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Thursday's screening was born from a conversation with a local photographer who runs his studio from a flatted factory on havelock road. A workspace for fashion photography and the venue for this months UPPRCUT screening.

The 2 films selected to be screened are chosen for their vivid settings, characters, and directional style, with provocative intentions to find inspirational material for photographers, stylists, and avid dressers alike.

feature film 1 @ 8pm: SURVIVE STYLE 5+
Japanese with English subtitles
Trailer on http://youtube.com/watch?v=sNJksW7SenE

feature film 2 @ 10pm (approx): SHORTBUS
Trailer on http://youtube.com/watch?v=H8A1dwEhSMY

Bring your own liquid relaxants and munch therapy. The nights format will be projected large on white wall. So bring a shoulder to lean on, and to share laughing moments with.

Thursday 3rd July 2008
8pm till late

LOVE Collection by t43 Jewellery
Conceptualised and designed by Nana Akashi (JPN) Serene Wong (SG), and Szufen Huang (TW).

Come and see the latest collection of t43 jewellery as the 3 girls interpret LOVE in their very own perspectives. The LOVE collection presents Mystique, Unspoken & Yearning.

Showcase:
28th March - 1st April 2008
Bonbonbazaar@RafflesCity Atrium Level 3
for the Singapore Fashion Festival

L-O-V-E – At any moment in time, there are people in love, out of love, swearing off love or searching for love. It brings both pleasure and pain, is intangible yet ever present. It seems to be in the air that we breathe and the water that we drink. What is this fascinating contradiction that manages to inspire and motivate; and yet remains a universal mystery? Imagine, if LOVE could speak, what would it say?

Since resistance is futile, this collection serves to take a light-hearted shot at shedding light on what Love is. In our typical fashion of producing 3 different design styles to each theme, you will find a mix of quirky pieces and elegant, minimal forms. Go ahead; wear them like a badge of honour!

www.t43please.com

Finally bought the super slim mac keyboard, makes blogging such a pleasure to type. I still await the technology for speech recognition data entry.

So It's one of those weekends where everything happens at a bottleneck timing and you just cannot spread your love far enough. It's Carrie's birthday at Zouk and she (aka Mom) is joining me in being 30, the new 20s in todays context of stressful survival in such an urban jungle. Well now the sole purpose of turning 30 in trendy-today is to get sloshed by (not with) the persistence of your best friends alcohol feeding right? This clever girl brought her a bladder bodyguard (boyfriend) who was half-timing every feeding attempt we cheered to. Dammit, should've gone with the idea to have her arrive wearing a pink sandwich board advertising a big candy-fat "30".

Bumped into Elspeth & Genevieve at Winebar too, in her feeble attempt at hello, Gen punched my over a decade old BCG spot like it was supposed to hurt.. well. Adding to already a lot of good feedback, they recommended trying out the foodies at Greenwood Ave tonight and I recommended they give me a lift there coz im not gonna take bus no.11 all the way there man. I was never a far out bukit timah kid. hmm. but with all these recommendations I could very well be converted. I'll just be the fickle aethiest in the land where food reigns over religion.

Anyway, It is also the night that Ling goes on stage at Dubliner's (the Irish pub) which is right next to my office but the timing was tight. Thinking back it's too bad I couldn't be there to let my ears be graced by her new sound, and her much missed original songs. She's the only one I know who has had her YouTube account yanked off and as my friend Adrian's theory goes, because someone hacked into her account and was parading YouTube as her stolen profile, and on the way got her famous too. How much of that is the truth? I dunno, but keep on keeping on girl! I wanna design your first Album.

What was interesting tonight was this little outfit organised party called "Are You Single-porean?" which was going on at the wee bit dodgy Rowell road along little india. Culprits are CandyKang, who made both HsiaoYing and Janet bartenders stressing out at the very crowded outcome thus constant long queue at the bar. This was one fantastic singles party I tell you. Among other DJs for the night, Rage played synth-pop from OMD!! a track which is bugging me now coz we couldn't find the vinyl cover, it could've been 'Souvenir', an appropriate tune to take home. Well-informed Cops gatecrashed too! the fella who reported us should join this Facebook group. Nevertheless, what was supposed to end at 1am (alcohol liscense) ended at 3am, excluding prata & mee goreng supper for the leftover singles! No no, no cops.
My first flyer design for Lunar was as I later found out, supposed to be cheesily cheena... like I was supposed to design the flyer like an ang pow style. I really think that I should not have volunteered to do this job, haha! I could very well have focused my time and energies on something else that'd make someone else a happier client. C'est la vie, we don't always get what we want.

