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Your Sunday Times today should be quite a read, considering that Mr Miyagi will be on it, and there is also a special on Tomorrow.
Here is a glimpse at the questions we were asked and the answers the team gave.
Excerpt:
Does the content of a person's blog help you decide if he/shecan be a good friend?
Calmone: Yes. Their pictures. Pictures speak a thousand words.
James: if (chiobu($picture)) return 1;
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Allegedly Taken From Classified Ads in Newspapers:
1. FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER. 8 years old. Hateful little dog. Bites
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After more than 20 years, Ben and I met up once more with Secondary schoolmate, Colin Goh, also known as Mr Talkingcock.com.
Back in ACSS, Colin and I were part of the Literary Drama and Debating Society (LDDS), and we acted in that ambitious musical, Dazzle, together. Dazzle was a spoof of Star Trek, and I was Paddy, the stereotyped Irish Chief Engineer. Colin was Mr. Suey, the stereotyped Chinese takeaway dude. We didn't realise it at the time, but the musical was bloody racist. According to Colin, some nights, the stupid lyrics still haunt him:
Sampan special fried rice,
Special fried rice egg foo
We sell for velly cheap plice
Specially flied for you.
I even remember the tune to that song. Shudder.
Miyagi and I brought Colin and his wife, Yan Yan, to Hideout, and we got to listen to songs from Miyagi's pink iPod. It was a chill night, and we spent the time catching up and hatching evil plots.
And to prove once again how small Singapore is, guess who we bumped into there?
Jimmy of cynics.info and his yAnn.
No evening is complete without Miyagi making silly faces, flirting shamelessly, and doing the classic Miyagi angery look (like when he is misquoted in the papers, for instance).
Always good to meet up with old school chums after all these years and talk cock.
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It is my turn tonight. Day Two of the quarantine. Mom's house is quiet except for the TV and the strains of Faith's toy electric guitar.
I have no internet (aargh!), except from my mobile. cable TV sucks (K-9 on Star Movies!). And half the time is spent trying to stop Faith from licking the toy electric guitar's strings.
The other half of the time she spends reading with Papa, jumping on Papa like he's a trampoline, and climbing up the sofa to mess with the family portrait (she is the one with the pink hairband sitting on Grandpa's lap).
My Mom went for her mahjong and Dad is out for the evening for his weekly drink with the kakis. Leaving Faith and I to hang out in their flat.
She is drooling more than usual, because the sores in the mouth must be painful when she swallows. But she is eating and drinking, that's all that matters. And she is cheerful despite being ill.
We are keeping her isolated from her little brother and mother, so that she does not give it to them too. But Mommy misses her very much, especially at bedtime, because she is so used to sleeping with Faith next to her.
My Mom offered to look after Faith and put her up in her house once we knew (bless her). It has been smooth so far, and Faith has not fussed. She actually seems to be enjoying her stay.
At least the K-9 movie is over and Star is showing X-men 2 now.
Hand-foot-mouth is a bitch.
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Kenny has shown us once again why he is the funniest blogger in Kuching, in Malaysia, and some say even Batam.
Read his version of what he thinks the Singapore Blogger Convention will be like.
You know what, dude? If you can make it to the convention in July, I will personally take you out for drinks. You are Da Bomb.
Excerpt:
Singapore Bloggers Convention 2005 - Program Listing (Kenny Sia version)
1:00pm~2:00pm
Opening Speech by Chairman of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Mr Philip Yeo
2:00pm~3:00pm
Cowboy Caleb's Kung Fu Demonstration: How to Kick People's Ass Three Ways to China
3:00pm~6:00pm
Steve McDermott's Speech: 'Infantilism as Defence Mechanism' (yes, its a 3 hour speech)
Continue reading "Kenny Sia does the Singapore Blogger Conference" »
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The photo of Isaac and Mommy doing Cold Spaghetti from the Wiggles song Hot Potato (from this post), has been mentioned on the unofficial Wiggles Blog.
We haven't quite gotten over their concert cancellation during the SARS period.
And at the rate we are going, Mommy and I are going to be singing and playing Wiggles songs for another three years at least. Sigh.
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Latest TODAY column: Our English no standard, lah!
Excerpt:
Citizens of this glorious planet, now hear this. It has come to our attention that a significant number of you have been speaking in The Forbidden Tongue.
Let me remind you that if we do not speak the same English as the rest of the galaxy, that is Standard English, the Trade Federation and other members of this great Empire will not be able to understand you.
We are a developed and civilised member of the galaxy. We are not one of those outer-rim planets, where they speak a kind of Pidgin English that has almost destroyed their economic development.
The Forbidden Tongue, or Singlish as it is called in the vulgar vernacular, has to be destroyed!
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1. In a restroom:
TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW
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And so, we reach the final chapter. Ok, the third one, but the final one because the fourth, fifth and sixth were told first, then the first and second.
This was a milestone for my generation. I saw the fourth/first Star Wars movie in 1977. So I practically grew up with it. And now, we have closure.
There was free beer, lots of Jedi and Sith fondling their lightsabers, and popcorn. What's not to like?
It was hard carrying my el cheapo Freeze Sword Lightsaber (three-time winner of the Most Annoying Sounding Lightsaber Award) around Great World City without looking silly. Trust me, I tried carrying as casually as I could. Very hard. I even tried holding it backwards, so that the blade was behind my arm, but I ended up looking like some Chinese kung-fu movie swordsman. Worse.
I wore my Episode 1 T-shirt for the occasion too.
There were many fans dressed up for the screening. Stormtrooper TK931 was on hand for photo-taking, and so was Scout Trooper "Rev" (I made those names up, lah). The pair easily had the best costumes around, I thought.
