Under Pressure - Queen circa 1989, starrig the late great Freddy Mercury

      One of my all time favourite songs as a teenager, Under Pressure originally sung by David Bowie and made into a all time hit by Queen. The charisa of the late Freddy Mercury is unmistakable, he has the entire 100,000 crowd at Wembly Stadium eating out of his hand. He could even utter profanities at them and they lapped it all up. One extremely talented man with a mike wields extraordinary soft power. We will never see the likes of him and his kind again.
      Enjoy the song folks.

Kenny Loggins - A Rare Talent with Great Vision

The Mr. Brown Show ; Minister of Ponding

This is the local comedy satirist blogger, Mr. Brown, whose impersonation of a local minister (fictitious of course) strikes a hilarious chord for the hot topics of the day in Singapore. If you are interested in Singapore and Malaysian politics, this videos for you.

Happy Chinese New Year all

Here's wishing all family and friends a happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year of the Dragon !

          At my brother in law's place for lunch today

       Every Chinese New Year for the last 25 years as I recall (1987 or thereabouts), my mother would make  preparations for her entire clan of sisters and only brother to invite them to my house for Chinese New Year. This tradition was stopped last year when my dear mother passed away at the good age of 80 (81 in Chinese terms). So there was no celebration, as with the Chinese custom, there was observance for at least 49 days.  

        This year, our family was invited to my brother in law's house for CNY lunch and later in the evening, my son Noel invited his group of class friends from Sec 4, all young men, to our place for a barbecue and of course, some gambling. So, it was back to meeting of family and friend again.
 
        Lets remember that the bonds of family and friendship are all important in our daily lives, so Chinese NewYear or not, lets set aside time to build the bonds which will be life long lasting.

Enter the (year of) the Dragon ; Sunday 22nd Jan 2012 10.34 pm

      In a few hours time, the Rabbit will go back into his hole and the dragon will make its fiery entrance. What will the year bring, in terms of health, family, business, fortune, luck, weather and relationships ? This movie was the apex of the brilliant career of the martial arts 'king fu' icon Bruce Lee and it was his last movie, when he died of a brain enema after that. Starring Bruce Lee, Linda Miao, Jim Kelly and John Roper, this movie is a must have for all Bruce Lee fans.

     Try to get it downloaded and watch it, for its authentic (no stuntmen) portrayal of the fights. 

SNSD aka Girls Genration - Genie

K Pop groups are BIG - KARA

During my recent family holiday in Japan, during the evenings, after dinner, there is little else to do but watch some TV like the variety channels and sports channels - all in Japanese. So I chanced upon the variety show which featured JPop bands, KPop bands and also Lady Gaga. It dawned upon me that the KPop Bands are really taking the world by storm, with their catchy tunes, too beautiful singers both male and female (I'm not complaining, they're eye candy) and fantastic dance moves. No wonder, during the recent MAMA (Asian MTV awards) all the top Asian MTV prizes went to Korean K Pop groups such as Girls Generation (SNSD) and Super Junior. Don't call me a fuddy duddy just yet, there's still time for me to enjoy the happening from our Northern Neighbours.

Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Britney Spears and Gaga's gang all seem like grandmothers compared to these starlets.

Watch STEP the video and see for yourselves.