Here's what I got in my inbox on Friday.

Dear Sir/Madam

Hi, my name jon,
We were juz setting up a new Singapore Blogsite list website.
The reason i email is i was wondering if u would like to JOIN in to our
blog toplist.
Iz a standard toplist website wif web statistic review.
http://Singaporeblog.net click join to sign in...
Appreciate it if u do join us...

Whatever, I thought. So I signed up... and happily watched my stats climb.

Postscript · If you have a Singapore-based blog, yeah, might as well go ahead and sign up with 'em. And watch your stats climb. If not, you can make Michelle sibeh happy simply by voting for this blog (1. click 2. enter 3. vote).

or a Colin Farrell, or a Chu Mei Feng, for that matter. Her case is (as the figures go) the biggest sexcapade to have hit our shores since Annabel Chong and is presently kicking up a storm in our otherwise 'conservative' city-state.

Well. Sex was supposed to be an erstwhile sacred activity, but now the mere mention of the word makes all of us ditzy. See. Everyone around the globe is lapping up everything pertaining to Tammy and her ilk. Seems to me this scandal is going to be bigger and bolder than your oft-watched tv soap opera.

Seriously, what is the phone-snitcher out to prove anyway? The only thing he/she has proven so far is his/her immaturity and insecurity.

I have a confession to make: i've seen the clip in question, and all i'll say is that it's comparable to your homemade porn tapes. Anyway, if you've landed here because you're looking for the said video, well you B.M.F.A. (i'm speaking for myself too), sorry! Now, go look elsewhere.

Excuse me now, I have to stow my handphone away lest someone gets to it and ups my details on some xxx site.

Karma usually bites you back in the ass, you know.

Prior to S. Rajaratnam's passing, the only knowledge I had of him was derived from my history textbooks, as I think was (and still is) the case for many other third and fourth-generation Singaporeans. When he quit the political scene 2 decades ago, many of us were still too young to understand the ways of the world. Only recently did I read more about him, this pioneer of Singapore, and how he worked tirelessly like a craftsman to mould and shape our modern day Singapore.

I didn't even know it was he who wrote our national pledge!

Yes sir, you will be sorely missed.

Read · Mr S. Rajaratnam - His Life and Times

I wanted to write a long post today, but the paracetamol tablets I took earlier are kicking in, so my head is getting really heavy. Just thought i would share pictures of some silly movie bloopers. And oh, please try to laugh while you're at it.


"Hiyah! Watch out for my Rolex ah!"


Caution: Do not pull the trigger.


When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Fly a plane.


"I no need weapon. I use walkie talkie."


Adidas lah, never see before is it?

More · Movie Mistakes

2 cases of crime in a mere 2 days; what are we turning into, a cannibalistic nation?
I cringe at the notion.

Read · Police arrest man involved in Serangoon murder
Read · Woman found dead in flat, husband arrested

While "Gold Lion" took some time to grow on me, I fell in love with "Dudley" almost instantly. It's somewhere along the lines of "Maps", quite a ballad-sy tune. Of course, if this is anything to go by, Show Your Bones will be markedly different from what was Fever To Tell.

Mp3 · Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Dudley (removed)
Read · Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Reinvent Themselves on Next LP

Labels: For Your Aural Pleasure

Karen O is to The Yeah Yeah Yeahs kinda like what Jenny Lewis is to Rilo Kiley: they're both charismatic frontwomen for their bands. I always had that impression, even though they are poles apart. Think Jenny "cute-as-an-button" Lewis versus Karen "i-love-sexy-fishnet-stockings" O.

The YYYs play what can be best described as indie-garage-punk music; raw vibes, smashing guitar riffs, plus kookiness all rolled into one. O usually loves to yelp with wild abandon, but on their latest outing "Gold Lion" (the first single off Show Your Bones) she coos like one cool feline to drums & guitars in the background.

Seriously, if you heard DJ Diplo's remix of "Gold Lion", you'd probably groove to that more. "Let Me Know", the other song on the single, is somewhat a big yawn for me.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for now.

Mp3 · Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion (removed)
Stream the video · Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion (via djmonstermo)
Buy · Gold Lion Single

Labels: For Your Aural Pleasure

Some accident happened at the intersection near my house couple days back. I didn't witness the incident, only the aftermath. It was nothing too serious though, the victim (presumably the owner of the lone bike involved in the accident) suffered a few cuts on his arm and chin. Was he trying to avoid some jaywalker? To think that less than 2 months ago we had a serious accident at the same crossing (that one involving a mangled heap of a bicycle and a slightly mashed-up car). Guess the next time I 学 周杰伦 (Jay Chou) 走路 (jaywalk, cheesy pun eh, but i couldn't help myself) i've to be real careful.