American Idol 8: Group 2

Name : Jasmine Murray
Song : Love Song
Judges Thoughts :
R: pitchy all over through out. I though you will sing Rihanna's
K: you're young and commercial. was'nt your performance
P: I want to disagree but I have to agree. Your interpretation cost you off pitch. Confidence was great.
S: Disappointed. Couple years too early. Not ready for the competition.

My Thought: One word eh 2 words, pitchy and disappointed. She is one of my favorite, I thought she's gonna sail easily to top 12. With this kind of performance, that's never gonna happen. Hhuhuuhu
Score: 5.5/10

Name : Matt Giraud
Song : Viva La Vida
Judges Thoughts :
K: You blew me away in hollywood week and tonight i'm just not blown away.
P: Risky song to pick. Your performance's a lot
S: Verging on the horrible perfomance. Put me off you. Sowie.
R: I have to agree with Simon. Simple song stay away from.

My Thought: Love the song, but breathy and doesn't suit him. I can't find the english word, but for me some of the note 'ngegeleong' cause out of breath. Pack your bag mister.
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Jeanine Vailes
Song : This Love
Judges Thoughts :
P: Well Jeanine, great legs... it's season 8... Simon?
S: I thought it was terible. Sorry. You're all chossing the wrong song. But you do have a very good legs.
R: I have to agree with Simon. The legs were definitely hot. Completely the wrong song.
K: Nice lips. So overdone. Very overdone.

My Thought: Okay the first confirmed ticket home dear. Why why did she chose that song? The song is so not suit her. Heeeeehhhhh exhale
Score: 5/10

Name : Nick Mitchell
Song : And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going
Judges Thoughts :
S: I hope I speak on behalf of American that I pray you won't through to the next round. Why your mom and dad are looking at me like that? I'm doing you a favour. It was the most atrocious performance ever. Horrific comedy
R: The most entertaining performance ever. The vocal not happy. O o o o O aw... I was laughing
K: At least we remember you. You wear the same shirt like Simon every week. You are not a terrible singer
P: This is america, singer come in different sizes, shapes etc etc. I like Normand Gentle. I don't know whether this is the stage for you.

My Thought: When will this guy be gone? I never enjoy slapstick comedy, or performance. I even hate that grey silver fox guy, you know who. Huh! Mr. Cowell, let's pray together. If he sail trough (God forbid), I'm gonna stop seeing this show.
Btw I really hate the kicking thingy. Grrrrrr.....Wrong attitude Mr or should I call you Ms. Haiyah...
Score: -10/10

Name : Allison Iraheta
Song : Alone
Judges Thoughts :
R: Yo. This is a funny show. Yoo you just blew me out of the box. No matter what age. Might be the best one tonight.
K: This girl is serious. You don't even know how great you are. You are great.
P: I think you can sing the telephone book. By far the best we've heard tonight. You did a beautiful job.
S: I disagree with Randy when he said you might be the best tonight. You're the best tonight by clear mile. Competition just started right now. Boring with Ryan, started singing and turn into different person. One to watch. Very impressed with you.
My Thought: Who is this girl? Whoa... first I have to comment, 'BOROS' banget mukanya. Way look older. But her tone is great. I love it. Hmm.... why I never see this girl before?
Score: 8/10

Name : Kris Allen
Song : Man in the Mirror
Judges Thoughts :

K: The back half was way better then the front for me the front a bit rough but it still doesn’t come close to Hollywood week. This was the wrong song. Completely wrong.
P: I'm gonna disagree completely. I think that you show your personality and you nailed it. I thought you were charming when your confidence it really shows
S: I'm gonna to agree with Paula. Not the best singer in the competition. But you did what we asked. Show confidence and personality. Very easy to forget someone like you. But I think you made and effort, you look good I think the chicks are gonna love you.
R: Simon partly right. I'm proud of you. You did without the guitar. Nice job.

My Thought: For me is just so so. No ide what to comment. Not bad but not memorable. I felt the confidence and personality.
Score: 7/10

Name : Megan Corkrey
Song : Put Your Records On
Judges Thoughts :
R: Very interesting. I love the one of your voice. Nice nice job
K: One package artist. Very pretty. With the right song you could be the hit artist.
P: From the first time you've won us over. Picked the right song. You hip you cool. You did everything right.
S: You're fun little thing aren't you? You look gorgeus. I think it started really well then you got exited and over sang. I hope actually american vote for you. You're rellevant and current.

My Thought: Can't not understant what the fuss is about. I thought she's a gorgeus weird girl. Like Phoebe Buffay.
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Matt Breitzke
Song : If You Could Only See
Judges Thoughts :
S: I absolutely hated the song. Very very frustated. Very boring. Not doing yourself any favour. I'm frustated because I hated the song
R: Great song but the performance was a bit boring. very very cool guy. good luck
K: We all like you. It didn't show us any side of you. It felt really flat. You really can sing. Really about the poor song choice
P: Every tone was in key, it just not celebrate who we are fell in love with.

