Friday, April 30, 2004

I just read in Seiko advertisement in the Readers Digest. It says this :

Its not your car.
Its not your friends.
Its not your job.

Its your watch that tells most about who you are.


Hmm... i don't wear a watch. What does that tell about me?
There IS justice after all. John Stevens finally got kicked out of American Idol yesterday, after singing one of the worst version of Music of My Heart i have heard in my life. Ah... its good. The interesting is, the two youngest girls seemed more upset than John. Jasmine Trias was crying like John just got cancer or something. Her makeup was running, the tears were flowing like crazy i tell you. Diana was crying too, but not as bad as Jasmine. Hmm... seems like Jasmine has a crush on the little redhead boy.

I also watched The OC yesterday. Interesting to find out that the main characters were only sixteen. They look like 19-20 yr olds to me, not sixteen. And they're awfully mature for sixteen year olds. And the female lead looks ultra-chio for a sixteen-yr old she's supposed to play. Ah, well. There are some sixteen year olds that look very, very, very beautiful anyway, so i guess it is believable.

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Sepp Blatter. Ring a bell? If you don't follow football, you probably won't have a clue who he is. Sepp Blatter is the President of FIFA. The world governing body of soccer. Basically these guys decide the rules. Now, Sepp Blatter is know as an idiot in the footballing world. He comes up with the worst of ideas. E.g, he suggested that in women's soccer they wear tighter shorts, skimpier tops. Basically showing more skin to boost the popularity of female soccer. Of course, he was slammed by the female soccer players. His argument was that female tennis stars do it. Well... while that may be true, the people that watch tennis for anna kournikova don't watch the williams sisters play. Mainly because the williams sisters look like men with boobs. So people who are not tennis fans will increase the television revenue because of t3h sex appeal of certain tennis stars. While that may mean more income, i don't think its actually good for the sport. Sepp Blatter also proposed having a World Cup every two years. Which is a stupid idea, considering the number of continent competitions already around(Euro, Asian, African, Copa America), which ALL have qualifying rounds. Not to mention the crazy club schedules of the footballers.

And once again, he proposes another idea. He claims that every sport loves winners, and he wants to introduce penalty shootouts at every game to force a winner. Anyone who watches football can tell you how stupid an idea that is. Even the S-League, which implemented something like that when EVERY OTHER FREAKING PERSON said not to cos its a horrible idea(teams may force a draw and hope to win the shootout, thus getting more points and making games very boring) has finally scrapped the idea. And now Sepp Blatter is proposing it. Lucky for us, none of his ideas have been implemented yet. But anyway, here are some MUCH BETTER ideas on how to settle drawn soccer matches :

How To Decide Football Games
You see, every now and then i bring my little sister to the playground so she won't be stuck on the computer or watching TV at home all the time. So i brought her down to the playground near my place to play. So we're playing at the playground, which had no sand ever since the HDB people decided that sand in a playground was not good, and demolished all sand playgrounds and put in those spongy, rough things that hurt you when you slide on them. I prefered the old playgrounds. But anyway, i was sitting down below that speaker thing that you speak into and there's another speaker thing that's on the other side of the playground. Then i got up. Forgetting about the metal thing above my head. I felt pain. Plenty of pain. Ow.

And the bump is still on my head today. And it still hurts when i press it. Maybe i should stop pressing it......

Monday, April 26, 2004

Apparently the men in Shanghai are pretty stupid.

Several Shanghai universities are giving boys a 10-point advantage over girls in the coming college entrance exam.
University officials said the move aimed to address the serious gender imbalance among students.
Shanghai teachers University, one of the renowned normal universities in the city, said it will try to keep the number of male students at no less than 40 percent of the total freshmen intake this year.
Boys have long tended to shun art majors or female-dominated professions such as teaching, which has led to a serious gender imbalance in local arts-featuring universities.
Sisu said girls accounted for 72 percent of its students. The proportion is up to 90 percent in local normal universities' English or literature departments, officials said.
"I always feel that I'm an alien when sitting in a class surrounded by girls. It's really very embarrassing sometimes," said Sun Xiaojian, a sophomore at SISU.
Xiang said the gender imbalance will have a negative impact on students' healthy development and hamper universities' goal of being balanced and comprehensive.
However, the preferential policies aroused strong opposition from local female students.
"It's absolutely unfair," said Zhou Fei, a local high school graduate who plans to enter for STU's business English department.
"Since girls put as much or even more effort into our study, why should we be considered inferior?"
Just because boys lagged behind their female peers in exams, everyone should compete on their own ability, Zhou said.
Xie xialing, a sociologist at Fudan University, said the policies were in response to social demand, rather than discrimination on females.


