My Dad was recently involved in an incident where a gas tank exploded in front of him. The cap of the gas tank hit and burned my dad on his leg, at the same time, leaving him in a sate of shock for a few moments. He's now hard of hearing on his left ear. Fortunately, he was the lucky one, because his friend, who was hugging the gas tank, actually suffered a deaf ear as well as a fractured feet because of the impact that had caused due to the explosion.
I'm not sure what happened, and I'm not bothered to find know. But, after the incident, my Dad has been going around in our home spot-checking every bit of the house. Why? Well, that's because my dad's looking out for FIRE HAZARDS. Pretty unusual, I must say, but like he always said "better to take precautions".
I didn't bother at first and thought that he'll forget about in a day or two, but I was so wrong! My room, of all other places, was the most "jialat" because as from what he said, "your room has so many places where it can catch fire". I have plastic bags on the floor, Plastic bags full of toys near my computer and an area of wiring that is exposed to the window, which might in turn have bad weather and rain.
He's been pestering my brothers and I to clean our rooms, shift the fire hazard stuff. But being adolescence, we ignore him. We even made up things like to throw the iron away because it was a fire hazard. The stove too, the fish tanks, and the TV sets. My brother even volunteered to be thrown away because he said that he smoked, so he might catch fire.
Hahaha, the things that you would do, just so that you would not encounter it again. But if we throw all this away, who'll buy new ones for us? Money?
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Car Jumper
edited: It seems like I get to keep this blog skin! I managed to make the fonts bigger and now I'm much more satisfied! But credit still goes to the person who created this skin!!
A new blog skin. I like the pictures but am not so satisfied with it because the fonts are pretty small. It's kinda' irritating sometimes when you have to squint the whole time, while trying to read the post. I'll change to another soon.
Anyway, my favorite past time, is to watch the Ellen DeGeneres Show. I'm a great fan of her show and am always eager to watch her shows at 1.00PM or at 5.00PM every week day. I love how she is able to make the audience laugh, and how much she cares for things, especially animals.
Anyway, there were a few episodes where she showed a video of a guy and later even asked him to come to her show. This guy's name is Chris Bryant and he is able of jumping over a car. Yes, literally jumping over a car!
He wanted to be in Ellen's show and was actually invited to come. At the show, he was then asked to jump over 5 cars consecutively. And he actually did it with great success!
But he dreams were not just to jump over cars all day. He worked as a Bus Boy and he wanted to be in a Nike Advertisement.
Ellen was so willing to help him that she called Nike again and again until someone, i think the CEO of NIKE, agreed to see Chris Bryant.
He was so successful that he actually managed to be sposored by Nike to jump over cars, as an advertisement. Don't believe me? Watch this.
Superb jumps isn't it?
He was a bus boy and now he is a walking advertisement. He is so popular right now that he has given talks to schools all over America.
Now, i want to jump as high as him too. Hahah.
Anyway, Christmas is in a couple of days. So I'll wish EVERYONE, a VERY MERRY Christmas, and A VERY HAPPY New Year!
A new blog skin. I like the pictures but am not so satisfied with it because the fonts are pretty small. It's kinda' irritating sometimes when you have to squint the whole time, while trying to read the post. I'll change to another soon.
Anyway, my favorite past time, is to watch the Ellen DeGeneres Show. I'm a great fan of her show and am always eager to watch her shows at 1.00PM or at 5.00PM every week day. I love how she is able to make the audience laugh, and how much she cares for things, especially animals.
Anyway, there were a few episodes where she showed a video of a guy and later even asked him to come to her show. This guy's name is Chris Bryant and he is able of jumping over a car. Yes, literally jumping over a car!
He wanted to be in Ellen's show and was actually invited to come. At the show, he was then asked to jump over 5 cars consecutively. And he actually did it with great success!
But he dreams were not just to jump over cars all day. He worked as a Bus Boy and he wanted to be in a Nike Advertisement.
