Datuk (Sir) Elton John

Didn't take a photo with him coz u know lar...I scare he grab my ass..wauhaha...

Short Message: Lost my Motorola V300 cellphone at the basketball court yesterday. Got a stupid letter from NHE management (will not elaborate). Got to get a new replacement card from James. Luckily I have a few extra phones with me. Monthly prayer meeting tonite. 'SamBuayLe'!!!

Broadway Under The Star

Went to the Broadway Show a few weeks ago. Here's the review:


Open Air Cafeteria


Chillin Out


The Fountain


Middle of the Park


Sun Bathing n Relaxing


Pple Gathering

The 4th annual Broadway Under The Stars summer show is presented by Time Warner and produced by NYC & Company and the League of American Theatres and Producer. It is the opening event of New York City’s summer outdoor cultural season


More pple


Full House


Crowded

The big show features performances by Broadway’s leading men, country star Billy Currington, and special appearances by Christina Applegate and The Radio City Rockettes.


Enjoying the Show


Giant LCD Screen

CBS 2’s Dana Tyler will host a one-hour special look at Broadway Under the Stars on Saturday, June 18 at 7pm on CBS 2.


Byrant Park is located in the middle of all these tall buildings


Nice

Broadway Under the Stars highlights the songbook of Cy Coleman (Sweet Charity, Will Rogers Follies) and John Kander and Fred Ebb (Chicago, Fosse, Cabaret) with live musical numbers by Broadway’s brightest stars, accompanied by a 30-piece live orchestra. Broadway lost Cy Coleman and John Kander this year.


Getting Dark


Fully Packed Cafeteria

The diverse cast of Broadway’s leading men includes performances by 2005 Tony Award® Winners Norbert Leo Butz (Best Leading Actor, Musical, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") and Dan Fogler (Best Featured Actor, Musical, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"), as well as Michael Cerveris, country music star Billy Currington, Raul Esparza ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"), Hunter Foster, Victor Garber, Cheyenne Jackson ("All Shook Up"), Marc Kudisch ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"), Christopher Sieber ("Monty Python's Spamalot") and Tom Wopat ("Glengarry Glen Ross") . Tony Award winner Scott Witmann (Hairspray) directs the performance and Musical Director Phil Reno conducts.


Pple everywhere

Songs include Kander and Ebb's "New York, New York," ""Sara Lee," "Kiss of The Spider Woman," and Cy Coleman's "There's A Sucker Born Every Minute," "Use What You Got," "You're Nothing Without Me," and "I Rise Again."

Sorry for the far shots coz I can't really get get to the stage. It's just too pack n I don't want to step unto pple.


ABC


abc7


CBS2

'Real' Action Hero

Spiderman doing his Web stuff


Shot Location: Front of Toy'R'Us in Times SQ New York

Summer New Outlook of Rockefellar Center

On winter time, Rockefellar Center is an giant Ice Skating Rink frequent by millions of fun seekers.

On summer time it'll change to a new outlook of open air cafe, restaurant n bar operates by diff owners. Thus serving all kinds of delicious n exotic food. It's a great place to meet up with pals or just to chill out. It's also a great place to have a few ice cold beer on a hot sunny day. I might go there this summer with my mates.

Yahoo SpamGuard

Saw the SpamGuard at the crossroad near Bryant Park.

Whoop My Ass!!

Me & Whoopie here. Aiya, standing beside her makes me look so dark. hehe..

Susan Cagle

Ladies n Gentleman, let me present U the Susan Cagle. These pics is captured in the underground subway terminal at 42ST. It's one of many subway shows organised by the management to promote art n music. Susan Cagle is a new promising band playing solid rock n roll music. They r the new kids on the block. Chec it out:

Short Message:

Morning: Sunday Church

Evening: Going to Billy Graham last event of the 3 days crusade. He will Preach about the end of the world at 4.00pm. (Fri, 1st day of crusade was attended by 100,000 pple. Yesterday crusade was attended by 80,000 pple). It's going to be an overwhelming event this evening.

Short Message:

Morning: 2 hours of basketball

Noon: Lunch at Malaysia Restaurant

Evening: Hope Concert under Billy Graham Crusade. Tree63, Jars of Clay is Playing. Bill Clinton n wife Hillary Clinton n New York Mayor Bloomberg is there too. Up close with Bill Clinton for the very 1st time. Took lots of pics. Will update next week. Be prepared of massive photos flood next week. I'm going to upload it in my office using fiber optic line, super fast. Currently my GPRS is too slow to upload so many pics.

Short Message: Work half day today. Going to Times SQ again. Loves Times SQ. I'll be going to Billy Graham Crusade Tonite.

Tomorrow, will be having a basketball game with James at 9.00am.

Mr Smith & Who..??

Took these snaps at the Wax Museum of New York:


Mr Smith & Ray7


Mr Smith & Ayumi Kawaii??


Mr Smith & His New Found Love

Doesn't Fit

Shot Location: Planet Hollywood, Times SQ. New York.

Bad Marketing

Saw this Old Hag giving out discount coupon to a guess what, Adult's Penthouse in Times SQ. Can't the penthouse afford to hire a sexy young babes to do the job instead of this grandpa standing out there n checking out all the chicks that by pass. Who's gonna be interested lar, see liow oso no appetite.

Looks like adult's industry is not doin that good after all.


HI, Welcome to the Penthouse. *Burghhh.....*vomit*


Checking out Chicks

Spurs Take The Trophy In Battle Of Two Champions

With the NBA title on the line, Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs proved themselves worthy champions.

Duncan came up huge in the second half and was chosen finals MVP after having the worst playoff series of his career, and Manu Ginobili had another breakthrough performance Thursday night to lead the Spurs past the Detroit Pistons 81-74 in a Game 7 that was as thrilling as it was rare.


San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan (L front) celebrates with the Larry O'Brien trophy and the MVP trophy after the Spurs defeated Detroit Pistons in Game 7 of the 2005 NBA Finals in San Antonio, Texas June 23, 2005. The Spurs defeated the Pistons 81-74 to win the championship.

In a matchup of the past two NBA champions, the Spurs came through in the clutch to win their third title in seven years and deny Detroit the chance to repeat.

The Spurs are certainly not a dynasty, but their staying power as a championship caliber team helps validate a legacy that history will respect.

Duncan had 25 points and 11 rebounds while shrugging off a stretch of eight straight misses that ended in the third quarter with the teams tied. Ginobili scored 23 points with a series of slashing, scintillating drives and big passes.


Robert Horry is used to holding the NBA Finals trophy.

Behind Duncan, the stoic established star, and Ginobili, the flashy young Argentine, the first Game 7 in more than a decade ended with the Spurs celebrating on their home court.

The NBA had waited a long time for a game with so much at stake and so little room for error. And the difference came in the fourth quarter, when the Spurs were able to make the plays the Pistons couldn't.

Midway through the period, Ginobili assisted on a 3-pointer by Robert Horry and Duncan found Bruce Bowen alone outside the arc for another 3 that put San Antonio ahead 67-61. Detroit pulled within four before the Duncan-Ginobili combo clicked perfectly on two straight possessions.

First, Ginobili drove the lane and drew Duncan's defender, zipping a pass to Duncan all alone on the baseline for a 19-footer. Next, Duncan had three defenders collapsing on him when he saw Ginobili all alone at the 3-point line. The shot was perfect, and San Antonio led 72-65 with 2:57 left.

Detroit's next three possessions brought an airball, a foul shot and an offensive foul, but all San Antonio could produce over that shot was a single free throw by Duncan. The score was 73-68 entering the final minute when Ginobili made the play that clinched it, weaving through several defenders for a layup that was almost too easy, making it 75-68.

The Pistons, who were outscored 24-17 in the final quarter, couldn't recover.

Detroit had won 10 straight postseason games with a chance to eliminate its opponent and was trying to become the first team in NBA history to win two Game 7s on the road in a postseason. As resilient as they were, that turned out to be too tall of a task.

Connecting Malaysian Around The World

Hi all fellow Malaysians. If u look a round my blog site, u'll notice that I add a big icon on my sidebar which called 'Global Malaysian Network'. It's a site to get all the malaysian abroad to share their thoughts, say n experience with each other. Go n sign up! It's great to hear from other malaysians around the globe n a gd way to keep in touch with our malaysians friends n to discuss the news back home.

www.globalmalaysians.com

YES!! YES!! Kenny won 'Blog Of The Year' Award

What a great win. Kenny of www.kennysia.com just won the 'Blog Of The Year' Award. For those of u who don't know him. He's the funniest Malaysian Blogger from Kuching, Sarawak.

Go Check out www.kennysia.com. The blog that beats all blogs, or shall I say The King of the Blog.

I Saw Naima 'The Winner of The American Next Top Model Cycle 4'

I saw The Winner of The American Next Top Model Cycle 4 at the entrance of Broadway Show 'The Lion King' in Times SQ. She must have just finished the show when she was coming out and get recognised by the passersby. She’s Naima (haha…Nai ma = Nanny, in Cantonese), but she got no 'nai' wan lar. Her ‘nai’ is very small only. Hehe…


Naima with the Kawaiis


Naima is a Model for Cover Girl

Lots of pple crowding over her to get a snap. I don’t even know who she is until some young gals told me that she’s the Winner of The American Next Top Model.


