take (that!) ivy
old but still gold.
with all the rage on mad men, prep style has taken the rage. few weeks ago, saw some scans from take ivy, the ‘holy’ book for all things classic. from a continous lean,
In the late sixties, a forward thinking Japanese photographer traveled throughout the northeastern United States stopping at each of the Ivy League schools to document the style of the era. The resulting book, cryptically titled Take Ivy, is pure genius. The photo book was out of print until a few years ago when a small run was re-released, only to immediately sell out.
the book was sold at ebay for $1000 USD me thinks.
love the looks from the scans. clean, sophisticated, classic, inspiring. slim cut chinos, lots of penny loafers, button-down sport shirts, rugby shirts – materials im trying to stock well into the bloated wardrobes. clue: this look will not fade away to time. ever.
some pics from the trad.
hi, beautiful
2 weeks back, sarip read about teh release of the *ooh much delectable* olympus pen (cute) camera. items won’t be arriving to our shores until july, but ooh look what we have found here! 
i can assure you it is all worth teh money. it’s SMALL, compact, beautiful, handles surprisingly well, video quality quite satisfying even though there is no stabiliser and images are crisp. did i say it is small AND beautiful too?
if you want, get the package that includes the 17mm lens, as shown here. very prime lens!
oh and i like to show off the mpb just because. a mat MUST showcase his possessions. i need to repent, like right now.
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just HAVE to include this here too!
never can say goodbye
it’ll be a severe understatement if i wasn’t affected by his passing. it still has not sink in to me he is actually gone. i didn’t remember elvis, hendrix, lennon or even marley, but i grew up listening to mj. everything was mj to me as a kid. hell, even all the makciks, pakciks, neneks, datuks, cousins know mj. and this was the age before information was readily available. his impact was really huge, no doubt. and even though the last 20 years were mostly negative in the eyes of the public, i still thank him for entertaining me during those childhood years. it was good times, boogie.
and one of the best of all.
the king is dead, long live the king.
Bob Lefsetz says it best.
He missed his childhood and now he’s gonna miss his old age.
How fucked up is that?
Michael Jackson never had a chance. He had to succeed for his family, his parents’ dreams were dependent upon him.
And a boy with that much pressure delivers. He works truly hard, so he will be loved. That’s all Michael Jackson was looking for, love.
He wanted to be accepted. Wanted to be so good that he couldn’t be denied. But you can’t change family history, and the public no longer treats you as human, as an equal, once you break through. People want to rip you off or tear you down, or shower you in faux love that’s more about their unfulfilled desires than yours. It gets so confusing that you retreat.
Past and present, 1855 1901
of all days it has to be on that day. i think 1st august attracts showtimes fm outfits that i wanna see (but eventually didn’t). this is the 3 year in a row this had happened. :S
phoenix. august 1st. hockey rink in jakarta.
let’s see if things do not get in the way.
for more phoenix, here kitty kitty.
sunday morning
national runway cycling @ paya lebar air base. fun! sarip did ony 15 k while jaja and ain completed 45 k.
pot pot!
PEN
i’ve been neglecting “the camera berat” because i cant be bothered to lug it around. then again there’s another reason not carrying as much due to not wanting to be “stereotyped” to a whole posse of “the camera berat” gang whom i’m seeing are more looking at it as a “fashion” accessory rather than an instrument. yes, i am narrow minded like that. 
and have been longing around for a quality compact camera as much. lx3 was ok, but then again was waiting for something bettuh. then suddenly olympus came with the one above – the remake of the PEN series.
four thirds system. interchangeable lens. range view finder. bla bla bla bla bla. it’s like a dslr but without the burden and obviousness and garang looking. it’s petite, can fit into any of my bags (most important!) and classic looking. beautiful. teh bonus cant come sooner. if there is one anyway. boo. in case you’re interested, the history of the PEN.
dpreview has sampled some shots taken from the PEN.
the Olympus PEN E-P1 will be available in white and silver by next month at S$1,298 (body with 14-42mm lens) and $1,488 (body with 17mm pancake lens). better still, add about a thousand plus for that Zuiko 50mm F2.0 lens. *cries*
it’s not tv, it’s bho
finally. people should already STOP worshiping whatever barry is doing. i’m a celebrity, get me outta here!
u.g.l.y.
best comment so far from football365.
I’ve been away, so forgive me if this has been pointed out already, but if Manchester United were indeed to hold on to Tevez, and sign Franck Ribery, along with Rooney, would they have the ugliest strikeforce the world has ever seen? They would, quite literally, give defenders nightmares. Off the top of my head, only Iain Dowie and Matt Le Tissier in their Southampton days would come close to beating them.
