Products for Men

Feel oncoming sickness, so I'll be out of commission for this post.

In the meantime, check out Heineken's Walk-in Fridge follow up - Men with Talent (a la Britain's Got Talent). Not as good as the first (I could see myself happy over a walk in closet, but not so much over the next episode of American Idol or Dancing with the Stars) but still fun. [Found through SN~]


Or watch an 11 year old redo the Old Spice commercial. I feel slightly weird that an 11 year old is saying this but the props are excellent. [Found through CD~]

Currently listening to: Name (Goo Goo Dolls cover) - Tyler Ward, One Less Bell to Answer/A House is Not a Home (Glee cover) - Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison, This Language - Stateless

Dreaming Chocolate Cake

Lots of rain today put an end to the nice sunny streak we were having recently.

You may remember the little boy surfing in the bedroom photo, and I finally found the rest of the set through mememolly > designaside. Check out photographer Tim MacPherson's nice series (with a bonus one of a boy eating chocolate cake cuz that's what I wish I was doing right now).

YT updated its video box look.

Kaoiro - Library date stamps turned emoticon generators. [Source: Today and Tomorrow]


Yay Glee! My favorite part, featuring Artie (Kevin McHale), from this week's ep.

Currently listening to: Fire Bomb - Rihanna, Poison and Wine - The Civil Wars, and Ordinary Day - Melanie Penn

Another Reality

Kitteh. My lonesome cat by closer21 on Flickr. [Source: She Never Knew]

It would be so cool to visit Socotra Island of Yemen someday. Click through to see mbv travel's collection of pics. Photo, Adenium obesum var socotranum, by Jan Vandorpe on Flickr.

Iron Man 2 and Marvel roll out an augmented reality app that lets you suit up. Check out I am Iron Man 2. Movie drops this Friday. [Source: Contagious]


Yay! I saw this Standard Chartered TVC run last week but couldn't find it on the interwebz. Thanks to JD~'s tip, here it is! Fun typography art direction. It's good to see banks stepping out and doing good engaging work. Here for Good


Been feeling a bit meh for awhile so my blogging is sorta off.

Currently listening to: Firebomb/Take a Bow (Rihanna cover) - Shan Malaika

Fast Moving

A couple days ago, I was thrilled to see that BuzzFeed has its own section dedicated to turtles, TurtleFeed.
Tiny turtle! [Source: TurtleFeed >> We fell down so many times]

They should have one of these in Hong Kong, but instead of tourists it should be people who talk on their cell phones/play PSP/strollers in that other lane. Who is faster - Hong Kongers or New Yorkers? Prob the latter cuz HKers are too distracted. [Source: mememolly]

Currently listening to: Hold Still - Sleeping at Last, Overboard - Justin Bieber ft Jessica Jarrell, and Dayvan Cowboy - Boards of Canada

Itty Bitty Living Space

A little shout out to the home city today.

A rant about current HK men's hairstyles and FB profile pics. Made me laugh, but it may be a little slow for non-Cantonese speakers because there is unfortunately no English (I watched the vid without sound to see if you could get his gist with only visuals). F4 shoutout! [Found through BC~]


World's Greenest Homes does a small segment (please ignore the cued kitschy music and horrible font - Bradley Hand, really? -in the beginning) on Hong Kong architect Gary Chang. Killer design that's also environmentally friendly. Moving walls make this 330 sq ft space a sweet bachelor/bachelorette pad. Brilliant. [Found through JP~ > Doobybrain]

Always a Woman - Lovely faux-continuous shot ad for UK retailer John Lewis by agency Adam & Eve (London). [Found through MD~]

NY Times article: More American Expatriates Give Up Citizenship [Found through CO~]

Currently listening to: Unmade - Sleeping at Last (new mv release), Hurricane - Needtobreathe, and She's Always a Woman - Billy Joel

