toaster. (Carl's boxy black eyeglass frames, sitting atop a Patch Adams bulb of a nose, only emphasize the set angles of his ways; the guy looks like a cross between Spencer Tracy and an eccentric out of a George Booth cartoon.) We learn that Carl's late wife, Ellie (who looks related to Helen Parr/Elastigirl from The Incredibles), was the real free spirit and would-be explorer of the family, and that the two always planned a trip-of-a-lifetime to a magical waterfall in South America. But daily living got in the way, and Carl and Ellie stayed put: A short, wordless tribute montage reviewing their lives together from childhood through childless marriage and old age is as deeply textured as any great novel.

A holdout in the neighborhood while colorless high-rises spring up around him, Carl sinks into emotional decrepitude — until two things happen. First, he decides to tie thousands of balloons to his old house and float to South America on his own. (He's that identifiable type, someone afraid of sampling the new without schlepping the familiar along for safety.) Second, in the days before takeoff, he's visited by a pint-size stranger. An overenthusiastic scouting-type misfit bursting with boyish energy, Russell (expressive newcomer Jordan Nagai) is as round and bouncy as a balloon himself. When he becomes 
an accidental stowaway on Carl's great adventure, he's unwelcome as far as Carl is concerned. But Russell turns out to be invaluable — not to mention loyal and trustworthy, a friend indeed.

Each specimen in the movie's wild parade of exotic South American animals is worth cheering, and the hilarious, acutely observed dogs who greet Carl and Russell in their new world deserve their own canine-centric spin-off feature. Likewise, under the tender direction of Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.), every detail of 
 the production is quietly exquisite. (Docter co-wrote the screenplay with Bob Peterson, who gets a codirecting credit and also supplies the voice of Dug, the dog nerd in the pack.) Michael Giacchino's gorgeous music, invoking great Max Steiner scores from the '40s and '50s, steers the story's emotional shifts with great elegance. The renderings, the color palette, the small and generous jokes, the perspective as balloons lift a whole house in the air — all are breathtaking.

But the movie's most important accomplishment may be that we're never noodged or even urged to notice these things. Even the sophisticated effects now attainable in 3-D animation are worth about as much 
as a bunch of balloons unless we can feel what 
a character is going through, and why. At 
a press conference at Cannes after the first screening of Up, Disney·Pixar creative 
honcho John Lasseter explained that although he loves 3-D as a ''fun toy,'' he has no use for disruptive tricks that leap out of the screen. ''3-D should supply depth that furthers the emotion of the scene,'' he said. Can complicated technical virtuosity be reduced to something as simple as that? Yes, if you're Up to it."

- Lisa Schwarzbaum, www.ew.com



EW gave UP a stellar A, but I felt Lisa didnt do the film justice. Certain parts, as always, were spot on, but I wish she could have said more.
I cried (and I mean the sobbing terribly, not the tearing kind) 3 times in the first 30mins: during the end of Partly Cloudy, when Ellie had a miscarriage, and when Ellie was at the hospital and leaving Carl soon. I've not been one who cry at the movies. I didnt even cry when bambi's mum was shot. I'm surprised at my tearducts this time.

I rarely see a film that makes me laugh and cry so hard. UP will go down as one of the best films I've seen so far, and a personal favourite. Each Pixar animation has so much heart and soul in it, which CANNOT BE SAID for Dreamworks or Universal or whatever-company's animated movies. The painstaking details in making each character lifelike (unlike the disproportionate dinosaurs-bigger-than-mammoths-by-10-times of a certain ice age movie), the slapstake yet incredibly funny jokes, and the ability to imitate life and its universal feelings in the most incredible of situations and characters (a robot with heart, a talking ant trying to save the day, toys who felt that their time was over, a father's love for his lost fish, a car's coming of age) truely make each Pixar film a timeless gem.

Heck I feel like I didnt give them a good justified review. In any case, I just want to say I love Michael Giacchino and his score, for making me cry and laugh so hard, so many times. He is the one who created LOST's intense music as well. KUDOS!

