Chu Qian Yi Ding

This is one of PF's most preferred instant noodle brands - along with Koka, Maggi, Myojo and Tung-I. (That's, like, all?) Original's still the best. Sesame oil! Shiok! Am I pitiable??

Who Is Grace Park?

Well, your guess is as good as mine, since I only came across her image while Googling for some others.

Later learned that she's an American-Canadian actress of Korean descent who plays the Humanoid Cyclon Number Eight in BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.

Moving right on!

New Watch

My red rubber watch purchased during our Rivervale Mall road show. For eight bucks, I'd pretend to have heard of the brand Shhors.

Shooting Stars

empty promises made by a girl named halley

NEL

For work this morning, he had to take the North-East Line by SBS Transit...

(Above left): By the time the train decelerated at Sengkang Station (NE16), there was barely a soul left in his carriage.

(Above right): For a split second, he wanted to intercom the driver and express his 'emotional detachment', but realized there's a $5,000 penalty for misuse.

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B-Horror

Don't we all love movies? I especially love horror movies - particularly the B-horror (sub)genre! Movies like KILLER TONGUE and HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP screened in vintage Shaw cinemas. Woots!

There's something about the campiness and low-budgetness of these typically made-for-TV movies that render them quaintly appealing. Coupled with outrageous - oftentimes out-of-this-world - characters and storylines, and we've got ourselves a guilty pleasure!

Melonhead

still, it's unwise to antagonize the chairman...

Ann Marie

The sixty-shilling question is: Why did she pay Regina in Vietnamese Dong?

Ginseng Beer, Anyone?

Guess what? School's out and the May-June hols are in! After slogging (sleepwalking?) through their mid-year exams and subsisting on late-night Brand's Chicken Essence, those poor kids can finally reward themselves with some well-deserved ABC Extra Stout - ginseng flavor, no less! So, parents, you can't lament the lack of tonic ;-)

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?

3Jeff Foxworthy may not be a familiar name to TViewers, but I'm beginning to buy him as the host of the title game show. He's got the voice, the smarts and - let's face it - the moustachy look of a grade school teacher down pat! Mark Burnett would surely second that. So which 'cheat' do you choose - peek, copy or save? Will you drop out or flunk out? Or graduate with a million dollars? Watch it!

Haw Par Glass Tower

hearsay has it that this innocuous looking observation tower has been doubling as a covert laboratory conducting top-secret clone and cryogenic testing since the 1950s

Evicted

Zhiyao: Don't walk so fast, can? Wait up for me.

Qiaoyun: Then you want to wait for last light, issit?

Zhiyao: I know you're angry with me for not paying the old man rent. I admit it was my fault.

Qiaoyun: Of course it's your fault. Gao dao we now have to lun luo jie tou.

Zhiyao: Not so serious, lah, dear. We can roll out your rug and sleep on it.

Qiaoyun: You can go ahead. I'm going back to my parents.

Zhiyao: Mai ani kuan, lah.

Jerry Bruckheimer

Responsible for pumping in excess of US$13 billion into the Tinseltown economy, mega producer Jerry Bruckheimer has made it virtually impossible for, well, just about anyone to follow his act. His track record is unrivaled and his substantial body of work, which encompasses both cinema and television, speaks volumes: (selectively) BAD BOYS, THE ROCK, CON AIR, ARMAGEDDON, PEARL HARBOR (pictured above), PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, CSI and THE AMAZING RACE.
What a trail of 'destruction' this man has left behind...

Indiana Jones - The Lego Version

one of lucasfilm's cost cutting measures to reduce rising overheads required the new indy blockbuster to be shot as a 80-minute stop-motion feature with customized lego bricks

毛 如 雪

As a spin on Jay Chou's popular oriental number Fa Ru Xue, Hogan Tan also launched his own November's Chopin-inspired EP. In his first MV filmed on the family kitchen counter, the 'tenderpaw' flaunts his snow-princey white fur illumined under recently repaired fluorescents (thank you, Mr. Daniel Ho!). Pre-order starts midnight =(O.O)=

Let's Go Tour!

Can you believe it? The last - and only - time yours reclusely went on an 'overseas' tour was when folks boarded crampy airconned coaches to Genting Highlands from People's Park Complex in C-Town. (They still do that?) Tong kim, I don't even know where in the Milky Way I've (mis)placed my long expired passport... Forget it!

Honky Tonk Man

The GREATEST Intercontinental Champion of ALL TIME.

Shake, Rattle and Roll, baby!

Customer Parking

Dear valued guests, kindly note that we are not the Broadway Plaza Hotel in New York City, where valet parking service is available. Here at Bukit Panjang Motel in the Lion City, we only have customer parking (self-)service, but provide you chalks to outline your own car slots. Tip, please!

Abercrombie Lights

Waiting to meet her mentor Morpheus, anxious computer programmer understudy Sarah Mitchell is exchanging SMSes with her cyberpunk cronies on such 'teething issues' as colored pills and hacker subculture. What?!

Grumpy Old Men?

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau? Statler and Waldorf? Grumpy and Sleepy? Or just your regular garden gnomes?

Under the Bridge

What's this photoblogger's peculiar fixation with bridges? Lemme see...I've done, like, 1...2...3...4...5 posts about bridges - and this will be the 6th.

Just thought it'd be neat to compare and contrast disparate 'forms' under these 'overheaders' - one land, the other water?

Ultra-sensory

Seeing Yanin 'Jeeja' Vismitanada fend off a slew of ruffians in the new Thai flick CHOCOLATE (out in theaters now) is like watching Bruce Lee take on those thugs in THE BIG BOSS (there's even that familiar ice factory backdrop).
How can a girl fight like that?