Ready to Travel

Lovely Carolina Herrera piece from her wedding dress collection. Check out Style Me Pretty's full gallery. Photographed by Matthew Grazier. [Source: Style Me Pretty]

mbv travel's list of ten lost cities of the world that you can still see. Ooo, world roadtrip! [Source: Justin Hook]

Archive II - Very cool circular bookshelf by Copenhagen architectural shop David Garcia Studio. This pieces tackles the question: "How can an individual travel with it’s own library, given that books are so heavy?" [Source: Like Cool]

Del Sol's color changing nail polish that becomes another hue in the sunlight. Before and after shots. [Found through EM~]

With the mess of repercussions following the Southpark Muhammad controversy, it's kind of sad to see everything become so dehumanized (on both sides). Found this spoken word piece, For the Love by Boonaa Mohammed, through a post. Although I don't share the same beliefs, I still found this quite beautiful at parts. It certainly made me learn something. Listen.

Currently listening to: Intro - The XX, Light Outside - Wakey!Wakey!, and Come Talk to Me (Peter Gabriel cover) - Bon Iver

Sweet Dreams

Closet - Great TVC for Stride gum by JWT. [Found through BK~]


Just when I thought KFC's Double Down couldn't get any worse, Top Cultured combines it with Krispy Kreme's glazed donut for ultimate artery clogging goodness. Ugh.

Lovely colors and yellow shoes! bench monday ~ sunny shoes edition ~ by Heather Pauline on Flickr. [Source: Creature Comforts]

Currently listening to: Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap piano cover) - AJ Rafael, Gravity (Sara Bareilles cover) - Jenny Suk and AJ Rafael, and I Need a Dollar - Aloe Blacc

Syrupy Serenade

Gorgeous weather today in Hong Kong. I hope you all had sun where you are in the world!

Yeo's grass jelly drink goodness. Sweet, syrupy, and a staple drink from high school. There are little jelly bits. Don't be scared off by the dark color. It might not be for everyone but I think it's really yummy. Makes me miss TC~, HW~, and PY~.

I had to buy new socks today, and the label even includes ingredients! 80% cotton and 20% spandex. Nice!

Send your friends a sweet sweet song through the Serenading Unicorn. Juicy Fruit's newest. [Found through TK~]

I'm not a big Winnie the Pooh fan but I've been eyeing this Disney Pook-a-Looz plush Piglet for a few days. They have a whole collection, so click for more. [Source: The Daily What]

I also like the Kermit!

Lovely art direction for YMCA spot Questions by TBWA\Vancouver.


Reposting Glee's Like a Prayer, but this time with the mv, cuz I've been listening to the track on repeat the whole day. Kurt (0:52) = amazing. Vid is inverted to avoid copyright. Skip this if you hate the show. Feel free to dance if you love it.

Currently listening to: We'll Be a Dream - We the Kings ft. Demi Levato, All This Time - OneRepublic, and Every Time I Close My Eyes (Babyface cover) - AJ Rafael, Mark Mejia, Albert Posis

What I'm Watching

Happy Earth Day, everyone!

"Most harm that comes to the Earth comes from ignorance." - From Adam Werbach's Birth of Blue speech

The sky was gorgeous tonight at dusk.

Been enjoying some new music. Yay!

Glee's Madonna episode (that aired yesterday) left us with this gem. Brings back memories of C~. Like a Prayer is a personal favorite.


WongFu Productions pumps out another great mv. Lovely cinematography and look. The girl is stunning! Small language warning.
When We Say (Juicebox) by AJ Rafael.


The XX's new mv for Islands.


Lin Yu Chun (who rocked Whitney's I Will Always Love You) and William Shatner cover Total Eclipse of the Heart on Lopez Tonight.


Giant Amazonian river turtles laying their eggs. The largest freshwater turtles. Those are big little guys! Great shot of their heads above water at the beginning.

