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SOLITARY

Any reality TV show that sells itself as a 'social experiment', stimulating it may sound, can't be all that inspiriting (or inspirational, for that matter).
Having watched several installments of this pseudo human character and behavioral study (contestants are kept in solitary confinement while their physical and mental endurance are put to the test through a series of 'challenges'), I conclude that Val the artificial intelligence (and 'game master') is a sadist and the 'captives' are sad people who opted for the wrong channel to make a quick buck/name for themselves.

Random Snapshots [*] - The Strangers Edition

Spellbound: Without jumping to conclusion or making overgeneralization, what do you think is the likelihood that this boy is a Raffles Institution senior who takes a liking to Arthur C. Clarke tomes? Shall we wager?

Boredom: Apart from fancying circus hoops-sized earrings, this girl also has a special affinity for Eric Cantona. How so, you ask? Recognize that inverted collar?

At Most Pang Jio

They say drinking more water and staying well-hydrated in times of infirmity won't do you harm. "At the most you go to the toilet", they add. True. Which is why I've been downing bottle after bottle of distilled water with the hope of alleviating my ailment. Can I?

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No Junk Mail

Word of advice: Now that yours flu-ey's puffing hot and cold (is that supposed to mean sick??), please kindly do NOT send me ANY junk mail - and that includes you no-lifers from this shithole called HQ 21 DISCOM. Let me rest and recuperate.

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How Much Do You Weigh?

Have you been piling on the pounds as of late? If you find yourself tipping the scales at double your weight (uh-oh!), then there's one of two things you can try: buy into Dr. Phil's weight-loss regime and see if you can hopefully shed those extras, or start looking over your shoulders for any 'excess baggage'. (*Shudder*)

Werewolf

Amongst mythological creatures, I'm least intrigued by vampires and werewolves (you can, hence, understand my apathy toward UNDERWORLD and VAN HELSING). Personally, I feel lycanthropes and their folkloric 'friends' are too ingrained in our popular culture - what with the familiar crucifixes and silver bullets - to be interesting. There may be a way to reinvent the myth, so to speak, but until that day...

OCK Puffs

Optical illusion or is the Sardine'O, indeed, larger and longer than the Curry'O?
Blame the makcik.

Beo Crescent Market

I may not have much - if anything at all - to write about Central Market (see two entries below), but this right here's where I call Home. The morning grocery shopping. The buying of breakfast (usually of the congee/vermicelli variety). The watching of crows pecking away at perishables. How I wish I was still lobo-ing...

WILD THINGS (NC16)

5It's a girl thing: Neve Campbell (left) locking lips with sexy co-star Denise Richards in one of the film's more suggestive scenes.

What struck me first when I saw John McNaughton's WILD THINGS back in 1998 was its exotic locale - the subtropical, gator-infested Everglades of Florida. Then came its tediously (and unnecessarily) convoluted story about rape allegations, murder and an endless series of flashbacks that kept going on and on even after the movie ended!
Methinks I may need to rent this one from Video Ezy.

Central Market

Yikes! What the hell happened here?? Have I unknowingly contracted conjunctivitis or is my siao-lular goin' gaga?? Why is it, then, that a bright wallpaper IRL can appear so drab onscreen?? (Note: Reason for rambling directly related to fact that writer has zilch to blog about Central Market. All's forgiven??)

Bye, Beijing!

Sighhh. 16 days came and gone so fast. Reminiscing on the great Olympic moments, we've got Li Ning miming running in the air around the Bird's Nest, Michael 'One Man Nation' Phelps making history, Usain Bolt blazing the trail at the century sprint, our Ping Pong Peaches snagging silver, Mark Richmond making a self-deprecating remark about his own oily forehead, and Jade Seah embarrassing herself on national TV with the fcuk word. Gonna miss all that...

JC Bear

Meet our plushy recruitment consultant who'll help you land a job with the Vermont Teddy Bear Company.

Children Own the World

A collage of moppet opuses on display at the 10th MCYS Childcare Seminar (man, did we have fun!). The title of this entry, en passant, is also a slogan - albeit a passé one - coined by the copywriters of SD's Big Ad Creatives.

nWo

The brainchild of former WCW Executive Eric Bischoff, the notorious and 'unsanctioned' faction of the new world order - with its original stablemates Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall - was a dominant and influential force in professional wrestling from 1996 to 1999.

What do you say we start a similar act in MMI right here, right now?

Old Cucumber Soup (OCS)

Definitely one of my most favoritest 'unker' (as AXYL would so gleefully put it) dishes. Haa! I don't know why, but somehow soup plus rice (in general) equals 'gusto clincher'. Hey, works for me all the time. And it sure as heck doesn't hurt that lao huang gua - with its pulpous flesh and then some - also happens to be such an appetizing brew item. Any other followers?

The One Next to AVGMT

In between my incessant errand to snap a photo (and another, and another...) of our community childcare center housed within the Arulmigu Velmurugan Gnanamuneeswarar Temple, I caught a glance of this irenic (and Monochrome Bitmapped), er, monastery?

noiZe

Pump up the volume. Go licentious with those hertz and decibel levels. In short, maKe soMe noiZe! It's Taboo Tuesday, what's the worst that can happen? Rarrr!

