Youth Revolution

Say, is this how we should interpret the ensuing artworks?

5Amid a wave of controversy, juveniles hiding behind masks of anonymity refuse to face the music.

5Being a militant gives you a black eye, so it's cooler to be a classic art collector.

No Love Lost

Mudder is hopelessly hooked on LOVE, the 360-parter chronicling the trials and tribulations of two(?) Taiwanese families and their hotel businesses. What Guo Congmin, Hong Zhizhong...I simply can't be bothered -_-

Terter

It's easy to see why some households opt to keep sea turtles as pets. First of all, they're pretty innocuous animals (read: not noisy and with no offending smells). Furthermore, they're not hard to care for. Feed them food pellets and water spinach, and that's about it - right?

Deejays

Hardly a 987FM listener, I'm only - if remotely - au fait with Shan and Rozz in the above poster. Sweet spinnin', disc jockeys! More 21 years of playing Only the Hits!

Count 'em

In case you didn't know or weren't sure how long Swiss graffitist Oliver Fricker (no relation to Brenda) would be thrown into the slammer for (as a result of vandalizing 2 SMRT train cars), the 32-year-old IT consultant is helpful enough to count for you: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 months in all. That, plus 3 strokes of the rotan. Painful price to pay.

Holy Cow

Finally, we know what those omnipresent cows are up to - training hard for the knockout stage. Dribbling, diving, grazing on grass...all in a day's work. And no slacking, for they're under strict surveillance.

Take a Gamble

Are we so not down-to-earth to believe that we stand a chance to beat the one-in-a-million odds of winning the lottery and not needing to work for the rest of our lives? We need to wake up our idea and stop giving the Singapore Totalisator Board anymore excuses to drain our pockets dry!

Wade Barrett

Winner of the first NXT season, this pro-rassler from Manchester, England, wasted little time making his presence felt when he and the other NXT rookies (now known as The Nexus) invaded Raw's main event and attacked John Cena like a pack of hungry wolves. Opportunists!

BFF

BERTHA FRANCES FERGUSON, WILL YOU PROMISE TO BE MY BEST FRIEND FOREVER IF I BUY YOU BEST FRIES FOREVER?

Nutella

You can spread it on bread or toast, but I personally prefer to eat it own its own. Hmm...not only does this shit rhyme, but it also sounds sloganly familiar (Gardenia?). Ah, never mind. Gimme a spoon!

3D TV

HDTV is so yesterday. Nowadays, what separates ordinary television viewing from an enthralling and 'holistic' experience is the extra dimension brought about by techniques such as multi-view and stereoscopic captures. The next frontier? 4D TV with external elements like winds, lighting, motion and even odors!

Yearbook

back in 1964, no one foresaw claude smith would become the clothesmith

Dinner @ Marché

Following our Haikara event at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, I skipped over to 313@Somerset to have my overdue dinner at the reinstalled Swiss Haven.

While the atmosphere there was typically vibrant, the main attraction was still le bouffe. Apart from the unphoto-ed Parma Ham Pizza, grilled chicken breast (top left, with mashed potatoes) and grilled salmon steak (top right) were similarly sampled. All I'll say is, they did taste as good as they looked.

Igopogo

Since both Igopogo and Ogopogo are reportedly legends from the vast Maple Leaf Country, I thought it wouldn't make any difference to blog about either one. On the basis of this grainy 1976 photograph, are we able to authenticize the aquatic creature with a 'canine-esque' head? Not quite.

Movie Pass Man

With $75,000 worth of movie vouchers at the great giveaway, the unbetrothed(?) Dinesh can catch his dream girl Megan Fox in the upcoming JONAH HEX many, many times.

Double the Trouble

What could possibly be worse than a wailing bairn? How 'bout two in a twin stroller? Paging Nanny McPhee right away!

Discovering the Champion in Them

MindChamps'
(unjustified?) assertion to be the "world's #1" has incurred the Mimosan's adverse acrimony. Goes to show how many people pay attention to the dailies. Be careful what you write!

Charlie Needs to Pee, Too

Better give the psionic Professor Charles Francis Xavier his handicap stall, or he'll will you into indecently exposing yourself.

*SCAPE ≠ Skate?

embrace the now, but skating's disallowed!

Segway

Say, I could use one of these personal trans-porters to help get me to work every morning. All I need are some Saphion lithium-ion batteries and a safe parking space.

Suki Sushi

The Suki Group's flagship eatery proffers the "perfect choice to the freshest catch of sushi, sashimi and other Japanese food (such as fried tofu and chawanmushi) at affordable prices". The open concept kitchen is an appeal as it "allows diners to view their dishes being whipped up right in front of them", but those high-speed conveyor belts can be quite a headache :-S

The Assignment

your primary assignment, special agent 5566, is to escort the secret service and ensure that these encoded briefcases reach the hands of shady senator payola

Poor Wendy's

About 100 mm of rain (equivalent to 60 Olympic-sized swimming pools) fell on Singapore two mornings ago and prime shopping belt Orchard Road bore the brunt of the freak storm (as put by a local paper), which led to massive flooding. The aftermath was visibly devastating. Look at the newly opened Wendy's. Water was up to waist level at its highest. We only hope the restaurant's sufficiently insured.

