Long Time No See

It has been ages since I last blogged, and I, for no apparent reason, suddenly feel like writing something on this already-dead blog. Haha, I don't even know if people still visit this blog or do they even know the existence of my blog. Well, whatever it is, I shall try my best, from this day onward, to write regularly on this blog.

So many things have happened over the past few months while I neglected the blog. Life studying in NUS is excruciatingly boring. Life only revolves around studying, sleeping and eating. What a sad and pathetic life I am leading now. I really envy those of my friends who decided to go oversea and study. Seeing the facebook photos and facebook update make me regretted not applying for JPA scholarship. I would be enjoying myself happily in Imperial if I had decided and waited for the JPA application this year.

Anyway, I will be having my Pharmacy Practice practical test tomorrow, and let me tell you, it is the most dreadful and irritating subject that I have taken for my entire life. The practical for this module is insanely ridiculous. Not only do we need to prepare and compound the medication to be dispensed, we also need to make sure that we stick the label on the bottle/ container as straight as possible, with no overlapping. Any misspelled, slanted, crooked, creased, smudged label would cost you valuable marks. I really wonder what is the point of torturing us into doing such mundane and pointless exercises, where in actual practice, all medication would come already labeled, and that no one really care if your label is 5mm slanted from the center line. Having said that, I must say that the medication preparing process is surprisingly interesting. It is just like cooking, haha. The practical will be much more enjoyable if it is not graded, Fortunately, tomorrow practical test would be an open book one, so that we can refer back to what we have done before for the procedures and any other important information. I just hope that this time the marker can be more lenient and not concentrating so much on the aesthetic presentation of the drug. God please don't let the CY to be one of the marker.

I didn't know that complaining about pharmacy practice can be so fun. Haha, I should really do it more often.

That's about it for now, I should probably sleep early today. Let's hope everything would go smoothly tomorrow.

I'm Alive

It has been almost a month since I last posted. I know it was long, but life has just been too boring for me to write about. I was just not in the mood to blog, I guess.

Another reason for my lack of online activity is also due to my stupid stolen wireless connection which keeps on disconnecting over the weeks. It was extremely annoying as I could not download the shows that I want (or going) to watch. Luckily, most of the shows that I have been downloading have reached their season finales, which mean I will have enough time over the next few weeks to finish downloading the rest of the episodes before the new ones come out.

I am feeling rather disappointed right now because I have this awful feeling that I am rejected by Shell. I read from an online forum that some people have already been informed about the second interview. This seriously worries me because, up till now, I still have not heard from Shell. The interviewer told me during mt phone interview last month that they will inform the applicants about their application status by the mid May, irregardless of success or failure. Haiz, I guess I just suck at interviews. I have failed all the interviews that I have attended this year. Luckily, I already have a solid back-up plan, that is the NUS ASEAN undergraduate scholarship. Speaking of this scholarship, I sincerely believe that the selection process is too lax. It seems like everyone who have been awarded the ASEAN pre-U scholarship will automatically get the ASEAN undergraduate scholarship if they applied to NUS.

Last week was the finale of American Idol Season 8 and I was so happy when Kris won. The coronation song this year is No Boundaries, and it was co-written by Kara. The song sounded really horrible when Kris and Adam performed it live during the performance show, but miraculously, a million times better in the studio recording. Everyone should go download the song and listen to it.

I think that I should end this post with this funny video I found on youtube.



Kara's impersonation is the best.

Hectic Week

The past one week has been extremely hectic and tiring. I have not experienced such busy schedule for a very long while ever since A-levels were over. Here, I shall list down the couples of things/events that have happened over the short span of one week.

1. I went for the NUS dentistry Manual Dexterity Test on Monday. It was quite fun and I managed to finish and leave the venue one hour before the time is up (I was not the first one to leave though).

2. Desperate Housewives has finally started airing last week. It was sad to see Edie Britt died, she was such a funny character. Edie, my deepest condolences, you will be deeply missed.

3. My NUS dentistry interview was on last Wednesday and I was screwed. The interviewers were extremely mean to me, totally unexpected since many people have discussed online that the dentistry interviews were easy and the interviewers were nice. I believe the interviewers have the impression that I am one selfish and self-centered bastard who just chose to apply dentistry for the sake pf applying, without understanding fully the work and commitment of a dentist. That is it, goodbye Dentistry.

4. American Idol had a double elimination this week and I was so relieved that Anoop and Lil were cut. The top 5 are now made entirely of white people, without any other ethnic races, could that suggest something?

5. Got a phone call on Saturday morning from my Auntie, informing my family that my grandfather has passed away. He was 88 years old this year and he died peacefully sitting on his favorite chair. No one expected him to die so soon, since he did not suffer from any diseases or illness, except for dementia. I was not really very to him though, but nonetheless, as his son and grandchildren, it was obligatory for us to go back to the Kampung and paid him our last respect. It was really nice and heart-warming seeing all my auntie, uncle and cousins all came back and gather at the Kampung. My family had to leave immediately after the cremation ceremony yesterday because I would be having my scheduled Shell phone interview this morning.

