It seems having a healthy dose of Daily Mail everyday is better than reading the actual news on the frontpage lately. I have refrained from reading prime newspaper for a while simply because of the recent heavy and non-sense propaganda for the masses. Hence reading good tabloids shall keep me sane again and of course who wants to read shitty local tabloids such as this.

Anyway, I didn’t give a damn knowing any of British MPs but this piece of news is quite worthy to read. Rumours said MP Lembit Opik is currently dating one of Ultimo (previously Wonderbra) model Katie Green who is 23 years his junior. In fact Lembit is supporting her ‘Say No To Size Zero’ campaign to stop unhealthily thin models appearing on the catwalk. I wonder what potion he used to cling with Katie. It’s quite surprising if we were to compare the wealth between the Brits and some 3^rd world politicians, I think the latter have chunkier pockets to shower around.

Some quotes from the Daily Mail,

But the 44-year-old politician no doubt regards himself as young at heart. ‘Katie is beautiful, smart and attractive,’ he declared in an interview with Closer magazine.

‘She’s charming, unpretentious, interesting and engaging. We’ve got to know each other.’

I’m not surprised these words were coming from a regular Daily Sport

political columnist, eh ?

So far Miss Green, a 5ft10in brunette, has only had nice things to say about him. ‘ Lembit’s very charming and witty,’ she declared. ‘I can see why Gabriela found him attractive.

‘We’ve gone for plenty of dinners and I’m meant to be going up to his home in Wales soon for the weekend.

‘I have always liked an older man and it’s refreshing that he sees me as intelligent.’

So, the dead grass on the other side can be green anytime ? LOL

Anyhow, this might be a made up publicity. We shall wait for the real news then.

Source and pictures from: Daily Mail

Another usual hiatus hit my blog (See my non-existent entry for June). Finally, my escapade to cyberspace was approved and I’m posting this entry. Actually, I was about to write a proper malay entry but my proper malay isn’t at good level anymore compared during my school days which was over 10 years ago. Okay, I shall save that golden post later.

So, are you bored and like to be silly? Well, I stumbled upon a show called Bored in Bikinis which originated from our neighbour down south. It’s quite surprising that they actually produced this show although we have been perceived that most Singaporeans are known to be reserved and conservative except for their famous bloggers. Yeah, I was astonished as well after watching the clips and the first thing popped up in my mind was the Beavis and Butthead.

The similarities are obvious. There are 2 persons with same gender, living together and the episode starts when both them watching TV and start talking or doing non-sense. I don’t know if the producer of Bored in Bikinis is aware of the similarities or they actually took the concept and made their own version. I must say, the 4 minute clip is pleasing more men than the other gender and it’s quite silly to begin with as you watch 2 female in tiny clothing, talking and behaving like they were supposed not.

Nevertheless, I let you decide after watching the clips.

Bored in Bikinis episode 1

Beavis and Butthead random episode 1

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Bored in Bikinis episode 2

Beavis and Butthead random episode 2

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Bored in Bikinis episode 3

Beavis and Butthead random episode 3

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Bored in Bikinis episode 4

Beavis and Butthead random episode 4

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p/s: I had a good laugh while watching Beavis and Butthead again as it brings out the fun memories of the 90’s. “Large fries, pie and large coffee now, you got me bubba?” LOL.

By now most of you have heard the news that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (T:SCC ) is cancelled. I received a call earlier today from Peter Roth at Warner Bros. and I appreciate both his personal and professional support throughout this show’s life. I know a lot of you are angry about the cancellation and want to find a place to direct your anger and to that I say do yourself a favor and find a way to move past it. Every network wants a big fat hit, especially one with a brand name behind it, and Fox was/is no different. They supported the show, they supported my vision of the show, and they gave it plenty of time to find an audience.
And what an audience we found: passionate, intelligent, kind of nuts in a good way. My only complaint about the T:SCC fans is that there aren’t ten million of them. But I prefer to be happy for the ones we had instead of lamenting the ones we didn’t.

Good shows are cancelled every year; smart shows, worthy shows, shows which move their viewers to write blogs and have viewing parties and create action figures and bury executives’ email accounts under thousands of messages. I miss Deadwood and The Wire and Arrested Development but thank God that I still have Rescue Me and The Office and a recently renewed Party Down written by ex-T:SCC writer John Enbom.

