till i’m surrounded by ocean, big sky and dropping by four destinations.
Damn i cannot wait.
I have been totally antisocial and boring the past week.
Days have mostly been – work, dinner (at home/office/in a pub for an hour). Hmm yeah that’s it.
PassedOutBen called me to see whether i was free last night
“Where are you?”
“Office.”
“Oh, you’re at home.”
“-_-”
My state of mind now is a bit pooped cos of the gazillion pictures i just uploaded
0_o
Trust me to leave all the pictures to post at once… should have done it in smaller posts!
Anyway, months ago, Natasha from Compass Comm. contacted me to participate in Heineken’s Green Room State of Mind.
Together with Lapsap and Bombshelter Studios, three parties in all were invited to produce a piece of art that was *their* green room state of mind in connection with music.
I wondered who to collaborate with and decided to go with designer Jimmy Lim because i remembered his designs were musically-influenced as well.
We had a couple of meetings, and decided i’d paint on pieces of his designs he’d redo.
Using three pieces from his SS08 collection (which were designed with PJ Harvey in mind), Jimmy deconstructed two identical shirts (one black, one white) to form a new piece altogether.
With this new b+w shirt and a pair of pants, i set to work painting on it.
I dug out all my brushes and paints
Came across some of my older works i did during my art courses in london
Got super inspired and excited to do it
Then saw that i needed to get more paint and new turpentine -_-
So i went out to that big art shop in Gardens (Art Friend! I love Art Friend!)
And after much procrastination, started on painting a few days to the first deadline
:p
I used to paint so much more…
Just that other activities have stolen time and enthusiasm on my part
Nevertheless, painting again (after this project) has kick started my pleasure for it again
I know you can see the Monet book, but it was just propping the Degas one open.
I’m a much bigger fan of Degas 
Besides using the paintbrush, i used a CD to scrape paint unto the shirt as well.
I listened to the SalahWrong playlist over and over again as i painted, dripped, scraped and dabbed.
Over and over and over again.
Cos that’s how long it took me -_-
To be a bit more blatant of the musical influences *i* had behind the work, we thought of how i’d incorporate the song titles and artistes unto the clothes.
Sorry, but no way was i going to spend days sewing the letters on… i didn’t have the time 0_-
So we punched it out to stick unto the pants, which we kept quite plain.
And then, it was questioned whether i would wear the shirt that i’d painted
Being bias, i said i would
Then i understood, ok, it has to something i’d actually seriously wear out because it was still a big shirt (which true enough… you don’t exactly see me wearing big T-shirts out. Baggy clothes yes, giant T-shirts, rarely)
So we changed the design and altered it to a huge vest
(if you can tell, i’m totally summarizing what we did cos it took weeks -_-)
By doing so, we cut off most of the nicer painted parts much to my distress
So i took the pieces and sewed it unto a sleeve
At 4am
On a weeknight 
Damn mati rushing sial those weeks when i had other work to do at night
So that was all the work part
Now we go to the glamour and drinking part
We had a photoshoot weeks ago and Choen (who also shot me for the Timeout cover) photographed all of us. When i saw what Bombshelter Studios had done, i was blown away.
They needed a TRUCK to bring their art piece to the studios 0_o
I brought mine in… a paperbag -_-
Bombshelter Studios and the machines they took apart.
What machines you ask?
A portable CD player
An old cassette walkman
A 1970s vintage turntable
Every component – nut, bolt, circuit board, whatever! – were stuck well on a huge frame.
Madness.
Quotes Design Director Eugene Low – “When you take something apart you’re able to appreciate every single component and it gives you a new perspective on how much thought engineers have put in to giving you something so simple to use.”
Opposite to Bombshelter Studios’ 3-dimensional art piece, Lapsap designed a 2-dimensional art form based on the online world and social networks.
Inspired by Run DMC’s King of the Rock cover, the giant canvas is printed in dot matrix form and features comments regarding the cult party they are – from blogs, Facebook and MySpace.
