GOODBYE SIEMENS...HELLO MOTO!!

Goodbye Siemens or my sweet S65. Thanks for being with me for 2 years. Not that I found new one and I leave you behind.

You know that I picked you as my partner since you were at your S35. You were just coming out and nothing to be fancy interms of looks, colour, and functions compared to your more established counterparts. Besides your friendly sms (to me)you had nothing much to sex me up, the like of Nokia, Sony Ericsson (then Erisson) are more appealing but I decidedly to go with you. You're hot-tempered and always switched me off. After feeding you to your fullest, you went like half a day. I took you to the clinic and only to know I gotta get a backup one to make you last and talk longer. (Short Battery Life)..

Sometimes, if you were not happy you just stalled me even when someone sms-ed me. I just couldn't press any buttons to make you talk. I kept my cool till I had no choice but to go for other brand..

And at S65 I expected you'd become mature.You knew how to dress up and put some colourful makeup. I gave you a second chance despite my friends are saying you are not up to my expectation. Was I wrong sweet heart not listening to my friends. Outlook you look a changed person but deep down, your characteristic did not improve. The battery did not last. My friends were showing off their sexy, sleek Nokia, Samsung shouting how last their batteries. Shame aside I stayed with you 2 years despite you had more added problems than when you were S35. When someone called, your shouted a single ring and went blank. I need to hit ON button and to confirm I wanted to switch you on. I even had to stripped you to get the battery off your ass to start you again. Enough dear.. Bye and good luck.

Hello Moto! my V3..Black baby, don't give me any problem I warn you. You are not the first choice. You know I am getting older and you are a bit too sexy for my liking.
I was eyeing your newer but much simpler sister W220. You have the camera and I can't bring you to a certain places. I gotta leave you with security personnel and I am out of reach. Kindda troublesome.

But the tele-shop made me queued for a couple of hours just to say your sister was out of stock. My old flame Siemens was giving me problem. I had waited for hours and so what to do. I gotta pick you. So be nice ok...
If not... Nokia N95 is crying for my attention. She is sexy with many hot stuffs.You don't believe, go and see yourself @ NOKIA. said to be out in Feb 2007.

Merry X'mas 2006

Merry Christmas! Merry X'mas to all friends and readers all around the globe.

You guys have been great and wishing you all the best of health, wealth and everything else that you wish them come true.
Because of you guys, because of your silent encouragement( you have been reading but left no comment or contact haha), I will continue to rant and rumble here to share what is with me..

Though it is time consuming to come updating but I would like to tell you I will try my best to post whenever I have time knowing you have been coming to this blog.

And I would like to request you guys to leave some comments on whatever things like you agree or disagree or what should I improve and what would you like to read. No hard feeling and I will appreciate it much and maybe we can discuss it. right!

ROBOTIC SEX! ANYONE?

As usual, I leisurely woke up, made a cuppa and a toast, pick up the thick-stack of Saturday Papers to fully enjoy my breakfast and singlehood(you will see this big word over and over agian in this blog haha).

As we are about to close the chapter of the year 2006, the papers filled the columns with all good and bad headlines happened throughout the year and boy! yup, it was a good read.

But I felt weird and disturbed on the these ROBOT things.And so disasterous the way the world is going? A few questions ran through my little brain. Scientists have nothing better to do? Are we going to all-kind-resistant-proof robots to replace human-beings and living creatures to outdo all the calamities of nature?.
Or we mankind are so stressful that we lost all our sexual prowess to satisfy each other needs? I can imagine that a few years down the road we will have a robot that can change the looks, the sex organs, the complexion that we desired. Best of all, robot will detect ones' level of satisfaction and control the rhythm? Is it what we are heading the Mr. Scientists?

In this sequence, I can see less interaction, less cohabitation between human-beings. More single men and women as they don't need each other anymore.Leaving aside those big word like sociology and alike that evolve and involve us mankinds, can you imagine where we are heading to? A planet filled with test-tube babies and robots. In just a few decades, mankinds would become 2nd rated citizen and the robots would take the grand stand.
Instead how I wish the Sirs and Madam, the scientist would with their almighty and talent help to research to prevent the north pole icebergs melting? Research and educate mankind to utilize world minerals wisely? The ozone layer is depleting rapidly. The world temperature is overheating and the sea level is rising and threatening to submerge the world cities. In some parts of the world with 3 extreme seasons in a day. Pouring rain that flood. Thick snowfall that freeze. The heat that causes bushfires. You are the wisers. You are the bright talents. You can influence us and you have the authorities to educate us. Improve the robotic technology to complement and enhance our lives(not to the extent to cohabit or have sex with us)overtake us, please!!!!!!!!