6. I woke up early this morning to prepare myself for the interview. Shell called promptly at 8.30 am. The person interviewing me was a lady. She was very kind and friendly, polar opposites from the snobbish NUS dentistry professor. I had a really good time sharing my experiences and talking to her. No mean and nasty questions were asked. The questions asked mainly focused on my personal experiences with heavy emphasis on teamwork. I was later asked to choose from a list of 4 topics related to the problems facing global companies today and to elaborate on it. I chose the one on global energy need and how company can cope with grwoing energy needs without harming the environment. I felt like I was back to a GP examination, but luckily this was guided, the lady would ask me questions related to the issue and I just need to give my opinions and viewpoints. All in all, I felt rather confident after the interview and I believed I had give in my best. I sure hope that I can make it through to the next round.

That's about it. What a busy and eventful week. I am going to rest now.

Shaheen Jafargholi, 12 Year Old Singer

While I was searching for more Britain's Got Talent videos, I stumbled into this amazing performance by a 12 year old school boy, Shaheen Jafargholi, what a weird name by the way, auditioning for the show. The judges disliked his first song by Amy Winehouse, but were stunned by his second song by Michael Jackson, They even gave a standing ovation to Shaheen. It was nice seeing Simon giving a standing ovation again.



He reminds me of David Archuleta. Haha.

Julian Smith, The Saxophonist

Here is another breath-taking performance from the show Britian's Got Talent. I have never heard a saxophone performance like this. This is absolutely incredible. I almost cried during the performance. Wow!

Heart On My Sleeve

This is Heart On My Sleeve, the brand new single by American Idol Season 7 finalist, Michael Johns. Very nice songs, perhaps one of the best songs released by season 7 contestants. He really suited the genre of soft rock and his vocal fitted the song perfectly. Cannot wait for his album anymore! So exciting.



Amazing song aside, I am currently stuck in a dilemma. Shell just emailed me today, informing me about the details of my interview. There are two options available, face-to-face interview or phone interview. I atorn between the two choices. Should I go for the face-to-face interview held in KL, where I am able to demonstrate my confidence and fast-thinking on the spot directly to the interviewer, or should I stay at home and accept the phone interview, where I can refer to some notes openly when I encounter difficult questions? Both have it's own advantages and disadvantages, and I wonder which of them would allow me to leave a better impression on the interviewers. Phone interview is new to me, and I wonder if I could withstand 45 minutes of speaking nonstop over the phone. It would also be weird being interviewed at home, where your siblings or family can hear you answering to the interviewer. The face-to-face interview, on the other hand, will be held in KL, in a some place near Damansara (which I have absolutely no idea on where is the place), and I would have to travel all the way up and find myself an accommodation and a driver to fetch me to the place if I decide to go for the face-to-face interview. What is even more frustrating is that my interview is scheduled on the 23rd, one day after my dentistry interview. It is impossible for me to travel from JB to KL within such limited time. I will have to reschedule the interview if I decide to go for the face-to-face interview.

Oh man, why must everything come so closely packed together?

Any wise suggestion?

Unbelievable

Here's a video of a 47 years old lady who rocked the stage of Britains Got Talent. Just watch the video and you will know what I mean by unbelievable.



We really cannot judge a book by it's cover.

David Reporting From KL

Here's the latest video blog by David Archuleta, summarising his trip to Asia. And apparently, David loves spicy food.

SFTYTWB

The theme for this week idol, Song From The Year They Were Born, to me, is one of the most boring, pointless and unexciting theme idols could ever come out with. I seriously wonder why is it the favorite theme of the show. Apparently, for your information, this theme has been featured in almost all season, if I am not wrong. Perhaps the only reason for the popularity of this theme, as Ryan has said in the beginning of the performance show, is that we would be able to catch a glimpse of the idols when they were young. I was pretty surprised, though, to see the four judges baby photo, it was really hilarious and Simon was cute.

Tough night, I must say. Mostly mixed reviews. Some were really good while some were simply horrible.

Danny: Wow, what an interesting arrangement of Stand By Me! I like the jazzy and soulful take of the song. Having said that, the vocal was just okay for me, there was still alot of shouting involved. But overall, I enjoyed the performance.

Kris: Singing in the mosh pit was simply a terrible idea. It seems like those who sing in the crowded mosh pit, last week's Matt for example, would suffer. The song was boring and the vocal was verging on monotonous. I was really disspointned with Kris for I have such high hope for him.

Anoop: Ballad is still Anoop's forte. Tender vocal. I just hope that he could be more emotionally connected to the song.

Allison: Her voice is so unique. I like the deep and rocky tone to her voice. She nailed the song this week, by the way. The judges would like her to speak more, haha.

Scott: I was shocked to see him playing an electric guitar. Pretty humorous, with the punk joke. Too ambitious, in my opinion, and the song was simply too big for him.

Lil: Another disappointment from Lil, which originates from Lily which is her grandma name. Interesting history aside, the performance was just okay for me. I agree with the judges that she should try to become an artist, instead of staying as plainly a singer.

Matt: Part Time Lover?? What a cheesy song choice. I was sincerely afraid for him when I heard the name of the song. Without his guitar or any other musical instrument, the confidence and charisma he exuded that night were simply unparalleled. Bravo.

