MOAR CORSETS!

Charmaine of Rarablack invited me to the exclusive launch of Corset Me and Lovely Legs mid April, and after my recent (but not really) post about my corset which i love love love.... Duh... of course I was going la.

So with great excites, I dressed up to go!

Back track, I was in Putrajaya for work, so what the heck, I'll just pop by cyberjaya for dinner with my McBonBon and play by ear after. According to the invite, Von was only allowed to come in after 10, but the event was from 9-10, where would she go in that hour? No matter, for her safety, I figured I'd ask Charmaine if Von could join because she would LOVE it....

So prepped up in Cyberjaya and headed over the KL....got lost abitla...as usual. KL noob D: but then...we were there!!!! and the following pictures are all thanks to Candy Girl Night : Launching of Corset Me ❤ & Lovely Legs at rara. unless stated otherwise Why? Because my lousy lousy camera on my phone....no has the flash. So canggih  but not flash. So useless at night D:

Charmaine was such an angel let Von join in the launch. Von is happy she gets to join, I am happy I have a teman :D I went there in my gold corset and a tutu skirt, Von wore her black corset top with jeans and a pink kebaya top ( My idea,hek hek) Most people weren't wearing corsets though, just the organizers...but just wait! Then, when we sat down we were given this :

Pretty much speaks for itself :D 

Another from my phone. the atmosphere the pretty lights of Werner's

Then the lovely LOVELY and so kind-hearted Charmaine spoke a bit about the brand, and an introduction to the event. 

Loving her emerald green corset ! With the lace, it's so classy! And this was the exclusive party for the launch :

I'm that flash of gold right at the back, or...most right. Von Von is the pink one beside me :D

Anyway, I was quite excited to hear more about corsets and Corset Me... And Jaycee was the woman on the job!

Here she is giving the educational history check on corsets and it's influence in fashion. I definitely learnt more about it's backstory and more importantly, how to maintain it :p, definitely needed to hear that. And it was just Corset Me, there was Lovely Legs too! Never have i seen so many attractive, eye -catching funky leggings in one place! So tempting!

They had everything from stars to stripes, prints to patterns! basically everything and anything that wasn't plain and boring. Like i said....SO TEMPTED!

And then, I love this part... the corset demonstrations. She showed us the different types of corsets, with their different elements, pros and cons. And and and and... HOW TO WEAR THEM! So exciting!

This was the large front clip ones. She gave the blow by blow of putting it on, especially if you're on your own, as you remember my struggle of going it alone.

Very pretty models D:

Lace 'em up!

It was a shorty session but very informative. After that we went to check out the corsets on sale, and i had to grab a shot with Jaycee

Loving the purple ensemble !

btw, we got fooodddd!

from my cammie. Not to sound jakun-la but these were pretty good!

Girls, shopping and corsets.Inseperable. (from my phone) There! Von Von doing the evil deed...which she blames me for :( *draw circles in a corner*

Photo Session....easy to get carried away :p

Made a new friend... ARYSTLE! :) The hottie in red ;)

Some of us were already in corsets, so the ones that weren't decided to join in the fun and pull on one too, and boom :

Corset US :p ( iknowiknowverylame,don'tshootme)

This Mah Von,gettin her corset on! Love the red!

So as you saw

this one is from my phone. by candle light... sexy much?

We kinda had free flow drinks all night, but if yu went to the counter you had to redeem it with the coupons. So, i used one... but i didnt get to use the rest cuz i was tired :( but we did do the photoshoots!

There was a small set up in the corner where you could pose with the props prepared and use the adorable stickers too! i don't know why i didn't use the stickers D;

my cam. Girls taking turns to have their shots taken :D

So what turned out on camera?

looks awkward :(

MAI COTTON CANDEH

My fav shot. i know the ear muffs seem out of place but it's adorable, so there!

THIS MAH HOT HOT MCVON VON

MOAR. 

Ahem. after that we hung out a little longer at 21... but gettin old adi. Cinderella's carriage turning into pumpkin... had to leave at 12...so pooped. 

All in all, I had loads of fun... We got goodie bags after liking all the pages, but for the life of me. i don't know where the pics are! *mope*

ONCE AGAIN! THANK YOU CORSET ME AND RARABLACK! so teh awesomes :D

But till then... TOODLES!

Dead man calling.not really.