Well, the weekend has landed, and Im to go be a Katong Kid wannabe again. Whilst in my search for new accomodation, a generous DJ friend has opened his Siglap home to me and my pool table for a friendly 600 good one$, so at least I have a good place to fall back on. Fortunate, my stars are aligned for future endeavours & smelly cheese.

AURUM fine dining celebrates Valentine's Day with a specially concocted menu at just $288 for two!

This is not only one of those 'Expensive but Cheap' situations I tell you, it's an exciting one because everyone of the 3 times that I've dined there, I have requested for a number of courses designed to my budget per head, and chef Edward has always managed to easily inject his 'off the menu' creations during the course of the dinner without distrupting the flow of the items. 5 Stars!

My colleagues stood up for this artwork today! Love'em for it. It was a debate to decide whether the cold-faced flat chested tranny looklike (some ppl thought so) should be replaced with just bouquets of roses.. I say she stays! I've got the hots for her :D there was chemistry.

So would you have thought that she was Saint Valentine? coz I put in only a little effort in trying to relate her to the headline. easy peasy doing up the halo versus all the other failed attempts trying to make smoke from chemistry flasks etc. Ryan! you should teach me some photoshop basics bro.

I wrote something at work yesterday... despite several remaining mistakes in the grammar, this revision better infuses the character of Aurum's interior atmosphere & culinary concept for a valentine's day  ad copy.

Next thing to do is to create an ad for the magazine & poster.

AURUM


St.Valentine’s Lab

Satiate in the flavours of culinary seduce this Valentine’s Day and rediscover the splendours of love & chemistry. Aurum presents a special 6 course dinner that will guide you and your significant other on a romantic journey through a medley of unique textures and aftertastes. And with Champagne accompaniment, it is gourmet grandeur at just $288 for two.

The set dinner comes with a complimentary MoS entry for a couple, a stalk of Rose and a chance to win attractive prizes!

MENU

Cannelure du Champagne Brut
Perception of sweetless. Dry flute


Oysters Tapas “Gillardeau”
PX Cold Glaze, Oscietra Caviar, Candy Lemon


Smoking Crustacean
Brocco-Flower Couscous with Citrus Flakes
Mediterranean inspired & Matcha Tea Froth


Cold Pressed Foie Gras Terrine
Ingot of Passion Fruits, Aspic of Vintage Armagnac
Period Truffles & Charred Leek Suspension


Fizzy Sicilian Tomato Consommé
Caprese Spheres, Basil Jelly, Soil of Olive Oil


Pan-Fried Red Mullet “Tapenade N20”
Ratatouille Parcel & Split Hazelnut Jus


Sous-Vide of Wagyu Beef Cheek
Red Wine Pear & Provencal Vegetables Delights


Strawberry Collections of 2008
A variety of strawberries, fashioned in different ways
To be shared by a couple

The Cannery @ Clarke Quay launches yet another concept club, but instead featuring Chinese singers backed by bands, traditional orchestras, and the bossanova beat. Check it out.
www.lunar.sg

Im getting bored amidst the excitement of our Lunar 'asian fusion club' construction phase when everyone else is buzzing among the all the stress-induced bitching in the office atmosphere. Bored of what I'm doing although I am close to completing two proudly satisfactory pieces of work for the Nectarie desserts menu.(5MB pdf) & the Barfly 'Live' Poster (above). Bored that I feel a slight urge to move on and try something else from what I am doing here. A thought already endorsed by a couple of friends. Well today is my appointment with a talent scout agency, not that I totally find them useful in placing me in my ideal jobs, it's just to get away from the office like I yearn to every other day. I'm all for long lunch breaks that intentionally merge with my tea breaks.