Adam: I like the soft and ballad side of Adam, it way better than the pucky rock side of him. The song had a very creepy and haunting feel. Excellent vocals as always, but I do not think that he deserved a standing ovation from Simon, perhaps it was just a desperate attempt to cut the comment short.

I was really worried for Kris after the performance night, for he has the lowest score on Dialidol, which means he has the highest probability of getting voted out.

Luckily for Kris, American still loves him and I was shocked that he was not even in the bottom three. Thank god. I was very satisfied with tonight's elimination, haha. Finally, he is gone, I have waited for this day for century. I am sorry for you bro, I guess that the American decided not to embrace the braille this week.

The theme for next week's idol is Songs from Movies. Pretty exciting, I hope nobody will sing My Heart Will Go On.

Onto something personal. I have been worrying sick for the past few days, mainly due to the fact that I still have not received any shortlisting notification from Shell and NUS, since some people have already claimed that they have received them in some online portal days ago (This was referring to the Shell scholarship). And while I was checking my email today, I was ecstatic to see an email from Shell, saying that I am shortlisted for Interview. Yay me. Aside from the shortlisting notification from Shell, I have also been notified by NUS that I am shortlisted for Dentistry interview and the Manual Dexterity Test. I can finally relax and start preparing for them. For those who have applied to dentistry in NUS, you can check your status online at the NUS online application facility.

David Archuleta Is In Singapore!

I thought that David Archuleta is only coming to Malaysia, but apparently he has arrived Singapore today. Perhaps he is just stopping by Singapore to take another flight to the other neighboring countries. Ha, I have never heard from any news that David Archuleta will be performing in Singapore.

Here's is a video showing the arrival of David at Changi Airport. It must be a surreal feeling seeing David in real person.

i(dol)Tunes

I was so excited when I first found out that the theme for this week's Idol is Top Download from iTunes, for I have been waiting to hear the contestants singing more contemporary and current songs. The songs they have done for the past few weeks were mostly old classics, except for the few from Carrie Underwood of course. To my up most surprise and disappointment, only a handful of them chose to sing current songs and most of them still prefer to stay in their 80s or 70s era. Unfortunately, those who decided to embrace the theme by singing more contemporary songs have all fell flat during their performances, Matt for example.

The best performance of the night definitely goes to Kris's rendition of Ain't No Sunshine. Even though that may be one of the oldest songs performed during the night, Kris has successfully made the song new and refreshing. The soulfulness and confidence he exuded during his performance were unparalleled and I was just blown away by him.

Adam is becoming more and more boring to me. All he can do is just screaming! It gets annoying sometimes to hear him always staying at his higher register. Having said that, he sure possesses amazing vocals and I believe he is the only contestant on the show who can dance, without looking hideous and awkward.

Speaking of hideous, Allison was definitely the fashion disaster of the night. All the judges commented on her poor choice of outfit and I suddenly have the feeling that I was watching Project Runway. By the way, Project Runway season six will start airing in June and I am super excited. It is, for your information, my second favorite reality TV shows, aside from American Idol. Sorry for the digression, Allison sounded really great in her performance of Don't Speak, but it was such a waste that all of the attention have been diverted to her hideous outfit.

Scott really surprised me with his new hairstyle and his performance. It was soulful, authentic, confidence and, I cannot believe I am actually saying this, great. Perhaps it was just a one-time thing, and I sincerely hope that he will screw up next week and get eliminated soon.

I am really lazy to talk about the rest of the contestants and so I shall just summarise each of them with one sentence.

Danny, stop shouting.

Lil, nice attempt by seacrest to use her cute children to attract sympathy votes.

Matt, wrong song choice, I like the piano-in-the-crowd thing though.

Anoop, he must stop being so egoistic.

Megan, where is my earplug?

And the person going home this week is, no surprise, Megan. I like her optimistic personality though, she is forever cheerful and happy and even if she was in the bottom three, she can still wave and smile at the camera.

David Cook performed his new singles Come Back to Me during the results show. I liked his performance, but I think he could have shouted less during the chorus.

The impersonations were really funny. It was so easy to copy Danny, since all he can do is just shouting while doing some predictable rift. I also like the video showing the everyday life of the contestant, including Kris's sexy face and Scott's chocolate cakes. Watch the show if you don't know what I mean.

Next week's theme for Idol is SFTYYWB, it's a theme that appears in almost every season of Idols. Try to guess the acronym, it's real easy.

Ain't No Kris Allen

I cannot wait to post this, even though I still have not watched the full episode, for Channel 5 only shows it at 10. I have watched the performances this week, though, online, without the judges comment and I can confidently say that this is, by a million mile, the best performance of the night.

Here it is, Ain't No Sunshine by Kris Allen



He is, by far, one of the most consistent contestant on this season of Idol. I believe he can actually win the competition, in spite of all the pimping given to Adam, Danny and Lil. Kris is really the one to watch. Go Kris.

Are You Open?

I went for the EMA scholarship interview yesterday and it was a complete disaster.

So, I woke up early in the morning, 7.30 to be exact (I usually wake up at around 10, and so to me 7.30 is extremely early), to prepare myself for the interview. Had breakfast with my parent before they fetch me to the custom. There were not a lot of people at the custom, thank god, and I was able to pass the custom and Singapore immigration swiftly, without having to wait.

