Of Jay Chou, Lin Chi Ling, studying and bags

Weekends are here, but it seems that there’s nothing much to be done except to study since the exams are just around the corner…

I shall post a conversation I had with Eileen a couple of days back to kick start the weekend on a lighter mood.

(Eileen and me were slacking instead of studying. We talked about random stuffs until she mentioned Jay Chou’s concert early next year)

Eileen:
Jay Chou is coming to Singapore next year! Yay!

Poster of Jay’s concert in 2008.

Chris:
Wow… So you’ve bought tickets to his concert already?

Eileen:
Yuppps. Happy happy =).

Chris:
How much? I bet the tickets are selling like hot cakes.

Eileen:
S$180.
Yes it is. In the first minute it opened, the first 8 rows were sold out!

Chris:
Woah, so hot? It’s even hotter than the Sumatra forest fires!

Hot, hot!

Eileen:
That was when the ticket sales first opened la.
Now I think category 1 and category 4 are left with single seatings.
We are talking about JAY CHOU here okie…

Chris:
Wa, all the Jay fanatics.
So what is it with Jay that girls like?

Eileen:
I like his songs and he plays the piano!

Want all the girls to fall for you? Just play the piano and act cool.

Chris:
Hmmm… next time I shall name my son Jay.
Then he will grow up to become a superstar!

Mummy… I want milk.

Eileen:
Haha, Jay Lim… No impact la.
Name your daughter Eileen then, so she can be the queen of all time!

Daddy! The girl beside me is a freak! *Cries*

Chris:
Please don’t let me faint, I’m afraid I will get nightmares.

Eileen:
Hahaha… Please faint then.

Chris:
Hmmm, I would love a daughter that grows up like 林志玲 though

Eileen:
NOOOOOOOOOO!
林志玲 not HER! 侯珮岑 is so much better!

Chris:
You girls think that Jay is god.
We guys think 林志玲 is our goddess.

Eileen:
No lehz. In terms of looks, 王力宏 is better.
He is freaking smart!
His scored 1600 for his SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test)!

Chris:
Wa, 1600 is full marks!
Did he cheat in the exam? Wahaha…

Eileen:
He could get into medical school, but chose to go Williams to study music.
Then he is 帅!!!
Then he is rich!!!
Then he is talented!!!

I don’t know why I’m so popular with the girls, it’s UNBELIEVABLE.

Eileen:
Wa lao, he is impeccable lor.

Chris:
I think 志玲 didn’t copy from 力宏 when she did her SAT, and failed!
That’s why she could only act cute and parade the runway, wahaha.

Pose, wave, and stay cute *wink*. Easy money =).

Eileen:
Hahaha… 侯珮岑 seems so much more with substance.
She’s pretty, and she’s got brains!

Chris:
Haha, both of them are the goddesses of Taiwan, but can only see, and not touch.
I still prefer 林志玲. She’s more eye candy, cute, and hot!

Hey boy, where are you looking?

Chris:
She graces more magazine covers and posters than the number of underwears you can count!

Eileen:
Haha… Sianz, I should be studying!
But I don’t like to study…arghs

Chris:
Why?

Eileen:
Cuz I really hate books.
For some reason, people think I like to study, and they presume that I can study.

Chris:
Who likes to study anyway.
It’s just a procedure we all have to go through, like queueing up.

Eileen:
No leh, if I have friends in the line, I don’t queue!
Hahahaha.
I will try to see if they are willing to queue on behalf of me.

Chris:
So you ask your friends to take the exam for you?

Eileen:
Haha no la… I ask MC (Medical Certificate) to take for me.

(The chat continued until I asked her about the 11 bags she bought from her 3 month trip in USA.)

Chris:
So have you used all the bags you’ve bought yet?

Eileen:
DUH of cuz! Haha…

Chris:
I think Gavin (who is a friend of ours) has a fetish for bags.
That’s why he bought the S$300 bucks bag.

Mind you, this brand of bags costs at least S$300 each!

Chris:
And MAYBE THAT’S WHY he is attracted to you!
You got so many bags! Omg.

Eileen:
Oh yeah! Imagination!

Chris:
How much did the 11 bags cost in total?

Eileen:
Let me count…
About USD$450 - USD$500.
So it’s about S$600… but it’s for 11 bags ok…
And that’s inclusive of 1 coach bag!

Chris:
But why do you need 11 bags?
11 bras I can understand la, but 11 bags!

Eileen:
Hahaha… You will understand if you’re a girl.
We girls can never get enough of bags and shoes.

This is called GIRL POWER!

Chris:
Carrying 1 bag a day is even more than enough for 7 days a week!

Eileen:
But you see, you have 365 days a year, and you need different bags to match different style of clothes.
You can’t have a 1 bag that fits everything, and to match different colours of clothes too.

Chris:
So in total, how many bags do you own?

Eileen:
Ermm, about…. 25?

Chris:
Woah! That’s almost enough for a freaking month!
I don’t even have 25 pairs of underwear!

Eileen:
Hahaha…. but the fact remains.
Different bags for different occasions, for different style and colour of clothes.

Chris:
How come we guys don’t need different types of underwear to match different occasions and different colours of clothes…

Facebook is the new Friendster

It seems that the latest social networking craze has landed on the net. Almost everyone is playing Facebook nowadays.

The main log in page.

If you are still not into Facebook, it means that either:

1. You simply do not give a damn in such social networking websites.
2. Facebook is simply too complicated to be used and you prefer the brainless and meaningless Friendster.

Like Friendster, Facebook allows you to upload your personal profile, pictures, and communicate with real-life or virtual friends. Writing testimonials or secretly browsing a friend’s profile just to “bieo” his hot girlfriend.

The main profile page.

But what sets Facebook different from Friendster is the many other functions they have and the numerous 3rd party applications/games you can install.

There are hundreds of applications to choose from, from Zombies to Vampires, to Superfriends, but I’m just lazy to install them all. Plus, I didn’t want to make my Facebook too cluttered with applications, ha.

One pretty fun application would be SuperPoke, where you perform an action to your friend. Punch them, smack them, treat them to a drink, slamdunk them. You name it, you got it.

You can even adopt a pet in Facebook, feed him with goodies bought using “munny”, watch him grow and win races! Talk about Friendster meets Neopets.

That’s my pet Mr Money, ha.

It sure looked fun at first, throwing sheep at your friend, hadouken-ing your enemy, sending your buddy a gift, or racing your pet with others.

But the fun soon subsided when I realised I was just spending meanlingless time clicking the mouse and getting a kick out of it cyber-loafing.

A friend even told me that since she can’t physically hit me in person, she might as well go home and throw bombs at me using Facebook, she will feel more shiok, wa lao.

Drawing graffiti on your Facebook “wall”. Very free hor?

There was another time when I was told that a good friend of mine was attached. I asked her how she knew, she simply replied “Check her friendster lor”. It seems that spying on your ex, enemies, or checking out your friend’s latest crushes can provide hours of fun. What happened to weekend get-togethers, coffee breaks or soccer outings?

And so I went undercover, doing a survey with my friends over such social networking sites. Hands up, those guilty of spying on your friends using Friendster / Facebook.

Hands up, those guilty of logging into Facebook to check for updates whenever a notification is sent to your email.

My judegement was further proven when I witnessed my study kakis surfing Friendster, checking out each other’s friends and getting a high out of it when they are supposed to be studying.

Another friend said, since you can’t beat them, join them lor. I rest my case.

Yes I do have a Facebook account which was created to check out what the hype is all about. I haven’t been using much since.

But nothing beats doing a 五台自摸 with your kakis, haha.