the deedee show.

LEMON

2008-09-10T20:13:00.000+08:00

oh my god. i want the new ipod nano. this colour. shitshitshit

2008-07-15T19:45:00.000+08:00

my married boyfriend working his swagger.

2008-06-06T23:53:00.001+08:00

euro2008

NETHERLANDS YO!

http://www.kickette.com/index.php?/site/comments/oranje_football_is_war/#more

2008-05-23T20:14:00.000+08:00

FTMFW!!

2008-05-09T16:41:00.002+08:00

This is the day before the day before the day the Premier League concludes.

in other news,

jason castro is really hot. and cook is carrying a baby.

2008-04-28T01:00:00.001+08:00

it's ridiculous how excited i am for this movie to screen. GO SPEED RACER, GO SPEED RACER, GO SPEED RACER, GO!

2008-04-28T00:31:00.003+08:00

rafael nadal is back to winning ways and i'm happy.

and why you have to love the french:

passionate as hael

2008-04-26T21:55:00.001+08:00

words cannot describe how fucked up i feel now. it's amazing to watch 10 players not playing football and the goalkeeper getting the most touches to the ball. this is so screwed up.

2008-04-24T14:08:00.011+08:00

~~wayne's world~~
~~funny games us~~
i'm not there
the wedding banquet
~~son of rambow~~
21
forgetting sarah marshall
~~police academy~~
~~clueless~~
citizen kane
brave new world
~~the breakfast club~~
~~dirty dancing: havana nights~~
~~happy gilmore~~
~~hot fuzz~~
the virgin suicides
~~the talented mr ripley~~
~~shakespeare in love~~
~~police academy 2~~
munich
~~meet the fockers~~
marie antoinette

2008-04-22T22:26:00.005+08:00

WEDNESDAY, 23 APRIL 2008
1130 hours

FREEEDOMMMM

yours truly will no longer be a first year inconsiderable speck yoz

2008-04-14T22:00:00.004+08:00

SPASTASTIC AWESOMENESSSSS

haha pique didn't get the memo on the celebration!

2008-04-05T01:59:00.003+08:00

i know it's mean buttttt

couldn't they have come up with a fucking better headline?

like shit yo
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2008-04-01T22:11:00.001+08:00

omg canadian pizza and ock will open in ntu on monday! i really thought they were kidding when they said it.

here comes the fatty.....

2008-03-26T00:09:00.001+08:00

DIE SINGTEL, DIE!! WAI YOU HAVE TO BUY RIGHTS OVER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE? OMG BLOODY HELL I SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR PHONELINE AND LOUSY INTERNET NOT ENOUGH ISSIT? MUST SWALLOW EVERYBODY'S BANK ACCOUNTS AH! WHERE GOT MAKE SENSE ONE HAVE 2 SET TOP BOXES TO WATCH FOOTBALL! YOU KNN PIGS I HATE CHU

2008-03-22T18:53:00.001+08:00

today i cleared my ntu email and i almost died halfway through. there were 13 pages of trash to filter.

2008-03-11T12:02:00.004+08:00

LOVED IT.

not pete doherty

2008-03-07T00:33:00.002+08:00

hahahahaahahah i finished hl105 hahahahahahaha i made life easier by writing 1857 words for a 2200-word essay hahaah omg it's over this is so exciting i don't have to be hunchback of notre dame anymore

2008-02-28T20:47:00.000+08:00

The Grammar of a Dinner

let's have chicken for dinner.

somewhere else, someone else utters:
let's have john for dinner.
we are alarmed by the latter
but a dinner, too, has its own grammar
& we are assured by grammarians
both utterances are in order.

john, + animate, + human,
couldn't be passed off as repast.
chicken is + animate, - human,
& can end up in any oven.
if we combine the items of grammar
the way things in cooking are,
we would then have:
let's have chicken for john for dinner,
let's have chicken for dinner for john,
let's have for john chicken for dinner,
let's have for dinner for john chicken;
but probably not:
let's have john for chicken for dinner,
let's have for dinner john for chicken.

john is a noun holding knife & fork.
chicken collocates with the verb eat.
grammarians favour such words
as delicious & john eats happily,
but in a gastronomic dinner
taxonomic john isn't to eat deliciously.

2008-02-26T23:14:00.002+08:00

i'm in love. with a wallet. butbutbut it costs a leg and an arm, at US$315. there is no point is asking my mother if i can buy it because she will try and kill me for the next 7 days. and if i do ultimately purchase it, my $315 wallet will be without any money inside. so how? dilemma lah.

but i really love it. dayum

2008-02-26T13:46:00.003+08:00

waahh the number six key on my laptop is not working. and it had me panicking when i couldn't sign in, until i discovered the num lock function. but i use six a lot so this does not bode well. now i have to suck it up and go to the assholes for help.