Ellen was so willing to help him that she called Nike again and again until someone, i think the CEO of NIKE, agreed to see Chris Bryant.
He was so successful that he actually managed to be sposored by Nike to jump over cars, as an advertisement. Don't believe me? Watch this.
Superb jumps isn't it?
He was a bus boy and now he is a walking advertisement. He is so popular right now that he has given talks to schools all over America.
Now, i want to jump as high as him too. Hahah.
Anyway, Christmas is in a couple of days. So I'll wish EVERYONE, a VERY MERRY Christmas, and A VERY HAPPY New Year!
Monday, December 17, 2007
Hady Mirza as the Asian Idol, and videos!
Watching the Asian Idol was a total waste of time. i was actually surprised that Ken Lim actually praised Hady Mirza for proving that he is actually ready as a Singapore Idol. I was watching the show with my mum and she constantly repeated "Aiyah he out lah!" whenever the camera was filming Hady's Face.
And my mum and I couldn't stand how Danial Mantana behaved. Yes, he may be cute, hot or whatever. But how could someone constantly flirt, talking about how compatible he and Phuong vy are, and making gross face expressions whenever phuong Vy's name was mentioned. I mean, Phuong vy is hot, but shouldn't he control himself? He's not filming for his own but this show is actually broadcasting all over Asia. And he actually tried to grab Phuong Vy by her waist, but she "poked", more like tickle him, so as to hint to him, to let go. I mean, if I were her, I would've slapped him on Live TV. This is not jealousy people, but imagine, you singing your daughter there, being flirtatiously handled, even touched. Wouldn't you be pissed off? I'm in no relation to Phuong vy, but I do care about this matter because youths nowadays ought to be aware of their actions. You don't know if she's a daughter of a King, or maybe is married! You can't assume and let your hormones take over you, just because you see someone hot. Anyway....
The results show was even more shocking as I didn't expect Hady to clinch the title. No offense to Hady's fans but I was expecting Jaclyn, Mau or Mike to win. A great disappointment as to how the Asian Idol was chosen. I personally feel that voting should not be used as a substitute for the scores of how well the singers can actually sing. This voting system however, is the choice because Governments from all around the world, use this as a disadvantage to us, because while we vote for our favorite idol, the government gains the money that we spent through the millions of SMS that that they get. I gotta' say, it's really a great entrepreneur mindset. But this, however, affects our talent industry because the "not so good" may have more supporters and votes than the "better" person and thus, the "not so good" gains popularity and the chance to be in the music/acting industry ,not because of his/her talent, but by the votes.
But I guess things can't be undone, and so congratulations to Hady.
Anyway, my Brother recently bought a new keyboard and mouse for his computer. And he wanted to give me his old one, which I didn't accept. The conversation ended with him being really pissed off. Here's how it went.
Bro: Eh, I bought a new keyboard and mouse. I'll give you my old one. Want?
ME: Buy for what?
Bro: Because the old one I use until not shiok already.
ME: Wth. Eh, I don't want the old one. I don't take third hand stuff.
Bro: Huh? What third hand?
ME: You buy it from the shop, which means you're holding it as second hand, and then
you use till shiok, and you hand it to me, third hand loh!
Bro: Wah, then aren't you second hand then? You did come out from mummy.
ME: Yeah, so did you. But when I get married, my husband's gonna get me as third hand
too.
Bro: Idiot lah you.
And he walks away, ignoring me and complains to my mum that I'm being naughty. Unfair right?
Anyway, before I end this post, I'd like to share some videos! All of them are Japanese videos but they're really funny. Enjoy!
HUMAN TETRIS - It's a game where the people have to form the shapes of the tetris in order to clear, and not hit against the moving wall.
Learning English - This is a game show where a class of students are made to watch a Japanese guy who has no clue about English. He has to read the book in English and the students can't laugh, or they will be punished!
