when clouds gather

hopefully someone will get the pictures if not maybe im just a weirdo lol

Lanvin Deck Shoes+Lanvin SS09 Ads

I'm always confused about what kind of shoes to wear serious,I can't decide whether to go with something more vintage or something more modern avant garde and i used to really not care bout what kind of shoes i wear i only cared bout comfort thats all but somehow this year i find that an appropriate shoes can add a new feel to the whole look so for the first time in my life i think i keep an eye on shoes lol.Vintage or avant garde?atlest i know it would be cool 2 have these deck shoes frm Lanvin.Price tag tho is not that friendly lol but a pair good shoes worth alot of money.

And since i mentioned bout Lanvin i'll post some of their S/S 2009 ad pics.Shot by Steven Meisel (one of my favourite photographers and also arguably one of the top in the field).Pics arent in HQ tho

Me

My girlfriend took a random snap while i was drawing some random things while waiting for food in some restaurant in batu ferringhi.I've always liked harsh flash so i decided to edit the shot, love the end result of this.

My 2 shots

I didn't configure the picture quality for these 2 shots properly before I shot thats why please forgive the noises damn how foolish was I to ever shot without setting to high quality

I don't know why but this song is hot

Slumdog Millionaire OST,A.R Rahman featuring M.I.A it doesnt sound like anything that I would normally listen but im hooked on this damn maybe i should start downloading some bollywood soudntrack,super highness

It's a colourful world:Hong Kong

Oscar 2009

The Oscar was earlier today and i wouldnt say im tht particulalry concerned bout the results but I'm glad of the achievement of the film "Slumdog Millionaire" won 8 awards and of course the best picture of the year.Totally deservingly,I watched it like last saturday and I think how the whole movie was written n directed was just brilliant one of my favourite films of all time.And of course not to mention how boring the other movies are lol especially Benjamin Button so to me it was no match really.And also Sean Penn won Best Actor for his performance in "Milk" lol i like Sean Penn it was a brilliant performance but im still surprised that Mickey Rourke didnt win for "The Wrestler" considering how much a hot favourite he was.Anyhow I hope there are better films next year and from my experiences I seriously doubt I'll watch anymore Brad Pitt movie

Random shots frm my new cam

Havent update in a week and in between that I bought a new cam,Canon G-10 and im quite satisfied with the picture quality i find the image almost better than that of the 450d which i previously used anyway jus some random shots,

Sad but true,everyone is considered to be greedy

I don't really get personal with my blog but this is jus plain ridiculous lol I've been accused of cheating in poker for that rm100++ to rm200?Funniest thing I've ever heard anyway you guys can tel me how to cheat in poker by dealing?if can't nvm i'll tell u

To get quad aces:
First the dealer has to sort out the four aces,put the 1st ace as the 2nd card in the deck deal 3 more cards to other players and the next ace as the 7th card in the deck so now I've two aces in my hand,deal 3 more cards to other players n burn 1 so the next ace should be 11th and 12th in the deck and then you cannot shuffle the deck for obvious reason and you've to do all those without being obvious and not lag for more than 30seconds-1minute whenever you're dealing,and also no1 can notice that you didnt shuffle the deck.Now you've 2 aces in hand and 2 more aces in the flop n thats a sure win.

Okay there's an alternative way too,sort out the 4 aces(again without being noticed) put it at the bottom of the deck and then NOT SHUFFLE THE DECK (without being noticed too) and deal to everyone frm the top of the deck xcept the player who intends to cheat the dealer,deal him frm bottom of the deck(again without being noticed),burn 1 card and put 3 cards as flop frm the bottom of the deck (yes you can't be noticed again) and there you go uve 2 aces in hand and 2 aces on flop.Good luck people


ps.any1's so good at doing that he/she can cheat my money i dont mind because it takes alot of planning and skills he/she deserves it anyway

I really hope I wont have to miss Sunburst 2009

The list of confirmed acts you can expect at the much-anticipated Sunburst KL 2009 Chekkit!

INTERNATIONAL

1. N.E.R.D.
2. Russian Winters (Australia)

LOCAL

1. Butterfingers (minus Loque)
2. Hujan
3. Bunkface
4. Estranged
5. Estrella
6. Pesawat
7. They Will Kill Us All
8. The Otherside Orchestra
9. Joe Flizzow
10. Meet Uncle Hussein
11. Gerhana Ska Cinta
12. Dead Mushroom
13. Arabyrd
14. Aseana Percussion Unit
15. Twilight Actiongirl
16. Loops Collective
17. Cosmic Kitchen
18. Reza Salleh
19. Juwita Suwito
20. Projek Pistol

REGIONAL

1. Nidji (Indonesia)
2. Agrikulture (Indonesia)
3. Andra And The Backbone (Indonesia)
4. Sixx (Singapore)
5. Maliq & D'Essentials (Indonesia)
6. Twentyfirst Night (Indonesia)

Hold your horses cos there might be more! Apparently, there are a few more acts to be confirmed, namely:

TBC

1. Coldplay
2. Prodigy
3. Lupe Fiasco

That looks like a damn good line-up cause im a big fan of Pharrell,i really hope i could see him live and in the TBC LUPE FIASCO ? damn i love lupe too and of course Coldplay is like the biggest band 2day.

