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2009-06-25T17:31:00.002+08:00

The Gallivantings of Daniel Franklin

The Gallivantism of Rhythmic Indulgence

Bye Bye Pluto!

2006-08-26T12:43:00.000+08:00

Bye bye PLUTO! You have been stripped of your status as a planet because you've been hanging around a gay mouse for so long! You should've ditched Mickey and hang out with Goofy instead. Now you're frigged! All textbooks will need to be rewritten. 8 planets left in the solar. What next? De-listing of Singapore as a country? :-P

Apparently Pluto is substantially SMALLER than the moon! Hahahahaha! Took em 76 years to cipher that one out. The remaining planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Ur-anus. :-)

If you're a SCORPIO, you're f**ked too - as your ruling planet is now a dwarf! But don't be so hard on yourself, if anyone were to blame, it's your parents, for being lured into the Valentine hoopla. Hahahaha! Pluto is now a dwarf? WTF does that mean? Do we need to rewrite that story about Snow White now that she has eight dwarfs? The 7-Up joke shall never be the same again. LOL!

Now go fly kite Scorpios!

Have a Nice Day!

2006-08-25T11:13:00.000+08:00

As another weekend aurora is upon us, I am left to ruminate the voluntary cephalalgia that has besieged me over the last couple of days, no thanks to the new sideline of flip-flopping domains that I am currently belabouring. A steep learning curve. An overnight alteration in my blogging modus operandi has emphatically punctuated my other pursuits.

As for the weekend EPL games, I think normal service should resume with the big guns, Manure, Liverfool, Arsenal and Chelsick. I have made arrangements to watch NACHO LIBRE tomorrow at the Curve before gallivanting off to Hartamas to catch the 1:15am clash against the real Manchester, Man City. :-)

Til then, have a nice day, wherever you are!

The Beginning of an End

2006-08-24T15:08:00.000+08:00

Howdy doody. It feels like starting all over again, after having gone through the process of acquiring my own domain and importing entries from my blogger account. It’s a bitch I tell ya. I initially thought of downloading all the images stored at blogger and re-fill the imported posts, then I thought of copying an elite few. Screw it, I shall leave the images there in blogger.

danielfranklingomez.com is now unofficially open. Please bear with me while I tidy up the site over the next couple of weeks.

Remember "Mind Your Language"?

2006-08-22T15:08:00.000+08:00

I bought the 6-disc DVD for RM78 (Viva la piracy!) and watched it over a few days, a couple of weeks ago. I decided to blog about it to educate uncivilised durian gobblers. LOL! Kidding! This, was in all likelihood my favorite comedy in 1984. Uproarious to say the least!

The series was known for its buffoonish take on national stereotypes, the German woman was dour and humourless; the French woman was sexy and flirtatious; the Swedish woman was liberated and straightforwardly sex-mad; the Chinese woman a uncontrolled Maoist; while the Sikh and Pakistani men were often on the brink of war, and the Spaniard, the Greek and the Italian were macho. Much of the humour also stemmed from the trouble the students had with the English language, their often outrageous speech patterns and the students' hilarious mispronunciations of English.

Barry Evans, who played Jeremy Brown was evidently murdered in 1997 at the age of 53. George Camiller, who played Giovanni Cuppello, occasionally acts - last seen in Gospel of John. Kevork Malikyan, who played Max Papandrious, acted in the Flight of Phoenix and Indiana Jones's Last Crusade. Albert Moses, the famous Ranjeet Singh, has his own website http://www.albertmoses.com/. Pik-Sen Lim, who played Chung Su-Lee hails from Penang, Malaysia. Francoise Pascal (Danielle Favre) and Anna Bergman (Ingrid Svensson) are both, not in a forthright manner involved in pornography.

Famous Quotes
Ali Nadim (Pakistani) : "Squeeze me please!", "Oh Blimey!", "Jolly Good"
Giovanni Cupello (Italian) : "Santa Maria!", "Holy Ravioli!"
Maximillian Papandrious (Greek) : "Hokay!"
Jamila Rahjha (Indian) : "God heavening!"
Ranjeet Singh (Punjabi) : "A thousand apologies."
Chung Su-Lee (Chinese) : "The Democlatic Lepublic Of China", "...peace-roving Chinese!"
Taro Nagazumi (Japanese) : "Ah-so"
Juan Cervantes (Spanish) : "Por favor?","s'awright"
(Excerpt from Wikipedia.com)

Breaking Benjamin, 2006 Rock Band of the Year

2006-08-21T10:15:00.000+08:00

After downloading all of their songs on the new album Phobia, Breaking Benjamin is by far the the best rock band of 2006. Here are some songs off the current album (see right menu), PHOBIA, that corroborates their immanency on the top of the rock pinnacle of 2006. I love 'em! Finally, a ROCK band worth listening to in the 21st century, the last rock band that I enjoyed was Lifehouse.

Remember the name - BREAKING BENJAMIN, a post grunge cum alternative metal band. Apparently the band's name comes from lead vocalist Benjamin Burnley's solo experience when he broke a borrowed microphone and the person who owned it came onstage and stated, 'Thanks to Benjamin for Breaking my fucking mic.' And the rest, as they say, is history. :-)

Of all their albums that I have downloaded, this new album is by far their best work to date. Simply breathtaking! Noteworthy tracks - Diary of Jane, Breath, You, Evil Angel, Until the End, Here We Are, Unknown Soldier, You Fight Me - 8 more reasons to get this album. 8/10

Previous worthy mentions include - Rain, So Cold, Away, Sooner or Later, Forget It.

Elegantly Wasted (An INXS Concert Review)

2006-08-19T16:20:00.000+08:00

They came, they sang, they left. No biggie. Most of their new songs were foreign to me. The crowd was at most 4000. The concert was calendared to start at 8:30 but we arrived there at 8:45pm in typical Malaysian fashion. The opening act - whoever they were - sucked!! Local artistes just don't cut it for me. This band exemplified the ultimate lameness - they sang approx 10 songs, and got us all yawning. Pity though, this crowd didn't boo them off the stage although we did, like how I recalled during THAT Bon Jovi concert in 1995, where local act Lost Souls was intimidatedly booed to get lost. I still every now and then cruelly remind the lead singer of the Lost Souls every other weekend - as the dude now plays in a 3-piece band called SWV - at Waikiki's, usually on Saturdays. :-)

INXS showed up at 9:45pm, and the concert ended 2 hours later. JD Fortune looked like an anorectic druggy. But, to be fair to him, I'm sure that it's been a rollercoaster ride since he won ROCKSTAR. Concerts after concerts. He queerly gyrated throughout the concert and lacked the charisma to gee up the ho-hum Malaysian crowd. I give him 3 years before he proclaims to the world that he's homo. Let's face it, these guys, no matter how kickass JD Fortune's vocalization was, and how instrumentally salutary they were, their songs are nowhere near as attention-getting as Bon Jovi's. If you haven't been to a Bon Jovi concert, you're missing out - Jon Bon Jovi ALWAYS interacts with the crowd - a quality of a true entertainer. The best concert however, goes to Michael Jackson (1996). :-)Notice how I keep divagating from INXS? Well, there's truly nothing to write about. I'm disappointed that they didn't sing "THE STRANGEST PARTY", though they sang "SUICIDE BLONDE", 2 of my favorite INXS songs. 6/10

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart, New Sensation, Need You Tonight, Suicide Blonde, Elegantly Wasted, Afterglow, Pretty Vegas, The Strangest Party

Durex Condom Testers Wanted? (18SX)

2006-08-17T13:00:00.000+08:00

Who wants to be a condom tester for Durex? Apply here. With that I mean with a partner of the opposite sex, not with your hands or any four-legged creatures. Those are for Sony Ericsson mobile phone users. LOL! Meanwhile, I'll stick (pun not intended) to my time-tested johnny product, the Durex Sensation. :-)

The sensation contains a unique raised-dot texture (over 500 raised dots apparently) to create extra intensity.

Hmmm....another product in the offing...a condom with a 20-minute built-in vibrator. 1 play vibrating Ring and 1 condom in the packet. At least it give Liverpool fans something to screw themselves with.... LOL

Ready to Bounce? (An EPL 06/07 Preview)

2006-08-15T00:11:00.000+08:00

Well, I know it's not gonna change anything, with the Money Bags FC (Chelsea) are predictably favourites to win their third title in a row. And if they do, I think we'll need introduce some cockeyed rules like what the F1 body did when Ferrari & Michael Schumacher were bitchslapping McLaren, Renault, BMW, left right centre.

I am not sure whether Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool will be able to wrest the title from Chelsea, fingers crossed. Actually, come to think of it, I don't REALLY mind seeing Chelsea or (pride-swallowing gulp) Man Utd winning the league if Arsenal don't. Not Liverpool. My hatred for them knows no boundaries - thanks to their ever-cocky supporters - the same bunch that support shitty England. It's great to see them talk cock and still not win the league in the last 16 years. Will that change? Hopefully not!

Spurs, Arsenal's putatively mortal enemies, have made some interesting buys thus I believe we can't write them off - they should be there among the top 5, snapping at the heels of the top teams. Dennis Bergkamp, Sol Campbell, Robert Pires (hopefully Ashley Cole and Reyes too!) have all but departed the club. On paper, it looks like a severe depletion of experience. But, in hindsight, Arsenal did went beyond expectations to reach the Champions League final last season - and they were assisted by Scrat the Squirrel. Their youngsters have considerably stepped up to the plate and delivered. Though, I'm not sure whether they are capable of taking on a barbarous team like Bolton.

Here are my picks of players from the top 4 teams that I believe is the best in their position (if all are fit):

GOALKEEPER - Cech, Lehmann, Van de Sar, Reina?
Strongest: Cech, Weakest: Reina

LEFT BACK - Clichy, Heinze, Bridge, Riise?
Strongest: Heinze, Weakest: Clichy

RIGHT BACK - Eboue, Neville, Finnan, Ferrero?
Strongest: Neville, Weakest: Ferrero

CENTREBACK - Toure & Senderos, Ferdinand & Brown, Carragher & Hyypia, Terry & Carvalho?
Strongest: Terry & Toure, Weakest: Carvalho & Brown

LEFT MIDFIELDER - Rosicky, Kewell, Giggs, Cole?
Strongest: Cole, Weakest: Giggs

RIGHT MIDFIELDER - Hleb, Pennant, Ronaldo, Robben?
Strongest: Robben, Weakest: Pennant

CENTRE MIDFIELDER - Gilberto & Fabregas, Gerrard & Alonso, Scholes & Carrick, Ballack & Makalele?
Strongest: Ballack & Gerrard, Weakest: Gilberto & Scholes

STRIKER - Henry & Van Persie, Rooney & Saha, Fowler & Bellamy, Shevchenko & Drogba?
Strongest: Henry & Shevchenko, Weakest: Fowler & Saha

Add these into the mix and;

2006/07 Standings
1) Chelsea
2) Arsenal/Liverpool
3) Liverpool/Arsenal
4) Tottenham
5) Man Utd

Marina Mahathir on Religious Stereotyping

2006-08-14T01:51:00.000+08:00

I found this article through a radical islamic blogger on petalingstreet. A pharisaical dude who in all likelihood has been living under a coconut husk since he was born. Anyway, this was what Marina Mahathir penned through the STAR newspaper a couple of months ago:

A FRIEND was relating how after her daughter had read the Da Vinci Code, she had wanted to read the Bible. Which is not in itself a bad thing except that she was concerned that an impressionable young mind would not be able to differentiate fact from fiction. Also it seemed that perhaps what was needed is a Da Vinci Code-type book for Muslims to spark off the same level of interest in young people in their own religion.

Except that if anyone tried to write a similar thriller based around Islam, they’d be hounded and pilloried and threatened with death, thousands would riot in protest and people who would never have been able to read the book either because they are illiterate or can’t afford it would have died.

Such is the difference between our religions. While there are many Christians who are upset about the book and movie, they are countering it with seminars and other educational events to balance what is being said in the book, even if the book is only fiction. There have not been Da Vinci Code-related riots or deaths thus far. Which speaks volumes for the adherents of the faith.

It would be nice if everyone could brush off similar challenges and say “we are strong enough to withstand any attack”. I remember when there were riots over Salman Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses, President Benazir Bhutto commented wryly that the people who were dying over the book were those who would never have read it, or possibly even heard of it if someone hadn’t whipped them into a frenzy. A similar situation arose with the cartoons. As insensitive as they were, they were still not worth dying over.

The point is that people’s impressions of a religion are often related to the behaviour of its adherents. Some religions are thought of as simply kooky because its followers behave strangely. Some are viewed as benign and peaceful because its followers resolutely will not harm a fly.

But when people, supposedly in the name of religion, riot, burn and kill, it can’t help but give the impression of a religion that advocates this, no matter how much we point out that nowhere in religious texts itself does it say you should do this. And unfortunately we get the whole spectrum, from men who publicly insult women on a daily basis without censure to the real crazies.

Recently in New York I had to suffer the embarrassment of having to listen to a Muslim man say to a non-Muslim woman at a forum, “Don’t mess with Muslims, we have nuclear weapons!” There I was trying to dispel stereotypes about violence-prone Muslims and in one fell swoop, this nutcase confirmed every stereotype there was.

Thus far there have been very few Muslim men in the international media who give a good impression.

You Rock My World, Navi Rawat

2006-08-13T04:25:00.000+08:00

What do you get when you put a German and an Indian in the same room to get "bonky" with it? Navi Rawat. :-) I was channel-surfing earlier and saw this lame HBO flick about a woman who can read people's thoughts. Don't ask. I wanted to change channel but I was mesmerized by her. After doing some research, I discovered that she's starring in THE OC, season 3. I'm not a fan of the OC, because it's over-dramatic. But now that I know she's in that series, I think I might change my mind. Here's why:

BTW, when I was blogging about this - Michael Jackson's You Rock My World was blasting in the background - hence the entry title. Some sort of divine inspiration. LOL! :-)

Motorola vs Nokia, Sony Ericsson & Samsung

2006-08-11T10:23:00.000+08:00

Thought I'd post an opinionative article about mobile phones. The topic may look like spam, because all letters that appear after the word "Motorola" are crap. Crap crap crap crap crap! I was once a steadfast Nokia protagonist, until I discovered Motorola's Razr V3X. I have been Motorolized! Sony Ericsson and Samsung? Pfth! Please...they are not mobile phones to begin with. They are contrived to equilibrize kiasus who think that buying these phones makes them the elite crowd. The elite crowd of gobshites! The same crowd who swears by Firefox. A minority that no-one-gives-a-f**k about. Did I hit the right nerve? :-)

I know that this topic may incur the ira of my visitors. I don't give a bonk! Razr alone has sold more than 50 million units worldwide up to now. Though Nokia is by far the most user-friendly phone of them all, they're in dire need of new designs, else it won't be long before they get blown out of the water.

As for Sony Ericsson, a once big hoo-ha a year or two ago, is about the get their arses whooped by Motorola if they don't buck up. If you want sex appeal - get a Motorola. If you want to date persons of the same sex - get a Sony Ericsson. If you want to be a clown - get a Samsung.

And for the rest of you farts using Siemens, Panasonic, Alcatel, BenQ, NEC, LG - get a life! :-P Hahahaha!

Waitin' on a Sunny Day

2006-08-09T04:36:00.000+08:00

It's been a couple of months now that I've been waitin on a sunny day to banish the haze out of my life. Bruce Springsteen's song is the title of my post, "Waitin on a Sunny Day". If you haven't heard of it, go download it and let me know what you think. It encapsulates my current sentiment as I compose this entry. Anyway;

Here's something that you don't know, if you google my name "daniel franklin" and "lyrics", you will catch a list of songs composed by no other than yours truly. I uploaded these songs way back in 1997/98 for fear that my hard disk was about to collapse. It was only a temporary measure, but then I thought, I'll just leave it there. :-)

Here's a list of songs that I penned and uploaded (in my idealistic mind): All Alone On This Dreadful Road, An Unhappy New Year, Angel Of Paradise, Awaiting The Day, Broken Valentine, Everytime I Look Your Way, Heaven Lasts Forever, I Am Yours, I Thought We Had It All, Life Isnt Supposed To Be That Good, Long Road To Heaven, Love Can Last A Lifetime, Miss You Like Crazy, Returning The Faith, Seeking, Shes All On My Mind, Symptoms Of A Madman Those Hazy Days, Who Wants To Live Forever, Will She Ever Forgive Me.

My inspiration for most of these songs? The lady who then went on to appear in a Fair & Lovely commercial ala "While You Were Sleeping - Train Station Scene". I still smile when I think about it. They made her look much darker - a typical marketing dojigger.

Since then, I have amassed a total no less than 50 songs over the last couple of years, the last song I penned was my first attempt of a Malay song - Kembalilah, in 2005 June. These days I scarcely play my guitar. Hmmmm...somebody inspire me!

Also, if you haven't observed, I've embarked on a mini-project for the blog, i.e. adding snappy NEW songs of my discernment (see right menu under "RECOMMENDED NEW MUSIC", and shall be updating it every week. The songs are listed in no particular order. REMEMBER - the song starts to load when you click play, so if you click to play all the songs at one go, you're in for a hefty waiting period - unless you have a fast internet line. Enjoy! :-)

"I'm waitin, waitin on a sunny day, gonna chase the clouds away, waitin on a sunny day....
Hard times, baby well they come to us all
Sure as the tickin of the clock on the wall
Sure as the turnin of the night into day" - Bruce Springsteen's Waitin' on a Sunny Day

A Kate Beckinsale Moment

2006-08-08T00:27:00.000+08:00

Breaking Benjamin - Diary of Jane

Something's getting in my way
Something's just about to break
I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane
As I burn another page
As I look the other way
I still try to find my place in the diary of Jane

The Commendation of Spicy Beef Foldover

2006-08-07T09:20:00.000+08:00

Completely gratifying indeed. I haven't sampled the chicken, but the spicy beef foldover is zestful! Regrettably, there's not much meat in it, as seen in the pic above. I've had this thrice already. Excellent. I'm a beef devotee - there's a Teppanyaki eatery that I frequent on the lower grounds of Midvalley - some 4 years now. RM10.90 for the beef teppanyaki - affordably succulent.

YES!! I've bought my INXS ticket! Woohoo!

The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll

2006-08-06T13:50:00.000+08:00

Oyve! Oyve! Don't cha wanna watcha gyrating pussy.....cat dolls that is?! Haha! Apparently the blumbos are looking for that seventh member (or in this case - pussycat) to meow horny goats to buy their records. I don't buy records, I use LIMEWIRE. Viva la piracy! These cats started as a revolving group of dancers some 10 years ago, with celebrities like Carmen Electra, Christina Aguilera and Christina Applegate part of the ensemble.

The president of the program claims it's all about female empowerment, self-discovery and transformation. Right... and Vin Diesel's gay, oh wait a minute, he is gay! LOL! Hmmm...fit girls dancing around in tight outfits. Perhaps Kurara Chibana might give it a shot?

So, if you have a doll face or have defaced a doll, here's your big break! Finally, that Tom Jones' song is gonna be answered - What's new pussycat?

I Hate Durians!

2006-08-05T18:48:00.000+08:00

King of Fruits my ass! I don't know who bobbed up with that moniker, but seriously, I met many mortals who disfavor the fruit. It shouldn't even be called a fruit! Elephant droppings sound better. Maybe there's a reason why it's thorny, so that no one opens it. But, humans, inquisitive as always, repugned the laws of nature. I started this post because some crumby boob smuggled in durians to the office yesterday. You could smell the malodor - all 7700 sq ft of it, a foul-smelling odour contaminated the atmosphere.

The aroma - best described as pig-shit, effluent and onions, garnished with a gym sock. Thank God that durians are prohibited from establishments such as hotels, subways and airports.

It also famously appeared on Fear Factor - as an ingredient to a blended concoction of pig-brains, rooster testicles and cow eyes. I would rather eat fried cockroach than durians. If I was the contestant on Fear Factor, I would've chuck up the sponge. "Look, testicles and eyes are okay, but durians? No way, that's out of order!", and storm out of the place.

Apparently, in Thailand and Indonesia, durian-flavored condoms used to be sold at 7-Eleven. WTF?

Durians have also caused a terror alert. Oh how I wished that guns are legalized in Malaysia, so I could go around popping people eating durians. I'd be martyrized. St Daniel - The Durian Adversary - though I think some unhappy Catholic Christians may form a new Protestant denomination, the Assembly of Durians. LOL!

Live Free or Die Hard

2006-08-04T11:11:00.000+08:00

Yippee Kai Yay Motherf**ker! Bruce Willis just won't conk out. The 51-year-old dude has contracted out to a fourth Die Hard movie, June 29th 2007.

The film, titled Live Free or Die Hard, (imagine if this was a porn film - LOL!) features his John McClane attempting to stop a techno-terrorist on the Fourth of July. It will be directed by Underworld: Evolution filmmaker Len Wiseman. Hmmm...perhaps we get to see McClane battling vampires and werewolves? No one will ever make black leather tights look good like Kate Beckinsale did! :-)

Another "oldie" looking to revive one of his iconic action characters. Stallone will be starring in Rocky Balboa (oh no - not another Rocky film!) and Harrison Ford, possibly a 4th Indiana Jones movie (I think it could be too little too late).

Die Hard (1988) = 7/10
Die Hard 2 : Die Harder (1990) = 8/10
Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995) = 6/10

It was BRUCE WILLIS' DIE HARD in 1988 that made many action films imitated the template of a lone hero taking on a team of villains by himself. Die Hard on a bus la, Die Hard on a submarine la, Die Hard on a plane la...all that chintzy mimicries.

