happy holidays

SO! I'm all packed and I'm ready to go. That's an old one from halloween, which was very anticlimatic. Happy holidays. Check back in January for photos, though I might decide to never blog again. Meantime, the best blogs of 2006 that you aren't reading.

for your consideration

Oooh here's one cool thing we won't be able to see. Installation in the Pantheon that's only on till Dec 31st.
6 hainanese chicken rice in 60 hours.
What code doesn't do in real life (that it does in movies).
Many many lists for those of you who love lists. Love the top 5 movie posters of 2006.
Buy two shirts and get one free. I'm tempted.
Battlestar Galacticsimpsons. Very very very cute. That said, I thought the last episode was filler-ish. They need to get the overaching plotlines going..

Today's quotes of the day are:
Karen: "I tell you I'm turning into a housewife."
and
Joel: "I'm 18 and I'm twinky."

I've got two more finals and I'm in no mood to study for them. I think I'm fucked.
You know, sometimes in the still of the night, lying in bed, I still kick myself for fucking up the ura interview.

it's still not snowing hard

It's been a long time since I last had a list.

• omgorgeous photos of the Beijing olympic stadium under construction.
• Genting is coming to Sentosa. ("So low class!"-Christina) ok I guess it's not that bad (as 8th wonder's). It just looks really generic. It's like a Pasir Ris NTUC resort, except bigger. I don't know why they keep touting Michael Graves as a starchitect, because he isn't one. Singapore doesn't deserve a Gehry. Actually, I think Singapore is never going to get anything iconic, no matter what the government does. I just want to live in Manhattan. Anyway I just watched a channel news asia video. I wanna cry now. It's going to attract lots of asians though.
  Here's the good:
  A Cirque du Soleil show. And yet, do you know that each new Cirque attraction at Vegas has been said to be more disappointing than the last. ie. Mystere >> O >> Ka >> Le Reve.
  Some Crane Ballet show that sounds a wee bit promising.
  A Dreamworks studio collaboration.
  The oceanarium, perhaps.
  The bad:
  The all new "Journey to Madagascar" attraction.
  A Zheng He boat. Complete with acrobats. Seriously?
  "this corny huge SENTOSA sign" (ZJ) by the side which we'll have to pass by every time we cross the bridge.
  The very same "village-like festive ambience" that STB wanted.
  
  It's all political, baby. Can't wait for the inevitable Celine Dion concert.
  
• It's Europe part deux this winter! Some things to do:
• Jewish museum and the Reichstag in Berlin. I'm sorry, but we have to go see Daniel Libeskind's masterpiece for the same reason I dragged people to see Herzog & de Meuron's de Young museum in the Golden Gate Park. I'm going in this time.
  
• Buy a Freitag bag in Zurich without the ridiculous 55 Euro shipping charge.
• Eat the Sachertorte at Hotel Sacher in Vienna.
• I'm excited about next semester because I'm going to be a TA.
• I took an online test to see whether I'm tone deaf. I got 69%, slightly below the normal of 70%.
  
• The Twista concert wasn't very good, but maybe that was because the crowd weren't that onto it. However, Lupe Fiasco was very funny. He's embarking on a tour right now, catch him if you can. Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott - Daydreamin'.
  
• Timbaland has had a really hot year. Now, imagine him teaming up with Bjork. Her next album has been described to be "hip hop". We're in for some really danceable weird songs next year. Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake - Give it to me.
• Here's what I want for Christmas: A Space Invaders scarf.
  

i want to talk like ari

This is for Mel!
And this is for everyone who loves Ari Gold from Entourage.

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Before the results for the sentosa resort is announced next week, I just want to say that I'll be very dissapointed if Kerzner doesn't win. Actually, I think I might not go to Sentosa again if any Genting wonderland pops up. It's not that I have anything against a regional brand... And the truth is, many people want them to win, according to a Straits Times poll.
I just don't want a theme park there. I think it's perfectly acceptable to travel to Hollywood to sit in some Jurassic Park rollercoaster but to go to Singapore for that? If you really want a theme park in Singapore, please put them in some Sembawang wasteland, or where the Tang Dynasty thing is still rotting. Besides, Genting's architecture is really ghetto too.
8th wonder is slightly better but it has too much going on. An artificial caldera with a waterfall? Does anyone even remember fucking Volcanoland? And we all know that artificial water features have nothing on the real ones, except maybe the bellagio fountain. And I think that Harry's Island is a really bad name. I read that they're thinking of making a movie tied in with the resort. Let's just say that I wouldn't watch a movie with "Harry's Island" in the title.
So even if Gehry has jumped the shark, I would still rather have him than say, Vera Wang. Or Pele. Now give me the water rides. Give me the robo fish. Give me a pretty building.