Getting All the Attention


Naima's Portfolio

So I quickly take a few shots n suddenly my camera batt die just in time after I took my last shot. She's so freaking tall. I felt so smal beside her..haha... She is warm and friendly.


Another Over Excited Kawaii.


Naima's Peacock Looks. Haha....

She left after a 20 over snaps with her fans n left to don't know where.

Lord of The Ring 2 - The Two Towers

I just watched Lord of The Ring 2 - The Two Towers on VCD. Yeah Yeah, I know it's an old movie but I din't bother to watch it 2 years ago coz I was thinking that it'll be boring like Part 1. I watch Part 1 in Australia. Part 1 was a total disappointment. Then I watch the Part 3 in Malaysia coz the trailer was great, massive army of orcs. Indeed, it was awesome and lots of fighting n killing. The troops is massive n the scenery is beyond imagination. That's the best war movie so far after BraveHeart.

I got Part 2 like 3 mths ago but didn't bother to watch it. Since I got nothin to do today. I decided to go over all the VCDs and DVDs that I miss out. Found out 7 of those VCDs n DVDs that's been deserted. I pick out Lord of The Ring Part 2 n play it.

To my surpise, the movie turn out real good. Man, I don't know what I've been missing out so far until I actually watch the Part 2. The scenery was so so amazing. I want to tour New Zealand!!! Storyline was so so. Fighting was so so oso but everything is better compare to the Part 1. Part 1 sux man. I fall zzzzz half way into the show.

If some of u guys are like me, missing out Part 2 or Part 3 of Lord of The Ring. PLs pls go n rent or buy it in DVD. Like I said, u don't know what u are missing until u watched it.

My name is Ray....Raymond Tan

Got a weird call from Keith. Here’s how the conversation goes:

Keith: Hey Ray

Me:Watsup

Keith: Are u with Kel n Jason now.

Me: Who? No, I’m not with anyone.

Keith: Where are u now?

Me: At home. Just got back from work.

Keith: Do u know Kel n Jason cell number?

Me: No...

Keith: But they ask me to call u coz u are with them

Me: What! I don’t know what u saying man. Im at home now. What u want?

Keith: They ask me to call Ray.

Me: OIC. Now I know why. Come on, they are like 5 Ray in our church. U shld ask them which Ray they r talking about. We have Ray Chuck, Ray Cheng, Uncle ray n Ray don-know-wat.

Keith: Ok. Ok. I think I got the wrong Ray

Me: Allrite

It can be very confusing when u got too many pple with the same name as u. May I suggest them to call me Ray LengChai instead. haha....I got a fren who likes caling me Cheeky Witty Ray. Very Funny....

Puerto Rican Day Parade 2005

This will be my Most Pictures taken on a single album ‘Puerto Rican Parade 2005’ on My Yahoo Photos Site. A total of 294 Pictures!!

Hispanic people make up a substantial percentage of the population of New York City, and Puerto Ricans are one of the largest ethnic groups in the city. The Puerto Rican Day Parade, held the second Sunday in June, attracts about 3 million spectators. It is the largest gathering of its kind for Puerto Ricans in the world. This spirited parade meanders down Fifth Avenue between 44th and 86th streets, and local and Puerto Rican entertainers, politicians and sports figures all take part.



At the event, you''ll quickly note signs of guys responding to the ladies and their questionably provocative manner of dress and behavior. Alcohol & marijuana is everywhere.



For the parade, crowds and their control have seemed to be a lot more civil between 42nd and 59th Sts. with levels decreasing the farther north you go. Your greatest threat will likely come to your eyes/face getting hit by tips of mini-flags being fervidly waved by everyone in the dense crowd.



Although Sunday's celebration was generally peaceful, a police officer suffered minor cuts to his hand during a dispute. There were also a stabbing and the arrest of 224 people, including several suspected gang members, on charges that include unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct. Two patrolmen assigned to the parade were suspended for allegedly drinking on duty.

Farm Fresh Market

Every Saturday, they'll have this Fresh Farm market at the Union Square where farmers from all areas as far as New Jersey will set up their stall to sells their harvest.



Let's take a TOUR

ArtCorner@UnionSQ

Went to Union SQ last wk. There's always so much thing goings on there. From indie hipsters, skateboarders, druggies, stoners, old skool, dropouts, artists, reformers, activists, college dudes, University wizs blah blah blah...

There's an Art corner there too where pple can sell off their art work. Welcome to the Union Square Art Corner:

For more pics, Click HERE

Million Pugs March - Update

Here’s the update from the Million Pugs march that I went at Washington SQ Park last week.



For more Photos, Pls click HERE

Horry strikes again

Big Shot Bob did it again. Robert Horry, whose clutch postseason 3-pointers have defined his career, knocked down a wide-open 3-pointer with 5.8 seconds left in overtime Sunday night to give the San Antonio Spurs a 96-95 victory against the Detroit Pistons in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

The Spurs took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series, bouncing back from a pair of lopsided losses to defeat the defending champs in their building and send the series back to San Antonio needing one more victory for their third title in seven years.

Horry inbounded from the left sideline near midcourt with 9.4 seconds left, finding Manu Ginobili in the corner. Detroit’s defenders collapsed on Ginobili and left Horry wide-open for the return pass.

Detroit had one final chance after Horry’s shot, but Richard Hamilton missed a runner from the lane and Bruce Bowen rebounded to end it, allowing the Spurs to run off jubilant.

After four blowouts, this was the type of game everyone had been waiting almost two weeks to see: an intense, closely-fought nail-biter befitting of a championship series. The fourth quarter was close throughout, with clutch shots coming from Billups and Hamilton for the Pistons, and Robert Horry and Manu Ginobili of San Antonio.

The player who wasn’t hitting the big ones was two-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan, who missed six straight foul shots and a putback at the end of the fourth quarter that would have won it for the Spurs.

Duncan also missed San Antonio’s first two shots of overtime and lost control of an entry pass with 56 seconds left in the extra period with Detroit ahead 95-93.

An offensive rebound gave Detroit two possessions while running down the final minute of overtime, but before Billups missed on a drive with 9.4 seconds remaining. After a timeout, Horry knocked down the 3 that won it.

At the end of regulation, Ginobili dribbled the clock down and drove on Tayshaun Prince, but missed the shot. Duncan was there for the rebound, grabbed the ball with two hands and had a wide-open chance for an easy putback, but his shot somehow came up short to send the game to overtime.

Malaysia Bloggers on Newspapers

The Star Malysia News have put on an article of the Top 4 bloggers in Malaysia n discuss about the blogmoshepre in Malaysia. Really interesting article. Here's the URL:

http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/6/20/features/11243748&sec

My 65 years old aunt has a blog tooo.....

I was so surprised n shock when I call up my aunt in Ipoh, Malaysia this morning. Out of sudden, she ask me whether I have a blog or not. I told her yes n she told me that she have one too. My 1st respond was like u sure u have a blog? B.L.OG. blog not block rite? I asked. Yeah…she replied. She asked me to send her the URL n I agreed.

Looks like now, blogger is not for the young n working pple only. Your everyday normal or old pple is joining up the blogging force. So be careful what u say or do man. U might ended up being a subject on their blog page. Beware, the chicken rice seller at your local food court might be blogging after work. The taxi Driver who talks lots about politic might have his own politic forum on his blog. B4 u know, everyone is having their own blog, just like having an email.

Good to see that more n more pple are starting to blog now. We can’t have enough blogger yo. The more the merrier. Got something to say? Go BLOG!!

Nike Training Run - Week 2

Nike FREE 'Run BareFoot'

When: 16.06.05

Where: Central Park

Weather: Cold, Raining, Lighting, Wet

Distance: 4 Miles


The 'WALLterFall' in Trump Tower


Run venue at Niketown located in Trump Tower


New Nike Running shoes: Nike Free. I tried it, it's really comfortable n light weight. As if u are running barefoot, feels real good. Highly recommended.


Nike Shox 45. Takes away the pressure at the bottom of the foot but a bit heavy. Good for leisure run.


Nike Training Run ID Card. Front. It fits well on the key chain too.


ID Card Barcode. Back. They'll scan your ID card to retrieve your information n to register every training run.


Registration Desk


Getting Ready

Hard Rock - Under Construction

Saw this creativa Ad at Hard Rock Times Sq that is still under construction which is due to be open on August 2005.

Interviewed

Shot Location: Wax Museum New York. Times SQ Broadway. Thanx to a helpful stranger who did the snap.

MTV Summer Wear

This summer is hot hot hot but the style is simple. Talking about style, this is what MTV have to offer. Old Skool style, simple n comfy yet cool n hippy. Just make sure u get the right jeans. A few pairs of low waist stone wash jeans will comes in handy when u need a night out. I got myself 4 pairs of Abercrombie n Fitch jeans (low waist, boot cut, straight cut, stone wash, flair n faded blue), a pair of Express jeans n a pair of GAP jeans. They are still in stlye after 6 mths n still going. What a great investment. Oh, not to forget, a pair of Adidas or Puma shoes helps to brings out the Old Skool in U. A pair of Brad Pitt 70's Sunglasses add in the look. Get your skateboard ready, chill out n have a great summer fellow skoollies.

