Funny Video #7: Why you should buy your girlfriend a Wii Fit?

Last Christmas, my mom was supposed to buy me Wii Console, but instead she didn't because I wasn't like my brother who keeps on tingling her ears about buying the new PSP silver model. My brother got his Christmas gift and I did not. I wasn't entirely sad because I have a nintendo DS in my room to play with. But this video, makes me think twice if I should have forced my mother to buy me a Wii Console where you can apply a Wii Fit. This is the best thing since slice bread... and you should have your girlfriend do the hula-hoop. She'll drive you bonkers.



In Canada, a place where almost everyone gets fat, should invest in this. I think it boosts sex life. Cheers to more sex!

Now, if you're a girl (or gay or straight curious) try watching this former playgirl model do it in a thong.



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Pacman never fails!

I know I'm late with the news. It was Canada Day yesterday, July 1, where I exceptionally embarassed and humiliated myself to the tune of Ati-atihan drumbeats and whistle. I was leading the Filipino Association of New Brunswick being the sound of the whole contingent. I was a one man show for sounds.

While walking during the parade, Jerome shared to me the news about Pacquiao. He told me Pacman won in the ninth round TKO. My response was, "Man, how could I miss the fight?" I was actually noting that fight in my journal that I SHOULD watch it. I even read Pacquiao's wikipedia entry for confirmation. However, I think I was already expecting him to win. I'd be more surprised if he freakin' lost to that wimp. Pacquaio winning is not much of a news now. With him losing makes me more excited about the idea, but, I don't want it to happen. Never! Of course, I'm Filipino! Keep the Pinoy Proud Pacman!

My problems with Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood is a fashion legend. But what happened? Perez Hilton's remarks on his blog just said it. What is up with the plus sized hairy models. Is she setting up the new trend, or staging the old trend that she is planning to come back: the stubble facial hair and the hairy old folk chest?

At least she gave Sarah Jessica Parker her wedding dress for Sex and the City then I'm fine with anything. Still, she's weird like Yohji but I like Yohji. Designers are weird.

[Photo: New York Magazine Fashion]

Quotes Redesigned #1

Discipline is the best medicine.

If "laughter is the best medicine, wouldn't you go crazy?" The sane depletes and the mind disintegrates: no focus!

No party at Embassy.

Embassy Independence Day Party said:


The right to party. The right to get drunk. The right to stay sober. The right to puke. The right to mispel wurds. The right to take a shit. The right to play. The right to care. The right to give a damn. The right to be repetitive. The right to celebrate. The right to surf. The right to be right. The right to murder bloggers in their sleep. The right to suck. The right to spit. The right to swallow. The right to sleep. With anyone, anywhere. The right to be gone in the morning. The right to a one night stand. The right to break hearts. The right to be vain. The right to call in sick. The right to sing. The right to shop. The right to wear Gucci. The right to get hot. The right to smoke tobacco. The right to smoke bacon. The right to vote. The right to chat. The right to lie. The right to left. The right to grow hair. The right to make love, not war. The right to be inspired. The right to be gay. The right to rock n’ roll. The right to sing in the shower. The right to fake an orgasm. The right to make a difference. The right to be free.

Ministry of Fun invites you to celebrate 110 years of Philippine independence at Embassy.

Countdown begins 11 June 2008 11:59 pm

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My message after Embassy was closed:

Where art thou is the right? My right to go to Alchemy Manila.

See related articles at Manila Standard and Philippine Daily Inquirer.

[Photos from Jenni Epperson]

My problems with Yohji Yamamoto

Milan Fashion Week Men's Wear has totally blown my mind. I can't wait to see if Paris Fashion Week Men's Wear can match the excitement. I also can't wait to see Viktor and Rolf Collection.

I am currently viewing and reviewing the presentations of Milan. I will tell you my favorite collections tomorrow. Anyway, what is up with Yohji Yamamoto? I do not understand the non-conforming non-mainstream presentation. I wish someone can explain to me.

Tim Blanks interviewed him backstage and Yohji said that his collection is about happiness: "My message, let's be happy." However, I am on the low key just by watching his collection. What's up Yohji?

Obsession of the Season: Oakley Frogskins

Oakley Frogskins are the best limited edition sunglasses that I have ever seen! I want to have them all but only 3000 are made and will be distributed worldwide. So is this goodbye plane ticket... hello oakley frogskins? Check out some of the colors:
Oakley Frogskin Dalmatian Grey Lens
Oakley Frogskin Matte Grey Grey Lens
Oakley Frogskin Matte Red Grey Lens
Oakley Frogskin Polarized Black Grey Lens
And my favorite is the Neon Yellow Fire Iridium Lens. So cool!


[Photos by Konasports]

GQ: The 50 most stylish men of the past 50 years, 4/10

...and what you can learn from them.

Part 4 of 10


Photo: Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos

Malcolm X

After six years in prison, Malcolm X emerged a completely changed man—not least in the way he dressed. Whereas he once ran the streets in a brightly colored zoot suits—the hustler’s uniform—he now wore sober, monochromatic suits with narrow lapels and skinny ties, often topped off by stingy-brimmed fedoras. “As a minister in the Nation of Islam, you had to present yourself in a certain way,” says Ruth E. Carter, the costume designer on Spike Lee’s 1992 bio-pic. For Carter, who tracked down the artisan who made his star-and-crescent ring (“He wanted to show people he was pure in his faith,” she says), Malcolm X’s style was consistent and transparent, a window into the substance of his character and message. “He believed that if you present yourself with respect, then people will respect you—and that’s what he did. He gained the respect of millions.”