My Thought: I dont like the talk back. Simon is paid to say something cruel. Let it go. Never talk back to the judge especially Simon. Btw, I thought it is a very boring song. The pitch was great though. Better than when he sang the battle song with Michael.
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Jesse Langseth
Song : Bette Davis Eyes
Judges Thoughts :
R: Okay perfomance. Everyone should blew us out of the box. Not just okay. I want to see you strech yourself.
K: The best look. Slinky and sexy. There are some moments that I like.
P: I found you captivating. Read headed girl with bright smile. Your phrasing is very unique. You're cool.
S: This is where I disagree with Paula. I dont mean this rudely but I think you're forgetable. Actually you got a nice voice. Too cool for school.

My Thought: The singing was okay, but I don't like the song. It's just no. Not going to remember. Sorry.
Score: 6/10

Name : Kai Kalama
Song : What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
Judges Thoughts :
K: I just like you. You're really good guy. You have some pitch issue but you give you all. The song is old fashion.
P: You're quite a performance.
S: Very old fashioned. Corny. Nothing distinct. Nothing original. Good as backup singer.
R: So save. It has to be hot.

My Thought: I hate his move.Kok kyk bences. Am I cruel?
Score: 6/10

Name : Mishavonna Henson
Song : Drops of Jupiter
Judges Thoughts :
P: You're definetly can sing. Drops of Jupiter wouldn't be my choice for you, although you sang it well it just doesn't excited me.
S: It sort of sum of you, you very serious. Technically you're very good singer. You seem acted like 50 years old.
R: You feel so much older.
K: I want you to loose it up a little bit. Just shake it off.

My Thought: I like the performance. Don't know why the jugde gave her a hard time. I think she's good. If I were given the authority to decide, she will be one of my pick.
Score: 7.5/10

Name : Adam Lambert
Song : Satisfaction
Judges Thoughts :
P: Here's the thing. I'm watching Adam Lambert's concert. You're leaving some of the rear mirror.
S: Parts are excurating bad, parts are brilliant. The ending was brilliant. Gonna be love or hate it performance.
R: I loved it. Most current artist. Combination of steven tyler blablblabla. A bit manic. But Mick Jagger supposed to be manic. You
K: You're vocal techique is outrageous. Who has a range like that?

My Thought: Smart choice of song. Great performance. Chicks are gonna love him. Honestly I think this is the best performance so far. I really love it. He knows what kind of performer he is, and I love the 'Steven Tyler' thingy in his voice. Hihihihi...
Welcome to top 12 and welcome to my list...For the record, at first I didn't think he is handsome at all. Well I found him attractive now. But, for me the HOTTEST constestant so far is still Michael John. Kyaaa Michael...apa sih ga jelas...
Score: 8.5/10

Top guy: Adam Lambert
Top girl: Allison Iraheta
Next highest vote: Mishavonna Henson (hoping) Megan Corkrey (predicting)

Botanical Garden

I went to botanical garden almost 3 weeks ago, but I've been very busy never have the chance to upload the pictures. Usually I upload my photos on my flicker, but the I feel that my blog lately become too wordy, plain and no pictures :P

Attractions:

- You should visit bensten around sunset, so can see the golden ray of light as the background of the lovely gazebo. Fantastic.

- Rain forest jungle. I dare not to go inside the jungle. First because it was already late and dark. Second because it was stated the jungle is natural, which automatically translated into my brain as full of insects and snakes. So bye bye jungle.

- National Orchid garden. You have to pay $5 for entrance fee which I find very worth it. The orchids are fantastic, gorgeous and fabulous. I swear to you I'm not lying.

- Ginger Garden, quite okay. Nothing special except the fake waterfall perhaps.

I didn't visit every attractions because of 2 main reasons. First our visit was last minute decision so we went there around 4 PM and second is because my poor feet were 'screaming' asking to be relieved from duty :D

PS: I highly recommend this place among 'Must See Places' in Singapore. Well maybe my suggestion is a bit subjective since I luuuuuuv flower so much.

Star Hub Inet conn is so damn slow

Turn out this is my second post of the day after I neglect this blog awhile due to my hectic job *sob sob sob*

My question is what the hell is wrong with Star Hub connection??
Is significantly slower than usual for the last 5 days. I have to load my gmail using the static HTML mode. *menggenaskan*

*grumble grumble grumble*

American Idol 8: Group 1 Result

Okay folks.
Just a short entry today because I am deeply-deeply disappointed!

Top 3:
My Prediction: Danny, Anoop, Alexis (what I wish is Ricky, Anoop and Danny)
Official Result: Danny, Alexis and Michael (whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttt??????? Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!! - Monica Geller's scream)

See now you now why I am not in the mood to write.
Anoop Desai for Wildcard!!!
Ricky Brady for Wildcard!!!

damn why the rule must include gender discrimination?

disappointed fans,
E.