Shot Location: MTV Store @ 44ST Broadway, New York

TICKETS@Times SQ New York

U can go to Times SQ everyday n things will always be different. There’s so much things going on there. I love Times Sq. Here’s one of the busiest place in Times SQ, the TICKETS where they sell all kinds of Broadway & Off Broadway shows. If u love shows, this is the place where u can get great tickets at a discounted price.

Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade Language Committee Youth Convergence

Went to Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade Language Committee Youth Convergence Event at Korean Presbyterian Church in Flushing, Queens. 500 over pple attended the event, mostly youth from divert background & culture.

It’s a night of live praise n worship with bands like El Trio De Hoy from Puerto Rico, Joyful Praise Ministries & Jesus Generation. El Trio De Hoy is a popular Christian band. They performance is great n they manage the get the crowds to dance along with their energetic performances. They got to perform a few Puerto Rico praise songs as well. Learn a new word, ‘Sam Buay le’ in Puerto Rico means God Bless U. El Trio De Hoy is definitely made out of a bunch of talented souls.

Jesus Generation is a youth band. Pretty good acoustic guitar praise n worship performed. Another youth band, Joyful Praise Ministries take on the lead to praise. Nice.

There’s sermons & prayers along the event by various pastor from different churches. Which make it sort like a cultural fellowship. How Cool. The 3 major language committees are represented by Dr. Joseph Young Choon Chang, Chairperson of Billy Graham Korean Language committee, Senior Pastor Of Korean American Presbyterian Church of Queens. Rev. Dr. Adolfo Carrion, chairperson of Billy Graham Spanish language committee, Superintendent Emeritus of Spanish Eastern District, Assembly of God. Rev. Dr. Isaiah Tingson, Chairperson of Billy Graham Chinese Language Committee, senior pastor of Overseas Chinese Mission New York.

The 2 & a half hour ended at 9.30pm. Giants banners & poster of Billy Graham Crusade ‘Concert of Hope’ is given out to promote the upcoming outreach event that will be held at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 25, which is next Saturday. I’ll be going. Hope to see u guys there. Till then, ‘sam buay le’.

Darth m&m

Saw this Ad at Toy 'R' Us Times Square

Refl3ction - Update

Here’s the update for ‘refle3tion’, the church concert that I went last week. It was attended by mostly college students. About 300 pple attended the mini concert.


Oversea Chinese Mission Church


Singer Koo Chung


Singer Jinny Kim.(Soli, can't get a close up pic. I was given a sit way behind. Have to settled wit this blurry TV shot)


Some Japanese Pastor. Forgot his name liow.

Enter The Matrix

Shot Location: Bank of America, 43 ST Broadway

Smelling Something Fishy??

Shot Location: Home Deco, 50th ST Madison Ave

Church of Scientology

Last Friday, I worked half day, finish at 3.00pm. Went for a walk at Times Sq, then came across this guy who was passing out leaflet promoting Church of Scientology n I was told that there was a free show going on. I have no idea what the show was all about, but I decided to give it a try since I got nothing better to do. The Church is just a few blocks down 45 ST. Just to give u guys an idea, Scientology is an applied religious philosophy.It is a beliefs that Tom Cruise n Katie Holmes goes crazy gogogaga about it. Ok, let the tour begins now:


The so called 'Church'


Side View


The Entrance


Film Room. This is the room where they put me in for 1 hour to brain wash me. I was out after 15min coz my mind just cant take anymore of those shitz.


Their 'Bible'


The contents


Revolution?? WT*...


Work 'Bible'


Scientology for Newbie


The fallen Bridge


The Cult Leader


The Cult Sign


Yeah..yeah..yeah...


Marketing Strategy


The 'Do Good Feel Good' programs.


Did'nt do the stress test coz I know I'll break the stress meter if i do. Stress from bearing with their trash talk.


Their 'Ten Commandment'


History Lesson....ZzzZzzZZzz


Nice Cafeteria


Brain Washing Hall

Work Stress?? Try Doing This....

Feel Sooo GOOOODDDD.......

Ever Feel this way b4?? hahaha

A Dollar Fun

GOt this Gross Stickers from Modells Sport. The bright orange color attracts me to it n it only cost a dollar. Curiousity leads me into buying it. They got a site too at www.garbagepailkids.com. Check out their site, it's not like any site u've ever seen. I must say it's pretty amusing. U can go online to build your own garbage pail kid if u got the online bonus points.

THese 2 link are really gross. Chec it out:

http://www.garbagepailkidsworld.com/beachcity.html

http://www.garbagepailkidsworld.com/downtown.html


The Front


The Back


Shrek??


Christina Uglyera


I don't want to go KMART no more


Online Bonus Code


Picnic Outing Turns Wrong


Gross Facts


Bloated


Tomb Raided


Butterfly in the stomach? How bout Bird in the head.


Gross Talk


Man At Work


Gross Jokes


Flick It!

Nike Training Run

When: 06/14/05

Where: Central Park

Who: Me n Benny

Distance: 3 Miles

Registration Counter


Meet up Place: The Trump Tower


Runners


NikeRunHitWonder Registration Desk


Shoe Trials Display


All Types of Shoes


One of the Trial Shoes


More Runners gathered for the Run

Mr. Carrot??

Saw this funny carrot dude at the corner of 57th ST 5th AVE near my office building. Apparently he was giving out leaflets to promote a fresh juice bar. He's very kind to pose for the pic.

New York - The Best Running Cities in America

www.mudvayne.com

They called themselves Mudvayne. Discover this band from a new fren of mind from University of Buffalo in New York. This angry band possessed the voice of Staind n music like Metallica. But after some serious listening, they are nothing in common with all the other angry bands u’ve ever listen to. They are hard to be categorized. Their song ‘Happy?’ have an opening like the Staind but 10 second into the song it all burst out to heavy angry yearning voice. Creative!! Nice to listen to yet manage to stir the aggression in me. The song I like best is ‘F*cking Determined’.

Go check out the website to know more about the band n listen to a few of their songs for free at www.mudvayne.com. The 3 free songs will be played automatically once u open their site. It’ll stop a few seconds for loading after finishing each song. Loading time will depend on your connection speed. Go now n Give Mudvayne a try.

Spurs are a reminder of how good basketball can be

Thank you, Spurs, for restoring that one element that's been missing in these NBA Finals. It has been easy to forget just how enjoyable the game can be in this series, with a dreadful Game 1 sandwiched between the elaborate sideshows and the threat of a lockout next month. It was easy to forget there were any games at all during the two days off to accommodate ABC's scheduling wishes.

Then Game 2 finally arrived, and the San Antonio Spurs reminded us why their best efforts are the best the NBA has to offer as they beat the Detroit Pistons, 97-76. We all know the Phoenix Suns provide the most entertaining offense. But they aren't capable of the kind of effort on defense that limited the Pistons to 36 percent shooting and 19 points in the first quarter, when this game essentially was decided.

In three trips to the Finals the Spurs still haven't allowed an opponent to score 90 points, a string that reached 13 games Sunday night. The Spurs stand as the model franchise right now. Their front office is like a business seminar and for stretches, such as the first half of Game 2, the team is like a basketball clinic.

Sunday it was Manu Ginobili, the scoring star of Game 1, becoming a playmaker and setting the tone with seven assists and still managing to fall into 27 points. It was their star player, Tim Duncan, retreating to the background to check for -- ho-hum -- just another double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. It was Bruce Bowen, harassing Richard Hamilton into a five-for-15 shooting night and still having enough left in his legs to knock down four three-pointers and score 15 points.

It was the sneaky play of Robert Horry, catching the Pistons napping to get backcourt steals. The Spurs had 23 assists on their 29 baskets. Even the losing coach, Larry Brown, had to say, ``That was beautiful to watch, in terms of their execution.''

The Spurs, meanwhile, might want to start putting the champagne on ice.

Sony Ericsson Announces W600 Walkman Phone

It may not be an iPod killer, but Sony Ericsson's new W600 "Walkman" phone is a step in the right direction for reducing the number of gadgets that geeks lug around with them.


Sony Ericsson W600

Sony Ericsson has unveiled a new phone that bears Sony's "Walkman" brand name. This is the second "Walkman" phone that the group has released. Many industry analysts believe that the biggest threat to iPods digital dominance will come in the form of a combined mobile phone/music player. The W600 sports a 176 x 220 pixel rotating display, 3d graphics, Bluetooth, 256Mb of memory and of course MP3/AAC playback abilities. The new phone also includes an FM tuner.

The phone's internal memory should be about enough for storing and listening to 4 CDs worth of music when encoded as CD-quality MP3’s. The W600 includes built-in stereo speakers and a jack for a headset.

Sony Ericsson claims that the phone will playback 30 hours of music with the phone off or 15 hours with it on. The new phone is scheduled for release sometime in the fourth quarter of this year.

PNY 512MB SD CARD

Got this 512MB SD memory Card from Staples for 35USD after a 25USD discount for my Canon Digital Ixus 3.2 megapixel camera. It’s comes with a lifetime warranty. Sweet.


PNY 512MB SD Card


View from the Back


Out of the pack


Lifetime Warranty

Free Movies for all Smiths!!

Saw this ad in the morning papers.It's godd to be the Smiths. Especially when Miss Jolie is around.

