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21/01/2006

Male and Female

If girls, particularly teenagers, are allowed to idolize female singers or actresses, how come male are called FAGS and other unkind names when they tell others that they idolize a particular male singer or actor? Females can obsess over female idols and yet when males do it, they get the ‘eye’, you know what I mean?

 

I idolize female singers and actresses all the time, young or old alike and shamefully, I visit some forums on these actresses too – just to find out inside news about these people. Nosy Parker but I am not a lesbian. In fact, even if I WAS a lesbian, what in the world is wrong with that? Lots of people are like that and we should never be judged because of our sexual preference. I like Angelina Jolie, Michelle Yip, Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Charmaine Seh, Charlize Theron….blah blah blah…does THAT make me a lesbian.

 

I think it’s wrong for people to think that it’s OK for girls/females to have idols and whenever a male have a male idol, they’re not straight. My husband used to ADORE George Michael (who happens to be gay, just a coincidence, I assure you) when he was young. He collected all CDs, posters and everything he could get his hands on and I personally don’t think that gay-ish. I think it’s called modeling after someone you admire. Admiring someone is always good and always natural.

 

And besides, I feel very strongly about people who have prejudicial thoughts against Gays and Lesbians. It’s not their fault that they are attracted to the same sex! They have no control over this. I can say this very frankly because I used to be very good friends with guys who are gays. In fact, I had a crush on one of them, he told me he was gay and then we became sort of bestfriends! Seriously. He confided in me his problems with the REST OF THE WORLD who considers him a queer (including his own parents) and treats him coldly and unkindly. I think it’s unfair.

 

I am strong believer of ‘personal choice’. in this case, whether a person likes the opposite sex or the same sex, it’s not our business to judge. It’s their inborn preference. And as mentioned, they don’t have any control over it. You cannot simply tell yourself to like the opposite sex and viola, you like the opposite sex? You don’t have a treatment for these kind of things. it’s inborn. It’s hormonal. If there’s anyone to blame, it’s God. I don’t mean to be disrespectful but hey, he’s our maker and he gives us whatever we have today. There must be a reason why he did the things he did, the way he did it, right?

 

And back to the point, males can have and should have male idols too. I mean, this is part and parcel of life and it’s natural. When I admire a male actor or singer, I think he’ll look good in my bed (AHEM!!! Cough, Cough!). If I admire a female singer or actress, I like her and wish that I can be like her (or whatever she projects to the rest of the world), I respect her and thinks she rocks.

 

Plain and simple. So, if this rule applies to the females, why not males?

17:15 Posted in Being human | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this | Tags: male, female, sexual, sex, gay, lesbian, preference, life

20/01/2006

Sand Paper hands

It’s been…what…6 days since I moved out of the safe confines of my in-laws’ home. Gone are the days where you sleep until there’s food on the table. Gone are the days where you surf the net until someone tells you it’s time to fetch the kids. Gone are the days of peacefully working behind the computer while the kids entertain themselves with other cousins.

 

I have spent 90% of the time in this new apartment washing one thing or another. It’s amazing! Every time I finish washing something, there’s something else to wash. The kids have this radar thing going too – when the floor is clean, their radar spots it and they run around in the clean area until it’s dirty again.

 

My fingers are coarse like sand paper and no amount of lotion is going to repair this!!! My back aches. My nails are chipped. I call out ‘Joshua’ and ‘Jared’ in my sleep. I’ve pissed off at least 6 clients because of this house moving thing that has taken FOREVER!!! And I almost poisoned the whole family with overnight ikan bilis (anchovies) broth left wrongly in the refrigerator instead of the freezer!

 

So far, everything’s really…..swell?

13:35 Posted in Blog , Family , Ramblings | Permalink | Comments (3) | Email this | Tags: moving, move, shift, shifting, clean, cleanliness, dirty, new house

19/01/2006

Life Made Simple:: TVB series review

Roger Kwok reprising his role as ‘Ah Wong’ and Jessica Hsuen reprising her role as ‘Low Por Chye’. Anyway, ever heard of the old adage of the first time is always the best. Yes, I watched Square Pegs and LIKED the show (Note: not loved) and I thought Roger Kwok’s portrayal of Ah Wong was indeed, very loveable and extremely funny. He made a new name for himself with this role and even his opening speech had to be carried out in this child-like manner of speaking. His mannerism, which he said he copied from the average kids out in the street (he probably meant playground), was infectious. But there IS such a thing as too much of a good thing may be bad after all.

 

In the case of Ah Wong, this is true.

 

For one thing, it’s not Kwok’s fault that he portrayed the same character the second time. But after a while, you will feel agitated and extremely irritated with the exgaration. It’s cute for a while…and then it gets irritating.

 

Jessica Hsuen’s reprisal is the same as the character she played in Square Pegs….BORING and ordinary. Her role is merely there to ‘balance out’ the out-of-ordinariness of Ah Wong. As much as Ah Wong is imbecile, Jessica is too normal. Did I already mention that too much of a good thing can be bad? Well, humor me…let me say it again…too much of a good thing can be bad.

 

Surprisingly, I found that I liked the supporting characters better….as in Leila Tong, Bosco Wong and Raymond Cho better.

 

For TVB series fans, if you’ve watched Leila Tong better, she’s blessed with an angelic face that attracts goodie-two-shoes roles. She’s been portaying nuns and cute girls for far too long. In Life Made Simple, Leila Tong takes a turn…for the worse. Her performance was good….excellent, if I do say so myself. In fact, I always thought she was a pretty ‘stiff’ in most of the series that she has performed in. and yet in her portrayal in this Series, she’s cunning, she’s mean and most of the time selfish and inconsiderate. She betrays her friends, her boyfriend, her family and herself for the sake of money. Leila Tong in Life Made Simple changed the way we, TVB series fans, view her as an actress.

 

Bosco Wong portrays a rich man’s son who has everything. Apart from the beginning which was too farfetched (in my personal opinion – the yatch, lateness, the swooning girls and attitude is wrong), other parts of the show was believable. When I found out that the younger Bosco was going to have a fling with the older Jessica, I was skeptical. Would his baby face be able to carry out of the older-woman-younger-man relationship on screen? It was. Period. So much so that I was pining for the Jessica-Bosco combination instead of the Jessica-Roger ending.

 

Raymond Cho has always been one of my favorite actors. He’s good looking and can be much diversified when required. The opportunities are not there – but he can carry a bad character as well as he can carry a good character. In the meantime, Angelo Tong took on a ‘MONSTER’ challenge – like Charlize Theron in Monster, she took on a transformation from va-va-voom to ‘blergh’. The fake teeth and painted-on freckles were not high-tech nor are they believable but she did a good job except for some scenes where she took things too far. Being funny and professional is different from being too animated. We’re not talking cartoon here, right? But she did an incredible job and in return, she won an award for being the most outstanding Supporting Actress award.

 

Overall story line is boring, boring, boring, Because a lot of things are based on the original story, there’s almost no mystery or suspense at all. You basically can make a second-guess and come up with a close enough answer.

 

My guess is that this whole Life Made Simple series is filmed just to satisfy the many Ah-Wong and Low Por Chai fans out there who wants to see the couple (Jessica and Roger) come back to life…in modern life. For others looking for a good story, skip this series.

13:40 Posted in TVB | Permalink | Comments (5) | Email this | Tags: tvb, life made simple, series, tv series, jessica hsuen, roger kwok, ah-wong, ah wong