New York, I love You: Handicap

The next story will be about a guy who is going for his senior prom night but he has a problem. His girlfriend just broke up with him and his girlfriend is Blake Lively by the way!

Anyway, he has to find a replacement and this pharmaceutician suggested that he could take his daughter to prom instead.

As you can see, to the guy's dismay, his daughter is actually handicapped and sitting on a wheelchair.

The guy decided to bring her daughter to prom nonetheless although she's handicapped. He did not mind that she was handicapped.

There were many embarassing moments at the prom as people were flagrantly staring at him and his partner in wheelchair.

The weird thing is, when people asked for her name. She will just say, "Make a Wish."

Then, after the night, his limousine was stolen so the girl suggested that they walk to the nearby park to have a chat.

She knew that he wanted to have sex on the prom night so she said, "Make a Wish."

The next moment, she threw a belt over the branch of the tree and she held the two ends of the belt, lifting herself in mid air.

Then, she asked him to have sex with her and he gladly obligated.

Soon, it was morning and he has totally forgotten that the pharmaceutician asked him to bring her back by midnight so he dashed all the way back as you can see from the first picture back to her house.

Here's the shocking part, as they reached her doorstep, she stood up and began walking into her house, ending up with a wink at the guy.

The guy was utterly shocked and amazed.

Truly mind-boggling right? Usually, the guy will castigate the girl for doing that because he had just suffered an ignominious retreat because of her mischievous act.

However, in this case, it was a unique experience, probably a prom that will never come again.

Going to prom with a handicapped girl with all eyes staring at you. How much courage do you need to do that?

But, as you probably can conclude, it is merely a prom, how about people who constantly have the outside world staring at them 24/7 round the clock?

Are you guilty of scoffing at people who goes out with the handicapped people? Have you ever questioned their love for each other?

Not easy to deny eh?

How accepting is our society today? The acerbic environment compels us to find a partner of worthy qualifications with a high-flying career or we will be embarassed whenever it comes to introduction.

But is that love? Has the constant search for fame and money make us lose our head? Is the essence of love lost already?

Are we finding a love-partner or an object that we can gladly show off to others?

Will you love still love him/her even after he/she has been met up with an accident and is handicapped for life?

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Mirror Monitors

Okay this is totally random but I want to suggest it here.


One day, I was using my computer as usual, and then i suddenly saw a slight portion of my own reflection on the stand of my monitor.


To my dismay, I was actually slouching rather than sitting up straight.

I always try to retain a good seating posture when I'm using the computer but after a while, I unconsciously slouch and drop back to the undesirable posture once again.


As you all know, if you do not sit properly, after a prolonged period of time, your back will start to ache and the pain will haunt you for a long period of time.


It's insidious in nature, meaning you won't notice it until after a while.


So what if the technology companies start to produce monitors that have mirrors installed near their borders?

It could dress up the mundane looking monitor that is sitting right in front of you.


At the same time, for those vain people out there, you can constantly check to see if you are still looking as gorgeous as ever.


And more important, you will be consistently reminded by YOURSELF(best form of reminder) to sit up straight when using the computer.


Trust me, it is really unsightly to see yourself slouching.


Really an ugly sight!


So what better way to deter people from doing the wrong things that to scare them?


That's the best wakeup call you can possible get.


So, if by any chance you happen to work in a computer company or something.


You can suggest this to your boss or IBM or whatsoever and see what they say!


Yep, hope you guys like my suggestion :)


Credits -far-horizons, -teamsugar

New York, I Love You: Admiration

Well well well, the first one will have to go to the story revolving around the Opera Singer and the Hotel Manager.

As you can see from the picture above, the one on the left is the Opera Singer and the one on the right is the Hotel Manager.


The hotel manager did not tell the opera singer that he is de facto the hotel manager of the hotel. He merely told her that the hotel manager is a big admirer of hers and that he has heard her sang in Paris a couple of times.


I refer to this story at the love of adulation and admiry.

