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Archive for May, 2006

Football Superstars That WON’T Be Going to the World Cup

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Everyone is abuzz with the world cup in less than two weeks. We all know who’s going to Germany, and there’s the usual talk about who’ll be the star of the World Cup (Messi? Deco?), who’s going to be the topscorer (Adriano? Tevez? Henry?) who’ll be the first to score an own goal, etc… But […]

Good Year for Having a Baby

Monday, May 29th, 2006

I just found out that some friends of mine, a just married couple, are expecting already. And last month, another couple friend of mine also found out that they were pregnant. They were also recently married. Hmmm…I’m beginning to see a trend here.
(Sidenote: This month alone, three of my colleagues have delivered. Next month, there’s […]

Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 5

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Okay, this is the last posting on my Singapore pictures. Remembering back, it was and excellent trip, and I really enjoyed posting my pics up here. Too bad photoblogs are a little unpopular these days, and I’m really a photo buff. Anyways, regular programming to resume after this…
Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 1
Singapore: Sign […]

American Idol: Top Five Reasons Why Taylor Won And Katherine Lost

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Well, it’s over, Soul Patrol beat out the McPheever to become the fifth American Idol. Not unexpected, though, a lot of people were predicting it to happen. Actually, for me the highlight of the show was them getting that Rhonetta back on air again…
Top Five Reasons Why Taylor Hicks Won the American Idol Finale

Americans are […]

American Idol: Taylor Hicks vs. Katherine McPhee

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Today’s the finale for the American Idol Season 5. First off, I couldn’t care less about Taylor Hick-boy or Katherine “I’m too cute it makes me barf”. Sorry, I’m still annoyed about them kicking out Chris and Paris.
Okay, if I were to pick between the two, I’d go for the lesser of two evils i.e. […]

A World Cup Wish List

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

World Cup is less than a month away. I don’t it’s too early to put up my wishlist for the month-long footie fiesta, so here it is.

Please don’t get Shebby Singh to be the guest pundit. Get Paul Masefield or Jamie Reeves. Heck, get Hasbullah Awang, I don’t care. I can’t stand that Shebby Singh.

Stop […]

Ultra Competitive In-Laws

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

A guy friend of mine (let’s call him Andrew) married this girl who came from a big family. This big family, has 3 girls and a few boys. Nice happy family, they happy big gathering dinners on the weekends, where everyone turns up with their kids and maids and small yapping carpet dogs. I really […]

Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 4

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

This is an ongoing series of photos i took on last trip to Singapore. The first two parts can be seen via the following links:
Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 1
Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 2
Singapore: Sign of the Times Part 3
Below: As you probably can tell, this photo wast taken in Chinatown. […]

Big Task for Arsenal Tonight

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

(Caution: Rare footie posting ahead. My humble apologies to all my non-footie inclined readers, since it’s a momentous occasion, I just have to blog about here. Regular programming to resume tomorrow…actually also depending on the outcome of the match.)
It’s the big European Champion’s League Final tomorrow morning. As excited as I am, it’s going to […]

Da Vinci Code Spoofs: I Just Can’t Wait…

Monday, May 15th, 2006

In a few weeks, the Da Vinci Code hype machine is going to take over the whole world with the movie launch. The paparazzi with the book and the lawsuit was bad enough, the movie will probably make it reach Harry Potter meets Star Wars level. Soon enough well probably see the copycat movies, or […]