• A short-brimmed fedora is heroic and hip. And you might have noticed, they’re also back in style—whether in wool (for the winter) or straw (for the summer).


Photo: Topham/The Image Works

Yves Saint-Laurent

In 1954, a wool-trade group held its design contest in Paris—a sort of Project Runway for the ’50s—and the winner of the dress category was a shy, gangly 18-year-old from Algeria. He was tall and slim, almost hiding behind his creation in a skinny suit and wire-framed glasses. But the competition’s prestige helped get him a job at Christian Dior, and that was all Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent needed. In three years, Monsieur Dior, France’s most cherished designer, was dead at the age of 52, and Saint-Laurent, at just 21 years old, took the reins. He found some aggressive horn-rimmed glasses and, after his first collection, was hailed by the French press as the savior of haute couture. Saint-Laurent ultimately asserted himself as his own brand. He loosened his collar, relaxing into hashish and caftans in Marrakech, and by 1971, in ads for his men’s cologne, he even posed nude. His hair had grown out, but he looked right into the camera, wearing nothing but those signature glasses.

• Find a signature item and stick with it. Saint-Laurent wore a version of these bold glasses throughout his career.


Photo: 1978 Sanford Roth/AMPAS/MPTV

Paul Newman

During the 1950s and ’60s, the early years of a career that spanned more than half a century, Paul Newman did his best on-screen work in a tight undershirt and slacks. This ensemble, which was often accessorized by a cigarette and a glass of bourbon (preferably J.T.S. Brown, neat), was tailor-made for the collection of misfits, hustlers, and broken-down drunks that Newman immortalized. Offscreen, Newman was thoughtful, dignified, decent—a family man. He may have represented the ideal of what a man should look like in a tuxedo, but he was at his best in a V-neck sweater or an oxford cloth button-down shirt and plain-front trousers. According to Newman’s publicist and friend of more than fifty years, Warren Cowan, “After Paul won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1993, he had a bonfire with his tuxedo because he said he never wanted to wear a black tie again. Shortly after, he gave away his entire wardrobe. He’s down to just a few pairs of slacks and cords, a few shirts and sweaters. He says his life is much simpler. He’s much happier.”

• Go buy a white oxford cloth button-down-collar dress shirt. Now. You can wear one with a suit or a blazer, or with jeans, cords, or khakis.


Photo: Yulsman/Globe Photos

Jack Kerouac

Flower power was all well and good, but Jack Kerouac often wondered aloud how the Beats could’ve given birth to such Technicolor bravura. Kerouac’s look was broken but unbowed—as he once said: “ragged, beatific, beautiful in an ugly graceful new way.” And yet his aesthetic is everywhere today: That Brooklyn hipster rocking overalls under his Carhartt jacket while reading Hart Crane? That kid in San Francisco sporting scuffed oxfords and a frayed collar, with Madame Bovary stuffed in his back pocket? They’re paying unwitting tribute to the man who exploded the 1950s world of straight-white pretensions, rejecting the notion that class was synonymous with value. An uneven artist perhaps, and a troubled one to be sure, but unequivocally a man: the originator of blue-collar cool.

• Personal style isn’t about buying the trendiest labels or most expensive suits. It’s about establishing a look that’s all yours and sticking with it.


Photo: Herb Ritts/Lime Foto

Johnny Depp

After almost a quarter century in front of the camera, Johnny Depp has shown us everything but himself. Not an easy task when you’ve got those cheekbones, that tousled hair, and an unmitigated youthfulness, which Depp has worked hard to cloak by playing reclusive savants and rock ’n’ roll pirates. But we keep searching, trying to nail down his hobo chic—a style that derives from a life spent kicking around the dusty South and the French countryside. “I don’t think he’s remotely interested in fashion. He’s a complete instigator of fashion,” says Penny Rose, the costume designer who collaborated with the actor to create Pirates of the Caribbean’s randy Jack Sparrow. “His look is always eye-stopping, clever, and completely individual.” Or, like the last two drags on one of his hand-rolled cigarettes, raw and unapologetically gratifying.

• A tweak here and there can elevate even the simplest outfits. Notice the rolled-up sleeves, the neckpiece, the beat-up boots instead of sneakers. Small moves like these separate you from the pack.

Written and Reported by Andy Comer, Hilary Elkins, Alex French, David Gargill, Randy Hartwell, Howie Kahn, Cole Louison, Laurence Lowe, Trent MacNamara, Jordan Reed, and Luke Zaleski

The summer solstice

In my childhood, I believed and was amazed by heavenly bodies. I even wondered if there are other Earths out there. I memorized and put to heart the nine planets that then revolves around the sun. I even singled out my older cousins on facts about the planets: its rotation, revolution, weight, distance from the sun, etc. I was so amazed that everything I knew from the books I read cover to cover has become stagnant in years. There weren't new facts anymore aside from the constant launching of space rockets. People were more interested in nuclear weapons or UFOs.

Until a few months ago, I found out the new eleven planets: It really stunned me for a couple of minutes.

I think it's time for a new enlightenment. The summer solstice is here.

If this was Philippine Fashion Week 2007...

...would you have any interest to watch for Philippine Fashion Week 2008?



Would you call this resourcefulness?