Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)

For a while I've been resisting my urge to write this down. It's hard to make this not sound like another regretful tribute to the passing of a great artiste, neither would I claim to be a great fan. The passing of Michael Jackson was a shock to all of us as many of us were eagerly waiting for his final curtain performances in his final tour.

I seriously did not harbour much hope of ever seeing him perform live but nevertheless, his music was the reason why I even listened to music. I can still remember singing to his tunes before my voice broke in my younger years. Sometimes I wonder if the strain actually caused my voice to break instead of puberty.

His moves enthralled me as much as his songs, many of us emulating them. I can more or less attribute many of my worn out soles to doing his signature moonwalks on the hard concrete school floor. Aching toes doing the tip-toe stand and convulsing shoulders (I don't really wanna go into that one). We tried everything saved for that gravity defying lean.

It was pretty sad seeing what happened to him when he started his fall. I honestly never believed he was guilty of all those charges brought upon him. Even though he was acquited after finally choosing to contest one of the many charges brought up, the media continued to lionised him as if he were guilty. I found it so sick and repulsive and was so disgusted that I refused to read anything the media wrote about him. It was only when his voice came up in an episode of the Simpsons while spending my time in Australia that brought all these memories back. I became a born-again MJ fan.

Now, with his passing. The media has once again reared its ugly head. I am choosing to ignore them yet again. The memory of the man and his music should remain untainted in all their glory. The voice and the moves may be gone forever but his memories and achievements shall live on forever in our hearts. Its the very least we could do.

The King is Dead. Long Live the King!

The Heat is On

Boy has it been hot. The sweltering heat has been smelling like a piece of burnt meat and to a certain extent, the heat is going up to my head. For the last two or three days, it seems as if I could have blown up any time as patience desserted.

It wasn't entirely due to the heat though. True, one becomes easily irritable and short fused after spending hours on end working under the sun. The igniting point was the comments brought forth by the office-dwellers, the NATO (No Action Talk Only) group. I doubt I should go into the details since it'll simply degrade into a ranting session.

So here I am, day three of the week and starting to show signs of fatigue. It feels like the oozing of sweat also forces out the energy in your body. I guess now at least people get an idea on how the coral polyps around the world are feeling.

Moving on, I'm please to say I have cleared my hurdle for this year. After nearly missing out on my silver award yet again with a fault jump in my 2nd IPPT, I managed to squeeze the PTI for a compensating jump after telling him off that "I'm not here to pass the damn thing, I'm here to get my silver". And just to be on the safe side, I more or less aced the other stations saved for the 2.4km run, proof that I have what it takes to stay in good physical condition despite spending more time in front of the computer nowadays.

As for the rest of you who keep giving the "no time" excuse, you suck. Your body your life so I'm looking forward to humiliating you over your body shape if you intend to do nothing about it.

The writer is still on a short fuse. The men in white coats are on standby outside the door.

My take

Recent events in the news:

Southeast Asia's most wanted criminal caught

If there was ever a national cover up of obvious proportions, this is it. Sure a damn convenient excuse to say he was being observed in order to capture the others. But when he was captured, were there any others? Trying to squirm from the fact that you fags don't even realised he was living right under your nose for the entire duration aren't you? I swear, the competence of your police officers should be your bigger worry, not JI members.

North Korea goes nuclear, fires missiles and threatens war

Insecurity? Feels more like impotence. This failed state behaves like a spoiled child throwing a tantrum when it doesn't get its way or is ignored altogether. I say, either grow up or just nuke the bastards to kingdom come.

GM goes bust

About time. This AMERICAN obsession with depleting the global oil supply as quickly as possible is going to kill us all. All that stored energy going to waste on inefficient and ridiculously big vehicles, belching out more carbon monoxide per mile and keeping the "American dream" alive. I say good riddance. And go suck a tree branch too Chrysler.

Global Pandemic

It's big, it's bad, it's harmless?! The H1N1 virus is actually weaker than normal flu?! So what's causing such a panic? Fear of death. Even though the US is a well-known hot spot, it's unbelievable that people are still stupid enough to be going there. Simply because these dumb pricks have that "it'll never happen to me" mentality. Now that they've brought it back home, I hope you're happy now.

17 year old model flees from husband, the prince of Kelantan, citing abuse

You're only 17 years old! Don't tell me you know what is love! Blinded by the glamour and the riches weren't you? Disappointed with the reality? You got what was coming you stupid bitch!

The writer wishes to reiterate that the views aired are his own and does not reflect the views of the general public, whom he thinks are a bunch of idiots anyway.