Man oh man... are we boys really THAT dumb?

Sunday, April 25, 2004

Lying on my table in front of me right now is an unopened gift. Its not a birthday gift(my birthday's in October, a long way away). Neither was it an appreciation gift for something I did. It was no special occasion; It was neither Christmas nor any other occasion where people exchange gifts. It was not the giver's birthday, and she did not win the lottery or get a windfall. Nay, it was a simple act of love extended towards all the youth(and some oldies *cough*faith*cough*) in the church. It was not only for a few select people that she really loved and cared for. It was for everyone. The gift wasn't something extremely special. It was but a few sweets in a transparent wrapper, lovingly tied together with a bright red ribbon. A straightforward, uncalled for act of love directed to the ones she loved(almost everyone). A gift when none is expected, for no reason whatsoever is the best gift, many people have told me. And how true that is. I, for one, am not one to give gifts. I am lazy bugger, even during Christmas and birthdays i hardly give anyone anything more than a signed card. Yet, here was someone who got up early to prepare gifts for so many people, just because.

Some may call her young, other naive, and still others flighty. But the fact is this : it is in the mind of someone so young, pure and innocent to the point of naivity that an idea for such a simple but great act of love was formed. We may claim to be older, wiser, and much less naive. But when was the last time we did someone for someone, on no special occasion, not expecting anything in return? And what's more, to people you don't even know all that well? Its easy to buy and do things for people we know and love so much(boyfriends, girlfriends, spouses, best friends...), but what about those we don't know so well? Maybe you have, but i for one, no matter how long i search in my memory, am unable to remember a time when i performed such an act of love.

People like that inspire me to do something more with my life. They need not be famous people, elders or pastors. Simple, everyday people that you can really see the love of God in them. These are the ones i really admire.

Matthew 18:2-4

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Friday, April 23, 2004

I do not believe this. I DO NOT FREAKING BELIEVE THIS!!! Latoya London, Fantasia and Jennifer Hudson were in the bottom 3. Thats the three best singers in the competition! That's not possible!!! What is wrong with America? Those three have been the most consistent singers!!! Jon Stevens wasn't even in the bottom three, and he's been singing so horribly over the past few weeks... sigh. America's gone crazy.

Thursday, April 22, 2004

Yesterday's American Idol was not bad. It was a Barry Manilow theme, which means everybody sang ballads. I liked it. Jasmine sang well(though i missed her flower), George Huff sucked, John Stevens really sucked at singing Mandy. Why is he still in? Jon Peter Lewis should still be in, not John Stevens!!! But hey, worse things have happened.

e.g. Ruben Studdard won American Idol 2 singing a WESTLIFE song!!

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

from Football365.com :
Interesting to see Becks 'lover' (or 'slapper' as The Sun has labelled her) Sarah Marbeck being all coy on Aussie TV show A Current Affair: "I don't believe in talking in graphic detail about what happens between two people when they're together."

So that definitely wasn't Marbeck who told the News of the World: "We started kissing each other all over, And then he began giving me oral sex. He had a very sensual technique. Finally we made love on the bed going through a whole variety of positions, though he was on top most of the time."

No, she'd never divulge that kind of intimate information...
Some things i have learnt since Sunday :

1: Sunblock stinks. As in, its smelly.
2: There is such a thing as putting too much sunblock, like in the case of sideburnz and dan. You will look like something out of the Lord of the Rings
3: There is also no such thing as putting too much sunblock, as both sideburnz and dan ended up with major sunburn. Correction - only Dan ended up with sunburn. Sideburnz just looks more malay than ever now, after turning red on that day itself.
4: Leg hair does NOT prevent sunburn on your legs. Sunblock also needs to be put on legs, especially when canoeing as your legs are above water.
5: As leg hair does not prevent sunburn, your legs turn as red as your arms
6: Sunburnt legs do not go well with long pants/jeans
7: Especially when squatting down to read newspapers. Ow.
8: When my face gets sunburnt, it doesn't burn my whole face. Rather, it chooses to burn only my cheeks and forehead, making me look like i put on too much rouge(you know, the red stuff girls put on, if i spelt it wrong). It also burnt my nose, making me look like some clown.
9: When your face starts to peel, DON'T HELP IT WITH YOUR HANDS. It hurts.
10: Peeling the sunburn off your face hurts even more when you bathe. The water hitting raw skin. Ow.
11: Whenever you go canoeing or swimming, PUT SUNBLOCK. Do not be like me, who for the 50th time or something got sunburnt because i think Sunblock stinks.
12: However, if you have a beautiful wife to help you put on soothing aloe vera thingie, or you have a beautiful wife to put soothing aloe vera thingie on, its not that bad.
13: But if you don't, like me, than it really sucks.
The following is extracted from TalkingCock.com

