Wasted Youth, Pt. 29

Stuck at the gate for an extra 30 mins.

Airline: Shanghai Airlines

Route: Xiamen - Shanghai

Delayed flights: 29

Total time spent waiting: 1 day, 8.5 hours

Wasted Youth, Pt. 28

The usual 30 min delay..

Airline: Xiamen Airlines

Route: Shanghai - Quanzhou

Delayed flights: 28

Total time spent waiting: 1 day, 8 hours

"Can I get a 12 piece bucket with that phone?"

On my lunch break today, I went to the electronics market to pick up the new Blackberry Bold 9900.

When it comes to haggling at these places, I am the worst (mostly because I don't have the patience). So I was already going in expecting to get ripped off. But surprisingly, it was no fuss, and the guy gave me the going price right off the bat. Done deal. The best part about the whole transaction though, after dropping $650 on a phone, was the fact that he put it in a KFC bag.

We Are Like Butterflies...

"...who flutter for a day, and think it's forever."

- Carl Sagan -

Nike GYAKUSOU x UNDERCOVER

Was invited to the GYAKUSOU x UNDERCOVER pre-launch event at Nike's Harajuku flagship store. The Gyakusou collection takes its name from the small but highly dedicated Tokyo running group of the same name, which includes Undercover founder Jun Takahashi.  "Gyaku" in Japanese means "wrong way" and "sou" means "running" - a reference to the fact that the group runs the city's parks counter-clockwise, as opposed to the norm of clockwise. The apparel collection draws upon an obsession for improved performance through design innovation. So expect a lot of technical, lightweight fabrics, considered cut lines, and functional details.

It was a nice event and was great to run into (no pun intended) some of my old Nike colleagues.  More about the event here.  

Dopeland

Fantasy Dream Salon Castle In The Sky?

I don't really understand

the choice of graphics for this hair salon window,

but at least it makes me think happy thoughts.

CLOT x 84-74 Lab x Disney Alice Windbreaker

One of the featured items we are launching at our store opening today is this Alice In Wonderland inspired windbreaker. Designed by Kazuki Kuraishi under his new label 84-74 lab, the jacket features keyhole-shaped welded pockets and zipper pulls shaped as keys, shown here worn by CLOT's Edison Chen. This very limited edition jacket retails for US$1100.00, and is available exclusively at Man Is In The Forest Taipei.