Monday, September 15, 2008

(This is a long one. . . make sure your comfortable haha) 7 For all mankind, 2x Dockers, Claire is in China, I'm going to Australia

Hey guys!
I know it's been a while!
Well i've been a bit busy lately so i haven't had time to write anything in the blogg actually! Haven't really been home that much, and now that i think back i can't really see why i haven't been home that much. . . .hmm. . . . i haven't been able to respond to my friends on facebook even! .. . . oh well! I finally have time now haha so here we go!
Well what has been happening lately, let's point that out first!
- 1st Job: Photoshoot for "7 for all mankind"
- Docker's Levis rehearsal
- 2nd job: Docker's Levis show
- 3rd job: Docker's Levis fitting show for buyers
- Castings involve:
Cannon follow up casting?
Benzs Mercedes
Internet Provider

- Casual, non-work related:
Thai restaurant
Some More horror movies :P
Search for future studies has officially begun
Claire is in China
I want to go to Australia
I lost my freakin Phone. . .
The Strangers
Mong kok Langham Palace
Pumpernickel
Outdoor serving
Brunchclub!

Hmmm. . . i don't think i've missed anything aside from perhaps some casting or whatever.

Ok so let's start off with the jobs:
1st job took place the day after i wrote my last blogg post actually!
I woke up at around 11am and started getting ready.
As soon as i could i headed off to Palace IFC which is a huge shopping mall filled with more expensive brands (Ie. Clothes i would not want to purchase)
Palace IFC is a familliar place though because this is where we always meet when we are going to grab a ferry to one of the nearby islands.
After a bit of searching i find the boutique "7 for all mankind". I personally have never heard of the brand, i also doubt that any of you have ever heard of it haha. Claire however says it's a really good brand. . . so i suppose that's nice to hear haha
I walk into the store and well it's not really the kind of clothes i would wear, they were a bit too mature for me i think hehe. . . or well "too mature", they just weren't really my style :P
In the store i was greeted by the boutique staff, and i was told to sit down and wait for the director of the shoot.
I relaxed for a while and just listened to my mp3 during the wait, eventually a woman came together with a man carrying a bag filled with camera equipment.
The man started setting up the stand alone flash upside down umbrella thingies, and started test shooting around the shop, while the woman started sorting clothes.
I was told to put on my first outfit.
Most of the shots were taken inside the store, which was pretty interesting i suppose;
The first setting was infront of a pillar covered by chaines hanging down from the ceiling, i was told to stand infront and kind of grab a chain and just do whatever haha.
The second setting was infront of an artsy fartsy wall with holes in it and what not, so i could lean in on the wall and just kind of do whatever. At some point i was told to kneel down as well to display some detail on the jeans i was wearing.
The third setting was on a wooden platform infront of a pretty display of some of their products. This one was easiest because i just had to sit down and well there isn't much i have to think about while sitting down hehe.
After the third setting i was told to wait again. . . so i sat down and just kinda chilled for a while.
After quite a long wait the woman came back into the shop and appologized, she said there was a mix up with the outfits so some of them were still on their way from chai wan which is on the other end of the mtr line. . . . so i took my opportunity and asked if i could run down to mcdonalds and buy some lunch ( I had a tiny breakfast maybe 2 hours earlier but i was so hungry ). She said it was absolutely no problem, so i rushed downstairs and bought myself a big n tasty supersized meal + a double cheezeburger.
I rushed back to the store, it actually took some time because this mall is friggin huuuuge!
When i got back they were unpacking clothes from a black plastic bag, and i was surprised they had already arrived.
She told me in a fed-up tone that apparently the clothes had been in the shop the entire time. . . . so a mix up in a mix up. . . haha
Well i got into my final outfit which was adiddas clothes. . . i don't know what affiliation addidas has with 7 for all mankind but this was my final outfit anyway.
I walked outside and the final setting was on a outdoor serving area. . . . . i was SWEATTING! Because i not only wore a t-shirt but also a really sweatty jumper, it kinda had fur on it. . . who in their right mind would wear this in asia? haha.
Well luckily that shoot didn't take very long, was a bit embarassing as well because there were a lot of people out on outdoor area as well :P
I was thanked and we walked back to the store where i put my original clothes back on, picked up my bag + mcdonalds and headed back to causeway bay to consume my mcdonalds.
The shoot wasn't very fun. . . it was pretty boring actually. . .. It was different from singapore because noone really spoke english. . . so there wasn't any fun communication like the shoots in singapore. . . . that sucks :P
Oh about the outfits. . . well the bottoms were pretty standard, pants and jeans, aside from the addidas outfit which was a tighter fitted black pair of jeans. The tops were mostly t-shirts + a jacket or a shirt + a jacket, it was pretty ok looking clothes, just not my style hehe.
Well i guess that pretty much sums up my first job in hong kong. . .During the shoot Claire and I texted back and forth as well, she was doing some show i'm not sure which one, she seemed pretty bored as well haha.

