Upset

Just a question, if u borrow something from a person u will be expected to return right?

i thought this is basic courtesy.
At least the random 5 peps around me that i asked, gave me the same answer.

That's why
i'm upset that all my hardworks and efforts were thrown away so easily.
i'm upset that i wasn't even been ask if i wanted my things back.
i'm upset that should i decided to pursue MBA i will not have my trusty notes or assignments to recap.
But all is too late.
Whatever has happen has happened.
i know it's just a small issue, but it upset me greatly.

Post Wayang Awards

What's with the gigantic neh neh that attracts all eyeballs and 嗲 aunite?
What's with the unprofessional 吡吡 time limit and off-ing of mic antic?
And since time constraint, what's with the various lame antics of magic, parrots and helicopter?
And since everyone has time constraint, what's with the discrepancy when Quan Yifeng gave her thank you speech?
In addition, what's with 武's floppy hairdo?
What's with that ah-long cum pck perm hair inspired attire don by 顺?
What's with the messy and ribbon untied attire chosen by 荣?
What's with the 九层糕 inspired gown on 萱?
What's with the red Aldo heels so high that 云 can't walk?
What's with that Ann Kok-inspired-see-through gown that 瑄 wears?
What's with all the same thick bangs that all female artists are sporting?

Why was 琴 being ignored the whole night? no interviews at all!
Why was the ceremony pushed till so late to accommodate Peranakan hype? ya i know mdc is biased 的.
Why did 辉 won 最兽欢迎男艺人? i didn't know he is even more popular than Pierre?
Why was the stage designed in such a way that all winners will receive their awards with butt facing camera? facing butt to camera is big no-no on TV!
Why did hot fav 萱 not win 最假女主角? Because 秀 is mdc artists but she is not? not that i support either anyway.

if not for 曾国城's wittiness, eye candy 阮经天, 蔡少芬 & the curiosity over how biased mdc will be; i will not waste 3 hours watching the controversial award.

why u shd be Aware

i'm sure most of u would be aware of the rather interesting recent cat fight of Aware which has been splashed in news almost daily for the past week.

After reading thru most of the relevant news, i'm casting my vote with the old Exco.
Put aside how the new leadership was selected, i felt that their take on homosexuality seems somewhat too harsh.

i'm a believer that everybody is free to chose how they want to live their life.
Be a man, Be a woman or Switch over.
If it does not affect your life, so why condemn the different ones.

Mr Wang says so: I will call DBS and terminate my credit cards, because of their Head of Marketing, Josie Lau.
No doubt, i had poor opinion of this current new Exco but i still quite like my Lady's card so... i will not cancel it over somebody that is totally not worth it.

Be warned

Just last week a colleague told me he stopped gocery shopping at a certain supermarket.
Reason being that he find their prices getting pricier ever since the supermarket started commissioning some silly 普威之夜 inspired variety.

Of cause we have to factor in inflation & raising cost in bringing in the goods.
But i guess most peps overlooked the fact that these co. also factored in their marketing budget from the profit they gain.
And how to be able to afford such huge marketing budget?
One way is of cause to increase selling price!

Hence, don't say i didn't warn u.
Be wary of co. that has been having lotsa exposure in the media.
Esp. those that invested huge marketing budget to sponsor programs, commission making of programs etc etc.

U may jolly well be paying for that ads u see!

Susan Boyle phenomenon

If by now u still have no idea who she is, u're outdated.

This 47 year old lady wow the judges of Britains Got Talent. Her performance was so awesome that she became famous overnight when the show was telecast.
The video of her performance on youtube has even garnered 66m views in 1 week!
Watch the performance here.
She is so famous that u can even wikipedia her!
是厉害的咯!

As economy shrinks. . .

tour prices comes down!

This is the best time to travel if you're cash rich.

There are so many places i want to go.
But with my new job, i foresee i will have lesser budget to travel.
*sad*

Wei Song, Si Song (Garden of Music)

i paid to watch this concert not because of Wei Song Si Song.

Although this pair of twins is well respected and known throughout the entertainment arena for their talent at song composing but their own songs are pretty much unknown.
And i guess they know the limitation of their own star appeal hence have gotten some pop stars to stage this concert together!

