Wednesday, June 30, 2010

OUR MAMA IS NOW 30!


Well, no 29 sudah menjadi sejarah buat seorang insan yang aku sangat-sangat-sangat sayangi. 29hb 6 2010 adalah hari terakhir untuk dia berusia 29 tahun...sedih kan? ;p


30 JUN 2010...tarikh bersejarah untuk Julie. Hari ni dia sudah berusia 30 tahun!!!



Syukur dipanjatkan kepada Allah SWT, masih panjang lagi usia aku untuk menyambut hari bersejarah ini dengan isteri tersayang.

Selamat hari jadi buat isteri tersayang JULIEANA MANGSOR.

Unik juga sebab inilah tahun terakhir untuk Julie sambut birthdaynya di Melbourne ni (mungkin? mana taw dah tua2 sok nak datang sini sambut besdey dia lagi kan? ;p) dengan aku dan anak-anak yang disayangi.










Julie masa 'muda-muda'


Julie dengan 'bekas boyfren'nya






Julie dengan Hasbennya yang tak senonoh ;p


Julie dengan emak dan ayah mertua yang sporting (kot? ;p)




Gambar Julie masa mengandungkan Niesreena (kanan) dan Naufal (kiri)


mama yang sangat-sangat tabah melayan keletah anak-anak...dan suami :,)








Julie isteri dan mama yang kami sayangi...

Selamat hari jadi yang ke 30.
Semoga Allah limpahkan segala rahmat-Nya buat dirimu...aminnn.
Kasih dan sayang kami tiga KHAIRUNS serangkai sentiasa akan

bertambah-tambah-tambah-tambah-tambah
dan tidak sesekali akan berkurangan....




Sorrylah tahun ni tadak hadiah besdey untuk mama.... :,(





abang sayang dan cintakan sayang selama-lamanya...







Kami bertiga akan sentiasa mencintai dan menyayangi mama!

from the three of us:
Khairunneezam, Khairunniesreena & Khairunnaufal





Lagu khas untuk mama kami...Julieana....

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

My Personal Collection: Levi's 501xx Big E a..k.a Levi's Big Capital E

So, aku nak sambung sket pasal collection Levi's aku. Kali pasal Big E. Alhamdulillah, aku berjaya jugak dapatkan dua helai Levi's Big Capital E di Australia ni. Big E yang ini aku dapat thru' Ebay. Harga? memang-memang-memang-memang tak terjangkau dek akal para collectors sekelian akan kemurahannya berbanding kualiti yang ada pada jeans nih! Walaupun 2nd hen, tapi masih lagi terserlah nilai ke'vintage'annya dan masih cantik sangat-sangat-sangat untuk dipakai. Seluar ni warna biru tua, straight cut,pre-washed, bukan stonewash, made in USA.



Saiz 34..memang saiz aku.


Aku dah bawak jumpa 2 pakar penilai Big E nih (Encik Zafiri dan Encik Hairil), memang diakui original, memenuhi ciri-ciri Big E yang di percayai 1966 reproduction Levi's Jeans.


Ber'kepala kain' a.k.a selvage---syarat penting keabsahan sehelai Jeans Levi's Big E!





dan yang paling penting sudah tentulah Tab Merah kat poket belakang yang tertera LEVI's dengan huruf E besor!





Syukur alhamdulillah...

Monday, June 28, 2010

Al Fatihah buat cikgu Habibah...cikgu sejati....

Terkejut aku, bila ayah bagitahu melalui perbualan kami di YM tadi yang Cikgu Habibah telah meninggal dunia pada hari semalam Ahad kurang lebih jam 9.30 malam.

Aku ingin ambil ruang ini untuk mengucapkan takziah buat ahli keluarga Allahyarhamah Cikgu Hajjah Habibah binti Mohd Ali di atas pemergian Allahyarhamah menyambut seruan Ilahi. Marilah kita bersama-sama mendoakan agar roh Allahyarhamah akan dilapangkan ruang kuburnya, digolongkan dalam golongan orang-orang yang beriman dan ditempatkan dalam golongan ahli-ahli syurga kelak.

