Love the Couture

28 Jan

Despite all the obnoxious people that i have to deal with, i have to admit that working with a couture designer has done wonders for me… And one of the “wonder” is that i am learning how to draw.

Pix #01 – Keet’s Drawings (adapted from Carven Ong’s sketches)
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Pix #02 – Keet’s Drawings (also adapted from Carven Ong’s sketches because i haven’t learn how to design. Just merely learning how to draw)
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Pix #03 – Keet’s Drawings (again, adapted from Carven Ong’s 2009 bridal collection designs. This is drawn by looking at the gown)
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Nice? Hehe.

Any of you getting married, please do give me a call. I can arrange a FOC consultation for you with Carven, and you would be able to see him draw you a personalized gown that would be exclusively yours… 🙂 the gowns would range from RM3200 to RM6800 depending on materials and designs.

Cheers 🙂

Kay-Elle, That Big City.

26 Jan

I haven’t been writing as much as i would have liked. But life in KL is basically what i expected it to be — lonely and hectic, yet interesting and mysterious (in some ways).

Life as the PA for a famous couture designer — Everything was rather new to me for the first couple of months. After Ivy, our sales assistant in the boutique, left in October, i was forced to single-handedly oversee the entire boutique. With the absence of my boss for 2 weeks (during which he went for vacation in Canada and America), i was totally lost, which resulted in me being questioned and yelled at by demanding clients (whom i secretly nickname as bride-zillas).

To think that life just stops at the boutique is entirely naive of me. I have to also deal with celebrities, which is basically fine by me, except that some of them are so diva-ish, that sometimes I feel like retorting and snapping back rudely which would not have been professional and would definitely spoil Carven’s friendly-staff-image. It isn’t just about the celebrity too. Sometimes, it is also about the managers of these celebrities who think they are all and everything. Sheesh…. I really did not imagine the entertainment world to be this freaky..

Models agencies and models are another part of the job that i don’t enjoy handling. As much as i love co-organizing fashion shows, I simply dread meeting models. Most of them (if not everyone) are of course elegantly beautiful and attractive. But they can also be stuck up snobs, who are simply superficial.. (just realize all the descriptions starts with S)… You can’t imagine how bad it is? Let me give you an example. Try having to meet a guy for the first time and being asked “Are you still a virgin?” even before you were being greeted… Yep. Totally obnoxious. I still wonder what would have been a good answer to that question.

Besides that, i have also been scrutinized from head to toe, inside out… and comments are:
1) I am a fashion disaster
2) I am anti-social because i don’t speak the same topics as they do. (which mostly circles around sex, branded goods, gossips, sex again…)
3) I am very very short. (I always felt i was averagely tall. Not tall, but just enough. But apparently i was wrong).
4) I am ugly, because i don’t wear makeup. (Before i started this job, i was told that my natural beauty is the best! But here, if you don’t wear makeup, you are weird and ugly.)
5) Crocs is bad, and is the worse fashion item a person can own.
6) I look like a kid.
7) I have a terrible body, which cannot be compared to any normal girls at all. They have boobs and butt. I have nothing near to compare.

I can go on. But that would take a whole night. So i better stop there. Anyway, i think you get the gist of what i am saying. To conclude, i am a lousy, unattractive girl, who is short and unsexy, not hot, immature, with total zero sense of fashion and is a anti-social.

Oh well. On the bright side, meeting all these people had made me realize I am way different from them. Good or bad, hard to tell. But these people have made me grow. I am more independant now (shockers for those who have known me for long… yes, i am able to have meals on my own, take public transport, go see the doc by myself when i am sick, etc.). I try not to bother people around me too much unless necessary. I think its a good trait. But sometimes i do feel alone… It wouldn’t hurt to have someone care for me sometimes. But… i guess i am not lucky enough to deserve such care around here. After all, who am i? Just an ugly, short girl right?

Yep.

♥ Goodbye, everything nice! ♥

22 Sep

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It’s been a busy, busy September for me. It started off with me flying down to KL for a job interview. Followed by the offer and acceptance of the job. Continued with another trip down to settle my accomodation.

Yes. I am moving down to KL for a new job. Finally… *phew*
I shall start on 1st October, 2010.
Are you asking what i am going to work as?… *grins*
I am going into the fashion industry! And shall be working as Carven Ong’s Marketing and PA.

I am so excited! I shall be looking at beautiful gowns and dresses everyday.
I shall be working in a boutique filled with happiness and joys of brides-to-be.
I shall be organizing fashion shows and liaising with beautiful models, MUAs and photographers.
Woohoo!!!

Okay. There is a downside to this job. I admit it.
01. The pay… at the moment… is not very attractive. And yet, i have to pay for alot of extra stuff now that i am moving to KL.
02. I have to deal with a lot of other things on the job, too. The things mentioned above are just the fun parts of the job.

But i promised myself, my sister, my parents, and everybody who cared that i shall give it a try. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me. So i will not give up so easily. So Keet, gambatek!!! Jia you, jia you, jia you!!!!

*sobz* Goodbye, Penang. Goodbye, laksa, belacan chicken, lok lok, tau fu fah and tong sui. Goodbye, my family, friends and everything nice… I shall miss you all soooo much…

PS. For those of you who are still wondering who is Carven Ong <— Click :)♥

♥ Tolerance. Understanding ♥

26 Aug

If it were reciprocated, at least you would feel a bit comforted and assured that your efforts were not wasted;

If it were not reciprocated, you would feel that you were the world’s biggest idiot for even trying at all.

♥ Pasta Zanmai ♥

24 Aug

The first time i ate in Pasta Zanmai, my sister ordered mochi pizza and salmon tortilla wraps accompanied with sesame sauce. I fell in love with them at first bite! From then, all my visits to KL will consist a meal at this place… *hehe*

These are pix of me dining in P.Z. last week at MidValley:

Pix #01 @Pasta Zanmai – Muffin and Cupcake’s fav green tea served in a jug.
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Pix #02 @Pasta Zanmai – Mochi Pizza. See the white color strips on top of the pizza? Those are mochi.. stretchy and chewy. Yummy…
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Pix #03 @Pasta Zanmai – Salmon Spaghetti served with Sesame Sauce. You can choose to have your salmon fresh or smoked. The sesame sauce is the best!!!! *slurp* yummy!
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Pix #04 @Pasta Zanmai – Salmon Tortilla with *you guessed it* Sesame Sauce (again!)
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Can’t wait for my next visit to Pasta Zanmai! I will order anything that has sesame sauce again. Haha!
Cheers ♥

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