See the bouquet of violets on her hand? It's a gift the hotel manager got for her when she requested for flowers.


How many hotels have you been to where the hotel staff are so attentive that they listen to your preferences and deliver it to you immediately? Well, for me, none and I'm sure for the majority of you, none as well. You will have to blatantly make the request before you get it.


That's the epitome of service I guess, something I am very proud of.


Anyway, after that small conversations of theirs above, the hotel manager offered to shut the window so he walked towards the window but the next moment, unbeknownst to the opera singer (who wanted to commit suicide), the hotel manager jumped out of the window and died.

Then the hotel receptionist/owner, I'm not very sure, came in and told the opera singer that he did not see anyone down there. Yep, he did not see any dead bodies down there. Weird isn't it?


Then, he asked the opera singer if she wanted him to close the window because it's really cold.

The opera singer replied: "Yes, please close the window."


This is the part I find intriguing. "Yes, please close the window." More often than not, we often open up so many windows for ourselves, sometimes even the wrong windows. But the point is, what does it take for us to willingly close the wrong windows? Can we even tell that it is the wrong window we opened? Do we have the courage to close it by ourselves?


In this case, I believe that it takes a macabre death and a sacrifice for the opera singer to finally decide to close that "suicide window" and to open up another one to her brand new life.


On the other hand, since there are no bodies, perhaps it only takes a hallucination or a mere visualization to affirm yourself that it is the wrong window.


So, a death or simply a visualization into your own future? What does it take for you to close a window and open up another one in your life?


Does your life sucks now? Do you have a choice? Yes, we all do, so please. Close the window that makes your life sucks now and open up your brand new window that will rock it!

Credits -aceshowbiz, -blogspot, -amazonaws, -imageshack

New York, I Love You

Frangibility of Life

Age

Uncertainties

Sex

Fortuitous encounters

Love

Add them all up and you get . . . New York, I love you.

It's really an awesome movie, displaying a gamut of love stories in the most uncanny and twisted manner.


You will see all sorts of love stories that is so complicated yet fundamentally simple too. Love is such an enigmatic issue don't you think?


While science has progressed leaps and bounds throughout the past few centuries, love is still at its standstill, ever so complex and mind-boggling.

Even the top physicians or the lawyers can't seem to fathom what is love actually all about. Entrepreneurs earning billions are having relationship problems themselves. You can manage the world, but can you manage love?


This movie, New York, I love you demonstrates how fragile love is and at the same time how strong it can actually be.


You will see a plethora of random encounters between the characters in the movie and somehow sparks seem to enchant their lives and bring them together. Some met and broke up, some met and make out, some met and leave it to the future, some met and will never meet again.


Intriguing isn't it? Well, if you will like to find out more in details, do stay tune for the next few posts because all of them will be on each small facet of the movie, gyrating around different love stories and characters.


I will offer my own interpretation on each one of course!


So stay tune!


Credits -sepalamadre, -molecularstation

5 Top selling Art pieces

L'Homme qui marche I

Alberto Giacometti's life-size bronze statute set a new world's record when it fetched $104.3 million at an auction in London this week.

L'Homme qui marche I

Pablo Picasso's painting of a Parisian boy smoking a pipe was bought by an anonymous bidder in 1994 for $104.1 million at an auction in New York.

Dora Maar au chat

Picasso also holds the slot for the third highest auction price ever. This portrait of the Spanish painter's lover, painted in 1941, sold for $95.2 million in 2006 at an auction in New York.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II

In 2006, this portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt went for $87.9 million at an auction in New York.

The 1912 painting is one of several portraits Klimt made of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the wife of a wealthy industrialist who sponsored the artist.

Francis Bacon's Triptych

This three panel painting by Francis Bacon fetched $86.3 million at an auction in 2008. Sotheby's had estimated it would sell for $70 million.

Credits -cnn

Chinese New Year Day 1

Just a really quick post about Chinese New Year Day 1


Went to grandma house at 2pm, yeah pretty late but oh well when I reached my grandma's house, only 1 family was there.


