Song to dedicate before heading to Esplanade

Happy Birthday to Nathaniel Ho and Ray Park (Darth Maul)
Start of the Virgo star

Today I am going to the Esplanade Park to attend some Heartstrings Walk. Artistes involved are Daren Tan, Tan Diya and Nat Ho (whose birthday is today!!). Since the programme will last til night time, I am obviously gonna blog about it either tomorrow or another time. Because I am going for a long walk, I have decided to dedicate this song to Nat and the NATurals, as well as to the fans of the superstar who uses this song... The Animal, Batista!!

I WALK ALONE- Saliva

Yeahhhhh!!!!
This television has a poison on its breath
This counter culture of both wicked lives and death
It makes my eyes bleed everytime I turn around
How will they all feel when I bring them to the ground?
And I said

I walk for miles inside this pit of danger
A place where no one follows me
I walk alone...

I'm sick of all these people talking out their heads
I never understood a damn thing that they said
From words to actions never knowing what they're about
I guess I'll have to chew them up and spit them out
And I said

I walk for miles inside this pit of danger
I've swallowed down a thousand years of anger
The weight of the world is falling on my shoulders
A place where no one follows me
I walk alone...

Yeah! I walk alone!
Oh yeah! Yeah!

I walk for miles inside this pit of danger
I've swallowed down a thousand years of anger
The weight of the world is falling on my shoulders
A place where no one follows me
I walk alone...

I walk alone! Yeah!

"Project MKP" begins now!!

Attention, everyone!! I have decided that today will be the day that i officially launch "Project MKP"... basiaclly I will be studying the many blog entries of a certain SOMEONE in order to analyse his behavior as well as mentality. something like 'research' on what causes the subject to be obsessed and egoistic. For safety reasons, I will be posting my deductions in my secondary blog. Do click the below link to read my thoughts on him...

http://tanatrandomarchives.blogspot.com/2008/08/first-week-of-research-on-mkp.html

Poor Jade doesn't deserve this :-(

Happy Birthday to Jason Ling and Giselle

Netizens have been up in arms about an alleged flub made by former Miss Singapore Universe contestant-cum-Mediacorp artiste Jade Seah on Today in Beijing.

During a live telecast of the show on Aug 13, the 25-year-old MediaCorp artiste was alleged to have uttered an expletive after incorrectly pronouncing an athlete’s name.

When contacted by Chinese newspaper Lianhe Wanbao last Friday, MediaCorp’s Artiste Management Division confirmed that there was no slip-up.

Further investigation into the matter has revealed that an expletive was indeed uttered off-air.

In a statement released by Channel 5 yesterday, Jade admitted that she may have “inadvertently expressed [her] frustrations audibly” due to nerves.

Said Jade: “TODAY IN BEIJING is my first major sports show and I am putting in every effort to give of my best to the viewers, every night.”

Explaining the fluff, Jade said: “In a live show, things do not always go clockwork. In overcoming the jitters of a live telecast, I may have inadvertently expressed my frustrations audibly. However, it is never my intention to cause any grief or controversy.”

“I sincerely hope the viewers will give me a chance to improve myself. To me, this is an invaluable learning experience which I will cherish for a long time,” she added.

No go, then, to the vociferous calls from some netizens for Jade to be ousted from the show. She will continute to host the show alongside Mark Richmond for the next few days.

Responding perhaps to ongoing criticism of the choice to have Jade Seah on Today in Beijing alongside veteran Olympics presenter Mark Richmond, Channel 5 explained that she “was chosen as the female presenter of Today in Beijing due to her sporty and outgoing personality … she brings to her delivery a fresh appeal.”

Channel 5 “deeply regrets the unintended leakage of the off-air expletive” and assures that “measures have been put in place to prevent future occurrences from happening.”

Jade being slammed again, haiz. Imagine my surprise when I saw her face on the full front page of yesterday's edition of The New Paper. This certainly isn't the first time she's been slammed for her lacklustre hosting. She had it much worse when she was hosting "The Dance Floor" alongside the more experienced Glenn Ong and Flying Dutchman, in the first quarter of last year. I personally thought that she's been showing vast improvement for this show, as well as her hosting stint alongside Michelle Chong in 2 seasons of "Sweets For My Sweet".

Regarding Jade's accidental uttering of the f-word, I believe that it was a slip of her tongue, purely unintentional. I know because I recently had a 'slip off the tongue' case, and I caused a rising actress to be hurt, and consequently put more hurt onto myself. Only difference was, I used a b-word, and it is NOT the word for female dog!! If you really wanna find out more on that incident... please refer to the April 29th entry. I myself am not ashamed to bring that up again, cos that taught me an invaluable yet painful lesson on watching what I say. And that taught me to be more caring and understanding towards others. And MKP, I wanna say again that I already apologised to Felicia long time back, so shut up and move on with your filthy life will ya!!

Who would know then that such a small thing like a tongue can cause an epidemic whenever we say the wrong things? Well, I guess this incident reagrding Jade happened at just the right time cos a few weeks ago, I had written a post on how deadly the tongue can be, dated 18th July.

