When ICQ was popular, my ex-colleague scolded me for not being online, although I had an account. So, faithfully, although I did not know why, I did. I saw her coming online, and then, she went offline. That was fast, I thought to myself. Maybe connection problem. After a few times, I figured that she was clicking herself to appear offline. When confronted, she laughed admitting guilt, and complaint that her ICQ icon - the eye, was staring back at her. It was freaking scary, she said.
Years later, I still have childish people who ask me to MSN with them. I was wondering.. what was the point? My experience taught me that no one would be honest about being online. They would choose to be offline, so that they would have the discretion to choose when and if they would want to chat with you. So, I would be helplessly be at the mercy of those who are hiding.
KCUF-ing elohssa.
What a waste of my time.
That's why I prefer to say that I don't do MSN. It's not a friendly place.
Spent my weekend shopping for decor stuff to place in my newly-cleaned-up bedroom and decided to head to shops that offer cutesy items. So, of course Living Cabin of AEON was one of the few places for browsing. And I have to say that I was so proud of Living Cabin. Why? For openly supporting gay decorating items.
Are you surprised? I was too. Maybe it was not intentional. But cows with horns? That's bull. No, not bullshit. Just bull. Or bulls.
That got me and my colleagues into little argument in the office on whether cows have horns or not, or we were just basically looking at two male cows in a basket, suppose to look lovingly as a couple.
Googled it, and I was able to come across an article that quoted City of Austin Library - In some breeds both sexes have horns, such as the Danish Red, White Park, and the famous Texas Longhorn. But in other breeds neither gender has horns like Angus, Polled Hereford, and Red Poll. Lots of times, the animals have had their horns removed.
Still, I should not ignore the fact that these cows are with spots, which means that they are not Danish Red, White Park or Texas Longhorn. They are Friesian cows. With horns.
So, I ended adopting these two bulls. Aren't they cute?
Oh, by the way, they are salt 'n pepper shakers. How cute!
By now, you should know that Avatar is the top grossing film of all time.
In the international market (as in without America), it earned USD1.972b.
In America alone, it earned USD0.7452b
That means overall it earned USD2.7172b
That is almost half of what Zimbabwe earned in 2008 in a year.
And this just came in - 'Avatar' Sells 6.7 Million DVDs in 4 Days. This is some kind of record-breaking.
I popped my Avatar film in into my player. Around 10 minutes later, I switched it off. Seriously, this film is overrated. It is boring. I mean, to imagine the people in that beautiful planet never figured out how to ride that big red-orangie flying dragon on their own. James Cameron was trying to say that non-white people are stupid? And then, uniting the tribes. I was excited about this - but then again, there were only two other tribes - one which flies, and then other one which horses around. The funny thing was that the main tribe was already doing both flying and horsing.. so, what was so different from the other tribes?? The whole planet and there were only three tribes? Even Chinese has more clans than those Avians.
You already know what they say about people with big feet, right????
YES!!! to the best tv show on the air now, and to the best episode it has produced so far - Power of Madonna. I thought the whole 40+ minutes were cool..
And then, I realized that Like A Virgin was wrongly sang by Finn, Rachel, Emma and possibly Jessie. I mean, it was supposed to be sung by someone who had lost virginity and now, found a new lover who made them feel brand new. Like duh
Yesterday I am screwed. By the plumber. Who was also the air-con serviceman.
The same toilet which I paid RM100 for a repair was to be repaired again, since I had left enough dripping into the toilet bowl for months. It needs to stop. It only made sense. It's my home. I should have things moving on tip-top shape. So, there went RM110 for repair, which interestingly, a sum that I did not even try to negotiate for. Why??? Was I blur in the morning when he quoted me the price?
And then, he said that he does air-con service too, which is another way to say that his hired help does air-con service too. Well, since moving into this place at the end of 2000, I have never let my air-cons be serviced. Each air-con service is RM90. I am stating this down for record-keeping. If there is any other serviceman charging me cheaper, screw this handyman.
And to move my 2nd room's air con to my sauna-ish living room, it costed RM110. I'd better not be ripped off badly. And now I have a hole between my living room and my second room.
Damn, I'm gonna eat grass for days.
That said, I had a fun experience bargaining in Kek Loh Si (Pagoda) Temple recently. I was seeking for some decors to place in my room, and bumped into these Mandarin ducklings. From a RM18.50, by the time I was done walking away, I was offered by a friendly old man at the price of RM5. The same goes for my new windchime. He said RM7 but I told him I would take both the ducks and the windwhime for RM10. Take it or leave it. Okay.. so I did not exactly say that, but I did get my stuff for a tenner.
I used to use this song - Mama Mia. Well, me and perhaps 145,633,211 other handphone users in the world. All for the sake of "Mama Mia, here I go again.. My, my, how can I resist you?"
Oh look. How groovy. Bet your mom don't wear like this when she was in the 70's.
Of course, I believe many in the generation x and xx has the song Mama by Spice Girls in their handphone as the ringtone. I would have, if I happened not to think that the song was too cheesy.
Mama, I love you? Too cheesy.
I wonder if anyone listed Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen as the ringtone to identify calls from their mothers.. That would be creepy.
"Mama just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life has just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters..."
A check on the keyword 'Mother' through SongMeaning.net and I find several songs on the first page of search results that listed songs I am not aware of..
Knife, The - We Share Our Mother's Health
Pink Floyd - Mother
Dead Weather, The - Treat Me Like Your Mother
Danzig - Mother
Crystal Castles - Mother Knows Best
Coheed and Cambria - Mother Superior
Beatles, The - Your Mother Should Know
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
New Radicals - Mother We Just Can't Get Enough
Tori Amos - Mother
Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion
Queen - Mother Love
Decemberists, The - My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist
White Stripes, The - I Want To Be The Boy That Warms Your Mother's Heart
Your mom would love the second last song. LOL. I did a same search with the keyword 'Mama' and I got this -
My Chemical Romance - Mama
Kanye West - Hey Mama
Ozzy Osbourne - Mama I'm Coming Home
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
Genesis - Mama
Tupac Shakur - Dear Mama
Cursive - Mama, I'm Satan
Elliott Smith - Wouldn't Mama Be Proud?
2 Live Crew - Hoochie Mama
Bob Dylan - Mama, You Been On My Mind
Pixie Lott - Mama Do
Alexisonfire - Hey, It's Your Funeral Mama
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Mama, Won't You Keep Those Castles in the Air and Burning
Morrissey - Mama, Lay Softly on the Riverbed
Nope. Keep away from the song from My Chemical Romance - it started with "We all are going to hell...". Not by Scissor Sisters too, unless you want your mama to know you are coming out. I think 2 Live Crew has a different person in mind when they sang about hot mama. And please avoid Alexisonfire.
Me? Now, I am going with this oldie - Mama Said by The Shirelles.
Yeah, I like it. There are often too many days like this. Thanks for calming me, mom.
Or if you want to be different, then go with the ringtone my ex-colleague had chosen -
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