The Coffee Headache
Coffee joints mushroom all across the country, but how come they generate more headache than inspirations?
Java Dancer's barista, Andri Gunawan, at work. Cappuccino (left) and Piccolo Latte (right) are among his best works.
My favorite Starbucks story was first told by a friend of mine who was a barista in the Plaza Indonesia branch, back then when the American coffee chain first invaded this country. In the most stylish, sometimes pretentious, mall in Indonesia, a 30-something lady carrying the newest Louis Vuitton bag came to the counter, gazing at the menu and...
Color Up the Spring 2010!
The Pale-Harmonic
Come Spring 2010, it's blooming pale shades for men. So, hit those treadmills, add the push-ups, and work those abs! If you wanna go white, you better keep it hot in shape!
Louis Vuitton | Paul Smith | Viktor & Rolf | Marc Jacobs | Maison Martin Margiela | Versace | Jil Sander | Hermés
Into the Blue
Aqua splash appears in runways, suggesting cool and fresh as the chosen themes. Go bright on sunny day, go soft for a romantic mood, and go deep for an elegant evening in the park. Blue dominates the mind of almost every designer for...
FPI (Fucked-up Protectors of Islam) vs. Miyabi
FPI - or Fucked-up Protectors of Islam - protests over just another insignificant thing: the involvement of Japanese sexy idol Maria "Miyabi" Ozawa in an upcoming Indonesian film production. The gang of brainless thugs invaded the office of Maxima Pictures - the film production company - and ridiculously (to no surprise, due to the absence of braincells inside their empty heads) begged the producers to replace Miyabi with local actress Luna Maya.
FPI - the self-acclaimed moralists - has never cursed Jakarta bombings, never taken any part in helping the victims of earthquakes in many...
Can We Ever Get Enough of Him?
By this time the article is published, you may have got to the point of screaming, "Enough of MJ! He's dead!" Is he?
Facebook, Twitter and Google almost broke down when the news and tweets around Michael Joseph Jackson's death flooded the internet on June 25. Those who are around 35 to 45 years old were held in disbelief, shocked, and even deep mourn. The younger generation, though, took it no more than just another CNN Breaking News, and hoped the media frenzy would soon be over, to replace the slots with Lady Gaga's music video.
Why is the suspected child molester so...
