Le Petit Prince 小王子

The Little Prince is a poetic tale, with water colour illustrations by the author, in which a pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid. The story is philosophical and includes social criticism, remarking on the strangeness of the adult world. It was written during a dark, restless, but productive period for Saint-Exupéry after he fled to North America subsequent to the Fall of France during the Second World War, witnessed first hand by the author and captured in his memoir Flight to Arras. The adult fable, as described in one review, is actually "...an allegory of Saint-Exupéry's own life—his search for childhood certainties and interior peace, his mysticism, his belief in human courage and brotherhood....", plus his enduring love for his wife Consuelo "but also an allusion to the tortured nature of their relationship."

Though ostensibly styled as a children's book, The Little Prince makes several profound and idealistic observations about life and human nature. For example, Saint-Exupéry tells of a fox meeting the young prince during his travels on Earth. The story's essence is contained in the lines uttered by the fox to the little prince: On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. ("One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.") Other key thematic messages are articulated by the fox, such as: Tu deviens responsable pour toujours de ce que tu as apprivoisé. ("You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.") and C'est le temps que tu as perdu pour ta rose qui fait ta rose si importante. ("It is the time you have lost for your rose that makes your rose so important.") The fox's messages are arguably the book's most famous quotations because they deal with human relationships.

《小王子》看似只是一部童话书，但其实它对生活和人性作了相当意蕴深长而理想主义化的叙述。正如小王子在地球上遇到的一只狐狸对他说的那句堪称本书点睛之笔的话：「人只有用自己的心才能看清事物，真正重要的東西用眼睛是看不到的。」（法語："On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur.L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."；英語："One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye."）事实除此之外，那只狐狸说的其他几句话在书中也相当有意义，例如“你要永远对你所驯养的对象负责”和“是你对你的玫瑰所付出的时间，才使你的玫瑰变得重要”。

Well, this book really inspires me a lot, thanks to Adrian, a good friend who share such a nice book to me~ though i'm not a kid anymore but i believe deep inside my soul, a boy is still live in within. Thank you my friend~ 

Australia's Next Top Model - Cycle 3

The 3rd cycle of Australia Next Top Model is so much different than the 1st 2 cycles, not only the competition stake grows up a lot, everything done is much more professional as well. Jodhi Meares has replaced Erika Heynatz as the lead judge in this cycle; more drama compare to the last cycle and the winner of this cycle is still doing good in the fashion industry till now.

 Group Shot

Back: Cassandra, Cobi, Sophie, Alice, Jordan

Center: Jaimi, Paloma, Steph H, Jane

Front: Anika, Danica, Steph F

Cycle 3 Winner
Alice Burdeu

From the beginning of this cycle, i already foreseen that she will be the winner. Having roughly the similar look like Ann Ward (America Next Top Model Cycle 15's winner), this is what the fashion industry is looking for right now... She is tall & quirky, but she photograph so well that the camera loves her so much... She can't do wrong in any shoot! Read her profile and i am so glad that until now (2007 till now), Alice is still doing well in the fashion industry, bravo~

1st Runner Up
Stephanie Hart

No doubt that she is cute and fresh, but for me, she is not the girl that i see that can run long in this industry, her look is not unique enough to make a great impact on her career. Definitely i'm not expecting she come this far in the competition. But well, overall she's still ok for me, just nothing special, really!

2nd Runner Up
Jordan Loukas

Sassy looking kind of girl, i love her~ she's cool and she's fresh for me. Not sure why she's not able to defeat Steph H and go into the final 2... but i'm proud of her for getting so far in the competition. She was voted as the best by the audience and i think she definitely deserves it.

 4th Place
Anika Salerno

The big boobies Anika has the similar hot body like Stefanie Wilson (British Next Top Model's 2nd runner up). For me, sometime her boobs seems too big and i'm wondering whether it suits the fashion industry or not. Overall her performance is not bad but just not outstanding enough to win her the title.

5th Place 
Paloma Rodriguez

The ultimate 16yo diva, or should i say bitch, of this competition. She's a totally 100% drama queen and i feel like slapping her face everytime the camera shows her face. She's nasty and she's fake but this bitch definitely take some good picture, but i think her personality and behavior is going to bring her down...

Its Surabaya time !!!

After so many months

finally i can get a holiday off from work

Surabaya, here i come :)

ANTM Series 9: Petite & High Fashion Nicole Fox

 Nicole Arianna Fox

March 6, 1991

Winner in Cycle 13

Nicole Fox graduated from Monarch High School. As of 2009, she was a sophomore student at University of Colorado at Boulder majoring in studio arts. She wanted to be an artist, journalist and model

Fox was selected as one of the 14 finalists to compete in the thirteenth cycle of America's Next Top Model, a cycle that was specially created for models who are 5'7" and under. Fox stood at 5'7", the maximum height for the entry. A couple of months before Nicole tried out for the show, she met a photographer at an art gallery in Denver. He encouraged her to try out for the show because he knew Allison Harvard of Cycle 12 was also an artist like Nicole. With his encouragement, she got up the courage to try out for America's Next Top Model.

Throughout the competition, Fox won two reward challenges and three top photos. Despite her shy and awkward personality, she never placed below fifth and was one of the strongest girls of her cycle, which was undeniably a source of talk amongst the other girls of her cycle. At the final judging, Fox was lauded for her high-fashion photographs and her successful mastery of her body proportion, in spite of her unconventional runway walk in the fashion show. In the end, she was chosen as the winner of America's Next Top Model, beating runner-up Laura Kirkpatrick, who was considered another favorite of the judges. Nicole became the third winner to have never appeared in the bottom two. This record was preceded by winners Jaslene Gonzalez and McKey Sullivan, and was succeeded by Krista White, Sophie Sumner, and Jourdan Miller. Despite the height rules, she is still taller than Cycle 3 winner Eva Pigford.

