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暂别

孙燕姿出道３年后，累了，选择暂别歌坛一年去休息。

不，我不是不要写blog。我不会像我所认识的人一样，喜欢喜欢就说不写，然后又突然改变主意，重出江湖。

我还是会照写blog。

只不过从２０号至２２号，我将在学校里过夜，没得用电脑，没得上网，没得写blog。

勿太想念我喔！我会回来的！

要等我！

St John Camp　过后见！

自己

真实的世界是最虚伪的。

虚拟的空间是最真实的。

矛盾？事实胜于雄辩。

每每我在网络上读到别人们的日记时，都必定会大吃一惊。

因为在虚拟的时空里，我读到了他们最真实的感触，感动，感悟。

那是在他们平日的面孔，言行，以及举止所看不到的，察觉不到的，了解不到的。

有些人，平时看起来二百五的，终日嬉皮笑脸的，但是一进入了模拟的世界里，便变得十分的感性，抒情，在日记里所写出来的文字，字字句句充满了坦诚与内涵。网络上的真情流露，与现实生活中的那副玩世不恭的模样有着天壤之别。

有些时候，同学在网络上所暴露出自己出乎意料的内涵，意想不到的成熟时，便觉得很可笑。

英文叫做“irony"。

在最真实的世界里，我们却不让彼此对方来了解与认识自己，却又在不真实且虚拟的时空里介绍自己，曝露自己，形容自己。

在最真实的世界里，我们似乎变成了文盲，词穷，甚至是哑巴，不善于／不愿意表达自己，表现自己，情愿随波逐流，跟随着他人的心情，嗜好和决定；但却又在不真实且虚拟的时空里，突然变得滔滔不绝，真情流露，仿佛是来自中国景德镇似的，词（瓷）多！不论是骂人，抒发心中不满或发表个人独特见解，虚拟世界的屏幕似乎是打开我们心中的那个话匣子的钥匙

原来我们个个都是哑巴，都已丧失了对于语言的驾驭，都只能靠文字来沟通。

蛮可悲的。

但更可悲的是，原来我们所认识的那个人，并不是真正的他。

就好像一名女艺人一样，在上镜前总得化妆画得美美的，只有放工回家，或休息时才卸妆呈现出自己脸上的各种瑕疵。

我们在现实生活中仿佛是以画好了妆的面孔面对大家，只有在一个人的时候才摘下挂在脸上的那片面具。

至少那名女艺人怕的是脸上的豆豆或皱纹被记者拍到，影响形象。

但是，我们这些庶民老百姓有什么好怕？

更不要说是学生们。

我们干吗要耍心机？

为何就不能光明正大的做回自己？

难道你对“自己”感到自卑咩？我用了引号，因为“自己”的定义已经模糊掉了。

为什么不可以在银幕前以及银幕下做最真诚的自己？为何一定要判若两人？

虚伪，真的很累。

撒了一个谎，若不坦诚告白，便得再想出另一个谎来掩饰之前撒的谎。

恶性循环。

不累么？何苦呢？

何不在真实的时空里做回最真实的自己？

Quick and Dirty IQ Test

Your IQ Is 120

Your Logical Intelligence is Above Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Exceptional Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Exceptional

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

绝对SUPERSTAR

看过了《绝对SUPERSTAR》２４强的诞生，心中五味杂陈的。

分不清内心的感受，是羡慕还是嫉妒。

托了那４０００名参加此项节目的选拔的福，我也突然蒙起了想加入演艺圈，一暴而红的歪主意。

其实，老早就因为《康熙来了》而产生了想当一名主持人的念头。想主持一个类似谈话性的节目，无须像《真情指数》那般严肃，感性，最好是像《康熙来了》或者《两代电力公司》一样的无厘头，幽默诙谐。

当然，本人还有点自知之明，晓得歌艺平平，高音飙不上，低音唱不下，而且外表也并非十分的俊俏，身材也并不健壮魁梧，因此就没有报名参加《绝对SUPERSTAR》的选拔。

