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O'BSERVATIONS ABOUT THE 'PRISON BREAK' PREMIERE

[WARNING! THERE WILL BE SPOILERS ABOUT THE FIRST TWO HOURS IN HERE!]

Straight off, the casting of this show made this Toobworld caretaker happy. When it comes to tele-genetics, Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller are totally convincing as brothers.
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Because Lincoln Burrows is on the Death Row fast track for assassinating the Vice President's brother, we have to unfortunately incarcerate 'Prison Break' in an alternate TV dimension. Bush and Cheney are the elected leaders of this country both in TV Land as well as in the Real World. And I don't even know if Cheney's got a brother.

(I'll have more on the location of 'Prison Break' in the TV Universe in a related post.)
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When Michael Schofield arrives in prison, it's April of 2006. Lincoln Burrows is scheduled to be executed a month later - May 11th.

How convenient that it should coincide with May Sweeps.....
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One of the supporting players is a prisoner who is supposedly D.B. Cooper. The legendary Cooper stole a fortune/got a big ransom (something like that) and then vanished after parachuting out of a plane over the Northwest woods back in the early 1970s.

I guess the decision to portray an actual personage who's possibly still alive in a fictional drama was probably similar to Ira Levin's decision to use Dr. Josef Mengele in "The Boys From Brazil". If they didn't like it, tough. It's not like they were ever going to come out of hiding to complain.
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Peter Stormare should be getting all the roles which would have gone to the late Brion James. And Vincent Schiavelli should play his older brother on the show.
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The over-abundance of coincidences in Michael Schofield's plan to help his brother escape from prison could jeopardize the audience's willing suspension of disbelief. (For instance, the prison doctor just happens to be the daughter of the governor.)

I don't think we've seen the last of these.....
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The name of the prison is Fox River State Penitentiary. Is this a kiss-up to the network as the name Fox Mulder was once rumored to be?

I suppose if the show had landed on CBS, it would have been Paley Penitentiary.....
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I'm intrigued by the mystery woman pulling the strings behind the Secret Service plot. She reminds me of Piper Laurie's character in 'Twin Peaks', Bonnie Bartlet on 'Wiseguy', Meryl Streep in "The Manchurian Candidate" - strong, powerful, utterly ruthless, and in charge. And masking it all behind the facade of "Family".

No clue yet as to who's playing her. But then I haven't begun sniffing around the usual info sites yet.

But for some reason, I got it into my head that if she would only turn around, we'd see Patricia Wettig.
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Finally.....

Nothing says "Tune in next week!" like severing a toe!

BCnU!
Tele-Toby

For the last time!

What is the big deal about me photoshopping my pictures?!

Would you rather I post up photos and do not admit that I photoshop them? I can understand if people say I am dishonest about my looks when they found out I have been photoshopping when I choose not to admit it.

What I cannot understand is why people still harp on it when I chose to come clean, be honest, and admit that I do edit the photos? Would you rather I lie then? Will that make you feel better?

Photoshop is not difficult, the basics aren't anyway. Most girls who post their photos DO edit themselves. They just don't say it. What's the big deal man?

Your stars... The glamourous celebrity photos ... all edited. TV stars do surgery. What are you gonna do about that? Force them to be natural? Ridiculous.

You see plenty of photos of me around without being edited anyway - do they look very different? Take those on media reports for example ... Not edited and 100% authentic.

I will say, as a general rule of thumb just minus like 10% of looks from the final product and the before-edited photo will be that. (pimples, fats, and the norm) If I were a 7.5/10 in a photo, it means I'm actually... 6.5 or something.

Yup. I'm a happy girl today! Love ya all. =)

Men are blind bats

I give up. Girls, have you ever experienced a situation, where every single one of your girlfriends thinks someone is fugly, but yet the guys all think she is hot?

FUCKING IRRITATING RIGHT! Are those guys BLIND or what?

Almost a year of working with Maxim made me so frustrated, I almost puked blood. I constantly complain that their girls (ditto other men's magazine too) are sometimes plain, ugly, old and fat, but yet, miraculouly, sales are still doing well - symbolising that hot-blooded young men everywhere are still wanking to these cows.

After so long, I have come to realise one thing. Men and women see things in a TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY.

Take for example Celest Chong. Guys think she is hot because she is... I don't know, I have a vagina ... Leggy perhaps?

Every Singaporean girl knows she is a cheater because she has a very wide face and she constantly uses her long, boring, one-length hair to cover the sides of the face.

I see until I wanted to take a pair of scissors and snip off her swishy hair man! Ears are for your to tuck your hair behind! It is super irritating. I mean cmon, STOP IT ALREADY. Go have surgery please.

You try suggesting to the penis-species that Celest Chong has a wide face. I am almost 100% certain they will reply, "NO, DON'T HAVE WHAT, she is so chio!"

Utter rubbish. They just fail to see through a simple scam like using hair to cover fat face shapes coz they are MEN. (If you are male and you managed to see thru the scam, you are gay)

Not only does she have irritating hair, she also has eyes which look like they are permanently blind. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THAT GIRL DOESN'T EVER FOCUS HER VISION! Is it because her blind role last time gave her good results? *snap fingers* focus here!

I recently got even more frustrated. Shuyin, Wanyi and I flipped through a fashion mag, and we saw a slightly uglier than average girl. We were criticising her make up, for her eyes were slapped with a bright blue eyeshadow that was not blended, and the rest of the make up non-existant.

Quite hideous.

3 days later, Wanyi's male friend announces to her that this girl is his dream girl because "her body is perfect".

I held on to Shuyin's hand tightly, wanting to pull her to the roof of our building and jump down together for... WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?!

Unluckily for the two of us I tripped on a ice-cream seller and didn't manage to jump. We are now still living, but very miserable.

Once again, WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?


Ugly girl specimen A

(Also do try to appreciate that I tried very hard to find girls who won't read my blog so I don't get guilt trips. I don't think Cambodia has internet)

So yes, this ugly girl is on Maxim. These are the thoughts that goes through a FEMALE's mind when she see the picture:

1) Holy CRAP! So fucking ugly can go on magazine ah?! I also can!
2) Look a bit like Ah kua, and possibly is.
3) WHY HER BOTTOM PULL TILL SO HIGH FOR FUCK? Cheeb** not pain meh. Hate such girls, stop trying to act sexy hor!
4) Thighs very fat hor...
5) Utterly no ass!
6) Kill me I also won't screw her if I were a guy.
7) Urgh, look really low-class leh...


Let's see what the guys see when they see Ugly Specimen A:

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Picture speaks a thousand wanking ways

Girl: Don't you think she looks like ah kua?
Guy: No leh, look normal what. (actually cannot even see the face)


Ugly specimen B:



Girly thoughts:

1) Wah siao, why eyebrows draw until like that, eyebrow pencil free one ah?
2) Once again, look like Ah kua leh...
3) Kinda like the lipstick actually...
4) WAH! Someone burn that freaking ugly bikini! Bitch please!

Guy thoughts:

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Guy: "Nabeh, so flat." (Proceeds to flip the page)

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Sometime ago, Maxim featured Amanda Ling of Electrico



Shuyin said Amanda is very pretty.

I had no idea how she looked like, then I looked at the pictures and I went like WTF! Pretty?

THE HAIR! FOR GOODNESS SAKE HER HAIRSTYLIST SHOULD BE CASTRATED A MILLION TIMES. Tie it up. Shave it off. A wig. Flat irons. Dreadlocks even. Just DO NOT FUCKING PUT IT IN FRONT OF HER SHOULDERS AND PRETEND IT IS OK. ("How ah her hair?" "Don't know man!" "Fuck it lah, we shall just put a few strands in front lor, may look nice also what.")

IT IS NOT OK. It looks like MOSS. Like dead weed. Worst of all it looks DIRTY. As if it is not enough, it is also ... Half black and half brown. I cannot bring myself to forgive that at all. If you know you are going to be on a cover page, at least DYE YOUR HAIR.

The make-up is amatuer and sloppy.

The tan is not here and not here...

The background is dank, dull and unflattering, with a melancholic greyish tinge to add to the dirty feel.

But guess what? That is the way THE STUPID MEN LIKE IT. Do they see the hair? They don't. Do they see the unmanicured nails? Bypass it totally like they bypass insurance surveyors.

All they see are boobs, and legs. Repeat after me: Boobs, ass, and legs.

We girls have MUCH BETTER TASTE:


Do you even recognise Amanda, now with good, expensive make-up?

My goodness she looks so MUCH cleaner, prettier, and more radiant! And she doesn't look like a kid anymore too. She actually looks beautiful!

Give us colours! We love colours. =) Damn those dull men's magazines.

From now on, I will thus stop arguing with men about women. I will just take it that they are blind.

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p/s: You might have seen these along orchard or something! =D


Shadowy reflection of a tall man? Who is he? =)


I love this photo!

Promotion pics for my participation in the Singapore Writers' Festival! Who was the fucker who said people like Nick Liu are "real writers" and I am not? Huh? Again? What do you say? STOP WHIMPERING! Oh yes, I got invited to the festival, and sorry to say ... the "real writers" are not...