Ok on to the Docker's levis rehearsal.
This took place on saturday (Which by the way is five months since i first kissed Claire. . . thought i'd lay that out there haha)
I didn't have to wake up early at all today, because the call time was at 6pm i believe.
I kind of rushed a bit though because i thought i was running late, the building i was supposed to head to was all the way in kwun tong which is really far from where we stay. However i made it just in time so i wasn't late (Besides they don't seem as stern on punctuality in hong kong as they are in singapore).
I walked into the building called "Millenium City 1" (They have like 6 different millenium cities. . . a BIG hassle the first time i tried to find this place, but a lot of castings are in these buildings, so i know them by now ;) and bumped into donny from america, i hadn't spoken with him prior to this meeting but i know i had seen him before at some casting. I figured he was here for the dockers levi's show as well so i fired up a conversation with him and we headed to the elevator lobby together.
At the elevator lobby, we bumped into Daijiro from japan and the client for the show. Together with them we took the elevator up to the office i had previously had the casting at.
We were told to sit and wait. While waiting we all just talked about random things, apparently both Daijiro and Donny had, had a big night the night before, and were both pretty smashed today hehe.
Eventually Milo arrived and was also told to wait. I had spoked to her before at some other casting a long time ago, she's from hong kong and a very cute girl. I believe she is with Cal-Carries as well.
Before long, the client returned and escorted us onto a roof area outside of a chinese dimsum restaurante. We were told to sit down around a fountain (Which would later be the setting for the show). As we were waiting more models started arriving;
A buff blond man from Estonia which i got a long very well with, funny guy can't really remember his name though.
A buff Canadian-Chinese guy who was very very into photography (He carried around a backpack filled with camera parts and tripods everytime i saw him, that bag was HEAVY!). Also this guy i got a long very well with, he was always searching for new things to photograph, quite interesting.
An italien guy who despite looking older, acted about as childish as me. Haha really funny guy, he was like a child, curious and making jokes about everything. Also a bit stupid because he kept forgetting the sequences hehe.
A tanned exotic looking woman with a cheery smile, i think brazillien. Anyway, apparently i had met her before but i can't remember anyone i meet in Hong kong, you just meet so many people all the time. . . it's difficult haha
A tall skinny white girl, also from brazil but at first i thought she was russian.
Another girl who also fit the above description.
Aaaaand. . . .. think that's all! Counting, me Daijiro, Donny and Milo. . .. . i actually have a feeling there was one more guy. . .. hmmm. . . . oh well. . . I was the youngest anyway.
After we were all sitting around chatting for a while, the coreographer arrived. He was a big buff man (Obviously gay), who spoke good english, he was asian. . . not entirely sure from where but i'd be guessing hong kong.
His directing was well organized, he had printed out sketches of the set, and drawn lines displaying the paths we would walk, accompanied by O's that marked where we were to stop and pose.
There were only three sequences we had to memories;
Triangle
Couples
Single
and ofc a finale which was easy because we just had to memorize where to stand after following the coreographer out onto the stage.
The triangle sequence was to be remembered for only one outfit because it was the opening sequence.
Three male models would be out at the same time. Once those three had done their synchornized walks and stops, they would get into their final positions on the stage. Now 2 of the female models would walk out and stop on the stage. This would be the signal for two of those male models to walk forward to the audience, pose and then walk off. (What happens after that i have no idea, because i was one of the two that would walk up to the audience and then walk off).
I had two outfits involving the Couples seuqence. 2 models would be out at the same time (First time, i would be paired with the italien guy, second time i would be paired with the russian looking brazillian woman). This time i would only have to synchronize the walk and stop with one other person until we both ended up next to eachother on the middle of the stage. Then we would walk off the stage toward the audience, pose and walk off.
The singles sequence. . . i don't remember how many outfits i had for these sequences, but it would involve about 3-4 models out at the same time, all following the same route consisting of walking and stopping, until you finally exit :P
And well the finale was simple, everyone just walks out at the same time in a straight line following the coreographer. We all end up on stage, i end up in the middle. Clients, designers, directors blablalbalba all come and join us, clapping hands cheering whatever. Then the unimportant clients walk off, followed by the models, leaving the designers on stage for a while more.
THE END!
haha well that sums up the sequences anyway, but good lord. . .. you know how in singapore, you have a fitting day where you go and try on clothes, then you have the show date which is also the same day as you do the rehearsals for the first time. Logical and simple. . .
Here, today we had the fitting AND "PRE-rehearsal" on the same day. . . . . so we were rehearsing for a show we would have 3 days later, and on the show date we would also rehearse. . . . now this would make sense it were some intricate dance. . . but this is so simple hehe.
Anyway doesn't sound that annoying but let me keep going :P
A bit away from the stage was out fitting room filled with racks of clothes, i think i had around 5-6 outfits.
Each model had to put on each outfit, walk outside, have the designers take a look, green light it, have them take a photo and then walk back to the fitting room and change to the next outfit. During this we would also be rehearsing for the show, every now and then the coreographer would step in and say ok now let's try this blalblalba.
It just didn't feel as organized as in singapore. In singapore a fitting would take perhaps 30 minutes, a rehearsal would take perhaps 30 minutes MAX. Here we were told it would take 3 hours. . .. we ended up going overtime and doing 4 hours. . . the models were PISSED, they all had other appointments etc. I myself was supposed to meet Claire and Aleksandra for dinner, so i was also a bit stressed, it was extremly sweaty and peoples moods were just going down the drain haha. The canadian-chinese guy was especially pissed. Most of us were pissed, specifically because were weren't getting paid for this and it shouldn't take this long, and when they go overtime on something we aren't getting paid for doing people start getting pissed haha, not to mention everyone was freakin hungry.
I was originally the guy that would be closing the show, but they decided to change me with the guy who was opening the show, so i got a whole new set of clothes.
Well . . . anywho, i managed to make it to dinner in time. . . or well not really but Claire had stashed away some food for me, so i could eat when i got there.
And that about sums up the night of the docker's levi's rehearsal/fitting!