Because Bombshelter Studios and Lapsap took their shots outside and by the wall inside, Jimmy and i tried posing on the floor.
We also took some shots outdoors where Jimmy balanced precariously on some crates, but they’re not being used for the press release.
A couple of weeks ago, an article came out about us in the Sunday Star:
Article *here*
And then the Heineken Green Room event took place at Cloth & Clef on 9th October:
I took a picture of what they’re looking at for you to see, heh.
Ah Xu was standing where the aircon was getting at him.
Ethan (see Ah Xu at the back 
)
AprilPikachu, Lye Cwan, LimBunga
Jimmy + moi
Natasha
MaryBerry, AshleyTheMonkey, QueenKanch, SpankyCammy, me
AdrianCEO, Iryne, Joleyn, AprilPikachu
Blink explaining bout their concept
Bombshelter Studios
Lapsap
Heineken was giving out invites to the main event (which is this Saturday) in the form of super cool reflective sunglasses
On beer, everyone started camwhoring like crazy outside C&C
FaiTheMai + i
KinkyPugKevin Yeohhhhhhhh
SarChan, me, AshleyTheMonkey, SpankyCammy
SalahWrong
This is just…
…Wrong
All designs will be exhibited this Saturday November 1st at Zouk for Heineken Green Room.
Performances by electro rockers Van She from Australia, Dexpistols from Tokyo, and Lapsap (i’ll smack you if you ask me where from).
Time: 9pm – 2am
Where: Zouk Club (Mainroom)
Tickets are by invitation only, but they can be obtained by registering at heineken.com.my
So last Saturday I was in Zouk for Simian Mobile Disco,
And this Saturday it’s going to be a whole lot more.
Bring on the Heineken i say!
This post is brought to you by:
Affinity makes me marvel
over how i feel towards someone
despite knowing nothing, and briefly meeting them,
or the more i draw towards them the more i know them
I don’t mean romantically
it’s just magnetism
like you know something,
some subtance in their soul
which is familiar to yours
and is magnetizing or mesmerizing
I know very few people i feel that way towards
Very rare
maybe… three in total?
four, to be safe
An example would be this guy i met in frangi ages ago
we barely spoke
just got introduced
but i just FELT like i KNEW him from somewhere before
not like an ‘in love’ kind of thing (cos that’s what most people might perceive it to be)
but just an ‘i know you’ or ‘you’re part of my life in some way’
strange
and stranger still was when the friend who introduced us by chance, told me that he was asking about me
again i repeat
i didn’t feel it was in a romantic way, just magnetism
like you knew each other from a long time ago
A beautiful example would be a guy i met about six years ago
i wrote about him on my blog then (i tried searching for the post, couldn’t)
about knowing where he was, without being told
it was… i just KNEW
and we became fast friends, and throughout the years, close friends
we never went out, never slept together
but just always had that affinity
y’know?
Another friend i ‘discovered’ is this girl friend of mine
she has such magnetism and aura, it’s amazing
i don’t think she realizes the power she has over people
When i had the privilege of spending more time with her,
i could see and feel the energy just GLOWING out of her
okay i’m exaggerating, i couldn’t SEE it
but i could certainly feel it
There was just something about her…
that was wise beyond her years
her perception
amount of love that spilled from her actions
I rarely run to people when i hurt
i’d rather keep it to myself
but i ran to her before
out of all the people surrounding me, i ran to her side
i’ve run to her when i’m tired
i’ve run to her when i’m happy and i know she’d share my laughter with hers, more boisterous than mine
sometimes i watch her watching others
from her facial expressions, i steal knowledge on others’ actions
i watch her as she watches them
maybe it was the psychotropics, but one day i blurted out
“you know what, i think one day a long time ago… you were someone important… someone with great power in the world. and then you fucked it up somehow and got banished to leading an average human life.”
i don’t think she reads my blog
but if she ever does
i meant every thing i said:
you are truly such a beautiful soul
and i don’t think enough people say that to you
I think Runway Thunder’s such a cool name.
