Went for the launch of Zinc art space last night,
and i daresay there is nothing else like this in KL!
Zinc will showcase different works ranging from
3-D installations to current works of art, sculptures and art toy collectibles.
Besides boosting the profile of local and regional artists,
Zinc will also host key international exhibitions annually.
The team includes Tong Chee Wei (managing director),
Imaya Wong (curator),
and Hudd Salleh (space assistant).
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Jungle Meeting by Latif Maulan, oil on canvas
This was my fave of the night, prollie cos it looked so strange!
Lim aka DJ Bunga of TAG providing music for the night
Monday was rainy,
and i tweeted how Monday Hangovers were the new Monday Blues.
Went to the Freeform office where new intern Joshua helped ClaudiaOnCrack and i shoot a simple haul video of all the things we bought in JK,
then off to Alexis to have coffee with CherubicCho.
frayed top; bangkok
leggings + bag; iconia
grey hoodie; ck
shoes + black necklace; baci
Tuesday i met up with Yishyene, cos she’s going back to London soon,
and i really like catching up with her…
She’s one of my old friends i still really enjoy talking to / am on the same wavelength with
and we chatted for HOURS!
Dragged her to Daiso, where i bought lots of new colourful crap to play with in Bali next week,
like fluorescent balls to throw in the pool,
colourful clay (toy section) + cookie cutters (from the baking section haha!),
and lots of animal ears!
top; bkk
sunnies; rayban
jeans; gap
shoes; bkk
bag; iconia
Many pictures to come in a bit.
I’m gonna go lie down for a while cos i had very little sleep last night (thanks to Rahul and Hans. Let’s just say i woke up this morning with chewing gum on my face. Highly unattractive.)
and am SO SLEEPY even tho it’s not 10pm yet!
+ + +
Will be blogging about our Jakarta trip in chronological order so i don’t confuse myself!
It was my first time traveling with ClaudiaOnCrack or MaintainMing,
and i felt like we were a dysfunctional family (Daddy = Ming, Mummy = Me, Kid = Claudia, obviously -_-) who also paraded as a traveling zoo,
cos so many people were staring at us constantly from the moment we reached the airport,
to all around Jakarta,
to returning back home.
From the beginning, i felt like i was Claudia’s legal guardian or something,
cos her mum willingly let her go on the trip when she said i was going too.
Stress.
At the airport in KL, i turned around for TWO SECONDS and when i turned back,
Claudia HAD DISAPPEARED.
I swear this is the closest i have felt to losing a child,
and tried not to look too frantic,
when WALA.
She suddenly pops out from nowhere.
“Where did you go? Oh my god, thought i lost you..!” i screeched. “I just went over there…” she said with big innocent eyes.
MaintainMing: Did your mother lose you a lot when you were young?
ClaudiaOnCrack: Oh! All the time!
Me: 0_o … Die.
Ming: 0_o
Me: We really should have bought one of those child leashes for this trip…
Getting a hang of the rupiah conversion in the hotel room.
Currently, 100,000 Rupiah = RM35.
I simply guessed out loud that MaintainMing brought more make up than ClaudiaOnCrack and i combined,
and i don’t think i was wrong…
ClaudiaOnCrack doodling her love for MJ in her moleskine.
We stumbled into this place called Casa in Kemang.
Had a great bookstore downstairs, along with a shop selling Nooka and Vivienne Westwood for Melissa stuff.
We just hung out over Heinekens (roughly RM10 a bottle there! So cheap compared to P2’s RM18+15%tax per bottle in KL -_-)
before going home to sleep.
‘Twas interesting sleeping with Claudia and Ming…
I woke up a few times in between sleep,
and noticed that Claudia stays in the SAME position all night – lying on her side smiling in her sleep like a Disney princess.
Seriously.
She smiles like such a sweet child in her sleep, you’d think she’s having the most amazing dreams (which she usually does).
Ming, on the other hand, sleeps like what i’d like to call a cartoon dinosaur.
He tosses, turns, sleeps on his tummy, turns unto his back, paws in air,
while snoring in different tempos throughout the night.
It’s damn cute, with some variations of grunts and scratching.
(sorry if i make your saham jatuh here, lemme know and i’ll remove ok :p)
On Wednesday, we decided to potter about town and check out Mangga Dua for cheap shopping.
Most of our diet during the whole trip consisted of nasi padang + teh botol
So sedap ok their nasi padang… we told ourselves confirmed we’ll crave it when we’re back in KL!
We went on to say how life is unfair, and people are being ageist cos there should be nothing wrong with adults wanting to play in kiddy areas
Then we plotted on how to ‘borrow’ a kid.
I said maybe we could ask someone nicely.
Ming said he highly doubted anyone would lend people who looked the way we did, a child.
I paused, thought about Ming’s and my mohawks and agreed in disgruntlement.
Armadillo the weirdo tee hee!
Saw some nice McQ, and Alive + Olivia pieces in there.
Hop, skip + a prance.
We get tired so easily -_-
So we went to Starbucks for some pick-me-up caffeine before continuing to Mangga Dua.
Just so happened we bumped into an article by Triski, whom we were scheduled to meet that night.