Bad shows are cancelled, too. And certainly there are those who did not like what we did and had their own vision for what a Terminator TV show should be. It’s easy to look at low ratings or cancellation as “failure” and for those who believe we’ve gone about this all wrong I’m sure today’s news will only serve to confirm a world view that I would never try to change. We’ve written the show as best we can, executed it to the best of our abilities, and sent it out in the world knowing that we worked out asses off to do something that wouldn’t be a waste of anybody’s forty-three minutes.

Thanks to a brave and talented cast, a feature crew working on a TV schedule, and everyone else who I could list but won’t because they know who they are. Mostly I’d like to thank those of you who’ve supported us and fought for us and given up hours of your life to watch our show. At the end of the day, that’s what it’s about. The watching.
Hope we do it again soon.

Josh Friedman

Posted on May 18th, 2009 by

Hadley

Source : http://www.fox.com/blogs/terminator

I know I’m a slowpoke when it comes to news. Actually I was quite disappointed to hear it in the first place maybe because it’s embedded in my mind that any TV flicks with pretty fembots will hit. Although many couch potatoes will disagree and the sloppy slow plot occurring at times, I’m quite satisfied with the show and watching the evolution of Skynet which something you can’t get in the movie. Ah, speaking about the movie, The Terminator Salvation is currently airing in cinema, and No, this time around there is no Arnie a.k.a T-800/850 to be the lead. Instead the new John Connor face(again), Christian Bale is the lead. Anyway upon the Fox’s decision, I’m definitely going to miss:

1. The hot momma Sarah Connor by Lena Headey. She is more motherly than the original Sarah portrayed by Linda Hamilton. Of course with the added combat skills made her a tough mom indeed.

2. The non usual and geeky John Connor by Thomas Dekker. Speaking of John, this John is smarter and more streetwise than in the movies (T2 and T3). Plus he’s good in electronics making brains over brawn any day.

3. Lastly, how we could forget the obvious fembot in the series, Cameron by Summer Glau. From being cold, heartless and even had its system corrupted and attempted to kill John, she managed to lure male fans to stick in front of TV while doing the usual Arnie chores.

To Josh Friedman, Thank you for delivering such a wholesome series. If only they can undo the cancellation, we as fans are more than glad although it’s the least possible decision to happen right now. Anyhow, if you never watch it before and a true terminator fan, try watching the original trailer below, who knows many will sign up the petition and other production house will pick up the series and resume it all good again.

Hot, hot, hot till September!

By BEH YUEN HUI

KUALA LUMPUR: Temperatures have been rising all over the country, with Klang Valley (Subang) recording 35.6°C last Friday.

Outside the Klang Valley, Pahang (Batu Embun) experienced the hottest temperature last Thursday at 36.2°C.

The Meteorological Department said the hot and generally dry spell was expected to persist until September.

Department chief assistant director (central forecast office) Ahmad Zaki Mohamad Saad said the weather pattern was a usual phenomenon in the country.

He said that April and May were the hottest months according to climatology studies.

“The change of wind direction during the inter-monsoon season last month has caused the weather to be drier,’’ he said.

Ahmad Zaki said the country would experience the South-West monsoon from mid-May to September which usually brought a dry spell, he said.

He said although humid weather was forecast during the day, occasional rain and thunderstorms could be expected.

The maximum temperature is expected to range from 30.7°C to 34.1°C.

Source : The Star

p/s : It’s really hot and sunny lately resulting in me getting sweaty and lazy, anyway thanks Muiz for reminding me to update.

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The music video is cute!

This is the first time I feel worth listening to Korean music. Thanks to Humming Urban Stereo who brought this song as I seldom fond of Korean music and culture, this is quite an eye opener.

Humming Urban Stereo uses the mere trifles of everyday life as its material for creating music. The band was created by Lee Jeereen, a 24-year-old man who is inspired by familiar things in life such as books, movies, food and friends. Thus, the lyrics of the band’s songs include lines from French movies. Sometimes, the songs are named after the title of a book by a Japanese poet that the composer had enjoyed reading. The ideas of kitsch-style by Lee Jeereen seem to lack seriousness but many times, include fun thrills. Listening to Humming Urban Stereo’s music, one naturally reflects into his or her own life. The band’s music can be simplified as something like a salad of mixed musical genres like bossa nova, acid jazz, lounge and house. The band’s music is light, smart and delightful.