Jack Neo’s “Home Run” was a remake of the Iranian film, “Children of Heaven”, while in this year’s Film Festival, Djinn Ong’s “Perth” pays homage to Martin Scorcese’s “Taxi Driver”. Are we seeing a trend? Ho say ah! Maybe to jumpstart the imaginations of would-be local filmmakers, here’s a list of POTENTIAL SINGAPOREAN MOVIE REMAKES…

Dirty Dancing: Semakau Nights
Two lovers, who work on Pulau Semakau, Singapore’s offshore landfill site, practise for the upcoming CC dance competition. The dance moves are reported to be very hot, especially when they get too close to the incinerator.

Thaitanic
A large cruise ship to Thailand encounters trouble and ruins a budding romance.

Ah Malay
Similar to Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, this Singaporean remake is about a young Malay girl who’s very jambu, sial.

Bigger Fish
Rival luohan fish sellers try to outdo each other by telling tall tales about the size of their aquariums’ Flowerhorns. Alternative title: “What the Fish”.

Lord of the Bengs
One Beng to rule them all.

The Ringtone
Dial wrongly and some long haired woman will crawl out of your cellphone screen.

The Last Samseng
An ang mor guy gets involved with a local secret society and soon finds himself with a perm, a very long last fingernail and a habit of continually asking people why they’re staring at him.

The Cat in the Net
Follow the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority as they race to catch cats and cull them before they can spread SARS.

The Passion of the Fruit
A Pasir Panjang fruit wholesaler gets all cross when he sees his stock turned to a bloody pulp.

Wah Lan Rouge
A musical love story set in Geylang’s red light district.

Spore Wars: Attack of the Clone?
Will the young son give in to the Dark Side and become exactly like his evil father?

Ice Mountain
A local remake of ‘Cold Mountain’, this version is about a NSF who yearns for a refreshing bowl of ice kacang.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Tree
A captain pushes his platoon to the limit, by asking them to run towards a faraway tree, touch it and run back.

Lost in Transportation
A young girl and an older man find companionship somewhere on the North-East Line.

Pirates of the Coffee Bean: the Curse of the Black Pearl
A young entrepreneur copies the business concept of a popular coffee shop chain, but adds bubble tea to his menu.

Men in White
Mysterious men come to your house, remove things they deem undesirable and wash your brain of any unpleasantries.

Monday, April 19, 2004

I went canoeing yesterday. It was good, despite the fact that my arms and face are now sunburnt. I regret not putting on suntan lotion, but i'll probably do the same thing next time around. I got motion sickness after about an hour or so of canoeing. But hey, all in all it was great fun. But the most fun for me came after the canoeing was done.

Happily deciding to walk to McDonalds to meet up with the rest, we found along the way a shopping cart. The NTUC shopping cart had the one dollar plied out of it. So we decided to use it for a while. One of my friends jumped into the cart and we dumped our bags on him and pushed him to the McDonalds. Along the way, we got plenty of stares and people laughing at us. Ah.. it was good. But, as we neared our destination, two policemen stopped us. We got a small scolding, before being called immature and told to stop using the shopping cart. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

Friday, April 16, 2004

Its interesting the songs the radio plays nowadays. In the past, Pop was king. They played plenty of pop songs, boyband songs, etc etc. Then, Pop slowly fizzled out with the rise of R & B and Hip Hop. About a year ago, R & B and Hip Hop started becoming insanely popular. Every other song played on the radio was an R & B song. Then 3 out of 5 songs were R & B and Hip Hop songs. But recently, Pop songs are making a comback. I'm glad for it, cos i'm a BIG fan of Pop songs, especially ballads. But why the comeback? Why are the radios playing more Pop songs? Well, we have the Pop Idol series to thank. Or I, rather. Think about most the popular Pop singers nowadays...

