Rachelle Hellfire is a little lamb (n_n)

A hibiscus flower or rosemallow. Traditionally worn by Hawaiian women on their ears. Malaysia’s national flower is a chinese hibiscus. While in my country the Philippines, hibiscus is locally known as “gumamela” most Filipino kids grew up using hibiscus leaves to make their bubble mix more soapy and older people say that it makes the bubbles bigger and floats a little longer than without the hibiscus leaves. When I was younger my dad used to make me some and he would reach in to our neighbor’s hibiscus plant right next door to make some. Haha…

A few months ago in Alchemy… (yawns) what a bore. I guess I need to be a high and loaded drunk to appreciate clubbing… Yo Samu!

We weren’t able to make it to Manila to catch NEYO so we just settled for KANYE WEST. Not bad…


Friday night Louis Vuitton celebrated the grand opening of their largest flagship store in the world with a star-studded mega-party filled with celebrities and topped with a performance by Kanye West.


My expectations for the LV event were extremely high. Louis Vuitton is known to go all out for their parties. People still talk about their lavish anniversary celebration several years ago when they built a large structure on Tamar site in Admiralty. A grand gala is justifiable. Hong Kong is a huge market for LV products and their previous shop on Canton Road is said to be one of their most profitable branches in the world.


Arriving at the LV store at 5 Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, there was a crowd of several hundred press and onlookers gathered outside the entrance.


The thick invitation in a small gold folder made it nearly impossible for someone to forge.


Gatecrashers didn’t have a chance. After two checkpoints, I walked in smoothly and entered the shop.


The lights inside were up to their fullest which brought out the dazzle in the gold-themed outfits covering many of the guests.


For a night person like me it was a bit bright! I walked around bumping into different friends for the first ten minutes before heading up to explore the other levels of the multi-tiered store.


After a few minutes I decided it can’t be called a store, it’s more like an LV shopping mall! The new Louis Vuitton shop is nearly equivalent in size to Hong Kong’s major department stores. It fittingly deserves the title flagship.


Tucked away on one side of the third level was an exhibition of photographs by Hong Kong movie star Chow Yun Fat titled “Moving Pictures”.


I’ve heard about his photography prowess for years and I was curious to check out his work. After a brief look I’m planning a second trip back to spend more time viewing the images in detail. One quick word - impressive!


The store was just too much to take in all at once. Just when you thought it would end, there would be another staircase or hallway leading to another area or display. It’s remarkably large even for a luxury goods haven like Hong Kong.


After about thirty minutes perusing the stock, I followed the trail of party-goers out the back end of the shop, through the attached shopping mall and onto the street to catch a small shuttle to the nearby party venue.


For most guests, the party location was something brand new. However, Hustle readers would have recognized the site of the event as the West Kowloon harbor-front promenade. Out towards the water there was a huge structure set up just for the special occasion. Projections from all angles were morphing the walls into various images including a signature LV trunk and a massive LV commercial.


The complex was stunning with the Hong Kong Island night-scape in the background.


Entering the party after another LV photo-op wall, the space was enormous! Besides a huge main room with cathedral-high ceilings, there was a long stage set up on the left side and three elevated areas - two for high-profile guests and one for the d.j.


VIP guests from throughout Asia mingled with Louis Vuitton executives on one of the elevated platforms. The other side was filled with Hong Kong socialites and their progeny. In the middle, the d.j. booth was lit up in a constantly changing light display.


In back of the booth was a large bar leading onto a crowded outdoor patio.


The view of the skyline from here was breathtaking. I spent the night wandering between sections.


The venue was impressive not only for its size but also for the attention to detail. Dangling from the ceiling were fixtures done up in the characteristic LV charm-shaped pattern.


The stage was the longest I’ve seen in Hong Kong. Suspended above it were massive letters spelling out LOUIS VUITTON. This was smart branding. Any photo taken of the action on stage was bound to contain the full name or at least a letter!


The first entertainment for the night consisted of ballerinas performing a dance number.


It was followed quickly by a troupe of agile French parkour practitioners, who bounded around, above and through the letters.


After a pause, a familiar sounding instrumental came on which lead into Kanye West’s performance. The crowd erupted when he took the stage. Kanye played a tight set that had him running from one side to the other. His energetic performance combined with his constant hand shaking with the crowd won him even more admirers. The set lasted for nearly thirty minutes. The entire age range of the crowd seemed to be enthralled by his performance. (I nearly got knocked over by an older woman attempting to rush in front of me towards the stage!)