The place of the interview is at Somerset. Originally, I intended to take a Taxi, but after some google search, I realised that the building is just right next to the Somerset MRT station, and in an attempt to save precious money, I decided to take MRT instead. The journey from Kranji to Somerset took around 40 minutes, and I manage to arrive at the place just on time, 11am, which is SUPPOSEDLY the time for my interview. While I was sitting on the MRT, I realised from the MRT map hung on the wall that there is now a new yellow line added to the map. I did not manage to get a closer look at the picture, but I guess that it is the line that would pass through our school. Correct me if I am wrong.

Back to the interview, it turned up that the interviews before me started late and there were still 2 more person in front of me in the waiting area, waiting for their turns to be interviewed. After a routine check of my IC and academic certificates, I was told by a lady to wait at the waiting area for my turn. I waited, waited and waited, guess what time was my interview, 12.30pm. I was starving at that time, for I only ate a little bit before I came to Singapore.

Inside the room, there were two ladies, one Indian and one Chinese. I stumbled quite a lot during the interview and sometimes I just cannot find the exact word to express myself. The interviewer even said that I speak English very well, as I just told her that I have never speak English before I came to Singapore and that I came from a Mandarin-speaking family, but I believe that she was just trying to make me feel better, how nice of her, I must say. Anyway, the main reason I think that I screwed up the interview was not due to my inability to speak fluently, but the fact that they are NOT looking for a Chemistry graduate. Why the hell would they shortlist me in the first place if they do not want a Chemistry graduate? I applied for the scholarship because the website clearly stated that they accept ALL courses, except Medicine, Dentistry and Law. And so, I have prepared certain answers, especially to those like how can you contribute to the organisation, with the basic idea that my scientific knowledge and passion for research would benefit the organisation. What a waste of my time, waking up so early and waiting for so long for the stupid interview. They even asked me if I am open to the other courses like Engineering and Economics. Engineering? Did they even look at my application form that I did not take H2 physics? Economics? Please, it would be a surprise of a century if I choose to study a non-science degree.

Well, with all that in mind, I have list down there reasons why I would definitely fail the interview.

1. I am not Singapore Citizen and PR.
2. I was nervous during the interview and I stumbled a lot.
3. I applied for a course in Chemistry.

I was quite pissed after the interview and I decided to go back Malaysia straight away, without filling my empty stomach.

And so that was my first experience of a scholarship interview. It went pretty bad, in my opinion, and I am quite confident that they will not call me down for a second round of interview.

I hope that my subsequent interviews, if there are any, will be better.

Motown Comes to Town

Idol celebrated the 5oth anniversary of Motown music on a special Wednesday time slot this week. I have absolutely no idea about Motown before the show, to be honest. But essentially, Motown is just a recording company who has produced numerous legendary black singers, including Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder. To put it simply, the Idols would be singing Black Music, and so I expected to hear R&B and crazy vocals from the contestants this week.

Most of the contestants have performed well this week, though last week's country performances , in my opinion, were slightly better than this week's performances. The best performance of the night goes to, no surprise, Adam Lambert's amazing rendition of "Tracks of My Tears". He has demonstrated a skill that I never thought that he possesses, vocal restraints. He didn't scream through the songs unlike the past few weeks. Instead, he delivered an emotional and authentic performance with his beautiful falsetto and tender vocals. The end of the song, when he ended on a half note, was simply breath-taking. I cannot say much more about this incredible performance, you have to witness it yourself to feel the emotional connection Adam had with the song. Adam looked especially handsome this week without hisl black eye-lining and black nail polish. He kind of reminded me of Elvis Presly, very nice and chic. Other stand outs of the night include Kris and Allison. I adore Kris, he is just so cute and sexy at the same time. His rendition of "How Sweet It Is" has really showed us his sweet and fun side. The song suited him completely and the ending of the song, where he ended on a high A, was just spectacular. Allison performed last on the night, with "Papa Was a Rolling Stone". Kara even commented that she looked that she has been singing for 400 years. It is just mind-boggling to hear such a strong and powerful voice coming out from this 16 years old teenager. I seriously wonder why was she in the bottom three last week.







Michael, Megan and Scott's performances were the worst of the night. I shall not talk more about those performances, for there was really nothing much to talk about, except for some negative descriptive words like horrible, horrendous, hideous, rubbish, awful, etc. Look for their performances on youtube if you are masochistic and would like to torture your ears.

Simon and Paula were super funny during the performance show. Paula pulled out a crayon and a few coloring books for Simon, who has been acting childishly during her comment. And childish Simon took revenge by drawing a mustache on Paula's face with the crayon Paula gave him near the end of the show. I think both of them have great chemistry on screen and I am definitely looking forward to what the both of them would do in the coming weeks.

The result shows was boring, and nothing spectacular happened. Michael Sarver was eliminated, thank god, he should have gone home long ago. But the fact that Matt was in the bottom two together with Michael this week was simply shocking, especially after Simon's comment that he has officially become the front-runners of this competition on the previous night.

Next week's theme for Idol is iTunes top 100. Wow, the range is almost limitless and I wonder what the contestants would choosesing next week, but one thing for sure, at least the songs would be more relevant and current. After all, iTunes did not really have a long history, as compared to Motown and Grand Ole Opry.