Maybe boring, serious writing does not necessarily equal to good writing afterall. =)

(Allow me to gloat please, you have no idea how small these people made me feel back in 2004 where they constantly remind me how my writing sucks compared to theirs. I waited so long for this moment to slap them in the face and make them eat their words, and boy does it feel good. =D)
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I also rebonded my hair!



Ha! Joking lah. You think I will meh, I love my curls so much. =) But straight hair is a good change!

(For a person who is about to go on cover of a certain magazine I have a lot of nerve to criticise others like that - but my aim of this post is to simply state that men and women have utterly different tastes. Anyway, I am prepared for people to slam me for the shoot. I like it anyway. =D)

Awww

It is so sweet! I was looking for designers to do my website right, so I asked my girlfriend who is really good in graphics to help me. However, I also needed a flashmaster, so I was looking for someone to collaborate with her, and out of pure chance, I clicked on a random guy (whose blurry shot looked kinda cute) who commented on my multiply page...

Turns out the guy's multiply is super nicely done up, which induced me to visit his site and TADAH! He is a very good web designer indeed!

Serendipity? You bet. Later on, I mailed him, asking him if he would like to help me on my site, and he said ok, but perhaps only partially, as he has a lot of other work to do as well.

Good! But unfortunately my girlfriend already found me a flashmaster at this point, who was her friend. I asked her if her friend will mind if I axe him now for new guy. She said it is not very nice, but ok...

I added the two via MSN to discuss the project, and I was telling flashmaster that graphics girl is cute and I am gonna add her now... and then my designers hit off very well lah! Awww! Actually I don't know if they hit off well coz they weren't speaking English but Designer-speak don't know what mood-board, vector drawings, etc... No idea what they are yabbering about but I did catch that they exchanged MSN and numbers heehee...

We meet up yesterday, and my girlfriend and I had NO IDEA how this guy will turn out to look like and VOILA!

HE IS VERY CUTE!

*giggles*

I was like nudging my girlfriend and she was totally blushing. With yet another stroke of serendipity, they are BOTH newly single! How cool is that?!

So now hor, the two are like ... AIYOH ... I DUNNO WHAT THINGS THEY DOING LAH! But I feel SO HAPPY FOR THEM! I brought them together! =D If they ever get together lah that is! They will have kickass superdesigner babies!

They even kinda look alike! *contented smile*...

Guess who is the one who tan dio the most? MOI! Because they (I suspect) want to contact each other right, and the only legitimate reason is doing my site right, they are like TOTALLY ENTHU ABOUT DOING IT!

Even more enthu than I am which is saying a LOT! Shiok not? VERY! =D Even now as I write this they are like illustrating industriously or something.

Ok, that's all this entry is about - I just want to say that I am very happy my designers like each other teeheehee. Isn't it just so cute?

You two go work together well ok? May the newly revamped xiaxue.blogspot.com be the fruits of your love labour.

All my blessings!

THE TV IV WIKI - A RECOMMENDATION

Boy, was I thrown into a funk when TVTome was gobbled up by TV.com and replaced with their own version of episode guides. I had my problems with TVTome at times, but it loaded relatively quickly; it was simple to navigate; and most importantly in my "declining wonder years", it was easy to read.

It was depressing to think that TV.com were cornering the market on episode guides. Even my first choice to visit, epguides.com, seemed to be deferring to them when it came to the addition of new episode guides.

But thanks to a recent notice by TVSquad.com, I've got a new go-to site for all the info I'll need: TV IV WIKI.

http://tviv.info/wiki/Main_Page

It's set up like Wikipedia, that amazing site which has info on EVERYTHING. This new site has been around for only a few months, but it already has over 1100 pages of information... information... information.....

I'll continue to carry TVTome/TV.com in my links to the left, but you'll find TV IV WIKI perched higher in preference.

Check them out. You might find yourself lost in their site for quite a while!

BCnU!
Tele-Toby

WHEN IN "ROME".....

I noticed in the opening credits for the premiere of 'Rome' on HBO that Jeff Beal wrote the theme music.

Jeff Beal also wrote the theme music for 'Monk' during its first season. It was wonderful. Won an Emmy.

And when the show became a hit, the music was jettisoned for a dopey Randy Newman tune.

Jeff Beal should keep his eyes on any tunesmiths with a lean and hungry look; someone who might cry out "Speak hands for me!" before tinkling the ivories to create a new theme for 'Rome'......

Just sayin' is all.......

BCnU!
Tele-Toby

"That lost chord they keep looking for, you know?
It's not lost; I got it."
Buzz Murdock
'Route 66'

TERMS OF ENDANGERMENT

I want to thank the "Reverend" Pat Robertson for his contribution in regards to the terminology of Toobworld.

With his televised call for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, Robertson has inspired the coinage of "televigilante".

It will take its place in the lexicon between "televersion" and "televisiologist".

If he's now preaching hate, does that mean Robertson is a mullah of Islam? He now fits his own view of the religion, doesn't he?

BCnU!
Tele-Toby

"HOUSE" FOLKS

I visit so many TV news and gossip sites, that I sometimes lose track of where I find some of my information... information... information....

But I think this came from Michael Ausiello's column of scoop at TV Guide online.....

Apparently, Dr. Greg House's parents will be showing up this season in an episode of 'House'. Whoever reported the item, they suggested Jim Broadbent and Linda Thorsen. To me, that's faulty reasoning influenced by the fact that Hugh Laurie is British. But the character of Dr. House is an American.

I once suggested in this blog that House should be the illegitimate son of Dr. Mark Sloan of 'Diagnosis Murder'. But that was pure wish-craft on my part, and even one as disconnected from Reality as I am knows that would never come about.

So here's my candidate for the position of paterfamilias: Patrick McGoohan.

Similar in build, with the square, chiseled features, and capable of an acerbic attitude, McGoohan's mere presence would speak volumes in splainin House's own personality.

As for Mommy Dearest, how about Piper Laurie - and only as I wrote that did I realize they shared the same surname. I was thinking of her because of her steely bitch of a role in 'Twin Peaks' fifteen years ago. Only such a woman would be able to hold her own in the House home.

But if Mama House is supposed to be living in the shadow of her husband, consider Ms. Laurie's performance in "The Faculty" - somewhat mousey, but with surprising wells of strength, even ferocity when needed.

Well, I'm sure the casting decisions have already been made. But whomever they picked, I just hope they satisfy the demands of tele-genetics - I need to believe Greg House sprang from their combined chromosomes.

Ewwww..... It's bad enough thinking about my own parents doing the deed; I don't want to consider his parents making the Beast with Two Backs!

BCnU!
Tele-Toby

New violet contact lenses! =)

Nice? I love the new look! I think I look extremely artificial now (with the ash hair and lash extensions done for my shoot), but still, am very sian of black eyes! I had them for 21 years! Just bought these Encore (thats the brand) lenses from Toa Payoh at $18 for monthlies. What a steal. =D Wanted to get Freshkon at first, but nobody stocked Freshkon in violet and this shop sold me Encore. Fits well! Freshlook's lenses are far too big for my eyes and they hurt, somehow.

Coloured eyes are so striking. I love it!

Oh yeah and the eyelash extensions- came courtesy of Poipoi's introductions. Thanks babe! CHIO NOW and no need to put mascara! =)

TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME (ALLEGEDLY)

Nicholas Courtney holds a special place in 'Doctor Who' lore for having acted opposite the first seven incarnations of the Doctor.

With William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Courtney appeared as Bret Vyon in "The Daleks' Master Plan", but he portrayed Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart of UNIT with the other six Doctors.

(Technically, he was involved in adventures with all seven Doctors in his role as the Brigadier:

2nd DOCTOR: It's Old High Gallifreyan, the ancient language of the Time Lords. Not many people understand it these days...
1st, 2nd, 3rd DOCTORS: (Together) Fortunately, I do.
BRIGADIER: Yes, all very interesting, I'm sure, Doctors, but what does it say?
3rd DOCTOR: That this is the Tomb of Rassilon, where Rassilon lies in eternal sleep.
2nd DOCTOR: It also says that anyone who has got this far has passed many dangers and shown great courage and determination. (Points to the inscription) What does this bit mean?
3rd DOCTOR: To lose is to win and he who wins shall lose.
2nd DOCTOR: I know what it says - what does it mean?
1st DOCTOR: It also promises that whoever takes the ring from Rassilon's hand and puts it on shall get the reward he seeks.
SARAH-JANE: What reward?
1st DOCTOR: Immortality.
BRIGADIER: What, live forever, never die?
1st DOCTOR: That is what the word means, young man.
SARAH-JANE: But that's impossible.
3rd DOCTOR: Apparently not.
[Thanks to The Doctor Who Transcripts Project]

For "The Five Doctors", the First Doctor was portrayed by William Hurndall.)

Paul McGann only got one chance to play the eighth incarnation of the Time Lord in Toobworld, (He's made several appearances in the creative universes for Radio, Cyber, and Literature), and Nicholas Courtney did not appear in that FOX film. But I hold out hope that one day the Time War will be depicted in an epic mini-series starring McGann. So perhaps Lethbridge-Stewart might get the chance to meet that version of his old friend.

