Elli Rose and Gui at home in Tokyo

this is so love ♥♥♥

really love the pics from the selby of elli rose and her bf, gui.

and their kitty is sooooo kawaii !! =^^=

isn't xu xu the cutest thing? :D

More homes photos to check out at the selby! ♡

kitty is sleeping

taken on a hot afternoon while exploring around arab street on my bday. i love this photo! ♥

oh, soko

oh her songs speak to me!!! raw, emotive, personal... her songs rock!

poetic lyrics not withstanding. sometimes, good old-fashioned, direct, story-telling is fresh air. straight to the point, and into your heart.

i like her! and she's french! i secretly adores her accent :)

Stéphanie Sokolinski, also known as soko.


lately, i can't help but feel a lil' angsty. no reason. so over it. i know, whatever for, yeah!!! fucking fucking you're such a fucking trick...


so right, yeah!!


oh, she's so cute!




sad :'( have u ever felt this way?

listen to soko. descarga.
get to know more about soko.
soko's myspace site.

how to install bbpress on wordpress blog

after 1 week of grueling work of a rushed insane project of setting up a wordpress blog + bbpress form, i'm still recovering from sleepless nites and fried brain cells. i think i ODed on ftp-ing the plugins and the reload button :(

i went with bbpress as a forum component for the wordpress blog as it was lightweight, focused on web standards and the best part is that it is also developed by the same folks of wordpress. as bbpress was something new to me, i did some research on how to install it on my server within the shortest possible time. but there weren't many tutorials written on it. so i decided to write one :)

Let's get started! the steps:

1. create a new database for bbpress at your hosting cpanel. remember to create new user & pw for the database and add user to the bbpress database. copy down the details, u'll need it later.
   e.g.
   database name: yoursite_bbpress
   user: yoursite_username
   password: (auto-generated)
2. download bbpress installation files. unzip it. here's what we need to do for database configuration: insert the details (from step 1) into bb-config-sample.php and save as bb-config.php (you can find bb-config-sample.php from the folder u have unzipped)
   e.g.
   here's what u need to change: (1) replace 'bbpress' with 'name of your database' (2) replace 'username' with 'name of your database user' (3) replace 'password' with 'password of your database password'. Extract below:
   // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
   /** The name of the database for bbPress */
   define( 'BBDB_NAME', 'bbpress' );
   
   /** MySQL database username */
   define( 'BBDB_USER', 'username' );
   
   /** MySQL database password */
   define( 'BBDB_PASSWORD', 'password' );
   
   
3. now, rename the bbpress folder as forum and upload via ftp to the same directory as your wordpress files.
4. go to http://www.yoursite.com/forum/ in your browser
5. wordPress integration is optional. so choose 'skip the WordPress integration' step. u can always integrate WordPress later from within the admin area of bbPress.
6. for site settings: finalize your installation by adding a name, your first user and your first forum. save site settings.
   
   
7. after clicking 'saving the settings' button, u'll see this: - just click 'complete the installation' button to continue.
   
   
8. when installation is completed, u will see this:
   
   
9. congrats! u're done! :) u can now log in with the login details at www.yoursite.com/forum
10. more controls at the admin dashboard. http://www.yoursite.com/forum/bb-admin/ u'll notice that the dashboard of bbpress is pretty similar to that of wordpress.
11. now, u can add various plugins for your bbpress forum :)

hope u've enjoyed the simple tutorial :)

u really got a hold on me

there is such thing as love at first sight. so without hesitation, i got this people's market dress on asos online store :)

oh can't wait!!!

images from asos.com

i love the prints + the details!! :D

(500) days of summer

"This is a story of Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't. You should know upfront this is not a love story. It is a story about love..."