Quite a tongue twister for me. 'Punch Bob Square Specs' is a new look that I'm developing for myself, to accompany the sua ku reservist haircut. Quite a possibility in the near future at the convenience of the coming months salary. It shall most likely be glossy black plastic spectacles for the days when I don't feel like fiddling with my daily disposables.
In the past months I have gone through a 2-week reservist recall and seen a bunch of good movies but am totally lagging in updating this personal blog, and still I am procrastinating. But when it happens... soon enough, it will be entertaining.

I need to be fired.
mainly for giving free booze to clubbers by the jugs.
and helping to promote the forefronts of radical streetstyle.
also for spoonfeeding links to free music, hehe! (not like you don't know how to find it)
I sense with my sixth, that my upper management may not like me.
My next post, 'Designer for hire' :P
Otherwise, welcome to my facelift of club flyer formats that look nothing like Ministry of Sound or the Zouk formats I designed before. Thank goodness, even I was boring me. Heads up to Min (respekt) from JUICE mag, I promise to evolve from this although cut & paste is nobodys style.
Its also the very first 3 issues of DISCO.TXT spanning April to mid May.
You saw it here first, then on the streets.

My fellow Multiples, its been hectic & hazy. Yet! I have setup a +Pause site on multiply & done a couple of interviews with the featured local artists, Whitedogbobby & Krissie, so do check up on them both very talented girls.



Coming soon too is a new splash page for the MinistryofSound Singapore website that will be downloadable & accomodates small, medium, large or extra fat screen sizes, akan datang!

Before I catch my 10am Aeroline bus back to Singapore and head back to work before the day end, I promise myself to return to KL for the food, then friends! Yea in that order. Hahah!

Ida (http://philistine.multiply.com/) aced it by choosing Hotel Capitol (http://www.capitol.com.my/index.html) sitting right in the heart of Bukit Bintang. Not only is it central to the most popular shopping malls (only minutes from Sungei Wang shopping cmplx & Times Square) and people watching haunts, food is plenty and cheap, especially with Jln Alor just 5mins away through a shortcut across some blocks, and here I am putting down this entry in a 24hr provision shop just at the hotel front at S$1.50/hr, that also doubles as a very very well stocked magazine stand.

Friday night (immediately after arrival in KL) and Saturday we went to Zouk KL thanks to Desmond (their graphic designer) for guestlisting me on both days. Very surprised to bump into Yean at Zouk again since I last saw her at the Zouk KL opening years back and thought that she had already left the management team for some time. I remember Yean. The pint-sized 'go girl' who took the video crew & myself out to supper after the Zouk KL opening. She fed us well at Jln Alor which was quite a red-light district as well. Quite sleazy backstreet area but the food was good and everybody went there. Today Alor is quite cleaned up according to Mervin (http://merv.multiply.com/) as I walked along the streets again and some Chinese pimp with a limp tried to sell me pussy for RM250 for a Malaysian Chinese girl or RM200 for an Indonesian Chinese. Fuck off mister! Fuck off my face! I came to KL to makan.

Sunday I woke up like 2pm and got a RM30 cab ride down to meet Ariel (http://arielsit.multiply.com/) & Chester at One Utama mall in Petaling Jaya. Thank you thank you both for your company and bringing me around to SS2 for the food after that pasar malam that I cannot remember whereis. Ariel, it took 3 attempts before a cabbie agreed to drive me back to Bukit Bintang at the end if the night! It was RM25 this time. But yes as I said, I even had time to buy some gifts before the stores closed for a Sunday night. Anyway, this time HK milk tea, next time teh tarik proper as initially agreed, ok? Love'ya! Talk to you more on MSN when i get back.