And aside from his appearances in various tie-in novels, Lethbridge-Stewart also appeared in the videos 'Downtime' and 'Daemos Rising', as well as in audio plays like 'Paradise Of Death' and 'The Ghosts Of N-Space'. Truly, this character merits inclusion in the Crossover Hall of Fame!.

Courtney didn't get the opportunity to act opposite Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor, but there's probably little chance of that ever happening in the Future. Eccleston did only the one season, thirteen episodes in all, and then walked away with the regeneration. There's been no indication he might one day be inclined to return to the role for any multiple Doctors reunion storyline.

I've been wondering if RTD had known going into production that this would be the only year for Eccleston as the Doctor, might he have re-jiggered the "Aliens of London"/"World War Three" script to incorporate an appearance by the Brigadier? After all, UNIT officers are seen in a quick cameo during the first part of the episode, (purely in an advisory role by 2006, of course).

Anyway, Mr. Courtney is in his mid-70s now, so if it was to be done, it would be better if it was done quickly.

(Say! That's a good line! Hope nobody steals it! LOL)

So don't hold your breath waiting to see Christopher Eccleston on screen in a 'Doctor Who' adventure with Nicholas Courtney.. But if you wanted to see the ninth incarnation of the Doctor with Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart? Ah! Well then, I think the case could be made that they met in the episodes "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances".

Aside from Captain Jack Harkness, the major guest character was Nancy, a girl older than she appeared, who lived on the streets of London during the Blitz of 1941. In her care were other children, boys and girls, who were also living on the streets for one reason or another. Not all of them were orphans; some had been shipped out of the city to live with relatives in the country for their own safety. But they drifted back; some because of the treatment they received. (One boy apparently had been molested by an uncle.)

If we were to assume that Lethbridge-Stewart was a contemporary of the actor who portrayed him, then young Alastair would have been about twelve years of age in 1941.

However, there is some debate as to when the UNIT stories of 'Doctor Who' take place. There are those who argue that they occur maybe even a decade after the time they were broadcast.

So, we have some leeway with the age of Lethbridge-Stewart in 1941; he could even have been as young as six. It could be argued that any one of those boys seated around the dinner table with Nancy and the Doctor could have been Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart as a wee lad.

We know two of the likely lads were named Ernie and Jim, and Jim's father was off fighting in the War. (Lethbridge-Stewart came from a military family and it's possible that his father was already stationed over there.) And it could be argued that "Ernie" and "Jim" were nicknames, perhaps taken from popular sports figures or British stars of the day. After all, being known as Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart could not too appealing to a 12 year old kid!

But we'll keep this simple. We'll stick to the theory that Aladair Lethbridge-Stewart was one of the other boys. And that way, he did get to meet the Ninth Doctor without either of them being the wiser.

There has been a circular quality to the hero's journey taken by this Doctor, as far as people and locations seem to go. And none of it seems to have been dictated by the "Bad Wolf" puzzle.

Albion Hospital
The Gamestation/Satellite Five
Cardiff's Rift
Big Ben
Blon Slitheen
The Face Of Boe

And it's always been suggested, within and without of the series, that the TARDIS was sentient and that it knew where it was always going even if the arrival sites seemed at random.

So maybe the TARDIS itself recognized the presence of Lethbridge-Stewart as a young boy during WWII and made sure the Ninth Doctor got the chance to meet him during the wild-goose chase for the Tula ambulance.

Years later, when they officially met for the first time in the abandoned underground tunnels of the Tube, in "Web Of Fear", perhaps on some instinctual level they both recognized something familiar about the other.

Just sayin', is all.

By the way.....

Nicholas Courtney has worked with Michael McManus in writing a book about his life, and especially about his experiences in the Whoniverse. It's entitled "Getting Away From It All", and it will be published on October 20th.

"I think the time has now come for me to write a full and frank account of my life, not least with regard to my unbroken, forty-year association with Doctor Who," Courtney said in a press release. "Some people may be surprised by how candid and forthright I am going to be about certain people and events, but I think I owe it to myself and also to others to be reasonably bold as well as old!"

I know there was a 'Star Trek' novel about the full life of Vulcan Ambassador Sarek, father of Spock. Perhaps one day someone might be so inspired to write such a biography of Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart.

And maybe then we might see this idea of his "participation" in the adventures of the Ninth Doctor be validated!

BCnU!
Tele-Toby

"It's a wonder we win any wars,
With the crackpots we have in this country!"
General Sloat
'Green Acres'

I tried to hold my tongue, but I cannot take it anymore.

Singaporean: "Eh, I go JB that time hor, then got no toilet paper leh..."

Malaysian: "SO WHAT? YOU CHAO AH LIAN! You don't deserve any toilet paper! You fucking Singaporeans only know how to criticise people! Your country is worse, no chewing gum, and you all are just puppets being controlled by your government. If we don't give you water, you die already ok! You are so ugly, you deserve to have your arse dirty anyway. Malaysia has no toilet paper cannot is it? No one asked you to come to Malaysia in the first place! Stay in your own fucking country! Yes we have no toilet paper, but we got twin towers and that is magnificent! You chao Singaporean, whole day work for govt money, will never learn to appreciate the beauty of having shit stuck to your asshole! And please lah, why you before coming to our country never do research? What makes you think we have toilet paper, and if you brought your own, then no problems liao right? COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN. Yes I know it is still true that we have no toilet paper and you are right in saying we don't, but still, you should have done your own research. I hope you die, you fat cow you are a disgrace to your own country."

A pretty good summary of the reactions I got from my KL trip post. And some others too, rather disappointing analogies perhaps... from people I thought were more broad-minded.

I wonder, if these people (not all Malaysians, mind you, some are not like that, I DO KNOW. I am only talking about those who wrote such comments) are going to continue this adamant, indignant, self-righteous, defensive kind of attitude, how is their country ever going to improve?

For goodness sake. Something is bad? Woohoo, I love it that way leh, cannot ah? Fine lor, then don't ever change for the better.

When it is stated I got molested (which is not to say I don't get molested in Singapore too, I did, and I wrote about them), they claim I wore too little and deserve it, for in KL if you wear little you WILL get definitely molested. (Also see claim that I should have done my research, so here is a piece of research snippet for you people going to KL from KL people themselves: You WILL get molested, so go there hithero dressed as a cow)

So what does it say about KL's men if they molest girls? (Ps: I wore two tank tops and JEANS that day, not skimpy at all)

The worse argument of all is perhaps this sort:

"You were wrong to slap that girl."
"So what, you also got slap people before what."

TWO WRONGS DO NOT MAKE ONE RIGHT. It is IRRELEVANT WHETHER, IF YOU DRESS SKIMPILY, U WILL ALSO BE MOLESTED IN SINGAPORE'S GEYLANG. What is wrong is wrong. Molesting is wrong. So what if it also happens in Singapore? It does, but does that make Petaling's molesting cases any less true? NO.

When it is stated I got cheated, they claim I was stupid to go to Petaling street and I should have asked for advice on where to go first. I read up websites and they told me to go to Petaling Street. So how? Your tourism board's fault right?

And since I only went there, and I had a bad experience there, what is wrong with me writing it out? I wasn't defaming the damn place; it really sucks. Don't give me that bullshit that I am tainting the whole of KL. Readers can READ that I am only writing about Petaling Street.

When I say that people there are rude, these inane people claim that I met rude people (and deserve to be rude to), because I wore clothes which are ... skimpy and that Malaysia is a muslim country. (Also see claim I should have been smart enough to know this and wrapped myself up in black drapes)

Sorry hor, I am so sorry. I thought that KL was a developed, civilised place, where there will not be such ridiculous racial intolerance. I was wrong in thinking that way, expecting too much. Wow, if only I expected KL to be a shit dump! Then I will think it is actually a rosy place, right?

I do NOT think I dressed skimpily nor was whatever rubbish terms you siao people (refering only to those who commented) called me. Lala? What is lala? It is not insulting to me at all. To me, lala is a nice dish of clams cooked in sambal sauce.

I wore a tank top and my red skirt on my second day, with flat slippers. How is that "ah lian"? Looks rather beach-like to me. But that is not the point.

In Singapore, if an ah lian walks up to me and asked me politely for directions, I WILL NOT BE RUDE TO HER. Neither will the bulk of our citizens, I think.

Intolerance for other people ... I wonder if that is supposed to be a good thing? You guys made it sound like it is actually ok to be so unreasonable and expect everyone to dress and act like your culture - or look down, molest, and cheat the person.

When it is stated I was cheated because it was obvious I was a tourist, well, let me just tell you all that I spoke in CANTONESE there. I was so "local", that one shop-keeper in Petaling said loudly to his colleague "pun de yan" (or ben di ren meaning local) when I said his goods are expensive, and proceeded to wave me aside insignificantly because they don't serve locals and tourists fork out far more dough.

What do you have to say about that? Local enough for you?

My last point is about the fact that most people presume that I cannot learn to appreciate the beauty of less developed cities just because I am from prim and proper Singapore.

That is not true. I loved Bangkok. It is also BIG, also WILD, but I loved it, and I survived it. The guys I met there are not obscene, the people were really polite, and these were in the tourist spots. What gives?

