Today I went for the Parco Next Next show at Audi Fashion Festival! It's my first official fashion show- not counting ACFF, R Project, Vaunt- so I was really excited and the pre-show was simply amazing. After we got into the tent (Entrance A, cos I won the free tickets from Urban), there were booths by Canon and this drink booth with bottles of sparkling water and you could get your picture taken with the Audi Fashion Festival panel as well, all very red carpet like. And the crowd was dressed insanely amazing! No signs of blah blogshop styles but there were some very um, innovative dressers. There was this girl with sunglasses that had gold sticks or some pointy stuff coming out of the lens. Uhh ok. Very Lady Gaga. Everyone was just really well-dressed, nice dresses and styles for the girls, fashionable tailored shirts and pants for the guys, all chic and ready for the show!
Nonetheless, the organising of the show was a bit not-so-perfect. Demand for the seats evidently outweighed supply and eventually people who streamed into the show venue late had to settle for sitting on the floor! I mean imagine wearing a idk, Blumarine- ok wait this is SG maybe idk, a new Zara dress? - and having to sit on the floor?! Ok but they did get a better view of the runway though. Ah well.
Some brands were really promising! There was an all-black collection by 20:twothree, and I've always thought all-black is dangerous because black is such a safe colour that it's dangerous to use it entirely in a collection unless you have some black textures that are unique or some incredible tailoring skills that blow your mind with an all-black collection. I also liked the collection which started with the raincoats. While it wasn't perfectly executed on the runway, I loved how the transparent raincoats were, so cute. mils was great too, I liked how each ensemble was tailored immaculately, well at least from my point of view which was at the last row of the area, haha. evenodd had Nat Ho walking on the runway! and I think he's a pretty good model too. If he doesn't continue with his music career, he should totally consider signing to a model agency! Some designers were kind of blah and boring, not eye-catching or exciting. Overall the show was too short! If it's a collection, let the designers showcase more of their work?
Just watched The Avengers! It's like mega-watt power superheroes just mashed up into one amazing film, and the action sequences were seriously great! What's really good too was the fact that the movie portrayed each superhero's problems and backgrounds too, especially for Iron Man with Pepper Potts so that was really nice. What was most memorable about the superheroes' backgrounds was actually The Hulk. It's really sad that his anger issues causes him to retreat to some remote area and I liked how the inner conflict within The Hulk was portrayed in the movie.
Haha when I thought Iron Man was gna die when he took the missile through the hole I was like NOOOOoooo Tonyy.... Haha heartbroken cos Robert Downey Jr was so incredibly smmexy in the movie! Like. Incredibly. And Chris Hemsworth for some reason looks like a British version of Brad Pitt..
What I didn't like about the movie though was that there was just too much action, and after the show, all you take back is just the feelings from an amazing action film but there weren't any other themes to consider about. Also, at times it got kind of confusing, like about the nuclear range, and Tony Stark's energy source and why the dome chamber was to contain The Hulk... But honestly, the biggest grouse I had about the film was how Asgard looked! I'm sorry, but it SERIOUSLY reminded me of an old episode of Power Rangers. I mean seriously!!! A bit too cheesy yes?
Also, I'm planning to watch The Hunger Games again, that is, if it's still available in the theatres! I can't wait for the next sequel and who will play Finnick Odair. Pls pls pls say it's Zac Efron or Jeremy Sumpter or Alex Pettyfer, I seriously can't think of any other actors who can look the part of Finnick.
After waiting for exactly 7 months (since last year when I first had my hands on the book), I'm officially proud to say:
Just watched The Hunger Games! :)
They stayed true to the book, true and through. From the make-up and AMAZING costumes of the Capitol citizens and the Capitol design was so incredibly matching to what the book portrayed. And, I'm so so happy that they added in the parts about the Game Masters and those programming all the fire and mutts into the arena! That wasn't included in the novel because it was told from Katniss' perspective. Plus, the scenes with Seneca Crane and Snow were SO GOOD. It added so much more depth to the story. And did anyone else also notice all the roses in the garden when Snow met Seneca Crane? I liked how the screenplay writers/scriptwriters/director/crew people noticed that detail about Snow and his roses in the book and added that in :) shows how much they analysed the book in depth.