Aku secara peribadi, berasa sedih dengan pemergian Allahyarhamah Cikgu Habibah yang mana dia merupakan insan yang sangat signifikan dalam kehidupan aku. Begitupun, Allah lebih menyayangi Allahyarhamah, maka semua orang harus terima ketentuan ini dengan hati terbuka.

Allahyarhamah telah banyak menaburkan bakti dan jasa buat anak-anak bangsa dengan memainkan peranannya sebagai seorang cikgu yang sejati. Cikgu Habibah akan sentiasa aku kenang sebagai cikgu yang bertanggungjawab besar dalam membentuk diri aku, kejayaan aku dan peribadi aku sebagaimana aku sekarang. Banyak sungguh nasihat, pedoman, tunjuk ajar, panduan, bimbingan yang diberikan oleh Cikgu Habibah pada aku semasa aku bersekolah kat SK Gemereh dulu yang menjadi azimat hidup aku yang masih aku pegang sampai sekarang. Masih terngiang-ngiang di telinga aku akan nasihat-nasihatnya yang sangat-sangat terkesan dalam membentuk peribadi hidup aku.

Cikgu Habibah,

Saya mewakili semua generasi anak-anak muridmu yang sempat bergelar 'anak didikmu', kami ucapkan JUTAAN terima kasih atas keluhuran dan kesungguhanmu mendidik kami sehingga kami berjaya mengenal erti kehidupan. Kami doakan kesejahteraan hidupmu di akhirat kelak, semoga Allah melimpahkan rahmat-Nya yang tidak terhingga buat rohmu yang sungguh suci dan murni peribadi dan pengorbanannya pada pandangan masyarakat .

AL-FATIHAH buat Allahyarham Cikgu Habibah yang kami kasihi.....

Sunday, June 20, 2010

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY AYAH





ENCIK MOHD NOOR BIN ABDULLAH


happy father's day.

Terima kasih atas segala pengorbanan ayah.

Kami anak-anak ayah rasa bersyukur kerana dikurniakan seorang ayah sesempurna dan sehebat ayah!

Ayah akan sentiasa menjadi role-model kami.

Kami semua sayangkan ayah dunia akhirat.



Anak-anakmu,
Khairunneezam
Julieana
Khairunnazlee
Khaireena Hazreen
Khairunnazrin
Khaireena Fazeera

dan cucu-cucu Ayah Tok juga!
Khairunniesreena
Khairunnaufal



Saturday, June 19, 2010

Apa kejadahnya Levi's Big E tu? macam mana nak tahu Levi's Big E tu tipu punya?


Apa itu Levi's Big E?
Main carik, main pakai, kalau tak study sket pasal Big E ni rasanya tak boleh nak kata 'real collector' lah kan..hehehe...sebab kenalah ade sket ilmu, baru tau keabsahan dan nilai Big E ni yang sebenarnya...

So,Video-video kat youtube yang aku jumpa ni antara yang paling thorough lah explenesen nya tentang Big E ni. cuba tengok...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aBVRE8uBOg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI9S9fMTXEY

Seluar Big E ni selalunya memang susah nak jumpa dan MAHAL. kenapa? sebab nilai autentiknya, nilai 'rare'nya, vintagenya, specialnya berbanding pasang2 Levi's yang lain.