2008-02-20T20:08:00.002+08:00

i'm daydreaming of jason castro.

2008-02-15T01:11:00.001+08:00

collin & adrian won the amazing race asia and i couldn't stop crying. wah sey kencang ah i cannot tahan man

2008-02-13T13:46:00.003+08:00

so kickboxing has ended with yesterday's last lesson. it's sad since tuesday will henceforth be the most dreadful day of the week. last night we got to spar with each other in boxing gloves and the body pad-thingie. bloody fun lah, though i got tired after 2 rounds. and now my body's aching like crazy but it was all worth it. i think i would seek external classes soon.

i'm pushing 20 but i have plans for the march school holidays please. and i want to canoe (or kayak) please. i guess i really don't want to grow up please.

2008-01-23T15:37:00.000+08:00

AO Web Team's Top 10 hunks

10. Janko Tipsarevic (agreed!)
9. Roger Federer (no thanks)
8. Diego Hartfield (yeah baby yeah)
7. Marcos Baghdatis (do not want)
6. Rafael Nadal (c'mon man, no 6?!)
5. Richard Gasquet (that face deserves a better neck)
4. Andy Roddick (overrated)
3. Tommy Haas (yes)
2. Marat Safin (yes please)
1. James Blake (okok but not #1 material)

heath ledger's passing is tragic. i couldn't help crying upon reading the news this morning. he was only 28. was never a die-hard fan, but this is probably the only celebrity death that i feel awful about. this is horrible. rip heath

2008-01-13T15:46:00.001+08:00

2008-01-10T22:43:00.000+08:00

i'm hereby a certified idiot. so today i went to popular toa payoh after school to look for primary 6 assessment books. i spent one bloody hour there and left with english and malay ones. since my nephew came for dinner, i showed him the books to see if they were doable. he took them and started laughing loudly. and he pointed out that i had purchased a primary 2 english grammar book.

extreme retardationzz

2008-01-04T13:50:00.000+08:00

LOL he's like jon heder in blades of glory! wonder how that coiffure will stay glamorous with no conditioner on the island.

damn oz got fat. i hope he still flies and climbs and swims. go ozzness

7 FEBRUARY 2008

2008-01-03T14:14:00.001+08:00

HE'S BACK!!

ZOMG THE MONKEY-DOLPHIN-MAN MUTANT CALLED OZZY IS COMING BACK FOR SURVIVOR MICRONESIA! HO-LY 2008 HAS BEGUN

2007-12-31T02:27:00.000+08:00

personally, 2007 hasn't been an eventful year. for starters, i dwelled within 4 walls and a ceiling for almost 8 months. it was stark raving boring. i don't expect much to change in 2008. except that it's time to renew my passport and to turn the uncool age of 20. *shudders*

2007-12-30T01:05:00.000+08:00

crazy overpaid bastards who can't play ball

ASDFGHJKL

2007-12-24T22:51:00.000+08:00

made in malaysia, truly asia.

one more thing. i am pissed by the mcd delivery advertisement. it's one thing to win. it's another to keep rubbing it in my face everytime i watch local channels. and the bitch speaks with a moronic accent, trying to sound bloody intellectual. how am i supposed to take you seriously when you're wearing a fucking wig?! screw you bitch

2007-12-17T00:54:00.000+08:00

hady has some seriously retarded fans. i feel embarrassed for him. heck i fell horrible to be a singaporean.

2007-12-14T19:46:00.000+08:00

i love candy canes. and i like to lick off the red stripes 1st. the best thing about christmas is the magnificent candy cane.

it's been depressing lately what with so many dates cancelled and postponed and forgotten and the boredom of life. so i bought a sue townsend book at the airport when sending my uncle off. but after paying i realised i made a mistake. i went there for newspapers. then my mom saw me with the book, even she was suprised, "you bought a book? why? you don't read books." like hell yeah. i hate reading. i wasted precious moolah and it's all your fault.

2007-12-09T23:35:00.000+08:00

omg omg i love boro

jeremie aliadiere is le sigh

2007-12-02T21:09:00.000+08:00

tim riggins is too much.

2007-11-10T12:58:00.001+08:00

mutv's match commentator on one of cristiano ronaldo's stepovers,

Ronaldo, doing the Riverdance.

LAWL!

2007-11-06T20:58:00.000+08:00

GOODBYE, MR TAPPER!!

this is horrible. michael tapper has left we are scientists. it's so sad. he is one of the best drummers out there.

no more beard of the year. dayum

2007-11-02T00:10:00.000+08:00

(abdul samad) nadia

he really thought my name was abdul samad.
i can see your attempt to parenthesise at the comma, sir.

