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How Un-Malaysian Are You?

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:50:11 GMT

Congratulations Azhan, you are 50% not Malaysian.

That means you're as Malaysian as... Michelle Yeoh!

Janet has done it, again!

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 05:01:37 GMT

The Pied Piper of Penang
Madamme Heritage Heboh lures children away from homes and into old buildings

by J-Teoh30-03-2006, kakiseni.com

The first question Janet Pillai asks me when she sees me is: “Have you finished your folio yet?” Even now, she is moving very fast around the music practice area of Universiti Sains Malaysia ABM-AMBRO, sternly asking the same of every young-ish looking person (and unsuspecting members of the press). “Haveyoufinishedyourfolioyet? Haveyoufinishedyourfolioyet? No, you’re doing it. Don’t do it here, do it over there! Don’t use a pencil – use pens! Use crayons! Use colours!”

Janet Pillai seems to be one heck of a busy lady. It is not for nothing that she is declared an Amazing Malaysian by Digi and nicknamed Madamme Heritage Heboh of Penang. When she is not running around teaching theatre at USM, she is running around conducting workshops like Young Theatre Penang (for finding your child’s inner all-rounded performer) and Anak-anak Kota (for finding your child’s inner heritage conservationist). What she is doing these few days (Mar 11-15, 2006) is a little special. She has meshed both programmes into one – teaching kids to do performances about heritage. But who on earth is paying for such meaningful projects? For Young Theatre Penang and Anak-anak Kota, Janet receives money from the State Cultural Council and the Penang Educational Consultative Council respectively. This time however, telco company Digi is funding the workshops, the recruitment drive, the subsequent performances, and even the flying of reporters into Penang (luckily for them, I’m just across the bridge).

When I get the chance to steal some time off Janet, one of the first things I wanted to know is: whutadilly about the folios? Janet’s folios are determined not to be the average Malaysian school kid’s folios – they are to comprise of collages, photographs, drawings… basically retraining and teaching them how to think out of the box. They’re kind of like homework, to gauge how much the students have learnt day by day, but unlike mathematics, you can’t just copy somebody else’s answers.

The folios are about the Historical Walk these participants had done the day before. And in spite of the torturous heat wave that’s been plaguing Penang lately, they had done it on foot. Janet wanted the participants to “get used to the idea of working under the hot sun,” as this was a necessary part of her projects. But can they take it? Says 11-year old Teow Pei Sing: “Even though I felt tired and bored, I learnt a lot… Ms. Ho [Sheau Fung, the visual arts facilitator] and I were extremely thirsty, so she bought two packets of drinks from the coffee shop – one for me and one for her. We got here at two, and went home at five. Wow, this walk is so cool!”

The Madame “Heritage Heboh” of Penang programme is now in its Discovery phase (one of three phases in all DiGi’s Amazing Malaysians projects, the other two being Implementation and Showcase). This is when the participants are made aware of the importance of the project they are about to embark on and also given the opportunity to pull out if they choose to. There are around 80 participants ranging from Standard 5 to Form 6 in the respective workshops: music – “Journey of Sound”; dance – “Gerak-gerak Borak-borak”; and visual arts – “Wayang Bayang-bayang”. The facilitators are in the process of narrowing down the numbers before proceeding with the three months of intensive workshops.

It is also nice to see that Janet has not forgotten those who aren’t talented enough to make the cut during auditions by letting them be documenters. Boring as documenting sounds, the job is actually pretty cool, as Andrea (13, from St. George’s Girls School) and Andrea (16, from SMK Permatang Rawa) can testify. Working as documenters, the youngsters pick up camera, video and other interesting skills, besides experimenting with different ways of presenting the information collected – whether in the form of posters, writing, or even puppets! “I can get first-hand experience of what journalism is like, which can help me decide my career options later!” enthused one of the Andreas.

The majority of the participants belong to the “Journey of Sound” group. The rest are spread between “Gerak-gerak Borak-borak”, with approximately 20 participants, and “Wayang Bayang-bayang”, which has the least – 15. Though ninety-nine percent of the project participants are from the arts stream, this doesn’t guarantee they know how to draw. Janet attributes this to many budding visual artists being lost to the science stream.
Eventually we arrive at the Cheah Kongsi where Penang’s budding young artists (or what is left of them) are listening to a lecture on the artistic elements of Penang architecture by David Yeo. The children seem very quiet, as if attending lessons at school. They come alive later during fieldwork as they walk down the street to the Khoo Kongsi – to admire the fine architecture, or rather, to learn to admire the fine architecture.

