watched a grand total of 2 biopics these past weeks. one's about sex and the other one's about planes and hollywood. u're right if u haf guessed kinsey and the aviator. Both are up for oscar nods with the aviator leading all other in terms of nominations. will the aviator do a LOTR3 and sweep everything? its anybody's guess BUT i doubt so due to the fact that LOTR3 swept cos its like a finale of sorts, with it missing out during the previous awards whereas the aviator is just a standalone flim. I may be proven wrong in due time so no promises either.

KINSEY
gall wasps and human sexuality, see the link? kinsey. brought up in a traditional family (read sex is taboo) setting. kinsey left home to do biology and did quite well, rising to the position of prof eventually. If he continued with all his gall wasp research, he would be just another scientist. in the end, he ended us in the collective memories of the world as a pioneering sexualogist(is there such a word)

Moving to the movie itself, the opening sequences are very likeable. meaning, I like them quite alot. cut scenes of kinsey teaching his asst on how to take down testimonials of interview subjects. at least, it looked enjoyable to me. the rest of the movie depicted his uneasy rltnshp w his father and all the difficulties he faced to garner financial backing for his research. it was all nicely done with the plot moving along at a comfortable pace and not delving too much on a certain subplot.

Then his ascent to being the IT scientist of his time and the subsequent fall into oblivion. liam neeson turned in a good performance while laura linney is all very worthy of her nomination too for her role as a wife who lends his support his husband quietly and wholeheartedly.

To sum it up, this movie does what its tagline promises, which is, talking about sex. not too bad a movie to watch.

THE AVIATOR

this one is cool no doubt. pretty boy Dicap manages to act the part of howard hughes. part aviator, part hollywood mogul, part playboy. stefani, beckinsale and blanchett adds to the eye candy quotient. story is well thot out of but still thinks 3 hrs is still too long. it gets boring and i actually hear soft snoring in the theatre. the cinematography is good. brings out the grandness of the sets and while the CG isnt tt impressive, the storyline is able to chug the movie along.

Scorsese is still dramatic with his directing and dicaprio seems to be putty in his hands, very good putty i must add, so good, it might just give him a male naked gold statuette.

To give credit where its due, leonardo actually acted quite up to standard for this one. still cant get the reason as to how he manages to do biopics well but fail at other genres...the beach comes to mind. his depiction of hughes at the height of his obessive compulsive behaviour and his freakish need for cleaniless is very very moving. his dishevelled state when locked in his screening room living in absolute filth is so great an irony that one would be blind to miss it.

Climax of the movie comes at the end where he battles the congressional hearing publicly. hughes overcomes his unease in front of the cameras and delivers a fine slap in your face to senator brewstar, whos a pawn in the overall gameplan of Pan-Am airlines to usurp hughes' TWA. NOt forgetting his 1st flight of his brainchild, the hercules, grandfather of the present C130.

Strong performances from the overall cast coupled with good story telling makes this a movie that would make 3 hrs seem bearable. not to forget cate blanchett as katherine hepburn is absolutely wonderful.

gotten myself a new phone finally. the numbers is not changed but have lost all my numbers. so basically, i nid to find back all your numbers....so pls DO send me your numbers. Thanks. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Suffered a handphone malfunction today and now, I am incontactable! Which is not true at all, as there are other ways to get hold of me but thats not the point of this blog.

A fellow(at least for the time being)handphone-less friend once passed this comment about the general handphone users in Sgp and it goes something like,

'all those ugly people using handphones, like all of a sudden time becomes elastic, 4pm = 5pm like that as if the handphone can bend and sretch time like that. fuckers they all'

this is obviously true to a certain extent and it highlights a point. the point being i was not late thus being able to hear him grumble. hahaha.

the world is never fair. this, for me is quite a foregone conclusion. examples are aplenty and easy to find. quote your own examples.

if this is true, at least in my case, why is there is obession with fairness? the law is supposed to be fair, and it is used to govern the land far and wide. meritocracy is considered to be fair and it is used to measure one's worth to the society. see the trend of the portrayal of fairness as the one and over-riding value in such approachs?

