Thanks to all the readers who tried winning Urbanscapes tix from my blog!
There were over 45 entries and your anticipation for Urbanscapes was contagious!
Was so hard to pick 5x winners… 
Wish i had more to give out!! (Next year okay Adrian? TAKE NOTE OKAY

One of the winners was Amir, who came all the way down from Ipoh!
Word of the day = Dedication.

Thanks for saying such nice things about me…   
And sorry for being late   

Lots of tents were set up all over Padang Astaka for performances throughout the day

First place Aps and i headed to was the bar.
We got our priorities right
We were both slightly hungover from the night before,
and what better to combat it than what started it in the first place.
Kilkenney beer was a reasonable RM12 per cup.
Only bad thing is we weren’t allowed to walk around the festival with our cups of beer,
had to drink it in designated areas. Boo @ stringent Msian law.

Kevin & Clouds
They were getting their priorities striaght too.

I wanted to take a pic of Clouds’ unicorn earring she bought there.
She said she was trying to ‘make her ear smile’.
Only Clouds…

At the Style Snaps booth
In a cartoon world
Where i was always meant to be.

Saw a store called Beautiful Disaster with lots of colourful stuff and veered towards it
Ended up buying happy colourful items!
Scarf, pink pants, striped top, beige clutch.
Seeing this was the first store i walked into,
i got a bit scared wondering whether i was going to shop like this all day.

Celine of Beautiful Disaster
Thanks for selling such awesome stuff!

It’s such a nice colourful picture!
I’m wearing a dress from Leftblock.

Also got this unique coral + blue polka dot dress from the Tongue in Chic Store.
Was deciding on it for awhile cos it cost RM90,
slightly higher than what i’d usually pay for a dress from a flea market.
But decided i couldn’t let go of the colour and BLUE DOTS.
Had to have it.

Rushed Aps to the Junk Stage for Liyana Fizi’s performace

Noone wanted to step in the mud but i braved the move forward for a better picture.
Was prepared by wearing plimsolls i’d previously soaked in mud from last year’s festivals in UK.

Liyana is a care bear in my head

Then i bumped into Az!
Az Samad okay!
If you don’t own his album,
you’re MISSING OUT ON LIFE.

Around 5:30 pm, Aps and i headed to the X-Fusion zone,
because it was the only air-conditioned place in the festival
where everyone’s allowed to smoke and drink!

Terence C!

Aps, and Johan from my school

Kevin Yeohhhhhhhhhhh

Some performers who were pretty funky
but i’m such a bad blogger i don’t know their names sorry

With Melly Ling! She was writing for Tongue in Chic when i was working there.
I love how the wind is blowing her balloons and my dress heehee *vain*

Spotted Sarah chilling in a food area.
I was quite tipsy by then and got a stern, “Don’t GET DRUNK BEFORE OUR SET!”
cos she and i were spinning as SalahWrong from 9-11pm

Pic i didn’t even see while shooting cos sun was in my eye.
But look at Claudia hahahaha

I thought the SNACKS at Urbanscapes were awfully good -
keropok lekor, Karipop curry puffs filled with mash potato and chicken,
The Last Polka guinness ice cream, Chef Tony’s popcorn…

But the savoury food cannot make it la.
Everything else i bought was s0-so and kinda oily,
maybe cos it had to be out in the heat all day…
Felt i didn’t eat enough yesterday!

Bumped into Chelsia, Josh, and their massive umbrella.
I was like, “God Chelsia, such a princess that Josh has to shade you!”
But then i thought, owh, that’s so sweet really….
and asked Clem today whether he’d do that for me.
He said, “But i wasn’t with you then,”
Me: Yeah but if you were with me?
Him: In the rain?
Me: No, in the sun. *knows it’s a no-go cos Clem, like all kwailo ppl, LOVES WALKING IN THE HOT SUN*
Him: Are you kidding me or what?

See, no-go.
It’s okay la, i’m just mengada-ing,
i actually like walking in the sun and getting a tan 

Went back to TiC Turf, but didn’t end up buying anything else.
Maybe it was the heat, maybe cos i just ate so much,
maybe it was the alcohol AND the heat,
but i felt like i was slowly melting.

Rudy spinning as Deer Society

Aps and i bumped into Eddy, Alet and gang,
and followed them to their car to drink more 
At first i could hear SARAH’S VOICE in my head not to drink anymore.
Then my louder naughty voice came in and said, “Well, Sarah’s not here to seeeee heee heeeeeeee”

We just chilled around the car drinking like samsengs.