American Idol 8: Group 1

Name : Jackie Tohn
Song : Little Less Conversation
Judges Thoughts:
R: not sure about the vocal but great entertainer.
K: agree with randy, you can work the stage
P: you got me dancing
S: you blow your chance and hate the trouser btw.
My thought: Better than I expected. Hate the dancing
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Ricky Braddy
Song : Song For You
Judges Thoughts:
R: that's what i'm taking about!. nice tone.
K: I hope you feel good, cause you kill that song.
P: you deserve in the competition. I'm glad America can see how talented you are
S: very good but not jumping on my seat. but no star quality. Nice shy guy with really good vocal
My thought: Love this guy! great singer. not so sure about the song choice. hope he can make it. but the crowd didn't seem too excited.
Score: 8.5/10

Name : Alexis Grace
Song : Never Loved A Man
Judges Thoughts:
R: You've found the dirty. You worked it out. I'm loving you right now
K: The genie isI love the new girl
P: It's strange how petite you are but with large talent. I'm just continuing to irritate Simon.
S: You could be the dark horse in the competition. Kelly Clarkson 8 years ago. You have self belief.
My thought: Hate the song! the vocal was good but me no likey blues. sowiieh.. I don't understand why the judges gave very positive comment. For me i'm more jumping on my seat when Ricky Brady performs
Score: 7/10

Name : Brent Keith Smith
Song : Hicktown
Judges Thoughts:
R: I like what you did. Blablala didn't remember, I was busy typing my own thought.
K: You're a little save. The song doesn't range enough for you.
P: Definitely a save song, but I can see you as
S: You've got one shot, not original, forgetable, you may just blow your massive opportunity.
My thought: Hate it. The song, the moves, the talk back and the sullen look.
Score: 4.5/10

Name : Stevie Wright
Song : You Belong With Me
Judges Thoughts:
R: Not hot for me. Talked being save that was really save.
K: You have identity crisis. Uggh..
P: Agree with these two.
S: It was terrible. The song was okay, you out of tune, you look very nerves. Zero chance going through the next round. America listen to me.
My thought: Very disappointed. I mean what???? the low notes are too low. Agree with Mr. Cowell here. Start packing girl.
Score: 4/10

Name : Anoop Desai
Song : Angel Of Mine
Judges Thoughts:
R: Interesting song of choice, the song a little bit sharp.
K: Hard to sing the song. Not sure whether you have the capability to nail that sont like it supposed to be, but you have lot of tallents. I believe in you.
P: America has connected with you. This is a difference side of you. You have Brian McKnight in your voice. Anoop is going to be here for a while. Hopefully.
S: You must've been 2 when you heard the song. A little bit too grown up, a bit serious. You got massive likability.
My thought: Not what I expected. But I love his tone.
Score: 7.5/10

Name : Casey Carlson
Song : Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Judges Thoughts:
R: Everything was wrong....(singing)
K: Nobody goes near that song. I want to see you sing girly anthem. I have high hope on you. You are a package. Awhh..
P: Police, Sting are iconic.
S: You look good, the singing was atrocius. You shouldn't allow to sing that song to be honest.
My thought: OMG, just when I thought there could be no worse performance than Stevie's. Whaaaat??? The winks, the slutty move. Hate it. Too bad!!!!. I loved her vannessa carlson audition. She is one of my fave and now I have to cross her name for the list I suppose.
Score: 3/10

Name : Michael Sarver
Song : I Don’t Want To Be
Judges Thoughts:
R: The good part is you can definitely sing, start a little pitchy. I like you better on the soul thing.
K: I dont think that was your best performace. I've seen you do better.
P: I think you've done a good job. You change mic. Distracting.
S: We like you, honest good guy who need a break. I hope America does picked up the phone give you another shot.
My thought: Didn't like it when Bo Bice sang the song, don't like it now. Not even Elliot Yamin can make me love the song (I just hate it less when sung by Elliot). Too bad. I like this huge guy. The song definitely not for him.
Score: 6/10

Name : Ann Marie Boskovitch
Song : Natural Women
Judges Thoughts:
R: Here's the deal. Big huge vocal song. I didn't understand who you are as an artist.
K: That song is so big, you have to kill it if you want to do it. A bit old fashioned.
P: Compare to what we heard in the hollywood week and audition, you did better.
S: Your voice is not good enough for that song. It just destroy you. You may have ruined your one shot I'm affraid. Sowieh.
My thought: for me it was okay. maybe because I recognise the song. Not so crazy about the vocal. Very disappointed. I had high hope for her since I saw her audition. Too bad. What's wrong with tonight?
Score: 6/10

Name : Stephen Fowler
Song : Rock With You
Judges Thoughts:
R: I never thought you would chose that song. Such a different song for me. Not in the right place. Pitchy and undernote.
K: I got more of you when you forget the lyric. That song doesn't give you chance to intepret.
P: Would have served you better if you come out here and sang that david cook song. Singing that song for you is like the kiss of death. Only belong to one artist, Michael Jackson
S: Terrible arrangement. You look this back you'll realized you're making a huge mistake. Corny.
My thought: Pack your back mister.
Score: 5/10

Name : Tatiana Del Torro
Song : Saving All My Love
Judges Thoughts:
R: When I heard you're singing the song I was "oh no" but you know what that girl can sing. There're moments
K: It's like a rollercaster with you. Tonight is a very reserved tatiana. Who are you?
P: Most talked about constestant. Beautiful moments and pitchy moment.
S: You're a complete ultimate drama queen. Despreate to be famous. Actually, suprisingly wasn't bad at all. It was better than I've expected. Your demure thing makes me nervous. Go laugh that weird laugh thing.
My thought: It was waaay better than I would expected. She finally behave people!. I think she did work hard. Smart choice of song. Not going to be a greeeeeat singer but not that bad.
Score:6.5/10

Name : Danny Gokey
Song : Hero
Judges Thoughts:
R: The redeem of the night. That was blazing hot
K: Danny you're a hero, You give us hope.
P: You're stellar. Sold out arenas
S: Back to real world. That was good but not fantastic. Very-very good singer. I like you, just not understand the hype just now.
My thought: Very very smart choice of song hey you Mr. Dowey Jr look alike! Good vocal. Definitely sail through
Score: 8/10

My top guy: Ricky Brady.
My predicition top guy: Danny Gokey

My top girl: Do I have to choose?
My predicition top girl: Alexis Grace

Next most vote: Anoop.

