Chocolette Les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

In Movies on 14 March 2010 with Comments Off

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I went and caught Alice in Wonderland with two friends from hall last night – like finally! I’ve been waiting to watch the movie since the previews first got revealed some time last year. It wasn’t as climatic as I thought it would be, but I certainly wasn’t disappointed. My favourite characters, by ranking, are Chessur (The Cheshire Cat), The Mad Hatter and The March Hare. I love how morally ambiguous Chessur is, and it’s a wonder that Alice in Wonderland could be qualified as a children’s fairytale at all with Chessur in the cast, hahaha.

Anyway, Alice ranks somewhere at the bottom, mayhaps above the mushrooms in the background and below the Red Queen. Part of the reason why I didn’t like this movie as much as I wanted to was because Tim Burton kind of pulled a WTF? on me and made the movie into a half coming-of-age film. What happened to the gloriously weird and semi-creepy Tim Burton in Alice in Wonderland? The starting was absolutely lame and a waste of a good half an hour that could’ve went into… I don’t know, character developments for the White Queen or more scenes with Chessur in it (lol).

I do think the movie redeemed itself towards the end, but I still can’t help but think that it could’ve been way, way more epic if Burton had just ditched the whole “I totally don’t fit into this society boo hoo hoo” premise of the show.

In any case! I can’t believe there’s going to be a movie for the Wimpy Kid series. Catch the movie trailer here – my brother’s going to be such a fan, hahaha.

Shanghai Baby

In Daily Life, Traveling on 3 March 2010 with Comments Off

Phew, it’s been a while! I took a trip back to China (Hefei & Shanghai) from the 14th – 21st last month, hence the (prolonged) absence.

All in all, a pretty good trip I guess?

Needless to say, I cried.

In Music on 2 February 2010 with Comments Off

A lot of people (including very popular fashion bloggers) claim that Lady Gaga’s style is trashy or that she’s got no style at all, but in my honest opinion, she’s sort of like an icon in her own way, no?

They could all be goddesses in disguise.

In Couture on 29 January 2010 tagged Elie Saab, Spring 2010 with Comments Off

Oh, fuck yeah.

Elie Saab Spring 2010 Couture
View the entire collection @ Style.com

The one show that I look forward to the most every time couture season rolls around is Elie Saab’s. He makes the most outstanding dresses ever, hands down. Many women would want to wear one of his dresses to their weddings, I imagine ;)