How to ....... pronounce your favourite brands!

How to pronounce your favourite brands

Abaeté: Ah-bye-ah-tay
Agnes B: Ah-ni-ess Beh
Alejandro Ingelmo: Allay-handro In-gel-mo
Alexandre Herchcovitch: Ah-le-zan-dreh Hair-ch-co-vich
Andrew Gn: Andrew Jen (rhymes with “ten”)
Andy Thê-Anh: An-dee Tay-Ann
Ann Demeulemeester: Ann Duh-mule-eh-meester
Anna Sui: Ana Swee
Anya Hindmarch: Ahn-ya Heind-march
Arthur Mendonça: Ar-thur Men-doe-sa
Badgley Mischka: Badge-lee Meesh-ka
Balenciaga: Bah-lin-cee-ah-gah
Balmain: Bal-mah
Bebe: Bee-bee
Behnaz Sarafpour: Beh-nozz Sa-rah-fur
Bettye Muller: Beh-tee Meu-ler
Bottega Veneta: Bo-tega Ven-e-ta
Bulgari: Ball-gah-ree
Burberry Prorsum: Bur-bur-ree Pror-some
Carolina Herrera: Caro-leena Hair-era
Cartier: Kar-tee-aye
Cesare Paciotti: Che-sah-ray Pah-cho-tee
Chaiken: Chay-ken
Chanel: Shuh-nail
Comme des Garcons: Comb-day-gar-sewn
Christian Lacroix: La-Kwa
Christian Louboutin: Loo-boo-tahn
Dana Buchman: Day-nah Buck-man
Dior: Dee-or
Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten
Diane von Furstenberg: Fur-sten-berg (pronounced as spelled)
Dolce & Gabbana: Dole-ch-aye Ga-bon-na
Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten
Emilio Pucci: Eh-mi-li-oh Poo-ch-ee
Ermenegildo Zegna: Er-men-a-geel-do Zen-ya
Etienne Aigner: Eh-tee-yen On-yay
Furla: Fer-luh
Gareth Pugh: Gareth Pew
Gianfranco Ferre: Gee-an-fran-co Fr-aire
Giles Deacon: Jy-els Dee-kin
Givenchy: Jee-von-shee
Giambattista Valli: Gee-ahm-battista Valley
Gianfranco Ferre: Gee-ahn-franco Feh-ray
Hubert de Givenchy: Hue-bare duh Jee-von-shee
Gucci: Goo-chee
Hedi Slimane: Eddy Sli-mahn
Hermès: Err-mez
Hervé Léger: Air-vay Lay-jay
Hussein Chalayan: Hoo-sane Sha-lion
Issey Miyake: Ee-seh Mi-yah-key
Jean Paul Gaultier: Zhan Paul Go-tee-aye
James Perse: James Perse (as in a lady’s purse, not ‘pierce your ear’)
Joeffer Caoc: Joe-fur Kay-ock
Junya Watanabe: Joon-ya Wah-tah-nah-bay
Lambertson Truex: Lam-bert-son Tru-ex
Lanvin: Lon-vahn or Lon-vawn
L’Wren Scott: Le-ren Skot
Loewe: Low-ev-ay
Longchamp: Lon-chahn
Louis Vuitton: Loo-ee Voo-ee-ton
Madame Gres: Mah-dam Gray
Marchesa: Mar-kay-sa
Mainbocher: Maynbo-shay
Maison Martin Margiela: May-sohn Martin Mar-jell-ah
Marchesa: Mar-kay-sah
Miu Miu: Myoo Myoo
Moschino: Mo-ski-no
Monique Lhullier: Mo-neek Loo-lee-ay
Narciso Rodriguez: Nar-siss-so Ro-dree-gez
Nicolas Ghesquière: Ni-co-la Guess-ki-air
Olivier Theyskens: O-liv-ee-ay Tay-skins
Pierre Cardin: Pee-air Car-dain
Prada: Prah-da
Proenza Schouler: Pro-enza Skool-er
Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lauren (as in Lauren the girl’s name, not Sophia Loren)
Rei Kawakubo: Ray Kah-wah-koo-bo
Rochas: Row-shah
Rodarte: Row-dar-tay
6267: Six-two-six-seven (not Sixty-two-sixty-seven)
Sonia Rykiel: Saun-ya Ree-kee-eel
Sophia Kokosalaki: So-fee-a Ko-ko-sah-lah-kee
Tapeet by Vicini: Ti-peet by vi-ch-ee-knee
Thakoon: Tuh-koon
Thierry Mugler: Tee-air-ree Moog-lay
Tibi: Tbi or Tu-by (not Tee-bee)
Tocca: Toe-ka
Ungaro: Oon-ga-ro
Versace: Ver-sah-chee
Vionnet: Vee-oh-nay
Yigal Azrouel: Yee-goll Az-roo-el
Yohji Yamamoto: Yo-jee Yam-ah-mow-to
Yves Saint Laurent: Eve San Lor-ron
Zac Posen: Poe-zen

It's a sad sad day

Christmas just passed and the very next day, I received news that a friend passed away. He was on the boat that capsized off Pulau Sibu. It was boxing day when the accident happened. We're attending the funeral wake tonight.

