feeling very stagnant lately...seems it's just wake up, go to work, go home, watch TV, go to sleep and repeat the same routine day in and out...even rcc fails to rouse me to the heights that it did before...
i need to break out of this cycle...SOON!
(There's Gotta Be) More To Life Lyrics
Monday, March 24, 2008
i feel...
...helpless and hapless (are they the same thing)???
teething problems are expected in the first 3 to 6 months i guess but they seem to be happening quite a fair bit later...two major boo-boos in the space of a month of so...one requiring higher intervention in fact...
she says that based on her personality profile, it seems ironic that she has ended up where she is. especially when her outlook is pretty much more of one that is macro-based instead of micro-based which is exactly what the requirement is...someone focussed, detailed and concentrated...
she questions whether she is suited in temperament and whether the skill-sets she has are in fact not so relevant for the role...
i tell her to let Him guide her, to focus more on the details...nothing more i can do to assist, save to be there for her at all times to support her mentally and emotionally...
i wonder whether that's enough...
teething problems are expected in the first 3 to 6 months i guess but they seem to be happening quite a fair bit later...two major boo-boos in the space of a month of so...one requiring higher intervention in fact...
she says that based on her personality profile, it seems ironic that she has ended up where she is. especially when her outlook is pretty much more of one that is macro-based instead of micro-based which is exactly what the requirement is...someone focussed, detailed and concentrated...
she questions whether she is suited in temperament and whether the skill-sets she has are in fact not so relevant for the role...
i tell her to let Him guide her, to focus more on the details...nothing more i can do to assist, save to be there for her at all times to support her mentally and emotionally...
i wonder whether that's enough...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
finally got to watch JUNO...
...and in short, i absolutely love it to bits!!!! terrifically acted, whip-smart dialogue and a cracking screenplay make this little low-key movie completely fascinating to watch...
the movie blurb reads as follows:- "Ellen Page stars as Juno, a witty teenage girl whose boredom doesn’t lead her to the mall. Instead, she makes a one-time trip into the arms of her best friend Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). When Juno discovers that she’s pregnant, she’s forced to grow up fast as she tries to find adoptive parents for her quickly growing child."
the 2 stars are undoubtedly the frighteningly-poised 20 year-old ELLEN PAGE (probably most remembered in X-MEN as kitty pryde aka shadowcat and the protagonist in the pedophile-revenge movie HARD CANDY) and the screenplay by self-confessed former stripper DIABLO CODY...
page's juno is at once precocious, odd and sassy but never lets her character's innate cuteness seem cloying and overpowering through the judicious application of sarcasm. she describes herself as a "cautionary whale" and the unborn child as a "sea monkey...this sardonic tone however is never bitter but seems more accepting and feels as though it is a crutch for her to deal with this unforeseen circumstance she's in...absolutely spot-on a portrayal!
cody diablo's screenplay crackles with electricity...famous for her blog and her book CANDY GIRL: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF AN UNLIKELY STRIPPER, diablo has a unique voice and an incredible ear for dialogue...she certainly knows how to write scenes that move off center as she creates a world of teens, high school and suburban families that looks typical yet is anything but. the screen play really is smart and sassy, warm yet frequently caustic, realistic but kinda storybookish -- and very, very funny...blardy hell, is Juno a funny little movie or what! cody diablo totally deserves her original screenplay Oscar...every last gold-coated bit of that little statuette...
both are ably supported by the various actors in the movie such as MICHAEL CERA (of SUPERBAD) as the father of juno's child, OLIVIA THIRLBY as juno's somewhat ditsy yet grounded best galpal , J.K.SIMMONS & ALISON JANNEY as the erstwhile teenager's parents...JASON BATEMAN and JENNIFER GARNER as the prospective adoptive parents of Juno's unborn child. and this is all masterfully choreographed by director JASON REITMAN (son of IVAN who directed GHOSTBUSTERS)...
not enuff words in my quite limited vocab to gush on about this wonderful movie, so all i can do is to suggest...no, recommend highly, that you watch it! REALLY!
Monday, March 17, 2008
woah nelly...
...these are some bling wheels....completely see thru!
these are D'Vinci Forgiato Radurra wheels...and are made from 2-inch thick polycarbonate, available in the sizes of 20, 22 or 24-inch. prices starting from us$5,000 per wheel! a cool us$20k for the whole set!!! my gawd!
they're perfect for showing off one's aftermarket big-brake kit...although i wonder how they'd keep with brake dust...
these are D'Vinci Forgiato Radurra wheels...and are made from 2-inch thick polycarbonate, available in the sizes of 20, 22 or 24-inch. prices starting from us$5,000 per wheel! a cool us$20k for the whole set!!! my gawd!
they're perfect for showing off one's aftermarket big-brake kit...although i wonder how they'd keep with brake dust...
you have got to be shitting me!
if this is true, then the bastards ought to be strung up by their gonads! sooooo damn unscrupulous...
