Singapore, 17 January 2011:

THEHUMANNEQUIN is a lifestyle blog created by a team of six students from Republic Polytechnic (RP). The blog which was set up as one for the requirements for students undertaking Module 312 Writing for the Web will be one of the contesting blogs for RP Blogger Challenge 2012.  

THEHUMANNEQUIN is certainly marking their signature statement in making their blog unique. Comprising three sub topics such as fashion and beauty, health and entertainment, the lifestyle blog has over 80 likes in their official Facebook page.

As form of revitalizing their reader’s interest, THEHUMANNEQUIN conveys their message through a simple tagline such as “life with a pinch of style...”

“Their blog articles are straight forward and motivating and the videos that they upload makes me come back for more” quoted Hasinah Wahab, a reader who frequents their blog.
 (Refer to Appendix A)

Being a group of student bloggers, juggling their time with school and blogging can be a challenging mission to accomplish. Shermaine Lee, Co-editor of the blog quoted “All six of us will make it compulsory to stay back after school at least thrice a week in order to gauge and discuss about the progress of our blog.”

The first educational institution in Singapore to adopt the Problem-Based Learning approach for all its diploma programmes, Republic Polytechnic (RP) has six schools and one centre offering thirty four courses in Information and Communications Technology, Engineering, Applied Science, Technology for the Arts, Sports, Health & Leisure, Events and Hospitality, and Culture and Communication. Republic Polytechnic is committed to nurturing innovation and entrepreneurial learning in an environment that develops problem-solving process skills and a life-long learning attitude. Its holistic, broad-based curriculum, covering culture, enterprise development and cognitive processes, prepares students for an active and meaningful role in society. Republic Polytechnic strives for excellence by achieving various international and national accreditations, including ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSAS 18001, TR19, People Developer Standards, Singapore Quality Class, Singapore Innovation Class and Service Class. For more information, visit http://www.rp.sg

Many choose to remember Steve Jobs for his innovations that kept the world at its feet for products they did not know they would need until they saw it. However, as the Apple slogan goes – “Think Different”, I choose to remember Steve Jobs for his failures.





College Dropout Billionaire

Image Credit (without edits): Wired

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Obesophobia occurs to one when just a passing thought of weight gain or obesity instigates an overwhelming fear which is off the norm. This emerging problem of personal battle seems to be at its peak among young folks. Hence, people braving this fear often deals with internal apprehension caused by external manipulation.

The easiest pick for a possible reason for the fear would be the exposure to media. Media has the utmost influence on how one should perceive an idea. The unnatural but desired body shape of size zero for females, while a well buffed and masculine body for males have caused society to fall under the norm it sets. To don a body like Angelina Jolie or to own abs like Ryan Gosling might be a dream come true for most.

While media is placed at one side of the equilibrium, peer pressure weighs the other. As much as media influences one on body shape, peer pressure seems to be the after-effect of it. To keep themselves physically attractive as how the "popular girls" or "cool dudes" look like and define beauty as, are some of the contributing factors for one to face the fear of gaining weight.

Since being thicker is deemed as a sin in the current society, these folks get out of control the moment they think of a kg heavier. Hence, they undergo eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa which are the end results of Obesophobia.

5 quick steps to reducing dark circles

By Shermaine Lee

Dark circles. The persistent enemy of most women, making them look older than they really are. There are many factors that contribute to these unsightly marks, ranging from heredity to the lack of sleep. The trick that most of us do is to hide them behind layers and layers of concealer, touching up on them every few hours. But even this is not enough- many want to get to the root of the problem.

I myself, a victim of dark circles and have been trying very hard to get rid, or at least reduce the appearance of them. Most of the home remedies that I have tried were unsuccessful, (e.g. cucumber slices, freezing table spoons etc.)  till I tried this, and have been faithful towards it ever since.

It is a simple home recipe that I chanced upon while looking for remedies on the web and though skeptical about it, I decided to give it a go (what could I lose?). The results were by far the best out of the many home remedies that I have tried and I would like to share it with you. 

By using natural ingredients, not only is it inexpensive, you also do not need to worry about harmful chemicals or preservatives. Tea contains tannic acid, which acts as a natural clarifying agent and Catecholase, an enzyme which is found in potatoes helps the skin lightens. 

You will need:

3) Two pieces of paper napkins
4) ¼ cup hot water

5) Grater

Steps:

3) Grate ½ potato
4) Add cooled down tea mixture with grated potatoes

 

Wonders of Make-Up: Plain Jane to Rock Chic
Our very own writer goes for a simple transformation

Photos taken by Shermaine Lee

 

These are the make-up products I used:

8. Eyeshadow Brush 

I started off with giving her a nice foundation base powder to complement with her skin tone. I used a blusher brush since her face is wide to make sure the powder spreads out evenly.

To conceal off her dark circles, uneven skin tone and blemishes, I marked out the spots with a concealer. After that, I blended the concealer to even it out.

To enhance her eyes, a “batwing” eyeliner style was used. The style is thick and has extended winged line to make the eyes look bigger.

After 20 minutes into the process, I present to you her final look: