Bitched on: Saturday, May 12, 2007 Time: 5/12/2007 11:46:00 PM
Two Singaporean Army servicemen were killed in Taiwan when a fighter jet crashed at a military base in Hukou on Friday.
3rd Sergeant Isz Sazli Sapari, a 19-year-old SAF personnel, was accorded a full military funeral at the Pusara Abadi Cemetery in Lim Chu Kang today.
Arrangements are underway to transport the remains of the other deceased, Private Fan Yao Jin back to Singapore on Sunday. He too will be accorded a full military funeral.
Two of the nine servicemen injured in the Taiwanese fighter jet crash at a military base in Hukou on Friday are back in Singapore. Both suffered second and third degree burns up to 50% of their body.
This Blogger says: Rest in peace, brothers. Notice that in every news report, they choose to use the word 'remains' instead of the usual 'bodies'.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that he would leave office on June 27 after a decade in power.
This Blogger says: Isn't Tony Blair the name of Bush's dog?
Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang shocked the ruling party with his resignation Saturday less than a week after he lost the primary for the 2008 presidential election.
This Blogger says: Is it the trend nowadays to resign suddenly?
YouTube.com is banned in Thailand not once but twice.
Thailand has blocked YouTube for a second time, due to a video mocking King Bhumibol Adulyadej. According to Reuters, Thailand’s Communications Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom had YouTube blocked after their requests to Google to have the clip taken down were ignored.
The first time YouTube was blocked in Thailand was possibly for showing related to clips from a CNN interview that features Thailand’s ex-Prime Minister Thaksin.
The clip is not only “offensive” to Thailand’s monarchy, but has been criticized by several Buddhists as well, because of the clip’s showing a pair of women’s feet (the lowest part of the body) above the head (the highest part of the body).
Criticizing royalty in Thailand is a crime punishable by up to 15 years in jail.
This Blogger says: I'm not going to show the offensive video here. I still want to go Thailand for holidays you know.
Paris Hilton has been jailed for 45 days
In March 2007, the Los Angeles City's Attorney's Office claimed that Hilton violated the terms of her DUI (Driving Under Influence) probation by speeding without her headlights on, driving with a suspended license, and failing to enroll in a court-ordered alcohol education program.
On May 4, 2007 Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in a correctional facility for violating her probation, and she is required to begin her jail term by June 5, 2007 or risk a doubling of her sentence.
This Blogger says: Her sister Nicky has started a chain of boutique hotels, maybe Paris should start her own chain of boutique prisons. Hilton Prisons. That's hot.
PS: Can't wait for the new season of Simple Life. Nicole Ritchie and her have patched up and are currently shooting another season: A Simple Prison Life.
Singapore A-list Mediacorp actor Christopher Lee was sentenced to a month's jail
He was also disqualified from driving for three years and fined $4,500 for DUI and hit-and-run. He had hit a motorcycle which was in front of his car. The rider and his pillion rider fell. Lee drove off and stopped some distance away. Instead of helping them, he got into his car and drove off.
This Blogger says: Jail that coward's arse. And what's $4,500 to that overpaid talentless chicken?
Bitched on: Friday, February 16, 2007 Time: 2/16/2007 12:43:00 AM
Am I missing something or is this voice recording supposed to be funny?
My friends were pissing their pants off laughing (not literally, otherwise the studio would have stunk) but really, is it funny? Or just plain wrong?
The pranksters (assholes, I think; original, but assholes nevertheless) have clearly crossed the line; pissing off the waiter of some Indian Muslim restaurant.
I admit, I laughed a bit... a lot actually...and I'm ashamed... But I still don't understand what's so extremely funny about it?
Is it the guy's thick accent? Is it the persistent 'pork' joke? Or is it because of how the guy blew his top off?
Despite whatever reason, I just think its very racist, insensitive and extremely immature. What pleasures did they (the pranksters, and the people watching) get from this? These imbeciles recorded it, uploaded it onto Youtube; surely they want to be heard, and popularised.
Does this count as racism? Or harassment?
So I'm still wondering if this intolerable act is supposed to be funny. We're in Singapore, for God's sake...
In China, for example, the media (newspapers, tv, wadeva) is not showing any images of pigs (despite the coming lunar new year; 'year of the pig') so as not to offend the Muslim minority of the country. But we're not doing that in Singapore, are we?
In fact, we are laughing at that fact; making that sensitive issue a joke. Stop taking our religious harmony for granted, I say.
PS: Wishing Happy 'Pork' New Year to all my Chinese friends.
Bitched on: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Time: 12/20/2006 02:42:00 PM
Feeling sick today. Sigh... damn weather. Finally saw the sun today. It was raining cats and dogs (and pigs and cows and chickens and the entire animal kingdom) yesterday.
It was probably the 2nd most rainiest day in Singapore (ever recorded!!). I saw in the news (fine... I happened to watch it just at the moment I turned on the TV) that it rained more yesterday than the average rainfall for the month of December last year!!!
Unbelievable...
Or maybe I got the facts all wrong. I wasn't really paying attention (its a wonder how I do well in school...).
Many areas in Singapore were flooded (up to waist deep even). Something is seriously screwed up with the weather nowadays.
Plus I was nearly killed by the flood yesterday on my way to gym!!! (gasp!!!)
Ermm... Actually I was trying to avoid an ankle-deep puddle by the side a T-junction. Instead of just stepping of the kerb (where the puddle was), I tried jumping over the puddle. And this car which was turning out from the right took too small a turn, nearly knocking me down in the process. Ass...
I can just imagine today's headlines if that happened: Boy killed by flood Boy killed avoiding puddle.
Here's how bad the floods are at some places. This one is at Thompson Road (I think) where my mum likes to shop for her potted flowers (which will always end up flowerless and eventually 'leaveless' for sure...)
Plus, its so damn cold. I now walk around my house wearing socks (damn icy marble floor!!).
Last words: Unemployed and bored during the holidays. My life sucks... So, what a guy like me to do to get a life?
Simple, get a second life. I have been playing this game called Second Life. You all should try it.
I got my sisters addicted to it. My first sis is now a lesbian erotic dancer and my second sis is a shopaholic 'escort'. As for me, I'm a 1.9metre-tall-blonde-struggling-reporter (search for me- Ezan Nakamura). You can change your appearance to anything you want. You can wear anything you want. You can choose to work or if you are like my sisters, flirt to get money (easier for girls to play this game).
You can do anything you want (even fly!!!). Its really cool. So look for me and I can take you shopping for clothes (some are free, most are not) and clubbing. Or visit zoos and museums. Strip clubs and nudist beach (real graphic mature stuff).
Best online game since erm... I don't really play online games...
Plus, its free. Or you can also choose to pay (via credit cards) to get a premium account which lets you start with L$1000 and subsequently you get more money monthly.
Which is not really necessary, cause if 'you' have tops with plunging necklines and huge knockers (like my sisters' characters), 'men' will pay for everything.
Bitched on: Monday, November 13, 2006 Time: 11/13/2006 11:06:00 PM
Finally, my submission is OVER!!!
Yay! And I haven't slept in 3 days. Seriously. *yawn* I need to sleep now, 'll blog some other day once I have slept all the hours I have lost. Which would be in a few days time. I'll just leave you with a couple of funny commercials from amazing Thailand (we watched them to de-stress during the past few days of hell).
Bitched on: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 Time: 11/01/2006 02:10:00 AM
Sigh...
Had a talk with a friend of mine about CCAs (co-curricular activities) and stuff. Seems like a lot of people have lives outside their academic life and I have none. Salsaing, rock-wall climbing, deejaying... and what do I have? Blogging... blah...
I'm bored out of my mind...
I want to dance, dammit! FYI (For your information) I got into NUS Blast about a month ago. NUS Blast is this hip hop dance group in the university which is really awesome. But I can't join this semester cause my the dance practices would clash with my tutorials... So I have to join next semester.
Mind you, its damn hard to get into the NUS Blast thingy, OK? Over a hundred auditioned and I think less than a fifth got in. And the audition was tough too; we had to perform a 2 minutes performance which we learnt like 15 minutes before.
And amazingly, I got through. Haha... I have never danced hip hop ever (cept for this really short performance back in secondary school) and I have never learnt it (as in for CCAs or outside).
The only 'official' dance background I had was from (..don't laugh...) Malay dance back in NJC (National Junior College). I joined it for the SYF (Singapore Youth Festival) and the CCA points that come along with it when we bagged Gold Award for our performance at the SYF Central Judging (...who's laughing now?).
Anyway, it wasn't the *shake here shake there* traditional dance, it was the contemporary type, with thick bamboo poles (not the sort to hang clothes out) and some climbing and jumping about.
Anyway, that's not what I wanted to blog about. My intention is to lament how I am so swamped with my architecture course right now that I might have to shelve the idea of dancing for NUS Blast, not just for one semester, but for good...
Sigh... Whenever I watch ' So you think you can dance', I'm like always, "yeah, I can do that... if I had the time..." I so envy them. They look so... super amazing. Dammit! I want to dance.
And I aspire to be like these guys. Prepix from Korea. They are FREAKING AMAZING!
This one is called Mirror Story.
And this is called Fantasy Performance. I love the part at 03:15/04:08. So Matrix!!! Loves it!!!
And Wade Robson is like 'GOD'.
His performance at the recent Overdrive at Esplanade, Singapore. Shivers down my spine...