Opening act done is by powerful vocal Jam Hsiao


省话一哥 in total speak no more than 10 sentence.


潮男 - Show Luo's performance

He was funny & witty as usual.
His singing seems to have improve too.



偶像兼实力 - Daniel Chan's rendition of Jacky Cheung's hits


The mere mention of his name already excite me.
The very appearance of him on stage sent my heartbeat pumping!
他是帅的咯!



Man-made 美女 Jolin
jt commented that she look too defined, somewhat fake.
it's too bad that she & Show did not share the same stage together.
Not even a single moment.
Even the last portion when all artists came on stage, they stood apart too.


Final 压奏 - Yanzi

That hairdo is frankly not very nice. Still prefer her in short hair.
But her vocal is still very diva-ly.
And i guess that given her current status, she is pretty much given the freedom to do whatever that she is most comfortable with.

Overall, i enjoyed the concert.
Though most of the artist sang like 2 or 3 songs each.
But i got to see them pretty close up cause gotten a good seat.
The Lee brothers sang most which is understandable given that this is their concert.

The Howl of the Loser Dog

Accidentally chanced upon Japanese female writer Junko Sakai's work: The Howl of the Loser Dog; which is about lives of single 30ish Japanese women.

In the book, Sakai stated with some degree of pride that although many over-30 singles in Tokyo, like herself, were seen as losers; this was not necessarily how they saw themselves because they were satisfied with their lives and their achievements.

Indeed.
In my own circle of friends, i have a couple of gfs that fit this description perfectly.
In fact, many have also lamented that nowadays men lack confidence and find women like them intimidating because they are well-educated, financially independent, smart and intellectual.
This could be one of the contributing reason why people now marry late.
It takes them longer to find the One.

i believed that marriage is a lifestyle that one chose. It is an important option in our life but definitely not the only one and certainly not the only one that guarantees happiness.
As long as u're happy in your current status and is comfortable with it, why bother what the others think or what is happening to the other women.

Naive Gil vs Ah-lian Zi

Both are lead actress of the photo scandal last year.
Both made appearance recently in regards to the incident.
But public feedback to both has been quite different.
In general, most are quite favorable of Ah-lian Zi's 敢爱敢恨 attitude; while Naive Gil has been rebuked as silly and act innocent.

My take is, both are willing parties in taking the sexy photo.
In the photos, they were happily smiling to the camera. They posed in a way that will exposed their own privates.
So why go public crying how pitiful they are.
I don't think Bad Boy Xi is in any wrong except being super unlucky to have lost his laptop.
He didn't drugged those girls & forced them to take those photo.
It's every individual's preference and hobby.
If Ah-lian Zi is really such holy girl, she wouldn't have taken those photo in the 1st place.
i think she did all these antics to win pithiness from the public so that she can come back to the entertainment circle again.
Judging that she does not even mind letting her 1yr old son go into public, u can tell what sort of a mum she is lah! news here

While on force leave. . .

i managed to scrap alil';
managed to play with a new photo software and collage my Shanghai pics to post on fb;
managed to meet up with my silly gals & "gone home";
managed to watch a few episodes of 法政先锋II;
managed to iron the piles of clothes sitting in my wardrobe.

i'm enjoying non-working life!
But it will be even better if my pay is not deducted.

儿时的egg tart

baked by just a neighborhood small bakery.
Nothing fantastic, cost just 70c.
But eating it brings back fond childhood memory and the taste is irreplaceable.

a coincident lunch last week, brought me back to the market.
saw the familiar video shop, hair salon, coffee shop & of coz my fav bakery which is now fronted by the lady boss's son now.

i love how old estate has those market where u see people gather and chat.
The buzzing of life is something lacking in those new estate where foodcourts & supermarket replaced hawkers & wet market.

TVCs

i'm not sure if u have noticed this tvc but i personally find this very well done.

scripted based on the beauty of imperfections that makes a relationship perfect.
This is so much way better than some other tvc which has even managed to clinch the recent local commercial award.

My fav part when traveling

is being able to see this:

Don't u think being above those fluffy white clouds in blue sky is super fairytale like!
That's why i always requested for window seats if permitted.

上海之旅 part 4

China chef cook with salt, salt & more salt.
Ok, maybe other than salt is oil.

