compare and contrast.

i'm sorry. i can't help it.

so tell me. who does it best?

the original Upper East Siders of Cruel Intentions?

or the new batch of rich kids from Gossip Girl?

if you ask me, Kathryn Merteuil could crush Blair Waldorf into a million little pieces. sorry, B. but i think the original Queen Bee is a bigger beetch.

as for Sebastian Valmont versus Chuck Bass, Sebastian has a bigger heart, therefore he's the bigger man. haha! you have to give him credit, you know. he died for the woman he loved. i don't see Chuck ever sacrificing his life for someone else. he's too vain for that.

but as an ensemble cast, i like the Upper East Siders of GG better. their lives seem to be more interesting. i like how they're all so f*cked up.

saling pusa:

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but of course, us Asians even have our own version.

nope. it's not a new show. thank God.

it's an editorial for Vogue Korea.

not bad, actually. click here for more photos.

i got it from Cecile Zamora Van Straten's blog.

the original.

Sebastian Valmont.

you all know him from the 1998 film Cruel Intentions. man. can i just say? that movie was incredible. i remember seeing it for the first time as a child. i think i was just ten. i loved every minute of it. and i still do. i should get myself a DVD copy (i already have it on VHS and VCD. haha!).

i couldn't get enough of the leading characters. Sebastian and Kathryn (played by Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar) were no less than impeccable--in every aspect. forgive me, but i loved how they were so vicious. so, in my opinion, they were flawless. haha!

but i especially liked Sebastian's sense of style. he had this certain flair that screamed charm and sophistication. i wanted to be just like him. he even got me wearing designer sunglasses at a very young age. basta. i dare say, he was my "idol". if the other boys idolized Michael Jordan, Eminem, or whoever, my demigod at that time was him. haha!

and of course, who didn't salivate over his 1956 Jaguar XK-140?

beautiful. just frickin' beautiful.