Wonders of Macau

My current location is in Macau's Venetian resort - just for a short gateway to relieve (the I myself can't identify) stress. Well, there is nothing to be comment about this trip because 1) nothing special has happened so far and 2) I have been staying at Venetian too many times since it was launched last year.

Update: Spotted an attractive sales assistant in one of the Venetian's malls. He is working for a trendy, hippy and definitely caters for youngsters clothing store, do check him out. I was quite taken aback, but pleased at the same time - considering i dressed sloppily and he had no idea on my background- that he virtually followed me everywhere around the shop and tried to make small talk with me. Having said that, I guess he is cute in a generic way because I can't seem to recall his look now. If I remember right, he has dark skin and curly hair, a brit (judging from the british accent) who speaks freaking flawless cantonese.

Fame

Source: Bitten and Bound

When one member in the family is famous, the other members usually share some sort of fame too. Some famous people are respectable souls but fame does not necessarily always involve with pleasant matters. It is definitely an embarrassing week for the Lohan family; having a troubled child is terrible enough and now papa Lohan went for (and awaiting result of) a DNA test to determine if he is the biological father of 13-year-old Ashley Kaufmann (pictured above). Ashley's mother, Kristi Kaufmann (who papa Lohan admitted having sexual affair with during separation with mama Lohan) tried over the years to get Michael to live up to his obligations as a father. At the same time, Lindsay Lohan is said to be taking the news of a-possible-half-sister very hard and Michael Lohan has threatened to sue Kaufmann if it turns out that he is not Ashley's biological father.

Source: Dlisted

Yes, I have been ignorant and I am now utterly shocked. Ellen Lee DeGeneres made public the fact that she is a lesbian ten years ago and I didn't know that! I love Ellen; she is funny and I make a point to watch her talk show whenever I am free but it never crossed my mind that she is a lesbian. Having said that, by no means I will love her less. No ... no, I will not discriminate people in regards to their sexuality preference, there was once I thought I might be a lesbian too (aha!).

Alleviate Poverty

Source: Free Rice

I donated 5100 grains of rice today just by playing a vocabulary game. It is fun, it is educating and it is alleviating poverty. I suggest do play and donate rice in Free Rice.

On the news:

• A Taiwanese loses 30 cm of tresses while watching Kung Fu Panda movie. I suspect the mysterious barber has kung fu too.
• Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim filed complaints for the latest accusation of sodomy (not again?!) as part of a political campaign to destabilise his bid to return to power. 23-year-old Saiful Bukhary lodged a police report against Anwar Ibrahim; apparently, the former aide is engaged to Janna Syafiyah who vows to stand by him in her blog.
• eBay is to pay 38.6 million euros to LVMH for allowing the sale of fake merchandise. I swear this firm is a proficient money maker. Note that eBay was ordered to pay handbag maker Hermes 20k euros for the similar issue just a month ago.

Pick-up lines #1

Having just returned to Singapore, my first errand is to hand in a document to a bank's corporate office. As I did not bring any suitable identification with me, I had to write down some details in the reception area. An hour later, I received a call:

Mysterieux: Hello.

The receptionist: Hello, this is x. Did u manage to find your way to y?

Mysterieux: Yes, I did. Thank you.

The receptionist: Where are you? Have you had lunch?

Mysterieux: Yes I had. Am at home now.

(after a long pause)

The receptionist: Can I make friend with you?

Mysterieux: Erm .. no, not really. I am sorry.

The receptionist: Ok, thank you.

(hangs up)

To be honest, I find these pick-up lines neutral, not good but not bad either. Some worse pick-up lines I have encountered such as "I love you" and "you look like my ex girlfriend" on first meets.

Unacceptable Behaviour in Internet

Recently, two young individuals, who are not related to each other, having trouble with law due to unacceptable behaviour posted through online.

A local blogger nicknamed as Sexy Fragrance Prince (why do I think of Thai Fragrant Rice?) was arrested for posting racially offensive content on his blog. His blog is now inaccessible to the public, but you can read the atrocious post here. From what I read, this post has been taken down and he alternatively supplied an apologetic post claiming he is an expressive person while denying being a racist and maintaining that he did not harbour any ill will towards the racial group that he mentioned in his (taken down) post. Notice how arrogant and mighty (I quote "if u wana defend yourself…. i suggest you arm youself with education and a motor mouth to compete against me.. else dont bother") he was in the earlier post and then quite contrary in the latter post. I am surprised; racial discrimination still exists in such a multi racial country - Singapore.

On the other part of the world, a 21 years old Gao Qianhui was detained by Chinese police for posting angry comments directed at victims of the devastating Sichuan earthquake. According to Xinhua News Agency, Gao was angry over a three-day mourning period that saw online entertainment and games shut down in China out of respect for those killed by the quake (read full story here and video clip here). Gao showed no interest in coverage of the quake or its aftermath and her obvious lack of sympathy - I quote "How many of you died? It was just a few. China has so many people, anyway." - provoked an outpouring of anger and criticism from Chinese Internet users. Chinese are well known for their patriotism, this young woman is an apparent minority.

Feeling Miserable

Source: theemotioncode.com

A visit to an Otolaryngologist exactly a week ago left me devastated. What followed were more visits to the clinic to uncover what exactly that has been challenging my health condition, and that involved a minor surgical procedure that was both physically painful and emotionally stressful. Results found that it is not the worst scenario, nevertheless, an operation is expected in the future. For the mean time, I have to endure this uncomfortableness twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, four weeks a month and twelve months a year. I am still at a shaken state and definitely not ready to discuss it in great details at the moment, not even to my own immediate family and close friends. All I know is - gone are the days that I feel carefree like any youngsters - I am not as hale and hearty as I look or imagined to be.

Shadow

Source: Modesty Blaise from Ambrosiasw Forum

Oh my, I have developed a strange passion of watching shadows, to be precise, my shadow. This is because my shadow carries itself so well - three times taller than my actual height with a third of my actual weight - that I started to believe it resembles Tyra Bank.