... Selfish-less but not admitting.
In this self-righteous world, are you willing to walk to the way out and #FuckThePoor?
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3. The Way Out to...
... Procrastination
Happy Birthday, Nyan Cat (05/04/2011)
Make sure to check out the 10 hours version, especially for those sleepless nights.
The Unfinished... Regeneration
"Bakerloo and Northern Line trains will not stop at Embankment station from Wednesday 9th January 2014 till late November 2014 due to escalator refurbishment works."
"Tube Improvement are on track."
by Harry Wong
The story continues after the jump.
The Daily Collective: 02
The Daily Collective: 02
"What have I been upto?"
Photographed by Harry Wong
"Shadows and Lights" - Southbank Centre / Hayward Gallery.
"Zhang Enli: Space Painting" current exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
"Progression - succession" In preparation of "Bloomsberg New Contemporaries" at Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
"All looks to the right" Street performers at Trafalgar Square, London
"Looking out or Seeking out?" Brighton Beach.
If you would like to participate into the daily collection, please don't hesitate to drop us an email on westfm@googlemail.com with the title: The Daily Collective to get started.
GREY / FALL 04
Pure / Faux / Fake
Wool - one of the most common textile used across the clothing industry, while in some countries, there's protection on how you retrieve them but of course some don't - only until recently PETA have speak up about Merino Wool from Australia and others wollen products (aka Ugg Boots which is made from Sheep's Skin directly with fur intact - meaning actual skinning the animal alive).
Click Read More for further information and video regarding the subject.
Click Read More for further information and video regarding the subject.
GREY / FALL 03: Challenge Media Control and Overhaul
Past week saw the opening of The Fifth Estate, a controversial movie based briefly on the foundation of WikiLeaks with focus upon Julian Assange himself, produced by Dreamworks and in collaboration with Disney. Negative perspective upon the matter can be seen throughout the 2hr8mins movie, with majority of critics giving the film less than 4 stars rating (imdb rating currently stands at 5.3/10)
On 18 September 2013, WikiLeaks released a mature version of the script to public because the film "was, in WikiLeaks perspective, irresponsible, counterproductive, and harmful." Furthermore, last Friday (11th Oct 2013), WikiLeaks released their own movie named: "Mediastan - A WikiLeaks Road Movie" and made available for free in the UK collide with The Fifth Estate's opening weekend.
"For the first time ever, audiences get a behind-the-scenes insight into the world’s first truly global media event: "Operation Cablerun" : the 2011 operation during which WikiLeaks ran hundreds of thousands of secret US government cables to media outlets around the world.
On 18 September 2013, WikiLeaks released a mature version of the script to public because the film "was, in WikiLeaks perspective, irresponsible, counterproductive, and harmful." Furthermore, last Friday (11th Oct 2013), WikiLeaks released their own movie named: "Mediastan - A WikiLeaks Road Movie" and made available for free in the UK collide with The Fifth Estate's opening weekend.
"For the first time ever, audiences get a behind-the-scenes insight into the world’s first truly global media event: "Operation Cablerun" : the 2011 operation during which WikiLeaks ran hundreds of thousands of secret US government cables to media outlets around the world.
In MEDIASTAN, an undercover team of journalists drives across the central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and into US occupied Afghanistan, before continuing its journey into the west; regrouping in Julian Assange’s kitchen, ambushing the editor of the Guardian, and obtaining candid footage of the New York Times editor and its publisher Arthur Sulzberger speaking about Obama.
Julian Assange, explaining why he produced the film stated, “Central Asia is the most fascinating geopolitical region in the world. It is the cream in the geopolitical layer cake. On the top, Russia, on the bottom, China; in the middle, a fight for US influence" But, Mr. Assange explained, "what started out as a geopolitical road movie transformed into a tale of comparative censorship as our adventure continued into the unexpected heart of MEDIASTAN."
Following a trail of censorship and media collusion with power eventually takes them to the London Guardian and the New York Times.
The Guardian’s editor Alan Rusbridger, questioned by Assange, talks about how the Guardian censored US cables about rich kleptocrats and western oil companies.