Monkey Jokes

Creative WebCam Live

I brought a new Creative Web Cam Live to replace my old n blurry web cam handed down by my sis. I got it from Staples for only 20usd after a 30usd rebate. What a Deal!! It comes wit a hands-free microphone as well. The product design itself is sleek n can fit on any monitor screen, whether is the bulky monitor, LCD screen or notebook. It comes with a 1 year warranty too.


My old Web Cam

It has function like ‘picture capture’, ‘web cam recording’ n ‘remote surveillance’(it actually detects n record down everything if there’s any movement detected in the given surveillance areas. How cool is that!!).


My brand new Creative WebCam Live


The 10usd mail-in-rebate. The other 20usd is an online rebate.


Fits all monitor size.


Product info


Fresh out from the box


Nicely packed


Taa Daaa.....


The hands-free microphone


Sleek Look


Fits nice on my 19"inch LCD Sreen

I've Hit the Upload Limit

Message from Flickr:

Whoa! You have used up 100% of your uploads for this month!

My Flickr blowed up!! Full house. I used up all the 20MB that Flickr provide for free each month. Still got lots of pics to upload. Think I’m going to create a double account with flickr and get an account with PhotoBucket which provide free pics hosting same as Flickr. Any other gd free pics hosting website to reckon??

RAY7 Movies Review

Movies watched over the weekend:

Movie: The Longest Yard
Actors: Adam Sandler(funny self) n Chris Rock (Chris rock rocks with his creative jokes)
Category: Funny. Laugh till your pants drop
Rating: 4 out of 5. Must watch. Not to be miss. You’ll love it.

Movie: Madgascar
Actors:Err…Animal??
Category: Kids n immature adults (kiddinglar)(whaaa…mama, I don wanna grow up)
Rating:3 out of 5. Worth a watch. Although there’s not much graphics effects in this film but the jokes is good. Simple graphics yet nice to watch. Something to clear the mind after a long day of work. Highly recommended.

Movie: Mr n Mrs Smith
Who: Brad Pitt n Angelina Jolie
Category: Action n Comedy
Rating:4 out of 5. 2 star for the story line + 1 star for Brad Pitt + 1 star for sexy Angelina Jolie = 4 stars. Great action n funny movies to watch.

Spurs Won Game 2

Spurs won again. Great game. Genobili was heavily guarded but still manage to throw in a few good clean shots. He’s everywhere around the court n is so hard for the piston boys to get hold of him. He’s here, He’s there, He’s everywhere. U’ll always see him running around. I wonder where all his energy came from. He only miss 2 shots out of every shots he took in Game 2. Awesome player. Great team work by Spurs. Piston was having a hard time. With all the bad shots poor team work. They lost to Spurs by 20 points. Game 3 this Tues. Spurs is definitely going to beat them again.

Run Beyond Your Limit, Challenge Your Mind n Body

Running tomorrow(06/14) at 7.00pm. Meet up at Trump Plaza. YES!! Trump Plaza. Guys, meet me at Carnegie Hall Tower at 6.00pm or call Benny if u don’t know how to get there. We are going to run at central park. If u guys don’t have running shoes, it’s ok coz Nike Running Club is giving out free Nike shoes for trial. Run beyond your limit, Run when your mind tell u to stop, Run to beat the ‘u’ in u, Run to challenge Yourself, Run, perseveres and finish the race. Let us all put an extra mile into our daily life.

Fulfilling Satuday

Whoa…. What a fully pack Saturday. Here’s my Saturday schedule:

9:00am – Take a Bus to Chinatown.

9.45 – Reach Chinatown. Went to Bank

10.45 – Have Breakfast at Malaysia Restaurant.

12.00pm – Took a subway to Washington SQ Park to see the Pugs march.

2.00 – Walk 6 blocks from Washington SQ park to Union SQ Park for the Saturday Flea market.

3.00 – Took another subway to 34th St to do some shopping. Went to Madison Garden to get ticket for Oasis n The Jet concert but SOLD OUT.

4.00 – Took a subway back to Chinatown to see the ‘reflection’ concert by some Christian band.

5.00 – Left the concert venue. Did some grocery shopping.

6.15 – Took a bus back home.

7.20 – Reach home.

7.45 – Took dinner

8.30 – Watch live baseball game: New York Mets VS Los Angeles Angels

10.00pm – Didn’t manage to finish the game coz too tired n sleepy (Mets won anyway.
Sweet). ZzZzZzzzz

Took lots of pics. Will post those pics after editing. Coming soon….

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Is Your Boss a Bad Boss??

Read this article on AM NEW YORK paper. If your boss is bullying u, u are not without help. U can take action against him. Pls click n read the article below:

The CUT

Tommy Hilfiger

Watched the New Season of The Cut last nite. "The Cut" is a new reality series with iconic design mogul Tommy Hilfiger, whose rags-to-riches journey is the basis for the competition in which these contestants will find themselves. Literally living Hilfiger's life in fast forward, these 16 style-savvy contestants will compete in a series of grueling assignments which test their talent, business acumen, sales and marketing expertise, social skills, resourcefulness and style IQs. The contestants will live together in a Manhattan loft; they include a housewife from St. Louis and a former Miss Missouri (out to prove she's more than just a pretty face). Hilfiger hosts the series and will ultimately offer the winner an American dream come true -- the opportunity to design his or her own collection under the Tommy Hilfiger label, and to become the next great American designer.


The Contestants

ON BROADWAY

Mr. Hilfiger notes that even though Julie and Rob have chosen the teams, this doesn’t make them the leaders. “The leaders will rise to the top automatically.” Every week, Mr. Hilfiger will give them a new design assignment, and one person will be cut from the losing team at the Style Forum.


Contestant's Profiles

The two teams head to their destination and find themselves in the middle of Times Square, a location that welcomes over 26 million visitors each year. When Mr. Hilfiger arrives, he informs the teams that their first assignment is to design a Tommy Hilfiger billboard in Times Square that must incorporate the “Made in New York” label. Julie’s team is given the 50th St. billboard, and Rob’s group the Broadway billboard. Each team has $3,000 to put towards their creation, which must be completed in 48 hours. Mr. Hilfiger will see them at 10 am in two days.


Team 50th ST

LOFTY VISIONS
After receiving their assignment, both teams head downtown to their new home: a funky Soho loft. The women aren’t happy with the lack of closet space and are annoyed when Felix takes one of their rolling clothes racks. Felix doesn’t care what anyone thinks about his actions as he only came to make one friend: Mr. Hilfiger.


Team Broadway

Later, the Broadway Team heads to the cutting room to work on their concept for the billboard. Chris C. volunteers to be the team leader. A lot of different ideas are flying around, but the group ultimately decides to take the essence of the Brooklyn shirt that Rob designed, using the clothing as the canvas.

Back at the loft, the 50th St. Team is brainstorming. Princess throws out the idea of using the outline of the New York City skyline and painting it in the colors of her brightly colored Hilfiger shirt. Felix suggests adding the slogan TOMMYNY so it reads “To My NY.” The team also decides to have a Hilfiger flag flying from the top of their billboard. When Tommy suggests changing the traditional Hilfiger colors of red, white and blue to orange, purple and green, they begrudingly go along with it.

Team Broadway

TICK TOCK
In Times Square, the 50th St. Team gets to work. They’re confused when their competition is nowhere to be seen. Elsewhere, the Broadway Team heads to a print shop, to work on logos, which they plan to have made into decals. They are stunned when they learn what the decals will cost, so Jessica wisely strikes up a deal that provides the company with free advertising (they’ll hang a banner with the company name on it in Times Square) in exchange for a break in the price. Meanwhile, the rest of their team begins painting their design on a huge canvas.


Team 50th ST

It’s 2 am with only 8 hours left when the Broadway Team finally arrives to attach their painted canvas and decals to the billboard. It’s windy, but fortunately the heavy canvas goes up without a hitch. The 50th St. Team is not as impressed by the billboard, and Jeff is convinced that his team has won the assignment. The rest of his group isn’t as confident. When Julie, Elizabeth and Princess approach Felix about modifying their vision so they can finish their billboard on time, Felix is adamant about not changing the concept. Jeff agrees, and the men continue painting the billboard through a hailstorm, managing to finish their billboard by the deadline.

Team Broadway painting the billboard

JUDGEMENT DAY
An excited Broadway Team looks up and marvels at their billboard. The mood quickly changes when an angry Deanna marches over carrying her soaking wet jacket. She can’t believe her teammates didn’t move it out of the rain for her. Deanna’s tantrum turns many of her teammates off.

Tommy n George Lois

Both teams anxiously wait for their billboards to be judged. Mr. Hilfiger arrives with his friend, legendary New York adman George Lois, famous for creating the “I want my MTV!” campaign. George is confused by the fact that the Broadway Team incorporated Tommy’s crest logo, because nobody is really familiar with it. George admits that he’s also not crazy about the 50th St. Team’s billboard look, but both men think that the TOMMYNY slogan was a great idea. Mr. Hilfiger is torn and will make the final judgment at tomorrow’s Style Forum.