Whether it's traditional Muay Thai, Taekwondo or a combination of MMA (i.e. mixed martial arts), Jeeja, a student-affiliate of action star Tony Jaa (ONG BAK, TOM-YUM-GOONG), has shown - and proven - to us that being female doesn't mean you can't execute a K.O. enzuigiri.
A star is born.

Levi Strauss & Co.

did they really test the denim's durability by trying to rip it apart with whipped horses??

High Voltage!

If TREMORS' Valentine McKee (Kevin Bacon) had discovered/uncovered this Daedalian set of underground cables much sooner, then he needn't have to contend himself with those sludgy subterranean slugs any longer than desired. Ugh!

Are We in Vegas?

Say, doesn't this mass of brickwork along River Valley Road, Singapore, remind one of MGM Grand along the Las Vegas Strip, Nevada? (My juxtaposition, BTW, is far from impeccable, so please don't bother to Google-Image it!) In case anyone wonders, this is the Somerset Liang Court building, one of my childhood haunts.

Middlesex

In view of a waning partnership with You Ass Queue, Middlesex University - its twirly 'rubber band' crest notwithstanding - now seems like a viable candidate.

Did you know Helen 'The Queen' Mirren is their alumnus?

Sharky

Meet Sharky. He's the anima-tronic fish (head) forged by Stan Winston Studios and has made numer-ous lead appear-ances in direct-to-DVD JAWS spin-offs.

nuttynut(ella)!

by virtue of positive affirmations, greedy piglet is able to (temporarily) dispel all dismal thoughts of a vengeful uncle seeking tit-for-tat payback and sink herself into chocolatety indulgence

Bring Him to Life

"God, oh Lord, if you're the same person, please give me back my Ah Keong... I promise I won't play truant or talk back to my stepmom again..."

AMERICAN INVENTOR

Surfing the handful of F2A channels (since I don't subscribe to cable) late one 'exerciseful' night, I stumbled upon this unheard-of program called AMERICAN INVENTOR - a reality show in the vein of AMERICAN IDOL. (In fact, Simon Cowell was listed as one of the executive producers alongside creator Peter Jones).

Among the many fledgling Thomas Edisons who came to audition - yes, there was a panel of judges - were a prickly dame with her diaper sheets, a monotone quadriplegic with his hook floss and a self-righteous Chink with his life-safer. Interesting, to say the least.

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So many books, so little volition. Is she looking for The Teenage Textbook?

World of Wheels

Singaporean driver JWUN and his co-wheel GTIN have just concluded a grueling 100-mile Kalahari desert race and are now parking their prized possession on double-yellow lines. Duh.

Quotable Quote

As annunciated by the great Confucius (or was that the Opium King of Macau?), "two pipes are better than one". Next lesson, we will be quoting Deepak Chopra. Read up!

Vesak Day

The question at the top of our minds is, of course, whether or not Su Mon and Shin Shin will be visiting the Sasanaramsi Burmese Buddhist Temple at Tai Gin Road today.

Ploy Jindachot

So maybe I layeth the smackdown on THE SHOWDOWN several entries earlier, but who knew its sophomore epi would bring upon Thai hottie Ploy Jindachot. (I guess I'll have to eat my words now.)

During the 'Human Bowling' round, she successfully struck all six 'pins' of the opposing team. Silly game, yet fun to watch!

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Happy Faces

For those acquainted with her and wondering what she's been up to ever since leaving mmtci, Nellyn Lim's now hired by Happy Gods Wood Craft as their casting model. We wish her the best in her career!

Mind Your Head

Bus driver: Please mind your head.

Passenger: Excuse me? Do you mind?

Bus driver: Do I mind what?

Passenger: Minding your own business?

Bus driver: I'm just asking you to mind your head. And, yes, I do mind you asking me to mind my own business.

Passenger: And I, too, mind you not minding your own business by asking me to mind my head.

Bus driver: Never mind.

Passenger: Why should I mind? I don't mind.

Other passengers: SHUDDUP!

eryanie

A pre-MMI Sri Eriani with long hair and non-bloodshot eyes. LOL. Looks a little like Leonie Teo here, but altogether lawa :-) (I'd been told not to 'abuse' this picture, so there'll be no mention of moles and cleavages - whatever the correlation!)

Hungry Froggy

Daddy Toady has been out gathering food at 'The Ponds' for far too long and not returned. Mommy Froggy, in a fit of anger and hunger, devoured all her Baby Froggies... Is this post meant for nursery??

Multi-purpose Car Park (PG)

We all know the conventional function(s) of a multi-storey car park, but did'cha know that it's also a perfect niche for such illicit activities as foreplay, gang fights, car theft, arson, and even suicide? Gotta check those decks more often, NPP patrollers.

Old Hag Syndrome (AKA Sleep Paralysis)

Ever experienced the sensation of someone, or something, 'sitting' on your chest while you're sleeping? In Chinese culture it's called 鬼 压 身, but according to pathophysiologists this putative 'paranormal phenomenon' is nothing more than sleep paralysis, a frustrating if "common condition characterized by transient partial or total paralysis of skeletal muscles and areflexia". Good night!

Minah Menggunakan Telefon

"Can't wait to call my sayang and listen to his sexy Mat accent."

GOD BLESS CHINA

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I, Robot

According to Pixar CCO (Chief Creative Officer) John Lasseter in his sales pitch to Disney corporate investors, "WALL•E is the story of the last little robot on Earth... It's a love story..." Sounds like a lock-in, already. Am I an easy rider? Mehbe. The maestro behind the blueprint, Andrew Stanton, created magic in FINDING NEMO, so please explain to me again why I should be at all concerned.