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1. Kiddo patterns. Bold colours. Dots and blonde hair. Outline everything. Black is the answer.

2. #CelebCrushes #NaomiIsMoreBadassThanRiri #DevoutKateMossFan #BeyonceIsQueen #BeyonceIsTheWoman #AlwaysBeyonce #NooneCanBeatBeyonce #QueenBee #BIsForBeyonce #ClearlyICanMakeBeyonceHashtagsAllDayLong..............

On a side note, Blake Lively has a lifestyle page, say what?! PRESERVE launched very recently and has been a project of hers for about two years. Yes, everyone's saying that she is following the footsteps of our utmost favourite Gwyneth Paltrow (hat-tip to my buddy Sasha for showing me this list of her 45 greatest quotes of all time), but her site is branded to target a different audience (obviously) who are fairly young domestic women (obviously) with much less spending limit (obviously). It is a good venture for her as she has a phenomenal public image of the likes of women who can do it all and who has done everything. When she became the fashion star, she became more than a TV star. When she ventured out of her Gossip Girl role, she became a real actress. When she had long term relationships and spewed "real" thoughts on dating and marriage, she became a woman. When she married Reynolds, she became aspirational. Now, she's testing the water if she is aspirational enough to make online-dough, and if we can trust her. One thing for certain, I like her, but I hate her website. Too much filtering!!! Too much black background!!! Really awful font pairing!!! Sigh, it's a real shame, because the idea to pair a beautifully choreographed and awesomely packed content article with a "SHOP THIS STORY" tab is HONESTLY SO COOL. #E-CommerceContentWritingAtItsBest. I hope Lively does something about the design as she has a ton of room for improvement.

3. This brand is making clothes for me, I swear.

4. My proposed make up for the upcoming week. I also learned how to make cotton candy frappuccino, so if yer ever in Vancouver and visiting the Starbucks I work at... ask for a cotton candy frapp, ;)

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A BLOG POST OF HAND-ME-DOWN-INSTAGRAM.

1. Why I still do not own a pair of Superga is a mystery.

2. Pastels and waves. I need more UV rays so that I work on my summer tan.

3. Men x Bike x Prints = #extremeswoon... except that bike is sort of the ones I want to ride...

4. Stackables. Right ailgnment.

5. #livefolk. Like dude, check out this VEGAN SOAP. For some reason, I can even SMELL the fresh (?) scent... Following this tangent, #livefolk means something along the lines of buy local, hand-make your junk, stop consuming. Sighhhhhhhhhh. For me to stop glorifying consuming would be to stop breathing?

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URGENT: finding more friends on the app, Yo

Source: businessinsider.com

About two weeks ago, Yo launched with vigor. 

It accumulated a ton of curiosity as its sole purpose is to send yo's to friends. What does that even mean? It means I tap on your name on the screen and it sends a push notification saying that I just yo'd you. Sometimes (and I still haven't figured out why it's only sometimes) the phone says "yo" out loud in this mechanical manly tone, "yo~" Listening to it "yo" is EXTREMELY satisfying and instantaneously makes your day 400 times better.

Plus, as if the app isn't a joke enough (parodies like the Game of Thrones Hodor-ing instead of Yo-ing has emerged), the reviews on the Apple app store page are hilarious!

The problem with Yo (as an app) right now is its decline in popularity. Just like how it had shot to the top of the app store, now it is just another app floating in the appsphere. There are talks about how Yo is a revolutionary app opening the doors into a new level of push notification strategies... but isn't this taking everything a little too far? Isn't this the model example of the North American way of flourishing everything with words for depth? Though we all know what is shallow and what is not, we are all prone to influences. When embellishments are smartly stated, they have the power to disorient the audience into believing in them. In all optimism and fast-paced world of technology, let's see how Yo turns itself around. Until then, I'm having a ton of fun Yo-ing three contacts. THREE. So sad. Therefore, I am searching for more friends on Yo.... add me @ rachelchungg and we can Yo all day...!!!!!!! 

On a side note, there's apparently this new social networking portal opening that is going to be strictly emoji-only. If you've IM-ed with me before, you know how critical emoticons are to my well-being and heightened level of communication. I've already reserved my Emoji.li username. Maybe you'd like to do so? Then we can be friends on the two of the world's "dumbest" + "minimalistic" apps.

Ciao, till later!
Yo!

Tobias Wong

Meet Tobias "Tobi" Wong.

On Oct 4th, I was lucky enough to be invited by Nigel to attend an exhibition talk at the Museum of Vancouver. I was a naive little girl, having no idea who this internationally acclaimed artist, Tobias Wong, was, yet entering an intimate circle of his -- friends + family -- at the talk.