Wildcard: Ricky Brady (I hope) but I think it's gonna be Michael.

If I can choose my top three are: Ricky, Danny and Anoop.
Dump all the girls.

American Idol 8: Hollywood week Day 4

I know I know...
Very very late review :P
But here it is..

1. Adam Lambert sang Believe by Cher. Personally I hate the song, but Adam twisted the tone into some kind of stage performance and because I like him since the group week, so I choose him. Btw, Simon gave him a thumb up.

2. Matt Giraud the dueling piano player who reminds Simon of Elliot (I dont know why, I prefer Elliot more) is also impressive with his piano. Don't know why but I dont like it too much. Not my fave contestant. Kara loved it very much, she gave him standing ovation along with Randy and Paula. Simon smiled. Not bad.

3. Jamar Rogers. Ngg.. it's okay for me. I thought his voice is very unique and memorable. I grow to like him more and more to be honest. Paula said very nice, kara nodded and mr. cowell smiled.

4. Danny Gokey the Robert Dewey Jr. I like him from his first audition, but the feeling is going down don't know why. Maybe it is moved to Jamar. Wait I think I know why, maybe because I feel he's a bit typical (serak2 dan terengah2 itu loh) and ngg... i kinda feel he only really match with very specific songs like kiss of a rose to be example. Paula did the lasso throwing thingy (3 times, OMG) and grinning excitedly. Simon smiled.

5. Anoop Desai sang My Prerogative. I just love this dude!! Randy nodded, Kara smiled.

6. Jorge Nunez the Mark Anthony wannabe. It's okay for me. Not a fave. Paula danced.

7. Scoot Macintyre sang Home by Chris. Okay, this is another dude that I really love. Especially since I think his voice is the best in this season but hearing he sang the song to be honest I was a bit disappointed. I just dont think his voice is 'cucok' for this song and he is a bit outshined by chris. For me, chris left a very memorable performance on this song. Kara smiled, Randy nodded, Paula gave standing ovation.

8.Kendall Beard sang Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats. She is a bit shaky. Not a fave.

9. Stevie Wright gave just okay performance. Too bad I like her audition, so now I'm confused.

10. Lil Rounds If I ain't got you by Alicia Keys, okay with her audition, hate the first day of hollywood, and like the final performance. Another confusing choice.

11. Kristin Mcnamara sand Because of You by Kelly Clarkson. Didn't know her voice until the group peformance and wowed by her last performance. I love her sexy but strong voice. Love her! One of my fave from now on. Randy looked approved and Paula nodded along.

12. Mishavonna Henson, I honestly dont know what to say. She is not sort of my type, but Randy bite his thumb.

13. Tatiana Del Toro, I am annoyed with this girl. Especially her laugh. She sounds like Janice from Friends. But her voice is okay though, I think maybe if she choose the right song, she can be really good. Paula smiled, Randy's jaw dropped, Simon smiled in a weird way.

14. Alexis Grace sang Before he cheats, I think just well ordinary. Nothing special but she is better than Kendall Beard for me.

15. Kenny Hoffpauer. Who is he?? I didn't event know he exist in this competition until the last performance. He is just okay. Not a fan.

16. Jasmine Murray. I love this girl. She made me fall in love with Fergie's song. Passed

17. Nathaniel Marshall looks more macho when holding and playing a guitar. His voice is also better. He passed.

18. Joanna Pacitti, that poor girl forgot the lyric. Her performance was a disaster. No need further comment. Passed.

19. Casey Carlson, I like this girl. I think she is just likeable, and I love her voice color. Too bad she forgot the lyric. Cross the finger folks! Passed. Woo hoo.

20. Stephen Fowler. I love his hollywood day 1 and day 2, but this man forgot the lyric after so very much convinced he is not going to and after he asked to restart all over again he forgot, again and slamed the piano. The judges looked annoyed (yes, even paula) Passed.

21. Nick Mitchell or Norman Gentle. Simon hated him for the first and me also. Randly laugh, Paula clapped. Passed.

22. Anne Marie Boskovich, I love her voice, country type. Passed.

23. Ju'not Joner. OMG, I love his voice. A bit smokey but I like his better than Danny Gokey. Passed.

24. Kaylan Loyd sang If I ain't got you. Ordinary, not memorable. Sorry. Next...(Simon stopped that poor girl performance)

25. Leneshe Young, personally I love this girl and her performance is also okay, but she didn't make the cut. Eventhough Randy and Simon looked enjoy her perfomance

26. Kai Kalama, something wrong with the dude's voice. Poor guy. He passed though.

27. Michael Sarver. Wow. Very powerfull voice. Kara sang a long, Mr. Cowell smiled. He passed.

28. India Morrison. Her group performance was way better than solo perfomance. It was a disaster.

Okay, I think all I mentioned above with exceptional of Leneshe and India, all made it through. Btw Michael Castro didn't make it.