When Kanye’s performance ended, the party continued on for several hours more. There hasn’t been an event of this size in Hong Kong for a long time and judging by the good vibes during the night, the diverse crowd madethe most of it.

I don’t really have anything to say… I just… Uh… There’s just sooo many stuff in my head again for the enth time. Chop chop dax! Wah! Div inity… Divinity… Yew!

Shot in club VERTIGO in Boston and a few photos of Sam and Terry. If it wasn’t for Sam It might have taken me a few years to get the chance to have a photo shoot with big bad photographer to the A-list in Hollywood “Terry Richardson” all thanks to you Samu! Sam introduced me to Terry a couple of months back right after Terry’s recent project “From Rio to Hong Kong” and the “Terry Richardson and Michael Lau Exhibit” in Hong Kong last Dec-Jan. I love his loud and outrageous style of photography it’s like 70’s disco rolling out of nowhere! All crazed up and he’s most famed for using none professional cameras for his big shoots and sells copies of his coffee-table-books for $600 in limited stocks! Sam and Terry are a load of freakin’ fun together munkeying around with their bananas lol!

All those little somethings/nothings sometimes are just the most sweetest things aren’t they? From the way we blush when we see our crush and how our friends hush about it and those akward moments of silence when we’re all dumbed-out and mesmerized by that someone’s presence. It’s like you see fireworks fly out from nowhere in your imagination. Are they what you call sparks? These lil’ things are so small but so sweet that they end-up engraved in our memories “like salt in the sees” forever. -*BREAKS THOUGT and shouts! Excuse me for bein mushy. PS. Stich toy courtesy of SAMUCHI, he got it from that toy slot machine arcade game where you try to grab a stuffy toy or something while we were in Vegas last year.

Isinusulat ko ang dokumento na ito sa tagalog upang hindi mabasa o maintindihan ng taong pinatutunguhan ng artikulong ito. Kasi naman! Ba't ganyan ang pag-ibig? Nakakabaliw talaga! Ba naman kasi! May roon isang lalaki na pinagmulan ng kaguluhang ito. Tungkol sa pinsan ko na nakipag-away sa isa pang babae para sakin dahil yung isang babae kasi inaway ba naman ako ng dahil lamang sa lalaki nga na tipo nya! E yung lalaki ang tipo yung pinsan ko kaya madalas nya kamustahin sakin. Ang kaso mas madalas kami mag-pang abot nung lalaki kesa sa pinsan ko kaya mas madalas kami na magkita at magkausap. Nagkataon naman naduon itong babae na nang-away sakin kanina na may pagka dating syota nitong sobrang kunehong lalaki na to! Na akala nya na nakikipag landian ako dun kay lalaki kasi sa turingan namin kaya ayun! Kung anu-ano pinagsasabi sakin nung babaeng ewan na yun! Oi dejavu! Ilang beses na ba nangyari ito men? Tawa! Yung malakas at humahagikgik pa. Kinakausap
ko lang naman yung lalaki na yun kasi kahawig sya ni Noni at mas lalo ni Yuki. Oo sige aaminin ko may itsura sya… Pero yun na yun. Tawa ulit! Mga kano at kana kasi sila kaya tinagalog ko ito para hindi nila mabasa. WAKAS.

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“Just like the sun and the seas and the stars… I want to sing, want to dance want to fly! I feel so natural! Natural! Hiyang na hiyang…”

Sung by KC Concepcion. PCT was a fun experience, I got to meet a lot nice, fun, talented and talented girls and best was my idol miss Kristina Cassandra “KC-Kooki” Concepcion.

(October 25, 2007)
I know that she knows and I know that she’s aware of me. I think it was me who she was talking about and refers to as “Miss No-one” on one of her posts. Aw the irony… Now she’s working with Andy, what a coincident that it was Andy who Sam first worked with back in the days. Whoa! Lo and behold! But now I know that she watches my every move, lil “Miss No-one” got her singing to “If I was a rich girl… Nanana na nanah… (2x)” nyahahaha…. 


Region 3 po! Not 4… Ahaha… Thanks to Derick. Man…. All the maps in my head are messed-up now huh? (My Boo (remix) by: Usher and Beyonce (?) on the BG)

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