And the winner is..

SPAIN

Euro 2008 Champions

Copy cat Simpson?

I recently found out that Jessica Simpson will be releasing a COUNTRY album. OMG! She's gonna kill country. To be fair, Jessica Simpson was quite a good singer. Her voice is powerful, but also shrieky and painful to the ears but she can sing. So now she's gonna go country, is this her way of emulating Carrie Underwood?? Wow..she's got a long rocky way to go. She's got the guts..she sure doesn't have the talent. It doesn't mean that dating Carrie's supposed ex makes her an on par rival to Carrie Underwood. I heard one of Jessica's new 'country' song, Come On Over. I thought it might be nice..I was damn wrong! Honestly..it sucks.

If you guys are looking for really good country sounds, check out Jewel's new album. It's called Perfect Clear and there is NOT a single bad song in there. It's all good. 5 star quality. My favourites are...well it's hard to pick a favourite. All the songs in there are pretty nice.

A man of 40 dreams

Have you read this piece of news in the papers recently about this guy getting the nod to take a 4th wife. Recently, there’s ANOTHER update on his life saga (seriously, stop publishing idiotic news like these. As if the world doesn’t have enough of heart wrenching news that you have to give us an eye sore news as lame as a guy wanting 4 wives and targeting 40 offsprings…duh!)
Anyway, he says he wants to hit the target of 40 children and already has 25 from his first 3 wives. He doesn’t want to burden his 3 wives anymore. *choking on my own saliva*. So, ok…in order not to burden them, he wants to pump up another woman who’s 30 years of age so she can bear him another 15 kids in order to reach his quota. Basically, what I think is this poor lady will be very very busy for the next 15 years in order to bear her highly ‘ambitious’ husband his offsprings before she hits the age where having kids is considered risky business.
Anyhoo, one's personal life is none of anybody's business..I get it, I get it. Nobody's business..so why is it in the newspapers? Get it?
Such news being published in newspapers is beyond my wildest imagination. Please, spare us the damn details of his goals. We really do not want to know anymore about his revelations and resolutions. It makes me want to throw up in my mouth.

Top 10 Songs You Should Have In Your iPod

The self-proclaimed legendary joint-post project is back.
This is my Top 10 list of songs that is a must have in my iPod. Just so you know, I hit a bit of dilemma between David Cook’s Always Be My Baby and Mariah Carey’s Touch My Body. Finally, I decided Touch My Body didn’t make the cut. *pretending to look devastated* There's all kinds of genre in my list. Got country, alternative, spanish song, folk rock and others lor... You might not even have heard some of this songs before, which is a good thing coz sometimes the non-hit singles could be the best. For some, I just love the guitar sounds. If it's nice, it goes into my iPod. ~Dope! Anyhoo, it's cool to share my favourites. Let's see what a vast difference it is with our tastes in music.

1. Carrie Underwood - I Told You So (Listen)
2. Jason Mraz - Love For A Child (Listen)
3. Evan & Jaron - On The Bus (Listen)
4. Brad Paisley - She's Everything (Listen)
5. John Mayer - Vultures (Listen)
6. Meatloaf - 2 Out Of 3 Ain't Bad (Listen)
7. Luis Fonsi - Eso Que Llaman Amor (Listen)
8. Andrea Corr - Ten Feet High (Listen)
9. Michael Buble - Everything (Listen)
10. David Cook - Always Be My Baby (Listen)

Story continues..with strategic alliance
Top 10 by Soon Yee
Top 10 by Zeek

Pile of shit

This morning I was about to go to work when I found this unpleasant surprise from one of my neighbourhood resident's cats (or illegitimate offsprings of this bloody cat a.k.a. strays!) ON MY FRICKIN DOORSTEP! If one does not have the frickin mental capability (a.k.a. common sense/akal) to keep one's frickin cats inside their frickin house so that the frickin cat can't go out and shit at other people's doorstep or if one does not have the frickin brains to bloody neuter their stupid cats in order for it not to go hump other cats/get humped.....DON'T FRICKIN HAVE ONE!! Hey cat owner, I really hope your frickin dinner looks like this. So have a shit feast on me!

The Special One says...

This is a wonderful quote taken from ESPN soccernet news with Jose Mourinho on Chelsea's loss. It's pretty funny and after seeing MU win the double this season. Every MU fan has the right to slap mud in Chelsea's face for as long as it's rightfully possible.

'In my philosophy it was a very bad one because in football 'almost' means defeat and Chelsea almost won the Carling Cup, almost won the Champions League and almost won the Premier League. Almost is nothing.'

It is...but..

It's a triumphant day today but not due to personal triumphs. I celebrated watching MU beat Chelsea's ass in the Champions League. And then I watched 2 hours of very enjoyable American Idol finale. Despite all the things I cheered for, I feel a heaviness in my heart. It doesn't feel nice when glory is overshadowed by looming black clouds.

