mirror mirror on the wall, who's the silliest of them all?
Just found out about the World Stupidity Awards 2005... With categories like "Stupidest Man of the Year", "Stupidest Statement of the Year" and "Stupidity Award for Reckless Endangerment of the Planet", it's no surprise which big name world leader is heading the list of nominations.

To quote:

Bush dominated last year's awards, taking the stupidest man prize and the award for reckless endangerment of the planet. Nerenberg admitted the organizers do limit the number of categories featuring the controversial Texan.

"He would essentially be nominated in every category had we not interfered," Nerenberg said. "We want to give other people a chance. We just feel some of the other great stupidity in the world would go unrecognized if Mr. Bush was allowed to run rampant. But he is doing very well."

Lewis Black, the award show's host, agreed about Bush's contender status.

"He's always a big one and it just gets worse every day with him," said Black, the biting commentator on TV's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. "His stupidity is almost on a Hall of Fame level."

Nominations and voting are done on the World Stupidity Awards Internet site and Nerenberg said it's not easy to make the cut.

"People usually nominate their exes so we eliminate those first of all," he said. "You can't just show you've done a few stupid things in your life. You have to show some dedication, that you're a professional."

Who will win the coveted "Oscars of Idiocy" and get the recognition they deserve for stunning achievements in global stupidity and ignorance? Check out the official site for the full list of nominees. If i'm not wrong, it's too late to vote since the awards show was scheduled for July 22nd...tonight! Heck. It's still a fun read. =)

The Motto of the Academy:
The Academy believes that everybody is stupid, some
people just need to have it pointed out.

gastronomic chronicles
This is shear torture! Thank god i'll be back in a month or so..
http://onokinegrindz.typepad.com/ono_kine_grindz/singapore/index.html
oh, just look at the beautiful pictures... *drool*

what the *#$@(&@$!?
Got this link from someone's blog. Thought that some of you refined mid-twenties folks out there might be interested. How to insult, swear, cuss, and curse in 165 languages! Very useful for travelling, haggling, and picking fights. They even have our favourite Singlish swear words, noting that "Singapore recognizes four official languages: English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil. Singaporeans also speak a peculiar brand of English called "Singlish". This mixes English with Chinese dialects (mostly Hokkien) and some Malay." Seems like Singlish is gaining international repute/infamy. Played Trivial Pursuit (American Edition) with a couple of s'porean friends last night, and one of the questions went to the tune of: "Which city state's main language is known as Singlish, a mix of English, Malay and Chinese?" We certainly did not have trouble with the answer. =P The other questions however, were much too difficult for us, simply because of the american slant. Gosh, it was just like watching Americans stumbling on world affairs/geography questions on game shows. We ended up asking each other the easiest questions we could find in a stack of cards rather than the specific category on a given card. haha. Had a great time though. A yummy sashimi dinner, followed by Trivial Pursuit, Cranium, Trivial Pursuit (round II) and finally 'Mafia' (a game something like polar bear and murderer). Wah, hang out with Singaporeans very mentally stimulating...every thing must use brain one leh. =P

the countdown

"Distance is just a test to see how far love can travel"
- Anonymous

I think we've done pretty well in this test...don't you?

For those of you who haven't heard, D was accepted into the exact same PhD program at BU. I'm his TF for BE505. Scandalous. He'll be here in the fall. 3 more months! 3 more months! 3 more months!
Here. Boston. Daryl. Xiao. Together. FINALLY!!!!!! (excuse the sappiness...but i believe i've waited long enough ya? =P)

You'll Never Walk Alone

The Champions League final 2005 was certainly a night to remember. Perhaps the best European Cup final of all time? Tears of despair changed into tears of hope and again transformed into tears of pure, unadulterated joy on this roller coaster ride. Miracles DO happen after all. This game will be surely be talked about for generations to come.

Liverpool Football Club, Champions of Europe!

Liverpool was painted Red as an estimated half a million fans lined the city streets for yesterday's victory parade. Football crazy (or should i say dedicated) fans the British are...

AC Milan got off to a quick start, with Maldini scoring within the first 50 seconds. Things went downhill for Liverpool from there, and the score was a humiliating 3-0 to Milan at the end of the first half, and two players suffered injuries. Drastic changes, Rafa!

the mood at halftime...

Drastic changes were made, and just 9 minutes into the second half it began to turn around... Goals by Gerrard, Smicer and Alonso in 6 short minutes of madness!!!! AC Milan 3, Liverpool 3! Who would have thought it?

A worthy captain heads in the goal that triggers the amazing comeback...

30 minutes of extra time. Players were running on empty, but Liverpool hung on for dear life... The oft-criticized Dudek made a super last ditch double save off Shevchenko (European Player of the Year 2004) dubbed 'the real hand of God'. You should have seen it.

The much dreaded Penalties. Dudek the hero again. His Grobbelaar-inspired "starfish with jelly legs" impersonation saved the day, and Liverpool beat AC milan 3-2 on penalties. What a comeback!!!! You too could learn to "Du the Dudek". =P

the final save that won the game... (nice thighs...hee)

and so a miracle happened...the world was painted red.