Saying goodbye to LOST. This made me sad. The end is near, and you guys will no longer have to put up with my posts about the show (also a sad thing).

Currently listening to: 4 Minutes (Madonna and Justin Timberlake cover) - Glee, Dead Flowers - Miranda Lambert, and Unloveable - Babybird

Versus

(post for Wednesday)
Guys poke fun of the girls and vice versa. Members of NYC sketch comedy group Harvard Sailing Team butt heads. Warning: some language. [Found through JS~]
Boys Will Be Girls

Girls Will Be Boys


Was having a bad case of hiccups last night and found Adam Bjerk's remedy on Get Rid of Things - Massage the upper, back part of the roof of your mouth. And it actually worked. Usually I have to hold my breath and gulp down a gallon of water with 70% success rate. I almost want hiccups again to see if it was a fluke or really works.

"Holding a grudge is like swallowing poison and hoping it poisons the other person." - Mark Goulston [Source: Yahoo! > Forbes]

Manet vs. Monet. The Showdown of a Couple of Centuries Ago by Lee Bretschneider on Flickr. [Source: The Daily What]
If it were up to me, it would be Manet, no contest.

Currently listening to: Unraveling - Sevendust and Just Say It - Sleepthief ft. Kyoko Baertsoen

Snacks and Superheroes

Snacking otters, FTW!


While at Java Holloway's first birthday party, Jorge Garcia (Hurley) learned (from a LOST crew member) how to properly eat a cupcake. Frosting sandwich! Good even for those who like their sweet icing at a minimum like me. [Source: Dispatches from the Island]

Creepy or girl power? Popular male superheroes depicted as female, many by Portal Comic on deviantArt. The Teenage Mutant Turtles were too much. Or perhaps a perfect example of female hyper sexualization in comic books/animation. Click through to see the gallery. [Source: BuzzFeed > Swedish Bed]

Nice footage of the Icelandic volcanic eruption. Everyone is worried about flights being grounded in the UK but I haven't heard any coverage on air quality for the poor people in Iceland. I know it must be horrible. [Source: Like Cool]


Australian musical comedy trio The Axis of Awesome demonstrate that all the great pop hits in the past 40 years use the same four chords. Brilliant. Points for including Toto's Africa. Warning: some language. [Source: The Daily What]

Currently listening to: Amazing - Alex Lloyd, Hey, Soul Sister (Train cover) - Billy Simons, and The Getaway - Athlete

Static

Russian Blues! [Source: The Daily What > Reddit]

Gorgeous shot of lightning (caused by static electricity from the ash) over the Eyjafjallajokull Volcano taken by scientist Marco Fulle. [Source: Found through JH~ > NY Post]

Today was a hard day.

Currently listening to: Goodnight, Moon - HeyHiHello, Letters From the Sky - Civil Twilight, Sticks and Stones - Jonsi (from How to Train Your Dragon OST)

Dragons and Ash

Gorgeous photos of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Taken by Ulrich Latzenhofer on Flickr. [Source: Found through The Big Picture > Flickr 1, 2, 3]

Andy Borowitz from Huffington Post attributes the volcanic black smoke to Flocke/MiB. Tika tika tika.
Volcanic Ash Cloud Turns Out to be Finale of LOST [Source: FYL]

Yay tram!

Finally (finally) got to see How to Train Your Dragon recently. I'm probably the last person to watch it, so I won't put up a review. Toothless is indeed adorable. I loved it, and it was excellent in 3D (and you guys know how I feel about 3D). Take note, you movies shot in 2D and remastered into 3D (Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans). [Photo sources: Trailer 1, Trailer 2]

Random cute of the week: Baby red eared slider turtle! Too cute. Photo by nao☆ on Flickr. [Source: That Girl]

Currently listening to: You and I Both (Jason Mraz cover) - Sam Tsui, Velvet - The Big Pink, and Slow Dancing in a Burning Room (John Mayer cover) - Tyler Ward