Visual art facilitator Ho Sheau Fung explains that the students are going to recreate one of the stories on the panels (either Yang Xiang Wrestling The Tiger To Save His Father or Wang Xiang Lying On Ice For Carp, both from The 24 Paragons of Filial Piety) in the form of wayang kulit and perform it during the Discovery Launch on Wed Mar 15. “We’re not going to do the traditional Ramayana sort of wayang kulit… that takes a lot of time and skill and it’s very hard to master. What we’re going to do is a simplified form… utilising Chinese, Indian, Muslim, European and contemporary influences,” says David. “The result at the end of these three months should be something fresh, different.”

For 14 year-old Mun Hoe from SMJK Chung Ling Penang, the Madame “Heritage Heboh” project gives him a better perspective of Penang heritage compared to the week-long Anak-anak Kota project he had participated in previously. “I didn’t get to learn the stories behind the artwork then, it was more of visiting heritage sites and drawing what we saw there, learning the technical aspects. This is more fun, and I think it will help me a lot in my sejarah homework.”

Use your imagination

I get back to Penang island the next day (Tuesday). The “Journey of Sound” children at USM had gone off the day before to “collect sounds” at Market Street and are now supposed to do a group composition by replicating the sounds, noises and snippets of conversation they had collected.
I manage to grab hold of music facilliator Dr. Tan Sooi Beng. Dr. Tan is a music lecturer in USM and like David, has been working together with Janet for close to 20 years. Watching the participants run around to the deafening shouts and screams, I can’t help but notice the infectious energy radiating about the building. Heck, I want to join in and start screaming as well. “They have a lot of energy,” agrees Dr. Tan with a smile. “Music gives them a sense of confidence.” When talking to the press later, Janet stresses that music is an alternative tool for expression, just as art can be a tool for education, to stimulate creativity and learning.

Dr. Tan prefers the phrase The Music of Sound to The Sound of Music. “Music is all around us, and we are going to teach them how to make music using the elements of music from our environment.” Instead of musical instruments, the participants are taught to make music with everyday utensils, and then to develop an ear for interesting but hardly noticeable sounds from everyday life.
A sense of rhythm is essential for the music participants. Soon, I find myself watching a young girl struggling to replicate the rhythm of monetary exchange among traders by jiggling coins in a Milo tin… and getting rather frustrated. Dr. Tan is on hand of course, coaxing the girl to “use your imagination”. No success. Keep on trying. Eventually, the coins are abandoned in favour of reproducing flour-making sounds through role play – with the children pretending to be rice, machine, as well as the flour squealing with laughter while exiting the machine. Elsewhere, little groups of young people are making music out of spoons and forks, broken senduk, Milo tins. The disorganised din had me somewhat worried – at the rate things are going, how will they be able to put together a show by tomorrow evening?

You’re just dancing?

Meanwhile, at the Actors’ Studio Greenhall with the “Gerak-gerak Borak-borak” gang, two groups of young dancers are attempting to choreograph their pieces for the launch, but I am not able to make out what they were doing. One group in particular seems to take the floor for a drum. The funky beat is very cool and contemporary, but the dance appears more MTV than a roti canai-teh tarik dance At least that is what they are supposed to be doing. Twelve year-old Amirul, who appears to be a most natural drummer, doesn’t care: “I boleh menari seperti sotong dan saya suka menari seperti itu lagi.”

Janet is very busy with the other team: “Spin on your butts! Then up! Bounce up! Nonono, not like this… That’s not spinning…” These young people had visited the famous Goddess of Mercy temple the day before. Now they have to convert the sights and sounds of the temple into dance. I can’t understand the spinning on butts, so I asked them. This is what they say: “You know, it’s like when you start a dance you can’t just start dancing, you need some sort of introduction.” So it doesn’t mean anything in particular? “No.” But what are you trying to trying to do through your dance? Are you telling a story? “Nope. We’re just taking the people’s movements we saw at the temple and then we just put them together to make a dance lah!” So that’s what you’re doing? You’re just dancing? *Unanimous nodding of heads*

“At the moment we are not doing in-depth teaching just yet,” explains Janet. “They are supposed to observe the behaviour of people at the temple and put it together with the rhythm and beat. In the future, we will train them how to develop a viewpoint on the things they see and express that opinion through their dance.” Janet believes that all forms of theatre must have a function, to get people, both audience and performers, to reflect on their lives. “Take the Taoist praying at the temple for instance. They can dance that in such a way to make the audience question themselves: ‘Who are we praying to? Why are we praying?’… All theatre must have a function.”

