shoes & sales!!

i decided that instead of talking about stars, celebrities
and icons passing away...

i wanna talk about shoes and sales!

i know i said that i hate dressing up blah blah blah...
but i love SHOES!
truth is, its pretty hard to find a good pair of shoes
you would be interested in!
they are like... your good friends.
good friends are always there when you need them.
they support you.
they leave you alone.
and no matter what you can always rely on them!
so, a good pair of shoes are like a good friend.

i happened to walk into the malls and shopping centres
in town just to see what the great fuss was about for this year's
Great Singapore Sale and...
its nothing much actually.
i know its like a 2 month shopping event,
a time where we help the economy blah blah blah...
but its nothing we singaporeans haven't seen before!

BUT wait!!!
if you look hard enough, really really hard,
you might find some hidden buys like i did!

TANGS!!!!
shoes going up to 70% off!
from $300+++ to like $80 something
with credit card promotion!!

LEFTFOOT Sale!!!!
amazing finds and fantastic discounts!!
i'm actually rushing off to the Cathay Leftfoot boutique
once i'm done with today's blog!
and they have a SALES Outlet in Far East Plaza too!

oh!!! almost forgot about my NIKE AIR MAX!!
paid 40% less than regular retail price!

all in all, i bought 5 pairs of shoes in 2 weeks
and sent 2 old pairs for cleaning.
i know for some of you it not much,
but for me... its a whole lot more!

and 2 are gifts for a friend.
happy birthday pingping.

i'm an addict

hi, my name is marcus and i'm an addict.

an addict to the computer!
before i would only check my email once in a long long
while or better still, have someone else check it for me.
now, i not only check that but i also try and update
my blog and my facebook account too.
trust me, IT TAKES FOREVER!!

so what's new?
well, i just finished styling the 2nd season of SCORE.
no... its not a sports programme.
its an Arts oriented show on OKTO Channel.
its pretty good, if i say so myself.

SCORE, hosted by newbies Jibby & Fay, has
CALENDAR where you get the latest updates of what's
happening in the art scene in singapore and in
Profile, it highlights artistes, musicians, actors etc.
Battle of the Sexes is my favourite.
Jibby and Fay intern with the Masters then compete to
see who does better in the week's challenge.
from martial arts to indian dancing, they do bring
laughter to the show and a tear to my eye.
SCORE truly attracts the viewers
in a way thats never been done before but
you really have to watch it to know what i'm saying.
** SCORE is on OKTO, sundays, 9.30pm & repeats on tuesdays, 11pm.

what else??
Super! Model! Me!
when i first told my friends that i'd be appearing on
supermodelme.tv they said it was kinda late for
me to try my hand at modelling.
HELLO!!!
its an online reality show where 10 girls from asia
compete for the title of... SUPERMODEL!!!
and i would be 1 of the guest stylists/judge appearing
in various weeks!

ME!!
SUPERMODEL??!!!
PLEASE.
DON'T BE RUDE.

in a way, their future is in MY hands!!
HAHAHAHA!!!! (evil laughter)
**www.supermodelme.tv

did you know...

i only drink COKE Zero.

i only wear white Calvin Klein.

bet you didn't know that. 

ok, fine. some of you did. 

but there are so many other things you may or may not know.

like...

when i turned 30, i wanted to retire at 35.

i'm 40 this year and i want to do more!

i've never been to bali but been to brazil, twice for 2 months each!

i so want a holiday.

i don't do editorials for magazines cos they don't pay the makeup

and hair team!

they pay the models, photographers and stylists but never the beauty team.

i say its rubbish.

i hate to work with artistes who think they're a celebrity 1st.

i think they need a reality check.

 

i don't like dressing up...

not even in jeans or shoes.

i have over 20 pairs of shoes.

i'd love to host my own talk show and i'd call it GRILL.

i am always hungry.

i have a dog, eros.

i don't stay with him.

i go skinhead not because i want to show off my tattoos

but because i am actually balding!

i thank god that HE makes me look good.

CLICKED!

a couple of weeks ago i was heading to a client's office when
a guy stopped and asked if he could take a snap shot of me
for the ION Orchard's facebook of fashionable/stylish individuals.
well, i thought it would be a cool idea since I myself was
getting IT started & for once wasn't in my usual
berm-shorts and Tshirt getup, so why not.
so i stood there,
right in the mix of the busy sidewalk on orchard road,
the photographer CLICKED!

my 15 minutes ended in 15 seconds.

that night i rushed back home, logged onto the site and STARED.
didn't know what i was looking for.
looking... looking... still looking...
took more then just 15 seconds before i found it.
obviously, i'm wasn't on the site/page yet.
i just wanted to know more...
like the stylish, fashionable thingy that was mentioned, you know.

