The Anugerah Skrin (or Screen Awards) 2008 happened last friday, November 7th. If I didn’t have to go for this, I would’ve just stayed on in Japan! ha ha!

Anyway, it was mildly fun. I say mildly because I have never found award shows fun or even interesting, just something that needs to be done as part of a career move. The fun part came in the form of Craig Fong and Intan Azura whom I sat next to!

It was such a shame that Kabir (Bhatia) didn’t win this year, but I’m sure the other winners were just as deserving. I guess my opinion is biased towards Kabir since he is my King Midas and everything he touches turns to gold for me.

I wasn’t feeling well (had a fever and the onset of a cold), had twisted both my feet (but had to walk about in heels for the event) so I lasted as long as I could before I quietly made my escape.

I know I make it sound so dreary, but really it was quite a nice event. And it’s always lovely to see all the people you’ve worked with before. Bella (the drama I did) was up for an award as best drama series, but we didn’t win (Boo!).

I wore a dress by Julie Haus from Maizen and Ming (the amazing magician) from Bombshell did my hair and makeup. I must say that Ming is a bloody genius! If you would like to hire him for your make up, just let me know and I’ll put you in touch because let me say this again – He is GENIUS!

There were so many lovely ladies dressed to impress. Jovian Mandagie was the designer of choice for the evening having dressed many of the ladies including Erra Fazira. As always Dynas was dressed beautifully. I’ve always admired her style and she never disappoints!

So thats it for Anugerah Skrin 2008!!!

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Not too long ago I was asked to create a doll outfit for the launch of the Tongue in Chic website. We were each given these beautiful handmade dolls to dress. Being the lazy bum that I am, I decided to make one out of gloves. Which would require a lot less sewing and yet, create a nice pant-suit outfit. I thought I might share this with you guys.

Step 1:

Rummage through your glove collection and fish out 2 different sets of gloves.

Step 2:

Decide which glove is to be the top and bottom. Then measure your glove against your doll. It doesn’t have to be precise, it isn’t rocket science or designer couture.

Step 3:

Lets start with the pants. Cut out the 2 middle fingers off the glove. See picture below for sample on how to hack off the pants.

Step 4:

Cut out the tip of the glove so that the doll legs can go through. I then sewed the end up with red thread so that it looks neater. I used the Blanket Stitch. If you don’t know how to sew the blanket stitch you can click here or watch the video below:

Then you can sew the sides of the gloves so that it fits nicely on the doll’s waist.

The pants are done!

Step 5:

Now we can move on to the top of the outfit. Cut out 3 glove fingers and follow the instructions on how to cut the glove further in the picture below (basically snip two of the side finger tips off for the hands and then cut the middle glove finger lower for the neck). Then fit it onto the doll and mark where you need to stitch. Then sew the sides up.

You top is almost ready!

Step 6:

I decided to just put on a safety pin as a way to hold the top together. You can either sew on buttons or anything else to hold it together. Then I sewed the back of the pants so that it held together more neatly and gave the pants a more streamlined look. You don’t have to if you don’t want to.

And tada! You doll is done! You can vary this look anyway you want. Even make skirts and dresses out of gloves, depending on how big your doll is. I’m guessing a Barbie doll will be perfect for Glove outfits. Happy experimenting!

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On Friday I also went for the launch of the Black and White Fest at The Annexe. Here’s a short excerpt I took from The Annexe website:

The Annexe Gallery is presenting the Black & White Fest, a mini multi-arts festival happening from Fri 19 Sep to Mon 5 Oct featuring: Diversity ~ a black & white photography exhibition by ten Malaysian photographers including Alex Moh, Bernice Chauly and our own golden boy Pang Khee Teik; Wayang Kita-Kita ~ an exhibition of posters of film stills from early Malay movies by Amir Muhammad and Liza Manshoor; and Constitutional Amendments ~ an interactive text installation by the Centre for Independent Journalism about the 600 amendments that have been made to the Malaysian constitution since 1957.

Met Peter there and also debuted my new hair.

Ha ha!

On a whim I decided to dye it blond. Lets see how long that lasts! Anyway, the exhibition was interesting but I only stayed a while before leaving for Lapsap at Palate Palette.

Went for the premiere of Tipu Kanan Tipu Kiri on Friday. It was held at Mines Shopping Center followed by a huge dinner with the rest of the Astro family at Palace of the Golden Horses. Check out the trailer above, maybe you’ll catch my 1 second appearance in the trailer! Ha ha!

I must say that Hans Isaac really stole the show. I was very impressed by his comedic timing. Also by the cinematography. The DOP was Santosh Thundiiayil who also shot the wildly famous Kuch Kuch Hota Hai starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.

Things I didn’t like about the movie were the soundtrack/sound effects and the storyline. I’m wondering why at some point of reading the script someone didn’t say, “Hold up, this script sucks!” and then change everything.

TKTK is a story about how one lie can lead to another and finally end in a whole calamity of lies. Rudy (Christian Sugino) who is married to superstar celebrity Wulan (Titi Kamal), must keep the marriage a secret because of a clause in Wulan’s contract stating that she can’t get married. He then gets a job in a company (why and what company isn’t really explained) and accidently lets it slip that he is married. When his boss (Hans Isaac) wants to meet his wife, all the trouble starts. He hires a woman (Natasha Hudson) to play his pretend wife and things slowly get out of hand.

I shouldn’t complain so much, I am in the movie! Well, you should go check it out because Hans is brilliant in it. Also starring Christian Sugino, Titi Kamal and Natasha Hudson. Directed by Sharad Sharan.

Here are some pictures from the shoot:

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