m9 new boots

love to wear them

iphone 3G

max new toy... thanks to apple

Rock Diary by Hedi Slimane

Yeah!!! Finally got my hands on Dior Homme's ex designer, Hedi Slimane's new photography book "Rock Diary" in a collector's box set.
This beautifully designed three volume-boxed set presents new photographic work by Hedi Slimane, the iconic fashion designer who, during tenures at Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior, has infused men’s fashion with an androgynous, rock n’ roll swerve…The first volume is an album of Slimane’s photographs of the Lollapalooza-esque three-day Festival Internacional de Benicássim on the East coast of Spain, the second is devoted to images of the new British and American rock scenes and the third contains essays on Slimane’s work by art critic Vince Aletti and music critic Jon Savage.

R.I.P: Randy Johnston

October 11th was a tragic day for Ford Models and the family and friends of Randy Johnston. The 20 year old model passed away on Saturday of unknown causes. The half German, half English model was discovered by Ford Models through a mailed in photograph. Johnston was the featured model of the 2007 Dior Homme campaign and will appear in November’s i-D Magazine with Lara Stone.

nicebiennale2008

h8 walking in

Brotzeit Contemporary German Bier Bar & Restaurant

H8, M9 & Kim having a late dinner cum drink at the newly opened Brotzeit Contemporary German Bier Bar & Restaurant at Raffles City.

H8 ordered the wonderful Bockwurst (smoked fine pork sausage with potato salad and sauerkraut) and a Paulaner Weissbier, the No. 1 Weissbier in Germany!!!!

M9 & Kim shared the crispy huge Pork Knuckle and down it with Paulaner Weissbier Dunkel and Paulaner Munchen Dark respectively!

My new "colleagues"

Let me introduce you all to my new "colleagues" at work!! "Presenting to u... Stormy and Batsy!!!" Muaahaha.... :P

m9 streetlook hongkong

smoking outside a undergound supermart.
this photo is shoot from my D80 in some street in HongKong city.
"shopping day"

in macau

h8 for my newD80 solemnlook789 tour shoot

the wall and shadows of macau...

solemn number in hongkong

FHM going oversea!!

FHM have been busy these days to update our blog... We will be heading HongKong for a getaway trip from 21st - 27th June 08!!! So MORE updates will be coming soon. Keep your eyes glue onto here!! Wink*

h8m9 non-no solemn-look

h8m9 non-no , we just love this "789 homme plus" photo done...

789readysetgolook

day & night 789solemnlook

m9 new CD

found and i buy this 20th century masters... Ella&Louis collection
all tracks are so lovely to listen to...

m9 2cm dream tie

my diorhomme 2cm tie arrived .. thanks to h8 for help me to find it..
wanted it so badly.. and got it finally.

.:ramdon style of solemn lookbook13:.

m9 = greenblacklayertop+slimwaxjean+hareshoe
h8 = hareshirt+ unique slimpaggypant+Tokyobopper

H8 's New Wallet :: Dior Homme Perforated Bilfold

Yoooo peepz!!! I finally got my dior homme wallet (All thanks to F7's effort). My old wallet is giving way so I had been on the hunt for a new wallet and decided to go for my favorite...

H8M9's Movie of the Month : Funny Game U.S.

Been awhile since I made a movie review... I remember my last review was on 881, the local getai movie by Royston Tan. There wasn't much movies worth reviewing after that, until yesterday we caught Funny Game U.S., which was awesomely brillant in my opinion.
Its directed by Micheal Haneke (Piano teacher, Cache). In this English-language remake of his 1997 Austria version, an exploration of our violent society and how depictions of violence reflect and shape our culture, a middle-class housewife Anna tells the story of how she and her husband George and their 10-year-old son Georgie submitted both physically and mentally to the torture, violence, and death foisted upon them by two young, unexpected, white-gloved visitors at their weekend vacation retreat near a lake.

After viewing the film, I was astounded about the reactions of the audience members. The various audience members who thought they were there to view another "saw" esque film, were obviously disappointed and with comments such as "that was boring"... I got the same sentiment at the beginning but after reading about the director's vision of trying to show the audience how sickening the watching of graphic torture for entertainment really is, my thought is clearer and in sync with his.

Funny Games is concerned whole-heartedly with VIOLENCE!(and violence as entertainment). The film is shocking and disturbing but its meant to be, Violence is not entertaining in reality and this is the point the film is trying to convey- Haneke makes you uncomfortable, frustrated and even Angry (Especially with the ending).

