You and Starbucks- it's bigger than coffee!

the winner of the BetaCup- Drink Sustainably contest.
its a contest encouraging the community to eliminate their paper coffee cups usage that end up in the landfills, creating mountains of garbage each year. Starbucks (the extra expensive coffee, but ok, they are helping to save the earth) is backing up this project and hopes to serve their drinks in recyclable paper cups by 2015. i think, with this idea supported by the major trendy place to buy your coffee it will sure bring more awareness to people when they buy take away coffee.

the mass population will easily and eagerly follow the trends set by big corporations, markets and designers. we are also quite prone to peer pressure ("why dont you have a reusable cup with you?"). to set a trend, i think you do need to be trendy in the first place. if one of the normal coffee shops (kopitiam) around the corner of your neighbourhood implements this idea, would you embrace it with such a big heart and open mind? well i cant say that there's no part of me that will be influenced by the feeling of "look cool and save the world!" vs "save the world!".

and now i understand that people loves to be awarded, and not punished. my grandma's coffee shop charges extra RM0.30 for each plastic container the customers use for take away. we actually bought the containers for RM0.45 because we didnt want to use the normal white PVC anymore. but a lot of customers do not like this idea. now i know, people do not like to have the feeling of being charged extra- even its thirty cents. but most of them still choose to be charged and complain about it rather than bringing their own containers! maybe we should implement this idea of "bring your own Tupperware, or reusable container and get an award".

anyway, let's save the world together! with our own glamorous and even unglamorous ways. :D
sharing some clever and creative ideas here:

click here to see more creative and honorable mentions!

listen to the background music of this one! it really brings in the mood of saving the world!

and, i found this community, (click here) - Jovoto that "links creative talent worldwide and evolves to become the largest creative department, in which the act of creation is free, collaborative, and above all, fair". looks interesting!

Hans Zimmer, the film composer.

There is always one saying: "人生就像一场戏" - Life is like a movie.
But for me, life is not only like a movie, it could be like as many different kind of movies as you want.

Talking about movie, soundtracks are so important to a movie.
It's very... I don't know what words I should use to describe the importance of soundtracks.
Without soundtracks, I think many movies would lose its spirits.
Without soundtracks, I don't think we will still cry for romance movies.
Etc.
And since life is like movies, I do think soundtracks/musics are important in our life.
Maybe I sound a little bit insane, but I really like soundtracks because it makes me feel like I am living in the movie, it makes me feel like I am one of the characters.
And I could actually be as many different kinds of character as I want by listening to different kind of soundtracks.
For example, by listening to It's Complicated soundtrack, I feel like I am the woman in the movie who can cook well and have her own house with children, although I don't wanna be divorced like her. But yes, I feel happier for doing the house chore when listening to its soundtrack.

Anyways, today I finally discover a film composer Hans Zimmer. Alright, I am outdated, but I am really happy to find out this composer because I can live in movies now! :D

Here are some soundtracks by Hans Zimmer which I think are pretty good and can lead us to a good living.


Movie title: It's Complicated.


Movie Title: The Holiday.


Movie title: As Good As it Gets.
(I haven't watched this movie but I found out that it won 2 oscars for best actor and best actress.)

Need a life with much more dramatic?
Then try these...


Movie title: The Lion King.


Movie title: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Lol.

Anyways, enjoy the life and create a life you want the most.
Be the leading character in your own life.

Enjoy!

more wise words... presented unforgettably. so that we wont forget

love this quote,
found it here

then i remembered i saw these awesome ones! by Stefan Sagmeister, a graphic designer


Trying To Look Good Limits My Life

Over Time I Get Used To Everything And Start Taking It For Granted

and now.... many people are inspired to do their own versions.

:)

tobias wong

why should anyone else care? (i love this!)

a ring that can kill, or scratch hard surfaces

silver glitter capsules to bling up your shit

to me, this is a sarcastic way of saying, in the end, everything that "the glitters" are as useful as our own waste.

can dreams be bought (or sold)?

provocative designs by the late Tobias Wong.

"who says everything has been designed?" - Tobias Wong

Alex Prager

Amazing photos by Alex Prager.
Click on it and you won't regret! :)





I love vintage! Vintage clothings vintage look vintage everything.
The photos just match my taste.
More photos to be found in his website.

Ps: found this photographer from my idol, Cheuk Wan Zhi. :D That's why I love her. I can always get different information from her page.

Enjoy!

hero

my mom asked me to read a passage from a very worn out booklet she picked up from a box full of recycled books.

i wanted to post this up and share with you immediately after reading it.

(if you have the time, please read starting from "一个母爱打造的金牌")

i found the soft copy here.

安金鹏 (in pic)'s story moved me to tears.

he was a very poor young boy who was the only student in school who didnt have the money to feed himself properly in the school canteen. But through his mother's love for him and her strong determination for him to study, he learned a lot by looking at how hard his mother worked in order for him to go to school. He became strong and won the national Olympic Maths and Physics competition in China, then, i later found out through a website, Harvard offerred him a scholarship.

here are some words i would like to share, taken from the passage:

"一个人必须能够先〈受得了〉，先能够〈忍受〉，忍受贫困，忍受失望， 忍受瞧不起， 甚至忍受病苦，然后才能找出意义， 然后才能自由自在的实现自己的理想。 "

another wise person shared his wise words:

"dreams, without materialising them, will only be day dreams"

movie posters

DES REVES's poster left me thinking, why did we preferred the poster than the other? (to those who are lost, pls refer here) why were we attracted to it? it is because of its vintage colors? its non-photoshoppy-ness? its fantasy and free flowing imagination? because knowing that the designer/ artist spent a whole lot of time (using their drawing skills) on it? there is just a certain feel to it. maybe there are just too many "glossy" and "photoshoppy" posters around now? with the limited technology during the olden days, the artists could only do posters by hand, or photos (film!) and these illustrations or images that represent or give a glimpse of what the movie is about is less realistic than the posters we see nowadays. so, there is more suspense and therefore surprise when we watch the movie. i found out some cool movie posters on this website and this website. almost all of them are so unique and full of emotions.

fast forward and then it came to our era, where we have posters like these:

i think wolverine and harry potter hired the same poster designer.

ok, maybe because i didnt like the movie either.

i loved the book! maybe it was what the designer wanted to do... but the movie poster looked like a book cover....

watched the movie, which was deeper than what the poster suggests...

could be better?? cos to me, the movie was awesome! not what i expected, and full of vintage and old london feel to it.

for this... i've seen before done more nicely in Love Actually and Valentine's Day....

this one feels a bit... arranged in a hurry.

blogger's last note: ofcourse, these are just some of the worst (in my opinion) that i chose from. there are also many many beautifully done posters, but i rarely come upon those that are as inspiring as the yerterdays.