Hello everyone. I’m writing an update of my recent work.
Been really busy with Patrick closing several deals with major hotel lines in Bangkok. In May we will be running on a really really tight schedule as all the parties will take place then, we also have our PETA Ad-Campaign to shoot which will take enormous amount of planning, but we’re putting all our heart into it.
We have a lot of ideas and concepts that we want to put into motion, promoting both our brand and foundation. Work is as usual 24/7, drinking gallons of coffee(mine is no sugar of course :D), paperwork, telephones, dozens and dozens of e-mails. I love it.
Me and Patrick set our own paper wall where we write all of our planning ideas, reminders, to do’s, link everything in between, just as the Google brothers did long long time ago. As he always likes to quote “Rome wasn’t built in one day” and my personal best “Every major company has a story to tell...so will you and I Alex”. How could you not work 24/7 with a guy like that?
Getting back to PETA, we received an e-mail this morning which warmed our hearts. It came from SCAD, Soi Cats and Dogs, an organization that’s fighting to get stray cats and dogs of the streets of Asia, mainly acting in Bangkok as we do. The e-mail is of great significance to us as this means our organization is starting to get known. We have requested a meeting for next week, to talk about future projects together, hopefully we get a tour of the shelter they have put together for the rescued animals. As i always like to say “What you think about, you bring about.” Wanted to be an international model, here i am, wanted to do business, here i am, wanted to help animals in any kind, here i am doing that. Remember your like is what your thought make of it. Think negative, misery, doubt, that’s what you will get, think positive, vision yourself doing something and loving what you do and it will eventually come to you. Here is the e-mail:
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Dear Patrick and Alex
The work you are about to attempt with PETA on behalf of the deserving elephants of Thailand warms my heart.
As a member of an animal welfare group in Bangkok, I share your hopes for a better deal for all animals in Thailand. Along with the elephants, 300,000 dogs and many thousands more cats live a pitiful existence on the busy streets of Bangkok and I hope that as a spin off, a greater awareness will be brought to their plight during your campaign. Anyone visiting Thailand cannot fail to notice their sad life.
We're known as SCAD, meaning "Soi Cats and Dogs" www.scadbangkok.org
In our experience, it is not always our successes that spur us on to do more to help the animals. More often it is our failure to save an injured animal that lives on in our memories and leaves us wondering whether we could have done more.
On behalf of the cats and dogs in Thailand who we have helped, and who still need our help, I am wondering whether the Ribbsaeter Foundation can assist our cause. We'd be pleased to show you around, introduce you to our projects and the animals we care so passionately about.
Apologies for my unsolicited approach but I never miss an opportunity to speak up for the animals! Good luck with everything you're doing for the elephants here in Thailand.
With best wishes and hoping to hear from you.
Sherry & the team in Bangkok
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Sherry Conisbee
Founder & President - SCAD
www.SCADbangkok.org
Tel: +65 9452 3146
OPT TO ADOPT A SOI DOG!
Email adoptions@scadbangkok.org
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Thank you for supporting us Sherry and looking forward to our collaboration together, saving the animals.
I have also posted a video update of me and Patrick at work. Please don’t take in consideration my hilarious laughing :))))) as i had been awake for almost 30 hours and work got me tripping a little bit.
This is all for today, i will keep you updated as soon as i can, and post photos from our parties in May. Everything is starting to emerge for us, so we are really content and happy, we’re searching for a palacial villa where we can hire more people and do more work, have pool parties, play some tennis etc. I’m hoping of bringing my parents here as soon as possible.
Ok my friends, i’ll leave you now as i have more work to do.
Cheers.
"Allow me to be a blessing to you and allow yourself to be a blessing to others."
John Coonley
Cancer Survivor
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
PETA Update
Thursday, April 17, 2008
PETA Campaign
Hello world. Got some news for you. Me and my new partner Patrick are doing really well together. It seems we are a great team complementing each other every time. My calm personality matches his fired up and active character. He handles contacts and ideas while i concentrate on faster productivity, material, design-wise part. Soon i will also start editing videos for Ribbsaeter Productions.
I have redesigned our company logo. As a logo tells a lot about a company and its features, i wanted our Ribbsaeter Productions logo to be vibrant, to show we are serious but modern, open minded, event planners. Here it is:
I am really content with it. It took lots of work, but i put a lot of passion into it. As i always say, when you work passionately on something, you never ever get tired, you just want to see the finished product. It’s always worth the long hours, after you see the product of your labour.
Now for some serious stuff. Me and Patrick have just created a foundation called Ribbsaeter Foundation. It is a non-profit organization, which is trying to stop animal abuse and testing. We are especially focused right now on getting the elephants out of Bangkok’s streets. We have organized a new PETA Ad-Campaign in the middle of May intending to shoot nude as many celebrities that are fighting against animal abuse, have done. 8 models are going to pose, in chains, locked in cages, whipped, full of blood trying to show what animals are going through. Here are the details:
1. Main press shot: group of models behind a banner reading 'The Naked
Truth: Elephants Should Be Free. Possibly outdoor or in Studio (To be
finalized).