2007-10-24T23:45:00.001+08:00

oh shut up arsenal. just shut the hael up.

2007-10-21T15:24:00.000+08:00

and you do it like so.

2007-10-19T11:05:00.000+08:00

the third generation

2007-10-10T21:30:00.000+08:00

i know i should be finishing the last bit of spenser but my parents are watching the launch of the malaysian astronaut's rocket to the what-what centre in space. i think he's a really good looking dude. doctor some more. i'm actually quite stoked about this too. handsome fella, have a safe trip.

2007-10-07T23:50:00.001+08:00

i take it all back.

oops

2007-10-05T20:39:00.000+08:00

sony imagestation has shut down its services. like wtf. where the hell are my photos now?! this fucking shit lah. i haven't receive any email to transfer my account to shutterfly. stupid asses.

damn you sony fuckers.

2007-10-01T21:50:00.001+08:00

i don't like homework and assignments. all but french ones cause they're fun to do. there is so much to be done i don't even know where to start. it's fucking ridiculous. in other words, i don't like school.

i quite enjoy the new season of survivor. i like that tribe that's been winning. the new tribe names are long and unnecessary. i especially like james the gravedigger, although it's obvious he won't make it far. the air steward dude is also nice to watch. but nothing beats ozzy, half man-part monkey-part fish ozzy.

i've been using hari raya as a "benchmark" for so many things- join floorball recreational after raya, find a part time job after raya, meet my friends after raya, buy school clothes after raya. i know myself well enough to admit that half these things won't happen. raya's just another excuse.

trying to find shit to elongate my 104 abstract now while waiting for identity/brothers&sisters/that 70's show to start. even this is difficult to do.

2007-09-25T17:04:00.000+08:00

i saw john dykes munching down a whopper at the ikea bk outlet today.

2007-09-23T21:42:00.000+08:00

Musical based on Greek mythology marks Innova JC’s official opening

Channel NewsAsia - Sunday, September 23

SINGAPORE: The newest junior college in Singapore celebrated its official opening recently with a musical.

Students of Innova JC shared the highlights in a clip that was submitted for MediaCorp News’ Roving DV competition, where students shoot, edit, script and narrate a news clip involving their school.

Student reporters, Marvin Tang and Kong Jeng Huey, reported live at the musical performance that was put up by Innova students.

The musical was largely inspired by Greek mythology as the ancient Greece had significant accomplishments in producing thinkers, pioneering the study of science, developing the model of democracy, as well as cultivating the love of finer things like culture and literature.

During her opening address, Principal Yeo Hong Mui officially announced the new status of Innova Junior College as the Centre of Excellence for New Media and New Media Arts.

Innova JC’s school song was penned by celebrated songwriter and performer Dick Lee, with added lyrics by Madam Citra.

More information on Roving DV 2007 is available on this website.

The closing date of the competition is 31 October.

— CNA/so

er ok. btw, it's chitra with an h.

2007-09-20T19:55:00.000+08:00

OH. MY. GOD.

Mourinho quits Chelsea

i don't know if i should laugh or cry.

2007-09-07T01:50:00.000+08:00

klaxons bbs won mercury prize 2007! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

i will not change my golden skans ringtone for the next 6 months.

2007-08-22T00:00:00.000+08:00

steps into a hair salon.

me: i want to cut my hair.
her: ok what kind?
me: i want like katie holmes kind of haircut.
her: katie what?
me: katie holmes. you know tom cruise's wife?
her: tom who?
me: aiyah you got english magazines? i can show you her face if it's in there.
her: (hands over STYLE) she very famous issit?
me: ok ok lah. alamak she won't be inside STYLE one. tell you what, just cut this much off (gestures some stupid measurement) then ok liao.
her : waah you speak hokkien ah? (smiles like hell) ok this much ah? (gestures the same stupid measurement)
me: yah ok can.

her: girl your hair very dry leh. want to go for treatment? now got promotion, $59 only. very cheap.
me: waah so expensive. cannot lah. later my mother kill me.
her: you call her now. i tell her your hair very dry.
me : er no need lah. i can live with dry hair.
her: you want to rebond? now got special offer. your hair very curly.
me: i don't like the stupid straight hair. (which was a bit rude since she had super straight hair herself)

while cutting my hair,

her: so you schooling or working already?
me: i'm an undergrad (matter-of-factly)
her: wah so smart. good ah.
me: yah. (revels in a moment of narcissism)

then more awkward and senseless conversations took place before she was finally done. but i didn't get the katie holmes 'do that i wanted. i left the place looking like the 5th beatle.