Going Dutch

Does this mean booking the earliest flight to the Netherlands to celebrate their opening match victory over Denmark? Or is it referring to the delicate etiquette where folks partaking in the same activity (e.g. meal or movie) pay for themselves? Such a sensitive issue (as far as the latter's concerned)!

Without a Roof

You can call him a vagrant or vagabond, but I didn't mean any disrespect when I took this photo. Our empee Dr. Lily Neo, who'll be making rounds in our estate tomorrow, should really open her eyes to these sorry sights of poverty and homelessness, and - hopefully - address them before the next gee-ee.

A Furry Engagement

Tahniah, Ms. Othman! Now that you're ceremonially engaged to Mr. Rohani, it's time to rein in your playful personality and be a serious fiancée that your pusses can be proud of. Impossible? Why aren't we surprised? :-P

Robsters

These costly crustaceans proved to be too pricey for our tight-budget barbecue that was devoid of stingrays in the first place. Next time, perhaps!

If They Weren't Stools... (PG)

would they be bowling pins, microphones, steamed carrots or 'stimulated joysticks'?

Windows Movie Maker

Don't feel small, think big. Even established film directors like Steven Spielberg started with making home movies (which he charged admission for). With the easy-to-use Windows Movie Maker, John Woo wannabes can shoot their own action sequences, edit them with this free software and maybe - just maybe - showcase the finished product at Sinema.

Rear Harbor

Forget the unsatisfactory Town Council Assessment Report, Mr. Low Thia Khiang. This5right here's what we call 'aesthetically agreeable'!

Play Some Tennis

Here are the ground rules: First, you learn, practise and master the forehand and backhand, then you get to scold an umpire and smash a racket like the prima donna John McEnroe. Kapish?

From Karate to Kung Fu

Bask in '80s nostalgia as THE KARATE KID gets a reboot and is now refashioned to become a worthy star vehicle for Jaden Smith (taking over the underdog role by Ralph Macchio). Jackie Chan, as his shifu, also takes over the sensei part made famous by the late Pat Morita - even paying homage to Mr. Miyagi's "wax on, wax off" with his own "shirt on, shirt off".

Yomeishu

Now that the WC is in full blast and soccermaniacs here are getting only three hours of sleep every day, Yomeishu from Japan may be a timely herbal tonic drink to keep the undesirable 'Mibyou' (e.g. physical fatigue and gastrointestinal troubles) at bay. Like what they say, prevention is better than cure - right?

"It's a bird... It's a plane..."

"It's Nelson Mandela stuck in the Tiger Sky Tower gondola!"

Spells & Curses

It's bad enough to swear in someone's face or even curse behind their backs, but to put an actual hex on them? That's downright gypsy (think Mrs. Ganush)!

Masjid Abdul Gaffoor

A fine looking mosque at Dunlop Street with its many minarets. Passed by it while making my way to The Verge (FKA Tekka Mall) two weekends ago.

A Cookie Affair

Ben & Jerry's wholly heavenly hundreds of flavors of ice cream just got more irresistible with its (new?) cookie affair set to push fats and sugar levels to an all-time high. Treat yourselves to a few scoopfuls of middle-class Americana and taste how it's like to be an unemployed, overweight and emotional couch potato.

Approaching Depletion

Ladies and gentlemen, I just like to inform everyone that

.: Photo Finish :. is now down to the last 30% of its allotted Picasa quota. What it means is that we'll be saying sayonara very soon. How I empathize with Tony Stark and his toxicity levels...

CBS Mailbag?

We have a letter here from a...I don't know, Mr. or Ms. Staedtler Tan from Kaki Bukit Industrial Estate, who asked: "Do you use Kilometrico pens to reply our letters?" I say, what a stupid question this is. Of course we do!

Olé olé olé olé...

If AA's fears (i.e. these 2010 FIFA World Cup footballs look too cheapo and therefore unauthentic) are indeed founded, then Carrefour's got an arraignment on its hands. Any chance they were made by chained slaves in Cape Town, South Africa?

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS

Mole, Ratty, Mr. Toad and Mr. Badger are few of the memorable denizens residing along Riverbank, "a mythical location somewhere in Berkshire". Do my same-age peers still remember this faithful stop-motion adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's literature? I doubt so...

Tian Tian Xiang Shang

Multi-disciplinary artist Danny Yung will be dismay to learn that all his drawings displayed along the Esplanade Tunnel have been defaced beyond recognition and restoration. Damn those vandals.

Look Who's Coming to Breakfast

Why, if it isn't that mean green ogre from the Far Far Away swamp who's 'kitchen krashing' for some nutritious Koko Krunch by Nestlé.

Million Dollar Belt

Painstakingly forged by Ted DiBiase's designated goldsmith in 1989, this unsanctioned championship, which is gold-plated and made with cubic zirconia, has found itself around the waists of only an 'elite few' - the Million Dollar Man himself, his son Ted DiBiase, Jr. and longtime bodyguard Virgil.

Vanity Fair

It's fair to say that vanity (or vainglory) is a girl's deadliest of the seven cardinal sins. Why? Checking themselves out in the mirror for hours doesn't make for very productive use of time, that's why.