I am a firm believer in the power of youth. Despite having sat through just-plain-awful inter-school drama competitions, I am lucky to have seen enough magical performances by young people to confirm my belief in them. Apparently, Janet Pillai and DiGi believe in them too, as emphasised by the PR personnel: “the DiGi’s Amazing Malaysians project is targeted at children in particular. Who will continue to fight for the arts, who will carry on the conservation work?” The purpose of the DiGi’s Amazing Malaysians project was to educate the future generation of young Malaysians about their roots and culture.

In the past, Digi’s dual mission of heritage awareness and children outreach used to merge in a one day affair. That quickly proved too little time for either. According to the press release: “When DiGi evolved its CSR [Corporate Social Responsibility] programme from the one-day culture workshops it held under the DiGi Yellow Mobile banner to the three-month Amazing Malaysians project, one contributing reason was to be able to ensure the projects create lasting change in the participants and, hopefully, even in the communities they come from.” Janet, who has earned the love of children across Malaysia, some of whom have grown up and gone on to take up careers in the creative line, is certainly a no-brainer choice. The other Amazing Malaysians this year are Bishan Singh (The Champion of Pahang’s Lake Chini); Eddin Khoo (The Shadow Player of Kelantan); Rashid Esa (The Woodcraft Warrior of Selangor); and Laurence Loh (The Heritage Architect of Kedah). Each of them have to design a project in their field involving up to 100 children. Last year’s Amazing Malaysians and their protégés had so far staged an evening of Melanau dance and music in Sarawak, a lion dance and 24 drums performance in Johor, rebuilt a 100-year-old kampong house in Terengganu, and created a wetlands garden and resource centre in Perak.

What a journey!

The evening starts off on an optimistic note as screams and peals of laughter catch my ear as I arrive at SMK Convent Light Street for the Discovery Launch. The participants are gathered in one of the courtyards and cooking up a fuss over their Penang-style cooking. “I think the Char Kuey Teow and Hokkien Mee are trying their best to be Char Kuey Teow and Hokkien Mee,” comments Chee Pok Jin, the Chief Marketing Officer for DiGi. “The rest are rather bland.” Whether or not the food is edible is hardly the point, more importantly, the participants are changing… Some previously quiet, introverted youngsters are more open and confident than before, and Pei Sing from the “Wayang Bayang-bayang” group who complained that he could not understand Malay is now best friends with Hamizal. Maybe the Malaysian government should think of recruiting Janet Pillai and her crew to be national service trainers!

Showtime began when the “Wayang Bayang-bayang” group station themselves behind a white screen to present their take on Yang Xiang Wrestling The Tiger To Save His Father. The students had warned me beforehand that “our puppets are not that good” – I beg to differ. The fluidity of the presentation is slightly affected as the participants have difficulty controlling the puppets, but it is an entertaining show nonetheless. As is typical of student sketches, the dialogue is rather contrived at some parts and there is a liberal dose of slapstick (especially when the tiger grabbed Yang Xiang’s father and jiggled about the screen roaring). Yet somehow, these kids manage to engage the audience and carry them along the waves of the story with the help of an open-air stage, cardboard puppets, and a naïve but refreshing sense of humour.

Then the agile dancers charm the audience with their graceful adaptation of their sightseeing experience at the Kuan Yin temple. Their mesmerising, seductive movements – selling joss sticks, praying, fortune sticks, mediums in a trance – are all improvised upon and sewn together in a tapestry of liquid whirls and glides. (No butt-spinning, by the way.) I am amazed to see that the rattling of the fortune sticks is actually reproduced by hands clapping very fast! One dancer in particular, Ong Huey Huey from Methodist Boy’s School, catches my eye. “I combined what I saw with some Siamese influences, using my own experiences from praying in Siamese temples. They [the facilitators] told us to imagine, and add in some ideas of our own, so I did that because I’m half-Siamese.”

