* Jessica Stam by Ellen von Unwerth for Vogue China January 2011 via Oh Fashion Model.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Inspiration: {An Editorial}
{the lovely and my favourite Canadian model, Jessica Stam photographed by the esteemed Ellen von Unwerth... hope you are having a lovely Saturday so far... I will likely venture out to do the last of my Christmas shopping... {p.s. I am so thrilled to have won a beautiful new faux fur leopard print coat on Ebay yesterday for merely $40.00... the best part, it has a hot pink lining!}}
* Jessica Stam by Ellen von Unwerth for Vogue China January 2011 via Oh Fashion Model.
* Jessica Stam by Ellen von Unwerth for Vogue China January 2011 via Oh Fashion Model.
Haircut in China
In Liang Qi, Dong village or southeast DongZhai, the barber use a sickle to give haircuts. The scene looks very horrible and scary. But it is an ancient custom of this village. Must see the wonderful photos given below. If you like this post please feel free to drop your comments. More images after the break...
Emma Watson Marie Claire December 2010
On her new cropped ‘do: “I’ve wanted to do it since I was about 16, and when Harry Potter ended in June, I just needed a change. It was quite symbolic for me. It’s very short; it was buzzed at the back and on the sides. And it’s really liberating that I can walk out without thinking about it.” Check out 7 more images after the break...
Top 10 Highest Paid NBA Players
10. Zach Randolph – Memphis Grizzlies
$17.3 million
Randolph has had a checkered NBA career and never lived up to the $84 million, six-year deal he signed in 2004. He had his most success last season when he made his first All-Star team and led the Grizzlies to a 16-game improvement in the win column. The NBA’s highest-paid player is guard Kobe Bryant, who last season led the Los Angeles Lakers to its fifth title since he entered the league in 1996. This season he is the NBA’s highest-paid player for the first time in his career with a salary of $24.8 million. Here are the count downs of top ten NBA’s highest paid players. 9 More after the break...
09. Yao Ming – Houston Rockets
$17.7 million
Yao is one of the best centers in the game when healthy, but he was sidelined all of last season with a broken foot. Yao is in the final year of his contract with the Rockets and will have to prove he is healthy to command another big ticket contract.
08. Gilbert Arenas – Washington Wizards
$17.7 million
Injuries and a suspension for bringing guns into the locker room forced Agent Zero to miss 80% of his team’s games since signing a $111 million deal in 2008. His contract with three-plus years left on it might be the most impossible to trade in the league.
07. Andrei Kirilenko – Utah Jazz
$17.8 million
Kirilenko is nicknamed AK-47 for his initials and number with the Jazz (he was also born in Russia, home to the famous assault rifle). He fills up a stat sheet with rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, but his production hasn’t matched the $86 million deal he signed in 2004.
06. Pau Gasol – Los Angeles Lakers
$17.8 million
Gasol and Bryant are both under contract with the Lakers through the 2013-14 season. Gasol signed an extension during last season that added three years and $60 million to his existing deal.
05. Michael Redd – Milwaukee Bucks
$18.3 million
The Bucks’ sharpshooter has seen his last two seasons cut short by serious knee injuries. Redd’s salary is likely to take a major haircut when his six-year, $90 million deal expires after this season.
04. Tim Duncan – San Antonio Spurs
$18.7 million
Duncan can make a strong case as the greatest power forward to ever play the game with four titles, two MVP awards and nine selections to the All-NBA first team. His current contract with the Spurs expires after next season.
03. Kevin Garnett – Boston Celtics
$18.8 million
Garnett’s massive $126 million contract signed during his third season in the league was a major reason behind the NBA lockout that shortened the 1998-99 season. The Big Ticket was the league’s highest-paid player for three straight years until Tracy McGrady took the title last season.
02. Rashard Lewis – Orlando Magic
$20.5 million
Lewis signed a $118 million, six-year deal as a free agent in 2007 after nine seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics. Lewis has seen his scoring average decline three straight years.
01. Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers
$24.8 million
Bryant is the NBA’s top-paid player for the first time this season. The $83.5 million, three-year extension he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in April assures he will stay on top through the 2013-14 season.
Matchstick Master Builds Impressive Matchstick Ship
David Reynolds, from Southampton, England, has spent over 10,000 hours gluing 250,000 matchsticks into a veritable matchstick armada of 20 legendary ships. More images after the break...
The 51-year-old retired oil rig worker first made headlines last year, when the Guinness Book of Records acknowledged his oil rig replica as the largest matchstick model in the world, numbering 4,075,000 matchsticks. But the matchstick master didn’t sleep on his laurel after this notable success. He kept on gluing matchsticks and this year he finally completed his amazing collection of 20 famous ships, including Nelson’s HMS Victory, the Cutty Sark, Queen Mary and even the Titanic.
The creator says he was inspired by the city of Southampton and England’s seafaring history, but the fact that his father worked on board the Queen Mary, and his life at sea as an oil rig worker also had something to do with it. He considers his intricate matchstick models a tribute to the men and women who risked their lives at sea, throughout history.
Asked if he uses official plans from museums, to get every detail right, David Reynolds said that would cost him up to 1,000 pounds for each ship, so he prefers to use whatever photos and models he can find and do his own drawings. Each ship in his matchstick armada has taken between four and seven months to complete, and cost between 300 and 400 British pounds. The entire fleet took him around 10 years to build, and he says the hardest part was recreating the anchors, lifeboats and safety robes, as they take tremendous patience and time.
Mister Reynolds discovered the art of matchstick model making when his son bought him a kit, when he was housebound after serious surgery. It started off as a hobby, but quickly turned into a passion that continues to bring him worldwide recognition.
Armless Pianist Liu Wei – Winner of China’s Got Talent 2010
Liu Wei from Beijing, lost his arms from an accident at age 10. He never gives up living strong. He handled to do everything with his feet. His dream is to become a musician. Liu started to learn to play piano at age 19, now he is 22 and just won the China’s Got Talent Show on Oct. 10, 2010. More after the break...
He played piano and sang the song “You Are Beautiful” in the final. The power of his vocal and inspiration of his zest for life won him the final. Liu Wei’s motto is,”I have two options – I can die as fast as possible, or I can live a brilliant life. And I chose the latter.” Check out the video of Liu’s performance in China’s got talents final. Via Link
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