fairness, as in the case of histoy, is highly subjective and it is often decided arbitarily by those in power. my hunch is that should the axis powers won WW2, our history would be very very different from what is the commonly acknowlegded one. so back to 'fairness', how do one, whose in power, decide what is fair? this is quite a no brainer. it would definitely concide with what is considered desirable and is in the exact or near exact image of those in power. simple as that. the rest would then be considered as unfair and/or undesirable. no matter what qualities it may have.

so dun tell me what is fair to me or what should be fair to me. i know what is fair and what is not. thank you very much.

humans are social creatures, and needs company now and then. sometimes,more and sometimes less,problems arise when the balance is not there and such disruptions can bring about lots of inter personal friction and soon murphy's law will take over and everything will just go downhill. so, there's no need to cut one person off or accomodate someone in a out of a way manner. i somehow dun see the need to, and plus all the lengths that you have to go to. let's all socialise with each other and see what can be learned,enjoyed,experienced together. anyways, its all 'maktub' what will be, will be. (que sara sara) haha.

injured my toes today. can't believe it manz. such things happening to me. haiz. what a so very sianing experience. It is such a painful and inconvenient thing. just one of those days.

"The harm in dancing. Jan 1892

1. The conditions under which people generally dance - late hours, heated rooms, nervous excitement, are injurious to health.
2. A girl is frequently thrown into intimate association with one she would not and ought not choose as a companion.
3. The positions permitted in the dance are contrary to all modesty and would not be tolerated by pure girls and women were it not for the glare and music and general excitement.
4. The influence of the dance is to wean the mind from all serious studies and the heart from all sober purposes. The intellectual and scholarly men and women of our country are seldom dancers, and active praying Christians, never.

- Rev O W Willis, in Michigan Christian Advocate"

- The Malaysia Message, A Methodist Publication


very funny. :P
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ROMANCE MATHEMATICS


Smart man + smart woman = romance

Smart man + dumb woman = affair

Dumb man + smart woman = marriage

Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy

OFFICE ARITHMETIC

Smart boss + smart employee = profit

Smart boss + dumb employee = production

Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion

Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime

SHOPPING MATH

A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.

A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.


GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.

A successful woman is one who can find such a man.


HAPPINESS

To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a
little.

To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to
understand her at all.


LONGEVITY

Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot
more willing to die.


PROPENSITY TO CHANGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.

A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.


DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE

A woman has the last word in any argument.

Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED

Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and
cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started
doing the same thing to them at funerals.

Sometimes you just had to wonder how it all adds up and well, I guess you might have just seen the answer...:P
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Ode to the Nice Guys
This rant was written for the Wharton Undergraduate Journal

This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point. This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores. This is in honor of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honor of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honor of the guys who respect a girl’s every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.

This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they’re at her door, for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population, for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway, for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favor cheaters, for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don’t end up being boyfriends, for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.

This is for that time she left 40 urgent messages on your cell phone, and when you called her back, she spent three hours painstakingly dissecting two sentences her boyfriend said to her over dinner. And even though you thought her boyfriend was a chump and a jerk, you assured her that it was all ok and she shouldn’t worry about it. This is for that time she interrupted the best killing spree you’d ever orchestrated in GTA3 to rant about a rumor that romantically linked her and the guy she thinks is the most repulsive person in the world. And even though you thought it was immature and you had nothing against the guy, you paused the game for two hours and helped her concoct a counter-rumor to spread around the floor. This is also for that time she didn’t have a date, so after numerous vows that there was nothing “serious” between the two of you, she dragged you to a party where you knew nobody, the beer was awful, and she flirted shamelessly with you, justifying each fit of reckless teasing by announcing to everyone: “oh, but we’re just friends!” And even though you were invited purely as a symbolic warm body for her ego, you went anyways. Because you’re nice like that.

