Yes, that’s right. I’m only blogging because I’ve found out that B&J is going to give out free ice cream. Soon! (Or else I’d have left this blog to languish in its loneliness. Heh.)

Mark your date down, so you don’t miss free ice cream! By Ben & Jerry’s!

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of fashion blogs. I don’t know how I got to them, or heard of them, but voila! They appear, and I just kinda read them. I think this might be the beginning of a cooler, stylish-er rainin9. /o\ *oh noes this is gonna be a disaster – EPIC FAIL* But… whatever.

I’m using Google Reader, so every day I’d get like this, influx of fashion blog posts (they have up to 5 posts a day or something! I think it’s fashion week now?) and I’d just scroll through ‘em, and click if I like their pictures. Or if their post sounds interesting. But anyways, here are some of the pictures I like!

Looking at this dress makes me think of sparrows and skies and grey clouds all at once. I feel as though I could lose myself in the depths of her skirt and never come out. Plus, it helps that the model is pretty.

This one is another picture I really like. It’s not so much the clothes, but the expression of the blonde girl. She has that slightly innocent air around her, and looking into the camera she almost seems to say, “Oh look, there’s a camera pointing this way.”

Initially, I thought I was drawn to this picture because of the clothes the girl at the right was wearing. Turns out, it’s the same model from the picture above! I guess she just really has it. That ability to make her expression seem so natural despite being in a shoot.

And finally. Those eyes! And lips! Why does he have such awesome complexion? Just look at that boy! He looks as though he’s that charming rogue who goes about sweeping ladies off their feet. So…. cute… Okay. I think I’ll end the post for now.

So that I can stare into his blue, blue eyes. :S

PS: That is Nicholas Hoult, by the way. And he’s twenty~ And here’s an entertaining interview of his I found. (:

I was somewhat a Edward Cullen fan before the Twilight books hit mainstream and the fangirls went wild, and I sure as hell remember the first time I saw that cute Hufflepuff seeker in Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire movie. But lately, I haven’t been feeling the love for Robert Pattinson so much. It’s more of a like, “oh yeah, that’s him, but… meh.” kind of reaction.

And then I found some pictures of Rob Pat looking pretty darn hot AND posing with some nude models. Him looking hot? Thumbs up. Icky looking nude models in the picture? Not so hot. It’s like, icky. And ewww. If I wanted to see this in a positive light, the only good thing I can say about it is that my heterosexuality is once again, confirmed. Ewww, breasts. Like, ewww.

But enough of me. As you look at the pictures, you can get a sense of the theme. I’m not too sure how to describe it, but there is a feel to the pictures. It feels like a theme from a rich boy’s mansion, plus all the girls, and some slightly voyeuristic action going on. I dunno. What do you think?

Anyway, here are the pictures I’ve found:

Hooya, boy. How he has grown. It’s a pretty darn sexy cover too. Him being all sultry eyes and smirking, while a hand is laid on top of his chest. He looks he’s been pwning all his opponents, and loving every second of it.

Rich boy, lounging about on his golden-gilded chaise. Pfft.

This one has a slightly druggy feel, eh?

Alright, there’s quite a couple of images, so if you want to check out the rest of them, click the link below to see more! (plus nekkid femme pictures! /O\)

This one really makes me think of Draco Malfoy, for some reason. I bet DM would look really good in that outfit.

Yikes. Photobucket removed those nekkid pictures. Anyway, if you’re that interested in seeing ‘em, go to the link below. They’re listed there.

If you’ve got any thoughts about this, why not leave a comment below?

[source: Robert Pattinson's nudity infused shoot for Details]

Happy chinese new year people!

I hope you’re enjoying yourself, and getting ang pows and the like and generally having fun.

For me, though, it feels as though it’s been forever since I’ve celebrated Chinese New Year. Which it sort of is, seeing as CNY was a year ago. Not to mention that it also falls on Valentine’s Day this time, which brings back strange memories for me.

Like… Packet drinks. For some sort of strange reason, it makes me think of a time back when I was 14, crushing madly on a boy who made me laugh and was pretty darn cute, and that one time I was invited to a mutual friend’s birthday party.

