Tuesday, December 23, 2008

FEEDJIT

Must admit I'm rather ecstatic to know that readers stumbling on my parent blog hail from as far as - according to the above data/report - Chile, Germany, Romania and Guatamala.
Only gripe is, for those from Singapore, it merely says "Singapore, Singapore (general), Singapore". Wouldn't it be better if it was like "Havelock Road, Tiong Bahru, Singapore"? Hehe.

Monday, December 22, 2008

The Waves

The ideal spot for sightseeing, photo snapping, sentiment sharing and bean spilling (on bosses' secrets)! Bring along some BreadTalk butter cakes!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Gardening Society

It's true: Everyone has an 'unglam' past. Mine was being 'forced' by my Secondary 2 form teacher (forgot her name, but she was a mature Indian lady) to join our school's Gardening Society (headed by her) since I didn't have any ECA back then. Argh! Imagine having to trim shrubs and fertilize pots(?) on Saturday mornings. It's like serving confinement in NS. And, worse, we didn't even get to do any marcotting!

Monday, November 24, 2008

A Special Birthday Present

From a Special Friend. Dining at Bugis Junction's Red Wok was a delight. Next time we shall try next door's Hip Diner USA by Billy Bombers :-D

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Gay Clay

Clay's so gay, but it's okay!
America's very liberal view of homosexuality and even same-sex marriages is a testament to Modern Protestantism, which was why when AMERICAN IDOL 2 runner-up
Clay Aiken came out of that stinky old closet last month to announce to the whole wide world that he's gay (i.e. homo and happy) no one batted an eyelid.
What's your take on all this?

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Buaya Nation

There's a Chinese saying '男 人 不 坏, 女 人 不 爱' that basically means if a man is not without flaws, then a woman is not likely to be attracted to him. Interesting notion, if you think about it. Here we are, championing chivalry and decency in people – particularly men; on the other hand, we find ourselves in a paradoxical situation where apparently morality is a non-virtue that'll get you nowhere into the good books of hypocritical women.
But ladies, ladies…do you honestly prefer a chow buaya sniffing up your skirt than a goody goat carrying a torch (or your branded handbag) for you? Hmm?

Friday, September 26, 2008

Horrors!

The White Collar Punk was merely minding his own business and consuming his belated dinner of fried hokkien (prawn?) mee at the now-renamed Café Condemned when, to his mute horror, the most unwelcome of all household pests - a dark brown Asian fucking cockroach - greeted him at the bottom of his plate! Gah!
No wonder his poor stomach's still 'churning'.

Monday, September 22, 2008

8

Okay, this is rather embarrassing. So there are two Robert Indiana sculptures along Orchard Road, right? - one's a number (8) while the other...well, I thought it was a letter (e). Turns out, it's also a number (9)! LOL.
Ah, what the heck. At least (I believe) I acquitted myself admirably! (*Whistles nonchalantly*)

Widgetbox

Thanks to Lon (last name?) of Phantoms & Monsters, a blog I like a lot (for obvious enough reasons), I the copycat have replicated his Widgetbox over at my own blog. Tee hee! Neat lil' tool, eh? Well, it did take this HTML idiot half a night to install it (having to first do the FeedBurner thing and all).
Now, .: Photo Finish :. readers can get my widget and place it anywhere on their site (see sample here, on the left column). Ain't it cool? Only problem: Why would any sane person wanna do that??

Saturday, August 30, 2008

My Poor Throat

Look how red and sore it is. Yes, my larynx, pharynx and whatever else have taken a beating from the incessant coughing and now I only pray for the phlegm to clear so that I can emulate Fei Yuqing's effeminate voice again. Dots.

Friday, August 29, 2008

You Got Spammed!

Don't you just loathe receiving junk mail in your Outlook Express? First of all, I haven't the slightest clue how these managed to 'slither' their way into my office account. I mean, I get stuff ranging from penis enlargement pills to dodgy degree mills (ooh...sensitive topic at this time!).
Occasional forwarded e-mails from friends (namely Enard, Saffiah and an ex-colleague Stella) I certainly don't mind - especially if they're funny. But spam is something I have zero tolerance for. Ugh!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

中 元

农 历 七 月 迎 中 元 。去 年庆 邀 《 881 》, 今 年 赞 夸 《 12 莲 花 》?