I also loved young Ellie's facial expression, the whole structure of the character, and the lady who voiced her. So happens that young Ellie's name coincides with voiceover Ellie Docter's (whom I'm guessing is director Pete Docter's wife and his source of inspiration). Her voiceover was excitable and sensitive, and the reading was so brilliant it made real-life actor's reading of their lines sound mundane. AND young Ellie has enough facial expressions to make my favourite Nicole Kidman and her (supposedly fake) nose ashamed.

And you know I simply adore Nicole Kidman. To death.











Words evade me. I've missed:
- 2 episodes of Fringe
- 30 mins of the season 5 premiere of LOST
- 2 episodes of The Mentalist
- 2 episodes of Singapore Idol

If my life can be measured by the hours of tv i've missed, I'm probably the biggest loser. I miss days of freedom and sunsets in school. I miss Jack, Keay, Becca, Ming Hua & co., Faye, Wei, PJ.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

謝安琪 - 神奇女俠的退休生活




作曲:莊依靜.Simon Whitefield @ 音揚人
填詞:黃偉文
編曲:莊依靜.Simon Whitefield @ 音揚人.Tomi & Alfred @ 音揚人
監製:周博賢


爆裂 散落 節翼墮下
正跌向對面大廈 就撞爛大廈
而樓下 有群男共女 
以摺櫈菜刀打架 聽不見他
幾秒後 滿地是血花
而模糊的受害人 一早猜想到嗎 
誰人才 終極失去了他
有病 有毒 市面混濁
氧氣裏正在孕育 極厲害病毒
全城就快齊齊病發
個個照逛街睇戲 不知退縮
於市內網巷夜店中
誰人從粉末藥囊 針筒之中找到
如遊魂魔域 那份滿足
可惜我已經退休 一早已養尊處優
坦克再駐守 只可高叫快走快走
不可以插手 青春些會救到亞洲
歐洲與美洲 今天怎強出頭
可惜我已經退休 將這裏轉交你手 
即使你錯手 摧毀一切炸出缺口
不可以插手 只可打氣拍手
恭賀人類 爭出殺手
就是這樣 家產給你接收(總要去的不要留)
就是這樣 終生可以退休(歡送爆開的汽球)
氣候 變壞 雨大浪大
浸過了購物大道 像越鬧越大
而何時救援還未到 正派往遠方打仗 不可上街
管理層滿是實戰派 誰和誰慘被沒埋 不可多嘴表態
繁榮和安定正在瓦解
可惜我已經退休 一早已養尊處優
坦克再駐守 只可高叫快走快走
不可以插手 青春些會救到亞洲
非洲與澳洲 今天怎強出頭
可惜我已經退休 得一副老骨老手
只可以間中 幫乖仔去買煙買酒
幫新袍餵狗 幫子孫贖了樓
觀望時代 天天變醜
可惜我已經退休 一早已養尊處優
坦克再駐守 只可高叫快走快走
不可以插手 青春些會救到亞洲
歐洲與美洲 今天怎強出頭
可惜我已經退休 將這裏轉交你手 
即使你錯手 摧毀一切炸出缺口
不可以插手 只可打氣拍手
恭賀人類 爭出殺手
就是這樣 家產給你接收(總要去的不要留)
就是這樣 終生可以退休(歡送爆開的汽球)


謝安琪 - 鍾無豔
作曲:Christopher Chak
填詞:林夕

其實我怕你總誇獎高估我堅忍
其實更怕你只懂得欣賞我品行
無人及我用字絕重拾了你信心
無人問我可甘心演這偉大 化身
其實我想間中崩潰脆弱如戀人
誰在你兩臂中低得不需要身份
*無奈被你識穿這個念頭 得到好處的你  
 明示不想失去絕世好友
 沒有得你的允許 我都會愛下去
 互相祝福心軟之際或者准我吻下去
 我痛恨成熟到 不要你望著我流淚
 但漂亮笑下去 彷佛冬天飲雪水
 被你一貫的贊許 卻不配愛下去
 在你悲傷一刻必須解慰找到我樂趣
 我甘於當副車 也是快樂著唏噓
 彼此這麼了解*

難怪注定似兄妹一對
其實我怕你的好感基於我修養
其實最怕你的私心虧准我體諒
無人問我寂寞像投何處去養傷
原來是我的心境高到變爲 偶像
誰情願照耀著別人就如 月亮
爲奴婢爲你備飯奉茶是殘忍真相