The roti canai-teh tarik crew is next, and soon the audience is bobbing along to the funky beats (this time on Milo tin drums). Who woulda thought tossing roti canai was so cool! Energy levels are on an all time high and this group of young performers is evidently the audience favourite. Between them, the two groups of dancers have managed to capture some vivid images of modern-day Penang, and not just touristy Cuti-cuti Malaysia stuff.

The final performance of the night is an ensemble piece by the music group, who proceeds to take the audience on a “Journey of Sound” around Penang. And what a journey! Probably worth a dozen Manglish-speaking tour guides put together. The variety of sounds replicated is astounding and I gasped and tried (but failed) to identify the “instruments” as we travelled aurally to the Kuan Yin temple, an old-fashioned kopitiam, a spice factory. To think that I was just wondering how they were going to even put up a half-decent performance the day before!

Now all there is left to do is three more months of workshopping. All these creativity and energy will climax on July 15 in a street festival called Heritage Heboh. The children (after today, only about 60 are chosen/remain) will be performing in Little India, and then inside the Teochew Association, then along Pitt Street and finally at Khoo Kongsi. Janet Pillai’s biggest concern, however, are not the youngsters. She wants audiences: “We want to get inner-city residents out of their house and out of their TV habits – to come out to the streets and watch what they are not normally used to.”
~ ~ ~
J-Teoh is a teenaged dramatist.

WHAT'S IN A MARRIAGE???

Mon, 29 May 2006 13:26:57 GMT

WHAT'S IN A MARRIAGE???

1. Marriage is not a word. It's a sentence a life
sentence.

2. Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore marriage
is an institution for the blind.

3. Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his
Bachelor, and the woman gets?her masters.

4. Marriage is a three-ring circus: engagement ring,
wedding ring
and suffering.

5. Married life is full of excitement: In the first year of
marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In
the second year, the woman speaks and the man
listens. In the third year, they both speak, and the
NEIGHBORS listen.

6. Son: How much does it cost to get married, Dad?
Father: I don't know son, I'm still paying.

7. Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the
alarm clock.

8. They say that when a man holds a woman's hand
before marriage, it is love; after marriage it is self-
defense.

9. When a newly married man looks happy, we know
why. But when a 10-year married man looks happy,
we wonder why.

10. There was this lover who said that he would go
through hell for her. They got married, and now he is
going through HELL.

11. Confucius says: a woman who sinks into a man's
arm soon, will soon have her arms in the man's sink.

12. When a man steals your wife, there is no better
revenge than
to let him keep her.

13. Eighty percent of married men cheat in America,
the rest cheat in Europe.

14. After marriage, husband and wife become two
sides of a coin.
They can't face each other, but they still stay together.

15. Marriage is when man and a woman become one.
The trouble starts when they try to decide which one.

16. "I married Miss right, I just didn't know her first
name was Always."

17. It's not true that married men live longer than
single men,
It only seems longer.

18. Losing a wife can be hard. In my case, it was
almost impossible.

19. A man was complaining to a friend: "I HAD IT
ALL - MONEY, A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, THE LOVE
OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, THEN POW! IT WAS
ALL GONE." "WHAT HAPPENED?" asked his friend.
He says "MY WIFE FOUND OUT."

20. WIFE: Let's go out and have some fun tonight.
HUSBAND: OK, but if you get home before I do, leave
the hallway lights on.

21. At a cocktail party, one woman said to
another: "AREN'T YOU WEARING YOUR RING ON
THE WRONG FINGER?" The other replied, "YES, I
AM. I MARRIED THE WRONG MAN."

22. Man is incomplete until he gets married, then he is
finished.

23. No matter how often a married man changes his
job, he still endsup with the same boss.

24. A man inserted an ad in the paper - WIFE
WANTED. The next day he received two hundred
forty eight?letters,?and they all said YOU CAN HAVE
MINE.

25. When a man opens the door of his car for his
wife, you can be
sure of one thing either the car is new or the wife is...