Japanese Human Art - There used to be a show like this on TV, but I don't know if they still have it. I really love this show because if you look carefully, all the effects are made by Humans!
Marshmallow game - This game here, requires the contestants to try to eat the marshmallow, while being held against by the huge rubber band.
And lastly,
The Library Game - This is my personal favorite. See how far they can go through the punishments without making a sound, because they're in the Library!
And my mum and I couldn't stand how Danial Mantana behaved. Yes, he may be cute, hot or whatever. But how could someone constantly flirt, talking about how compatible he and Phuong vy are, and making gross face expressions whenever phuong Vy's name was mentioned. I mean, Phuong vy is hot, but shouldn't he control himself? He's not filming for his own but this show is actually broadcasting all over Asia. And he actually tried to grab Phuong Vy by her waist, but she "poked", more like tickle him, so as to hint to him, to let go. I mean, if I were her, I would've slapped him on Live TV. This is not jealousy people, but imagine, you singing your daughter there, being flirtatiously handled, even touched. Wouldn't you be pissed off? I'm in no relation to Phuong vy, but I do care about this matter because youths nowadays ought to be aware of their actions. You don't know if she's a daughter of a King, or maybe is married! You can't assume and let your hormones take over you, just because you see someone hot. Anyway....
The results show was even more shocking as I didn't expect Hady to clinch the title. No offense to Hady's fans but I was expecting Jaclyn, Mau or Mike to win. A great disappointment as to how the Asian Idol was chosen. I personally feel that voting should not be used as a substitute for the scores of how well the singers can actually sing. This voting system however, is the choice because Governments from all around the world, use this as a disadvantage to us, because while we vote for our favorite idol, the government gains the money that we spent through the millions of SMS that that they get. I gotta' say, it's really a great entrepreneur mindset. But this, however, affects our talent industry because the "not so good" may have more supporters and votes than the "better" person and thus, the "not so good" gains popularity and the chance to be in the music/acting industry ,not because of his/her talent, but by the votes.
But I guess things can't be undone, and so congratulations to Hady.
Anyway, my Brother recently bought a new keyboard and mouse for his computer. And he wanted to give me his old one, which I didn't accept. The conversation ended with him being really pissed off. Here's how it went.
Bro: Eh, I bought a new keyboard and mouse. I'll give you my old one. Want?
ME: Buy for what?
Bro: Because the old one I use until not shiok already.
ME: Wth. Eh, I don't want the old one. I don't take third hand stuff.
Bro: Huh? What third hand?
ME: You buy it from the shop, which means you're holding it as second hand, and then
you use till shiok, and you hand it to me, third hand loh!
Bro: Wah, then aren't you second hand then? You did come out from mummy.
ME: Yeah, so did you. But when I get married, my husband's gonna get me as third hand
too.
Bro: Idiot lah you.
And he walks away, ignoring me and complains to my mum that I'm being naughty. Unfair right?
Anyway, before I end this post, I'd like to share some videos! All of them are Japanese videos but they're really funny. Enjoy!
HUMAN TETRIS - It's a game where the people have to form the shapes of the tetris in order to clear, and not hit against the moving wall.
Learning English - This is a game show where a class of students are made to watch a Japanese guy who has no clue about English. He has to read the book in English and the students can't laugh, or they will be punished!
Japanese Human Art - There used to be a show like this on TV, but I don't know if they still have it. I really love this show because if you look carefully, all the effects are made by Humans!
Marshmallow game - This game here, requires the contestants to try to eat the marshmallow, while being held against by the huge rubber band.
And lastly,
The Library Game - This is my personal favorite. See how far they can go through the punishments without making a sound, because they're in the Library!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
American idol, Singapore idol, India idol!
Having to make comparisons of our Singapore Idol to American Idol, would be utterly disgraceful. For the fact that we had participants like Steven Lim (http://www.stevenlim.net/)
who tried so hard to nail a mediacorp contract. I'm in no position to judge this, but I think Singapore should have saved that film and not embarrass ourselves by broadcasting it on TV.