How pathetic.


However, practically all of them arrived at 3pm.


Then we started our usual routine, that is mahjong.


Haha and I won alot, like really alot but I won't say how much. All I can is that this is a great start to the new year.


May more money be rolling in.


I'm going to be my auntie's house on Tuesday. Will try to take more photos on that day.


For now, enjoy the 4 pictures.

Burberry Polo T-shirt

Dolce & Gabanna Belt

Armani Exchange Jeans

Yes, it was a major fashion outbreak at my grandma's house. So many branded stuff all over the place

And last but not least, my adorable nephew.

Will take more pictures on Tuesday hopefully. I never really like to take pictures. Lazy

Here's a short conversation I had with him

Jin Rong (5 yrs old only): Ehhhhhh..... I thought you ate already?

Me: Nope, I'm the last one.

Jin Rong: HAHAHAHAHA you are lying. (yes, he likes to laugh a lot)

Me: Huh? I'm not lying. I really haven't eat.

Jin Rong: HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. I saw you eating just now.

Me: Haha okay fine I'm eating again okay?

Jin Rong: OKAY! HAHAHHAHA

Damn funny man he.

He took 1 hour to finish his small bowl of dinner by the way.

Hahaha

Louis Vuitton

I'm sure that by now you guys should have gotten all your Chinese New Year goodies right?

On top of that, you must have bought a ton of New Year clothings, accessories and shoes right?

Well, we human beings are special, the thing is, we hate to be sold, but somehow we love to buy. We just go on shopping and shopping and shopping like no one's business and claim that it helps us to de-stress. However, nowadays, the sales assistants in the shop seems to be overly-intrusive (like as if they are breaking into your house) and they tend to scrutinize your every actions in the shop. I'm wondering, is that what they are taught?

The point is, whenever people enters a shop, you don't go about asking them how may I help you because I have not even glanced at any of their products yet and they are already asking me an irrelevant question already. That really turns me off. Hence, whenever I see them approaching, I will just leave the shop frantically. Believe it or not, even high-end shops' sales assistants behave like this.


So as I perambulate along the streets and malls, I realised that there is a plethora of stores going on massive sales and giving out free goodies fervently. Then as I walked nearer to the high-end stores, I asked my friends this question, "Do stores like Burberry or Louis Vuitton ever go on sales?"

Well they answered, "Not really, except in Milan where there is a Louis Vuitton warehouse sales."


 But I replied, "If you can afford to go to Milan, you jolly well can afford to buy the LV bag at full price in Singapore."


Let me tell you something, do you know that Louis Vuitton is actually only mildly-affected by the economic crisis? You see other gargantuan stores like Wal-Mart, Kroger and Macy's, they are de facto floundering in the retail business as they are pushing their product prices to an all-time low to fight competition from their peers.


Conversely, Louis Vuitton never goes on sales, Whatever you think of them, their strategy and philosophy of “no discounts” and “nothing ever goes on sale” has kept them at high profitability all over the world for more than 100 years. Even in tough times.

It's a form of affirmation for the consumers who purchased their goods too, that only the rich and prestigious consumers can afford Louis Vuitton. So long as you possess a Louis Vuitton good, you can be sure that people know that you purchased it at a high price, not at a warehouse price.


The adulation and admiration you get from the street-walkers when you prounced by them. It's ineffable and priceless. The joy of seeing the others giving you the acknowledgement look. It just makes you think, my starvation period (a period where you save on meals) was worth it!


All in all, I guess it really pays to be consistent after all, even if you are consistently high-priced. At least the upper class can be assured that no Tom, Dick or Harry is carrying the same bag as them, which is what they hold dearly to their heart.


Can you imagine seeing an auntie who is dressed in pasar malam clothings carrying the same LV bag as you? The feeling is crushing and daunting.


Credits -homesecurity911, -chloeling, -wallpapers