2007 Sequels read: Shrek 3 (should be enjoyable), Harry Potter 4 (the stupid franchise continues), Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (Jack Sparrow!), Ocean's Thirteen (Zzzzzz), Spider-Man 3 (YES!!), Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer (Jessica Alba in a body suit. :-) ), Evan Almighty (I hated Bruce Almighty), The Bourne Ultimatum (not another Matt Damon flick!), and Alien vs. Predator 2 (WTF?).

Lady In The Water Should've Stayed There!

2006-08-02T16:10:00.000+08:00

First of all, before I delve into my spider appetences, let me just state that M Shyamalan has lost the plot. It's been a downward spiral for the bloke since hitting jackpot with THE SIXTH SENSE. His latest flick, LADY IN THE WATER, only reasserts that he's gone bonkers! I watched the movie @ Cathay last night (9:45pm) and was desperately hoping that there will be a twist to show what a flawed genius this fella is. He proved me otherwise - there is no twist! It's a jaw-dropping calamity. Shyamalan casts himself as a writer whose ideas will inspire a future leader who will save the world?! WTF?! The most garbled movie I have ever seen, so shambolic that I rate it a 1/10. That's it then - no more misfiring Shyamalan for me!

If you're hoping for blockbuster movies in 2006, don't hold your breathe because it looks like we're heading into a dearth period until next year. And please, no way is the new James Bond ever a blockbuster!

I'll just have to appease my soul waiting for SPIDERMAN 3 next May 2007. Apparently the hoi polloi of SONY has formally embarked on a blog about Spiderman 3, where we could eke out the latest scoop on the webbed one.

Gallivanting @ The Curve & Hartamas

2006-07-31T12:30:00.000+08:00

2 nights in a row - I've done a "groundhog day". I went to the Curve last Friday and then stubbed out the night in Hartamas, intoxicated. Curve's street doodah is effing overrated. It has a pleasant setting, but is pandered for the wrong crowd. The nighlife there is crumby. Why then did I go 2 days in a row you ask? Well, the first day was to buy movie tickets to Pirates 2 for Saturday.

I have never thoroughly gallivanted Curve, and that I did on Friday. We vagabonded the area for a decent meal, and somehow wound up on the 1st floor in some cheesy Italian joint called 1920. Apart from Pizza, there's absolutely NOTHING that I love from Italy. :-P

Downed a jug of beer in Slippery Senoritas before ditching the gimpy Curve to head off to Hartamas. We went to the familiar Olde Tavern for my best-loved beer (if you call it beer), KILKENNY. After a pint of that, and listening to some 3rd rate band, we gadded to Karma's where Jack Daniel's kept us company for the rest of the night. I know the DJ very well, we go back 15 years. I was very active in the church back then, and was an avid caroler for 5 straight years. I played the guitar and dallied the bongo too. Those churchgoing days are behind me now. I've been to church 10 times in the last 10 years - only during X'mas eve. I see no other cause for attending mass, perhaps when I turn 50 years old, and afraid of dying, I'll go to church to repent like the rest of the old folks. LOL! IF I do remain in my religion that is... :-)

Karma was jammed, men-women ratio was 2 to 1. Good hip hop music but it veered away to some moronic reggaethon tunes and also the much scornfully bastardized bhangra version of Dre's classic, Next Episode. And, the women, mostly Indians, were poseurs. They thought they were all that, and that kept me amused. We then drifted to Bojangles for beer. Nothing to promulgate about that joint, except that the DJ usually spins most of my requests. He was probably short on ideas. LOL!

We did a similar sashay on Saturday, barring the skanky Italian food. Watched Pirates and then headed off to Hartamas to mop up the remaining bottle of JD @ Karma. We spent a longer time in Bojangles where I switched to Stout. What a binging weekend!

My thoughts on Pirates 2, I enjoyed it. There were some tacky slapsticks, but it overall had a good vibe. A 7/10 for me and I looking forward to Pirates 3.

Horoscope Signs & Sexual Escapades

2006-07-29T13:44:00.000+08:00

I got this article forwarded by a friend. I read my zodiac sign and agree that it holds water. I'm born under the sign of the Archer. :-)

AQUARIUS (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
The God of unexpected sexual twists and turns. Aquarians make much better friends than lovers, but when a typical Aquarian gets some bang-bang, it's more an intellectual experience than an emotional one. Looks aren't important to Aquarians in a relationship, it's the mind and spirit of a lover that turns Aquarius on.

They are very entertaining in bed and are probably the most inventive of all the signs. Mental stimulation is more important to them than physical, which means that pornography gets them hot! Aquarians are impatient and like sex to be fast and satisfying. They are very particular about hygiene and contraception and sleeping around holds little interest for them.

FAVE POSITION
Mutual masturbation.

BEST SEX TOY
A Dildo. Whether gay, straight, male or female, Aquarians will have some fun with this.

AQUARIUS MALE IN BED
He has amazing staying power in the sack. He can keep at it and control himself for as long as it takes for YOU to finish! He's up for anything too. Role playing, S&M, posing nude in the backyard at 5am he's just not into 3somes, swinging or open relationships if YOU are involved. He'll do that for fun, but not with the love of his life.

AQUARIUS FEMALE IN BED
She's looking for a lover who will be upfront with her, but until she finds him, she will make do with whoever is available. LOVE freaks her out. She likes keeping her emotions under tight control and may come across as cold, but she's just protecting herself.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON AQUARIUS
Lie down as if you are top and tailing and gently tickle and stroke the ankles and the calves. Don't tickle for giggles, but tease. After awhile, do the same with your tongue. Lick up, down and all around. Anywhere above the foot and below the knee is fair game. Lightly nip the ankle of your Aquarian, they may laugh, but it's not laughter from tickles, it's a release of tension that will most definitely lead to some action!

PISCES (Feb 20 - March 20)
Sexually speaking, Pisces is putty in your hands. Anything you want, anything, is only a question away. If you're looking for someone who will go the extra mile to discover all your secret moan zones, then Pisces is for you! One of their least appetizing traits is their ability to become very, very jealous. Sometimes they are so scared of losing the fairy-tale romance that they ruin the happy ending themselves.

FAVE POSITION
Pisces is all about Oral affections!

BEST SEX TOY
A copy of the Kama Sutra, since your fish is into almost anything

PISCES MALE IN BED
He is romantic and has the reputation of being a womanizer. The girlfriend of a Piscean man should keep her eye on the ball as he can be a bit flighty. But he does make an excellent lover. He's from the old school that sex should be an almost out of body experience, and if he's showering his attentions on you, you're in for a hell of a good ride!

PISCES FEMALE IN BED
She needs romance. It's the very air that she breathes. She needs to be held gently and whispered sweet nothings to but when it comes to between the sheets action, she's never happy doing the same ol', same ol' when she knows there are more exciting options at hand.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON PISCES
The Pisces Zesty-zone is their feet! If you want to make Pisces your Love Slave, start with a warm, scented footbath and soak their feet for 10 minutes. Then sit in front of them, cross-legged, and rub their feet firmly through the water. Use kneading motions that run from their ankles to the tips of their toes. After 5 minutes, get a scrub brush and clean their tootsies with lots of TLC, dry them off and lightly massage peppermint oil all over their feet, paying close attention to between their toes. Pisces REALLY gets off on this! Once oiled up, gently kiss each toe, one by one. Then let your tongue take over and you're in baby!

ARIES (March 21 - April 20)
The bonk now/think later God of War, aggression and action! Sexually, Aries is an explosion waiting to happen! The excitement is often in the chase more than the actual conquest though and while they may appear to want to dominate, they do not want a submissive partner.

FAVE POSITION
Always on top and always in charge

BEST SEX TOY
Handcuffs! Like I said, Aries likes to take charge!

ARIES MALE IN BED
The Aries male is loud and domineering! He's from the bump n grind school of lovemaking so if you're looking for romantic dinners by candlelight and long walks on the beach, keep looking! He's the original 5-minute man so if you're turned on by ultra-macho grunt-and-groaning types, you've just found your ticket to heaven! He's not prone to cheat unless you bore him in bed and he likes sex fast and furious baby!

ARIES FEMALE IN BED
She views sex as more of a physical act than something from a soppy romance novel. If you're a bored exec and want to find out what it's like to be treated like a piece of meat, then go for a one night stand with an Aries chick. She'll be gone before you wake up and may not remember your name the next time you meet. She's got a touch of KINK to her personality so don't get freaked out when she talks dirty or puts you over her knee for a spanking.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON ARIES
If you want to seduce an Aries, running your fingers through their hair is an awesome starting point! And licking and nibbling around their face or neck will get them going too! Just be careful to keep your saliva at bay. Drool is not cool!

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)
Taureans are ahead of the game when it comes to love coz they are ruled by VENUS, the planet of Love! Taurus has all the qualities a lover desires, including sensuality, loyalty and faithfulness. When a typical Taurus makes love, it's the most physical and natural pleasure in the world.

FAVE POSITION
The one Taurus enjoys most is the Missionary. Some may say this is so unadventurous, but Taurus is very practical and this is the most comfortable.

BEST SEX TOY
A battery powered "erotic massager"

TAURUS MALE IN BED
The Taurean man needs a woman who will want to stay home to eat and make love. He can be stubborn and is known to sulk like a little boy, but he LOVES making up! He likes to take things slow and gently and can last for hours, always waiting for HER to finish before rolling over to sleep.

TAURUS FEMALE IN BED
She is great at back massages and sex in general. She makes an art of lovemaking. Just kissing her can bring some men to the big "O". Her touch is gentle and tender, it excites and caresses and when in the mood, she too can go for hours at a time, days on end.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON TAURUS
There's nothing Taurus enjoys more than having their neck kissed and their earlobes nibbled. Light, feathery caresses up and down the neck followed by gentle licks, no biting, will make a female writhe with delight and a male stand at attention within seconds.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)
Talking about sex is Gemini's favourite hobby and doing it comes a close second. Gemini's love flirting and lap up attention from the opposite sex, but sometimes that's all they're looking for. They need a lot of variety when it comes to sex - dirty weekends away, a quickie in a shop doorway, serious groping under the table at a fancy restaurant. A lot of Gemini's are bisexual too and can often be drawn to those of the same sex.

FAVE POSITION
As long as it's different every time, they're not fussy, but if they must choose, it's that naughty number right after 68, since they can come up for air if they need to.

BEST SEX TOY
Any illustrated book about kinky sex, so Gemini can pick up some wild, new ideas

GEMINI MALE IN BED
He likes to give AND receive and can be quite inventive. He's a lights on, in front of the mirror kinda guy and if you make a few subtle noises and talk a wee bit dirty, he'll be very happy.

GEMINI FEMALE IN BED
She is more interested in IQ than private parts. If she can't respect the intellect, then satisfaction is not possible for her. She may sleep around forever and never find her true love and she is not the most faithful of the signs. She likes sex on the run, in an airplane toilet, in the storeroom at work, in the backseat of a car.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON GEMINI
Focus on the shoulders, arms and legs of a Gemini and you're headed for the good books. They love a good massage and their hands are so sensitive that even having their fingernails played with sends shivers up their spine. Kiss up and down each of your Gemini's arms, sneak in a few licks, nips and nibbles.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23)
Love and sex go together for Cancer. They need to feel secure in love before they can relax in sex and Cancer often feels a little bit guilty after doing the deed because they usually associate sex with babies, especially the women, who either get pregnant at the drop of a hat or take longer than usual. They are turned on by home cooked meals and partners who love kids. In so many ways, Cancer is the dream partner!

FAVE POSITION
Any position that's comfortable and involves Cancer lying flat on their back with all their sensitive areas exposed!

BEST SEX TOY
A drink or joint that will relax the overly-cautious crab!

CANCER MALE IN BED
He is a sensitive lover and will put his partner's needs before his own. He has a tenderness about him. If the Cancer guy decides he's in it for the long haul, he'll dowhatever it takes to keep his lover happy in and out of the bedroom. Oh, and he's a BREAST man!

CANCER FEMALE IN BED
She oozes sexiness and is born to mate. Compliments and kissing will win her over.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON CANCER
Concentrate on the breasts and pecs of Cancer to really get them going. Start by kissing and brushing up against them. Licking the Cancer female's nipple through her top will excite her, but don't 'dive right in' coz you're likely to scare her. It's the complete opposite for the Cancer male who will LOVE it if you get straight to the point. Squeeze his pecs and bite his bod and you'll have him bouncing off the walls in no time!

LEO (July 24 - August 23)
Leos can be very 'into themselves' when they bonk. It's not that they don't make their partner feel special, it's just that they often forget about them as they secretly high-five themselves for scoring again! Leo does actually want more from a partner than just sex though. They like to perform... and they take requests! "Doing it" is the ultimate stress buster for Leo and they are pretty damn good at it, but they need constant praise for their outstanding performance.

FAVE POSITION
Receiving 'oral affections', since Leo is all about getting serviced!

BEST SEX TOY
A camera, or a game of Strip Poker will get the cat purring or perhaps you can use them both together!

LEO MALE IN BED
You are a good lover because you don't like to fail at anything. You are sexy and have an aura of sexiness that is difficult to deny. But, you will let anyone adore you, so your partner has to make the effort or you will pad off to your next Lioness!

LEO FEMALE IN BED
You are elegant and sexy without even trying. Men love you and women want to be you. You like to play cat and mouse with men and command respect. In bed, you are a real panther and can scare the pants off most men. You adore raw sex.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON LEO
A Leo's 'moan zone' is his or her back. First of all, ask your Leo to roll onto his/her tummy. Start with a gentle scratch that runs from the top of the ass to the base of the skull. I'm not talking about tender tickles or a tantalizing tease - I mean a REAL back scratch, coz if there's one thing cats love, it's a scratch! After a minute or so, get out the massage oil and spill it into a snakey pattern on Leo's back. Once Leo is ready to roll over, don't let them! Leo will be excited by your control. YOU decide when it's time to 'flip your feline' over and get into the good stuff!

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)
Virgos have two sides to their personality. The Virgin and the Vixen. They may want you to THINK they are all sweet and virginal, but they are definitely NOT! However, Virgos are looking for a long term partner, not a one night stand or an affair! They tend to seduce with finesse, charm and sublety so you may not even realize you're being lured by a Virgo!! Once Virgo has been in a relationship for awhile, they get engrossed in housework and things like that, which can cause a serious dip in libido.

FAVE POSITION
Almost anything, as long as it involves eye contact!

BEST SEX TOY
It's more of a game. Write down five wild sex acts and put them in a bowl. Get Virgo to pick one out at random, and then do what you're told!! Virgo LOVES spontaneous sexuality!

VIRGO MALE IN BED
You can be quite boring at times because you have set views on how a woman should be. You don't mean to criticize or offend, but your perfectionist ways may drive your lover loopy! You DO have some kinky ideas though, but it is difficult to get to the bottom of your passion! You are a creature of habit, so if your lover can get you into the habit of sleeping with her, who knows what might happen?

VIRGO FEMALE IN BED
You are hardworking and careful about your appearance, but you really do fantasize about getting down and dirty! You are a secret romantic and crave the perfect lover. Since the perfect lover doesn't exist, you'll take what you can get! You are quite insecure and need a partner who will adore you. You have strong passion beneath that practical exterior and are just waiting for someone to unearth it!

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON VIRGO
Virgo's have a VERY sexually sensitive tummy!! If you wanna make them putty in your hands, stroke, lick and kiss their stomach!! The area from the bellybutton DOWN! Once you have them squirming, you can have anything you want!! Just remember to keep one hand on their tummy at all times!!

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23)
Libra is one of the sexiest signs in the zodiac, but if Libra can't get what they want from one lover, they will opt for two! They are notorious for having double standards in that situation too. They'll look you in the eye and say "never cheat on me, coz I would never do it to you", even when they have a hot night of passion planned with someone else! Librans are more turned on 'giving' than 'receiving'. They have a big heart and are the least selfish sign of the Zodiac. Libras are not very open about their thoughts or fantasies. They'd rather say nothing than tell the truth and offend or embarrass you. In bed, it takes a while for them to be comfortable enough to tell you exactly what they want.

FAVE POSITION
As long as they are lying down, they're happy!

BEST SEX TOY
K.Y. Jelly.

LIBRA MALE IN BED
The Libra man sees sex as an exciting adventure and he'd be very keen to do it in kinky places like a restaurant toilet! He likes being a bad boy if there's a chance he might get caught. He'll try out any fantasy you have, but whether or not you can keep a tight hold on his heart remains to be seen. However, he can be a bit of a pushover, and is perfect husband material, and he'd prefer his lover to take the lead. He is romantic and considerate but taming him is a nightmare!

LIBRA FEMALE IN BED
The only thing that separates Libra men and women is what's between their legs! Libra girl wants a strong man who understands that she needs her individuality and freedom. She is turned off by burping, farting, and bad breath. Good personal hygiene is crucial if you want to get to 2nd base. Librans are very good at lying to get their own way. When your Libra girl groans in bed, look into her eyes to make sure she's not 'faking it'.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON LIBRA
Libra's Love Zone is their lower back and butt, so please, squeeze and pat your Libra's butt whenever you get a chance. When you're kissing, reach under his or her top and stroke the lower part of their back, starting in the middle and working your way down to their butt. Take your time and be gentle! To really drive your Libra wild? Have you ever heard of the term 'Rimming'? Does it surprise you that a high percentage of Libras are gay?

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)
Scorpios are very possessive. They will tense up if you even LOOK at another hottie across the room. But they can be relied on to always be there for you if you need them. You may never really know what your Scorpio is thinking though, because to them, knowledge is power and they are very good at putting on a straight face to cover up any emotion they are feeling. Scorpios love sex. The dirtier, the better. Get them excited by revealing your filthiest fantasy and offering to act it out.

FAVE POSITION:
Anything, as long as it involves dominating your ass.

BEST SEX TOY:
Ben Wah Balls for the girls, and a Riding Crop for the boys

SCORPIO MALE IN BED
His sexuality is so strong, it will make you dizzy! If you are lucky enough to be with a Scorpio boy, you will always be satisfied! The only thing you don't wanna do is piss him off. Every little thing u do that he doesn't like, he will file away in his little mental rolodex. Piss him off one too many times, and he will wreak his revenge!

SCORPIO FEMALE IN BED
She may look like a quiet, shy girl, but in bed she is NOT! She is a wildly passionate woman, who is DYNAMO is the bedroom. Just don't piss her off either, coz she can more vengeful than a Scorpio man, and she has no problem causing a scene! Don't talk about other women, or play hard to get, because she will get u back, and it's a game of one-upmanship you will never win.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON SCORPIO
Since this is one of the horniest signs, it makes sense that their moan zone is between their legs! Then again, their big head (or their mind) is just as easy to turn on. Talking dirty and teasing your Scorpio will get them ready and randy in a flash! Without getting too graphic, the magic words for today are RUB, RUB, RUB.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 23)
God of money, luck and good times between the sheets. Sagos are playful, laid back and oh-so fun to party with. They are wild, and may be the BADDEST party people you ever meet! If you happen to score a one-nighter with them, be prepared to do stuff you've NEVER done before! Sagos are spontaneous and adventurous and most have probably been caught doing it somewhere public. When they find the right lover, they will give it 100% as long as the commitment is returned.

FAVE POSITION:
They are up for anything. Quality AND Quantity.

BEST SEX TOY:
Handwrite a sexual fantasy of yours and leave it on their pillow. You'll be surprised at what happens next!

SAGITTARIAN MALE IN BED
Even if he's fat, balding and middle aged, he can still pull the chicks. It's his love and pursuit of happiness that draws the babes to him. Think "Austin Powers" baby, yeah! He LOVES doing it, and if you start holding out on him, he's likely to get it somewhere else.

SAGITTARIAN FEMALE IN BED
The Sago woman is a handful She's adventurous in the bedroom and also has no problems cheating if her needs are not fulfilled. But can u handle her open-minded sexuality? She will hide her emotions from you, but don't make the mistake of hiding yours from her. She's looking for someone she can trust 100%, but is quite hypocritical since she can be very untrustworthy herself.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON SAGITTARIUS
Hips and thighs are extremely sensual for a Sago, so concentrate on massaging and stroking that area and the place in between! Don't be afraid to ask your Sago if you're doing it right coz they would LOVE to tell you! The best way to get them going is to grope their inner thigh in a public place!

CAPRICORN (December 23 - January 20)
Capricorns are very good at hiding their emotions, so it's often hard to tell when they are truly, deeply in love. If you have a load of cash, you can almost bet on admiration from a Capricorn because the goat is turned on by money. Capricorn has great sexual stamina and the ability to go all night if they want to!

FAVE POSITION:
Spooning - Goat boys and girls love to take, or be taken from behind.

BEST SEX TOY:
An office desk to "bond" on, or an erotic video will loosen up the randy goat.

CAPRICORN MALE IN BED
Imagination isn't a strong suit for Capricorn so don't expect acrobatics in the sack. Sex with him could possibly be as boring as watching paint dry and he tends to be a little bit selfish in that area too. BUT you can definitely count on him to be faithful if he has committed to you.

CAPRICORN FEMALE IN BED
She is strong and confident and likes to run the show! She's a tough nut to crack but once inside her shell, she's as sweet as caramel. Her fave position may be missionary, but she seeks excitement in new locations, so experiment with different venues to keep it interesting.

THE BEST WAY TO TURN ON CAPRICORN
Capricorns are the most anal signs of the zodiac, so buttering them up will take a bit of effort. Believe it or not, their erotic area is the knees! Lightly stroke their legs, paying close attention to the knee region. Licking, kissing, and nibbling the area will get them squirming.

Listen to the Mandolin Rain

2006-07-28T11:19:00.000+08:00

Bruce Hornsby's Mandolin Rain was diddling in my mind this morning as I was laboring to the office. I virtually cold-shouldered the music that's playing in the car and meandered off to hallucinating about what I have accomplished in my personal life. Maybe it's my heart expressing what I've been wanting over the past 2 years. I don't know. *SIGH*

The mood that I am in right now is completely delineated by the lyrics of that song. This song came and went, like the times that I spent enshrouding my heart's hankering. You certainly dont know what you got till you lose it all.

