there's something about ..... moments

Today ST features Olympics Moments.

I must say this is the best Olympics I have ever witnessed. Best Ever. The followings are my personal Olympics Moments... not necessary good but moments...

No. 10.

Singapore Paddler was not accompanied by a coach. It was such a hooha that our MP, President of STTA came out strongly against the coaching manager and staffs. In fact, the manager was sacked.


To me, this is a joke.



The paddler, Gao Ning, was sulking throughout and lost to an unseated player. He didn't even bother to fight back and the way he walked away from the table without even trying to hit back the ball shows a lack of sportsmanship.


So what if there is no coach. You are the one that is fighting out there, not the coach. Li Jiawei got a coach and still lost. It doesn't matter. You are good, then you are good. You are not, having 10 coaches next to you will not help. Gao Ning is just finding the perfect excuse not to do well.

To me, they should sack Gao Ning for that wrong attitude.


No.9

Wallace Spearmon. Second most recognisable face after Usain Bolt. For the wrong reason.

He came in 3rd in 200m but didn't realise he was disqualified for lane infringement.

He went celebrating WITH Usain Bolt round the track, probably trying to get TV airtime, knowing that the cameraman only will only follow Usain Bolt.

He dance and he make monkey faces. Everyone knew he was disqualified, except him. That was priceless.


No.8


Wang Yuegu, declared age of 28??!?!? 28?!?!?!?!??

Hello??!?! Am I the only one?!?!?!?!

IOC should investigate.

No.7

To me, that is oscar-winning performance. You either do not go to the warmups, or you complete the race. Putting up a face like that at the start-off, it's purely acting.

Yes. I believe he might not be at his full fitness. But he realised that not winning the Goal will have a bigger commercial impact on him and he decided to bail out.

No.6

Mattias Steinner's gold was totally a surprise. He struggled early on on lighter weights and no one expected him to win the Gold. He was also the "fattest" participant.

What was inspiring was not the Gold. It was the story behind him. He lost his german wife (he was russian, I think) to a car accident, and he decided to become a german so that he could be with his wife.

The manner he celebrated was both funny and poignant. He hold out his wife's photo while celebrating. That was really sweet.

No.5

The weightlifting accident that saw the elbow being dislocated is damn disturbing. Too disturbing. It's all over the net in metacafe and youtube. Go watch it.

No.4

The opening ceremony is truly classic.








No.3


Some of us have problems accepting them as Singaporeans, but all of us waited to see our National Flag being held up for the ceremony.

Once is 48 years. A rare sight.

No.2

The greatest Olympian ever. 8 Golds in 1 olympics, total 14 Golds.

It was also the manner he won some of the golds that is truly legendary.




No.1

The best races I have ever witnessed.

100m was out of the World.

200m was truly magical. 19.30sec divided by 2, you get 9.65sec for every 100m.

You know Michael Johnson's record is under threat, but to witness it, just blew you away, just like how he blew away all runners.

there's something about ..... tally

So who is the top nation at the Olympics at the moment?

It all depends which website you are reading....

If you are Chinese and British, you would follow the official Beijing Olympics website.....

If you are American and Russian, you may want to read CNN....

there's something about ..... sway

Phelps' 7th Goal in the 100m Butterfly.... was so bloody close....

Milorad Cavic was almost ensured of the Goal... Almost...It's not the case of Phelps leading all the way and win by 1/100th of a sec. It was Cavic leading all the way, ALL THE WAY untill he was about 1cm away from the wall.

1 CM.

Cavic's hand was gliding under the water, 1 cm away from winning the Goal.Out of nowhere, Phelps' chop (his hand's last stroke) came down and just manage to pip Cavic's hand only at the last CM and won by 1/100th of a sec.

Cavic lost the goal medal the hardest way. He was so sure of winning.

The photo finish below showed how Phelps did the incredible.

Phelps should be cast in the sequel to "I AM LEGEND"!

Phelps is the one on the left.

there's something about ..... silver

I was exchanging sms with a friend when Singapore was given the Silver Medal on the Podium.....

He said,"China won Gold and Silver....."

Later during the national anthem of China.... He said,"Did you see the silver medalist singing?"

These people......

there's something about ..... bolt

What a race!!!

Not since the infamous victory of Ben Johnson vs Carl Lewis, had I seen such a dominating race.

Back then..... Ben Johnson was a mile ahead..... he was so arrogant that he stare back at Carl Lewis with his finger pointing to the sky.... he did 100m at 9.79s, an impossible time at that era.... he was also on steroids.

This time round... Usain Bolt vs Powell..... Powell was expected to come in second.... Bolt is expected to win easily.... but who would have thought.... it was not only easy... he did the impossible of going below 9.7s..... with zero win-assist.... he wasn't only a mile ahead... he slowed down in the last 15-20 m....celebrating... and still got the record.

When asked "why did you slow down towards the end?"

He replied "I didn't come here to beat the world record... because I am already the World Record Holder.... I came here to win!"

What a fabulous quote!! I think he could have done 9.5 seconds with a 3.9 wind-assist.

Powell? He choked! Expected to get a silver... he came in 4th.

there's something about ..... silver

Now we know why Gold price is thru the roof, because Silver is worth $750,000.

So I have to eat my words now. I said we can only hope for Li Jia Wei to get us a bronze even when she is not at her peak. Maybe I am not wrong. It was Feng Tian Wei that did Singapore Proud.

I saw the game. It was fabulous.

Last Set. Last Game. tied at 9-9. Two more points and guaranteed a silver.

There is no space for choke. 1 choke and $750,000 will go down the bowel system. 1 point is worth $350,000.

The whole nation must be thinking "how we wish is Li Jiawei in that situation". I mean.. Feng Tian Wei??!? I can almost see the despair in our MPs at the stand. Afterall, Feng only join Singapore Last year and she has only been a Singapore Citizen since Jan this year.

But... Feng..... kept her calmness and ensure Singapore got a Siver in 48 years.... and she ensure Li Jia Wei got her share of $250k.

She deserved to have a road named after her in Chinatown.

The camera has a glimse of our MP Teo Chee Hean at the stand after Singapore won the game. He was so deadpanned. I think he either fell asleep with his eyes close... or he couldn't understand that the game was already won..... or he was cheering on the Korean Team thinking that they were Singapore....

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Can't wait for the 100m race later. Usain Bolt vs Asafa Powell. Current world record holder of 9.72s vs ex-world record holder of 9.74s.

Damn exciting.

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The sight of the weight-lifter's elbow being dislocated while lifting the weight is scary. Do a search in google or youtube. You have been warned.

there's something about ..... table tennis

Yesterday I read the news headlines that Singapore Women's Team Trash USA.

Wah... don't pray pray.... USA leh...

After I watched the Daily highlights, then I realised USA also represented by China's chinese.

So I felt better that a more superior country also can choose lousy players from China to represent them.

It's really quite amusing. It's like only Chinese can play Table Tennis.

So, basically, for all the different countries participating in Table Tennis, every player would felt like they were being cheered on. Afterall, this is Beijing.

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Recently, price of Petrol went up slighly after the start of Olympics. Now it's trading around US$117 per barrel.

The main cause of the increase came from China. Everyone in Beijing kept saying 加油.

there's something about ..... olympics (no.2)

Since my wife gave birth on Monday, I have been watching alot of Olympics.

I was in the Labour Ward and I saw Ronald Susilo kenna trashed and Tao Li coming in 5th for Swimming.

Nowadays Labour Ward also got TV. Wonderful.

Naturally, Olympics is the hottest topic when visitors come to visit my wife at the Hospital. Topics like how my wife suffered through the labour is secondary. haha.

Now, ramblings on the Olympics:

Yes. Tao Li came in 5th. But if you use the swimming time and divide by the height of the swimmers, secs/cm, Tao Li will probably win the Gold Medal. The winner is like 2 heads taller than Tao Li lor.

