FWAH... A reader pointed out to me that someone copied my earlier entry on Jade Seah Says FUCK word-for-word, used the same picture which I took of our TV, and conveniently left out the 'Good Fren' bit. I guess that blog owner is hoping for some blog traffic as that entry has been rather popular. Here you go. I've linked you for even more traffic. Next time just ask, ok? No need to take Of Jade, Tian Wei & Bye-Law to Rule 42* Hello Everyone... If you have been watching Channel 5, they have stopped using the Singlish-accented English dubs for the former-PRC-turned-Singaporean players. And Jade Seah hasn't said it again since. Oh come on... We like Jade Seah, ok!! She's very Singaporean Lian. Cute what! You should catch that episode of the no meaning beach volleyball drama where her team lost a game and had to fulfill Of Beauty, Talent & Flawlessness The kid on the right is deemed prettier than the kid on the left. While the kid on the left has a better voice than the kid of the right. Hence, the Beijing Olypmics 2008 organisers made a most rational decision. They used the best looks and the best voice during the Opening Ceremony. It's one thing to lip-synch to one's own voice, it's another to pull a Milli-Vanilli. Now, this decision Jade Seah says FUCK I had to blog about this lor... 'Good Fren' and I were watching the Channel 5 Nightly LIVE Olympics Report tonight, when we thought we heard Jade Seah saying, "Errrr... Fuck..." after she introduced the Men's Synchro Diving, and when the images of the Basketball images come on. Mark Richmond attempted a ha-ha comeback after that. I think this pair is hilarious. Choppy at times and uber corny, Overheard "You know...Mooncakes these days... Got many flavours... I remember this delicious mooncake from XYZ hotel... It has turkey in it..."~ Guy who loves everything English, wishes he was white, and thinks that 火腿 comes from 火鸡 "You know... this 人的牛奶... very good for 你的 baby..."~ ACS Gynaecologist trying to convince his patient of the merits of breastfeeding. Money Laundering You see the bunch of SGD10 notes? They have been laundered. Waiting to be pressed. BM: *hanging up wet laundry and noticing a wad of wet notes on the washing drum rim* BABY!!! Did you leave some notes in your pocket?!! GF: FWAH BABY! OUR WASHING MACHINE MAKES MONEY!! BM: ROOOAAAAAARRRRRR!!! The Redeem Team How many of you caught the China vs Redeem Team game? They did. We did. And I support the Redeem Team. WOO HOOOOOOOO!!! The Americans play with such finesse and athleticism. They played 钉人 the entire time lor!! I also love the dunks. They just kept putting it in the basket again and again and again!! I haven't been watching NBA for the longest time now. I dunno who's who anymore. But Of Dabbawallah, DOL & the Individual Someone sent me this. Dabbawallah sounds like a Star Wars term. Incidentally, since many of us do not make our own food/clothes/chair/house in this age of Division of Labour, I was attempting to understand the act of decision-making continues to enable a sense of self. E.g. Though I do not make my own clothes, the act of shopping for (choosing) certain type of clothes defines my style and Termination Remember I was talking about earlier these 2 guys in their mid-30s and 40s, and going after Sweet Young Love? Both had their 'breakups' recently. Very very short-lived relationships with similar cycles. (A) Acquaintance with work context (B) Chick makes move, Guy follows up + goes crazy.(C) Chick strokes (ego and stuff), Guy is ecstatic. (D) Chick decides for it to end, Guy is depressed with Of Sharing & the Life List [Play this while you read the entry] Somehow, 'Good Fren' and I have been sharing with people quite a bit lately. About our past, our present and our plans. The thing about sharing, like all activities, is that practice makes perfect. The more we share, the more we know what people are interested in and are trying find out. Also, in the process, we become better at sharing. We develop tools to Of Rash, Steriods & BIATCH I know I should continue the Noise Pollution entry but something else has gotten in the way. I'm at home with a rash. Apparently, I got allergic to something but I dunno what. The doc gave me some steroids to help with the rash, but I have to figure out what's causing the allergy on my own. I figured it's either the juice drink I've started on recently, or stress. Stress is the best factor to Noise Pollution Sometime ago, I read 2 letters published in the papers. The first was written by a foreigner who shifted out of Singapore because he couldn't stand the noise from nearby construction works, and it was affecting his business (he has a home office). The second was a response from the National Environmental Agency (NEA) stating their guidelines on the noises and attendant levels from work sites. Hair Off 'Good Fren' and I went for a haircut this afternoon. The weird bit is that I finally got Jonathan to chop about 15 cm off. This must be the shortest ever in 10 years. I blame the scorching summer sun. Now I feel light-headed. Zouked I can't even remember the last time I was at Zouk. On Thursday, I decided to ask my Gay Bud (GB) whether we should go to Zouk for the heck of it. And also to collect the card. On Friday noon, I messaged him: BM: Oi... Wanna go for lunch? GB: Cannot. I'm going for a haircut at lunch time. So that I'd look lovely tonight. BM: WAHAHAHAHAHAH!! You win oredi lor!! ... Actually, while I was getting Of Beijing, Rock & Aesthetics I finally watched Beijing Rocks. I think it's a sad sad film. =((( My experience with 'creative/music' people has been really really lousy so far. The film makes my skin creep. *shudders* I love the bit where the musician dies a pauper while the ah siah giah gets off the hook for assault at a pub because his rich dad sucked up to power. I think I have come a point where the difference between Proposal Vs Marriage I was surfing by NTU's website a few days ago when I came across this piece of news. Think it subsequently found its