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A new destination

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If you've read about me and my little adventures in India , you would know that I didn't sign up for enlightenment or soul searching when I picked that country for holiday but rather just because I love old stuff and shit like that. But like it or not, I came back with new perspective in life and it's a good thing. While I am being more patient at work and learnt forgiveness for stupidity, I am also increasingly impatient when it comes to having the life that I've wanted. I've asked myself if I could be happy knowing that this (refering to my work and space)is what I will be looking at for the rest of my life and without a doubt the answer is no. And no means I have to do something about it. During my travel, I was in awe with people who quit their jobs or took months and sometimes even years just to travel and that I agree is the best way to see the world. There are more or less 196 countries in the world and how many of it that I've seen? I can only say a hand

What happened to the business?

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“Mad Men” returned to great fanfare last night. The nostalgic look at the advertising business in the early 1960s is nothing short of a cultural phenomenon. Those in the ad world are as obsessed as anyone with the series, while often ruing the fact that the agency business is far less glamorous and swashbuckling today in an age of procurement, discount creativity and heightened financial pressure.- Confessions of an Agency CEO For those who aren't in the business, this could mean nothing more than just blabbing over the good old days when things are so called easier, with slower pace and greater budget. In fact I couldn't really see the appeal of Mad Men even though I can throughly understand the industry, maybe it's because I am doing all the nasty bit that at the end of the day, I wouldn't want to spend time watching it all over again, albeit more glamourous. It's true though - in fact in the 80s, even here in Malaysia, advertising was quite glam. There'

Loving your new look, Will

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First it was the mini curls dropping here and there. Love it. Then it's the music. Now's the beard. Oh, cute glasses too. No point explaining cause everyone knows I dig this so much.

Censoring myself

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It used to be so easy to just say everything and anything on my mind - after all this country is not only ran but also full of selfish and ugly people that it doesn't take much effort since I like to believe I know better but after awhile, what's the point? You can bitch about traffic, about why people are so stupid to discuss over the accident on the site instead of moving their cars to the side of the road - if it's not for other's sake then at least for your own safety. It is still a road at the end of the day and cars can anytime come running and hit all of you. But that's just us. You can bitch about how things are done, there are so many efficient ways of doing things and yet people never pause to think about how to make things better or the level of service and quality of products here in this country - what you earn doesn't corelate to what you put in and you need to spend alot to really get things in decent quality and even sometimes when you have to pa

Having a moment

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I know what I've said about fashion previously, about it being almost snobbish for the sake of snobbish and we've all lost the plot. What was supposed to be beauty and art has taken on a form of I-am-better-than-thou and so instead of losing my head (and sometimes wallet), I've been reading up on Yves Saint Laurent and going through his designs. So you can say that I am having a YSL moment right now. It doesn't mean that I need to go out and buy a Downtown bag or anything like that. Just appreciating the beauty and the people behind the brand. Of course the latest news (ok not really latest but...) was about Stefano Pilati leaving the house after 8 years or so taking over from Tom Ford. I believe I featured this hot designer daddy on my blog before but why not do it again. I am not 100% convinced Hedi Slimane will be any good at taking over - for those who doesn't know, he was the one who popularized male models looking like boys and cutting designs that are skinni

the look of gay

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I remembered talking about this for many times now and it doesn't seem to get old. The thing that is getting old is me and with more experience, my views on it changed or rather become richer. When you're young, it's easy to be influenced by what is so called cool and it's not hard being cool just as long as you got the money for it. But then as you go along, you realised that everyone is donning the same thing and before you know it, you look just like anyone else. I know don't where the cool factor comes from because it seems like I am looking just like everyone else so I guess it's more to do with fitting in than standing out. Then along come gaydom and before you know it, the tight tees and shit are all in. Heck, they even have a haircut for it and yet again, it's all mass production with everyone looking the same, the same sleevless shirt and the same place they go for their cut and shit. It's all rather limiting isn't it? This is not to say th

I'll see you in April

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Can't wait :)