Why did we send Ronald to the Olympics? I can understand if you have gotten beaten by World No.1 and I can say it's pure bad luck that you have to meet him in Round 1. But to have lost out to our neighbouring country? Yeah... sure.... Li Jiawei/Kelly Poon is/are too distracting and you lost. I mean... I can go and represent the country with my limited skills and I would still lose out in Straight Sets lor. Just like Ronald. What a waste of money.

I heard people criticised Li Jiawei for dragging the Flag on the ground during the Opening ceremony. I watch it again. (yes I have it recorded) It's not like she meant it. She is simply too short to be a flag bearer, and she doesn't seem to have any strength to carry the pole. So the fault lies with Singapore Commission. Helloo.... Singapore Flag leh.... Anyhow ask anybody to carry one meh.... never go testing testing one meh.... China make sure their flag will not reach the ground... EVER... even if Yao Ming is to walk with his knees....

I caught NDP on Saturday. Poor thing. Even the sky got to cry. We should have hold the NDP parade 1 weekend earlier. After watching Beijing Ceremony.... watching NDP is so painful. I can imagine this was more painful than labour.

MM Lee said that China can pull off one of the greatest ceremony is due to the sheer size of the population. I believe that is always going to be our main reasons for our continual dismay results at Olympics. But seriously, we need to examine our commission. I mean... we sent Ronald to the Olympics with a zero chance of winning a medal. We sent Tao Li for the exposure and we felt over the moon that she is now the best in Asia, with no medal. We now wait for Li Jia Wei to win us a Bronze medal, where she failed the last time round at her peak. If you look at the olympics, we should concentrate on sports where physical strength is not necessary. Like:
Air Rifle. We have a nation of NSF and Reservists and we can't find anyone to shoot accurately?
Archery. Just aim and practice hard. No push up needed.
Beach Volleyball. We have Siloso Beach. We even have our own Beach Volleyball Channel 8 comedy "Beach. Ball. Babes". So we have the culture to produce winners in bikinis.
Weight Lifting. Our last medal was from Weight-lifting. With so many strong body-builders in California Fitness and all others, cannot find someone strong meh?

Or at least pick players from China that is a sure no.1 bet in the world. Not 4th or 5th best.

Talk about Weight Lifting. China women Gold Medalist in Weight Lifting.... how come they look like Indonesians?

there's something about ..... no.2

Yipppeeeee....

I welcome the new addition to my family.

there's something about ..... olympics

Singapore will have alot to do today for the NDP parade to beat Beijing in terms of boredom.

4 Hours!!!! That is like watching NDP 2 times.

Seriously, it's only the first 45 minutes or so that is so lovely. And probably the last 5 minutes where the Torching of the Flame happens. In Between.... I couldn't decide which is more exciting... the NDP or the Olympic ceremony.

I was eagerly waiting for the Singapore Team to surface. But Beijing decided that introducing participating countries in alphabetical order would mean China being introduce early. That wouldn't do. They decided that the teams should be introduced in a decending order based on the number of strokes of the country's chinese names. Therefore, they would very much ensure 中国 would have the fewest strokes and would be the Last country to come out.

Because of that, there is no bloody way to know when your team would come out. There are 204 countries... and just participating atheletes coming out take 2 hours. I remember the first country coming out was about 9pm and the last is about 11.15pm.

You can imagine the agony of just watching people you do not know walking out for 2 hours. It's like you are at the basement of Wisma Atria Underpass and you sit there for 2 hours.

I also feel slighted that most country leaders were given TV footage when their representing country was paraded, except Singapore and probably other smaller countries. Naturally George Bush was given the most footage.

Why do I want to see the Singapore Team? I wanted to know how I feel about having Lee Jia Wei carrying the Singapore Flag. I didn't feel too proud.

In fact, I got goose pimples when I saw Yao Ming carrying the Flag for China.

In fact, I almost want to cry when I saw Li Ning being the last Torch Bearer. It was a mystery until the very moment when they announced that was Li ning.

It was amazing. When the commentator was speculating on who the last Torch Bearer was... I told my wife that it might be Liu Xiang since we didn't see him during the parade. And since Yao Ming already took the torch during the relay, he wouldn't be the choice.

But when I saw some old atheletes taking turn to take the Torch... the name Li Ning came to my mind and I told my wife.

My wife said "Li ning? A Girl?"

I told her it's a famous Gynamst.

And when she saw Li Ning... she exclaimed "huh? Old man?"

Seriously, I never have thought that Li Ning would be like an uncle.

But I felt he is so fitting to be the last Torch Bearer like Mohamed Ali was the last time. He is a Legend in the early 80s.

Yes... I have been watching Olympics since the early 80s.I am such a big fan of Olympics.

In fact, I just finished watching Weight Lifting, Women's category.

It's time to continue my Olympics.

there's something about ..... tv shows

All my current favourite shows seems to be ending by next week, quite nicely before the Olympics take over our TV channels.

Apprentice is already over. Fabulous season as always.

LOST finale is coming Monday. Last week cliff-hanger is set on a cliff so bloody high, I am so tempted to watch it on the internet or read what happen.

Contender Asia should end Next Thursday on Channel 5. And what a fight last night between Singapore Zach and Mr Maia Lee. The American Commentators had a good time digging on Zidov and Maia Lee's scandal. And the number of illegal kicks below the belt (about 4 times), especially on Zidov...just make you wondered whether Zach was angry...

And Zach make Singapore Proud. I didn't think he could fight but he trashed Zidov. Yes.. Zidov was ordinary... perhaps the news of becoming a father was a burden to him... but Zach showed some potential.

Anyway, Olympics is coming. Hooray.

I love Olympics. It's the only sports franchise that allow you to watch all kinds of sports at the same time. And even some rare sports that you hardly could watch because they are deem less popular to be shown on ESPN.

I can't wait to see the USA basketball team, trying to regain their supremacy.
I can't wait to see who will win the 100m race, 200m race, 4x100m
I can't wait to see Gymnastics.
I can't wait to see Syndronised swimming.
I can't wait to see handball.
I can't wait to see if Brazil will win the soccer goal.
I can't wait to see Volleyball.
I can't wait to see table tennis between China and another chinese-from-china-now-representing-another-country.

And many other sports which I really don't mind wasting time on...

...like... weight lifting
...like... diving
...like... wrestling
...like... swimming

Plus all side dramas, like:

The opening ceremony.... Zhang Yimou so-called 15 minutes sequence... where 1 min has been leaked... and they think it's treason. So drama.

And the algae infested river.....

And the polution infested air..... will runners be able to perform under such conditions....

Will toilets be the talking point in Beijing? Remember our parents will tell us that you need to bring umbrella into the toilet when you pee.

Will LI JIA WEI win a Gold Medal in Table Tennis but the organiser wrongly played the China National Anthem?

Seriously... many more... I can't wait for Olympics to start.

there's something about ..... stadium

photo by redsun81 (flickr)

What a beautiful shot of Singapore National Stadium or should I say:
The-Stadium-that-never-get-demolished
or perhaps
The-Stadium-that-always-reopened-after-saying-that-the-last-game-was-indeed-the-last-game.

First... they have commerative events to mark the end of National Stadium.

Then.. they have Australian national team coming to play as a Swansong game in National Stadium.

Then... they have World Cup qualification games played at National Stadium, the last game being really the last game.

Then... they have Brazilian coming to play as warm-up game for Beijing Olympics, saying the game will really be the last game.

This reminds me of Retailers in some ulu ulu place that always hang up banners saying "Closing Down Sales". But they never close down.

I guess this is Singapore Mentality.

there's something about ..... youtube

I spent probably about 30 mins a day looking at youtube. I always start off with 1 video and later chose any videos from the right hand bar under "related videos" and just go on and go on.

It's very interesting where you ended up watching.