Tired lotsa local famous restaurants & some local food.
Some i like, some does not suit my tastebud.

Shanghainess eat lotsa cold dishes before the main dish.
Sichuan food are cook with chilli & more chilli.
China people love 饺子 & 饭 (free flow of it).
i suspect the heavy flavoring of their food causes them to have unlimited supply of 痰 to ka-pui everywhere.

上海之旅 part 3

三天两夜, 西安古城之游

21st Mar, we woke up at 5.30am to prepare for 7.40am domestic flight on MU to XiAn.
Virgin experience of walking up a plane at the take off area instead of walking the "bridge".
*strong cold wind*

Stayed at City Hotel conveniently located at 南大街.
Explored 书院街, 西安古城, 钟楼, 鼓楼 & Muslim street on our own at our own pace.
　All sites are lovely though Islamic food are not really to my liking.
Their traditional food 泡馍 (pau mo) is just bread crumbs soak in soup. *taste weird*
And prevented a silly incident from occurring.
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Day 2, we signed up for a 1 day tour to visit 华清 Hot spring, 兵马俑 Terracotta Warriors & Horses & The Mausoleum of 秦始皇 since they are all located at outskirt in Shannxi.

The story about 秦始皇 really overwhelmed me.
How he united China, built Great Wall, built his own underground palace tomb were so impressive.
兵马俑有多壮光真的要亲眼目睹才能体会.
Thank god we had an excellent tour guide 小李 whom enriched this trip.
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Day 3, before returning back to Shanghai we explored Shannxi Historical Museum

i like the rich historical feeling of 西安, like the sincere & friendly people that we met at 西安, like the arty works done by the artists in 西安 & the very updated 西安电视台 that we watched nightly.
i'm glad i go ahead with jt & miss reporter's insistence on visiting 西安 - a place i've seldom heard of before this trip.
If not i wouldn't even know what i've missed out.

上海之旅 part 2

三月二十四日， 苏州一日游

1 & a half hour self-drive up from Shanghai to Suzhou - 中国的Venice.
小桥流水处处见
寺庙古墙到处瞧

We had a tour guide costing 50rmb to bring us around and explained each attractions we went.
Though frankly speaking, most of the time when she explained about those historical characters & factual, i simply have no idea who they are. *my history sucks! esp Chinese history*
And so i just pretended that i know & keep my question-mark-expression to minimal.

Amidst the old architects in Suzhou, the lovely modern Suzhou Museum designed by I.M.Pei, the only world class Chinese architect; left the deepest impression.

The design is simple usage of symmetry element so that no matter which angle u look at it, it's pure lines, triangles & squares. Also love the neutral colour tones of grey, white & green.
i personally think the museum itself is already a piece of art though the exhibits inside are just so-so.

Within 7 hours, we seen 5 attractions.
Not too bad at all.

上海之旅 Part 1

21 Mar 09 to 28 Mar 09
with jt & miss reporter
4d in 上海, 1d in 苏州, 3d2n in 西安.
Special thanks to shoppyP & babeD for putting us up at their cozy home & making the whole trip as comfy as possible; despite the greyish weather.
Of cause not forgetting sincereMa for driving us around and providing some guides here & there.

i flew there with zero expectation of China but left somwhat impressed with what i've seen.
Though of cause much can still be improve. . .
the 根深地故 culture of ka-pui everywhere;
women in China still need training in proper toilet bowl usage;
allowance to smoke indoor affecting the non-smokers' lungs;
service level (which is very limited) of eateries;
pushing & shoving to board subway;
EQs of Shanghainees;
saltiness of food &
traffic jam (& u thought CTE is bad enuff, wait till u experience SH jam)!

Having say that, i grew to like
the old cultural buildings that should be preserved;
the arty looking 梧桐树 lining the streets;
understanding the rich Chinese history;
the very updated TV channels (saw 不能说的密迷，画皮，How to lose a guy in 10 days);
affordable food, shopping, dvds & skin care products.

On SQ, i managed to catch "Changeling', "Twilight" & "The Women".
Experienced the most serious turbulence i have ever had & discovered a strand of hair in my food.
And witness the difference between spore service & china service on the same flight.