So many peeps in Jakarta loved MaintainMing’s DIY studded bag.
ClaudiaOnCrack wearing accessories from Kang and Justin Yap, with her Chanel in hand.
Jakarta is as jammed as i remember it.
I swear we spent 20% of our time out in a taxi.
I didn’t really like Mangga Dua.
So many people were asking us to go there (even from my first time in JK)
and maybe it’s because i’m spoilt with nicer and cheaper things in BKK.
A lot of the things there were like the stuff i’d find at any wholesalers place in SEA,
with the exception of a couple of shops.
MaintainMing spotted one first, led us girls there,
and we went a bit mad picking out stuff.
We met Amanda Putri, co-owner of Iconia
She’s not smiling in the picture below, but she’s actually really smiley the whole time we were there.
Girl was working a pose
Putri chatted to us for a long time, asking us to drop by her other shop (in ITC Kuningan) on Friday for new stock and discounts
Back at the hotel, us three kept FTV on ALL THE TIME.
Below was when some male models were parading about.
ClaudiaOnCrack and i bought new covers for our Berries in JK
She got yellow, and i got bright pink
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Get your own BlackBerry access at only RM998 when you reload RM50 at any Blue Cube outlets.
I’m using the prepaid package where i get unlimited data and push mail for RM2.50 a day
Wed night we went to Potato Head to meet Kiki for the first time.
Drinks weren’t cheap, so Claudia and i opted for a bottle of wine to save cost :p
The bill came in a Lion King storybook cover! SUPERLOVE!
I first knew about Kiki after an article Annisah wrote about her on TIC,
and msged her on FB about us going to Jakarta for The Misshapes.
She contributes to RottenFresh.com, and also has a blog at iloveglam.wordpress.com
Betet and her took us to Donna + Bobi’s house,
where the rest of the Blackout crew were preparing invites for Fri night.
I must say a BIG THANK YOU to Kiki, for being an absolute darling,
introducing us to all her friends from Blackout and making us feel like a part of your group for a few days.
You guys are truly beautiful, and i hope to see you again in KL or when i’m back in Jakarta <3
After hanging out at the house,
Claudia and i were WELL TIPSY,
and started partying back at the hotel room – playing SalahWrong songs, doing hand puppet shows with our socks, and singing along to Disney songs.
Poor Ming, to be stuck with two girls on Disney crack.
He seemed unperturbed, but i don’t know whether he put on a good front.
So we really did go all the way to Jakarta to party with The Misshapes (and eat lotsa nasi padang and shop )
They played at Budha Bar last night,
and i thought we’d party, then sleep at 4 before being at the airport at 7am to catch our 8:30am flight.
No.
We partied all night and ended up rushing like zombies, smudged make up and all, to catch our flight.
A few pix from last night before i go pass out.
I wantd to give Leigh something from Malaysia, so i gave her a necklace from Blok On.
After partying, us three found ourselves tumbling into the back of their van (feeling a bit like groupies -_-)
and wondering what we were doing there when we really had a flight to catch… >.<
Outside Burger King waiting for our order. That be MaintainMing’s feet on ClaudiaOnCrack.
You can see my scraped knees, god knows how i got that.
But after effects of a good night, i say!
Poor Geordon really wanted to swim, but nobody was very willing to go in the pool at 6am,
and we had to leave to catch our flight.
It gets bright really early in JK…
OK i cannot tahan, need to rest my aching body some more.
Before i start this post, i just want to say that i’m not being paid to write it.
Yes, i was commissioned to write 2 advertorials for Olympus when they launched the Pen,
and after using it, i fell totally in love with it, but i had to give it back!
At that time, i got wind of another camera brand in the process of possibly endorsing me,
so i thought i’d wait a couple of weeks and see what happens.
Nothing happened, and my friend in the agency advised me to go for whatever else i had in mind.
So i thought, you know what, i REALLY love the Pen,
and even tho they’re not going to pay me to use it,
it’s such a brill camera i’d be very lucky enough to use it for my blog!
When it comes to camera brands, i’m not utterly devoted to any brand in particular.
I have owned (and still own some) Minolta, Nikon, Canon, Panasonic, Sony and Casio cameras.
So you can see i’m pretty much a camera slut.
I decided that i’d really like to work with the Olympus Pen for my blog,
cos if i genuinely love love love something,
i have no qualms in promoting it for free.
So i wrote a proposal to Kee Nyap, the Olympus GM,
and he was very accommodating and friendly –
meeting up with me for lunch, discussing other possibilities of working with each other,
and granting me my request to sponsor the Pen.
I was over the moon!
Many people have commented how they want to steal the camera off me after playing around with it,
RowdyRudy was practically hugging it in Gili when he realised he too, could take more-than-decent shots!
It’s so convenient that i don’t have to edit my pictures for my blog (save for resizing).
Here’s my FAVOURITE picture (which i’ve made my current FB profile pic) taken with my Pen.
Taken in Gili, Bali.
Can you see my Circle of Peace i’m holding up at the sun’s centre?
The one below was also taken in Gili,
and i look so good with NO MAKE UP!
Any camera that can make a gal look good without make up is gem, i say!
