Showing posts with label events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label events. Show all posts

Little feet, little ears, little baby, big love.

I have two posts in one day. I would've combined the two but this young man should not share a post. He deserves one of his own because he is my very own nephew *glee*. A whole different level compared to my ukulele. Oh many many happy things.

Pictures should be up soon I hope, if my dad, being the trigger happy cameraman he is, uploads the photos and sends them to me (hurray!).

Happy birthday kiddo.


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My eyesight is getting worse! Please pray for me.
Really, do pray for me. Sigh.

Not all airshows are fun and exciting and pilots are not perfect.
This is the 2002 Ukraine airshow disaster.

WARNING: GORE

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What is wrong with 20th Century Fox?

Are they cashing on Dragonball because the name has sold more than $4 billion worth of merchandise and distribution rights?

The director James Wong has a few decent titles (like Willard) to his credit but from the looks of it he must be desperate (3 years? since he last directed a film) to get a movie under his belt. I think he totally screwed himself in the behind with this choice.

Then comes Stephen Chow, the comedian whose movies I used to love watching as a kid, is the producer for this E-grade movie. Probably he thinks he can make this into a comedy? He's getting old and senile.

Ben Ramsey, the writer for the screenplay. If he ever set foot anywhere in Asia. Maybe even America (since they have hairy pot-bellied men who dress up as Sailormoon), their fans would come after him with torches and rakes for ruining their childhood memories.

Just  who do they think is going to pay to watch it? The majority of Dragonball fans are probably aged 18 to 50. It's like asking my dad to watch Teletubbies.

Just the thought of an American adult scream "Kame Hame Ha" makes my hair stand. I can totally imagine them screaming it (shivers) oh, just like Xena: The Warrior Princess. Cross this movie with let's say, Power Rangers.

Just watch the trailer so click link here.

The rest of the cast includes Chow Yun-Fat, some japanese some koreans, and many many other caucasians. Why on earth do they (the actors/actresses) want to humiliate themselves with these kinda roles. There's a reason why Japan didn't try to make the 1986-made Dragonball into a live action movie despite its success.

Is this the American (Cosplay) Dream?
No. This is a nightmare.






Right: Goku screams, "Poop in pants!".
            The past few days, no, weeks has been uneventful, save for the few outings I have had with my friends, birthdays, etcetera. The reason why the lyrics and writings of others are posted here.

            Today, it will be about cats, our little feline friends (to some). I am indifferent, I don't mind having pets, as long as I can pet and play with them occasionally. I cannot remember how many years since these cats joined our family. The first year was alright, since the first cat we had wasn't that wild, at least it had little or no hunting instincts left. Our more recent ones, (sigh) unfortunately tends to bring home their prize from the "wild". Nowadays, I would be sitting in front of the computer minding my own business, when suddenly screams, shrieks, ripping sounds from the kitchen would be heard. Almost instantly I would groan from the thought of cleaning up after them.

            Cleaning up after dogs, many complain walking the dog on a leash with one hand and a poop-scoop on the other.You know, cats, these dastardly evil creatures, are probably worse.

            Which reminded me, sidetracking a little, (ahem) cats cannot be trained. Our black cat pees on anything black we have, victims include tees, handbags, backpacks, pants, you name it.

            Anyway, the point is, cleaning up after cats look like this. On the right, is a medium-sized rat, the body being 3.5" long.

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            You see, dogs probably do get their fair share of hunts. However, dogs maul their victims. The result of the mauling may have the innards of its victim squeezed out of its body bag like the picture above.

            Now, I would like to ask all of you to stop scrolling down if you think the above picture is gross, made the lunch you've had earlier dance in your stomach, or ruined your plans to have sushi for dinner. Then again, it's already too late to tell you that, I know (or) most people (I know) would scroll down all the way without reading it in an orderly manner first.

            If you remember the sounds I hear when I'm minding my business in front of the computer, I mentioned screaming, shrieking, and finally ripping. The prize of the domesticated yet wild feline is shown below.
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            I was supposed to clean this up. There were several organs (God know what they are) scattered around under the table. My guess that the big slimy oval shaped thing still stuck on its body is the stomach and the brownish goo a few centimeters away is the feces, faeces, or fæces (whatever spelling you are familiar with) are waste products.

            This find made me wonder why did the cat bring its toy in. I don't think anything was eaten (like I'd bother to count the innards). Lizards were fully eaten (except for the head), smaller rats 2" in length, were also eaten, but not everything, because I've seen them eating one live.

            I wonder if humans were made smaller would our "pets" still rub themselves affectionately on us and purr. Or would they just rip us apart to feast on our innards.




I'm getting a dog.
Ironman 2008 is held in Langkawi again this year with an estimated 1000 participants of all ages, shapes and sizes, from all over the world. Jeff and Daniel just completed the 3.8km swim and 180.2km bike and as I'm typing this out, they are now running in the 42.2km marathon through town.


The happy bike route in Langkawi.

The fun run route.



So here's their progress.


von Schrader and Yee Sze Mun are the oldest participants in this event. There are more old folks in the 65-69 years old category. Proud of yourselves? Young people. Tch.