Monday, April 30, 2012

Untitled

I see people laughing and joking all around,
but on my face there is no smile instead there is a frown.

I never laugh anymore instead I cry,
and I never stop to ask myself, "why?"

I heard we live and die by the choices we make,
and there's only so much a person can take.

So just remember to life goes on,
and it hurt's when someone leaves and is gone.

So always remember keep your head up,
because another door is opened everytime one is shut.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Wishlist

Wishlist

• Try out all the top 10 scariest thrill rides on the planet.
• Go to the Seoul Tower with a lock, write my name and whoever's and throw away the key.
• Get lost in a city.
• Get kidnapped and taken around Jakarta for one day, seeing every corner of it.
• Vegas when I'm legal to do anything I want.
• Survive 2012.
• Bungee jumping.
• Go on a hot air balloon.
• Stay at the Poseidon Under Sea Resorts.
• Go inside pyramids.
• Go around the world in 80 days.
• Go to unknown places.
• Ms. Right.

Jakarta's Socialite: High-society and Fancy Lifestyle

Jakarta’s Socialites

I came accross an interesting blog, it’s at jakartasocial.wordpress.com. It’s filled with news regarding Jakarta’s socialites. I’m not a socialite because for one thing, one cannot proclaim oneself to be a socialite. Okay, to lessen the douchebag feel, I’m gonna put in a definition by Wikipedia on what socialite is:

“A socialite is a person who is noted as a member of fashionable society due to his or her regular participation in social activities and fondness for spending a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained. Socialites are usually in possession of considerable wealth, inherited or self-made, that can sustain their steady attendance at social functions.” (Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialite)

Okay I know the definition is a bit dodgy and all you socialites out there, feel free to comment on this post if you think that the definition is wrong. But we’ll take the Wiki entry as a benchmark for the rest of the post.

And guess what, apparently every rich people out there is considered a socialite by the Indonesians. Oh well...Actually, I think there have been a mistake in labeling people as socialites. If we take a closer look at the definition above, socialites are a person who is noted and by that it means, another person considers that person a socialite. Hence the statement that I can’t call myself a socialite. Now, not all of the people considered as socialites are actually socialites (especially the self-proclaimed ones).

What I am trying to say is this: not all rich people are socialites. But because of one or two Jakartans who call themselves as socialites and starts to act not like how a socialite should be, which is smart and respected, people have lost respect to these poor men and (especially) women. Socialites are considered to only spend millions after millions of rupiahs on vacations and their monthly, if not weekly shopping spree. Well, answering why they do that is a bit tough, because the skeptics and the pessimists will then have a bunch of other reasons to counter that. What I can say is this, again, redefine what a socialite is. Because there’s the socialite who (supposedly) be active in either contributing and or be a part of charity and there’s the rich kid that struts their attitude hanging around the has been(s) and has not(s) calling themselves socialites and doesn’t even lift a finger for the needy.

Some say Bill Gates live a modest life and still gives to charities and why can’t socialites do the same thing. They know this for a fact. Why? Because Bill Gates has a face in the form of Microsoft. Now, who arranges those charities if not the socialites? The NGOs you say? Well guess what, socialites are behind certain NGOs. It’s just the way they play the whole charity thing that sometimes pisses people off. A fashion show + gala dinner may not be the politically correct way to hold a charity, but it works for them and in the end the charity goes through the NGOs to the needy.

But then again, being filthy-rich and have the socialite status thrust upon them does not make them the perfect human being. They are still human, filled with flaws as with the rest of us.  Remember, the term “socialite” is only a status. Mistakes are abound.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Haute Couture

La haute couture est le secteur professionnel dans lequel exercent les créateurs de vêtements de luxe. Aujourd'hui, elle s'organise autour de « maisons de haute couture », des enseignes pour certaines assez anciennes, auxquelles de nombreux grands couturiers ont collaboré au fil des années. Elle joue un rôle d'avant-garde et ses œuvres préfigurent la mode. En France, d'où elle est originaire, la « haute couture » est une appellation juridiquement protégée[1]. Les maisons de haute couture doivent répondre à un certain nombre de critères (travail réalisé à la main dans les ateliers de la maison, nombre d'employés, l'unicité de pièces sur-mesure, nombre de modèles, participation à un quota de grands défilés, utilisation d'une certaine surface de tissu).