For example,

I was watching this MTV from Peter Cincotti's "Some kind of wonderful". Nice song, nice video. Unfortunately embedded is being denied.

At the side bar, I chosed this MTV from a movie of the same name "Some kind of Wonderful"



After going thru a few others movies clips under "Some kind of Wonderful", I came across "Pretty in Pink".



This led me to:

OMD "if you leave"



After this, I saw "New Order's Bizzare Love Triangle"



Another New Order song "true Faith" which interestingly was one song that was brought to my attention yesterday.



And this series of videos ended.

From watching a modern day jazz singer, I ended up watching a boy band in the 80s.

Another series starts all over again.

there's something about ..... wedding

This wedding shot of Tony Leung and Carina Lau damn cool man! Even if you damn rich, may not even guarantee you can get married at Bhutan. So to pull off a photo like this...

there's something about ..... fannie and freddie

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sounds like distant cousins of Amy Winehouse, or names of the next Batman's villains.

Who would have thought they are nicknames of banks in America, who just recently almost gone bust until the Government bailed them out. see link

Fannie Mae is actually "The Federal National Mortgage Association" while Freddie Mac is "Federal Home Mortgage Corporation"

Only in a matured country like USA could come up with something like that.

Imagine Singapore giving nicknames to POSB and DBS bank.

POSB is Post Office Savings Bank. SO boring!!!
DBS is Development Bank of Singapore. SO F#^% Boring!!!

Must we always take the first letter of every word and put them together to form another shortcut name?

Wouldn't it be cool if we can call POSB...... Po the Orang Utan.

And yes... I finally watched Kung Fu Panda.

Now my kid will grow up normally and will not be laugh at by some Uncles.

there's something about ..... panda

I am a lousy father.

During the lead-up to the premier of Kung Fu Panda, with all the trailers on TV, I got my kid excited about watching the movie on the big screen. I think that was sometime early June.

Sometime middle of June, the pirated DVD from JB surfaced in Singapore. My brother-in-law proudly declared that he has the DVD and played it on the TV for us to watch.

1.) I don't watched pirated DVD filmed from cinema.
2.) I don't watched anything that comes from my brother-in-law.

I told my kid then that I will bring him to watch in the cinema and encourage him not to watch it on TV. He understood and he went on to play.

Sometime in late July, the show seems to have near the end of its run with all movie times either early morning or middle of afternoon, and mostly on weekdays. It was tough as my kid either got school, having his nap, or I was working.

I kinda think he forgot all about it....

...until last Saturday.

I have arranged for a dinner gathering with my friend. The last time we went out with this friend about 6 months ago, we went for a movie together with their kids.

And so when I was getting my kid ready to go out, and I told him that we are meeting this friend and their kids...

My son excited say "We going to watch Kung Fu Panda?'

Both myself and my wife's heart sank so low..... so bloody low......

The good thing is, the show is still showing in local cinemas... and this time round, we promised to bring him to watch it this coming Wednesday.

There is no turning back on our promise now.

Not after our friend repeatedly told my kid how nice the show is. That bastard!

there's something about ..... pharmacist

Last night I have an interesting encounter with a pharmacist.

After coughing like 2 weeks with limited signs of improving, I turned to a pharmacist.

After explaining my problem, she asked if I wanted something to curb my cough or eliminate phelms.

After telling her that I wanted something to curb my cough, she recommended something that can do both!!

?!??!?!?!?!??

And she goes on to say "....NO ALCHOHOL and NO SUGAR....."

To me, it was an obvious instructions. I mean... we should never take medication with alcohol.

But "no sugar"?

So I asked how long before I take the medication should I refrain from sugar-related drinks?

I think she was amused.

She told me that she meant the medication that she recommended DO NOT contained alchohol and sugar.

She should know that she is talking to a sick man and she should be clearer in her explaination!

there's something about ..... alumni gathering

Recently I was invited to attend a social gathering organised by some secondary schoolmates. It has been 20 years since I saw most of them.

I didn't attend. I don't see the point.

If I had wanted to keep in touch with some of them, we would have gotten in touch even after we left school. We didn't. All of us kinda just go on with our own lives. Those days, there aren't facebooks, email, mobile phones... only pagers and house numbers.

And after 20 years, some folks decided to catch up old times.

But... there aren't any old times to start off. So where do we start?

Is it just a gathering to compare achievements?

Or is it just a gathering to get contacts?

I really do not see a point.

there's something about ..... youth of today

Today I saw a disturbing sight.

I was hungry at in the afternoon and decided to go out to grab a bite. With $3 in my pocket, you would be surprised that my choices are pretty limited. Foodcourt nowadays start from $3.50 onwards. However, Macdonald still have affordable bites starting at $2. And so I went to the Macdonald at AMK.

I was queuing behind 3 NYJC students. As another counter was available, one of these NYJC students went over to place his order. I went over as well and was queuing behind him. Let's name him "A".

After he placed his order, he was whispering to his friend "B" over at the next counter. The cashier was waiting for "A" to pay before proceeding to collect the order.

I was also waiting rather impatiently. Couldn't "A" wait till everything is over before talking to "B".

That is when I realised "A" was actually borrowing money from "B". The order was $5. "B" took out $4 worth of notes and was struggling to come out $1 worth of coins. But finally "B" manages.

And "A" went on to give to the cashier. The cashier counted and realised that it's only $4.90.

But then, "B" has already taken his order and has walked away.

"A" decided to ask "C" who is still waiting for his food for 10cents.

"C" struggled and finally came out with 2 5cents.

This is too disturbing on many counts.

• You have to F%^! borrow money to EAT MACDONALD!!
• A JC student do not have any money with him, not even 10 cents and he F#%! want to eat Macdonald!!
• If you have to F^#% borrow money to eat Macdonald, you order the cheapest possible which is a chicken burger at $2, and not a $5 set meal!!!
• I only have $3 in my pocket and 2 of these students have a total of $15. (all three of them ordered $5 set meals) 5 times more than what I have?!?!?!

This is too disturbing.

there's something about ..... naming your kid

If only naming your kid is as easy as what nicole kidman did. She simply named her newborned daughter Sunday .

Interestingly the baby girl was borned on Monday.

Currently myself and my wife are thinking about names for our second child coming in August.

It's not as stressful as the first. You simply either followed the first letter of the elder's name or you follow along something that sounds similar.

I always thought Jeff's naming of the 2 kids is very clever. Elder girl is called Ella. Second one is called Emma. Even if you follow the alphabet sequence, "m" comes right after "l". So smart.

I tried using that approach for my son's name and it didn't quite turn out that way.

During my first kid, I joked about getting a random name from Straits Times, and I almost named my son "Paul", "Justine" and "Gerard"

I think I will continue with that formula to see which other names I can derive from Straits Times. If this failed, I can always fall back on the day he is borned. I like Monday and Friday.

there's something about ..... customer service

It was an eventful trip to Chinatown.

I went into this Giordano section and they were clearing stocks at clearing price. I didn't want to waste time and I asked the salesperson if they have jeans that are baggy.

This salesperson must be a part-timer. He don't seems to know the products very well.

He hold out a jeans for me and said "I think this is quite baggy".

I obliged and took it from him.

Of course it's baggy.... it's F#$% 38 inch waist.

At least he tried.

there's something about ..... eating

Went chinatown and saw this.

Seriously, I am really tempted. But I have too many questions to ask and wasn't too sure whether they will entertain...

U see, I am very particular about my chicken rice.

I need to know if this is roasted chicken or white chicken. Got chilli? got Black sauce? Which part of the chicken will be served?

there's something about ..... algae bloom

This is the first time I heard of Algae Bloom. But look at the magnitude of it.

I know China is a predominately a agriculture country, but algae...?

And this happen at Beijing. They have to get 10,000 folks to get the river ready by 8.8.08.

there's something about ..... channel 5

Thursday's Contender Asia was fabulous. John Wayne Parr vs Mr Maia Lee. Not a close match but the array of skills from John Wayne is scantillating.