From KBS World

Humming Urban Stereo combines acid jazz and lounge music, with some Latin / bossa nova rhythms. The sound is largely electronic – rhythms are programmed, and there are lots of fun synthesized effects. The music is written, arranged and programmed by the band’s leader, Lee Jeereen. It’s slick, polished and in the end a little bit sterile. It’s the sort of music you might find in an achingly trendy bar, where the customers are all so beautiful and hip, and more interested in talking loudly than listening to the music. The vocalists are nicely laid back, which suits the style of music.

From London Korean Links

Since I already tired listening to Shiina Ringo / Tokyo Jihen as my Asian genre slot, the group brisk music ala The Cardigans style and funky electro-pop will be populating in my playlist as for now. I never thought of Korean product would be up to this standard. Anyway, do enjoy their nice songs below

Yeah Eric, you win!

It has been confirmed that the latest installment of Entourage will be aired in the mid of 2009 as excerpt in wikipedia says,

HBO confirmed on October 6, 2008, that Entourage has been renewed for a sixth season with filming set to begin in March 2009. The episodes are set to air Mid-2009. Gary Cole has been confirmed to be joining the cast as a regular for the new season.[14] Tom Brady will be a special guest in an episode, as well. Autumn Reeser will also appear as a new junior agent in Miller/Gold. On March 6 2009, Dan Patrick of Sports Illustrated reported on his radio show that LeBron James would also make a cameo in an episode. Actress Jami Gertz will also be joining the cast, she will play Gary Cole’s wife. Aaron Sorkin recently confirmed on his Facebook Group he would be guest appearing on the show as himself. Israeli 2004 Miss Israel Gal Gadot will act as Vince’s girlfriend for several chapters. Also, in late February, 2008 it was confirmed that Alexis Dziena has been cast to play Ashley, a new “love interest” for Kevin Connolly’s character Eric.

Ok. Let’s wait patiently then .

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Takako Kitahara spun in my head again when I found her never seen before cooking video in youtube yesterday. Although she has retired from the scene last year, the internet seems disapproves her departure. From my observation she’s a bad cook maybe her talent is not suited there, besides cooking skills can be learnt, right?

Title : Prey

Author : Michael Crichton

Country : United States

Language : English

Genre(s) : Science fiction, Techno-thriller

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication date: November 25, 2002

Media type: Print (Hardcover)

Pages : 320

ISBN : 0007153791

Well, this is another Crichton’s sci-fi that I managed to finish rightly after ‘Next’. Something worth to read if you are into nanotechnology and as usual Crichton’s style is always putting a great disaster after a groundbreaking innovation in the history of mankind. Woops, no spoiler here. Anyway go read it yourself to know more.

p/s : Michael Crichton died unexpectedly of throat cancer on November 4, 2008 at the age of 66 (yes, he was smoker). To think that I finished his last book ‘Next’ few days before his death, yeah how mysterious.

Artiste : Manic Street Preachers

Title : The Girl Who Wanted to be God

There are no sunsets just silence
You could see that she was true and faithless
But see through the future and forget all the lies
Black out the words for the blind have eyes

I am the girl who wanted to be God
I am the girl who wanted to be God

There are times when you feel hopeless
Just for once for no-one else we are blameless
The dawn is still breaking its heaven is so high
She told the truth, told the truth and then she lied

I am the girl who wanted to be God
I am the girl who wanted to be God

Hold me she said love me to death

I am the girl who wanted to be God
I am the girl who wanted to be God

I am the girl who wanted to be God
I am the girl who wanted to be God

I pulled something random again, I love randomness, lol. The song was inspired from the title of chapter one in Anne Stevenson’s, ‘Bitter Fame: A life of Sylivia Plath’. Sylvia Plath is a poet (author of the Ariel poems) who explored holocaust imagery. She committed suicide on February 11th, 1963. Anyway, only now I just realised this song may intended as indirect sarcasm to this controversial poet. FYI my sister bought Manics album which included this song 11 years ago, yeah I know I’m such a slow-mo.

