Archive for March, 2009

Since this was JJ’s wish to spread some rumours about him and his guest singer, Chrstine Fan Wei Qi, more fondly known as Fan Fan, then his wish shall be my command!

So, with the help of his little scheme of a finger-guessing game, JJ planted a kiss on Fan Fan’s right cheek, under the public scrutiny of all the ‘rumour-loving’ media, the ever-prying camera and with the blessings of his 10,000-strong screaming fans in Singapore indoor Stadium. Well, I, er, happen to be one of the 10,000.  

[Post Script: Due to a reader's question, it has come to my attention that not everyone might know Fan Fan is dating another celebrity nicknamed "Hei Ren" and the kiss was just a playful act. Nothing more, okay?]

The next time when you see a rodent and you instantly assume it’s a mouse, you should start to smell a rat.

If you’re confused, A Tale of Despereaux will sort it out for you. No two mice, er, ways about it!  

Despereaux (Matthew Broderick) the mouse is really, really cute. So cute that you have to find it cute – not ugly but adorable but cute and adorable – regardless of your race, language or religion.

“I take that as a hopeful sign,” Harvey says as Kate rejects an incoming call on her mobile. “If only you can give me a wider smile…” he continues teasing her. 

Kate (Emma Thompson) breaks out into a wider smile.

That is a scene where the despondent Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) meets Kate Walker, who is finding solace in her own company and a book, for the second time in a bar at the airport in the film Last Chance Harvey

Harvey tries to spin off a conversation between them while Kate seems only interested in finishing her novel and not to have anything to do with this stranger.

Today’s TODAY carried this news: All in the name of love. In a nutshell, the news says there are 8 Singaporeans who have been “recruited by West African syndicates to smuggle drugs”.

These eight have been lured with “promises of love and friendship” and “free holidays and cash payments”.

My knee-jerk response to this news was: “How could this happen? Don’t they think at all?”

Immediately after I said that, I knew I had made a judgment, and a bad one at that. Of course that can happen. Anything can happen when we allow our emotions to rule our heads! And don’t we find ourselves guilty of this so many times in our lives?

Although it wasn’t a revelation, still, when it happened, I couldn’t help but be amused by it.

I went for a meeting this afternoon. Among the atendees were three ladies, me included, and three gentlemen.

This was what happened:

When the guys saw me, only one said: “I like your hair.”

Compare this to the girls’ reaction when they saw me with my short hairdo: “Kloudiia, you cut your hair!”

“Yes, I did.”

“Nice! I like it.”

“Thanks!”

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

                        ~ Allan K. Chalmers

 

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