Its all in the mind...

Was watching Tyra Bank's talk show this morning, normally not a big fan of her show, just that the topic of the day caught my eyes. "Fashion Freaks!" I would call it... Well, the topic of the day talks about people obsess with branded goods, and when I say branded I mean branded, from LV, to Polo Ralph, to Burberry, and what not...

But the point highlighted is how such goods "poisons" her guest's minds... and she actually made them realise how so and how bad they are being "poisoned" and how dependent they are on these goods. There is this girl, all it took was a fashion label, and it was able to change her way she look at life, and you can literally see the change in her, SUPER DRASTIC LAH!!!! she was made to go out in 2 set of different close. One and authentic Prada dress and the other a cheap dress that look expensive. The difference was they swap the label. So lets call the Prada dress that has its label swap "A" and the fake prada "B". So when this girl wore A, she felt super inferior, like she is out of place, no one was looking at her, no one was noticing her, she found it hard to talk to people, she shouldn't be dress this way in a posh hotel, all because she didn't know that the dress was actually PRADA!!!! then when she wore B, CHANGED!!! the confidence and all was back, she talk to people, walk with her head up straight... feels all good about herself. Weird isn't it.

Then there is this mother that will not dress her kids in nothing less then branded, and not kids branded, ADULT brands like polo ralph and hermes and stuff like that. (OMG!!!!) on the average she spends 1000 on her kids MONTHLY!!!! THIS IS MADNESS!!!! So Tyra tried the same thing on her, showing her a series of kids wear, even go to the extent of getting someone to act as a designer to describe the clothes, and she was hooked and say it was her kind... little that she knew all the clothes range was from Kmart and the designer was someone from the audience!!! OMG!!!

If you think that is extreme, people even go to the extend to make water branded, no you are not hearing wrongly, WATER, H2O, the thing flowing out from you tap. Some people in America actually spends money buying bottled water... CRAZY LAH!!!

I am not saying that I do not go for brands, just not that obsess with it. Brand do play a part of my buying decision, but honestly will not be the first thing that make me buy an item. If there is really going to be ranking. Here is how it will go:-

This is in terms of clothes and things we put on myself.
1) Comfort
2) Looks/Appearance
3) Workmanship
4) Brand

and the list goes on... yes brand no doubtingly will put into peoples brain how reliable it is. But honestly it does not play such a big role in my part unless there is a "Pulling" factor. Like a good steal of such like something going for hundreds and I am getting it for 30 bucks or something. yes, but I will feel so much better if the thing is comfy, good quality and workmanship at the same time price is good... the achievement is so much higher man...

Perception is always playing tricks in everyone's mind, even in my own, but one honestly advise. Try looking at the thing you feel like buying from many angle, do not just get blinded by the brand, look out for details and sometime you can get something better from a departmental store then from a boutique.

In her show, she invited a couple of authors who wrote about fashion today and about branded goods losing its luxury. Honestly, I do agree that luxury has lost it touch, and I do not blame them as they have to to meet demands, but if you think of it... do they have to? or they want to? You are getting big designer brands and nowadays it is made in China, Thailand, etc. What happened to those made in Germany, or Italy things already. Please do not misunderstand, but I have no issue with goods made in China or Thailand, or are particularly fancy of things from Germany and Italy, my point is, since those goods are originally from there, why aren't they made there anymore? Cheaper manufacturing but selling at 'original' prices? think about it. Luxury have really lost it touch.

Human perception is a really scary thing... but its what keeps big companies going, and millionaires' bank full. preying on needs, desire of human... And as intelligent as we think we all are... Think again... even the smartest have their foolish moments...

CHAMPIONZ!!!!

MAN U claims double!!! thrilling match, credit to chelsea too... having fought the battle all the way to the end.... one of the better EPL clashing ever. First half chelsea must thought they are playing against the 11 man they played in EPL... its really wrong as you can tell that they got a shock on how well man u is when they are full strenght, so 2nd half they come back, both team miss numerous oppotunities, with both teams settling with just a goal from the first half; Ronaldo's fantastic header goal and Lampard goal from a defensive error of man u. It dragged into extra time and both team seem significantly tired already. Then it was down to penalty... Man U seems like a goner with their line up of penalty takers, especially when their top scorer, Ronaldo was denied by Chez. But things took a turn when John Terry, the person that made Chelsea dream come alive and pretty much save them the spot in the final, hit the post. Heavy price to pay... The moment of truth was out when Van de Sar denied Anelka... Fantastic... Man U have made Chelsea 2nd 2 times in a row, definately a tough thing to swallow. Terry could not keep himself together after... who could... but overall, fantastic match, and a true champion league final at its best.

Another would be America Idol, David Cook is crowned the new American Idol!!! ROCK ONLI!!! hehez... both are good (that is according to my mum, but she was rooting for the youngster, as she claim he did very well and got super good comment from Simon) Oh well, I am sure both did very well, with Cook only winning by a mere 12,000 votes, a very little amount considering the number of votes have been casted (MILLIONS LAH!!!!) Congraz... and let see how things goes for him lah... Honestly there isn't many that really succeed, the only would still be Kelly Clarkson.

Was looking at training from wrestler yesterday over in youtube...and cannot help but feel that this wrestler, or rather ex-wrestler, Brock Lenar, is a true athelete man... for a man his size, he moves really really fast... scary fast... give me lots of motivation... but of course not to get to his size... just having part of his strenght and stamina and physics I will be POWERFUL LIAO LAH!!! but look at the workout he goes through and u understand how he gets to what he is man... ENJOY!!!! its an orgasmic experience...

A promise to keep... boring blog ahead...

My weight is official, itchy today and stepped on the weighing scale. I AM 77kg, from my lowest at 73kg, that is alot... HAHA!!! One consolation would be a comment from yao guo... said i look buffer... haha...so hopefully I am gaining muscle mass... hehez

Been promising myself to workout for close to a month now... and honestly thou progress is slow, I am conditioning my body to pick up rather well I must say. Anyway I have a target to reach, 25 September 2008 is the date. A few targets to reach, as follows

1) Toner body (hopefully my abs will show)
2) Be lighter, fitter, stronger
3) Better fitting in clothes (being a fashionista, thats a must)
4) Bring out the confidence in me
5) long term goal, Maybe appear in magazine again? pehaps... hehez

This is going to be an all out experience, and my blog will now features on all the moment till 25th september, the time frame is 16 week. In this 16 weeks I will share all the thrills and spills, the ups and down to my workout regime as well as a record of my diet plan. As well as photos sharing. meanwhile, here is what I look now... present moment... just taken 5 mins ago. Not a pretty sight and certainly not for the faint hearted... hahaha

Scary eh... hopefully in 16 weeks time things will change... alright thats for now then... hopefully my journey can inspire those that wanna lose weight too... if not... Please just show me support ba... hehez... Cheers pple!!!

There is always rainbow after a shower

To everyone who is worried over my last post... I AM FINE!!!! guess its just a sudden mixed of emotions and all I guess. But thx thx...