Ahhh... that's what he meant by stylish, fashionable.

'ION Orchard is in search for Singapore's most fashionable individuals...
combing the streets of Singapore for individuals who stand out for their style.'

Mmm... not really leh.

some can make it.
some really cannot!
but then again i didn't know it was a SEARCH for fashionable people!
did the others know its a competition?
i was just happy that someone wanted to take my picture.

i'm just wondering if the pictures go thru a style screening
before they go up on the site...

just wondering.

i have a life.

this body took time, personal endurance and lots of nagging to
get where it is today.
yes... i workout.
ok fine.. maybe not workout workout, but i do my best.
or at least i pretend to.

i usually try to hit the gym about 2 to 3 times a week.
so in a way the gym has become like a second home to me.
i am super comfortable there and i DO know all the staff.

since i'm almost ALWAYS there,
i've come to notice a few things.

at FITNESS FIRST Platinum Clubs, they provide your workout attire,
so thats good.
what's bad is when a member who clearly looks like a
player from the New Zealand, ALL BLACKS rugby team
asks for a size small shorts and medium top.
i don't get it.

some women come in with full makeup on, workout for hours
then leave with the same full made-up face!
don't they shower or at least wash their face?
i don't get it.

have you seen the ones who are all geared up, head to toe,
wristband, headband, knee guard etc just to workout on
the cross-trainer machine for like 10 minutes, then go and swim.
i don't get it.

then there are those who are strictly there to make a fashion statement.
like, wearing sunglasses while on the treadmill.

how about the PAIRS.
they come together, hog a particular machine together,
take turns to workout on it, in between their hot gossip session.

this one really gets to me...
members who use towels as mats.
how hard is it to sit on the bench in the changing room
and then dry or clean your feet with the towel?
must they lay the towel on the floor, stomp all over it, get changed,
then stomp all over again but this time with their shoes on.
don't they know they just might be getting that same towel
on their returning visit?
i really don't get it.

**sigh
i can honestly go on and on and on... but i won't. i have a life.

its all about the buzz.

ok... the buzz has already begun...

the buzz about me on facebook and this blog...
yes. yes. yes.
i'm now IT savvy. and i've been invited to the PC Show @ Suntec
this weekend... No, not by the organizers, though that would be nice
but its actually my friends.
they were being nice.
maybe the vendors read my blog, recognise me and graciously GIVE
me a computer and a digital camera... maybe.

the buzz about Supermodelme.TV
an online reality show where 10 girls from around asia are housed
together, compete in different challenges for the title of
asia's 1st supermodel or something like that...
trust me, its good. i guest on it, week to week.
**starts airing 16 june, twice a week, every tuesdays & thursday

the buzz about bad fashion...
fine. its not a buzz. its just me.
and i don't get it.
is the look for this season hoods/hoddies?!
cos thats all i see people wearing in town!
don't they get the weather in singapore!
and don't even get me started on WHITE LOAFERS.
that style came & left and didn't even know it wasn't wanted!
seriously, there are options people!
Mmm... like maybe WHITE SNICKERS!

i'm sorry. i.. can't go on..
getting to emotional.
but before i go here's my buzz tip for the day,
take a final look at yourself before you head out the door.
if you don't like something you see... stay home.

I'M ON FACEBOOK!!!

you will not believe this but...

I'M ON FACEBOOK!!!

seriously!

and i did not create it!

CHRIS!!!!!

chris is my friend and agent who thought its the best

present he could give me because i started this blog.

 

so now i have more reasons to sit in front of the

computer and use my 1 finger...

the ORIGINAL IT idiot

i LOVE this whole blog thing!

seriously! its amazing!
whoever came up with this should be paid like a gazillion bucks!

now, as most of you would know, i am the original IT Idiot.
nene created my 1st email address for me in 2004 only because
he knew what a retard i was with computers.
and up to late last year i actually had people check my emails for me.
i even had them do my e-invoices and billings cos
thats how bad i am with computers!
and speaking of computer... now, please prepare yourselves..

i do not own a computer.

i am using nene's old laptop, one that he left behind when
he returned to brazil.
so from a guy who was totally clueless about the WORLDWIDEWEB,
i am now like a kid in a candy store when it comes to my blog!