La prééminence française dans la mode date sans doute du XVIIème siècle, époque à laquelle les arts, l'architecture, la musique et la mode de la Cour de Louis XIV à Versailles sont admirés et imités par l'Europe entière. Lorsque le chemin de fer et les bateaux à vapeur le permettent, il devient courant pour les dames de la haute société européenne de faire le voyage à Paris pour y acheter vêtements et accessoires. Les tailleurs et les modistes français ont alors la réputation d'être les plus talentueux, et leurs créations sont les plus recherchées.

Charles Frederick Worth (13 octobre 1826 – 10 mars 1895) est considéré comme le père de la « Haute Couture ». Bien qu'il soit de nationalité britannique (il est né à Bourne, dans le Lincolnshire, en Angleterre), Worth a laissé sa marque sur cette industrie, devenue par la suite typiquement française. Il a créé la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. C'est lui qui, au-delà des modèles uniques, sur mesure, fabriqués à la commande pour ses riches clientes, développa une collection de modèles qu'il présentait, sur des mannequins vivants, dans les salons luxueux de sa maison de couture. Auparavant, les clientes commandaient leurs robes, et le tailleur exécutait. Désormais, elles choisissent un modèle dans la collection. Après Worth, d'autres poursuivirent dans la même direction, comme les sœurs Callot, Jean Patou, Paul Poiret, Vionnet, Lanvin, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Cacharel, Balenciaga et Dior. Certaines de ces maisons existent encore aujourd'hui.

Au milieu des années 1960, un groupe de jeunes stylistes apparus dans le sillage de Dior et Balenciaga créèrent leurs propres maisons. Les plus célèbres sont Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, André Courrèges et Emanuel Ungaro. Plus tard au XXème siècle apparurent notamment Christian Lacroix, Jean Paul Gaultier et Thierry Mugler.

Aujourd'hui, la haute couture n'est plus l'activité essentielle, en termes économiques, pour la dizaine de grandes maisons parisiennes qui la pratiquent encore. D'abord parce qu'elle n'est pas rentable : les exigences de ce métier (travail long, réalisé à la main dans des ateliers français, etc) ont pour conséquence des prix inabordables au commun des mortels. Certaines robes se négocient plus de 100 000 euros.

Cette activité permet de faire subsister nombre de fournisseurs, dont l'entreprise est généralement artisanale et ancienne, à l'instar du brodeur Lesage ou du plumassier Lemarié.

Mais si elle n'est pas rentable, la haute couture sert de vitrine pour diffuser l'image de marque des maisons, ce qui leur permet de commercialiser du prêt à porter vers une clientèle plus large ainsi que, de plus en plus, des accessoires et des parfums, deux activités extrêmement rentables. Certaines maisons sont connues pour avoir poussé à l'extrême cette logique de la licence et du merchandising, comme Pierre Cardin, dont le prestige dégringola rapidement, le surnombre et la mauvaise qualité des produits portant sa griffe dévalorisant peu à peu le prestige de sa marque.

Enfin, depuis les années 1960, la scène de la mode s'est internationalisée, et les clientes ont pris l'habitude de prêter attention également aux créateurs de New York ou de Milan, Paris conservant cependant son rôle de capitale de la mode

Collections

Chaque année, deux collections haute couture sont présentées au travers des défilés de mode inscrits dans le calendrier officiel de la Fédération française de haute couture. La présentation des collections printemps/été se déroule durant le mois de janvier de l'année correspondante, et celle des collections automne/hiver au début du mois de juillet pour la saison de l'année suivante.