Berikut adalah contoh-contoh seluar Levi's Big E yang dijual melalui internet,sanggup ka nak beli kalau betul2 bukan collector? hehehehe....

http://www.vintagetrends.com/Vintage/thumbnails.asp?MC=Vintage&CA=Men&SC=Pants&ST=Levi+Big+E+Jeans

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/LEVIS-503-503BXX-501-501XX-BIG-E-LEATHER-26-X32-/180506368771?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item2a07049b03

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/LEVIS-551-ZXX-Big-E-Jeans-DARK-28W-34L-Made-USA-/140271151023?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Men_s_Clothes&hash=item20a8cfe7af


Ok, bagi collector Levi's LVC ni, memang Big E ni adalah satu 'kemestian' untuk dimiliki, dapat sehelai dua pun jadiklah. Maka berkumpul2lah duit berdikit2 untuk dapatkan Big E pujaan hati. Tapi, malanglah kalau dah kumpul2 duit susah payah, lepas tu bila beli LVC Big E ni mahal2..aleh2 tengok fake! palsu! tiruan! tipu! aduuussss! tu yang seksa jiwa raga tu.

Ni satu website simple citer pasal Levi's Big E:

http://www.levisguide.com/bige/bige.html

Jeans known as "Big 'E' " are generally Levis jeans that were manufactured before 1971. They are noted by the capitalized E on the rear red tab. This identifying feature has to be used in conjunction with other identifying features in order to prove authenticity and differences between originals and reproductions, and fakes.


The famous Big E tab. The (R) on the tab also denotes jeans
Regular more common little e tab.
that were made after 1950 - When the ® started to appear
as Levi's red tab had became a registered trademark.


There are some more defining points to look for.

-3 digit, 555 or J, J21 stampings on the top of the top button indicate a reproduction jean. 501 stamping usually indicate fakes.

-Singe digit stamping on top button indicate authentic vintage jeans

-Offset middle belt loop, Single Stitch Rear Pockets and Lemon colored stitching indicate Real Big E Jeans.

- A V-stitch near the top button could indicate either original or fakes.


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Maka, ini ada satu panduan yang baik jugaklah macam mana nak trace sepasang Levi's Big E tu fake atau tidak. sebelum tu, pada aku, elok juga tahu sejarah perkembangan macam mana wujudnya Levi's Big E ni dan spesifikasi2nya mengikut tahun. Misalnya eh, nampak sangat reproduction atau real Big E tu tipu kalau tab memang cantik tertera Big E tapi seluar tu bukan kepala kain! Ok, kalau nak tahu camno spesifikasi Levi's Big E yang ori dan tiruan, ni aku ambik dari untuk tatapan semua:

Spotting Fake big E Levi's

http://reviews.ebay.com/Spotting-Fake-big-E-Levi-apos-s_W0QQugidZ10000000004420292

With the flow on eBay of big E Levi's, original vintage (pre-1971) or LVC repro, has appeared the usual downside to the popularity of any item: the Counterfeit item (in this case, again as usual, Asian).

Buying vintage Levi's can be tricky for the layman, considering the lack of expertise may be on both sides: the buyer AND the seller. That's why it's necessary to ask the seller as many questions as you need to ask. And if you're not a pro and are not sure what you're buying, or whether the seller is really knowledgeable in the area of vintage denim or not, only bid up to the price you'd pay for the jeans according to their physical appeal to you, NOT to what you think they might be worth.

Most of what authenticates and dates a pair of jeans is in the details: the color of thread used, the position of the patch on the right hip and what it says, the size of the "big E" tab and whether it carries the "registered" logo (circled R), LEVI'S on both sides or not; the shape and size of the pockets, etc, etc... Once again, the trained eye will immediately recognize a pair of vintage Levi's from afar, and will likely be able to make out the time slot it was made in. The same goes for the recent LVC repros, US- or Japanese-made. LVC (US) has purposely made inaccurate copies of their own products (denim quality, shape & size of pockets, thread composition & color, size of, & lettering on red tab, general appearance of final product...), while presenting them as "point-by-point recreations of the original models". As far as I'm concerned, they outta get whacked in the face with a misleading publicity trial for lying so blatantly to a customer base obviously way more specialized than they are in their own past products, but Levi's recent tradition (since 1984) of using their history as a maker of decent and mythical clothing to publicize and hustle low-quality clothing is another topic... As far as I know, the best and most accurate repros around are those licensed to LVC Japan. The lemon stitching is usually used in the right places, the pockets are pretty much positioned correctly, the red tabs they use are the longer more accurate type, the denim has the correct blackish navy hue; even the apparent imprecise stitching is closer to what you'd get in a pair of Levi's before the '60s. Unfortunately, unless you're a very standard (smaller) size, and have connections in Japan, it'll be very hard to impossible to find a pair.