88 Movies. I can't help it if I have no life..

Sun, 28 May 2006 17:55:20 GMT

SUPPOSABLY if you've seen over 80
movies, YOU HAVE NO LIFE. Mark the ones
you've seen. There are 168movies on this list.
Put your score in header and repost:

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) Grease
( ) Pirates of the Caribbean
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane
( ) my first mister
( ) the virgin suicides

Total : 2

( ) The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
(x) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
(x) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Total : 5

( ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
( ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
(x) American Pie Band Camp

Total : 4

(x) Harry Potter
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil I
(x) Resident Evil 2
( ) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch

Total : 7

(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
( ) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(x) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( ) Robots
(x) Artificial Inteligence

Total : 5

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket:A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
( ) King Kong

Total : 7

(x) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
(x) Passport to Paris
( ) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber

Total : 6

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards

Total : 9

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child's Play
(x) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
( ) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
(x) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask

Total : 7

(x) Bad Boys 2
(x) Joy Ride
( ) Se7en
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
( ) Identity
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

Total : 6

(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
(x) My Boss' Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) Frailty
( ) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2

Total : 6

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) Terminator 2
(x) Terminator 3

Total : 7

(x) X-Men
(x) X2
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
(x)Jeepers Creepers
(x)Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Others
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) Cruel Intentions 3
(x) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2

Total: 12

(x)Swimfan
(x)Miracle
( )Old School
( )The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( )Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
( )Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
( )Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(x)A Walk to Remember
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old-virgin

Total: 3

How Much Do You Know About Blogging?

Sun, 21 May 2006 10:54:56 GMT

You Know a Lot About Blogging

You got 5/8 correct!

Your not a total blogging geek yet... give it time.

Are You Hot?

Sun, 21 May 2006 10:48:16 GMT

You Are Super Spicy

You're a little bit crazy, a little bit naughty, and a whole lot of sexy.
You go beyond hot - you set people's senses on fire!

Are You Hot?

How is Your Self Esteem?

Sun, 21 May 2006 10:42:09 GMT

You Have Low Self Esteem 88% of the Time

You're definitely in a low place right now, but you also know deep down that you can get out of your funk.
Take a chance and make a new friend or try a new interest. Shaking things up will give you the self-esteem boost you need!

How is Your Self Esteem?

How Weird Are You?

Sun, 21 May 2006 10:38:24 GMT

You Are 30% Weird

Not enough to scare other people...
But sometimes you scare yourself.

How Weird Are You?

How Your Attitude Ranks?

Sun, 21 May 2006 10:35:02 GMT

How Your Attitude Ranks

Your Attitude is Better than 35% of the Population
If you scored...

80-100: You've got a winner attitude. You're always optimistic and cheery. Your personality will get you far in life.

60-79: You have a good attitude. While a realist, you do see the positive side of most things. People love to be around you.

40 - 59: You have a positive attitude... somtimes. You prefer to see the world through clear glasses, not rose colored ones.

20 - 39: You have an average attitude. You take the good and bad in life as they come. Though sometimes you could use a little more good.

0-19: You have a negative attitude. You tend to see the dark side of every situation. Free ice cream? No thanks, it will just make you fat!

How's Your Attitude?

What Do People Envy About You?

Sun, 21 May 2006 10:29:25 GMT

People Envy Your Compassion

You have a kind heart and an unusual empathy for all living creatures. You tend to absorb others' happiness and pain.
People envy your compassion, and more importantly, the connections it helps you build. And compassionate as you are, you feel for them.

What Do People Envy About You?

i yelled at a pile of dust because im sexy

Sun, 14 May 2006 15:05:01 GMT

pick the month you were born.

January--i danced with
Febuary--i loved
March--i choked on
April--i licked
May-- i hugged
June--i murdered
July--i sang to
August--i had lunch with
September--i ran over
October--i smoked
November--i yelled at
December--i kissed

Pick the day (number) you were born on:

1-------a pencil
2-------a dead body
3-------a pile of dust
4-------a fork
5-------a gangster
6-------the sun
7-------a llama
8-------a banana
9-------a mexican
10-------my neighbor
11-------an ipod
12-------my ass
13-------einstein
14-------a macaroni
15-------a goat
16-------a chicken
17-------myself
18-------a spoon
19-------a ghost
21-------a carr
22-------a baby
23-------a noodle
24-------my girlfriend
25-------a baseball bat
26-------my sister
27-------a cd
28-------my science teacher
29-------a thorn bush
30-------my cell phone
31-------A homeless guy

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:

White------Because im sexy
Black-------Because im a ninja.
Pink--------Because im homosexual.
Red---------Because i love her.
Blue--------Because the voices told me to
Green------Because you told me to.
Purple------because im an ass
Gray--------Because im a sucker.
Yellow------Because someone offered me
1,000,000 dollars
Orange----Because id do it for an ice cream.
Other-------Because that's how I roll.