Save The Day From Zero Gravity

I have recently found two new David Archuleta's tracks online, one of them is "Save the Day", which is included in the Japanese Edition of his album as a bonus tracks, and the other "Zero Gravity", an unreleased track from him (I wonder how the people manage to get the studio recordings of this unreleased track, after all, is it UNRELEASED). Well, I don't really like the two songs, to be honest, and I am glad that there were not included in the original main album. He had performed both of the song on his tour, by the way.

Speaking of his tour, there was apparently a rumour, which I believe it is now confirmed, that David Archuleta would be coming to Malaysia and have a mini-concert in mid-April. I wonder why would he come to such a random country and have a tour, even though I realised that Jason Mraz just had a concert a few weeks ago in Malaysia, but that is not the point, it is still quite surreal that David Archuleta would actually be coming to Malaysia. He recently released a video blog, saying that he and David Cook would be having their tour in Jakarta. The idea the he would be coming to Malaysia should not be too far-fetch, after all, Jakarta is just few hours away from Malaysia.

Enough with all the commotion about DA presence in Malaysia, here are the download links to the two new songs.

Save the Day
Zero Gravity

Some minor update about myself, I would be going to Singapore on this Friday for Firefly Scholarship interview. Ha, I did not even think that I would be shortlisted, for I just applied for the scholarship for the sake of applying, because it did not specifically state that it is only open for Singapore Citizen and PRs. I was quite shock when I received the all, actually. Anyway, I would just give it a try and I hope that the interview will go well, but at least, it will give me a taste of how a scholarship interview would be like before my actual shell interview, that is if I am shortlisted, of course.

Tender Dog and Matt Buble

Haha, it was so funny when Randy called Kris tender dog.Anyway, here are the performances by Kris Allen and Matt Giraud, the best of the night, in my opinion.





I do agree with Randy that Matt is sort of a mix between Michael Buble (his vocal) and Justin Timberlake (his look).

They have now both become my favorites, and I really hope that they will do well in the competition.

It is slightly annoying that next week's Idol would be on Wednesday, instead of Tuesday, due to some Obama speech. Well, we will just have to wait for the good stuffs.

Idols Going Country

The theme of this week's Idol is Grand Ole Opry. I was so excited when I found out that the contestants were going to sing country songs this week, for I am really a huge fan of country music and I especially like Carrie Underwood and I certainly hope that I would hear one or two of her songs during the performance night. Having said that, I was actually quite worried for a few of the contestants, for instance Adam and Scott, as I can not really imagine them singing country music. It is just not their style, I guess.

I was really impressed with the performances this week, as many contestants have sang and performed very well. My favorites are Kris and Matt. They were both so emotional, sincere, authentic and honest. I was blown away by their incredible performances on the night. Without his guitar this week, Kris performed the song "To Make You Feel My Love". I have never heard the song before, but I really like Kris's interpretation and vocal performance on that song. Guess what Matt sang this week, it was Carrie's "So Small", one of my favorite songs from her second album. He was just so fantastic with his piano and Simon even thought that he out-sang Danny this week. Danny, on the other hand, was a bit of a disappointment to me, even though I really like the song that he sang, which is "Jesus Take The Wheel" by Carrie, again, and that all the judges seemed to like him very much. The front part of the song was simply boring and terrible, and I think that he shouted too much on the later part of the song. Another really great disappointment of the night would be Lil or Little as Simon would like to call. She is just not suited for the Country genre and she seemed really uncomfortable performing "Independence Day" (Hey, Carrie sang the song before on season 4), even though I must acknowledge that she really has a big pipe. Anoop Dog really surprised me with his rendition of "Always On My Mind". He was quite determined to prove Simon wrong this week and to show that he definitely deserves to be in the top 11. Simon even said that he went from zero to hero and wished to take back the words he said to him last week. Talking about surprises, Adam's performance on the night was the most shocking and, to some, strange. I hated the arrangement of the song, to be honest, even though his vocal is, as usual, spectacular. Scott was quite funny on the night when he said to Paula that they could bring the piano closer to the audience. Is he a retard?? I did not really like his performance this week, and I absolutely agree with the judges that it was too similar to last week's performance. Incidentally, in my opinion, the worst performances on the night all came from all the perceived early favorites of the competition, namely Adam, Danny, Alexis and Lil. There was even a rumour that they will definitely be in the top 4, how ironic.

Sadly, Alexis was eliminated this week and the judges did not decide to save her, saying that she was good but not good enough. I don't really think that she should leave so early, for there are others, namely Michael and Scott, who performed worse than her.

Carrie performed "I Told You So", together with this week's mentor, Randy Travis on the results show. Carrie is just so good at what she does, and her vocal was simply flawless. Randy, on the other hand, pales in comparison to Carrie. Nonetheless, it was still a good duet.



Next week theme will be the music from MoTown, whatever it means, and I am really looking forward to seeing more incredible performances.