Which leads me to the main topic of this guide: the recent surge of Thai fakes, appearing daily under the "vintage big E 501 Levi's" search. I noticed this around 2006, out of a seller from Osaka, Japan. At first, the jeans they sold looked like really well worn vintage 501s, as if they'd found dozens of them locked up in a mine somewhere for years, after elegant miners had fortunately spent years wiping their palms on the right places (thighs and butts, mostly), without ever wearing them out to the point of making holes. So the jeans were sold as "vintage" while obviously being asian copies, but they looked good, and seemed to be of quite good quality denim. The second (and current) wave that appeared on eBay came from the same sellers, as well as others based in Thailand: the Thai fakes! While the fabric itself doesn't look too bad, the construction is of a way lower grade, and several details blow the whistle on them:

-a redline selvage in the middle of the back belt loop,

-a redline selvage on the change pocket, visible from the outside, not folded and stitched inside the pocket like on the originals. Other variants do have the selvage on the inside, but sewn with a double stitch instead of the normal single stitch.

-leather patches are usually centered on the right instead of being on the far right of the waist, usually of a smaller size, and in the weirdest colors, from off-white to dark brown, or even navy, black, or red.

-if an inside care tag is shown, you can sometimes spot typos or just broken English. They'll usually claim "Made in USA", but in a font never used by Levi Strauss C°.

-a more discreet, but still visible break in the back pocket top stitch (along the line you usually look at for double- or single-stitching). The fabric is folded under the parallel stitches, and let out near the edges of the pockets. On original vintage or repro, this serves to secure these edges with rivets. On these Thai fakes, there may or may not be rivets, but the fabric let out usually sticks out far, which is visible particularly when the jeans are faded. In the following pic, it goes all the way down to the red tab

-the red tab: usually very small, and added on without much care. You can see someone unstitched the old tab, replaced it with the current reading "LEVI'S", and stitched over the old seam, so you know it's been added outside of the factory and initial manufacturing process.*

-more difficult to see, the rises of these jeans are usually lower than normal, to follow the current trend, and perhaps simply because they were cut off Thai models.

As you can see, most of these features can easily be verified, and could help you avoid spending your money on mass-produced fakes.

*I've learned through research that Thai law is much more lenient for vendors than for manufacturers, although the Thais certainly aren't known for tough enforcement of copyright / intellectual property laws in general. There are quite a few manufacturers of fake Levi's, some also manufacturing their own legitimate brands. So it seems in some cases, to protect the factory from scrutiny from the authorities, these manufacturers produce "unmarked" jeans, for smaller workshops to sew labels on later, in more discreet settings, where they can also be hand-distressed, or lent to a local trustworthy derelict to break them in, by actual wear (true story!). The jeans then end up by the dozens on vendors' stalls on street markets, and in some specialized stores. Apparently small vendors risk little more than getting whipped with a bamboo stick in public, and/or their merchandise and money confiscated (stolen) by the local police. The local labor being so cheap explains how some eBay sellers find obvious interest in selling $5-10 jeans around $59-79 as BINs, when originals would easily get bids upwards of $200 (usually around $500-1000)


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Jadi, sebelum nak membeli Big E/atau dah terbeli Big E, adalah elok untuk tengok betul2 spesifikasi seluar tu..kena tak dengan apa yang dah diberikan oleh orang2 lain tentang Big E yang ori dan sebenar2nya...kalau tak, rugi je bayor ratus2 untuk fake Big E yang harganya cuma 10 hengget je sebenor2nya...



p/s: kalau dah minat, ginilah jadiknya! obses!

