thoughts and thinks

• It is just me but have the mindset of women in Singapore changed or is it just the younger ones? There was a time when if there was a seat next to a man on a bus, the women would he hesitant to take it. It all probably had to do with being perceived as 'cheap', 'easy' or the ever present danger of being molested/raped! So for the journey the seat would be empty until a man or tiredness set in whichever came first. I dunno if my view is correct on this but surely sitting next to a man does not make you cheap/a potential molest victim! So why the hesitance? But at least recently (me not been taking public transport in a while you see) I seem to notice that not all women perceive men as sex fiends. Some actually have no qualms about sitting next to one.
• Politically Incorrect entry: On the way to meet Agnes today I saw this really fat lady sitting on a seat at one of the bus stops. She was really, really fat! I think she has trouble standing let alone moving around. Anyway the point of my talking about it here is to say that I can't stand people who just take no care of themselves. I mean if you some condition that makes you bloated and makes you gain weight although you eat like a bird, that is one thing. But looking at that woman (presuming here, since I do not know her personally) she does not really care about how she appears. I guess she thinks it is perfectly alright to be obese and unhealthy. Who cares if you one day die of some heart disease or some affliction in connection with your excess body weight? I mean I appreciate 'fleshiness' in a woman but what I saw was ridiculous. And I do not get when people say 'some people are meant to be fat', 'I can't help it' and other such crap. If you do something about it you can look like everyone else!
• Just love the Marigold banana milk ad campaign. Reason: There is this, dare I say it, sexy cow with a crown made of bananas. So adorable it is (Yoda-speak again??). Best of all it dances! What more can one ask for, a cow, a banana crown, and a dance. Makes me want to rush out to the mamak stall and buy a carton of Marigold Banana Milk right now. Anyway I do love banana milk. My second most favourite flavour after the good old favourite, chocolate.
• Watched Madagascar. After waiting so long to catch it, it was kind of a let down. After Shrek and Finding Nemo I was expecting something in a similar vein. Something kids and adults could both enjoy. But Madagascar was crap. Visually spectacular, but the story and characters were as flat as a pizza. Not the clever and funny film I was expecting. rating: 2 zebra poos out of 5.
• Movies I want to catch when they come out: Batman Begins, Mr & Mrs Smith, War of the Worlds (although the trailer did nothing for me),
• I hate cover versions of songs. Especially cover versions of classic songs. Most of them anyway. Although once in a blue moon a cover version may come along that does justice to the original or surpasses it even, those are few and far between. The main culprits are these boy bands/girl bands/struggling artistes/has-beens that see such songs as a meal ticket to fame as they are easy recognisable and bound to get some airplay. Another crime against humanity are Techno versions of songs. And people actually pay to listen to such crap. And a local radio station even makes such 'music' a mainstay of its playlist. Go figure. People who desecrate great classic songs should be shot. Make that tied up, covered in honey and made to lie naked on a red ant mound to die a sloooww...paaaaainful death. Of course I am always open to suggestions to methods to make these suckers pay.
• Went to the Marry Brown's at Changi Airport T2 yesterday. Let me just say that Marry Browns is my favourite fried chicken. I do not mind the drive into JB or wherever in Malaysia to get my fill of it. So I was happy that Marry Brown's had finally come to our shores! I was raring to get down there and feast on their chicken. So down we went to T2. To be honest though, the food did not even taste like the chicken I have come to love and know. Worst of all the service was kinda sucky. The lady who attended to us was 'blur'. Kept mixing up the orders and stuff. But given that it is a newly opened stall the taste and bad service is forgivable.
• Hasli been trying to get me to watch Phua Chu Kang-the musical with him and Faezah. I have been adamant not to go. I think it is classless crap, 3 million budget or not. I mean PCK is bad enough on the small screen let alone as a musical on stage. The sitcom has already passed its sell-by date. It is stale and the jokes corny. Anyway you can rest assured the VCD, DVD and television special will be out in time. So I will just wait and see. No way I am gonna spend my hard earned cash on crap like PCK-the musical.