HYPERTROPHY!!!!!

Ahem!!! I don't really know and don't wanna bother to find out what "Hypertrophy" really is...

But I totally agree with the photographer, Wai Teik, in this stance. Asian faces deserve to be shot. It's been some times I observed the scene. Arrr! does that sound I am a guru aha!
A few days ago I uploaded a few ads without much words and asked you guys if anything common in those pictures.

Well I think it's rather obvious. And most of them are the ads from TODAY. And mind you. I took it just from one day. How many Asian and how many Caucasian, pan-asian models ruled the ads?

And sorry if you are rushing to label me a racist or I am biased. You are totally wrong. I might be originated from a very third world society but discrimination is never in my book. I will not go far into this subject but please be clear that writing this post is nothing to do with racist.But just writing what I find odd.
And all these while I thought photographers are somehow responsible in getting Caucasian hunks and babes shot off the press.One after another fashion shoots, magazines covers, pictorials and many more advertising medias.
Sometimes it's really mind boggling just to look at all those ads( trace back my earlier posts). In this Asia metropolitan, the Asia gate-way,the Singapore, the target audience is who? The population, the majorities are Asian.

So, they really make me standing up to go looking around the shops. And I don't really see ang moh ( Caucasian in local dialect)queuing up but the familiar Asian faces are on buying sprees in droves everywhere. Or shall we say this way? Advertisers think we Asian are spendthrift and need no more to lure us? No matter what we will buy and they only need to tickle the deep pocket ang moh? Aha..please tell me....

Another thought runs through my nerves then, that is maybe because we asian think it is a quality products seeing ang moh hunks' and babes' faces on the ads. Or the leading brands leading men and women might be Caucasians or western-educated asain the least, I think.

I am totally with you the advertisers if you say you would like to save some marketing pennies because you are selling Armani and alike. So you just rerun the ads from Italy or the ads that meant for international campaigns.

And I tell you, I stop buying Singapore Version Men's Health, Maxim, Stuff and other seasonal magazines and opt for the US version instead. I find they reprint it locally with local prices. That's all about Singapore Version as the contents, the models featured are hardly Asian.

And if I were a white American tourist I won't bother to buy the Reprint-In-Singapore Magazines either. I bet they do since our magazines do not offer any Asian Spices and beauties. I will throw back to the shelves after browsing it as nothing worthy to bring back home as models are from my home country.

And if I go to Brazil, I wouldn't want to buy a magazines full of Sun Ho, Jolin Tsai, Jay Chou or stars of the orient's photos. I rather pack something back full of native Latino's photos. Something that I never see and something exotic that are not available in Asia.

So Asia, will you still going on like this? So Singapore, we are trying to be a capital city of Asia, The hub of all thing Asia! I thin you overlook this minute area but equally important thing to be truly Asia. Better do something and I am sure you would be rewarded..

I am visualizing how exciting and vibrant the Singapore Model, Fashion scenes would be with fair shares of Pan-Asian, Caucasian Models sashaying down catwalks, shooting the covers along side with Thai Models, Filipino Hunks, Vietnam beauties. Multi-national faces, Multi- talents. Exciting and Happening cosmopolitan Singapore...

(if anyone miss the paper and want to read full articles on Wai Teik's views, please leave a comment or email me seanm_71@hotmail.com and I will mail you a PDF file. But hey till the stock last huh..haha.. till I gotta clear up my memory ok! Cheers!

WHAT IS THIS JAMES?

I put up some cut-off ads from papers and put it on here.

What do you see them in common?

A CUT ABOVE THE REST...

Beloved Singapore announced officially that some social welfare that we are entitled be cut.

Well.. you will argue then why "A Cut Above The Rest"....the title sounds good but the contents not so...!

Of course I felt a pinch just like any other foreigners or so-called expats living here for a couple of years though no immediate impact on myself. I have no school-going children. No aged parent staying with me in Singapore at the moment.

And yes why I say a cut above the rest? Let me say this. I don't know how great the impact my other expats counterparts would have. But my fellow Burmese PRs would be feeling double whammy.. or even triple I would say.......so the cut is deep and the deepest above all other nationalities.

First of all, all Burmese nationalities working here are subjected to double tax though there is official tax treaty and exemption between the 2 nations.

Secondly, many Burmese PR do set up their home here and their children are attending local schools and institutions. Some of the 2nd generation are enjoying and serving national service. And their parents are here to help look after the kids while they are busy at works.

And Burmese in general are keeping themselves low profile and they are less-mentioned in the media. Never mind that every now and then, we are being scrutinized and bombarded by a long yard stick as foreigners breaking locals' rice bowls but we lay low.