So it was a rather interesting trip having hung out with more people than I had initially planned, and bumping into the sg bboys who jammed at MOS previously on a thursday night with bboy Felix. Surprised to realise that we were all checked into the same hotel, same floor, and only just 2 rooms away. There was plenty of cheap and good food this weekend. Found the 2nd Basheer Books out of Singapore and supported it buying a magazine off its stand. Glad that most people speak English here and were friendly like the first cabbie we had in KL, acting all tour guide and answering all my enquiries. Thanks to Adam for putting us up in his Suasana apartment on the first night, that place is wicked man! See you in Singapore soon aii? Also caught Judge Jules & DJ Blink (mo'Breaks!) & met Desmond & Cher briefly at ZoukKL. Caught up with Yean Ng at the Terrace bar and thank you for hangin' around and the wines! Thank you Mervin for tryin to get me into the new club Maison! Realised that there are no Hoegaarden Belgian White Beers in KL wtf !?! Chester, nice to have hung out with you & Ariel and met your friends and lecturers! You know who to call when you're in Osim, Singapore.

Cheers all! It's 6:22am. Thanks for the weekend.
In a matter of hours I'm headed back to Fucking Sunny Singapore! Thank goodness I got my Australian Mirool Creek Merlot 2003 to help me leave my Malaysian mates without despair!
Next stop, Koh Samui again (Barracuda BeachBar!) & Koh Phangan heheh!

Alright boys & girls. It's been a while since I last posted but who cares!
Got my skinny ass rehired to do Ex-Trim & Tummy-Trim products woohoo! A month in & I haven't had a single pill but a lot of diet cokes and late hours that prolly contributed to my slim & trim figure. Its the lifestyle I tell you. Alright its quite lame... I shall delete this post in a few days, right after everyone sees my new computer pictured below!

And Oh My God! I didn't do this but I put it through production. The Dance Nation 2xCD out in stores now! Rock influenced & electro clash remixes. If you see the TV commercial, remember, it has nothing to do with me too! My reputation in the design industry is sooo finished!

Good things ahead with the upcoming CD promoting the launch of the Balcony before December, and outdoor lounge concept on the side of the Heeren that is a bigger baby to us for now, until the next bomb is dropped by Clement (he's my daddy!).
Good thing already up in beta is the Ministry Of Sound Singapore microsite, so please don't go there until we complete it by Wednesday.

Wednesday also happens to be the day when my good bunch of jockeys spin for the love of http://www.ktone.fm at New Asia Bar. So proud for Ryan to have managed to kick us all in order to make this happen. Check the site for invites details because it's got something about 1-4-1 somethings all night long. Hmmm? Well, my sincerest tenks to AdrianTan(Soulja), DebbieChia(SecondMouse), Weili(PWL) for helping my good friend Ryan in realising his 'one nights worth'.

For those of you who take risks and gives a shit about new kids on the block, let us entertain you. Write in to Trashtalk@Ktone.fm and leave your full names for invites to automatically be on the guestlist at the door on the first level at Introbar. This event is at New Asia Bar. Level 71, Equinox Complex, Swissotel The Stamford.
Mi casa su casa, let our house be your house.

On the next day from the 15th-17th Sept I have secured an area at the 72-13 Gallery by Theatreworks. Its along Mohd Sultan. A chillout area has been dedicated to its 11m x 9m vicinity abd all I can say is that it will be   v e r y   c o m f o r t a b l e .
Somewhat to replicate this effect
Read the full event profile here http://www.ktone.fm/lasalle/
So if you're not invited, complain to the Theatreworks management for not opening this up to the public, or write in to me for your name to be on my guestlist. Just a few words of lipservice will do just fine.
So its like that. GreyArea presented by Modus Operandi :Sonar produced by myself and the good people below
http://www.ministryofsound.com.sg
http://72-13.com

Today is another exciting day and I have not slept from the day before because Im happy. Im happy that Calvin met Adrian and we all had a good chat, that Mervin & Devin volunteered to be our bartenders for the afternoon party, that Skye will be the murderer (shooting) at our afternoon party and he invited us to use his space, that I'm meeting new people in one concentrated afternoon session and we will all be happy with drinks & kontraband.

Ok I've managed to tire myself out typing this. See you soon my friends.

Posting this for a friend. 
An event I previously presented in among 9 other people.
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ROJAK 02 is coming round soon
We are here to invite you to submit on your latest works
and make a presentation on the next ROJAK!
Don't miss out. Don't be shy. Don't refrain.
Here is YOUR chance to tell the world
about YOUR design, YOUR ideas, YOUR creations.

