Yesterday 9 out of 10 pings on PPS was about the HAZE (i have to admit, including mine…). Today the gloom seem to have lifted abit, both in cyberspace and metrologically speaking. it could get worse again this evening, i’m pretty used to it by now. Instead of trying to rant about it, i thought of giving some suggestions to do someting positive about the haze… Top Ten Fun and Positive Things You Can Do About the Haze… Use hundreds of old jam jars and bottle up the dirty air. Later, sell them online on eBay as ‘authentic Malaysian Pollution & Haze, year 2005(vintage)’. Join one of those KLCC tour…

This post is specially for anjali*. (Simon couldn’t care less for talentless, posey boy bands…) Top 3 Rejected Songs for the Backstreet Boys’ New Album: “I’m Not A Boy, Not Yet A Man” “No, We’re Not Lip-Synching” “(After the Castration, I’m Now) Incomplete” Top 3 Rejected band names before they chose ‘Backstreet Boys’: PetalingStreet Boys back* street* boys* Queer Eye for the Singing Guys Top 3 Rejected Cover Versions for the Backstreet Boys’ New Album: “Hazy Shade of KL” (Originally by Simon & Garfunkel) “Hanging Tough” (Originally by New Kids On The Blog Block) “Y.M.C.A.” (Originally by The Village People) Top 3 Hobbies of the Backstreet Boys When They Are…

For those that have come here for the regular postings, simon talks is sad to announce that the blog is temporarily closed for the rest of the day due to the TERRIBLE haze. Simon regrets any inconvenience. Blog postings will commence tomorrow morning. Hopefully. In the meantime, maybe we can ponder on the following imponderable: “How bad does the haze need to get before an environmental EMERGENCY is declared? When children and old folk start fainting on the streets?”

Ten Things I Noticed About the English Premier League (EPL) When they play winter matches in December and January, you can see it’s REALLY cold (except when Portsmouth play at home). Some matches like Blackburn versus Fulham are quite boring. I’m sorry, it really is. Manchester United and Chelsea aren’t the only rich teams. Tottenham and Newcastle, too, have some serious cash to burn. I have a strange, nagging feeling West Brom, Manchester City and Portsmouth won’t win the Premier League this year. No offence to their supporters, but its just gut feeling. Some players would rather sit on the bench of a rich, successful team than be the star…

Footie fever is about to start. Whichever team is going to succeed this season will fuel the mamak stall chit-chat for the next 9 months. Guess what, I got the latest odds from one of the UK’s online betting websites. I don’t advocate gambling, I’m more interested at the published odds. Of course punters will know there are a million different odds for everyone to choose, but I’ve listed the most importants ones… Chelsea being the top seeds for the Premier League title, obviously has the lowest odds. Bear in mind these odds change daily, so if you view it tomorrow, it may differ. Chelsea 4/6 Arsenal 3/1 Liverpool 7/2…

My cousin just had her UTAR convocation in Wisma MCA two days ago. It was the inaugural convocation for the university, there was a special pull out in the Star papers with all the graduates’ names in them. It seems like only yesterday she enrolled as the first batch of undergraduates at the Section 14 campus. The convocation apparently started a day before on Saturday, I saw the commotion outside Wisma MCA when I passed it on the way to work. Then when I was having breakfast at my favourite nasi kandar place (the one with the fluctuating price), it premise was invaded by beaming families carrying bouquets (yeah, why…

There’s this annoying show on TV. Most of you know about it, it’s been around for awhile. It’s ‘The Kumars at No. 42’. Well, OK, it’s not actually annoying, it’s just that I’m curious how a how with such low-brow, cheap humour can be so popular in the UK. Most English comedies I know are really funny and distinctly British, like Yes Minister, Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses and Absolutely Fabulous. There has always been simple-humour comedies coming from Blighty, like ‘Allo ‘Allo, Mind Your Language and the Benny Hill Show (boy, those last two were really good!) but the Kumars are on a whole different level of crass-ness.…

What does Britney have that I don’t?! How come she’s a multi-million dollar recording artiste, I’m a minimum wage construction coolie. She drives a few Mercedes and Porsches, i drive a pathetic Proton Iswara. Aren’t we both humans? Don’t we both squat down at the toilet? (OK, maybe I squat, she sits…) What does Britney Spears have I don’t have?!! She can sing. I also can. Mine voice can change the weather. She can dance. I also can. Babies and domestic pets love my dancing. She got great body. I also got body mah. Next to an elephant, I look like a supermodel. She makes slick, exciting videos. I like…

Finally, I have to say something concern the current events on PPS. In all these months of me associating with the Malaysian blog-tal, I have rarely mentioned anything regarding the current issues and challenges faced by PPS. But now, winds of change are coming our way. In recent weeks, a few issues have hit PPS, but the three most important ones are blog throttling, commercial blogs and withdrawal from PPS by senior members. In essence all three issues are inter-related, but I will first talk on the first two. And the it is not without irony the first two controversies are caused by the very same person, whom many bloggers…

Top Ten Reasons From Your Boss For Not Giving A Bonus or Salary Increment “You know the effect of the rising price of titanium and unleaded petrol have on our webhosting business…” “After they paid for my new Mercedes CLK and second housing allowance, there wasn’t much money left for the executives.” “You, money isn’t everything in life…” “A donation has been made in your name to the ‘Support Anwar Foundation’”. “If you read the newly amended Employee’s Handbook clause 13A, employees are entitled for a salary review only if they have served a minimum of 12 years, or reach 54 years old, whichever comes first.” “You should be lucky…