黄老师

Well, this may appear random and shocking, but I have found myself a job, though technically it is only a part-time job, as a tuition teacher at a neighboring tuition center. My mum forced me to go for the interview on last Friday, as she heard from her customer, who is a full-time tuition teacher at the tuition center, that they are looking for someone to do part-time. I decided to give it a try, despite initial hesitations. I did not even dress up on the day of my interview and I was like wearing my pajamas (white shirt and blue shorts) and slippers and with messy hair. I was asked to fill in a form and the person in charge asked me a few questions, ranging from my availability and results, and I was straight away employed. Haha, but the pay is rather pathetic, three Riggit per hour, and they don't need me to come everyday and guess what is my job scope, I will be teaching primary school students Malay, despite my multiple attempts to tell the person in-charged that I am not very proficient in it. I even told him that I will be more comfortable teaching Science and Maths, but he seemed to have ignored my request and warning blatantly. The good thing is that I don't really need to teach per se, I only need to supervise the students while they are doing exercises, help to mark their paper at the end of each session, and occasionally answer their queries and assist them when they encounter difficulties.

I am assigned to come on every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. The sessions on the weekday are of two hour long and the one on the weekend is of a duration of three hours. And so in total, I will be working only 7 hours per week, that's even less that a normal working day hours, and with such a low wage of 3 Ringgit per hour, I cannot even earn 100 Ringgit in a month. Today, I was told by my boss that I will be getting a raise based on my excellent performance (of stoning and staring at the students) and I will be getting four Ringgit per hour instead of three. Slightly better, but still pathetic. I just treat it as some regular volunteer work to spare my free time. After all, the job is quite relaxed and I don't really to do much.

That is it, nothing much happened to me. I cannot wait to watch American Idol tomorrow.

Home Sweet Home, Carrie Underwood

This is this year's farewell song for the American Idol, you know the song that is played every time during the video that showcase the journey of the eliminated contestants. The song is originally covered by Motley Crue, and I believe Carrie Underwood has done an amazing job on the song. I love the melody and I absolutely adore the vocal. This song is just so beautiful and I am getting addicted to it.

Here are the download links to this amazing rendition of Home Sweet Home. Enjoy.

Link 1
Link 2

My Life Would Suck Without Kelly Clarkson

I have not blogged for a week. I guess I just don't have the mood to do such stuff where I am bombarded with all the university and scholarship applications, which incidentally all have similar deadlines. Well, I was pretty surprised receiving my results on last Friday. For those who have not done well, I hope that you all will not be too disappointed. After all A level will be useless after we enter University, and I hope that we all can get into the universities and courses that we intend to go.

This week is the performance show of the top 13 and the theme for this week is Michael Jackson. I have not listened to MJ much, for I was really deterred by all the negative news surrounded him, even though I know that he was the king of pop in the late 80s and he has produced numerous hits while he was still famous and had a proper nose. Most of the contestants this week have done excellent jobs. I was particularly impressed by Adam's Black or White and I think that he has once again proven himself to be the one to watch in this season with his incredible vocal and amazing stage presence. Paula even predicted him to be in the top 12, I certainly hope that her prediction would come true. On the other hand, I was actually quite disappointed with Danny's performance, even though all the judges love him and Paula even predicted him to be in the finale, for I think that he shouted quite a lot during his performance and I absolutely agree with Simon that the dancing was utterly hideous. Major disappointment of the night, Anoop and Jorge. They are not terrible singers, I just think that they chose the wrong songs.

Following the surprise of top 13 last week, there is now a new rule to this season of American Idol introduced this week, the Judges' Save. The judges can decide to save an eliminated contestant, once in the entire season, and the decisions must be unanimous among all the 4 judges. No one will be eliminated if the judges decide to use this power and two contestants will be eliminated in the following week. This new rule, however, is valid until the top 5 week and the judges will no longer have any say on the fate of the eliminated contestants there after. I believe that this is an excellent rule, for many talented contestants, such as Chris Daughtry and Jennifer Hudson, had been eliminated too early in the past seasons, and with this new rule, we may be able to avoid such regret and shocking eliminations. Notice that I use the word "may", because shocking elimination may still be possible if the American still decide to vote them off the show in the subsequent weeks.

The contestants eliminated this weeks are Jasmine and Jorge, no surprises, as both of them have underperformed during the performance show. No judges' save was used in this week.

The special guest this week was Kelly Clarkson. She sang My Life Would Suck Without You. Ryan tried to sing the chorus of the song and it was hilarious, no wonder he is in the field of hosting and not singing.



Next week will be Country Week! Hope that Adam will still continue to impress us. Go Adam.

This Is Annoying

I am utterly disturbed by the fact that I still haven't receive the email from school regarding the collection of A level results, which I believe many of my peers have already received it long ago. Perhaps the school computer system has accidentally left out my name, I really don't know the reason behind all the stupid crap. I don't wish to keep my hopes too high, for I am really not confident in my GP and Economics. Having said that, I still certainly wish that my results will not be too bad either.

I am not ready in the mood of blogging this week, as you can see from the lack of American Idol related blog post. By the way, Lil, Scott and Jorge made it into the top 12 this week.

Good luck to everyone who will be getting their results back tomorrow.

Oh My

The day that we have all been waiting for.

From the website of Ministry of Education, Singapore

Press Releases

March 2, 2009

Release of 2008 GCE A-Level Examination Results on 6 March 2009

1The results of the 2008 Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level Examination will be released on Friday, 6 March 2009.

2School candidates may obtain their result slips from their respective schools from 2.30 pm on 6 March 2009.

