Ok Go

They were featured on the MTV Awards 2 years ago.

Can you imagine yourself rearranging 4 treamills so you and your three friends can practice a healthy Here It Goes Again routine?

Well, I can.

I can also imagine myself getting kicked out of the gym.

: D

Syabas

I don't get why people obsessively watch that reality show. You know lah, the reality show where singer wannabes exploit themselves by living and 'learning' for the voyueristic pleasures of unnerving hypocritical fans.

Yes that show. Akademi Fantasia.

It's a show with no integrity what-so-EVER.

Unlike reality shows like American Idol or Apprentice, Akademi Fantasia exploits people's weaknesses, family backgrounds, personal traits and worst of all, scandals. And the best part of the whole Fantasia madness is how people spend hundreds or thousands of ringgit they can use for their children education or books (yes books) by voting and chatting on the @15 channel.

Syabas orang-0rang Melayu yang:

1. Miskin

2. Bodoh

2. Malas

Go ahead. Have fun. Spend all the money you have voting. I bet the singer is a great investment for your children's future.

Syabas.

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Nodame Cantabile

I dig mangas and animes only when it is about a certain passion, has a storyline that revolves around a most desired dream and has a hero or heroine that cries not because his or her love to a person, but because of their passion.

The word for today: Passion

The reason why I'm blogging about my closet geek addiction is because I'm still under the magical influence of Nodame Cantabile. I browsing other people's shared folder and came across the word Cantabile. It reminded me of Andante Cantabile popularized by Tchaikovsky. It's what I personally call a Life Ochestra because it doesn't evoke any expected grandieur but has a surprising quality to it when it is listened to in a casual setting. It has that miso soup effect; the deliciousness of minimalism.

So apa lagi, cuba lah tengok satu episode.

Mak aih, like any passion driven animes or manga, the dorama delivered just that but with a subtle hint of obsession, especially the main male character Chiaki, whose obsession for perfection deterred him from enjoying classical music for its raw beauty.

It's very much like Yakitate Japan but without the naiveness, non-existing love interest and of course lah, bread. Which is one of the many reasons why I dig it. And yesssss, the hero, like all of my favourite animes and mangas, cooks really well.

The best part of this dorama (which mean drama) is they'll feature orchestra pieces and my personal favourites like Symphony no.5 in F major my Chopin and gave it a funny twist. Presentations of Symphony no.7 by Beethoven was also given a slight twist, a good kind of twist that is. A sort of twinning that suits the asian appreciation of classical music: Cantabile. Even the background soundtracks are classical music which fills my room with unprepared dramas and sober awakenings.

And plus the hero and heroine's really hot. And the comical flow of the dorama can be equally compared to Gokusen (the yakuza princess teacher).

All in all, people who loves listening and appreciating classical music should really watch the dorama series, even if you're not a japanese drama enthusiast. It reflects a certain degree of humanity to pieces I love and admire and gives it kick, as if shouting "I can exist in real life too!"

Yes I'm a geek and I embrace my geekness with so much pride a single person can muster to handle. I just wish there's a manga or anime about my passion. No, it's not architecture. It's not writing either. It is something I'm very good at doing. Something that will make me smile without the thought of the scent of 50 ringgit.

You'll know it if you know me.

Piece of Crap

I tried on one of those fancy future reading weighing machine yesterday.

"I am calculating your weight...." said the machine

"Stand still. I am calculating your height...." it said again.

"You are 68 kilogram and 173 cm. Congratulation! You will be O K."

Hah?

What the dodol? I'm OK? That's all? I gave you 1 ringgit and all you can read about my future is that I'll do OK. OK in what?

The machine didn't respond to my enquiry. It repeated the same crap: "Insert 1 dollar to know more about your future.."

Aish... what is this????

Let it be known that all weighing machines are of chinese heritage.

Funny

I think it is funny that a lot of malays detest KJ because he's Pak Lah's son in low and is now an MP of Rembau and yet they do not mind that DAP's Lim Kit Siang's son is now the MB of Penang.

I think it is funny that Rafidah is questioning Azalina's Wanita branch membership.

I think it is funny that Ku Li is contesting to be UMNO's President.

I think it is funny that Mukhriz is being alienated by the Pemuda clan because he wants PakLah to resign for his poor performance as the Prime Minister.

I think it is funny that Anwar Ibrahim will be paying Sabah and Sarawak's MPs to join PKR and will elect himself as the new Prime Minister of Malaysia.

But most of all, I think it is funny that UMNO is squabbling within themselves after a historic loss.

The funniest of all would be the fact that malays are still factioning themselves while the chinese are regrouping and strenghtening their ties. Yes yes yes, DAP is opting for a Malaysian Malaysia... but forgive me for being cautious but I've never met an honest chinese person before (with the exception of my former classmates)

And I can still remember what triggered 13th of May 1969. Despite the election outcomes, it was triggered when thousands of chinese marched through a dominant malay street and jeered at them, carrying brooms. The funny thing would be that a lot of those malays voted for DAP and DAP fanatics were all "Get some of this, SUCKA!" on them.

Do we want another 13th of May? Do we?

Maybe we should as a commeration or a refreshment course of what we've been fighting for all these years.

Maybe a lot of us had forgotten why we uphold the Malay Ketuanan status. It is not because we want to reap the nation's wealth with biased distribution of contracts and business oppurtunities but simply because we are entrusted Muslims who are capable of governing a just and prosperous country.

For what is worth, I will vow not to trust any non-muslims when it comes to running this country because as a Muslim, we are bound by moral codes and ethics and our concern is this life and the hereafter.

We are Muslims first, Malay second.

Here here.

Eewwwwphemism

Eewwww.... for some of you might sound like

Euphemism to others.

I just think euphemism should only be experienced verbally and not by means of physical contact.

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