Manchester United triumphs!

I woke up at 4.45am and quickly stumbled to my computer to check the final results of the Champions League finals between MU and Chelsea. Gosh! Stalemate fulltime at 1-1 with a goal each from Ronaldo and Lampard...I thought I would get a result by now. So I went back to bed for 15 minutes and got back up as my dad switched on the TV to see the 2nd period of extra time. The supremacy of it boiled down to a penalty shootout. All fans would have been stricken when they saw Ronaldo's spot kick saved by Cech. As I watched Terry stroll towards the spot to take the kick that might have ultimately handed the trophy to Chelsea. He smugly adjusted his captain's armband as if saying that he will be a hero captain. He wasn't! He missed the goal by a mile as MU's hopes came back alive. Level again. Terry sat sobbing in devastation. Finally, Anelka steps up and the hero of the day was MU's Van Der Sar as he saved the kick at the crucial moment and Manchester United are champions. Every red shirt ran towards the goalkeeper in joy as the camera focused back on Mr Chelsea, Terry, still sobbing uncontrollably as I did a little victory dance in my head.
Finally, the Champions League trophy is back in MU's hands after a long time coming. Football, the game where big men cry and bigger men defy the odds to lift the crown. Hurray MU for the double.. Premier League champions and Champions League kings!

Chuck

Chuck is a new tv series currently showing on AXN every Monday night. It’s a hilarious, action packed show and the leading guy starring as Chuck (Zachary Levi) is so totally adorable…in a geeky kind of way. Geeky yet cool. And the girl, Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski), is a new actress from Down Under…I like her too. Those 2 characters look cute together. One is nerdy and panicky whilst the other is a tough chick. And of course, Casey, the bulky, serious-looking NSA agent. He sure tries very hard to look scary.
It’s about this regular guy next door, Chuck who works in Buy More and happens to stumble upon government secrets which also happens to have been lodged into his memory. Sarah is a CIA agent and Casey is an NSA agent sent to ‘protect’ him because he now holds valuable information and I suppose everyone wants him dead.
Eventually, Sarah started working undercover in a hotdog shop and Casey took up a job in Buy More, both to keep an eye on the clumsy, ditzy Chuck. As you can imagine, all kinds of action-packed yet comical events start occurring to the 3 of them (and each of them probably has some dark past) as they try to dodge numerous danger that falls in their path while trying to discover the secrets that Chuck holds. I must say that, Morgan who is Chuck’s best friend, is one hell of a pain in the ass. He is so irritating. Anyhoo, totally loving this show!

Glory, glory Man United

The 2007/2008 Barclays English Premier League CHAMPIONS goes to Manchester United.A 1st half penalty coolly taken by Cristiano Ronaldo and a stunning pass from Rooney to allow Ryan Giggs to score the 2nd goal was enough for MU to clinch the Premiership title. Next up, I hope they kick Chelsea's A** in Moscow.

Bring On The Wonder

Now playing : Susan Enan - Bring On The Wonder

I heard this beautiful song while watching one of the episodes of Bones. It's called Bring on the wonder by Susan Enan. It sounds so soothing and the chorus kept playing in my head all night long.

**Bring On The Wonder**
I can't see the stars anymore living here
Let's go to the hills where the outlines are clear

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

I fell through the cracks at the end of our street
Let's go to the beach, get the sand through our feet

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

Bring on the wonder
We got it all wrong
We pushed you down deep in our souls for too long

I don't have the time for a drink from the cup
Let's rest for a while 'til our souls catch us up

Bring on the wonder
Bring on the song
I pushed you down deep in my soul for too long

R.I.P. Chirpy

Now playing : LFO - Westside Story

3 days ago, a squirrel sneaked into my house and I saw it bouncing around in my living room as I was getting ready to leave for work. Naturally I tried to open the front door so it could find its way out but naturally..also...it freaked out and dashed to the back of the house. I spent about 10 minutes snooping around trying to find it when I heard some sounds behind the curtain. I knew I needed assistance so I got my dad and we both opened the doors hoping it would go out. We tried to 'guide' it out the right way which probably to that squirrel, we were 'scaring' it. It dashed into the kitchen and disappeared.
So I snooped around again and noticed a unclosed gap in the wall behind the door and suspected that it has got to be in there. Well, nothing we could do but just leave it alone hoping it will come out by itself when no one's around. I told Soon Yee about this squirrel story and she has 'affectionately' decided to name the squirrel, Chirpy.
2 days on and suddenly I smelt a foul smell around the house. First thing I went to that hole and sniffed around. It was coming from there, no doubt. Next day, we got someone to come around and dismantle the box that was covering part of the hole and whadya know, a dead squirrel. Chirpy died. It got stuck in there and didn't know how to come out. I realise from the way I explained it, it seemed like I'm being ignorant about that but no..I do feel a bit pitiful for it. I believe Chirpy had another squirrel friend out there somewhere because I remember seeing one dashing across the road that very morning that Chirpy went into the hole. And when my dad said that Chirpy's friend might be looking for it, I felt a sudden wave of sadness for it. That thought makes me a little sad but well...may Chirpy rest in peace.

