Long Live McQueen

Tonight, I was surfing through the net as I usually do and I came upon to one of my favorite haunts, Chuvaness' blog.

First thing that pops into my browser was this headline:

McQueen is Dead.

The British Fashion Icon committed suicide and is found dead today.

No words.

But this is a dark dark day for the fashion industry. At 40, he is just too young.

But his brilliance in his legacy will go on.

Good night. And RIP.

Midweek Randomnities : It's Complicated

For this Midweek Randomnities special...oh, it is so exciting.

You know how in our Friendster statuses, there is single, married, in a relationship and lastly, 'it's complicated'? How many people I have come across in their profiles that had their statuses up that way? Makes you wonder just how complicated their life is at the moment. And you wanted to pull up a chair and have a cuppa with that said person and maybe they might just spill what makes their hearts on a twist.

This Saturday though, we will not just offer a cuppa, but a whole shindig.

Poster by Tof Zapanta

Introducing It's Complicated, an exhibit where 7 pairs of artists, visionaries and poets (yes, including moi), will try to untangle the complications of the complicated heart. Beyond the candies, the roses and the proclamations of love. Various mediums of interpretations, symbolism and even mystery as they themselves will expose the inner recesses of their experience as the ones who loved and was loved.

This event is to be held at the Pablo Gallery, Cubao Expo. Opening at 7pm, with sounds by Jowee and Mon of Team Manila.

For this week...I am feeling

Yes, you heard it right.

One of the biggest frustrations that Dark Gravity and myself have, is fashion. The weather here in dear Manila is not exactly feasible for over the top layerings or experimentations due to the humidity or the erratic behavior that Mother Nature gets from time to time (or rather, make that ALL THE TIME). Let's face it, it is a challenge to be 'Fashyon' here, with the weather alone.

We admire people here who would go to the extreme to just dress the way they want to dress. But realistically, it can be a real pain in the butt to have to struggle in any form. Sure you may be wearing high heeled louboutins, mountainous headdresses with feathers, but my goodness, you're sweating up a storm or tripping over yourself.

Result: Poise FAIL. (please see below)

(picture courtesy of izismile.com)

We understand the pain we endure for style and fashion, but laid back as we are, we wanted our style to be taken into thought, but effortless all the same. We don't want to look boring, or be too extreme that it is almost impossible to walk in. It can be carried through accessories, like a hat, an interesting t-shirt or a nice blazer with a unique detailing.

So for this week, let's try to spice up your everyday work wardrobe. It may be a 9 to 5 humdrum normalcy routine, but I do believe in the power of feeling good. And taking that extra shine on your shoes or the whiff of a perfume, it can give you that extra boost that you need to meet this busy week. And who knows when you're going to meet some old friends or colleagues on a random errand?

We all know weekends are good. But we can meet this week the same way as we meet Fun Friday Nights, Chill Saturdays and Stay-in-Bed Sundays.

Hopping along to meet this New Week,

OrigamiDreams

Anticipate Weekend!

Weekend's ALMOST ALMOST here!

It's been a real sweet first 5 days and a half of blogging in Sloppy Sharp. And first and foremost, we would like to extend our thank yous for the emails of support and welcome. We will continue to strive and bring you little wonders and discoveries that we come across in wonderful urban jungle of Manila, from our travels somewhere in the world or within the depths of the internet sea.

We are on our way to be the best people that we could be in the best way we know how. Our main purpose of starting this blog is to communicate, to reach out, to share. We wanted to inspire, connect and learn from others and hopefully you guys would also learn bits and pieces from us as well. That is the beauty of the internet, a plethora of resources, information, facts, fiction and interesting topics. To share and be shared. To know and be known.

We are still working our way around here in this virtual plot of land we plan to make our home, and we anticipate that there will be LOTS of things to change, things to add...things to subtract in the coming months. But that's what growth is all about. The only thing that is constant. Change. And in time, we hope to improve here and there, a nip or a tuck..all for the better.

This weekend, one of the projects is already in motion. And I am so excited to be part of it. It is a baby step in experimenting various mediums than from what I usually handle. I will update you on the progress and process once we have all the details, but the mere thought is already exciting.

This weekend is all about pursuing your plans, but don't forget to give your body the chill-out time it needs. I swear, there is just something about weekends, it magically gives us that extra boost of energy don't you think?

In closing, a random quote from a childhood friend:

"oh lord, if there's a chance given i would go forth and wear ribbons on my arms, feathers on my hair and long dresses with trains. So child, do not hesitate and just wear whatever makes you feel magical. f*ck those who think thinly....they're like those sandwiches that when you bite into them, there is barely no flavor...be the high-stacked-flavor filled sandwich. The world needs more of that."