Alet.
Forget that trend about stealing clothes from your bf’s wardrobe,
it’s time for the guys to steal from the girls now 

Eddy, Master of Alcohol, is also lead singer for the Rollin’ Sixers.
*scream*

Sharing is caring and loving and drinking and everything

Aps had a bit too much sharing

Kang

Manly accessories

Ran back into the festival after that,
cos Clem had arrived and i didn’t even meet him at the entrance cos i was wayyy on the other side… drinking.

But it was okay cos he was excitedly watching Reza Salleh.
Even messaged me that he’s watching Reza and to faster join him.
Later on that day, he complained he tried to buy Reza’s CD,
but noone could tell him where to go.
So he’s damn disappointed.
Reza, if you’re reading this, i hereby am placing an order for your CD okay,
Clem’s gonna nag me.

Xu + Lim
Aiyo Lim… we gotta work on your poses man.

Sarah Chan and me!!!

Sarah and Mira
Sarah was probably shouting at me, as usual.

After that i didn’t take pictures for awhile cos i got REALLY SLEEPY AND TIRED!
I think it’s cos i followed Sarah’s advice and tried to slow down on the drinking.
As i recall, at previous Urbanscapes i managed to be on the go go go all day by drinking continously. Should have followed my instincts.

I wasn’t the only one who got tired… hi Steph.

Myra and i

Clem

I made myself WAKE UP before our SalahWrong set by eating ice cream,
and restarting to drink beer again.

Had an enjoyable set, we forgot to take ANY pictures of ourselves, really salah man,
but did have a plethora of media and ppl taking pictures of us in the first 20 minutes.
Sarah whispered to me, “Umf, i feel so weird…”
Think she’s not used to so many ppl taking pictures..!
I was just dancing and grinning and embracing it haha.

After our set, all of us went to layan Arabyrd in the X-Fusion section:

Li Mei, Kevin, April

Half of two makes one drink anyway. All is good.

Ming noticed me taking a picture the EXACT MOMENT my brain was telling my finger to push down on the button.
He managed to strike a pose in 0.02 seconds.

Blur picture of Arabyrd cos she be dancing too fast for my non-flash mode

Clem and i ready to go home

Yummiest popcorn i’ve ever had in my life!
I left it till the last picture cos I WANT TO KNOW WHERE I CAN BUY MORE?!
Anyone?
Clem and i are fighting over this one tub i bought…

Anyway, thanks and kudos to the Freeform team for putting together Urbanscapes again!
It felt so nice that i didn’t have to work this time tee hee.
I didn’t take pictures of soooo many things going on yesterday,
like Ion’s cool interactive sound & water thingy,
and the Moonshine set up (argh),
just wanted to enjoy myself instead of report it heh.

I wore a dress given to me by Gallo by Thian.
First time i’ve worn it and i think it suits Asian bodies to a T.
Silver mesh bag from Jakarta.

Clem plied me with the promise of a French buffet spread and free flow champagne.
I’d never been to the French Embassy before, tho i had experienced a party at the German Embassy in KL,
and i do recall how lavish the spread was plus how much i enjoyed stuffing my face and stomach…
So i was looking forward to the food 

It turned out to be a really crowded do!
There were queues for the food so we waited it out a bit..
and didn’t get to try half the food there 
Also… it was outdoors
(so hot! only kwailo people will try to have a dinner party outdoors in KL. Right or not!)
Clem was sweating in his coat.
I was sweating in my cocktail dress.
Everyone was sweating la.

What food i DID get to try WAS damn good.
Including the salty caramel macarons there, mmmm

Nadjet, Olivier + Matt

Nadjet is Clem and Matt’s former boss.
I like lady bosses 
We hit it off and thank god for her else i woulda died.
I offered to keep her cat while she’s on hols,
and we msged each other the next day.
Clem grumbled, “You all best friends now or what?!”

He should be happy, hmph.

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Last Friday night was the Maxis + BlackBerry PlayBook launch @ G Tower

Carmen and i
I gather if a My Little Pony had to be human,
it’d look like Carmen 
I think she looks like a My Little Pony!

Elaine + Carmen

Naz emceed the event that night, and Niki just sibuked

Baldies: Clem + Joe

Niki and Ben – addicts

Read more about the *BlackBerry PlayBook here*

[pix taken from Henry's BB]

Julie Woon, Elaine Daly, Liyana Fizi, Dany Bolduc – VP of BlackBerry Malaysia + Vietnam + Thailand, Carmen Soo, me

Ben from BlackBerry SG, had a great time with you!
Almost the last to leave..!