Just when I was looking forward to the trailer to the next espisode, Channel 5 has to spoil it.

The bloody trailer actually show the result of the next fight!! Just because one of the contestant got a bad knockout resulting him being escorted to the hospital doesn't mean they must show:

1.) That PUNCH that knock the contestant out.

2.) Which contestant got knock out!

I bloody already know who will win the match and how it ended. ALL in that 5 seconds TRAILER!!!

DAMN IT!!

Channel 5 has my brother-in-law's mentality.

there's something about ..... genetic

Last Sunday, I borrowed 2 dvds so that I could watch them at my in-laws.

Just so when I was about to start watching, my sister-in-law's son who is in his early teens, came over to see what I was watching and exclaimed "我 看 过 了.”

I thought perhaps I got amnesia. I don't remember asking for his permission nor asking him to join me in my movie. I don't remember ever talking to him since he was in Primary School. In fact, I try to condition myself so that he always remain invisible.

And so I continue watching.

About 1 over hour later, this teenager's father arrived, or you can say my brother-in-law arrived.

He saw on the table the other DVD which I borrowed and exclaimed "我 看过了.........." He continued with an executive summary of the movie.

WTF?!?!?!?!?!??!

N0.1 : I realised I do not have Amnesia.

No.2 : These people like to let other people know VOLUNTARILY what they have done and not done.

No.3: These people don't realised that other people do not care and didn't bother to ask them about their preferences. In fact, they don't care about their arrivals at all.

No. 4: These people don't realised that other people can get totally pissed off when you let out the storyline of a movie which that other people have not watched.

No. 5: I believe the saying "like father ... like son"

So now you know why I hate going to my in-laws.

There's something about ..... normal

Euro is over.... life is back to normal for now....

Haven't been writing for a while because other than soccer in the last 3 weeks, nothing else seems interesting.

Not even why a Typhoon has a chinese name called "Fengshan" but first attack is on Phillipines. Or a Typhoon named after a Singapore Primary School.

Or why Anwar sought refuge in Turkey Embassy. Is it because how Turkey performed in EURO and he realised that Turkish people likes to fight back.. till the last second? Perhaps he should have waited till the Final. Then, he would have sought refuge in Spain Embassy. Sure win!

Anyway, I'm glad life is normal now.

At least for another month or so before my wife delivers in August.

there's something about ..... letter

there's something about ..... live streaming

I am so happy.

Happy that I save $10 by not giving in to Starhub's manipulative ways of demanding more money from us for watching EURO 2008.

What to you do when you are deprived? You turn to internet.

After going thru so many websites trying to find FREE live streaming, I finally found it. Not only that, you need not register as members.

They even have live streaming for NBA Finals.

I am looking forward to terminating my sports group now.

there's something about ..... indiana

Just caught Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The show is a disappointment.

But I think a more appropriate name for this show should be:

Indiana Jones and his Close Encounter Of the Third Kind.

There's something about ..... contender again

Saw the last espisode of Contender Asia.

It was the fight between the Singapore Representative's Zach and Maia's Representative Zidov.

What a super let down. Super. Zach didn't last past the second round due to a recurring past injury. Seriously, I wasn't too sure.

What if...

1.) Zach is just an actor. He didn't know Thai Boxing and pretend he knows just so that we have a Singapore representative. He said something pop in his shoulders and it wasn't a dislocation.

2.) Zach had beaten Zidov. Would he then become Maia's beau instead?

There's something about ..... alternative

I am never a fan of Alternative Ending for Movies. Most often, they do it for the sake of selling DVDS and come out with a meaningless alternative ending that do not add a difference to the story line.

I remember watching Rush Hour 3 on DVD. Instead of the theatrical version where they do their silly dance to the music to end the movie, the alternative ending was nothing but silly. It was about Jackie Chan leaving to another country on a Private Jet and invited Chris Tucker to come along. This is when they revealed the next country, Fiji. Probably telling everyone that Rush Hour 4 will be about Fiji. Silly just like the show.

That is not called Alternative "ending"! It doesn't change the storyline at all.

On the other hand, the new alternative ending for I AM LEGEND is FABULOUS in my opinion.

In fact, I like it more than the theatrical release. I thought the alternative Ending was the correct version but the directors probably changed it after a focus group meeting.

This is how the movie ended:

1.) The main darkseeker was pounding on the glass door trying to get to Will smith.

2.) Darkseeker stops and start making a Butterfly hand signal, similar to what Will Smith's son did.

3.) Will Smith thought for a while, and he turn to the female darkseeker he kept with him for medical testing, and he found a butterfly tattoo.

4.) He immediately realised that he has separated the husband and wife and he knows the pain as he has lost both his wife and son.

5.) He decided to "return" the wife back to the main darkseeker.

6.) He push the wife out, and you see both the darkseekers embraced. They decided to leave Will Smith alone and not killed him, not before letting out a big growl either to thank him or to warn him.

7.) Next Scene, Will Smith decided to heed the female's lead advice and move on to another city. The AM frequency is no longer recorded by Will Smith but the female's lead.

To me, this make sense because the female darkseeker was the only female emphasised in the whole show and you wonder why. The producers could have gotten any other male darkseeker and it wouldn't make a difference in the theatrical version of the movie.

The aggression show by the main darkseeker was more of a "Revenge" while the other darkseekers were probably looking for food in Will Smith.

This is also a sub-theme about losing your love ones.

Will Smith didn't die, unlike the theatrical version. But if you don't die, you are not Legend leh. Like that how?

I dunno. But I still like the alternative ending.

there's something about ..... guillotine

This must be the word of the year.

This word was used in the defamation suit against the near-psychopath Chee Soon Juan & others.

The meaning of this word is to set a "TIME LIMIT" on cross examination, so they called it GUILLOTINE.

Simply amazing.

A word with 10 alphabets used to describe "Time Limit" of 9 alphabets, 10 if you include the space inbetween the words.

In order to express something that require savings of time, they invented something that require a mouthful to pronounce, a spelling that needed more time to remember... or in other words, waste of time.

Amazing.

there's something about ..... demotion

So 2 Gurkhas Guards were demoted in rank after the Mas Selamat saga. see story

2 Gurkhas Guards' whose duty then were to escort Mas Selamat to the toilet.

And I wonder what would be their responsibilities now considering that they cannot do anymore escort services. If they can't guard a toilet, I don't suppose they can do guard duties anymore, right?

So demote to what har?

Assistant Gurkhas Guard?

Gurkhas Guard Assistant?

there's something about ..... pedra branca

It's wonderful. We won the sovereignty over a small island
see story

So now Singapore is bigger.

On the other hand, the World Court awarded 2 ROCKS to Malaysia, passing over the judgement for the 3RD Rock.

Might as well. EVERYONE knows who owns the 3RD Rock, except officials from Singapore and Malaysia.


The response from Malaysia is graceful. They have the AH Q spirit. The deputy PM of Malaysia said "Some people are viewing this as a win-win situation."

Yes. It's a WIN-WIN situation. We won an island, they won 2 rocks. 2 ROCKS. 2 BIG ROCKS.

We should learn from their example. Even when you lose, find positivity. With that attitude, you can go far in life.

there's something about ..... Russian Roulette

Isn't it ironical that the Champions League final is to be decided with Penalties in the country known for Russian Roulette?

What a great final!

2 broken noses.
1 cut on the forehead.
2 goals.
1 sent-off.
And a ultra dramatic penalty shoot-out that doesn't seems to end.

My friend asked why am I even watching it. I am a liverpool fan and the last thing I want is for either Man U or Chelsea winning the Champions League.

While I can't change the fact that one of the hated teams will walk away winners, the chance to see the other hated team lose is priceless.

During the game, one of my friend text me and asked which team I would like to lose, considering I am both biased and neutral.