但是，我却没有放弃想红的念头。

还好，老天对我十分的宽厚，虽然歌艺并不怎么样，腹部也没有“六粒”，四肢也不“发达”，可是脑袋里有”实力“便足够了。

脑袋里的知识也并非丰富，肚子里的墨水也没有装得很满，却还是让我侥幸的上了一次又一次（合计两次）的游戏节目，争取到了一些上镜的时间，还赢得了不少奖金。

《今天谁会赢》，《挑战状元榜》我都上过了，接下来目标是上《灵机一洞》还有《百万大赢家》

天真的我，希望借助上知识性节目来一暴而红，加入演艺圈。要不然，希望我的曝光可吸引厂商的注意，找我拍广告，代言商品。

像我这种爱上镜的人，跟白灵一样，我们称他为“媒体娼妇”（英：Media whore)

都说了，我晓得自己天真，知道上述的一切纯属虚构，仁属一场梦而已。

即使机会渺茫，还是有可能会发生的嘛！

即使不发生，至少我知道我尝试过了，尽力了。

所以我不会觉得伤心或遗憾，至少我对得起自己。

即使真的真的我的“暴红”没有实现落实，至少我上过了电视，你有吗？

即使你上过电视，我的上镜时间（英：Air time)比你多，比你长！

Yay!

下雪

我不喜欢下雪。

下雪当然并非指的是那种只在温带国家的冬天里才发生的自然迹象。

下雪就是那位号称亚洲最热门的blog的作者。

我说是“号称”，因为本人并不认为该blog有何过人之处。

还不就只是一个普通平凡的少女的私密日记，再加上一点尖酸刻薄，冷嘲热讽，以及偶尔附上几张自己自拍的，装性感却不性感的“自恋照”。

没什么嘛！这样的blog，谁不会写？谁又不曾写过？

我的blog还不是一样，只不过是少了自己自拍的，装性感却不性感的“自恋照”而已。

可是，为什么人家的点击率（hitrate)像恒生指数加日经指数，而我的却如海峡时报指数一样，一样的低？

值得安慰的是，我目前的点击率是海峡时报指数的一倍左右。我4000多点，海峡时报指数2000几点左右。

难道我非得卖弄风骚才能争取点击率不可？

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......我想，大家也没兴趣看到我卖弄风骚的样子吧！况且，我本身也就没有什么风骚性感可言的。

其实，说起来我还蛮愧疚的。下雪曾大言不惭的号称，狮城每位青少年都曾经至少看过她的blog一次。而我竟然也不出她所料，也曾经游览过她的blog，因为那时年少狂妄，好奇无知，在一时的冲动下，点了点滑鼠，便帮了下雪的忙，实现了她的狂言。

才读了她几则entry，便觉得下雪非常的bitchy，说的话写的字，字字句句相似烂掉了的榴莲，又酸又带刺。尖酸刻薄的程度，狮城以内无人能比。

我本身也是bitch一名。而且，我也十分欣赏bitchy的人。可是，下雪的bitchiness，套句小S常说的，“太over了！”。太过火的bitchiness反而令我反感，让我觉得她太狂妄自大，目中无人。

当然，百闻不如一见。要判断事物的是非黑白决不能只听一面之词。

若想看看下雪的blog是否有如我所形容的一样呢，甭想！！！

凭什么要给她hitrates？干吗要实现她“每位青少年都曾经至少看过她的blog一次”的狂言？

英文里有句言语：Curiosity killed the cat

别“鸡婆”她的blog。

素闻您一向“鸡婆”，爱乱给hitrates。因此肥水不流外人田，恳请您若要给hitrates时，要“鸡婆”时，请您多多浏览我的blog。谢谢！

Holiday

I entered a search for the definition of "holiday" on Dictionary.com

1. A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.

2. A religious feast day; a holy day.

3. Chiefly British. A vacation. Often used in the phrase on holiday

Well, you can argue in both ways. A day free FROM WORK indicates that technically speaking, we need not return to school for all those crap lessons/project work/CCA trainings, and that this period of time should be dedicated to "leisure".

However, upon dissecting the definition further, a "holiday" is a day "on which.. the law dictates a HALTING of GENERAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY..."

Technically speaking again, schooling is not a business activity.

Presented above are two arguements to what a "holiday" should be. Hence, I therefore presume that in Singapore, we only accept the latter definition and choose to close our eye to the first half of the definition, especially to the taboo word -- "leisure".

功课（续）－－Homework Part Two

Jing Kang just asked me what homework have I not done over MSN.