Clay Aiken - American Idol 2 Runner Up
Ruben Studdard - American Idol 2 Winner
Kimberly Locke - American Idol 2 Second Runner Up
Kelly Clarkson - American Idol 1 winner
Will Young - Pop Idol(British) Winner
Gareth Gates - Pop Idol Runner Up
Darius - Pop Idol Second Runner Up
Guy Sebastian - Australian Idol winner
Kurt Nilsen - Norwegian Idol & World Idol winner

Interesting, ain't it?
I just read that Fann Wong is selling slimming pills. Yes. I repeat again. Fann. Fann Wong. Fann Wong IS SELLING SLIMMING PILLS! That skinny, scrawny bamboo of a girl who will probably be blown away by the wind if Christopher Lee wasn't there to hold her down is selling slimming pills for a company called Xanda. If Fann Wong is using slimming pills, i wouldn't be surprised if Simon Cowell writes a book "How To be Nice to American Idol Hopefuls and Not Make Them Cry".

Behold, Bush opens his mouth and makes a mistake again.

Bush, long known for his grammatical conundrums and confusing phraseology, told reporters twice during Tuesday's prime-time news conference that 50 tons of mustard gas were discovered at a turkey farm in Libya.

On the second occasion, he was responding to a reporter who asked him to identify the biggest mistake he had made since the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington that killed nearly 3,000 people and prompted the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

He could not. But as he searched for an answer, the Republican president reaffirmed his decision to invade Iraq and said weapons of mass destruction may still lie hidden there.

"They could still be there. They could be hidden, like the 50 tons of mustard gas in a turkey farm," said Bush, referring to Libya's voluntary disclosure of weapons in March.

The next day, the White House said the accurate figure for the Libyan mustard gas was 23.6 metric tons, or 26 short tons, not 50 tons.

Moreover, the substance was found at different locations across Libya, not at a turkey farm. And observers did not find mustard gas on the farm at all, but rather unfilled chemical munitions, the White House acknowledged.


Woah... you would think, that perhaps, being the President of America and all, the most powerful country in the world, he would actually bother to get his facts right....

Thursday, April 15, 2004

I was reading some letter written in to the TODAY newspaper yesterday about the importance of househusbands. Which got me thinking. Feminism has gone one whole round, so much so that a lot of the times women have more freedom to do things they want then men. To use an often quoted example, when a woman doesn't want to get married, she's being independant. When a man doesn't want to get married, he's afraid of commitment. And it works exactly the same way with stay-at-home husbands. See, women nowadays are encouraged to have a career. In fact, when they are succesful, people applaud them for it. If the women choose to stay at home to look after their husband and kids, they are also applauded for putting their family first, caring so much and making so many sacrifices for the people they love. What about men? Men have a career because they're expected to. Even if they are not the sole breadwinner, they are expected to BE a breadwinner. When men choose to be a stay-at-home husband, they are usually looked down on by many men and women. Its like they're not 'man' enough to go out and work.

I admit that in not so developed countries like some parts of China, India and Africa, are still being abused and discriminated against. But in many developed countries, women actually have so much more freedom to do what they want than their male counterparts. *shrugs*

Tuesday, April 13, 2004

If the papers are to be believed, David Beckham is one of the most unfaithful husbands in the world. From having a squeaky clean image, he is now known around the world as an adulterer. More than 9 women have apparently slept with David Beckham, one of them right here in Singapore in 2001. Man, oh man. I'm a big fan of David Beckham. While i don't doubt that he may have slept with someone, 9 women just seems a bit too much for the man. Ah, well. What do I know.

I hate flying insects. Call me a sissy or what, but i'm just terrified by them. Two days ago a flying insect flew into my room and landed on my bed. I totally freaked out. Pushing my pillow aside with an insecticide spray, i tried to find the little creature. No success, it had dissapeared. I didn't dare lie down in my bed for about 10 minutes. Even after that, i couldn't sleep for some time. Its not easy, with the knowledge that somewhere in the room a flying insect was lurking. Yesterday, it appeared again. But this time i saw it in time. Spraying the bugger with too much insecticide(i think), i finally killed the flying cockroach. Ah... i could have a good night's sleep last night.

Flying insects suck.

Sunday, April 11, 2004

I love writing. I always have. I thorougly enjoyed any compositions i had to write during Primary and Secondary school. Quite a while back i started my first 'novel', which was left incomplete after like 4 chapters or so. Currently, i'm writing another 'novel', which is in its 8th chapter. I have an average of 1000 - 1500 words per chapter for that novel. Its published online, but i'm not going to give any links until its complete.