Liste officielle des maisons de haute couture en 2012 (suite au défilé de Janvier)[2] :

Adeline André

Ateliers Gustavolins[3]

Chanel

Christian Dior

Christophe Josse[4],[5](différent du commentateur sportif homonyme)

Franck Sorbier

Giambattista Valli (également responsable de la Gamme rouge chez Moncler depuis 2008)

Givenchy

Jean Paul Gaultier

Maurizio Galante

Stéphane Rolland

Membres correspondants

Versace avec la ligne Versace Atelier, revenu à la haute couture depuis début 2012[6]

Elie Saab

Giorgio Armani (avec la ligne Armani Privé)

Valentino

Membres invités

Alexis Mabille

Alexandre Vauthier[3]

Bouchra Jarrar[7]

Iris Van Herpen

Julien Fournié[3]

Yiqing Yin

Maxime Simoëns[3]

Joaillerie

Boucheron

Chanel Joaillerie

Chaumet

Dior Joaillerie

Van Cleef & Arpels

Mode accessoires

On Aura Tout Vu[8], maison d'accessoires (bijoux) et de couture, composée de Yassen Samouilov et Livia Stoianova, qui défile durant la semaine de la Haute Couture à Paris.

Correspondants, invités et autres

Les membres « correspondants » sont des membres étrangers.

Les membres « invités », ne font pas partie de la Chambre. Le titre de « membre invité » leur est attribué suite à un vote du Comité de direction de la Chambre syndicale de la haute couture parisienne qui leur permet d'accéder à ce club très fermé. Les collections ne répondent pas toujours à tous les critères. Leur passage au titre de « membre complet » ne se base pas seulement sur l'ancienneté, car, même en remplissant toutes les conditions nécessaires, il faut plusieurs défilés réguliers en tant qu'invité pour prétendre devenir membre à part entière et satisfaire à nouveau à un vote du Comité de Direction.

Comme les membres invités, les créateurs de la liste « Mode accessoires » ne font pas partie de la Chambre. Néanmoins certains créateurs défilent durant les semaines Haute Couture en étant inscrit sur le calendrier des collections de la Fédération.

Anciens membres

De nombreuses maisons ont fait de la haute couture et ont abandonné cette activité pour diverses raisons :

Agnès-Drécoll

André Courrèges

Anny Blatt

Loris Azzaro

Balenciaga, la haute couture a cessé lors du retrait de Cristobal Balenciaga, en 1968.

Pierre Balmain

Pierre Cardin

Callot Sœurs

Carven

Castillo (Antonio del Castillo), a lancé sa propre maison de couture après avoir créé chez Paquin dans les années 1940 et chez Lanvin pendant les années 1950 et 1960.

Nino Cerruti

Charles James

Charles Montaigne

Christian Lacroix

Dominique Sirop

Emanuel Ungaro

Gaston

Germaine Lecompte

Guy Laroche

Grès

Hermès

Hanae Mori (ハナエモリ, 森英恵)

Jacques Fath

Jacques Heim

Jacques Griffe

Jean Dessès

Jean Patou

Jeanne Lanvin

Jeanne Lafaurie

Jenny

Lecoanet Hemant

Lucien Lelong

Louis Féraud

Lucile Manguin

Mad Carpentier

Madeleine de Rauch

Madeleine Vionnet

Madeleine Vramant

Mainbocher

Marcel Dhorme

Marcel Rochas

Marcelle Alix

Marcelle Chaumont

Marcelle Dormoy

Maggy Rouff

Molyneux

Nina Ricci

Olivier Lapidus, première collection en juillet 1989.

O'Rossen

Paco Rabanne

Paquin

Philippe Venet

Raphael

Robert Piguet

Serge Lepage

Yves Saint Laurent, cette activité a cessé lors du retrait du couturier en début 2002.