And the scenes were scarily realistic too- I could really feel the fear and anxiety on District 12's children's faces during the Reaping, and when Prim screamed "NOOOooo Katniss!!" I was like oh my goodness noooooo Katniss don't go!!
Seriously, I think Jennifer Lawrence was the perfect Katniss. Especially when she gave her 'dao' face on the train with Peeta. Perfect. And when she got those nasty burns on her leg? The whole theatre was like "arggghh shittt.." for her. :')
One other thing I enjoyed about the movie was that they portrayed Haymitch and Katniss to be closer. In the book they were like the estranged mentor-student love-hate relationship but in the movie, Haymitch is much kinder to Katniss and I liked that. Also, the acting overall was really good. I like how the actors didn't over-act which would have just killed the raw essence of the characters of the book. Even the brutal Cato and Cleo didn't over-do their brutality and gave the right touch of it- even though the part when they caught Katniss in the lake and they went "oh yeah! we got her, yeah we did!" too many times. haha
The Hob wasn't really what I expected though - My idea of the market is like street market but I think their idea of a Hob is much more apt even though I would have liked it to be darker, more eerier like what the book described it to be. I also thought the Cornucopia would be a golden structure- my idea was this curving-upwards cone with a tail at the back and a mouth in front and stockpiles of supplies stacked high- but that's like kind of childish to be honest- I think their Cornucopia looks a lot cooler though.
I love the book, love the movie and I can't wait for the next 2 installments. Please say the next few movies continue to stay true to the book and continue to stay PG13 so that more people can watch it. It's such a fantastic show and book and all children of all ages should be able to watch the show - I'm kind of glad they actually cut down on the brutality and gruesome scenes though it would have added another depth to the movie. Please don't let the movie be as crappy as Twilight- which is one of the worst movies I've ever watched. The romance betwen Edward and Bella was as stale as burnt bread- probably even staler than the bread Peeta threw to Katniss in the movie hahaha.
Great show, HIGHLY recommend it to anyone and everyone!
It's been a month, and so school has started with exams, work and projects all trickling in. Hmm, I meant flowing in actually, from the amount and heavy load of work coming in. This is university life, but I guess I pretty much am okay with it since 1. we get to wear whatever we like to school 2. school is pretty near home (: 3. shorter school days!
So I guess it evens out.
and we get nice sceneries like these too! just that its a pain to climb up the hill every day.. Like for one of my classes, the class is on the 6th storey but the 1st storey of that block is actually the 4th storey from ground level -.-. so it's 10 levels altogether. all I can say is, it's good exercise and tones your calves.
I'm headed to Fudan Shanghai for my Student Exchange! umma goodness I'm frigging excited for it! like it's China babeh! I guess I wanted to venture out of Asia initially but after considering how I'll be in a foreign country for 6 months, I should choose a country with foods I like to eat, a language I can understand, and so I went with China eventually. :)
It's been pretty long since I've updated, but I'll try to update more I guess!
School has started, lots of work piling in. Just this week alone was enough to kill! 2 presentations and 2 assignments due in 2 days. Ah well.
Chinese New Year was pretty normal, like most other years! We usually only visit one family per year, and the rest of the time is spent watching TV at home, and eating lots and lots of good food - and growing fat, haha :) I can't believe this time next year I'll be in Shanghai for student exchange- really, really excited for it! I wonder what it's going to be like actually - I've never been away for 6 months before, let to say 1 month! gahh
I seriously miss Middle East! Best horizons in the distance, and so much space around! Although I do like Singapore's buildings, the lack of space seriously leaves one feeling kind of claustrophobic.
The primary school finally opened below my house. Lots of little kids, quite exciting, and the National Anthem plays every morning during their Assembly. haha so cute. It's been a long time since I was in primary school man. It's kind of unsettling to think about how we're all growing up so fast, and just awhile back we were running around in the quadrangle playing catching as primary school kids, or filming farewell videos in secondary school, or eating Bishan Cooked Food in jc, and all of a sudden, everyone's grown up and we're in university. Time seriously flies. Ah well, at least its consoling that we know that even though we're growing up so fast, at least everyone grows up together, and grows old together. :)
