The tip of Borneo

Photos taken at the tip of Borneo, about 30 kms away
from Kudat, Sabah. Absolutely beautiful.

In Kudat, Sabah

In Kudat, Sabah now. Just finished shooting my first
lesson learning one of the traditional dances of the Rungus people.
One part of the costume is definitely going to be heavy!

At College of Dramatic Arts, Korat, Thailand

Watching dancers perform dance that I learnt while in Thailand.

Doing hair and makeup for performance. Thai traditional hairstyles require
a lot of hairspray and backcombing!

At College of Dramatic Arts, Korat, Thailand

Producer of Dansa II, Mohd Fadli Mazlan with teacher and
director of College of Dramatic Arts, Thailand.

Technician Man Baie and Fadli waiting for dancers to be ready to begin shooting

Makkasan station, Thailand

Dansa crew on location in Thailand

Little bits of heaven on earth...

pictures taken by Aiemax of two kittens in Kota Belud, Sabah.
They are so cute. I am feeding them everyday.

students training in thailand

students training in thailand

'Dansa by Sasha Bashir' on Facebook

'Dansa by Sasha Bashir' is now on Facebook!

Check it out at and become a friend!

Shooting in Thailand

Dior Couture Show inspired by Japan

Dior by John Galliano. He is one of the best. All of his couture collections feature beautiful creations. He is inspired by everything from Egypt to the Victorian era. So it's no surprise that he also did a collection in Spring 2007 inspired by Japan. Have a look at these videos and you will see the influence of Japan in this collection including geisha make up and origami folds.

Congratulations to winners of Maquillage giveaway

The winners of the Maquillage giveaway are

Nurashikin bt M.Saim, Suzi Fadhilah Ismail and Ahmad Zainol Ariffin

The next giveaway is happening this week so don't forget to check regularly!

aes.thet.ics magazine september issue cover

Just by chance, the cover photo of aesthetics magazine's september issue is also of me in a geisha theme! This is the photo shoot where we used the kimonos and umbrellas I brought back from Japan while shooting Dansa Season 1.

Will upload inside photo spread soon.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir Batin
I wish you a safe journey to your family to spend precious time with loved ones
Take care and enjoy your holiday

Happy Birthday to me....

30 years old today!

Maquillage giveaway!

As promised, here is the first giveaway from Maquillage!

A set of 3 items from Maquillage consisting of lip gloss, eye shadow and eyebrow liner wax.

Maquillage is from the same company as Shiseido, so perfect for the theme this month.

For a chance to win, please email to sasha_a_b@yahoo.com the following details

1) Name

2) IC number

3) Postal address

4) Handphone number

5) Your blog follower name (to be eligible to win you must be a follower of this blog)

Winners will be picked at random.

Good luck!

I.M article

To read full article online visit www.imag.com.my

I.M. magazine

I was very excited when I went to pick up the September issue of I.M magazine today.

What does I.M. stand for, you ask? It’s symbolic for the words ‘I AM...’ and it’s an open-ended statement, left for you to fill in the blanks. I.M. is a lifestyle magazine that celebrates Malaysian individuality and interests. And we love to feature the interesting, exciting and bold young Malaysians who are making their mark locally and overseas. We feel that Malaysians have got stories to be heard, and thus we created I.M. to be the platform for us all to hear about and be inspired by each other!
(description taken from www.imag.com.my)

For those of you who have the Dansa book, you may recognise this picture. It was one of the pictures taken by Aiemax while we were shooting in Kyoto, Japan.

This is the only magazine to have featured an actual picture from Dansa on it's cover.

A big thank you to I.M for supporting us !

I.M is a free magazine and can be found at places such as mynews.com, La Bodega, Starbucks, Coffeebean.
I first read this magazine while at Coffeebean having a Ice Blended Chocolate. yum yum...

Over the weekend I will upload the inside layout.

Madonna - Nothing Really Matters video

Madonna went through a real geisha phase during her 'Ray of Light' album.
This was most evident in the video for one of the hit singles from the album,
'Nothing Really Matters'.
It is a little bit freaky with all those people dressed in white who look like they are in a trance, but I do love the song and I think it's a cool video.