Teams 50th ST Billboard

EVERYONE’S A CRITIC
At the Style Forum, Mr. Hilfiger asks both teams to critique the others billboard. They each receive negative reviews. Mr. Hilfiger then gives his own comments. He complains that he can’t read “Hilfiger” on the Broadway Team’s billboard. He also doesn’t care for the purple, orange and green flag that the 50th St. Team has flying above their billboard, remarking, “I don’t think you should impose your colors on a logo that is a global, established brand name.”

Felix's Idea

When the slogan “TOMMYNY” is brought up, there is a disagreement over who came up with it: Felix or Elizabeth. Felix pulls out his sketchbook revealing his original design and shows it to Mr. Hilfiger, who then asks everyone on the 50th St. Team who really came up with the idea. All agree that it was Felix.

Team's Design: Left-Team Broadway, Right-Team 50th ST

“Quite frankly, both billboards were underwhelming,” sighs Mr. Hilfiger. “The Broadway Team neglected to use every square inch of the billboard and you cannot read the name. Meanwhile, the 50th St. Team’s billboard looks juvenile, and the paint job was poorly executed. But the TOMMYNY slogan Felix came up with was outstanding.” The 50th St. Team is declared the winner.


Team Broadway bite the dust.

HIT THE RUNWAY
Since Chris C. is the Broadway Team’s leader, Mr. Hilfiger puts him on the spot. He appreciates that Chris stepped forward and showed tremendous leadership. When he asks Chris who participated the least on his team, Chris taps Jessica and Amy. The two women step forward to plead their cases. Jessica one-ups Amy when she notes that she saved her team money by persuading Print National to give them a discount on their decals. Mr. Hilfiger then turns to the rest of the Broadway Team’s members and asks them who worked the least. Rob, Wes and Chris feel that Amy did, while James, Deanna and Shauna and feel that Jessica did.


Jessica and Amy

The decision is left up to Mr. Hilfiger. "Amy, I did not see enough initiative or creativity from you. And Jessica, you showed a tremendous lack of leadership, but you did save money for your team. Amy, you’re out of style. You’ll have to take the runway.”


BYE! BYE! BYE! AMY!

Amy is surprised to be the first person cut. “It’s a loss for both teams because I am an amazing asset and they’re not going to get the opportunity to see that,” she says. Before leaving, Mr. Hilfiger adds, “I am prepared to put the global resources of my corp. behind the great next design talent. Hopefully, I will find a great talent in this room, but at this point in time I am petrified.” Can't wait for the next show.

Hit Me Baby 1 More Time!! Week 2

Watch the reality Tv show Hit Me Baby 1 More Time last nite. Its about the battle of 'Once upon a time' famous singers.


You could feel the excitement as this week's first performer took to the stage. The Knack bopped out on stage looking like the other "Fab Four" in dark suits and skinny ties. Their rendition of "My Sharona" rocked the house.


What is love? That's the burning question we all want the answer to…and it's also Haddaway's hit dance track. Hundreds of audience members simultaneously moved their heads from side-to-side as Haddaway belted it out.


Tommy Tutone was next, performing the song that had to have inspired the most crank calls in the eighties. The audience definitely dialed in for the rousing rendition of 867-5309/Jenny.


Holla! It was time to chill with Vanilla Ice. The crowd literally went wild when "Ice" launched into the familiar "Ice, Ice Baby" riff. Vernon later asked what happened to his "parachute trousers". Ice said he burned them (a wise decision).


When The Knack returned to the stage they tackled the Jet song "Are You Gonna Be My Girl." They killed it! Haddaway went Britney with his version of "Toxic", complete with crawling seductively along the floor.


Tommy Tutone covered Blink 182's "All The Small Things." They slowed the hardcore, fast-paced athem down a bit, which gave the song a ‘70s retro feel. On the flip side, The Motels performed a hyper-speed version of Norah Jones' melodic ballad "Don't Know Why."


The twists kept coming. Ice was back next with a totally new version of Destiny's Child "Survivor." In fact, it seemed like the only words from Destiny's version in Ice's versions were "I'm a survivor." Everything else was a new rap, complete with coordinated dance moves.


When the final audience vote was announced, Vanilla Ice had won! $20,000 will be donated to Ice's charity, the Make-A-Wish Foundation.


Then, Ice performed "Ice, Ice, Baby" again – this time spraying the crowd with ice water as he sang. They Should get Ice to challenge Eminem. That wil be exciting.

Spurs beat Piston - Game 1

Watched the exciting NBA Final LivE Last Nite. Man of the Match? Obi Wan Ginobili. The San Antonio Spurs, backed by Tim Duncan's 24 points and 17 rebounds and Manu Ginobili's 26 points, defeated the Detroit Pistons 84-69 in the opening game of the NBA Finals.

The Great Obi Wan Genobili from Argentina

The Spurs trailed by as many as 13 points in the first quarter but took over the game in the second half as they look to win their third NBA title in seven seasons after winning titles in 1999 and 2003. Game two in the best-of-seven series is Sunday night in San Antonio.

Ginobili, who also added nine rebounds, scored 22 points at the second half. Tony Parker scored 15 points for the Spurs, who shot just 35 percent in the first half before getting untracked on offense and smothering the defending champion Pistons attack in the second half with their tenacious defense.

The Spurs trailed early and looked sluggish after a long layoff while the Pistons, who needed seven games to eliminate the Miami heat in the Eastern Conference final, had the jump in the early going. But the Spurs turned that around with an inspired second half, led by Ginobili's hot shooting. Ginobili got a couple of big offensive rebounds, and he was marvelous on both ends.

Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 25 points, but the Pistons were completely dominated at times in the fourth quarter, falling behind by as many as 17 points as they failed to penetrate San Antonio's defense.

Spurs just really out-worked Piston, Spurs outplayed Piston and Spurs out-executed Piston in some stretches. Spurs is going to win Game 2!!

Lady Luck Is with Liverpool

Liverpool Will Defend European Champions League Title (Update2)

UEFA decision on Liverpoolis great news

Liverpool will be allowed to defend its Champions League soccer title next season, European soccer's governing body said, a decision that may be worth as much as $55 million to the English team.

UEFA today changed its rules to give the champion automatic entry into the continent's most lucrative club competition. Liverpool, which beat AC Milan in the May 25 final in Istanbul, wasn't guaranteed a place because it didn't finish in the top four of England's Premiership. UEFA said on its Web site it will make an exception this year and allow five English teams to play.

Liverpool's entry will reduce Champions League earnings for English teams Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Everton. Teams also share the broadcast and sponsorship income allocated to a country. The English pool for last season may total as much as 90 million Swiss francs ($71.8 million USD). There will be some financial burden on the other four Clubs.

Liverpool, known as the Reds, will enter at the first qualifying stage. It will have to play six matches to reach the lucrative group stage and 19 to win the competition a U.K. record- extending sixth time. William Hill rates Liverpool a 25/1 chance to retain the trophy, with Chelsea the 6/1 favorite ahead of Spanish champion Barcelona and AC Milan on 7/1.

Toshiba VS Sony

After the fight between HD DVD and BluRay for the next-generation DVD standard, Toshiba seems to have decided to stop negotiating. Hitachi Maxell and a unit of Mitsubishi Chemical have announced that they will launch an HD DVD recordable disc in 2006, a format developed by Toshiba's group. This is just the next step in the battle between Toshiba and Sony, as Sony recently announced that their PlayStation 3 would be based on the BluRay disc technology.

While Sony would be using their format Blu-Ray DVD standard as the media for the upcoming PlayStation 3 gaming console, Toshiba has now announced that they would be starting manufacturing of the writable HD DVD media next year.

These new generation writable DVD disks would come with capacities of 15 GB storage and the writers for these media are expected to be available in the retail market around the same time. Toshiba announced this today along with two more companies involved in the disc making process.

These HD DVD Writable discs would give consumers an alternative to the 20GB HD-DVD-RW discs expected to be available in the market around that time. The companies until now had only announced plans for the Rewritable media production. The latest news settles the case with once-only writable discs as well.

The pricing of these upcoming products is not revealed though it is quite obvious that the writable discs would be a lot cheaper than the re-writable ones as is the case with today’s generation CDs and DVDs.

NikeRunHitWonder

I might be joining NikeRunHitWonder if I get my frens to join in on this July 20. For those who want to know more about the event, pls click on the link: http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1224943

Run 5 Days A Week for FREE

If u wan to run 5 days a week with Nike club. YES!!U CAN!! for me, I'll just setle for a 2 days run per week. Here the details New Yorkers:

FREE WEEKLY TRAINING RUNS

Prepare for the race and meet fellow runners at these weekly training runs. If you run in 18
training runs, bring a friend & trial 3 pairs of Nike shoes – you will receive a special Run Hit
Wonder Gear package. This offer is limited to the . rst 500 people.

MONDAYS 6:30 PM
NY Running Company
The Shops at Columbus Circle
Time Warner Center, 2nd Floor

MONDAYS 7:00PM
Circles
192 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215

TUESDAYS 6:30PM
NIKETOWN
6 East 57th Street
between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue

WEDNESDAYS 6:30PM
NY Running Company
The Shops at Columbus Circle
Time Warner Center, 2nd Floor

THURSDAYS 6:25AM
Westside Highway Running Path at North Moore Street (Pier 25)

THURSDAYS 6:30PM
NIKETOWN
6 East 57th Street
between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue

SATURDAYS 9:00AM
NIKETOWN
6 East 57th Street
between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue
and
Westside Highway Running Path at North Moore Street (Pier 25)


3 SPECIAL TRAINING RUNS
Train for the race then enjoy live musical entertainment! These special training runs will help
get you in shape for the big day and each includes a post-run concert in Wollman Rink in
Central Park.