Now on to the actual show day:
I do not recall how early i had to wake up, but i remember it was the first time i've ever had to wake up BEFORE claire and i also got to the office around the same time that people working there arrived. . . so it must've been around 8-9am. . .
Once again however i remember i was stressed as shiet, i hastily walked toward millenium city 1, and ran around the building trying to find people. I took the elevators up and down and visited every place we had been during the rehearsal. . . however, when i after a bit of searching ended up back on ground floor i saw a few of the models sitting at starbucks, apparently they had been told to wait there till further instructions. . . . stress was over.
We sat there for a while, as more models started arriving, eventually the clients came down and took us up to the same fountain we had been at 3 days earlier during the rehearsal and fitting.
After some waiting, we just quickly rehearsed each of the sequences, and everyone was surprised of how much of the sequence they could remember even today. . . most of us thought we would've forgotten the sequence by now hehe.
After the rehearsal, we were all taken to an office room for hair and makeup. This is where i spent pretty much all day. . . the Estonian guy was sitting to my left playing ice hockey on his PSP while we conversed about random things and Daijiro sat to my right playing some soccer game on his Nintendo DS.
The Canadian Guy and the italian guy were going on and on and on about cameras and editting etc.
The american guy. . . i don't remember what he was doing but him and I ended up having a long chat about america as well.
The chicks on the other hand, were busy getting their hair and makeup done. . . . same here as in singapore. . . girls take hours to get ready before a show, guys take 10 minutes.
Everyone was hungry. . . . and as lunch we were served bullar and tårtor. . .. . .it was retarded. . . .
At around 5pm the chicks were finally done and the 10 minutes required for each guy was initiated.
Close to 6pm we were told to go for the last bathroom break.
At 6pm we were all ushered upstairs for one last rehearsal before we were quickly pushed off stage because the audience was about to be let in.
Everyone got into their first outfits and then we waited.
We were given more desserts, and a glass of wine each.
Oh btw, the stage was complete today, before it was only the fountain, today they had backdrops behind the entire scene, where it said something about san fransisco. The entire backdrop was also a panorama of the golden gate bridge, and some lighthouse.
Well, the designer walked up on stage and started talking abit, while all the models were organized into a line backstage.
The designer said "Alright, now what you've all been waiting for blalblablal" the music started playing and i was told to walk out first.
Even though i hadn't done this in a while, i wasn't nervous at all. . . it was a simple show and i was confident about the sequences so i had nothing to worry about.
I just walked out and did my thing.
Only concern of the show was that i had to change pretty quickly into certain outfits. . . so that was a bit exciting, other than that. . . it was just nice to be in the spotlight again haha!
The show went smoothly and flawlessly, before i knew it i was already standing on the center of the stage behind the clients and designers clapping my hands off.
After the show, everyone walked backstage and started changing back to their own clothes.
Thereafter we were given a dinner buffet with a bit of wine.
I thanked and left a bit early because i once again had dinner appointments with Claire and Aleksandra.
I suppose that pretty much sums up the docker's Levi's show. . . .

