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From Coitus to Computers, KennyT's been there, done that.Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.comBlogger384125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-64907137382208830952007-08-03T05:27:00.001+08:002007-08-03T05:27:13.541+08:00Oh, BloggerHi there,<p>I'm sorry for not being able to update the blog recently. I am<br>encountering login problems with blogger.<p>I don't understand why. My usual login credentials stopped working. So<br>it's not like me to neglect this blog, this part of my Internet<br>existence, for so long. I may be busy at times, but not THAT busy...<p>So hope you'd check back soon. I am reconsidering my options after I<br>contact blogger about this problem.<p><p>Note: I am sending this post from my email as a test.<p>-- <p>Cheers,<p>Kenny T<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-81218542648132341702007-05-14T13:17:00.000+08:002007-05-14T15:34:37.313+08:00Singapore F1 GP (Yippie?)<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RkgCIpOlXwI/AAAAAAAAAJA/nEo7moy1WqE/s1600-h/ferrari.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RkgCIpOlXwI/AAAAAAAAAJA/nEo7moy1WqE/s400/ferrari.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064300128507354882" /></a><br /><br />The recent announcement for Singapore F1 Grand Prix to be held at night in the city-state in 2008 is getting great cheer from the people in the country, but not from me (more of that later). Hailing it as the other catalyst that will boost their already obscene property and investment boom and well, promote the country with a reputation of being staid and clinical into a multi-faceted "vibrant global city", as Singapore's trade and industry minister S. Iswaran calls it.<br /><br />I don't doubt the great economic effects of a Formula 1 GP, reputed to bring in the upwards of SDG100 million per year in incremental receipts. It certainly puts a country on the map of millions of people who watch F1 racing. It is believed that other than the Olympics and World Cup, F1 is the most watched sport in the world (Eat your heart out EPL). In a world where corporate figures mix business and pleasure, the F1 GP will provide a great platform to give Singapore a higher top-of-mind recall and sound groundworks for better branding both in business and hospitality sectors. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RkgCJJOlXxI/AAAAAAAAAJI/PaC6OFesO8Q/s1600-h/P1020389.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RkgCJJOlXxI/AAAAAAAAAJI/PaC6OFesO8Q/s400/P1020389.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064300137097289490" /></a><br /><b>BUT WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR A TRUE F1 FAN? </b><br /><br />Well, it'll very likely be a novelty to F1 fans, but the idea of a night F1 race is just too hard to follow on the long term. It may make sense that the global TV ratings will be higher, since the Europeans don't have to catch it the race in some ungodly hour of the day. But what will a night race be like for F1 fan who is standing there with a ticket to see the race? Imagine this, how many floodlights is needed to light up a football field? Digressing a bit, now I want to establish the fact that the soccer ball (which is about the size of an F1 helmet) travels at about 1/4 the speed of an F1 car at best. <br /><br />Alright, now multiply that thought of a football field and imagine how much light a 4.8 kilometer street circuit needs. With cars speeding down the roads at about 200-300km/h with high rise buildings in between and corners that's taken at speeds that could have you killed in a road car. Now think of how blinding it could be to a spectator, think of the visibility you have in your car when it rains like when it does in Singapore... <br /><br />We're not talking about racing your average Mazda 3, BMW 6-series or even the wildest of Lamborghini Murcielago. The grip, as a result of a higher center of gravity, weight and mechanical limitations, is just not enough on the best of road cars to take the corners the way F1 race cars do. FYI, no road car can take on the challenge of an F1 car capable of going 0-100km/h in 2.3 seconds. Or brake from 300km/h to standstill in 3.5 seconds... Everything is on the limit here, so can F1 afford to compromise everything it has going for it - speed, technology, safety and talent for a mere nocturnal spectacle? And on top of that, may I repeat, there is simply no way, you can enjoy a night race as much as a day race, that's A FACT. <br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RkgCJpOlXyI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/qlogYI2Yhd8/s1600-h/P1020474.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RkgCJpOlXyI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/qlogYI2Yhd8/s400/P1020474.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064300145687224098" /></a><br /><br />On an F1 track... even at the most expensive grand stand section, you'll find it difficult to identify one of driver from the same team. The item that allows you to tell a Kimi Raikkonen from Felipe Massa is the helmet. And trust me, you are seeing so little of the helmet at 300km/h on broad daylight, there's no way the night race will be anything but a "i don't know what's going on. let's just cheer for everyone" fest. Who just overtook who? Who just did what? Who just won the race?!<br /><br />Fernando Alonso said a few months ago that, based on his experience at the McLaren car launch in Valencia - when he and Lewis drove their F1 cars through the streets at night - that he believe it is impossible for floodlighting to be powerful enough to make racing safe. In Valencia he said he could hardly see anything from the cockpit. Is nobody listening?<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RkgCJ5OlXzI/AAAAAAAAAJY/DcQXwXPq9jg/s1600-h/P1010690.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RkgCJ5OlXzI/AAAAAAAAAJY/DcQXwXPq9jg/s400/P1010690.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064300149982191410" /></a><br /><br />Take it from a F1 fan. And I can say I have attended 5 F1 GPs in various sections... from scorching hill stands, luxurious hospitality suites costing RM2,500 (SGD$1130), plus many F1 GP experiences in various grand stands... "at this point, I don't see a true enjoyment or a benefit to attend a night F1 race other than for novelty." And in a country where, people will queue up when they see a queue for no apparent reason (you know you've seen the experiment).. it might prove to be a success! There's little in it, except for the sound of F1 engine... roaring in the revs reaching 19,000+ rpm... tingling down your spine... raising your goosepimples... and deafening your ears. As the fuel burns in the engine, and the throttle floored on an F1 car, you can feel the extreme physics that's happening on the road... through your skin. It's electric! <br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RkgEHpOlX0I/AAAAAAAAAJg/iKF3hRG8-RA/s1600-h/kennyt+F1+hearmebitch+blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RkgEHpOlX0I/AAAAAAAAAJg/iKF3hRG8-RA/s400/kennyt+F1+hearmebitch+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064302310350741314" /></a><br /><br />Today's papers proudly announce said that the Singapore GP will be one of the cheapest in the world... starting at SGD$40. But with a view like that, it's daylight (umm... nighttime) robbery. Don't even get me started on safety... Obviously, after years of uncompromising philosophy of putting driver's safety first... the FIA has reshuffled its priorities. What we need is another Ayrton Senna style death? <br /><br />If there's going to be a perfect Singapore GP, I say give me smooth roads (fix and make up your mind on that Raffles City roadworks, assure me my favorite driver isn't going to die or have me killed when he hits the barries and chunks of carbon fibre flies like sharp glass all over the grand stand and well... make it a day race.