Tuesday, March 27, 2007

My favorite TV series (Western)

Who doesn't like American sitcoms? Some of my best moments in front of the idiot box is to watch these ...

My all time favorite

I simply love Jennifer Aniston's hairstyle and Matt LeBlanc's hilarious cum dumb line!

I used to love them

Full House
That's where the cutie identical twins Blake and Dylan Toumy-Wilhoit first appeared besides the Oslen twins.


One of my favorite actor - Will Smith


Thomas Gibson is so so handsome :D


These mad couple is so funny.


The very young Johnny Depp but I prefer his look in Pirates of the Caribbean.


Beverly Hills 90210
Bunch of rich high school kids playing the dating game.


My Two Dads
About 2 men taking care of a teenage girl while trying to figure out who is the biological father when the mother dies and they have been awarded joint custody.


He is always in a life-death situation and managed to solve all the dangers in a matter of minutes ... genius or what?


The alien has landed and we need special FBI agents to kill them (err can they be killed?)


I like Calista Flockhart's character ... the emotional instability and always dreaming lawyer.

Current favorites

The housewives who is not your typical next door aunty housewives!


Pretty ladies always married fat guys who tends to love his woman more.


Murder can be solved with just a piece of feather!


A celebrity chef who simply can eat anything!

Monday, March 26, 2007

My favorite TV series (Asian)

Those of us who subscribe to pay TV are always at their mercy! There is no transmission if it rains and we have to wait to watch a TVB series which was aired 1 year ago in Hong Kong (other alternative is to rent the videos). It's still better than non-paying TV but I must say that their programs have improve tremendously over the years. Here are a list of my favorite TV series so far (in no particular order) ...

The Chinese (Hong Kong TVB)


Cham Chun Kei (A Step into the Past) - 2001
Cast: Louis Koo, Jessica Hsuan, Sonija Kwok, Joyce Tang, Raymond Lam, Kong Wah, Michelle Saram, Eileen Yeow


Sai Yau Kei (Journey to the West) - Part I: 1996, Part II: 1998
Cast: Dicky Cheung, Kong Wah, Wayne Lai Yue Cheung, Mak Bau


Ngor Tek Yea Man Lai Lai (War of In Laws) - 2005
Cast: Liza Wang, Myolie Wu, Bosco Wong, Shek Sau, Christine Ng


Kam Chi Yuk Yip (War and Beauty) - 2004
Cast: Sheren Tang, Gigi Lai, Charmaine Sheh, Maggie Cheung, Bowie Lam, Moses Chan


Tung Took San Tam (To catch the uncatchable) - 2004
Cast: Dayo Wong, Ada Choi, Michael Tong, Marco Ngai


Chung Sheung Wan Siew (Triumph in the Skies) – 2003
Cast: Francis Ng, Joe Ma, Flora Chan, Myolie Wu, Ron Ng, Sammul Chan, Bosco Wong, Michelle Yip


Tor Cheung Si Jea (Armed Reaction)
Part I: 1997, Part II: 1999, Part III: 2001 & Part IV: 2003

Cast: Bobby Au Yeung, Joyce Tang, Marco Ngai, Esther Kwan, Ada Choi

The Japanese

It has been a long time since I watch any Japanese drama as our lousy pay TV never air them. Anyways, here are a few which I don't mind to watch again.


Beach Boys - 1997
Cast: Sorimachi Takashi, Takenouchi Yutaka


Long Vacation - 1996
Cast: Kimura Takuya, Yamaguchi Tomoko, Takenouchi Yutaka


Koori No Sekai - 1999
Cast: Takenouchi Yutaka, Matsushima Nanako


Overtime - 1999
Cast: Sorimachi Takashi, Esumi Makiko, Ishida Yuriko, Kimura Yoshino

The Koreans

I find most of the Korea series have the same storyline - its either 2 girls like 1 boy or 2 boys fight over 1 girl and they always start having feelings for each other since 12 years old! And I don't understand what is Bae Yong Jun's charm that most of the 40-something year old women go ga-ga over him? He is such a girly man (euwwww). I can't stand that guy. Anyway, the only Korean drama which I like is ...


Dae Jang Geum (Jewel in the Palace) - 2003
Cast: Lee Young-Ae, Ji Jin-Hee


So which is your favorite asian TV series? Please don't tell me you are one of those who likes any series as long as Ms Bae Yong Jun star in it :O


Friday, March 16, 2007

Down to memory lane


We are almost the same age gap (if not close) when you understand what I meant in this entry. Come and lets take a walk …


The best games at school are ropes jumping (made out of rubber-bands tied together) and 5-stones (made out of scrap of clothes filled with red beans/rice). We'll played during recess, before class start and after school while waiting for the school bus.


Every student will be holding a bunch of books with the book-band tied around them. That's the trend at school! To show off we are bunch of hard working students la. But nowadays I don't see students carry that anymore. I guess book bands are no longer the in-stuff!


During exercise session in school, we can run around the field with just t-shirts and shorts. Unlike now all students are compulsory to wear long slacks in our humid weather! No wonder we produce lousy sportsman!


The noodle in the school canteen only cost 50 cents per bowl and the kacang putih 20 cents per pack (ok the noodle above is not what we get in school, the miserable bowl of noodle only consists of one small lump of mee plus 2 pieces of fish cake) .