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The Biblical Truth

Whatever you're seeking, may you find it soon!

Monday, June 30, 2008

Dogged

Speaking of SAF 100, I simply can't fathom why those blockheads at MIND DEAF won't leave me the hell alone with my life?? I mean, I already left the service - and thank god I did - so many donkey years ago and also provided them with sufficient medical evidence to prove that I'm physically unfit for duty or any type of training exercise (be it ICT or IPPT), but these people just don't get it!!

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Shyamalan's Creatures

Despite what detractors say about his movies, I've always marveled at the creatures that inhabit Philadelphian filmmaker M. Night Shyalaman's many features such as SIGNS (alien being), THE VILLAGE (Those We Don't Speak Of) and LADY IN THE WATER (Scrunts, Tartutic, The Great Eatlon).
As I once mentioned to Mr. Fong, Shyamalan's creatures are fantastical and obscurely lensed to give them a sense of mystery and menace. That's not all, for they're also beautiful, original and enigmatic in a way that the late Stan Winston would be proud of.

Friday, May 30, 2008

Farmway Country

Is it just this doofus or is the LRT really user-unfriendly? On only my second attempt at riding the bloody tram, I got myself entangled in a 'loopy' snafu (go figure!) and eventually stranded in this uluer-than-Shaka Zulu shit-hole called Farmway.
I then walked along barren stretches of road like I was Will Smith in I AM LEGEND and kept wondering aloud if this place would even show up on a GPS locator. Bollocks!

Sunday, May 18, 2008

What a Ploy!

Even if this was a shameless subterfuge to enshroud the inequities of gender, I won't be the one to expostulate. After all, the mere sight of a skimpily clad Ploy Jindachot (above), who resembles a younger Nadya Hutagalung here, is enough to cause a full night's worth of nose bleeding.
As I've averred before (perhaps not on Blogger), Thai girls - trannies not included - are the absolute sexiest bunch on the planet; they're trailed closely by Filipinos, Malays and Vietnamese, but that's just my own myopic opinion at work.
What do you people think?

Friday, March 28, 2008

40 Winks

Thanks to the shutterbuggish Jimmy Chia and his Reuteristic (or is that voyeuristic?) photo, this full-time English Language student from China is caught sleeping on the lecturer's desk during her class break. Talk about getting busted.
(If you look closely or click to enlarge the image, you'll see that her eyes are actually open. Scary!)

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Enard Sia - Stargazer & Shopaholic

How do you expect not to be loved? It's written in the stars!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Dinner @ Seoul Garden

'Pak tor-ed' for six hours with our DMT student Hasnita Harshin (and caught THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES at The Grand Cathay), our Good Friday culminating in a sumptuous dinner at Seoul Garden.
It was my first visit to this "authentic Korean-styled BBQ restaurant" in almost seven years and some things never changed - the ambience, the aroma of food, the astronomical tab. I'm kidding about the last one. After all, what's a paltry $59.95 compared to the prodigious $570.00 coughed up by our Marketing Manager Steven Kho when he treated us all to dinner at Tung Lok two weeks ago?

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Pride & Prejudice

Who would imagine that a laptop computer could spark so much controversy and resentment? What started as a 'routine' crime soon escalated uncontrollably into the stuff of movies - (purported) conspiracy, cover-up, sacrificial lambs, and a general miscarriage of justice.
But what lies beneath is the greater issue of blatant racism and colonial mentality. It's, indeed, sad and stupid that in this day and age we still see skin color prejudice undermine the progress we've made all these decades with equality and meritocracy. Enough said.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Leche con Avellanas Enteras

Don't despair, Lil' Rit. You'll find Chocolate Heaven soon.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Nurul Izzah Anwar

Not to mean any impiety to Islam, but I've always had this thing for young Malay women in tudung (traditional Muslim head scarf). I think they look very preppy - and even a tinge sexy?
When
Nurul Izzah Anwar, the eldest daughter of political dissident Anwar Ibrahim, broke into the scene in the wake of her father's arrest and subsequent imprisonment in 1999, I thought - wow - she must be the most beautiful girl I had ever seen!
Cut to nine years later, the 27-year-old is still as ravishing as her national flower bunga raya (hibiscus), but too bad she's long married and already has two babies :-(