However, I know that I have done my time but still there are moments that I'm not feeling so strong. Difficult times have helped me to empathize how immeasurably abundant and glorious life is, and that so many things that we worry about are of no important whatsoever.

So, when things are bad, we must take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they just have to get better.

LISTEN TO THE MANDOLIN RAIN.

P/S: No, I'm not holding a cigarette, that's a ballpoint pen. I don't smoke. :-)

The Extolment of Miss Japan (Kurara Chibana)

2006-07-26T10:52:00.000+08:00

Miss Japan should've won the title. Period. Puerto Rico? You have to be kidding! Miss Japan had a more planetary outlook, and she was miles more blistering than Michael Jackson of Puerto Rico would ever be. And it looked like Puerto Rico was clambering with her overly tight outfit. I reckon that the balloting was really close between the two as it was so unmistakable that Japan was the crowd favorite (and mine too). Let's all hope that Puerto Rico gets headbutted by Zidane during a holiday visit to France so Japan can seize what's rightfully hers! Woohoo! This year's competition was certainly the stringiest in recent times.

Also noticed Donald Trump and his skunkly hair fingering around at the Miss Universe pageant for his next sex-prentice! LOL! Here's a celebration of beauty dedicated to Miss Japan, Saya Ichibawa...Hahahaha! Kidding - I meant Kurara Chibana.

Christiano Ronaldo - Oscar-Winning Diver

2006-07-25T11:07:00.000+08:00

Got this dewy-eyed yet rattling animation forwarded by a friend of mine. They say a picture paints a thousand words. Well, I say this animation paints 5 words - "Christiano Ronaldo the F**king Diver". :-)

Looking forward to his dramatic plunking antics when the EPL kicks off next month.

Two Nights in Bangkok

2006-07-23T05:12:00.000+08:00

And the world's not my oyster!

"The city indeed don't know that the city is getting. Get Thai'd, you're talking to a tourist whose every move's among the purest - I get my kicks above the waistline sucker! Not much between despair and ecstasy." That Murray Head bloke who sang ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK is full of shit man. The place was overrated and didn't live up to my expectations after having visited Phuket and Koh Samui in recent years.

I now know why hamsap old men love Bangkok - they get to put Viagra to the test. You could smell sex and booze in the air at night. The weather was blisteringly humid. And AirAsia continues to live up to its unsought reputation of holdups. But can you blame them? They only have about 7 SECOND HAND planes. All I ever hear is some effing asshole bitching on the phone to whoever, yapping about squandering RM150. The chintzy mongrel thought he'd economize on airfare in return for floozies of Bangkok. Utter disgrace. If I get a 10 cent whenever I hear someone kvetching about AirAsia, I would've be built a much bigger terminal for AirAsia than that Giant Supermarket of a LCC Terminal. :-)

The Korean business associates took me to some peeler joint with pole dancers, extremely young girls - an oasis for paedophiles. Skanky. A place for "Farangs" indeed. I also came across someone's grandpa getting jiggy with it with some Thai lady who looked like to have exceeded the sell-by-date on the dancefloor. Yuck! If your gramps was MIA in the last couple of days, better check his passport! I also saw ZAKARia living up to his name, Beng Ham Sap blithely fondling in public and grandad Kunjimani going through some midlife crisis - believing he's Casanova. Do Malaysian women really suck in bed (not literally I mean..LOL!) that most old farts unbosom in Bangkok?

What about me you ask? Well, I loathe Thailand in terms of women encounters, land of the sexually transmitted diseases! 1500 Thai baht for a bonk and your wiener to fall off - deal of the century! Blech! On that note, I scorned Bangkok.

On Thursday, I did something I never thought I would do, I gallivanted approximately 10km (that's what the Korean business associates articulated much to their stupefaction when I mentioned my escapade). I holidayed Thursday morning by taking the air. Stopped over thrice - 2 pubs and 1 spa. I mollycoddled myself to a respectable uncontaminating spa. Also tormented myself for half-an-hour in the sauna, followed by aromatherapy massage and facial (not by choice - included in the package). 3 hours for 1000 baht (RM99). Now that's a higgle! It took me a while to find the "right" spa, and as my Korean associates remarked, the spas by the mainroad are more often than not 90% clean of malevolency. I was treated like a King during the 3 hours (not King Kong mind you). Bullshitted about my country of origin when I said I was from Portugal (while donning a t-shirt that emblazoned GERMANY in the front), and got away with it. Got buttered left right center that I know wouldn't have been the same have I said Malaysia. :-) Actually, I do have some Portuguese bloodline and also some baba nyonya - purportedly have a bounteous family in Jasin, Malacca, that I'm not chafed to traverse it for now. After Christiano Ronaldo's oscar-winning antics during the world cup, can you blame me? Hahahaha!

Hmmm...come to think of it, with a Germany t-shirt, I should've claimed that I was David Odonkor's cousin, though I'm sure many would've been befuddled by that remark. LOL!

The flight was delayed almost 4 hours (and not 5 hours as I have annotated on other blogs). Still trying to acclimatize for the time deviation, though it's only an hour - LOL! Sorry la...still convalescing from truckloads of Heineken gobbled up during my 2 nights in Bangkok. I also hungrily splurged RM5 for Soya Bean and RM4 for a Kit Kat during the 2-hour flight back home. I should've asked the stewardesses how much it was for a wank instead! LOL!

10pm, arrived at the Giant Supermarket (LCCT). So much for Bangkok - unquestionably won't be going there for a vacation anytime soon. Seoul, Toronto and New York City remains the best cities that I've gallivanted so far. Melbourne's still the best place for settling down!

P/S: SUPERMAN RETURNS movie is much better than the SUPERMAN RETURNS book! That Bryan Singer the pouf is an anus horriblus!

Blast From the Past (Golden Oldies)

2006-07-22T15:56:00.000+08:00

While I pucker my thoughts on my business sojourn to Bangkok for 2 nights as my next entry, here's a list of my favorite Golden Oldies from the 50s/60s era, shortlisted from 313 songs. I sometimes wished I was back in the 60s, living life as a freewheeling American, going to the prom - yadda, yadda, yadda. Damn that idiot box! LOL!

1) Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There

2) Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy
3) Sam Cooke - Cha Cha Cha
4) Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up is Hard to Do
5) Everly Brothers - When Will I Be Loved?
6) Paul Anka - Diana
7) Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
8) Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
9) Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself
10) Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell

11) Sam Cooke - Wonderful World
12) Sam Cooke - Cupid
13) Chuck Berry - Dancin Party
14) Dion - Runaround Sue
15) Bill Haley - Rock Around the Clock
16) Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good
17) Beatles - From Me to You
18) Bill Haley - Ten Little Indians
19) Bobby Fuller - I Fought the Law
20) Johnny Tillotson - Judy Judy Judy

21) Brian Hyland - Ginny Come Lately
22) Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
23) Temptations - Under the Boardwalk
24) Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack
25) The Searchers - Love Potion No 9
26) Four Seasons - Oh What a Night
27) Robert John - Lion Sleeps Tonight
28) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep
29) Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One
30) Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven

My favorite band from that era were the Beach Boys and my favorite solo artist was Sam Cooke.

Beach Boys Top 10 (in no particular order)
1) Crocodile Rock
2) Kokomo
3) Wouldn't It Be Nice
4) Surfin USA
5) Fun Fun Fun
6) Don't Worry Baby
7) California Girls
8) Help Me Rhonda
9) Barbara Ann
10) Sloop John B

Sam Cooke's Classics (in no particular order)
1) Save the Last Dance
2) Another Saturday Night
3) Bring It Home to Me
4) Cha Cha Cha
5) Cupid
6) Wonderful World
7) Having a Party

Epic Poetry (Alternative Classics)

2006-07-18T12:39:00.000+08:00

This is an extolment to my top 20 macushla alternative rock songs (pre-2000) that I absolutely enjoy listening to (in order of preference);

1) The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
2) Tonic - If You Could Only See
3) Soul Asylum - Misery
4) Smash Mouth - Walkin On The Sun
5) Radiohead - Creep
6) Cake - I Will Survive
7) Blur - Tender
8) Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
9) Kula Shaker - Govinda
10) Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

11) White Town - Your Woman
12) Foo Fighters - Big Me
13) Better Than Ezra - Good
14) Blur - Song 2
15) Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
16) Six Was Nine - Drop Dead Beautiful
17) Deadeye Dick - New Age Girl
18) Sugar Ray - Fly
19) Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
20) The Wallflowers - Heroes

My favorite alternative band back then, OFFSPRING. Here were some of my song picks (in no particular order):

1) Gone Away
2) Why Don't You Get a Job?
3) Gotta Get Away
4) Self Esteem
5) She's Got Issues
6) Meaning of Life
7) Want You Bad
8) Come Out and Play

9) Mota
10) Me and My Old Lady
11) Way Down the Line
12) Don't Pick it Up
13) What Happened to You?
14) All I Want
15) Bad Habit
16) Pretty Fly

Pussycat Dolls & INXS

2006-07-17T10:47:00.000+08:00

Why aren't there many performing artistes interested about having concerts in Malaysia? Not all of us live under coconut husks! LOL! You get my drift. Pussycat Dolls will be gracing the scenes on 26th July 06 @ Sunway Lagoon. Tickets are as affordable as RM70. I'm not sure whether I wanna attend that concert. I mean, sure, the lead singer's raging hot, but I'm also certain there'll be hoards of 16-year olds going ga-ga over them.

What about INXS? Hell yeah! Though I'm only familiar with a handful of their tunes, I would like to see them performing live, with its new frontman, JD Fortune. The new songs, "Pretty Vegas" and "Afterglow" has conflagrated my interest in the band. And with classics like "Need You Tonight" and "Suicide Blonde", it should be a worthy concert. I will probably be purchasing the tickets over the next couple of days, before I fly off to Bangkok on a 2-day business trip.

Anyone interested to join me in a rocking good time @ Stadium Negara on 18th August 2006? You live this life only once, so make sure you live it to the fullest! Remove your thumb out of Mawi's arse and join me! Hahahahaha! But make sure you wash your thumbs first! LOL!

A little bit about Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls - "Scherzinger, who is of Hawaiian-Russian-Filipino descent, knew from a young age that she was destined to become an entertainer; performing is in her blood. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, as a child she watched her family of entertainers perform Polynesian shows featuring her mother as the lead hula dancer and her grandmother, Tutu, as the singer. At the age of six her family relocated to Louisville, Kentucky. "

From World Cup to Miss Universe

2006-07-15T01:40:00.000+08:00

I blogged an entry earlier about the misadventures of Zidane, and also acknowledging the dude (bad jahat) for the animations. Guess the cockscomb stayed true to his name. Haha! Nevermind, I found the perfect antidote for my next entry. :-)

This will take the limelight away from Zidane, and also the relegation saga that jeopardizes the deadening Serie A. I'm talking about a celebration of beauty here people, the topic that has blighted my blog since the beginning of the World Cup. In the coming weeks, 86 contestants will be vying for the honours of the most beautiful person in the universe. Ever wondered why it's called universe when you don't see any Martians in the mix? Oh wait a minute, we have Ms Singapore for that, don't we? LOL!

I've been scouring through the internet (been doing that a lot lately) for the cream of the crop to glitter in this entry, and here they are in no particular order. Yes yes, I am a chump for brunettes, aren't we all? ;-)

My money's on these beauties to wear the crown - Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Japan, Mexico & USA. 5 brunettes and 1 blonde. Anyone agree or disagree?

AUSTRALIA

BOLIVIA

CANADA

JAPAN

MEXICO

USA

The Coming

2006-07-13T00:01:00.000+08:00

It's not about what happened in the past, or what you think might happen in the future. It's about the ride. There is no point in going through all this, if your are not going to enjoy the ride. And you know what, when you least expect, something great might come along. Something better than you even planned for. :-) And that's my ladies and gentleman, is the EPL! Woohoo! Start the countdown! :-P

Auf Wiedersehen Germany 2006

2006-07-11T11:00:00.000+08:00

Arguably, this is the BEST world cup ever though only 147 goals were shipped in. There were so many good games. The final between France and Italy was a befitting ending. Pity though old man Zidane suddenly went gaga and lost the plot. What a way to end a colorful career, red card in a world cup final for the most feebleminded act. Once that happened, I lost interest in supporting France, and didn't care who won in the end.

It was a 50-50 game that would've gone either way. I witnessed this game at the Curve Damansara last night. Thanks to Keropok, who managed to acquire some media passes for me to enter the VIP area where booze is free. Yes, that's right, free booze - beer, red wine, white wine, whiskey. :-) And air-conditioned too! Got a free World Cup bag, binoculars and 2 chairs to take back with me. LOL!

Myself and my Arsenal-supporting compadre Ravind (and a chick named Ennie that I befriended) initially headed off to a boozer next to Slippery Ni....Senoritas. There were so many Italian wannabes. I guarantee you that half of them don't know the starting 11. They just support Italy because their players are gay. LOL!

Then, we made our way (companioned by 3 ladies) to the media area, and Ravind (who is actually from the media) managed to get media passes for the girls. It was a memorable night, for both the right (atmosphere) and wrong (Zidane) reasons. Keropok, I'm definitely in the wrong line of work. LOL!

GERMANY - Juergen Klinsmann left his critics eating humble pie after the team finished 3rd on the back of a magnetic marque of high-tempo attacking football. Germany finished as the top scorers of the tournament with 14 goals. Klose won the Golden Shoe award and Lukas Podolski won the Best Young Player award. I do hope Germany continue to move away from the robotic stereotype that has dogged Germany since God-knows-when. :-) What do we do now that the World Cup is over? Malaysian football anyone? Hahahaha! Auf Wiedersehen! A big thank you to those who have been reading my blog and commenting on it. Cheers!

Germany vs Portugal : A Deutschland Jubilation

2006-07-09T16:29:00.000+08:00

What a glorious way to cap Germany's World Cup adventure - though it's not a World Cup final. Portugal merited nothing but the oscars. Led by lead actress Ronaldo and the overrated Ricardo, they attempted to crack-up this changed German team. Any team with drama queen Ronaldo on their side doesn't deserve to win anything.

I gallivanted to KLCC last night to watch Superman Returns (again!), purchased its novelized version from Kinokuniya, and got another FREE movie ticket in return. So, will be watching it for the third time in the next couple of weeks. It's not like it's a smashing movie to begin with, I'm just a fall guy for Superman. LOL. My friend bought a packet of Twisties just before the movie. What I have been trying to say over the last few years is perfectly captured in this photo. ENGLAND ARE JUNK! LOL!

After the movie, we warded off to GLOW nightclub around 12:30am to wipe out the half-a-bottle of Bombay Sapphire (Gin). I met a ravishing woman there, and managed to confabulate with her and ultimately acquired her number. *GRINS*

The night concluded with an amazing game of Germany beating the crap out of Portugal. :-) The mamak joint was extremely poor in their service (behind coffeebean next to the beach club), 45 minute time lag for a fried rice with chicken. Anyways, will now be reading the SUPERMAN RETURNS book, which I'm sure will be better than the movie. I've read 2 movie adaptation books previously - SPIDERMAN & CONSTANTINE, and the books were way better for obvious reasons. :-)

World Cup Final Preview + Retrospect

2006-07-07T11:56:00.000+08:00

The world cup babes' days are numbered. With just a few days remaining, all the bombilation and hurly burly of the celebration of beauty will evanesce away, bringing my world cup babes gallivanting adventure to an end. I will still be blogging as usual, but without the motivating images scoured during the World Cup.

So, this is it, a final scrutiny of the World Cup. A titanic final awaits between Italy and France. No place for the host country Germany (it's alright by me, I'm still proud of them), and certainly no place for a cocky England team (thank God!). I don't believe McClaren is the right man for the job, because he was after all, Eriksson's handjob man. So all he will do is to continue where Mr Magoo left off, much to the delight of the world. :-)

As for Portugal, they are an embarrassment. The behaviour of their players, diving again and again, oinking everytime they were touched was dismaying. They are swindlers. Their bench dissent whenever their players went down, so they made complete patsies of themselves. They deserved to get beaten.

This has got to be THE most entertaining World Cup in recent times. Germany played the perfect host. The only blot is the diving craze that has seeped into the game. Why? Well, obviously, the referees were instructed to be harsh against fouls, resulting in players acting like Italians/Christiano Ronaldo to get their opponents booked. A disgrace. Even Michael Ballack resorted to that twice at least, which is disappointing given his stature.

The cockiest fans award once again goes to the English supporters. Hilarious buffoons. When I was at the pub to revel in England's downfall at the hands of the belly-flopping Portuguese, the in-house DJ commented, "I bet all Liverpool fans are England supporters." Everyone hollered in agreement. And I chuckled. Deep down inside, they have a hardon for Steven Gerrard. Hahahahaha! When Gerrard walked over to take the penalty, the whole pub chanted in unison, "Gerrard, Gerrard, Gerrard, Gerrard...". When he missed, I turned to them, stood up on my chair, and shouted, "Gerrard, Gerrard, Gerrard, Gerrard!". That was the best feeling in the whole world. It's not that I detest the England team, I just can't stand the bloody arrogant pinheads, just like how I can't stand Liverpool fans. All the drama about langsynes and the hoo-hah. Don't get me wrong, I also dislike Chelski and Manure, but that's purely for sporting reasons.

Italy vs France
Italy, who were colossal against Germany, are now one game away from getting that fourth star emblazoned on their jersey. The French, so impressive against Brazil and a workmanlike triumph against Portugal, will be looking to father Zidane and his wizardry for one last hurrah. What a mouthwatering warfare in store!

Can Zidane deliver or will the scandalous Italians lift the cup? I would love to see Juventus, AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina get relegated after this. But, I don't think that might happen. The mafias may have already bribed the prosecutor. I can foresee a bidding war for the likes of Buffon, Cannavaro, Nesta, Gattuso etc. I would love to see Gattuso and Buffon at Arsenal. :-)

Like I have previously dredged up, this game is a 50-50. Neither team will have the edge. The last time these 2 met, we had a corking game. The French won in extratime in Euro 2000, which I was extremely felicitous. I was supporting the French back then, and will continue to do the same this weekend. But, in the end, it doesn't really matter who wins it as long that it's a topnotch game. This noteworthy world cup needs a befitting end.

France vs Portugal Countdown with Babes

2006-07-05T14:32:00.000+08:00

Before I divvy up my throughts on the France-Portugal game, I would like to recapitulate on the Germany vs Italy last night. Alas, my team are eliminated by Italians, who were the better side for most of the match and deserved a place in the final. Italy had more ideas and were victors in midfield, though in the second half, Germany faired better.

By Klinsi substituting Borowski with the toothless Schweinsteiger, it only made the midfield more fallible. As I have cited, Klinsmann is not bestowed with talented Germans, and did extremely well to get them this far. They equaled Argentina but couldn't get a grip of this game. 2 technically caliber sides back to back took its toll on them. There were no stars in this German team, they just functioned really well as a unit.

Germany were evenhandedly beaten by an impressive Italian team. Even the most enthusiastic German fan like me cannot dispute that. So, emotionally, it's not too discomfiting to take this result by the chin. Germany had already achieved so much simply by being here. :-)

Good luck Italy. If Italy meet Portugal in the final, they'll clobber the living daylights out of them, but, if they meet France in the final, then it's anyone's game.

France, spearheaded by Zidane and Henry, should brush aside Portugal, though it may not be as straightforward as Brazil. Deco will return, so he will certainly have a say in this. However, I think the French enginery may be too much for the Portuguese to cope. Personally, I would prefer France in the final because they'll surely give the Italians a battle. It would be an anti-climax is Portugal makes it.

Germany vs Italy Countdown

2006-07-04T12:11:00.000+08:00

With the semifinal warfare between Germany and Italy only hours away, I've decided to blog my final thoughts. It will be an excruciatingly close battle. The Italians are extremely organized and will be effortful to score against. Germany though, have the slenderest of advantages because of home support. The stats about Dortmund and previous clashes between these will go out the window once the ref blows the whistle.

Klinsmann's team has surmounted my expectations of losing quarterfinalist. I'm frankly anxious about tonight's match, and I'm sure that most German or Italian buffs are feeling the same way too. Nothing is straightforward anymore, just ask Brazil. :-) If Germany go out, I will be naturally disappointed, yet proud of their accomplishments and Klinsmann's imaginativeness of change. I hope that we continue to play in the same vein.

World Cup Semifinals Preview

2006-07-02T20:09:00.000+08:00

And then there were four. Germany, Italy, France and Portugal. I'm glad that the trophy's coming back to Europe. ;-)

Germany vs Argentina
Well well well. Germany demonstrated their never-say-die quality that typifies Deutschland. What a game! Argentina maybe didn't deserve to lose, but they certainly didn't deserve to win either. Neither of the goalkeepers were regularly threatened. It was a very even match, with Germany absorbing all the pressure. The ending melee was nonsensical. The world cup's been phenomenal until that. I just read that Germany scored 26 out of 28 penalties (penalty shootout) in the world cup and euro combined. They only lost once on penalty shootout, back in 1976 to the Czechs. Hmmm...

Italy vs Ukraine

As predicted. I hop-skipped watching this game and headed to bed.

England vs Portugal

There is a GOD! Hahahaha! 28-time World Champions England, coldcocked out of the world cup. Woe is me. Not! Good riddance to bad rubbish! Having said that, I didn't condone Portugal's hamming it up throughout the game. A little too dramatic from MourinHO's countrymen. Wayne Looney didn't really deserve the red card, except for the way he looked. Steven Retard and Frank Lampfart, 2 players that you would bet your house on (if you're English) to score, missed. It left me grinning. What a beautiful Sunday!