Jon Stewart

"Oscar is 80 this year, which makes him now automatically the frontrunner for the Republican nomination."

Ducktours

You'd be sadly mistaken if you thought this amphibious Hydra-Terra was gonna take your entire family on an extended excursion to the ducky dairy farm on Granite Island. H5N1 alert?! Relax. It's only sightseeing in the citay.

Couple & Koi

GF: Look at these fishes. They're so big. And there are so many of them.
BF: Koi's what they're called.
GF: As in King Coil the mattress?
BF: As in we'll be sleeping on different mattresses when...correction, IF we get married.
GF: Why?
BF: Because I can't really see myself growing old with an ignoramus. I'd rather rear a guppy.
GF: But what's that gotta do with mattresses?
BF: ...

Congratulations to Team Singapore!

For winning our country's first Olympic (silver) medal in 48 years!
Well done Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu and Feng Tianwei - our superb ping pong paddlers who played and lost to world #1 China in the women's table tennis finals.
You did us all proud and we salute you!

Honey, Honey

Lotza hunnie from (long-)distant cuzzie Oi Leng ('smuggled' from her SIA flight).

What a Bookworm!

Faker Nut - as always - pretending to ponder over a hardback version of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

"Row, Row, Row Your Boat..."

For faineants whining about the lack of exciting recreational activities in our parts, have these crips actually attempted whitewater rafting along the Sembawang Canal - against the current, no less - on a day of heavy downpour? You'll be needing more than a life vest - that's for sure!

Listen Up!

"in light of unruly fooders 'choping' seats with tissue paper packs (a national ignominy!), the state hereby declares martial law..."

12 LOTUS

Reuniting the cast and crew of last August's runaway local smash 881, Royston Tan's latest Seventh Lunar Month offering 12 LOTUS is another - reportedly his last - showcase of getai's glam and grit. Who else's looking forward?

Tofu Salad?

Following our 'adventurous date' with Mr. Fraser and Mr. Li, KLSD and I - as per routine - made a beeline for our favorite makan place, where I once again ordered herbal chicken (boy, am I becoming more predictable than a political speech) and she, tofu salad? I dunno - taste-wise, 'twas goodish. But to fork out $3.00 for it, hmm...that I really hafta (re)consider.

5 pax

We know it could be either '5 passengers' or '5 personnel', but looking at how this nagging migraine's been wrapping so tightly around my poor head a la Michael Phelps' swim cap, I'd better go with '5 Panadol Extra', please!

Maka Star

For castle-builders who bungled at every other talent quest, here's your final chance to shine! Maka's currently seeking a low-maintenance 'star' (aunties may apply) with no scruples parading and line dancing at Tiong Bahru's Central Plaza wearing curlers in her hair. How?

I'm Back!

A timely reformatting-cum-raw data recovery by Four Squares Sales Engineer Andrew Yeow and - voila - yours desperately's Sick-PU was finally back in running order!

Just when you thought it was safe to return to Singasphere...

Milestone

Like to kamsia all my supporters for standing by me/this blawg through good times and bad. Without you (and your religious page refreshing), a 50K milestone wouldn't be attainable. (Then again, this is the sorta readership xiaxue does in a single day!)

Pecah Liao!

My home CPU's now rendered 'can't properly use', so until I get it fixed or get a new set altogether there'll be no further updation here.

CALEFARE

On paper, it's a clever enough idea - a sitcom about calefares (read: actors with small parts) and their daily strifes. After all, Stephen Chow brought out the laughter in KING OF COMEDY and Ricky Gervais won a host of awards with EXTRAS.
So, can our own Gurmit Singh, Fiona Xie (funkadelic headphones!) and Vadi PVSS ("Mumbai, dah!") rise to the occasion and...gosh, is that Tracy Tan a looker or what? :-O

What's This? (Part 2)

(Yes, there was previously a Part 1...)

(1) Bendy (2) Accordion (3) Creases on Paul McCartney's face

*First correct guess wins an origami set.

Itchy, itchy...

Even without her two 'kor kors' accompanying her, Mandy's never too bored or lonely - 'cos she's got many tiny friends in microscopic kutus (cat fleas in Melayu).

Kick, kick, kick! Time to come out and play!

The Patriot

With only a week to go, we're now in the home stretch of counting down to our nation's 43rd birthday. Households have begun to hang up state flags and this particular one's even being used as a window drape. Can like that, meh?

Flying Guillotine?

'xue di zi' ('blood-dripper') for road ragers

3-D Mouse

Don't know about most people, but I'm pretty averse to change. Adopting the cliched 'if it ain't broken, don't fix it' mentality meant brushing aside techno-gadgets like this still-boxed wireless (noiseless) mouse, which was left 'incubated' in my wooden cupboard for as long as Tutankhamun was entombed.

Hwee Teng's Hor Fun

What Sicklisa (AKA The Sniffler) had for yesterlunch - a jumbo plato of Chopstixy mainland hor fun. Scrumptious, we thought.

P/S: Here's wishing our flu-bugged Tommy Boy a rapid recoup!