“..oh BUG OFF!!..”

It’s been excrutiatingly .. painful.. yes. painfull that’s the word.. a painfull last two nights..

Last night.. it didn’t occur to me it was OSCAR NIGHT.. yeah even though it was telecast LIVE in the morning they would screen it in the evening too for the benefit of the general population who didn’t catch it Live..Not that I’m complaining but i generally don’t like award shows.. they’re long.. draggy.. and boring. As it that wasn’t painfull enough, the entire mosquito population of Singapore just happen to show up in my room that night.. I mean it was buzzing ALL NIGHT..my arms .. legs and thighs.. tummy and chest (er I sleep in my boxers ..).. were all fodder for the marauding mozzies.I had at least 10-20 bites on my arms alone…they kinda showed up around 2ish-3…and by 5:30 i couldn’t stand it.. i just up and left my room went to shower.. Adik (in her towels) had a shock of her life i was up so early.. she’d been preparing to go to work (attached to NUH this few weeks).. She complained too of the mozzies..and showed off her battle scars from the night before.. we came to the conclusion that it was the dumpster sitting in the carpark that might have been the culprit of the sudden surge in the mosquito population in the area.It was one of those big tipping dumpster thingy that would load up the back of a truck and It’d been sitting there for 2-3 months now, and even though it had some form of tarp covering, we could see that there were holes in it, and the inside of the dumpster could have been a festering pool of mozzie breeders.

When I got home yesterday, however, the dumpster was mysteriously missing. I’m guessing some other residents began having mozzie misadventures and had complaint. When Adik got home later, she also commented,” heh the dumpster is gone.”

 So i’m thinking that’s the end of my mozzie mania. I .. WAS … WRONG…  bzzz bzzzzz *bite*thwap*thwap*bzzzzzzz*scratch*scratch* 

tonight .. i will wage war on the mozzies.. I will fight on the bed… I will fight in front of my TV.. I will fight on the window sill and on my cabinets. I will defend my body.. whatever the cost maybe .. I WILL NEVER SURRENDER!!

*mental note buy many many mozzie coils and insect repellent*

That aside, back to the Oscars..

Hugh Jackman for a very longtime has been on of my favourite actors. But i wondered how he would fare. yeah I know what I said about awards shows ..and the last few.. in fact up from 1984, the oscars were hosted by a comedian of some sort , who would give  a light hearted opening skit.  He didn’t fit into that mould.. yesh he is an Emmy Award winning Host (for the Tony Awards).. but..yeah  so i got to watch his opening skit on Youtube.. and wow.. just wow.. I guess he did a good job..

good stufff..

“.. fear not ..”

Came across this site … Got it from Ananth, who got it from Yuko, who got it from Jess. Who is Ananth, Yuko and Jess? Noone I know personally.. lol .. Anyways got this link from Applegeeks.. and I must say even though the photos creep me out.. they are amazing.. According to the the photographer Joshua Hoffine

“…I stage my photo shoots like small movies, with sets, costumes, elaborate props, fog machines and make up. I use hotlights rather than strobes, because they give me better fog effects as well as a warming colour shift.My images are not photoshop collages.I use photoshop to finesse details and to adjust color and contrast for printing.I use friends and family members as actors and crew.Everyone works for free. We do it for fun….”

simply wow..really stunning images.. IMHO.. it captures the mood of fear… and they don’t come cheap either (USD$900 for a 22″ x 22″ print)..

on a totally unrelated topic.. I draw attention again to the current season of Britain’s Got Talent.. and another gem .. Kid’s name is George Sampson..bloody brilliant..

 

“..got talent..”

Well most of us know of America’s Got Talent thanks to Mediocre’s..oops MEDIACORP’S faithfully keeping the tradition of showing overseas shows a full season behind broadcast release. And of course AGT features has beens Brandy and The Hoffman himself David Hasselhoff on the “judging” panel along with the Brit chap(i forget his name). Needless to say we also know the the yanks have a knack of taking Brit Variety shows and running with it (Whose Line Is It Anyway.. and uh,, yeah IDOL)..this of course is a Brit idea.. I for one enjoy the Brit version of “Got Talent” then the American one.. And of course this following video made me smile on a day that , before viewing this , brought none…. enjoy.. I know I did

".. Boston Legal.."

