Project Runway Season 6 Episode 11

The best of the best

Carol Hannah

This looked really barbie-like, a chic small little dress.

Althea

She looks like a mother here, look old. However, her sweater is the killer, it totally rock.

Irina

Favourite piece of the day.She looked like a Billion-dollar Latino. Super hot.

Christopher

Super ugly and dreadful.

Not fitting at all and the skirt looks hideous. It was as if she just came from Star wars after beaten up by the light sabre.

Gordana

This is officially the grandmother of the year. Not the sweet and tender ones but the spicy and mean ones.

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Futuristic Electronics

Check out what Japan has to offer at their

CEATEC - Cutting Edge IT and Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition



I am utmost impressed with Nissan's invention of anti-bumping cars. They use the theory of algorithm behind the behavior of a school of fish, they have designed a car that will not bump into other cars.

The unicycle robot is really cute as well. It can run 15cm/s, but the practical benefits are not clear for now.

Halloween

Finally, the annual Halloween Day is here once again.


31 October 2009. A Halloween of a Lifetime.

Let's hope that after this Halloween, the world will be peaceful once again, recovering from a series from malaise as a result of the financial crisis.


In the meantime, let's party all night and enjoy the day to the fullest !

Coraline Movie

Have no doubts! That is Christina Aguilera for you!

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America's Next Top Model Cycle 13

This Episode was inspired by Hawaii half races where you are made up of 2 races, a mixed in layman term.

Enjoy the pictures.

My favourite this time round is Nicole's. It is awfully stunning. An incandescent masterpiece I will say, with overflowing ethereal regalness in it.

Brittany

Erin

Jennifer

Laura

Nicole

Sundae

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IBM's email

IBM has just launched its LotusLive iNotes service which includes email, calendar and contact management. It comes at an exorbitant cost of $3 per month for its services. I will say that it is pretty steep for someone who is trying to break into the market with a fierce competitior called Google. As a matter of fact, Google's applications cost $4 a month and it has a myriad of functions that aid people much more than IBM does.

Furthermore, IBM is merely a newbie in this field and its market share is miserable as compared to Google's. The idea of IBM's iNotes service is probably to enable a sleek and simple service system for the businessmen to use. The idea is that you do not need the rest of the fanciful functions, what you need are merely the key essentials.

Well, I must applaud IBM for identifying what businessmen usually use, but what they forgot is that businessmen are human as well. There is absolutely no doubt that they use email, calendar and contact management frequently but they do take a break and stop by other funky applications to take a breathe as well.

Take for example a phone, we usually use a phone to surf the net, SMS and to call out to other people but does that mean a phone should only provide these functions? The answer is a big fat NO. We want to experiment, to show our reach and our possession ability, so naturally the more functions there are, the happier we become. Look at the success of iPhone, they have a myriad of useless applications but so what? People still download them and keep it for their phone for fun.

IBM has to recognise that not all people purchase for functional purposes, some people buy for fun! Like me!

Highest Earnings

1.

Exxon Mobil

Oil & Gas Operations

$45.22 Billion

2.

Gazprom

Oil and Gas Operations

$26.78 Billion

3.

Royal Dutch Shell

Oil and Gas Operations

$26.28

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Singapore lifts

The expansion in Singapore's manufacturing "was primarily due to a continued surge in production of higher-value active pharmaceutical ingredients in the biomedical manufacturing cluster," while manufacturing in the electronics industry grew due to "continued restocking activities and up-tick in consumer demand for electronic devices."

The above statement is true. Our biopolis and Research & Development institutes are keenly interested in the pharmaceutical industry right now. As we all know, it is an extremely lucrative industry standing shoulder to shoulder with the oil industry right now. Furthermore, Singapore, being one of the pioneers leading the change, we can't possibly give up this chip of gold right in front of us.