State of inconvenience

Didn't anybody teach them some common sense that it is an absolute no-no to block people's entrances just because they can't walk their million-dollar asses a few steps further? I take that back, sorry, why should I give them credit...I don't mean million-dollar asses, come on any Tom, Dick and Harry on the street nowadays can own BMWs and Benzs and what not. Let me rephrase, they can't walk their 2 cents worth of asses a few steps further?

Exhibit 1 shows you how the cars are park so 'conveniently' that it blocked the road and blocked entrances to people's homes. *smack head* BMWs, Benz..big freaking deal. Anybody can own one.
Exhibit 2, oh what's this...a car slotted so beautifully in front my house gate that ...wow..nobody can go in or out. I can't even drive into my own porch. I would have no problems at all with this if I had no plans to go anywhere but it so happened that we just came back and are trying to get into our own house. DUH! I was about to honk till my windscreens cracked had my dad allowed me to do so. He didn't allow, so things settled peacefully.

Daydreaming

Now playing : James Blunt - Carry You Home

These past 2 days, I've been reminiscing about San Francisco. Although, like what I told my friend today, I've only seen like probably 5% of San Francisco during my 1 day trip there but I fell in love with it, 5% of it anyway. I mentioned that I regretted not taking more miscellaneous photos while I was there, watching a man jogging with his dog, a couple roller skating, the cool breeze blowing in my face, the cosy-looking terrace houses along the roads - each uniquely painted and decorated and the view overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. As I didn't capture the moment, I have to constantly think about it because I didn't want to wake up one day and not remember what it looked like. *chuckle* That moment in time. I remember what I saw as I walked along the streets that was lined with tall narrow houses, each house with it's own Halloween decoration...again I didn't take a photo of that.

I remember strolling from one street to another and then finally turned back to Ihop (waffle/pancake shop). These days I've been having a horrible time at work, when I feel stressed out, I tend to daydream. Sometimes my mind will take off into its own realm I'd imagine myself living there. How cool it looked in my head. Then the phone rings, people wanting answers and solutions and I'm dragged back into that hole called reality.

Sleepless nights

Now playing : Matchbox Twenty - Leave

I hardly slept a wink the night before last night. The end result was a panda-eyed zombie sitting in the office the next morning, wide eyed, mind in outer space, tongue numb to the point of throwing up thanks to horrid torrid tasting lozenges, motionless and stifling the urge to cough uncontrollably. I coughed out a lot before I went to bed last night to relieve the feeling of phlegm stuck in my throat causing me to want to clear it every few seconds. I coughed to a point it started to hurt and I thought I had scraped the walls of my throat. At that point, I pictured myself grabbing my throat, yanking it out and scrubbing it with a toothbrush till it sparkled and re-assembling it back…in my sadistic dreams maybe.

I tossed and turned in bed as the cough and phlegm attack kept me up and the clock ticked away hour after hour, 1am…2am….3am…4am….I missed 5am, I think fell asleep finally and awoke again at 6.15am (alarm clock rang). The something-stuck-in-my-throat feeling still intact. I stumbled out of my bed and prepared for work. The drive to the office was possibly the slowest morning drive I’ve made as my mind wandered from one thought to another. Strangely, I didn’t feel sleepy at work, I just felt absolutely restless and on the verge of losing my temper trying to control the urge to cough. The nearby operations people were speaking loudly into their speaker phones as I tried to hold myself from hammering him to death whenever he said the word ‘deliveli’ (he meant ‘delivery’ by the way)

Last night, I had another sleepless night. I was so tired but I couldn't sleep. The moment I was about to doze off, I coughed, over and over. It was damn right annoying, I sat in the kitchen at 4am sipping hot water and I ended staying awake till 5am. Thank goodness I'm on leave today although strangely enough I feel quite energetic this morning.

Ushering in a new year

Here's wishing you a happy and prosperous year of the rat / rodent / mouse / tikus / hamster / mickey / minnie / ...

Where was I...oh yes, wishing you a Happy Chinese New Year and may all my dreams...oops...and your dreams come true. Cheerz~!