Well, on to the Docker's Levi's fitting show:
The night before, which is the night i had the Levi's show, i had to go home early after dinner and sleep. Becuase i had been follow up booked for the next day for a fitting job.
I was curious. . . i had never done a fitting job i didn't know what to expect.
I walked off, waking up for the second time earlier than Claire, back to millenium city 1.
This time i had pretty good time on me.
While walking toward the elevator in the building, i spotted the Canadian model and made fellowship with him to the office floor of docker's.
We walked into their office and were told to take a seat and wait a while.
We grabbed some water to drink and just chilled, until the designer came and led us into a room.
In the room were several tables with maybe 4-5 people sitting at each table.
In the middle of the room was a projector, projecting a power point presentation onto the wall infront of all the people. There was also one of the designers explaining each of the clothing details, such as the significance of this and that, what material, what colour blablablabalblaa.
It felt odd walking in there and quietly walking past the front of the room with everyone staring at you haha.
Well the canadian guy and me were taken to a corner of the room where several racks of clothing was standing, along with some boards which would function as a changing room for us.
With the help of the dressers we were changed into our first outfits before we knew it.
It was interesting listening to the presentation. It was interesting listening to how much concern they put into each and every detail of a clothing and how they estimated how that specific detail could affect the sales of the product.
At the table furthest back in the room, there was a man seated how stood for perhaps 75% of the hand raising for suggestions, concerns and questionings. . . . . I'm pretty sure this table was the american table haha.
Oh right i didn't explain, each of the several tables in the room had people seated around it representing each of the major buying countries of the Docker's Levi's brand.
So this job was pretty much for the buyers to take a look at the clothes, comment it, decide how many samples of the product they wanted, take up any concerns about the product, etc.
I'll get to that soon.
Well finally the dressers said "Alright get ready".
Then the person presenting the power point presentation came to the point "Key outfits". The key outfits were the outfits the canadian guy and I wore.
At this point we were told to walk up infront of all the people and just stand there while the designer would point out and explain various aspects of the outfit, such as a stitch style over here, and a pocket design over there, or a significant detail over there, etc.
It was interesting. . . i really felt like an object haha, i turned around, held up my shirt to display the cutting of my pants, changed position to show off some detail the designer was highlighting etc.
It was really interesing haha so different from anything i'd done before :P
For example, the american guy made a HUUUGE fuss about one of the pants, it had a satchel in the back and he first wondered why it was so tiny, then why it was so low down and then blalbalblalblablalblalblalba. During this whole job, the buyers were talking about how commercial soemthing was, we also wore some of the limited edition outfits, and they explained why it was limited and yadda yadda.
Other things could for example be a shirt i wore, the buyers all agreed it would be better if it were produced with a slim fit, rather than a classical fit.
I'll be honest, i felt pretty special haha! I wore EVERY piece of clothing that Levi's will be releasing this comming season, which means i am the first person in the world to wear most of these pieces, and some of them might never even see the light of day. For example, i'll be the only one in the world to have worn that shirt in classical fit. . . everyone else will wear it in slim fit, etc.
There were a lot of clothes the candian guy and I went through, i believe there were about 5 collections which all had 5-10 different outfits in them.
So for 4 hours all i did was change into the next outfit and display it haha.
Well. . . . aside from a little lunch break where i snatched some sandwiches and drinks, and aside from tiny breaktimes between collections where i would sit and talk to the canadian guy about photography and other things. . . . this pretty much sums up my first fitting job!

Alright. . . well now you guys have heard about my jobs so far. . . let's move on to other things!
Well .. Castings. . .. castings come and go, there are only actually two castings i care to remember:
The first one was for some internet provider.
The reason i remember it was because it was a pretty funny casting.
So the scenario was, i am sitting by my computer, then i look outside the window and see a girl on her computer behind her window. Suddenly, she starts turning into a robot and eventually flies off into space hahahhaa. . . . . So well that part was simple, all i had to do was look surprised and like "WTF?!".
The second part of the casting i was to pretend i was connecting the broadband into my computer, now as soon as i do this, i to my surprise start turning into a robot myself! hahahahha.
So i push myself away from the computer and look startled at my feet which are gradually turning into robot feet.
Then after the transformation i was supposed to stand up and look kind of satisfied with my new robot feet haha.
Then, i was to strike some super hero poses hahahhaa, i started by doing all the western hero poses like superman and stuff, but the casting person wanted more like japanese superhero hahahah, now the only japanese superhero that came to man was like voltronman or whatever his name is, he's like this guy in a red jumpsuit like the powerrangers and has a silver mask.
Anyway i stole some of his poses and the whole casting was just hilarious haha.
The second casting i remember was for mercedes benz, it was simple i just had to pretend i was driving, looking cool and smart :P But what was cool was that if i get the job they'll fly me to australia and shoot the commercial hehe. . .. buuuuut then again most car commercials want a bit older looking people so i doubt i'll get this one unfortunately :(
uuuuhmmm. . . oh and i also got a follow-up casting for the Cannon casting i did a while ago, i was sent to meet the director and stuff. . . . oh well we'll see how that goes :P