I thought about it and I thought the only way is to count the number of players I disliked most in each team. And so I counted....

I realised I disliked more Chelsea Players, especially John Terry.

Yes. John Terry.

He is such a bloody sore loser. BLOODY.

The way he kept asking for his ENGLAND's Captain Armband through the Media is both Pathetic and shameless. He even do that on the Eve's of Champions League Final. He show a total disrespectful to other potential candidates.

And Drogba.

I hate how he always fell at the slightest touch and look as if a Bulldozer has run over him. And that face....

So you can imagine my esctacy when i see John misses a crucial penalty.

A good football game. And probably the last time I will watch champions league unless MIO TV give up the rights to it.

NO WAY I will subscribe to MIO TV. NO WAY.

And NO WAY I WILL PAY $10 for EURO 2008!!! NO WAY!!

there's something about ..... A&E

My brought my friend into A&E the day before. It was one of those frightening thing that happened and I happened to be around.

So I sent him to TTS Hospital. After much complaints about that hospital, I still go there simply because it is the nearest. Sure... I could send my friend to Mount Alvernia but he would be totally out of place with a Gynae.

It was an A&E situation as I said, and naturally I am bloody worried about my friend's condition.... and unlike TV shows that I watched on TV, the nurses and doctors in TTS Hospital is all calm and collected.

Too calm.

There wasn't any sense of urgency. They take a stroll from one section to the other. They joke to their colleagues in full view of all waiting patients who are there for A&E situations.

Maybe... Just maybe.... they are trained to be calm.

Or perhaps... everyday and every minute is A&E situations that they are so immuned to rushing. I mean there is no end to A&E situations right.... you rush means more work to do... right?

To be fair to TTSH, I think it's the same for all A&E in other hospitals as well.

Perhaps... all the TV shows that I watched are just make-believes. ALL A&E in the whole wide world are just like that.

there's something about ..... dvd

It's frustrating.

For years, I have been waiting for the price of DVDs to drop so that I can collect some of my favourite movies.

And now DVDs is the only commodity, if you can call this a commodity, in the World that keeps dropping in price every week.

And yet, I am hesistant in buying them now.

You never know when the lifespan is coming to an end, a horrible end.

Remember LDs? They didn't just fade out into the sunset. They fell off from the top of Raffles City and died horribly.

And everyone who was part of the LD eras are stucked with inventory that they didn't know what to do with it. And those LDs are not cheap.

Funny I should feel that way, considering that I didn't own any LD players... nor VCD players.

With Blue-ray on the Horizon, you kind of expect the end of DVDs. That is the only reason why they are now selling combo DVDs. 2 separate movies for the same price. They are even selling the whole movie catalog from United Artiste.

And now I have to wait another 5 years to own a Blue-Ray player and another 5 years to own my favourites movies in Blue-Ray format.

As I said, this is frustrating.

there's something about ..... suicide

My friend called me today to share with me his experience about witnessing a suicide. The suicidee jumped off the building to her death. Rather instantly considering it was from a tall building.

As a responsible civilian, he called 995 to report the suicide.

Just about 5 minutes, he received a call from the medic in the Ambulance, probably on their way to the scene.

My friend was asked 2 very crucial questions. VERY CRUCIAL.

1.) Is the person alive?

2.) It is a man or a woman?

WTF?!??!?!?!?!

I told you it's CRUCIAL.

there's something about ..... trans

I pity Ronaldo. Not because he pick up the prostitutes that were actually transvetites.

I pity him because he actually find them attractive enough to want to pay for their sexual services.

Most trans we have come acrossed especially those at Bangkok or even Changi were more beautiful than most women on the street. And if you mistook them for real women, we could blame you?

But these 2?

Ok... maybe there were valued for money... perhaps 3 for the price of 1... (Ronaldo was caught with 3 of them)... But STILL??!??!?!?!?!?

there's something about ..... sumiko

I have been reading Sumiko Tan's column since it started. I dunno why I am attracted to it. Maybe it's the voyeurism nature where you want to read into someone's life, or perhaps the column whined so much you feel that you are just like that.

Anyway, 2 weeks back, Sumiko was writing about breakup between Ronald and Jia wei. She wrote that there are many reasons why couples break up. One of the reasons is :

You weren’t really that into each other in the first place and the reality sinks in after you have exhausted the early bouts of physical desire.

Isn't that a cool statement! You never know there are another way of writing :

You weren’t really that into each other in the first place and the reality sinks in after you are sick of making love with each other.

That is good writing. Not since Adrian Tan's Teenage Textbook have I seen something so poetic.

there's something about ..... CL and nipple

I still got the hangover over the Champions League loss.

I was so sure we will advance to the Finals after Torres scored the equalizer. I was also sure that if we indeed advanced to the Finals, I will name my son Torres.

And the nipple theory.... It's ABSURD!!!

there's something about ..... nipple

I will know the sex of my baby tomorrow.

The last 2 weeks were all about educated guesses on the sex of the baby. All sort of theories surfaced ranging from genes, ancient calendar, medicine, appearance, rice, son's guess, guts and a new topic today... nipples.

Genes:

My parent say this would be a girl based on the family tree sequence.

Ancient calendar:

A piece of calendar says this would be a boy.

Medicine:

My chinese sinseh says this would be a boy.

Appearance:

My maid says that this would be a girl because my wife's appearance did not change much. As in still more feminine, thus a girl.

Rice:

We counted rice and we lost count.

Son's guess:

When my son knew about the baby, he said "di di".

Guts:

My client's saw me and say I would have 2 boys.

Nipples:

My neighbour says that if the first child's nipple is protruding, the next one is a boy, and if it's "inverted" nipple, it's a girl. Ultimate!!!!! And you know what is the ultimate thing... I actually go and check my son's nipple!?!?!?!? Yes... I just need to confirm it. It's "inverted", so the next one is a girl.

Tomorrow we will know.

there's something about ..... levels

In my opinion, there are 3 levels of Gek Sim. (heart pain, heart ache)

Gek Sim level 1 (lowest): You buy 4D 7778 but never Pak and Top prize is 7787. Second Prize is 7877. Third Prize is 8777. All in the same day.

Gek Sim Level 2 (middle): You met a new girl/boy. You decided that she/he is a marriageable material. You found your dream girl/boy. Only... she/he is gay.

Gek Sim Level 3 (the worst): You wake up in the middle of the night to watch Champions League Football, knowing very well that the next day you are very busy with work, but it's a semi-final match and you can't miss and you want to enjoy the "live" action, you saw your team leading 1-0 with perhaps 20 seconds to go before the end, and your team concede a late goal, not scored by the opponent but an OWN goal, and a Silly OWN Goal! And after that, you cannot sleep till dawn.

there's something about ..... 2 urinals

This is really puzzling.

Yes. To have a toilet cubicle without a toilet bowl but urinals.

Not just 1 BUT 2. TWO. TWO URINALS IN 1 CUBICLE. WHY?

Just think... it's almost like having 2 toilet bowls in 1 cubicle. WHY?

Perhaps you and your buddy likes to shit and talk cock at the same time. So you design a 2-toilet bowl cubicle for buddies.

How about 2 urinals?

Maybe you like to go toilet with your buddy and both of you just go urinate side by side, which is still ok. But why cubicle? In what situation would 2 person (friend or no friend) use the same cubicle to urinate and have the door close?

Perhaps:

Friend brokeback 1 to Friend brokeback 2: let's go Pang Jio.

Friend brokeback 2: Ok. but I love to pang jio naked, and I love to also see you pang jio naked too.

Friend brokeback 1: Wah... like that... very difficult leh...

Friend brokeback 2: Where got difficult... Whitley Detention Centre got 2 urinals Cubicle one... very privacy one. We can also play who can shoot the furthest from the ledge.

Just puzzling.

there's something about ..... urinal

I am appalled.