Happy Belated New Year

Now playing : M2M - Give A Little Love

It's nearing the end of January 2008. Funny thing is I started this year writing out a draft for my blog on the highlights/'lowlights' of 2007 and what I'm looking forward to in 2008. Whadya know? I wrote the draft 3 times over, 3 versions and threw them away (well virtually). I couldn't write one that I liked. I would start off nicely and it will slowly spiral downwards into a bitter piece of pathetic post.
It had been quite a busy start to the year. There had been many tasks piling up but somehow, miraculously I've managed to take them all in my stride. I stressed over deadlines but miraculously again, things seemed to work out at the end of the day. Well, there's more to come so I better not get too happy. Brings to mind this advice that an ex-boss gave me years ago when I was doing my training. He said 'There is no such thing as no solution. Everything has a solution, you just need to find it' Of course that was said to someone else in a different context but I remember it till now. It always makes me feel a little better when I run it through my head. Aside from these routineness of everyday work, that's just how it is... I've come to be quite bored and resentful of it. I've always known programming and software support is never my thing. It's strange though how I can do it for 4 years. I guess that's a perfect example of procrastination. This crossroad in my life has got me thinking that it's almost time I ..hmmm...maybe follow in my dad's footsteps. Who knows? I might just do that... :)
On a personal front, to be honest, things have been up and down like rapid waves and so melodramatic sometimes. Sometimes we have to play peacemaker, sometimes we have to put a fake smile on our face so not to hurt others that hurt us and we can't show the hurt because we don't want to hurt them (complicated...yes), sometimes we need to be ignorant and thank God for the creation of mp3 players and headphones (ignorance is bliss, but frankly it's easier said than done). 2007 had been a year of petty chaos and this past 1 month or so hadn't been any better. Sometimes I feel ashamed at myself for being over-sensitive and sometimes I feel ashamed of the people around me that make a big fuss out of nothing. These past month I feel pressured for no obvious reason. Now I go to sleep fearing the future and fearing what people expect of me which I can't fulfill. All this pressure and worrying I'm putting on myself really takes a toll and at times I really don't know what to do but just think of nice shoes and sleep it off. Sounds melodramatic as well.
Anyhoo, Chinese New Year is coming. It's a time of eating, watching tv, eating...oh well, that's like what I do every day. *blush*

Heath Ledger...dead

Heath Ledger, the Australian actor has died so suddenly. I've only watched 1 of his movies, which is none other then the teen flick, 10 Thing I Hate About You. My favourite part of that show was when the character which Heath played sang the song 'Can't Take My Eyes Of You' to his on-screen love played by Julia Stiles. Subsequently I got pretty hooked on his version of the song. Now his dead..rest in peace.

Photo of the week

One of my 2008 to-do list is to post my favourite photo of the week each week (assuming I took any photos). This one is my dog with her new squeaky toy. Can also be found here (http://mellim82.multiply.com/photos/photo/7/18)

The most desirable men

Now playing : Colbie Caillat - Bubbly

Welcome to the little fantasy corner of my little fantasy world...my very own la-la-land. Have you ever gone starry-eyed at these hot guys? I’ve eyeballed their photos, performances and tv shows but no, I’ve never had dating fantasies but if I did, these guys would be the ones that I would dream to win a fantasy date with, maybe in my next life if I’m a Victoria’s Secret supermodel or something. These guys don’t necessary have to be the most handsome and sexiest men alive but they have a little something special that most sane (or not), sensible (or not) girls (like me…) would ‘swoon’ at. I love to watch them.
Owen Hargreaves – football player with MU, stylish curly hair, great eyes
John Mayer – musician, guitar genius, his curls are to-die-for
Michael Buble – musician, heavenly voice. I told Soon Yee that if he sings the song 'Everything' to me I will totally elope with him *in my dreams*. She agrees too....
Jamie Scott – musician, I think of him as the British version of John Mayer, and no they don’t look alike. I like him for his songs.
James Marsden – he has got the most attractive smile. He had me at Disturbing Behaviour (starring as a moody newbie in town opposite a moody Katie Holmes). Nowadays he plays a lot of cheerful roles like in Hairspray and Enchanted, so I get to see his enchanting smile. The picture here shows Cyclops, it's not Cyclops I'm drooling over but the person playing that character. I just couldn't find a full length photo of him.
Keith Urban –Guys with guitars make my knees go weak on condition that they look like any of the above. His hair is to-die-for by the way. Not every guy can pull off that long-hair look successfully.
Jamie Oliver – celebrity TV chef, “I’m serious!”..not sexy but totally attractive in a cosy, cute way

Now for people who know me, you would be shocked to see that Beckham, Justin Timberlake or Brad Pitt didn’t make it into my fantasy list. Why you may ask? David Beckham is definitely still my football idol and always will be and one heck of eye-candy but he is wayyyy above... Too sexy, too perfect. It's suitable for the 'too hot and sexy list' but not 'date-able fantasy list'

Some photos courtesy of http://www.michaelbuble.com
http://www.mostbeautifulman.com/musicians/JamieScott/bio.shtml
and etc.