We try to integrate and immense in our work places, communities and a number of us become Burmese Singaporean and sing "Marjulah Singapura" along with native Singaporeans. Just like any other Singaporean felt hard to give up Singapore Passports and shouting "dual Citizenship", we, too, need sometimes.

For many reasons, we like Singapore and we thank Singapore and live here. I don't want to say how much we gain, how much we contribute as we will never get a single voice and agreement on this matters. We will always have people who welcome us and likewise who felt we are just here for the steel rice bowl. And how long we live here and how we like it here, at some stage, we felt our home is in Singapore during our home-going breaks. But a las!!! sometimes I felt, we are being forced reminded and reckoned we are foreigners (we may think ourselves very much part of Singapore) and we are not welcome at any price..

I don't really want to write anything about the cut and the division between being Singaporean and Singapore PR. We just want to work primarily for our careers(rice bowls). Paying Income Tax ( hopefully one tax only in the sooner future). I don't really need the whatever packages, shares our landlord Singaporeans are enjoying because that is their right of being Singaporean.

I am thinking of trading my passport but so many distractions every now and then. Like we are from 3rd world and we are cheap labours who driving down wages. While our more fortunate western counterparts are more recognized with just some certificates with extremely over-the-top perks than that of our degrees.. and cutting here and there out 0f our not-so-deep pockets....

I just want to say... well fellow Burmese, better trade-in your passports sooner or just keep yourself healthy and maybe should consider sending your children back home to put them in International School there.. then you can save up some money for your rainy days....

UNIQUELY SINGAPORE....

Aha! you might think I am a staff of STB, Singapore Tourism Board.

Not at all and I wish I were haha....

Upon checkng my letter box, I saw a card from STB that I can send it to my friends overseas. It's a sort of invitation card to visit Singapore and they might win lucky draws.I Check it out and Wow!!! 2 Grand Prizes are attractive enough.

Then I think it's a good idea to post it here for 2 great reasons. 1st thing, I want my readers to win since 60% of them are from overseas. And by sending out this postcard, I am doing sort of National Service for the Country, Singapore, I have been residing for the past decade as a Parmanent Resident.

Hey friends and readers, if you plan to visit Singapore why not do it now and let me send you the cards.Who knows you might be on your way here for free and we could have tea togeter haha.
The Grand Prize is SIA (The best Airline) return tickets for two, 4 days 3 nights hotel stay at The Fullerton Hotel (said to be 6 stars you know), Indochine restaurant and Spa Vochers ( you might have a chance to rub shoulders with who and who of Singapore here), Complimetary Ducktours( this covers you all majar downtown attractions), Hippo Bus Tour and DHL ballon rides( this wil bring you to your royal highness and see the Singapore Skyline).
Wow..Wow..Wow...I feel like going home for a while and could someone send me the card? Do a PR entitle for this lucky draw? haha...
So dear my readers, there is no better time to visit Singapore since your airfares and accomodations are taken care of..your could shop till you drop with your money in this Asia Metro, uniquely Singapore.

Well...leave me your email address if you want to receive the postcard from me. But do it fast, this STB promotion is till 5th Jan 2007 only. That means I will have to send you the cards by 5th Jan 2005.

And I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my readers here in Singapore and abroad. Do visit my little page very often>

COULD I HAVE THIS KISS FOREVER

Hello!..

I have so many things to talk and share. I have so little time.

I am so tired but I don't want to disappoint you guys who come for some new post everyday.
My apology and in appreciation for visiting my little blog, please make do with the song and the lovely photos that a friend email me OK! Kisses......so artistic and lovely..

My two favourite singers, Whitney Houston and Enrique Iglesias and "Could I have this Kiss Forever"? Guys enjoy the sight and the sound! And may you have this kiss forever....

Christmas is just around the corner.. A log cake.... a chocolate and a kiss..would be nice..

I DID IT MY WAY...

What can I say?

Well I can't say anything but Frank Sinatra could! and yes through his song "My Way".

Myself and my friends are still not yet over the news on Malaysia's determination to cane foreign (street)walkers to prevent them sashaying down its metros today China went opposite with "CHINA WAY". Instead they got the prostitutes and their clients do street walking in Shenzen. According to report and China's Xinhua News, police arrested the prostitutes and their clients in a raid earlier. As we could see in the photos, men and women are handcuffed and parading in public. It was said their names,ages and places of origin were read out. Name and Shame! Oh.. no!