We have high-flyers in the Commission of Inquiry and they didn't notice a unusual situation that was the crux of this whole Mas Selamat escape.

It's not the windows.

It's not the Grilles.

It's not the Ledge.

It's not the windows Handle.

It's ..... Where the Hell in the World do you need to house a urinal INSIDE A CUBICLE?!!!??!??!? It's common sense that ALL urinals are built OPENLY. It's not like you are shitting. Why is there a design to allow Urinal to be within a cubicle?!?!?!?!? With a Door to close even?!??!?!?!?

If they have designed the Toilet like ALL OTHER TOILETS WORLDWIDE, they wouldn't have an escaped terrorists.

It's so SILLY AND INCREDIBLE!!

that's something about ..... crocs

Yes. I admit.

I entered into a Crocs shop over the weekend.

Yes. I admit.

My wife bought a crocs working shoe, not your big head with holes type.

Yes. I admit.

I would rather be caught dead than wearing a crocs. Those big head with holes type.

Yes. I admit.

Crocs can be comfortable but I have not tried.

Yes. I admit.

Crocs is one phenonmenon I can't explain. Paying Top $ for a rubber shoes that at most times look ridiculous. Sorry friends.... it's just me.

Yes. I admit.

Crocs newer designs are rather desirable. Those sandles look alikes, monk's shoes looksalikes and those ladies working shoes.

No.

I will still not buy them until I strike 4D.

there's something about ..... erp car parks

I always hate those ERP car parks systems. The fact is you never know how much value is enough in your cashcards when you enter into any carparks. $10 might be more than enough in shopping malls but not enough in CBD car parks.

You can't keep tracks of your time spent at one place and you can't keep tracks of all different charges everywhere else. It's just a pain.

Unusual things always fall on me. ALWAYS. NABEHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

I was at VIVO city yesterday.

Knowing that my cashcard value is low, I decided to topup my cashcard.

The first machine I went to on B1, while working, couldn't get a dialing tone out. I keep having cashcard error as a result.

So I went down to B2 of the same lobby. The cashcard machine has a "out of order" sign on it.

KNN!!!

You know what this means.... have you got any idea how F#$@ BIG Vivo City is!!!!

Do you know that the next cashcard machine is another lobby away.... in walking terms...... half way through VIVO city!!!!??!?!??!?!?!

If you know VIVO city well, my carpark lobby is the one nearest to CROCS shop. And I have to walk ALL THE WAY to the the Main Lobby where the MRT is. That is almosts HALF way into VIVO City!!!

But what to do. Trying to locate an ATM machine in Vivo City is just as bad. And so I take the walk to the middle lobby.

At B1 of that lobby, the cashcard topup machine is just as KUKU!!! It couldn't read my cashcard and kept telling me that I have inserted wrongly. I mean there are just 4 possible ways of inserting the cashcard and all 4 are wrong!!?!?!?

How Sway can you get!!!!

Finally I managed to top up at B2 of that same lobby. AFTER 4 F%$! Tries!!! FOUR!!!! FOUR!!!!

It's like those blonde jokes "how many blondes needed to change 1 light bulb?"

NABEH!!!!

And my misery didn't end there.

It ended when I realised my original balance in my cashcard would have been sufficient for me to get out of the Car Park!!!

NABEH CB!!!

there's something about ..... T3

Not the movie Terminator 3 but Airport Terminal 3.

Like most Singaporean, I was curious about the hype on T3. I read that they did up T3 with a "big" shopping mall so that locals could go there more often to do their shopping as well as makan.

And so I decided to go shopping at T3.

Before I discuss that, the road signage sucks!! Or is it just me?!

They don't give you advance notice on when to turn into T3. And when they finally give you a notice, it says :

Terminal 3
Airport Hotel

I saw this probably just about 15 seconds before I have to make a decision whether to turn or not.

15 seconds!!!!!

It's simply not enough for me to decide whether the sign says:

1.)Terminal 3 AND/OR Airport Hotel

2.) Terminal 3 Airport Hotel

And so I decided that perhaps it means the "Airport Hotel at T3" and so I drove on thinking that they would be another entrance to "Terminal 3". NINABEH... I realised that driving on go towards T1!!!

That aside.

I was looking out for a big shopping experience. It was indeed BIG.

The experience is almost as big as shopping in say Capitol Theatre. In fact, I think TEN Mile Junction provides a better shopping experience. In bloody fact, I think Ang Mo Kio/Bedok/Toa Payoh Central provides a better shopping experience.

I was like ... "it's that it?" What big Shopping Mall?

They have however a Foodcourt that is as big as anywhere you have seen in major Shopping Centre.

Their food is as tasty as those that I cook myself, namely maggi Mee. If I eat a certain brand of Cup Noodles, it's alot more tasty that those that we ordered at the foodcourt.

Am I being fair to the hawkers there?

I dunno. Let me see....

I ordered Carrot Cake.... taste Bad.

I ordered Fried Kuey Tiao (same store).... taste bad.

The chicken Rice looks disgusting. (To be fair, it might just be tasteful)

I ordered Indonesian BBQ Chicken.... Taste bad.

I ordered Chap Chai Rice for my maid.... my maid say taste bad. And my maid eat EVERYTHING and she didn't even finish this plate.

Maybe I just damn unlucky to order bad food. And it's not a total representation of the foodcourt.

But Where got so Sway one!!!

there's something about ..... mrt

With the ever-increasing petrol costs and the effects of Global Warming already in Singapore, I have decided to take more MRT for my appointments nowadays, rather than driving.

And I realised my competitive nature has waned. I'm not too sure if I was getting older thus slower, or in the last 10 years or so, train commuters have become more aggressive.

Twice out of 3 times yesterday, I losed out on a seat because someone further away from the seat than I am, rush in and sit down.

And the worse is that I was actually "getting ready" to sit, clearly an obvious body language to tell everyone surrounding me that the seat was mine. But 2 ladies beat me to it. Nabeh. 2 ugly aunties beat me to it. Yes... UGLY!!!! Anyone who snatch my seat is Ugly, nevermind if you are Jaymee of Contender Asia.

And the worse worst, that 2 times happend in the same train trip within 2 stations apart. I am like the laughing stock in that cabin. Nabeh!!! I could almost hear whispers from other commuters saying that I am a "loser" like Zidov of Contender Asia.

Damn it. Is it so difficult to do my part for the EARTH?

There's something about ..... contender

Contender Asia reminds me of WWE.

1.) Half naked man. Check.

2.) Ring. Check.

3.) Ringside drama. Check.

4.) Beautiful babe like Jaymee. Uncheck. WWE got ugly women.

5.) Elimination round like Royal Rumble. Check.

6.) Audience who cheer. Check.

7.) Audience who cheer on cue. Uncheck.

8.)A participant who pregnanted an ex-celebrity-or-so-she-think-she-is. Check. read story

Great Show!

there's something about ..... tax

What a week! Aren't I glad tax submission is over! It's the time of the year where the blues kick in. I supposed the problem lies within myself.

I don't tax early, and I don't see why I shouldn't do so. I mean... it's supposedly tax for last year and I have like 3 full months to prepare for it.

But Singaporean being Singaporean. Unless it's for free rice, hello kitty limited editions, star wars limited editions, Halo 3 launch, queue for Primary School entry..... we or rather I don't aim to be the first with taxation where I see a loss rather a benefit.

But I didn't realise I would wait till the last minute to file as well. And I don't mean the 15th Dateline, I meant the 18th dateline e-filing.

And how I hate doing it.

After spending time and effort finding my policies and calculating my Iife Insurance Premium that I have paid for the year, and included them in the "reliefs", I was told I don't qualify if I have contributed CPF. Nabeh!! Why can't they say so earlier.

After spending time calculating my maid's levy that I have paid, and included them in it, I was told only working mum qualify for the relief.

And of course, alot of others.