For more details on what ROJAK is all about and how to submit,
go to http://www.post.fm/rojak/ 
Please forward this to all that you think may be interested.

Thanks
Torrance & KT
www.post.fm

It's bigger than Liquid Room, but rather small in comparison to Zouk but its futuristic design and concept outweighs our local heavyweights. Standing out in Bangkok's Sukhumvit area, this space pod welcomes you into its beds within its bright white interior. I finally visited Bed Supperclub after reading about it in Wallpaper magazine maybe 1 or 2 years back. Being on the tight schedule we only managed to go down for drinks on a monday night after dinner in the up an coming 'designer' Thong Lo area. Despite being the stereotypical mundane first day of the week, the club was packing up at about midnight and the 2 resident DJs were taking turns to spin some good funky house. Go learn more about Bed Supperclub online.

It's definately got my recommendation & I look forward to it in my future visits to Bangkok.
http://www.bedsupperclub.com

Well Nobody's Perfect.

http://post.fm/rojak/
I got myself into doing a 'standby your works' get-together organised by the good people at Post.fm. It happens right after my reservist period. It's called 'Rojak' to insinuate the variety of visuals on showcase on the night of June 10th. Definately looking forward to meeting new strangers & having rojak for supper. Starts 10pm & all are invited so if you're coming, do watch out for that dubious dude in black & a beanie by the food table downing rojak with wine.

http://frufru.net
It's an online store selling street apparel and accessories. Based in Singapore and setup by 3 cool chicks I know. Girl Flash from Zouk, the high priestess of darkness, and Tigerlily.

http://hk.initialdthemovie.com/index_en.html
1 Billion people hooked on the comic manga and anime since 1999.
It became an PS2 arcade game in 2003.
Starring asias A-list like Edison Chen, Jay Chou & Jordan Chan etc.
Initial-D. Japanese Drift racing. Coming to cinemas in 2005. By the directors of Infernal Affairs trilogy.

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/stealth/index.html
Since we are on the subject of speed. Soon we have STEALTH. From the director of 'The Fast and the Furious' and 'XXX'. Now he puts A.I. behind the cockpit. I'm definately watching for it. Check out the trailer with the link above.

http://jameskhing.multiply.com/photos/photo/4/33.jpg
The Scarlet Hotel ain't that new anymore if you are part of the Chinatown scene. But to many of you who tag yourselves as Orchard road, Cineleisure or Centerpoint kids! Here is a genuinely modern concept hotel with interior decor that doesn't stick to modern themes. So, something else for some of you.

It's been awhile. 'I've been busy with work' is the general excuse (hurhur) but along the way things have happened, thank * * * for that my life isn't a bore yet.

Last Thursday morning 9am onwards. Who keeps ringing on my mobile non-stop wtf?!
So it turns out 141Worldwide's (where I freelance) traffic staff was trying to get me to sit in for MC Guan who was on MC. Being a friend and all I agreed to step in after lunch to begin another short and sweet freelance stint. Yep, never a dull moment working with KimBully (copywriter) on Heineken Singapore projects. Yesterday was my last day there and to welcome Guan back to take over (once again) all the Heineken shit and to top it off, with spice like office politics, confused clients, incompetent account directors and tight datelines. Hang in there now Guan, can you smell your Bali trip coming closer?

Last Friday was cool because 3 things happened.
Deadlines first, oops-LATE-but-done-and-over-with, we have wine and cheese on 'Copywriter Fridays', weekend warm-up sessions with Camembert, Brie, bottles of supermarket red and white wines, office gossips, bitch-slap sessions (hosted by KimBully) and smart-ass copywriter jokes. This time I contributed a young Riesling from Wolf Blass so I didn't need to feel shy about eating somebody elses cheese.
Oh and the monthly DVD aunty came by today with the latest rips from Malaysia! New movies for my weekend WooHoo!
Friday night...
Well, Labyrinth's launch is now a 'has been' and the lead up to our test session (photos here--> http://jameskhing.multiply.com/photos/album/22 ) happened on the official night with some photos here on our Ad-hoc DJ, Ryan's multiply page:
http://artnarchy.multiply.com/photos/album/16
Thanks to Adrian (Soulja) and my dude Ryan... and Electro Simon, for driving the BOSE Subwoofers crazy for a night. I was already tired from a days work but that night kept me alive for a lot longer than my life expectancy. Thanks guys. Wanna make it happen again?
(shots of Labyrinth on Marcus's multiply below)
http://restless.multiply.com/photos/album/7

