FUCHSIABOY

Monday, April 07, 2008

My fave dish at Kamasutra

Garlic naan

my fave vegetable balls in curry

fish masalah

lentil soup

moi, hay full na naman ako. Just finished swimming and i gained again what I lost. hay...

Reasons why I bought French Elle even if I don't know French

1. The cover of French Elle. Reminds me of the way Fabien Baron art directs Bazaar before. Actually, his first cover team-up with editor Liz Tilberis was of Linda Evangelista holding a falling 'A'.

2. Tilda Swinton feature.

She's a crush. Like Stella Tenant, she has this very masculine/feminine aura that I like.

And her fashion choices are so instinctive. I read she befriends the designer first for her to wear their clothes. I wanna be like that also. hehehe!

2. Hedi Slimane feature

Pout kung pout. Hedi has his own look, style and lay-out.

Swear, every Slimane feature feels like a Hedi Slimane directed piece.

Well, maybe because he does direct it and if it doesn't get Hedi Slimane-ized then it doesn't come out.

I need my friend to translate it for me. Basta, the title daw is translated into something like 'What Hedi says' or something like that.

Angkor Century dinner and then some...

We go to Angkor Century for the delicious Chinese food. For ambiance, you go somewhere else.

In fairview, they had some 'cultural dance shows'. Sa Iloilo I haven't seen native dances being performed in hotels for guests. I don't know if in Manila it's being done. Maybe, some find it 'baduy' or tacky but I think it's so nice that they are proud of showing it to guests. Even in dance clubs here, it's not unusual to have a totally techno set segueing to some traditional dance music and the locals doing their local dance.

Back home I find that we Filipinos are not proud of our culture, of how we do things. Coz, really there are some things that we should be ashamed about but then not everything Pinoy is tacky or baduy, kahit na masa pa ito.

I'm just impressed that Cambodians do things differently even if a lot of people think it is tacky, the same way I think Japanese are cool or the Belgians are so refined or the Swiss are so exacting. I'm asking myself nga, 'Why is it that I think it's cool when a Japanese does something crazy but I find it idiotic when a Pinoy does the same thing.' Hmmm... Am I too Westernized? Colonial mentality kicking in?

Another thing, a lot of my friends are willing to pay lots of money for an imported designer/artist versus a local designer/artist even if they produce the same quality of work. Why?

Cambodian styling. Are you going to call this 'fashion' if Marc Jacobs/ comme des garçons/ Louis Claparols calls this fashion?

Swimming

I've been addicted to swimming lately.

Here's our pool in the hotel.

During weekends i usually eat junk like this potato skin chips from TGIF, cheese cake and cream cheese. Yum! Also, Diet Coke or Sprite. Sugar overload. I argue that I burn it anyway because of my swimming. But I really need to lose a lot of weight pa. I still feel fat talaga. Hay...

Sometimes Fate comes with me to hang out. We check out what's the latest from Chuvaness, Flickr, Style.com, e-Luxury, etc.

moi

Crocs doing an Aiza Seguerra

Fixing the flat tire and random scenes

We had to go to this talyer (car shop).

The car has a flat tire.

Decided to take pictures of the scenes there.

It's quite normal to see kids being left alone while their parents do something not far behind. Yayas are not uso here.

Sivatha Boulevard, one of Siem Reap's main road. Most shops can be found here.

Saturday, April 05, 2008

LV sighting: 4 pochettes

Friday, April 04, 2008

Walking down Pub street

That iskirt! Louis Claparols 'Maharot' collection for Metrowear, isdatchu? Hehehe! Ging, if you are reading this please send me pix of your collection so I can blog about it. Congrats!