<br /> <br /><br /><b> But as it stands, I think this night race is a race for Singapore's economy rather than an actual F1 GP. </b><div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-13299157036950986972007-05-03T17:10:00.000+08:002007-05-03T17:29:32.309+08:00Gisele Bundchen Dumps Victoria's Secret<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rjmom5OlXrI/AAAAAAAAAIY/v_zsmZQm0u0/s1600-h/gisele+bundchen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rjmom5OlXrI/AAAAAAAAAIY/v_zsmZQm0u0/s400/gisele+bundchen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060261042477948594" /></a><br />Enjoy these pictures while you can, Gisele Bundchen and Victoria's Secret are parting ways, PEOPLE magazine has confirmed. <br /><br />After much speculation as to whether Bundchen, 26, would extend her multi-million dollar contract, her agent tells PEOPLE, "Gisele's contract is finished." <br /><br />On Tuesday, Edward Razek, Victoria's Secret's chief creative officer, said in a statement: "The long and fruitful relationship between Gisele Bundchen and Victoria's Secret has reached a conclusion. We wish her all the best and thank her for her extraordinary work. She will continue to be a visible part of the world's sexiest brand through the remainder of the year." <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RjmonJOlXsI/AAAAAAAAAIg/pC2YmC1IaNw/s1600-h/gisele+bundchen+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RjmonJOlXsI/AAAAAAAAAIg/pC2YmC1IaNw/s400/gisele+bundchen+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060261046772915906" /></a><br />The New York Post's Page Six had reported that Bundchen was splitting with the lingerie company because it wouldn't raise her $5 million-a-year salary. <br /><br />But Bundchen had shown signs of wanting to move on as early as last year. At November's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Los Angeles, she told PEOPLE, "They're really nice clients. I've been working with them for seven years, so it's kind of like they become part of your family." <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RjmonJOlXtI/AAAAAAAAAIo/jzRWykaz7Cg/s1600-h/gisele+bundchen+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RjmonJOlXtI/AAAAAAAAAIo/jzRWykaz7Cg/s400/gisele+bundchen+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060261046772915922" /></a><br /><br />Nevertheless, she said she was in the mood for a change: "I would like to have different chapters in my life. I mean let's be honest – I do this because it's my job." <br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RjmonZOlXuI/AAAAAAAAAIw/nkorxmPKNzM/s1600-h/gisele+bundchen+victoria+secret.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RjmonZOlXuI/AAAAAAAAAIw/nkorxmPKNzM/s400/gisele+bundchen+victoria+secret.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060261051067883234" /></a><br />And perhaps now people will get to glimpse another side of her. "I'm not this girl all the time," she said. "People have a perception of me because of Victoria's Secret that I'm sexy, but I'm not a sexy girl. I'm very tomboyish." We will miss seeing her walking the angel-runway. She's the only reason to watch Victoria's Secret runway show. Karolina Kur-who? Adriana Li-whatcha-ma call-you?<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RjmonZOlXvI/AAAAAAAAAI4/uptkXI5knRA/s1600-h/gisele+bundchen+victoria+secret+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RjmonZOlXvI/AAAAAAAAAI4/uptkXI5knRA/s400/gisele+bundchen+victoria+secret+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060261051067883250" /></a><br /><b>Here's wishing you all the best, Gisele. You're so hot - you should add global warming to your resume. </b><div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-41676118062937080842007-04-30T00:28:00.000+08:002007-04-30T01:05:29.903+08:00America's Next Top Model (right!)<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RjTIDpOlXqI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/BauKcrDxK0o/s1600-h/america%27s_next_top_model.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RjTIDpOlXqI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/BauKcrDxK0o/s400/america%27s_next_top_model.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058888246376095394" /></a><br /> <br />Really. Of all the good reality TV shows lately, America's Next Top Model is probably the one that requires the least IQ to win. <br /><br />- The difference between winning or losing is based on silly tasks like little acting skits, dressing up pretty and role playing. Oh my god, that must be so hard. Like much harder than Amazing Race, where you have to solve puzzles and race around the world. Must be more difficult than Survivor or Project Runway too... Oh afterall, the skill required here is "the look". Softening your hands, knowing how to smile sexily/sultry/angry but not quite angry enough/laugh/fierce or whatever very difficult scenario you're thrown into and showing expression on the face (not all humans can do that, right?)<br /><br />- The photos they are judged with are picked by the photographer or the producer. Making viewers question is that really the best photo the "models" have on a roll of film? While the photographer/producer choses the photo based on his preference... Janice Dickinson, Twiggy, Tyra, Miss Jay or whatever creature they put on the judging panel may not. Newsflash to contestants, if you don't win, maybe it's because the producer found you boring.<br /><br />- These girls keep crying like their task is so difficult. In season 7, they were required to act out weird scenes picked by the judges... eg, hide gracefully... dance sexily... and etc. Some of these girls can't do it because it's too difficult. They cry in the end. Our favorite lazy contestant,Anchal, gives up in every task, like always. I feel so sorry for these girls...<br /><br />- The show focuses a lot on the model house... on how they interact and be bitchy with each other. Each photoshoot takes about 2 minutes to shoot and the rest is just back stabbing, talking on the house phone, chilling in the jacuzzi... a day in the life of a model. I hope they didn't break a nail.... that would be tragedy (so is the thought of wasting my precious time sitting through another episode).<br /><br />- The models hear advice from Tyra Banks about how to improve. Like "giving more emotion through the eyes. Showing their passion and their desire to win this compettion... To try harder. To let go of their fear and barriers when they do a 2 minute photo shoot," not tough, it's something they should be familiar with... "BEING FAKE". But Season 7's Anchal, A.J and Eugena (and most of the contestants who didn't win)... look the same in every photo shoot. Do they not eat enough calories to have their ears work? Let alone their brain? <br /><br />- One of the survivors of the bottom two of every episode will surely cry on cue when Tyra tells her she's safe. She will nod agreeingly when Tyra gives them advice on what they did wrong. What follows is one of the best acts of the show... "the repentant look". Next week, the models become the same good-looking imbecile again. So why were they crying? Maybe it's a CoverGirl test for their waterproof mascara. Not tested on animals, but on wannabe models...<br /><br />- The person who goes home says something about having no regrets... That they didn't try hard enough. They've learnt a lot from the show. bla bla bla.... yawn. Whatever.<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-35551548611168471212007-04-25T21:21:00.000+08:002007-04-25T21:49:48.621+08:00I don't want to sleep alone (Hei Yan Quan)<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wBSZtRP_Kqg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wBSZtRP_Kqg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Tsai Ming Liang after a career as a brilliant, uncompromising director built in Taiwan, returned to his homeland, Malaysia, to shoot another inspired chapter of his narration about deep feelings. He is Kuching born and raised... but never quite found Malaysia conducive for his deeply outspoken, provocative vision. In this movie, three characters, a young immigrant, a homeless and a young waitress rediscover themselves taking care of the other.