T.A.I.W.A.N

As of now, I'm too lazy to blog...
So just make do with my facebook photos ba!!!

phonebook

I was backing up my handphone data from my SIM card when I came across a few names.

Jeffrey, Dorothy, Regina.
I cracked my brains and I still cannot recall who are they or where I met them.

Perhaps I should have saved their contacts in greater detail eg. Shaun SPH, Johnson Hall4.
I usually do that only when I have multiple "Shaun"s or "Johnson"s in my phonebook.

So I thought my memory was failing me.
Or perhaps they were just acquaintances I met during my internship at SPH or SSC.
Ya know...those kind of "business partners"...exchanging contacts just for the sake of it...

Last resort: FACEBOOK friends.
Still, no Jeffrey/Dorothy/Regina.

I doubt I'll ever gonna recall them so I deleted their contacts.
Another form of "spring cleaning".

To play safe, I renamed all my contacts in detail eg. Joyce HP101, even though there's only ONE Joyce in my phonebook.
Who knows, I might have erased Joyce from my memory in three years time...
Nah just kidding Joyce.

gimme drama (korea)

新加坡有“红星大奖”，台湾有“金钟奖”，香港有“TVB台庆大奖”，美国有“Emmys”。
直到去年年底，我才发现韩国也有电视圈的奖项，叫“大赏”（daesang）。

好奇地research了一下，原来是三大电视台（KBS，SBS，MBC）各颁各的奖，感觉比较像family affair，自己颁自己爽。

男女主角奖项不只一个哦！还分成：迷你剧，中篇剧，长篇剧，日日剧。
演得最好的可以拿到“最优秀男子/女子演技赏”。
演得最最最好的可以拿到“年度演技大赏”。

这样说来，拿到“日日剧优秀男子/女子演技赏”也没什么好开心/光荣的吧...
日日剧一播就是一百多集，一年能播几部啊？竞争对手少之又少吧...
如果你是一部日日剧的男/女主角，这个奖应该非你莫属了。

“年度演技大赏”其实好像也没什么。
如果某个电视台决定颁两个，还要和别人平分，哪来的荣耀啊？
说好了是BEST OF THE YEAR，颁给一个人就好了嘛，搞得好像在分猪肉。

Or maybe they are just trying to encourage their employees, to make sure no one goes home empty-handed.

Did I also mention they have all sorts of 人气奖？
十大人气明星奖（红星大奖anyone?），网友人气奖（男/女），人气新人奖（男/女），最佳情侣奖（竟然可以有四对得奖！）... ...

如果你在韩国娱乐圈混，一个奖都没拿过，you have a problem。

choosy fussy picky me

YEAH if u haven't realised, i was trying to imitate Tata Young's "Sexy Naughty Bitchy Me"...

Since my mum has started baking her CNY goodies, that means i won't be enjoying home-cooked food for...two weeks.
Which also means my lunch & dinner will be some hawker food takeaway, since my dad dunno how to buy from Tampines One/Tampines Mall/Century Square.

It is only the THIRD day, and i'm already cracking my brains over the lack of food choices.
So i followed my dad to a hawker centre and a foodcourt he frequents the most.

ARGH. I'm not ashamed to admit this...but i AM a spoilt brat.

走了一圈，竟然没有一摊看得上眼的。

Mostly local fare...Rojak, Chicken Rice/Porridge, Mee Soto/Rubus/Goreng (i still can't tell the difference), 杂菜饭，云吞面，鱼片米粉，Char Kway Teow, Carrot Cake...

Damn disappointing. They closed down the Western & Teppanyaki stalls.

So i settled for Nasi Lemak with FRIED fish fillet, FRIED luncheon meat and FRIED chicken wing. 最接近我口味的也只有这个了...

Well...looking on the bright side, at least i won't be missing the food when i leave for Taiwan.

(PS: I'm gonna have the 台湾小吃 at Century Square basement for dinner tonight!!!)

做戏

How I miss the Mediaworks-era Channel U... (not for personal reasons hoho)
Due to a lack of competition, MediaCxxx is getting complacent with the mediocre shows they are producing.

刚刚公布的2009节目收视率排行榜，一看就知道是MediaCxxx搞的鬼。

8频道排行第十的节目，竟然比U频道榜首的节目收视率高出三倍！
谁相信啊？

都已经合并那么久了，有必要继续打压U频道来突显8频道的superiority吗？

话说回来，把韩剧都放在U频道是对的。
毕竟，哈韩风是U频道带进新加坡的。

8频道就继续播你们自制的又长又臭又吵的缠脚袜长剧吧！
反正我又不看。

whatever...bitch

Boycott the restaurant at IKEA Alexandra.

(I'll try to vent my frustration without using profanities. BITCH is not a profanity.)

When my mum flashed her IKEA Friends card at IKEA Tampines to redeem a drink, she was immediately handed a cup.
When I flashed the card at IKEA Alexandra to redeem a drink, the bitchy cashier insisted that I go find the Friends counter, use my card to redeem a drink coupon, then go back to her to redeem my drink.

HELLO?! If your Friends counter is located at the entrance of the restaurant, then I dun mind.
BUT your Friends counter is soO0 out of the way, I even had to ask people along the way before I eventually found it.

So you expect me to "earn" my drink by doing exercise when I dun even care to exercise at home?! So I'm suppose to adapt to your inflexibility and bossiness while you comfortably sit your big fat ass on that cashier stool?!

It's not as if you have to keep the drink coupon for reference, or use it to wipe your big fat ass after you shit. Eventually the drink coupon will still be returned to me.

I'm already pissed, and our dear bitchy cashier brought it to a whole new level.

When I politely asked if I could pay by NETS, she said "WHATEVER" while looking in another direction.

THAT'S IT MAN. THAT'S IT.
我没有当场发火，算是给你老人家面子。
给你脸，你不要脸。

That totally justifies why I took a feedback form and wrote an essay-length complaint letter.

If you lose your job, you can only blame yourself for saying the "W" word...at a CUSTOMER.
You wanna be a bitch? I'll outdo you.
You wanna step on my toes? I'll step back on yours...and CRUSH them.

NOBODY SAYS "WHATEVER" TO ME.
GET IT? BITCH.
Enjoy your early retirement.
Dun forget to thank me.

gimme drama (US)

最近猛看连续剧，可是我的极限是一天五集，看太多头会痛。
而且我很容易半途而废，有些看了一集就不看了。
我专挑那种收视高/口碑好的，连续剧也有名牌的ok。

Here comes a series of posts entitled "GIMME DRAMA" (think Britney's "GIMME MORE"). First up, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

US:
After three episodes of "Gossip Girl", it is time to say goodbye despite a truckload of eye candy. A weak script is a weak script. No excuse.
Dun give me those "teen-drama-is-like-that" shit.

Look at "Glee", which I hail as the "professional" version of "High School Musical".
Most of the actors are from BROADWAY, and they're in their twenties (you can't tell at all).
They've got the looks, the vocals, the humour.
They've got IT.

Totally going gaga over Matthew Morrison, who plays the Spanish teacher.
O-M-G. I would totally take Spanish just for him.
And pretend I'm so dumb (yes PRETEND), so that we can have countless 1-on-1 consultations.

They really should have included a handsome teacher role in "High School Musical".