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MIFA Fashion Show

On the day of the MIFA Fashion Show, i rushed from office to Gardens Midvalley, at around 6pm.
Justin said call time for hair and make up was at 5pm, but we agreed that i really didn’t need someone do it for me, plus i hate wasting time waiting around.

We still ended up waiting, obviously -_-

Dinesh, Justin’s friend + other muse, arrived 10 minutes before i did.
And we couldn’t help bitching about how hot it was backstage.
Actually, everyone was bitching.
It was so crowded, like a pasar malam.

Because we didn’t have to wait around for make up, we did a quick fitting to make sure the clothes fit and ran downstairs to stuff ourselves with food.
Yeah. Some models/muses we are. Laughing

MIFA fashion show

I adore Sushi Zanmai for many reasons - extensive menu, inexpensive (around same price as shitty Sakae Sushi), smoking area, affordable sake.

Everytime i go there, i feel i need Post-its to mark all the things i want to order… because there are so many!

It was just Dinesh and i, since Justin had to hold the fort (read: be around his clothes), and we chatted and got to know each other since the only thing we had in common so far was Justin. It almost felt like a date. Except he doesn’t swing the same way.

Went back upstairs to the chaos and got grabbed by SmallSerena to teman her eat as well.
She ate, i just had more sake. Winky

MIFA fashion show
SmallSerena

MIFA fashion show

Justin’s haute couture skirt i wore. He gave me the denim corset as a present Shocked Laughing

MIFA fashion show
Justin Yap (must put full name la… so when people google him, they can read this :D), Dinesh, moi

I was pressuring Dinesh, “So, what kinda smile are you going to give? A subtle cool smile?! A big flashy i-love-Justin-Yap smile?! A give-no-fuck face?!” I grinned different expressions like a maniac.

MIFA fashion show
SmallSerena again. Yeah. Nothing to do la.

MIFA fashion show

Oh yeah! When i was in the small fitting room earlier in the night, i met Hanis from Malaysian Dreamgirl.
I’d already stated in a previous post how she’s my favourite contestant.

She was right in front of me and i recognised her so i simply called out, “Hanis!” and she turned around.
“I, urm, watch you on Malaysian Dreamgirl…” i said.
“Eh… you’re Joyce…”

Wah, i damn bangga she knew my name! Pleased

“Ringo told me about you Laughing
“Ohhhh…”

And she was super cute man. I’d already stuck out my hand to shake hers and do the regulatory kiss-on-cheek thing but she looked like she was going to hug me then stopped.

TOO CUTE.

You just feel like you wanna take her out, and show her around and bring her out party.

Socutesocutesocutesocutesocute!!!
Like, super cute can die dot com.


Super SUPER CUTE.

Okay i’ll stop.

>.<

So anyway, while everyone’s waiting their turn to go unto the runway, i saw her from across the room and went to stalk her.

And took pictures with her and Alwyn (whom she walked for as well).

MIFA fashion show
Alwyn, Hanis, me (i look… so small there -_-)

MIFA fashion show

When we finally went to walk out, plans changed a bit.
There were supposed to be three of us walking side by side - Dinesh, Justin and me.
Tiba-tiba one of Justin’s models were placeless (i love using that word) and she had to walk next to Justin (cos he had to be in the middle, and she’s tall and would look better in the middle).

So there were four people in a row walking down the runway.
There isn’t really ample space for four to walk down in a row unless they’re all holding arms or something.
And being on the side, i was terrified of falling off 0_o
Imagine falling off… oh god. Utter humiliation.

So i decided in a split second i’d rather walk a bittt behind instead of risk falling off.

>.<

And then and then. While we were posing in the front, i was CLASPING my hands.
As i was doing it, i was thinking, “Wtf am i doing? Stop it! Put your hand on your waist goddammit! You look like a nun!”

But i was too stoned and the moment of standing in front of the cameras only lasted few seconds.

-_-

Fail.
So 7 fail.