The more i repeat it in my head, the more i think it’d such a fly name for a band, song, design label or even a pet 
But if a pet’s called Runway Thunder, it might be mistaken as Runaway Thunder
Anyway, i’m blabbering.
Justin Yap and me.
I look fat here. Again. -_- Ah whatever.
Jimmy Lim waiting to cue the models.
Post and style shots on TiC *here*, i lazy to write.
Other related posts:
Femmething
Kim Ong
Toosan
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Simian On Saturday
Popped by Aliyaa for Ovi’s birthday party before SMD at Zouk
Birthday girl with her eyes closed, Abbi of Aliyaa, and star-spangled fairy
PassedOutBen + me
Tianna + RowdyRudy
Spotty Ming + Starry Fairy
SalahWrong!
Note to self: I am unable to drink straight liquor of any sort, anymore.
If you can tell, i’m not really in a writing mood right now.
Can’t force a fairy. Laters.
What’s really important in our lives as people on this planet (damn i sound all preachy but i swear i’m trying not to!)
We get so caught up in our daily activities and what we deem important in our lives, that we tend for forget about others.
Especially those that come from the bigger picture of what life is about.
And how we’re destroying them.
The Wild Life Act of Malaysia is extremely outdated and hasn’t been updated since 1972. Animals like the rhinoceros, malayan shrew, asian elephant and many many more are classified as critically endangered or close to it. View list here.
There are many outlines to the law that need to be updated. For instance you could be arrested for poaching and elephant. But you wouldn’t be punished for selling products with endangered animal product in them. Doesn’t make sense innit?
A petition is in order to collect 100,000 signatures so that change can happen. It’ll only take you one minute, please click *here* to sign the petition, and please post it on your blogs too.
Related links: The Star – “Flawed Wildlife Law”
It was super hot today = great day to do laundry, yay!
Yeah, i’m constantly doing laundry cos of the amount of clothes i wear…
And if i leave them without doing it (in sorted colours, of course!) i end up getting agitated if a certain something i want to match with something else is dirty.
Wait.
Why am i talking about laundry.
So TODAY, it was super hot.
Too hot till i didn’t feel like doing work, so i called MaryBerry up, “I have a great idea. Let’s get ice cream and walk in the park!”
“Okay,” she damn layan.
We ended up with ice cream… and KFC, drinks and corn in a cup.
“If only you brought your ipod speakers…” she said in the car on the way there.
“I did!”
And a picnic blanket too.
So you see… impromptu picnics turn out much smoother than a planned one :p
She brought a brollie down even though i insisted it was NOT going to rain.
Had to pixelize my crotch cos i swear there’s camel toe action going on.
I felt that going to the park to snack whilst being surrounded by green grass and fresh air would be healthy.
Instead, i felt kinda evil cos all these people were jogging by, being healthy and exercising and all…
While i sat on the grass and scoffed as much KFC as i could (Mary didn’t have any) and ice cream.
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Alone-dancing Hypes Your Soul
I’m a big fan of dancing to yourself in your room
Or bathroom, if you like doing it in the shower, except that there’s the risk of slipping and knocking your head on the tiled walls
The other day in the office, RezaSexyGrin aka Reza Salleh wore a t-shirt that read,
“Dancing alone…“ i read out loud, “gives you bad karma...” (or energy, something along those lines) “What kind of rubbish sentence is that?” i exclaimed indignantly.
“It’s not mine! It’s my brother’s!” he explained.
“That’s a rubbish shirt.”
“Yes it is,” he nodded
“You should throw it away.”
“Absolutely,” he replied quickly before scurrying away.
If anything, i think dancing to yourself in your room
puts you in a good mood
releases happy energy to give birth to more
places you in Pretend World where everything is fine (i pretend i’m in bali, dancing in the garden)
gets your energy levels racing to face the night/day
Go throw on your favourite song and dance alone!
You don’t have to tell me, or anyone.
Do it for yourself