That was friday night. Saturday was our house warming which I didn't have time to invite many of my friends, but they still turned up anyway despite last minute information. Kudos to you all man, I can't help it if my friends were a bunch of supercool super-reliable people who couldn't let me down.
Looks like we have the German crowd which some of the people who turned up my German housemate didn't even know! We also had the pool hustlers who was teaching the girls how to shoot pool! We had other people and we also had rain! how fun, trapping everyone indoors so the headcount remained constant on the graph. Thanks to Marc & Keith for being the earliest to arrive! That was genuinely 'cool' ok my friends. Forget what they say about how cool it is to be 'fashionably late'.
Saturday night was a night of good stand-up comedy from Russell Peters and Poppadums & fish curry dip. Oh and leftover alcohol for the next few days (slurrr)

Monday and Tuesday = More work & deadlines. Some of you know the drill. Good news is that it's break time for me again as the freelance stint is up and I am transformed into a stay home dog-sitter once more. 3 cheers for the bummer!

Telepopmusik (TripHop/Alternative Pop) Thanks to KimBully for the headsup. Soundtrack of my life.
Note to all the uninformed people (even i'm late on this) not on the forefront of trip-hop music although a fan and maybe not knowing it. Telepopmusik has released A NEW ALBUM of 15 tracks, album titled 'Angel Milk', and yeah it's fuckin'xcellent chillout stuff. (See Album Cover)
Have a listen to the 24kbps preview mp3s:
http://catalog.allofmp3.com/mcatalog.shtml?group=2043&album=2&albref=18

And finally, to date.
Oh the devil was born today. Devin that is. See you tonight at the restaurant man. Happy 24th.
Lastly, today is Thursday, and let's say this in unison, THE WEEKEND IS COMING! And StarWars opens today too!

Timberlux Greenhaus saw a Saturday afternoon flea market brought to you by the blokes & princesses at Underground Movement (Who are they? You'll never find out!). The day was sunny and that probably killed much of the indoor temperature but it was still packed, so packed it took time get to the other end. So if you came hungry looking for food, you'll never make it to the kebabs at other end alive. But you have died among a visual extravaganza along the way. Overall eyecandy: 79% More pictures on:
http://www.undergrdmovement.com/fleaday.html

Oh! Housewarming is most likely around the 29/30th of this month. Bugger! BYO as usual, the starter kit of drinks and crisps and dips provided as usual, and also the usual unexpected screening subjects with or without the R(A) rating and its up to you to find out. Drop me a message & I'll confirm the date with you when it comes.

Ryan just put out a 61mins mix CD titled TWELVE2ONE
House music with punches! Ok i haven't really evaluated the mix yet but, but, but... I have faith in my Ryan! Hey read the full thread for yourself here and give his site more hits yea? http://artnarchy.multiply.com/reviews/item/1
Track Listing
(01) DJ GREGORY - Elle
(02) DJ CHUS + CEBALLOS - Iberican Sounds
(03) BOB SINCLAIR - Save Our Soul
(04) DENNIS FERRER - Sandcastles
(05) DJ GREGORY - Joburg Theme
(06) DEEP DISH - Flashdance
(07) RUNE - Calabria
(08) HESS + NICK - Beat My Tabla
(09) DJ CHUS - That Feeling
(10) SOUL CENTRAL - Strings Of Life
Put this up on Soulseek soon aii.

Recently setup my computer again because all the fucking Spyware got to the core of the system & slowed it down plenty. Set up my chat too and proud of it. So chat me up on MSN if you can alright. Just search 'JamesKhing' and yes, Singapore.