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by | § ¶ | trackbackThe Hoo-haa About Melvyn Tan

In the spirit of 'protesting with humour', I wonder if anyone is going to attend Melvyn Tan's concert dressed in their No.4 uniforms. And I wonder if they'll be let into the hall in the first place. Or maybe a mock-military flashmob at the Esplanade? That would be a really curious sight indeed.

Here's a little something from Rockson for those who don't already know who Melvyn Tan is.

by | § ¶ | trackbackCensors - 1, Wandie - 0

For some peculiar reason, my site is now being blocked by my company's proxy. :(

by | § ¶ | trackbackExcuse me, were you my kampong neighbour?

<-- This geo-targetted banner ad caught my eye. Found on dump-a-link via Lancerlord's of tgif video - 11.11.05.

by | § ¶ | trackbackSilm Credibility

It occured to me last night after watching the Channel 8 TV show 'Gone in 72 Days' that..

"Only 10 contestants with the most determination to lose weight will undergo a 72-day weight loss programme.."

And how do they determine 'determination'? Well it went down to weight loss. Yes.. if you lost the most weight in the prelim 3 day starve-fest, you were considered the most determined. No matter that everyone else went through the same regime, played the same silly games or climbed the same number of steps (Hats off to stragglers who never gave up).

What does it say about your company's ability when you only invite the 10 contestants who have lost the most weight after 3 days of starvation into the next round for the actual slimming treatments? Shouldn't you be doing the opposite? Wouldn't you gain more credibility if your 'specialist slimming treatments' were used/implemented/applied on the contestants that couldn't lose weight despite not eating (much) for three days?

Keywords: slimming_contest,gone_in_72_days

by | § ¶ | trackbackA380 - First Hand Pictures

Not very clear though. I'm so looking forward to inspect the runway one day.

by | § ¶ | trackbackJurong Birdpark

Well look at that! Jurong Birdpark makes it to the front page of Wikipedia. I know it has the world's largest tallest man-made waterfall but 'most numerous bird collection'? That's news to me.

by | § ¶ | trackbackWhen Pop Meets Jazz, Wandie Cringes

I was drawn to the TV advert for the 2 disc set 'Closer' mainly because of certain names (Sissel, Sade, Miles Davis..) that were flashed across the screen. From the ad, it seemed like something one would play to get a the girl in the mood and into bed. So over the weekend, I did something that I have not done in quite some time. I bought myself a CD. It's been well over three or four years since I last bought one. And probably the first compilation disc ever. What a bad idea it turned out to be.

Not to be confused with the OST for the film 'Closer', this one was a terrible letdown. We were scratching our heads halfway into disc one and I was gaging by the time it got to 'Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered'. I should have taken heed of the warning signs really... "When Pop Meets Jazz"... Nana Mouskouri.... ugh.

by | § ¶ | trackbackA Paying MMOPG

Amazon is now hiring chinese farmers with its Mechanical Turk website. I await my 30 US cents worth of effort.

Update: Lots of hits from people (and some amazon staff) looking for Mturk. Well I haven't seen any activity in my account yet. The so called 'hits' I've submitted are still pending so I guess this farmer is going hungry for a while.