2007-08-13T01:31:00.000+08:00

0-0 shit lah bloody hell

2007-08-12T13:55:00.000+08:00

wah lau djokovic i want to kill you how dare you upset the gods of tennis knnnnnnnnnnnn

2007-08-12T12:55:00.000+08:00

new premiership season, new pretty faces. chopra, santa cruz and torres to name a few. not much can be said of the red devils' new signings though. nani looks like pre-plastic surgery michael jackson and tevez is just..... tevez. him and rooney up front will be like halloween for opposing defenders.

i've been dropped from european literature so i took french as my fifth subject. according to the website, students should be able to introduce themselves, talk about their hobbies, and likes and dislikes at the end of the course. wokay.

this bitch costs $72.60. if i don't pass HL102, i deserve to die.

oh and i'm amused at how cheap the meals are at the campus mcd's. a mcspicy meal costs $4.60. that's like almost $2 off what the regular outlets charge.

i need a part time job. i need suggestions, something aside from tutoring.

oh can someone please tell me something that i'm good at? it's part of a questionnaire i have to fill up for a class. i would put "biting my fingers", but that would turn people off from shaking my hands.

2007-08-02T22:20:00.000+08:00

european literature. way to go, nadia. way to go.

shit man. school on monday. must practice being plastic so can make new friends. gaaahh

2007-07-27T00:11:00.000+08:00

THE SIMPSONS MOVIE KICKS ASSSSSSS
i'm going to have to steal $7 from someone and watch it again.

and this is how i looked if i were to live in springfield.

i just had to have homer's pants.

2007-07-23T14:58:00.000+08:00

why sergio, why?
GAHHH

2007-07-20T13:30:00.000+08:00

my computer is slowly falling apart. i accidentally deleted some audio software and now i can't hear anything played on the computer. and messenger is being a huge bitch. everytime i sign in, a sign will pop up asking me troubleshoot and retry. it's been almost a week now and i still can't log in. damn.

2007-07-11T23:26:00.000+08:00

way to wear your pants backwards, fed!

2007-07-09T02:55:00.000+08:00

customary post-grand slam entry.

centre court, wimbledon 2007

i shall not comment on fed's pants and suit combo.

who hits shots like that?

FIERCE! tyra banks-approved.

rafa needs to go to beijing 101 immediately.

fed won 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2.

great match. rafa came so close to winning. i lost count of how many times i hyperventilated throughout the match. in other news, lewis hamilton finished 3rd at the british grand prix despite starting at pole position.

this is not a good day for sports.

2007-07-08T02:06:00.000+08:00

rafa's long shorts, or short longs. cause those are definitely not capris.

wimby final baby!

2007-07-07T18:06:00.000+08:00

oh wow. marion bartoli. great match. great match. i wouldn't mind whoever wins the women's title now.

rafa > djokovic
roger > gasquet
djokovic > gasquet
roger > djokovic > gasquet

hence,
rafa > roger

doesn't make mathematical sense but whatever. i'm a lit kid.

2007-07-05T12:37:00.000+08:00

27.07.07

2007-06-18T21:08:00.000+08:00

romeo is still the cutest beckham.

oh hi there rafa.

2007-06-16T22:27:00.001+08:00

four premiership weddings this weekend. now that's cute.

2007-06-15T16:24:00.000+08:00

"New balls, please" cries brave Gicquel

HALLE, Germany (AFP) - Spare a thought for Frenchman Marc Gicquel who went on to win his second-round tie at the ATP Halle tournament despite receiving a serve - travelling at 208 kilometres per hour - in the testicles.

The 30-year-old was in the second set of his match against German Benjamin Becker - no connection to compatriot and tennis legend Boris - when he was felled by the serve which scored a bulls-eye straight into his delicate area.

With the speed-gun showing the serve was 208 km/h, the game was stopped for ten minutes while the Frenchman had ice applied, discreetly, to his wedding tackle - in front of a 8,000-strong crowd.

In a show of brotherly solidarity, Becker went over to his pole-axed opponent to pass on his deepest - and heart-felt - sympathy.

Having won the first set 6-2, Gicquel came off the turf - to earn the respect of each and every man watching - and won the second set on a tie-breaker in what can only be described as a truly ballsy performance, which handed him a spot in the quarter-finals for his efforts.

holy moley.

2007-06-11T16:15:00.000+08:00

the king of clay triumphs again. like duh.

and so did he.

woot!

2007-06-07T22:32:00.000+08:00

woohoo the slut is out!

thank you ana. please win the entire thing.

2007-06-06T23:36:00.000+08:00

this is the shit.

rafa's through to the semis of the french. he's totally going to win this one again. antonio banderas was in the stands during the rafa- carlos moya match.

the sgc shit is friggin cool. i didn't think it was going to be THAT holistic.

