5:29 PM
I've considered moving for a really long time now and perhaps this may possibly be the best decision I've ever made. Pictures load faster, contents are easier to manage and the layout is 99.9% of what I dreamt it would be. So at exactly 4 long years and 9 days, I'm graduating.
Literally moving on, I present to you the next big thing (font size as well).....
daronang.blogspot.com
and it only gets better...
8:25 PM
8:02 PM
Before I leave for perth in a couple of hours, here is the scene down @ vivo city on wednesday night.
lovebirds for life.
wonder if she took a picture of me?
The next time someone tells you that you possess a DJ face, take it as a compliment. I shook hands with the main actor 'tai zi' in the film at the after party at st james. A rising star to be?
honestly, this is a bad picture.
HAHA HOLLYWOOD SEE THROUGH!
"It is not that I'm biased, but I rate it 5 and a half star!" - Harris Ang, NS men.
home away from home.
hopefully we get the internet connection sorted out at our apartment. Stay tune to anginperth.blogspot.com
12:37 AM
More than a year of drooling and waiting is finally over.
I FINALLY HAVE MY VERY OWN iPHONE!!!
The applications that i've downloaded so far are pretty sick. there's facebook and palringo (aka MSN) which is a whole new experience when you use it on an iphone. I haven managed to sync my contacts to my new number yet and I guess I make take a couple of days to settle my contact list before I do an sms blast of my new number. The old one will still be in use till Jan 09 but till then, I pretty much have as many smses in both phones combined than my fingers can ever type and virtually unlimited outgoing calls.
on a different note, I'm working for a full week right before my perth trip(nick! 5more days!).
speaking about days,
On wednesday, I will be attending the movie premier of 'The Days' (YES! 'The Days' is finally coming to a cinema near you) and the dress code is glamorous and I was saying how do you define glamorous?
I am very much a tee-shirt lover if you know me well but tee shirts aren't really meant for the red carpet so I'm having a dilemma of what to wear for the day (haha you have to allow me one pun). I'll most probably go easy on top with a simply black shirt since I have work on the day (last one I promise) itself.
Anyway, 'The Days' is officially screening on Sept 11 (how timely)
Join their facebook group if you are interested. The last I checked they had like 1,500 members.
I will finally see bro again after what has been like years and I do hope our meetings aren't just limited to events. After all, he is my brother and I see him like what? once in every 2-3 months?
visit anginperth.blogspot.com for the build up to the perth trip.
9:20 PM
High rentals, poor business force shops to move out, as teens make it their hangout
By Zaidah Rahmat
Section: LIFE! - LIFE NEWS
The Straits Times (Singapore)
August 23, 2008 Saturday
It was the epicentre of cool three years ago. But now, Haji Lane in
Kampong Glam has turned into a virtual ghost-town at night after
several shop tenants moved out in recent months.
Rising rentals and a slowdown in customer traffic are to blame, say
owners of its string of more than 40 fashion and lifestyle boutiques,
secondhand shops and cafes.
Out of 16 shop owners Life! spoke to, 10 were affected by rental hikes.
Many say their rentals have doubled from about two years ago.
Ms Eileen Fam, 32, owner of boutique Lola, relocated to Kandahar Street
in May after her landlord doubled the rental of her 750 sq ft shop to
$7,000 a month. 'It was too much. Landlords don't take into account
that we get more people who browse than buy,' she says.
She is now paying about $5,000 for a 1,000 sq ft shop at Kandahar Street
where she is enjoying better sales.
Haji Lane, once a sleepy back alley with textile shops and warehouses,
received a severe injection of hip in 2005 when brands like Commes des
Garcons set up shop there.
Almost overnight, a rash of chic, independent shops opened there,
selling everything from limited-edition shoes to retro fabrics and ice cream.
Mr Ridhwan Ghany, owner of CD shop Straits Records, moved out
in January last year when his landlord wanted to double the $2,000
monthly rental for his three-storey unit.
'Landlords think business is booming just because of the media hype,
but it's not true,' he says. He has since moved to adjacent Bali Lane,
where he pays about $1,700 for a 650 sq ft shop.
Other shopowners lament the watering down of the street's cult status
as it gained publicity.
Fashion stylist Steven Kong, 34, who closed his boutique-cafe Lipstick
Bandit recently due to poor business, says: 'The area became too
commercialised. Too many shops moved in and the area just was not
pleasant anymore.'
Mr Javier Tan, 30, owner of fashion concept store 3, has noticed an
influx of teenagers to the street. 'Many customers feel the youngsters
who hang out here are killing the culture of the place, turning it into
another Far East Plaza,' he says.
'It's no longer exclusive. We're seeing fewer and fewer of the older crowd these days.'
read further (the optimist)
Comments i've read (I have no part to play in these comments)
"going there isnt as pleasant as before already. last time, i and my gf used to shop there without getting stared at or the what you called style checked. but now, too much kids starring at you and when you stare back to them, they will call you rude. wtf!"
"everything is spoilt by bengs n lians. they freaking act cool in EVERYTHING. these are just one of the many rubbles in their wake. u buy skinny, they mass buy, u see liao also sian dont wanna wear alr. u go where, they also flood there, nobody wanna go already. they make everything nice look stupid."
"and the countless number of kiddos going there for sheesha,
totally turn off.
hopefully ann siang won't turn out to be like haji lane"
"when myself and my colleague go there after work, wha we wear giordano tee, also can kena style check, stare like we owe em money. Bagus."
3:22 AM
moments like these are so hard to emulate and recapture.
fisheye pictures taken during the ubin trip. beautiful sights ahead.
photos by nuo
1:35 AM
just like the old times.
to achieve what zen achieved, I believe he lives by this.
in-sync
lately, kat's been trying hard to lose the dawn yeoh sweety image
both events happened on consecutive thursday btw.
charmaine knows jade seah. yeah, the one that said fark on live tv.