It's just tragic. No other way to describe it.

One of the other deceased was his cousin who was due to get married next year. The other deceased were his friends. Up till now, there is still on more of their friend who is still missing.

After I got to know about his passing, I spent the night going through his facebook page. Looking at his pictures broke my heart. There were pictures of his mother, whom he lived with. Pictures of him doing the things he loved, always looking happy. He was a soft spoken guy with a super easy going disposition. Always had a smile for everyone.

Ben, you'll be sorely missed. See you later.

Hello.

I know, I know. This blog is almost dead-like.

The last few weeks have been emotional turmoil for me.

I'm trying my best to cope but the mind always wanders.

Amongst my gloom and doom, there have been some bright sparks. I got a free Iphone 4 (32gb no less) and also, I closed a deal that will reap me a few thousands. I'm using the Iphone as an e-book reader. It was seriously much harder to read stuff on my blackberry. I now have a blackberry and an Iphone. Just one more thing to carry in my ever stuffed-to-the-max bag. Speaking of that, I'm thinking of getting a new tote bag. The LV Neverfull MM is the ideal bag for me, can throw all my junk in. No monograms for me. Probably in damier.

Here's a picture of my ever sleep cat. Her name is Meme.

No, I'm not responsible for her name.

Not me!

Photo taken using the Iphone 4, using some Korean software's Fish Eye effect.

What's a great birthday gift?

My friends find me hard to shop for. This year, I got a Forever 21 e-gift certificate from them as my birthday present. My order is at Vpost currently. I'm waiting for my Drugstore.com order to arrive before I ship them back to Singapore.

So what did I buy? (or should I say what did my friend's e-gift certificate get me?) Here's some pictures of what I bought. I went overboard with the shopping and went over the amount given to me. Oh well.....

I would like to that my girls for this. Awesome birthday present :)

Hotel Living

Some pictures of the hotel from my most recent trip.

Hotel living is fine for a while, after a while,
I look forward to going home.















Glass Elevators. You'd probably not want to stay here if you have a fear of heights!





Often in hotels, I set up my "workstation".
Here's my work area at the beginning of the trip



Here it is on the last night before I flew back to Singapore.

Messy I know.

And yes, I was watching Glee :)



I attended this super huge fashion exhibition.
Imagine 3 times the size of Singapore Expo.
Will post pictures I took at the exhibition next time.
It's almost 4am and I need to go to bed!

Good night world.

Krabi - May 2010

Krabi pictures from last month. I am super slow in posting, I know :)

Christina and me on our way to Hong Island. Super sleepy at this point of time.
We stayed up late the night before. Not totally awake yet!



Christina has wind in her hair!


Somehow, I love this picture.



We saw loads and loads of humongous jelly fishes in open waters!
Cannot imagine getting stung by one of them.
Oh, Christina got stung on the face by a baby jelly fish. LOL.



The long tail boats that we took!



We asked the boat men to jump into the water for the shot and they did.
Christina is behind the boat man. She jumped too but cannot see her!



Here's a shot of Christina jumping into the water!



Us in the water + one boat man.



Fish frenzy!



More next time!

Mr Tantric @ Zirca

Friday, my friend Christina bought tickets as a favor to someone for this man pageant at Zirca on Sunday. Contestants came out dressed in work overalls and helmets with flash lights. We watched for a while and got disinterested very soon.





Drag queen doing hosting duties. Very very talkative. I tuned out after a while.



The drinks. How else to pass the time.



Then we started to play with the lighting!





Oh my pretty jug! More lighting at play.

Le Le Pot 乐乐锅 Steamboat Dinner

Met my cousins for dinner, together with my brother at Le Le Pot!

乐乐锅 is at 58 Seng Poh Rd #01-23, just opposite Tiong Bahru Market.



Time to order!



We had the herbal chicken soup and the laksa soup.



Beef slices ... love!



Prawns (the pic makes them look bigger than they are! Hah!)



Crab roll or something like that, I cannot remember the name off hand now. Sorry!



3 layer pork (directly translated!)



We all loved the fried man tou with condensed milk.... really yum!

Pizza Sunday

On Sunday, the weather was so hot that venturing outdoors did not seem a good idea. So, it's time to order pizza. We decided on Canadian Pizza, trying 2 flavors we have not tried before.

The Mexican Fiesta pizza! Lean ground beef, chilli, capsicum!




And the Chicken Fajita pizza with Fajita Spiced Chicken, Onions, Capsicum and salsa.



Close up of the Mexican Fiesta. I preferred this over the Chicken Fajita one :)

Dental scaling for my dog soon!

One of my dogs is scheduled for a dental scaling next week. The vet said she has to do a consultation before I can make an appointment for dental scaling.

The consultation + blood test cost $147+

This is not including the cost of the dental scaling which I am estimating to be around $200-$300? Hopefully not more than that. Dogs have to be anesthetized for this. Will be dropping her off at the vet in the morning and picking her just before dinner time.

On a lighter note, my dog is obese and is now on veterinary fat burners.

Oh yeah, I kid you not.