shout people!!

Cutting right to the chase... after Li Xia won something recently, I knew I had to one-up her! Hahahaha. I am just kidding... jangan marah =)


Anyway, I got two emails yesterday...

I won some stuffs ;)


Not the stadium!

Here's the deal, initially Uncle Khing got 3 tickets... all RM98. Skipping right till the end (lazy to tell the loooong story). Shi Vern and I got the RM58. I guess we could still see the game. Only thing, Shi Vern and I probably would have to switch to the opposite end of the stadium after half time, if we wanna watch more action ;P

BUT... wait.. back to the top...

I won some stuffs ;)

It's quite an amazing story, I think. I wasn't really thinking of joining this contest. But I did after coming back home on Monday (13/7). The dateline? Before midnight. So after watching House, which I was sad to find out... *Spoilers*

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Kutner dies next in next week's episode!! WAHHH!!! WHY??

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... then I went online. It wasn't until 23.45pm which I decided I would have a go. I had to answer two long answer questions! So it wasn't like an under 20 words slogan. It was looong! But I did my best, and I managed to finish and send by 23.59:45pm. Not a moment to soon. So it came as a surprise when I got a MSN pop up from the organisers. I kinda knew. But my heart was beating. And then the line got disconnected. Potong stim to the very max...

2 minutes later, one word was all enough to make my day.

CONGRATULATIONS!

I won a pair of RM98 tickets :D

Hahhaa!! Finally, I am rewarded for being such a huge fan! And watching ESPN for years and years has finally paid off!!

But looking back at the mail in my sent folder, I noticed so many grammar mistakes in my answers!! ARRGH!! In one sentence, the word 'NOT' was also missing. And of course, that totally change (a 180 degrees) what I wanted to say! Maybe not many people entered the contest. Lol.

Now, should I try selling the tickets? Or should I bump Shi Vern and myself up, so that we can sit with the rest? That would be great!! But then it would be hard to sell two extra RM58. Kinda waste. I think it would be easier to sell the RM98s. Haha.

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OH.... and the second email I got 30 minutes later was to inform me I got 5 tickets to go the Shout! Awards. ZOMG. I have almost no clue what was this about. I wrote the slogan using the bits of info I heard on FlyFm. Not sure if I am gonna redeem it. I tried asking some of my friends, but the responds weren't that great.

But Sean Kingston would be there! He's gonna set the dancefloor on fire!! And I have his autographed CD. Wait... I have his autographed CD already. Oh wells...

Anyone interested?

Is magic real?

When I was a kid growing up, I read lots of Enid Blytons. I was always longing for the holidays, because I knew my parents would buy me more of them for my sis and I. My childhood has always been about the fantasies created by these books. I mean I literally believe what I was reading. I was so innocent. I believed in magic. Each time a spell was casted by one of the magic folks in these books, I muttered those words out loud. I was literally waiting and expecting for something to happen. When words failed, it didn’t deter me at all. Instead, I tried to imitate the actions depicted in the book. I thought that somehow that crazy idea might work. When nothing happened once again, even that didn’t disappoint me. I would write those ‘spells’ down and kept them. Perhaps it would work some other time, I had thought to myself.

Anyway, I grew out of that. I got some sense or rather logic knocked into my head, which helped me decide basically what was and wasn’t possible. But I still have that strong believe in magic.

I knew it will always be a part of me. Even when the mask man on AXN spoils everything for me, I still believe in magic. Although… I learnt from this guy and from The Prestige, that it is all science. If you are pretty mechanical and you heard of someone with a new invention, you may come up with a bright idea to be used in your next performances.

But the idea of blowing people’s mind, especially by street magicians is what I absolutely love. One of my childhood ambitions… yes you guessed it, a magician. Well, somewhere along the way, most of my childhood ambition became something sort of a hobby. It’s kinda like love. After you get so used to someone, it’s not something you wanna do for the rest of your lives anymore. Ahh… such is the thin barrier between career and hobby.

But I digress….

I am still talking about magic. To me… magic is something which doesn’t need curtains or smoke screens to amaze. Magic is all real, and we witness it in every second of our lives.