3Private candidates will be able to obtain their results through the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board website from 2.30 pm on 6 March 2009. They will also be notified of their results by post.

I am scared.

Adam, Allison and Kris

In case you have missed the result show of this week's American Idol, the three persons through to the top 12 are, in the order at which the results were announced, Allison Iraheta, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. I was actually quite shocked that Kris made the cut, for I do not think that he did his best on that night, and I thought that Megan would be a much more deserving candidate to be in the top 12. Having said that, I still like Kris, and I think that he is adorable. He reminds me of David Archuleta to a certain extent. Ha. On the other hand, I was quite pleased that Nick was not in the top 12, even though he is definitely entertaining, he is just not suited for the stage of American Idol.

Here are their performances, Allison, Kris and Adam, on the result show. All of them, in my opinion, have performed better this time as compared to the ones they did on the performance night. Adam Lambert was seriously crazy. His last note was insanely high and I really admire his vocal ability.







Now that half of the top 12 have been chosen, I am starting to worry about the proportion of males and females in the group.Out of the six finalist that have made it this far, we have 4 males and only 2 females, and given the poor performances by the girls on the two performance nights so far, I predict that at least two of the three spaces available via the wildcard round are going to be filled by male contestants.

Next week will be the final round of the semifinals and I am really looking forward to see Lil and Scott. I wish they will do well and, hopefully, get into the top12.

Semifinals Round 2

Oh man, this week's performances were even more disappointing than last week's. Many of the judges early favorites, namely Jasmine and Matt (the pianist, not the welder ), just chose the wrong songs and gave away their chances of getting into the top 12.

Having said that, there are, however, one or two performances that really stood out from the night. Among them are my personal favorite, Adam Lambert, who sang Satisfaction (A very weird song choice for him, for me, and I prefer seeing him singing ballads, but nonetheless, his vocals were truly remarkable) and the dark horse, Allison Iraheta, who sang Alone by Heart (The only girl who could really sing, she is kind of a rocker and I like her edgy attitude. I do have some issues with her blazing red hair though).



One of the most memorable performances of the night would undoubtedly be And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going by our dear Nick Mitchell, a.k.a. Norman Gentle. I was actually pretty disturbed by his shocking and over the top rendition of the song. All the kneeling, hugging the logo, and random change of lyrics were simply annoying, and I absolutely agree with Simon that it was probably the most atrocious performance on the history of American Idol Live Telecast, excluding, of course, the auditions.


Unlike the past, I am unable to get the video of the performances posted on this blog. I, however, manage to get the direct download links to these videos (isn't it better?), and so here is it.

Adam Lambert, Satisfaction
Allison Iraheta, Alone
Nick Mitchell, And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
(Right Click and Save Target As)

If you want to download the rest of the performances, please do not hesitate to contact me by leaving a message on the seemingly dead and quite tag board.

More Hayden Panettiere

Here are more videos of Hayden Panettiere. I cannot believe that she had sung so many songs.

Wake Up Call

To all the Heroes fans out there, hold your breathe, and please remain calm while you continue reading the post. Presenting to you, Hayden Panettiere, aka Claire Bennet from Heroes, performing her first single, Wake Up Call.



This is so surreal, I can not believe that Hayden can actually sing. I was stunned when I came across this video on youtube. Believe it or not, she was once nominated for a Grammy in 1999 for Read Along from A Bug's Life.

Here is another shocking news I found while searching her Wikipedia, she has recently broken up with Milo Ventimiglia in February. How sad.

I Just Love You

This is Adam Lambert covering I Just Love You by Five for Fighting. His voice suited the song, in my opinion, and I think that he has done a fantastic job on the song.



Adam Lambert will be on American Idol tonight, tomorrow morning in Malaysia time, and I hope that he will do well, and hopefully get into the top 12

Go Adam!

The 81st Oscars Academy Awards

The annual Oscars Academy Awards Ceremony was concluded yesterday, with absolutely no surprises, in terms of the award winners, for most of them, if not all, have already won similar awards in the other major movies award ceremony.

Slumdog Millionaire was the overall big winner of the night, having clinched a total of 8 awards, including best picture and best director, out of 10 nominations. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, despite being the film having the most number of nominations this year, 13 to be exact, could only bring home 3 awards, among them are best art direction and best make up. Heath Ledger was once again crowned the best supporting actor of the year, based on his incredible portrayal of the crazy joker in the The Dark Knight.

The performances of the night were also spectacular. Hugh Jackman has done an impressive job hosting the show, especially considering that it was his first time hosting major live telecast event. Aside from being a wonderful host, he has also put up several amazing performances on the stage, including the opening act and the musical medley. I am particular in love with the musical medley, which put together many of the memorable and famous musical number in one cohesive and breath-taking performance. Joining Hugh Jackman were Beyonce, the cast from High School Musical, Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron, and the cast from Mamamia, Amanda Seyfried, and Dominic Cooper.



Above is the video of the performance. Enjoy, and if you are interested in viewing the opening act, I believe you can to find it easily on youtube.