However, i do have another story i've co-written with someone else that is complete. It is a fanfiction on Batman and Albert Wesker of Resident Evil. I've written about 50% of the 10,000+ word story. And now i'm sharing it with everyone. If you have been visiting my blog for a long time, you will recall that i frequently participate in story writing things such as Survivor, where we continue a story and people get voted out. I also have already written Batman vs Wesker some time back as a duel, the link i posted here. BUT i have edited the story greatly, and i believe its much, much better now.

So... make time to check it out. If anything, do it for me and give me feedback. No other way for me to improve, except by criticisms. Or just read it because i'm the one that wrote 50% of it. Hopefully its not the worst 50% of it. hehehe...

Anyway, the story is :

Another Night in Gotham City

Read it! Read it NOW!!!! Please?
Yesterday i watch The Passion of the Christ with a few of my friends. It was not as bloody or as violent as i thought it would be. In fact, i thought Jesus of Nazareth has a worse nailing of Jesus to the cross. I did not think that The Passion was any better than Jesus of Nazareth. Visually The Passion's torturing of Jesus Christ was visually more impactful, but Jesus of Nazareth told the story better.

But after the movie, all the people i was with had one common goal : TIME TO GO HOME AND DO QT!!!!! And its so true. There's not much else you want to do after watching a movie like that. My Savior suffered so much for me. He went though so much pain. And yet, here I am sometimes forgetting to talk to the God who gave up his life for me. Not putting the Person who suffered so much so that i could live first in my life. If another human should lay down his life for me, i'd be eternally grateful and treat that person extra special. But sometimes i just forget about God. Sigh. Forgive me, Lord. I promise to the best of my abilities and with Your grace and help, to put You first in my life.

Above all powers, above all kings
Above all nature and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began

Above all kingdoms, above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure what you're worth

Crucified
Laid behind the stone
You lived to die
Rejected and alone
Like a rose
Trampled on the ground
You took the fall
And thought of me
Above all...

Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Today, as i left school, i had the following conversation with my group mate :

Me : Ok, see you.

Friend : Yeah. I need to go back and establish a connection with the mysql database and try out my servlet program.

Me : I need to go home and play game.

Friend : I also need to finish up the program for calculating the rate of mutation for all nucleotides.

Me : I need to go home and watch soccer.

I wonder who's lazier.

Anyway, this morning on The Morning Express they were talking about submissive women. Should women be submissive to their husbands? The Morning Express guys, all Christians(if you believe it) said that its stated in the bible. And is true.

Ephesiasns 5 : 22-23 - Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior

Wow... That's probably made plenty of feminists angry. Who says women need to submit to men? What rubbish. Not in this time and age. But what about the bible? Isn't the bible supposed to be relavent at all times? Then i remember what Faith said to be quite some time back, when i was being bombared by questions about texts like that from a female church member whom i was having bible study with.

"If you're not willing to obey your husband, why are you marrying him?"

The more i think about it, the more i think its true. If a woman marries a man, its because she loves him. And if she loves him, she will want to obey him to make him happy. The man, if he truely loves his wife, won't abuse that. Rather, he will listen to her and respect her for the beautiful woman that she is. A man is supposed to treat his wife the way Christ treats the church. Which is putting her above everything but God. Treating her infinite love and respect.

That doesn't sound very easy to me. If i ever get married, i sure hope i can live up to that.

Monday, April 05, 2004

Ah.. so i comment on the Miss Singapore Universe pageant. Then I find out who the person is on Faith's blog. Apparently, she is a Seventh-day Adventist from Thomson Chinese Church. So i go check out the name of the person. Its Sandy Chua. Sandy who? I have absolutely no idea. The face does look vaguely familiar, so i may or may not have seen her around. But hey, to me, she still doesn't look like a Miss Singapore Universe winner. I'll admit she's maybe average. Perhaps even a little pretty. But definitely not beautiful. But i'll say sorry for saying what i said. Sorry, Sandy Chua. I take back the comment that she looks ghastly. She's all right. But Jamie Teo is still the best Miss Singapore ever.

And the Miss Singapore Universe contestants fight back.

Many people have been dissing the Miss Singapore Universe contestants. But in the TODAY newspaper, they have something to say.

Yesterday, Sandy and her fellow contestants received a rude shock when they became the target of critical newspaper reports, which described them, among other things, as short, flat-chested Ah Lians and aunties.


Said the Sandy Chua, winner of Miss Singapore : "I was quite overwhelmed when I was picked as Singapore's Miss Universe representative. But when I read the articles written about the pageant, I felt that whatever was written was not really true."