Bitched on: Saturday, May 12, 2007 Time: 5/12/2007 11:46:00 PM
Two Singaporean Army servicemen were killed in Taiwan when a fighter jet crashed at a military base in Hukou on Friday.
3rd Sergeant Isz Sazli Sapari, a 19-year-old SAF personnel, was accorded a full military funeral at the Pusara Abadi Cemetery in Lim Chu Kang today.
Arrangements are underway to transport the remains of the other deceased, Private Fan Yao Jin back to Singapore on Sunday. He too will be accorded a full military funeral.
Two of the nine servicemen injured in the Taiwanese fighter jet crash at a military base in Hukou on Friday are back in Singapore. Both suffered second and third degree burns up to 50% of their body.
This Blogger says: Rest in peace, brothers. Notice that in every news report, they choose to use the word 'remains' instead of the usual 'bodies'.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that he would leave office on June 27 after a decade in power.
This Blogger says: Isn't Tony Blair the name of Bush's dog?
Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang shocked the ruling party with his resignation Saturday less than a week after he lost the primary for the 2008 presidential election.
This Blogger says: Is it the trend nowadays to resign suddenly?
YouTube.com is banned in Thailand not once but twice.
Thailand has blocked YouTube for a second time, due to a video mocking King Bhumibol Adulyadej. According to Reuters, Thailand’s Communications Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom had YouTube blocked after their requests to Google to have the clip taken down were ignored.
The first time YouTube was blocked in Thailand was possibly for showing related to clips from a CNN interview that features Thailand’s ex-Prime Minister Thaksin.
The clip is not only “offensive” to Thailand’s monarchy, but has been criticized by several Buddhists as well, because of the clip’s showing a pair of women’s feet (the lowest part of the body) above the head (the highest part of the body).
Criticizing royalty in Thailand is a crime punishable by up to 15 years in jail.
This Blogger says: I'm not going to show the offensive video here. I still want to go Thailand for holidays you know.
Paris Hilton has been jailed for 45 days
In March 2007, the Los Angeles City's Attorney's Office claimed that Hilton violated the terms of her DUI (Driving Under Influence) probation by speeding without her headlights on, driving with a suspended license, and failing to enroll in a court-ordered alcohol education program.
On May 4, 2007 Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in a correctional facility for violating her probation, and she is required to begin her jail term by June 5, 2007 or risk a doubling of her sentence.
This Blogger says: Her sister Nicky has started a chain of boutique hotels, maybe Paris should start her own chain of boutique prisons. Hilton Prisons. That's hot.
PS: Can't wait for the new season of Simple Life. Nicole Ritchie and her have patched up and are currently shooting another season: A Simple Prison Life.
Singapore A-list Mediacorp actor Christopher Lee was sentenced to a month's jail
He was also disqualified from driving for three years and fined $4,500 for DUI and hit-and-run. He had hit a motorcycle which was in front of his car. The rider and his pillion rider fell. Lee drove off and stopped some distance away. Instead of helping them, he got into his car and drove off.
This Blogger says: Jail that coward's arse. And what's $4,500 to that overpaid talentless chicken?
Bitched on: Friday, February 16, 2007 Time: 2/16/2007 12:43:00 AM
Am I missing something or is this voice recording supposed to be funny?
My friends were pissing their pants off laughing (not literally, otherwise the studio would have stunk) but really, is it funny? Or just plain wrong?
The pranksters (assholes, I think; original, but assholes nevertheless) have clearly crossed the line; pissing off the waiter of some Indian Muslim restaurant.
I admit, I laughed a bit... a lot actually...and I'm ashamed... But I still don't understand what's so extremely funny about it?
Is it the guy's thick accent? Is it the persistent 'pork' joke? Or is it because of how the guy blew his top off?
Despite whatever reason, I just think its very racist, insensitive and extremely immature. What pleasures did they (the pranksters, and the people watching) get from this? These imbeciles recorded it, uploaded it onto Youtube; surely they want to be heard, and popularised.
Does this count as racism? Or harassment?
So I'm still wondering if this intolerable act is supposed to be funny. We're in Singapore, for God's sake...
In China, for example, the media (newspapers, tv, wadeva) is not showing any images of pigs (despite the coming lunar new year; 'year of the pig') so as not to offend the Muslim minority of the country. But we're not doing that in Singapore, are we?
In fact, we are laughing at that fact; making that sensitive issue a joke. Stop taking our religious harmony for granted, I say.
PS: Wishing Happy 'Pork' New Year to all my Chinese friends.
Bitched on: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Time: 12/20/2006 02:42:00 PM
Feeling sick today. Sigh... damn weather. Finally saw the sun today. It was raining cats and dogs (and pigs and cows and chickens and the entire animal kingdom) yesterday.