When I asked him what is his purpose of asking me this question, he refused to answer and hastily logged off. (Either he logged off or he blocked me)

小S－－徐熙娣

跟赵林一样，我越来越喜欢徐熙娣了。

其实，我从去年就开始爱上了她。

现在学校假期比较闲一点，我就每天准时的收看《娱乐百分百》以及《康熙来了》。

当然，徐熙娣已经找到了好归宿，即将在８月４日穿着漂亮的婚纱，踏上红地毯，迈向人生的另一段旅程，而且肚子里卖着什么药仍然是个未知数，我也不敢，不准，不可以再对她有任何的遐想和幻想。

听到了这则喜讯，我心中只有给徐熙娣的祝福。

她高兴，我也欢喜。她雀跃，我也欢欣。

甚至还有点羡慕她的幸福与甜蜜。

政坛狠角色李敖好像曾经说过：“男人偏爱女色”。（其实是《全民大闷锅》里的唐从圣模仿李敖时说的，但也不确定李敖是否真的曾经说过。）

想必我不是真正的男人，因为我认为内在美比外在美重要，可贵。

当然，内在美指的是一个人的内涵，个性。

我必须坦诚：肤浅的小S是没有什么内涵可言的。但是，她的性格符合我的喜好就足够了。

很多人都表示：”大S徐熙媛比较漂亮，比较美。”

我只是淡淡的回答：“小S比较可爱。”

而他们却还想与我争辩，理论：“大S比较美！！！”

我几时否决过大S的美貌？我也坦诚，论外表，大S胜小S。

但是，我就是喜欢小S，你又奈我如何？

小S就是可爱，活泼，开朗，爽快，真诚，不做作，不假惺惺。大S也是个好女孩，但是外表冷酷了点，给我一种高不可攀的感觉。况且，大S性格较为强悍，没有小S那么亲切。

就是小S的活泼开朗，坦诚直率，幽默诙谐，亲切和蔼，深深地吸引住了我。

当然，小S的婚事，我也由衷的祝福。我本身也是有分寸的，不管她结婚与否，我都会真心的祝福她，支持她。

徐熙娣，我祝你婚姻幸福美满，事业步步高升。愿你和Mike能够白头到老，演艺事业能够再创另一个高峰！

功课－－后记

昨天写完了那则文章，总觉得好像忘了补充些什么似的。终于给我想到了。。。

我想说的是：真挚，巩固，深厚的友谊是不需要靠聊功课来维持的。因为若友谊是真挚的，两者之间必定有着许多的共同点供你们来聊，无须沦落到得依赖聊功课这种肤浅的话题来维持感情的地步。

只有脆弱的友谊才得靠这来维系两者之间的感情。

功课

近来坚决不与同学们讨论或聊和功课有关的话题。

觉得那是很肤浅的。

也不明白，功课有什么好聊的？

还不就是：“功课做完了吗？”，“功课做了多少？”

知道了别人做完了所有的功课但自己却连名字都还没写上，倒头来还不是让自己自卑？

何苦呢？

又或者，知道别人在假期的头几天便将所有的功课赶完，又怎样呢？

还不是找个机会让自己能够妒嫉别人，说别人的坏话而已嘛！

套句蔡康永常骂小S的话：“肤浅！低级！”

难道，在你的学生生涯里，就没有有深度，有内涵的话题可以聊吗？

即使没深度，没内涵，起码也得有内容呀！功课这种话题，没深度，没内涵，内容又空洞，枯燥，乏味，聊久了它的新鲜感也渐渐消退。

久而久之，当我们聊起功课时，所给予的答复与回应变得很机械式，千篇一律：

“功课做完了没？”

“做完了”

“哇！这么‘拼’(pia)？！”

“当然啦！那个人是mugger来的嘛！”

“我还没有做完嘞！我还剩。。。。。。”

多么空洞的对白，就像香港以及新加坡的电视连续剧一样，so predictable...

最怕人家说聊功课是因为没有其他的话题可以聊。

可悲嘞！这么说，你的生活就只围绕在学校，学业，读书，功课与跟同学们之间的竞争？

你没翻阅报纸咩？你没有看电视咩？时事，娱乐，政治，难道都不可以聊吗？可悲啊可悲！

刚看到《有话就说》里的一些学生，说狮城是个大闷锅。我想，若学生们个个都那么枯燥无聊，那叫新加坡如何有趣有“聊”起来？

Gregg

Your Survivor Palau Twin is Gregg

Smart and logical, you love to plot and plan. Just make sure others don't catch wind of your big ideas.

Who Are You From Survivor Palau?

