The great works of Willy
Zona and I went to see The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Zona got the tickets for free from Phillipa Yoong (She used to be our champion water skier and she is Alexander Yoong�s sister� if you don�t know who HE is then you are not Malaysian.) Love you Zon! She�s got great contacts that girl. =P *hugs* How could I turn down such a great opportunity? Hee hee� Zona picked me up early so that we could have dinner at December Mont Kiara. She knows the chef and my fettuccine salmone was superb. *smack lips* Well, everything salmon is out of this world for me. Hmm� why the term �out of this world� when clearly salmons spawn down here on earth? Anyway back to the itinerary. After dinner we pointed the wheel towards the Securities Commission Auditorium at Bukit Kiara and picked up our delightful Complimentary tickets at the counter. The seats in the auditorium were arranged very well indeed. No one was blocked by any fruit-laden hats a�tall. Everyone had a good view of the stage as the spacious seats were raised high and bolted to a steep 70-degree angle to the stage. I honestly didn�t know what to expect and I certainly didn�t expect what I saw for the next 97 minutes. The play was hilarious. It wasn�t so much so the plots that was funny but the interpretations of old and new jumbled together by the talented cast of Ezra Bix, Tim Schwerdt and Berynn Schwerdt; aussies. (Figures) Only Aussies can come up with such a funny and twisted version as this. =D They really took the deadly seriousness of Shakespeare�s work out and injected the play with a fusion of the new, the current and the politically correctness of today�s world. They have also adapted some scenes with some Malaysian flavour like singing in Malay and taking a jab at Singaporeans which we are wont to do most times. And there was the �please put all your money in HSBC bit� thrown in at the last minute! HSBC is the sponsor. Cute! I was laughing so much that I almost choked. Plus I had to constantly wipe my eyes as I was almost crying in laughter. The entire theater was awash in tears I tell ya. It was brilliantly done this play! I strongly urge you guys who have not seen it to go see it! The last day is this week Friday. After the play, we met up with Andy and his friends at Dharoos. My gawd I felt so old sitting among those college students. Bah� I am no longer a student. Wish I could scrap off the 03 in my ISIC student card and pen in 05 or something. Certainly will allow me more movie privileges. =P
Wednesday, May 07, 2003
Monday, May 05, 2003
Glue days of old
I've forgotten how fun it is to peel stuff off my body. All this peeling reminds me of those times when I was young when I would smear a light layer of glue over the back of my hand, wait until it dried and peel it off for fun. I wonder if glue is liable to seep into our skin and poison us... if that is the case, then I guess my number will be up soon. @_@ But I must say the action of peeling stuff off is most therapeutic, almost soothing to the inner senses. It must be the peeling action and the result of a perfectly peeled layer and all. I'm a weirdo. I thought I was the only one who did this glue thing but I'm not, coz the little girl in Amelie, the french film does it as well. Amazing, give children glue the world over and they still do the same thing with it besides glueing paper together. Hooray for evolution...
I've forgotten how fun it is to peel stuff off my body. All this peeling reminds me of those times when I was young when I would smear a light layer of glue over the back of my hand, wait until it dried and peel it off for fun. I wonder if glue is liable to seep into our skin and poison us... if that is the case, then I guess my number will be up soon. @_@ But I must say the action of peeling stuff off is most therapeutic, almost soothing to the inner senses. It must be the peeling action and the result of a perfectly peeled layer and all. I'm a weirdo. I thought I was the only one who did this glue thing but I'm not, coz the little girl in Amelie, the french film does it as well. Amazing, give children glue the world over and they still do the same thing with it besides glueing paper together. Hooray for evolution...
Sunday, May 04, 2003
Tourist questions for Australia
My sis Lee Na emailed me this little stomach twister earlier. Have a read. Remember, this is for laughs... I don't know for sure if this was really
posted on the Australian Tourism Website for real but obviously the answers came from an Aussie... =P
PS. re: question 18... i think Australia has some of the deadliest snakes in
the world... according to The Crocodile Hunter, at least!
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Question 1: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain
on TV, so how do the plants grow? (UK)
Answer: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching
them die.
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Question 2: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)
Answer: Depends how much you've been drinking
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Question 3: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the railroad
tracks? (Sweden)
Answer: Sure, it's only three thousand miles, take lots of water...
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Question 4: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden)
Answer: So its true what they say about Swedes.
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Question 5: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of places
to contact for a stuffed porpoise. (Italy)
Answer: Let's not touch this one.
