Danish label Noir wants to "be the brand that turned social responsibility sexy". Intriguing? Check it out here. They're also combining elements of helmut-newtonesque female objectification and S&M with the whole agenda of social responsibility, which is pretty fascinating.

so today's day 1 of my Legal, Paid Leave. slept in, had lunch, watched russian dolls with nasty. really good movie, and now i have to rent or buy l'auberge espagnole so i can watch it again. i remember liking it a lot. and i can pronounce l'auberge espagnole but i can't quite pronounce les pouppes russes. or, well, i don't know how it's supposed to be pronounced. What Happened to French Classes???

the new cathay's... well, sort of an empty behemoth at present. i hope all the shops and restaurants open soon so that the place has a little bit of life in it. the colour schemes are pretty uninspired and there's a lot of space which is generally not utilised very well, so it's basically like a large, slightly awkward spaceship. as are most new futuristic-looking buildings around here, i suppose. the lifts are nice though.

and the whole place smells like a construction site. which it still is, because the basement's not complete yet. but it brings me to my next point -- it's hard to walk around singapore for more than ten minutes without encountering a construction site. ok, so i exaggerate. but, really. holland v's a mess. the area in front of dhoby gaut's a mess. both due to the circle line. and the area around singapore art museum, smu, chijmes etc? also a mess. maybe also because of the circle line, i don't know.

we were planning to walk to asian civilisations museum but we made the mistake of walking through the Dome at singapore art museum, and the place is so cosy and inviting we decided that the fates were inviting us to sit down and relax. music: beatles instrumentalised and spanish guitars, pretty relaxing on its part. but somehow the day didn't turn out as relaxing as was intended, i still don't quite know absolutely why.

and tomorrow is going to be the morning from hell because on top of an essay that i have to submit, i have to actually do some work at home. in fact while lying sprawled half-asleep on my bed just now i received a phone call from my colleague who proceeded to recite a long list of customers and contact numbers. i need to arrange a bunch of courier pickups tomorrow and my boss wants 15 forms ready for processing by tomorrow -- a rather absurd expectation considering that atleast half of these 15 people are people i've tried and failed to get in contact with over the last two weeks. i have quite a packed afternoon tomorrow so i am slightly screwed.

so it's time to sleep now. hopefully i can wake up at about 8am and Get Things Done. go me.