New York Times editor Bill Keller unknowingly talks about the Times’ daily telephone calls with the US government, his decision to conceal the NSA’s mass surveillance program and the newspaper’s ’favourite subject’—WikiLeaks.
MEDIASTAN director Johannes Wahlström explained "Mediastan is not so much a physical place as it is a state of mind among many of the journalists and editors who form our perceptions of the world."
Producer Julian Assange said: "This is journalism in extremis. This is how it is done. This weekend, instead of wasting your time and money on Hollywood propaganda, why not get all your friends around and spend your time watching MEDIASTAN instead?"
Video on Demand is available globally http://jman.tv/store?p=5104.
MEDIASTAN was directed by Johannes Wahlström and produced by Julian Assange with Rebecca O’Brien and Lauren Dark at Sixteen Films. It is being distributed by Journeyman Pictures.
What's your view? Grey / Fall continues.
GREY/FALL 01
The objectification of women and bias sexism.
In contrast to BLCK / SUMR's extremism with consumerism and straight-forward facts (If you have missed our 7-part series, click on the Archive tab above) , GREY / FALL series investigate the humanity's stereotypes, and perceptions.
There will be an interval within the next few weeks for Fashion Weeks coverage.
If you happens to be a fan of the popular culture, 'Blurred Line' must have came across your path more than once within the past months as a smashing hit on the radio, clubs and guest-houses. The video caused lots of controversy upon its sexism and objectification of women, yet the description of 'artistic integrity' had let the point bypass the mind. This can be seen live in front of lots of minors in the fiasco of Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus performed the song in the VMA earlier this month.
Individuals have created petition to ask YouTube to remove or ban the video from showing across the internet, See here. LINK
Recently, a parody of 'Defined Lines' by students in Auckland University's Law division has been removed for inappropriate content. The video speaks the exact reverse of what 'Blurred Line' constitute for, even its imagery with reversed roles (naked men while the womens fully clothed). The catchy parody raises awareness upon sex crimes, women exploitation, equality, misogyny.
The video has been re-uploaded from various users, check it out below.
Girls, fight for your equality, power to get men on leash, or not afraid to grab men's behind when you feel like it.
BLCK / SUMR 05
Discrimination upon ourselves
"Infamous Russian ultranationalist Maxim Martsinkevich, known under the nickname "Cleaver" (or "Tesak" in Russian) spearheaded a country wide campaign against LGBT teens using a popular social network VK.com to lure unsuspected victims through personal ads. Mr. Martsinkevich's numerous and enthusiastic followers started two projects: "Occupy Pedophilyaj" and "Occupy Gerontilyaj". Allegedly they are trying to identify and report pedophiles using these "movements". In reality, over 500 online groups have been created inside VK.com social network in order to organize illegal militant groups in every Russian city. Oddly enough their idea of fighting pedophiles targets exclusively male teenagers who respond to the same-sex personal ads and show up for a date. Captured victims are bullied and often tortured while being recorded on video. These self-proclaimed "crime fighters" perform their actions under the broad day light, often outside and clearly visible to general public that indifferently passes by or even commend them. Video recordings of bullying and tortures are freely distributed on the Internet in order to out LGBT teens to their respective schools, parents and friends. Many victims were driven to suicides, the rest are deeply traumatised. So far Russian police took no action against these "movements" even though Russian criminal code was clearly violated and despite numerous complaints from parents, victims and LGBT activists. Social network VK.com intermittently shuts down selected groups and profiles only to allow them to be re-open on the next day. Currently, the founder of VK.com, Pavel Durov, resides in the US and so far has not released any comments.
This below graphic shows an underage victim in Moscow, Russia."
Furthermore, shall you like to see the video of a victim being bullied, sprayed in urine and tortured, please click here. and for a further reading upon the subject, click here.
(Note that 1st link contains scenes of verbal abuse, with violence upon underage individuals while 2nd link contains details such as body being battered and torture)
BLCK / SUMR 04
Today, an internal North Korean film about Western Propaganda has leaked into the worldwide web, causing lots of discussions. The film itself lasts 1 hour 40 minutes, which originally targeted to the citizens within North Korea, mentioning and discussing about western's capitalism, imperialism, mass manipulation of culture for purpose of com-modification, and how it permeates every aspects of our lives to be blissfully ignorant, borderline zombie masses. It is scarily accurate, and couldn't have came on time for our Black Summer series here at WestFASHION Your Life.