Friday, March 14, 2008
ken lee...who?
possibly one of the funniest things i've seen in a very long while...
this is from the try-outs for MUSIC IDOL BULGARIA (their version of AMERICAN IDOL)...i nearly busted my sides laughing...you have to see it to believe...
i love the looks of consternation on the judges' faces as they try their best to hold in their laughter...
this is from the try-outs for MUSIC IDOL BULGARIA (their version of AMERICAN IDOL)...i nearly busted my sides laughing...you have to see it to believe...
i love the looks of consternation on the judges' faces as they try their best to hold in their laughter...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
a leap of faith...
watched this movie over the weekend...produced local by mediacorp raintree pictures and based on a novella written by singapore literary doyen catherine lim, it's a laudable production piece...
release blurb reads as - "In The Leap Years, a Singaporean girl (Li Ann) unexpectedly meets her dream man (Jeremy) on February 29, on the day that she turns 6 years old (24 in real years). Unfortunately, Jeremy has to leave Singapore on that very day that they meet! So they make a promise to meet every four years, same place, same time. Can both Li Ann & Jeremy keep their promise?"
i know it sounds a bit far-fetched and more than a little bit silly, but the premises has its appeal to the die-hard romantics in us...
problem i have with the show is the utter lack of chemistry between the leading pair...none whatsoever...it's like watching 2 strangers fumble in the dark looking for each other...somehow i never did get a sense that they were "made for each other", so to speak...
and the fact that they go every 4 years without any contact? what the heck, in this day and age with the internet, widespread telephony and cheap air travel....can't they get each other's contact details to stay in touch??? how does li ann become so indulgent in the "relationship" that she willing waits and pines for jeremy all those years?
one really has to suspend disbelief and just wallow in the movie to not think of these obvious questions...
as a fairytale, it works....as a tale for the modern ages, arguably, it fails...cliched as hell...
still a watchable movie tho...perfect for the dating couples...
yeah yeah i'm a cynic...
Thursday, March 06, 2008
now that's one really long test-drive!
this chap really champion!!!
Aust man takes car for 6,000-km(!!!) 'test drive'
SYDNEY - AN Australian man has been arrested after taking a new car on a test drive that lasted 6,200 kilometres, five days and almost took him from one side of the continent to the other.
Police said the 30-year-old man walked into a car dealership in the southern city of Melbourne last Friday and asked to take a 2008 model Honda Accord for a spin. After chatting with a salesman for 20 minutes and convincing him he was a genuine buyer, the man filled out the necessary paperwork then took off in the car before the salesman could get in the passenger seat.
He turned up on Wednesday, some 3,700 kilometres away near the Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek, where police picked him up after he drove away from a garage without paying for fuel. Officers checked the licence plates, and found toiletries and a toothbrush in the car.
Car dealer Ian McKenzie said the driver put 6,200 kilometres on the clock during his try-out. 'He's got to have been in the car nearly all day, every day,' he told Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper.
The man will appear in Alice Springs Magistrates' Court Friday charged with aggravated unlawful use of a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of property.
article HERE
Aust man takes car for 6,000-km(!!!) 'test drive'
SYDNEY - AN Australian man has been arrested after taking a new car on a test drive that lasted 6,200 kilometres, five days and almost took him from one side of the continent to the other.
Police said the 30-year-old man walked into a car dealership in the southern city of Melbourne last Friday and asked to take a 2008 model Honda Accord for a spin. After chatting with a salesman for 20 minutes and convincing him he was a genuine buyer, the man filled out the necessary paperwork then took off in the car before the salesman could get in the passenger seat.
He turned up on Wednesday, some 3,700 kilometres away near the Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek, where police picked him up after he drove away from a garage without paying for fuel. Officers checked the licence plates, and found toiletries and a toothbrush in the car.
Car dealer Ian McKenzie said the driver put 6,200 kilometres on the clock during his try-out. 'He's got to have been in the car nearly all day, every day,' he told Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper.
The man will appear in Alice Springs Magistrates' Court Friday charged with aggravated unlawful use of a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of property.
article HERE
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
japanese loo signs...
i mean, it's kinda widely-acknowledged that the nihon-jins are anal-retentive micro-managers but shit (pardon the pun), this is verging on the ludricrous next they'll be dictating length of the stool and the amount of time one can spend in there...
next they'll be dictating length of the stool and the amount of time one can spend in there...
note to self - when releasing a bear into the wild...