I also saw Darth Vader, who had a great home-made costume, except the glasses got in the way a bit, I think.
We even spotted Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles (ok, I wasn't sure if he was Wedge, maybe a random Rebel pilot) lining up for popcorn and drinks.
R2D2's taller brother, er, R18, was there too. It was a valiant costume effort, but I think it was wise of him to stand away from the dustbins.
When the wife and I finally took our seats and met my friends inside the theatre, Gav remarked, upon seeing my great Jedi weapon, "Eh, I think the Power Rangers movie is next door lah." He was lucky I practised the lost ancient Jedi art of Not Lobbing His Head off with a Freeze Sword.
While I was busy snapping away at the festivities inside the Great World Golden Village cinema, one of their staff came to confiscate my camera. I think one of the Jedi Masters on my right also suffered the same fate. That sucked.
But the movie made up for it. George Lucas got it right this time, after the first two stinkers. But dammit, he has to stop writing the love dialogue. Next time call Miyagi to write. I was cringing during some of the Anakin and Padme scenes.
My wife held up pretty well throughout the movie. She is not as big a fan as I am, but she knows "who the bad guys and the good guys are". That is good enough.
We even had the time, after the show, to take silly photos of a face-off between Lord brown and Master Chandra. And special thanks to Mel for getting us the tix.
To end the evening, a bizarre thing happened. After my 7.40pm screening ended, I was on my way to get my camera from the camera-police, and was moving through the incoming 10pm crowd when I overheard my name. At first, I thought someone was calling me, but actually, a guy was telling his date, "mr brown is here tonight."
Small world, man.
For the whole photo fest, you can view my Flickr set for the event.
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Me and my Scout Trooper homey chillin' before the Big Event. Is that costume kick-ass or what! More photos after I get back. Ta!
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blagg blogg captures the Adman we know and love. Adman, you had me at "Hello".
Excerpt:
What do you mean, you won't go home with me? Let me tell you something right now - I work in advertising, goddammit! I have the coolest job in the world because I am the coolest person in the world. Do you understand what that means, you hot little piece of Asian action?
First of all, I'm hilarious and witty. Everyone in advertising is, although usually not as much as me. I am the sole reason the party DOESN'T suck. When I show up, all eyes are on me, like Tupac - he's my nigga. I have so many hilarious stories and anecdotes its insane. They're mostly about chicks I've nailed, sales I've made, free shit I've gotten, money I've made or shows on HBO. Most of them are lies, but who gives a shit - people want to be charmed and entertained. And f**ked.
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I read this from Balderdash:
Why did you choose to study in NUS? (multiple responses allowed)
- NUS is exciting
- It is one of the top universities in the world
Hahahahaha.
And so inspired, I went to look at the actual survey, and one of the other reasons given was "I have been offered a schlorship to study in NUS".
I hope it was not an A*Star one.
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Captured at the largest Giant Hypermarket in Plentong, JB, Malaysia, by friend Colin.
Maybe it is a pillow meant to remind people to see their lawyers about who gets what before they die?
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I'm going to see the Star Wars Premiere (*sings*), I'm going to see Star Wars Premiere!
And this is my "lightsaber", $13.90 from Mustafa Centre (not planet Mustaffar, ok?).
It is a top-of-the-line Made-in-China ripoff and it comes with Gyro Force™, Freeze Sound, Pulsating Light and Spinning Light. And when you press the button for the Gyro Force™, you can really feel the Shooting Freeze (as it says there on the box).
I am Darth brown, Dark Lord of the Freeze. What to do, flunked out of Jedi Academy, Emperor didn't like my face, have to ownself teach ownself lor. Even "lightsaber" have to ownself make, that's why look like a He-Man Masters of the Universe "lightsaber".
No budget is like that one.
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Singapore National Education Part 107 -- by mr brown
Weeks of 10 Mar 2005 to 17 May 2005
[post continues in Extended Body...]
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Microsoft is running a competition in the UK, asking UK kids aged 14-17 to enter their short film competiton, Thought Thieves.
From their entry form:
I will formally licence, on terms acceptable to Microsoft, all intellectual property rights in my film and agree to waive all moral rights in relation to my film if requested to do so. I understand that if I do not complete the necessary documentation by the stated date, my entry will be disqualified from the competition.
How ironic.
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Slippage problems? Using alternative crevices that are smaller than usual? Now that pesky issue can be solved!
Be the Bearer of the One Ring to rule them all.
(Warning: May cause blood flow problems if used under prolonged or excessive circumstances. Remove at the earliest opportunity if genitals turn blue or feeling faint. The manufacturer also does not promise genitalia will develop happy face as seen in this illustration.)
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This kind of post cannot let wife read one. Or else sure have to answer a lot of awkward questions one.
But I have to thank Finicky Feline for her kind words. I was enjoying the read until the part where she wrote "one look at his picture and you know he’s an uncle".
I will have you know I look quite un-uncle for my age, ok? Haha. Link to her post.
via Tomorrow.sg
Excerpt:
Yes, I jolly well know he’s an uncle as he has repeated in his posts many times. If you never read that part, one look at his picture and you know he’s an uncle. But, this is the blogosphere and I can imagine him anyway which way I want. In my little blogosphere, he’s a nubile, young and firm bodied 25 year old. Ho ho.
This man definitely has a sense of humour. He articulates himself very well and even has a column in Today. Has the potential to be very sarcastic at times, but most of the time, his sarcasm is like the humour in his entries - very subtle. The “blink and you miss it” kinda subtlety. I like. From his posts about his wife and kids, you know he’s a very dependable family man. Sometimes can be a little boring to some I suppose, but we all need a little peace in our lives don’t we?
Let’s not forget he possesses the ability to laugh at himself (check out his pic with the afro wig).
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