Brazil vs France
A wonderful shocker. I'm happy that Thierry Henry got the crucial goal against an out-of-sorts Brazil. Let's face it, it didn't look like Brazil were able to score. Looks like the French are peaking at the right time. A last hurrah for old man Zidane?

Germany vs Italy
I hope that Ballack will be able to play in this game. I believe the winner of this duel may ultimately go on to lift the cup, no discourtesy to France. The Italians will play a benumb game, killing the game in the middle of the park. Having said that, I do rate the Italians. Apart from that theatrical dive that sent the Aussie rugby team home, this team is not too tatty. It's gonna be a tight battle, and I can see this going right down to the wire again. The winner of this match? Hmmm...a flip of a coin. That's how close it is. Germany/Italy

France vs Portugal
With Deco back, can the Portuguese continue their way to the final? Me don't think so. Henry will have a say in that. As I have previously mentioned in my first few world cup entries, don't write off the French. I had France and Czech as the outsiders. :-) They are peaking at the right time as Brazil found out, and should brush aside Portugal for a place in the final against Italy or possibly the host Germany. France

Germany vs Argentina (Never Say Die)

2006-07-01T14:46:00.000+08:00

What a game! Germany and Argentina went right down to the wire as I foreboded. The Argies should've killed the game off when they had the chance. Peckerman should've brought on Messi and kept Riquelme. They lowballed the Germans, and thought 1-0 was enough to see them through. Klinsmann's substitutions had more wallop than Peckerman. Borowski and Odonkor caused havoc, though Neuville had a poor game.

Argentina overall played the better game and bounded Germany from playing theirs. Ballack had an off day while Schweinsteiger is having a poor tournament. Argentinians had the better individuals, but they lacked the fervency to see the Germans off.

When it came down to penalties, my old friend, whom I rarely keep in touch these days, who supports Germany like I do, reminded me that when it comes to penalties, the Germans are technically better. I have to agree. I can't recall when was the last time a German player missed a penalty. 4 superior penalties to terminate Argentina.

Hmmm, Germany play Italy in the semi-finals. It should be a good game. The Italians won't trammel Germany as much as Argentina did last night, surely. Another week to go before the World Cup comes to an end. I admit the ref was dodgy at times, but I don't think his calls would've swung the result to the Argies. Ballack should've got a yellow card for that dive against Ayala. That I agree. Nevertheless, the Deutschland adventure continues!

Superman Returns Review (No Spoilers)

2006-06-30T14:39:00.000+08:00

This date, Thursday 29th June 2006, 9:10pm will go down in history as the return of SUPERMAN (no, it's not an Indon movie about a kampong boy going to the city!) to the big screens. I watched it at the Midvalley Megamall and passably enjoyed the 2.5 hour movie. I left the cinema feeling empty inside, that I have lost something. I couldn't rate the movie because I didn't knew whether I liked it or hated it.

I was skeptical about Brandon Routh's acting at first but he did alright as Superman. Clark Kent though was not convincing, but I think he will improve with a better script in the next instalment. Kevin Spacey was average, not up to my expectations. The action sequence and CGI were splendid, though you will be able to distinguish the animation and the man himself. Storyline was precipitous, it continues where SUPERMAN 2 left off. If you can recollect the first 2 movies, then this movie shouldn't befuddle you.

That Brian Singer is a useless director and screenwriter! When I noticed these similarities of the first 2 X-Men, then I realized that Singer was just using the X-Men series as practice for the movie he really wanted to do. Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) acted like Lana Lang, fainthearted and gimpy. Lois Lane dazzled by love. WTF?

Brian Singer gambled by concentering on SUPERMAN and Lois Lane, at times were like Titanic ("You Jump I Jump"). The scripts were bromidic. I guess it'll take sometime for all of us to acclimatize to Brandon Routh. As I said, he did alright as SUPERMAN, just above average, can be better. Needs to be more buff.

The highlights to me was the opening credits and the ending of the movie. It was precisely imitated in the same vein as the 1978's SUPERMAN. Nice touch indeed! John Williams' gargantuan music was used (thank God!), but a little mellowed down.

It'll take time for Superman fans to get accustomed to these bunch of actors. Can someone please get RICHARD DONNER to direct the next instalment? Let Brian Singer go fuck up his X-Men movies for all I care!

I'm looking forward to the next Superman with optimism. I hope we will remember the next one as SUPERMAN AGAIN! and not SUPERMAN AGAIN?. Please don't let Christopher Reeve down!

All in all, the return my favorite superhero wasn't as spectacular as I thought it would be. I would've given it a 7.5/10 but I can't help to compare it with the first 2 SUPERMAN flicks, hence the rating: 6/10

Check out this dude's review that I found perfect. Careful, may contain spoilers. :-)

World Cup Quarterfinals Preview

2006-06-28T03:20:00.000+08:00

So far so good. Goodbye Spain. What a World Cup we're having! 6 out of 7 WC winning nations are in the quarterfinals, barring Uruguay. Apart from England who looked apathetic, the footballing juggernauts seem to be having a good time here in Germany.

Germany vs Argentina
The sturdiest match so far for the Germans, as it is with the Argentinians. Argentinians slightly edge this one in terms of quality. Still, I think Germany will go down fighting, so possibly another penalty shootout at the WC. Argentina/Germany

Italy vs Ukraine
The Ities survived a scare last time around against the Aussies as they were quite lucky to me in terms of THAT soft penalty. Nevertheless, without Nesta and Matterazzi, it'll be tough for them in defence. Still, the Ukraines shouldn't worry them too much in this game as the Aussies did. Italy

England vs Portugal
England, wow, playing some of their finest football in recent times, wow *YAWNS*, take on a decimated Portugal team, who will look ordinary without Deco and Ronaldo. The odds are on the English wankers to pull through. As they did in the last 4 games, they will bore the Portuguese to death and put half of the world's footie buffs on the brink of switching allegiance to lawn bowl. Portugal

Brazil vs France
This to me is very mouthwatering tie indeed - 1998 final revisited. Brazil still not in full gear, as they just did enough against Ghana. The French, still not eye-popping, will be hoping that the Brazilians have an off day. Brazil

P.S. - Spiderman 3 trailer is out! :-)

I Get a Rush! (Germany vs Argentina Preview)

2006-06-26T12:20:00.000+08:00

Germany vs Argentina, England vs Portugal. The next games I cipher will be between Italy vs Switzerland and Brazil vs Spain. Savoury ties indeed (barring the Italian's game). Argentina, Portugal, Italy and Brazil should prevail from their respective battles. As much as I love Germany, I have to be pragmatic about their chances. As I have previously mentioned, my expectations was for them to reach the quarterfinals, and that they did.
:-)

This week, there'll be no footie on Thursday/Friday. It's a conspiracy I tell ya. SUPERMAN RETURNS this Thursday, and I bet that Sepp Blatter wears a Superman costume before he goes to bed each night. LOL! I've already reserved my tickets at the new cineplex in Damansara. It should be a feel good movie. I'm looking forward to it. Have splurged needless moolahs last Friday at the Curve. They were having some Superman promotion and I was bamboozled into buying them. 1.5 years away from turning 30 and I'm still a sucker for Superman. And a proud one too! LOL!

Germany vs Argentina is gonna be a smashing game! If an early goal is scored, we'll see a very open encounter. Klinsmann has cultivated an early German bombardment approach as seen from their previous games. The Argies will be weary of the menace, and are certainly more than capable of scoring. I think this tie will go into extra time and possibly penalties. The Argentinians start are slight favorites in this game, but as always I'll be rooting for Germany to barge their way through.

Ballack played a phenomenal game against Sweden (pity no goals to show for it) the last time around and Germany seem to be peaking at the right time. Argentinians, to me, are the best team in the World Cup, should upset the hosts. Whatever happens, I hope it'll be an entertaining showdown between 2 juggernauts of football. Klinsmann has done wonders to Germany, given the dearth of quality available, and should remain at helm until the next Euro no matter what happens in this clash.

"I like it, I like it, I can't get enough, I like it, I like it, yeah, I get a rush
I like what I like and I like it too much, You know what I like, yeah, I get a rush
From you, everything you do..." - Bon Jovi's I Get a Rush (100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong)

BRAZIL VS ENGLAND SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW
It is just before the England v Brazil match. Ronaldinho goes into the Brazilian changing room to find all his team mates looking a bit glum.“What’s up?” he asks.

“Well, we’re having trouble getting motivated for this game. We know it’s important but it’s only England. They’re sh*t and we can’t be bothered.”

Ronaldinho looks at them and says, “Well, I reckon I can beat them by myself-you lads go down the pub.”
So Ronaldinho goes out to play England by himself and the rest of the Brazilian team go off for a few jars. After a few pints they wonder how the game is going, so they get the landlord to put the teletext on. A big cheer goes up as the screen reads:

“Brazil 1 - England 0 (Ronaldinho 10 minutes)”. He is beating England all by himself!

Anyway, a few pints later and the game is forgotten until someone remembers, “It must be full time now, let’s see how he got on.” They put the tv on.

“Result from the Stadium: Brazil 1 (Ronaldinho 10 minutes) - England 1 (Lampard 89 minutes).”

They can’t believe it; he has single-handedly got a draw against England!!
They rush back to the Stadium to congratulate Ronaldinho. They find him in the dressing room, still in his gear, sitting with his head in his hands.

He refuses to look at them. “I’ve let you down, I’ve let you down.”

“Don’t be daft, you got a draw against England, all by yourself. And they only scored at the very, very end!”

“No, no, I have, I’ve let you down…I got sent off after 12 minutes.

Someday You'll Call Me Mr Big Time Too

2006-06-25T01:56:00.000+08:00

DEUTSCHLAND 2 Sweden 0
Germany played well. A deserved victory. We have one week before Argentina comes calling should they brush aside the Mexicans.

I was skimming through some of my early ramblings last year, and equating them with the newer posts. It looks like I have bourgeoned, and have taken the razz of commercialism. What started out as a personal diary of my gallivantings has fermented into a commercial hoopla. Hmmm...how did I ended up here? The tingle of looking at statcounter was the culprit. I seemed to have this craving of hoarding my share of hits on the blog. I have been unknowingly kow-towed into this K-hole. Cheezels & Pappadoms!

Well, I've been ruminating over the events that has recrudesced in the last 6 months, a retrospective review of what I have wangled during that period. Working out has now become a routine in my life, to which I am pleased that I somehow manifestly focalized with a commitment to see it through. It was a yobbo in the first 2 months, as my physical side strained to convince my mind that exercising wasn't for me. Here I am, some 7 months later, still working out thrice a week. :-)

What else I have accomplished? Not much by my high standards. But, I've learned to stop and smell the roses (or JD), to treasure the finer things in life. Now, every time I get chafed or pertubed, I take a breather and reverberate. I'm glad that I have evolved. Some of you may have observed this. And thanks to blogging, I found a channel to vent my vexations.

More often than not, there are days when I feel like I'm stuck in a rut @ work. The feeling's contrastive, it's not the same anymore no thanks to certain political events. I am being goldbricked, no matter how hard I try to brush it aside, our office is enervating under the political influence of nepotism. I feel like I'm being thrown in the lion's den. I know one thing's for sure though, for all those who were unjustly treated over the years, to those who have been dismissed fortuitously, I'm fighting this fight for you. *ROLLS SLEEVE* And the truth shall set us free! Hahahahaha! Sorry, couldn't help to add some drama sentence at the end....hehehehe...

Anyway, normal WORLD CUP blogging shall resume soon...

World Cup Round 2 Preview

2006-06-24T10:18:00.000+08:00

We're half way there! In another 2 weeks, it'll be over, and the countdown for South Africa will begin. *SIGH* I've never been so pessimistic in my life....damn this WORLD CUP!! Haha! Another month plus to go before we witness Liverfool singing "You'll Never Wank Alone" after bunking Chelski in the opener. Hehehe...but let's talk about the present first....

Germany vs Sweden
Germany, my embraced country since 1990, when I watched Lothar Matthaus kick ass and lifted the World Cup trophy. :-) Klinsmann is now officially my favorite German manager ever, and I hope he remains for as long as he can. After that, give it to Matthaus! Obviously, Germany are favorites to progress to the next round, but I don't think it'll be that straightforward for them. They should bundle off Sweden, 1-0 in 90 minute. Fingers crossed. GERMANY

Argentina vs Mexico
Well, on paper, it looks like an easy win for the Argies. I think Mexico will push them all the way, and because they're both South/Central Americans, they may neutralize each other out. The onus is on Argentina to kick the Mexicans' anuses like how the Americans love it. ARGENTINA

England vs Ecuador
Wow. 6 time World Cup champions England faces off with 3 time South American champions Ecuador. England, playing the best football one has ever witnessed in this edition of the World Cup, will be odds on favorite to pummel Ecuador. ENGLAND TO WIN 6-4, 3-6, 7-6

Portugal vs Holland
The Dutch slenderly edges this on player calibre. This game may go beyond 90 minutes, with the Dutch clinching it before the penalty shootout. The Portuguese, will try hard to overthrow the game plan, but I don't think they have the capableness in them to curb the Dutch. One moment of brilliance to end this game. HOLLAND

Italy vs Australia
One of the favorites, with the cushiest route of all the countries, at least to the semifinals, take on the Aussie rugby team. Italians should filch this one but as the Italian scandal looms, it'll be challenging for the Pasta Rastas to overpower a country that has a place called Wollongong. After the stunt that De Rossi pulled, I'll be wishing for these Ities to be chucked out. Hmmm. ITALY

Switzerland vs Ukraine
It's the least attractive 2nd round matchup. Who cares which country wins? We all know they won't go far anyway. The winner of this match will meet Italy in the quarterfinals. That's where their World Cup adventure ends. WHO CARES?

Brazil vs Ghana
With Ronaldo McDonaldo in the team, the Ghanaians will be bombarded with super combo meals throughout the game. Kakakaka will be laughing all the way to soon-to-be-relegated AC Milan and then go on to become the top scorer of Serie C. The Ghanaians will be hoping that Markus Merk officiates the game so he'd give them another charitable penalty like he did against the USA. But that won't stop the funny teeth men from a win. BRAZIL

Spain vs France
Looks like a savoury matchup. Spain edges this a little. Fabregas vs Henry? Hmmmm... :-) Though the French were unpersuasive in the group phase, just don't write them off for this game. As long as the French rest old man Zidane, they'll perform better. As for Spain, that Torres dude has been grandiose, and I certainly wouldn't mind him at Arsenal, but I don't think that'll happen because the Chelski wankers will hijack that bid, just like they did with Shaun Wright Phillips, now happily warming up the bench at Stamford Bridge. SPAIN/FRANCE

Switzerland, South Korea, Spain & Ukraine?

2006-06-23T12:23:00.000+08:00

These are the last 4 countries that should make the cut. Though the French still have a chance of sneaking in, though I hope they get kayoed so that Thierry Henry can finally take a breather and be ready in time to lead Arsenal into the new Emirates stadium. France are a spent force these days, with Spain and Holland looking to peak in the coming years with a youthful and talented side.

Also, during that half-time break between Ghana and USA (I stopped watching Italy after they took a 1-0 lead cause I know they'll win), Bon Jovi's FIRST hit in 1984, Runaway, was booming through the air! I could hear the crowd singing to it. Nice touch. :-)

Ukraine vs Tunisia
Ukraine will pop in the next round with a win. If Saudi fails to beat Spain, then even a draw may be enough. Nothing much to write about, except I have a feeling it'll be a Shevchenko show. PREDICTION: UKRAINE 2-0

Saudi Arabia vs Spain
Saudi needs to beat Spain and hope that Ukraine and Tunisia draw. Saudi has a 4 goal deficit to tump over. Spain will make sweeping changes, where we might witness a totally new back five. Torres is rested too. With the Arsenal duo of Fabregas and Reyes conflating with Joaquin and Raul, only one outcome seems inevitable. PREDICTION: SPAIN 2-0

Switzerland vs South Korea
Switzerland only needs a draw to progress. Koreans have only won 3 out of 17 clashes with European nations, all 3 wins were on home soil. The Koreans also have a habit of conceding the first goal in the game (18/23 matches). PREDICTION: SWITZERLAND 1-0 or DRAW

Togo vs France
France, the geriatrics club of the World Cup, are on the brink of elimination. The French need to win by at least 2 goals to guarantee their stay in Germany. One goal win may not be enough if South Korea - Switzerland draw their match, it'll be down to tiebreakers like goal scored, goal difference etc. Possibly drawing of lots by the organizing committe if the tiebreakers are even too. PREDICTION: FRANCE 2-1

Group of Death's Curtain Call

2006-06-22T12:21:00.000+08:00

"What drama in Kaiserslautern!". The now infamous quote by the WC commentator echoes in my ear. It's been dramatic alright. A thoroughly gratifying World Cup, with no major surprises (except for England's qualification into the last 16! Hahaha!). Here are the next game previews:

Czech vs Italy

All teams in Group E have a chance of progressing to the next round. It's gonna come down to the wire, and I hope Italy are kayoed because of what De Rossi did to McBride, but I don't think that'll happen. With Czech looking severely exhausted in the striking department, it's gonna be laborious for them. I'm pretty sure that Italy would want to win this game, simply because they wanna avoid playing against Brazil in the next round. Though they have a few players on yellow card, I think they will take the game to the Czechs. Prediction: Italy

Ghana vs USA
Well, it's a toss up really. Which US team will show up for this game? Monolithical permutations await footballing experts. If Ghana wins, they're through to the last 16. If draw, they can still advance IF Italy beats Czech. Both of Ghana's ONLY goalscorers are suspended for this match. Prediction: Ghana or Draw

Japan vs Brazil
Brazil has flunked to impress so far in their first 2 games. Ronaldo McDonaldo has a waist the size of the equator. They'll be banking on Kakakaka to score the goals. Robinho and Juninho may get their chance to impress. Japan, probably the most gimpy side I've witnessed in recent times, a clobbering awaits them. Prediction: Brazil

Croatia vs Australia
For the Aussies, win and they are through. DRAW, and they'll still go through provided that Brazil do not lose (Yeah right!). Croats need to win and hope that Brazil beat Japan to have any chance of progressing. It's all to play for. On paper, Croatia should nick this, but I feel it could be a draw. The Aussies have 7 players in their squad with Croatian background. Players like Viduka and Bresciano. Prediction: Draw or Croatia

I swear, the English wanker's face is like that...I didn't alter it! :-)

Looks like Spiderman is fed up with USA!

Portugal, Mexico, Holland & Argentina

2006-06-21T15:38:00.000+08:00

German frauleins... :-)

Mexico SHOULD check in to the next round. I don't see Angola bounding the living daylights out of Iran.

1) Portugal vs Mexico
Battle for first place as both countries will not want to face the Argies. Portugal may be resting Deco as he is on a yellow card. Mexico is starting with the same team that drew with Angola. Interesting facts; Portugal are unbeaten in 14 competitive matches and has never drawn a World Cup match. Mexico have not lost their last 10 group phase World Cup matches. Outcome: DRAW

This is why I love Korea! LOL

2) Iran vs Angola
Angola needs to clobber Iran by 3 goals and hope Mexico get sledgehammered by Portugal. Hmmm...don't think so! Both playing for pride, and apparently Angola will throw a more attacking line up with the aim to score the first goal of the World Cup. They only had 4 shots in total in their last 2 games. Iran allowed 25 shots against them in the last 2 games combined. Will Ali Daei start? Outcome: ANGOLA, DRAW (if Ali Daei plays)

Right Mexico, Left Germany...I'm talking about her cheeks...perverts... :-P

3) Holland vs Argentina
Intially placarded the match of the tournament, but now kinda pointless as both have qualified. It'll likely be a conservative game of footie among "reserves", unless the first goal is scored within 10 minutes of the kickoff. Argentina has only beaten Holland ONCE in 7 meetings. The Dutch will rest at least 5 players and Argentina may bench a couple too. Holland are unbeaten in 14 competitive matches. But I think Messi and co may be a little too much for the much-changed lineup. Outcome: ARGENTINA

Everything's a little blurred...is that a chick or a dude?

4) Ivory Coast vs Serbia & Montenegro
Such a waste of talent. If Ivory Coast were in another group, they would've certainly gone through to the last 16. Drogba, their top scorer is suspended so it'll be difficult for the Ivorians to gouge a goal. Entertaining buildup play let down by the lack of experience and composure. Serbia, well, it's the last game before they and Montenegro go their separate ways, plausibly lack the motivation to win, although they have conquered countries from Africa 16 times in 19 games. Outcome: DRAW

Hmmmm...don't you wish it was your lad? LOL!

She doesn't look above 18...will leave this one to the paedophiles..

This only proofs that faces don't matter

Freddie's Angels?

Bin Laden supports Togo now??

This dude turned green when Switzerland won!

Hmmm...looks like an England supporter has just visited my blog. Thank you and come again! :-)

Germany, Ecuador, Sweden & England

2006-06-20T13:01:00.000+08:00

No!!!!! World Cup will be over soon!!!! What are we to do after 10th July? Read the STAR news about petty things like PM vs Ex-PM, Kongsi Raya?? Doomsday looms for football lovers! *SHUDDERS*

The last round of the group matches begin today, with Group A and Group B. These games are the most baffling to predict and I feel it'll be low-scoring matches..

Ecuador vs Germany
Ecuador leads on goal difference, hence Germany need to win to top the group. Apparently Michael Ballack may take a breather as he is on a yellow card. Ecuador, the biggest surprise in this eventful World Cup, may rest a couple of key players (5 of them on yellow cards). Torsten Frings is doubtful, so Tim Borowski may start. Metzelder is a 50-50 at the back, and Nowotny may take his place. I'm angling towards Germany (of course I have to, it's my team!!). Germany 1-0.

