Sybreon Ones Nought

I went for my last karaoke session with my co-workers today. I have always liked singing since I was a kid. Unfortunately, I am not born with a useful vocal range – I try my best. During this session, I was introduced to Lady Gaga by a colleague of mine. All I can say is that I like her style. She’d be known as Lady Gila/Geli in Malaysia, but I like it!

Next, I got introduced to this girl-band from Korea – Girls’ Generation. Thank god for whomever invented hawt pants. Their songs are just so-so and their voices are obviously synthed but those legs! Browsing around youtube, I get the sense that their main assets are their hind limbs. I hope that the cameraman did not hurt his back while shooting the videos.

Je veux ton amour indeed!

I was introduced to this series by a colleague of mine recently. I have not had as much fun watching a series as this, for a long time. The last series that made me laugh so much was Firefly, which has the same lead actor, incidentally. Nikki Heat is pretty hawt too!

PS: They even have his books on Amazon – nice gimmick!

I watched Part 1 of the Deathly Hallows last weekend, the last installment in the Harry Potter series. Boy was I disappointed. Not that I was a fan of Harry to begin with (I am partial towards Emma Watson), but the last installment was way below expectations.

First, the acting was not up to snuff. One would imagine that since the kids have had so much more acting experience since the first film, they would have learned to act better. However, it was not only an emotionless affair (they had to rely on an animated character – Dobby – for that), it was down-right condescending since the kids seemed to just be having fun.

Next, the imagery was ripped. While the previous installments have been accused of ripping off plot-lines from other books, this one is straight-up day-light robbery. You can tell that much of the imagery conjured up in the film is a tribute towards LOTR and several SciFi films. Some say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but unfortunately, they did not enjoy the beautiful scenery of New Zealand.

Finally, the one-liners in the film. Some of them were just too familiar – seemed like I heard them in some other film. I could actually speak out the lines before the actors on screen.

That said, fans of the franchise will still go see the film. People with nothing to do, will still go see the film. Everyone else will still go see the film. I have no doubt that it will be a box-office hit.

What can I say.

PS: My niece and nephews must’ve liked it though, since they stayed awake throughout the film! It must appeal to a different demographic.

Yeay!

Malaysia emerged the overall champions at the World Robotics Olympiad, again, this year! From the official results we managed to win 2 golds and 3 silvers across the six categories in competition. The hosts, Philippines, managed to bag 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Malaysia also managed to win the bid to host the World Robot Olympiad in 2012!

The reason that I am so excited about this is because I played a role in helping out the organisers. I was one of the judges for the zone and national level competitions. I am also going to be involved in the WRO 2012 for sure. If I have enough resources, I will also get my company to provide technical support and help.

During this year’s competition, I was particularly impressed with the cute robot from SJKC Jalan Davidson (located close to the soon-to-be 100-storey eye-sore). The students made a LEGO robot that makes muruku and pulls a cup of teh tarik quite splendidly. I was quite impressed and hope that the students will go on to become engineers in the future!

I am always supportive of out-reach programmes like this, that try to inculcate a love for engineering in our children. Engineers build the foundation that a society stands on towards progress. It is always important to have plenty of good engineers in the country.

Yeay!