The prospect of kids all over Manchester (well, ok, Surrey) waking up with those three mugs on their Man Utd duvets is surely enough to send the marketing bods at Old Trafford into a cold sweat. Say what you like about Beckham and Ronaldo, but they aren’t unattractive guys and their status reflects that. How can Man Utd compete on a global scale with football’s equivalents of Sloth from the Goonies banging in the goals?
Steve
insomniac doze
it’s been a funneh year so far. i’ve foregoned a lot of shows this year just because “wanting to save up for a trip but didn’t go in the end.” bloody swine.
but please hell no this gonna be missed (again!).
envy. kl. july 11th. via junk. i don’t know why, but i seemed to like to head to kl for shows. possibly of the cheap(er) vices. hehe.
waves!
tell me, what can google not do?
html5 will really kill off the os. not mr. os. he win.
tie breaker
more here.
i still prefer clay rather than grass. and women’s tennis is much more “mmmph”. even after beach volleyball.
double fault trus…
sidetrack last, life’s classic pictures are really beautiful. especially the americana ones. very fashion inspiring.
what else do you need to know?
really, what else do you really need to know when michael mann handles 2 heavy weights? hopefully, this will turn out like HEAT.
where amazing happens
espn / star sports here should really refocus on their sports programming here. they’ve (over) bloated with tons of useless football related shows with whom is ever interested in watching i dont even know. look. we are not interested to know about jamie reeves personal life. we dont care about those senseless football game shows. and there is a football cartoon called supa strikes too? plus, sportscentre here should just change its name to football centre when the programme shows football news three quarters of the time.
yes, i still ynwa and still yearns for pool (and practically the bucks end there). so-call the calling of my “roots” lah kan. (i am a child of the 80s and pool and football are the only source of “imported” sports we have at the time.)
but come on! enough with football related shows. (while we are speaking of it, can someone please plug off football crazy on the tv schedule too please? i cringe everytime i see jamie yeo on screen.)
please please please put on more nba at this time of the year for goodness sake. it is the playoffs time. hell, it’s already the conference finals now!. and the only tidbits that we have here are live games on weekend mornings.
i probably understand the reason why espn does not provide major coverage here due to a) major time differences (it is 12 – 14 hours difference instead of just 8 for english football. you can just recall the bane of watching USA 1994.) b) lack of sponsorships and c) lack of interest especially from the trash that is the new paper. (but even if all that is put into consideration, can espn really not telecast the delayed telecast of games? if they can show repeated football matches that we have jelak already, can they have the tools to actually show the un-telecasted games for those who are not able to watch in the morning? please?)
add in all the points above with the countless time outs that most people won’t bear to wait, it (can) be understandable of the lack of interest here.
but i beg to differ. try to catch it. the nba is now THE time to catch when there are so many franchise players plying their trade AT THE SAME TIME. the level of playing is so even now that you may not know which team can determine their output unlike football nowadays when only the richest of teams are able to dominate the game.
plus add in the really witty game analysis from the commentators. start with bill simmons. you will be amazed at the astounding knowledge and memory the guys have when discussing the game AND its historical versions unlike most football commentators we see regularly on our local tv who are just reporting on NOW and bandwagon on various inputs.
plus, how many times can we see last minute winning shot attempts game after game after game? 5 of the last conference finals games are decided by the last shots. don’t we just love last minute shots? i love it when games are going for the win all the time instead of just settling for draws which is now plaguing the state of football at the moment. there should not be ANY draws in sport games. NEVER EVER. it just spoils the thrill of games dont you think?
trust me. the nba now is really good that even newscasters cannot contain their excitement while live on tv. really.
(the reason why the newscaster wants to cancel sports illustrated subscription)
the shot.
SingaBoAr
“When we invest, we are investing for 10, 15, 20 years. You may look as if you are making a big loss today, but you have not borrowed money to invest. You will ride the storm, the company recovers, your shares go up.” – Lee Kuan Yew, Feb 2009 – via tomorrow.sg
oh how times have changed! so much for riding the storm. guess we are not good riders, aren’t we?
now dear dear oh dreary CPF, i do have a question. you’ve used OUR money to invest, divest, whatever vest and most likely you’ll increase our withdrawal age limit and most probably put in extra instances for minimum sum, will you give me my money back if i let go of my singaporean citizenship? i do have plans to move out of the country you see, because i don’t have much trust or believe in administrators whose running this conglomerate institution who actually intend to downsize a lot and outsource a lot and then blaming its own citizens not caring enough for themselves because they are picky in choosing jobs.