I remember being shy and drinking packets of Yeo’s and sitting down in a corner, embarrassed (for what I have no friggin’ idea, but probably just blushing simply because he was there (= ~ =). I remember the strange dare my crush was forced to do (which just wants to make me laugh because it involved me and strange proposals – I swear, they made him do it purposely!) and I would have said we were drunk, but we only had lame non-alcoholic drinks, so no serious rule-breaking or stuff.

I remember a Valentine’s eve years ago, when I was fresh out on my first ever date and once again, yep, blushing wildly at the thought of being out with my crush. I don’t know if it was ever a date to him, but it sure was one to me! And, embarrassingly enough, I’ve never been on another date with another boy since.

Guess I just haven’t opened my heart up to anyone else. Don’t feel much like it either, especially since I’d much rather focus on my studies and not freak out about getting my heart crushed or stuff like that. Plus, I’m not very brave. That rollercoaster ride of emotions that will surely come along… Nah. I’d leave it to the bravehearted.

Chinese New Year was also a much more happier event last year. I don’t know what’s happened, but there just doesn’t seem to be a festive mood for this season. Recession, perhaps. Or maybe no one’s in the mood at all. I’m not too sure. It’s pretty weird, though.

And thus I’ll end off my strange reminisces, and hope your day is much better than mine!

I think I’m a sucker for torturing myself with horrible, horrible videos that should not ever be watched because they are going to be a waste of 3 minutes of your life that you will never, ever, ever ever get back again because it is just so horrrrrriiiiiiiibbbbbleeeee.

I want to scratch my eyes out.

So, anyway. Just to torture you too, here’s the video “Safe Sex with Ris Low”. The one I suffered. And the one you shall suffer too because it’s like a trainwreck. /O\ Horrible, but you can’t help watching it. So there you go. Scratch your eyes out too. Suuuuuuuffer, bitches. Muahahahahahahaha.

Safe Sex with Ris Low from clicknetwork on Vimeo.

PS: WTF she talked about warm jelly. WTFWTFWTF.
PPSS: The condom flew off and she went, “Oops!” -.-
PPPSSS: *goes back to banging her head on the desk*

Apple’s just released a new device called the iPad.

In my opinion, it just really looks like an oversized iPhone that isn’t going to be that useful. I mean, no camera? Still no multi-tasking abilities? The inability to support flash? A stylus pen would be a brilliant addition, too.

The name sounds funny, too. I mean…. don’t you think of pads when you hear the name iPad? Lol. And check out the video below. MadTV is awesome.

Though, to give it some good points, there ARE some things that I like.

Things I like

Like, their Notes thingy. I like that sidebar thingy, the ability to look at the list of different notes I’m working on, etc. I can already imagine a Productivity app appearing, making use of the extra space an iPad (the name is distracting… because it makes me want to laugh) has.

And their Calender thing. It looks bloody cool! I mean, you get the Month, Week and Day view all in one!

The iBook app seems pretty cool too, unfortunately it’s only available in the US, so that means it’s not going to happen here for quite some time yet.

And lastly, the iPad accessories. (Which makes me want to snicker, because what kind of accessories do you have for pads?) They look pretty darn cool, especially that keyboard thing. It’s definitely going to be useful, since the iPad (OH GOD THE NAME SERIOUSLY THE NAME) has iWork, so it’s gonna be useful.

iWork:

The price though…. doesn’t look too good. USD499 = about SGD701, not including stuff like shipping, etc. And that’s only for a 16GB iPad.

The one thing I would have really liked was a camera feature. I mean, if you have a camera, it’ll be like – TADA, awesomeness. Just imagine being able to have video chat or skype in your bed. You wouldn’t need a huge ass big heavy laptop overheating on your lap, but you’d have a nice beautiful screen to look at while you chat.

Another cooler feature would have been the ability to have more icons on your dock! Four…. is really not enough. Six would be nice. I mean, there’s space after all. Why not?

But… Let’s look on the bright side.

Ok. So while I was disappointed at first, after thinking about it, the iPad (okay, I’m starting to sort of get used to the name) has possibilities. Let’s say you’re going out for an interview. You can use the iPad to display your portfolio during the interview! It not only looks cool, it makes you seem cool too. For me, I could have used this to show the short films I’ve worked on to my interviewer, so they’d get an idea of what I’ve done.

And in a sense, I guess iPad has a plus point, being that its screen is bigger, as compared to the iPhone. I mean, there’s been times I wished my iPhone was bigger, so that it’d be easier to type and not strain my eyes (or thumbs).

