American Idol Finale

Adam Lambert vs Kris Allen.

Adam definitely has a stronger vocal cord than Kris. But that doesn't mean Kris is second-class quality.

From the comments in youtube, people descirbed Adam's voice as 'throaty', sort of like a shadowy tune behind his normal voice, which is quite uplifting for all the songs that he sang. But, sometimes I felt he was actually screaming through his high notes. Maybe, I am not so used to that kind singing. But I definitely applaud his ability to hold a note for so loooooong. His must have had a massive lung volume for him to scream....err...I mean hold the note for that long, it's at least 10 seconds (from 1.23 to 1.33 of this video).



People are saying that Adam is a gay and doesn't deserve to win. I think people shoudn't mix a competition with a person's personal life. There is not link whatsoever between those two. So what if that person is a gay, but does has a good voice?? Does that mean he don't deserve to win??

Comparing between Adam and Kris, I think they are both good in different ways. Adam has the 'throaty' voice to 'support' his songs. Kris' voice has the smooth, silky feeling that gives a rather comfortable, relaxing atmosphere.
I would say that they will survive in different kind of music industry.

Check out the pre-finale performance by Adam and Kris!

Are They Really Police??

Mat Selamat Not "Selamat" After All

(Source: The Straits Time, Singapore)

Mat Selamat. A name that was slowly forgotten after his almost 1 year disappearance from the Whitley detention centre's toilet, got caught. In case you do not know who he is, he is the leader of a terrorist group called Jemaah Islamiah (JI) in Singapore......scary, huh?

(Just a thought: I think the police in the photo look like terrorists themselves, with the black thing, whatever you call it, over their head.....hehe, you need terrorising police to catch terrorists!!)

And where was he found? According to the The Straits Time (Linked to the title), he was found in the outskirt of Johor!!!!!

Looking at the map of Johor, other than the areas of Johor Bahru (north to Singapore), the other areas are considered as outskirt. That means, I was actually travelling back to my hometown without knowing that Mat Selamat might be lurking somewhere there?! Who knows??

And guess what?? He was caught by Malaysian Police!!! What a suprise! They are finally doing something. For this I might forgive them for not catching the person who stole my mum's handbag.

So now he is held under the country's Internal Security Act. But according to The Straits Time:


"the 48-year-old was tracked down based on intelligence provided by Singapore's Internal Security Department (ISD), and a joint operation by Malaysia and Singapore's security agencies eventually led to his arrest".

So, the "intelligence" was actually provided by the ISD of Singapore. Haha........you know what I mean.

Anyway, we are now "selamat" (safe) from Mat Selamat because:

Having Fun Out of Swine Flu!

With the swine flu virus scare roaming around everywhere, especially in Mexico, the Mexicans are trying to make positive things out of a negative thing.

A mexican song about the influenza is out in title "Influenza Cumbia" which has inspired other swine flu related songs.


Influenza Cumbia!

A swine flu song..... people have lots of time to compose songs, I guess.

Mexicans are also decorating their masks with monkey face, pig's snort or kissy lips.

And, not forgetting about 'smart' businessmen who make money out of this whole pandemic scare - introducing the "Fashion Swine Flu Masks!" Sold at USD$ 10

A Japanese illustrator, Yoriko Yoshida, had also came up with the idea of "Stylish Surgical Masks", which come with matching names, cool ya!:

Mask of Beauty

Mask of Mt. Fuji

Check them out at :

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/04/stylish-surgical-masks-by-yoriko-yoshida/

Really patriotic masks, I should say - - for example, Mask of the Rising Sun....symbolises Japan.

As I am working in the hospital, it will be rather funny to appear in the hospital with one of the masks above - - say, the pig's snort mask. Haha.

Scare the wits out of people!