What is Oxford Shoes?

Shoes is one of the important stuff for our life. It usually used for work, go to school, or just hanging out. Most of shoes are made by leather materials. There are several types of shoes, like flat shoes, work shoes, boots, and nowadays oxford shoes becomes popular.

What is Oxford Shoes?

Brogue Oxford Shoes

Maybe some of people who like fashion already know about it. But many people still do not know. Oxfords first appeared in Scotland and Ireland, where they are occasionally called Balmorals after the Queen's castle in Scotland, Balmoral. However, the shoe took up the name Oxfords after Oxford University.

Oxfords are traditionally constructed of leather and were historically plain, formal shoes, but are now available in a range of styles and materials that complement both casual and formal forms of dress. It is derived from the Oxonian, a half-boot with side slits that gained popularity at Oxford University in 1800.

Oxfords can be made from a variety of materials including calf leather, patent leather, suede, and canvas based on considerations of function or fashion. These are commonly black or brown, and may be plain or ornately styled Brogues.

Oxford shoes become famous globally, because this shoes is seem classy and elegant. Many young people love to wear this shoes not only go to school even hanging out with their friends or to attend the party.

Paradise on the Beach

Everyone wants to have a joyful holiday. People have different passion of holiday, such as traveling, adventure, relaxing, or just staying at home. If people love to travel, there are several things that people like to do, such as nature tour, shopping to overseas, or go to the beach. Beach is the most favorite destination in the world. People can see the sunset, sunbathing and also they can surfing if the beach has an appropriate waves.

Maldives, Hawaii, and Bali are the most favorite places in the world that have beautiful beaches.

1.     Maldives 

Maldives Island is an island nation in the Indian Ocean. Maldives is very famous for its natural beauty, which includes the blue ocean and white beaches. Due to its extraordinary underwater scenery and clean water, Maldives is ranked among the best recreational diving destinations of the world.

2.  Hawaii

Hawaii is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. Hawaii is bunch of islands that recognized with warm tropical climate and the wavy beach. Therefore, this place is suitable for surfing and sunbathing. 

3. Bali

Bali is one of thousands beautiful island of Indonesia that located in South East Asia. Bali is recognized with its wavy beaches and beautiful sunset spot. The most famous beach in Bali is Kuta Beach. People like to enjoy the sunset, surfing and sunbathing there. Bali is also famed with its culture.

Top 5 Most Valuable Global Brands 2013

5. Coca-Cola (Worth: $78.4 Billion)

The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, which is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, US. It was founded by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. Coca-Cola currently offers more than 500 brands in over 200 countries or territories and serves over 1.7 billion servings each day.

4.  McDonald's (Worth: $90.3 Billion)

McDonald's is the largest fast food chain in the world, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. The company began as a barbecue restaurant in 1940 by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald.

3. IBM (Worth: $112.5 billion)

The International Business Machines Corporation (commonly referred to as IBM) is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York, United States. They sell computer hardware and software while also offering many services regarding computers and nanotechnology. IBM was founded in 1911 by Thomas J. Watson and Charles Ranlett Flint as a merge of three companies: the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company.

2. Google (Worth: $113.7 billion)

Google is an Internet giant that was founded by Larry Page and Sergei Brin back in 1998. Most of its profits are derived from AdWords. Google dominates numerous markets with their unique products and designs like Android OS, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Glass, and many more.

1. Apple (Worth: $185 billion)

Apple's definitely the number one company in the world, and the richest one too! They are believed to be the company with the largest amount of cash available at disposal. Apple became famous for the unique design of its products, like iPhone, iPad, and MacBooks, that becomes their own advantages.

Source: http://www.millwardbrown.com/brandz/2013/Top100/Docs/2013_BrandZ_Top100_Chart.pdf

Trend of Café Racer

Some people love to ride motorcycle with their friends. They usually ride with their group from different brands of motorcycle or particular communities. There are several types of motorcycles, such as standard, cruiser, sport bike, touring, scooter, and off road. There is a type of motorcycle that becomes popular recently. It called "Café Racer".

Café Racer is a motorcycle that developed among British bikers in early 1960s. This term describes a style of motorcycle for quick rides from one from one café or coffee bar to another. Café Racers were also common in Italy, France, and European countries. Recently, trend of Café Racer spread until Asia, especially in Indonesia. Many young people in Indonesia like to build and ride this motorbike.

Triumph Café Racer

Triumph and Norton are the most famous brands name of Café Racer, but these bikes belong to expensive classes. Triumph is the largest British motorcycle manufacturer, it was established John Bloor in 1984.







Furthermore, Norton also British motorcycle manufacturer that was established in 1898 by James Lansdowne Norton. Asians also have their brands of motorcycle that can be modified to Café Racer, such as Suzuki and Honda.

Norton Café Racer

Honda CB Café Racer

Gadget Mania

Sekitar pertengahan tahun 2012, trend gadget seperti Tablet dan Smartphone mendunia. Gadget mania memberi kesan positif akan trend global ini. Hampir setiap orang di dunia atau khususnya di Indonesia sedang "Gila gadget". Ini dibuktikan dengan meningkatnya pasar tablet sebanyak 42,9 persen (Tempo.co). Pasar gadget dunia didominasi oleh 2 brand yaitu Apple dan Samsung. Dengan menggunakan software iOS dan Android, kedua brand ini saling bersaing untuk merebut pasar gadget dunia.

 

Apple 

 

Product gadget Apple yaitu iPad dan iPhone, memiliki design yang elegan dan inovatif. Sebelumnya iPhone hanya memiliki 2 varian warna yaitu hitam dan putih. Namun karena inovasi dari tim Apple Inc., iPhone telah memiliki warna Gold pada iPhone 5s dan warna yang colorful pada iPhone 5c.

iPad & iPad Mini

Samsung

 

Product gadget Samsung yaitu Samsung Galaxy tab dan Samsung S series smartphones, memiliki keunikan tersendiri dari segi design. Ukuran tabnya lebih kecil dan ringan, serta ukuran smartphonesnya lebih besar dari product gadget Apple. Dengan kualitas yang bersaing dan harga yang lebih murah dari product gadget Apple, menjadikan ini menjadi keunggulan tersendiri untuk product gadget Samsung.

Samsung S Series & Samsung Galaxy tab

Impressive Classic Cars

1. Ford Mustang 60's

Ford Mustang 1969

The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by Ford Motor Company. It is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on 16 June 1903.  Ford Mustang was introduced early on 17 April 1964.

2. Dodge Charger 70's

Dodge Charger 1970

Dodge Charger is an American automobile manufactured by the Dodge division of Chrysler. Dodge was founded as the Dodge Brothers Company by brothers Horace Elgin Dodge and John Francis Dodge in 1900. This Dodge Charger becomes famous because Vin Diesel, who the actor of box office movies "Fast and Furious", uses this car in his scene in the movie.

3. Cadillac 60's

Cadillac 1967

Cadillac is a division of United States-based General Motor Company (GM) that markets luxury vehicles worldwide. Cadillac was founded in 1902 by Henry Leland. The appearance of the car are luxurious and classy. The Drummer of Blink 182, Travis Barker, like to collect this car from various years of production, such as 1964, 1965, 1967 and 1976.