Kiss The Next Hour Goodbye.

Quite possibly, the greatest internet widget of all time.

Basically, it takes a picture of yours and matches it up with a celebrity face.

I've ran a couple of my pics, thus far, the results are encouraging. I've matched up well with these specific pictures.:


Tony Leung Chui Wai: One bad motherfucker, despite of what this picture might suggest.


Andy Lau: Me no likey him much, but I guess I wouldn't mind being told that I look like him.


Stephen Chow: Sense of humour baby! W00t!


Leslie Cheung: I'm beginning to think that they just don't have that many Asian faces in their database. But still, it's a match.


Chandrika Kumaratunga: Not sure how to explain this one.


Jet Li: A good recovery after the last one.


Ryuichi Sakamoto: Another bad motherfucker. This is looking good.


I lose. :(

There are several other matches, including, but not limited to: Nicholas Tse, Bae Yong-jun, Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma's creator), Gus Van Sant, Park Chan-wook, Joi Ito, Park Ji-song, P. Diddy, Samantha Fox, and Sophie Marceau. Those show up as low matching on only some of the pics. But overall, Tony Leung, Stephen Chow are always among the top 1 or 2. Andy and Leslie show up quite a bit too, but not as much as the other two and usually a bit lower on the matching scale (like top 5 instead of top 2).

Oh, just to show it's not all just out of nowhere, both my dad and my mom had Tony Leung as matches as well. I think it's settled. (Dad also matched Zhang Yimou, Johnny Carson, Kramer, Spencer Tracy, and Anthony Quinn. Mom got Henry Fonda, Martina Hingis, and Bonnie Pink.)

Try it out! I want to see pics of people you look like (according to the widget) on your blogs! :) (Come on, like you got anything better to do!)

Home Bound

That's right! 970 miles! That's 1561km for those of you in metric. (Or, about the distance from Singapore to Bali.) 17 hours! Shall be done in like.. 14 by me. (What? Speeding? Never heard of it.)

See you guys on the other side of this dashed line.

And Now, A Pick-Me Up

After all the sadness and lovelorn things the last couple of weeks, well, apparently, there is hope in this world. :P

I finally got my invitation to my college roommate's wedding. :) Here he is below with his sweetheart.



Bryce and Jesse, soon to be the Howards. Don't they look sweet together? Ok, pretend for their sake they do then! Geez people, it's called decorum!

Anyways, so there is happiness and love out there somewhere, yay! I will post up pics of all of us in tux after the wedding. :)

So, I've been going around filling out applications. What do you think of this response?

IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET TO KNOW YOU, THE APPLICANT, BETTER, SO I CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD GO OUT WITH YOU, I ASK THAT YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE HAD, OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU HAVE REALIZED, THAT HAVE HELPED TO DEFINE YOU AS A PERSON?

I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.

I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.

Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge.

I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat 400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.

I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.

I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.

But I've yet to go out on a date with you.

It's amazing how adaptive this essay is.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Something to Hold onto Until I Recover

Tagged, Multiple Times.

Guess who is who!

1. Who are you?
Person A) Moin
Person B) Moin
Person C) Moin
Person D) Moin
(Ok, I guess who I am doesn't change no matter whose tag I'm responding to.)

2. Are we friends?
Person A) Yes.
Person B) Yes.
Person C) Yes.
Person D) Yes.

3. When and how did we meet?
Person A) MSN chat.
Person B) MSN chat.
Person C) MSN chat.
Person D) MSN chat. (I sense a pattern emerging.)

4. Do you have a crush on me?
Person A) All smacked out
Person B) Nope.
Person C) Yes. *blushes*
Person D) Such as it is.

5. Would you ever be attracted to me?
Person A) To your intelligence, and your job. :D
Person B) To your free spirit and sense of humour.
Person C) Yes.
Person D) Yes, I was told your beauty surpasses description.

6. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
Person A) Lady Smack-alot. :P
Person B) Jie Jie!
Person C) I suck at picking nicknames too!
Person D) Uh... I give up!

7. Describe me in one word.
Person A) *smack*
Person B) Jiejie!
Person C) Lovable!
Person D) Fabulous!

8. What was your first impression?
Person A) *smack*
Person B) "wakakaka"? Such a weird laugh.
Person C) Cute!
Person D) Sex-ay!!

9. Do you still think that way about me now?
Person A) *smack*
Person B) Well, you still have that laugh. :p
Person C) Yes! More than ever!
Person D) Yes, but for different reasons. You are more beautiful to me now. :)

10. What reminds you of me?
Person A) Anime girls that reacts to everything by throwing tandrums.
Person B)

Person C) Umm.. nothing really reminds me of you per se. Maybe Adam Brody? Though in a roundabout way.
Person D)

Strong jawlines baby! Not to mention the shared weird tastes in men. :D

11. If you could give me anything what would it be?
Person A) Max. :)
Person B) Someone that can keep up with you and your sense of humour. ;)
Person C) I would give you him... but he doesn't deserve you! Soooo... one way ticket to my place. ;)
Person D) Since Ken is taken, Sanada! In full samurai gear no less.