2007-05-31T21:00:00.000+08:00

i want that one.

and lou diamond phillips circa 1987.

2007-05-29T19:36:00.000+08:00

YAY!

2007-05-28T22:07:00.000+08:00

onitsuka sneakers - $149
everlast maryjanes - $34

do i really need footwear?

2007-05-24T19:53:00.000+08:00

ok so jordin's the youngest american idol winner, not that i could care any less. that girl is so fake; from her teeth to the annoying heart-shaped gestures. like just go away. blake winning wouldn't have changed anything. if melinda or lakisha had won, it would at least save this season from ending just like how it began. utterly mediocre. nothing that we've never seen in previous seasons. nothing except sanjaya and his hair. most boring season thus far. i've lost count of how many times i've rolled my eyes seeing news of jordin's victory. screw AI. i still like sailorboy phil.

i really need a job when i start school. maybe tutoring or something. i could start looking now but my fat ass just insists on plonking itself in front of the tv. i haven't gotten a real job ever since the papers ended. that's 6 months of slacking. but hey, i've only put on 3kg.

i need to buy more clothes. i need the onitsuka shoes. i need a big bag. i need new hair. i need a new phone. i need ipod speakers. i need to eat at a steamboat place. but i don't have any money. YAY!

2007-05-21T11:42:00.000+08:00

what a double whammy. first, man utd lost the fa cup final on sat. yesterday, rafa's 81 clay court match winning streak was ended after he lost the hamburg tms final. what a horrid weekend. thankfully, caridee was hilarious on antm and the pepper dennis episode was good last night.

yesterday, went to the ntu hss tea party at stamford hotel with celeste. we never talked to any professors and student ambassadors. basically, we went for 3 rounds of food and then left unannounced.

this season's survivor sucks so bad. there are so many boring people in the comptition. even the winner is boring. cook islands is still the best of the series.

glory glory man utd.

2007-05-14T17:43:00.000+08:00

i survived 2 months without internet access. i'm now on singnet and the pages load at granny speed. i can finish running 2.4km (complete with the asthma aftermath) and still not have a complete episode of survivor fully loaded. not many things have happened since then but i won't spare the boredom of the details.

i've watched almost 20 vcds and dvds during my internet-free period. the 40 year old virgin is bloody hilarious.

my dad was hospitalised for almost 7 weeks and he had undergone surgery to remove a decaying bone in his neck. he's been home since last friday and the hospitalisation led to him weighing the same as me now. yes, i weigh the same as my dad.

i turned 19 on the 6th without much fanfare. come 2008, i'll be 20 on world asthma day. now that would be something worth celebrating.

the best birthday present i received was chelsea's draw against bolton which handed man utd the league title. go devils!

i've been offered a place in ntu for the english course. suprised? well so am i. i never fancied my chances after telling the prof i disliked reading and preferred movie adaptations. i even wrote an essay on the duchess of malfi which would cause ms baey to lock me up. it was utter rubbish. but i did use the term "hyberbole" which looked and sounded impressive. i've accepted the ntu offer and skipped my nie interview as a result. i doubt that nus would even take a look at my application. i sent them my friends of singa award cert which i was awarded in 1996.

rafa won his 3rd consecutive title for the 3rd consecutive year at the rome masters. he is so going to win roland garros. i haven't played tennis for 15984842 years now i may have lost my golden touch (which was rusty to begin with).

oh klaxons make good music. eccentric but good. i like a lot.

2007-03-19T12:09:00.000+08:00

YAY!

the trophy looks like a giant banana to me.

2007-03-16T19:51:00.000+08:00

oh great. the school called me this morning just to inform me that they won't be requiring my services for the 5-week assignment as they had 4 new nie teachers joining the school. dammit. and i had made plans to get a brazilian butt lift with my salary. jeepers.

2007-03-15T20:46:00.000+08:00

sanjaya, sanjaya, sanjaya. you evolved form being adorable to plain dreadful. you cost the better singers their place in the competition. i think brandon rogers is great, even if he may not be the best. just go home sanjaya. i'll only miss the hair. speacking of AI, the guys are pretty bland this season. there isn't any elliott yamin or chris daughtry in the top 6 guys. irregardless, i do have favs.

oh come the new school term, i'm doing 5 weeks of relief teaching at maha bodhi. problem is, i don't have enough clothes to last me that long. maybe i might have to wear baju kurung which would be incredibly leceh.

but the money is good so i'm all excited for a screamfest all over again.

2007-03-15T20:22:00.000+08:00

since there won't be survivor on ch 5 this friday and next (for god knows why), let's turn our attention to my other devotion- a certain rafael nadal. here's him in action in the fed-less indian wells masters series.

i totally love this photo. rafa looks like a perfectly sculpted clay model. oh yeah.