In addition to that, we are all infatuated with the myriad of electronic devices out there. Recently, M1, a telecommunication giant in Singapore, is intending to release iPhone soon somewhere around 2010. I surmise that there will be uproar between M1 and Singtel from then. Prices will drop and more competition will arise between these 2 giants. But, one thing for sure, sales will surge like never before !


First and foremost, I am a Singaporean, so I know best on this one.




Not to be pompous or what, but I can still afford branded goods at the moment and I'm still going on a shopping spree here. People continue to rush for housing even at the expense of giving up the credit scheme. Here in Singapore, we focused more on the location and the future prospects of the house.

For instance, an Integrated Resort will be located at Marina Bay in 2010, you can see people rushing to the area for housing even though it costs millions just to get a house there, but the point is, the price of the houses there will probably be inflated by at least 50% 2 years down the road.



Our spending power remains strong and you can still see a plethora of people in shopping malls with branded bags and purchases on their hands. So I don't see why is it a problem for us to recover and get back on our foot easily.



Let's not be so pessimistic, we can easily get up!
 
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Petals

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Fashion Shows

How much do you know about Fashion shows? Those featured at Toronto Fashion Week, Mercedes-Benz fashion week, HP Fashion Week. So many many more fashion shows around the year but do you realise something in common? They all feature clothes that are probably going to featured 6 months later.

For instance, look at the recent Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week for 2010 Spring. It might sound ridiculous to those not familiar with fashion shows. Why is the fashion show for 2010 spring which is like 6 months away? Are they predicting the future or something?

The answer is no, it is de facto a preparation for a launch of the collection in 2010 Spring. Designers have already designed their clothes and thus are prepared to manufacture them for them to be ready in store. Fashion shows are effectively a time for the designers to showcase their designs and arouse anticipations and excitements in the consumers.

But the question is, are you able to sustain the consumers' excitement about your clothes for 6 months? Not easy for sure. Sustainability has been a perplexing issue in our society today, in all facets of it in fact. It is not easy to sustain the environment, so who is actually confident of sustaining something so volatile, which is interest per se.

One of the top designers Diane Von Furstenburg highlighted, "Parallel to Fashion Week, if we create consumer show. But it should not be the same. It should the clothes that are in the store now."

Designers from Duckie Brown, Daniel Silver however disagrees, "I think it's actually great that people see something and can't get it for six months. And I also think that creates a need, a desire, and a buzz about the product. And an anticipation."


These 2 comments have such stark differences but at the same time, they never leave the point about the 6 months anticipation. Diane feels that they should do a live show showcasing the clothes in stores now, while Daniel Silver believes that people are moving so fast nowadays that they need to learn to wait to get the things they want.


I believe that the 2 viewpoints are spectacular. Personally, I have to agree that if the clothes shown are already in store now, the adrenaline rush in people can definitely be sustained from the point in time when they rush from the fashion show to the stores in town to get the pieces which they fell in love with at first sight. This could be one of the best marketing opportunities.


People in this world procrastinates a lot and if you do not give them the things they desire immediately, they will start to drag their desires and eventually it will start to vanish bit by bit away until nothing is left. When that happens, the target market will be oblierated and no one will buy your goods or products since the passion is lost. That will be such a tragedy considering that you have worked so hard to bring your collection to the public.


Then again, will people treasure things that they can get so easily? The old adage, "Play hard to get" is most effective here. The more prestigious something is, the harder it is to get and this enticed people. They will do whatever it takes to get that jacket, that dress or even that hat. The stronger the passion built up, the more money they will spend.


People are moving so quickly now, information are disseminated at lightning speed, they get what they are searching for immediately even though it is on another side of the planet. Just a click on the net on eBay or Amazon and you get the item you coveted. But shouldn't we learn to live life at a slower pace? To enjoy life and not let time past so quickly before our eyes?


Perhaps a little anticipation will bring a new perspective to our lives, to help us better appreciate the things around us and not to take things for granted.

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