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Question 6: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Australia? Can you send me
a list of them in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Hervey Bay? (UK)
Answer: What did your last slave die of?
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Question 7: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in
Australia? (USA)
Answer: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of
Europe. Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the pacific which
does not... oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in
Kings Cross. Come naked.
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Question 8: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)
Answer: Face south and then turn 90 degrees. Contact us when you get here
and we'll send the rest of the directions.
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Question 9: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.
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Question 10: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA)
Answer: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering
Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every
Tuesday night in Kings Cross, straight after the hippo races. Come naked.
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Question 11: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France)
A: No, WE don't stink.
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Question 12: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth.
Can you tell me where I can sell it in Australia (USA)
Answer: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.
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Question 13: Can I wear high heels in Australia? (UK)
Answer: You are a British politician, right?
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Question 14: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female
population is smaller than the male population? (Italy).
A: Yes, gay nightclubs.
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Question 15: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France)
Answer: Only at Christmas.
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Question 17: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all
year round? (Germany)
Answer: No, we are a peaceful civilisation of vegan hunter gatherers. Milk
is illegal.
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Question 18: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can
dispense rattlesnake serum. (USA)
Answer: Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come
from. All Australian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled
and make good pets.
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Question 19: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I
forget its name. It's a kind of bear and lives in trees. (USA)
Answer: It's called a Drop Bear. They are so called because they
drop out of gum trees and eat the brains of anyone walking underneath them.
You can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go
out walking.
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Question 21: I was in Australia in 1969 on R+R, and I want to contact the
girl I dated while I was staying in Kings Cross. Can you help? (USA)
Answer: Yes, and you will still have to pay her by the hour.
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Question 22: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA)
Answer: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first.
My sis Lee Na emailed me this little stomach twister earlier. Have a read. Remember, this is for laughs... I don't know for sure if this was really
posted on the Australian Tourism Website for real but obviously the answers came from an Aussie... =P
PS. re: question 18... i think Australia has some of the deadliest snakes in
the world... according to The Crocodile Hunter, at least!
------
Question 1: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain
on TV, so how do the plants grow? (UK)
Answer: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching
them die.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Question 2: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)
Answer: Depends how much you've been drinking
-----------------------------------------------------------
Question 3: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the railroad
tracks? (Sweden)
Answer: Sure, it's only three thousand miles, take lots of water...
-----------------------------------------------------------
Question 4: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden)
Answer: So its true what they say about Swedes.
------------------------------------------------------------
Question 5: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of places
to contact for a stuffed porpoise. (Italy)
Answer: Let's not touch this one.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Question 6: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Australia? Can you send me
a list of them in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Hervey Bay? (UK)
Answer: What did your last slave die of?
-----------------------------------------------------------
Question 7: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in
Australia? (USA)
Answer: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of
Europe. Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the pacific which
does not... oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in
Kings Cross. Come naked.
------------------------------------------------------------
Question 8: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)
Answer: Face south and then turn 90 degrees. Contact us when you get here
and we'll send the rest of the directions.
------------------------------------------------------------
Question 9: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Question 10: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA)
Answer: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering
Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every
Tuesday night in Kings Cross, straight after the hippo races. Come naked.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Question 11: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France)
A: No, WE don't stink.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Question 12: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth.
Can you tell me where I can sell it in Australia (USA)
Answer: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Question 13: Can I wear high heels in Australia? (UK)
Answer: You are a British politician, right?
-------------------------------------------------------------
Question 14: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female
population is smaller than the male population? (Italy).
A: Yes, gay nightclubs.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Question 15: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France)
Answer: Only at Christmas.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Question 17: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all
year round? (Germany)
Answer: No, we are a peaceful civilisation of vegan hunter gatherers. Milk
is illegal.
------------------------------------------------------------
Question 18: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can
dispense rattlesnake serum. (USA)
Answer: Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come
from. All Australian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled
and make good pets.
------------------------------------------------------------
Question 19: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I
forget its name. It's a kind of bear and lives in trees. (USA)
Answer: It's called a Drop Bear. They are so called because they
drop out of gum trees and eat the brains of anyone walking underneath them.
You can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go
out walking.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Question 21: I was in Australia in 1969 on R+R, and I want to contact the
girl I dated while I was staying in Kings Cross. Can you help? (USA)
Answer: Yes, and you will still have to pay her by the hour.
------------------------------------------------------------
Question 22: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA)
Answer: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first.
All I need is a tweezer...