My new BlackBerry PlayBook charging at home today weeee!
I can’t wait to be able to watch movies on AirAsia flights now ho ho
especially since we bought cheap RM800 per way tix to Paris for next year.
Was wondering how i’d survive a long haul flight with no entertainment.

I wore a Tri-Os jumpsuit courtesy of Fashion Valet for my birthday this year.
Thanks Vivy!!!

Crazy clogs from Benson Chen are surprisingly very comfy to wear!
A bit hazardous for heavy drinking nights,
so that’s a good way to control me (?)
Check his stuff out at The Twelve @ Farenheit 99

Hmong tribe bangle from Laos,
delicate rings from thirtyfour,
smoky quartz + silver ring from Sri Lanka

My fingers are really tiny, so it’s hard for me to get rings,
i’m a size 7 (size S in high street stores are size 9 and above -_-)
I have pricey fingers hee hee.
Galle in Sri Lanka sell wonderful semi-precious and precious stone jewelry.
I picked my stone, they measure my finger ring size,
and they cast it within 2 hours.
Love.

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KinkyBlueHistory:
1 year ago, i took the sailing trip of my life from St. Tropez to Rome
2 years ago, SalahWrong played for a Heineken Green Room party
3 years ago, i went to Rainforest Music Fest with Sarah, Kevin, Cammy, etc
4 years ago, i had a cheesy date. That didn’t work out long
5 years ago, i was in the One Buck Short entourage for Baybeats SG
6 years ago, i blabbered a lot
7 years ago, i took a picture of my little cousin… who’s not so little anymore 0_o

The 5 fashion bloggers Topshop picked to represent at their party were:
Cynthia, Cindy, me, Ming, and Andrea

I’m wearing >
pink dress; topshop dress up
heart cut out heels; glamrockchic

We’re all wearing dresses from the new collection.
I was hoping to pick out a sequinned number,
but seeing they’re not in stores yet,
i pretty much went with the brightest one i could find.

But i tell you, i think i underestimated my size when i picked a size 6.
I could barely breathe in it
plus scoffing McD’s right before zipping myself into it was a notable mistake.

Melissa Indot provided dancey tunes for the night!

Athila in yellow

Andrea + Elle (looked fab in those tapered red pants btw)

Showing off one of the Topshop Dress Up dresses

Cynthia + Esther

Melissa + Sherry
(Tyra would be ashamed i forgot to ‘find my light’)

I don’t usually get to converse at leisure with my readers at other events,
so this one was quite intimate and ’twas nice to talk to some of you 

Also, don’t think i’ve spent 3 hours in Topshop before,
and of course, ended up picking out a couple of items…
I have weak will if you place me in the store for too long.
Being around all these clothes luring me to buy them is just too much.

To view more pix from the event, you can click on the Topshop FB album *here*.

Anna from VenusBuzz.Com

Josh & Chelsia

Chelsia’s very chuffed bout her vintage box bag find

Kevin + Ming

Mira

SueAnn

We all got little fans in a bag of doorgifts,
and Mira got the cutest one with double deckers on it

F1 driver Alex Yoong modeling an ensemble on stage.
Most popular celeb walking that day was Ella, HANDS DOWN.
People were screaming and cheering like crazy.
Even Kevin Yeoh took out his phone to try to get a picture.
And that he rarely does 

Stylists Keiko Yamamoto + Tatusaya Shimada were flown in from Tokyo for the launch again 

Meredith trying to talk Haze out of getting slippers

I’m wearing blue pants from Jil Sander for Uniqlo’s +J 2011 collection

Malaysian track cyclist Josiah whom i met thru his wife Kim

Am i good or WHAT. 

Thanks to Hanger magazine for getting SalahWrong on board to spread our happy tunes!

i’m wearing >
baby blue turban; old blossom box store
see-thru floral top; bkk
fluoro bra; la senza
skirt; leftblock
sandals; topshop

Serena + Melissa

Elaine

+ + +

Mama G, Randall, me, Sonny

Susu, Gerald, me happy in my door gift = Eclipse sun hat!

me with Sonny, talented and humble designer of Eclipse.
I’m wearing… Eclipse of course 

Sue + Susu

Josh + Chelsia

love Janet’s dress!