Latters........

Food Reviews: Kenny Rogers @ Johor Baru

Demi memperpanjang svp, akhirnya kemaren kita bertiga (mommy, me and my fiance) berbondong2 ke Johor Baru and ate Kenny Rogers since from the last visit, I already craved for it.
Berhubung di Indo itu porsinya guede buanget, akhirnya kita sepakat cuma pesan 1/2 meal package (includes: 1/2 chicken, 3 side side dish: aromatic rice, fruit salad, potato salad and 1 muffin) and 1 side dish (mashed potato) ala carte.

Gak lama kemudian muffin kita dateng, pertama2 kirain complimentary while waiting for the main course dan bukan muffin dari paket karena biasanya muffinnya montok kok yang ini kuyus ya... Ternyata itu muffin paket tapi untungnya rasanya lumayan enak kok.
And eng ing eng... ga lama kemudian pesanan kita datang... cihuy... slurpps and kita cuma bisa melongo :o
Ayamnya lebih imut (ga sejumbo di Jkt yang bagaikan burung unta) tapi yang paling bikin our jaws drop ya porsi 3 side dishnya waduh mak seiprit :P
beda banget dah ama yang di jkt yang semua serba jumbo dumbo.

But the good news is the chicken taste the same (what i luv about the chicken from Kenny Rogers is its skin! tipis, tasty and crunchy) and to be honest I think the aromatic rice is better, lebih wangi ga cuma berasa butter doang, mirip kyk nasi uduk.
Trus mashed potatonya lebih halus, tapi gravy nya kurang asin. Kalau di Jkt, mashed potatonya ga sehalus ini (masih berasa bongkah2an kentang) tapi gravynya lebih asin and tasty.
Potato saladnya juga enak loh, kurang lebih sama kyk yang di Jkt.

To sum it up:
Tastylicious (I completely made this word up):
- roasted chicken (ennoe's food choice award!)

- potato salad
menurut gw potato saladnya itu enak banget, paling enak diantara side yang kita pesan

- aromatic rice


Grade B menu:
- mashed potato
aslinya tidak sebanyak ini dan halus bgt kyk makanan bayi

- muffin
Yang kemarin makan kok muffinnya kurus ya tenggelam didalam cetakan kertasnya :(
Btw, this is so out of topic but I love this photo so much! The color, the lightning, the composition so cool!


Save menu to order:
- fruit salad

PS: personally I choose black pepper sauce than the original one.

Pics are courtesy of http://www.krr.com.my

Got Reserved!

I got this space reserved specially for me...

http://ariyani.hengkyilawan.com/

I'm planning to fill it up with my portfolio. Hmm.......
Wait and see y'all..

Me, Gifted (2.3% of test takers) ..shy shy shy..

My fiance was asked to take an IQ test at http://www.iqtest.com by one of his interviewer, so I took it also, just for fun since I have nothing to do until 5th feb. Ihiks...

Here is the result that sent to my email:

Dear Ariyani Rahayu,

Thank you for your interest in the test at IQTest.com.

Your general IQ score is: 132

Regards,
The Team at IQTest.com

This is the chart:

Intelligence Interval	Cognitive Designation
40 - 54	Severely challenged (Less than 1% of test takers)
55 - 69	Challenged (2.3% of test takers)
70 - 84	Below average
85 - 114	Average (68% of test takers)
115 - 129	Above average
130 - 144	Gifted (2.3% of test takers)
145 - 159	Genius (Less than 1% of test takers)
160 - 175	Extraordinary genius

Okay, so if any of you want to take the test for fun, you can click here and let me know the result. If yours is above 160, than you must be Sharon Stone! Rumor has it that she got 160 IQ, well in case you didn't know.

American Idol 8: SFA Audition

What can I say.... nothing much I guess.
After waiting a whole week to watch another episode of Amidol... I just felt disappointed.
All I can remember is the guy who sang smoke gets in your eyes and bohemian rhapsody. Both of them are pretty good, but I like the smoke guy more.
Guess the smoke guy gonna last long, since their already filming ehm i mean exploiting his family especially his sick mommy.

There were suppose to be another 3 contestants who got the golden ticket, but I can remember their name. Their audition clip were way too short...

Oh btw, I remember another contestant, the girl with scary laugh from Puerto Rico. Not liking her either... sorry...

Mensa Quiz

I got this email from a friend quite sometimes ago and yet I never open it until now.
This is the mensa quiz and you know me always interested in this kind of quiz, so I take it.
Well the result is somewhat intelligent since i only able to answer 9.