Costa Rica vs Poland
The third useless game of the WC after England's first 2 games. LOL! Nothing to play for but pride. Will the Poles EVER score a goal? Will the Ticos EVER keep a clean sheet? Poland flunked to score in 7 of their last 9 games and Costa Rica has let in 7 goals in the last 2 matches. Looks like Poland on paper to ding it or it just may be one of those dour games that ends goalless. Costa Rica 0 Poland 0/1.

Sweden vs England
A draw ensures both countries' transit into the next round. Ibrahimovic may not be playing, and Neville is still injured. Swedes only racked up 3 goals in their last 7 games, though they had a combined 35 shots on goal in the first 2 games. Beanpole Crouch will start on the bench where he belongs (thank God!) with Rooney lineing up front with the over-the-hill Owen. English tossers have won their last 8 games. Gerrard will be benched I think as both he and Lampard are on yellow cards. So, England's tactics will change from long ball to short ball. A insipid draw looks likely, though I think England has a little edge with the impelled changes. If England win 1-0, the English media will proclaim that this is the best England team ever and World Cup victory is within reach....yadda..yadda...yappi yappo....England, conquerors of World Lawn Bowl Champions Paraguay and World Synchronized Swimming Champions Trinidad, will be targeting to beat the World Banana Cup Champions Sweden. Sweden 0 England 0/1.

Paraguay vs Trinidad
Trinidad need to win by 2 goals and hope that Sweden lose to England by more than a goal to have any chance of marching on. The SMALLEST nation ever to contend in the WC (1 mil population), Trinidad only had 5 combined attempts on goal in their last 2 matches! Paraguay were luckless in their 2 games, first one, they were bored to death by England and the second one a last minute goal by Ljungberg of Arsenal. Paraguay 1 Trinidad 0

Can I Have it Like That?

2006-06-18T14:28:00.000+08:00

This is easily the most exciting World Cup ! Thanks to Adidas's Teamgeist, we have eyewitnessed some delectable goals and super saves! Torsten Fring's goal for GERMANY in their opening match WAS the goal of the tournament for me, until ARGENTINA came along, made 24 passes and Cambiasso finishing with aplomb! Now that to me IS the goal of the tournament. What next? A player tackling 8 opponents and clobbering the ball into the back of the net? I just voodooed it, didn't I? LOL!

Here are the top games so far in the World Cup (in chronological order):
1) Germany vs Costa Rica : 4-2
2) Argentina vs Ivory Coast : 2-1
3) USA vs Czech : 0-3
4) Australia vs Japan : 3-1
5) Spain vs Ukraine : 4-0
6) Germany vs Poland : 1-0
7) Ecuador vs Costa Rica : 3-0
8) Argentina vs Serbia : 6-0
9) Holland vs Ivory Coast : 2-1
10) Czech vs Ghana : 0-2
11) Italy vs USA : 1-1

Games that stunk! (Both ENGLAND & PORTUGAL matches!!)
1) England vs Paraguay : 1-0
2) Angola vs Portugal : 0-1
3) France vs Switzerland : 0-0
4) England vs Trinidad : 2-0
5) Portugal vs Iran : 2-0

World Cup Babe Madness (PG)

2006-06-16T01:16:00.000+08:00

The World Cup is simply not everlasting without the babes. ;-) 3 things that matters in life for men, football, cars and babes. If you don't like any of those 3, you're either a homophile or you support England! Hahahahaha!

You must be taking the piss! Dodgy invention as many Malaysian men think their organs are long enough for an outside the box attempt.

Even her simper can't straggle the attention away from those balls. Hahahahaha!

Nice top, and I'm not talking about her hairdo! LOL!

*GASP* And we thought German babes were testosterone-driven.

How to be spotted: Wave the German flag without wearing bra. It never fails!

It's a prototype that FIFA has been working on, you seen it here first : The next WORLD CUP trophy!!

Talk about ingenuity. Hats off!

Hmmm....looks like England has good support! LOL!

Ukraine supporters. Huh? You mean she's holding a banner upside down? What banner?

Ahh...the ultimate male fantasy. :-)

I've no idea why the bonk I inserted this, maybe for you pantsies? LOL!

Justice in the Barrel (Germany vs Poland)

2006-06-15T00:01:00.000+08:00

Negative. Poland's shoddy gameplan, slowed down the tempo, frustrated the Germans (and fans like me), wasted time away. Imagine the relieve and exoneration when I witnessed Neuville sweetly connecting with Odonkor's cross, some 90 seconds away from the final whistle. What can I say, FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE! Typical German persona - NEVER SAY DIE!

It looks like Poland canvassed England's game the other day, and imitated their stunted game plan. Poland exemplifies everything genuine football fans are against. The Poles may have done nothing wrong in the eyes of the law, but they obliterated spirit of the game. They seemed to have fallen by the wayside even before the game started. Pitiful. We have no time for boring teams with predictable strategies (you hear me, England?).

England vs Trinidad: England. What can I say? Overrated? Cocky? I still think they have too much strength in dept for T&T to contain. Tomorrow's headlines would read, ENGLAND, WORLD CHAMPIONS. Pathetic. *YAWNS*

Sweden vs Paraguay. Trouble brewing in the camp? The 4411 formation is stagnating, they need to attack from wide areas if they wanna get anything out of this game. It's gonna be a very roughneck match that I won't be losing sleep over.

As you can obviously see, I'm supporting Germany, and I believe their journey will end in the quarterfinals. I'm hoping that Holland & Czech have a good World Cup. Any country but England! OLE!
;-)

"And when there's just one rule you live by,
Each day you kiss the rising sun ...
When you live and die by the life we breathe
In the barrel of a loaded gun.." - Jon Bon Jovi's Justice in the Barrel (Blaze of Glory, 1991)

IS THIS THE BEST THE ENGLISH COULD DO? Hahahahahahahaha!

World Cup Fanatica!

2006-06-14T22:16:00.000+08:00

Looks like a World Cup for favorites. Only one scrimpy upset in the form of Trinidad. Ecuador and Switzerland weren't upsets, as I rate both of these countries. Probably the next closest thing to an upset was Portugal's fizzle to blow Angola away, followed closely by Paraguay's lusterless finishing to turn the screw on the English.

Just when I thought that I was abscising the benumbed England match from my system, in came the French with a similar no-testicles approach to draw the Swiss. Vieira was dreadful, thank God Arsenal ditched him! Henry was playing by himself, groaning and pouting, and Ribery looks like a headless chicken. Did you notice the confrontation between Zidane, Gallas and Thuram? It looks like it's the end of the road for the French. South Korea and Togo should be easy meat on paper, shouldn't it? Surely.... ;-)

The big one beckons, Germany vs Poland (German to shade it 2-1 or draw - depends on the M&M defence (Mertesacker+Metzelder). As for Tunisia, they should sweep aside the Saudis.

Germany welcomes the return of Michael Ballack (OLE!) and I'm banking on Podolski to open his goal account against his country of origin, Poland. I'm anticipating a all-guns-blazing warfare from Poland as they need a victory.

Right now, I shall leave you with some photos of some World Cup babes for your viewing pleasure. You're welcome. ;-)

Aussie Oi Oi Oi, Czech Mate & Mama Mia Italia!

2006-06-13T20:49:00.000+08:00

I dashed in and out of the right after work to catch the World Cup game between Australia and Japan. It looks like this will be a modus operandi for me over the next couple of weeks. And what a great game it was! Japan's goal was definitely polemical, and seeing how the game panned out, Australia deserved the 3 points.

Just because I'm in Asia it doesn't mean that I need to support Japan! Hello! What's wrong with you constipated Malaysians? The freaking Japs were lucky to score that dodgy goal (unquestionably a foul on the goalie). I had a RM5 bet at work (OooOooOo...are the cops gonna catch me and shave my already bald head just like they did with the old chinese buggers during CNY??) on Australia to ding it by 2-1. The payout stood at RM80. I was beaming when Cahill struck the second goal, and with only ONE minute left on the clock, the drongos scored the 3rd goal! $&#*$#*$!! There goes my RM80! Blood hell! Betting is certainly the devil's game. But unlike most yuppy tuppy Malaysians who bet the clothes on their backs, I know when to draw the line. RM5, and that's it.

I decided to vamoose the Italy match, cause I think they'll win it anyway (Italians 2-0!) and catch the CZECH game instead. I wanted the CZECHS to open a can of whoop ass on the Americans, and they did! Just felt sorry for them as they may have possibly lost Koller for the remainder of the world cup. All they have now is that otiose ex-Liverpool striker, Baros. Rosicky was astounding with his first goal. Didn't see the second half as I was too jaded, but I knew CZECHS would win comfortably.

Awakened at 7:30am, and instantly plugged in my V3X to the Maxis World Cup portal to get the latest scores. I was radiating when I saw the results. TONIGHT, I'm gonna do a skipinder the punjabi kangaroo on the South Korean game as I'm hoping to watch France tackle Switzerland and also hopefully watch Brazil ravish Croatia. I think the Koreans should win their game against Togo, perhaps 2-1 or 2-0 and France to nick a 1-0 via Henry and Brazil to score 4 against the Croatians. Yesterdays first 2 games were entertaining. Let's hope it continues! And least show the English how to play entertaining football!

England - Land of the Wanks

2006-06-12T20:51:00.000+08:00

Well, 6 games gone, and 2 upsets so far. Who's next to upset the applecart? Japan? Ghana? USA? The Holland game was technically OKAY, though not winning over fans. They dallied a risklessness overture, hence the lack of goal melee. I scrambled to stay awake in the second half. I didn't even bother watching Mexico-Iran and Angola-Portugal, credibly the feeblest group in the world cup. I don't think neither Mexico nor Portugal have the firepower to make the quarterfinals. I could be wrong though as football is full of surprises. Well, I don't really care who wins it, as long as it's not Brazil (for sporting reasons) and England (for haughtiness). The English epitomizes arrogance. They think they can win the World Cup after decollating Jamaica 6-0 and Paraguay 1-0. And what's with the beanpole klutz from Liverpool? A robo-dance? What a retard!

I am planning to catch Australia vs Japan tonight, and if I'm not exhausted, it's a toss up between USA vs Czech or Italy vs Ghana. I still haven't shaken off the virus I caught last Monday.

I feel like spouting about English mongrels. Snobs. Still boasting about 1966 til date, and the 5-1 mauling of the Germans a few years ago. Here's a recent conversation I had with an "Ing-Ger-Lund" supporter the other day (conversation was edited and toned down a little);

England: "So what country are you supporting for the World Cup la?"
Me: "The host team, Germany."
England: "Why la? They so strong meh? They surely won't win one I tell you.."
Me: "I'm hoping they qualify for the semi-finals, that's all."
England: "Maybe can lah because home team. England will win this. They will beat Brazil."
Me: "I don't think so, England will only win enemies in this world cup.."
England: "At least we don't lose 5-1 in our home soil!"
Me: "True, and at least we don't win only ONE world cup. Three to be exact." :-)

Back to my rant, have you ever noticed Germans bragging about their World Cup trophies and European Championships? England fans are still gasconading, some 40 years later. After winning the 1966 World Cup with a contentious goal, the England wanks have been predicting World Cup success for their country in 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002. Hello, ONE world cup and you think you're footballing Gods?! Self-obsessed drongos.

Seriously though, if Germany wins the cup, I'd say luck will play a big part in it.

To quote a writeup from a website; "England fans run around shouting "Two World Wars and One World Cup", while the Germans sit quiet and ponder on their seven World Cup finals, three World Cup victories, three European Championship victories."

So, here's to England not winning the World Cup. If they do, we'll never hear the end of it.

Boring England, Shocking Trinidad

2006-06-11T14:53:00.000+08:00

That England match was THE remedy for insomniacs. It was so wearisome that I would've gotten a better exhilaration watching grass grow! They played like buffalos. Slow and flabby. Dullest game of the tournament so far! Paraguay deserved a draw. Speaking of draws, Trinidad rode their luck in their game against Sweden, or, Sweden were just luckless. Withal, what a point for the first timers! I don't think there'll be many high-scoring (one-sided) games in this edition.

Argentina vs Ivory Coast was an arousing game, though I was barely awake throughout the game. The Argentines were technically proficient and the Ivorians were extremely swashbuckling. It's still difficult to betoken the top 2 finish of this group. Hopefully, we get to enjoy another gallant game in the form of Holland vs Serbia.

BTW, I watched CARS earlier in Sunway Pyramid. It's better than the worst animation ever - THE INCREDIBLES. It's the second worst animation ever! Gimpy jokes for a 2 hour movie. Though, the animation was better than ever! It's so incredibly realistic! Loads of family and moral values, typical. *YAWN* 4/10.

Germany 4 Costa Rica 2

2006-06-10T10:48:00.000+08:00

Germany 4 Costa Rica 2. What a pulsating game to kick off the WORLD CUP! I didn't gestate this to be a high scoring game, and I'm sure neither did most of you. Germany were quite convincing up front but it was their defence who looked the tawdriest of all. I don't like the 2 centrebacks at all, and I despised Friedrich - the worst German player.

It was a nerve-wrecking game (and I thought THE OMEN was full of suspense). And by the looks of things, it'll be difficult to see how the Germans will advance to the quarterfinals if they continue to play a high defence line. Nevertheless, 3 points, that's all that mattered. I'm 100% behind Klinsmann, as I have mentioned, Germany has been lacking quality players since 1998. No one managed to supercede my all-time favorite player, LOTHAR MATTHAUS. I was elated to see the official opening, especially when all the previous World Cup winners marched past, particularly the 1990 World Player of the Year, Germany's World Cup winning captain. :-)

Poland 0 Ecuador 2. Didn't watch the game. It didn't have the drawing power, and I certainly wasn't gonna lose my sleep. Good for Ecuador for tumping over the form book! On with the next games in Group B, England vs Paraguay, Sweden vs Trinidad. Prediction? Wins for Paraguay and Sweden. Yes, I loathe England THAT much. The English sodomists deserve to win nothing but flatuses in their faces. Haha!

I will be missing the first 30 minutes of the England game, as I have a more significant thing to do in the form of CARS. Will divvy up my intellections after today's matches and how the PIXAR flick panned out (50-50 chance that I may go).

GO DEUTSCHLAND!!!!

March of the Teutons (Deutschland!)

2006-06-09T09:20:00.000+08:00

Germany! Germany! Germany! Germany! Germany! Germany! With the kickoff only hours away, I am hoping Klinsmann-powered Germany would do well in this World Cup - I'm conjecturing that they will at least reach the semi-finals. It's gonna take a herculean effort, as there are a few good countries stand in their way, particularly cockier-than-ever England team. I love Klinsmann and I think he's doing a marvelous job given the dearth of quality German players.

The Star says Jurgen Klinsmann, says Arsene Wenger has been the greatest influence on his career. "I have absorbed information from a lot of coaches but the most has come from Arsene Wenger. He has taught me a lot. He impresses me in the way he manages his teams. He always thinks long-term." I think Klinsmann would make a GREAT no 2 @ Arsenal instead of the lousy Pat Rice aka Elton John wannabe.

Player to watch apart from Michael Ballack, is Lukas Podolski. The first game pits the Germans against the Costa Ricans, which I'm auspicating a 2-0 to the Teutons. The Costa Ricans are feeble in dead-ball situations, and so is Ecuador. Both of these countries lack the height to counter a German set-piece attack, or dead-ball. So I'm hoping Germany to win both of these games, and their goals will come from headers. :-) But, football is full of surprises - a factual cliche.

The ruggedest game for them will be against Poland. If Germany win their Group, they will face a potentially explosive encounter with England or a knavish tie against Sweden. If the Germans succeed, they might set up a mammoth clash with Argentina or Holland in the quarterfinals. Yikes!

But again, World Cups are pelted with shocks. Here's a shocker for you, I don't think Brazil will win the cup. How to play against them? Well, teams will need to rough 'em up ala Bolton and force dead-ball situations. Their gimpy keeper Dida is extremely overrated, and their back 4 is decrepit. The problem with Brazil is, they will more than always outscore you. So, a team needs to defend high up against them. Easier said than done though.

Dark horses to me are France, Czech and Holland. Hopefully Italy get knocked out sooner because they are by far the most boring team on the planet. Mexico and Portugal will be ousted faster than you can say La Cucaracha. Spain and Australia? Who are we kidding? ;-)

James Rollins - Map of Bones

2006-06-08T00:01:00.000+08:00

It took just under 10 days to mop up this new addition to my compendium of books. I used to love reading when I was young, then I found the internet in 1997. But, every so often, my adiences sputters up, and I wind up acquiring a book. This latest book is called Map of Bones - James Rollins.

James Rollins is a hybrid of Dan Brown and Tom Clancy. I know everyone's been bestriding Dan Brown's bandwagon, but James Rollins takes a slenderly contrastive overture. He indites about THE 3 WISEMEN, a biblical story about how they were guided by the star of David, towards Jesus's crib (or were they?).

Bombs, bloodbath and decimation equilibrizes the remainder of the book. Apparently THE 3 WISEMEN were concealing a so-called GOLD powder back then, where it can change state to a superconductor, that conjures gravitational attraction and such. Yes, told you it's fiction. But the marrow of it is, James Rollins didn't disenchant with the flux of the story. It was enamouring, though he peppered the story with too much supererogatory information, which can leave you in a state of muddiness.

It hasn't been the same since Dan Brown came into my life. Books just cannot compare to ANGELS & DEMONS (my favourite Dan Brown book), THE DA VINCI CODE and DECEPTION POINT. I bought a book called RULE OF FOUR last year - despised it - it was shockingly atrocious.

Bottomline, if you're looking for an adventure fiction relating to the VATICAN, get this book. Click on the right image for a different view of "bones". LOL!

James Rollins - Map of Bones 7/10

The Omen 666 Review (No Spoilers)

2006-06-07T09:27:00.000+08:00

I was one of the priveleged to watch the remake of THE OMEN 666 last night @ KLCC. My obiter dictum? Well, it's 80% like-minded to the original and there were a number of suspenseful scenes that made this movie a worthwhile watch - not for the fainthearted. The casting was terrifically anointed. The son of the devil's antics would in all likelihood make women think twice about having tiddlers. Although I mistily recognized most of the storyline, I was still shocked out of my skin during a couple of sequences, especially one scene, which I won't give away. ;-)

I hope they release OMEN 2 and OMEN 3 within the same year in 2007. 777 perhaps? Pity they didn't use the original soundtrack else I would've given it a higher rating. Good luck in EXPECTing the UNEXPECTED - 6.5/10. :-)

What's with couples getting married on triple dates like 555 (5th May 2005), 666 (6th June 2006), 777 (7th July 2007)? They're taking this superstitious crapology way too seriously. In hindsight, it's the most beneficial way to get hitched for the guys. Why? Well, they get to spare lots of dinero to feed their lusting on World Cup gambling. Nice. ;-) I'm certain that on 8th August 2008 (888), we get to behold 888,888 Malaysians getting married. Will you be one of the tightwad dudes who bank on cockamamie dates to save big bucks? We'll find out soon enough, won't we? Hahaha!

A New-Look Spiderman 3

2006-06-06T09:38:00.000+08:00

Check it out - leaked photos of SPIDERMAN 3. I like the new suit, much better than the first. I loved SPIDERMAN 2, and can hardly wait for this one! And it looks like my favorite Spiderman villain will be coming to screen soon - Eddie Brock (as acted by Topher Grace of That 70's Show) is VENOM. Hopefully CARNAGE appears in SPIDERMAN 4, that would make it a brilliant plot. Venom and Carnage are to me, Spiderman's toughest foes.

Zouk, KLIM 06, 16 Blocks & Glow KL

2006-06-04T20:50:00.000+08:00

ZOUK RECHARGE - Friday, 2nd June 06

I had a rattling weekend. Shortly after exiting the gym on Friday (yes, I've now commenced to work out 3 times a week - Monday, Wednesday & Friday), I got a call from a friend of mine who desired me to link up with her @ Zouk. Without giving any thought, I bounded at the invitation - an abrupt yet typical explosion of spontaneity. A Sagittarius. :-)

I arrived @ Zouk around 11:30pm, entered for free through one of her friends, else would've macerated RM50 for the cover charge. My colleagues were in Zouk that night too. I initially joined them, but these individuals are hapless. They don't know how to have fun, and don't know how to make best out of an occasion. It almost saddens me to see that, why even bother going out in the first place? My director, as always, took the bait of these individuals, and splurged RM750 for 2 bottles of Johnny Walker's Black Label. He reddened when I asked who purchased the bottles because I told him earlier at work what I envisage would come about. :-)

The house music was salutary, some South American DJ. The babes were nothing short of spectacular. Piddled away close to RM150, partook in a jug of Tiger beer (RM68), had 2 Guiness stout (RM38), bought my friend's friend a mug of Tiger beer (RM17) for getting me in for free, and then helped myself to a jug of Vodka Redbull (RM48). All in a night's worth.

KLIM (Kuala Lumpur International Motorshow) - Saturday, 3rd June 06
One word - overrated. The beauties aka Brand Ambassadors were overall disappointing, barring only a fistful of 'em - maybe it is because of my affinity towards Malays, thus circumscribing my "viewing options". LOL! There were shitload of gimpy cars. Not worth exhausting RM20 for the ticket. I photographed a couple of pics, and was particularly blown out of the water with Ford's concept pickup, Toyota's concept car and Honda's concept car. The highlight for me was the Ferrari Enzo. I also managed sussed out the CKD version of Peugeot 206. Not bad at all. Wouldn't mind possessing one next year, though the design is 8 years old. Also checked out Mazda 3 (RM112,000) and Ford Focus (RM111,000) - both voguish cars - and if I had the money to trifle away, these 2 would emphatically be my concluding options. :-) At the moment, I'm clinging to my Proton Gen-2, which is serving me really well, beyond my expectations after reading the moans and groans of the Malaysian public.

