back in action

Green was the flavor [color] of the past week. Army's changed much in the past few years. From the minor additions on the uniform to the men and formation of the unit. Its been almost a decade since i was inducted as a freshie and now i'm at the tailend of nation's service. Never once did i regret and none of the times did i forget.

5 years of reservist... heck, everyone goes through it, but i'm glad i did it with my best of buds and served with pride.
we had been part of an entity greater than the sum of its parts...honour and glory forever"
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quiet&reflective

Wearing: bomb squad tee. wtaps heelweek hoodie. a tan and peeling skin

mail drop

Supreme by Futura
Incidentally, the motto for the Wolves of the new VI Company is also "divide & conquer". Glad to have met their acquaintance
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photo print poison
Fresh poison greats me as i return to the PC...everyone knows how i love photo prints


Rockers Galore: Josh Cheuse x Stussy, via Paul Mittleman



The long awaited Stussy x Mash SF, via direct. Anybody hookup please?
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gdeh x hideout

A peep at the shoot for iD of the upcoming gdeh x hideout coach jacket. via outlook
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CK in2U

I'm loving this bottle!! I don't think its out in SG yet [will probably scope it laters]
Looks like a sake bottle innit?!
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GiselleB

Giselle for Korean label Tug denim. Tight tight bod! via


Nipply promo for her line of Brazillian sandals
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wierd 574 sandals

Speaking of sandals...Probably only for the hardcore 574 afficionado's...at least it has encap
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xtina - Max
whats a xymon post without xtina?


FIRE


and i still can't get my mind off this vid...just too good:
...He's a one stop jive, makes my panties drop...
...He's a one stop jive, makes my cherry pop...
...He's a one stop jive with a real big *uh*...

mmm-mm...laters

...bags are packed...

Duffel's ready, and i'm set for a week [and slightly more] of [hopefully] R&R in vacation land [in-camp], heh heh. Those in contact, hit me up with SMS's still, i'll reply where possible. Blog followers, short intermission for now, back over the weekend. Photos are out-of bounds i believe, but we'll see how it goes eh?

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its been hectic
Been a real crazy-whirlwind week at the office, with entire-day-long meetings and interactions with overseas colleagues before they flew back to Netherlands yesterday. Really friendly bunch of people them Dutch are. Point to note, they really like their pineapple juice! So carry a pint of fresh pineapple juice and you'll be their new best friend! LOL
Had a lovely dinner at Brazil Churrascaria with the guys to cap off their visit. Its definitely for the carnivores like me, cuz, man, the meat just kept coming: chicken, beef, lamb, pork, fish, grilled, flamed, fried, roast, whatever you name it, they've probably got it and then some. If anyone else is dropping by SG lately, hit me up, i'll bring you there - i'm game for more meat, haha
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I'm pretty much stoned for the weekend, especially with an in-camp coming up next week. It'll be a short respite for me - a week of no work by order of the government, woohoo! ha
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shopaholic
Interesting article about consumerism in the NYTimes, including mention of Rosemary Willaims, a video and installation artist who always hated shopping but decided to create a piece title "The Wall of Mall", chronicling her experience at the Mall of America.
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Here's a couple of vids to interest ya:
BMW ad - Beethoven UNKLE mix

New 60sec ad done by Nick Thornton-Jones and Warren DuPreez [the same guys who did the lovely decks for Mekanism last year], featuring a soundtrack on Beethoven's 9th symphony remix by UNKLE
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Talk about a leap of faith
Bob Burnquist always blows me away whenever i watch the XGames, but this takes the cake [and all the cream on top]:

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3yo Xie En-Xin solves Rubiks cube in 114 seconds
aka "i'm officially stoopid"

damn
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Nissan Qashqai ad - skateboard [who names these cars?]
Nissan decides to jump on the skateboarding bandwagon, some nice moves

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Kitchen Diaries - recipe for a nice mix
Something to end off a Saturday evening...an excellent beatbox mix in truest sense of the word

dude is excellente

laters

obsessive

UC.503B.Curry
Caught Hannibal Rising on Sunday, not too bad of a movie. Lacking in excitement in most parts, i'd wish they'd play up on the gore or thrill factor like "Silence". Heck, i was disappointed with only a hint of incest from Gong Li's Lady Murasaki character [can't be helped, i'm a perv]
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ECxChampion.w)taps.fragmentxcasio.Serra
Followed up with an evening stop at the SoleObsession meetup. Gotta show some love [no homo] for the 'old timers'. Borne from the memories of summits and gatherings of yesteryear, its truly nice to have a pure gathering of sorts without the pretext of hype. Sure we still get the odds and ends of youthful hype: "er, can i just pop by to get the event tee?" and "what limited edition NB shoes are in the lucky draw?"
The tee helps to ease off the organising [since its individually run] and the shoes, well, true its used for advertising and enticing, but its simply giving up what we could spare. But thats prolly the way it goes with NB kicks, love em or hate em, its not gonna go on ebay.

The comings and goings - props to the Streething crew for showing support. Met Ben as well, still remember him from the days of Skool @ FEP. And the Bape-sponsored dude was in nbhd - a rarity! haha

[Left]:Anthony [Leftfoot], Mandeep [LimitedEdt], Eugene [the brain] cooking up more evil concoctions. [Right]: former hype-king, the real guru-guru of UC, Skinner and nobody acting cute [no homo]

[Left]: The NB spread [by the ever so humble Ant]-i so need those microzine's and FOPS. [Right]: hTm's are always welcome, but i'm lovin' the Orchard Streets and Junya x Nike vintage joints

[Left]:tennis balls and londons. [Right]: so-rare-it-hurts Clydes-Green "cash money" is gem
There were some cute chicks as well, props for turning up.

"The big cheese" aka "big kahuna" aka "da boss" aka "Mr A" spotting some short short skirts, whereupon being questioned for the photo-taking, deftly turned the attention to the hot hot kicks on display instead. hahahaha!

Mr Oderus doing the soapbox honours. Not only were kicks given away, we had crates of duty-free beer to boot! Beat that!
All in, it was a laid-back affair and i for one would hope there's more of summits and less of hype-meets. Props!
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dragon

Not only were the hungry dragons on the prowl, so were these! Widely mistaken for the HK-collab, unfortunately on a wider distribution, these have their selling points. They also feature the oil-leather and detailed stitching, however, they lack the individually numbered tag [hence the much much larger production nr's]. Saving grace is the "new balance" heel tab logo translated into Chinese characters. Thats prolly really the few times you're gonna see the trademarked logo font-type being "tweaked"!
pic courtesy of Skinner @ Leftfoot store, Singapore
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undercover A/W 07


Jun Takahashi's Undercover A/W 07 is reviewed on style.com"
A couple of pretty straight forward, pull-on essentials, but that "brains" carry-bag is much too sick - a must get for fans.
I'd say a pretty simple collection and that's easily digested and for the masses. But what's with the Jay McCarroll headphones/earmuffs effect?
Speaking of which, Jay's collection does give lots to think about when compared to above...

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let's hear it for the ladies
Its int'l womens day [3rd Mar], so what better way to commemorate than moving on to my fave part of blogging... :)
Keely & Avril for Arena
Dope issue this month with a double whammy:

Avril drop it like its hot on the cover,

Keeley brings the goods as usual
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JLH

Jennifer Love and her Hewitts do not disappoint at the post-Oscar party
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superfine Vic popping
Check out Vic in her Superfine's

still eye-poppingly hot devil of a bod:


i'm totally pooped, hitting the sack real soon
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