Then post ur answer as ur subject

What European City Do You Belong In?

Wed, 10 May 2006 17:58:51 GMT

You Belong in Milan

Stylish and sophisticated, you want to enjoy a truly European life - away from tourists!
Milan fits you perfectly. Great shopping, high quality food, lots of culture... with very little hype

What European City Do You Belong In?

What Color Should Your Blog Be?

Wed, 10 May 2006 17:42:40 GMT

***Your Blog Should Be Green***

Your blog is smart and thoughtful - not a lot of fluff. You enjoy a good discussion, especially if it involves picking apart ideas. However, you tend to get easily annoyed by any thoughtless comments in your blog.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2005 when...

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:01:16 GMT

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2005 when...

1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.

AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.

Go on, forward this to your friends... you know you want to!

Can you read this?

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:01:38 GMT

Olny srmat poelpe can.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at

Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod

are,

the only iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit

pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.

This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the

wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was

ipmorantt!

if you can raed tihs psas it on !!

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Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:11:37 GMT

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101 Ways to Make You Happy

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:33:09 GMT

01. Call an old friend, just to say hi.

02. Hold a door open for a stranger.

03. Invite someone to lunch.

04. Compliment someone on his or her appearance.

05. Ask a coworker for their opinion on a project.

06. Bring cookies to work.

07. Let someone cut in during rush hour traffic.

08. Leave a waitress or waiter a big tip.

09. Tell a cashier to have a nice day.

10. Call your parents.

11. Let someone know you miss them.

12. Treat someone to a movie.

13. Let a person know you really appreciate them.

14. Visit a retirement center.

15. Take a child to the zoo.

16. Fill up your spouse's car with gas.

17. Surprise someone with a small gift.

18. Leave a thank-you note for the cleaning staff

at work.

19. Write a letter to a distant relative.

20. Tell someone you thought about them the other

day.

21. Put a dime in a stranger's parking meter before

the time expires.

22. Bake a cake for a neighbor.

23. Send someone flowers to where they work.

24. Invite a friend to tea.

25. Recommend a good book to someone.

26. Donate clothing to a charity.

27. Offer an elderly person a ride to where they

need to go.

28. Bag your own groceries at the checkout counter.

29. Give blood.

30. Offer free baby-sitting to a friend who's

really busy or just needs a break.

31. Help your neighbor rake leaves or shovel snow.

32. Offer your seat to someone when there aren't

any left.

33. Help someone with a heavy load.

34. Ask to see a store's manager and comment on the

great service.

35. Give your place in line at the grocery store

to someone who has only a few items.

36. Hug someone in your family for no reason.

37. Wave to a child in the car next to you.

38. Send a thank-you note to your doctor.

39. Repeat something nice you heard about someone

else.

40. Leave a joke on someone's answering machine.

41. Be a mentor or coach to someone.

42. Forgive a loan.

43. Fill up the copier machine with paper after you're done using it.

44. Tell someone you believe in them.

45. Share your umbrella on a rainy day.

46. Welcome new neighbors with flowers or a plant.

47. Offer to watch a friend's home while they're

away.

48. Ask someone if they need you to pick up

anything while you're out shopping.

49. Ask a child to play a board game, and let them

win.

50. Ask an elderly person to tell you about the

good old days.

51. During bad weather, plan an indoor picnic with

the family.

52. Buy someone a goldfish and bowl.

53. Compliment someone on their cooking and

politely ask for a second helping.

54. Dance with someone who hasn't been asked.

55. Tell someone you mentioned them in your

prayers.

56. Give children's clothes to another family

when your kids outgrow them.

57. Deliver extra vegetables from your garden

to the whole neighborhood.

58. Call your spouse just to say, I love you.

59. Call someone's attention to a rainbow or

beautiful sunset.

60. Invite someone to go bowling.

61. Figure out someone's half-birthday by adding

182 days, and surprise them with a cake.

62. Ask someone about their children.

63. Tell someone which quality you like most about

them.

64. Brush the snow off of the car next to yours.

65. Return your shopping cart to the front of the

store.

66. Encourage someone's dream, no matter how big or

small it is.

67. Pay for a stranger's cup of coffee without them

knowing it.

68. Leave a love letter where your partner will

find it.

69. Ask an older person for their advice.

70. Offer to take care of someone's pet while

they're away.

71. Tell a child you're proud of them.

72. Visit a sick person, or send them a care

package.