2007-03-07T14:30:00.000+08:00

my swensen's dates on results day. faez and shues.

i will not appear in any pictures here until i've mastered the victoria beckham pout.

2007-03-05T19:50:00.000+08:00

ok here goes my disappointing results.

literature B
economics D
history D

general paper C5

my plans? i'm trying out for malay studies at nus. if all else fails, the 4-yr degree programme at nie it is.

2007-03-01T19:53:00.000+08:00

i want to jump off the edge of the earth and disappear. my heartbeat is just getting way out of control.

ohno.

2007-03-01T15:58:00.000+08:00

oh my. it was only 4 days but i feel so attached to the kids of 3 Integrity. i can't remember how many times i've yelled and made them stand in class but they're really great kids. today, i tried scolding 3 boys for being too loud but i ended up laughing with them cause they were too cute and funny. and there were 2 boys who drew a picture of me with them along with a thank you note. like how sweet can 9 year old boys get? i'll miss them terribly. being around them, i can literally forget about everything else. it was such until a girl asked me how old i was and then it dawned on me that the a level catastrophe is coming.

oh how i'll miss 3 Intergrity. i wish i had taken photos of them today. le sigh.

2007-02-26T20:45:00.000+08:00

omigawd. the john terry injury was bloody scary. he looked lifeless on pitch. my eyelids were swelling, ready to cry. i don't like terry whatsover but it was really scary.

in other news, results out this friday. i don't know what to think anymore.

2007-02-25T19:49:00.000+08:00

i'm starting a 4-day stint at maha bodhi from tomorrow onwards. it's heavily speculated that results will be out this coming week but the media is not giving any clues. i'm hoping for the best but i'm expecting the worst. bleurgh.

the only thing left for me to do now is to decide how much tears to shed. seriously.

2007-02-24T18:11:00.000+08:00

i find it disturbing that the wimbledon organisers have finally allowed the equal prize money for both male and female. last year’s women’s singles champion, amelie mauresmo, earned $1.117 million, compared to the $1.17 million men’s champion roger federer. that's a difference of $53k.

honestly, i don't think the female players deserve the same amount of prize money. men play the best of 5 sets, meaning they needed to win at least 3 sets and losing 2 to seal the match while women play the best of 3 sets, allowing them to win the match in 2 sets and losing 1. this goes to show that the the male players spend a much longer time on court than their female counterparts. to be rewarded the same amount of money for more work is unfair.

in addition, the disparity in the standard of tennis between the top female players against their lowly ranked opponents is stark. the women's world no 20 is a german by the name of anna-lena groenefeld. she has won 1 career title and her best grand slam showing is a quater-final berth at roland garros. in contrast, the men's world no 20 is australian lleyton hewitt. hewitt owns 25 career titles, 2 of which are grand slam titles. to groenefeld's credit, she is only 21 while hewitt is a tour veteran at 26.

male players are almost even in terms of their quality of tennis that they bring on court. so it isn't suprising to see the higher ranked players crash out of tournaments to lesser-known opponents.

the wta claims that it wasn't about the money, it was about gender equality. well, if the prize money for men would have been $12k while women earn $10k, i highly doubt that this debate would even arise. $2000 is nothing compared to what they could get in reality, $53 000. and as mentioned by an article in today's straits times, tennis is a sport created by men, for men. while i thoroughly support the participation of both genders, the sport imposes different requirements for each gender.

it is for sports like soccer and billiards where equal prize money can be introduced, if not already done so. both men's and women's soccer require players to score and defend in order to win the game in 90 minutes. women's soccer does not impose a 60-minute halftime, and neither do each team field 13 players on the pitch. the rules and regulations of soccer are the same for both genders. so why don't the female players earn as much as the henrys and terrys of europe? primarily due to the lack of viewership and support for women's soccer due to no fault of the players, i presume. so how fair is this then? they play as hard as the male counterparts. so why can't they ask for higher prize money as well? in fact, fifa, the world governing body for soccer, does not offer cash prizes at the women's world cup. so if you want to talk about political correctness, how correct is that?

i feel really affected by wimbledon's new policy. the reality is, the men deserve more prize money. if equal prize money has to stand, then why can't the men play the best of 3 sets at grand slams too?

2007-02-23T19:04:00.000+08:00

wow chicklet boy is really cute. the boy's from venezuela. now wonder he looks good. and he has a mrs chicklet. what a bummer. but the voice. his was at least 5 notes higher than mine.

bye good-looking chicklet boy

and that reminds me. he looks like talan from laguna beach, who has italian blood. these latino, hispanic people are so beautiful. argh.

oh rudy chicklet boy, beatboxer blake lewis and afro-ed chris sligh have each other's names in their bio pages as their own american idols. now that's cute.