Watching the trailer of the movie makes me really curious about the story. It's directed by Marc Webb, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. it seems like a funny, sad love story. intriguing enough. i'm not a sucker for romantic comedies (or so i secretly believe) but hell, i can't wait to check this little indie-music infused love story out :) oh yeah, i guess i'm just a sucker for indie-music :)







The soundtrack sounds interesting enough; with several tracks by The Smiths, oh and i love Regina Spektor!

a date at the record store! yum! <3>

(500) Days Of Summer OST 2009
Track List:
01. Mychael Danna & Rob Simonsen - A Story Of Boy Meets Girl
02. Regina Spektor - Us
03. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
04. Black Lips - Bad Kids
05. The Smiths - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
06. Doves - There Goes The Fear
07. Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams
08. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
09. Carla Bruni - Quequ’un M’a Dit
10. Feist - Mushaboom
11. Regina Spektor - Hero
12. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
13. Wolfmother - Vagabond
14. Mumm-Ra - She’s Got You High
15. Meaghan Smith - Here Comes Your Man
16. She & Him - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

listen: descarga | size: 72.47MB
If you like it, please buy it at your nearest record store.

*updates! the movie's coming to theatres october 8!! can't wait! ♥

keane fever

still re-living all those happy juice moments at the gig and grinning from ear to ear :) in other words, the gig was AMAZINGLY AWESOME :D lol seldom use caps here but i guess this is really how i feel :) i am so fucking happy these 2 weeks i am not myself hahaha


if only this state of euphoria would last forever...

went to keane's gig at fort canning park with noi and song. we took pics and videos of the band, sang/scream along with tom (especially when tom sang some of our fav songs from hopes n fears album or the iron sea), waved/swayed/rocked ourselves with abandonment along with the songs (ok, maybe not song, he was kinda shy hehehe) it was an unforgettable nite. the band sounds amazing in CD, they sound even better live! live shows are just amazingly awesome and gives u the out-of-this-world experience.

noi, here are more videos of keane to last u thru this week hehe :)

Keane Live Session 1 (Everybody's Changing & This Is The Last Time)


Keane Live Session 2 (A Bad Dream & Crystal Ball)


Keane Live Session 3 (Hamburg Song)


Keane Live Session 4 (Somewhere Only We Know & Is It Any Wonder?)


these mini videos are really funny!! :D tom's really cute!!

Tom's LA mini-doc part 1


Tom's LA mini-doc part 2


Tom's LA mini-doc part 3


Tom's LA mini-doc part 4


more videos from keaneofficial
i really like Richard's drum challenges and trying my best at guessing the songs he's playing haha

Farewell, Yasmin Ahmad

i didn't believe noi's sms informing me of the passing of Yasmin Ahmad. it took a whole day for me to finally gather the courage to google for more news about what's really happening. it was shocking. major newspapers online report about it. this is not true, i kept telling myself. still reeling from shock. i am saddened... dear Yasmin Ahmad was such an inspiration and creative talent and i really like her 'Sepet' movie and the petronas ads she made. i am crying watching these petronas ads again on youtube. i feel so sad... she was such a great storyteller & film director, whose works inspire so many of us and push the boundaries of the conservative world we are living in our heads. Dear Yasmin, u're missed by us all... ♥








The song 'Hujan' by Adibah Noor is really nice.

Camera Obscura - a film

i ♥ camera obscura's music and tracyanne's voice.

their music brings me to somewhere far away and gently tucks at my heartstrings...






newest single! ♥

You with your dietary restrictions
Said you loved me with a lot of conviction
I was waiting to be struck by lightning
Waiting for somebody exciting
Like you
Oh, the thing that you do
You make me go woo
With the things that you do (you do, you do)

I'll be criticized for lending out my art
I was criticized for letting you break my heart
Why would I stand for dissapointed looks?
I'm fully grown but I'm on tenterhooks, ooh with the looks

oh i love her hair!!! :D

do u have the cure?

gotta confess... i listened to the cure when i was a lot younger. i was feeling kinda morbid and depressive and listening to their music actually made me feel better that i was not alone that it was actually ok to feel like this sometimes... anyway, i love the lyrics to many of their songs ♡♡♡ they're just so poetic and meaningful.

robert smith looks kinda older now... but his voice still rocks! ♥

the lyrics:

whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel
like i am home again whnever i'm alone with
you you make me feel like i am whole again

whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel
like i am young again whenever i'm alone with
you you make me feel like i am fun again

however far away i will always love you however
long i stay i will always love you whatever
words i say i will always love you i will always
love you

whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel
like i am free again whenever i'm alone with
you you make me feel like i am clean again

however far away i will always love you however
long i stay i will always love you whatever
words i say i will always love you i will always
love you