OK!
So aside from modelling related events, what have i been up to?
Weeell, i've lost my phone! I don't know how, i remember it was there a while, then i was going to reach into my pocket and check the time again, and then it was gone! So either it must've slipped out of my pocket or someone pickpocketted me. . . either way it sucks! Luckily it was a cheapo mobile from 7-eleven, so it doesn't stab me in the heart as much as when i lost my ipod. . . but still .. . pissed me off :P
I've been watching quite a few horrormovies together with Claire, poor girl is all frightened now haha.
Speaking of horrormovies, one movie we watched was called "The Strangers" (Claire was clinging on to me as if she were about to float out into space). To watch this movie we had to go to a place called "Mongkok". We'd never seen this part of hong kong before, it was really nice! I mean it looked like everywhere else in hong kong, lots of people and buildings, but there was a big "mall" called Langham Palace with an extraordinary interior.
It was sooo nice, one of the big floors with all the restaurants (We ate sushi that night) had a giant neon blue lit up room, with moving clouds projected unto it. The building also had 2 escalators, each which was longer than any escalator i had ever previously seen in my life.
It was a reaaally nice place, with amazing atmosphere.
We ended the night by going up to the very top and grabbing a beer at the bar up there. It was really cozy, i loved it. We want to go back and eat at the thai restaurant that we also found up there.
Speaking of thai restaurants, we have some really nice places near our apartment as well.
About a 5 minute walk and we come to really nice places, one place we have eaten breakfast at a few times is a bakery called Pumpernickel. MMMMMMM It's soooo good, with scrambled eggs with salmon, soups, lovely bread, etc. Claire loves the place.
We also found a really nice uteservering around that area where we grabbed a beer one evening, it was sooo nice. . . i felt like back home, i love uteserveringar.
Nearby we had also eaten at a thai restaurant one night, just before they closed, pretty cozy place but i wasn't too keen on their menu. . . . nor the prices for the amount of food i got. . . so i'm not going back there anyway haha
Oh and one place we went to a bit further away from home for breakfast, is a really nice place called "Breakfast Club".
It was AWESOOOOME! Real american breakfast with sausages, bacon, chicken, eggs, toast etc. . . . i looooooohoooooooved it hahaha!
Well enough about restaurantes.
I've decided i'm going to spend a bit more than a month in australia after hong kong, so i'll let you guys know about the dates when i get them.
I have also started applying for Universities, three courses are applied for so far:
Ekonomi Kandidat
Civilekonom
Företagsekonomi

I'm not too sure about the företagsekonomi because it's included in the ekonomikandidat program, but it lacks a bit of other things that ekonomi kandidat does offer. . .. . . i don't think i will accept företags ekonomi. . . i think i will remove it. . .. the program i really really want to get into is Ekonomi Kandidat, it's perfect for marketting, Vincent also happens to be studying it at the moment and he seems to be enjoying it.
Civilekonom is really good too, but it's not as well fitted for marketting, which is pretty much what i want to do. . . so we'll see!

Well! That just about sums it up!
I am for the first time in more than a month sleeping by my self actually, Claire is in China until friday morning shooting a catalogue. . . it sucks. . . . i miss her. . . .oh well!
Hope all is well with you guys!

Lotsa Lotsa Lotsa and Lotsa Love!

Sorry it took so long ;)

/Alex

PS.
Mom
Glad to hear from you over the tele! You haven't eaten chicken feet?! I thought you'd have eaten pretty much everything by now! It was grooosss hahahah
Thanks, yeh i like my new pants, for the first time i look good with a tucked in shirt! haha XD
Well lookin forward till yer next call!
Say hello to the family!
Lotsa love!


Farmor
Kul att höra från dig igen!
Ja det verkar som att det alltid går snett när ni försöker skriva en comment, jag vet hur det känns blir så för mig rätt ofta med. Vad jag brukar göra är, markera allt jag skrivit och sedan kopiera det (Ctrl+C), sen om det går snett är det bara att gå tillbaka, öppna fönstret igen och trycka (Ctrl+V) för att klistra in allt du skrivit! Sparar en massa tid och frustration haha.
Ja jag hörde från mamma att ni plöjjde igenom hela skogen, mamma var väldigt imponerad faktiskt!
Haha ska kolla den där bloggen, och angående blogg färgen så har jag nu gjort en till blogg där jag klistrat in allt jag skriver i denna blogg, enda skillnaden är att bakgrunden är svart! Så nu kan alla vara nöjda! Här är adressen till den andra bloggen http://theasianfromsweden2.blogspot.com/
Allt jag skriver kommer att vara EXAKT likadant, så vilken ni än väljer att läsa så kommer ni inte att missa det minsta lilla!
Haha ja det verkar som att mormors galna kines medicine fungerade, är frisk nu! Skönt. . . har varit förkyld allt för länge nu.
Hoppas allt är bra med er där hemma, hälsa farfar och gänget!
Lots of love!