Sinned

Your Deadly Sins

Gluttony: 60%

Greed: 60%

Pride: 60%

Sloth: 60%

Wrath: 60%

Envy: 40%

Lust: 20%

Chance You'll Go to Hell: 51%

You'll die from a diabetic coma.

How Sinful Are You?

Riddle You This (VIII) -- Answer

Previously on "Riddle You This (VIII)"...

1. If you were standing directly on Antarctica's South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward?

2.
My first is in sugar, but not in tea
My second in swim but not in sea
My third is in apple and also pear
My fourth is in ring and also hare
My last in ten but not in herd
My whole a very complimentary word.
What am I?

Answers: 1. North 2. Smart

Monster-in-Law

A corny plot.

Guy like girl. Girl likes guy. Guy is a mummy's boy. Mummy is too possessive of her son. Mummy doesn't want girl to take her son away. Mummy and girl fights and bickers... behind the guy's/son's back.

I swear I've seen the same storyline in other Chinese films.

Just that the selling point of ths movie is Jennifer Lopez, someone who I admire.

But of course, I have to be objective when reviewing this movie.

The outline of "Monster-in-Law" is so predictable. Right from the beginning, as well as by looking at the title, I could easily guess that Charlie (starring J Lo) would fall in love with some supposedly-handsome-but-I-don't-think-so-and-god-knows-who-he-is guy, and then his mother, Viola (starring Jane Fonda) would disapprove this relationship and she will start to turn ugly and try all means to get Charlie out of her way. Then, somehow, Charlie will enlighten Viola, making her feel remorseful and she will be compiled to approve their relationship, or to be precise, their marriage.

Bingo! I just hit the nail on the head. Well, I don't think this expression is used properly in this context, but you get my point.

Acting wise, I am not in any position to comment since I know no clue on acting as well. People commented that J Lo's acting still sucks, well.. you decide yourself when you watch the movie.

The only thing I enjoyed the most was the constant bickering and backstabbing between Charlie and Viola behind the guy's back (Sorry, it's either that my memory is failing or that the guy is just simply unmemorable. I am more inclined to the latter though), and the unexpected quotes that come out from their mouths which tickled my funny bone. I figured that I am perhaps sadistic, since I find backstabbing and bickerings and quarellings and fightings amusing and entertaining to watch on the silver screen, and this movie just happen to satisfy my cravings for "domestic violence" fully. Oh well.

Well, if you could pardon the cheesy and corny plot, you'd appreciate the movie better. I know that all of us will know what's going to happen next while watching the movie, but try to refrain yourself from anticipating the storyline unless you wouldn't mind spoilers.

Overall rating: 3 / 5

World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day.

For more information, log on to: http://www.wed2005.org/0.0.php

Afternoon Nap

Afternoon nap is supposed to be refreshing. After a hectic and tiring work schedule, one could easily revitalise himself after catching a short nap. Or, perhaps when you are feeling drowsy, one would most likely think of catnapping to recharge himself. After all, it has been said (not sure if this has been proven) that working/studying when you are feeling drowsy is not efficient/effective at all. As the saying goes, taking a rest is to prepare for the long road ahead. So might as well stop what you are doing right now and head for the nearest armchair, sofa or bed to recharge himself so that he can work better or more efficiently later.

I beg to differ.

Beg my pardon? Yes, I feel that afternoon naps make things worse.

It feels like having a terrible hangover, especially when you just regain your consciousness after being hypnotise by the humid weather and the comfort of the cushion or mattress you are lying on. Your eyes feel dry, your lips feel like cracking and your head spins around in confusion like a top. The first hour or so of the nap is fine. But after that, everything goes downhill and becomes disastrous. Like when the eye of the hurricane passes, what is installed for us is torrential rains, flashing lightnings and roaring thunders.

When you are into the second hour, you begin to sweat. Sometimes, it can be quite profuse, even though the fan is blasting at you at full speed. Your face feels dry, especially your lips, which will begin to feel like cracking, a condition which will only be experienced in cold temperate climates. Next, your head begins to feel "heavy", "stuffy" amd "saggy". You feel like there's a huge ball of cotton wool being stuffed in your head. You then begin to regain your consciousness and open your eyes slowly, then after like ten seconds,you close your eyes and drift into LalaLand within like five seconds. Then, after god-knows-how-long, it could be a mere five minutes, or as long as 45 minutes, you wake up again and the cycle continues.