Have u watched 'nick and norah's infinite playlist'? did u notice nick's ringtone was 'boys don't cry'?

the lyrics:

If I thought that it would change your mind
But I know that this time
I've said too much
Been too unkind

I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try and
Laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

I would break down at your feet
And beg forgiveness
Plead with you
But I know that
It's too late
And now there's nothing I can do

So I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try to
laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry

I would tell you
That I loved you
If I thought that you would stay
But I know that it's no use
That you've already
Gone away

Misjudged your limits
Pushed you too far
Took you for granted
I thought that you needed me more

Now I would do most anything
To get you back by my side
But I just
Keep on laughing
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

tim burton is really adorable here

lol@"the mis-application of lipstick..." "i stole so many make up tips from robert smith..."

>noi: did u spot muse? *wink*

Someone You Used to Know

this song is so sad + beautiful...

listening to this song makes my heart ache a little

memories can be such a bittersweet feeling

about someone u used to know

that's just u and me

a faint distant memory

zee aviv's voice is so beautiful. her lyrics as below:

Someone You Used to Know
Copyright 2008

It was helpless anyway
There's nothing much we could do or say
Darling don't you think it's a shame?
that it had to end this way

So here's to say goodbye,
our love is lost, and we cant figure why
maybe it really is about time
that we finally made up our minds

So Darling, here's to you
i hope that when you find someone new
that she would always be true to you
to love and understand you

Soon you'll build new memories
then slowly you'd forget about me
then i would slowly be
a distant memory

*Soon i'll just be
that someone you used to know
But darling you will thank me
for letting you go
time is not for wasting
i hope you'll find your intended
But i'm sorry
that your intended isn't me

it's not an easy thing
to shake off our history
i know that's what you want from me
but they will always stay with me

i admit i made mistakes
but darling with you it's just the same
if we stay there will be more to make
i dont know how much more we can take

Darling, it would be unfair
to stay with something no longer there
but it doesn't mean i no longer care
but i'd feel like a burden you can't bear

keane is coming :D

omg, i think my heart skipped a beat.

upon hearing the news that keane is coming to sg... omg, finally... *MUST go to the gig* noi, we must go!!! i missed death cab by cutie, camera obscura, jason mraz already, i will definitely hate myself if i missed this one.... *emo emo*

Date: 13 August 2009
Venue: Fort Canning Park, Singapore
Tickets: *updates* tix go on sale JUNE 24 '09! :D

For updates: check the LAMC site or junkonline

let me google that for you

sometimes ppl ask u stoopid questions without even googling it themselves. in turn, u actually need to google that for them.

now, all u need to do is just send them this link! http://lmgtfy.com/

try it, it's kinda cute too :)

sayonara to those lazy peeps!! :P

shoot #2 : lazy afternoon @ casual poet

It was such a hot day... i think i was gonna faint from this blistering heat... took shelter at casual poet and laze here for a while :) It's at the 3rd floor of a shophouse. oh i like shophouses! :)

shoot #1: haji lane

a recent trip to haji lane & bali lane for a causal point & shoot. it was really shot under the blazing sun but turned out real fun :)

here is a peep at the photos taken. (with polariod + lousy sony e phone cam)

we miss you, elliott :'(

"Drink up baby, look at the stars
I'll kiss you again between the bars..."



"a cross between a video and a documentary, but actually being neither of the two." - Elliott Smith

pretty <3

pic credit highteajewellery.blogspot.com

got these lovely oh so pretty earrings at concept story @ haji lane which has a showcase of these pretty things from highteajewellery.blogspot.com. she's just so amazingly talented and creative! her designs are one of a kind and none are repeated. eschewing soul-less mass production is something i truly respect.

i totally *heart* them :)

thankew so much!! <3

Stefan Sagmeister shares happy design

after watching this talk... it really made me happy... and why design is so important to me :)

zakka glasses :)

Got these pretty little glasses and a little pouch (i love Eiffel tower motifs, i dunno why lol) these glasses are not shinzi katoh but still so cute!

Oh... how they make me smile! :) thank you!!

domo domo

was at a toy store recently and couldn't resist whipping out my camera and taking a pic of this... too cute :)

i *heart* domo kun!! domo kun came along with me to work today :)