I did not go to KL with a mind set to compare it to Singapore and criticise it. I don't think I did either. I went there to have fun, and trust me, I wanted to enjoy myself and write a lovely post about how much I love Malaysia. But fact remains I got molested, I got cheated, and I was terribly treated. So how? Am I still supposed to pretend I like it, eh, so that I can be "sensitive" to KL people's feelings?

Manicured nails, putting on make-up and perhaps - if you want to pick on it - the liking of the colour pink, doesn't mean that I am the ditsy bimbo you think I am. I rather think I am quite the gung-ho girl. (I survived Bintan without hot water, aircon, nor electricity after 6am and I thoroughly enjoyed the outward-bound kind of adventure)

As I said, my expectations of the place stemmed from the fact that things there were expensive. If I am expected to tolerate back-wardness, then personally - and you don't have to agree with me - I think a general price difference will be good to patch that up. KL (FROM WHAT I WITNESSED), unfortunately, is expensive, yet comes with the inconveniences and problems of less developed cities.

I don't feel a need to defend myself any further.

I just think, whether I am expecting too much, ditsy, stupid, unprepared, narrow-minded or not, it doesn't matter. It maintains, that all I experienced was TRUE, and like it or not, I'm going to say it.

Yes, I know Malaysians love their country and will not like others to insult it (esp so close to National Day). I won't like it too if people kept harping on Singapore's bad points. (Kenny pointed out a specific post actually)

But if someone were to come here, and complain on his blog that we are boring, we are too clean, we are too regulated, our TP is fucked up, our media is fucked up and we are too small and expensive ... I'll be lan lan. Coz it is true we are like that. I can perhaps say there are places in Singapore not like that, but what more can I say? It is the person's experiences and opinions what. Not like I can change it anyway.

So yes. I am supposed to be an open-minded tourist? How about you be an open-minded blog reader too and try to handle the truth?

Maybe I should change my statement a bit too. KL doesn't suck. The PARTS OF KL I EXPERIENCED SUCKED. True story.

Oh and also. In case your anger comes from the fact that I have the ability to change people's opinions and thus I am making people hate KL, I SHALL HEREBY STATE IT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION, and please, don't just trust my words on it. I may be warped. Go to KL and see it for yourself.

There. Happy?

I will not allow comments because lest Singaporeans start to agree or diss Malaysia, it will be my fault again because I put a gun in their mouths and garnered all these Singaporeans together to go against Malaysians in one united lemmings-like action that only popular bloggers like me exploit. *roll eyes*

O'BSERVATIONS: "THE EMPTY CHILD"/"THE DOCTOR DANCES"

While watching the 1/2 season finale for 'Monk' last night, I began formulating an essay idea regarding kid actors playing established, older characters. And I suddenly had a revelation regarding 'Doctor Who' and these two episodes in regards to one of the most popular recurring characters in the series.

I'll work it up and share it soon in a separate post......
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When the Doctor reveals that he likes bananas ("a great source for potassium"), he wasn't being facetious.

In 'The Two Doctors', the sixth incarnation of the Doctor was carrying a banana around in the pocket of that god-awful tatter-scrap jacket.
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Russell T. Davies certainly likes the name "Harkness". In two previous series for which he was the creator and/or writer, he also had characters by that name.

In 'The Grand', Susan Hampshire played an aging prostitute just after World War I at a hotel in Manchester - the same city where RTD's 'QAF' later took place.

The prostitute's name was Esme Harkness. And over forty years later, there was an Esme Harkness living in 'Century Falls' with her sister and her mother. Guess what? RTD wrote that spooky children's series as well.

This Esme was probably named after the prostitute, who might have been an auntie.
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A central location for the action in these episodes was St. Albion's Hospital, which was the same place where the pig alien was brought in "Aliens Of London".

There was something of a circular enclosure to the stories of this season of 'Doctor Who' - characters, themes, locations.... all kept coming back around in the Doctor's travels with Rose. And I don't think it all could be linked to the mystery surrounding the phrase "Bad Wolf".

I wonder if the hospital will re-surface in next season's episodes with David Tennant?
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With these episodes, the new series certainly put the lie to the idea that 'Doctor Who' was a "children's show". Themes are brought up in the episodes that would probably be more at home on American TV after 10 pm, let alone that stupid "Family Viewing Hour" concept.

I've always envied the sophisticated attitude to be found in British TV, since the 'Monty Python' days. I just hope it doesn't prove to be the sticking point in bringing this series over to the American airwaves!

BCnU!
Tele-Toby

TIP O' THE HAT SQUAD: BROCK PETERS

TV SERIES
"Aaahh!!! Real Monsters" (1994) TV Series (voice) .... The Snorch (Voicebox Translater)
"Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron" (1993) TV Series (voice) .... Dark Kat
"Pirates of Darkwater" (1991) TV Series (voice) .... Bloth
"Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1990) TV Series (voice) .... Additional Voices
"Gravedale High" (1990) TV Series (voice) .... Boneyard
"Wildfire" (1986) TV Series (voice) .... Additional Voices
"Galtar and the Golden Lance" (1985) TV Series (voice) .... Tormack
"Challenge of the GoBots" (1984) TV Series (voice) .... General Newcastle
"This Is the Life" (1983) TV Series
"The Young and the Restless" (1973) TV Series .... Frank Lewis (1982-1989)
"As the World Turns" (1956) TV Series .... Dr. Bellows #1 (1966)

TV MOVIES
The Locket (2002) (TV) .... Henry McCord
10,000 Black Men Named George (2002) (TV) .... Leon Frey
An Element of Truth (1995) (TV)
Cosmic Slop (1994) (TV) .... Minister Coombs (segment "Space Traders")
The Secret (1992) (TV) .... Thurgood 'Uncle T.' Carver III
Highway Heartbreaker (1992) (TV) .... Bert Quinn
You Must Remember This (1992) (TV) .... Gus
The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) (TV) .... David Motubu
Polly (1989) (TV) .... Mr. Pendergast
To Heal a Nation (1988) (TV) .... Paul Turner
Broken Angel (1988) (TV) .... Sergeant Mercurio
A Caribbean Mystery (1983) (TV) .... Dr. Graham
Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982) (TV)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981) (TV) .... Jim
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979) (TV) .... Joe
A Bond of Iron (1979) (TV)
SST: Death Flight (1977) (TV) .... Dr. Ralph Therman
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972) (TV) .... Berdahl

TV MINI-SERIES
"Barone, Il" (1996) (mini) TV Series .... Le roi Aschwinda
"Roots: The Next Generations" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Ab Decker
"Black Beauty" (1978/I) (mini) TV Series .... Mr. Carmichael
"Seventh Avenue" (1977) (mini) TV Series .... Sgt. Rollins

TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Static Shock" playing "Morris Grant/Soul Power" (voice) in episode: "Blast from the Past" (episode # 3.15) 21 June 2003
"Samurai Jack" playing "Lazzor" (voice) in episode: "Jack, the Woolies, and the Chritchellites" (episode # 1.4) 13 August 2001
"The Wild Thornberrys" playing "Jomo" (voice) in episode: "Forget Me Not" (episode # 2.27) 24 February 2000
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" playing "Joseph Sisko"
in episode: "Shadows and Symbols" (episode # 7.2) 7 October 1998
in episode: "Image in the Sand" (episode # 7.1) 30 September 1998
in episode: "Far Beyond the Stars" (episode # 6.13) 11 February 1998
in episode: "A Time to Stand" (episode # 6.1) 29 September 1997
in episode: "Paradise Lost" (episode # 4.12) 8 January 1996
in episode: "Homefront" (episode # 4.11) 1 January 1996
"Spicy City" playing "Bird" (voice) in episode: "Raven's Revenge" (episode # 1.6) 22 August 1997
"The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" playing "The Shaman" (voice) in episode: "Dark Sentinel" (episode # 2.15) 10 February 1997
"The Pretender" playing "Henry Cockran" in episode: "Prison Story" (episode # 1.12) 1 February 1997
"The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" playing "Masai" (voice) in episode: "Ndovu's Last Journey" (episode # 1.5) 30 August 1996
"The Commish" playing "Abraham" in episode: "Born in the USA" (episode # 4.4) 15 October 1994
"Batman" playing "Lucius Fox" (voice)
in episode: "Feat of Clay: Part 2" (episode # 1.5) 9 September 1992
in episode: "Feat of Clay: Part 1" (episode # 1.4) 8 September 1992
"Cagney & Lacey" playing "Mr. Higgins" in episode: "Ahead of the Game" (episode # 6.14) 2 February 1987
"Murder, She Wrote" playing "Thornton Bentley" in episode: "Trial by Error" (episode # 2.13) 12 January 1986
"Magnum, P.I." playing "President Kole" in episode: "Old Acquaintance" (episode # 6.2) 3 October 1985
"Faerie Tale Theatre" playing "Ogre" in episode: "Puss in Boots" (episode # 4.6) 9 September 1985
"Battlestar Galactica" playing "Chief Opposer Solon" in episode: "Murder on the Rising Star" (episode # 1.18) 19 February 1979
"Quincy" playing "Dr. Matthews" in episode: "Death by Good Intentions" (episode # 4.4) 26 October 1978
"The Bionic Woman" playing "Jack Stratton" in episode: "Which One Is Jaime?" (episode # 3.18) 25 February 1978
"Police Story" playing "Sergeant Bagney"
in episode: "Odyssey of Death: Part 2" (episode # 3.15) 16 January 1976
in episode: "Odyssey of Death: Part 1" (episode # 3.14) 9 January 1976
"Baretta" in episode: "Photography by John Doe" (episode # 2.7) 22 October 1975
"Medical Center" playing "James Rosemont" in episode: "If Mine Eye Offends Me" (episode # 6.20) 24 February 1975

