Thursday, August 21, 2008

Rest in Peace Eon.












First saw the news from the email sent to me by CP Landia talking about Eon's death. I didn't believe it in the beginning. The 1st thought that came to my mind was " gotta be some kinda prank". And then, I realised the news was everywhere. OMG. He was only 27 yrs old, future bring ahead of him. Really liked him in Coffee Prince as the goofy and simple-minded Min Yeop.

Read news about his death in dramabeans


Rest in Peace Eon.

Adorable in Coffee Prince Min Yeop






Love his goofy grin

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His last drama, Strongest Chil Woo

Live is so fragile and unpredictable....

Friday, August 15, 2008

Feng Tian Wei, Lee Jia Wei and Wang Tian Gu fufilling the dream for Singapore's Olympic medal

Really exciting match between Singapore and South Korea just now. 3 hrs+++ of nerve wrecking ping pong ball action and finally, Singapore won the match! Finally. Yes, finally after such a long time, Singapore is gonna to be guaranteed an Olympics medal of either a gold or silver. The last Olympics medal which Singapore got was years and years ago(even before Singapore became independent), which was a silver medal by Mr Tan Howe Liang in weightlifting. I'm so glad history didn't repeat itself. We were up against South Korea in the last Olympics, competing for the bronze medal and the medal seems so near, but yet, so far. Singapore lost to the Koreans and so, the medal just flew away from our grasp.

First up was Feng Tian Wei who won the match against Dang Ye-seo, scoring 11-5, 11-5, 11-2 . Seems to be quite an easy win especially the last game. Apparently, the Koreans said she was the weakest link in the Singapore team. Dang Ye-seo seems to lose focus during the game.


Li Jia Wei was against Kim Kyung-ah last Olympics in Athens and she lost the match. She's faced with the same situation again this time round in Beijing. And the results were the same... She lost the match. 5-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9. She got the 1st match, then lost the 2nd, got the 3rd, but lost the 4th. So it went on to the crucial 5th match and she was beaten. Nevertheless, it was a really good match. Entertaining. Quite a tight match too.
I could really feel Li Jia Wei's frustration when her attacks were all being returned with ease by the chopper, Kim Kyung-ah. It was so much like the Olympics match in Athens. Kim Kyung-ah seems to chop the table tennis ball with such ease, making Jia Wei lose her patience and making her more frustrated as her attacks didn't seem to be a threat to Kim Kyung-ah.
So in the end, she lost to Kim Kyung-ah after a tough battle.



Then it was the doubles match. Li Jia Wei paired with Wang Yue Gu, playing against Park Mi-young and Kim Kyung-ah (whom Jia Wei lost to earlier). Singapore doubles have never beaten the korean pair before, and the doubles were considered our weakest link. But fortunately, Li Jia Wei didn't let her previous defeat affect her morale and paired well with Wang Yue Gu to get a 3 straight match win, scoring 11-7, 11-6, 11-9.

So thats 2-1 for Singapore. Just 1 more set to win the game.

Next up was Wang Yue Gu who played against Dang Ye-seo (the one who was against Feng Tian Wei in the very first game . Dang Ye-seo seems to play much better this time and managed to win the game at 11-8, 14-12, 11-9. The 1st match was crazy. Dang Ye-seo managed to score 6 points straight, leading to a 6-0 for the Koreans. But Wang Yue Gu fought back and managed end the 1st game at 8-11 even though she lost that game. In the 2nd game, the Korean only manged to secure the game after 5 match points. Really kudos to Wang Yue Gu for the perseverance. Tight match overall.

So this made it to a 2-2. And the last game will determine the winner. Playing the last single match is
Feng Tian Wei and Park Mi-young. Singapore's hope for medal basically depended on Feng Tian Wei now. It was really a nerve wrecking match. Ever single points means alot and the pressure is all on Feng Tian Wei now. Luckily for Singaporeans, Feng Tian Wei was all composed, calm and cool during the match. She's like so different from the other 2 paddlers (Li Jia Wei and Wang Yue Gu) in a way that when she loses a point, she still remained composed and there's not much huge reactions coming from her. She has the patience to play long rally and wait for good opportunities to strike. She managed to grab the 1st game, 11-7. The 2nd game was really tight, with the players just trailing behind each other's score by score. Feng Tian Wei managed to edge out and got 12-10, winning that game. So just 1 more game to win to get the guaranteed medal for Singapore. However the 3rd game wasn't so smooth for Feng Tian Wei and she lost that set, 3-11. She needed just 1 more game... ANd she managed to get it in the 4th game, winning 11-9.