TUESDAYS
JUNE 21, JUNE 28, JULY 12

Meet at NIKETOWN
6 East 57th Street
between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue

Finish at:
Wollman Skating Rink
Central Park
830 Fifth Avenue

Nike Running Club

I'll be joining the nike free run at Central Park every Tuesday n Thursday starting from nex Tuesday wit Benny. Its an evening of great run with over100 runners from all areas in NYC.plus, u got to tried the latest nike shoes for the run for free. How Great!!

Below is the run details:

Recurring Event

Hit the pavement with RUN NYC! Rain or shine, we meet five days a week year-round in two locations. Join us for a group stretch before heading out for a 3- to 7-mile run in Central Park. Choose your pace and distance, and enjoy one-on-one coaching whatever your level; then join us for post-run refreshments and socializing.

Don't miss our special locations in preparation for Run for the Parks: For March 26 through April 16, our Saturday training run will meet in one of the outer boroughs instead of Manhattan.

Tuesday: 6:30PM, NIKETOWN

Thursday: 6:30PM, NIKETOWN

Saturday: 9:00AM, NIKETOWN

NIKETOWN, 6 East 57th Street (between Madison and Fifth Avenue)

We currently feature the following footwear for trials at training runs Monday through Thursday:Air Structure Triax 8, Air Max Moto 3, Nike Shox Cog, Nike Free and more!

CBGB-Million Pug March-New York City

Haha....This is sooo cuteee...I might be going to cheer up those sad looking pugs...haha

Help Save CBGB!!!

CBGB was born in late 1973 in the heart of the Bowery and was originally named “The Palace Bar.” Many ask, what does CBGB stand for? The legendary name stands for Country, Bluegrass and Blues. Those musical forms are not necessarily symbolic of the genres that made CBGB famous, but the club supports all forms of music. Some of the first bands to get their start there were Television, Blondie and the notorious Ramones. As other rock clubs were closing down all around, CBGB was the last hope for good rock and roll music. For thirty-two years CBGB has stood its ground and is visited by over 1,500 tourists a week. It is the birthplace of the Ramones and a vital part of music history. What would the punk/rock world be like without it?

This photo was taken by Angelo Rizutto pre-1967 [edit: Municipal Art Society let us know that the El train was removed in 1955, so this photo predates 1955]. The Palace Hotel ground floor is the property where CBGB stands today.

CBGB needs your help! They are holding a day-long event to help obtain landmark designation for 313-315 Bowery, the location of CBGB. In order for this to occur, support from all over the country is needed. They will be holding this event to enable all who want to help to be able to do so. Questionnaires and sample letter formats that will be available to all who attend. For more detailed information on this situation, please visit SaveCBGB.org. There comes a time in everyone’s life when we need to have our voices heard, and this is that time! CBGB needs you, New York City needs you, and music needs you! Make the difference and be heard!

Still the Prettiest Woman on Earth

Once again Angelina Jolie is voted as the No 1 sexiest Woman in the World 2005.

Im going to another Billy Graham Crusade that’s going to be held next week. It will be a free concert this time. It’s called the Concert of Hope. Well known band like Jars of Clay will be playing. Will update u guys next wk with lots of pics.

Relay For Life - ACS

I’LL be running for ACS (American Cancer Society), Relay For Life in 2 weeks time in New York. We are going to set up a team n take turn to run on track form 6pm till the next day 9am. I don’t know whether I’ll survive that. After so many months sitting in front of my TV and LCD screen. I reckon that Im going to go through some tough challenge here.

God, Give me strength or give me Gatorade!!

Unite n Fight for the Freedom to Blog

Register all the blogs?? Errmm…. Do u(china) oso wan yur republic pple to register or report every post that they put up for u to be screen. Wat is blog?? Blog should be a place where one can freely express their thoughts n say.

The blogmosphere is growing dramatically everyday. More pple r callin themselves bloggers. U may have the power to close their blog but u cant shut them off. Pple will still have their say usin other means beside blog.

Why is there so many bloggers in China? It is the work of the government, pple can’t say or present their ideas openly fearing the persecution of their own government, so they blog, hoping to have a little place where they can call ‘Home of Thoughts’. China!! The more U try to suppress your own pple, the more anger it builds up. U(China) cant just shut yur pple off. Why don’t u hear wat yur pple have to say or blog about??

Freedom to BLOG!! May we keep fighting for our fellow bloggers who r facing persecution in China.

Read the Post Below:

China orders all Web sites, blogs to register with government

SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Authorities have ordered all China-based Web sites and blogs to register or be closed down, in the latest effort by the communist government to police the unruly world of cyberspace.

Commercial publishers and advertisers can face fines of up to 1 million yuan (US$120,000; euro95,000) for failing to register, according to documents posted on the Web site of the Ministry of Information Industry.

Private, noncommercial bloggers or Web sites must register the complete identity of the person responsible for the site, it said. The ministry, which has set a June 30 deadline for compliance, said 74 percent of all sites had already registered.
"The Internet has profited many people but it also has brought many problems, such as sex, violence and feudal superstitions and other harmful information that has seriously poisoned people's spirits,'' the MII Web site said in explaining the rules, which were quietly introduced in March.

All public media in China is controlled by the state, though limits on the Internet have tended to lag behind as advances in technology and the Web's rapid spread outstripped Beijing's ability to keep tabs on users and service providers.
China has more than 87 million Internet users, the world's second largest online population after the United States.

The government has long required all major commercial Web sites to register and take responsibility for Internet content - at least 54 people have been jailed for posting essays or other content deemed subversive online.

But blogs, online diaries in which users post their thoughts for others to read, and other virtual venues have been harder to police. According to cnblog.org, a Chinese Web log host company, the country has about 700,000 such sites. Now, however, the government has developed a new system to track down and close those caught violating the rules, the ministry said.

"There's a 'Net Crawler System' that will monitor the sites in real time and search each Web address for its registration number,'' said one document listing questions and answers about the new rules. "It will report back to the MII if it finds a site thought to be unregistered.'' The press advocacy group Reporters Without Borders protested the new rules, saying they would force people with dissenting opinions to shift Web sites overseas, where mainland Chinese users might be unable to access them due to government censorship filters.

The Paris-based group said that in May, many bloggers in China received e-mail messages telling them to register to avoid having their blogs declared illegal. "Those who continue to publish under their real names on sites hosted in China will either have to avoid political subjects or just relay the Communist Party's propaganda,'' the rights group said. "This decision will enable those in power to control online news and information much more effectively.''

The latest restrictions follow many others. Authorities have closed down thousands of Internet cafes _ the main entry to the Web for many Chinese unable to afford a computer or Internet access. They've also installed surveillance cameras and begun requiring visitors to Shanghai Internet cafes to register using their official identity cards _ all in an effort to keep tabs on who's seeing and saying what online.-AP

Global Marijuana Executions

Australian Schapelle Corby isn't the only person to be facing the death penalty for marijuana. People are executed for marijuana offences across the globe.

Death in the UAE

In the United Arab Emirates city of Fujairah, a woman named Lisa Tray was sentenced to death in December 2004, after being found guilty of possessing and dealing hashish.The Fujairah Police told the media that they received a tip that Tray was dealing marijuana. Undercover officers claim they caught Tray with 149 grams of hashish.Tray denied the charges and told police that her stepfather had given her the bag of hashish to deliver to someone. She said that she didn't know that the bag contained hash or she would never have delivered it. Her lawyers have appealed the sentence.

Beheadings in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia brought in the New Year by publicly beheading two drug smugglers. An Iraqi man named Mattar bin Bakhit al-Khazaali was convicted of smuggling hashish and was executed in the northern town of Arar, close to the Iraqi border.The other execution was of convicted heroin smuggler Mohammed Amin Abdullah Jan, a Pakistani. He was beheaded in Jeddah.A Saudi Arabian government spokesman defended their execution policy against detractors. "We apply the laws of God," he told the media, "and don't pay attention to whoever says anything about that.

Hanging in Brunei

In October 2004, a Malaysian man was sentenced to death by in Brunei for possession of marijuana.The Brunei High Court sentenced Lam Ming Hwa to death by hanging after convicting him for possessing a 922 gram slab of cannabis. Under Brunei law, possession of over 600 grams gets you the death penalty.Hwa and another defendant were caught in Hwa's car with the marijuana under the passenger seat. Hwa's co-defendant was released because he claimed that he did not know that the marijuana in the car, but that he had accidentally touched the bag while adjusting his seat backwards.

Death in the Philippines

A Japanese man escaped the death penalty, but will spend the rest of his life in a Philippine prison after being convicted of pot possession a decade ago.Hodichi Suzuki was originally convicted of smuggling 1547 grams of cannabis through an airport security stop. Suzuki claims he was framed by a friend who owed him money.Suzuki was originally sentenced to death, but on appeal the Philippine Supreme Court reduced his sentence to 40 years in jail, and lowered his fine from 10 million Philippine Pesos (180,000$US) to 1 million.The Supreme Court judges added that drug smuggling is "the mother of all crimes." Possession of over 500 grams or marijuana usually earns execution in the Philippines, as does owning over ten grams of opium, morphine, heroin, ecstasy, or cocaine.