"Baretta" playing "Shockley" in episode: "Woman in the Harbor" (episode # 1.3) 31 January 1975
"McCloud" playing "DDT" in episode: "The Concrete Jungle Caper" (episode # 5.5) 24 November 1974
"The Streets of San Francisco" playing "Jacob Willis/Earl Barnes" in episode: "Jacob's Boy" (episode # 3.7) 24 October 1974
"Gunsmoke" playing "Jesse Dillard" in episode: "Jesse/II" (episode # 18.22) 19 February 1973
"O'Hara, U.S. Treasury" playing "Jess Florian" in episode: "Operation: Rake-Off" (episode # 1.19) 11 February 1972
"Night Gallery" playing "Logoda" in episode: "Logoda's Heads" (episode # 2.42) 29 December 1971
"The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" playing "John Goodman" in episode: "Glass Cage" (episode # 3.6) 5 December 1971
"Longstreet" playing "Danny" in episode: "Elegy in Brass" (episode # 1.5) 14 October 1971
"The Virginian" playing "Ivers" in episode: "Crooked Corner" (episode # 9.7) 28 October 1970
"Mannix" playing "Sonny Carter" in episode: "Time Out of Mind" (episode # 4.3) 3 October 1970
"Gunsmoke" playing "Cato" in episode: "The Good Samaritans" (episode # 14.24) 10 March 1969
"The Outcasts" playing "Ben Pritchard" in episode: "Act of Faith" (episode # 1.16) 10 February 1969
"It Takes a Thief" in episode: "To Catch a Roaring Lion" (episode # 2.12) 31 December 1968
"Judd for the Defense" playing "Jessie Aarons" in episode: "Commitment" (episode # 1.12) 1 December 1967
"Mission: Impossible" playing "Walter DuBruis" in episode: "The Money Machine" (episode # 2.8) 29 October 1967
"Run for Your Life" playing "Lieutenant Wallace" in episode: "Night Train From Chicago" (episode # 1.27) 11 April 1966
"The Trials of O'Brien" playing "Isadore Jaconey" in episode: "The Only Game in Town" (episode # 1.22) 18 March 1966
"The Loner" playing "Lemuel Stove" in episode: "The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove" (episode # 1.10) 20 November 1965
"Rawhide" playing "Phinn" in episode: "The Spanish Camp" (episode # 7.28) 7 May 1965
"Daniel Boone" playing "Pompey" in episode: "Pompey" (episode # 1.10) 10 December 1964
"The Nurses" playing "Fox" in episode: "The Family Resemblance" (episode # 3.8) 17 November 1964
[Could this be Toobworld's Lucius Fox, as seen in the Tooniverse 'Batman'?]
"The Eleventh Hour" playing "Dennis Packsey" in episode: "Who Is to Say the Battle Is to Be Fought?" (episode # 2.24) 11 March 1964
"The Great Adventure" playing "Joe Bailey" in episode: "Go Down, Moses" (episode # 1.6) 1 November 1963
"Sam Benedict" playing "Frank Elton" in episode: "Accomplice" (episode # 1.25) 9 March 1963
"Adventures in Paradise" playing "Nicholas" in episode: "Walk Through the Night" (episode # 1.16) 25 January 1960

TV RELATED APPEARANCES
Star Trek: Starfleet Command III (2002) (VG) (voice) .... General Mi'Qogh
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) (voice) .... Jomo
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) .... Adm. Cartwright
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) .... Adm. Cartwright

TV CROSSOVER ALERT!
"Judd for the Defense" playing "Marcel Nburo" in episode: "The Law and Order Blues: Part 2" (episode # 2.17) 31 January 1969
"Felony Squad" playing "Marcel Nburo" in episode: "The Law and Order Blues" (episode # 3.17) 15 January 1969

BCnU.....
Tele-Toby

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD REDUX

Terry Gilliam's new movie, "The Brothers Grimm" opens today in theatres, and almost in connection to that, NY Daily News TV critic David Bianculli came up with a suggestion for a remake of 'Faerie Tale Theatre' which ran on Showtime back in the mid-1980s.

It's a fun, viable idea and he has some great ideas for recasting the old scripts. Of course, it would have to be relegated to Earth Prime-Time Delay, as the main Toobworld would already house the original series.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/ent_radio/story/340621p-290834c.html

BCnU!

Tele-Toby

OH MY GOD!

This deserves a post by itself! Making my day, I present to you...

This.

Freshly done up trailer for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire!! I kept having goosebumps as I see the trailer done for - I'm sure - the greatest movie because it is about the greatest book! My absolute fav, after Half-Blood Prince that is, and it only lost by a wee bit. *contented smile*

In this we see Cho Chang (disappointing), Cedric Diggory (handsome), Fleur (looks too normal), our favourite (I don't care if she is not your favourite, she is mine anyway) Hermione looking so pretty dancing with Viktor Krum, and even a glimpse of MAD-EYE MOODY!

WOOHOO! So exciting! I know it is gonna be so great! The merpeople! The dragons! The dark graveyard ... and Voldemort coming to life finally... OH MY GOODNESS I AM GETTING INCONTINENCE!!!

My god I am one excited girl. I cannot wait! I even want to see Ron's new long hair!

Oh this one is some time ago, but you also can watch this shorter, earlier trailer here. I think it is not as nice but you can see Madame Maxime, and the front part where the 3 kids grow up made me have so much goosebumps. So nostalgic. In future, we tell our kids we were there, during the Harry Potter phenomenon. =)

In case you ever read this Rowling, you are my inspiration and thank you so much for all the magic you brought to my life.

CROSSOVER OF THE WEEK: "THE DOCTOR DANCES"

'Doctor Who' is back on Earth!

Fifteen years after the last regular episode, six years after the one TV movie for the Eighth Doctor, we've had a full series of thirteen episodes featuring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Incarnation.

The final episode for this year has aired, signaling the end of Eccleston's tenure and marking the debut of David Tennant in the role.

And so to celebrate, most of my essays and all of the Crossovers will be dedicated to the Doctor for the rest of the summer.

Be forewarned: In my essays during this summer salute to 'Doctor Who', there will be spoilers for each of the episodes, especially in regard to summaries.....

Location: London, England
Date: 1941
Enemy: The Empty Child

London, 1941, at the height of the Blitz. A mysterious cylinder is being guarded by the army, while homeless children, living on the bomb-sites, are being terrorized by an unearthly child.

A mauve cylinder hurtles through space and Time with the TARDIS in hot pursuit (literally -- the Doctor burns his hand on the overheating console). According to the Doctor, mauve is the universally recognized code for danger; humans use red, but the rest of the Universe thinks that's camp. The Doctor has hacked into the cylinder's flight computer and is following it, but the cylinder is jumping time tracks, making it difficult to lock onto. Whatever it is, it's dangerous and it's 30 seconds away from crashing down in the center of London...
[Thanks to The Doctor Who Reference Guide]

CROSSOVER OF THE WEEK
'DOCTOR WHO' - "THE DOCTOR DANCES"
&
'TIME TUNNEL', 'TIME TRAX', '7 DAYS', 'TIMECOP',

'STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE', & 'STAR TREK: VOYAGER'

Majestic 12, the secret commission formed to fight off a hostile alien takeover of Earth by the Hive, was the nucleus of the shadow government that truly ran the United States government. It's true that some of the members of their "Black Ops" inner circle had gone rogue (either to serve their own ends or the commands of other powers). But for the most part, this consortium truly believed they were doing the right thing when it came to their fight to stave off alien threats.

However, I believe that when it came to dealing with Mankind's burgeoning advancements into one particular area of scientific research - Time Travel - the shadow government allowed themselves to be swayed by an outside alien influence.

By the Time Lords of Gallifrey.

The Gallifreyans had already interfered in the exploration of time travel by humans when they sabotaged the 'Time Tunnel' experiment beneath the deserts of Arizona. Not that they had to do too much in order for the equipment to fail. I think the basis for the project had been the initial research conducted by Professor Periwinkle of Metropolis. (Most of his experiments were flawed, anyway.)

The shadow government probably had to wait until after Superman's death by radioactive Kryptonite dust poisoning in the early 1960s (after saving two Chicago gangsters at a Nevada A-bomb test site) before they could seize Periwinkle's time machine prototype which he kept disguised as a toolbox.

But the Time Lords must have convinced the team headed by General Heywood Kirk that despite the well-meaning attempts by scientists Doug Phillips and Tony Newman, the events of History must not be rewritten - not one line!

