I have bought my tickets to Absolute US '06. Have you?
Actually, if you have not, relax lah .... still much time to go mull over whether you wanna spend a saturday evening at a University of Chicago organized gala event. Don't judge the event on the design of the ticket .... as much as I admit that the ticket itself looks crappy and unsophisticated, the event itself hopefully will be as lively as our parties in Chicago.
So while you people are still contemplating the pros and pros of going Absolute, let's recap the take home message from our college convocation:
"If a book falls on your head, and the sound is hollow, it may not necessarily be the fault of the book"
If you go the event and find it boring, it may not necessarily be the fault of the event. Might it be that you yourself are not as ENTP as other people?
I think this is kinda cool, sitting at my office desk after office hours, writing rubbish, while waiting for it to be sufficiently late so i can go out and meet people on a Friday night. Seems kinda weird, but whenever I need to leave early to meet, I always seem to have something cropping up, and then lan lan, gotta stay till late and then kena scolded when I finally show up somewhere in Suntec or Orchard. So first off, sincere apologies to Yihan and Gracie and Terence for making u all wait like an hour and a half last night. So on the bus back home, I asked Gracie, "So u really waited very long ah?", thinking that the 3 of them deliberately exagerrated my lateness to make me feel a bit guilty. But then she shot back "Yah lah .... make me wait and wait ..." Now hold on, doesn't this line sound exactly like Lulu's reply to me in our musical Beauty World. Now, rehearsal over and over again until I can remember all the songs and the lines liao. So here's how it went in the musical
Towkay Neo: "Dun be like that lah ... I had business the whole of last week leh."
Lulu: "Everytime, make me wait and wait only .... you horrible man. But never mind, I shall let bygones be bygones"
Towkay Neo: "Lulu, you're such a darling ...." blah blah before we get to the disgusting kissing part.
Never knew you could use reel life lines in real life so perfectly lor.
And anyway, received a notice requesting for me to return to the Student Care and Wellness Center in NUS for a Hep B booster. Wah lao .... the company a lot of money is it, always asking me to go for 1 injection after another. And lagi worse, go down there liao, I ask the nurse how come I need so many injections, and then she said loudly "cos u r high-risk mah" in front of all the students there lah. Biang eh, even if true, also must give me a bit of face mah ... aiya ... n she reminded me to come back in a month's time to check the antibody levels to see if a need a rebooster, leaving me with her parting line "I know you confirm will forget one, so stick this on ur forehead to remind yourself ah"
Aniway, meeting friend now .... and needa catch the last bus out ...so gotta leave. And too old to walk to the MRT station liao ... somemore, just came out of gym ... so needa reward myself by not walking so much.
Haven't really written much for the past few weeks, but as I said before, if you have nothing interesting to talk about, what's the point of saying anything rite? It's just like if you have nothing to shit, what's the point of sitting on the toilet bowl?
So aniway, SAMSU of the University of Chicago is staging the 4th installment of this annual US-bound event, which has been affectionately called Absolute blah blah. It started with Absolute Zero, and then Absolute US, and last year it was Absolute 'Something'. This year Absolute is absolutely back with Absolute US '06, held at The Liquid Room. I'm sorry if this paragraph sounded absolutely sickening with all the 'absolute' words flying around, but hey, that's what I am promoting right?
Just to copy and paste from Adela's email: There'll be a mixer from 8pm, where you'll get to chill, drink and mingle with your friends and other US-bound students, and after 10pm, you can stay on and club to hiphop music. Tickets are $13 presale, $15 at the door. There'll also be 1-for-1 drink deals from 11pm-12mn. Pretty sweet eh!
Please note I do not use such phrases as "pretty sweet eh". I prefer more manly phrases such as "pretty cool ah" or "shiok ah" or "not bad sia". But absolute crap aside, do try to come for this event ..... if past experiences are any indication of what's to come, it's gonna be a pretty cool and shiok night of fun.
ZINEDINE Zidane headbutted an Italian in the World Cup Final over a vile slur on his ill mother Malika, it was claimed last night.
A lip-reader told The Sun that Marco Materazzi called Zidane a “son of a terrorist whore” before the French Algerian was sent off in Sunday’s explosive match.
It came as Zidane was named the World Cup player of the tournament yesterday, despite his red-card shame.
A French Football Federation source said: “If you insult Zidane’s mother you are asking for trouble. Combine such words with a reference to terrorism, which French Algerians are very sensitive about, and a violent reaction might appear inevitable.”
Malika was taken ill on Sunday and admitted to hospital.
