Epic Pillage - Settlers of Catan

In an age where technology and graphics are advanced enough that people can basically live in the virtual world (OH HAI MMO-ers), board games still hold their place in this world of entertainment. Nothing is more exciting than competing with your friends over a buncha cards and wooden figures that represent settlements and cities. Welcome to the world of Catan, where domination of land and harvesting of materials is fueled by the thirst to win. In the future kids will boast about how awesome their video games are and how realistic they look. I will reply, "Ya well did you get to build little wooden cities and collect cards that represent resources?" In the world of video games, board games have sadly been neglected. I hope more people can begin to appreciate board games again.

Fashion Tip #3 - KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)

Most of the time people over complicate their outfits with a gazillion layers and different textures and colors. You do not want your outfit to be so busy looking that it would take people a good 10 minutes to look you from top to bottom just to see what the hell you're wearing. This is why we want to keep things simple. Most of the time when I see someone's outfit having a clash of too many elements usually means they don't know what the hell they're doing. No, it's not fashionable to mix and match a buncha crap to confuse people. That's not fashion. I always think what look I want before I leave the door. Don't try to mix too many looks into one. Sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn't. Remember you want to look good, not look like a thrift store.

I don't know if Emily Strange stuff is for girls only, but these are some sick dolls. Not too pricy either at $24 USD.

Fashion Tip #2 - Matching Colors Cont'd

And here we go again with the color matching. This time it's plain to see that my primary color is light neon pink! However, I've also incorporated another theme into this outfit. If you haven't guessed it by now then you might as well give up on life and go back to kindergarten where you should rekindle your love for superheroes. Batman has and always will be my favourite hero. I don't care what anyone says, Batman is one of the most badass super heroes out there.

So pink is my primary color. Black being secondary and white would be my third one.

In terms of secondary and third color, it doesn't matter how much of each color you want in your outfit. Both should complement your primary color well and not cause any conflicts to the human eye. As you can see here I have a white T-shirt (Batman and Catwoman) and have used a pink scarf to keep the focus on my primary color.

Fashion Tip #2 - Matching Colors

A very simple technique I like is to match colors. When I dress I usually think about what color I want to be the main attraction. Usually I would try to restrict my outfit to three colors only. The primary color is the main attraction, what I want others to see first or take notice first. The secondary color should complement the primary color well. The third color usually serves to complement the second color or maybe it just ends up being there due to the items I'm wearing. For example, looking at the above picture you can easily see that baby blue is my primary color. The baby blue in my shirt and my shoes is what I want people to notice. The secondary color would be black as it goes well with anything. And my third color would be white since you can see it in my shoes, shirt, shades. Usually you can't go wrong if you stick with only three colors that work well together - mainly one strong vibrant color and two other neutral colors to complement it. That way you can be sure that the items you want to stand out will definitely get the attention they deserve without worrying that it clashes with any other item.

If you look closely, my shirt shows the head of a Gundam. XD Usually I choose to have less surface area of my primary color because I want it to stand out by being small and different colored, not dominant. However, in this case my whole T-shirt is my primary color and it worked out alright. Sometimes you wouldn't want your primary color to also be the most dominant color of your outfit in terms of surface area, it just wouldn't look that good. You wouldn't dress yourself up in primarily one color right?

Fall 2009 Looks?

Apparently, Kakashi (oh hai Narutards) likes to dress up in a nice suit too once in a while. The idea of wearing a turtle neck under a suit is not bad in cooler temperatures. But I'm definitely not feeling those gloves.

I'm not much of a Tommy Hilfiger fan mainly because back when I was a kid it was too played out. However, this suit is to die for. It is a very subtle double breasted jacket that looks very slim fitting. Goes well with the turtle neck too.

On another note, why is Yohji Yamamoto designing clothes for hobos? Although the clothes look very warm and I wouldn't mind using it as a blanket, this look just doesn't fly with me. Gomenasai Yamamoto-san.

Iron Man Figure by TK

This is sooooo sick.

Original post is here

Why I love sleeping

Not only is sleeping awesome because my bed is hella comfortable, but also because sleep is crazily essential to us. Sleep deprivation can really do some damage to us.

According to this site, deep REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep - meaning when you dream - stimulates regions in the brain used in learning. Sleeping is important in retaining memory and archiving information received during the day.

So for all you people out there who pull all nighters for certain things maybe like tests and exams, you're just gonna screw yourself over. I've done it a few times before and it IS DEFINITELY ABSOLUTELY not worth it.

Also, you know how usually people say you require 8 hours of sleep on average. Well the amount varies between people, some need less and others need more. In a person's sleep cycle, they will enter REM sleep about 3 times a night. The best way to know if you've got enough rest is to let your body wake yourself up. Also, if you wake up in the middle of a dream then chances are you do not have enough rest yet. A person's sleep cycle should end with no dreams (meaning not REM). Furthermore, for every hour of sleep you miss it will accumulate into a sleep debt that you should make up for. Sleep deprivation can cause some serious short term and long term effects that are discussed in said article.

Well anyways, the next time your parents or someone yells at you for sleeping too much tell them to eff off because sleep is really REALLY important!

Fashion Tip #1 - Matching material/textures

Mini self shoot I did today, featuring tip #1 - same material/texture. I'm not really a mix and match kinda guy, I prefer having a certain theme/look that I want to convey. What's important in this look is having leather texture. Since my Y-3 shoes are made of leather I had to find another item that is also leather to match them. I chose to wear a leather rider jacket because I felt it went very well with the look I was trying to achieve. The upper body leather complements the leather shoes. However, when matching materials/textures you do not want to over do it. Like you wouldn't plaster yourself all in leather from head to toe now right? Sorta of when you try to picture a typical Harley's motorcycle dude all decked out in leather - it just doesn't look good. Therefore if you choose a certain material/texture to be the main theme of the look, stick to 2 or 3 items of same material/texture only. Anymore and you'll just look silly.

I realized a lot of people's self portraits are boring. I wanted to have fun while taking pictures, so I tried some different poses. Erm... if you're gonna hate on this, I'll tell you this now "just because you're afraid of doing things in this world does not mean others aren't, so either respect it or fuck off - or suck my dick, that'll work too".


Attempt at bicycle kick FAIL. CATFAIL.

I probably would have looked cooler doing the matrix pose.

The running man pose. XD

My Anti-Smoking Campaign photoshoot

I figured I would make my first official post something more meaningful. A month or two ago I wanted to take pictures of my perspective when I go outside for a smoke. However, I decided I wanted to quit and I might as well take this photoshoot opportunity and transform it into an anti-smoking campaign. I'm not that good with my Canon Rebel XS yet... still lots to learn... but hopefully I will sell this and buy the T1i when it comes out.

Ey yo ma what up

It wouldn't be right to start a blog without a small introduction about myself. Well actually there's not much to say other than I like a lot of things. Thus, you will find a lot of seemingly random posts that don't actually correlate with one another. Aside from that, I will take my friend's suggestion and incorporate a "fashion blog" into this... meaning I will posts some tips or whatever I see fits.

So why's this blog called Hybrid Collections? Well as an Asian living in a western world, we must be hybrids in certain aspects in our lives. And this blog will be a collection of many different things... =)