I've started peeling on my shoulders and it is B.A.D. I emerged from a hot shower at my gym to a horrible sight - the water droplets not sliding down my skin as gravity dictates, but instead stuck like seedpods on my skin. Euuyuck� Another lady saw my shoulders and tsked sympathetically. So tomorrow my chore for the day is to peel my dead skin off with tweezers. I tried rubbing it off but it only chaff my new pink skin. The dead skin comes off very well if peeled with tweezers � in big brown chunks. =/
Starting gym
I started going to Phillip Wain officially on May 1st and I just got back from another calories busting session. Gosh I�m glad I finally bought membership � I feel darn good after a couple of hours of workout, and darn sexy too. It�s weird. I feel really, really good after each visit. After sweating and all I get to pamper myself to a hot massaging shower, then a steam sauna then a cold shower right after. Makes me feel fresh and sexy after. =P
I did a session of AeroKick and it was fantastic! It is just basically just boxing stance and moves incorporated into an aerobic session. It was fun. Learning to punch and all makes me make my dreams into reality and take up boxing lessons. Vijay thought it was very �war-like� of me to be so�. �aggressive�. What can I say? I have always like boxing (not sparring) but just boxing as a workout. I think it is cool.
I went to Lee Hoon�s office at Midvalley and we had to use the stairs as the elevators were not in operation. The moment we stepped into the stairwell, we were assaulted by the smell of urine. I really can�t comprehend how anyone could still be this backward and live in KL. This is a shopping mall, there are toilets galore. Pick one for goodness sake! But these stoooopid people are so inconsiderate and retarded that they piss in the stairwell of a Mega Mall. It really ticks me off that Malaysians are still so backward. These vandals really does have a kampung mentality that everyone thinks. If that is the case, they should be kept in cages until they are taught the fundamentals of hygiene and respect for property other than their own. It is things like this that makes me ashamed to be a part of Malaysia. Another good source of the urine could also be someone who came from across the Straights of Malacca. We all know whom. Gosh I�m really mad.
The Phoenix comes alive!
Went to watch X-Men 2 at TGV, KLCC with Vijay yesterday night. My gawd, the crowds� It felt like every KLite was congregated in that limited space of the TGV lobby. It was impossible to breathe, plus the theater was not ready as it should have been, thus the movie was delayed by 15mins, and consequently, everyone was jammed at the entrance to the theaters. And that is why I never go to TGV KLCC, but it was the only place that had tickets left for X-Men 2. Blech� I know I�m never going there again. I�ll stick to the comforts of GSC, Midvalley. The movie was good. But I don�t remember Ice Man ever being together with the X-men� plus Rogue and Bobby never got together� Rogue (in the comics) grew up and fell in love with The Archangel� a gorgeous piece of male specimen too� hee hee. These moviemakers really do twist and turn to their liking the original materials, don�t they? But I�m glad they might be including the Phoenix in the future. I wish they featured more of Lady Deathstrike. She was cool even though she was not in the comics, I think. Anyway, she was cool. They should have included more of her fighting scenes instead of those last 5 minutes in the end. And they killed her off, defeated by Wolverine, an inferior. Blech. Her adamantium was way cooler than Wolverine�s. =P
Later after the movie we wanted to go to Bangsar but there weren�t any available parking space (methinks everyone from the movie had the same idea�) so we detoured to Mont Kiara instead and sat at Lapas for drinks and talk. I didn't talk much I think. My throat was itchy and scratchy. Plus I drank orange juice for dinner futher aggravating my throat.... sigh... should have known better. Vijay did most of the talking. I was feeling tired and sleepy by then. Then this morning I woke up to a full-blown croaky throat. It was bad. I couldn't even say anything until I had a mug of hot Milo. So I slept in until 1pm when Lee Hoon woke me up to asked if I wanted to go to the gym. At first I just rolled over and croaked what I hoped sounded like a No, then I thought about it for a few minutes and decided the workout will do me good. So I rolled my fat self outta bed and trudge to get ready. Boy was I glad I went - came out feeling all fresh and sexy again. =P
I've started peeling on my shoulders and it is B.A.D. I emerged from a hot shower at my gym to a horrible sight - the water droplets not sliding down my skin as gravity dictates, but instead stuck like seedpods on my skin. Euuyuck� Another lady saw my shoulders and tsked sympathetically. So tomorrow my chore for the day is to peel my dead skin off with tweezers. I tried rubbing it off but it only chaff my new pink skin. The dead skin comes off very well if peeled with tweezers � in big brown chunks. =/
Starting gym
I started going to Phillip Wain officially on May 1st and I just got back from another calories busting session. Gosh I�m glad I finally bought membership � I feel darn good after a couple of hours of workout, and darn sexy too. It�s weird. I feel really, really good after each visit. After sweating and all I get to pamper myself to a hot massaging shower, then a steam sauna then a cold shower right after. Makes me feel fresh and sexy after. =P
I did a session of AeroKick and it was fantastic! It is just basically just boxing stance and moves incorporated into an aerobic session. It was fun. Learning to punch and all makes me make my dreams into reality and take up boxing lessons. Vijay thought it was very �war-like� of me to be so�. �aggressive�. What can I say? I have always like boxing (not sparring) but just boxing as a workout. I think it is cool.
