I notice there's a fad going round these days... that it's UNcool to be UNhealthy. Now the way to impress others is to go rock climbing/wakeboarding/jogging/gyming/marathon running/east coast blading over the wkend.
Not that it's bad... it's good. but it gets on my nerves when, like mcdonald's, "it's what I do and what I eat". I'm sure I heard a collective GASP when at a recent introduction to other new colleagues, i mentioned i cannot get thru the day without 3 cups of coffee (we were all forced to say something abt ourselves).
Coffee seems to be the no-no, uncool drink of choice these days. People i meet at the pantry sometimes tell me they're trying not to drink so much coffee - too much caffeine. But it's just a fad - something everyone does at the moment to be "in". Coffee just happens to be the scapegoat this time. Coffee, and sleeping/waking up late, which i just found out over dinner w qi.
Why do i think it's a fad? if this Healthy Lifestyle kick is for real, then y doesn't it extend to other areas in life as well? Why is it that when I tell ppl I drink coffee, they hear "I'm hopelessly addicted to that horrible drug, caffeine", but when ppl say they go clubbing every week, others think "Wow! that guy/girl is sssooo cool/groovy/in/hip/happening!" and not "So he/she subjects his ears to loud, deafening music, lungs to second hand smoke, liver to burning alcohol, numbs his/her senses, squeezes in a crowd and opens him/herself to groping strangers (either applies to a girl or a guy in a faggot bar) every week... sad case"
OK, maybe it's coz these "clubs" (they used to be called discotheques rite? "clubs" referred to Country Clubs then) dun appeal to me almost as much as i love coffee, that's y i came up with this analogy. I happened to look at the newspaper and chanced upon halloween events held at discos and thot "maybe that cld be fun". but then i pictured myself in such a setting, and it didn't appeal to me that much. maybe coz of my past bad experiences.
if i were to attend a "nightlife event", i'd rather be in a place with no dance floor, just plenty of sofas. maybe like balaclava, or harry's. i wldn't fancy the alcohol much - it mainly just makes me fall asleep, not do stupid things. if i'm asleep, i wldn't be able to enjoy the good rock or jazz music that the live band are hopefully playing, so i wld rather the establishment serve good coffee, as well as the usual alcoholic drinks to cater to the conventional mainstream.
u know... someplace more sophisticated and where there's no funny business going around. where ppl go to enjoy good music and relax, not throw away social norms.
u guys know of other places like this? if not i'll hv to set up one myself. hahahha.
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anyway, enuff of nuahing over the wkend. next wkend onwards, things will get exciting. with or without company.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Certified...
...Addicted to Coffee.
I'm starting to look forward to work partly coz of the coffee machine.
Rockie = Junkie.
I'm starting to look forward to work partly coz of the coffee machine.
Rockie = Junkie.
Friday, October 13, 2006
You Know You're Old When...
...after dinner, your colleague has cheng tng while you have a cup of kopi.
...you wonder whether you shd hv ate chin chow instead to cool off ur heatiness.
...you increase frequency from once a week on the treadmill to twice a week, and your knees start screaming blardy murder. oh, above all that screaming, they hurt too.
...the 30+ yr old mother of a small kid tells him, "Cannot go in, you see, UNCLE closing the gym oready."
oh well... here it goes again... something to watch to forget how old you are:
and my parents think i actually RUN on the treadmill...
...you wonder whether you shd hv ate chin chow instead to cool off ur heatiness.
...you increase frequency from once a week on the treadmill to twice a week, and your knees start screaming blardy murder. oh, above all that screaming, they hurt too.
...the 30+ yr old mother of a small kid tells him, "Cannot go in, you see, UNCLE closing the gym oready."
oh well... here it goes again... something to watch to forget how old you are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxeQN2GWAzw
and my parents think i actually RUN on the treadmill...
Saturday, October 07, 2006
MPz In Da House, Yo!
A bit late with this topic, but bear with me here.
Young, first term pappy MPs are performing hip hop dances at next yr's Chingay Parade. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/233752/1/.html
You see? they really attracting talent. last time parliament only got miss singapore universe, only know how to stand there, act pretty and keep the backbenchers awake. Now they probably got hip-hop performances during interludes!! Now dat's talent, yo.
