fucktastic video.

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

oh my goodness. anna nicole smith has died.

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.

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

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?

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.

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?

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.

dammit. rafa lost in straight sets to fernando gonzalez. but to his credit, fernando was playing brilliant tennis. i hope he gets to the final and face off against federer.

but then again, poor rafa.

this was a brilliant movie. goodbye children was on arts central last sunday. i need to watch it again.

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JUDE!!