Last Thursday I had the opportunity to catch Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cellphone @KLPac. Based on the klpac webbie, this is the gist of it :

Jean is sleepwalking through her life until she answers a dead man’s cell phone. It turns out to be a wake-up call that sends her on a date with the dead man’s brother, a drinking binge with his wife and a mysterious rendezvous with his mistress. Not to mention trips to the afterlife and the black market. In this quirky modern adventure, Jean re-connects to her own spirit and learns that life is for the living.

She’s picking up the missed calls he left behind.

 A response:

“… is a mad pilgrimage of an imagination as it is invaded and atomized by the phone, which transforms private as well as public space.” — John Lahr, The New Yorker

So after collecting the tickets, my friend and I headed inside to wait. Honest truth? This was my first time in klpac. Amazing but true D: Of course I was in semi-jakun mode while trying to look cool and calm.( pat on the back, I think i pulled it off pretty well :P) 

Obligatory shot with board + complimentary pass.

Outfit:

Grey dress : Random boutique

Blazer: Online

More insight to the show

Anyway,  how did it go?

It was engaging from the start, with Alexis Wong as Jean, getting the ball rolling.  The quirky quips and the transitions from scene to scene were deftly delivered and smoothly executed.  What else was marvelously executed... my personal favourite.. the awkward family dinner scene. I found the uncomfortable awkwardness absolutely hilarious as I can relate to it. As I mentioned earlier, personally...that's what I think. The awkward, poignant, heavily pregnant pauses between premeditated conversations helped emphasize the extent of Jean's intentions. I couldn't help but laugh every time it happened.

Everyone's delivery of their dialogue was mainly clear and crisp, although I did have slight difficulty catching Alvin Looi's ( Gordon/Dead Man) monologue at first. Must have missed out bits and pieces of dialogue here and there :( My loss, I guess. 

There was just so much to take from it, where do I start? Jean, complacent and passive until the phone and everything to do with it enveloped her and truthfully it's amazing how our brain works to pacify someone else. Lies, white lies come so easy, a mechanism that kicks in so easily, and you wonder if you should feel guilty. She takes it upon herself to delve into Gordon's business and undertaking even in his afterlife, without actually having been asked to verbally.

In all her floating around in life, never would she have imagined meeting someone like Dwight. In all her awkwardness, she would have never imagined the rabbit -hole she fell through. Meeting sombre-coloured relatives of the deceased, she delved into more than she would have imagined that could begin with a  simple bowl of lobster bisque. I connected with her at some point, seeing her need to give a bunch of strangers hope, even though woven with little white lies. She was willing

It made me sigh contentedly, seeing innocent romance bloom, and how the most skeptical people could be softened with just a small gesture. 

Then there's The Mother. Payal Vashist's portrayal of Mrs. Gottlieb was spot on the impression of any over-bearing mother/ mother-in-law, the kind who favours one son of the other. I bet someone you know has a mom like that. You can imagine her anguish, losing a prized son in the most unexpected manner and timing. I liked the literal "higher-than-thou" take on her personality when meeting Jean for the first time. She has that absolute Mother of all demeanor about her, in the way she handles her grief and is sensitive about her cooking. 

I also really liked Hermia's skepticism towards Jean's intentions and her relation to her deceased husband. Typical cheated on wife. at the same time, i admire her determination and soft spot for sentimentalism. She loves him out of an unwritten obligation. It was comical the way she opened up to Jean after a few drinks. And all this over a cell phone?

I loved the part where Gordon, post-life talked about his last day alive. About how not everyone needs to carry an umbrella, as one umbrella can cover three people. and with the amount of people in the city, you'll be constantly shaded in the rain, in a way extremely connected. That's how life feels nowadays, at least to me, the networking, the 6 degrees of separation more intriguing than it used to be. And yet, how disconnected we really are. In the digital, wireless world, we seem to be so wired and fused together, but reality check, we really are worlds apart. And yet, technology is irresistible. Jean proudly claims she doesn't have a phone so she could not 'be there', but when the opportune moment of a connection arises, she cannot let it go.  There's a hunger to connect, to the extent of meeting people through people she's never known. Mama always says to not talk to strangers, but I'm sure at some point we all connect to the urge to forge a connection to the unknown. That hunger to connect, ironically cuts off real life connections.