(The fates of Phillips and Newman are unknown, but I think there was at least one Gallifreyan Time Lord who was able to pluck them out of the time-stream and then deposit them where they could no longer be a threat to the Timeline.

They may not have believed or understood it, but such an imposed sentence probably saved their lives. Once Majestic 12 understood the threat to Time posed by the duo, the "Men In Black" would have had no qualms in killing them. Because even though they were presented even though they were presented as heroes, Doug and Tony were idealists who believed History should be altered, despite the ramifications. And such men are too dangerous to be allowed to continue.)

But as the world had seen with the atom bomb, research and development of time travel devices could not be kept under tight control. Majestic 12 tried to shut down the Quantum Leap project in New Mexico by cutting off its funding, but scientist Dr. Sam Becket would not be deterred. Before the project could be properly tested, Becket stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished.

Becket never did come home; instead he kept leaping from life to life, making right what once went wrong.

And this must have really pissed off those in charge at Majestic 12, because some of those "wrongs" which Becket righted - assassinations, manipulated business reversals, various "accidents", - had been approved by and engineered by Majestic 12. And they didn't think those events had gone wrong in the first place!

Even with Operation Backstep, over which they held tight control, Majestic 12 came to realize that the use of time travel had to be strictly monitored and enforced. Plus, the experimental use of temporal technology often unleashed energies which created rogue wormholes.

(Somewhere in the Old West in the territory of New Mexico, not far from the future site of the Quantum Leap project, such a wormhole brought 1847 pioneer Christian Horn "A Hundred Yards Over The Rim"... and over one hundred years into the future. Horn was able to bring back medicines to save his son in the past, and that was a good thing as his son would grow up to play an important role in History.

But such a temporal anomaly could also create havoc, as when a "Little Black Bag" full of futuristic medical marvels fell into the hands of two bums in the early 1970s.)

Thanks to the input by members of UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) who had experience with the Gallifreyans and time travel, the Temporal Enforcement Commission was created by the dawn of the new millennium.
Although Frank Bach, the Cigarette Smoking Man, and Deep Throat were all dead, other members of Majestic 12 may have been involved with the formation of the Temporal Enforcement Commission.

Others who were probably founding members might have been:
Admiral Al Calavicci
Brigadier General Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
Dr. Raymond Swan
Dr. Ann McGregor
Bradley Talmadge
Dr. Isaac Mentnor
Professor "Reg" Chronotis

Those who enforced the rules of the Commission would be known by the slang term 'Timecop'. One of the more famous chrono-criminals in their Rogues Gallery would have been Dr. Mordechai Sahmbi, a futuristic Fabian Lavendor who helped other criminals to escape into the past of the 1990s.

The principles to which they adhered would become the basis for the charter governing the "Temporal Prime Directive" in the future. As it is delineated by the 24th Century, "the Temporal Prime Directive is a fundamental principle guiding Starfleet. The regulation states that all Starfleet officers are forbidden to directly interfere with history and thus alter the timeline.

Unlike the Prime Directive, however, Starfleet time travelers are further charged with a duty to maintain the current timeline and prevent history from being altered. The events of the Temporal Cold War may suggest that the regulation has been rescinded, at least temporarily, by the 31st century.

However, the human faction in the Temporal Cold War is dedicated primarily to keeping the timeline intact and preventing the other factions from fiddling with it, which would be completely in keeping with the Temporal Prime Directive."
[thanks to Memory-Alpha.org]

By the 24th Century, a 'Timecop' would be working for the Department of Temporal Investigations, under the mantle of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets. (No doubt other planets had also begun their explorations into time travel.)

"The Department of Temporal Investigations is... mandated with investigating and reporting on all incidents of time travel involving Federation citizens or otherwise affecting the UFP."
[from Memory-Alpha.org]

One of their cases occurred in 2373, when there was a temporal incursion resulting from an assassination attempt against the James T. Kirk in the year 2268. Temporal Investigations agents later concluded that the crew of the 'Deep Space Nine' station had acted appropriately in attempting to uphold the Temporal Prime Directive.

If the Gallifreyans were still around and still involved in guiding these newbies in time travel, they certainly had their work cut out for them! That's why the Temporal Displacement Policy was such an integral part of the curriculum at the Starfleet Academy for all students (and most likely taught by a Gallifreyan instructor - maybe even Professor Urban Chronotis himself, under some new alias.)

By the 29th Century, the Temporal Integrity Commission was the governing body which ultimately decided any questions regarding the use of time travel in the UFP. They were the ones who forced the starship Voyager to not only leave 1996 and return to the future, but also to go back to their point of departure: the distant reaches of the Delta Quadrant. It may have been a harsh verdict, but it was the only way to maintain the integrity of Time.

So far, we don't know by what name the organization that polices the time-stream is known in the 51st Century, but we do know the Timecops are referred to as Time Agents. So far as we know, we've met one - Captain Jack Harkness.

But as the Time Agents wiped out two years of his memory, Captain Jack isn't too eager to deal with them again... unless it's for revenge.

Shows cited for this essay:
'Doctor Who'
'Star Trek'
'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'
'Star Trek: Voyager'
'Enterprise'
'The Time Tunnel'
'Timecop'
'Dark Skies'
'Quantum Leap'
'7 Days'
'The Adventures Of Superman'
'The X-Files'
'The Twilight Zone'
'The Night Gallery'
'The Wild, Wild West'
'Crime Story'

BCnU!
Tele-Toby

FIRST DOWN

Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Making my fall premiere......
Well, here I am.... have no idea what that Shoe Hand has pushed me into, but let's see what may be on the horizon for this new attempt at a web presence for Toobworld........
I'll just be getting my feet wet right now, dipping the toes actually. I'll see later what I might come up with for content.
posted by Toby @ 8:43 AM


One year ago today, that kid-havin' kid Sean Cleary spurred me to re-establish my online presence as a televisiologist (or to put it more plainly, a TV nutjob).

It came along at just the right time in my life, as I was still grieving over the loss of my cat, Tigli Oddfoot, after 20 years of companionship. So this gave me something to take my mind off her for a while.....

Previously, I had been running my Tubeworld Dynamic website for five years... until AOL disabled AOLPress, one of the easeiest programs I think there could ever be for creating web pages.

So I went back to work on my Toobworld novel until I figured it was time to try again in preaching my particular madness in cyber-space. Trying to come up with something daily has been a lot less work than setting up the monthly edition of the old TwD ever was and so I've been enjoying it immensely.

And it's given me plenty of material to use in a new project, sort of a field guide to the TV Universe that goes far beyond just crossovers and spin-offs.

So hopefully I'll be around for a long-time to come with more of this bleep as I try to splain away the discrepancies of the TV Universe.

I also want to say thanks to readers like Hugh D, "Markhael", Jaia, and "Words Say Nothing". They help me to "right what once went wrong".

And with my Swiss-cheese memory, they need to do that often!

Also, thanks to visitors like Lee Goldberg and Bryce Zabel, whov'e been a big boost to my ego!

As sort of an anniversary gift to myself, I just picked up a few TV DVD boxed sets for my growing collection.

I went in hoping to pick up the 'McCloud' set... for research into the tele-version of the Edison Hotel.

But instead I got:

'Combat!' - Season 1, Campaign 1
'The Muppet Show' - Season 1
'At Last The 1948 Show' (one of the predecessors to 'Monty Python's Flying Circus')
and
'Hit Celebrity TV Commercials' (It just sounds soooo bad.....)

Thanks for visiting. Come back often. AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

BCnU!
Tele-Toby

I'm watching Project Superstar! I don't watch TV very often, but I heard Shuyin tell me that Weilian's (the male winner, who is blind) singing made Quan Yi Feng cry, and I was like "Wah lau, so kua zhang, that Quan Yi Feng acting only lah..."

Then later I also heard that he won for the male category, and unfortunately, my first thought was a doubt of - brace yourself, this is a bit mean - whether it has to do with some amount of pity for his handicap.

And then I watched his performance today and all doubts vanished. HIS SINGING IS SO NICE! Omg... It is really the sort which can move you to tears. TAI HAO TING LE!!! *claps*

Then I was happily watching the program, and then I thought, wah shiok lah these guys, now that they are semi-famous, they can all bunch together and hang out at Zouk's members or something... Act all atas and being in the right crowd, holding a vodka in one hand, a ciggie in the other... Then girls will ogle at them and whisper,"Psst, that guy is from Project Superstar right?" and they will all have a lot of sex!

:D

Actually I'm not sure if the Chinese-speaking community is like that but the English ones certainly are.

Speaking from experience lah... I mean, look at past reality show participants like Mark Zee, erm, I don't know, Singapore Idol people? Mark was seen EVERYWHERE after that damned show! What do you mean not everyone likes to be in the limelight and act all superficial and PR, and not everyone is as sex-crazy as me? Nonsense. People who join reality shows possibly all love attention - a visit to clubs and their VIP areas will confirm that. As for sex ... heehee... EVERYBODY LOVES IT! (when done with the right person lah)

I'm sure Taufik is getting far more sex now than before he got famous! Yippee for TV!