...make sure the trap is secured tightly to the truck...else suffer the same fate as the game warden below! that sure is one ungrateful ursus americanus...
that sure is one ungrateful ursus americanus...
ahhhhh...blondes...
Two bowling teams, one of all Blondes and one of all Brunettes, charter a double-Decker bus for a weekend trip to Mt. Vernon Illinois.The Brunette team rode on the bottom of the bus, and the Blonde team rode on the top level.
The Brunette team down below really whooped it up, having a great time, when one of them realized she hadn’t heard anything from the Blondes upstairs. She decided to go up and investigate.
When the Brunette reached the top, she found all the Blondes in fear, staring straight ahead at the road, clutching the seats in front of them with white knuckles. the brunette asked, “What the heck’s going on up here? We’re having a great time downstairs!”
One of the Blondes looked up at her, swallowed hard and whispered… “YEAH, BUT YOU’VE GOT A DRIVER!?!”
questions to confound dear abby...
Dear Abby, A couple of women moved in across the hall from me. One is a middle-aged gym teacher and the other is a social worker in her mid-twenties. These two women go everywhere together and I’ve never seen a man go into or leave their apartment. Do you think they could be Lebanese?
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Dear Abby, What can I do about all the Sex, Nudity, Fowl Language and Violence on my VCR?
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Dear Abby, I have a man I can’t trust. He cheats so much, I’m not even sure the baby I’m carrying is his.
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Dear Abby, I am a twenty-three year old liberated woman who has been on the pill for two years. It’s getting expensive and I think my boy friend should share half the cost but I don’t know him well enough to discuss money with him.
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Dear Abby, I’ve suspected that my husband has been fooling around and, when confronted with the evidence, he denied everything and said it would never happen again.
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Dear Abby, Our son writes that he is taking Judo. Why would a boy who was in a good Christian home turn against his own?
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Dear Abby, I joined the Navy to see the world. I’ve seen it. Now how do I get out?
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Dear Abby, My forty year old son has been paying a psychiatrist $50.00 an hour every week for two and a half years. He must be crazy.
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Dear Abby, I was married to Bill for three months and I didn’t know he drank until one night he came home sober.
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Dear Abby, My mother is mean and short tempered. I think she is going through mental pause.
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Dear Abby, You told some woman whose husband had lost all interest in sex to send him to a doctor. Well, my husband lost all interest in sex and he is a doctor. Now what do I do?
Monday, March 03, 2008
killed by...
...falling icicles??? huh...daymn!!! thankfully will never happen here where i live...phew...
Falling icicles kill six people
Six people have been killed in three days by icicles falling from buildings in a central Russian region.
Plummeting chunks of ice is an annual hazard for pedestrians in Russia during the spring when the sun finally melts thick layers of ice and snow which build up on roofs over months of freezing temperatures and darkness.
Medical authorities in the region reported five people that died in the city of Samara and another person died in the nearby town of Otradny between February 23 and February 25.
article HERE
Falling icicles kill six peopleSix people have been killed in three days by icicles falling from buildings in a central Russian region.
Plummeting chunks of ice is an annual hazard for pedestrians in Russia during the spring when the sun finally melts thick layers of ice and snow which build up on roofs over months of freezing temperatures and darkness.
Medical authorities in the region reported five people that died in the city of Samara and another person died in the nearby town of Otradny between February 23 and February 25.
article HERE
can't he just have gone to a doctor...
...and pretended to have a cold like normal people????
Dude has friend shoot him in the arm so he could skip work
Sheriff's detectives in Franklin County, Washington, say a man had his friend shoot him in the shoulder so he wouldn't have to go to work.
When he first spoke with deputies, Daniel Kuch (kooch) told them he'd been the victim of a drive-by shooting while he was jogging Thursday. But detectives say Kuch later acknowledged that he asked a friend to shoot him so he could get some time off work and avoid a drug test. The friend has been arrested for investigation of reckless endangerment. Kuch is expected to be charged with false reporting.
article HERE
Dude has friend shoot him in the arm so he could skip work
Sheriff's detectives in Franklin County, Washington, say a man had his friend shoot him in the shoulder so he wouldn't have to go to work.
When he first spoke with deputies, Daniel Kuch (kooch) told them he'd been the victim of a drive-by shooting while he was jogging Thursday. But detectives say Kuch later acknowledged that he asked a friend to shoot him so he could get some time off work and avoid a drug test. The friend has been arrested for investigation of reckless endangerment. Kuch is expected to be charged with false reporting.
article HERE
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