<br /><br />After being attacked and robbed in Kuala Lumpur, the homeless Hsiao Kang is taken in by some Bangladeshi workers. One of them, Rawang, lets Hsiao Kang sleep beside him on an old mattress he has found. As he nurses Hsiao Kang’s wounded body, he feels calm and contented. Is it because of the mattress or because of Hsiao Kang? Chyi, who waits tables in a small coffee shop, is also nursing someone: her lady boss’s paralysed son. Chyi hates her life. When she happens to meet Hsiao Kang, her body fills with lustful desires. However, her difficulty in finding a place to have sex with him brings home to her just how little freedom she has.<br /><br />As Hsiao Kang slowly recovers, he finds himself caught between Rawang and Chyi, pleading for attention like a stray cat but equally capable of fluttering away as free as a moth. Chyi’s lady boss also develops lustful feelings for Hsiao Kang, finding that he resembles her paralysed son...<br /><br />Meanwhile a heavy haze envelops the city that is so humid that it reeks of the sweat of its multi-ethnic population. These men and women and the old mattress lose their way in the haze, but perhaps find each other …<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Ri9XHZOlXoI/AAAAAAAAAIA/8g18XT_TYww/s1600-h/DSC00766.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Ri9XHZOlXoI/AAAAAAAAAIA/8g18XT_TYww/s400/DSC00766.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057356691103112834" /></a><br />I was at The Cathay in Singapore to preview Tsai Ming Liang's latest film recently. It is hard to say how some movie critics gave it a full 5 stars rating. It was slow, very thinly scripted and for lack of a better description, very unorthodox. Every scene just reeked with realism, as they walk the alleys and slept in old shophouse, you could hear the motorcycles, the bare footsteps and creaks of somewhat disturbing real life. The scenes are often still and melancholic... with very little soundtrack (or dialogue) except for what was playing on the radio. <br /><br />The director did say, he is very anti-convention. He said in his own words "what you want as an audience, I will not give it to you". Basically, saying there will be no heroes, no villain, no explosion or happy ending and incidentally not much of a story either. <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Ri9XHpOlXpI/AAAAAAAAAII/JhI8GDjwtDw/s1600-h/DSC00767.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Ri9XHpOlXpI/AAAAAAAAAII/JhI8GDjwtDw/s400/DSC00767.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057356695398080146" /></a><br />At the preview was Lee Kang-Sheng, Pearly Chua, Tsai Ming Liang (director) and Norman Atun... It's hard to recommend the show for general viewing as it may not be everyone's cup of tea. But if you're into a little art film and very experimental or symbolic films that push the boundary of what we define as film and entertainment, then please.... do give "I Don't Want To Sleep Alone" a viewing. <br /><br />His films will arrive in Malaysia for the first time in limited arthouse showing. Tsai Ming Liang is probably the most internationally celebrated Malaysian filmmaker, yet back home, few have seen his films, and not one of his films have been released in the cinemas. You might not find this DVD released anywhere back home, so if you do get a chance to catch this "once-banned, now un-banned" film in Malaysia, please do. But the Malaysian release will have about 5 or six cuts.... which I was told amounts to almost 30 minutes of the film. <br /><br />All I can say is, hope you brought lots of coffee...<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-52255615184848324152007-04-25T14:52:00.000+08:002007-04-25T15:19:41.449+08:00My Birthday!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Ri77RpOlXmI/AAAAAAAAAHw/PgsX0PosgTM/s1600-h/kennyt+doll.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Ri77RpOlXmI/AAAAAAAAAHw/PgsX0PosgTM/s400/kennyt+doll.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057255712127016546" /></a><br />Ok, seriously people. What's up with soft toys as birthday presents? What am i to do with it? I am too old to sleep with one. Besides, I have like 100 of them in boxes back home. I can't display them at home, it's just too kiddy and you have to admit, they are cute, but not THAT cute. Very often immediately after I get them, they end up in the closet. If anything, they are lazy, thoughtless and gifts I wish I could recycle.<br /><br />Not that I am picky and demanding, when it comes to birthday presents. But some thought into the purchase would be nice. I wouldn't even mind a pair of nice socks... a bottle of shampoo that I really like... how about a bottle of cheap wine, so I can get plastered and forget it was bad in the first place? God, anything but another soft toy! PLEASE!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Ri77R5OlXnI/AAAAAAAAAH4/M5YAwwWCclk/s1600-h/chanel+egoiste+platinum.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Ri77R5OlXnI/AAAAAAAAAH4/M5YAwwWCclk/s400/chanel+egoiste+platinum.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057255716421983858" /></a><br />Oh, but on a nicer note, I did get a bottle of Chanel's Egoiste Platinum from a close friend. Wonderful. I've used it before and have always loved the masculine scent. Designed by Chanel in 1993, Egoiste Platinum (for men) is a sharp, spicy, lavender, amber fragrance with great lasting qualities. To me, it smells like a modern homage to the old Hollywood glam and masculinity. A little Fred Astaire. A little debonaire. Not metrosexual, like most modern scents marketed for men... <br /><br />This one's special. It's a classic.<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-75702773334178573332007-04-18T13:06:00.000+08:002007-04-19T11:41:32.225+08:00TV Shows That Should Get The Boot<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RiWoDqfGIZI/AAAAAAAAAHo/pd3iF0IZVAA/s1600-h/hearmebitch+ratings+tv+show.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RiWoDqfGIZI/AAAAAAAAAHo/pd3iF0IZVAA/s400/hearmebitch+ratings+tv+show.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054630937691038098" /></a><br />A poll on <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18078380/"> MSNBC.com</a> shows what viewers would like to see cancelled from their TV Guide. Of course we all can guess what's on top of the list - LOST. There's no reason to doubt that the show's lost it after the first season. How big is the island anyway? I know of a lot of people who would like to see the show get the axe, or the bomb, or the radioactive waste... or the plague.. or....<br /><br />Coming in close are two good shows, or formerly good shows, The Simpsons and ER. Age has caught up with these shows and their original target audience have moved on and grown up (but the shows haven't). I personally find The Family Guy, American Dad and the totally hilarious Drawn Together, speaks better to this generation and project more societal and cultural relevance than The Simpsons. Plus, we all know that 'ER' is no longer a match for McDreamy and McSteamy.<br /><br />But surprisingly, coming in fourth on the most unwanted TV show list is... Desperate Housewives! It seems viewers have had enough of its forlorn and crazy plots that seem to go nowhere. Does everyone fuck everyone on this street? I'm sorry, Edie and Carlos? Many (including me) desperately wants the show to end its own misery like Mary Alice did... clean, fast and painless. <br /><br /><br /><br />Note: Poll correct as of 1:24pm, April 18 2007. Oh, by the way, tomorrow is my birthday!