Friday, June 18, 2010

NOT SO GREAT personal collection -- Levi's part 7: 520



Levi's 520 ni jenis cuttingnya adalah regular fit. Seluar ni aku dapat kat Savers Greensborough dengan rege tak silap aku AUD9.99 aje. murah kan? maklumla, Savers...kedai barang seken hen yang diminati bukan saja orang2 MALAYSIA kat melben ni, tapi jugak orang2 tempatan (jangan ingat suma mat salleh tak suka pakai barang seken hen, raaaamaiii gak kalangan diorang ni suka cari seken hen goodies).










Aku suka kaler lusuh 520 ni (yang tah berapa orang dah pakai, wallahua'lam--harap2 owner lama takde penyakit2 kulit ka, apa ka...amin!) dan jugak butang seluornya yang lain sket dari koleksi levi's aku yang lain.






p/s: ramai gak yang datang blog aku nak tau pasal jenis2 cutting Levi's ni. baguslah kalau maklumat aku membantu sikit2 beri panduan apa jenis2 levi's yang korang nak. nanti kalau sempat aku bagitay tips camne nak kesan Levi's ori dengan pelesu..aku dah mentioned sket haritu..nanti lain kali aku try cerita dengan lebih spesifiqqqq...

Thursday, June 17, 2010

NOT SO GREAT personal collection -- Levi's part 6: 527



Ok, collection aku yang seterusnya adalah Levi's 527.. ini jeans jenis potongannya relaxed boot. Kaki bawah ada besorlah sket kan. tapi kalo sapa2 tak minat boot cut, buleh pi kecikkan kat kedai jahit, sonang yooo...


Levi's 527 aku ang satu ni Made in Mexico. Tertulis kat kain kecik dalam tu dan jugak kat butang seluarnya (104M--letter M tu menunjukan negara mana seluar Levi's ni dikilangkan. Kalau J- most probably Jepunlah kan. Kalau nombor2 saja, selalunya tu made in USA, kalau aku silap boleh tolong betulkan...).




Seluar jeans yang ni seken hen je...dan aku dapat kat Savers Greensborough dengan rege tak silap aku AUD9.90 dan tolak lagi 20% sebab aku student dan ia dibeli hari ahad! so, jadikla kurang lebih lapan dolah je rege suor ni... ;p syukur.


L.S.&.C.O.S.F tertera kat rivets selor ni... dan apa yang spesel sket kat seluor ni adalah line belang2 kat koceknya belah dalam...hahaha, cantek untuk dipakai secara terbalek jugak ;p









Oke, sepasang 527 aku yang satu lagi ni aku dapat kat EBAY. ni antara Levi's jeans yang terawallah aku dapat masa mula2 berjinak-jinak dengan EBAY. Aku dapat dengan harga belasan dolah. Awal2 dulu, aku kurang puas hati sangat sebab spesifikasi seluar ni tak sama dengan apa yang diceritakan si e-bay seller ni. nak tau kenapa? bukan sebab cuttingnya tak menarik, atau warnanya yang tak ngam, tapi sebab dia kata seluor ni saiz 35 dan sesuai untuk orang yang punyai waist sekitar 33" to 34"...bila aku dapat, try2 tengok besor sket..hampeh kan!






Tapi lepas borak2 dengan pakar seluar Levi's aku (Encik Zafiri dan Encik Hairil Rashmizal), diorang sejukkan hati aku denan kata seluar besor boleh kecikkan, selor kecik camn nak besorkan? betul jugak.... balik Malaysia nanti, pandai2 la aku carik tailor yang teror2 untuk adjust2 Levi's2 aku nih..Insya Allah.



(ciri2 boot cut seluar Levi's 527 ni..)


Ok, next....part ada letter L kat kocek seluar ni jugak buat aku tertarik nak bid kat Ebay masa tu. Sebab jarang ade Levi's yang buat cengginih.




Dan ciri2 lain pada 527 ni adalah seperti gambo2 berikut....













p/s: alhamdulillah...

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