I have this thing going on with late night TV nowadays. I don’t brood and stare at the walls all night when I can’t sleep anymore. I watch late night TV. Some of the shows are old . Not really old but you know us heathens in Singapore are so behind on good TV ( but this one is a Re-run.. yeah late night tv is FILLED with re-runs). This one really made me chuckle..

Alan Shore: [referring to a book about parasites found on salmon] This book, “A Stain Upon The Sea” it’s all about these sea lice.
Denny Crane: Interesting.
Alan Shore: They call them cling ons.
Denny Crane: Did you say Klingons? (raises eybrows)

and then there was the time when Denny Crane flips open his handphone.. and the sound effect that came one was the sound of the Starfleet Communicator.

It just cracks me ups .. WHO IS DENNY CRANE ? you may ask.. (of course this only applies to the general Singaporean public) well his “legacy” is the ONLY thing . that.. uuhm ..Lol..ROTFL

William Shatner as Denny Crane on Boston Legal

can you believe that I once stopped in the middle of sex to watch Star Trek?? .. Lol it just so happens the “other half” was also a Star Trek Junkie.. lol.. Both of us had a good laugh after that.

Beam Me Up Scotty..

".. I just called to say I Love You.."

It was Stevie night on American Idols yesterday. Stevie Wonder is like one of my absolute favourite singer/songwriter ever. Right up there next to Paul McCartney, and Elton John. I Just Called To Say I Love You was the first song I’d ever learnt to play on the piano, and the electone when I was 10. (First I learnt to play on guitar was Live and Let Die) Even when I got through to the second audition for the last SG Idols my audition piece was a Stevie song. (I got knocked out singing Boyz II Men – Thank you). Earlier this year on a whim I also mulled back and forth to go for SG Idols, at the very last minute I decided to go for it. The song I had in hand for the audition wasn’t by him but he did sing the version that I liked ,For Once In My Life and my backup was You Are The Sunshine Of My Life. *you sappy bastard Shidy*
Any way.. never did get to this years audition because of a nasty nasty throat infection. And from last night’s performances , I liked Taylor Hicks for his superb energy(as usual). I wished that Gideon hadn’t been voted out last week . I mean Bucky Covington?? *brrrr* . But the best performance was Lately, even though she did mess up the lyrics abit.. Beautiful Song.
[edit] After Idol Results show: Ahaaa .. she got voted out. What a pity. IMHO she outperformed some of the other contestants but that lyrical mistake cost her. Ace is getting by with his good looks. Kelvin is getting by with his little girlie fans. Bucky is getting by.. HOW? I don’t know. but to me these three are the weakest performers but hey what do I know.. Lookingrward to more good music next week [/edit]

Got on my guitar last night when I couldn’t sleep. Lol It is possible to figure out the chords in less then five minutes.. I recorded myself on Rusty (remember Rusty my laptop?).. Maybe I’ll put it up here some day.. but for now I’ll leave all my screeching on Rusty.

Lately – Stevie Wonder
Lately, I have had the strangest feeling
With no vivid reason here to find
Yet the thought of losing you has been hanging
around my mind

Far more frequently you’re wearing perfume
With you say no special place to go
But when I ask will you be coming back soon
You don’t know, never know

Well, I’m a man of many wishes
Hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel my eyes won’t let me hide
’cause they always start to cry
’cause this time could mean goodbye

Lately I’ve been staring in the mirror
Very slowly picking me apart
Trying to tell myself I have no reason
With your heart

Just the other night while you were sleeping
I vaguely heard you whisper someone’s name
But when I ask you of the thoughts your keeping
You just say nothing’s changed

Well, I’m a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel my eyes won’t let me hide
cause they always start to cry
cause this time could mean goodbye, goodbye

Oh, I’m a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel my eyes won’t let me hide
cause they always start to cry
cause this time could mean goodbye