<br /><br />For more information on the poll <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18078380/">check out MSNBC.com</a>. They even have their own round-up of Top 5 TV shows that should be canceled.<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-81417140661156734642007-04-16T13:23:00.000+08:002007-04-16T14:18:39.607+08:00Me Working My Humps Off<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RiMJQKfGIXI/AAAAAAAAAHY/wxskVh32_GU/s1600-h/faces+kenny+teoh+tech+review.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RiMJQKfGIXI/AAAAAAAAAHY/wxskVh32_GU/s400/faces+kenny+teoh+tech+review.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053893380137165170" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RiMJQafGIYI/AAAAAAAAAHg/QNLTzLRQ3Ow/s1600-h/faces+kennyt+tech+review.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RiMJQafGIYI/AAAAAAAAAHg/QNLTzLRQ3Ow/s400/faces+kennyt+tech+review.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053893384432132482" /></a><br />You can read my <a href="http://www.faces.com.my/tech/">tech reviews and other write-ups for FACES magazine here.</a><br /><br />I've been contributing to FACES magazine for nearly 5 years now. From the time I was fresh out of university, just wanting to try something new... to this day, doing it full-time. Back then, the thought of contributing to magazines and newspapers never really crossed my mind. I was just too busy deciding whether I loved or hated being in the advertising industry. <br /><br />So by 2003, I was already contributing to FACES magazine, thanks to the encouragement of my friend, who is also the editor of the mag. She said "just write me a sample tech story, a free topic tech write up of 1,000 words and we'll decide from there". So I did a tech article on MP3 players, which was big news back in 2003 (and in many ways still is today).<br /><br />Based on my keen passion and knowledge of techie stuff, it seemed like a good idea, but I was unsure of my writing ability. Sure, I have written lots of essays in college and university, but will it be interesting and good enough that everyday people who pick up the magazine would want to stop at my page and read them? The editor-in-chief read it and loved it, so my first article was published. From there, I took up my permanent work as a Client Servicing Executive in an advertising agency and worked both jobs. It was hard work, my advertising work demanded long hours and finding time to write was near impossible. <br /><br />Thanks to an incident in Sept 2003, when I lost my Apple iBook which I had bought using my credit card, I had no choice but to persevere with both jobs in order to make enough money to pay off a laptop computer that I don't own anymore. I left my laptop in the car for 30 minutes to grab a quick late dinner before heading home from work on a weekday. I was dog tired at 11pm and someone broke into my car and stole my precious iBook. I was just seated about 40 meters away and my car was ironically parked in front of a church! However, my vision of my car was blocked by a white van, so I couldn't see what happened from where I was eating. <br /><br />So there, the tragic story of my first Apple iBook ownership. I had the laptop for barely 3 months. It was a difficult time, for the next few days, I was extremely paranoid and began questioning the virtues of mankind. You're constantly looking over your shoulders and checking if the car is locked and safe. You can't sleep at night wondering if your house is broken into... you're not working well because the spot that your laptop used to occupy is now a vacant real estate on your table... It was just a shitty time. <br /><br />But thanks to FACES magazine, I was able to pay off that instalment rather quickly. And a few years on, I have a Apple Macbook (black). I have also learnt my lesson - I will never again leave my laptop computer in the car. I've been writing a lot for the magazine since 2003, and believe I've grown a lot together with the mag... so.... have a read.<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-62367079555201484672007-04-16T12:57:00.000+08:002007-04-16T13:09:48.956+08:00Diva on a bus!<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v0vwAcE7Rd0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v0vwAcE7Rd0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Remember my ealier post on the bus uncle? Here's a new bus uncle... but now, instead of the villain, this old chap plays the good guy. While the skinny young man, plays the villain with an attitude. It has no subtitles, so you'll have to make do with Cantonese audio. <br /><br />The video shows how far society has come... and how bitchy skinny bitches can be such a prick. Either that, or the lesson should be "divas should ONLY take cabs..." <br /><br /><br />Note: The video depicts a young man, who refuses to give up the seat next to him (although it is only occupied by a medium sized paperbag) for a 82 year old man who's standing in the bus. All the passengers on the bus are jeering at the skinny young passenger but he refuses to show remotely any concern until the police arrives. I bet this skinny guy goes home to his little 500 sq ft one bedroom flat and asks his mum to sleep standing too, while he cuddle his little pink bolster and roll around in his Powerpuff Girls king-sized sheets.<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-9808084384157862632007-04-12T12:41:00.000+08:002007-04-12T12:49:02.738+08:00Nelly Furtado Punk'd<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wu0LGcQ0zWY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wu0LGcQ0zWY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Is Punk'd getting Tir'd or what? It's not as funny or as outrageous as before.<br /><br />How come Ashton still looks like shit after all these years? His hair looks the same, his face looks the same, he sounds the same and he wears the same shit. Miss Do-Me Moore must have him on a contract saying that she'll only do him if he looked like the first time they dated, ALWAYS. Cause the last time she married, Bruce got bald and old.. and she doesn't like that, huh?<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-17116019684348414332007-04-11T15:42:00.000+08:002007-04-11T16:13:57.571+08:00PROOF THAT KFC IS SOLO-IST!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RhyS26fGIWI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/K2sFFYeAtjo/s1600-h/kentucky+fried+chicken+kfc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RhyS26fGIWI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/K2sFFYeAtjo/s400/kentucky+fried+chicken+kfc.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052074354113126754" /></a><br />I ordered KFC for lunch today. (No no no, this is not one of those pathetic posts documenting what I ate for lunch...)<br />I wanted to order something to eat, since being alone at home means I am just too lazy to walk out to the food court, I thought of doing delivery instead. You know how it is, going out to eat alone. You just come across to people as sad, lonely and taking up too much space in a table for four. But when you share a table you're made to feel like a communial loser... cause you're eating alone, even if you're the first to arrive at the table!<br /><br />Here goes the phone call to the KFC - Kentucky Fried Chicken hotline.<br /><br />KFC: *ring* *ring* Hello, Please press one for Pizzahut... press two for KFC<br />Kenny: *toot*<br />KFC: Hello, KFC delivery... may I take your order, Sir?<br />Kenny: Yes, I'd like to order delivery... Is there a minimum order for KFC?<br />KFC: Yes, the minimum order is $12 and there will be an additional $2 delivery charge.<br />Kenny: What is the best option for a person who's eating alone?<br />KFC: How about a couple meal, Sir? <br />Kenny: Isn't that a lot? Four pieces of chicken and all that side dish, plus popcorn chicken? How about something with a Zinger burger, I don't mind topping up a Zinger set with more expensive items to make $12.