2007-02-23T12:55:00.000+08:00

ohno! chicklet boy is out of american idol. well, he sounded like he was on helium half the time anyway. but i'll miss the teeth. boo hoo.

2007-02-22T17:26:00.000+08:00

sanjaya was my early favourite ever since he auditioned with the sister. but he was boring yesterday. no guy really stood out for me but there were plenty of eyecandy. and phil stacey looks and sounds (though not as good) like magni from rockstar: supernova (the reality show, not the fug band).

phil stacey

magni

2007-02-21T20:08:00.000+08:00

i want to marry a man with teeth like rudy cardenas'. his choppers look like perfectly aligned chicklets. damn.

2007-02-20T11:46:00.000+08:00

same song, bigger attitude, camouflaged OK Go.

i love love this band/song/video.

2007-02-14T14:28:00.000+08:00

it's valentine's day today and i have a date tonight with milo ventimiglia.

my parents picked up the fall out boy cd i won on power 98 earlier today as it was near the place they were heading. when my mom passed me the cd, the infinity on high cd came with 3 other EPs by pretty unknown musicians. no angels, triple 8 and a compilation one. looking at the covers, they were produced in 2001, 2003 and 2006 respectively. i suppose they were unclaimed prizes back in the days. but heck that. as long as the fall out boy cd is there, i'm pleased.

i would have never imagined jeff probst being this hot. but i'm only happy to prove myself wrong.

2007-02-13T20:45:00.000+08:00

my early survivor fiji faves.

alex. the hispanic lawyer. wowee!

edgardo. the former davis cup player with the bloody hot accent. yummy!

stacy. to justify my support for asians. i'm not a race traitor.

earl. there's something about him i cannot point a finger to.

on cook islands, there was cao-boi. on fiji, there is yao-man. and the latter was born and raised in sabah. when can we have singapore's first survivor? ok i volunteer.

the grammy awards. OK Go turned up looking like a sofa. and they won. woohoo!

the face thingie is creepy. like the carver from nip/tuck.

them in their moment of sanity with the extremely hot damian.

2007-02-12T14:15:00.000+08:00

fucktastic video.

damian kulash is like sex on legs. second only to julian casablancas and jonathan rhys meyers.

2007-02-09T16:53:00.000+08:00

oh my goodness. anna nicole smith has died.

2007-02-08T20:31:00.001+08:00

i was watching the simple life yesterday and seeing little jacob contreras cry after nicole richie said goodbye was incredibly heartfelt. it made me want to cry too. and i thought it was sweet that she hugged him and said "i'll come visit you someday". i doubt it'll ever happen but it was super touching.

nicole richie almost made me cry. wow.

2007-02-08T19:18:00.000+08:00

new baby's named Erin Nazira. i loike, i loike.

2007-02-06T20:22:00.000+08:00

i was finally called for my first relief teaching stint today. maha bodhi school called me to teach english, maths and science to a primary 4 class. primary 4 Integrity. they were supposed to be the best in the level. but oh boy, they were monkeys- girls and boys alike. the boys were rolling on the floor, the girls were hiding underneath the teacher's table. my goodness. i thought i could do maths but estimation had me really confused. i actually thought them the wrong concept until a boy alerted me to it. how embarrassing. and these kids have really out of the world names. stamford, ocel, jarran, reefver.

and everytime the class got out of control, i dragged jarran, who has one hell of a loud voice, to the front of the class and shout "CLASS KEEP QUIET!" to the rest of his class mates but to no avail. they never took us seriously and jarran broke into fits of laughter more often than not. the best thing was that they addressed me as Miss Nadia, and not 'tcher. i even talked football to one of the boys. like bloody random. and jarran told me that i'm really not fierce at all, unlike their teacher. i had fun talking to these kids. sometimes you want to strangle them, other times you just want to wrap them up and bring them home.

it was really an eye-opening experience for me. i may not have the loud voice that a teacher should have but i'm seriously considering this as a career option. i hope to be able to enter ntu to do education.

my 1st sister-in-law delivered a baby girl this afternoon. she was born a healthy 3.2kg through c-section. i assume her name will start with an O after her 3 elder brothers were named Amir, Ezra and Izan in that order. maybe ophelia perhaps?

2007-02-02T17:30:00.000+08:00

famous people lookalikes. i'm bored waiting for the simpsons and beauty & the geek to start so here goes nothing.

indian actor Arjun Rampal & italian footballer Filippo Inzaghi.

singer Robin Thicke & RHCP guitarist John Frusciante.

indian actress Rani Mukherjee & hollywood actress Christine Taylor.

hollywood actress Ali Larter & jazz songstress Diana Krall.

egyptian footballer Mido & banned argentine tennis player Mariano Puerta.

hollywood actress Naomi Watts & english singer Natasha Bedingfield.