73. Join a Big Brother or Sister program.

74. Leave a piece of candy on a coworker's desk.

75. Bring your child to work with you for the

afternoon.

76. Give someone a recording of their favorite

music.

77. Email a friend some information about

a topic they are especially interested in.

78. Give someone a homemade gift.

79. Write a poem for someone.

80. Bake some cookies for your local fire or police

department.

81. Organize a neighborhood cleanup and have a

barbecue afterwards.

82. Help a child build a birdhouse or similar

project.

83. Check in on an old person, just to see if

they're okay.

84. Ask for the recipe after you eat over at

someone's house.

85. Personally welcome a new employee at work

and offer to take them out for lunch.

86. While in a car, ask everyone to buckle up

because they are important to you.

87. Let someone else eat the last slice of cake or

pizza.

88. Stop and buy a drink from a kid's lemonade

stand.

89. Forgive someone when they apologize.

90. Wave to someone looking for a parking space

when you're about to leave a shopping center.

91. Send a copy of an old photograph to a childhood

friend.

92. Leave a pint of your spouse's favorite flavor

of ice cream in the freezer with a bow on it.

93. Do a household chore that is usually done

by someone else in the family.

94. Be especially happy for someone when they tell

you their good news.

95. Compliment a coworker on their role in a

successful project.

96. Give your spouse a spontaneous back rub at the

end of the day.

97. Serve someone in your family breakfast in bed.

98. Ask someone if they've lost weight.

99. Make a donation to a charity in someone's honor.

100. Take a child to a ballgame.

Unofficial National Celebration

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:41:45 GMT

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR HAIR LOSS: Maggi Mee. (instant noodles)

NATIONAL EXCUSE FOR BEING LATE: Traffic Jam.

NATIONAL CONDOM: None.

Most Malaysians still feel embarrassed buying
condoms. So they rushed into a 7-11, hurriedly grab the nearest
pack,any pack, pay and leave before the cashier can even blink an eye.

NATIONAL FRUIT FOR INDUCING MENSTRUATION: Pineapple

NATIONAL APHRODISIAC DRINK: Stout. Many swear by it.
But after a few pints they start swearing at everything...

NATIONAL FAKE ILLNESS FOR GETTING MC (MEN): Food Poisoning.

NATIONAL FAKE ILLNESS FOR GETTING MC (WOMEN): Menstrual Pain

NATIONAL EXCUSES GIVEN BY WOMEN WHEN REFUSING SEX:
Headache, kids not asleep, maid not asleep, mother-in-law around,
early appointment, food not digested yet, aircond not cold enough,
aircond too cold, nail polish not dry yet, forgot to take the pill,
sleepy,stomach cramps, period, haven't remove make-up, haven't shower,
no water supply, going to watch "Santa Barbara", depress, no mood,
etc...

NATIONAL EXCUSES GIVEN BY MEN WHEN REFUSING SEX: None.
Malaysian men never refuse sex. (oh ya??)

NATIONAL CURE FOR HEADACHES: Panadol. The "cure for all". If it fails
we have another secret weapon; Tiger Balm.

NATIONAL CURE FOR DIZZINESS: Minyak Angin Cap Kapak. (traditional oinment)

NATIONAL CAUSE OF DIZZINESS (FOR YUPPIES): Happy Hours.

NATIONAL INSTANT CURE FOR DIZZINESS (FOR YUPPIES): The sight of a police road block. (;-o)

NATIONAL RUBBISH DUMP: Anywhere. As long as it is not your house.

NATIONAL MOST MIS-PRONOUNCED NAME: Carrefour.

Sometimes even pronounced as Carry 4! On second thoughts, why bother
pronouncing stupid French brands like Peugeot, Renault or Citroen
correctly. I think it sounds better,when the local mechanics say "Pew Jeot".

When I was in school, Milo was always 'Mee Lo', now that I'm
sophisticated, I say "My Lo".
So don't be embarassed saying "Carry 4"
when the Mat Sallehs shamelessly pronounce orang utan as "rangutan".

NATIONAL ROADSIDE DISTRACTION: The Bra-less Tourist.
See how heads turn and traffic slows down when a bra-less Mat Salleh
backpacker goes bouncing about on the streets.
ps:minyak angin cap kapak is a malaysian traditional ointment usually used when having headaches! and Mat Salleh are the foreigners often to be causasian tourist and backpackers.

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