It's all about tactics: 1. to Distract; 2. to Misinform; 3. to Anaesthetise the brain.
With: the fear of religion, the 1% of population, desire to be, attitude of "achieve without achieving".
Also, the documentary contains very disturbing imagery (Slavery, documentaries) , and extreme violence (killing, suicides), so please do prepare yourself.
Before you start, I personally would like you to switch this mindset of, this film was made in a backward nation, with human rights issues raised by Amnesty International recently, and threats of nuclear war between the peninsular; therefore think about the advance in their society thoughts upon ours.
I have picked the best controversial part within the film for your attention, and to your will, if you would like to see the full documentary film, with sections about Fears and Illusions/ Religion / Ideas / Bewares of 1% / Rewriting History / Cover-ups and Omissions / Complicity / Censorship / TV / Advertising / International Diplomacy / Terrorism / The End, click HERE.
Butter vs. Margarine
Last 24 hours of 2012, while the most of lovelies from WestFASHION HQ are on holiday, you got me here, and I would like to share an article with you, not-fashion-related at all, but remember that WestFASHION Your Life is here for anything about the life that I and you lives in.
So, its all about food. Butter & Margarine.
"Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.
It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavourings.
They both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine. Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study. Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and only because they are added!
Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavours of other foods. Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years. For margarine, very high in Trans-fatty-acids + triples risk of coronary heart disease + increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol) + increases the risk of cancers up to five times + lowers quality of breast milk + decreases immune response + decreases insulin response. And here's the most disturbing fact...
Margarine is but one molecule away from being plastic... and shares 27 ingredients with paint. These facts alone were enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).
Open a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will notice a couple of things:
- No flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)
- It does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow.
Why? Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?"
What a surprising found isn't it? so called the better food is actually worse the not-so-good food.
The more natural the better life is - little rule WestFASHION works by too on all-we-do.
Happy New Year, readers! Stay in touch throughout 2013.
Harryx
So, its all about food. Butter & Margarine.
"Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.
It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavourings.
They both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine. Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study. Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and only because they are added!
Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavours of other foods. Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years. For margarine, very high in Trans-fatty-acids + triples risk of coronary heart disease + increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol) + increases the risk of cancers up to five times + lowers quality of breast milk + decreases immune response + decreases insulin response. And here's the most disturbing fact...
Margarine is but one molecule away from being plastic... and shares 27 ingredients with paint. These facts alone were enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).
Open a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will notice a couple of things:
- No flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)
- It does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow.
Why? Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?"
What a surprising found isn't it? so called the better food is actually worse the not-so-good food.
The more natural the better life is - little rule WestFASHION works by too on all-we-do.
Happy New Year, readers! Stay in touch throughout 2013.
Harryx
How did a 5 minutes 19 seconds changed the world...?
... well 20 years ago away.
Last month, Madonna's fans celebrated 20 years of 'Erotica' - an album released in November 1992 (3 months after Harry was born!)
'Erotica' is a song by Madonna from her 5th studio album, and is a spoken-word song, falls into various genres from R&B, to porn groove. From its lyrics, the song talks about erotic sex and sexual pleasure - which is first of its kind from an commercial artist back in 1992. It received a backlash from critics and fans due to its explicit nature.
The music video pushes the boundary even further with its visual contents, features Madonna in hardcore sex leather gear with golden tooth and a whip. Due to its highly charged sexual content, the video had to be released in 2 version - the "Standard" which contained no nudity, while the "Uncensored" version (video below) contained full-frontal nudity of Madonna, anal sex and extreme bondage, with Naomi Campbell, Isabella Rossellini's appearance.
Despite the negative and backlash, the song was able to top at least 3 charts No.1 and 14 Top 10.
"Erotica" album remained one of the most well-constructed and intriguing album of all time.