<br />KFC: I'm sorry. Zinger is only available as ala carte.<br />Kenny: Ok, then I'll have a Zinger burger, two piece chicken and cheese fries.<br />KFC: Cheese fries cannot be delivered sir. They will become soggy. <br />Kenny: (well, I've had soggy ones even when I am at the restaurant, what's the difference?) Ok... ummm... How about a two piece set and a Zinger?<br />KFC: I'm sorry, Sir. The two piece set is for dine in only.<br />Kenny: Oh is it? (is my delivery coming from a special restaurant that only does delivery? or is the chicken different? or this restaurant has never packed a two-piece set in a take away box?)<br />KFC: So do you still want the couple set, Sir? <br />Kenny: Ok ok... fine just give me a couple set. But can I request for no breast meat please.<br />KFC: Ok, i will put in your request for breast meat but it is subject to restaurant availability.<br />Kenny: NO. I don't want breast meat!<br />KFC: Oh ok, sir. The total would be $14.95, including the $2 delivery charge and the delivery time is 45 minutes. Is that ok?<br />Kenny: Yea... sure (dejected tone).<br />KFC: Please down your delivery number... 754221<br />*hang up*<br /><br />The four pieces chicken came as two wings, one lousy thigh and a huge breast meat. But that's beside the point. Ok, if I'm eating with my friend, we'd gladly eat something else instead. Heck, if I have company, I'll gladly go out and eat. DUH! Sometimes delivery is meant for single people too... why can't KFC be accomodating? All these strict do and don'ts are just putting me off. Why am I forced to have a couple's meal when I am just eating alone...<br /><br />I am already paying an extra $2 delivery charge, why can't they just friggin' deliver what I want?! If you want to charge extra for the convenience then don't impose a minimum. Do you force me to buy $12 of chicken when I am at the restaurant? NO YOU DON'T. Do you say, oh no sorry sir... our coleslaw is only meant for delivery? NO YOU DON'T... so just give me my FUCKING ORDER, GOD DAMN IT.<br /><br />KFC in Singapore sucks.<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-22914169589343785642007-04-04T17:34:00.000+08:002007-04-04T17:41:25.062+08:00SAN-SHOOTME-JAYA<div><object width="425" height="335"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/1jx4Ev3WOslfubqSi"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/1jx4Ev3WOslfubqSi" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="335" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mek6_sanjaya-malakar">Sanjaya Malakar</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Stroheim">Stroheim</a></i></div><br /><br />What the fuck? Just when you think it couldn't get any worse...<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-75321443366801440262007-04-02T13:59:00.000+08:002007-04-02T14:17:30.150+08:00UNCLE BUS<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RSHziqJWYcM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RSHziqJWYcM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />It's April! Although I completely forgot it was April Fool's Day, this month will see the first anniversary of the famous Bus Uncle video. I know, I know, most of us have already seen it countless times before last year. But here it is anyway, just a reminder of what a bitch life can be. <br /><br />The bus uncle is ridiculously vulgar. News has it he used to work in a restaurant (but had to resign following the aftermath of this embarassing incident) and was beaten by strangers who saw him on the street... For more information, point to the wikipedia link at the bottom of the post.<br /><br />"The Bus Uncle" is video clip capturing a verbal altercation aboard a bus in Hong Kong on April 27, 2006.<br />The video clip was taken by a passenger, uploaded to HK Golden Forum, and then quickly mirrored on YouTube and Google Video. Soon after its debut on YouTube, the 6-minute video became a cultural sensation in Hong Kong and inspired vigorous debate and discussion on life and etiquette in the city. Attracting some 1.7 million hits in the first 3 weeks in May, alone, the clip became one of YouTube's most viewed items in May, last year.<br /><br />Its copious use of profanity and its rhetorical outbursts attracted the attention of local and international media, and some of its utterances became catchphrases in Hong Kong and Chinese communities around the world. For more information point your browser to:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bus_Uncle<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-34100404276930380382007-03-30T20:56:00.000+08:002007-03-31T03:23:48.622+08:00O for OPRAH<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0KcTAaQPI/AAAAAAAAAHE/I19HOXLpfYM/s1600-h/Image068.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0KcTAaQPI/AAAAAAAAAHE/I19HOXLpfYM/s400/Image068.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047702238606803186" /></a><br />Speaking of Opera. Here's Oprah on 'O' magazine. How does she manage to get on the cover of a magazine every month?! Gee, I guess having your own publication helps. But don't people ever get sick of seeing Oprah and her BFFs... Gayle and Tina Turner? This is so self-indulgent... Does she have so many good things to say about herself? Oh wait, when you're that rich, people are lining up just to say good stuff about you too!<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-33592023645945707192007-03-30T20:30:00.000+08:002007-03-30T20:56:23.451+08:00Phantom Of The Opera<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0EJTAaQKI/AAAAAAAAAGc/_nsCJrROxqs/s1600-h/Image075.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0EJTAaQKI/AAAAAAAAAGc/_nsCJrROxqs/s320/Image075.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047695315119521954" /></a><br />Last night, I was at the Singapore Esplanade to watch the Phantom of The Opera. It was my first time. I was a Phantom virgin, YEA! The show was good, Phantom sang like a nightingale with testicles. All was perfect, except for the role of Christine, played by Rebecca Pitcher. She looks too old, too haggard and way too uncharismatic on stage that any man or ghoul would cringe at the idea of love, with her.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0EJjAaQLI/AAAAAAAAAGk/m8EdJbO2R28/s1600-h/Image070.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0EJjAaQLI/AAAAAAAAAGk/m8EdJbO2R28/s320/Image070.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047695319414489266" /></a><br />The orchestra was excellent, syncing the moods and the stage characters with great fervour. I know all too well, I was at the front row, just a few feet away from the conductor. Beautiful blonde conductor.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0EJjAaQMI/AAAAAAAAAGs/UJZvKQoWMH4/s1600-h/Image072.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0EJjAaQMI/AAAAAAAAAGs/UJZvKQoWMH4/s320/Image072.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047695319414489282" /></a><br />This is where it starts to get a little scary. Sitting on the front row (not recommended), you get a view of these angels being lowered down to halfway between your head and the ceiling... with the Phantom in tow. It sways oh-so-dangerously with the heft of the weighty Phantom, on it. Front row to Phantom of The Opera, definitely not recommended. <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0EJzAaQNI/AAAAAAAAAG0/dV0Pw9LLATY/s1600-h/Image073.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0EJzAaQNI/AAAAAAAAAG0/dV0Pw9LLATY/s320/Image073.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047695323709456594" /></a><br />All in all, a wonderful performance. A must-watch for everyone... Photos taken from a Nokia 8800, as you can see, shitty quality. <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0EJzAaQOI/AAAAAAAAAG8/b3tKy7eU7TU/s1600-h/Image074.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/Rg0EJzAaQOI/AAAAAAAAAG8/b3tKy7eU7TU/s320/Image074.