way on the New Paper. So hor... That day I read the chinese and pdf version of it, I left the pdf doc unclosed on the Mac. Then hor... Last evening, 'Good Fren' finally chanced upon it. GF: *clicking clicking* Hey! What's this?! BM: Hee Hee Hee... I deliberately left it open The Singaporean Parent & Baby A few days ago, I read DPM Wong’s speech in Parliament as quoted in Today with multiple question marks popping. Sidetrack a little: I think DPM Wong has a huge and diverse portfolio ranging from security to baby-making. He, together with Minister Khaw, is always in the limelight these days. Hot Seats! And tonight I watched a rather awkward discussion on Talking Point, CNA. The 2 hosts, a male The Dark Knight 'Good Fren' and I caught a good film on Saturday afternoon at Orchard Cineleisure. It has been a long while since I was last there. While going up and down the escalator, I kept thinking about the NS boy walking around in OC with a rifle in his bag, and how we as a society assume that physical age = some kind of credible indicator of maturity. Green light for adulthood. We forget to ask ourselves Of Smarts, Camels & the Iron Cage I was having lunch with a former colleague on Friday. It has been years since we last chatted along the corridor. We were not Government Scholars. Merely Government Farmers who have left to stretch ourselves and seek our livelihoods elsewhere. We concluded that the public agencies are stuffed with bullock carts full of smart people, i.e. people with well-equipped, or in some cases superhuman, The Socialist Sponsor Mr Philip Yeo announced in an interview that he favours poorer students for A*Star scholarships. Answering a question at the Pioneers Series dialogue, he said: 'I did it that way because, in my view...I can uplift the one from the lower economic base. If the other candidate lives in a bungalow, his parents can afford to send him off to study.' He offered an interesting statistic: 70per cent of The Natural Marriage & Family I am surprised at the number of comments the earlier entry has managed to attract. Fundamentally, getting married is a complex decision. It's definitely more than just a simple list of things to buy and the attendant costs. Yeah... so far... the list seems to consist of things to buy. The dinner package, the gown, the home, the fridge, the freaking ring and roasted pig... And precisely because Someone left a comment in the previous entry: Hi Blinkymummy, I've got a few questions to ask you. Recently my friend has got this idea of POPPING the QUESTION to his gf... What are the things to take note... For your own case, how much in total was spent on the wedding and for house, what kind of flat are u staying in and how much was the price? Thank you for helping me... PS. Most This Sweet Young Love Incidentally, separate conversations with 2 male friends in the recent days hover about the topic of sweet love. A is married with kids and in his early 40s. The chick is not his wife and 20 years his junior, i.e. early 20s. B is single and in his mid 30s. The chick is also in her early 20s. Regardless of beauty, there is just something about youth that is attractive. Perhaps it is Mother Biking in Singapore Remember the Conference Bike entry earlier? Check it out in motion! I like the video. Makes something as ridiculous as this look really wonderful. I realised that SMRT has recently started a foldable bike scheme, i.e. you can bring your foldable bike on board the train provided it's within certain dimensions. Erm... Are we jumping the gun here? They haven't even sorted out the whole road I was telling Angry how unsuccessful our attempt at drawing some blood from Blinky and Tiger at the Vet's was on Saturday. We only managed to get past the shaving stage. Vet drew like 2ml of blood from Tiger, and nothing from Blinky. Vet said we only made it with Tiger for like 25% of the journey. =_= Tamade... I dun really wanna sedate them for blood drawing. Here you see Tiger sulking and Who's gonna share with me? I read the "Sell A Kidney? In Iran, it's called 'sharing'" article with interest. It says this: Any sick Iranian who needs a kidney will be able to get one in two to three months because of a government-sanctioned kidney 'sharing' scheme. Key Points: Non-related donorsDonor gets USD1,200 (average Iranian annual salary) + free health insurance from Govt Donor gets gift from Recipient Donors are 过客 的由来 I dunno how many of you have read and understood the earlier Chinese entry. Someone even thought 'Good Fren' and I must be going through a problematic patch. Nah... That entry was inspired by someone else's story. There is a social inquiry and qualitative method called the Life Story Method, where the inquirer gets the subject to tell his story in any way he wants, then the inquirer interprets 过客 她走着走着 是累了 虽然微风吹开了烦躁的心情 肩上的包袱 却比平常重了许多许多å 她很想停下来 却又怕会蹉跎太多个日子 好不矛盾 就这天 她双腿发麻 再也支持不下去了 好想放弃啊 神啊 请赐予我多一点力量 我必须走完我先前选的路 就这时 她静疲力竭 倒下了 靠着一只莫名的支柱 合上眼 睡着了 睡眼惺忪的她 模模糊糊地瞧见了披头散发的他 他的眼神 带着性感的犹豫 他的手指 抹着香烟的潇洒 莫名的他 给了她扶持 可能 冥冥中 真的就是有了一种安排 就是这样地浪漫 就非要像故事一样 叫人羡慕 就是要上天肯定 咱们俩有受宠的特权 牵手 初吻 头晕目眩 是不在话下 沐浴在难以形容的幸福中 偷笑 是难免的 有一天 她突然觉得 因为歇息太久 而又累了 也又顿时想起 自己要走的那条路 究竟是还没完全告一段落 又那么一天 她将沉重的包袱往肩上推 再次重踏自己的旅程 他的倔强 不明白 Of Kidney, Angry & Trade Angry Doc and I had a discussion on many issues over the weekend, especially the on-going debate on organ trading. I personally believe that there is no good reason to prevent organ trading, provided the transaction is carried out within a well-defined framework. Why should anyone die on the waiting list because his family and friends are not equipped with a compatible kidney? Reduced family Maria vs Glenda I know this is very intuitive, but if you cut out the noise, it is really counter-intuitive. You know the CNA people started their blogs recently, right? Probably their best efforts to emulate more progressive media and to jump onto the New Media bandwagon. Regardless, that is not my main concern. What is telling about the CNA blog-reading audience is that Maria Siow has put up 3 rather