I do agree that there would be a bunch of insane people on every show that has an audition, even American idol had WANNA-BES. But Steven Lim is just too overboard.
If you don't agree, check this out.
He can't even speak in proper English!
Anyway, the main point is not NOT to criticize Steven Lim, but to actually give a standing ovation to India Idol! I myself, did not know that such a competition existed, until my brother showed it to me.
And I must say, that the winner, Prashant Tamang, is one fantastic singer!
I google-ed him and I managed to find his bio on www.wikipedia.org/.
Prashant Tamang (Nepali: प्रशान्त तामाङ) is a Kolkata-based singer and winner of Indian Idol season 3. He is the first contestant of Indian Nepalese origin to make it to the final rounds of Indian Idol and finally win. He is also the first person from the Indian police force to enter the final rounds. After the death of his father, Prashant, who was still in school, had to leave school and join Kolkata Police to support his family. He was a favorite to win the competition due to strong backing from the people of Nepalese origin and the Indian police force. Even as the results were yet to be announced on television, several news sources had reported Prashant's winning the competition.
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Prashant Tamang was born in Tungsung, Darjeeling, West Bengal to Rupa Tamang and Late Madan Tamang. He spent most of his early life there and studied in St. Roberts school. After the demise of his father, Madan Tamang, in an accident, he joined the Kolkata Police Force, succeeding his father. In Kolkata Police, he sang for the police orchestra. His family includes his grandmother, mother and his sister.
[edit] Indian Idol
According to the program commentary, Prashant tried out for Indian Idol because his friends and his seniors especially Mr. Zulfiqar Hasan, Special Additional Commissioner of Police(who incidentally also got Prashant's leave sanctioned for the competition) told him that his voice was very good.He auditioned in Kolkata. He received mixed comments from judges after his performances. He is the only contestant to have never been in the bottom 3 or 4 of the galas. He made it to the top 2 of Indian Idol 3 along with Amit Paul, before eventually winning the title.
Here are a few of the videos which he sang in.
I couldn't understand the song one bit, but i LOVED the way he sang the songs. Just. lovely. I can't wait till he releases an album of his own.
Speaking of albums, I blog-hopped and found out(from Yiling's blog), that Paul Twohill has released his own song.
I immediately played the song on the site and somehow, liked it. See, I'm not a great big fan of Paul Twohill, but I must say, that this song, does not have any Singaporean stuff to it. Like If you closed your eyes, you wouldn't know that a Singaporean did. Well, I'm just saying..
Anyway, I couldn't get any video to it, just this site. So go check it out.
Click me!
who tried so hard to nail a mediacorp contract. I'm in no position to judge this, but I think Singapore should have saved that film and not embarrass ourselves by broadcasting it on TV.
I do agree that there would be a bunch of insane people on every show that has an audition, even American idol had WANNA-BES. But Steven Lim is just too overboard.
If you don't agree, check this out.
He can't even speak in proper English!
Anyway, the main point is not NOT to criticize Steven Lim, but to actually give a standing ovation to India Idol! I myself, did not know that such a competition existed, until my brother showed it to me.
And I must say, that the winner, Prashant Tamang, is one fantastic singer!
I google-ed him and I managed to find his bio on www.wikipedia.org/.
Prashant Tamang (Nepali: प्रशान्त तामाङ) is a Kolkata-based singer and winner of Indian Idol season 3. He is the first contestant of Indian Nepalese origin to make it to the final rounds of Indian Idol and finally win. He is also the first person from the Indian police force to enter the final rounds. After the death of his father, Prashant, who was still in school, had to leave school and join Kolkata Police to support his family. He was a favorite to win the competition due to strong backing from the people of Nepalese origin and the Indian police force. Even as the results were yet to be announced on television, several news sources had reported Prashant's winning the competition.