But then I realised that Weilian, being blind, possibly cannot enjoy that sort of aftermath, because I don't think he goes clubbing, gets dead drunk, take drugs, nor drives a sports car (or whatever glamourous things famous people do).

Quite sad (for him that is) to not be able to enjoy these perks (VIP treatments and all), but at the same time, it is also nice to know that he will not lead that sort of lifestyle I suppose? Depending on the final results, he will either go back to being a normal guy or being a full-time singer.

Guess we won't we seeing you at Zouk hitting on chicks Weilian. It possibly also means you won't turn into a self-righteous jerk, which is nice. =)

Something tells me...

That my currently dozing brother is not really studying for his PSLE prelims.

KL pretty much sucked

Warning: A CRAZY AMOUNT OF PHOTOS! It is so much, it will suck up all the bandwidth in the world, leaving a void meaningless black hole behind. Escape now if you are one of those backward people with limited bandwidth per month!

Let's snigger at those backward people now since they are gone. =D TEEHEEHEE SO LOUSY. Nowadays there are still people using a 56K MODEM?!

Well about the trip. I think KL sucks. It sucked because of the bloody KL-ians (Kenny say I cannot assume all Malaysians are like that and Kuching people are not like that so I cannot use the word Malaysians) are a bunch of rude, uncivilised, ti ko (for men) and worst of all, DISHONEST people. Well, at least those I saw anyway. I've never seen a city of citizens so fucking horrible before. Is it only the sale stuff who are like that? I certainly hope so. The Malaysians I know are certainly not so bad.

The KL taxi drivers are the worst. I FUCKING HATE THEM. They are so dishonest!

Once they know you are not a local, they bloody cheat your money by stating ridiculous prices for cab fares. And I am the sort who CAN haggle. Get this: A trip around the distance of Orchard to maybe Newton... They have the fucking cheek to charge RM20 you know! That is like 10 sing dollars. THEY CAN KISS MY ASS. Hell I will pay that siao amount of money. Do I have "stupid" printed on my forehead?

Chao cabbies. Singaporean cabbies are angels compared to them. Yes our fees are expensive too, but at least our diesel is not dirt-cheap. Singaporean cabbies earn a decent living and most of them do take you to your destination by the shortest route.

Well, I took a rare honest cab to Petaling Street from the hotel, and it was RM3.60, going by meter. When I wanted to go back, the cabbie charged me RM20! CHAO AH KUA! I am so ANGRY! When I said he is being siao, you know what he did?

HE SCOLDED ME SOMEMORE OK? I said RM5 to go back, he say I am out of my mind. When I said the meter only stated RM3.60 when I came, he scolded me and said it is impossible. SO I DREAMT IT IS IT?

And he refused to drive me. You know why? COZ OF FUCKING STUPID TOURISTS ALL KENA CHEATED BY CAB DRIVERS WILLINGLY. They don't need the business of the locals or the smart tourists! Hate stupid people.

In the end, I managed to find a cab going by meter. WAH HE DAMN SHIOK! There was no jam, and the trip back cost RM9.60! Very smart ah, bring me around the city right?

I HATE YOU KL CABBIES!!! They are so evil!

KL sucked also because the things there are not cheap. Unlike HongKong or Thailand where price are so low they rock your socks, KL is almost the same price as Singapore. Even in Petaling street where things are supposed to be cheap, they are not.

A fake branded bag costs... $50 sing? And you know what? It is not even the AAA grade kind Shen Zhen sells. You can get a bag in Shen Zhen for S$20, and it is of SO MUCH BETTER QUALITY. Once again, these B-grade luxury goods sellers thrive on the naiveness of tourists. Damn.

Ok let's continue with the photos, I'll complain more as we go along.

Shuyin stayed overnight at my place and we boarded the coach at 8am.



Whose passport is she looking at?! LET ME SEE!



It's Idris'! So cute last time, why now like that ah?



That's me getting comfy on the coach ride there. Shuyin and I only slept 1 hour the night before, and we intend to concuss on the trip. =D


Two of us...


Must wear specs then look like road trip! 8)

Obviously, for the next 4 hours there weren't any photos because I was dozing like a log. Until...

SELAMAT MALAYSIA!



We checked in a Prince's Hotel & Residence (paiseh, it is not Crown Prince, my mistake).


Idris and Shuyin waits while V (Idris' friend who wishes to be anonymous. Sigh, I am recently really kinda irritated by people with such absurd privacy issues) helps do up the admin work. So kind of him to let us all stay for free!

We proceeded to have lunch, where we were shocked to realise that KL's foodcourts were actually MORE EXPENSIVE THAN SINGAPORE'S.


Tuppy with our shared bowl of bleeding prawn dumpling thingy, costing around S$3. A BOWL OF SOUP DAMMIT!


Being the rich tai tai she is, Tuppy is rather upset that LV is closed.


Times Square is very high up! God I am so artistic. Isn't this shot nice?


We settle for dinner after a long shop around Lot 10 and Times Square. Tuppy's and my bangles pile up while Idris stares on in puzzlement of why girls are so troublesome.


We are very tired...

All I bought was a white pair of espadrilles (yay!) and a pair of nice Old English kinda stockings!


Check it out! Times Square has a indoor rollar coaster! Prices are bound to be exorbitant so we didn't even go to that level.

And it is the Monorail to Maharajalela for Petaling street! God I was so excited about that place.


KL monorail is SOLD OUT. Every station is sponsored by a brand and the whole station will be plastered with the brand's ads. Maharajalela (I LOVE THE NAME!)'s is Great Eastern Life.


Tuppy and I with old-school MRT cards!


I love this photo!

From right, Tze Hao, Idris' campmate, Daphne, Tze hao's girlfriend. They look very gleeful ah! When people trying to take candid shot the vain Tuppy go and pose, somemore so act cute one. Sorry ah Idris, I accidentally cut off your face.

After we alighted we still didn't know where the damned street is, so we asked people. This raceless copulator just stared at me (in a rude manner) when I asked him politely! GOT SUCH PEOPLE OR NOT YOU TELL ME! If I got a GIRAFFE with me I surely hit him with the GIRAFFE.

He then walked right past me when I was still asking, and proceeded to periodically glare back at me. What, I killed his mother ah?

Maybe he was an ominous foreboding, because here comes the scum of society:

Welcome to Petaling Street, where if you ain't cheated, you didn't come here yet.


Don't be fooled by the Singapore Pasar Malam disguise, our PM vendors are not that skilled in rudeness and dishonesty yet. Not without ten years of training.


The B-grade imitations. Not worth buying.

Speaking of this fucked up street, girls going there really have to beware. My advice is not to go at all.

Well, I got molested.

This Chinese guy walked past me, delibrately close, and brushed his arm very hard against the diameter of my whole left boob.

I HOPE HE DROPS DEAD AND TWITCHS IN AGONY BEFORE HE DIES, THE LOUSY, MUTHAFUCKING BASTARD!

I don't know why I did that, but instintively I turned back and smacked him hard on his retreating back. I wanted to kick him or pull his collar but I didn't dare at that point in time. Well, I wasn't protected by our local police, and I have no idea how full of justice Malaysians are (I suspect not at all).

My boob felt so dirty after that (although I was wearing a bra and a top). Shuyin had Idris protecting her... Daphne had Tze Hao. I had nobody and I got molested! I am so ke lian! Feel like crying. I also want my boyfriend to protect me from these people leh... It is super irritating that I cannot do anything about him taking advantage of me like that.

As if the molesters are not enough, the vendors are mostly, like 90%, male. They are either young bengs, or bangalas. I don't know if they are really bangalas but they look like they are.

Well these stupid guys are pretty offensive as well. They wolf-whistle, ask for your name, your number, etc, and one even commented (to hearty sniggers among his vendor friends, the cretin)that Tuppy's skirt is very short.

Urgh. Are they stupid or what? Don't they know that if they behave like that clients will just be very turned off?


Tuppy and Tzu Hao buys t-shirts - which are quite cheap.

We had supper! =)


Very nice chendol (S$1.50 - not cheap hor)


Lala! I love lalas. Shuyin also love coz she is lala (labom!) I think this is 6 sing dollars. A bit cheaper.

I am very poor thing coz I can only eat a bit bit as I had that shoot on Tuesday. =( Plus I got molested. Damn that tit still feels gross.

And so we all slept.

Bright shiny day! So long since I last woke up in the morning! KLCC WE COME!!


Woot! No more haze!


KL's fire extinguishers are yellow. So cute! I love the shape of this kinda ... WAIT. This is not a fire extinguisher! SHIT! What is it called??! I suddenly forgot.

Is it water something? Oh dear. Never mind, it shall be called a Fire Kenny for now, because it is shaped like Kenny! Not Sia Kenny, OMG-they-killed-Kenny Kenny lah. Don't you think it looks like? If Kenny were to be life-sized, I imagine it looks like this. =)

And look! It is sprayed yellow AFTER it is planted on the ground!


Singaporean girls on Malaysian land


V said that the Arabs were having some sort of holiday, and so KL was FILLED TO THE BRIM with them! Very funny. They are not hot meh? Even when eating they have to not let down the black mask.

