Saturday, November 29, 2008

Sex Sells Sneakers

Check this out. A new magazine is launching soon in the Philippines, and this is the sneak preview video they released on YouTube.



It's probably the oldest trick in the advertising book. Oh well, sex sells.


Aki Hoshino, famous Japanese bikini idol, endorses KiksTyo. Seen here with Dunkles and Tiff Dunks.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Monday, November 17, 2008

I'd crack the shutters open wide, for you.

It wasn't a question? Rhetoric?

Heck, who am I to answer anyway.

Therein lies the problem.

I'm guessing. Again. We're guessing. Again.

Why is it that we find it so hard to fight for what we want?

When will the line be crossed that will trigger the “defence mechanism” in us? Or “ATTACK mechanism” for crying out loud? Is there even such a line at all in us?

What will it take for us to at last have the courage to stand up for ourselves FOR ONCE, for goodness’ sake?

How can we wake up to the fact that fate has dealt its blow, and from now on we’re on your own? That no one else is going to prod you along. That no one is going to box it up, wrap it in a sweet pink ribbon, place it on your doorstep and ring your doorbell so you could please pretty please come out to collect it?

Is it a Malaysian thing to not dare speak up?

Whatever happened to the spirit of "it's now or never"?

Is it because there’s too much to risk? But isn’t your future happiness worth risking everything else for?

Or is it because if we do fight for what we want, we might just find out that we don't actually deserve it in the first place?


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In case you're wondering about the subject header:





Artist: Snow Patrol
Song: Crack the Shutters
Album: A Hundred Million Suns


You cool your bed-warm hands down on the broken radiator,
And when you lay them freezing on me, I mumble "can you wake me later?"
But I don't really want you to stop and you know it so it doesn't stop you
And run your hands from my neck to my chest

Crack the shutters open wide, I wanna bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute
Cuz' the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you

It's been minutes, it's been days, it's been all I will remember
Happy lost in your hair and the cold side of the pillow
Your hills and valleys are mapped by my intrepid fingers
And in a naked slumber, I dream all this again

Crack the shutters open wide, I wanna bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute
Cuz' the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you

Crack the shutters open wide, I wanna bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute
Cuz' the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you

A Beautiful Mess

How often do you listen to songs and thought that it has put down in words what you feel? Actually, I believe that more often than not, we retrofit backwards. Make it fit our situation. Leave out certain parts of the lyrics. And keep singing.

We want the songs to speak for us. We would love to believe in the idea that someone else, somewhere else, somehow happens to know what we're feeling, and perhaps felt the same way too in order to write that song. We crave empathy. And Fate is often all too happy to oblige.

A conversation could have gone like this. And then “A Beautiful Mess” would have been your song. The song that both of you would remember forever. That is, if you got together. But then again, it’s not a song you’d want to play on your wedding day.



Her:
All's fair in love and war. And messaging.

Him:
So which one are we?

Her:
We? Haha. I'd like to think that we're a mess of all three.

Him:
Well, it's A Beautiful Mess (so sings Jason Mraz).

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Artist: Jason Mraz

Song: A Beautiful Mess
Album: We sing, We dance, We steal things

You've got the best of both worlds
You're the kind of girl who can take down a man,
And lift him back up again
You are strong but you're needy,
Humble but you're greedy
And based on your body language,
And shouted cursive I've been reading
Your style is quite selective,
Though your mind is rather reckless
Well I guess it just suggests
That this is just what happiness is

And what a beautiful mess this is
It's like picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write
Kind of turn themselves into knives
And don't mind my nerve you could call it fiction
But I like being submerged in your contradictions dear
'Cause here we are, here we are

Although you were biased I love your advice
Your comebacks they're quick
And probably have to do with your insecurities
There's no shame in being crazy,
Depending on how you take these
Words I'm paraphrasing this relationship we're staging

And what a beautiful mess this is
It's like picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you say
Kind of turn themselves into blades
And kind and courteous is a life I've heard
But it's nice to say that we played in the dirt oh dear
Cause here we are, Here we are
Here we are [x7]
We're still here
What a beautiful mess this is
It's like taking a guess when the only answer is yes

Through timeless words, and priceless pictures
We'll fly like birds, out of this earth
And times they turn, and hearts disfigure
But that's no concern when we're wounded together
And we tore our dresses, and stained our shirts
But it's nice today, oh the wait was so worth it.

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“It’s nice to say that we played in the dirt, oh dear... what a beautiful mess this is.”

Perhaps it is, Jason. You’re right. Perhaps it is. It is the same with how the saying goes, “"Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." (Shakespearean quote yo. Don’t play-play.)

It makes you feel alive. It grants you the opportunity to experience new feelings you’ve never felt before, in situations you haven’t been in.

Sure, in life we always look back and there’re lots of “could’ve been”. There will always be. What we can do at present is to try making the right decisions, and wish to minimize the risks of regret.

How? By justifying to yourself your decision. In the future you can look back and remember those reasons. And stand steadfast. Don’t crumble and fall. You had your reasons. You did what you think was right, at that specific moment. That is all that matters.

So while you might find yourself in what appears to be a mess, savour it. See the beautiful side of it. And in time to come, you might just look back, and smile.


Sunday, November 16, 2008

Good friends give great eulogies.

Was telling the hilarious story of the current situation I'm in to Izzie the Chirpy One (NOT Katherine Heigl) when the MSN conversation came to this:

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Me: Now that you know all these stories about me, I want you to give a speech at my funeral when I am dead. Tell them how good a man I was.

Izzie: Sure. And I will give that bestie who got together with your first gf a punch in the face.

And smack both A & B’s heads. It’ll be the most exciting eulogy speech eveeerrr!

Me: Now that’s what I call a good friend.

Izzie: Thank you, thank you.

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No. Thank you, Izzie. You cheer me up every time. Make the situation seem less impossible (if there's such a thing). It's amazing how we only start talking more now that we're 10,552 kilometres apart.

The next time we meet, we're talking.


Friday, November 14, 2008

Thursday, November 13, 2008

That something between us

You tapped on the glass. You had something to tell me. While you were suddenly distracted, I held the sides, bent down, and kissed you. Or acted as if I tried to anyway. Because between us was a piece of glass.

And YOU. FREAKED. OUT.

Like, totally.

It's so hilarious, I think I might just remember it for quite some time to come.

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Buy New Proton Saga, Get Free Aquarium!

Check out what I saw one morning while driving to work...

Yep, you've guessed right! That fogged up backlight is a quarter full of water. (Three quarters empty if you're a pessimist.)

Saturday, November 01, 2008

I will bore you.

You’re too quick. Too interesting. You always need something new. It is why so many people play cameo roles in your life. In. Out. In. Out. One minute they’re always featured. The other, they’re never mentioned again. Out of your life. Into oblivion.