Mass executions in China

Although China does not make precise records public, Amnesty International estimates that around 500 people are executed there each year for drug offences. China holds mass executions every June 26, to celebrate the United Nations' "International Anti Drug Day." Those executed have typically been convicted of smuggling or trafficking in anything from marijuana to methamphetamine.

Apple's Intel Switch Could Kill 'Classic' Support

Apple Computer Inc.'s switch to Intel chips may kill Mac OS 9 support once and for all.

While Apple has not specifically addressed the issue, the Rosetta software designed to provide compatibility for PowerPC applications on Intel-based Macs will not support applications built for OS 9 or older systems, according to the software's technical documentation.

Apple promises that newer OS X applications will be relatively simple to convert for Intel, and new applications for Intel Macs will be designed to run on PowerPC Macs as well using universal binaries optimized for both platforms. Rosetta is designed to fill in the gaps, for applications that haven't yet been or will never be converted.

Beauty and the east

Read this post, great thoughts and a powerful message. The post is pretty long but it's definitely worth to go through.

Foreigners are always running into trouble in Indonesia over drugs. So why are Australians up in arms over the jailing of Schapelle Corby? John Aglionby explains :

Tuesday June 7, 2005

Indonesia closed its embassy in Australia today for the second time in a week after a suspicious powder was discovered in a letter sent to the mission.

As in the first incident, and when similar packages were sent last week to the main court on the Indonesian island of Bali and the Australian parliament and foreign ministry, the substance proved to be harmless.

Although no one has claimed responsibility for any of these terrorist acts, the authorities and the public in both countries are clear that the scares relate to the conviction on May 27 in a Bali court of Schapelle Corby, an Australian tourist, for importing 4.1 kg (9 lbs) of marijuana into the resort island. Corby was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Canberra and Jakarta are trying to play down the terror alerts, saying they will not destabilise bilateral relations. However, Australia's often hysterical and partisan tabloids have whipped up such a frenzy of indignation - can anyone remember when two private television networks of any country last carried the verdict of a tourist's drug trial live? - it is hard to dismiss the brouhaha as a storm in a teacup.

In a survey published today in the Sydney Morning Herald, 48% of those questioned said the case had made them less likely to visit Bali, one of Australian tourists' favourite destinations. Some travel agencies are already reporting bookings down by up to 20%, although immigration authorities in Bali claim there has been no dip in tourist arrivals from Indonesia's southern neighbour.

Following the verdict, several charities reported significant difficulties in raising money for the Indonesian provinces devastated by the Boxing Day tsunami and some said they were even getting calls from people demanding their donations be returned.

As the appeals process kicks into gear - Canberra has asked two senior barristers to help, and heavy hitters from Jakarta are being recruited to the Corby camp - there has still not been a conclusive answer to the question of why.

The mystery is not why anyone would want to take marijuana to Bali, an island where the drug is relatively freely available and the severe penalties well publicised. That "coals to Newcastle" argument - recited by Corby's supporters on web noticeboards as virtually conclusive proof that she must have been an unwitting mule - can be dismissed for two reasons: the hydroponically grown strain produced in Australia is much more potent than the local varieties; also foreign dealers are highly unlikely to be among Indonesia's increasingly ubiquitous undercover police officers. Hence the premium prices they are able to charge.

The question is, rather, why have so many Australians - one pre-verdict newspaper opinion poll reckoned 90% of the population believe Corby is innocent - got so worked up about a case that in many respects appears little different from most of the scores of similar cases involving foreigners caught with drugs in south-east Asia? After all, the drugs were found in Corby's bag; she could give no credible alternative explanation for how they got there, and neither could any of the witnesses called in her defence.

Of course, the 27-year-old former beauty student could be innocent. But it is a huge leap from expressing sympathy in questionable circumstances to committing terrorist acts. What happened?

*Pls feel free to comment* Your Point of views will be highly appreciated.

Corby Case - Views from the East Side

Rob Goodfellow, an Indonesianist based in Melbourne, wrote in the Jakarta Post that basic ignorance played a role. "Indonesia is a place of which much is believed [by Australians] but little is actually known - not unlike the Corby case," he wrote.

"What is known, however, is that every night on television ... Australians with little knowledge of Indonesia see a terrified young woman swamped by foreign police as she is jostled from prison to court."

The latent racism and xenophobia festering in much of Australia's social underbelly was also a contributing factor, he wrote. A prevalent perception was that here was a white Australian being given a hard time by a bunch of Asians in a language neither she nor the viewing public back home understood.

Corby herself, perhaps unconsciously, fanned the hysteria. She is an attractive woman who was often seen crying on camera from behind bars. Such images tugged at many heartstrings when people feared she might face the death penalty - a technical possibility but one that has never been exercised in marijuana cases.

These arguments are corroborated by the fact that little sympathy is flowing towards the Australians facing capital punishment for drug offences in Singapore and Vietnam. They, unlike Corby, are male, not particularly handsome, and of Vietnamese origin.

It is hard to predict how long the hysteria will last. For the most ardent supporters, it will probably continue until Corby's innocence is proved, or at least until she is back in Australia, perhaps thanks to a prisoner transfer deal Canberra is hurriedly trying to strike with Jakarta.

For many Australians, however, it appears the situation is very different: today's Sydney Morning Herald survey also revealed that only 51% of Australians thought the trial was unfair or very unfair and only 17% were certain she had been wrongly convicted.

Perhaps the more balanced coverage is starting to have an impact.

Apple Dumps IBM for Intel Inside

In an announcement that should have surprised no one after the media frenzy of speculation that blew up over the weekend, Apple has declared that it is to switch to using Intel processors from as early as next year.

The announcement signals the end of a partnership with IBM which was turning increasingly sour as the chip manufacturer failed to produce fast enough processors on a time scale suitable to Apple, nor to develop a G5 processor that could run cool enough for notebook use. Apple will start to use Intel x86-based processors in 2006, probably starting with the Mac Mini. By 2007 they will have sold their last IBM PowerPC-based computer.

So, what now for Apple and what does this mean for their product line? In the short term sales may be affected as customers wait for the new Macs to become available. There was no point in buying a Powerbook now if it was going to be obsolete in 18 months' time.

Long term the prospects for Apple look good. Their processors will be faster and the use of x86 architecture will make them more flexible. Windows emulation will become much easier, opening the possibility of a Windows fan becoming a Mac convert without having to ditch all their old Windows software. It is likely that Apple will continue to keep OSX hardware specific, so you won’t be able to run it on any old Intel desktop, but the boundaries between Mac and Wintel PC will continue to blur. Maybe one day Microsoft and Apple will just be competing OS developers?

Media center users should be pleased at the news. The current selection of PVR software for the Mac is less than impressive and the hardware choices are limited. A move to x86 will create greater choice – perhaps we will see the Mac Mini take the place at the media center table that its looks alone should grant it.

Pirates won the Star Wars!!!

Beware, the pirates have taken over the galaxy n defeated all the Jedi. They were last seen in Beijing China.

A pirated copy of "Star Wars: Episode III _ Revenge of the Sith," is seen along other Chinese counterfit dvds of popular movies in Beijing Monday. Counterfeiters were selling illegal DVD copies of the latest "Star Wars" movie on Beijing's streets Sunday, just three days after it opened in Chinese cinemas. The copies of "Star Wars: Episode III _ Revenge of the Sith," priced at 20 yuan (US$2.40;euro1.90), were being offered by vendors out of shoulder bags on Beijing's main avenue. The pirate copies were slightly blurry but appeared not to have been filmed in a cinema, as are many of China's imported fakes.

Trump University?? Wat's Next??

I dont know what is this Trump going to do next. Maybe a music store called 'The Trumphet'...muahaha...

Real estate mogul and TV star Donald Trump speaks at a press conference in New York, Mr Trump announced the establishment of Trump University. Trump University will consist of online courses, CD-ROMS, consulting services and Learning Annex-type seminars.

Be lazy n Get Cane!!

This is a real post from The Star online paper in Malaysia. Beware all those lazy bugger out there. U'll get cane for not working.

Soli, cant blog any longer, better get back to work now b4 they cane my butt off. muahaha...

Nik Aziz wants lazy men caned

Other News & ViewsCompiled by TEOH TEIK HOHG, TAN SIN CHOW AND T. PERIASAMY

KELANTANESE men who are too lazy to seek work to see to the needs of their family may get the rotan, if Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat’s proposal is taken up, according to Berita Harian. He said such a measure was necessary to make men more aware of their responsibilities towards their family.

He also said the Federal Government should provide allowances for housewives to deter them from seeking work outside the home and to encourage them to stay home to see to the family. “Many youths are now involved in drugs and burglary because no one is guiding them at home as both parents are out at work. “I am not asking women to stop working. Work, but don’t neglect your children,” he said.

Refl3ctions-Convergence Event For Billy Graham Crusade

Im going to Chinatown for the Refl3ctions-Convergence Event For Billy Graham Crusade this Saturday. Koo Chong n Jinny Kim will be performing. They r the new evolving Christian band. It will be a nite of heart touching praise n worship follow by sermon. Will update the u with the event. Till then, bless ya!