I was very amused by the Arabs smoking shisha. And oh oh! How they do swimming?

Shuyin likes the short guy at the back. She say very handsome.

KLCC is just like Taka. It is so boring, all the big brands are there, being ridiculously priced. I wanted to buy Mac eyeshadows, since Malaysia is supposed to have having some sale, but guess what?

It costs S$26 - more expensive than Singapore's $25.

And I despise Malaysia's "sale". It is miserable and once again, another cheating gimmick. SALE? Give me a break, Malaysia. Have you seen Singapore go on sale before? When we say sale, we mean sale. Like 70% off Mango, 50% off topshop and m)phosis, and even islandwide Watsons 20%.

When Malaysia goes sale, everyone reduces 10%. 10 freaking percent! A GREAT FAT LOAD OF MONEY THAT IS. You want to give 10% for fuck? $10 becomes $9? WOW! How about no? Keep the change, you filthy animal.

KLCC redeemed itself a little bit by having this shop called Girls, where the whole shop is catered to young girls to make them feel like princesses!! It is so lovely; Tuppy and I went crazy.



Check out the amount of pink! If you don't like the things here ladies, you are gay. This shop brings out all of our estrogen!


We are princesses!

Out of pure chance, Tuppy, Daphne and I walked into Nose, a shoe shop.

We just went mad.

ES
PA
DRILLES!!!

OMG OMG OMG! The lovely kind you cannot get in Singapore! Once upon a time VNC used to sell nice, different shoes. Now it is just sold out. Like Charles and Keith. I HATE Charles and Keith.

Their shoes are all almost the same - yawn - kitten heels with a variation of a crossed, plain, or strappy tops. Wow, how totally refreshing! But Singaporean girls, most of them anyway, are boring and consists of shu nus, who totally dig such boring and common heels. Yucks.

Ditto Giordano. Keep it simple and boring, and your apparel is bound to strife in Singapore. Even better, you save on designing costs. I think our boring market is vast enough to tolerate another Baleno/Giordano/Bossini/U2/hangten.

And therefore Singapore's shoes CANNOT MAKE IT. Try to buy a pair nice boots? Or nice wedges? Tough. All you get are heels, heels, heels. The Charles and Keith/URS/VNC kind.

BUT KL HAS TOTALLY FAB SHOES!



Oh my goodness I bought 2 pairs, $24.90 each. Price not VERY cheap (like Thailand's) but it is certainly very reasonable for something you cannot get in Singapore!



Pink and silver! Such lovely colours... I didn't buy it though, because the fit is not so good, and the heel is not high enough for me! The wedge part is also a dusty shade of pink. Nice!


Erm, ok, we all have our embarrassing moments.


This Diesel tee discriminates me.

Back in the hotel, Tuppy and I whore our shoes!!




Nice nice nice! This espadrille, in which mine has a higher wedge than Tuppy's, is actually a lookalike of Marc Jacobs' design. Woot! Only $24 bucks! Tuppy's one is even cheaper.

In case you didn't really get it, I love espadrilles.



Heehee



I bought stripey socks for my masthead photoshoot!


Ah Tup also tries it on


And... DINNER! See how sian Idris and Tup are? HUNGRY PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY PEOPLE!


This restaurant is famous for its shark's fin, which we didn't order coz it is expensive. Minimum RM30 for 1 person.


First dish, oily Kailan!


Second is duck. Disgusting parsley at the side. EEEW. SO smelly.


Tuppy eats it!!! She is really very gross.


Claypot beancurd. I was mortally disappointed because it is not the egg beancurd I wanted. =(


BUTTER PRAWNS!!


THE BUGGER IS REALLY BIG!


Compare it to my fingers put at the side.


We ordered the cheapest fish and it was a bit overcooked, but nice nonetheless.

And V whipped out a surprise cake for Tzehao as it was his birthday! Awww... So sweet right? We all didn't know how he did it.



What is Daphne doing?


The two of them.

I WANT A BOYFRIEND!


Woopie it is all of Tuppy's and my loot!


The things we bought from Girls


We bought glasses from Petaling! (Glasses are cheap there) Tuppy's glasses are super reflective!


Can see my face in her glasses! =D


Haha boh liao


Total amount spent

Notice how we didn't buy any clothes? KL's fashion sucks leh. It is shop after shop of This Fashion at its worst in Petaling:


Would you wear these?


JIAN GUI LE! So freaking hideous!!! SHADE YOUR EYES!

Finally, we go back to Singapore...


Nice photo of Tuppy, with the background artificially blurred to look like an SLR shot.

I am so poor thing! Other people gorge themselves silly at the buffet table, and what do I eat?


Guess.


SIAN! I eat apple! I hate apples.

I must talk about this STUPID LADY. We were on the coach back, and it stopped for a toilet break.

My bladder was bursting, but yet the ladies was full of people queuing up.

Now we all know there are two ways of queuing for toilets.

Either you form one long queue where the next in line goes to the next available toilet, or you queue directly outside a cubicle of your choice.

Now the long queue obviously means people were queuing using the former. THIS CHAO AUNTIE and THIS CHAO MALAY YOUNG GIRL, THEY JUST SKIP THE QUEUE AND GO AND STAND OUTSIDE A CUBICLE LEH!

SO UNCIVILISED RIGHT? Where got such thing one? Other people who came earlier than them are all standing, waiting, and you go cut the queue like that?!

I couldn't take it so I told Daphne to hold my position in the queue and I went to scold the lady.

"Hey, excuse me, can you get back in line or not? Do you know that you are cutting the queue? Everyone else is very urgent too you know?"

Both pua charbors stared at me and then looked back at the front, persisting to stand outside the cubicles.

OMG THEY ARE SO FUCKING RUDE! I presume the both of them cannot understand English but my hand signals were clear enough. But no!

And guess what? The rest of the people started to queue waiting outside cubicles too.

BARBARIANS! If you are so uncivilised, please pee in the bushes outside.

Such things will never happen in Singapore I tell you. Ok not never, but rather unlikely. At least Singaporean aunties will mumble back rudely and then go back to the queue.

Urgh. Annoyed, I stormed out of the toilet and found what I was looking for in 3 seconds. Because I rushed into the ladies, I didn't see the handicapped toilet.

It was EMPTY. AND CLEAN!

HALLELUJAH!

I AM SO CLEVER!

Thank god for Singapore... We are back and some people are walking across the causeway..



In a while we saw our pretty, neat streets, so brightly lit by our clean, working lamps...

I rushed down to Changi Airport to send Wong off (I specially took an earlier bus back for her...)



Changi airport... So clean, so developed, so thoroughly lovely.

But alas. I missed Wong by 15 minutes. Let's not talk about that because I am ready to cry when I think about how I missed the last chance to see her for a year.

Well, I met Ghimz...


Ghimz is disgusted with Malaysian cabbies too

And Ah dong and PY


But at least I am back home. Home, where the toilets' flushes works, our cabbies are honest, our men are not (so openly) lecherous, our roads are not jammed everyday, our bus and MRT brings us everywhere smoothly, our sale staff are generally polite, our food is clean, there is internet access, no stepping on chewing gum, our water can be drunk from the tap, and our govt, although highly controlling... ARE DOING THEIR JOB instead of getting sodomized.


I love meters

In conclusion, I'll possibly not go there again. Thank goodness, because of the good company and my fab shoes, the trip was salvaged. =)

Post-note: Woah woah! Don't get so angry, Malaysians! I've been to Penang, Ipoh, Malacca and JB, and I loved these places. However, KL disappointed me. Do not fault me, for all I did was to write a true-blue account of what happened. And if I didn't like the place, can't I complain on my blog? Popular as it is, it is still an avenue for me to vent my frustrations. =)

By now I know that I have been shopping at the wrong places, and perhaps, KL is not so bad after all? I guess I need a KL tour guide, haha! But what remains true is that the places and people I encountered remain an authentic part of KL, and won't it be good to warn future tourists not to go to such places? They really sucked. So what if part of KL sucks? I'm sure parts of SG sucks too.

So yes Malaysians, if you have advice for Singaporeans going to KL, do write them down, and do not slam Singaporeans for being arrogant and expecting too much. That's irrelevant and making excuses for the lousier parts of KL. Nobody goes to a country and expects to be cheated and molested, right? I don't think I expected too much. And well Malaysians, if you still decide to be rude and uncivilised, just think of the image you are protraying for your own country. Not good at all.

Oh yeah as for the toilet thingy, if there is already a long queue formed, there is no excuse to go queue outside a cubicle and cut everyone's queue. That's plain rude.

Be nice everyone! =)

UPDATE (22/12/2005):

FUCK ALL THE NICETIES.

I have all rights to dislike any place that I choose to dislike.

KL had the chance to make me like it, but sorry, all I saw were terrible things there. Don't trust my words, because I am a stupid tourist. Go there and get cheated, abused, and molested to fully feel the experience. While at that, remember that in all that 3rd world treatment you are getting, you are paying 1st world prices. Whoopee!

Read the irate comments by the angry Malaysians! Very funny indeed. :D

And oh yeah. Don't give me crap like "Don't come to KL then". Damn right I won't. Not after I saw how some of you KL-ites behave.