It was probably the 2nd most rainiest day in Singapore (ever recorded!!). I saw in the news (fine... I happened to watch it just at the moment I turned on the TV) that it rained more yesterday than the average rainfall for the month of December last year!!!
Unbelievable...
Or maybe I got the facts all wrong. I wasn't really paying attention (its a wonder how I do well in school...).
Many areas in Singapore were flooded (up to waist deep even). Something is seriously screwed up with the weather nowadays.
Plus I was nearly killed by the flood yesterday on my way to gym!!! (gasp!!!)
Ermm... Actually I was trying to avoid an ankle-deep puddle by the side a T-junction. Instead of just stepping of the kerb (where the puddle was), I tried jumping over the puddle. And this car which was turning out from the right took too small a turn, nearly knocking me down in the process. Ass...
I can just imagine today's headlines if that happened: Boy killed by flood Boy killed avoiding puddle.
Here's how bad the floods are at some places. This one is at Thompson Road (I think) where my mum likes to shop for her potted flowers (which will always end up flowerless and eventually 'leaveless' for sure...)
Plus, its so damn cold. I now walk around my house wearing socks (damn icy marble floor!!).
Last words: Unemployed and bored during the holidays. My life sucks... So, what a guy like me to do to get a life?
Simple, get a second life. I have been playing this game called Second Life. You all should try it.
I got my sisters addicted to it. My first sis is now a lesbian erotic dancer and my second sis is a shopaholic 'escort'. As for me, I'm a 1.9metre-tall-blonde-struggling-reporter (search for me- Ezan Nakamura). You can change your appearance to anything you want. You can wear anything you want. You can choose to work or if you are like my sisters, flirt to get money (easier for girls to play this game).
You can do anything you want (even fly!!!). Its really cool. So look for me and I can take you shopping for clothes (some are free, most are not) and clubbing. Or visit zoos and museums. Strip clubs and nudist beach (real graphic mature stuff).
Best online game since erm... I don't really play online games...
Plus, its free. Or you can also choose to pay (via credit cards) to get a premium account which lets you start with L$1000 and subsequently you get more money monthly.
Which is not really necessary, cause if 'you' have tops with plunging necklines and huge knockers (like my sisters' characters), 'men' will pay for everything.
Bitched on: Monday, November 13, 2006 Time: 11/13/2006 11:06:00 PM
Finally, my submission is OVER!!!
Yay! And I haven't slept in 3 days. Seriously. *yawn* I need to sleep now, 'll blog some other day once I have slept all the hours I have lost. Which would be in a few days time. I'll just leave you with a couple of funny commercials from amazing Thailand (we watched them to de-stress during the past few days of hell).
Bitched on: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 Time: 11/01/2006 02:10:00 AM
Sigh...
Had a talk with a friend of mine about CCAs (co-curricular activities) and stuff. Seems like a lot of people have lives outside their academic life and I have none. Salsaing, rock-wall climbing, deejaying... and what do I have? Blogging... blah...
I'm bored out of my mind...
I want to dance, dammit! FYI (For your information) I got into NUS Blast about a month ago. NUS Blast is this hip hop dance group in the university which is really awesome. But I can't join this semester cause my the dance practices would clash with my tutorials... So I have to join next semester.
Mind you, its damn hard to get into the NUS Blast thingy, OK? Over a hundred auditioned and I think less than a fifth got in. And the audition was tough too; we had to perform a 2 minutes performance which we learnt like 15 minutes before.
And amazingly, I got through. Haha... I have never danced hip hop ever (cept for this really short performance back in secondary school) and I have never learnt it (as in for CCAs or outside).
The only 'official' dance background I had was from (..don't laugh...) Malay dance back in NJC (National Junior College). I joined it for the SYF (Singapore Youth Festival) and the CCA points that come along with it when we bagged Gold Award for our performance at the SYF Central Judging (...who's laughing now?).
Anyway, it wasn't the *shake here shake there* traditional dance, it was the contemporary type, with thick bamboo poles (not the sort to hang clothes out) and some climbing and jumping about.
Anyway, that's not what I wanted to blog about. My intention is to lament how I am so swamped with my architecture course right now that I might have to shelve the idea of dancing for NUS Blast, not just for one semester, but for good...
Sigh... Whenever I watch ' So you think you can dance', I'm like always, "yeah, I can do that... if I had the time..." I so envy them. They look so... super amazing. Dammit! I want to dance.
And I aspire to be like these guys. Prepix from Korea. They are FREAKING AMAZING!
This one is called Mirror Story.
And this is called Fantasy Performance. I love the part at 03:15/04:08. So Matrix!!! Loves it!!!
And Wade Robson is like 'GOD'.
His performance at the recent Overdrive at Esplanade, Singapore. Shivers down my spine...