[contents]
Prashant Tamang was born in Tungsung, Darjeeling, West Bengal to Rupa Tamang and Late Madan Tamang. He spent most of his early life there and studied in St. Roberts school. After the demise of his father, Madan Tamang, in an accident, he joined the Kolkata Police Force, succeeding his father. In Kolkata Police, he sang for the police orchestra. His family includes his grandmother, mother and his sister.
[edit] Indian Idol
According to the program commentary, Prashant tried out for Indian Idol because his friends and his seniors especially Mr. Zulfiqar Hasan, Special Additional Commissioner of Police(who incidentally also got Prashant's leave sanctioned for the competition) told him that his voice was very good.He auditioned in Kolkata. He received mixed comments from judges after his performances. He is the only contestant to have never been in the bottom 3 or 4 of the galas. He made it to the top 2 of Indian Idol 3 along with Amit Paul, before eventually winning the title.
Here are a few of the videos which he sang in.
I couldn't understand the song one bit, but i LOVED the way he sang the songs. Just. lovely. I can't wait till he releases an album of his own.
Speaking of albums, I blog-hopped and found out(from Yiling's blog), that Paul Twohill has released his own song.
I immediately played the song on the site and somehow, liked it. See, I'm not a great big fan of Paul Twohill, but I must say, that this song, does not have any Singaporean stuff to it. Like If you closed your eyes, you wouldn't know that a Singaporean did. Well, I'm just saying..
Anyway, I couldn't get any video to it, just this site. So go check it out.
Click me!
Saturday, December 01, 2007
12 days of Christmas
I spent the whole day yesterday, trying to fix the Christmas Tree. Based on all the Singapore kiasu-ism, my family is one of the Kiasu ones who will never fail to put up the Christmas tree around this time.
Christmas is the only celebration which I love most, because other than good food, and movies, songs, we get PRESENTS!
Anyway, speaking of the Christmas tree, I manage to complete fixing it, having to place the lightings and the decorative onto the tree( with the help of my mum, of course).
And I must say, our efforts were not wasted.
It's was dazzling, making every moment seem as though we were living in some enchanted palace. Exaggerated? hahha, many a little. But who cares.
Pictures below..
I call this "strawberry dipped in sugar". It doesn't look really nice in the day time. But see how it changes in the night.
This one really made the tree look "richer" in color. Just see how it shimmers in the lights.
This doesn't really show much at night, but it's still nice..
And this is my personal favorite. I don't know why but it make the tree all pretty and nice. hahah.
Oh, and we used rubies too. It looks really nice especially when it's dangling in front of the lights.
And last, the whole tree itself!!
This is how it looks like in the day time.
(Note: Ignore the Tv and the half opened door.)
And this is how it looks at night!
I'll be devastated if my dogs peed on the tree again, like last year, on Christmas eve. hahah, I think they wanted to mark their "territory" or something.
Christmas is the only celebration which I love most, because other than good food, and movies, songs, we get PRESENTS!
Anyway, speaking of the Christmas tree, I manage to complete fixing it, having to place the lightings and the decorative onto the tree( with the help of my mum, of course).
And I must say, our efforts were not wasted.
It's was dazzling, making every moment seem as though we were living in some enchanted palace. Exaggerated? hahha, many a little. But who cares.
Pictures below..
I call this "strawberry dipped in sugar". It doesn't look really nice in the day time. But see how it changes in the night.
This one really made the tree look "richer" in color. Just see how it shimmers in the lights.
This doesn't really show much at night, but it's still nice..
And this is my personal favorite. I don't know why but it make the tree all pretty and nice. hahah.
Oh, and we used rubies too. It looks really nice especially when it's dangling in front of the lights.
And last, the whole tree itself!!
This is how it looks like in the day time.
(Note: Ignore the Tv and the half opened door.)
And this is how it looks at night!
I'll be devastated if my dogs peed on the tree again, like last year, on Christmas eve. hahah, I think they wanted to mark their "territory" or something.
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