Thanks to Ratna and Farah who were cheering like hooligans.
Sorry i didn’t look at you guys… i couldn’t really see anything for the blinding light! Oh, and fear of falling off.

After that YAY! Time to drink Laughing

I only managed to snag two drinks -_-

MIFA fashion show
Pat + DikHaHaHau

There were heaps of helium balloons hovering at the ceiling which guests and models were taking home.
In a sense, i’d say we were helping the cleaners cos the event was over already.
Laughing

I thought it’d be cute to surprise the man at the door with a bunch of them, so i started hopping (so i couldn’t reach the end of the string okay) to get them one by one.
Must’ve looked very sad case cos Joe started helping me.
I was more afraid he was going to topple over cos he looked mighty tipsy. Shy

MIFA fashion show

 

One Night Spend @ Replacement

As i’m typing this, i’m coincidentally wearing a top i bought from Replacement Boutique Salon in Bangsar when i went to pay homage to Ricco.
Just across La Bod on Telawi, Bangsar; it’s been open for a while but i’ve been a bad girl and didn’t go see him nor his launch (i was out of country! - good excuse!)

Something for shopaholics to do this Sat night Winky

One Night Spend

 

Triumph Show @ 1U

Yesterday was an insane day or rushing around, feeling like i’m wasting time in the afternoon jam in heat, then when we have to get out of the car it starts to storm.

Whatevah

Went to support Justin and Jimmy at a small showcase of their works along with Triumph’s Ultimate Support Exhibition in the new wing of 1U.

Designers involved - Justin Yap, Jimmy Lim, Calvin Thoo, Bill Keith, Carven Ong, Khoon Hooi, Jason Yek, Richard Tsen.

They’ve got a history tunnel going on till this Sunday the 6th.

Triumph

Quite cool to see the ads though, i love old school ads!

Triumph

Triumph

Triumph

Triumph

Triumph

AshleyTheMonkey and FaiTheMai came.
He was a bit grouchy from work cos of the jam. Uncle.

Triumph

… i considering whether i should put this up cos Ash looks kinda teruk here Stunned Shy

Triumph

Woo lookit Fai’s tailor-made shirt with his name sewn unto it.
I taunted whether his mommy did it for him.

Triumph

Dinesh, Nisha + Justin

Triumph

WhackyDaph emceed.
Her hair was superb, like Queen Amidala.
Or Queen Amidala’s mother.

Triumph

Justin + me.

He made me try on an outfit that’s similar in style to the one i’m to wear next week.

As he helped me with the skirt, its hook caught on my stockings and made me panic cos they’re new.
So with the skirt hiked up to my waist, he had to bend over and unhook it.
It’s okay, he’s gay he’s gay, i thought to myself, despite feeling a wee bit awkward.
Just have to remember he’s probably got heaps of tits, ass and poons in his face at fashion shows.

0_0

Damn 7 hard to zip up lor…

“Can you breathe?” he asked, “I can alter it an extra cm…”
“… *oof*… Urm, it’s okay… (would rather simpan saham and say can breathe) Good God…”

I could walk and sit down. Just very very straight.
I’m so not proportionate when it comes to fitting clothes like this.

-_-

Just have to make sure i don’t put on any till Wednesday.

-_-

 

Partying. And Paying for it. Health wise!

This is a bit late (yar, it’s considered late when it comes to blogs cos ability to put it up the night itself or the morning after is its USP!) but i had to blog it anyhoo.
I went for the BMW F1 party last year, and honestly speaking, it was such a great party (with a massive budget) that i took so many pictures, we all looked too happytrashed for our own good, hence never putting them up.

Basically there were too many pictures and they were taking too much time to put up!

This year round, a friend got me passes (cos i urm really couldn’t be bothered to call bm ppl) on the account i blogged about it.

So here i am blogging about it! (tho it’s a better i get made to blog about things like this else i’d be really lazy and backlogged)!