Pictures:
Pic1-2: Claire and I in the cab on the way to Dragon I!
Pic3: At Dragon I dinner with Aleksandra and Darren
Pic4: Claire and I on the way to the Chivas Celebrity Party
Pic5-9: Claire and I at the Chivas Celebrity Party with friends!
Pic10: Jovei And Kelly at Halo Bar
Pic11: Claire and I at Halo bar
Pic12: Kelly and Jens from Germnay at Halo bar
Pic13: Masquerad haha
Pic14: Two kids standing infront of a crepes kiosk right outside our apartment, those crepes are niiice ;)
Pic15: Claire was waiting for me after a casting, i was walking across a walk bridge and took this stalker-ish photo of her. . . turned out really cool though
Pic16-18: Pictures taken of Hong Kong from an MTR Station
Pic19: When i make food at home, this is usually the end result. . . . it's uber healthy anyway. . . and it's actually really tasty
Pic20-24: Pictures of our apartment (room)!
Pic25: I hung up the swedish flag above our bed. . . thanks to Teresa hehe
Pic26-27: Claire and I eating at a japanese restaurant right outside our apartment
Pic28-31: Girls being girls and me being me, at Dragon I with Aleksandra and Claire
Pic32: Outside the IFC mall
Pic33: The Canadian guy and our "Lunch" at the Levi's show
Pic34-35: Pictures taken after a casting on my way home. . . speaking of castings, today i had a casting and it was the HOTTEST day ever. . . i had to take my t-shirt off while walking on the street. . . i couldn't take it!
Pic36-37: Two pictures of one of the giant escalators at Langhan Palace
Pic38: Claire standing infront of the cloud projected blue roof
Pic39-40: Claire and I at the bar on the top!
Pic41: Breakfast club. . .. yummy
Pic42: Random pic taken on my way home from a casting
Pic43: Claire and I at a café right across the street from our apartment


Btw, Thought i'd let you know that making a post takes HOURS, that's why it sometimes takes a while until i have enough time to write one. . . . uugh and the pictures! I have to resize each and every one, and then i have to seperately add them one by one at a time. . . . and then drag them into place which is so freakin slow haha. . . . so that's what i mean with i haven't had time lately to write a post. . . . feels really good finishing one though :D
Enjoy!

That finally wraps it up folks!
Lots of love!

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Terribly Sorry!

Hey guys!
So sorry it's taking so long but i haven't had time to write anything!
Tiny updates. . . I lost my phone. . .. i want a tattoo. . . and I'm runnin off to watch a movie with Claire now.
I think i will have a post ready for you guys by tonight!

Lots and Lots and Lots and Lots of love to you all!

(Trust me, if i'd have had the time i would ofc have written the blog by now!)

/Alex

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Singaporian Relatives, perhaps my first job, shopping, dimsum, birthdays and Swedes!