Ford Pickup Concept 4Trac

Toyota Concept CarA Really Sweet "Brand Ambassador"

Typical Malaysian Attitude, Queieing for free bag...Jokers!

Honda Sports 4 Concept

16 Blocks - Richard Donner, Bruce Willis - Saturday, 3rd June 06
An enjoyable flick that I viewed in KLCC's TGV, nothing great, but pleasurable enough. Mos Def's character was bloody narking - over-the-top high-pitched voice. The movie has a exchangeable pizzazz to the Lethal Weapon series thanks to its director. Bruce Willis was awe-inspiring (though his acting has become a little stereotyped since Sixth Sense). To me, he is the ONLY actor who can convincingly enact a shooting sequence, especially by the way he realistically employs the weapon and pulls the trigger - artform. The high spot of the movie is the scene between Bruce Willis and David Morse - ending with an epical line, "Fuck the truth!". All-in-all, a laudable 7/10 for me.

GLOW, KL - Saturday, 3rd June 06
I'm shanghaied with Glow's new location and ambience, it's way better than it's previous louche location. The music is overall red-hot and the babes were glorious. I'm sure God had a reason for me not being born a Malay, else I would've succumbed to AIDS by now - LOL! I know I know, barbarous joke, but you get my point. We purchased a bottle of Bombay Sapphire for RM288 (yikes, more money!!) that has virtually left me on a shoestring budget for the whole month - damn commitments! I HATE reggaeton music - those Latino wankers who contrived this needs to be tormented. The only 2 reggaeton songs that I find are OKAY were NINA SKY'S OYE MI CANTO and the not-so-recent R KELLY's BURN IT UP. Slap yourselves if you like Gasolina, Rompe or Culo - these songs were meant for pariahs, i.e. Man Utd supporters. LOL! 2 thirds of the Gin bottle was swigged within 3 hours, and then, we adjourned for some Tandoori chicken.

No points for guessing the country that I'm supporting @ the World Cup.

RED, my favorite colour! Ferrari Enzo!

Superman Returns (What World Cup?)

2006-06-03T10:28:00.000+08:00

At last, after almost 20 years, the wait will soon be over. I've been eagerly foreboding this flick for a long long time. I ideally wanted Christopher Reeve to play a small cameo. Oh well.

Warnerbros just unleashed a 12o-second long trailer, which, to me, looks outstanding. See for yourselves via this link .

Ka-Lel is back! Can Brian Singer, the X-Men flop, pull it off? Can Brandon Routh pull it off? Hmmm....Kate Bosworth looks like an underage girl that white men in Thailand would bonk.

SUPERMAN, my favorite superhero, (followed by SPIDERMAN) looks dead ready to becharm moviegoers worldwide. Kevin Spacey looks the part as Lex Luthor. I'm hoping to canvass CineLeisure in Damansara's Curve, as apparently there's a drivethru ticketing counter and also, tickets could be purchased 3 weeks in advance. This is where I turn Singaporean, this is where I become Kiasu. :-)

No other movies would've pushed me to the brink of kiasu-ness except the man from Krypton. I can hardly wait. World Cup? What world cup?

Supergirl Returns? (PG 18)

2006-06-02T09:35:00.000+08:00

Man, noticed all the ranting in my last few entries, time to limber up a little with this one;

Continuing on the SUPERMAN theme as I have promised, I googled for "Supergirl" and came up with a couple of hot photos. Now, I'm sure we men would be extremely happy if any of these 4 pretenders get the leading role for SUPERGIRL RETURNS. Though SUPERGIRL was lame-o flick to begin with, men turn into wolves at the thought of a woman flying through the air wearing a mini-skirt and a lycra top. It gets our senses tingling like Spidey. Without further ado, here are the nominees for 2006 SUPERGIRL outfit (don't hold your breath):

Have a great weekend! :-)

Taradiddle Living

2006-06-01T09:41:00.000+08:00

Someone had asked me earlier in the week, where do I see myself in 2 years? It got me cerebrating. Do I wanna be inhabiting the same routine in 2 years' time? Sometimes I feel like I'm going nowhere with this politically-laden line of work. I need a calculated risk, a swashbuckling glissade into business, but what? I have loads of ideas in mind but not enough moolah to actualize it. So, I end up equilibrizing down my ideas until it no longer holds appealingness.

Right now, at this very moment, I feel exalted. The working out at Fitness First in Menara Axis over the last 5 months is beginning to yield results. I feel rejuvenated. But, when there's a YING there's always a YANG. And YANG is my worklife. There are many visionless individuals that do not share the same urgency as me, and comprised of mainly bigots and racialists. It is people like this that has interpolated my "MUHIBBAH" thinking. Pigeonholing people is not the way forward!

Also, I've finally reached a plateau on FRIENDSTER. I've lost enthusiasm in virtually all the people that I have befriended. I scarcely make it a point to call them these days. I don't see any indication how this will change. Don't get me wrong, they are dainty people in their own right, but, I need perpetual change, so it's nothing personal. I'm kinda bored of FRIENDSTER, and I only keep in touch with a smattering of beauties that can keep abreast with my intense ruminating.

Anyway, the KL International Motorshow, 16 Blocks and The Omen 666 awaits! OLE!

Malaysia's Disneyland & A History of Violence

2006-05-31T10:15:00.000+08:00

Malaysia's Disneyland
I read the STAR news today that the Malaysian Government (is that an oxymoron?) is in talks with Japan and USA about tacking together a DISNEYLAND in Nusajaya, Johor of all places! Johor is Malaysia's infamous law-breaking city, so WTF? I chuckled when I observed another article in the same paper reporting about Nusajaya and a crime that occurred last night. Haha! At this rate, there will be monolithic security measures at the entrance, to restrain Johoreans from blowing up Minnie Mouse or worse, blowing Mickey Mouse. LOL! The government of Malaysia should give away complimentary one-way tickets for Johoreans to go to Singapore, as they will feel right at home among the kiasus. Utter bananas! I'd say relocate Disneyland to Malacca!

It would seemingly cost RM2bil for the project, create 20,000 new jobs and turn 50 Malaysians into overnight millionaires. Typical. Singaporeans will be super-jealous if this project is implemented, because the Land of Kiasuville almost got its own Disneyland but the plan flopped, just like Newater, the crappy drink. Thank GOD!

But running a theme park in our humid weather is problematical, particularly when visitants have to do a great deal of walking and waiting in a spread-eagling theme park. The present Disney locations are in California, Florida, Paris, Hong Kong and soon, Shanghai.

A History of Violence

I watched A History of Violence last night and I just wanna say what the bonk is wrong with people today? It concluded too abruptly, feeble plot line and they address this as art? Oh wait, you were also the ones to accredit faeces as an artform too, so there you go. Just tell me where you live and I'll come over and poop on your face. Ed Harris' proclaimed cameo was washy and the film disappointed. Better off watching Aliens vs Predators. At least there's a really funny scene where the human and the predator work hand-in-hand. Go water your pots or kick your neighbour's cat instead. Rating: 2/10

A Royal Malaysian Police Farce

2006-05-30T09:56:00.000+08:00

The Royal Malaysian Police (RMP), who deprecates to the assembling of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) has promulgated a document on their website that I found rather perturbing.

Apparently, if the Government sanctions the forming of the IPCMC, the Senior Police Officers Association will demonstrate their sentiments by balloting for the Opposition during the 2008 General Election?! The association claims to represent some 95,000 officers and other members in the Police Force.

Let transgression increase?! That's their admonition to the Government of Malaysia if the IPCMC is established. Here are the remainder of the "reactions" the Malaysian Police has threatened to take (click to enlarge):

The Omen: MyTeam vs Malaysia

2006-05-29T17:22:00.000+08:00

The game between MyTeam and Malaysia only established one thing, Malaysian soccer has gone bananas since 1990. FAM demonstrated blatant cold-shoulder by fielding an under-20 Malaysian side instead of the senior team, a contempt of the highest order, obviously attempting to salvage the Malaysian national team's face (if you could call a baboon's arse a face). They gave themselves the perfect excuse. Bunch of wankers!

Here I was, in high spirits after witnessing my favorite driver, Michael Schumacher landed up a respectable 5th in the Monaco GP after commencing the race at 22nd from the race pit. He epitomizes fighting spirit - typical GERMAN. This man is something else. I didn't see the qualifying session where evidently he did something diabolical, however, to finish 5th from last place says a great deal about this legend. All you non-Schumacher fans should kiss his arse if you can't appreciate a super-driver when you see one. And all you Alexander Yoong ("Malaysian boleh" cowdungs) fans should go bonk orangutans to ensure their existence.

Anyway, back to the abominable game, MYTEAM's keeper was hopeless. I can’t believe I desolated 45 mins of my life watching this pathetic game. Admittedly, part of me was rooting for MyTeam (like most Malaysians) but I was broadly nauseated with the shoddy passing and movement. It only reiterated the fact that Malaysian soccer will remain in doldrums as you can’t even see them (both teams!) stringing a few good passes together. Luckily I stayed at home! JOKE! Would’ve been more fun watching grass grow!

As long as we have retards/imbeciles/morons/idiots superintending FAM, we'll never breach nor reach the heights of our 70s/80s counterparts, and they were SEMI-PROS back then! Our football players are better off linking up with the National Lawn Bowl (what a stupid game!) team, now that'll be the perfect combination!

Sunway Lagoon & Se7enAteNin9

2006-05-28T16:42:00.000+08:00

A new nightspot officially opened in KL last night, which I had the privilege to attend. It's sited @ ASCOTT KL, on the ground floor. An interesting name, Se7enAteNin9, intemperately sponsored by Heineken. House music was the spot's main melodic theme. The ambience was white and refreshing. The Heineken beer bottles were RM15 nett, which was not too bad considering KL prices. Apparently this nightspot is established by the owners of SOULED OUT, Hartamas.

The dames were decent, a hip crowd in fact. I had approx 6 bottles of "kryptonic" beer, and was super jaded by 2am. You see, I woke up early on the same day to accompany the thief of my heart @ Sunway Lagoon for her company's family day outing. We were there from 10am to 4pm, and though the event was ho-hum, we enjoyed each other's company. :-)

Next thing I knew, I was motoring into town at 9pm for a night out that ended with some scrumptious nasi lemak at Jalan 222 around 4:30am. I only woke up at 3pm today.

P/S: Eamon - How Could You Bring Him Home is a cool song! :-)

Blood on Blood, One on One

2006-05-28T16:19:00.000+08:00

What happens when you throw 18 men in a futsal court to play a mini league? MAYHEM. Suddenly, our neandertal instincts kicked in and next thing you know tackles were flying in all over the place. The combat zone; Taman Megah, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, South East Asia, Asia.

This time, we furcated the teams based on the 3 departments. The favorites, were Al's team, with a very potent lineup. My team and Bren's team were credibly joint second favorites on paper.

Guts, determination, and the will to win was there for all to see. Here are the final scores of the 6 games that took place between Team ALAN, Team BRENDAN & my team (Team DANIEL).

GS FUTSAL LEAGUE
Match 1: ALAN 3 BRENDAN 2
Match 2: DANIEL 3 BRENDAN 0
Match 3: ALAN 1 DANIEL 3
Match 4: BRENDAN 3 ALAN 1
Match 5: BRENDAN 2 DANIEL 3
Match 6: DANIEL 1 ALAN 3

25 goals were shipped in, with ALAN himself finished up as the top scorer with 4 goals. The player of the "tournament" was my team's versatile goalkeeper, BOON. He was SPIDERMAN. And I had the last say in the 6th game when I railroaded 2 own goals that culminated in my team's only defeat. My team didn't really ran amok because we knew that we were already league champions. Tempers were flaring, but all in the spirit of the game.

My team, the GS FUTSAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, has bragging rights yet again, until the next LEAGUE instalment, in all likelihood after the WORLD CUP. :-)

"Blood on blood, one on one
We'd still be standing when all was said and done
Blood on blood, one on one
And I'll be here for you til kingdom come, blood on blood.." - Bon Jovi's Blood on Blood (New Jersey, 1988)

Superman Was Born Superman

2006-05-26T09:57:00.000+08:00

I reluctantly watched this movie at my best friend's home in Seoul last September, and was pleasantly astounded. Loved Part 1 but Part 2 was kinda ho-hum, nevertheless, it was a great flick. With son of Krypton returning to the big screen after God-knows-how-many-years, I shall make it a crusade to cite him whenever necessary. :-)

Here's a timeless quote about SUPERMAN from KILL BILL:

"An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, there's the superhero, and there's the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When he wakes up in the morning, he's Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man.

And it is in that characteristic that Superman stands alone. Superman did not become Superman, Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears, the glasses, the business suit, that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He's weak, he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race."

Come 30th June 2006, I hope the movie lives up to its foretastes. I will be getting GOLD CLASS seats to watch this film. I don't know whether Brandon Routh can outshine Christopher Reeve, I hope he doesn't so Christopher Reeve will perennate in memory. I hope Routh brings a different character (just like what Tobey Macguire did to Spidey, my second favorite superhero). The director's kinda gimpy though - Bryan Singer, the tosser who directed the first 2 pathetic X-Men movies. Hope he doesn't bonk this up. FYI - I'm skipping X-MEN 3, and I think you should if you have a brain (only applicable to non-Manure Utd supporters).

SUPERMAN RETURNS!

A Workplace Exposure

2006-05-25T10:55:00.000+08:00

We had to gussy up for a photoshoot 2 weeks ago. It was engaging, I was given some light makeup (though would've preferred war-paint). The last time I used a lip rouge was back in 1988 when my primary school choir were anointed to sing LIVE on a local TV station (Selamat Pagi Malaysia, RTM1). I distinctively retrospected how clayey the lipstick made my lips feel. LOL! We had a great time jesting at each other back then. That was 17 years ago. Back to the present, these captured photographs were to be reproduced in the UK for our public-listed parent company's annual report.

I also managed to dig out an old photo (dated 2000), also on the similar account. Man, I was so horizontally slender back then. LOL! The dude that's signaling towards the monitor was my ex-boss, David. He was a peachy guy though he had loads of bad habits. Revoltingly bad. :-) His wife must TRULY love him. Hahaha!

He was dismissed in 2002, which subsequently gave me the control to manage the Web Dept til date. Our office back then was situated in Phileo Damansara. I remember watching Bon Jovi's IT'S MY LIFE video for the first time, on that TV you see in the pic - April 2000.

Over the Hedge & Da Vinci Code Review

2006-05-24T10:24:00.000+08:00

Finally, after 28 years of existence, I had my first experience of watching a movie alone! Yup, just thought I'd give it a shot. It's not as bad as it sounds, though the current Carlsberg cinema advert is intended for loners. I watched OVER THE HEDGE @ Sunway Pyramid, 9pm show, Tuesday 23rd May 06.

At last, I've found a place where I could jape aloud alone and not a single mortal would think that I'm half-baked. On second thought, the other patrons were more half-baked, more like dumb dumbs - laughing at lilliputian slapstick stuff. This movie never had much substance to begin with, it's an animation for crying out loud. It attempted too hard to enrapture, and bombed. I think I may have enjoyed it with some company - thus brings me to the ratiocination - when watching "FUN" movies, don't watch it alone. :-)

Spur of the moment, I also purchased THE DA VINCI CODE ticket at the same time I collected my OVER THE HEDGE slab. When OVER THE HEDGE ceased at 10:30pm, I snuck out to STARBUCKS for some hot caramel coffee. Within 5 minutes, I became a drone. I knew I needed the coffee to keep me going for DA VINCI @ 11pm.

THE DA VINCI CODE? Bad acting. Tom Hanks flunked, I don't know who the casting director was but he/she needs to be bitch slapped. It's nothing like the book obviously. They jampacked so much information that it will leave you constipated yet discombobulated. GO READ THE BOOK! There were some critical bits of the movie that was playacted like a bad Steven Seagal flick. I chuckled uninvitedly, and so did the rest of the moviegoers.

There was this Nigerian buffoon and his foreign piglet behind me who were gassing throughout the movie. I just turned around and muted the boofheads. You come to our country, selling cabbaged watches, and you think it gives you the right to babble like the squawks that you are? Come on! Go home and screw your friend or something. I almost lost my cool. Bloody drongos!

On top of that, there was this Ah Beng a few rows in front, who hollered "WALAUWEH!" when Robert Langdon solved the 3 questions Leigh Teabing posed to him before entering Teabing's domicile. That bengster needs a dictionary hurled at his blonde head! There were lots of hanging bits in the movie. To those of you who prefer the movie to the book, you must have a pitiful imagination... :-P

Like I have said a gazzillion times, should've given DENNIS QUAID the ROBERT LANGDON role. If you read the book, I bet you'll get the same notion too. Who knows, they might make a movie out of Dan Brown's second book, ANGELS & DEMONS, though they have to do 3 things, replace has-been Tom Hanks with Dennis Quaid, give JJ Abram (of Lost) the Director's role, and alter the part where Robert Langdon leaps out of an exploding helicopter with a giant-sized handkerchief. Bollocks to that!

OVER THE HEDGE: 6/10
THE DA VINCI CODE: 5/10

Carnegie's Hoegaarden

2006-05-23T10:09:00.000+08:00

After catching POSEIDON at my "home" cinema in KLCC last Saturday, we manoeuvered to Carnegie's for a couple of pints of Hoegaarden, Belgium's most hunky-dory beer. It's a real celestial drink, makes you appreciate beer even more. And this is coming from a person who disfavors beer! Carnegie has freshened up its place, it now has a split level which I think makes it better as it gives a more tamped down look.

The live band was miserable. Waste of space. I confabulated with the waitresses over there, and interchanged e-mail address with one of them, Henny. She was cheerily angelic. A Penang lass - Gelugor to be exact. :-) I know that waitresses are picked on all the time, so they are accustomed to mambo jambo - but I had a breakthrough (no, I won't spill the beans). Haha! My question is, how does a waitress know that someone is sincere? She doesn't. It certainly must be tough waiting tables, especially at clubs, when you get white foreign octopuses who are rejects in their own country come here to take the piss at the local damsels, only to be bashed up by the locals. Witnessed it many times already - the same old cycle.

From my perspective, nothing guarantees that you'll break the ice and get a woman's attention. Obviously they know that most men think with their phallus. As the infamous saying goes, "God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately enough blood to run one at a time!" The trick is to being venturous enough to approach naturally with confidence. ;-)

As for me, I'm just a harmless flirt whose heart was burgled years ago. Hehehe!

Russians Doing the Can Can in Macau!

2006-05-22T10:10:00.000+08:00

Russians doing the French can can in Macau. What a rhythmic fusion, sign of times - cultural melting pot assimilation. I'm flummoxed by that. What next? Chinese doing the Bhangra in Brazil? Haha! These photos were captured in Lisboa Hotel, shortly after we've finished up our dinner with the business partners. The Russian demoiselles had mouthwatering butts. Aya carumba! See to believe...click to blow up the pics... :-) I see you baby, shakin' that ass!

The Poseidon Jacuzzi @ Lisboa Hotel Macau

2006-05-21T14:09:00.000+08:00

This is it. This is what I wish for my new condo in October. What's the damage on this baby? I don't know, but I want! This is the computerized jacuzzi in Lisboa Hotel, Macau. The room was complimentary thanks to one BILLIONAIRE. ;-)

POSEIDON: 7/10. Good watch, left me breathless. Haha!
Next up : Tooshie galore! :-)

Kuala Lumpur's Horizon & Songs

2006-05-20T13:39:00.000+08:00

Here are some photos that I captured of the KL skyline when I aviated to Hong Kong last Tuesday. The weather was kinda miserly and it was no different in Hong Kong. All images were snapped using my entrusted Canon Digital Ixus 400. As you can see, the Airbus is power-driven by Rolls Royce - an orthogonal fact. Haha! Enjoy!

On the ferry to HK, looking at Macau

On another note, here are some songs that I recommend for your listening pleasure. Use Limewire. Viva la PIRACY!

1) Pussycat Dolls - Buttons
2) Jason Aldean - Why?
3) Black Eyed Peas ft Jack Johnson - Gone Going
4) Massari - Real Love
5) Goleo ft Lumidee & Fatman Scoop - Dance
6) Infernal - Ten Miles
7) Ice Cube - Why We Thugs?
8) Rob Boskamp - In The Evening
9) Nelly Furtado ft Timbaland - Promiscuous Girl
10) Craig Morgan - I Got You
11) Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
12) Train - Give Myself to You
13) Blog 27 - Hey Boy

King Henry of Arsenal Stays!

2006-05-20T00:45:00.000+08:00

Woohoo! King Henry stays at Arsenal for the next 4 years! 4 years of mouthwatering football for all of EPL to relish. Definitely the BEST EPL player that has ever emblazoned the Premiership. Cantona was NOTHING. Any Liverpool player was overrated compared to him. Gerrard who? Chelsea? Puh-lease, don't get me started. Like it or not, he's been the EPL's topscorer 4 out of 5 seasons now - so take that suckers!

Arsenal’s top goalscorer of all time has just ended the 2005/06 campaign with a tally of 33 goals from 42 starts to take his overall haul for the Gunners to an incredible 214 from 313 starts in all competitions. On average, 30.6 goals per season. He just became the first player to score more than 20 goals in five consecutive seasons and he claimed the "Golden Boot" (most goals scored) in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Would've loved to see him in the same team with Eto and Ronaldinho. Hmmm...any Russian takeover for the Gunners? LOL! I think even if that happens, Wenger won't be as obtuse as Mourinho. He'd be plausibly buying Kunta Kintay and Odube Wogambe and they wind up as the best strikers in Arsenal's history - OLE! ARSENE KNOWS!!