The whole point about taxation is to make it easy for you to include your earnings so that they can tax you easily as well but to make it hard for you to figure out what your reliefts are so that you will be frustrated and you ended up being taxed more. Damn it!!

I realised the Blues on Tax Filing is not so much about the tax that you have to pay. Afterall, like the saying goes, "The only thing is life that is certain is Tax and Death". We are among the lowest Tax Country and I shouldn't complain much.

The blues, I think, comes from the Relief ironically. I mean... what if I miss out on a certain relief which I am entitled to and I ended up paying more? What if I added something else which I thought I am entitled to but I was wrong and IRAS charged me for under-declaring?

Why should only working mums have maid's levy relief and not working husband? Isn't it ironic that a maid is being employed and paid by the husband to relief the wife's "job" of taking care of the household and end of the day, the wife did not do anything and yet benefited a "relief".

And why must we calculate, we pay maid's levy directly to Government. They should be able to calculate and inserted it into you "relief" section by default.

I complain too much sometimes.

there's something about ..... trilogy

... of The Reds. (Liverpool Vs Arsenal)

Yesterday's match is one hell of a game. The mood swings is so drastic and extreme, I felt like a woman yesterday.

13th Minute.
Arsenal Scored. 0-1
My mood: Low (Nabeh).

30th Minute.
Liverpool Scored. 1-1
My mood: High (YEAH!!)

69th Minute
Liverpool Scored. 2-1
My mood: ultra High. (YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

84th Minute
Arsenal scored. 2-2
My mood: Ultra Low, rock bottom. (Nabeh CB ARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHH.)

85th Minute
Penalty given to liverpool.
My mood: Ultra High. maximum swing Occurs(YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!!!)

86th Minute
Before the penalty Kick.
My mood: Super Nervous. (praying)

86th Minute
Liverpool scored: 3-2
My mood:Ultra Ultra High. (YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!!)

86th minute to 90th minute
My mood: tentative. Nervous. (praying)

91th Minute
Liverpool scored 4-2.
My mood: Sense of Relief.

Why Liverpool will win Champions League this year.

1.) Just like in 2005, Everton is strong and is chasing for 4th spot.
2.) Just like in 2005, Liverpool need to win the last group match before advancing to QF.
3.) Just like in 2005, Liverpool semi-final opponent is Chelsea.
4.) Just like in 2005, I am going to be a father again this year.
5.) Just like in 2005, I changed my car.
6.) Just like in 2005, I am still so good looking.

there's something about ..... apprentice LA

Caught Apprentice LA last night.

Simply love the show. It's one of the 3 shows I couldn't wait to watch every year, together with Amazing Race and Lost.

Somehow, having the show in LA is not as exciting as NY.

I always find it "cute" when the contestant got fired and he has to take a NY cab with advert advertising "YAHOO JOBS".

No more Cabs this time round.

BUT... still hell of a show!!!

there's something about ..... stupidity

So Li Jia Wei and Ronald Susilo's relationship has ended.

Why am I not surprise? It's almost as predictable as finding chicken in chicken rice. Already couples who speak the same language can end up divorcing, how about couples who don't speak each other's language? Unless of course, your bride comes from Vietnam.

But now, it's easy to know why they break up. It's not so much about communication. It's stupidity.

Yes. Ronald is stupid.

Stupid to buy a car but put it under her name, even when she don't drive.

Stupid to contribute to a condominium but didn't have his name included, assuming that they would get married eventually. Plain Stupid. Add a name will die issit. 2 names also same price, 1 name also same price, Of course.. add 2 names lah.

Stupid to get this whole story publicize in our Main Papers to show us how Stupid he is.

Yes... it also shows how mecenary Jia Wei is. But again... anyone can tell you that Chinese Girls are smart. Very Smart. How else is she able to convince you to buy a condominium under her name solely. Jia Wei being smart and mecenary is almost seeable.

Ronald being stupid is a disgrace to Man. Really.

I want to say that I sympathise with Ronald. But I can't get myself to do it.

there's something about ..... earth hour

I also got participate in Earth hour.

Everyone of us went out, nobody was home during earth hour.

there's something about ..... branding

The power of Branding.

If you think Apple is the king of branding.... think again.

That honour belongs to .......

1.) Pampers. Ever wonder why we always called Diapers "pampers" and not "diapers" or for that matter, any other brands?

2.) Kotex. Ever wonder why we most times called Sanitary napkins "kotex" and not ... other names?

there's something about ..... pacmat

Found in TALKINGCOCK.com


They created a pacman game out of Mas Selamat. It's quite funny. Every level, the number of policeman increase. Not only that, it increases by rank... up to PM Lee.

And it's even more hilarious when you are caught. Try it.

there's something about ..... fugitive saga

The Mas Selamat Saga has become more of an "after thought" now. Taxi Stands within CBD is a bigger news than a terrorist at large within Singapore, or so the government chosed to believe.

TV news decided that 4 Prostitutes murdered in HK is a much bigger news than a terrorist at large in Singapore. Afterall, there is a casualty rate to begin with, not one but 4.

Entrepeneurs and enterprizes have decided to ride on the Mas Selamat saga to boost their company's awareness. A debt-collector firm has decided to join in on the Mas Selamat hunt. The spokesman for the company said that while their debt-collectors went on with their job of debt-collecting around the island, they should also lookout for MAS SELAMAT. The spokesman said "it's their National duty" to do so. This piece of news deem worthy by our local broadcasters.

Wonderful. What's next?

Maybe a Rubbish-Collector company could come out to do the same. Ask all their Blaga to look out for Mas Selamat.

Or perhaps a Courier service company delivering mails.

Or Real Estate Company telling all their agents to look out for Mas Selamat when they go Door Knocking to prospect for business. Perhaps someone is housing Mas Selamat.

How I love our Local News Network. Constantly giving us new insights into the World. Great Stuffs!!

there's something about ..... WKS

This is what WONG KAN SENG Said:

1.) Database containing information on abandon buildings "had proven useful in the search for MAS Selamat".

2.) Police took 24 hours to identify 121 empty buildings and searched them all in 2 days.

3.) Also helped police locked down areas with roadblocks.

4.) Initiative that pays off include COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME that "contributed to the rapid mobilisation of community support".

5.) CNB has honed its intelligence gathering and investigative skills to put its "ear to the ground to pick up any leads".

6.) SCDF has deployed powerful searchlights to aid the police in their sweeps after dark.

What WONG KAN SENG did not say:

"HOW COME UNTIL NOW STILL CANNOT FIND MAS SELAMAT?"

there's something about ..... mutant

This is a post about cars. Cars belonging to my immediate relative. Immediate relative that I meet once a week.

This relative of mine, plus other similar relatives, love their cars. They think nothing about maintaining the innocence look to the car, the pure beauty of the car, even if they are brand new. To them, it's about a statement of their lifestyles, their attitute in life.

Some people may call that lifestyles "AH BENG". But to them, it's a form of art, very much like a tattoo nowadays to the many youngsters in Singapore.

And so the mutation of the car take place. While it's a common sight on cars like HONDA, SUBARU or MITSUBISHI, the mutation was done on a very innocent, very family, very cute, very nice little car.






Anyway, recently I realised that perhaps my this immediate relative was encouraged by the distributors to do so. Or perhaps he was encouraged by my other immediate relatives to do so. Or perhaps he was encouraged by SPORTSCENTRE on ESPN which was sponsored by TOYOTA.

Or perhaps, he take the slogan too literally.

there's something about ..... xbox360

I'm a late adopter of gadgets. I will never be among the first to buy anything IT related. My first DVD player was a free gift because of something else I bought. I totally passed over the LD player era, the VCD player era. So it was a case of VCR player jumping to DVD player. As of today, I 'm still using my VCR player concurrently with my hubstation.

And so finally I bought my xbox 360 from the IT show. My original xbox was again a gift and that has changed my life.