The location was the same as last year’s (near KLCC) but it was one storey instead of two like ‘07.

Dahlah constructing a venue from flat ground is impressive.
But seeing people like the rest of my family members all own BMWs (with the exception of their daughter who spends her fortune on fashion), i would think they’d cash out on enough BMW fans to have returns in some sort.
To spend on ppl during the F1.
Mm hmm.

Someone said to me, “Why do you have to blog about the BMW event?”
“I said i would!” i answered.
“They don’t need any publicity, everyone knows they throw the best party every year!”
“Yeah, people like us know. What about those who don’t get invited?”
“I always get invited.”

“Yeah. Cos you’re white,” i shot back.

Couldn’t help taking a cheap shot.

Silly

When we registered to go into the event, they handed us ear plugs to which some of us girls were going, “Mmm mhh, yeah, so not glam, we’re so not going to wear them!”

30 minutes later when the revving of the engine was so loud we thought we might damage our eardrums on long-term basis, we hurriedly chucked our bags unto the bar and plugged our ears.

>.<

Sorry no pictures of that… i’m short and not kurang ajar enough to push myself to the front.

Surprised

bmw party

BMW had some percussion people down from Singapore perform, before DJ Sky Nellor (who also performed the year before).

She’s infamous for her, urm, lack of wearing a bra.
A typical Sky Nellor conversation would go like this:
“Eh, the DJ last night was damn good!”
“Yeah man, the chick right?”
“Yeah! The one who doesn’t wear a bra right?”
“Oh yeah! Thatonethatone! But she’s cun sial!”

Yeah.

That’s Sky Nellor for you.

I’d so sleep with her though.

bmw party

This here below, is Roen Cian Nagapan.
He complained before, “Fuck man Joyce, you never put me on your blog until i threw a freaking party!”

Yeah, here was the party he threw. For DikHaHaHau.
And i’m putting you again cos… you fetched me to the BMW event (though you drove like insane till i never want you to fetch me again) cos i was too tired to drive that night and wanted to drink without worrying.

bmw party

DikHaHaHau and i Laughing
I hadn’t heard his corny lines for a long time.
And hearing them again, i was going, “Shite… luckily i don’t see you so much anymore, beh tahan wei!!!”

bmw party

bmw party

Ying Ying (i used to walk my dog with her every SINGLE day for years when we were kids) + Su Ann who Always Carries a Fan

bmw party

Ah, such a nice picture! No flash siut.
CheekyChoo aka Joshua Choo, me, and Aileen

bmw party

Lam, me, and Julie (i don’t mind taking her home too)

bmw party

SmallSerena and me. One eye big one eye small is in yo.

bmw party

Arafah, Arafan and moi.

bmw party

Girlie pic in the midst of dancing Winky
SmallSerena, SunshineySteph, Rosie, Yu Lin, moi.

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This was taken last week at the Stylo event.
I went with my fabulous (yeah, i’m going the stylo nancy yeoh expression way) friend, Justin Yap (i’m plugging him kau kau, don’t mind me).
He came to the office before we left for the event to dress me up in one of his 2006 creations.
Honestly, i’m a dress wearer. I love dresses.
I buy dresses.
I keep these dresses.

But.

Never in my life, has a dress made me feel so much like a woman.

I was posing (sendiri in a corner) like a peacock, moving differently, and feeling differently altogether!
Couldn’t help telling him about it and he got awfully pleased.
I don’t know how to explain it, i never knew a dress could make me feel that way.
I felt invincibly sexy and well, ready to walk into any party feeling like i could conquer its crowd.