My get-rid-of wishlist - Robert Pires, Lauren, Alex Song, Pascal Cygan, Sol Campbell, Manuel Almunia, Emmanuel Adebayor and Justin Hoyte. Who I would like to see in the starting lineup more often - Theo Walcott, Johan Djourou, Kerrea Gilbert, Arturo Lupoli. GET RID OF PAT RICE - he's an effing inutile Elton John wannabe. We need a ballsy Assistant Manager who would take charge of Wenger's gimpy choices of substitutions.

What we need - a goalkeeper, a left winger, and a striker. Anyway, that's a story for another day. Right now, let's all take a bow to the greatest EPL player in history - THIERRY HENRY.

I Eluded Typhoon Chanchu

2006-05-19T15:00:00.000+08:00

I'm back, all in one piece. Sidestepped Typhoon Chanchu (Pearl), a T3 storm. Luckily it didn't conflagrate into a T8 else I would've been marooned there until God-knows-when. 2 nights, and no proper slumber since Monday has zombified me. I'm trying to reminisce all that has happened over the last week, both in Kuantan and Hong Kong/Macau.

My 4-day stay in Kuantan was the most blissful one yet invigorating. I won't muckrake much as I don't wanna whammy it, but God-willing, if it happens, I would be the happiest man on planet Earth. ;-) Impiana Resort seemed to be losing its lustre. At night, we combed all the way up to Kuala Kemaman and fringes of Bandar Cukai in pursuit of seafood. It was relatively chinchy. Four dishes totalling RM46 for 2 pax. However, Terengganu's not my cup of tea and certainly do not possess the winsomeness of Pahang. :-)

We left Impiana (Cherating) on Monday (15th May) and I flew the next day to Hong Kong & Macau for 2 nights. It was a staggeringly fatiguing journey. The weather was wretched in anticipation of the first storm of the typhoon season (Chanchu). We ferried across to Macau from Hong Kong Airport when we discovered that the meeting venue has been switched. Myself and the COO plumped in Macau around 4:30pm, checked into the Lisboa Hotel (full complimentary rooms thanks to one billionaire). The room were baronial and the bathroom was princely. Exquisite to say the least. It had a computerized jacuzzi. You could play music (radio/CD), set steam, determine the temperature level, toggle the anti-mist mirror. It was fantabulous! I would LOVE to own a similar one in my new condominium unit.

We were treated to dinner by the business partners. The meeting proved fruitful as we signed on the dotted line the next day back in Hong Kong. There were babbles of Typhoon Chanchu colliding with Macau and HK but later learned that it had veered off to China. The ferry ride to HK was extremely roiled eventhough we were in the Superclass section. The waves were battering the ferry.

After arriving in HK, we checked in at the Metropole Hotel in Kowloon, and then back to the city for dinner culminating with the signing of the agreement (8pm-ish). In the midst of it all, I managed to squelch a little time for shopping and bought a 512MB Micro SD card for HK230. Cheapo!! My Motorola V3x was selling at only HK2900, approximately RM300 cheaper than Malaysia!

Slumbered at 11pm and awakened at 2:30am to catch the Barcelona-Arsenal final at the bar on a ground floor. It was a good match in the first 20 minutes, and Barcelona were the deserved victors. What promised to be an historic clash ended when Arsenal's goalkeeper was sent off. The ref should've played the advantage in the spirit of the game. Anyway, Thierry Henry might stay with Arsenal so that's a silver lining. Looking forward to Ashburton Grove next season. Right now, I'm back to cheering on GERMANY in the World Cup. :-)

Game ended at 5am, took the airport bus at 6am, left HK at 9am, arrived in KLIA at 12:30pm, reached home at 1:30pm, slept at 11:30pm after drafting this entry. Have a good weekend. *YAWNS*

Always,

Me

P/S: 100-Plus Aqtiv is officially now my favourite (and only) carbonated drink. Less sweeter and more fizzier than the original 100-Plus.

Thief of Hearts in Hong Kong

2006-05-15T21:53:00.000+08:00

Just doubled back from my Cherating tripper earlier today around 6:30pm. Dropped in the office and strove home at 8:30pm. I've just finished bundling my apparels and toiletries for my business trip to HK tomorrow for 3 days. Will be back by Thursday, thus normal blogging service shall resume then.

I was in Kuantan/Cherating with the thief of my heart. Yes, yes, my lovelife's perplexed, just like everyone else's! Hahaha! :-P See ya in a couple of days!

"I am the thief of hearts, the shadow on your wall
The whisper in your ear, the footsteps in the hall
I am the thief of hearts, don't hide or try to run
I'll play the part, I'm the thief of hearts, I'm gonna steal your love" - Bon Jovi's Thief of Hearts (100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't be Wrong, 2004)

Kuantan Weekender Retreat

2006-05-11T10:00:00.000+08:00

With the "long" weekend hovering, I mulled over plans on how to snaffle the opportunity for a quick getaway, just like the other 5 million people in the Klang Valley. I recalled calling a number of Cherating hotels 2 weeks ago to book for a couple of nights over there, but was informed that it was fully reserved. Subsequently, I triggered plan B, lodging at a friend's place in Kuantan. The last time I stucked around Kuantan was last Hari Raya. I spent time with my friend's family and relatives and it was reposeful. It's much more comfortable when more than half of the country's population celebrate a festival, as it leaves you with a "fistful" of guests, not an battalion like I annually face-off during my X'mas open house.

Why Kuantan? I have my reasons. ;-) I've grown to love Kuantan and savor the laidback life over there. You really do get to stop and smell the roses. Obviously, there is a demarcation to being mellowed, though it's unquestionably therapeutic to the body and soul. I'm hoping to watch Poseidon, Over the Hedge and Da Vinci next week - a bumper movie week that I'm really looking forward to. :-)

Well, enjoy the long weekend and I'll see ya when I see ya!

Always,

Me

P/S: I'll be flying off to Hong Kong for business next week for a couple of days.

Who Says You Can't Go Home

2006-05-09T11:40:00.000+08:00

Bon Jovi has serrated a first - not just for the band, but for music history. The hit "Who Says You Can't Go Home" made Bon Jovi the first rock band to land atop Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart - a position it now holds for a second week. :-)

Two versions of the single have been recorded, one featuring just the Bon Jovi band members and one featuring Jennifer Nettles, lead singer of Sugarland. Originally, front man Jon Bon Jovi had called on Keith Urban to duet with him on the tune, but apparently found that Nettles was a better fit for the song.

"I spent 20 years trying to get out of this place
I was lookin' for something I couldn't replace
I was runnin' away from the only thing I've ever known
And like a blind dog without a bone I was a gypsy lost in the twilight zone
I hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold

Who says you can't go home
There's only one place they call me one of their own
Just a hometown boy, born a rolling-stone, who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact
There's only one place left I want to go
Who says you can't go home - It's alright (it's alright) It's alright (it's alright) It's alright.." - Bon Jovi's Who Says You Can't Go Home? (HAVE A NICE DAY, 2005)

Hey Hey Hey, It's Fat Albert!

2006-05-08T14:28:00.000+08:00

Can I tell you a secret? I see fat people...What in the devil's name was going through this company's mind when they named their airline? Is Santa Claus their CEO? Or is it just a barbarous arse around to all fat avoirdupois mortals in the world, or the politically correct term, horizontally-challenged people? This airline's from Taiwan - it's the Far Eastern Air Transport. Hmmm.. isn't the abbreviation supposed to be FEAT instead? Hmmm...they must have XXXL seats and also hamburgers on board. WTF?

Anyway, during my flight back to Malaysia from Bali, I caught something on the wing of the airplane. See for yourselves. Notice anything out of the ordinary? Click on the image to take a closer look.

Yes, yes, your eyes do not delude you. Now do you believe me when I say Superman exists and he got his hands dirty by manoeuvring the plane? No wonder MAS is going belly-up, the Man of Steel has joined forces with Airasia. :-)

Mission Impossible Motorola V3X

2006-05-07T14:44:00.000+08:00

Talk about being spontaneous, I finally impulse-buyed the Motorola Razr V3x phone on Wednesday, and I absolutely love it. It is a pity though, I'm moving away from the trustworthy Nokia brand. Well, unless Nokia can muster up some more voguish designs, I think their market share will continue to corrode, though they have the best software piloting in the business.

This baby (V3x) is nothing short of sexy. It oozes sex appeal. I didn't trade my old phone (Nokia 6630) in for this one. Instead, I gifted my Nokia phone to someone as a present. ;-) The 6630 had served me well over the last 1.5 years but I just couldn't curb my craving any longer when I laid my eyes on the bootylicious V3X. If you don't like the look of this phone, then either you're aging severely or you're just plain unenlightened. :-P

There are few places that I'm groaking for my next trip, KK, Perhentian/Redang Island or Langkawi. I wanna quest for a diving license (PADI). So, it might probably be Langkawi. Why? Cause Langkawi's duty free - booze, cigars and chocolates are readily available. OLE! And so is the restaurant that dishes out a zesty thai-style crab on Pantai Cenang. Still, I'm as predictable as the current Malaysian climate. :-)

Mission Impossible 3 = 9/10 (The BEST of the Mission Impossible movies!) Michelle Monaghan is hot! Tom Cruise is arguably one of the greatest actors of all time.

Here are my favorite Tom Cruise films (in no particular order):
1) Top Gun
2) Cocktail
3) A Few Good Men
4) The Firm
5) Mission Impossible
6) Jerry Macguire
7) Vanilla Sky
8) Minority Report
9) The Last Samurai
10) Collateral
11) War of the Worlds
12) Mission Impossible 3

Never Say Goodbye (A Balinese Reflexion Pt III)

2006-05-05T00:08:00.000+08:00

And this is it, my final Bali lallation before I conclude the chapter on my rattling escapade and boomerang back to reality. I acknowledge that I've not been keeping in touch with some of you as I regularly do. I don't know, perhaps Bali has metamorphosed me in more ways than one. No, it doesn't mean that I'm now AC/DC, wokay?. Still DC as ever! LOL! It's just that I'm taking a break from it all. Normal service shall resume soon.

DAY 4 - it was an overcast morning, accompanied by very light rain shower (akin to someone's who's tattling to you and can't keep his saliva to himself..). We had continental breakfast (same old same old), and left at 9am to embark on our first stopover which was to the South of where we were. The circumnavigation took approximately 55 minutes. The tour cost 400,000 rupiah which was just under RM190 for the van and the driver for 10 hours - anywhere we wanted to go. A bargain if you ask me.

Our first destination - ULUWATU. This temple (or Pura in Indon) is situated on the cliffs with a breathtaking yet daunting eyeshot of the ocean. Nothing short of dramatic. As you can see from the photos, it was a sight to behold. The entrance fee only cost 1000 rupiah, approx RM0.40. As luck would have it both myself and Ravind were in our long pants else we would've been compelled to don a sarong, which will surely give a new meaning to SPG - Sarong Party Guys. Hahahaha!

We were forewarned by the ticket dude that the monkeys in Uluwatu are a very brazening lot and will take anything off you. Even the shades on your face and earrings! Yikes! Hence, I became angelical for an hour and removed my earring (last time I did this was back in APIIT college - yes, they were monkeys too..LOL). The heat was unendurable and we started sweating bucketfuls that could've easily glutted the entire Klang Valley in 5 minutes. Aiyaiyai! It puzzles me how this scorching heat enchants the Iteys Whiteys. ;-)

There were a congregation of monkeys there alright, from Alex Ferguson to Jose Mourinho...and there were emphatically a few Drogbas too. Hahahaha! I was grateful that the sweltering heat got to them too as they weren't monkeying around like they're supposed to. Hmmm...monkey brains anyone? LOL!

Anyway, the view was spectacular, and we combed just about 1.5 km in length under the scorching sun, drenched in perspiration. We snapped a couple of shots before making like a banana and splitting the scene. We left Uluwatu for a 40-minute drive to Denpasar, where we iced ourselves off in the BALI MALL for an hour.

We then straggled over to Pasar Sukawati for some shopping and whatnot. We arrived at the market approximately 30 minutes and vagabonded around for 2 hours. I purchased an oil painting (with wooden-crafted frame) for only RM35. It was a steal. The rule of thumb here is to negotiate 20% from the original price. If they quoted 100,000 rupiah, ask for 20,000 rupiah and seal the deal at 30,000. ;-) We became the bargaining Don Juans for one day. Wood sculptures are quite low-priced too, and pareos were as low as 20,000 rupiah, which was around RM5. OLE!

After an oil painting, a wood carving, 2 pareos, 5 bracelets and 40 keychains later, we steered to our next stop. The driver, then confabulated about the hindu cremation rights after we drove pass a funeral procession. Manifestly, it costs RM60,000 just to cremate 1 body! So, because of their economic situation, some wait as long as 10 years, to get a group of "bodies" to cremate so the price becomes reasonable. Hmmmm...looks like a good business opportunity that might just help reduce people to ashes. ;-) We could have a promotion like burn 1 body, next body 50% discount. I'm sure it'll be a combusting success. (excuse the pun).

We made a nimble layover at a local handicraft gallery, took some pictures and scrambled on to the final destination, Tanah Lot, which was more or less 30 minutes away. My friend who is also an avid Arsenal fan like me, Ravind, wanted to sample "Babi Guling" (or "Rolling Pig" in direct translation) and I courteously passed up his offer of joining him on this (yucky) delicacy. I don't consume pork at all you see. So for the next 20 minutes, Ravind jawed away on his rolling pig, and I steered away from the funky aroma. I watched the dude turn into a Liverpool supporter for the next 20 minutes (LOL!). Funny though, I thought Liverpudlians do not eat their own kind? Hahahaha! You'll never wank alone. Stupid song for a boring team. Perfect combination.

Tanah Lot was magnificent, we arrived at 4:30pm, lallygagged around for 1.5 hours, looking at more shopping items, which I became a casualty of, bought a Bali t-shirt (70's design - see tanah lot pics), a faddish mini handbag (for my helpmate), a unique retro-looking food cover (for her parents - they loved it btw), and a head-scarf thingy. Cue 6pm, we coggled into Tanah Lot, was spellbound by the gorgeous setting, took a dozen or so photos, chilled at a restaurant on top of the cliff with "Have a Nice Sunset" as its tag line, sipped coconut water (good for your daughter - daughter is colloquial for balls...hahahahaha!), and blazed out of Tanah Lot approx 7pm.

We stopped over @ Hard Rock on the way back and reached the hotel just in time to catch Chelsea pummel Manure 3-0. We jubilantly applauded and cheered on Wayne Rooney's departure with a mug of Bali Hai, switched off the TV and aviated off to the hottest club on a Saturday night - KAMASUTRA. WOW! The balinese babes that I encountered was out of this world. No, they're not fugly like ET or any of the STAR TREK bozos, they were drop dead beautiful.

DAY 5 - we left Bali with a heavy heart, pledging to ourselves to conquer this mammoth island again in the near future, and hopefully, bring the women we love for some aquaticses, dolphin-watching, snorkelling and volcano-treading and cultural tours. We'll be back. Here's to holding on to NEVER SAY GOODBYE.

@ The Bali Airport

Performing the harakiri @ Uluwatu

I'm the King of the Hurl... @ Tanah Lot

Squatting - to those of you who can't get enough of me. Haha!

Madman of Bali... ;-)

Excuse me ladies, wanna have some sunshine in your life? LOL!

Is it too bright for ya? Shall I dim it a little?

Tanah Lot's magical sunset...

Hakuna Matata (A Balinese Reflexion Pt II)

2006-05-04T10:48:00.000+08:00

As foreboded, here is my next Bali entry.

DAY 2 - started with full of promise, we woke up late, ineluctably due to the lack of slumber a few nights in a row. My team Arsenal did just about enough to qualify for the finals. We manoeuvered to the free breakfast and I plowed myself to a full English breakfast.

After that, we sprang up to the swimming pool for a plunge and then vagabonded off to the fringes of the hotel for some beers and knickknackery. We kept our 2nd day outing a low key affair seeing that we'll be warding off to Jimbaran (30 minutes away from the Allseasons hotel) for some seafood and sunset. We managed to sneak in a foot massage before being picked up by the free transport to Jimbaran.

When we arrived, we were treated like royalties. I must say that the Balinese really know how to "ampu" their guests. A definite plus. I also found that Indonesian accent is actually not too shabby. In fact, it's a much better accent that our East Malaysian counterparts. LOL! I think East Malaysians mashed up Filipino and Indon dialects together that make their crossbred accent unappealing to the ears, in my opinion. :-P I'm sure I'd be mutilated for that remark, though it's the brutal truth.

The tables were coiffured right on the beach, and on both sides of the shoreline, we saw a" sea" (pun intended) of tables as far as the eye can visualize. It looks like hoards of people will be dining away to the sunset too. The clock was 5:30pm, and with 45 minutes left before sundown, we embarked into the eating house and hand-picked our dishes for BBQ - squid, kingfish prawns, red snapper and crab. I ordered them to hold the serving until approx 6:30pm. We then downed time by savouring on Bali Hai (a beer that I've grown accustomed to). It was dandy.

There were a few dogs on the beach, which was not a big deal to me, until we witnessed one stooling more or less 50m away from us (it must be of Sabahan descent...LOL!). I didn't agnize that we could also see the runway from our vantage point until we caught a plane lifting off into the apparent horizon.

The food was hunky-dory (not a huge BBQ Seafood enthusiast though I love BBQ & Seafood separately). We were indulged by a nomadic quintuple band - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bongo, double bass and the maracas. It was groovy. They sounded splendiferous although they didn't know the exact lyrics. These musical mercenaries were WAY better than ANY malaysian live bands tack together. Believe me, cause I loathe live bands (particularly Malaysians) because they do not have tractability and diverseness to stay refreshing. I was smitten by Indonesian live entertainment. :-)

Yu-yu Seafood was the name of the joint. I think it was aptly named considering the "yuyu" that we were about to endure in the next couple of hours. We suffered food poisoning. Looseness of the bowels and upchucking. Easily the worst food poisoning that I suffered. That drama caught us offguard, thus trammeling our night junket for the day and threw a spanner into the works for tomorrow's plans.

DAY 3 - we prorogued our tour to Uluwatu-Sukawati-Tanah Lot tour to Saturday. We then ingested some pills to help ameliorate the intoxication, and we were feeling squeamish to do anything - cue a 3-hour paradisiacal massage @ the spa. :-) Aromatherapy, footwash, body scrub, facial and herbal bath were the itinerary. I temporarily blanked out my ordeal and was whisked away into lala land. A-la-la-la-la-long!

We ventured to a few clubs that were placid, and finally landed our arse in Hard Rock Cafe. Expensive! RM35 for a glass of long island tea. RM30 for a bottle of Corona. Yikes! But the babes were salacious. :-P

Live bands here were simply awe-inspiring. Hard Rock Bali had a 9 piece band with 4 singers. Yes, 4 singers, and all of them are far superior than that crappy pathetic karaoke joker named Mawi. These Indonesians were red-hot!

It was at this club (Hard Rock Bali) that the local band belted out an Indonesian song that will forever be immortalized as my Bali theme song - Samsons - Kenangan Terindah. Justly titled (barring the food poisoning of course!). :-) Hard Rock was booming hip hop and house music.

We adjourned around 2am as we needed to come alive at 9am the next day (Saturday) for our day long odyssey to Uluwatu, Pasar Sukawati and Tanah Lot, which I shall continue in the next entry. ;-)

Here are the remaining photos to conclude this writeup. Next up : The Highlight of Bali.

Chilling Before the Sunset

Is that a spectacular view or what?

Bali Hai Beer....mmmmm

Sunset view

Ala Michaelangelo's Creation of Adam?

Mr Blubber..hehehe

Jailhouse Rock (A Balinese Reflexion Pt I)

2006-05-02T10:54:00.000+08:00

Where shall I begin? I'll fragment my Bali ingress up, because there's so much to delineate about, and I'll endeavour to keep it brusque, fingers crossed. ;-)

Day 1 - As what I've plotted (see previous entry), the times were generally precise (told ya I'm not Indian - LOL!). The Airasia flight was ON TIME. Yes, ON TIME. :-) I lounged next to an Indon on the flight. If that was a sign of things to come, it didn't look good at all. The dude's noisome odor seemed to have enchanted flies on the flight. YES, there is nothing wrong with your eyesight, there were FLIES on the plane. Hahahaha! They need a holiday too I guess!

We flooded in at the Ngurah Rai Intl Airport with minimal hassle (and did the hustle - cue Do the Hustle song). We were greeted by a driver named Budi, who motored us to our Allseasons Hotel in Legian, which was under 1km away from the renowned Kuta beach. On the way there, we drove passed the 2nd bombing (year 2004) location. The place was untouched, exposing blackened dilapidations for all to see. I think it is a stark reminder to those who lost their lives.

The hotel was FANTASTICALLY gorgeous, and for RM97 a night, it was a deal of the century! The actual rate was purportedly RM190, but thanks to the Matta Fair in March, we got catchpenny rates. They checked us into our own separate rooms on the ground floor of the hotel, just a footfall away from the pool, the ambience was picturesque. I was awestruck.

Myself and Ravind (dude in the photo) gallivanted around our new home, consumed Soto Ayam, and then blueprinted our itinerary over the next couple of days. We then visited the hotel spa, got a kickass 2-hour massage package for just under RM110, which was a steal! The surrounding was bedazing. We were definitely in paradise.

The nightlife though was kinda disappointing. "Sepi", as Indonesians would describe it. "Quiet" as iteys whiteys (white folks) would describe it. Taxis here are freakingly overpriced because most of the hotspots are situated on one-way streets. We forked out a minimum of RM15 for every cab ride.

The cab fella chauffeured us around, trying to fleece us, only to discover that we were Malaysians, then things got a whole lot better. We went to suss out the local's favorite club, Kamasutra, but the place was placid. So we ask the cab driver to drive us to some bars that are the stomping ground for locals. The dude somehow misconstrued that as a hint for sex. He brought us to a brothel in Sanur, and we were overwhelmed with 30+ Indonesian women, circling around like vultures, looking for some meat to devour. I don't think so!