I went to Lee Hoon�s office at Midvalley and we had to use the stairs as the elevators were not in operation. The moment we stepped into the stairwell, we were assaulted by the smell of urine. I really can�t comprehend how anyone could still be this backward and live in KL. This is a shopping mall, there are toilets galore. Pick one for goodness sake! But these stoooopid people are so inconsiderate and retarded that they piss in the stairwell of a Mega Mall. It really ticks me off that Malaysians are still so backward. These vandals really does have a kampung mentality that everyone thinks. If that is the case, they should be kept in cages until they are taught the fundamentals of hygiene and respect for property other than their own. It is things like this that makes me ashamed to be a part of Malaysia. Another good source of the urine could also be someone who came from across the Straights of Malacca. We all know whom. Gosh I�m really mad.
The Phoenix comes alive!
Went to watch X-Men 2 at TGV, KLCC with Vijay yesterday night. My gawd, the crowds� It felt like every KLite was congregated in that limited space of the TGV lobby. It was impossible to breathe, plus the theater was not ready as it should have been, thus the movie was delayed by 15mins, and consequently, everyone was jammed at the entrance to the theaters. And that is why I never go to TGV KLCC, but it was the only place that had tickets left for X-Men 2. Blech� I know I�m never going there again. I�ll stick to the comforts of GSC, Midvalley. The movie was good. But I don�t remember Ice Man ever being together with the X-men� plus Rogue and Bobby never got together� Rogue (in the comics) grew up and fell in love with The Archangel� a gorgeous piece of male specimen too� hee hee. These moviemakers really do twist and turn to their liking the original materials, don�t they? But I�m glad they might be including the Phoenix in the future. I wish they featured more of Lady Deathstrike. She was cool even though she was not in the comics, I think. Anyway, she was cool. They should have included more of her fighting scenes instead of those last 5 minutes in the end. And they killed her off, defeated by Wolverine, an inferior. Blech. Her adamantium was way cooler than Wolverine�s. =P
Later after the movie we wanted to go to Bangsar but there weren�t any available parking space (methinks everyone from the movie had the same idea�) so we detoured to Mont Kiara instead and sat at Lapas for drinks and talk. I didn't talk much I think. My throat was itchy and scratchy. Plus I drank orange juice for dinner futher aggravating my throat.... sigh... should have known better. Vijay did most of the talking. I was feeling tired and sleepy by then. Then this morning I woke up to a full-blown croaky throat. It was bad. I couldn't even say anything until I had a mug of hot Milo. So I slept in until 1pm when Lee Hoon woke me up to asked if I wanted to go to the gym. At first I just rolled over and croaked what I hoped sounded like a No, then I thought about it for a few minutes and decided the workout will do me good. So I rolled my fat self outta bed and trudge to get ready. Boy was I glad I went - came out feeling all fresh and sexy again. =P
Thursday, May 01, 2003
Change is never easy
Be it something important or be it a trivial matter, but bringing change to what ever it may be is never easy. If it is easy that how worth it is it to change it? Do we change it for the better or do wwe change ot for the worst? Better yet, do we usually change it just for the heck of it? Sigh. Just some random thoughts swirling about in my head... usually a sure sign I'm ready for bed. I shall carry them to my pallet and wade through them. Nite all.
Be it something important or be it a trivial matter, but bringing change to what ever it may be is never easy. If it is easy that how worth it is it to change it? Do we change it for the better or do wwe change ot for the worst? Better yet, do we usually change it just for the heck of it? Sigh. Just some random thoughts swirling about in my head... usually a sure sign I'm ready for bed. I shall carry them to my pallet and wade through them. Nite all.