12. How well do you know me?
Person A) Not that well really, all of the knowledge got smacked out of me.
Person B) Not well, you still mystify me.
Person C) Not well enough! We need to chat more!!
Person D) We need to meet one of these days! :)

13. When's the last time you saw me?
Person A) In a pic? Um.. a couple of months.
Person B) Wow... been like.. a year really.
Person C) Everytime I visit your blog. :) Or whenever close my eyes. ;) (Ok, not THAT often. :p)
Person D) In a pic? Last month I believe, we need to meet!

14. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
Person A) Yes.
Person B) Yes.
Person C) Yes!
Person D) Yes.
(I love how ambiguous this question is. The thing I could be referring to could be anything from a confession of love to "I have to go take a dump and don't want to tell you so I'll just say I'm grabbing a snack".)

15. Will you ever die for me?
Person A) No.
Person B) No.
Person C) No.
Person D) No.
Really, it depends on the circumstance. Sometimes, we are all willing to risk death for strangers on a whim (like grabbing a kid out from traffic or something). But when it comes to things that are pre-meditated, then I don't think anyone really consciously, after breaking down everything, makes the choice to die in someone else's place.

Internet Playground

"Tag! You're it!"
- Bully at the playground, to me, after he tagged me.

So yes, I was tagged for some blog meme, so here goes.

1. Who are you?
Woah, are you asking about you or me? How's the set up here? Are you asking me or is this me asking you? I is confused.

2. Are we friends?
So personal right off the bat. But yeah, we are friends, as much as can be I guess.

3. When and how did we meet?
So many levels of "meeting". But I guess we were formally introduced via MSN chat?

4. Do you have a crush on me?
Personal! I refuse to answer on the basis that my answer my incriminate myself!

5. Would you ever be attracted to me?
Umm, attracted how?

6. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
Sex-aaaay! Because I always wanted to shout that at a woman. :D

7. Describe me in one word.
Rich. *ducks*

8. What was your first impression?
Blur?

9. Do you still think that way about me now?
Nope. Thankfully, less blurred. Oh wait, hmm... actually let me change my answer, yeah you still are. Need to chat online more!

10. What reminds you of me?
Talking to Junny and Jan online.

11. If you could give me anything what would it be?
A pair of Converse shoes, and a mate so I won't have to deal with as much drooling when we chat.

12. How well do you know me?
Not too well sadly. *sniff*

13. When's the last time you saw me?
All I got is photos babe. (But oh, what glorious photos they are.)

14. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
Yes.

15. Will you ever die for me?
If by dying you mean not dying my hair, then maybe.

Ok ok ok ok. Now, I'm suppose to "tag" others? Hmm, ok. Usually I hate this but since there are females involved, I'll indulge myself. Tag: Jo, Jan, Junny, Cherry, Amy, May, and Yon Jie. Over the limit but I don't care, I'm special and I deserve more.

Oh, and in honour of nobody in particular:

What? There's no innuendoes there. Quit looking! There's nothing to see here!

"Riverside, motherfucker!"
- Me, back to the bully, after I shot him for touching me.

Hodge Pudge and More YouTube Love

"There is no there there."
- Everybody’s Autobiography, Gertrude Stein

Just some random thoughts.

Khakis pants are great, I love them. They are comfortable, and looks great. Not to mention they make for great commercials.



One problem, not very good at hiding raging erections. There should at least be one ad that addresses this very significant problem.

Well, sometimes you just gotta make do I suppose.

Yon Jie is totally fallen in love with Huang Xiaoming. According to her, he's going to be starring in a mainland remake of The Bund, the great TVB series of the early 80s. The show and the actor both have some big shoes to fill.



One thing I noticed watching that. It's amazing how fake TVB sets were even for their big budget productions. It's not so bad here because the story is set in a more modern time, but still, pretty sad.

Either way, if the new version ever gets as good as the old version, I'll be a fan of HXM's as well.

Oh, and I hope they keep the same theme song. I just seems like blasphemy to have those character's stories told without that song as the soundtrack.

All that said, shall leave you with my favorite romantic movie of all time. :)



That should help all of you waste a good hour at work. You may all thank me later.

Coming up tomorrow, a montage of John Woo shootouts. Oh yes, HK cinema at its best (and maybe some silly Jackie Chan stunts after that). God I love YouTube.