Here is the quiz and the complete answer. Try to answer by yourself and see the correct answer by highlighting it

Note: the red cryptics are the one I can answer correctly without cheating

No.	Cryptic	Answer
0	24 H in a D	24 hours in a day
1	26 L of the A	26 letters of the alphabet
2	7 D of the W	7 days of the week
3	7 W of the W	7 wonders of the world
4	12 S of the Z	12 signs of the zodiac
5	66 B of the B	66 books of the bible
6	52 C in a P (WJs)	52 cards in a pack (without jokers)
7	13 S in the USF	13 stripes in the united states flag
8	18 H on a G C	18 holes on a golf course
9	39 B of the O T	39 books of the old testament
10	5 T on a F	5 toes on a foot
11	90 D in a R A	90 degrees in a right angle
12	3 B M (S H T R)	3 blind mice (see how they run)
13	32 is the T in D F at which W F	32 is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit at which water freezes
14	15 P in a R T	15 players in a rugby team
15	3 W on a T	3 wheels on a tricycle
16	100 C in a R	100 cents in a rand
17	11 P in a F (S) T	11 players in a football (soccer) team
18	12 M in a Y	12 months in a year
19	13=UFS	13 is unlucky for some
20	8 T on a O	8 tentacles on a octopus
21	29 D in F in a L Y	29 days in february in a leap year
22	27 B in the N T	27 books in the new testament
23	365 D in a Y	365 days in a year
24	13 L in a B D	13 loaves in a bakers dozen
25	52 W in a Y	52 weeks in a year
26	9 L of a C	9 lives of a cat
27	60 M in a H	60 minutes in a hour
28	23 P of C in the H B	23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body
29	64 S on a C B	64 squares on a chess board
30	9 P in S A	9 provinces in south africa
31	6 B to an O in C	6 balls to an over in cricket
32	1000 Y in a M	1000 years in a millenium
33	15 M on a D M C	15 men on a dead mans chest

Science and Religion

Got this from Joke of The Day. The colored sentences are the reason why I upload this into my blog.

The red one is because I hear this sentence all the time from so many people until I feel I can't stand it anymore. The green one is because I wonder what they're gonna react when I give this as an answer ahaha. The blue one is because this is what all of us people should be. Smart and exploring science, accepting and not ignoring the fact, yet never lost a grip on faith. Then maybe world will become a better place for us.

Science and Religion...

The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.

The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being...

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"

My fufu is crashed! Attention to all AVG user!

Well, Thanks to AVG my laptop is now crashing...
This is the sad story....

PS: I named my laptop fufu short from fujitsu

Saturday night, 2 days ago, I watched episode 11 of The Desperate Housewives. Yes I know, I'm 2 episodes left behind, that's why I was very excited to watch it. FYI, I don't like to be interrupted while I am watching movies. I usually ignore the interruption or snap at it.

There were two interruptions that night. One is my mother's questions (Dont ask me, forget the questions already), and the second one is from AVG. My anti virus kept popping the error message saying that my laptop got infected by some kind of virus. Since I can not and dare not to ignore or snap at the first interruption, I pay less attention to the second one. First I set the AVG to heal the infected object, but then it showed me another message saying the object can not be healed. Then I set the AVG to move the object to the vault, but then another message displayed.
Irritated, I ticked the option to remove the object using power user. That's my friend, my biggest mistake!! Because, after my laptop was restarted, I couldnot login into it. The laptop kept logging me off automatically.
Never ever ticked to remove the object using power user. Apparently, AVG made a mistake by recognising some windows file as viruses.
Read the news here:
http://tekno.kompas.com/read/xml/2008/11/13/09260929/antivirus.avg.bikin.crash.

The vendor even apoligize (http://tekno.kompas.com/read/xml/2008/11/17/10182272/Vendor.Sekuriti.AVG.Minta.Maaf.)

Until now I haven't solved this problem, but I already begged my sweet dearest fiance to come and fix it tonight. Well, cross my finger and hoping for the best.
I'll update with the solution later.

Manga Reviews: Kocchimuite Miiko! aka Hi Miiko!

Fiuuuuuuuh......
Finally.. after more than a month I am able to read Kocchimuite Miiko! 19
Before my departure, I begged my dear friend Susan to buy this manga for me. Thanks Susan!

Reviews:
This manga is one of my favourite manga ever. I was introduced to this manga by friend only about 2 years ago. I'm immedialy falling in love with this series and started to collect them. I am a very picky manga collector. I never collect manga that I don't really like. Every now and then I used to read the books over and over again (Yes you are correct, I brought these babies to Singapore!)

The reason why I like it so much is mainly because of the story. The ideas of the story are very simple, honest and yet touching. They're based on daily live experiences, which most of us experienced during our childhood time. Trust me, when you read this, you’ll often giggle and realize “oh, I’ve been there before”. It teaches and reminds us the pureness of children we once before.

Mrs. Ono Eriko, if you are reading this, I really like your book. I think you've done a fantastic job! Thank you for 'giving birth' to Miiko.

Score: A, Very highly recommended.

Mangaka: Ono Eriko

Plot
This is the sequel for series Miiko Desu! aka Namaku Miiko (Book 1 - 4). Both series tell about the daily live of 5th grade student named Miiko, including her friends, family and of course her love live!

Got his description from Anime News Network
I think this is a short but very accurate description for this manga.