Hello Kitty was so in and all are genuine stuff. We don’t know any imitations/fakes and save all our allowance just to buy the stickers, stationery, purse, etc. I am still in love with Hello Kitty today.


Before Game Boy, PS1 or Xbox, the only electronic game available is the handheld brick game.


There was a famous Japanese series shown at TV around 4.00 p.m. every Monday and Tuesday, where this girl who join the volleyball team and she will flip in mid air before she spikes! Her skill is so amazingly real that we all believe she can actually do that.


The only Chinese shows in the TV are those Lam Ching Ha and Ching Han Taiwanese version love story. Both will played lovers and each will be running from the opposite end of the beach with their hands flying in the air. They will then come together, hug hug, hold hands before singing a duet! I think the Bollywood chaps get their ideas from the Taiwanese.


As for American sitcoms, there are 21 Jump Street and Beverly Hills 90120. That’s where we get to know Johnny Deep and Luke Perry.


Before the purple dino Barney exist, a cute little blue man character captured our hearts with the funny cartoons. They are called Smurfs!


One of the famous public transport is mini buses, where most of the drivers are born F1 racer. We don’t even need to go all the way up to Genting for a roller coaster ride!


The only hang out place is Sg Wang and the only Yum Cha place is usually KFC. There are no HK char charn theang.


During Chinese New Year, the cinema will always have Stephen Chow Sing-Chi's movies. We will be queuing up hours before the ticket counter open to get the best seats! We just love his moe lei tau (silly) storyline and will laugh until our lungs fell off! After 2 hours standing in line and when you are almost there at the ticket counter, some mook jui (jerk) will creep up by your side and ask if they can tumpang 6 tickets from you! Once I encountered the same incident and not only I did not buy for him but told him to get in line like everybody else! He complained to his bunch of friends that I’m very chuen (nasty). He can only blamed himself for picking the wrong ‘victim’.


The only cinemas we know are not TGV or GSC but Sg Wang Cinema, President or Cathay. The only sounds effects that are louder than the movie itself are those people chewing kuah chi and throwing them everywhere. That's why we need to wait for 1/2 hour before going in the cinema as the workers have to sweep the floors after each movie. There are no electronic tickets only manual ones and you have to pay extra $1 if you want to exclusive seats, which is high above.


Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Alan Tam, Sally Yip, Jacky Cheung are my favorite singers before Sammi Cheng. Their songs are still so well known till today. From the western side, MJ is the world phenomenal and the only boy band is New Kids on the Block. Singers don’t name themselves 50 cents (I guess they only worth that much to have such a pathetic name!) or Pussycat Dolls where their only talent is to show as much skin as possible in their MV. By the way, anyone still remember Tommy Page?


And talk about the fashion ... it's shoulder pads and carrot cut trousers. The funny thing is there are some people who are still wearing that carrot cut trousers today.


Those were the days. How I miss them sometimes. Yes, we need to change with the world so that we'll not be left out but it's good that I experienced the above because they are part of my life. Do you remember your era?

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Lips therapy


Ok I admit I’m obsessed with lipsticks. Seriously obsessed! I almost lost count how many times I apply lipstick in a 8-hours working day. My colleague once did a count for me but at end of the week she also gave up! That’s why I need to do one entry specially on lipsticks! I’ve @ least 10 different lipsticks, lip gloss and lip balms in my procession, not many but can do for now la (can last up to 3 months).


Women have been using lipstick since 5000 years ago. If you watched those Chinese period drama, you’ll notice that women insert small pieces of red paper between their lips and press them tight to get the colors. Talk about creativity when comes to makeup!


If you are buying a lipstick, most of the sales girl will try it on the back of your hand but this is not accurate. Lipstick applied on the hand is not the same as on the lips as our lips color is pinkish. Instead, try in on the fingertips as the color on the skin is the closest match to our lips.


Never try the lipstick (tester) on our lips, as we don’t know if the previous person who tested it wipes her mouth after eating char kway teow 10 minutes ago! Euwww ...


Apply overnight lip balm to the lips before going to bed at night. You will feel the lips softer and smoother in the morning. But keep this in mind if you share the bed with your man, apply only after the good nite kiss! No man will stand the stickiness and it will turn them off immediately! (They just don't get it so don't even bother to explain!). In another words, grab for your man and his muacks muacks before going for the lip balm!


Brush softly the lips with a toothbrush to get rid of the dead skin. (please don't treat our lips as the toilet bowl and scrub like we don't need to wash it tomorrow)


Use a lip balm before applying any lipstick as this will help to protect and moisturize our lips. Add lip gloss to make the lips look sexy! The lip gloss and lipsticks colors can be mixed. Try using different colors and I don't mean mix red gloss with green lipstick (we are not being poisoned here!) Brownish red lipstick goes well with a nude lip gloss or a plum gloss on top of a pinkish lipstick.


Pour some water on a tissue to wipe off the lipstick (preferably warm water if you are in the office/house). This will help to get rid of the lipstick and leave your lips smooth and soft. (Chawanmushi anyone?)


Buy lipstick from reputable brands and not some cheapalak $9.90 from places like Sinma! I've received emails that wearing lipstick (specific brands only) will cause cancer and I never believe any of that crap! If yes, then most of the women out there should be dead by now! Duh!


And lastly, please throw away those lipstick which you have been keeping for the last 5-years! Everything has an expiry date and can't last forever.