The nice guys don’t often get credit where credit is due. And perhaps more disturbing, the nice guys don’t seem to get laid as often as they should. And I wish I could logically explain this trend, but I can’t. From what I have observed on campus and what I have learned from talking to friends at other schools and in the workplace, the only conclusion I can form is that many girls are just illogical, manipulative bitches. Many of them claim they just want to date a nice guy, but when presented with such a specimen, they say irrational, confusing things such as “oh, he’s too nice to date” or “he would be a good boyfriend but he’s not for me” or “he already puts up with so much from me, I couldn’t possibly ask him out!” or the most frustrating of all: “no, it would ruin our friendship.” Yet, they continue to lament the lack of datable men in the world, and they expect their too-nice-to-date male friends to sympathize and apologize for the men that are jerks. Sorry, guys, girls like that are beyond my ability to fathom. I can’t figure out why the connection breaks down between what they say (I want a nice guy!) and what they do (I’m going to sleep with this complete ass now!). But one thing I can do, is say that the nice-guy-finishes-last phenomenon doesn’t last forever. There are definitely many girls who grow out of that train of thought and realize they should be dating the nice guys, not taking them for granted. The tricky part is finding those girls, and even trickier, finding the ones that are single.

So, until those girls are found, I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you’re sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming.

Fu-zu Jen, SEAS/WH, 2003

Well done to the author, he summed it up pretty concisely and best of all applies to both sexes as well, nice gals finish last too!

so this leads to the finding that....









The world likes Bastards and Whores!! haha :P caveat emptor.

I was there. Was there where the ground shook,where grown man and woman screamed in delight where Singapore lifted the Tiger Cup. United as one, nothing could have beaten us...it was as what the posters predicited,55011 vs 11.

Inside the rowdy stadium, I managed to take in the the atmosphere and saw the suntec towers in the distance.. wonder how could it be like to be sitting on top of the towers and experiencing the quiet and looking at the national stadium as compared to me at the noisy stadium looking at the towers.

Nope, I din wear red. ha.. wore white instead.

Had a wonderful weekend, filled with activites, well done and thanks to those around me who made it happen.My tan, my cuts,my muscle aches and my sore throat would have been much less fun without all of you. Enjoyed it thoroughly.

Sometimes, things are just happens, no need for one to think it through at all. Just react to it to the best of yer abilities and close your eyes and hope it all goes well. Sometimes, this is all that you can do. To quote a filosofical someone, 'u will lose the beauty of things if you think about it too much and lets face it, you wun even get the slightest gist of it when you die." Thats a good one,dude.It shows the futility of life.Just live the moment, go sky diving, go backpacking, go scream your head off. Life is too short to take it too seriously.

Life is too important to take seriously.
Corky Siegel (nice 1st name huh? :P)

Humans can be so bored that they can do just about anything don't they? Read something on people finding hidden codes from the bible that predicted hell lotsa modern events. Kinda stupid if you ask me cos if you are going to brute-force every document that was ever written, I am so damn sure, there will be some other codes that would have predicted some other events somewhere. Heck, there might even be some secret code that would provide the answer to inter galactic travel.

The best thing about this 'find the hidden code' thing is that some people actually uses such 'findings' as evidence that the christian god is the one who's real and christianity is THE religion. Its all kinda lame becos, seriously, do you expect one to change faith just becos some other faith is considered to be ratified and heck, can even predict stuff? For one, does faith in one's god need to be ratified in the first place? Isnt it always a case of looking into yourself and asking if you have the faith? If you do have faith in a being greater then maybe you can try following it and i guess you should find happiness and peace at the end of it. That's the important thing isnt it?

Didn't know that this Sunday's match at the National Stadium would have such a response from the public. Looks like the tickets are mostly snapped up. Talk about supporting a winning team, we Singaporeans sure do support a winning team. Just hope that the Lions don't cork up this time. Actually, I don't think so, as Singapore's aid to indonesia seems to be quite substantial yeah? hehe.

Let stand together and hear the Lions roar! MEOW! wahaha :P

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Do I have it in me to walk down this less travelled road? Strangely, I have no ready answer to that. sigh.

It such a frustration when life and time and progress races ahead, while you are still finding your way in the dark and can't fathom all that is around you.

Today, I had a stranger that I first saw for less then 30 mins and gave me an appraisal of my habits, way of thinking etc etc. Me being egoistic, defensive, stubborn, attitude problem and how all these could hinder my future as it could lead to people being turned off by me. That irked me. BIG TIME. Irked, not because I can't take criticism but by the way that he put it made him as if he is 100% right. Here he was trying to sell me something yet he pointed out my so called 'shortcomings', granted I was really giving him the attitude problems and all. BUT my point is that he's selling stuff to me. What happened to 'the customer being always right' mantra? Is this a new way of selling things?