Hey hey heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy!
Weeeeeell, i left off last friday.
During the weekend the singaporian gang came over, that is; Guama, Kong Kong, Fred, Susan, Beatrice and Mei fong!
Oh btw, i went out to dragon I on friday, and i met Champ when we were heading home, it was good to see him again, he was dressed up pretty flashily and was with girlfriend and friends.
Well sunday morning Claire and I woke up in the morning for some Dimsum. Dimsum for those who don't know, is when you go sit down at a table and order small dishes from carts being pushed around. . . . trust me, we were STUFFED.
Wait a minute. . . . i think i met the relatives earlier than that. . . .. hmmm. . . . .yeeees, saturday during lunch time i met up with the relatives at the foodcourt in times square, it was great seeing everyone again. Everyone seemed healthy and energetic .. . oh almost forgot, uncle Eng wah also tagged along to hong kong.
So i sat with them while they ate their lunch, then i tagged along for a while during their shopping, but then i had to go back home because my flu was making me SO exhausted.
I said i'd meet them for dinner later on, so after having Guama buy me lots of medicine and then listen for about an hour about how to take them and how i should wrap a t-shirt around my neck when i sleep and yadda yadda yadda, i left them and headed back to the appartment. . . sweet Guama haha
When i got back home i believe Claire had come home as well. . . I had been spending the first part of the day with her. . . can't quite remember what she did while i was with my relatives, well anyway, when i got home she wanted to go shopping.
After a bit of convincing, i got her to want to sleep as well haha, so we slept for about 2 hours.
Unfortunately i could not make it to dinner with the relatives that night because we were booked for Dragon I and i had some agency party thing i was supposed to attend.
So later on Claire and I headed to Dragon I, ate dinner, ended up heading home early and skipping the agency party because we were going to meet up with my relatives the next morning for dimsum!
Ok so NOW! Back to sunday, haha. . . now i've filled you in on all the back info.
So we met up with the relatives sunday morning to go eat Dimsum at the same place we had eaten dimsum during the 4-day vacation i had made to hong kong with the relatives while i was in singapore.
I introduced everyone to Claire, it was fun being with them at the same time as i was with Claire haha.
Well we went to the restaurant, only to find out that there was a 30 minute wait time till we could get a table.
Claire was craving a coffee so we just headed off to a starbucks across the street and grabbed a coffee each. After the coffee we headed back to the relatives at the restaurant and after a short while we were given our table.
We ate loads. . . . Claire could barely walk and i felt more than satisfied!
Claire got along well with the relatives, she was sitting next to Fred, and he was being very nice.
After the satisfying meal, Claire headed off to meet Kelly for some shopping, i followed the relatives back to their hotel (Holiday Inn) and ended up falling asleep in Yee yee's hotel bed while they went off to do some more shopping haha.
When i woke up, i grabbed the additional medicines Guama had bought, including lots of other little goodies in a bag, Swedish candy from ikea, cookies, etc. . . I was very grateful.
I headed home and waited a while for Claire, then we headed off to central to meet up with the relatives for dinner at a Goose restaurant. During the 4-day vacation we had also eaten here before hehe.
The dinner was wonderful, once again everyone got along really well and we all ate till we couldn't walk haha.
For the rest of the day Claire and I watched movies. . . . .we went through 5 of them haha.
Final destination 1,2,3, Wind Chill and "The Sweetest Thing", 4 out of 5 of the movies we watched were horror movies.
The next day we once again woke up early, at around 9am. Got ready and headed off to meet the relatives for another round of dimsum.
This place was apparently quite famous and had awards and what not. Needless to say we all ate ourselves fat!
Sadly, after dinner we followed the relatives to causewaybay and then parted ways. They were heading back to singapore, and i told them i'd see them in a month! It was so great seeing everyone again haha.
As for claire and I we continued the day by shopping. Causewaybay, which is where we live, is loaded with shopping! Everything from cool tiny shops spread out along the streets with lots of unique and cheap clothes, to a fashion walk with all the big brands.
Claire and I went through Everything!
Claire is a huge shopper. . .. always buying clothes and bags.
This time i think she ended up reserving a few dresses, i myself reserved a nice coat (Which i today decided not to buy. . . . . not 100% sure yet though, it only costs 1600!), i also bought a t-shirt with an attachable scarf. . . it's more badassed than it sounds haha.
Oh right, Claire bought two dresses from Calvin Klein (Friggin amazing prices in hong kong, and it was on sale!), She also ended up buying the dress she reserved hehe.
I found a pair of pants i really liked at Calvin Klein, they are shiny and dark blue, they can be worn as suit pants as well. . . . .i ended up buying it two days later mwaha!
I have also found a favorite shop, it is called "5cm", it's pretty much exactly the kind of clothes i want, and it's cheap like nothing else. Today i'm going to head down and buy a jacket with a hoody on it for no more than 699 HKD, i'm also gonna look for a tshirt and a scarf.
After clothes shopping we also went to "Welcome Superstore" and bought some food, chickpeas, kidneybeans, corn, salad, tuna, oatmeal, shampoo, marshmallows, and some other crap i can't remember hehe.
I don't fully recall what we ate that night. . . . but i think we ate the beans with salad and tuna hehe.. . . . what the hell did we do monday night? We didn't go out partying anyway. . .. hmmm. . . .
Well teusday . . . .i can't recall what we did. . . . we did however end up going out to dragon i during the night for dinner, i was on detox so i didn't drink much more than a glass of red wine, same thing goes for Claire.
We met interesting new people, i met a man by the name "Pottsy". He's the model PR at dragon i, and he's a big fat man with a hip hopper style, really funny guy haha. We exchanged numbers so now i can reserve tables at dragon i.
I've also met a swedish guy named "Robin". It's funny, when i was in singapore everyone kept asking me "Have you met Robin? Dude you have to meet Robin, he's a eurasian guy from sweden just like you!"
Then one night at dragon i, i was with claire and she started talking with some of her friends at a table, and one o the guys sitting close to us asked me "Hey are you Alex?". . . I'm like. . . yeh!
Turns out he's Robin, the guy everyone told me i had to meet when i was in singapore hahaha, He's from malmö and my impression so far is really good, it's so nice to speak swedish again too :D Besides, Claire goes crazy when i speak swedish, she thinks i sound really hot mwahaha.
So what else has been happening? Oh right, yesterday was Kelly's birthday, that's why we went out on teusday so that we could congratulate her when the day hit midnight. (Although we never stayed out till midnight. . ..)
Then yesterday (Wednesday) I claire had 4 castings and 1 fitting, i had one casting (Which turned out to actually be today, so i went all the way to Kwun Tong which is REALLY far away for nothing hehe). When i got back home from my casting i walked around some perfume stores because Claire and I have both been looking for perfumes quite a lot recently.
Seeing as how it's Claire's birthday today, i went out to find her a present.
Scrunchies, are big scrunchy hair bands girls put in their hair, i know mom has a black one.
Anyway, a few weeks ago during a 70's party at dragon i, claire bought a red scrunchy to seem more retro, at first we laughed at it, and eventually she started to love it and now wears it all the time. She also recently bought a black one, so she's really into scrunchies haha, but we still laugh at them cause they're so cute.
So back to my search for a birthday present, i walked to jardine's bazaar and bought 4 scrunchies, then i headed to the perfume stores and smelt the two fragrances she had been most interested in. Versace, and roberto cavalli Serpentine.
After a hard time, i finally decided i like the Serpentine fragrance the most. So i bought a bottle and asked the store to wrap it for me.
I made sure i got shiny blue wrapping paper (Her fav colour is blue), and before i let them wrap it i put the scrunchies around the bottle haha, everyone at the counter were like "WTF?" hahaha i told them "it's an inside joke, she'll understand" well the whole thing was kinda funny :D
So i headed back home and Claire was already sitting on the bed with her computer, we decided she could open it the next morning (Thursday, which is today).
We got dressed and headed off to dragon i, where we ate dinner with Matt, Avril, Darren and Aleksandra.
After dinner we danced and hung around Dragon I, it was really fun, and when the clock struck midnight we all congratulated Claire on her birthday. What do ya know, as soon as it hit midnight, the DJ also started playing the song "Go shorty, it's your birthday, we gonna party like it's your birthday" haha.
However, Claire had a job today at 11am, so we got home at around half past 1.
Well, that brings us to today!
When we woke up i gave Claire her present, which she seems to really have liked, especially the scrunchies wrapped all over haha.
Then she headed off to her fitting or whatever it was, while i stayed home and slept for a while more.
At around 1pm, i got dressed and met claire at the MTR exit, we then headed to pumpernickle and at lunch. It's a bakery, she had Salmon Salad with lobster soup, and i had the lunch set. For 75HKD I got a bread basket, the daily soup, chicken pasta, coffee and some delicious pudding desert covered in chocolate sauce :D It was one hell of a satisfying lunc haha
Claire also ordered the Creme Broulei, or however you spell it. . . . she loves that thing.
After lunch i rushed off to a casting, and Claire went to go buy a dress.
Oh btw! I have recieved my first job! .. . or jobs even! :D
I am now confirmed for a Levi's show which pays 4500, and the client also booked me for a fitting show which pays 500 per hour! Whoopieiieieieiie!
The fitting is this saturday and the show is either monday or teusday.
haha ok back to today's casting. . . it was underwear. . . we were told to wear a g-string. . . PFFFF as if. . . i put on a pair of briefs, less than that i'm not friggin wearing haha.
It was a simple casting, just get down to your underwear, pull over a few of the company's underwear and have you picture taken. Easy. . .. but shit everyone there sept for me were like bodybuilders. . . so don't think i'm getting that one! haha
Mwaha. . . my agency just texted me. . . i have a job tomorrow! whoo a fashion editorial haha, sweeet, good things seldom come alone! So now i'm lined up for three jobs :D haha
Ok. . . weeell. . . that just about sums it up! After i've uploaded photos i'll be heading to 5cm and i'll buy some stuff, if i pay over 800 i get a unique umbrella which stands by itself too hahahahha
Alright hope all is well with everyone!
Lots of love!