I have all sorts of mixed feelings about this night. So I think I will just point form my thoughts.

a) I didn't like how yuppy the crowd was. I didn't like myself for not being as open to talking with any of the people there. I thought that I was someone who really likes "art," including all the pretentious fuckeries and beautiful bullshit phrases that are involved with it. But it wasn't so. And I had many internal conflicts.

b) I thought his death was super interesting. I liked this guy, Tobi Wong, more due to his death. He was one helluva sleepwalker. He finished art pieces and cleaned his whole house while he sleep walked, and that is FASCINATING already, right!? But he had committed suicide while sleep walking. Now, that. That gives me the shivers.

The NY Times made a limited edition newspaper scented candle in honour of his death

c) He was an asshole artist. He created stuff with objects that already existed as his mediums. He gold-plated everything cheap and made it into a luxury while he destroyed everything luxurious to make it into cheeky art. I can't deal with that; it is unethical and immoral BUT IT'S SO GENIUS so I'm really jealous. Again, I'm conflicting with myself.

The Money Pad made out of one hundred $1 bills and sold for $199.

The $20 000 Warhol print wrapped around a box....

The gold plated things...

The ring series including the Killer Ring.

Nigel having fun with the silver plated light switch.

d) Needless to say though, his pieces are pretty cool. I liked how some of them were super TRENDY but you can tell that some are timeless art and they definitely deserve love and special care.

e) The thing that Nigel said which was BANG ON about the evening (and I am not a living voice recorder so I don't remember the word-for-word quote, but it was something along the lines of...): "It's almost like it is not enough to just like his art, but we have to like him, too. I've never been to such an event where they ask for us to like the GUY making the art as much as his work." Then we kept talking to come to a conclusion that the leading and famous artists of today must be liked in 360 degrees point of view. For example, we not only like their music, but they have to be talented, beautiful, a good dancer, and also a philanthropist. Go figure.


Intrigued?
Meet Tobias Wong through NY Times: The Mysteries of Tobias Wong
In the Georgia Strait: Object(ing): The Art/Design of Tobias Wong praises a true provocateur

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D-3 til K-Town

Whaz on ma desktopz

1)  Dress in black. ALWAYS. Why do I even bother not dressing in black... MK in layers of black looking like a damn fine vampire. I need a bag by The Row. The second pic is from YSL's SS 13 show... your eyes hold no importance. Must cover them with a wide rimmed black hat. YESYES.

2) "Shave your eyebrows and creative colour the f*** out of your hair," says fashionistas from Japan!! Do NOT watch the bagel head/saline injection video... you'll puke yer guts out. :'( 

3) The world must not end in 2012, since his next movie is supposedly coming out in 2014: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. #MegaSwoonForever

4) .........       ^__^* 

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The sun's coming out.. and

WHAT TO WEAR 2011 SUMMER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (PART ONE)
Learning from Resort 2011

Balenciaga tells you what to wear to work and work functions either a getaway (if your work sends you on one.... WTF) or to a nice food party in the sun. It's all yours. Take the spotlight with very simple pastel coloured outfits; make sure the colour blocking is non-existent and that you are in ONE colour head to toe. Less thinking !!! And go wild with colourful and texturized heels !!


To sport the Marc Jacobs's outfit on the right, you should pay a visit to H&M where you can find basically all the pieces !!! They have a white flowery, layered skirt just like that there for $49.95. All yours, ;)

AHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!! STELLA MCCARTNEY !!! I know that you know that I flip my cornflakes for Stella. Blue ! Fresh prints ! And Black !!!!! Simple heels and shorter pants; don't be afraid to go for the SLEEK look and no boho or grungy/messy hair.
She's got a few lace looks, and those are easy and boring to put together. So just grab a few lace pieces (I mean they are EVERYWHERE.. Urban Outfitters or Aritzia) and wear 'em out all throughout summer ! :)

Thakoon - Easy yet graceful. If you can rip your oversized tees and make it look as good as Thakoon, I hail you. LOL, in my opinion, this is just very easy look but if done wrongly.. You may end up looking like a MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN FROM THE MARKETS... Maybe that was his inspiration !? All the busy markets in Thailand !??!?!!?!?!

How the Olsen's are dressing to their meetings !
How the Olsen's are dressing to their meetings !
How the Olsen's are dressing to their meetings !

Anyhow, more to come later. Enjoy the sun !!!!!!
I'm so so so very excited for my friend's wedding tonight !! AHHHH !!!!!!

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