Of cos, I admit to times where I am, egoistic, vulgar, defensive, and whatever bad traits that a human being can be capable of. And in full honesty, alot of times.

Being irked, I promptly started to rebut him. Shooting him down, arguing with him, pointing out the gaping holes in his argument. He seems to relish the arugement too and what have you got when you put 2 guys who have lost their common sense and just wants to prove each other wrong?? A heated argument with lotsa table banging, finger pointing and raised voices,all these in an office enviroment.Come to think of it, its comical to say the least. There wasn't anything remotely productive in the end but..........it really made me feel abit better after it all.... able to take it out on someone else even if its something that I don't usually do. ie, getting into a quarrel and such stuff. I always wanted and liked consensus. Not really my usual self..but...sometimes, things just happen, don't they?

Hope I would turn into a quarrelsome egoistic fucker with severe attitude problem.

What are friends for?
To help you out when you need help?
To share woe and weal with you?
To provide a reality check sometimes?

The above-mentioned guy, provided me with a pseudo-reality check today it was nice in a way to hear some other things being said about yourself. Since I don't really have any good points to boast about, its good to hear more about my negative traits. Where is that 'reality-check' friend when you need one...

Nice song with meaningful lyrics, isn't it?

This commercial is so cute....looks like one of my favorite cartoons...no points for guessing which one though.

左tiu tiu 右tiu tiu 上面tiu tiu 下面tiu tiu
我的tiu tiu,你到底在哪里??

On a more sombre note, dun we all long for that one person that will lead us out of misery of that kind we all go through? That promised one that comes to you in chariots of fire to lead you through all the darkness when all else seems bleak and hopeless?

That someone that would have told us things that we should have known at that point of our lifes, we all wished that someone would pop out or taken the initiative to tell us stuff that would have made a difference in our lifes back then. Wouldn't that be wonderful with we had someone like that in our lifes? Perfect information to make the best decision. Not in the sense like letting you know what are the 4D numbers that following weekend, mind you. But more in the sense of experience that can only be accumulated through time so as to let us have the ability to deal with the cards Life deals us. I don't believe in leading a smooth life but with some timely intervention from someone, that would have smoothen out lotsa kinks in our lifes and that would be so divine.

Lastly, wishing you bon voyage HP. Come back in one piece and dun change 'color'. :P

i am still at a loss for words. approaching 23, and still so inadequate, in life skills, in knowledge, in character development, in physical development.

Time has only exposed my flaws. it feels so raw, and i feel so vulnerable as a result of it.

I guess i'll only know if i ever will be adequate the day i die.

I guess I am truly humbled these few days by all the ppl I interact with online and off. It suddenly seems like I can never be adequate by any's standards. Even my own standards sometimes. There is always the better, faster, stronger result around the corner, if you just give it a harder push. When will it end? Maybe never.....

Sometimes, self worth is all just so subjective and well...transient and not to mention one-dimensional.

I am such a black and white person and I dun really get to see the 'grey' areas so easily ,that is if I managed to acknowledge its presence in the first place. This world is definitely mostly 'grey' in color. Does that make me a square peg in a round hole? Maybe yes, maybe no but the main problem would be that life would seem a little more difficult to get by and a little more effort to pull through.

Utd's players always have this siege mentality that pits them against the world. For them, its either you or me, there is no middle ground at all. Maybe becos of these mentality, there always a inflation of self worth. Especially so, when there is some achievement to show for it. In this case, Utd's dominance of the English scene. This is because with some achievements, one can be allured into thinking that one have had bested the others and is the victor. Some traits of an alpha male and overall very straight foreward lind of thinking.

The crucial part that would make or break someone of this mentality would then be when such a person meets with failure. Only the best can survive failure.

Its the new year but its still the old me. Enough said actually. So whats with the new year? What's the story?

Maybe we should just take out all our life savings and donate it to those tsunami victims. Maybe we should just stop everything we are doing now to take stock of what we have done thus far and remind ourselves what the fuck have we been doing all these years. (to deserve all this)

OR

We can continue to ruin our lifes (together with all the lifes of others) and seek self destruction happily.

Anyways, if there is such a thing as a happy new year then I sincerely hope that you all out there do go have your HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Don't forget to chuck your old self while enjoying this new year.