After waiting for price to fall, which ended up fruitless, I have decided to just buy it.

And mine.... what a fabulous gadget!!

The wireless controller was way cool. Xbox Live was even cooler!! I bought a wireless adaptor along with it so that I can play xbox live, and damn.... I should have done so much earlier.

I was playing Winning Eleven9 on my old xbox and I was feeling so superior and so complacent about my skillsets, very much like those Custodians at Whitney Detention Centre, that I got bored. At maximum difficulty, I was able to churn out wins like 5-0 easily on my OFF days, with one hand sore and sleepy eyes.

And you could imagine my arrogance when I played Winning Eleven 2008 online on Xbox Live. I didn't even think I need to practice to the new version, with the new controller. Afterall, all the moves are the same.

My first game... I was trounced 8-1.

I felt like the Custodian at Whitney Detention Centre.

So I set up a Commission of Inquiry and I realised that there were some subtle changes to the controller and the new version have some new moves. So I spent the next 2 hours practicing Offline.

And I went back online to play.

My second game.... I was trounced 5-1.

And as of today, I'm still practicing.

I have a friend who was playing NBA thru xbox Live and I joined him.

NBA2k8 is even better. We were both hooked up on the headset and we were trash talking to each other away while playing. The good thing about playing NBA2k8 online is that they updated the Latest ROSTER. YES... the LATEST ROSTER!!! SHAQ ONEAL is with Phoenix SUNS!!!!

xbox360 ROCKS!!

there's something about ..... wanted

there's something about ..... conspiracy (updated)

Many theories out there.

1.) Mas Selamat is being tortured to death and Ministry is covering up.

2.) Mas Selamat managed to convert the whole ISD to become a JI network and he was able to escape at ease.

3.) He is now a member of the Ministry of Affairs and he is being sent out as a mole so that the whole JI network can be conquered.

4.) Mas Selamat did not escape. It's a test to see how operational ready is our soldiers and police task force.

5.) Mas Selamat did not escape. The LTA wanted to add more ERP gantries without anyone noticing.

6.) Mas Selamat did not escape. The Ministry wanted to take away everyone's attention on the rising cost problem in Singapore.

7.) Mas Selamat did not escape. The Ministry wanted to take away everyone's attention on the Budget Debate and passed the bill without anyone noticing.

8.) Mas Selamat did not escape. MOH wanted to take away everyone's attention on Means Testing.

there's something about ..... description

Profile of Mas Selamat

1.) Height: 1.58m. Diplomatic way of saying would be "he is about the height of an average Singapore girl". Non-diplomatic way of saying, according to the Starhub MMS I received "SHORT".

2.) Could be bearded. Or might have shaved off with a stolen knife, ala.. crocodile Dundee style.

3.) Limp on the left leg but only noticeable when he runs.

4.) Wearing loose clothings and perhaps with a Cap lowered.

5.) Emotionally Erratic. Meaning.. he might cry while running and suddenly he might laugh.

6.) Needs Money, Shelter and Clothing and Food. Looks out for people stealing food from Foodcourt trays or hawker centre. He might look like typical uncle clearing food trays.

7.) Might have slight cough due to the haze.

8.) He might have been drenched due to the rain, expect Running Nose too.

there's something about ..... fugitive

Obviously Wong Kan Seng didn't watch the Hit Movie "The Fugitive" or they would have caught the Mas Salamet by now.

I mean this man is crippled. To have escaped from a toilet, he would still need to have to get past a boundary wall.

I would think that a Most Wanted Criminal would be given 20 minutes toilet break at most before anybody would notice that he has escaped.

Even if he got out of the toilet in the 1st minute, to get to the boundary wall and try to escape would probably take you another 10-15 mins. Meaning to say, he might have really escaped by about 5 minutes before anyone got noticed.

Assuming by then, you activate the whole Ministry of Affairs and Ministry of Defence, the longest this should take is 30 minutes.

In 35 minutes, a crippled may not have gone too far.

I would think I am fitter than Mas Selamat. I probably do 2.4km in about 35 minutes. YES... I'm not that fit... but I would think I'm still fitter than Mas selamat.

A crippled would probably not do 2.4km. At most, probably about 1km. You just cast out a human net of 1km Radius.

Saying is easy but the fact that they couldn't find a crippled fugitives within a day is disturbing.

Remember they can find a NSF with a rifle within 24 hours but they couldn't find a crippled in more than 40 hours, and a crippled that could escape a detention centre smell fishy.

In my opinion, this is one elaborate escape plan. How on earth could a crippled escape from a detention centre of Singapore standard? You probably has someone standing outside the toilet of the Most Wanted Criminal.

And what kind of toilet is that? Surely it's not some toilet where the window is facing into the woods. I would have thought that the toilet is within a cell or a building.

So to have escaped out of the toilet, escape thru the building, escape thru a boundary wall which I assume it's of certain height.... all these while being crippled??!?!?!? Come on!!

Government should start investigating within the ISD.

Wong Kan Seng was all calm when he gave the parliamentary speech on this. He even let on a little smile like nothing big is happening.

40 hours and they still couldn't catch a crippled? I would find that amusing enough to smile too.

there's something about ..... 2010

This is old news by now.

Interestingly, no one remembers that we are supposed to be playing in the World Cup in 2010.

But instead of that, we are now hosting Youth Olympics.

Sorry if I don't sound patriotic which I usually am, but for some strange reasons, I wasn't exactly jumping with excitment like all those at the Padang.

I was more excited about F1 though.

Anyway, the government was doing a fabulous job in ensuring everyone at Padang shares the same joy and excitment. If only they could do that to every citizen right now with rising costs concern.

there's something about ..... sunroof

You know you are old when you buy an MPV for the family.

So I got my car on Saturday. The first thought when I saw the Sunroof was... "Cool".

However, till now... I still couldn't figure out the practicality or the intent of having any Sunroof in the car.

I tried many "patterns" to see how that would make the ride enjoyable.

I keep the aircon on with the sunroof opened.

I off the aircon with the sunroof opened.

I off the aircon, open the windows with the sunroof opened.

The conclusion...... I couldn't figure out the logic.

If the intention was to get that "Convertible" feeling.... you don't get it. Wind doesn't blow through your hair because of the sunroof. It blows through your hair because of the window.

If the intention was to be able to stand up and put your head through the roof... the roof it's too small.

If the intention was to be able to look at the sky while driving.... you could look ahead and still see the sky.

If the intention was to get the sun into the car while driving.... the aircon either escaped through the sunroof or the direct heat from the Sun into the car cause your aircon to work harder and in turn increase your fuel consumption.

If the intention is to get more breeze in..... it doesn't.

If the intention is to get a tanned while driving.... only the forehead gets the sun.

So seriously, I dunno what is the Sunroof for. Seems like alot of money spent on constructing something so irrelevant and illogical. They should just reduce the car price by couple of thousands.

there's something about ..... lessons

Edison Chen holds a press conference today in HK.....



In it, he said...

"...role model... I failed in this regard, however, I hope this matter will teach everyone a lesson..."

Top 10 Lessons everyone should learn from this matter:

No. 10 Always repair your computer from a reliable source

No.9 Always store your videos and photographs in external harddisks, mobile harddisks, thumbdrives etc etc. and locked them up in a safe... in a bank.

No.8 If your photos ever leaked, don't say the photos are faked/photoshopped... say they are look-alike.

No.7 Buy a good viewcam that takes clear videos under poor light conditions.

No.6 Wear nicer underwear so that if the photos ever leaked, no one will say you have bad taste.

No.5 If you ever want to date your boss's niece, it's a bad idea to film her.

No.4 If your boyfriend wants to film you, avoid spreading your legs directly at the viewcam. You look like a porno star.

No.3 While two-timing your boyfriend/husband is bad enough, involved in theme play with a police uniform is below the belt.

No.2 Shaved.

No.1 Shaved more.