Jean-Louis Scherrer

Elsa Schiaparelli, la maison Schiaparelli a cessé ses activités haute couture après le retrait de la créatrice, en 1954.

Ted Lapidus

Thierry Mugler

Torrente, dont le dernier directeur artistique pour la haute couture a été Julien Fournié jusqu'en 2004. La fondatrice, Rose Mette, est la sœur de Ted Lapidus, qui etait le père d'Olivier Lapidus.

Vera Boréa

Atelier Versace, la maison italienne a cessé à partir de 2004 de faire défiler ses collections couture pour des raisons économiques, pour revenir à la haute couture en janvier 2012.

I hate changes.

These past few days have been weird. Come to think of it, this month has been a stranger to me.Everyone's changing, everything is. Or maybe it's just me? Whichever's right, I really don't like how things are going. Yeah, I've been sounding like such a pessimist lately. With all those posts about how shit my life seems. It's not shit. It just seems like it is. I may not have been going through the things anyone else has been through, but for me what I'm going through right now isn't so pleasant. Maybe I'm acting a bit too weird, thinking everyone's not being their usual self. But yeah, I have my opinions and you have yours.I've realized how many manipulators and fakes I know. You can judge me about how I am, wether I'm a bullshitter or a moaner moaning about my life. But really, trying to get close to someone just cause you're asking for something? Or trying to put on a miserable face just to ask for everyone's sympathy is simply pa-the-tic. The worst part is, you don't even realize what you're doing and how its affecting everyone around you. But trust me, somewhere out there somehow, someone will realize it for you. One thing's for sure, it's really hard to trust someone. Or at least know that they'll be there for you no matter what. Don't get me wrong, my friends are awesome and I thank all of you guys for that. But some, just some others? One moment they talk to you, the next they don't even know you exist. Sometimes, I wish time machines do exist just so that I could go back to those days. Make those good times repeat itself just once. Everything's going too quick and I'm not ready for them to end yet.Three words: I Hate Changes.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

I really love these songs

Mariah carey ft 98 Degrees - Thank God I found You

(Mariah)
I would give up everything
Before I'd separate myself from you
After so much suffering
I've finally found unvarnished truth
I was all by myself for the longest time
So cold inside
And the hurt from the heart it would not subside
I felt like dying
Until you saved my life

(Chorus - all)
Thank God I found you
I was lost lost without you
My every wish and every dream
Somehow became reality
When you brought the sunlight
Completed my whole life
I'm overwhelmed with gratitude
Cause baby I'm so thankful i found you.


(98 Degrees)
I would give you everything
There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do
To ensure your happiness
I'll cherish every part of you
Because without you beside me I can't survive
Don't wanna try
If you're keeping me warm each and every night
I'll be all right
Cause I need you in my life

(Chorus - all)
Thank God I found you (I'm thanking you)
I was lost lost without you (so lost without you)
My every wish and every dream (every dream, every dream)
Somehow became reality
When you brought the sunlight (brought the sunlight)
Completed my whole life
I'm overwhelmed with gratitude
Cause baby I'm so thankful I found you.

-Bridge- (Mariah & 98 Degrees)
See I was so desolate
Before you came to me
Looking back I guess it shows
That we were destined to shine
After the rain to appreciate
The gift of what we have
And I'd go through it all over again
To be able to feel this way

(Chorus - all)
Thank God I found you
I was lost lost without you (lost without you baby)
My every wish and every dream
Somehow became reality
When you brought the sunlight
Completed my whole life (whole life)
I'm overwhelmed with gratitude
Sweet baby I'm so thankful
I found you


(Chorus - all)
Thank God I found you
I'm lost lost without you
I'm overwhelmed with gratitude
My baby I'm so thankful
I found you