Repeat*
讓我決定我的快樂
那須得你的允許 我都會愛下去
互相祝福心軟之際或者准我吻下去
我痛恨成熟到 不要你望著我流淚
但漂亮笑下去 彷佛冬天飲雪水
被你一貫的贊許 無須裝說下去
在你悲傷一刻必須解慰找到我樂趣
我甘於當副車 卻沒法撞入堡壘
彼此這麼了解  難怪注定似兄妹一對
你的他怎允許  結伴觀賞雪的淚
永不開封的汽水 讓我抱在懷內吻下去

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

"see you at the prom"

I'm late this year.
I didnt foresee the hectic schedule that I will be having. Now I have to balance 3 events, one portfolio, and my job.
While things look bright and cherry, that at year's end I might be fulfilled, but right now it's a tad overwhelming.
But reading through past 2 yr's blog entries gave me some strength to move on. Like reading personal old blog entries, and to some extent reflecting on life, I wonder how I managed to come up with those words. Now I just feel empty inside. It feels like a brand new start each year. I'm not sure if that's a good way, or human nature's idea of detox, but I wouldnt want to forget about them anyhow.

I am ever-proud of what my team has created, and therefore I am posting the link again =)
http://cssprom07.blogspot.com/
http://cssprom08.blogspot.com/

there's gonna be a new one this year.
Like how I told the kids every year, "see you at the Prom."

Saturday, August 08, 2009

Thursday, August 06, 2009

dance like there's no tomorrow (indeed)



"Paula Abdul has announced on her Twitter feed, and Fox has confirmed, that she will not return to American Idol for another season. Abdul gave notice through proper channels before posting on Twitter, according to a Fox spokesperson. A source familiar with the negotiation says Abdul walked away from a 30 percent raise and an eight-figure deal. Below is the full statement from Abdul:

“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day 1 become an international phenomenon. What I want to say most, is how much I appreciate the undying support and enormous love that you have showered upon me. It truly has been breathtaking, especially over the past month. I do without any doubt have the BEST fans in the entire world and I love you all.”
The full statement from Fox:

“Paula Abdul has been an important part of the American Idol family over the last eight seasons and we are saddened that she has decided not to return to the show. While Paula will not be continuing with us, she’s a tremendous talent and we wish her the best.”

Fellow judges Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell – who has said in the past that he does not want to do Idol without Abdul — are not commenting. Idol host Ryan Seacrest posted a response on Twitter: “I am shocked and saddened.”
(Reporting by Lynette Rice and Michael Slezak)



Following Paula Abdul’s Twitter announcement, and Fox’s confirmation, on Tuesday night that the American Idol judge will not return for the show’s ninth season, here’s what people are saying:

Ryan Seacrest (via Twitter): “Idol and the cast have grown with each other over the last 8 seasons. I can’t imagine the panel without Paula. She’s a star @ a great friend.”

Blake Lewis (Idol season 6 runner-up): “Paula leaving American Idol is like a honeycomb without the honey. She brought a sweetness to the AI that no one can replace. She will be forever our girl.”

Brooke White (season 7 finalist): “I honestly didn’t think she was going to leave Idol. When I saw her Tweet, I said ‘Wow!’…Sitting on the edge of that stage, you feel pretty vulnerable out there. And when you’re getting chewed up, any sort of relief is nice. Paula was that little ray of hope. She cushioned the blows a little bit. Not everyone at home liked that, but I can speak as someone who did sit at the edge of that stage, and to have someone who was concerned and caring helped.”

Jim Verraros (season 1 finalist): “She helped build [the show] from the ground up….I will never forget what she said: ‘Jim, you may not have won the gold medal, silver or even bronze. But you’re an Olympian. Remember that and how far you’ve come.’ For that alone, I will always have nothing but the utmost love and respect for her.”

Keep checking back at this URL for further industry reaction.

(Reporting by Michael Slezak and Tim Stack)








sigh. it's a sad day for an Idol fan. no more "colour up your vocals" and the happy-hand-overhead clap =(=(=(