It seems to me, Asia is up in arms to crack down on prostitution. I bet this trade would die no matter how hard and how harsh the punishments are! Unless all living creatures stop having sex or the term "SEX" is totally erased from this universe.

Why don't we come to our senses and legalize it since we can't stop it. And deploy the resources to a better use instead of playing hide and seek games with these service providers.

I don't know. Maybe some of you might think that I am regular patron to red parlours. Well.... I know myself well and I am not going to say that I am ultra-innocent sort of guy that never been there. Never do that and sort of like I am a sex addict or something.
Are we going to say again that we are Asian and very cliche things like Asian Value and so on.. Duhhhhh.. I don't believe that we are Asian so that we need less sex or no sex at all????

Malaysia has its way... China does and So do I. ... I would rather legalize it...I don't mean I am encouraging men and women to go into prostitution as an alternative career.. but if you must be in this industry, get a license.. do it.. come for check up.. in a way we could educate them and prevent STDs, AIDS..(of course you would argue "if no such trade, no such disease..!!" But can it be no sex trade?. Can we say, no prostitute, no AIDS"? ahh huh!!! so

What do you say?

WHIP ME UP BEFORE YOU GO....

Malaysia law makers are shouting to whip you up... haha ...fret not..if you are not intending to prostitute yourself up there in KL.
Yup there are proposing that foreign prostitutes be whipped as a deterrent to would-be-prostitutes from entering Malaysia to work in Malaysia..

KL Deputy Minister said over 15,000 foreign women are arrested for prostitution from 2004 to July 2006. And they are said to be on social visit visa and moonlighting during their stay.

And a Parliament man said he met a transvestite from Brunei relocating to KL because the rules n Malaysia is more lenient..I am more curious how did they meet haha..A statesman and a transvestite?

I do wonder whipping these pretty women would deter new comers? Or could that mean Singapore will receive more of this segment of visitors and drive up its tourist headcounts? I do not think it can totally stop the supply if there is a demand.

Well I am not sure about KL sex industry whether it is regulated and one of a kind legitimate business. But I do doubt.

I am not comparing the two rivals nor testifying for Singapore because I am living here. But in this aspect I appreciate how Singapore handle the flesh trade. I am not sure what is the real logic behind making prostitution legal. Who would want to argue that prostitution or bluntly commercial SEX can be killed and totally can be banned like chewing gums? As long as we mankind breathe and eat, BLOOD and hormone still exists within our bodies.....sex will be around and so does the sex industry. Maybe not require for maried ones but the singles? divorced souls? Widows? where do they go? what do they do if they want sex? DIY? or Rape someone? Or seduce one's wife or girl friends? na........ right...So bu putting the flesh trade on the table and keeping watch it can really deter many unwanted stuffs. I don't think I need to elaborate and itemize them. Well done Singapore...

And even in regulated Singapore Sex Industry, there are still illegal prostitution's and sex crimes. The unwanted visitor-cum-street walkers do flock to Singapore as much as they go to KL I am sure. And that's the reson Singapore have to upgrade it Prison Facilities..I am just kidding haha..might not be for this reason.

Yup caning and whipping their buttocks will do some tricks to stop the ladies and the lady boys coming walking KL streets...but I do wonder would it be as effective as KL want it? And How do KL gonna do about it?

MAID IN MAHATTAN vs MAID IN SINGAPORE

What do you want to be if you are in a situation that you could only be a maid and nothing else! Maid in Manhattan? Or in Singapore? I felt bizarre after spotting the following article in The Sunday Times, with bold and highlighted tag, "Wanted : Myanmar Maids - for their gentle nature". Deeply sad at first but soon after the sadness reduced to gladness for the girl and her family back home.

Moment after I found myself wishing the girl in the photo that she could smile throughout her stay here in Singapore. We have been reading it in the news,maids fell to their deaths, being abused and ill-treated. I had some first hand experiences and witnessed how the maid are being treated while renting rooms and staying with some families here.

"Modern Slavery" if I should term it. A couple used to do household chores together and then when the maid arrived things were all changed and especially the attitude of the so-called madam. Since then she never touched any single thing in the house except picking up chop sticks and spoon which the maid prepared on dining tables.

She counted the number of fruits and slices of bread and if she doubted the number was not as tally she would kick up a big fuss. The maid cooked all the food but the family barely left any thing except the onion and tomatoes when they left dining table. So what did the maid eat?

She was the last to sleep (1 am earliest) and the first to get up (5am latest) to prepare for the Sir and Madam before they got off to work never mind if the month-old baby cried whole night long nor she did not get a single nap but breakfast gotta be ready. Do you think she could take a nap while the madam was at work? You might be wrong, the phone rang every half-hour and in between.