But u gotta wonder... how did they come up with this idea? maybe to connect wid da youth, they did a poll thingy, like so, yo.
Q: Would you like your newly (un)elected MP to
a) Make sure your precinct is upgraded as promised during the elections, or
b) Go down wid da hip-hop grooves and earn some street cred to git widdit, yo?
Or maybe due to the success of so much more TV reality voting as compared to actual ballot-slip voting, they changing the format of the elections? instead of the boring "GE2010" you'll have "MP Idol 2010" where hosts Kermit Singh and DearDaniel Ong (it wld be great if he really didn't have a mouth) spout endless nonsense to spur senseless bouts of frenzied SMS voting.
Of course, you have the judges, or rather, arbitrators in this format, who are chosen based on their skill to praise the untalented with uncomprehensible statements. (I didn't waste my time watching sg idol, so i can't quote anyone, just read from newspaper.)
but the most impt - the hordes of idol-less teenagers who have absolutely no clue about wat talent is, willing to spend entire allowances supporting any good looker, and have SMS-friendly thumbs guaranteed to out-SMS any sensible adult. then of coz they will get a higher score than a distinction of 66%!!!!
but of coz, this is all conjecture of future events. wat's more impt here is the present state - MPz gettin' jiggy wid it. Guess wid all dat bling, it wuz da next logical step 2take, yo.
So while the teenagers of today are gagging themselves over the MPz attempts at establishing a connection of some semblance, http://www.spug.net/showthread.php?t=87050, more grown up ppl like me have some concerns when we 1st saw it on the news. like:
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!??!?!?!?!?!
we didn't (un)elect you to dance at chingay lor... we spent money to get foreign talent to come here and do the same thing, and better somemore. we (didn't) elect u to solve our country's problems... and there you are doing hip-hop?!?!?!?
I think in time to come, some of them will receive letters beseeching them to return to being actual MPs. below here is a sample letter you can use:
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Dear MP,
Recently I heard in the news that you and your colleagues in parliament are to perform dances at next year's Chingay Parade. I salute your efforts - it probably must take lots of time and energy to become to competent at something some of you have admitted you are not good at.
However, the upgrading works for my precinct, promised in the elections earlier this year, have still not been carried out - there have been no signs of any construction work done in my area.
Seeing that Chingay is so far away and you being so competent at your dance moves, why don't you skip a few practise sessions and carry out your promises? you could start by
a) help me repaint my leaky ceiling HDB takes no liability for even though they built the damn building
b) help me set up hidden CCTV cameras in my house to catch my maid swinging my kid around by the legs
c) get my upstairs neighbour to stop their weekly late night mahjong sessions
d) get my downstairs neighbour to stop her nightly karaoke sessions
e) catch my neighbourhood cat killer
I'm sure you can start practising your dance moves in Jan '07 and still give a great performance.
Yours sincerely,
A flabbergasted citizen.
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let's just all hope they start taking their serious positions seriously. itz so damn weird y'know wadyamean?. dey hang loose at da wrong times, like on national tv, and dey are so damn uptight when ppl criticise dem, yo.
Well, many of us found mrbrown humourous. even wid all dat bling, methinks its too late to git down widdit, yo?
I really really hope they stop all this nonsense.
yo.
Young, first term pappy MPs are performing hip hop dances at next yr's Chingay Parade. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/233752/1/.html
You see? they really attracting talent. last time parliament only got miss singapore universe, only know how to stand there, act pretty and keep the backbenchers awake. Now they probably got hip-hop performances during interludes!! Now dat's talent, yo.
But u gotta wonder... how did they come up with this idea? maybe to connect wid da youth, they did a poll thingy, like so, yo.
Q: Would you like your newly (un)elected MP to
a) Make sure your precinct is upgraded as promised during the elections, or
b) Go down wid da hip-hop grooves and earn some street cred to git widdit, yo?
Or maybe due to the success of so much more TV reality voting as compared to actual ballot-slip voting, they changing the format of the elections? instead of the boring "GE2010" you'll have "MP Idol 2010" where hosts Kermit Singh and DearDaniel Ong (it wld be great if he really didn't have a mouth) spout endless nonsense to spur senseless bouts of frenzied SMS voting.
