Tuesday, July 22, 2008 . 3:42 PM

Transformation IS entirely possible.

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Have anyone seen anything as beautiful as Samsung Omnia? I know I haven't. iPhone? Please, that little Apple doesn't mean come close to knocking The Omnia off its throne.

I mean, come on, with a name like Omnia, how can you ever doubt that it's anything but Omnipotent? I exaggerate? Perhaps. But I have always liked Samsung's products, especially their mobile phones. Their designs are always cool and somehow, the phonemakers always managed to read my mind (like when I want a thin slider with great camera, they gave me Ultra 12.9).

Omnia reminds me a little of Wu Chun.



Both make me want to get my hands on them and hide them so no one else can get their grubby little hands on them!!! Of course, they'r both gorgeous and means business. They're out to conquer the world, man!

But before that, they've already conquered this little woman... and that's half the battle won. Haha...

Seriously, maybe I'll get the phone next month. I mean, although I have 1.5 years more to my Singtel contract, I apparently still have the option of signing another 2 years with them. I guess with the number portability they'll want to trap you for as long as they can. I don't mind that much... just quit sending me all those annoying reminders to get me to pay phone bills!

I just have really, really bad memory ok?!

That said, let's move on to 2 movies I caught over the weekend:



The Dark Knight



HellBoy II

Obviously, The Dark Knight beats its competition, but were you expecting any less? Granted, HellBoy is in a completely different league. It's not the emotional roller coaster that Dark Knight is, but it's fun - like how The Haunted House in an amusement park is fun.

Whereas Dark Knight is twisted and macabre, thanks to Heath Ledger's chilling portrayal of Joker. Much has been said about his performance and they're all much more than I could say, so I shall keep my peace.

What shocked me was Batman's choice when the chips were down. I guess being a Superhero means being unselfish. That's why being their chick sucks bigtime. So, no. I don't want to date the Batman, even if he is played by a very ripped, tortured and gorgeous Christian Bale. Not if it meant that I have to face down the psychotic Joker and other assorted super villians. I'm too scaredy-cat for that.

Right now, I'll rather snuggle up with fellow Singaporean and (unintentionally) hilarious Million Star contestant, Wong Jinglun. I'll leave you now with another amazing performance by The One with the Golden Voice.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 . 2:08 PM

I have to say that I'm totally charmed by the efforts of one Singaporean boy attempting to break into the Taiwanese music scene through the humongously successful Million Dollar Star.

Granted he's not exceptionally good-looking, but he's so earnest that you can't help rooting for him. It's kind of like the Forest Gump thing, really.

Like the fictional Guo Jing in Jin Yong's classic Legend of the Condor Heroes, Huang Jing Lun is a blockhead. And I don't mean it in the degradatory sense. Host of the show likened him to the 40-year-old virgin played by Steve Carrell (she was referring to his dancing) and I have to agree. It was painful to watch him dance, but strangely, you can't look away. And at the end of it, you realize that you are part grimacing and part smiling at his desperate effort.

I feel precisely the same way towards my 3-yr-old Maltese... and babies. I feel weak in the knees and giggly... as I would if I saw a really hunky guy, so I guess Huang's tactic worked, to a certain extent of course.

Which sets me thinking:
If he was a girl, would the guys be charmed by the bumbling, awkward, shy girl act?