Is there really a need for stuff like this?

Happy Birthday to Triple H, James Tan and Matthew P

There are certain thing in life which I feel are rather redundant, i.e. don't need to happen at all.

Things like the pre-season friendly between Liverpool and the Singapore Lions at the Kallang Stadium last night. This is a complete no-brainer for soccer-fanatics and non-fans alike... most of us Singaporeans know that the sub-par "Dream Team" will end up getting thrashed by Liverpool in a similar fashion as the match against Manchester United a few years back. Hence it is rather ironic that most soccer fanatics like my brother went for the pre-season friendly to root for a top billing soccer league like the Liverpool Reds while at the same time watching their fellow Singaporeans get thrashed to bits. Sigh, what happened to the team's sense of pride? Don't they ever realize that they will never ever qualify for the World Cup? Seems like the nickname "Dream Team" is very fitting for our national team indeed, cos they will forever keep dreaming of making it to the quarter or semi-finals of World Cup, when they know they can't in reality.

Another thing that does not need to happen is the "exclusive in Asia" screening of "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker" at GV VivoCity for one week at various timings. NO NEED TO DO THAT LAH!!! I mean look at the perspective, the film was made in 1988 and isn't really considered a proper movie, esp with the retrospective of MJ's career between the 60s to early 80s, and the various stories jumbled together. And let us not forget that the Moonwalker DVDs are being sold at special discounts at all major CD stores like HMV, MJ Multimedia and TS Group, hello!! It's kinda obvious that the crew of Golden Village are simply cashing in on MJ's passing to promote this film in the bigscreen. This is what I call "overkill".

Still on the topic of MJ, another thing which IMO shouldn't happen is the creation of "MJ King of Pop- Singapore Edition". Why now then create the compilation, some 3 weeks after Jacko's passing? Why even create it in first place when you can download the songs from the Internet for free? What's the purpose of creating it? To commemorate the legacy of MJ? Or to simply cash in on his passing yet again? Are the "King of Pop- HK version" or Essential MJ compilations not worth buying as well?

Another lamebrained tactic is the "tried, tested and slammed" release of MJ Techno-Mix album. Now THAT we don't need to hear at all, MJ's greatest hits being remixed into totally nonsensical disco versions. Why mess with the originality of the classic songs when they are already perfect and memorable as they are? Thankfully, those techno albums were taken off the shelves less than a week after their debut, citing negative feedback from bigtime MJ fans. Big mistake for the wise guys who came up with this lousy concept.

And err... to be quite honest, I am quite glad I quit from RBKD last year before the major makeover, cos I just found out that they had created a new notebook loosely based off the FC scheme. Now THAT we don't need at all, we can always buy any type of notebook from Popular bookstore, no? If you ask me, I would prefer to see a bright-colored notebook meant for the fanclubs of Felicia or Joanne...