Of course, you have the judges, or rather, arbitrators in this format, who are chosen based on their skill to praise the untalented with uncomprehensible statements. (I didn't waste my time watching sg idol, so i can't quote anyone, just read from newspaper.)
but the most impt - the hordes of idol-less teenagers who have absolutely no clue about wat talent is, willing to spend entire allowances supporting any good looker, and have SMS-friendly thumbs guaranteed to out-SMS any sensible adult. then of coz they will get a higher score than a distinction of 66%!!!!
but of coz, this is all conjecture of future events. wat's more impt here is the present state - MPz gettin' jiggy wid it. Guess wid all dat bling, it wuz da next logical step 2take, yo.
So while the teenagers of today are gagging themselves over the MPz attempts at establishing a connection of some semblance, http://www.spug.net/showthread.php?t=87050, more grown up ppl like me have some concerns when we 1st saw it on the news. like:
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!??!?!?!?!?!
we didn't (un)elect you to dance at chingay lor... we spent money to get foreign talent to come here and do the same thing, and better somemore. we (didn't) elect u to solve our country's problems... and there you are doing hip-hop?!?!?!?
I think in time to come, some of them will receive letters beseeching them to return to being actual MPs. below here is a sample letter you can use:
===================================================================
Dear MP,
Recently I heard in the news that you and your colleagues in parliament are to perform dances at next year's Chingay Parade. I salute your efforts - it probably must take lots of time and energy to become to competent at something some of you have admitted you are not good at.
However, the upgrading works for my precinct, promised in the elections earlier this year, have still not been carried out - there have been no signs of any construction work done in my area.
Seeing that Chingay is so far away and you being so competent at your dance moves, why don't you skip a few practise sessions and carry out your promises? you could start by
a) help me repaint my leaky ceiling HDB takes no liability for even though they built the damn building
b) help me set up hidden CCTV cameras in my house to catch my maid swinging my kid around by the legs
c) get my upstairs neighbour to stop their weekly late night mahjong sessions
d) get my downstairs neighbour to stop her nightly karaoke sessions
e) catch my neighbourhood cat killer
I'm sure you can start practising your dance moves in Jan '07 and still give a great performance.
Yours sincerely,
A flabbergasted citizen.
===================================================================
let's just all hope they start taking their serious positions seriously. itz so damn weird y'know wadyamean?. dey hang loose at da wrong times, like on national tv, and dey are so damn uptight when ppl criticise dem, yo.
"That's part of the fun - to laugh at yourself, to have a sense of humour
about everything...(yo)"-Chris de souza, MP, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
Well, many of us found mrbrown humourous. even wid all dat bling, methinks its too late to git down widdit, yo?
I really really hope they stop all this nonsense.
yo.
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Doing Nothing & Dreaming
Today, or rather yesterday, was a do-nothing day. i had stuff planned, but i let it all go and vegetated with online games (www.xgenstudious.com. go ahead - vegetate.) and slept for a greater half of the day, something i hvn't done in a long long time.
i love these do-nothing days. i used to have more of them when i was studying though. just a late night before or morning decision, telling myself fark it, i need a break. and push everything aside. 2 positive outcomes are gained:
1) rest.
2) panic the next day spurs me on to accomplish wat i'm supposed to the day before.
i did take the time off from doing nothing to check out my mum's plants, and together we discovered a small green pepper hiding amongst the equally green leaves. the laughter that comes from discovery is just wonderful.
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on wed i caught Singapore Dreaming http://www.singaporedreaming.com/ a "filem" by Colin Goh & his wife - editors of www.talkingcock.com. but the show's main draw is not slapstick humour, (think talking cock the movie) but really, how dank our very normal singaporean lives can be.
The father, played by Richard Low, is the typical chinese singaporean father. works and hardly spends on himself, using his hard earned money to send his son overseas for studies. he hardly shows any affection to his long suffering wife, belittles his son-in-law, and shows all his love and pins all his hopes on his son. His only dream is to strike Toto, and that his son is rich and successful.
