Random Encounters

Believe it or not, it's Fish Leong (梁静茹)

Yes, I know it is very unbelievable. Not because it is Fish Leong, but it's because the picture is unbelievably blur, and thus creating a doubt of whether it really is her or not.

However, you can take it from me. It is her. She was one of the performers strutting their stuff on the stage of The Gardens centre court, for the opening live concert for Red Box The Gardens (which opened officially sometime this month, I think).

And yes, I was there to witness this. I was just on my way for dinner, but when i got out of the carpark and into the shopping mall, her voice started to fill the air. I only got to know it was her when I saw fans holding those embedded and lit boards of her Chinese name. (Very typical of Chinese pop fans)

OH! And there was another person I saw before I left as well:

Ning Baizura, with her (now) husband dunno-whats-his-name (sorry!)

Well, I did see her, but I couldn't recognise her at first, but a family member told me it was her. Seeing her with a mat-salleh partner confirmed it was Ning.

I think now, if you want to have encounters with celebrities, it's clear to do that in The Gardens -- "The Place to Spend Your Entire Fortune on Expensive Clothes and What-nots, with a Certain Chance of Encounters to Indulge In".

It's one of those days...

Yep, one of those days - when you feel so exhausted mentally, but not at all physically. So I got up terribly early today, lazed around on my bed till I finally see a glimpse of light from beyond my window.

Threw myself out of bed, I landed myself on a set of Sunday newspapers, and guess what? Headlines: "Yoga Ban"

How ridiculous can that get?

Yeah, this too

Apparently, in short, the poses or stances were done as acts of Hinduism worship and a way to feel "closer to God". In contrast, Muslims are not supposed to practise any other religions in any way thinkable (which IMHO, is kind of silly in the strictest sense). Sooo... They are trying to ban it to all Muslims (initially, I thought this was actually applied to everybody in M'sia, which is simply absurd). Then that made me wonder: How would THEY know if, say, a simple Muslim soul decides one day to practise yoga at home? I'd say: People DO do the darndest things in the world (not to mention our lovely country).

In other news, our Home Minister addressed in a recent Blogger's Buff 2008 conference that we, bloggers, have to have a code of ethics/conduct in whatever we write. Which made me think again: Isn't the internet supposed to be a place for all of us to have freedom of speech, a freedom to initiate our own personal opinions without anything to bind us with? Beats me...

Chained (literally) to the computer

It really isn't like me to be commenting on current issues, huh? Lol. I guess, for me, it IS one of those days...

For some good, there's always a bad

I was in Gardens yesterday evening due to some "unfortunate errands" I had to run at that incomprehensible hour. I was put off by their bad, slothy, unfriendly service (not to mention expensive too), thus I decided to wait at Borders to have a quick skim at some books I saw the day before (yes, I was there yet again).

Anyway, after completing the errand, I sat down on the seats outside Borders near the escalators, giving my friend a call to have a short chat, when all of a sudden, out comes a familiar face...

Serena C (Mix FM)
Originally by lokman.hakim.azli on flickr

She was as pretty as this one (I refrained from using the word "hot" as it just is quite tasteless in this context). She wore a gray poncho-like shirt thing (having said that is definitely a turn-off) and was carrying a huge green (?) bag. Wonder what she was doing there and then.

So, meanwhile, I was finished with my yada with a friend, and made my way to purchase some other necessities before I drove home.

When I was done, at the ground floor of The Gardens, I thought might as well empty my bladder before I drive home, in case if ever I get caught in the traffic jam. To my surprise, I didn't bloody know that the toilets on the ground floor are all premium toilets. And guess what, they are bloody charging RM5 (if my eyes did not deceive me) for an entry. So, I decided to save on that fiver, and headed up to the 1st floor where the toilets are free. It was when I saw...

Andrew Tan (陈世安)

Yes, him. I guess he didn't want any attention, so he had a baseball cap on. Haha, that was really the only thing I remember about him, aside his very blonde hair (if you're reading this, I frankly think you've made a terrible mistake) and his other, more laid-back (in style), friend.

And that's when it happened. I got up to the floor when all of a sudden my right slipper broke on me. Great. I was trying to walk with those until I got to the escalator going down to the basement (where I parked my car) when I finally gave up, took the only slipper off, and walked with my right bare foot (my left foot still snugly fitted in the slipper). When I had to walk out to the parking lot, I couldn't do it, and so I slid my foot into the spoilt slipper and slid my right foot all the way to the car, which wasn't that far away, thankfully.

Credit Crunch

Today was the first day since I've been back to be reading a set of an English newspaper, and I came across this nice one-picture comic which really addresses the current situation of the economy now (least how I see it).

Close to Home by John McPherson (10/11/2008), Courtesy of The Star and John's publisher

The lady bank teller holds a gun at the waiting customer, frightened, saying "The bank is all out of money, Mrs Clagner. Hand over everything you've got!"

Well, sorry about the horrible scanned picture. Hope I'm not infringing on any copyright laws, or whatsoever. But I have to say, I've been a big fan of reading his comics. They're not only funny, but they can sometimes be really thought-provoking as well. So I thought I should share something with you (and finally an excuse for posting something up).

Pleasant coincidence

Ugly Betty Season 3 Episode 4

I simply can't believe what a coincidence it was to be watching 2 drama series in one night would have the Coldplay's song "Lost?", one original and the other acoustic version, being played at the near end of the episodes.

Brothers and Sisters Season 3 Episode 3

And, it is also a coincidence for me to write about Coldplay again after such a long hiatus (as usual), but I have to say, I kind of like the song now after reading the lyrics due to the perfect placement of the song (of at the right moment in the right context).

You might be a big fish in a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come a bigger one ...

AnYwAy... I'll try to write more often, I promise. After I get my current priorities figured and sorted out, and rid of it for good. =)