5 minutes later, after blarneying the cab driver that this is not what we wanted, we got him to drive to Hard Rock instead. On the way to Hard Rock, we passed an engaging bar strip, which was only a stone's throw from the first Bali bombing area in 2002. We checked out a place called Paddy's Club. And no, it's not Irish at all, though we did mollycoddled ourselves to Guinness Stout all night long. Drinks are expensive in Bali.

The local women were pretty decent. Way better than Phuket and Koh Samui. And the good thing was, it didn't have a sleazy feel to it. We didn't come here looking for some meaty action (though if we got some for free we wouldn't be too upset about it - haha!). After a couple of Guinness, I went up to a local chick boogieing near us, and influenced her to join myself and Ravind. She danced really well. I was shanghaied. She tried confabulating with me, but I guess I was too drunk to be bothered in the first place, so I left it to Ravind to philander with her.

Our gallivanting ended at 2:30am. Watch out for more Bali reflextion in my next entries. :-) In the meantime, I shall leave you with a couple of pics of my hotel room and its surroundings.

My kingsize bed

Room with the pool view. OLE!

The contemporary bathroom sink.

The outdoor shower. ;-)

The outdoor shower. ;-)

The pool within the hotel closure.

The lobby from outside my room.

The sarong statue with my shades. Ain't he cool?

Madman of Bali holding a cigar and a Bali Hai beer. :-P Booyakasha!

Countdown to Tranquility

2006-04-25T09:53:00.000+08:00

Finally, after a wait of over a month, my holiday's here! :-)

I will be taking the 10:55am flight to Bali on Wednesday morning. The dreaded thing is, I will have very little sleep the night before. I am planning to hit the hay by 11pm tonight (hopefully), and awake @ 2:45am to catch Villareal vs Arsenal (2nd Leg), and then drift off to slumberland again for barely an hour before I rise again at 5:45am. I'm contriving to leave home @ 6:30am, park my car at my office (Menara Merais, PJ) around 7am, reach KL Sentral by 7:45am to grab the 8:30am bus to the LCC terminal in KLIA. Through the words of John Denver, "I'm leaving on a jet plane..". BTW, John Denver is the ORIGINAL composer and singer to this song (to those of you who were swimming in your father's bollocks back in the 80s). Haha!

I just hope that my flight leaves on schedule, but then again, it's Airasia, you get what you pay for. Thus, I won't be too discomfit by that. It's a 3 hour flight to Denpasar, which I'm hoping to kill time by either reading Dan Brown's Digital Fortress or log some Z's.

5 splendiferous days awaits...I'll see ya soon! Until then, have a nice day, week and weekend!

Always,
Me

"So kiss me and smile for me, Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane, Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go" - John Denver's Leaving on a Jetplane

Come Out & Play

2006-04-23T18:25:00.000+08:00

I didn't go to Zouk and Sunway Lagoon, thanks to Futsal. I'm always ladened with bad luck when it comes to soccer injuries. Friday was the most afflictive yet, I suffered contusions in 4 places on my right leg - hamstring, knee, toe and thigh. I applied the magic spray to suppress the pain and rambled on playing. However, during the last 10 minutes before the end, I had an air-shot (thanks to my fellow teammate who unintentionally tugged the ball away from me just when I was about to unleash a goalbound shot). That effectively ended my game. I think I'll give futsal a breather - for at least another month, to nurse my injuries. Bali just couldn't come any sooner. Spa awaits. :-P

I racked up 4 goals again, but this time, my team were the deserved victors. The WEB dept walloped the other dept very convincingly, leaving me beaming with superbia, knowing that we've got bragging rights for the next 2 weeks. Who said winning isn't everything? It was worth the injuries that I endured. :-)

On another note, I had a beefsteak last Friday for lunch @ San Francisco Steakhouse, with someone I adore. The food was mediocre - so don't bother. The price was somewhat reasonable compared to TGIF (that reminds me - it's time to have my favorite TGIF drink, THE ULTIMATE MUDSLIDE). Mmmmm...

"Hey, man you disrespecting me,
(Take him out) You gotta keeep'em separated
Hey, man you talkin' back to me,
(Take him out) You gotta keep'em separated
Hey, don't pay no mind, If your under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play!" - Offspring's Come Out & Play (1994)

Futsal, Zouk & Arsenal

2006-04-21T16:02:00.000+08:00

In the exact order, those are the plans for this weekend. We're playing futsal @ Tmn Megah today, between 8 and 10pm. Hopefully I'm able to last long enough as I've been bearing a hamstring sprain since the last futsal sashay 2 weeks ago. Can't seem to shake it off (no, I'm not talking about my ding-a-lings) - must be a natural process of aging. :-P

Once futsal is over, it's off to home for a shower and a shave and then rendezvous to Zouk (if my legs are still connected to my body). We are planning to piss at its entrance to mark our territory. *EVIL GRIN*

Arse-anal Arse-anal Arse-anal. No, it's not a guide on how to use a dildo, you pervs! Arsenal have a ginormous game against Rottenham this Saturday @ 7pm. A game that they need to win at all cost to keep their 4th place finish alive. It's gonna be engrossing, and tense watching the Gunners (hopefully) giving those wankers from White Tart Lane one up the arse! BTW, you can have Sol Campbell back for free - we've got Scrat the Squirrel now! Woohoo!

Scrat the Squirrel @ Highbury

2006-04-20T10:57:00.000+08:00

Arsene Wenger unveiled a nutty signing for Arsenal last night, a squirrel named Scrat. Arsene applauded its debut performance for the Gunners, "He was quite fast and dribbling." The runaway rodent was heartily welcomed by the Arsenal fans, with a chant of, "There's only one squirrel". I personally felt that its debut appearance was way better than that RAT on the pitch of Old Trafford, home of Manure Utd - where at times it was difficult to separate the RAT among the Manure players. LOL!

Anyway, Scrat the squirrel propelled the left-back, to provide cover for Flamini, as he marauded down Arsenal's left flank. Scrat was running the show @ Highbury for a good couple of minutes, vamoosing away from the Spanish playactors of Villareal who attempted to mark it. It emerged to be roaming more effectively than Riquelme in Arsenal's half. Hahaha!

The referee, who was not amused (uncanny resemblance to Queen of E), finally paused the game and Scrat the Squirrel impertinently bolts to safety behind an advertising billboard and exited the stadium to catch the tube to see ICE AGE 2 in London. Rumours are rife that Sky TV will be lining up a Squirrel-cam in the near future. :-P

Conspirators suggests that the squirrel has purchased a posh flat in the new Highbury complex and has been given the wrong move-in date. Those bloody agents!

Arsenal 1 Villareal 0. Leg 2 will be played next Wednesday morning @ 2:45am, leaving me with very little sleep time in between to catch the Airasia flight to Bali on the same morning. But, knowing Airasia, it would probably be delayed for 3 hours (eversince Manure started advertising with them, their services became stinky).

Too Much of a Good Thing

2006-04-19T00:01:00.000+08:00

I'm only 7 days away from my Bali junket. I'm certainly looking forward to a 5-day break loose from the hustle and bustle of life, for a much-needed reprieve. I'm going with my compadre, just 2 geezers sussing out the scene, just like we did in Phuket and Koh Samui. Just hope that I don't fall in love with the women over there, cause I am told that they look like Malays... ;-) Of course, I'm sure I'll be majorly turned off by their accent. Haha!

Arsenal's champions league game is on later, and I'm diffident about having Villareal as adversaries. Just hope we could nobble in a goal or 2 to set a date with Barcelona or AC Milan. But I'm not counting chickens, as Villareal are much ruggeder opponents than all of the Italian teams combined.

I've also been informed that I will be getting the keys to my new condo in October. Bittersweet feeling. Bitter; because it'll put a huge dent to my income (I will need to change my lifestyle and perennate on peanut butter sandwich like one Peter Parkerlingam in my office. Haha!). Sweet; because I finally have a place to call my own. My crib. Will definitely turn one room into a recreation zone - computer, audio system and gym equipment. And perhaps also extend my bath to be able to fit in a jacuzzi. Wishful thinking indeed! I think I need to sell more than an arm and a leg to do that! Hmmm...wonder how much a gigolo in KL earns these days. Hahahahaha!

Anyway, here are some "final" pics of Caesar, that I caught on my Nokia 6630 yesterday morning. Don't you wish your doggy was hot like it? Don't cha? (Click to see enlarged version)

They Call it Living in Sin

2006-04-17T10:29:00.000+08:00

Plastered. Elegantly Wasted. Venue, Karma. 1 bottle of Jack Daniel's, and a round of Flaming Lamborghini for those who stuck around to watch me quaff away couple of minutes into Easter. And it was a perfect blaze out as minutes earlier I witnessed a Dennis Bergkamp classic goal, to help Arsenal beat West Brom 3-1. Will definitely miss the bloke when he pensions off at the end of this season.

I spent the most of Easter, with Caesar (rhyme accidental). I bathed the little fella around 12pm, when I came alive on Sunday. I only got back around 6am the night before. Caesar is learning really fast, a sign of the Golden Retriever. He's now capable of playing fetch with the tennis ball. He loves water, which is magnificent, cause it makes bathing it a much easier process. :-)

We went to Telok Gong for seafood on Easter Sunday, bootstrapped ourselves to some crab, prawn, fish combo. It was yummy to the tummy. Vegetarians do not know what they're missing! Haha!

Anyway, as promised, here are a couple more photos of Caesar. Have a good Monday! I'll be off to Fitness First to shake off the calories I devoured last night. ;-P

I first read that smoking was bad. So I quit that. I then read that drinking was bad. So I quit that. Then I read that sex was bad. So I just quit reading. :-)

Easter Easter Time is Here...

2006-04-16T13:38:00.000+08:00

Happy Easter! My abstention has officially ended. You know what dish I craved the most during the 40+ days? Sambal Kering Ikan Bilis! Yes yes, I'm a simple man to enthrall. ;-) If you can cook a kick-arse sambal, then you'll captivate my heart, and my stomach! LOL!

I also miss my chocolates, especially Cadbury's and a speck of Belgian chocs. Don't miss alcohol - I know I can live without it. I shall renounce boozing altogether once I've simmered down in life. Don't wanna be a bad influence on my kids. Haha! But I would have a drink with them when they turn 18, that's for certain. I don't wanna be a pogo-stick-up-the-arse dad. ;-)

Anyway, I met another damsel via Friendster, yesterday @ KLCC's Dunkin Donuts. She's worth the potholes (a joke shared between her and I). Hahaha! ;-) I feel so colligated with her, partially due to my tendentiousness to her zodiac (Gemini).

She was speaking to me about how one of her friends, who got into writing, and subsequently wrote a book or 2. That certainly sounds a mouthwatering prospect for me. I just gotta find a topic first. Hmmmm...

Nokia N71 vs Motorola V3x

2006-04-15T01:12:00.000+08:00

I've been having this sudden impulse of getting a new cellphone, for no idea why. I'm currently using a Nokia 6630 which I purchased in Singapore back in Jan 2005. It's been serving me well so far. Nokia's new conceptions are going nowhere, and I think they need an impetuous change to arrest their tapering market share.

I've always felt that Motorola are Nokia's genuine competitor. From a NEC Primero SX to a Startac V360 to a Nokia 8850 to a Nokia 6220, I've been flip-flopping cellphones once every 2 years to keep abreast with the joneses. Truth be told I scarcely utilize all the available features .

Let me introduce my 2 current favorite mobile phones, the Nokia N71 and the Motorola V3x. I've always been a closet clamshell fan, but Nokia always comes to the fore due to its user-friendliness and super duper navigation. The Nokia N71 I believe may fetch around RM2000 and the Motorola V3x is quoted at RM1700. Come to think of it, with that exorbitant sum of moolah, I'd rather be vacationing in Timbuktu, mollycoddling my body (spa & massage), enjoying the sunset on the beach and savoring some tasty seafood. :-)

P/S: The Wild = 7/10 (Better than Madagascar). Highlight - Punjab-speaking Pigeon named Hamir and his wives. It had me in tears! LOL!

It's Friday I'm in Love

2006-04-14T09:48:00.000+08:00

Easter is only 2 days away! Alas, my 40 plus day abstinence is coming to an end. Finally, I can start gormandizing on chocolates. Yeehaw! The rest of my nocturnal buzzes can also resume. LOL! Manifestly, today, 14th April makes the celebration of 3 faiths - Tamil Hindus (New Year), Sikhs (Vasakhi) and Christians (Good Friday).

I read an enkindling article about Lent earlier in the week. It never traversed my mind about the misreckoning of "40 days" beginning Ash Wednesday.

Lent is a period of spiritual preparation for Easter. It starts 40 days before Easter Sunday, on Ash Wednesday and ends with the celebration of Easter. Sundays in this period are not counted among the days of Lent. Lent is a season of observation that is accentuated by abstinence break on Sundays. I on the other hand refrained throughout whole period including Sundays (approx 46 days).

Looking forward to catching THE WILD @ 9:50pm in KLCC today. :-)

"Monday you can fall apart, Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start, It's Friday I'm in love
Saturday, wait and Sunday always comes too late
But Friday, never hesitate..." - The Cure's Friday I'm in Love

Miss Fourth of July (Codenamed SYCL)

2006-04-13T10:49:00.000+08:00

Can you see me? I'm the dweeb with the Bobby Brown hairdo! (Form 1, 1990)

I ascended to Sunway Pyramid last night, to catch up with a yesteryear classmate from secondary school, the school with the longest name......ready?......Sekolah Menengah Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah. Hahaha! Told ya! When we first commenced Form 1, we were penalized 10 cents whenever we incorrectly sang the words to the school song. Can you ever envisage singing the name of this school, in a single breath? I can see where they got the dinero to construct an indoor school hall. Hahaha!

Anyway, I was the class monitor during Form 1 and she was the assistant monitor. It was majuscule. I used to be the most slothful class monitor in school, and I recollect my English teacher, (I think it was Ms Nancy), calling me an embarrassment to class monitors - which I thought was very sweet of her. LOL!

Our friendship blossomed and it didn't take long for us to become great friends, plausibly my closest friend in high school. We got along very well, and also sometimes nettle the living daylight out of each other. She went on to become a school prefect while I remained a slothful bindlestiff. Never hit the books for SPM, got SAP with 3 A1s - English, Maths and BM. The rest were P7s & P8s (Science stream). I bucked up bigtime when I went to college, scoring A's whenever possible - why? Cause it costs a lot more moolah than school!

Seeing her after all these years revived a billow of wonderful memories. She possesses the most magnetic smile I've ever witnessed in my 28 years of existence. She hasn't aged a day since I last saw her and looking as picturesque as ever. :-)

To SYCL, thank you for being my friend all through the years. Though time has vagabonded us, you'll always remain a true friend.

"So we wave goodbye to Miss Fourth of July
The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns
Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July
The stars that we reached for left us with nothing but dawn" - Bon Jovi's Miss Fourth of July (Demo)

Starting All Over Again (Hail Caesar!)

2006-04-11T21:07:00.000+08:00

Today is one of the most significant days in my family's history. At last, our new pet, a 2-month old male Golden Retriever, has arrived. We picked it up from Petsmore, Petaling Street around 4pm today. My mom and I greeted the little fella, and I held it in my arms during the drive back home.

I have yet to hear it bark, but I know that Golden Retrievers are by and large placid breeds. This little fella was quizzical, and I spent some time playing with it. It made me beam - it's so unbelievably cute.

My mom and my stepdad instantly took liking to it. As I have remarked before, this is one of my favorite canine breeds - Golden Retriever. My other favorite is the Siberian Husky. My mom still wants to name it Shaggy, to uphold the memory of my previous pet who vanished a month ago. I proposed Caesar instead, and will campaign my case until the decision is made. I previously had already used the name Sinbad (a previous Labrador Retriever that I got for X'mas 2003 but it conked out a week later due to parvovirus).

Hopefully, I can engage a training program this Sunday if all goes well. Right now, the moolah's kinda paralytic as I'm hiving up for Bali. I spent a large sum of boodle on my car; 20,000km service, road tax and insurance. On top of it all, this is also the highest monthly interest I have accrued for my property. When it rains....wham bam thank you Sam! Once my 3-room condo is ready by the end of the year, I will be lodging in, and probably rent the other 2 rooms until I'm stable enough (or get hooked up). Haha! ;-)

"Tonight, we'll be starting all over again
And it feels like the first time I, no I'll never feel this way again

Tonight, we'll be starting all over again
And it feels like the first time I, know whenever we're together my friends, it's like starting all over again" - Bon Jovi's Starting All Over Again (Keep the Faith, 1992)

Lucky Futsal Slevin

2006-04-09T13:41:00.000+08:00

It was a satisfying 2 hours of kickabout. I thought I did alright (barring the ephemeral loss of vision during a period in the game). Still haven't fully recuperated from the hemicrania.

I was kinda let down with the lack of team effort and the strategy by my team for the first 30 minutes. We were being outplayed. I kept plugging away, finding spaces for them to run through, but they always ended up giving the ball away. The opponents played very high up the pitch leaving us with little room for tactics.

Though it was only a friendly game, it was difficult not to show any emotions when your team is not bucking up. Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing! All other winning quotes....yadda yadda yaddas...when i was a young warthog....is hogwash. Only losers don't see winning as winning.

We motley the teams around and had a more equilibrized tinge after that. I scored a fistful of goals (approx 4), as I always favored the holding role. Towards the end of this game, I lurched towards the right midfield and scored a goal that I was proud of - my back was facing the goal, I dummied my opponent by using my left foot to put the ball behind me, did a 180 degree turn, and unleashed a shot to the bottom left corner of the post. ;-)

All this while donning my 02 Arsenal jersey. Once the game was over, I changed to....yes, you guessed it, Arsenal's present redcurrant jersey. OLE!

Watched Lucky Number Slevin at KLCC (my new Cinema haunt). It was very enjoyable. It's a typical film where the parts are not completely told (jigsaw effect), and then makes perfect sense towards the end. Bruce Willis was classic. 7/10 for me.

Caution: Baby in Car (PG18)

2006-04-07T10:25:00.000+08:00

On my way to the Proton Service centre today (15 mins walk from my office), I observed this light green (yuck!) Perodua Myvi (double yuck!) billowing down the road, with a fugly sticker on its bumper - "Baby on Board". It got me thinking, what's the point? You think that gives you the permission to drive like an anus horriblus while expecting others to keep their distance from you? You think it works, don't you? Are you stupid, or just stupid?

Or, are YOU the baby in the car, trying to sound cute, when deep down inside you know you don't even have a mosquito's ass chance in the world to even win the Miss/Mr Universe Proboscis Monkey title. I reckon the doctor whomped your momma when you were born, Muttonhead.

Or you just welcomed a baby to the family, and want to be kiasu just like other kiasus, anticipating people to go.."oooh...that drongo's got a baby...so let's keep our distance.." NOT!!. And while you think this is happening, you actually don't give a two fu*ks about your baby, no proper seats, leaving little Homer in the car while you go frittering for fugly phone covers. Time for you to move your arse back to Singapore cause you're fooling no one here - and make sure you take the 200-million crooked bridge across.

Arsenal vs Villareal NEXT UP

2006-04-06T10:36:00.000+08:00

Another sleep-deprived night whizzes by. It was worth losing 2 hours of sleep. Arsenal played really well to fend off the overrated Juventus. I slept last night with a bad migraine, hoping to shake it off when I get up at 2:45am to watch the game. I did, though I am feeling a little heavy-headed this morning.

Arsenal should've won the tie with a goal, but, 0-0 was enough to put them into the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in their history! I would've prefer us playing Inter Milan then Villareal, as the Spanish outfit could prove a potential banana skin. Nevertheless, I'm enjoying every minute of it. We got a big game this Sunday away to Manure (Man Utd).

After a year hiatus, my colleagues and I have organized a game of futsal tomorrow (Friday) at the Tmn Megah court from 8-10pm. I'm looking forward to it, though I'm visually incapacitated. :-P

April Blockbusters

2006-04-05T10:00:00.000+08:00

The Wild - 14th April 06
Computer animation. A adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back. Kiefer Sutherland, James Belushi, Janeane Garofalo, William Shatner.

The Sentinel - 21st April 06
Pete Garrison is the most decorated agent in the history of the Secret Service - the president's last line of defense. But now, wrongly suspected of targeting the president for assassination, Garrison has become the Service's worst nightmare. As he uses his formidable skills to try and prove his innocence and find the real assassin, Garrison is tracked by his equally adept former protégée. Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger, Eva Longoria. Directed by Clark Johnson (S.W.A.T.).

American Dreamz - 21st April 06
On the morning of his re-election, the President decides to read the newspaper for the first time in four years. This starts him down a slippery slope. He begins reading obsessively, reexamining his black and white view of the world, holing up in his bedroom in his pajamas. Frightened by the President's apparent nervous breakdown, his Chief of Staff pushes him back into the spotlight, booking him as a guest judge on the television ratings juggernaut (and the President's personal fave), the weekly talent show American Dreamz. Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe, Chris Klein, Carmen Electra. Directed by Paul Weitz (American Pie).

United 93 - 28th April 06
September 11, 2001. Four planes were hijacked. Three of them reached their target. This is the story of the fourth. Directed by Paul Greengrass (Bourne Supremacy). Actors are unknowns.

RV - 28th April 06
About an average, dysfunctional American family who is about to set off on the most dangerous, high-stakes, life-threatening and traumatizing adventure of their lives: two weeks together in an RV. Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (Men In Black 1 & 2).

P/S: I've also managed to lengthen my 4 day trip to Bali by another day! So, it's now 26th to 30th April 06. Yahoo!