Jus + Joyce

Sorry, was having too much fun to take a full-length picture in the dress, will do so Winky

Below is a pic from Stylo during their alldressedup show (i really adore alldressedup btw. nobody ever alerted me the brand, its quirkiness took me in on its own!)

stylo

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Below is ANOTHER night (yeah sorry, i’m jumping nights in rush-blogging!) when i went to the Timeout soft launch at Zouk when Roger Sancez was spinning.

oh rowdy one

RowdyRudy and i.
I asked someone to take a picture of us and another photographer stood next to my friend to take a shot as well.
Rudy ended up looking at the pro photog’s cam.
Slut.

roger sanchez at zouk

Daniel of Relish + i.

roger sanchez at zouk

The S Man working it.

I then ran to Mansion for DatinTini’s birthday.

Tini’s Bday @ Mansion

moi, SmallSerena, DikHaHaHau (thumbs up are so 90s Dik jeez).

Tini’s Bday @ Mansion

Dik and his boys. I remember Johan (2nd from left Laughing)

Tini’s Bday @ Mansion

me, ex-colleagues - DatinTini, Alison, Lam, Franchesa, Arianna.

Tini’s Bday @ Mansion

DatinTini, Vijen, Lam, me.

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I *tried* having a healthy Sunday a couple of weeks ago.
After drinking every day for events and parties, i tend to have this delusional effort to have a healthy diet by eating well, wholesome food.
And where better to do it then Marmalade.

Went to the Mont Kiara outlet.

marmalade

I had some celery (i adore celery!) + apple + cucumber juice.
And chicken stew. And boiled broccoli.

Then RowdyRudy had to FUCK up my health plan by whining and convincing me to have drinks.
On a Sunday afternoon.
I have to say, last time, i would drink any freaking time of the day (okay, fine, i still do at times >.<).
Just that nowadays… i try to cut down for health’s sake and… just to make myself feel better la okay.

-_-

guinness at clear

Had pints of Guinness at Clear, Mont Kiara.
-_-

Went to try out Gold Class at Gardens and watched The Spiderwick Chronicles, which i loved!
Cos of the fairies in it :p
I couldn’t help it… many of the facts i read up about fairies (like how they make a high-pitched sound) ran through in the movie.

gold class @ gardens

RM60 per tix.
But we happened to be the only ones in the entire place.

Too cool.

 

Left Till Monday.

I had to survey a huge bill which was left on my email.
Intentionally left it till Monday morn cos i didn’t want it to spoil my weekend…
So facing my mac, i opened the email to find it amounting to… RM1,200.

Ugh.

I tried not comparing it to all these things i could have used the money for.
-_-
And of all the fabulous (i think i’ve been listening to too many Stylo speeches -_-) things i have in life that this has to compensate in some way.
Yalar, some delusional way to make myself feel better, let me be!

I obviously didn’t have coffee in the morning…
B+Grey striped top, supercheap from Chatuchak Bkk
black leather belt, courtesy of mother
opaque tights, Topshop (the first pair got burnt last week and i bought two more pairs. I have a feeling these tights will be my current staple)
scarf, bundle shop in Pai, Thailand
necklace, off the street in Chiang Mai, Thailand
black pumps, Topshop

I need to make time for a haircut. I look like Krusty’s cousin. Or kid.

lazy to take close up, sorry!

Oh yeah, i got the brooch (girl in red combing her hair, pinned on my scarf) from a classmate called Laurie. She gave me it when i was seven as a farewell gift when i left Newcastle. I can’t believe i still have it Blush

I brought one of my giraffes to the office today.
The smallest one i have.

“So wasted,” said Shermen, “You should put it inside.”
“But he likes the sun..!”

Everyone else:
“Yeah, and he moves when we’re not looking right!”
“Oh, better not say that and hurt her feelings about her zirafah!”

C’mon guys. Look how he brightens the place up!

Laughing

The zirafah is liking the rosli.

 

Stylo Fashion Fest Launch

I’s already going for Stylo for my publication, but after blogging about it earlier last week, the PR company sent me invites to go.
Sweet.
Laughing
Thank you.