Magic is when you made the right decisions.

Magic is when your gut feelings are right each time.

Magic is when you hummed to a song, and then as it turns out, it’s also on the radio.

Magic is when you bumped into someone just as you were thinking about him or her.

Magic is when your troubles would suddenly float away.

Magic is when you lost your words at the sight of someone special.

Magic is when you win something of your heart’s desire.

Magic is when you can make someone happy.

Magic is when your heart is sincere.

Magic is when you know… deep down, God is watching over you.

Do you believe in magic?

sleepless in KL

Yesterday’s haze choked me right out of slumber. It wasn’t as if I had fallen asleep properly anyway. Mosquitoes were furiously over me, biting at every exposed flesh not clothed or blanketed. I so badly wanted the fan speed to be up another notch (maybe until the maximum); but I was too lazy to get out of bed. Chinks of light still surround the outer shape of the shared bathroom. My sis is probably still awake. My handphone is by my bedside. Should I call her? *Sighs* My muscles twitched… whether from repeated mosquito bites over the same spot, or it’s from my body’s fight-or-flight mechanism sending me a telegraph urging me to answer its call. Yeah… that’s right… I begin to feel so detached from my body. That’s a good thing… really. Maybe I could just ignore everything, and then maybe I could just return to my reveries.

And fueled by another sort of unrest, my body fights of my brain and its over-indulging punishing thoughts, starving it out of oxygen. As my breathing grew shallower, I could vaguely remember my heart beat anymore, and not before long, I dozed off… much to the delight of the feasters swarming around me, already smart enough not to buzz pass my ears.

moo-t

At a motivational talk...

Speaker: … and that’s why we should never do things till the cow comes home. Anybody does things till the cow comes home?

Someone from the audience: *Hand up* I always do things till the cow comes home!

*LAUGHTER RIOT*

Speaker: Well, what do you plan to do to make sure you do things before the cow comes home?

*Silence*

Speaker: Well, we could make sure the cow comes home on time. Give it a curfew…blah blah…

Somehow, if we use a series of repeated lines or phrases, it can sound pretty dirty!

Agree?

you are not alone

We will never understand what he endured ... being judged, ridiculed. "Maybe, now, Michael, they will leave you alone." - brother Marlon, choking up.

Earlier he had to be comforted by Jermaine, before he could bravely proceed albeit in a cracking voice...

I could barely take it anymore and this gut-wrenching emotional scene completely shattered me...

"I just wanted to say," Paris began weakly.

"Speak up, sweetheart, speak up," Janet encouraged, sweeping the girl's long hair back. "And get close."

Paris put one hand behind her neck, another on the microphone, and began again.

"Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine," she said, her tiny voice cracking.

Rebbie and Marlon Jackson moved in closer to comfort their niece. She shut her eyes tight.

Then she wrapped her hands - little fingernails painted red _ around the microphone and fought back tears as she continued: "And I just wanted to say I love him - so much."

She collapsed in tears into her aunt's arms.

"It's OK, baby. It's OK," Janet Jackson said as she held Paris close. Prince joined in on the hug.

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But there were also reasons to celebrate on the Memorial Night... reasons to celebrate the life of one Michael Jackson.

Berry Gordy explaining what a great artiste he was...

"He raised the bar, then broke the bar."

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"The more I think about Michael, and talk about Michael, the more I think that 'King of Pop' is not good enough. I think he is simply...

I think he is simply...

the greatest entertainer that ever lived."

Al Sharpton explaining what a great Daddy he was...

"Wasn't nothing strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with."

The world explaining what a great man he was...

- Singing 'We are the World' -

We will miss you...

chemicals react

Ah blissful love! Hearts flutter. Verbal cords constrict. Faces blush. Conscious heavy breathing. All typical signs. With a flush of serotonin excreted in our brain, those signs are pretty beneficial. In other words, being in a healthy relationship with someone is a healthy thing!

But what happens as two person share this bond?

