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If by now u still have no idea who she is, u're outdated.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