Mission Report-QCAC

Got it this morning, we need your prayer:

Greater New York-Billy Graham Crusade

This is the flyer i got from the Crusade:

Kiss the Darkside for Just a DOLLAR

There have gigolos in the Galaxy too. This lady is paying a buck for a kiss from the DarkSide. I wonder what kind of service u'll get for $50. Maybe, errr.....


Times r bad now. Even the Storm Trooper sells their body for a living.

Billy Graham Crusade

Got a call in the middle of work yesterday from Adam(brother from church) to ask me to join him to Billy Graham Crusade at Union SQ 6th Ave at the Salvation Army Memorial Temple. Since I had nothing going on that nite, I decided to go along.

For those of u who don’t know who is Billy Graham. He’s the most famous evangelist in USA.

Plenty of voices offer plenty of answers....



Why Not Try GOD!!

Now Jesus turns to you and says, “Come.”

And if you respond to His invitation for yourself and accept God’s forgiveness for your sins, then you too can make a life changing connection with God.

The crusade start of with a long worship n ended with sermon n prayer. Quite a big turn out, about 300 pple attended the crusade. The Billy Graham Crusade have been going on in the whole New York City. They r like more than 50 services being held in all major cities in NYC. We miss the one near our church in Queens last month, luckily we r still be able to attend it at Union SQ. The service finish at about 9.30pm n we decided to go for supper at ‘Phan’ a Vietnamese restaurant at Queens. We finished at 11.00pm n went home. Zzzzzzzzzz.

Too bad I didn’t have my camera wit me.

QCAC Career Fellowship Golf Outing

Had golf last wk, not the real tournament type but a miniature golf. is quite fun at 1st but after a few games u'll satrt to feel bored. its like a children n u just donthe same thing again n again. Still it's pretty hard to get the ball into the hole. the ball seems to have it's own mind. haha...I didn't do real good at the game but managed to get a few Hole in One. Next time, Im ready to go for some real golf. Bring it on pple. I'll sink the ball in the hole like the Yankees sank the Nazi's Submarine. haha..I don care who's playin, whether u r Tiger Woods or Lion woods. Im going to hunt u down. Bang! Bang!

Ok, enuf trash talk. Click on the Pic:

Samsung: a Giant Goes Small

Tiny new 4-gigabit flash memory...

Just when you thought cell phones, MP3 players, and digital cameras couldn’t possibly get any smaller, Samsung Electronics has announced mass production of the world’s highest-density flash memory devices.

Samsung’s 4-gigabit NAND flash memory, designed with the industry-leading 70 nanometer line-width process technology, boasts the smallest single-level cells of any chip on the market, at just .025 square micrometers.

That means popular keychain USB drives, only recently available with 1 gig of memory, will soon see storage capacity increase by up to eight times without getting any larger.

The higher density makes it possible to fit 40 percent more flash memory chips on each silicon wafer than with 90 nm line-width process.

The fine circuitry of the 70 nm process required the development of a new argon fluoride photo-lithography light source to etch the finer circuitry permitted by the process.

Samsung's newest flash writes data at 16-megabytes per second, a 50 percent enhancement over a 90 nm 2 gb device, thereby enabling real-time data storage of high-definition video images.

The production line, called Line 14, will initially make 2 gb NAND flash memory at 90 nanometer line width and will begin production of the new 4 gb flash memory devices in June. It is expected to reach a monthly capacity of 15,000 wafers before the end of the year.

Samsung Electronics held a leading 55.7 percent of the total global market for NAND flash memory, with total sales of $3.53 billion.

Lisa Marie Presley Concert Photos

Heres the pics link to Lisa Marie Presley Concert that I went:

Movies will Neva be the Same Again

This is so not making sense and how ‘creative’ our Malaysia minister can be at times. Imagine that u have to stand up holding your popcorn n cola and sing Negaraku b4 u get to relax n sit down to enjoy the show. How long do we have to go through all this b4 the show is on. Like 15 mins to prepare everyone, to get them to stand up n start singing n another 15 min for the trailer. A total of 30 precious mins wasted b4 the show. How ironic!! Even the communist don’t do that. Might I suggest that we ‘baca ekrar’ as well. Come on!! Just leave u alone n let us enjoy the show.

Here’s a post from The Star online paper:

Play Negaraku in cinemas
BY OLIVIA LEE

KUALA LUMPUR: Movie-goers may have to stand up and sing the national anthem before the start of the film as a mark of respect and appreciate the Negaraku campaign conducted by the Information Ministry.

Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Arshad Hashim said cinemas were being encouraged to play the anthem after all commercials and movie trailers were shown.
“It’s not compulsory. The Government does not want to be regimental about it. But we are encouraging it and hopefully, it will be carried out willingly,” he told reporters after singing Negaraku with Bernama staff in an assembly at their office here yesterday.

Dr Arshad said that playing the national anthem was also encouraged at entertainment centres, before morning assemblies at kindergartens, schools and private institutions of higher learning, and “before baca doa (prayers) at Government offices with piped-in music.”

It was compulsory, however, for Negaraku to be played at government functions and events held by the private sector but attended by government officials, he said.
Last Friday, Information Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir announced that the ministry together with departments and agencies under it would be carrying out various activities to create awareness among the citizens on revering and loving the national anthem.

The campaign, Dr Arshad said, was also to evoke a sense of patriotism and sense of pride in Malaysians. “We need to acculturate the citizens to always stand at attention and sing along proudly. “The respect and appreciation for the national anthem is waning and the blame is on us if the future generation can’t sing Negaraku,” he added. There would be no rigid instructions from the Government but the ministry would be counting on the initiative of the citizens to help this campaign take off as soon as possible, he added. However, circulars to all companies, organisations and the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers informing them of the campaign would be sent out shortly, Dr Arshad said.

When contacted, Golden Screen Cinemas general manager Irving Hee said: “When it is done in the right context and environment, it’ll have a positive effect, giving the anthem its due respect. Otherwise, it’ll have its repercussions. “There are five to six shows a day with so many screens, so I hope it won’t be an overkill situation and belittling the anthem. “But I need to see the guidelines and look into the logistics, and materials that will be given to us,” Hee added.

TGV Cinemas general manager Chung Shyh Kwong said the company would be “more than pleased to comply with any official government directive and guideline” when it receives them.

Eagles Farwell Tour 1 Live

Eagles Farwell 1 Live from Melbourne, Australia was on TV last nite. What a great performances. Singing their all time hits ‘Hotel California’, ‘Desperado’, ‘Take it easy’ n lots more. After all these years, the 70’s band is back doing a world tour to rock the world.

They might be old now but they r not forgotten. Their voices brings back all those memories, good n bad. They r still young in heart n spirit, just give them their acoustic guitars n they’ll prove it to u.

A previously unrealized song was perform in memory of 9/11. ‘A Hole in the World’ is a great song where they produced here in New York.

Great Australian crowd attended the concert, dancing along wit the music. Lots of young fans too. It’s always good to c those Aussie babes doin their dance.

Eagles r back n they r flying high!!

Pier 17, Seaport

Went Seaport last mth with Jessie, Roy n Joyce. Had a great time n do some catch up since we haven't meet up each other for quite some time. I managed to captured the moment n heres's the link below:

Kylie All Well n Smilin

Great!! God Bless Australia!! Doctors have successfully removed a cancerous lump from Australian pop star Kylie Minogue's breast and are confident they caught the disease early enough to prevent it spreading. For Those who still dianogsed with breast cancer. Don't be discouraged, healing is on it's way to u. Take care n lots of love.

James-Moving out

Known James for 5 mths now at a cellphones centre where he help me to activate my cellphone GPRS services(GPRS-a service where u can go online usin yur cellphone n a cable connected into any pc around USA). I love my GPRS. I can get access to internet wherever I go, n most amazingly the speed is faster than dial-up. James been really gd friend, we used to played snooker together. Ask this guy anything about cellphones to the latest cool product, he can answer it all. Is all in him, he know what he's doin.

Last wkend, he was busy moving out, so I volunteer to help. Here's a link that u can surf around:


Keith n James

No one Beats Kenny Sia!!!

Guys, Chec out this blog. He's so funny that u'll fall for his blog at 1st click..HE's so greative wit his jokes n had great sense of humour. I spend like 3 hours reading his blog for the 1st time n nearly laugh my head off:

Sony Tests CD Protection Technology

Sony Entertainment has just introduced new form of compact discs that feature First4Internet’s XCP copy protection technology. XCP is also known as Extended Copy Protection technology that is expected to control piracy on a simple level with regular users.
First4Internet suggested that its XCP technology is not designed to prevent piracy from dedicated crackers, as they will eventually find a way to break such technology over a period of time. XPC, however, is designed to limit the number of copies by regular users who don’t have the time or the patience to find a way to disarm the protection. First4Internet said its technology will slow down piracy overtime.

First4Internet said it first introduced its technology for corporate users that wanted to stop the leakage of their sensitive data. However, the new product is designed for consumers.

Record labels and others could control various aspects of copying, such as the quality of music at which the data is burned onto the new CD – in addition the number of burns.

The company said its technology is backwards compatible. Sony added that it has shipped approximately two millions compact discs that are equipped with XCP.