DJ Zach installed the visitors bar code on this site yesterday,
so now i know the number of guests who dropped by. so exciting!
and i am, honestly, very surprised at the number of visits
there's been in a day! WOW!! ( i know, i'm easily impressed. )

i am still learning about how to use the blog.
stuff like downloading, uploading, sideloading,
i don't know what other kind of loading there is, etc.

some of you have asked that there be pictures too,
Mmm... i am not ready for that yet.
for now i really like it that its more like a newsletter
rather than a pictorial site. also...

i do not own a camera.

BTW check out IONorchard.com/facebook as yours truly
is on ION DNA Search for Singapore's most fashionable BATCH 4.
it is NOT a fashion pagent!
just random people shot in town who by the way looked good or cool.
key word = random.

coming back... as for the the STYLE, FASHION and EVERYTHING ELSE part...
i'm starting with a bit of all.
you'll just have to come by more from now on.

fyi... it took me over 2 hours just to type today's entry.
1 finger.

my blog is your blog

this is for all my friends who took time to reply to
my SMSes... what SMS?
ahh... its nothing really.
just letting them know that i have THIS blog,
you know, so they can pop by, visit, read, drop a comment, etc.
here are some of the replies,

..."WOW! u have a blog!"

..."really?.. u?"

..."i am so gonna check it out!"

..."hahahahaha..."

..."Mmm.. ok."

..."sure bro. and mine is eric-see.blogspot.com ya ;-)"

and my favourite, "can complain?"

yes. my blog is your blog.
so... blog away.

BEST BUYS

this is definitely my NEW favourite shop!
who knew that perfumes could actually be affordable!

ok, let me share my new find with you...
its this regular looking perfume shop that
has all, and i mean ALL the leading brands and
some not so leading names...
you walk in and are greeted by these young muslim girls
and the lady boss who keeps saying, "got discount on top of price,"
so i started walking around staring at the display shelves.
curious, i randomly asked for the price of DAVIDOFF's COOL WATER,
answer... "$35".
my jaw dropped!
35 freaking dollars! SERIOUSLY!?!
so i did what any other normal singaporeans would do,
i said," i'll take that and DAVIDOFF's ADVENTURE and KENZO."
total bill... "$120".

ok... i've not been totally honest,
you see, these perfumes are actually sample pieces.
they are original products, just sample pieces.
but if you want to buy the ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ones,
they cost just a few dollars more than the samples. still!
imagine the savings!
imagine the collection one can have!
i've already started mine!

so the next time you want to smell good or
know of someone who smells,
you might want to visit,
JASINA COSMETICS, #01-06, High Street Centre, North Bridge.

and who knows, if you speak tamil
you might just get some extra discounts.
happy shopping!

hey elisha

where do i start...
its been a week since my last post and alot has happened.

...did an amazing shoot with photographer Olivier Henry
on sunday with an interesting crowd.

...met up with Esan from HOODS INC to discuss about
possible future projects.

but what really took me by surprise was the call i got from my
agent, Chris.

earlier this year i had the honor of producing and choreographing
the official opening of NIKE's flagship store/boutique at
Wisma Atrium. and we had 10 of the hottest models for the
fashion show!
if you think getting 10 models to fit the look of the show
was easy... YOU ARE SO WRONG!!!
we wanted models who had character, edgy attitude,
street smart style, non anorexic and full of energy!
so after long weeks of castings & auditions we found
our perfect 10.
and one of them was Elisha.

i first met Elisha late last year at
Jazreel Low's bridal fashion show.
he was the 1st model to arrive for rehearsal.
polite. that was my first impression of him.

then, i bumped into him at NUH where i was visiting my mom in January.
i almost didn't recognise him with his hair longer.
but i remembered that polite smile.
and to my surprise he remembered my name.
we spoke briefly, sharing that he too was visiting his father there.
i asked him then to audition for the NIKE event knowing
he would be perfect for the show.

well, how do i say this... he came. he conquered.

the show was a huge success!
the clients were so pleased that the models were
given all the outfits they wore for the show!
my perfect 10 models.

...so imagine my surprise.
i did not believe it.
chris wasn't sure himself, looked like him, but... is it?

then i saw it for myself...

http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,203802,00.html
Elisha Chng, 24.
found dead at the foot of his block in bukit panjang.
police are investigating as unnatural death.

i still don't believe it.



hey elisha,
i didn't know you long
i didn't know you well
but i am glad i know u
don't cry cos all is gonna be fine
don't worry cos now u have HIM to carry
so just be... and just LIVE