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| Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:15 PM PDT  Besides knowing the right technique to walk and pose, the facial expression of a model is also important. As mentioned in the first post, a model is supposed to sell products through body language alone. The emotion we portray, the look in our eyes, the way we pose all make an impact to the audience. At Amber Chia Academy, we are taught to portray a facial expression that is serious but not fierce.
What are the girls doing? During our 5th class, we were taught to create the model facial expression, by, loosely speaking, squinting our eyes. The technique to squint the eyes is to move the lower eye lid up instead of moving the upper eye lid down. Doing the latter would make us look like we’re frowning or worst, like we did not have enough sleep. Hence, we had to train ourselves to just move the lower eye lie muscles up to create that sexy, smouldering look.
Failed attempt And it’s a pretty hilarious process! We were asked to hold our index finger in front of us and to focus our eyes on that finger, while squinting them until the finger became blur. You could see all kinds of funny faces in the mirror while we tried to get it right!
Before
After In one of our classes, we also had the privilege of Ethel Cho as our guest instructor. She’s extremely experienced and apparently coached Andrews’ Models before. One thing though, she’s also very strict! Never a smile during class and always straightforward with her instructions. Strict as she was, I found that I learnt a lot from her during that one class because she pushed us by making us walk rounds and rounds while giving us constructive feedback.
Ethel Cho as our guest instructor In our 6th class, we were all asked to strut down the studio individually, doing the full catwalk starting with a pose at the beginning, another pose at the end, a half turn around, walk back to the original point and a full turn before exiting. Confusing? Take a look at the video to get a better picture.
Feliz striking her first pose
Still remember Lulu?
Basic catwalk Can’t believe 6 weeks of classes just flew by! Classes will start again today after the weekend. Stay tuned for more updates! This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:06 PM PDT  Cocktails, ever wondered why they’re named as such? A combination of at least one alcoholic drink with another mixer – a cocktail, is simply a bartender’s avenue to unleash their imagination. This is where they can mix and match according to their creativity, only the sky is the limit. Recently, I was invited to a Cocktail tasting event held at View Rooftop Bar, G Tower. It was my second visit there, after attending the launch of Kronenbourg Blanc earlier.
Freshly prepared cocktail There were six types of cocktails presented, each centered around Absolut Vodka. The first of the lot was Absolut South Beach, which contained 50ml of Absolut, 25ml of Lemon JC, 20ml of Sugar Syrup and 8 Mint Leaves. I took a sip of this and found this to be very sour due to the lemon content in it. Not a fan of this but Saucer loved this, or anything with lemon in it.
Absolut South Beach The Absolut Passion Tini was a mixture of 50ml of Absolut, 30ml of Passion fruit, 20ml of Lemon JC and 15ml Vanilla Syrup. Finish off with vanilla bud on the side of the glass. Love the colour of this drink and the vanilla bud as an extra touch to complete the delicate look.
Absolut Passion Tini The next drink I tried was the pink Absolut Strawberry Basil Smash, which tasted more potent than it looked. Consisted of 50ml of Absolut, ice, 4 fresh strawberries, 6 basil leaves and 100ml of lemon JC, this drink packed a punch. It was sour with a hint of basil herb, with a strong lemony finish. Needless to say, not my type of drink.
Absolut Strawberry Basil Smash At this point, I was getting a bit fed-up. Isn’t there any drinks without Lemon in it? Fortunately, the Absolut Pineapple Cardamon Martini came to the rescue. A combination of 50ml of Absolut, 15ml of Cardamon sugar syrup, 50ml of Pineapple JC and 3 pieces of Cardamon seeds, this was my favourite of the night! The pineapple taste was strong, sweet and slightly sour while the cardamon seeds added just a hint of spiciness to the drink. The taste of cardamon was very similar to curry leaves, but a milder version. This was the perfect combination for me and I had multiple glasses of it.
Absolut Pineapple Cardamon Martini The Absolut Apple Rosemary Martini was mixed with 50ml of Absolut, 4 fresh strawberries, 6 basil leaves and 100ml of lemon JC.
Absolut Apple Rosemary Martini Last but not least, the Absolut Cinnamon Martini had 50ml of Absolut, half a green apple, 15ml of sugar syrup, 15ml of lemon JC and a pinch of cinnamon powder. I thought the addition of cinnamon in a cocktail was a pretty brilliant idea, to give it more dimension and depth. Also, the presentation with a cinnamon stick on top did make it that more attractive.
Absolut Cinnamon Martini Besides the cocktail tasting, we were treated to a live demonstration of cocktail preparation by the in-house mixologist, Junior. Just look at how passionate he was when he did his thing, with closed eyes and all.
Junior shaking it hard
Can you guess this cocktail’s name? It was indeed an eye-opening experience, to be exposed to the various types of cocktail that can be mixed with Absolut Vodka alone, and to observe a live demonstration from the bartender. It was also during that night that I discovered my favourite cocktail of them all!
Double dosage of Pineapple Martini anyone?
View from the View Rooftop Bar View Rooftop Bar |
Here is one good example of someone who managed to do it right – Jolyn from our class.
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