This is a cute simple story about one cute little girl named miiko. The story was tell about her dad, her mom, her perfect and mature little brother named mamoru, her love hate relationship with a cute boy named tappei, her cat (this cat also belong to tappei, they found and decided to adopted together, so it was their cat actually) named miiko--yeah, same name with miiko the lead character, this name given by tappei mom's, indeed sweet.--her selfish but everlasting friend named mari-chan, her motherly friend named yuuko, her rival for competing tappei named miiho, her secret (now not secret anymore) admirer named yoshida, her classmates, her school day, her holiday, her cheer day, her gloomy day, her happiness, her sadness, her love, her pure and innocent life

Characters

Yamada Family

Yamada Miiko
She is the main character. She is the first child of the family. An honest, kind and cheerful little girl. She lets her feeling shows up in the open. Even though she is not top ranked at class or talented in anything peculiar, she is very loyal and care to her friend. She is a bit lazy especially when compared to her brother Mamoru. Almost forget, she eats a lot despite her small figure.
Miiko has 2 guys competing to win her heart. The first one is Eguchi Tapei and second one is Yoshida. Deep in her bottom heart, she likes Tapei, despite they are fighting most of the time.

Yamada Mamoru
Miiko's younger brother. He is one year younger than his sister. He has a very cute and popular girlfriend named Yukaa Chan. He is smart, diligent, sensible and responsible. Everything that Miiko is not. He also bullied by Miiko when relating to food. His love competitor is Shinji.

Yamada Momochan
Miiko's baby sister. Just born in book 19.

Miiko's Parent.
Both of Miiko's parents are working in journalism or something related to that. Her father is working for a sport tabloid (i think) and her mother is a manga editor (how cool is that?). Miiko's mother is pictured to be less patient than her husband.

School Friends

Shimura Mari
One of Miiko's best friend. She likes to draw manga and dreaming to become famous manga author, but up until now, she still facing a lot of criticism for her work.

Ogawa Yuuko (Yuko)
One of Miiko's best friend. She is smart, top ranked girl in class, pretty, calm and responsible. She take cares her 4 siblings when their parents are at work. She has a boyfriend Satou Kenta.

Eguchi Tapei
He is the type of boy who cannot express his feeling. He likes Miiko since the beginning of the book, but finds it hard to express his feeling to her. Instead, he likes to tease her and makes her angry. He gets irritated and jealous every time Miiko is with Yoshida.
Apparently, he's quite popular in school especially among the girls, since his locker is usually full with chocolate given by anonymous girl fans every Valentine day. His biggest admirer is Miho Tanimura.
His parent open a little shop called Lazy Moon. At the beginning, his parents are splitting up, but eventually reunited thanks to Miiko and Tapei.
His best friend is Satou Kenta and he has a cute cat named Miiko.
Tapei is my favorite character.

Satou Kenta
His parents own a bakery name Satou Bakery. He’s often seen in the store helping his parent sell the bread especially at Christmas or another holiday. He is Yuko boyfriend and Tapei best friend. He knows that Tapei likes Miiko but cannot express his feeling, therefore he try to be their match maker. Until now, his efforts bear no fruit.

Yoshida
Yoshida is a mature, smart, top ranked boy at class. He likes Miiko because she is cheerful. Opposite to Tapei, Yoshida doesn’t have a problem expressing his feeling to Miiko. He even asked her on a date before. But unfortunately, Miiko is too ‘polos’ to realize his feeling.

Yoshiki
Yoshiki is the geek at class. He is very talented in art. He makes acrylic dinosaur dolls, setting up a diorama and then shoots them using his handy cam. He likes Miho, he even has her picture inside his wallet. But since he knows that Miho likes Tapei, he lets her go and help her pursue Tapei. He got really annoyed and angry when Tapei rejected Miho valentine’s chocolate.

Tanimura Miho
Miho is the pretty girl at school. She loves Tapei deeply, but unfortunately her feeling is not returned. She always considers Miiko as her love enemy. Although, she usually harsh to Yoshiki (her number one fans) sometimes she can be really kind to him.

Yuuka Chan
She is Mamoru girlfriend. She is kind, smart, pretty, and popular girl. She is very loyal to Mamoru. She makes him homemade chocolate pastries every valentine.
There are also lots of other minor characters that I can not mention one by one. Maybe some other time or you can ask me directly.

American Idol 8: Kansas Audition

Kansas... the home of last season winner David Cook!
Could be there is another winner here?

Here is the recap (incomplete as usual as based on my memory only)

Very straight-hair girl.. you know the one who sand leona lewis song co-wrote by mr. cowell himself.
Why: her voice is really, really, really good.

Angelina jolie lips look alike aka the one who sand a thousand miles by Vanessa C
Why: i think she has the complete package. She is beautiful, likeable and she has very good
control of her voice. Sounded like a pro.

The guy with the white hat
Why: the white hat. I not really amused with his voice though.

Michael Castro
Why: is hard not to remember him. He as a pink hair, he is the younger brother of Jason Castro last season contestant. I think he’s just okay. Jason is way better

India Morrison
Why: because of her sister. A sister who’s Simon Cowell never has. Haha. I think she has a nice voice, very typical Afro-American. Boy, do Afro-Americans born with gift of sound or what. Beyonce, Whitney, love their voice!

Crying Dude
Why: because he looks and moves like Elliot Yamin. Elliot is one of my fave contestant ever.