The mother, played by Alice Lim, is the typical housewife, who slogs day and night for the family. nearing the end of the show, she recalls that she used to sing a lot before marriage, and wanted to b a famous singer - but she never sang again after marriage. for 20+yrs, all she knew was to clean the table, mop the floor, cook the food and wash the dishes. she asks herself, "what happened?"
The son, played by Dick Su, is the "villian" of the show. only dreams of making it big, but does little to achieve it. asks his parents for money to set up business, etc. in the show, he screams at his gf, "If you want to make it, you got to already look like you've made it!" which, sadly, might have some truth.
The girlfriend, played by Serene Chen, chipped in to send her good-for-nothing bf abroad for studies. dreams abt her perfect marriage and pins all hopes of the future on the guy. all the way, she showers him with support and encouragement, hoping her bf shares the same desire to get married.
The daughter, played by Yeo Yann Yann, is largely ignored by her father, even though she is pregnant with her first child. A secretary at work, she is highly depended on by her boss, who orders her around and takes her for granted. Shackled to her job, she is at every beck and call from her boss and his wife.
The son-in-law, played by Lim Yu Beng, is looked down upon by his father-in-law, maybe coz he doesn't earn much. a former regular, he struggles as with his insurance agent job, his father-in-law and his relationship with his wife - which is starting to strain, possibly because he, once again, doesn't earn much. The scene where he attempts to speak chinese with a china prostitute is hilarious - he sounds worse than me!!
all these ppl sound very familiar to u? go watch it before its run ends. i treated my consultant to the movie, and really didn't mind paying $14.50.
what are you dreaming of?
i love these do-nothing days. i used to have more of them when i was studying though. just a late night before or morning decision, telling myself fark it, i need a break. and push everything aside. 2 positive outcomes are gained:
1) rest.
2) panic the next day spurs me on to accomplish wat i'm supposed to the day before.
i did take the time off from doing nothing to check out my mum's plants, and together we discovered a small green pepper hiding amongst the equally green leaves. the laughter that comes from discovery is just wonderful.
===================================================================
on wed i caught Singapore Dreaming http://www.singaporedreaming.com/ a "filem" by Colin Goh & his wife - editors of www.talkingcock.com. but the show's main draw is not slapstick humour, (think talking cock the movie) but really, how dank our very normal singaporean lives can be.
The father, played by Richard Low, is the typical chinese singaporean father. works and hardly spends on himself, using his hard earned money to send his son overseas for studies. he hardly shows any affection to his long suffering wife, belittles his son-in-law, and shows all his love and pins all his hopes on his son. His only dream is to strike Toto, and that his son is rich and successful.
The mother, played by Alice Lim, is the typical housewife, who slogs day and night for the family. nearing the end of the show, she recalls that she used to sing a lot before marriage, and wanted to b a famous singer - but she never sang again after marriage. for 20+yrs, all she knew was to clean the table, mop the floor, cook the food and wash the dishes. she asks herself, "what happened?"
The son, played by Dick Su, is the "villian" of the show. only dreams of making it big, but does little to achieve it. asks his parents for money to set up business, etc. in the show, he screams at his gf, "If you want to make it, you got to already look like you've made it!" which, sadly, might have some truth.
The girlfriend, played by Serene Chen, chipped in to send her good-for-nothing bf abroad for studies. dreams abt her perfect marriage and pins all hopes of the future on the guy. all the way, she showers him with support and encouragement, hoping her bf shares the same desire to get married.
The daughter, played by Yeo Yann Yann, is largely ignored by her father, even though she is pregnant with her first child. A secretary at work, she is highly depended on by her boss, who orders her around and takes her for granted. Shackled to her job, she is at every beck and call from her boss and his wife.
The son-in-law, played by Lim Yu Beng, is looked down upon by his father-in-law, maybe coz he doesn't earn much. a former regular, he struggles as with his insurance agent job, his father-in-law and his relationship with his wife - which is starting to strain, possibly because he, once again, doesn't earn much. The scene where he attempts to speak chinese with a china prostitute is hilarious - he sounds worse than me!!
all these ppl sound very familiar to u? go watch it before its run ends. i treated my consultant to the movie, and really didn't mind paying $14.50.
what are you dreaming of?