Back to Jade... I personally feel that we should all give her a chance to improve herself, she's still human after all, it's natural to err. Even the most experienced actor or actress (eg Huang Wenyong) is bound to make mistakes, right? It's not uncommon to spew vulgarities; don't the movie stars do that in some films?? Don't some singers like Eminem spew out the f-word often in their songs?? It's not as if Jade insulted anyone's parents or gossiped about anyone in general... heck, she didn't even cause a controversy like what Sharon Stone did a few months ago, with the latter's 'karmic response' on the Sichuan earthquake. I am also encouraging those who may not like Jade to just give her a chance and stop flaming her.

Jade, if you ever get to read this, I just wanna say that I have faith in you, and even though you may not really be one of my top fave artistes, you nevertheless have my support always. So don't you worry about a thing, ya? I will pray for you, that everything is well with you. Keep the faith!! ;-)

P.S. I still find a little hard to believe that you're 2 weeks older than me, but that should be ok, heh :-p

random stuff on movie n upcoming open house

Happy Birthday to Eve Torres, Naomi and Brenda



Yesterday I went to watch another movie... "Mad About English", directed and written by well-known broadcast journalist Lian Pek (fromerly from CNA). It's something like a documentary, similar to films like "Super Size Me" and "Fahrenheit 9/11". Very refreshing, interesting and heart-warming.


Having won the bid to the Olympics, China began an extensive foray of preparation to usher the new found glory of welcoming international guest to their land. Having building massive architectural marvels like the National Aquatics Center ("Water Cube") and the National Stadium (aka Bird's nest), one major hurdle faced the majority of its population. Language. What is a host to do if they can't communicate with their own guest? Hence a major sweep of English madness was entrusted upon the people with hilarity ensured.

Highlights include
- elderly people like Li Yang and Jason Yang conversing in English,
- "Cabbie" Meng conversing with tourists,
- a policeman named Lui Wenli impressing tourists with his ability to converse in different languages other than English,
- a certain Dr David Tool marking down grammatical errors found on signboards or LED panels,
- an 11-yr old gal named Qi Qi in English Boot Camp,
- and a massive Speak English campaign organised by a certain Jason Yang.

I rate this film 8.5 out of 10 points... a certified must-watch for people of all races, not just the Chinese. :-)

For more info on the film, go here... http://www.moviexclusive.com/review/madaboutenglish/madaboutenglish.htm


An upcoming event that's not to be missed is the Republic of Singapore Air Force Open House, to be held on 30th and 31st August.. there's gonna be appearances made by 2 very beautiful actresses, on different days that is. I seriously can't wait to go for both days, haha!! I'll leave it to you to guess which ones... (hint: they recently played beach ball babes... one is a Hello Kitty addict, and the other owns two cats. Should be easy, right?)

Filming at Sentosa

Happy (belated) Birthday to Lilian Garcia and Desmond Tan

Yesterday I was greeted with an SMS from Khai stating that it will be the last day of production for "Calefare", and it would be held at...

Siloso Beach, Sentosa!!! Finally, a chance to explore the place once again... haven't been there for nearly 3 years :-)

Once I understood the message, I quickly got changed and began my rather long journey to Harborfront. I had no idea that the cable car fare was rather expensive... still, I must say that it truly was a breathtaking ride in the cable car, never mind if it was raining rather heavily.

Below are pictures I took while in the elevator leading up to the cable car station.

Here are pictures taken during the ride in the cable car.

After which, I took a Blue Line bus to Siloso Point, where the beach was located. It wasn't hard for me to find the meeting place, Trapizza Restaurant... there were a few babelicious female calefares waiting there, but I was more focused on knowing my role for the scene rather than glancing at the girls.

By then, the rain got much worse, and filming took place under a huge shelter. Nearly the whole cast was involved except Vadi. At one point, I got goosebumps all over cos Tracy stood next to me!! :-O

White and red- Gurmit

Bright pink and orange- Fiona

Green and khaki- Benjamin

Yellow and orange- Mastura

Black all over- Tracy

The first part of filming (involving the calefares) ended at 11 plus, and all the calefares headed back to Trapizza. At one point, one of the actresses (guess which one) was standing rather near me... me seated down and playing my PSP, her back facing mine. Errrr.... riiiiiight, no funny ideas here!! By 12 plus, I decided to leave the beach, but not before snapping the cast at a bus stop not far from Trapizza.

Hmmm... this Shark Boy in a poster found in front of Underwater World sure looks a lot like Benjamin. Wonder if it's really him...? I better ask him asap.

I took a Red Line bus to Imbiah Point, took a few photos around...

and eventually I found the Merlion. Not the one at Fullerton Road, but the much bigger one made some 10 years ago. A whooping 37 m tall... my very first time seeing this majestic creature at close range. :-)

Then I took a train back to Vivo City. Another moment of awe as the newly improved monorail (air-con!!) travelled along the tracks towering over the bridgelink between Sentosa and the Harborfront.

Certainly a trip to remember... maybe one of these days I should explore the place even more if I have the time :-)

This was what I did after having lunch at Vivo City...

1330 to 1415 hrs- took long train journey (3 trains in fact) to Changi

1415 to 1500 hrs- re-explored Terminal 3

1530 to 1630 hrs- waited for Dad to arrive

1630 to 1700 hrs- both of us explored T3

1800 hrs- reached back home safely

1845 hrs- Myself, Dad and Mum had dinner

1930 hrs- Dad and I attended WIN night... back in duty after 2 months of absence

2330 hrs- off to slumberland!