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047695323709456610" /></a><br />This is how close we were to the performers. At one point, the general crept up in front of us for a scene where Vicompte Raoul was planning to ambush the Phantom. Scared the bejesus out of my friend. So how would I rate the show? This Phantom of The Opera performance gets a 4 out of 5. If only Christine got some Botox...<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-45276691171751643372007-03-26T14:20:00.000+08:002007-03-26T14:43:29.609+08:00I WILL SURVIVE (not)<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/onLbeuEqNIE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/onLbeuEqNIE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />People who are easily offended by religious satire (somewhat), please turn away!<br /><br />Otherwise... ENJOY!<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-37569175050956615282007-03-01T15:58:00.000+08:002007-03-01T17:04:55.820+08:00PFS - Penang's Failure School?<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaIprdFYhI/AAAAAAAAAFc/dcdhRtxbMaQ/s1600-h/pfs2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaIprdFYhI/AAAAAAAAAFc/dcdhRtxbMaQ/s400/pfs2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036863482881204754" /></a><br />Our dear ruler, why bother planting a tree? Why not do something more meaningful for the school? To bring back the school glory worthy of your name on the plaque?<br /><br />The canteen now has two chinese food stalls, out of probably ten or twelve. You know why? Because the number of chinese students enrolling in the school has dwindled down to two figures per year (according to a reliable source). There simply is no demand for chinese food anymore. Wait... you know what? This isn't about the food. This is about how easy it is to enter this "premier school", once held in the highest regard. Back in the 1993, it was already clear to me that the entry requirements have been lobsided. Ask any Chinese school boy my age then, and they will tell you that full A's is the way to enter PFS. Although your chances of entering with one B on the report card is still fairly good. But anything below that wouldn't be accepted. My classmate... had only 2 A's... some only 1 A. But they get hostel lodging on top of an offer letter. <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaIp7dFYiI/AAAAAAAAAFk/OkUvUMxyu1M/s1600-h/pfs3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaIp7dFYiI/AAAAAAAAAFk/OkUvUMxyu1M/s400/pfs3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036863487176172066" /></a><br />The canteen may now feature television sets (showing Discovery Channel), and increased seating areas but the school is suffering from humiliating results. The school website boasts of 100% passes for PMR (Secondary 3 examinations), when it should be reading "Top 10 Best Results in Malaysia". The halls are now echoed with a foul reputation of the school. Penang kids these days don't aspire to be a Free anymore... looking at the school as a has-been institution... a reputation of being mediocre, over glorified past. I'm afraid if the academic landslide continues, Penang Free School will be nothing more than a name in the minds of the coming generations. It might as well be ABC or XYZ School. There will be no reason to be selective of who it enters into the school anymore. The title of the first school in South East Asia might be it's only consolation. The first, simply doesn't equate the best... <br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaIqbdFYjI/AAAAAAAAAFs/J1pD21-apro/s1600-h/pfs1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaIqbdFYjI/AAAAAAAAAFs/J1pD21-apro/s400/pfs1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036863495766106674" /></a><br />Tha pavillion where students and spectators cheered on the revered sports teams. How many school have a field the size of this and a pavillion to boot? Please don't misunderstand my intentions, I am not a racist. But after 50 years of independence and calling out 'Merdeka', isn't it time all the races played fair? I don't care if the ruling party is blue, green, purple, Malay, Chinese or Indian... but at least after 50 years, isn't it time we understood schools as pillars to the education of the nation has the right to fair entry? How about entry to Penang Free School purely based on results instead of racial quota? Or preferential treatment? Yes, I am all for helping the poor, the needy and the stupid... but there are plenty of just ways to do it.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaIqrdFYkI/AAAAAAAAAF0/LsvXHdTwkPs/s1600-h/pfs-penang.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaIqrdFYkI/AAAAAAAAAF0/LsvXHdTwkPs/s400/pfs-penang.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036863500061073986" /></a><br />This is the kind of thing you get from windows today. This photo was taken of a window in front of the school library. An intelligent calling... Ironically, the name "Free" in Penang Free School was coined from the idea by the British to liberate the young from socio-economic stereotypes. Right now, they might want to add an asterisk and a disclaimer, like this "Penang Free* School". <br /><br />* Terms and Conditions Apply.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaIq7dFYlI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6KEHXtaNNmc/s1600-h/penang+free+school+graffiti.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaIq7dFYlI/AAAAAAAAAF8/6KEHXtaNNmc/s400/penang+free+school+graffiti.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036863504356041298" /></a><br />While our past teachers may have complained of peeling paint and chalk dust on the decades old building, today the school has to battle with graffitis like this. A sign of civilization and utter intellect, this. Photo taken from a wall on the underused Computer & Engineering Building of Penang Free School.<br /><br /><b>One dollar for guessing what's the native language of this graffiti artist... </b><div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-29070067608681695352007-03-01T15:28:00.000+08:002007-03-01T17:06:45.743+08:00My Alma Mater<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaGbbdFYgI/AAAAAAAAAE8/u5dENEUBa70/s1600-h/pfs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaGbbdFYgI/AAAAAAAAAE8/u5dENEUBa70/s400/pfs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036861039044813314" /></a><br />Visiting my high school brought many memories, mostly sweet. I worked really hard to get into this "premier school". Gettting straight A's in the Primary 6 examinations... but only to find out that my Malay classmates only had to score half a result of half B's and A's to receive an offer letter to join the school. Disheartening indeed... <br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaC3LdFYcI/AAAAAAAAAEc/Fw6KjvKhuZI/s1600-h/penang+free+school+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaC3LdFYcI/AAAAAAAAAEc/Fw6KjvKhuZI/s400/penang+free+school+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036857117739672002" /></a><br />Penang Free School is the oldest (therefore the first) English School in the South East Asian region. The school founded by Rev. Sparke Hutchings in the year 1816 and has history of excellence in academics and sports. The school previously assumed the reputation as the institution for the creme de la creme of junior achievers and fuelled the dream of kids making their parents proud...<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaC3bdFYdI/AAAAAAAAAEk/0uIvlJyluII/s1600-h/penang+free+school+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaC3bdFYdI/AAAAAAAAAEk/0uIvlJyluII/s400/penang+free+school+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036857122034639314" /></a><br />The Free School can boast of being the Alma Mater of many established, well known and successful Malaysians locally and abroad. An individual pursuing his secondary education in the Free School is commonly known as a Free, once the individual leaves the Free School, he is automatically an Old Free. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaC3rdFYeI/AAAAAAAAAEs/HNc1CaMxe-M/s1600-h/penang+free+school1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaC3rdFYeI/AAAAAAAAAEs/HNc1CaMxe-M/s400/penang+free+school1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036857126329606626" /></a><br />Those who graduate from the school often speak of their alma mater with pride... and who wouldn't when the alumni list reads something like this<br /><br />Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister and founding father of Malaysia.<br />Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, the 3rd Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia<br />The Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, also the 12th Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.<br />Tan Sri P.Ramlee, Malay actor, director, songwriter and musician.<br />Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu, second Chief Minister of Penang.<br />Dato' (Dr.) Anwar Fazal, probably the most influential figure in the worldwide consumer movement.<br />Dr. Wu Lien Teh, world-renowned Plague Fighter and pioneer in the modernization of China's public health system.<br />Dato' Eddy Choong, former All-England Badminton champion.<br />Hj. S.M.Zainul Abidin, renown educationist. He taught most of those listed above.<br />Tengku Tan Sri Ahmad Rithauddeen, President of the United Nations Association of Malaysia (UNAM)<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaC37dFYfI/AAAAAAAAAE0/ERvSb0ZqWPs/s1600-h/penang+free+school.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReaC37dFYfI/AAAAAAAAAE0/ERvSb0ZqWPs/s400/penang+free+school.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036857130624573938" /></a><br />But of late. there's been trouble in the school... (so I've heard and seen)<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-88048467058378378822007-02-25T00:19:00.000+08:002007-02-25T01:09:05.245+08:0030 ROCK... err ROCKS!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReBn3f4rnNI/AAAAAAAAAEI/zTXDWRCCzXQ/s1600-h/30+rock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/ReBn3f4rnNI/AAAAAAAAAEI/zTXDWRCCzXQ/s400/30+rock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035138586549918930" /></a><br />Yea, what did I tell you about 30 Rock back in November 2006? It's a hilarious, brilliant and absolutely a well-written gem. Crazy cast too! And it's coming to Starworld. With Alec Baldwin winning the recent Golden Globe and SAG (screen actos guild) award for the show, it seems destined to arrive on our shores sooner or later. I'm glad it's sooner. I love watching 30 Rock.<br /><br />But just like Matthew Perry's new drama show, Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, both critically acclaimed shows are not getting the stellar ratings and thus the favorite child status, as opposed to the network's other 'hit' - Heroes. So they're putting 30 Rock on a break until near Spring. <br /><br />I was quite into the drama, Heroes until well... the story seems to take more turns than a drunk astronaut. I wish every episode of Heroes would end like X-Files. A story is told and concluded... but leaving ends for more elaborate long term storytelling. However, Heroes seems to suffer the same problem as "Pirates of the Caribbean 2". It was basically a brilliant story put on spin cycle. Yes, as many others are just tuning in to the 'exciting' new drama on TV, Heroes may suffer the same fate as Desperate Housewives... where the storyline, plots and characters feel tired. <br /><br />We're barely through to episode 17 of Season One of Heroes, and it's beginning to show signs of writer's block. (Spoilers ahead), with Claire finding her biological mother and finding out that the father is actually Peter Petrelli. Hello? TVB drama anyone? How about throwing in one of those guy and girl across the street.... looking desperately for their love and missing each other by a split second by a moving bus? What next? Finding out that Sylar is your next door neighbor's cousin? They obviously had to put an internal spin on things, since adding new characters into the show would mean more cost! Not to mention having to make them hang around the already very character-packed story!<br /><br />The consolation... hh well, at least 30 Rock will be back from a hiatus in the US ABC network on April 19 (my birthday!). And soon, we'll have more episodes of the brilliant comedy. Besides, I have many many episodes of unwatched Ugly Betty to keep me occupied (when I am not looking into the recruitment ads, sending out resumes or writing articles, of course).<br /><br /><b>The TV is my new best friend... </b><div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-51116068886311333362007-02-24T23:30:00.000+08:002007-02-24T23:52:41.064+08:00Avril Talks Trash!<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e1Lg7OOgMzI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e1Lg7OOgMzI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><b>Avril Lavigne's latest music video for the single "Girlfriend", from her upcoming third album titled 'Best Damn Thing Ever'. </b><br /><br /><br />My questions:<br />Avril, is that you? Did you burn your pants, Miss Self-Declared Tomboy? <br /><br />Was there a freak accident at the salon and you got blonde down to the roots? <br /><br />Did you knock yourself with a Dumb Stick? <br /><br />Did you just learn how to rhyme from your rocker boyfriend?<br /><br />Is the air in LA a bit more polluted than Canada, thus choking the blood to your brains?<br /><br />Did you run out of smokey eyes make-up?<br /><br />What would happen if Ashlee Simpson and Gwen Stefani had a baby together?<br /><br />How did you come up with the lyrics like... "Hey hey,you you... I don't like your girlfriend. I think you need a new one. I could be your girlfriend... She's like so whatever, you can do so much better" ?!<br /><br />Are you high on something?<br /><br />Do you need to check into rehab?<br /><br />Have you been hanging out with Lindsay Lohan?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />... oh my god, is that me listening to the song over and over again?<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-68016533536642506142007-02-15T12:03:00.000+08:002007-02-21T16:06:05.953+08:00Goodbye Anna.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RdPcjIYmNUI/AAAAAAAAAD8/QBkvcZQKK_U/s1600-h/Anna+Nicole+Smith+guess.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RdPcjIYmNUI/AAAAAAAAAD8/QBkvcZQKK_U/s400/Anna+Nicole+Smith+guess.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031607704807159106" /></a><br /><br />Yes, it's hardly news anymore. Anna *&%$# Nicole Smith is gone. It was extremely shocking. <b>As much as critics loved to hate her... I hate to say, I really love her </b>. <br /><br />She's such an amazing story, more so than any American Idol. From a Texan topless dancer, to marrying young at 16, and having a baby before she turned 20. She skyrocketed to stardom as a Playboy centerfold and got the honorary status of "Playmate of The Year" in 1992. <br /><br />But probably her greatest achievement was landing a modeling contract with Guess? jeans... and well, marrying 89-year old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall. She was 26. The next year he died and she's been in and out of court for the litigation between her and members of the husband's family over his large estate. Bad things started to happen to bossoming Anna, rehab, depression, problems with her implants and then more bad news surfaced last year as her son died of drug overdose in Sept 2006.