This film gets in your head by giving the pretense that you will witness all the horrible acts, and then turns around on you by not showing anything! Everything is off-screen so you are left with only the sound effects. It is more disturbing as your imagination sets to work on the images off screen, and that in itself is more horrifying.

Haneke has a particular approach to film-making: Long Takes, (allow audiences to interpret scenes in their own way), Shocking Violence (however mostly implied and not shown) is there not to entertain but to horrify (Haneke believes that audiences have been desensitized to scenes of violence - so what he does is make it real again - something which many people don't like) - Haneke also manipulates the cinematic form itself, making audiences aware of its construction (eg breaking the forth wall, addressing the audience, Rewinding / Pausing live action).

So why does Haneke choose to have the character of Paul break the fourth wall and address the camera/audience?
Thats the whole point of the movie. By breaking the fourth wall, Haneke turns the viewers into an accomplice of the killing. The film is about violence in the media and film. Haneke shows that real violence isn't something that should not be made as entertainment, that is why the film is so brutal and unrelenting. The point Haneke makes is that if you watch a film like this, such as Hostel or Saw, then you are an accomplice. When Paul, or Peter, or Beavis, or Tom, rewinds the film, its is Haneke's way of playing a game with us as well as a way to show that violence in real life is never how it is portrayed in film. Rarely in real life is the victim able to fight back.

It happens near the ending as well, with Paul stating that we, the audience must want a real ending, with a plausible plot line. The entire thing is mocking us, telling us that we should be rooting for the family, because in the end of most movies they would be the victors, emerging unscathed while the villians are defeated. That's a normal movie, and this is not. It's mocking the idea of the family being able to beat Paul and Peter, and it also tells you what kind of person you are. When they said you should be betting on the family, that you were on their side, I realized I wasn't. I wanted Paul and Peter to win, and when they were gone I wanted them back. People don't understand the movie because they don't understand the idea. In real life, the ending portrayed in this movie, where the family all dies, is the most plausible. Sure you would like to see them all survive until 9:00 wouldn't you? At least one of them, right? Too bad. And that's the best part of this movie. It doesn't give you what you want.

I would not recommend this film to everyone as it will disappoint the Saw/Hostel audience and may confuse newcomers. With that aside, I greatly welcomed the dissection of violence, and someone who understands the point of the film and enjoys art house-style film-making will appreciate it.

Overall - An emotional, disturbing film, intense and powerful.

number(nine) for number9 birthday

another nice things to own on 11 thks to f7h8 and k

789 behind red wall

a solemn red wall...
another chosen street space..
a solemn colour in the deep night...

11april

nice numbers for nice party 789
another april party , another nice dinner , another drinking night , another 789 member birthday . thanks to friends of 789 and f7h8 .. have make the m9party happen.

H8's Horn-Rimmed Glasses for Birthday!!

Been off from glasses ever since I got my Lasik done 7 years ago.... So tried out a new look for my birthday... The Geeky Henry!! But turn out it kinda accentuate my style... LOL!!!

h8 birthday drinking party

happy birthday h8 !
it henry birthday 4th april, 789 and friends were having powerful long night drinking with him at VUG. and a week later will be mine... h8&m9 are april boy...

789 lighting ,shoot by m9

a solemn lighting we found, it give us "a solemn 789" .
and i called it the 789solemnlighting.

new haircut

my new hair cut ....somehow it look uber-trendy right now and a classic look.

lazySundayfhm

here are one of our lazy sunday fhm789look... we went to china SQ to see toys,
but later me and henry went vivo for movie with kim for "Crows 0"

Prequel to the mega-hit comic CROWS. Genji Takiya (Shun Oguri) is a transfer student who attempts to take over Suzuran Boys High School and is mentored by old boy yakuza Katagiri (Kyosuke Yabe) as he faces off against rival Serizawa (Takayuki Yamada).
we just love the show!!! so power!

Food is Sex without Consequences... Oooo Yeah!!

On Saturday, 29th March, Franco and I was at the "Flea to bar" flea market to sell off our old clothings and although its quite a quiet day, we still managed to sell off quite abit. :D. Soon after we met up with Max and Kim and went to Outback Steakhouse at Millenia Walk to have a great dinner to reward ourselves after a hard day at the flea market! LOL...

We ordered the OutBack Sirloin; Medium rare done. OMFG!!! The steak is dammmmnnnn GOOD I must say!!!! 2 thumbs and 2 biggie UP!! muaahahaa.... It is an ORGASMIC delight that allows the taste buds to go on a journey of blissful decadence.... Unforgetable...

Pictures speaks a thousand words... See for yourself!! :D