Amazing job by the paddlers especially Feng Tian Wei, the heroine of the game, who manged to win both the singles match. I think she has got a great future ahead since she's only 21 this year. Of course, good job for Li Jia Wei and Wang Yue Gu too in the doubles match and also for putting on such a great battle. Actually I think Li Jia Wei did quite well, considering the huge pressure she had to put up with plus her recent dispute with her formal finance, Ronald Susilo... She was there in Athens in 2004 and she was among the team which gave Singapore hope of a medal, but it didn't happen in the end. So she knows that Singapore is counting on her to get the medal this time round. And she can be considered the most recognized paddler among the female paddlers, so there's alot of pressure she had to bear. The pressure is 1 thing. But I think she could improve on her control of emotions and be more patient too. She's too eager to grab the points sometimes and is not patient enough sometimes.

Anyway, I think the South Koreans team did really well too! Their defense were simply amazing. Really enjoyed watching the game.

Feng Tian Wei


(pic credit to reuters pictures and team singapore website and Olympics site)
P.S I like Singapore's shirt. It looks so comfortable to wear.

Here's some more stuffs on Feng Tian Wei.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Sports/Story/STIStory_225266.html
Woah, she had beaten China's World number 1, Zhang Yi Ning before.
Raising Star
Promising Star
She's the most promising player we have discovered in the last two years

Apart from her skills with the bat, she is also a very clever player - very disciplined and very knowledgeable. These are all attributes of a top player

Next up is China. They are like the giants in table tennis, but still, there's still chances for Singapore. Jia You!

Monday, August 4, 2008

MTV Asia Awards 2008 Nominees and winners

Favourite Music Artist Awards from Asia

Favourite Artist of Mainland China
Hua Er Yue Dui
Wang Feng
Li Yu Chun
Yang Kun

Favourite Artist of Singapore
Electrico
JJ Lin
Stefanie Sun
Tanya Chua

Favourite Artist of Malaysia
Faizal Tahir
Nicholas Teo
Pop Shuvit
Dato' Siti Nurhaliza

Favourite Artist of Korea
Big Bang
Wonder Girls
Super Junior
Girls Generation

Favourite Artist of Taiwan
S.H.E
Jolin Tsai
MayDay
Show Luo

Favourite Artist of Hong Kong
Andy Lau
Eason Chan
Joey Yung
Leo Ku

Favourite Artist of Thailand
Body slam
Groove riders
K-OTIC
TOR+saksit


Favourite Artist of Indonesia

Andra & The Backbone

Mulan Jameela

Nidji

Yovie & Nuno

Favourite Artist of Phillipines :
Chicosci
Sandwich
Sponge Cola
Urbandub


International Music Awards:

Favourite International Artist of Asia
Linkin Park
Fergie
Justin Timberlake
Avril Lavigne


The Innovation Award
Kanye West
Goldfrapp
Gwen Stefani
Radiohead

Breakthrough Artist
Daughtry
Leona Lewis
Mika
OneRepublic

Video Star
30 Seconds to Mars - "A Beautiful Lie"
Fergie
Justice
Panic at the Disco

Bring Da House Down
Cristina Aguilera
Linkin Park
Muse - Muse Asia Tour (Jan 2007)
Black Eyed Peas

Best Hook-up
Avril Lavigne ft. Lil' Mama
Beyonce ft. Shakira
Rihanna ft. Jay-Z
Timbaland feat. OneRepublic -"Apologize"

edc Style Award - Panic at the Disco
Knockout Award - The Click Five
Inspiration Award - Karen Mok



MAA site: Video for some of the performances during the show


Yan Zi cuts (uploaded up pamperzi)


Yan Zi's interview with Sina before the award show

When asked who she would like to see/meet on among all the performers she said she knows that pussycat dolls would be doing the opening, and she said their performance should be worth the watch, then she also mentioned Leona Lewis. She said she's not that familiar with the rest of the performers like clickfive and Panic at the Disco. She mentioned Super Junior too, saying their performance should be worth the watch too. Then the interviewer mentioned OneRepublic. And she said ya, she knows them. She's extremely familiar with 2 of their songs coz they kept playing it(She mentioned the song Apologize).

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

[Drama]篮球火 Hot Shot




Show Luo Zhi Xiang acting as 元大鹰 (Yuan Da Ying)

Yuan Da Ying seems to be a simple minded guy who truly love basketball and thinks that he's really good in basketball even though he has never played a single match of basketball before. And not to mention, he don't even know the rules of basketballs.
Quite a comical character in the story.

Jerry Yan acting as 东方翔 (Dong Fang Xiang)


His role reminds me abit of Dao Ming Si of Meteor Garden but Dong Feng Xiang is less childish and much cooler than Dao Ming Si. Dong Feng Xiang is a rich kid who is really good in basketball. He's very confident of his abilities and skills too.

Wu Zun acting as 无极尊 (Wu Di Zun)


Wu Zun's character seems to be rather mysterious. There's no mention of who he is and what's his name in the first episode, but I think he's supposed to be a pro in basketball too.








