In conjunction with FENDI’s 10th anniversary of the Baguette bag, FENDI is inviting all fashionistas and design lovers to participate in their “Design Your Dream Baguette” competition. FENDI has developed a one-of-a kind innovative computer design program which allows everyone to express their creativity by designing their own “Dream” Baguette.
7 lucky winners from the Asia Pacific region, will be awarded with an opportunity of a lifetime as they head on down to visit the Palazzo FENDI in Rome this fall. This is where the whole FENDI design, production, merchandising and retailing process will be unveiled to the winners.
To enter the competition, visit www.fendi.com/10plus. Hurry up, the contest runs from May 2 to June 1, 2008.
Note: You have to disable popups for the site to work. This contest is only opened to the residence of Singapore, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
An accountant Jonathan (Ewan McGregor) is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend Wyatt (Hugh Jackman). But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman’s disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.
Tired of the ubiquitous barcodes? Not for long. A Japanese firm, D-Barcode have created the creative solution of boring barcodes. They have creatively blended the barcodes with the products.
Adobe launches Adobe Photoshop Express on Thursday. Photoshop Express is currently in beta version is an online version of Adobe’s popular graphic-editing software, Adobe Photoshop.
Great news! Registered users will get free 2GB of storage to store their photos.
Applying sketch effect on Adobe Photoshop Express
Once you sign up, you get a “personal sharing URL,” such as http://yowazzup.photoshop.com. You can only edit files that are uploaded to your account.
So what are the functions of Photoshop Express do? You can:
Crop & rotate the photo
Autocorrect the photo
Change the exposure of the photo
Apply Red-eye removal
Retouch the photo
Change the saturation
Change the white balance
Sharpen
Highlight
Apply special effects such as sketch, tint, pop colors, hue, black & white and distort
Photoshop Express can also be integrated into your Facebook, Photobucket and Picasa accounts.
The best part is you can display the photos you have edited on the Gallery and let the world to see! You can display your photos in 3D or in grid or like an alien pop circle. Pretty cool, huh?
Though the beta is U.S.-based, I managed to register and use it without any problems. Once awhile, I do experience a short lag but nothing longer than 10 seconds.
About 20 people who had bought tickets for the weekend show (March 22-23) protested Monday outside the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, which issued the order to cancel the Divine Performing Arts troupe performance.
The ministry revoked the show’s permit because the Chinese Embassy complained that the organizers — U.S.-based New Tang Dynasty Television station — were supporters of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that Beijing bans as a dangerous cult, said a ministry official.
“We have to take care of our relationship with China. It’s very important,” an official, who declined to be named
The Chinese Spectacular show which was originally scheduled to run from April 7 to April 30, 2008 is also canceled. The cancellation for the March 22-23 show cost organizers about $31,800 as at least 2,000 tickets were sold. The organizers is refunding the tickets, but people from Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore, who had already booked their flights, had still traveled to Kuala Lumpur.
What’s your say on Malaysia’s bowing down to China?
Are you a Manga artist? If you are, head down to Putrajaya for The Original Manga Competition during Putrajaya Arts Festival.
Write and illustrate an original Manga and win up to MYR 5,000!
The Original Manga Competition is open to all MyKad holders who are over the age of 12 by 1 January 2008. The Manga must be an original creation and never been published before. It can be in English or Bahasa Malaysia.
