Siapa bilang plastik ‘ga cocok jadi sepatu cantik yang bisa masuk kategori “my ultimate shoes” dalam jajaran koleksi sepatu kita? Intip deh koleksi Melissa shoes, jajaran sepatu yang bahan dasarnya plastik berteknologikan thermoplastic dan 100% eco-friendly. This plastic shoes selain nyaman dipakai juga punya desain yang cantik. Desain-desain cantik Melissa salah satunya merupakan hasil kolaborasi bareng Vivienne Westwood, desainer kenamaan Inggris. Hasilnya cukup spektakuler! Salah satunya adalah line desain Anglomania.

Selain Vivienne, Melissa juga berkolaborasi bareng sederet nama seperti Alexandre Herchcovitch, J Maskrey, Karim Rashid, Judy Blame, stylist asal Brazil  Isabel Capeto dan bahwkan arsitek kenamaan Zaha Hadid.

Dengan line-up yang cukup spektakuler, no wonder I fall in love instantly to their shoes. And this month craving goes to: Ashanti III. Kenapa?

I tell you why:

*studded, plastic, comfort. It’s a total winner for style and comfort.

“Gucci, Fendi, Prada purses, purchasing them finer things // Men they come a dime a dozen, just give me them diamond rings // I‘m into a lotto bling, Cadallic, Chanel and Coach”

Does the song ring a bell? Penggalan teks diatas adalah penggalan soundtrack “Sex and the City” yang dipopulerkan oleh Miss Fergalicious. Sangat catchy di mata saya  saat itu, karena penggalan teks tadi membawa saya pada suatu kesadaran bahwa pada satu titik dalam kehidupan seorang wanita, salah satu dari elemen yang diocehkan Fergie dalam lagu “Label or Love”nya pasti pernah menjadi salah satu incaran.  Confession:  I know I have! Read the rest of this entry »

Someone ask me over email earlier today:

“who’s the most influential woman, according to you?”

This particular question keep my head busy for about half an hour. As pictures, images, and names keep on popping in my head.  As first my head come up with this list of candidates:

1. My Mom. Like every child, I adore my mom. She’s everything to me and I don’t know how my life will be without her. In summary: I LOVE YOU MOM!
2. Lady Gaga. Why on earth i come up with her name? Truthfully, I don’t even know. At first look/hear of her, I kindda think that she’s just another “one time” show stealer. With one quirky songs and be done with it. But after Poker Face, she’s getting weirder and the song, somehow is getting more acceptance from my ears. Her consistence in strange and quirky performance is really earning a spot in [my] dictionary.
3. Sheryl Sandberg. Who’s Sheryl? Bet you’r not familiar with her name. Me either, until one day I stumble on a page of fortune magazine showing this power ladies in silicon valley. And her name comes up in the article. She had a good review in it, capturing all the things that I projected to achieve in the future. She had a powerful position in Google as former VP and then she join Facebook as COO. Besides work, she’s also manage to still be a mom and also doing a lot of networking. Success in juggling work, love and social life is something worth being admire.

So at the end what’s my answer?

“I will always my mom, and like to repeat lady gaga songs in my head and also admire Sheryl ability to be a female powerhouse in the online industry.”

After a long work hour, tight schedule, lack of sleeping and an overdose of PMS. I found that something that makes me happy is not a thousand worth of make up application or the newest shoes from my fave brands or even a good dress.

The remedy turns out to be very simple:

small silly things

Like this silly video I found in you tube that has cheer me up when I got in a very bad mood after a debate or facing up a very tight schedule.

Hippo & Dog singing the lion sleeps tonight is considered one of my small silly things in #May. Too bad the embedded code is disabled by request. Still I love the chubby happy hippo.