"I think that many of us showed a lot of daring to sign up and take part in the contest. It shows our courage. I just felt that the articles were not objective and were unfair to us."

First runner up Marilyn Tan continued : "People have the right to say what they want but I think they should help each other to encourage other Singaporeans and not slam them with nasty comments. What about the spirit of competition and participating?"


You know what? now i feel bad. These girls showed plenty of courage to enter the pageant. They knew they would be scrutinized(how do you spell that again?), criticised and slammed by the general public. But they were confident enough, and dared to do it. Dared to try, dared to do what many other women did not. I now have respect for these girls. Good job on trying.

If only they were more beautiful.

Sunday, April 04, 2004

I was reading in The New Paper on friday that an australian court arrested and fined a mother for hitting her child. The child was making a big fuss in a supermarket, grabbing things off the shelf and making a nusience of himself. When his mother stopped him, he threw a tantrum and started crying on the floor, refusing to get him. So the mother hit him a few times on the back of the head, then dragged him out of the store. A waitress saw it, and called the police. The court charged the mother will assault. I'm a firm believer of spare the rod and spoil the child. I would whack my children next time(if i ever foudn a wife and had any) when they misbehaved, although not with my hand(the whole thing about association and stuff). So i believe that woman was right. A parent has a right to discipline a child. However, there is a fine line between abuse and discipline. And walking that line is tough for any parent. Parenting a difficult, thanksless job. Sigh.

The Miss Singapore Universe winner looks like the face kena langah by lorry. Or rather, she looks absolutely ghastly. The rest of the contestants looked worse, so i'm not surprised. Its almost as if they're picking the worst of the Singapore women. Even though they lowered the height requirement to 1.6m, they still got a whole lot of ugly women. What is wrong, i ask you, what is wrong? Why are the beautiful women staying away from Miss Singapore Universe???

Thursday, April 01, 2004

Jasmine Trias is one of my favourite contestants this year. To quote Simon Cowell, she's young, she's cute, she's from Hawaii and she's got a flower in her hair! And to top it all off, she's one of the best singers of this year's competition too! This is what the Jaded Journalist had to say about Jasmine's performance in his weekly re-cap :

Jasmine Trias is going to cover a song written by Ashford & Simpson now. Always dangerous. I mean, you're opening yourself to a criticism like, "Hmm, I liked it better when I was in the studio with Marvin Gaye on this one." But it's bold! Jasmine comes out and immediately proceeds to flirt with the bass player. Always the best band member to flirt with. Proven fact that the bass player is the coolest guy in any band, as my man Bert Windell can attest. Ashford really liked Jasmine's performance, which should count for a WHOLE lot, and Simon was a fan too. And nobody shouted at him this time! Everybody wins!

Cool, eh? Go all Bass players! You're the coolest!
Singapore lost 2-1 to Japan yesterday. That's right. Your eyes are not fooling you. 2-1. I thought they'd win like 5-0 or something, but Singapore played extremely well. Surprisingly well. They almost drew the game, with Japan needing a late 82th minute goal to win. Japan's captain, Nakata, slammed the Japan players and praised Singapore's performance. Well done, Singapore. I applaud you. You played with pride, and didn't put ten men behind the ball. You actually attacked, and got a goal. Great job!

Was watching American Idol results show just now. The bottom 3 were Latoya London, Amy Adams and Jennifer Hudson. Amy Adams went home. Not that surprisingly, though many did expect Camile to go home. Amy Adams was one of the better performances of the night, but you can tell she can't compete with the likes of Latoya, Fantasia, Jasmine and George Huff. But what was interesting was this. When Latoya was called down instead of John Stevens, the camera kept focusing on John Steven's face. About 5 times in those final 5 minutes. The poor boy was so sad it looked like he wanted to cry. He had arguably the worst performance the day before, and he knew, as well as everyone else, that he deserved to be in the bottom 3 more than Latoya, although he definitely wouldn't be voted out. But hey, regardless of whether or not he wins or gets runner up for American Idol, i suspect he will get a record deal anyway. His voice is special, unique. Like something from the past. No surprises that his favourite artiste is Frank Sinatra. People would buy his album, just like people bought Michale Buble's album. I have no doubts about it. The boy can sing, but the winner of American Idol needs a powerful voice with a huge range. Something John Stevens doesn't have, but Jasmine, Fantasia, Latoya and eve Jon Peter Lewis(when he's on form) has. So he may not win, but i do hope he gets a recording contract. I really believe he will sell.