1630hrs

Listening to:



Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (2004)


I'm very much taken by this American Idol winner's voice and her music. Despite having a debut album that didn't produce anything memorable (anyone remembers "Miss Independant"?), Kelly Clarkson has overcome the second-album jinx and delivered a much better punch the second time around. Last month, she opened the NBA All-Star Weekend 2005 activities in Denver, Colorado:



Kelly did a super rendition of "Since U Been Gone" (grammatically incorrect title but a damn catchy song!). For those of you who have heard this song, my favourite part is the bridge when she hits a really high note... and man she nailed it live that night! (y)! She may not be the hottest girl singer around based on looks, but the overall package works pretty well for me, haha. :$ (who says you can't be a star if you're fpp and have dsb? :P)

The rest of her album is extremely listenable, and I'm still deciding if "Breakaway" or "Since U Been Gone" is my favourite song from it, haha. If Avril Lavigne were a few years older, lost that kiddie attitude and ate a few more cheeseburgers, she would be like Kelly! Hahaha. :) Definitely the most popular of all the AI winners so far... where's Fantasia and Clay Ruben now anyway?

Up next: the Robots review!

1051hrs

It seems like the recruitment drive has, well, gone into overdrive. On today's radio show were two recent graduates, telling all the impressionable 19-year-olds out there listening to P10 how great their alma mater was.

That's all well and good I guess; what irked me was how those two (a guy and a girl) spoke.

Guy: "The States are [sic] doing that too."
"Soft-skills (what the heck is this anyway?) was [sic] taught to us."

I'm not sure how to emote what the girl said, but she had a really weird hybridised American/British/Australian/Singaporean accent (go figure). And all those "assss-em-yewwws" just made me change the channel. Luckily, Switchfoot was on Power 98, heheh.

Continuing the recruitment drive....tomorrow on The Morning Show (no stupid baby Ts on my blog, hoho): SMU's canteen uncles and aunties come in to speak about how business-minded the students are when buying their mee pok and chicken rice!

2013hrs

Listening to: Norah Jones - Don't Know Why


A door was slammed in my face today.

As with most doors, it hurts when that happens.

Letting go and walking away is always the hardest thing to do, isn't it. But I've given it all I have to give... and that's that I guess. This, is really the last time.

Good luck and all the best. Hope you'll have as much fun as I did; hope it'll change your life, as it did to mine.

0000hrs

Listening to: Jay Chou - Shi Jie Mo Ri


Everyone's creating quizzes about themselves... I did it so long ago, in 2002! Sheesh. Anyways, here's an updated quiz on me. Personally, anyone who can get more than 8 correct is either a) my sister, or b) cheating! Hahaha.

Have fun. :) I'll announce the highest scorer at the end of the week!

2117hrs

Listening to: Rob Thomas - Lonely No More


I've been meaning to put my $20 HMV voucher to good use, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Anyway, why would I wanna buy stuff from HMV! After thinking a while, I decided to buy CDs that are not readily available at other stores.

But even then it's not easy. Both HMV outlets in Singapore do not have this:



The Goo Goo Dolls - Live In Buffalo (2004)

I'm a sucker for live albums. Come August, if any of you dear readers out there decide to find it in your good hearts to get me a birthday present (hah!), a good live album would be a great choice, hoho.

If this one doesn't work out, then I may consider this one, something I've been eyeing for over a year:



John Mayer - Any Given Thursday (2003)

But last I checked, it costs $50+ at HMV, what the heck. Hmmm.


Anyways in other news, there's this song I'm hearing now that's kinda nice. Anyone knows Rob Thomas? The guy who did the Grammy-winning "Smooth" with Santana? The lead singer of Matchbox 20 Twenty? Well apparently he's got a new album out... the first single "Lonely No More" sounds kinda Latin a la Marc Anthony! A little cheesy but still, very catchy.

Finally, if you suakus still dunno who Rob Thomas is, here's how he looked last time:



BUT apparently Rob has gone for some sort of an extreme makeover, and he now looks like this:



WHOA! Is it really him?! Someone get on the phone and ask who's his stylist! Haha. :)

0917hrs

Listening to: Perfect 10 98.7FM

I'm back.

The first thing I did this morning was to switch on the radio... and two SMU deans are talking to Daniel Ong and Grace Chua on Perfect 10! Recruitment drive goes on air, fwahh. Guess bus stop ads ain't good enough for them...

Cheesy Tagline of the day: "At SMU, our professors don't teach; they transform."



No wonder SMU is different from the other unis in Singapore! They really mean business....hurhur ;)

1120hrs

Listening to: Heavy D and the Boyz - Now That We Found Love


The movie of the week:



Hitch (2005)

We decided to catch this film before we lost interest in it; dating movies don't usually hold one's attention for too long. After all, I still want to watch Robots and Team America: World Police!

So anyway, Will Smith is back as Alex Hitchens, a "date doctor" whom hapless men come to when they have problems getting women to go out with them.



Hitch's biggest challenge to date comes in the form of Albert (Kevin James from The King of Queens), a plus-sized bumbling accountant who just so happens to have a serious crush on one of his clients, hot celebrity Allegra Cole.



Allegra is played by supermodel Amber Valetta, who's obviously no nubile teenager anymore but still looks really classy and just plain hot, heheh. (6)



Along the way, a gossip columnist Sara (Eva Mendes) gets wind of Hitch's work and simultaneously starts to fall for Alex Hitchens. Sounds confusing? Hahaha. The real problem starts when she finds out that they're the same person...



While Will Smith is the protagonist and the big star in the show, he is overshadowed by the great comedic performances of Kevin James and Amber Valetta, who generate much more chemistry, laughter and sparks than Will and Eva.

A random observation if you decide to catch this film: count the number of Asian faces you spot throughout the movie. There are a lot for some reason, hmmm.

Anyways, it's not a bad movie lah, quite funny and enjoyable. Do stay for the closing sequence, it's hilarious! Haha. :)

Lester's rating: 3.5/5 stars!