Simultaneously, the testosterone level of the guy drops while the girl's increase, so that they both share an approximate similar amount of testosterone in their bodies. This renders the guy to be more effeminate in a way that they seem to be loving and caring towards the other. The girl? Vise versa of course. The girl would tend to be more masculine as she is inclined (some choose otherwise) to control her man. So these are the common traits that all loving couples with exhibit. But obviously throughout the course of their relationship, the couple may face their fair share of ups and downs. As long as both parties remain in love, their testo-love value would not deviate much from equilibrium.

What may have instigated or trigger the initial reaction attraction?

According to Dr George Preti, of the Monell Chemical Senses Centre in Philadelphia, it is said that the presence of complex pheromones in the underarm sweat that attracts a girl and even lets her decide if the man is the one for her. In the conducted experiment, the underarm sweat was swabbed on female volunteers' lips, and after about 6 hours, the pheromones had a relaxing effect on them.

Ewww... do the volunteers know about this?? Those brave souls... *salutes them*

They are also responsible for the release of luteinising hormone, which plays an important role in regulating menstruation in women. The chemicals in the underarm sweat may also discourage close relatives from getting attracted to each other because of the presence of part of the human genome called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). It is speculated that women can infer when a man's MHC is different from their own.

The latest findings also suggest that if the active pheromones in male sweat can be isolated they may prove to be the basis of new fertility drugs or relaxant perfumes for girls.

I am not sure about this, although I am keeping an open mind about it, but it's quite disgusting. I have smell myself after a heavy workout before, and I wreaked! Okay.. there may be "good" man's sweat and "bad" man's sweat. But, immediately I want to do is get a nice cool bath. It's difficult to envision colleagues sticking their nose up another fellow colleague's armpits!

I know what you mean, Ballack.

So guys, lay off the deodorants!

Most relaxing job in the world?

And on that stinky and smelly note...

till death do us fart part

random techies

The new Kingston 128GB DataTraveler 200 (DT200) apparently is the world’s largest flash drive in terms of storage capacity.

Better than external hard disk?

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When Ares decided to put a fee into their music-file sharing software, I googled for another which I can use. And WA-LAAH! Featured my CNN, Yahoo!, Bloomberg, etc, is Blubster!!

It's legal as far as it concerns...

BUT... on the downside, I can't seem to get rid of its occasional pop-ups (every 10 minutes or so) and they don't have relatively unknown songs. But Top 40 songs are not a problem.

like Mike

If there were to be a movie about the life of the legendary King of Pop himself...

I really believe this guy can take the role as the lead actor...

Chris Brown

Some might dispute this, but... the man himself Michael Jackson has spoken highly of this fellow.

On celebrating his 50th birthday last year, MJ was quoted to have said: "Some of the younger newer artists - I think Chris Brown is doing wonderful and Justin Timberlake. I really admire what they are doing."

CB himself has claimed he is influenced by Jackson's past - "Me being able to listen to him, and be inspired by his dance and by his music, drives me to be more creative."

Now CB, like countless others, says that he is mourning the loss of one of his biggest inspirations.

"Michael Jackson is the reason why I do music and why I am an entertainer. I am devastated by this great loss, and I will continue to be humbled and inspired by his legacy."

"My prayers are with his family. Michael will be deeply missed, but never forgotten. He's the greatest...the best ever. No one will ever be better."

And he is right... no one will ever be better.

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Michael Joseph Jackson (1958 - 2009)

Life is not the amount of breaths we take,
it's the moments that take our breath away.

You took ours away.

Rest in peace...

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Heart attack vs. cardiac arrest: Reports that Jackson had died of cardiac arrest spurred incredible interest in the difference between that and a heart attack. A heart attack is when a portion of the heart muscle dies due to a blockage of the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. Cardiac arrest is when the heart actually stops beating. This can be caused by several things including medications and can also follow a heart attack if too much of the heart muscle dies.

What is vitiligo?: Though many believed that Jackson bleached his skin, the star actually suffered from vitiligo, a skin disorder that leads to de-pigmentation.

- From Yahoo -

red tide

Hope to see some of this...



and this...



save for Ronaldo and Tevez of course...

But hope to see some new faces!!

I just won a pair of tickets to their training session. Not what I had hope for, I mean I was targeting to win the match tickets. But oh well, better than nothing right?

Anybody wants to go with me?