<br /><br />Poor Anna. It was a guilty pleasure to hear news about her. When it comes to her, every news is bad news. Like her topless activities at the MTV awards and her infamous slurring... So she will be greatly missed. I always thought she'd grow old, into this plastic surgery mess... continuing to make headlines and well, keeping the peroxide business thriving till 2036... <br /><br />Her cause of death is unknown. No drugs were found in her stomach... No obvious signs of foul play. No alcohol... nothing. You know what I think? I think her boyfriend, Howard K Stern, conspired to kill her. Think about it, the police found an overwhelming amount of prescriptive drugs in Howard's name. Her boyfriend also supplied Daniel Smith (Anna's son) with methadone, the very thing that killed him. He had enough to kill himself and more! Reports had it that he flushed the extra methadone into the toilet following the incident (you mean there's more? what did he want to do, kill an elephant?). <br /><br />With all the paternal tussle for Daniellyn Hope, Anna's baby, it made sense to me that Howard K Stern wanted to end all of this by taking Anna's life, so nobody knows who actually is the father? And therefore has the right to father the millions in inheritance? <br /><br />Jackie Hatten, Anna's friend of 16 years said Howard was the controller of Anna's life and his life, money and new found status was all achieved on Anna's back, on CNN's Larry King Live. She even mentioned that he constantly had her so drugged up with a long list of drugs and prescriptions, that she's constantly in immobilized in bed. Rosie O Donnel also spoke up about how Anna's tumultous recent stories has been milked, especially after the death of her son in Sept, with great push by Howard. It seems if he wasn't the person feeding Anna with drugs or whatever killed her, he DROVE her there. <br /><br />The world is saddened that her great (mis)adventure has come to a premature end... just like her idol, Marilyn Monroe. Goodbye Anna. You will be sorely missed. If indeed there was a foul play, I hope justice will be served to whoever robbed us of such irreverent and big busted blonde goddess. No she's not smart, she never finished high school, her literature knowledge probably spanned to books that didn't use any aphabets past 'm' nor was she a genius in the kitchen like Martha Stewart, No No No... she was just a southern girl with a great story to tell. <br /><br />Here's a tribute to one of your best pictures... and you may not hear this very often but you are ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. <br /><p><br /><a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=692afa25-abe2-423e-b051-96a001934dfb"><br />Click here</a> for more news on Anna Nicole Smith's passing.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-49010012692003019232007-01-25T14:45:00.000+08:002007-01-30T03:38:41.980+08:00Backlighting<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RbhSkZE3j6I/AAAAAAAAADw/Sj3Nt7w1Sqs/s1600-h/buddha+kennyt.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RbhSkZE3j6I/AAAAAAAAADw/Sj3Nt7w1Sqs/s400/buddha+kennyt.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023856169491861410" /></a><br />"Buddha"<br /><br />- An evening shot of the Giant Buddha on Lantau Island in Hong Kong.<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-78886817991926907942007-01-25T14:24:00.000+08:002007-01-25T15:09:41.294+08:00BKK in Dec<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RbhOp5E3j5I/AAAAAAAAADk/GyuK_PfZtZw/s1600-h/kenny+teoh+bangkok.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RbhOp5E3j5I/AAAAAAAAADk/GyuK_PfZtZw/s400/kenny+teoh+bangkok.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023851865934630802" /></a><br />My trip to Bangkok a week before Christmas was a fantastic one. I went for a lot of massages (the clean ones) and had a blast trying out new places to eat. But one of the highlights of the trip was Siam Paragon. It's a huge mall with many things to see, buy and eat. Don't expect to bargain here or even find a really cheap souvenir. It's not patpong or chatuchak. <br /><br />It's more of a mid-to-lower upper price mall with a departmental store that sells anything from Speedo to Lacoste, Ed Hardy to Etnies. The departmental store is imaginatively named Paragon Dept Store (the marketing people must be really creative). Outside the store, you'll find interesting upscale boutiques and a gourmet market. It also houses Asia's largest seating and cinema screen in Asia. <br /><br />Don't get me wrong. I am not a snob! I did buy a lot of goodies from Chatuchak and all. Street shopping in Bangkok is fun, but just how many cheap t-shirts and sandals does one need? Of course I need to walk the malls, if not for the air cond... it's also for the paperbags, DUH! Besides, you can find some exquisite Thai souvenirs and quality products here...<br /><br />Siam Paragon was interesting for me, I came back twice during the 4-day trip... It's huge and a must-visit for tourists. More so than Gaysorn Shopping Center or Emporium. <br /><br />Did I mention that Siam Ocean World, the biggest aquarium in Southeast Asia is also within the same building?<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-66736373839477305082007-01-25T14:05:00.000+08:002007-01-25T14:55:38.288+08:00Go Go-Karting<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RbhKZJE3j2I/AAAAAAAAADA/9fgnSrj6nI8/s1600-h/go+kart.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RbhKZJE3j2I/AAAAAAAAADA/9fgnSrj6nI8/s400/go+kart.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023847180125310818" /></a><br />This Saturday I will be heading down to JB for a little go-kart action! Hope it doesn't rain. Actually what I'd hope for more is that the go-kart place hasn't been destroyed by floods in Johor lately!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RbhKaJE3j3I/AAAAAAAAADI/-YSCtzAf5f4/s1600-h/Kenny+teoh+vs+Chin+Hooi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RbhKaJE3j3I/AAAAAAAAADI/-YSCtzAf5f4/s400/Kenny+teoh+vs+Chin+Hooi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023847197305180018" /></a><br />My challenger, the last time we played was none other than the king of trash talk, Stanley Ng! And this time, I am bringing my brother along to race. Not that my bro would be giving me assistance in tactics in the race, it's just more fun racing against people you know, than hooligans you don't.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RbhKapE3j4I/AAAAAAAAADQ/15RKWXYE1rE/s1600-h/Kennyt+victorious.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RbhKapE3j4I/AAAAAAAAADQ/15RKWXYE1rE/s400/Kennyt+victorious.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023847205895114626" /></a><br />Oh, by the way, did i tell you who won the last time?... None other than yours truly, of course. It was a horrendously wet race, with no visor on the helmet and soggy pants up my butt. On that day, it poured heavily for half a day. In the end, it was a race full of incidents - spins, spins and more off track excursions. Well Stanley was doing the Kylie Minogue, spinning around. I was playing a calculated race, not taking unnecessary risks and well, won the race by some margin! Yippie!...<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106632.post-29886738585625288932007-01-07T13:57:00.000+08:002007-01-07T14:01:15.913+08:00Last Xmas, I Gave You...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RaCMlqKJi6I/AAAAAAAAAC0/ROKgurpfef8/s1600-h/gucci-bally-takashimaya-prada-xmas.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8AAn52NEugA/RaCMlqKJi6I/AAAAAAAAAC0/ROKgurpfef8/s400/gucci-bally-takashimaya-prada-xmas.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017164563490638754" /></a><br />Dear friends and readers,<br /><br />Christmas has come and gone... The wrappers are well in the trash... The New Year's champage bottle is well on its was to the recycling plant.... It's time to ask... no not your resolution, but how was your Christmas loot?!<br /><br />I got myself a super fabulous present from Georg Jensen!<div class="blogger-post-footer">HearMeBitch!</div>Kenny Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879488411707199789noreply@blogger.com1