It could be your biology, or it could be just the mere fact that afternoon naps are evil.

Just as you undego the cycle of waking-up-every-now-and-then-and-fall-back-into-sleep-within-ten-seconds, your body (brain, to be specific) does desprately want to get out of this shitty situation it is in. But your nerves just won't generate and relay the corresponding signals and hence your relavant anatomy refuse to obey your brain's wishes. So, you just remain glued onto your bed until evil takes control of your brain and send you back to LalaLand again.

When evil has had enough of fun, it will leave you body alone and search for another tired soul who is getting ready for an afternoon nap. So meanwhile, you will just keep tossing and turning on your bed, drifitng in and out of your dream and reality.

Such a feeling is really terrible. What was meant to be a relaxing experience turns out to be something torturing.

I don't know how you guys out there feel about afternoon naps. Every time when my eyelids are drooping in the afternoon, I will also be tempted by the comfort of my bed and my stuffed pillow. And I will also be reminded of the side-effects of taking a nap.

However, temptations are always hard to resist.

Norm

You Are 55% Normal (Somewhat Normal)

While some of your behavior is quite normal... Other things you do are downright strange You've got a little of your freak going on But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself

How Normal Are You?

Madagascar

Formal Name: Republic of Madagascar.

Short Name: Madagascar.

Term for Citizens: Malagasy.

Capital: Antananarivo.

Date of Independence: June 26, 1960.

Size: 587,040 square kilometers.

Topography: East coast has lowlands leading to steep bluffs and central highlands; Tsaratanana Massif in north with volcanic mountains; west coast with many protected harbors and broad plains; and southwest with plateau and desert region.

Climate: Two seasons: hot, rainy from November to April; cooler, dry season from May to October; southeastern trade winds dominate; occasional cyclones.

Of course, the above information were not quite documented in the movie "Madagascar", whose title can be a little deceiving.

The only thing that may be correctly depicted are the palm trees swaying in the wind, sandy beaches, and the lemurs present.

Nothing else on Madagascar was mentioned. Even the first half of the movie was set in New York.

Hence, it is indeed baffling to see that the title of this movie does not match much of its contents.

Otherwise, this is an entertaining movie, if you wouldn't mind a few lame and cheesy jokes every now and then. The jokes sure tickled the funny bones of the 8 year-olds in the theatre, but I won't guarantee the same effect on teenagers or adults though. To appreciate the jokes made in this movie, kindly lower your intelligence and maturity to match that of the 8 year-olds, which I am sure many of you would be reluctant to do.

Well, this is an animated movie whose targeted audience isn't people of my age, so I didn't really expect much and the movie turns out to be what I had expected. Not much of a disappointment was experienced, I'd gladly declare.

Some reviews claimed that the entire movie was a reminiscence of other movies or programs. To me, I found certain scene vaguely resembling Mark Burnett's "Survivor", when the "castaways" (the four animals were stranded on Madagascar, they weren't born there!) had to make fire, built a shelter and construct a SOS signal. At the instant the giraffe was whining about how hard it was to build a fire, I knew this scene appeared somewhere in some reality T.V. shows. I guess such reminiscence was an attempt to capture the adults' attention and laughter, but instead it turned out to be a corny product lacking originality.

Friendship is the "main" theme of the plot, but it was weakly weaved into the story and was only brought up superficially. Just as one was beginning to feel the warmth of friendship embracing, the story moves on to another set of lame jokes, creating an anticlimax. Other than friendship, I don't see any other values being integrated into the movie.

Moreover, besides a weak plot and theme, I could sense racism in this movie. The discrimination was more apparent than the theme of friendship! The "chief" that the four animals met on the island had a heavy Indian accent and guess what? This "chief" is actually a skunk. well, you get my point....

Its ending was awkward and most of the audience was quite surprised that the movie ended so soon. I felt that the ending can be handled better. The movie's "surprise" and abrupt ending had indeed caught off my guard, but at the same time I was given the impression that the movie ended hastily just to meet the production's deadline, and that, in my opinion, is totally unacceptable and irresponsible. Hopefully my speculation can be proven otherwise!

If you are into reliving your childhood memories, or you just need a breather from your hectic work schedule, you might consider spending $7 and 80 minutes of your time during weekdays to catch this movie. Otherwise, don't bother wasting your time and money, especially on weekends.

Overall rating: 2 / 5
Credits given to the joy and laughter it had brought to me.