Within a month or two, the once not so thin maid became so skinny. She cried in silence. I offered her that she could take any of my food I left in the kitchen freely but she dare not. Do you think I have any motives by doing so? Haha you might have read too much of those hanky panky stories. Mind you! she was as old as my mum. Well... what I wanna say is "the attitude", "I pay you and name you a maid, attitude" It's a kind of a slavery" Of course there are many many kind soul sirs and madams out there that paid for their maids tuition fees and ferried her to her classes. The are employers who treat maids as their next of kins.

The girl in the story, Chaw Su Htwe, is a university graduate according to the report. I don't know who to blame. She should be here as a philosopher or as a university lecturer since she has a degree in Philosophy. Shouldn't she? The answer? well we Burmese know well but not printable here. How I wish I would see "Wanted: Myanmar talents-wanted for their know how,hardworking attitude and expertise instead.

And according to the report, one agency bring in 150 girls from Myanmar every 3 months. The fees, the money they invested in to become a maid is no less than S$ 3,000. And the problems are inevitable and may not be as much as the Indonesian, Indian and the Filipino maids are going through but not less either. But when they need helps to solve their problem, will a certain organization opens its arm I wonder?

My wish sisters..may your lives be as rosy as "Maid in Manhattan" and may your employers be kind...

Look at J-Lo's eyes, beaming and smiling. And how about Chaw Su? She is smiling but there is sadness in her eyes if you look carefully? Who would be happy to be a maid no matter how good the employer? I am not saying that being maid is bad..but things could be better if......

Well, in a year ot 2 she might be able to pay off the loan and have some saving to send to her family. Maybe at that time we could see she is truly smiling..

In "Maid in Manhattan" : J Lo played as a Marisa Ventura, a hard-working, intelligent and determined single mother who dreams of a better life for herself and her son, Ty.Her role as a maid is nothing near as a maid in Singapore but a housekeeper at Manhattan’s first-class Beresford Hotel.

NAKED TRUTH.... BUT

The Straights Times features a series of photos of Myanmar Kids in LIFE, which we used to seeing glamourous shots of celebrities.

Well... yeah anyway it is only right to put those photo here in LIFE so that it highlighted a shocking contrast of the lives of the two different worlds. And they are celebrities in their own way right!..I want to scan and share with you but something's going wrong with the blogger's template so I can't upload the photos. " All in a day's work for kids in Myanmar", It's on Saturday Paper. If the blogger's back to normal, I will upload it.

Anyway I anticipate that when reading the article and looking at the featured photos, we will have different views which derive from different perspectives.

Basically I am sadden to see the children are hard at works while their counterparts from this part of the world would be hitting computer keyboards playing games. Yup hard playing too..

Just how I title this post, it's a nake truth. And I have no intention to hide it neither going to defend if they are make-up photos. It's a common sight, in MYANMAR, to see children across the industries. Not just mending tea shops. You could see them in construction sites. You could see them in motor repairing and washing centres.

So they are ' child labours' we can say. It is a major problem and hair raising issues for developing countries. And even in our neighbouring countries, which awe the world by their sky-rocketing GDP and growth, they are still having problem in this area. But.. the situation in India and China are improving as they are in fast lane in building up their Economy and channelling some money to tackle it. But we? ummm... I don't know.. if I have to say in a manner that is politically correct.

But the children in those photos? it is very unlikely that they are working as hard to make their lives better for all I know.They could barely survive. They are there with no other alternative. They could be the breadwinners of their families. And they are not there on holiday jobs for extra pocket money. And for tea shops' owners, they favour children instead of adults as they have less baggages, less trouble which their elders might bring along. They are more obedient and easy to keep before your eyes. Of course less pay could be a major component in employing them.

I hope the situation could turn around very soon so that the much needed system, to safeguard all these children and put them in school, be in place. But beore that can happen..( would take sometimes)

...May I request the ST reporters to feature some well-fed, over-nourished, Nanny Accompanied kids tossing multi-millions-worth( Myanmar currency)gadgets. I understand it might be very hard to get closer to those kids but worth a try and please show some sense of unity being ASEAN. We are 'one' right... if you just portray all these malnourished kids...I am afraid we might get labelled being " Etiopia of Asia".... I am feeling downwards bad and enough to see kids in Africa suffering..So no second Etiopia..please and the reporters you are responsible..

It is well known we are left far behind in Rising Asia Economy Frenzy for some reasons and it is 'NAKED TRUTH' that so much things are worse beyond your imagination, so please write and feature something pleasant. Dont let ASEAN down I say.....

Cheers and puns not intended..