Happy Weekend,
OrigamiDreams

FTP (Favorite Track Power!) : Bachelors Of Science - Can't Let Go

New music care of my favorite Drum and Bass artists, Bachelors of Science as we greet this beautiful Thursday.

To know more about them, go their Official site: http://bachelorsofscience.com

To buy their new album, Warehouse Dayz, go HERE.

Thanks to Youtube.com and UnknownAFX

Weekend's almost here,
OrigamiDreams

Midweek Randomnities #1

Feeling impatient for Friday to come by and you feel that this week is too slow? Well, here at Sloppy Sharp, we want to welcome you to...


This is the place where we feature flights of fancy and things that makes us go 'meep.' (well, for me anyway.) And offer you our own daily discoveries for the week, at least alleviate your midweek mood blues. You don't have to twiddle your thumbs for Friday to come. Just click and have fun. :)

- Japanese Street Style at its best : Dropsnap.jp

- Whatever happened to Race Diversity? A writer expressed her disbelief on the recent feature cover of Vanity Fair's "New Hollywood" Issue.

- Bachelors of Science released their new album "Warehouse Dayz" last December. In their official website they featured an album preview playlist, where each track contains a 2 minute snippet tune so you can experience their new stuff.

I am loving (so far):

Can't Let Go (Feat. Erica London)
Have You Ever Tried
25th Street
Match Point
Bombay Sapphire.

They also feature full length track playlists for every album they released by far. You have a choice to buy in Vinyl or Mp3, thru iTunes or Beatport...whichever floats your boat.

Go and have a quick listen

- Style and Relax is a fashion and lifestyle blog run by fellow Manileña, Lace Llanora. Here, she covers fashion shows, beauty products, wellness and outfit posts that documents her personal sense of style. Recently, she released Mommy Lace, a maternity and pregnancy blog based on her experience as an expecting mom-to-be with fellow blogger and life partner Azrael Coladilla. Congrats~!

- In lieu to this Chinese New Year, Bagaholicboy features a wonderful Tumi Tiger Luggage Tag, embossed with the tiger's silhouette and comes in the color of vibrant red. This will guarantee to bring in a prosperous and bright fortune for you.

- Keeping to my Black, White and Red obsession, hop over to Designer, Make Up Artist and Musician Amelia Arsenic's site for her out of this world fashion, beauty and style tips.

Keeping Alive this Midweek,

OrigamiDreams

Write in Peace with Ommwriter

I found this little gem while reading through a couple of random articles, and somewhere, I spotted a random link which led me to this ditty, the Ommwriter.

It's started as a mini project born among the brilliant minds of Herraiz Soto and Co, a creative ad agency with a heavyweight clientele (Camper, Casio, BMW, IKEA and Labuat + Wii), for a simple mission: to create an internal tool that will allow people to veer away from the humdrum noise of emails, proposals, crazy thoughts and multitudes of meetings and stressful calls.

And be one with ourselves....and with our ideas.

Thus, the Ommwriter was born.

Not to be selfish, Herraiz Soto and Co decided to share it to the whole world by creating a beta site for us mere mortals to download and experience the wonders of therapeutic writing.

Once you download and open the app..as easy as one, two, three. The screen will immediately fade to white, revealing a pristine snowy white landscape.


Oh, a tip: You got to have your headset on when you'll be doing your writing on the Ommwriter, the soothing music helps you relax and can even encourage you to do your meditation.


The UI is clean and simple with minimal use of colors restricted to soft grays and pastel whites.


The icons and function buttons are out of sight as you type, but once you mouseover to the right side of the screen, that's when they appear.

And once you're done (either ranting or just doing zen writing), just save and close the application.

Easy peasy. :)

But as all things are, there are just a couple of setbacks :

- Their software system requires that it is a Mac OS X or higher and has to be an Intel-based Apple Computer. So no Ommwriter for Windows...for now.

- The document cannot be printed straight from the application. Once you save your work, it becomes a file that can be opened in TextEdit and you can either print from there or move it to MS Word.

But all in all, it's really a cool application when you're feeling stressed out and stumped. This is perfect for copywriters, writers, bloggers and journalists just wanting to take a breather in the middle of work. Even just opening the application and stare blankly at the pristine white screen, with music or no, it is indeed a little piece of peace in a world that is fast-paced and noisy.

Share the love by spreading this project to people who you think need to de-stress. The more, the merrier and the less chance for stress migraines. :)

Do let the people at Ommwriter know what you think and send a short (and sweet) note in their feedbacks section. Click HERE to direct you to their contacts page.

And when you do write in Ommwriter, no need to edit in cold blood. Just let your mind wander and your words flow freely.

Happy Writing,
OrigamiDreams