It’s Bar Rafaeli, the first Israeli supermodel ever made on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue front cover. Her name has become a household sensation and prior to her front cover debut, her picture covered a Boeing 737 of Southwest Airlines recently. As far as I remember there was not even one of the SI front cover girls made into commercial jet cover except for Bar. She’s currently dating actor Leonardo DiCaprio and once linked to a professional surfer Kelly Slater. How coincidence, Leo former girlfriend Gisele Bündchen also once associated with Kelly Slater too. Both Gisele and Bar are supermodel and what made me surprised is that Bar is barely 23 years old (note: Gisele is turning 29 this year) while her status and career is progressing mad like IDF forces raging towards innocent Palestinian children. Well, we all acknowledged that Jews around the world have dominated most of our modern day consumption. You name it Intel, Google, Coca Cola and etc. We are living in an era where we often bumped into jewish goods including Bar Rafaeli. To sum up, she is in the limelight where her popularity level is equivalent to the current Gaza Strip tension.

The latest edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Watch her interview with David Letterman.

Still not convinced she’s a fine product from Israel?

Listen to her thick Hebrew accent.

The Internet sources never lie but they are not meant to be accurate too.

Maybe she does not approve of IDF  ?

Quoted from her wikipedia entry:

In 2007, Refaeli became a source of controversy when it became known that she had evaded military service, mandatory for Israeli citizens over 18-years-old, by marrying a family acquaintance and divorcing him soon after.[19] Refaeli stated in an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, “I really wanted to serve in the IDF, but I don’t regret not enlisting, because it paid off big-time,” further adding, “Why is it good to die for our country? What, isn’t it better to live in New York City?”[19] Refaeli has since said the interview didn’t accurately reflect her statements and threatened to file a lawsuit for libel.[20] Consequently, the Israeli Forum for the Promotion of Equal Share in the Burden threatened to boycott the fashion chain Fox if they hired Refaeli, but the two sides reached a compromise in which the model agreed to visit injured IDF soldiers on visits to Israel and encourage enlistment in the army.[21]

She even hated by some of the jews

Quoted from anonymous internet comments:

BOYCOTT MEI EDEN AND BAR RAPHAELI. I DO!!

BAR RAPHAELI IS A DRAFT DOGGER AND DOESN`T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT OUR SOILDERS. SHE JUST WISHES TO PROTECT HER LUCRATIVE ADVERTISING DEALS.

I AM SICK OF THE LOT OF THEM, THE CELEBS AND THE MODELS.

HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO INSTILL PROPER VALUES IN MY CHILDREN IF THE STARS OF THERE TV SHOWS AND MUSIC ARE COOL AND SPIT ON THE ARMY!!

BAR RAFAELI IS UGLY!

If she visited Mars, the martians would not even let her collect trash! They would prevent her from propagatting so that there would not be anything left of her gene pool to threaten the wellbeing of their world. Lucky for her she lives between Tel Aviv and the great USofA.
Just because some people think she looks “attractive” on the surface, what is below the surface? Ok, she avoided national reponsibility, she leaves her country, she spends more on make up and new attire than giving to any poor who she must know something about, she cares not about her Judaism and romps with the goyim and thinks not of her future in relation to her heritage.
Go ahead Fox, make her your poster child!
What a laugh!

Thank goodness. I hope this forum is sucessful.

Personally I think all soilders should boycott celebrities that dodged the draft and the companies they represent.

They have alot of consumer power and should start using it.

Chag Haatmaut Sameach

I for one will never buy any item from Fox again, what are they thinking, employing Bar Rafaeli, my 12 year old feels the same way, and so does my 22 year old daughter. Fox should set an example and employ as models army going youngsters, not these spoilt celeb-tarts

Bar is too good to be present for Israel`s 60th Birthday celebrations. Bar doesn`t give a crap about Israel or Judaism! She hates Israel and is anti-semitic.

It`a all about money. Bar is evil!

Do you think she has a chance to become a good jew or she just another Israeli war machine?

Bar Rafaeli, please stop your countrymen continue attacking the innocent Palestinians. The kosher Google already showing more than half truths about Israel.

Picture courtesy of Gaza News