Alex Hayes, London correspondent for French sports newspaper L’Equipe, said: “On that day, with his mother being unwell, it wasn’t a clever thing, or the right thing to say.” The clash that ended Zidane’s glittering career in disgrace came after Materazzi tweaked his NIPPLE.
Top lip-reader Marianne Frere revealed the Italian told Zidane — who understands the language after playing for Juventus — a high ball was “not for feccia like you”.
Feccia is an Italian insult meaning scum or s**t.
Zidane smiled at Materazzi as he walked away. But there was another exchange, Zidane turned and floored him with a butt to the chest. The lip-reader claimed the Italian had said: “We all know you are the son of a terrorist whore.”
He added: “Viffanculo”. (f*** off).
A source close to the Italian squad claimed that after twisting Zidane’s nipple, Materazzi asked him: “What, don’t you like it?” The French captain replied: “A bit too hard to turn me on.”
But Materazzi shouted: “Well, I did it that way because I know that’s how your mother likes it.”
Didn't I say the Italians are simply cheats? and despicable ones to say the very least?
1) They are played by Italians who play for their national team at the World Cup
2) They are tainted by scandals and rumors and suicide attempts. Maybe they should start singing "Jailhouse Rocks" instead of "We are the Champions"
3) They don't distinguish between politics and soccer. How can Berlusconi be prime minister of Italy and president of AC Milan at the same time? They wanna end up like Greece and kena suspended from all FIFA activities ah. Imagine Lee Kuan Yew being coach of Singapore national team lah? Crazy rite ....
4) Instead of the philosophy of "we win as long as we score more than the opposition", Italians like to believe that "we win as long as we concede fewer than the opposition". Boring ... boring ... u dun need alcohol or college lectures to put you to sleep then ... a dose of Italia soccer will do the trick
5) Do Italians know the difference between wrestling and soccer? Maybe De Rossi should henceforth be known as De Rock for that People's Elbow on Brian McBride.
6) Some Italian fans are obviously not color-blind .... always taunting black players with racist chants. Disgraceful .... looks like they need to be sent back to school. ACS maybe? where they espouse the virtues of tolerance, teaching them to be (scholars, officers and) gentlemen?
7) The players are simply not creative enough. Find me an Italian player whose last name doesn't end with a vowel (excluding Dino Zoff and Gianluigi Buffon). You think Cannavaro, Totti, Maldini, Gilardino, Del Piero, Camorenesi, Gattuso, Inzaghi. You see the lack of innovation there.
World Cup fever is at an all time high, now that the People's Team, aka Germany, is through to the semifinals, where they will face the pretty boys Italy. That's all the Italians are, pretty boys who flatter to deceive .... long-haired dudes who are blinded from the obvious truths of German superiority. Aniway, I better not talk too much ... skalli Italy manages a fluke win, I will be so sia suay.
So anyway, last Saturday, managed to meet up with some of my JC classmates to go New Asia Bar. Now they have this promotion going on, where on matchdays, most drinks are 50% off till 9pm. Since we got there real early at 6pm, it wasn't much of a problem getting good seats, right in front of the big screen. Sadly, it now seems as if the core of 99S22 comprises simply me, Kenneth, Waikit, Konrad, Jiahui (all of whom turned up on Saturday), Huiting (who's somewhere eating moose in Canada), Yongkiat (who just woke up at 5pm), Adrian (who has prior commitments), Junhong (who always has prior commitments), and Lihua (who's away in some hospital tending to some people). Well, at least we have a permanent member now, who gets a seat on the permanent council of 99S22, and he is Xangjing. Now this is a big coup for 99S22, considering he is the class rep of 99S28 .... aka, Real Madrid gonna coup Cristiano Ronaldo soon. Actually the infighting between Rooney and Ronaldo actually makes me happy, considering how much I hate those Man Utd ppl.
So anyway, drinks were 50% off, and to me, it seems as if alcohol content also 50% off. The drinks all tasted so diluted, but what the heck lah ah. Good company was more important. So Xangjing, Waikit and I stayed till 2am to watch finish Portugal beat England .... n I even managed to sleep through parts of the 1st half. I can think of 3 reasons.
1) The match is boring .... but how am I to judge, since I was asleep? 2) Alcohol + 70th floor high altitude makes me high, but that is pretty much crap. The drinks that night tasted more like cough water. 3) None of the above
So aniway, we all know Germany are gonna win. So let's relive their penalty shootout win over Argentina in the quarterfinals then .....
World cup 2006 Germany - Argentina Penalty shootout