New look and a theme for the month of September!

Hi everyone!

A new look and theme for the month of September!

Sign up now to become a follower of this blog to be eligible to win great prizes to be won only here.

Pictures, music videos, fashion shows, magazine covers..... all kinds of things will be posted in conjunction with the Japanese Geisha theme happening here.

New posts coming regularly so check back often to stay updated, especially on the announcements of the giveaways!

Selamat Hari Merdeka!

Selamat Hari Merdeka to all of you!

On this day, I can't help but think of how unique Malaysia is as a country and I am reminded of the beautiful commercials that the late Yasmin Ahmad created for Petronas in conjunction with merdeka. This one below is so cute.



It reminds me of a time when my brother who looks a thousand times more 'mat salleh' than I do was playing with his friends in the school playground when my mother came to pick him up. My brother said to his friend, 'I have to go, my mum is here'. 'Where is your mum?' his friend asked. 'She's over there,' he replied and pointed to her.

'your mother mat salleh ah ?! '

(just in case you don't know, my mother is a blonde haired,
blue eyed Australian, so ya, very mat salleh)

So yes it's true, children don't see race or colour. They become friends based on much more important things.

I think we should all reply the same thing when asked what race we are.

' Race ? You mean race car lah ?'

Changes and exciting happenings coming here!

Hello everyone!

It's only a few more days til the month of September and you will see some exciting changes and happenings here!

I will be celebrating my 30th birthday on 8th of September and this blog will be 4 years old then.

The look and feel of this site will be revamped with a theme for the month of September, in conjunction with the two magazine covers that will be coming out too.

I also have at least 3 giveaways / competitions with really cool prizes.

If you are not a follower of this blog yet, sign up now, because from now onwards, you must be a follower of this blog to be eligible to win prizes in the giveaways / competitions. On the right hand column of this blog further down you will see the followers section.

Daft Punk - Around The World

This video came out in 1997. Daft Punk is from France and they do really cool music and personally, I think this video is really cool too, so just wanted to put it here to share it with you. Bored in the office and feel like watching something different for a few minutes, watch this!

Pictures while shooting singgah sahur in Pangkor

A really scary decoration at the entrance at one of the fishermen's houses.
I think it's a blow fish.

A really basic petrol station. no shell or petronas from what i could see.

Interviewing one of the fishermen

View from the fishing village

buying ayam percik at the ramadan bazaar which only had about 20 stalls.

yum yum

view from my hotel room

we also went to a balai bomba and this is what the inside of a fire truck looks like. this is where they sit and the tanks have oxyen which they wear if they need to go inside a burning building.

standing in front if the fire truck

at about 1 am, we boarded 3 fishing boats which took us out to the middle of the sea off pangkor island wherewe had sahur with the fishermen on the boat.

many were trying to control their sea sickness to avoid from throwing up in front of everybody.
I was ok, surprisingly! usually I am one of the first few to throw up! Just ask the Dansa crew!

Behind the scenes pics from photo shoot

the studio before we started

the stylist, Shah adding the accessories to the geisha wig

This is the actual geisha wig i wore while shooting Dansa in Japan.

some extra accessories i brought, just in case

The kimono on the right is also the one I wore while shooting Dansa in Japan and the one on the left is one I bought in the shopping centre next to the hotel we were staying .

I bought these umbrellas in the geisha area of Kyoto. I remember when I bought them, the Dansa crew asked me, 'You beli ni, you nak bawa pergi mana? Balik K.L still nak maintain jadi geisha ke?'

'Tak, nak beli just in case one day nak buat photo shoot.'

Well, today was that day and we used all of the umbrellas, kimonos and the wig I brought back from Japan.

Photos are due to be published in September.
Will share pics here when they are ready!

Sex and the city 2 - i love the fashion!

I just watched the Sex and the City movie a few days ago and I love the fashion!

The storyline a bit.... hmmmmm.... don't know..... i felt like it was a bit disjointed for some reason.

Anyway, the clothes were great! as always....