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The Daily Show on the Mideast conflict

Jon Stewart on the US media coverage of the Mideast conflict. (Youtube text link)

About the mrbrown show site

As some of you may have already know, the mrbrown show has had its own URL and website for some time now.

We finally got round to migrating the podcast content to its own domain, mrbrownshow.com.

We post show notes, show news and random behind-the-scenes nonsense on mrbrownshow.com, so do drop by for that additional content. We will also be launching new shows there as well.

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Don't worry, we will not use your email for nefarious purposes, or reveal it to other companies. Your info is safe with us. And you can unsubscribe anytime.

Enjoy the new mrbrown show site, guys.

Visiting Universal Studios and meeting BSG

Updates on mrbrownshow.com, I get to meet the post-production guys who edit Battlestar Galactica, and Miyagi doesn't.

And some cool chilli bottles we saw at Farmers Market, plus other photos from Day 5 and 6 of our LA stay.

browncast: maid owner's manual

Go to the mrbrownshow site for a new podcast. Click to go there.

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Joy tries to stand!

The wife sent me these.

You go away for a week or so, and your littlest one tries to stand, just weeks after you saw her belly crawl. Wow, they certainly learn fast.

Darnit. I miss the kids so much...

browncast: los angeles day 4

The mrbrownshow site has been updated. Click to get the podcast.

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browncast: los angeles day 3

Our third day in LA! The mrbrownshow site has the podcast and more photos. Click to get the podcast.

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Good English Cool!

In a recent newspaper interview on the Speak Good English Movement, Professor Koh Tai Ann, Chairman of the movement, said:

"We would need workers who can communicate with not only the non-Singaporeans among us but all the visitors we are attracting to Singapore — tourists, those who come for conventions, meetings and so on. It would so ironic if we find many Singaporeans' English not suitable and we have to bring in foreign workers to work in these industries who can speak better English than we do."

Dunno whether correct or not but a Sammyboy forum chap made some corrections to the quote, in the spirit of good Englishing:

We would need workers who can communicate not only with not only (poor sequence) the (article unnecessary) non-Singaporeans among us but all (all is hyperbole) also the visitors we are attracting attract (present tense is used since article suggest future rather than current events) to Singapore — tourists, those who come for conventions conventioneers (why use 5 words when one suffices?) people attending meetings and so on. It would so be (choice of word) ironic if we find many Singaporeans' our (my stylistic choice) non-standard (better choice of word) English not suitable and we have compels us to bring in foreign workers who can (unnecessary) speak better English than we do can (polish up phrase sequencing; "can" a better choice than "do" as it denotes ability) to work in these industries.

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Bold Red: inserted word/phrase.
Italicised Blue: explanation of the correction.
strikeout: deleted portion.

Channel 8 does a CNA too

Hey, where did Tiger go?

More technical bloopers from our TV networks network.

(Youtube text link here.)

via everlyn

Channel NewsAiyah

Update: As littlecartnoodles pointed out, bloopers can happen very easily in a live environment, but this is a rerun of a Live recording. Hey, maybe they liked the blooper so much, they just had to share it again later in the day mah! Heheh.

Doodeedoodeedoo doodeedoodeedoo... (thought balloon: I can now talk casual because the mixer is supposed to cut away to something before cutting back to studio, so I can chill...) doodeedoodeedoo...

(Youtube text link here.)

via Tomorrow.sg

browncast: internet trolls

Behold! The Internet Trolls! Go see them in the wild at the mrbrownshow site.

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browncast: los angeles day 1

A new podcast has been added to the mrbrownshow site.

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Cheering up a moody Faith

"Faith misses you, you know," said the wife, over Skype.

My heart sank. I missed the kids and the wife too, badly.

"She has been so moody. Some nights, she wakes up in the middle of the night, and she looks at your side of the bed, and when she doesn't see you there, she makes a wuh wuh crying sound, and cries herself to sleep," the wife said.

Traveling for work and being away from your family for such long spells is rough. I used to travel a fair bit some years ago, but it was not so difficult because we did not have kids yet. But now there are three, and that's three more loved ones to miss. These days, as more and more Singaporeans go overseas to seek new pastures, this kind of thing is only going to get more common.

"She cheered up a bit, though, because your mom took Faith and all of us out for dinner, to eat satay at Lau Pa Sat."

"That's nice," I said, "Should take her out more often then."

"Ya, we all went. Faith, Isaac, Joy, the maids, and your mom. One big gang. Faith enjoyed her outing."

Which explains this photo of Joy and mom that my wife emailed me.

The next day, I called home and asked to talk to the kids. Isaac was his usual cheery self and we chatted about stuff, though I did not understand half of what my almost-three-year-old said.

His older sister Faith ran away twice, not understanding why Papa's voice was on the phone. Celia managed to keep her still in the end, and held the phone to her ear. She did not say anything, because she cannot talk yet, but that was ok. I just wanted her to hear my voice telling her that Papa would be home soon.

Some photos from their outing in this Flickr set.

browncast: san diego day 5 Battlestar Galactica event

Video recording of the Battlestar Galactica event at Comic-con. BSG fans only need bother.

Here is the link to the BSG video podcast (requires H.264 Quicktime).

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browncast: san diego day 4

A pleasant interview with Comic-con veteran, Sam, who came dressed as Darth Burger King.

To download the mrbrown show, 22nd July 2006 San Diego Day 4, click here to go to mrbrownshow.com.

Also, more photos in a new Flickr set.

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browncast: san diego day 3

Got part 1 and part 2 one, our podcast and it has been added to the mrbrownshow site, and some new photos too.

Go download and listen to the mrbrown show, 21st July 2006 San Diego Day 3, click.

Also, more photos in my Flickr set and Miyagi's Flickr set

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Live from Preview Night at San Diego Comic-con

We are here waiting to get into the halls after Pre-registration. The crowd here is buzzing, and it's not even Day 1. Tomorrow will be a zoo, I tell ya.

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browncast: san diego day 2

We've updated the mrbrownshow site with a new podcast from San Diego.

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Damn that Miyagi

Take photo of me falling asleep in the middle of sms-ing my wife. I was tired ok? Jet lag and all.

It has been a real challenge trying to call the missus to catch up. I miss the kids terribly, and her too. But with 15 hours between us, there are only a few timeslots to call, since she is working when I am awake, and I am working when she is asleep. When it is 11pm in Singapore (and she is available), it is 8am in San Diego (and I am struggling to get up).

My alarm was set for 8am today, but it woke my roomies up (Miyagi ended up having breakfast, the DIY waffles at the reception), and did not wake me. I, on the other hand, was out cold.

I hope this sleeping pattern thing stabilises soon. It's driving me nuts.

More updates of our road trip to San Diego here.

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browncast: san diego day 1

Miyagi interviews the hotel cleaner, Yuri, a technology student from Siberia and ends up dispelling myths about Asian women and food.

This mrbrown show is sponsored by Razer Pro|Solutions™.

Go to the mrbrownshow.com site for the mrbrown show 19 July 2006: san diego day 1

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