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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.

facebook stalk me

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.

it's mad hot

You know what will make me really happy now? A pair of diesel jeans.

Or watching Penelope Cruz in Volver.

I find the poster for Little Children perfect. Its colors have a great tone and it looks more sinister than an average horror movie poster. The trailer is equally compelling, with its looming train chugs growing ever louder.

Winter is so fucked.

Anyway, NYTimes thinks that Irreplaceable is Beyonce's monster hit in waiting. I think so too; I've repeated it 6 times in a row. To the left! To the left!

Also, Britney's Caesarian scar is mad ugly. I'm joining team fed-ex.

"BE ADEQUITE"

I still don't get the deal with dota. Why do people not get sick of playing it again and again? .. ok quick roundup: I watched the Departed last night. Why did everyone have to die? OOPS spoiler. Leo DiCaprio was great though. Lots of anger. And when did Mark Wahlberg start looking as fugly as his brother Donnie?.. It's thanksgiving and I'm working, something's not right. Thanksgiving dinner last week was great, as usual. Not pictured: goose, beef in pastry, cheese fondue, I can't even remember what I ate. Legends party at Pi Kapp was a blast too.


Nice wall art, eh?




Last but not least,
My BEST mixtape to date. Straight up dance music. Shake that Azz. GRRRRRROOOWWWLLL

Madonna - Jump (Jacques lu Cont remix) JLC IS THE SHIT
Big Unk - Walk it Out (Siik remix)
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head (Soulwax Elektronic Remix) it's fresh
Dr Dre - Next Episode (Kraddy Remix)
Girl Talk - Bounce That
Justin Timberlake - SexyBack (Armand Van Helden Remix)

Remix lovers check Palms Out Sounds out. Their remix sunday section is really good.

hype is the new hype

It pains me that I haven't seen any of the big award contender movies this year-- the Departed was an unfortunate miss in nyc, but hey, we did catch the Queen, which had the outstanding Helen Mirren. But now it seems that Martin Scorcese would be denied his acknowledgement once again-- a huge film is looming on the horizons-- Dreamgirls. If the studio plays their cards right, this would be Chicago , but bigger. I would say that the buzz for Dreamgirls is deafening right now. Especially about Jennifer Hudson's astonishing performance. David Carr explains why Dreamgirls will be the film that ate the 79th Annual Academy awards.
Here's what you can expect from J. Hudson's showstopper.

don't shoot drugs, kids

Guaranteed speechlessness.

i'm missing out on h&m

So, this is a bit belated but let's give a hurray to Britney Spears. As Gawker put it, our two year long national nightmare is finally over. Yeah, Britney's single, Whitney's drug-free, the Democrats have majority in congress, Rumsfeld's resigned, it does seem like the times are a changing doesn't it.

wow

Tonight's episode of Desperate Housewives was pitch perfect--the script, the comedy, the tragedy, Felicity Huffman, even Teri Hatcher. The show has officially redeemed itself. I think it was one of the best episodes since the beginning. A must watch!

the tahiti party had so much sand

This illustration firm has really neat paranomas that make really neat desktop wallpapers.

Play line rider and watch the videos.

Rapping paper for christmas.



The shiny new orchard turn mall.

when good ideas go bad

I bought a pair of adicolor sneakers a couple of weeks back. They're cool because you can change the color of the stripes. So last weekend, I decided that I had enough of red, yellow, green and blue stripes. To my dismay, some of the plastic stripes had broken inside the shoe, and I just could not get one of the green stripes out. It was a real engineering problem. I used a pair of scissors and nail clippers, but that only made the thing go further down into the shoe.

I solved the problem (sort of), but I wish the shoes came with some tweezers.

I've been listening to a lot of Goldfrapp lately. Something with the cold mechanical beats. However, as much as I love the electro disco-glam rock of the last two albums, I still hanker for the music they made for their first album, felt mountain. That was chilling, icy and I loved all the distorted operatic bits. That woman can sing.
Goldfrapp - Utopia
Goldfrapp - Lovely Head

This is for all you feist fans.

I love everything about this video too.

devastated

Who wants to watch the first 4 minutes of Borat? I know that I do.

i've found my true calling

and that's to be in advertising. Today an ex creative director of a big ad firm talked to us in class. Her team was in charge of the mastercard campaign. Yeah, one of her people came up with the 'there are some things money can't buy, for everything else..' line. I thought it was cool that the ads have been running for nine years now. They have to find new ways of making it fresh-- they got the guy who does the voice to be in the spot itself. So apparently the best advertising is emotional advertising. I like that. I also like the idea of working 18 hours day on something you like. I shall sleep on that thought.

nobody loves me it's true

hahahaahhaha. This is today's WTF video. Justin Timberlake having meat (ham?) slapped on his face.

Plus, Scarlett Johansson's cleavage is enormous. NSFW. I esp like how for every one person saying 'amazing rack' there'll be two others saying 'trashy slut'. Real mature people.

Now this is worth seeing. Album covers attacking each other. Green Day's grenade blows up the world. What's not to like?

boo to all friendster whores

the story of friendster's failure.

yummy

brain and finger food for halloween!

make your bed the river young girl

This advertisement is paintball on steroids.