The biggest private art auction in history ended at the Grand Palais in Paris Wednesday night. The final sale of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé collection brought the grand total to 373.5 million euros, or $484.6 million.
These are the rat & rabbit fountainheads, currently being the object of controversy. China claimed that these [...]
Today was the first time that I officially sewed with a high-speed sewing machine! I was ecstatic!! For the first couple of seconds, I felt really COOL! (Like one of the designers in Project Runway)
The portable sewing machines that all of us (students) carry around are the regular speed sewing machines. The high [...]
Since I love reading and and I read many books in a week, I thought that it would be a good idea to post some of my selected book titles (books that are REALLY worth reading) here. I might even type up some of the key learning points too. Enjoy!
Some key learning points:
“Black swans” are [...]
My first assignment (in the fashion design programme) is just completed. We were to draw a fashion figure (with an outfit of course), and then stick our drawings onto a A3-sized photo collage/board of ideas to present an idea of where we get our inspiration from.
We were to use Faber-Castell Classic colour pencils, that’s why [...]
A hippopotamus and her children settle in for a nap at their enclosure at the Berlin Zoo. If we understand hippopotamus’ language, I guess these adorable creatures must be speaking in german! Ja, Ich liebe dich! Alles liebe zum Valentinstag!
Have a very happy Valentine’s day, everyone!!
(Photo: Time Magazine)
I was browsing through some articles from the Time magazine website, and found these pictures.
HYDRATION
These goats were drinking water at a point in the northeastern town of El Wak, close to the Somalia and Kenya border. Kenyan nomadic herders walk up to 28 miles with their herds every few days in search of water in [...]
We’re really having a blast in MR Chorus!
Our singing technicalities & sight-singing has seen meaningful improvement as Ivonne trained us rigorously every week. The songs we learned to sing started to sound really good! In terms of dancing, we have learned to familiarise ourselves with several ballet terms (passé, relevé, plié, tendu, sauté, etc). And [...]
Maha (our dear friend & my dentist) just sent us her home-made cupcakes. Aren’t they super cute? They’re actually very delicious too!
Little gift like this is really to be genuinely appreciated, for it shows people that you care :). Thank you very much indeed Maha! You’re really the sweetest dentist one could ever find on [...]
I wonder, how does it feel to be Jason Wu? How does it feel to be a 26-year-old designer whose dress was worn by the first lady (Michelle Obama) to the inauguration ball?
When I first saw his design (I think it was the Fall 2006 collection if I’m not mistaken), I thought he was brilliant [...]