The music video pushes the boundary even further with its visual contents, features Madonna in hardcore sex leather gear with golden tooth and a whip. Due to its highly charged sexual content, the video had to be released in 2 version - the "Standard" which contained no nudity, while the "Uncensored" version (video below) contained full-frontal nudity of Madonna, anal sex and extreme bondage, with Naomi Campbell, Isabella Rossellini's appearance.
Despite the negative and backlash, the song was able to top at least 3 charts No.1 and 14 Top 10.
"Erotica" album remained one of the most well-constructed and intriguing album of all time.
Video requires log-in, and contains strong nudity, extreme bondage, and sexual references.
121 Regent Street
In time for London Fashion Week, Burberry celebrates their new flagship store opening down Regent Street, near Piccadilly Circus - the iconic shopping district among the London streets. Took 2 years to redesign the former Grade II-listed, 19th century entertainment complex situated down the curve of Regent Street, with Savile Row few metres along Vigo Street.
Instead of renovating its layout, Burberry uses the environment to its advantage, unearthing some of the original facades within building, accompany its brand heritage and image which allows them to bring the brand to life.
The store itself is one self-contained mansion with 25 flights of stairs across 4 floors, and 17 fittings rooms "hidden" round the corner of its wooden facades.
There're some extraordinary numbers to make the store for what it is. 500 speakers along with 160 iPads to make sure the store runs smoothly and provide visitors the best experiences.
More like an emporium than a typical retail extravaganza.
Within its retail team, 29 different languages will be spoken in the store along with 160 individuals will be in store to offer help during peak hours of trading.
Like before, Burberry loves to be ahead of the technology race, launching RFID into various items in store; the largest indoor retail space in its atrium; and custom built signage to help customers navigates round the store.
121 Regent Street is a celebration of Britishness. Its product, its lifestyle, its innovation under one roof.
Worth a visit when you're next in London town.
Images below courtesy of Burberry, but when the WestFASHION team back in London, they will be visiting the store to experience the RFID!!
Click for a bigger resolution.
Instead of renovating its layout, Burberry uses the environment to its advantage, unearthing some of the original facades within building, accompany its brand heritage and image which allows them to bring the brand to life.
The store itself is one self-contained mansion with 25 flights of stairs across 4 floors, and 17 fittings rooms "hidden" round the corner of its wooden facades.
There're some extraordinary numbers to make the store for what it is. 500 speakers along with 160 iPads to make sure the store runs smoothly and provide visitors the best experiences.
More like an emporium than a typical retail extravaganza.
Within its retail team, 29 different languages will be spoken in the store along with 160 individuals will be in store to offer help during peak hours of trading.
Like before, Burberry loves to be ahead of the technology race, launching RFID into various items in store; the largest indoor retail space in its atrium; and custom built signage to help customers navigates round the store.
121 Regent Street is a celebration of Britishness. Its product, its lifestyle, its innovation under one roof.
Worth a visit when you're next in London town.
Images below courtesy of Burberry, but when the WestFASHION team back in London, they will be visiting the store to experience the RFID!!
Click for a bigger resolution.
Xmas List Ready?
It is always weird to take about Christmas in Summer, but then who doesn't want the festive feeling all year round? Sitting in front of the fire, unwrapping presents like a 10 years old, and be surprised what you ending up getting instead of what you wish.
Wondering if you remember watching an cartoon film called "The Solar Express"
Liberty of London took inspiration from the Victoria age of the steam train where travel is for the adventurer and pioneers as the theme for their 2012 Christmas.
Having to recreate the sleeper train in mind, Liberty team turned their Christmas Shop space into "The Liberty Express", or as I called "The Flight of Wonder" (bit more fancy, you know)
Famous for their independent choice of selection, and their Tana Lawn print fabrics. Of course includes few quirky selections such as a table filled with "food" decoration, fooled little old me thinking it is literally a big feast at the end of the Press Viewing.
The "train" includes a selection from their kidswear "Little Liberty"; their best of menswear gift selection such as ties, & Trousers strap (that's a first!); homewear along with very cosy prints and furniture; of course decorations.
"Liberty Express" departs on the 8th September on the 4th floor in their flagship, down Great Marlborough Street, London, W1. #LibertyExpress
More photos after the jump!
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