I myself am guilty of burying myself in my Facebook mobile while having dinner with friends and doing what? Oddly (or not) enough, chatting on Fb. I always ask myself why, but it happens. Good time to get the cerebral cogs working.

There was so much depth to the script and I must give a hand to the executors, job well done in conveying the underlying theories.

And I'll finally wrap this up now.

Sold on SOLD.MY

I recently attended SOLD.MY's Grand Launch held in Gecko Bar, PJ Trade Centre, unsure of what to expect as I had very little knowledge (or understanding, too deng sometimes D:) about it. I was very much curious to find out how it worked as i couldn't really grasp the concept by just reading alone ( that's just me really D:)

I was there with the company, so, I was more of helping to set up and pack goodie bags and do the registration. PROOF :

Picture credit to Jinyin of  chriscjy.blogspot.com
I helped ohkayyy????

And as I really didn't know what was what, I was fueled with curiosity. 

This greeted the participants of the launch. Think red carpet.

The restaurant was closed to the public after lunch to host this function, which meant we had the place to ourselves. No being shy about fully utilising this space for pictures :D Anyway, first things first, registration. Each participant was given a goodie bag each. (yay!)

Said goodie bag, horrible picture though :(

Inside the bag :Sticky candy and a mug!( with a little spoon)

Also came with a pamphlet explaining the concept of Sold.MY but I misplaced it :(

It says SOLD.MY!

Participants were encouraged to tweet with the @SoldMY hash tag.

Stuff up for grabs on Sold.MY. Definitely the attention grabber. 

 From Blackberries to Tiffany & Co. Jewellery, you name it they had it. 

Once they got you wanting it, it definitely got you paying attention to how  Sold.MY works, because you can get it cheaper there! Crazy cheap! And from what they were saying, all you need is luck and strategy ( and of course cash to start it up )

Participants were given the low -down of how Sold.My worked.

The event was hosted by Mei Sze, who got the participants up and alert.The upbeat, concise and lively session was conducted by the team from SOLD.SG and they really got the point across.

The media men covering the event.

So anyway, what did I learn about Sold.MY ?

As you saw the items in the picture somewhere up there, they're all brand new, up for bid, starting at RM0.00. You need a token to make a bid, each token costs RM 1.50, and every bid increases the current price by 15 cents, the current time by 20 seconds. When you first sign up, you are given 7 tokens free!

So the gist of it is, be the last bidder as the clock times down to 0:00:00, and the item is yours for the price stated there! Easy, peasy lemon squeezy!

The challenge of the deal is to actually fight your way up with other bidders and the strategy of bidding. The trick as we were told, was to use the auto-bidder to "fight" for us. What is that? It's a function you can customize to kick in after a certain time, and to throw in bids within the time limit set and it will all be done without you having  to be there physically to hawk-eye the counter. 

 They really had a wide range of items, i saw speakers, headphones, iPhone docks and I had my eye on a Yoda thumb drive(too cute!!).Hot items like iPhones and Blackberries could go up to 5 hours wait time, while the smaller, less "hot" items could go off in much less. Safe to say, pick your battles wisely ;)

How I learnt this? 

They actually set up a mock demo with the site running and participants with their laptops, so we got to see first hand how it looks like and how it works. Pretty interesting to see how it went. 

Sold.Sg member explaining with objects the concept of the site.

So this being the media launch, the media were treated to a "private" media-only bidding session later than night! I wasn't free to take part but I heard loads of people won lots of goodies :) So much cheaper than buying it from regular stores. Lucky ducks! 

The entire session was short and concise, where most questions were discussed over the early dinner buffet. The Sold.Sg team was friendly and amiable, they answered all questions and explained in detail about the concept and usability of the site. Then again, everything works better during food-time :P 

Really yummers, was too busy eating to take up close shots of the food. 

Obligatory cam-whore shot.

With Jason and Jinyin

Did i mention they had a pretty cool hammer mascot thing?

Disclaimer: No Sold.sg members were hurt during the shooting of this picture.

pic creds : chriscjy.blogspot.com

Outfit :

Grey long sleeve skater dress : Kitschen

Pink Belt : Bazaar@subang parade

Shoes: Boutique @Puchong

And remember the "red carpet" area outside?\

pic taken from Advertlet's Facebook ;p

That concludes this post.

(now, lunch)