2. Shoot someone naked in a Bamboo cage like the ones they use for breaking
elephants.
3. Shoot another 'Beaten, Shackled, Abused' ad with a woman crouched on the
ground in shackles with whip marks on her back.
4. Whips and Chains Are For The Bedroom, Not For Elephants, ad with
Patrick and maybe 2 female models posing in a bed.
5. Shoot someone in a cage for an image that could be used for our campaign
against the Pata Zoo.
We also needed a logo for the organization so i gladly got back to the drawing board. I wanted the logo to reflect friendliness, earthly warmth, peace, the power of nature and to show what we are fighting for. I put a lot of heart into it and i think you can see that. I am glad i can help by any means possible.
If any of you would has some words to share with us, please do not hesitate to contact me or my partner at the following e-mail addresses.
Alex Dumitriu: dumalexandru@gmail.com
Patrick Ribbsaeter: patrick@ribbsaeter.com
As a personal side note now: I have always wanted to help in wildlife preservations. As a kid i grew up watching Animal Planet and Discovery Channel. I always felt the need to give a hand to organizations around the world, to volunteer to help. It didn’t matter, i could have gone in the jungle eating rice and leaves for 6 months, i just wanted to help. That’s how i am.
Everything revolves so much around money these days. I don’t have any attraction for it. Life has so many things to offer except money. I could not do much at home though. Now i feel so content and happy that i can be part of a campaign that tries to fight animal abuse. I am really enthusiastic about the shoot and the future plans we are going to put into motion in the years to come.
I know things are slow nature-wise, though i’ve seen some progress, world organizations starting to put some leg into saving this planet from destruction. Progress is slow but we should be thankful for every step we take to make this world a better place.
Maybe a shoot won’t save the elephants, but at least we hope it will make people more aware of what’s going on in the world.
Unbound yourself from monotony, stop wasting time on the internet, doing nothing, spending money on things you really don’t need, open your eyes and see that we are destroying this planet, the equilibrium that it was created with. T
here are many networks on the internet, people exchanging opinions, trying to help or be part of the process of planet preservation. Why don’t you just join some of them? I am sure you will find shocking information that you would have otherwise never come across.
For any feedback, opinions, help, simple words you may want to address, please feel free to e-mail me -- > dumalexandru@gmail.com. We also have a group on facebook you can join if you may wish.
That’s about it my readers, i have to continue my work now. Hope you are well and always remember to live you day as it is you last. Enjoy life, it is truly a miracle!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Partying like crazy!!!
Hey there. Thought it would be nice of me to let you in on some news eh? I made some great friends last week, partied a lot, had lots of fun. Parties are fabulous in Bangkok. Nobody is cocky, everybody just has fun, pure fun. I've also had the opportunity to spend some quality time with my brother and mentor, Patrick. He's showing me what Bangkok is all about. I met one of Patrick's best friends, Nathan who is a great guy, crazy party animal. He manages construction projects in Phuket. Great guy, great character. At last i come across people that are worth it. Got really sick in Romania meeting so many fake people, liers and that are not worth hanging out with. Thank God i got out!
Anyway I have some good news. It seems Patrick, the one and only Universal Player, made me his new business partner. I was shocked when i heard it but i cannot wait to start working with him and proving to him that this was one of the most beneficial decisions he has made. He will never regret it. I will put every bit of effort and energy in my work and passionately start organizing parties. If you are a possible client, please remember this: I will make your parties unforgetable. Coming from Romania(a country that tries really hard to copy all luxury parties from across Europe), i know all about parties and how to make everything ROCK!
Letting the business aside, i want to recommend a really good book for you readers. It's been out for a while and there's also a movie inspired from it. The book is called “The Secret” written by Rhonda Byrne. It is a great book, inspiring. It is a really peaceful book that talks about a law, the only law existent on this Earth. It is the law of the Universe. The law of attraction. Let's quote: “What you think about, you bring about.” How true. Think of disaster, you bring disaster, think about roses, you receive roses. It's kind of hard to explain the book to you. You should really check it out, buy it, go somewhere quiet and read it. Don't just read it, think about what you're reading, feel the book. I always try to get what the author wants from me, what he felt when he wrote the book, i don't just finish a book and start a new one. It's waste of time. Visualize what you're reading. Ok my friends that's about it for this post. I'll let you in on some pictures. Videos are coming soon.
Cheers.
“All life is an experiment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friday, April 4, 2008
Patrick's Birthday
Hello my friends. I apologize for the lack of posting but my internet is bad as usual. Have been busy with fashion shows and castings as usual. Parties are not excluded. I will post some photos for you to enjoy. Other than that same old same old, nothing new. Starting to get really used to Bangkok, people, even the terrible traffic. Came to Thailand to make money, but it seems i'm spending more than i'm earning...clothes, beauty products, parties and books. I don't know how I'm gonna manage everything when i leave Bangkok. My luggage is supposed to weigh 20kg. Ahhh model problems :D.