/Alex

PS.
Btw! Tonight i've been written down on a list for a "CELEBRITY PARTY" haha how cool is that! I'll make sure Claire brings her camera so i can snap pictures if i see any famous chinese actors haha

PSS.
Lena
Haha yes, i'm trying to make Claire as swedish as possible, she's now using all the simple swedish phrases with me "Kan jag få vitt vin tack, NEJ INTE!, Du är Sexig .. . " etc hahaha, she'll make her swedish grandmother proud. . . .
Oh that's a pitty about facebook, but don't worry too much, i put the more essential ones on the blog anyway!
It's good to know i have such loving people waiting for me at home! :D
Lots of love and i hope you are doing alright!

PSSS.
Claire and I ate the chicken feet! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW .. . . and century eggs! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW
LOTSA LOVE!
Pictures
Pic1: Yee Yee hates getting her picture taken. . . . BUT I DO IT ALL THE TIME ANYWAY!
Pic2: The relatives and I walking around hong kong
Pic3: Kong kong and Eng wah. . . always lagging behind :D
Pic4: Times Square
Pic5: A little Crab!
Pic6: ZOMG! The Crab was eaten by a Goose head!
Pic7: The Food Patrol
Pic8: Hong kong
Pic9: Claire
Pic10: Good bye singaporians!
Pic11: Not only does hong kong have interesting people. . . but the dogs are fashionable as well
Pic12: My Calvin Klein Pants. . . shiny
Pic13: Me and a part of our tiny room. . . . probably one third of the room is shown in the picture haha
Pic14: Claire and I on our way out
Pic15: The birthday girls, Claire and Kelly
Pic16: Dragon I. . . Where we eat free dinner almost every night!
Pic17: Me standing over claire in the Mtr, that's my scarf thingy btw haha
Pic18: Claire and I, on our way out once again, that was Kelly's birthday night
Pic19: . . .. .