Crying Dude’s Friend
Why: Because I remember his friend the crying dude. His voice is just okay. Doubt him will survive in the Hollywood week. Sorry.

Anoop Dog aka The guy who studied BBQ
Why: never thought that kind of voice will be able to come from him. Waaaaaay better than Sanjaya.

Marching Band Guy
Why: obvious reason. See the nick name I gave him. Not really into his voice. I think he’s just okay.

Bar singer
Why: he’s bald and big. I picture him with a big Harley Davidson. Who knew his has good voice. Not great though.

Mom of 3.
Why: her controlled voice. She reminds me of Melinda D.

Summary:
I think Kansas is great, better than Phoenix on average. There are lots of great contestant with great voice and personality. To be honest it was hard for me to pick one to be my fave contestant for this audition. So I’ll choose 5: Straight hair girl, Angelina Jolie lips looks alike, Crying Dude, Indian Guy and Mom of 3.

My Top 3 contestant so far
1. Scott
2. Angelina jolie lips looks alike
3. Straight hair girl

The rest are just too hard for me to order them :P

American Idol 8: Phoenix Audition

I promised my self that I will write a blog about American Idol every time I see the show. But promise is just a promise until now.

Okay, this is the incomplete recap based on Phoenix Audition
Contestants that I remember because of their distinctive audition are:

'The Andrea Bocelli' guy aka Scott Mc something...
why: his voice! his tone is my favorite until now.

Baracuda girl
why: tatoos and high range vocal. somehow she reminded me of callie.. last season contestant, the irish girl, remember?.

A girl wearing something like a cow skin pattern shirt. I think her name is Stevie
why: her voice. nice and controlled

Giant guy
why: I was surprised... his voice and his body doesn't really match.

Bikini girl
why: isn't it obvious? the bikini part. I think she's smart for wearing the bikini. Simon' eyes almost popped out :P and she doesn't sound as bad as anyone would think, but her attitude is

Okay my fave contestant from this audition is Scott!
I will be heart broken if I don't see him in final 12.

Additional:
I read Rickey.org and just realize there are several great contestants that I forget. Duh my memory sucks.

Tiffany Amber looks alike
why: her voice and personality. she seems very nice.

Orphan contestant.. you know the one who went to audition alone without her family.
why: her voice

Bathroom singing dude
why: a bit geeky, went through even though Simon said no. I'm afraid I have to agree with Mr. Cowell this time

So, additional fave contestant for this episode is: Stevie, Tiffany Amber look alike, and Orphan contestant.

Body Shop Vitamin C Daily Moisturiser SPF 15

I've been using this product for almost 2 months now (before: Amway Moisturizer). The brand claims that this product can help you to revitalise the skin, leaving skin soft, smooth and radiant.

Well this is my review.
Positive:
- my skin get fairer
- not allergic to my skin
- unclog pores. My black pores are reduced significantly.

Negative:
- makes my skin very very oily :(

Size: 50.00ml; Price: S$32.90


Btw, before I bought the moisturizer, I got 2 free samples of this. I tried only one capsule, since I have no time recently, and I really love it.
It was not oily (not like the moisturizer) and penetrated my face skin very well. I could swear that right after I applied this serum, for few seconds I saw my face was brighter.
Definitely going to buy this baby.
I need to count my money before though.

28 Capsules; Price: S$42.90

Pics from The Body Shop

The luxury of my life

Okay, I admit, I steal that phrase from my friends' wedding website (http://www.mywedding.com/ayunkyayastory/index.html).
Yup, two of my friends are getting married.
I've known then since college, and they've been dating not so long after.
I'm really happy for both of them, as the groom, any fool can see how he loves her so much. this must be like a dream come true for him and as for the bride it must be fantastic to be loved that way.
So Yachu and Ayung,
here is a toast for you..
Wishing you a happily ever after.

cheers...

Why CR7 why??

Duuuuuuuhhhhhh mak... apa si yang dipikiran pemilihnya? kok bisa bisanya nih orang-tengil-yang-sibuk-ngerawat-alis-dan-tukang-ngadu menang jadi pemain terbaik tahun 2008?

why why why????

Here is the complete list from to 1991 to 2008
1991—Lothar Matthaeus, Jerman
1992—Marco Van Basten, Belanda
1993—Roberto Baggio, Italia
1994—Romario, Brasil
1995—George Weah, Liberia
1996—Ronaldo, Brasil
1997—Ronaldo, Brasil
1998—Zinedine Zidane, Perancis
1999—Rivaldo, Brasil
2000—Zinedine Zidane, Perancis
2001—Luis Figo, Portugal
2002—Ronaldo, Brasil
2003—Zinedine Zidane, Perancis 2004—Ronaldinho, Brasil
2005—Ronaldinho, Brasil
2006—Fabio Cannavaro, Italia
2007—Kaka, Brasil.
2008—Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal --> why why why????

Wall-E wins

Aha!

According to golden globe website, WALL-E hand in hand with Eve kicks Po and Boltz' ass in golden globe award 2009.
I knew this!
Huh... take that people-who-didn't-listen-to-me-to-watch-WALL-E-because-I-said-WALL-E-is-so-much-different-with-(read:-so-much-better-than)-Kungfu-Panda!

Waaaallllll....eeee
Eee...vah?