So many unworn things in my closet yet able to look into it thinking, “I have nothing to wear…”

As SarChan would put it - Epic fail.
(she wrote a bit about Sunburst, you can go read ;) Kevin confirm will blog about that, so need no mention :D)

Finally decided to keep it simple (read: running late) and grabbed at a blue dress by some Thai designer i hadn’t worn yet.

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

While waiting for SluttyShah to arrive. He be my VIP.

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

I was afraid of being late cos i know it’s damn shy to walk into a fashion show late… but we weren’t at all, everyone was waiting for the Queen to arrive, i think.

They had heaps of Shu Uemura eyelashes on display and i ran to see whether they had new ones.
They do! These feathery grey ones with white spots on them. I have the older version with the small spots, but not these ones! Come to think of it, i haven’t worn those yet. One day i’ll take pics of my eyelash collection.

*bimbo grin*

It’s interesting seeing what everyone’s get up is like.
There were the superformals, the bling and silky, the rock funky (didn’t see much of that), the preppy, some overdoing it, and some basically losing the plot.

“That’s so last season!”
“… Don’t be so judgmental! Die la liddat.”

I saw these three guys who were so cool though.
So cool i have to talk about them.

They sat with their backs against the wall, all in black-rimmed glasses, with either fringes or hats.

“Eh Shah… siapa tu? They look so awesome!”
“Where?”
“Our eleven o’clock.”
“Eh, yeah la… dunno.”

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

My favourite was the one in the middle, with his superlapsapcontrasting pink and canary pants. He had this really blur look which i found charming. It’s like, guys with that blur expression look like they need to be pounced upon. And ravaged.
Okay i’m being stalker-ish, i’ll stop.

Will Quah was emceeing and we were well bowled over by all the Malay formalities he had to spurt in presence of the Queen. You know, like Yang something something and it goes on and on for eons.

“How long do you think he took to memorize that?!”
“… dude, if you paid me the same, i would sit my ass down and memorize it all day as well!”

Melinda Looi’s show was fantastic, and we were super impressed with how it went soundly with the music.

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

The first collection was my favourite amongst the three.
Quirky and whimsical with dashes of aliceinwonderland and teaparty bubbliness.

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch
Elaine

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

The Queen in blue.
Mell slipped and fell over on the stage, bringing upon a collective gasp from the audience.

“Oh crap…”
“Aiyo kesian, somemore she’s pregnant!”

After the show, everyone was ushered to the after-party venue.
These stilt-walkers showed us the way and SluttyShah didn’t like them cos they scared him. Heh.

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

See the light on the wall? It’s a boobie!
The deco in the place was pretty cool, mannequins hanging from the ceiling, their ‘dresses’ serving as lights.
Toilet bowls as seats as well which i didn’t get at first till we just contended ourselves that, “Oh, bathroom… nekkid… right.”

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch
Vincent
, me blending with the bg, Kelly

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

Paparazzi shot of Robert Chan.
Who will soon be… a certain someone’s new colleague.
Clueless

Went to Twentyone after that to meet up with TattleShan.

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch
me + TattleShan

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch
Alena, Shan (okay, so doens’t look like her in the pic…) + Willy

The 21 guys gave Shan the table across the DJ (Victor G was spinning that night) even though she said there’re only a few of us.

Hence a lot of space for me to shamelessly lie around in.
Laughing

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch

Stylo Fashion Festival Launch
make-up artist Khir Khalid

QueenKanch and her sis Shal came to join us, then i got dragged home by the man (yeah, i guess he’ll just be know as the man now. DM leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth after all that rubbish drama) before i got made to drink more. Those martinis can kill, man.

We were having this debate about Maggi Mee and how much i think it rocks whereas he thinks otherwise.
Then as we were walking out of 21, i went up to the girl at the counter asking, “Do you like Maggi?!”

Lagi kena dragged off.

“The girl looked damn scared okay! My sister and i died laughing,” said Kanch.
“Aiyo fuck… better go say sorry next time >.<”

I still think Maggi rocks.
Who can not like Maggi?!