The first episode was just shown in Taiwan last Sunday.
Ep 1 part 1 (uploaded by yongyan728 )


Its a basketball drama with a very strong cast (eyecandies!). Any of the 3 male lead can be a leading role in any other dramas and send loads of fans gushing over them. So with such a strong cast backing the drama, what can possibly go wrong with it?

Thursday, July 24, 2008

[Book] The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Just as I've mentioned, before, The book "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne is an interesting book. Its also quite a short book which you can probably finish in a day. Its a non-fiction book which is mainly about spiritual well-being.

To put it simple, the book mainly talks about positive feelings, feeling good about yourself, awareness of self, and believing in yourself. That's the general idea I got after finishing the book.... Even though it seems quite a boring concept when I put it this way, the book is actually not so straightforward and simple as it sounds. There are very interesting concepts which are found in the book that will set the readers thinking " is this possible??"

Even though some stuffs mentioned in the book really intrigues me and got me thinking, I think most of the stuffs mentioned in the book are really quite true. You are what you think.

All that we are is a result of what we have

thought." Buddha(563BCE-483BCE)


Just to give a rough preview of what was mentioned in the book.
The starting portion of the book actually talks about imagination. It says to imagine what we want, and through sheer imagination, we'll be able to get what we want in the end. There's 3 simple steps mentioned:
1) Ask
2) Believe
3) Receive
The author liken it to the simple steps of ordering from a menu. Whatever you want (for example you wanna get rich/strike 4D), just ask for it like what you'll do in a restaurant when you order a dish. Then you'll have to truly believe that it'll happen, just like how you'll know that the dish that you have order in a restaurant will definitely be served before you. After that, you'll have to feel good to receive the thing which you've asked for.

How it will happen, how the Universe will bring it to you, is not

your concern or job. Allow the Universe to do it for you. When

you are trying to work out how it will happen, you are emitting a

frequency that contains a lack of faith—that you don't believe you

have it already. You think you have to do it and you do not believe

the Universe will do it for you. The how is not your part in the

Creative Process.

Ask once, believe you have received, and all you have to do to

receive is feel good. When you are feeling good, you are on the

frequency of receiving. You are on the frequency of all good things

coming to you, and you will receive what you have asked for.

Interesting and refreshing concept huh? The book also mentioned about imagining and believing and behaving that you've gotten the thing which you've asked for. I think there was a case study/example which was being brought up but can't remember exactly what was it, but generally, it mentioned that fore example if you wanna be rich, you gotta have the mentality of a rich guy. You gotta change your lifestyle, habits etc.

But after reading that portion, I was thinking: if you're really poor and you spend and behave like you're rich, won't you go bankrupt soon?That part didn't really make sense....



Here's something for girls out there who want to lose weight.

Food is not responsible for putting on weight. It is your thought that

food is responsible for putting on weight that actually has food put

on weight. Remember, thoughts are primary cause of everything,

and the rest is effects from those thoughts.

Let go of all those limiting thoughts. Food cannot cause you to put

on weight unless you
think it can.

Some of the ideas are quite confusing as it challenges our common sense- things which we believe to be true and which we usually don't question.
Time is just an illusion.

What quantum physicists and Einstein tell us is that everything

is happening simultaneously. If you can understand that

there is no time, and accept that concept, then you will see that

whatever you want in the future already exists. If everything is

happening at the one time, then the parallel version of you with

what you want
already exists!

So sometimes it'll leave me wondering "Huh?? But that's not what we know!


The book also mentioned the law of attraction. When you are feeling good, you'll attract all the good stuffs around you. Eg If you're feeling terrible, you'll also attract all the terrible stuffs all around you! So in the end, you're be thrown with more and more terrible events throughout the day. But if you change your mindset and feel good, you'll start attracting all the good stuffs around you.

Everything we think and feel is creating our future. If you're

worried or in fear, then you're bringing more of that into your

life throughout the day.


In my opinion, it may not be the "Law of Attraction" that created this. Cause if someone is feeling terrible or irritated, every small little thing that happened will easily irritate or anger the person. But if the person is feeling happy, then the person obviously won't be pissed off over small matters. The happiness will easily override the anger.

Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Believe you

deserve it and believe it's possible for you. And then close

your eyes every day for several minutes, and visualize having

what you already want, feeling the feelings of already having

it. Come out of that and focus on what you're grateful for

already, and really enjoy it. Then go into your day and release

it to the Universe and trust that the Universe will figure out

how to manifest it.

Really?? If I can really get what I want just simply by imagining it everyday, why not? I guess it doesn't hurt to give it a try and do some day-dreaming imagination everyday. It may also keep me happy for a few minutes everyday.

The front part of the book mostly focus on imagination, believing etc. After that it also talks about the importance of gratitude, love etc.

To sum it up, just enjoy your life and feel good about yourself! Do what you want to do.
Yup, just keep an open mind when you read the book.