Kirkpatrick said she believed Fox won because of the strength of her photos: "Every time with the judges, she could do no wrong in front of them. They really saw her as perfect." Fox said of her win:

Sometimes I didn't think I was going to survive the journey, 

like I remember during casting week

I went home and I cried because I was like 

"What have I got myself into? I can't deal with this!" 

And I didn't think it would be okay to be that dorky girl 

but I'm a dork and I'm America's Next Top Model!

For her first-place finish, Fox received a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, a representation contract with Wilhelmina Models and was featured on the cover of Seventeen, as well as a six-page spread in the magazine. Tyra Banks, retired supermodel and host of America's Next Top Model, said to Fox following her win, "You are a star. You have IT!" Her sister, Alexandra Fox, said of her sister: "She's definitely glad she did it, but she wouldn't repeat it. You're on camera 24 hours a day, and you can't have a single conversation without worrying about how it will be edited."

As the winner of America's Next Top Model, Fox received a six page spread in Seventeen Magazine, and an ad for Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara. Fox has also modeled for Illiterate Magazine, in which she had a spread, and been featured on AOL.com, More magazine and in OK! Magazine. Fox was featured in Wild Fox Couture's 2010 fall collection lookbook along with models Rachel Ballinger and Daria Plyushko, as well as in on-line ads for Spirit Hoods and in a campaign for Heritage 1981's Spring 2010 collection—which is a sister brand of Forever 21, and ads for Steve Madden Spring Collection. She will be in the campaign for Nicole Richie's "House of Harlow 1960 Spring 2011" fashion line. In January 2010, a news story circulated reporting that Fox would be the face of Alexander McQueen's new spring/summer collection, but this rumor was revealed to be false and has been debunked by both McQueen and Fox.

Nicole will star as Ashley, a self-mutilating outcast teenage girl in the indie teen drama Ashley, directed by Dean Ronalds and produced by Trick Candle Productions and Ronalds Brothers Productions. The film is set to be released in the US in May 2012. Nicole is portraying a model on the wedding & the runway, The Bold and the Beautiful in December 1, 6 and 7 of 2011. Fox can also be spotted in the Avengers Dr. Pepper commercial as Stan Lee's assistant.

In 2012, Nicole was chosen by director Brett Leonard for the PopFictionLife FragFilm "The Other Country - Starring Burlap to Cashmere". Nicole plays Melanie, a concert goer, who catches the eye of Johnny, the lead guitar player.

Plastic surgery disasters: Korean model

算计 by 米泽穗信 Yonezawa Honobu

A very nice novel to recommend

From the author Yonezawa Honobu (米泽穗信) @ 2009

This is a novel that will make you read it non stop

A book that reveals the power of money 

A book that revels the fear/phobia of a human being

Of course this book has also been shoot into a movie as well

时薪11万2千日元！为了赚取这破天荒的高额打工费，有十名男女来到了神秘的暗鬼馆，他们是：无职青年结城、公司倒闭的原社长安东、家庭主妇渕、履历不明的岩井、被裁员的中年西野、实习医生大迫、美甲师若菜、网络设计师关水、原白领祥子和大学生真木，每个人都出于各自的原因急需一大笔钱。

打工内容是在七天中参与一项心理实验，只须按照规则和既定程序行事即可。在发生某桩不合规或不合法事件后，被试者要一起讨论推理出谁是罪犯，然后，除了嫌疑人之外的所有人表决，根据少数服从多数的原则确定犯人，最后把犯人投入监狱。试验方在此过程中收集心理数据。对被试者来说这是一场不可思议的发财梦，如果顺利的话，甚至能成为亿万富翁。然而，等待着他们的，并不是美好的梦境，而是可怕的魔魇。

实验第二天，众人发现了一名被试者的尸体，由此全体恐慌。偏偏整栋暗鬼馆是封闭的，不到约定的时日根本无法逃离，他们只得硬着头皮继续推测犯人。

这个实验另外还有一个特点：只要出现尸体被试者就能分到红包，很有可能有人为了钱而行凶杀人。与此同时，试验方在每个房间里放置了冰锥、斧子、毒药等凶器，仿佛在煽动人们内心的贪念与欲望。 还有六天，每个人都不知道自己会在何时遭袭击。要怎样才能从这个死亡游戏中幸存下来？是选择杀人，还是坐等被杀，或是努力躲避？人们相互怀疑，陷入了各藏鬼胎、勾心斗角的心理谜局……

藤原龙也 Tatsuya Fujiwara 饰演 结城理久彦

绫濑遥 Haruka Ayase 饰演 须和名祥子

石原里美 Satomi Ishihara 饰演 关水美夜

阿部力 Tsuyoshi Abe 饰演 大迫雄大

平山绫 Aya Hirayama 饰演 橘若菜

石井正则 Ishii Masanori 饰演 西野宗广

大野拓朗 Ohno Yoshioka 饰演 真木雪人

武田真治 Takeda Shinji 饰演 岩井庄助

北大路欣也 Kinya Kitaoji 饰演 安东吉也

片平渚 Nagisa Katahira 饰演 渊佐和子