Who the iPad is for

So. The iPad is probably perfect for you if you’re a photographer/designer/film director (or student)/business person for showing your clients (or interviewer) your work/portfolio BUT don’t want to take out your huge ass laptop; OR if you’re a really big fan of Apple’s stuff and want a device you can take anywhere that has a bigger screen that allows you to watch movies, surf the web, for eg, instead of using a laptop/desktop. Here’s more possibilities of what to do with an iPad from Photojojo.

But if you have an iPhone, and a laptop already, then this probably isn’t for you. In fact, I bet your first thought might have been “Stupid oversized iPhone” and feel disappointed because it wasn’t what you expected.

I might get this. One day. If it has a camera function thingy. And have a large wad of cash lying around to buy it just for fun.

It’s a want, not a need.

Other links to check out:

• An In-Depth Look at the Apple iPad from Mac.AppStorm
• iPad from Apple’s site

If you’ve been following my twitter account, you would probably have noticed my various hysterical messages as I gush over the awesomeness of the god-like creature, Bill Kaulitz. Mostly they go like:

Let’s just say that… looking at my tweets now, well, they’re more than a little bit embarrassing. But then again, with the following picture, how can you not feel as though you’ve gotten an overdose of happiness when you look at Bill?

So. Apparently, our god-like creature opened a fashion show called DSquared in Milan! There’s quite a number of videos and pictures that’s made its way up onto the internet, so here are some of the links you can check out for more hot stuff to turn you into a gooey pile of mess, like I did.

So first up, here’s the articles:

• Bill Opened The DSquared Fashion Show! by Tokio Hotel Network
• Pics and Vids from DSquared and Z Zegna by Tokio Hotel Network
• Bill Kaulitz – DSquared Fashion Show by Tokio Hotel Street Team Singapore
• Twin Power Backstage at DSquared by Tokio Hotel Street Team Singapore
• Catwalk Premiere: Bill Kaulitz Models in Milan by Austria.com
• Bill Can Strut It Like No One’s Business by Tokio Hotel Hysteria

And of course, the pictures! Don’t worry. There’s pictures of Tom too, if you’re a Tommy fan. In fact, here’s one right now!

• DSquared After Party – 19.01.2010 by Tokio Hotel Network
• DSquared Fashion Show by Tokio Hotel Network
• Z Zegna Fashion Show by Tokio Hotel Network
• Pictures from DSquared Fashion Show compiled from the internet by me!

So there you go. Your very own new dosage of Bill Kaulitz-ness. And Tom Kaulitz-ness. Though, I’ll have to say, Bill is still cooler.

Hello all! Chinese New Year is fast approaching, and like us you’re probably stocking up on the goodies for your friends and family when they come to visit. We’re selling these awesomely delicious, freshly baked yummy goodies at a cheap price, so order them now before we run out of stock!

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I love Facebook.

Sometimes.

You know, when you occasionally get funny comments on your statuses (while your ego goes: OMG OMG people are reading my statuses! So… so… *hyperventilates* that must mean that I am popular!)

Okay. I was so totally planning on blogging about something else, but when you see the pictures I have below, you will get what I mean.

BECAUSE PEOPLE. PEOPLE.

IT. WILL. BLOW. YOUR FRIGGIN’ MIND.

Yes. It is just that good. So good, it can induce multiple visual orgasms or at least something like that because, otherwise, WHY AM I getting butterflies in my stomach when I look at these pictures of our beautiful, beautiful boys?

Let’s start with teh awesomeness.

You agree with me, RIGHT? THEY ARE AWESOME, ARE THEY NOT?

Gorgeous right? Right? Are you getting breathless as you look at the picture? I know I am.

So… Is it blowing your mind yet?

And even though I’m generally more of a Bill fan, this one makes Tom look numnum.

Are you getting these funny little phantom butterflies in your stomach, giving you a happy, delirious feeling of ecstaticness?

(AND YES I made up that word in that last caption because the current situation warrants it. And my brain has been fried beyond belief with the awesomeness that I can’t think of any other adjectives to describe them.)

But yes. I have been reduced to a pile of gibbering, breathless, squealing mush of fangirl. And it’s back to staring at their pictures with a lovesick gaze and lovelorn sighs.