THIS IS THE TOOOOOT,SWAGGA LIKE US GRAMMY PERFORMANCE

Im not that into the grammy's but this is a killer performance,LIL WAYNE+T.I.+KANYE WEST+JAY-Z goddamn all of the biggest rapper now (and yes im not tht into 50cent and eminem),and how lucky is M.I.A to be along side them even though she deserves the honour and the child in her stomach is pretty damn lucky too.Speaking of grammy personally think Lupe Fiasco shouldve won atleast 1 or 2 but too bad its the year of THA CARTER III

Some old school hip-hop,Mo Money Mo Problems

If you ask me this is my favourite old school hip-hop song by whoelse but Notorious B.I.G,R.I.P Biggie,it's funny that I used to love 2pac so much and my favourite song is one of biggie's

Chinese Indie Pop Singer:Cao Fang

I've been looking around the web for good indie musicians frm my region for the past few days n to my good luck I found this sweet singer frm China.

From wikipedia:
"Cao Fang (曹方; formerly 曹芳; b. Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, May 6, 1983) is a Chinese indie pop singer-songwriter and melodica player.She sings in the Mandarin language. She has a young-sounding voice and a sweetly melodic style that has been compared to the Taiwanese singer Cheer Chen (whom Cao regards as one of her favorite performers).Her style has also drawn comparisons to The Cranberries and Faye Wong.Some of her songs show the influence of trip hop, bossa nova, and the music of China's ethnic minorities, such as the Jino people, whom she visited in Xishuangbanna as a child.Her English nickname is Icy.
She was born on May 6, 1983 in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in China's southwestern province of Yunnan. In 1996 she went to Kunming to study. In high school, she began writing songs and joined a band. The band recorded a demo, which impressed the musician Xiao Ke, who heard it in approximately 2001 while recording traditional music in Yunnan, but was unable to locate her. Several months later, she came to Beijing for a university students' original music competition, for which Xiao Ke was a judge; she won the awards for best lyrics and best group, and Xiao Ke invited her to join the label he had founded.
Cao moved to Beijing in 2002, where she began working as an assistant at Xiao Ke's label. Soon thereafter she signed to the label and became a professional singer. She released her first CD, Black Perfume (黑色香水), in 2003. The album was poorly promoted and sold poorly, but she gradually achieved renown via discussion of her works on Chinese blogs.
Her second album, Encounter Me (遇见我), was released in 2005 on the Tai You Wen Hua (钛友文化) label, selling over 100,000 copies and winning several awards. In the same year, she changed the written form of her name from 曹芳 to 曹方. Her five-track EP, Farther Than the Sky (比天空还远), was released on her own label in late 2007.
In 2008, GE Healthcare used her song "In Summer" (在夏天) in a television commercial for Healthcare Re-imagined. She has also composed songs for several other Chinese singers, including Jian Haixin, Qin Hailu, and the first Super Girl winner An Youqi.
Her hobbies include drawing and lomography."

Personally I find her song very relaxing,smooth and sweet and there's also a good variety in her albums ranging frm different influences totally something worth listening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEPR4Go8OOM

Music:White Shoes and The Couples Company

I was watchin tv yesterday and watched the wonderful program of Chanel V Amp in Asia which they introduce alot of underground or some not so underground bands in our region and this wonderful indonesian band Whites Shoes and The Couples Company was featured.A few listen to their songs im totally sold,their music is one fo the sweetest ive ever heard dreamy but not to a point that it gets too sleepy its just fine.And another thing ive to talk bout is the drummer,the way he drums and his drum kit produces the drum beats and sounds similiar to those of old school jazz drummer (eg. max roach and buddy rich) and thats as impressive as a drummer can get,he also drums with a traditional grip something i really respect and like but cant manage to do it myself.Another thing distinct bout them is their commitment to vintage-ism lol i used the word commit cause they not only play music that sounds old school,they also dress the part and even their album artwork and music video everything is very vintage-ish.Their music is influenced by 70's indonesia movie soundtrack,30's jazz and 60's harmony music u cant get more vintage than that lol and i also note some influence of bossa nova in their music,i like bossa nova.I'm starting to love my neighbouring country lol they make good tasteful music and they also snaps good pictures.Before this the only thing i kno bout em is how they anti chinese lol

From wikipedia:

"White Shoes & The Couples Company are an Indonesian pop/funk/jazz band from Jakarta. The band are currently signed to both Indonesian label Aksara Records and American independent label Minty Fresh based in Chicago.^[1]

White Shoes & The Couples Company consists of Aprilia Apsari, Saleh, Yusmario Farabi, John Navid, Ricky Virgana, and Aprimela Virgana. Apsari and Farabi, who are currently dating, met each other while they were both studied at the fine art faculty in Institut Kesenian Jakarta (Jakarta Institute Of The Arts). The two formed the band with their colleague, Saleh in 2002. In 2004, Ricky Virgana, John Navid and Aprimela Prawidyanti Virgana (Ricky Virgana’s wife) joined later.^[2]The band came up with the name due to the fact of the fad of wearing white shoes at the school where they met and the two romantically-involved couples that are in the band. The band sing the majority of their songs in their native tongue of Bahasa.^[3]

Their music is influenced by Indonesian movie soundtracks from the 1970's, 1930's jazz and 60's harmony pop music.

In 2005, the band released their self-titled album on Aksara Records. In 2007, they released an EP titled Skenario Masa Muda in 2007. Eventually, the band was signed by Minty Fresh and re-released their self-titled album for an international release.

The band was honored by Rolling Stone as one of the best 25 bands on MySpace. They were also honored by Allmusic as one of the 25 most crushworthy bands of 2006.^[4]"

My shots,frm a fishing village

This shot looked like some total rip off frm somewhere which i couldnt figure out what at 1st,but eventually figured out it looks like the album cover of Guns n Roses' latest album.



And some sky shots,I havent shot any sky in a mighty long time but sky at the fishing village was really attention grabbing