(Mariah)
I'm overwhelmed with gratitude
My baby I'm so thankful I found you


The Corrs ft Alejandro Sanz - The Hardest Day

One more day, one last look
Before I leave it all behind
And play the role that's meant for us
That said we'd say goodbye

One more night (one more night) by your side (by your side)
Where our dreams collide
And all we have is everything
And there's no pain there's no hurt
There's no wrong it's all right

If I promise to believe will you believe
That there's nowhere that we'd rather be
Nowhere describes where we are
I've no choice, I love you
Leave, love you wave goodbye

And all I ever wanted was to stay (all I ever wanted was to stay)
And nothing in this world?s gonna change, change

Never wanna wake up from this night
Never (never) wanna leave this moment
Waiting for you only, only you
Never gonna forget every single thing you do
When loving you is my finest hour
Leaving you, the hardest day of my life
The hardest day of my life

I still breathe (I still breathe), I still eat (I still eat)
And the sun it shines the same as it did yesterday
But there's no warmth, no light
I feel empty inside

But I never will regret a single day
I know it isn't going to go away
What I'm feeling (I'm feeling) for you
I will always love you
Leave, love you wave goodbye (love you wave goodbye)

And all, and all I ever wanted was to stay (all I ever wanted was to stay)
Nothing (nothing) in this world's gonna change...

Never wanna wake up from this night
Never (never) wanna leave this moment
Waiting for you only, only you
Never gonna forget every single thing you do
When loving you is my finest hour
I never knew I'd ever feel this way
I feel for you...

Never wanna wake up (I feel for you, I feel for you) from this night
Never (never, never) wanna leave this moment
Wainting for you only, only you
Never gonna forget (never gonna forget) every single thing you do
When loving you is my finest hour
Leaving you, the hardest day of my life...
Never wanna wake up from this night

Brian McKnight - Never Felt This Way

There will never come a day
you'll ever hear me say
that I want and need to be without you.
I want to give my all.
Baby, just hold me.
Simply control me.
'Cuz your arms, they keep away the lonelies.
[chorus]
When I look into your eyes
then I relize
that all I need is you in my life.
All I need is you in my life.
'Cuz I've never felt this way about lovin'.
Never felt so good.
Never felt this way about lovin'
It feels so good.
How it takes my breath,
starts a pounding in my chest,
makes me weak, when I think about you.
Makes me wanna give my all,
Life wouldn't mean a thing.
Not a happy song to sing,
just emptiness if I had to live without you.
[repeat chorus]
'Cuz I've never felt this way about lovin', darlin'
Never felt so good.
Never felt this way about lovin'
It feels so good. woo!


Usher-Separated

Oh no, no, no, no

If love was a bird
Then we wouldn't have wings
If love was a sky
We'd be blue
If love was a choir
You and I could never sing
Cause love isn't for me and you

If love was an Oscar
You and I could never win
Cause we can never act out our parts
If love is the Bible
Then we are lost in sin
Because its not in our hearts

So why don't you go your way
And I'll go mine
Live your life, and I'll live mine
Baby you'll do well, and I'll be fine
Cause we're better off, separated

If love was a fire
Then we have lost the spark
Love never felt so cold
If love was a light
Then we're lost in the dark
Left with no one to hold

If love was a sport
We're not on the same team
You and I are destined to lose
If love was an ocean
Then we are just a stream
Cause love isn't for me and you

So why don't you go your way
And I'll go mine
Live your life, and I'll live mine
Baby you'll do well, and I'll be fine
Cause we're better off, separated

Girl I know we had some good times
It's sad but now we gotta say goodbye
Girl you know I love you, I can't deny
I can't say we didn't try to make it work for you and I
I know it hurts so much but it's best for us
Somewhere along this windy road we lost the trust
So I'll walk away so you don't have to see me cry
It's killing me so, why don't you go

So why don't you go your way
And I'll go mine
Live your life, and I'll live mine
Baby you'll do well, and I'll be fine
Cause we're better off, separated