2007-02-01T19:48:00.000+08:00

ever since my dad stopped working and i started my fucking long holiday, my whole family (3 of us now) is at home practically everyday. and we actually go out together. i can't remember the last time i went out with my dad aside from family functions. last tuesday, we went to giant with my mom. this morning, we want to geylang serai market. and it was nice having my parents asking me what i wanted to eat for them to cook. so i had them buy mussels, escargot, seabass, spinach and lots of tofu. i love shellfish. and tofu. and we had breakfast where i ate 3 roti pratas. yes i have an enormous appetite now. expanding wasteline, here i come.

oh i got a job as a waitress at aramsa spas at bishan but my dad didn't want me to do it. so i'm off again waiting patiently for the bloody schools to require my services.

dang last night was the last episode of kitchen confidential too. hell man. and the oc finale was a tearjerker. just when i was beginning to like both marissa cooper and mischa barton, she had to die. ch 5 better show the new season soon man. and i think kaitlin looks so much like marissa. and i missed watching the heroes season premiere. dang.

yesterday's sgp-tha live telecast on ch 5 meant that i missed extreme makeover and the simple life. isn't the starsports broadcast enough? i may sound unpatriotic but those who were interested in watching were at the national stadium. the rest of us just want to get on our lives, or in my case my tv shows. sorry man.

innova's having its college opening ceremony tomorrow. so why the hell aren't i invited?

2007-01-28T20:33:00.000+08:00

having watched 2 seasons of So You Think You Can Dance, the calibre of the dancers on Ch 5’s very own The Dance Floor is far from impressive. they pale in comparison to their American counterparts. even those who made it to the next round weren’t that fantastic.

the biggest problem I see is the lack of coordination among the dancers themselves. I may be no dance guru having been blessed with 2 left feet, but it’s incredibly distracting to watch 5 people doing 5 different things on stage. and all they want to do is da hip to da hop.

although I applaud the participation of the older generation, this show is turning out like Singapore Idol. desperate wannabes rejoice at the thought of fame, irregardless of whether they have any ounce of talent in them. as for those who fail to make it to the next round, they whine at how the judges got it wrong and how badly they needed the opportunity. FYI, you were given one except that you blew it.

and our dearest Miss Daphne Khoo. this is her (what?) 3rd shot at stardom. since Singapore Idol and West Grand Boulevard didn't work out, she can now be seen on TDF. so what do you want to do dearest Daphne? do you want to SING or do you want to DANCE? I was a fan of hers during the SI days but having to bear with her desperation for fame is pretty annoying. just stick to the books please my lady.

with the start of the latest season of American Idol, the same old problem is seen over and over. tone deaf individuals brave the long queues only to be told that they don’t have what it takes in a matter of minutes in the audition room. I honestly believe that the friends of these tone deaf wannabes who encourage them to sign up ought to have their mouths washed with Clorox. they nonchalantly lied to their gullible friends. these are the kind of people you shouldn’t be friends with.

I certainly won’t blame Simon & company for their hostility towards the untalented bunch. haven’t these donkeys watched at least a single episode of the previous 5 seasons? aren’t they aware of the standards that are required of them? I can only imagine how difficult it is for these judges to stifle their laughter.

well, as far as I am concern, if someone believed he was as talented as he claimed, he wouldn’t need these clichéd platforms to make it big. if he had been as talented, he would have music honchos and producers eager to groom him to become the next big superstar, albeit in singing or dancing.

I still watch these shows faithfully for I love its underdog factor. for starters, in the previous episode of AI, 2 best friends auditioned for the show together showing the untrained friend outshining her friend, who attended vocal lessons. it’s really nice to see these undiscovered talents grow throughout the competition.

in spite of all this, I know I’m being a bloody hypocrite myself. having participated in numerous singing competitions and never clinching the top prize, I should be fully aware by now that I haven’t got what it takes to be a singer. like Daphne, I pressed on believing that I am talented. but unlike Daphne, I realised my stupidity and shamelessness. for one thing, I know not to embarrass myself on national television by showing off my talents, or in this case lack of.

on a slightly different note, my tv schedule is getting a lot of free time. come the new week, there will be season finales for The OC, Beauty and The Geek 2 and Survivor Cook Islands. now this is awful as I already have to deal with no more SYTYCD, Scrubs and Laguna Beach. thankfully, Survivor Fiji should be aired soon enough, should Ch 5 decide to broadcast it in the first place. and then there’s The Amazing Race All Stars coming up.

I apologise for this biased post, the parties involved and the third parties affected by the negative externality.

oh and my mom turns 61 today.