My dress was made for me by Sonny Son

I was invited along to fly with the team and cover it…
but i had to turn it down cos of Clem’s birthday.
I know some are going to say it’s a stupid thing to do,
and Clem even asked me to go for it.
But i knew in my heart i’d feel awful for abandoning him last min to plan his party alone,
plus it’s not like he’s got any family in KL to ease the birthday blues.
And i know myself.
I’ve done this before, where i choose myself over someone,
and i feel really bad about it after.
I love fashion. But i love Clem more

Anyway i promised the team i’d blog about the party they organised,
and it’s truly worth a full blogpost cos it’s so great to see Malaysian brands that we’re so proud of being introduced to Parisians!

The party was held in Molotov PolitBar,
a Russian-themed vodka bar in fierce red decor – perfect with AirAsia’s own identity!

Molotov PolitBar is owned by fashion model Anna Sinkovska
(pictured below holding a KLutched bag)

Malaysian singer/DJ Melissa Indot flew there as well to provide the music!
She spun for the night, and sang two new songs from her upcoming album.

The party was to bring to attention the new weekly Paris-KL route available on AirAsiaX,
as well as the exotic and exquisite bags KLutched produces!

Ana Paula holding KLutched bag

Dana Skaraine of Vouelle

Ken Yang (artist) & Nicolas Theil of Jean Paul Gaultier

British artist Adam Wild,  Anna Pahlavi (model), Cerise Zelenetz (artist) listening intently as Yiu Lin talks about KLutched

Melissa Indot

First row: 2nd from left is Yiu Lin, owner of KLutched; Magie, and Rozie.

The night ended with a lucky draw, where 2x KLutched bags and 2x Return AirAsiaX tickets for the new Paris-KL route were given out.
The 2 peeps who won the tix from Paris to KL and back were a model, and Hamid Berchiri, a photographer for Vogue.

Isn’t it great to know more people see Malaysia in a flattering way?!
I know i do! I’m always excited to tell people where to go and what to do/eat when they come here.

Here’s to hoping there’ll be more collaborations in the future!

All pictures taken by Didi Ramlan

Azura in a maxi dress

Matt + Clem

me + SmallSerena

Joe Flizzow + Kevin  Yeoh

me, SueAnn, Mira

I’m wearing:
scoop top; warehouse
high-waisted teal shorts; leftblock
chain necklace + swarovski necklace; justin yap
bucket bag; bimba & lola
shoes; aldo

Guess flew Shontelle to perform at the event.
Tho i have to admit… i wasn’t very sure who Shontelle was… (sorry R&B fans! >.<)
But i ain’t gonna pretend if i don’t know any of her songs!

Niki + Alex

Ravin + Khoon Hooi

The night was crazier than i expected…
people started dancing on the runway.
I tried to remember the hip hop moves Kevin taught me years ago, but failed.
Swear i danced for a good half hour tho!
I’m not… a fan of hip hop.
Clem is.
But i’m not, really.
I like listening to some songs.
But i can only take a few at a go.
OH. I used to LOVE hip hop back in the 90s… with Mary J. Blige and Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise.
But i don’t know how to layan it now.
Plus i discovered other genres i can’t tear myself away from!
Wow i completely lari topic and blabbed away
A sign that i’m stressed out!
Have heaps of work to finish up before my flight on Sat morn,
haven’t started packing yet,
and we just got word that the airport in Paris is closed today due to the snow!
GAH i hope it’s fine this weekend!

Thanks to HANGER for featuring Leftblock in their AW10 issue!
Loveeeee

And thanks for asking us to spin select songs for the first set during the party last weekend!

me + Chelle

I told SarChan that i felt like i was cheating on her as i picked songs for the set.
She retorted that she had to let me continue and live the dream -_-

I twisted these H&M stockings and tied them up into a headband.
Due to their psychedelic colour, i’ve dubbed them my Paddle Pop stockings.
And weirdly enough, have been craving rainbow Paddle Pop since then!

Chelle is wearing Leftblock Neon Orange Slip

I’m wearing the Leftblock Salmon Tail Cape.
silver shorts; raoul
white tank; zara

I love wearing the cape when there’s wind!
Makes me feel like batman.

Fei, Chelle, Jee Hoe

Aps, Clem, FaiTheMai

Aps, me, StephTheVolcano

Jeen

Kevin Yeoh and i are matchy matchy!

LiMei + DidiBuli

Kevin + SarChan

To view more pix from the party, click *here*