Love Song

The song that I am going to introduce today is Love Song by Sara Bareilles. It was released in Sara's second album Little Voice in 2007. I have actually heard this song for quite a few times on TV and movies, but I never really get the chance to note down of the name of the song, until recently when I stumbled across her music video on youtube. It was quite a catchy songs and I immediately fell in love with this song after I watched the music video.


Youtube has once again disabled the Embed function to her music video. I wonder what is the reason behind them disabling the function, for it would enable more people to know about this video if people are allowed to post the video on their blog or personal websites. Anyway, the music video to this song is really quite fun and interesting. It shows a miniature Bareilles performing at a piano inside a coin-operated jukebox that plays love songs. On a particular day, she grew frustrated as she declared that she is "not going to write a love song today" decided to grab a coin from one particular customers and jammed the gears of the jukebox. Anyone who is interested in viewing this video can go and search for it on youtube.


This is a live performance of Sara on Late Late Show and I think that she has done an amazing job playing and singing the song.

13 Years Old Dad, Probably Not

Remember the shocking news about the 13 years old father I posted a few days ago, well, several unexpected developments have surfaced and this story may turn out to be a complete and utter scam after all.

First, there were these two teenage boys who came out and said that they are the baby's biological father. They both asserted that they are Chantelle's boyfriends and claimed that they are Maisie's real dad. Recently, it was further suspected that it was Chantelle's mum who forced Chantelle to lie to the press that Alfie is Maisie's Dad, for it would make the story more interesting and that Chantelle's mum would be able to make a huge sum of money for selling the story to the press.

So, is Alfie really the dad of Maisie? Is this really a complete case of shameful scam? Well, we will all know until the paternity test result comes out. Personally, I still can not believe that a 13 years old teens can really be a dad, eventhough I know that there is a even younger boy who had a baby when he was 12. Having said that, given Alfie's innocent and young look, the fact that he is already a dad is simply too disturbing and ridiculous.

Only the paternity test result will tell us the truth, and we will just have to wait a few more days for the answer.

Danny In The House

Today is the first day of the Semifinals Rounds of the American Idol, and Danny Gokey has once again proven to us that he is one of the best and the most deserving contestants to be in the top 12 in this season. He sang "Hero" by Mariah Carey, in which I thought that it was quite a weird song choice for him, but you know what, he nailed it. He was insanely good and I would really be disappointed if he does not make it into the top 12 this week. American must be blind or deaf for not voting him into the top 12.



Another contestant that has made a really good impression on me would be Ricky Braddy. He performed "Song For You" in this round and he was surprisingly good. I have never heard him singing before, or not that I can remember, but I really like his voice and performance tonight.



One of the big disappointments of the night, to me, would be Anoop's performance. He is a very likable characters and I think that he has a pretty good voice too. The song that he sang tonight did not really suit him and he failed to showcase his true potential and range with that song. Nonetheless, I still hope that he can make it into the top 12.



The girls tonight, in my opinion, were generally bad, and I failed to notice anyone who deserves to be in the top 12. However, as you might have known, only three persons can make it through to the next round and they would be the male and female contestants who have received the highest number of vote plus the next contestant, regardless of gender, who has received the next higher number of votes. So one of the girls will definitely make it into the top 12, which really sucks because I do not think that anyone of them deserves the place, base on their performances tonight. However, if I really have to choose, I think that the one who is relatively more deserving than the others would be Alexis Grace, who sang "Never Loved A Man". She is quite an edgy girl and I believe that her edgy attitude can bring her quite far in the competition.



All in all, I think that this week's episode was rather disappointing, except for the incredible performance by Danny near the end of the show. I hope that the semifinals next week will be much better and I really wish to see more good performances next week.

Not Ready To Make Nice

When I first heard of the name Dixie Chicks, I always thought that it is a pop female band with girls who dress up sexily and dance to hot musics, very much like The Pussycat Doll, I presumed. Perhaps it is the word "Chicks" that gave me such a poor stereotypical impression on the band. I was really surprised to find out recently that Dixie Chicks is actually a country pop band. I came across them when I was trying to find a song that was sang by a contestants of the American Idol, and the song that I am going to introduce today is, as you might have already known it from the title of this post, "Not Ready To Make Nice" by Dixie Chicks.

This song is very well known for its Anti-Bush Theme. It is the first single released by Dixie Chicks after they have made some negative comments about the then American President George Bush. It was written by all the three member of the group and it was basically a statement of how they feel about the entire controversy, the banning of their song from American Country Radio Station and the freedom of speech.

The message of the song is rather clear, that they were still unwilling to succumb to the public pressure and that they still felt strongly that their freedom of expression have been clearly violated. Did I mentioned that they even received death threat from the public, asking them to just "shut up and sing".

I’m not ready to make nice
I’m not ready to back down
I’m still mad as hell and
I don’t have time to go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
‘Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should

I a particularly in love with the chorus and I think that the lyric of the song is rather meaningful and that it has clearly reflected their views on the entire controversy.

Surprisingly, this song has became one of the major hits of Dixie Chicks. It has even won the award for both Best Records and Best Song of the Year at the 2007 Grammy Award. What an incredible song, I must say, it is plainly spectacular and it certainly deserved the two major music awards.

Here is a video of this amazing song.



There is another music video to this song but Youtube has disabled the Embed function. So if you are interested, you can go Youtube and search for it, it is a much more emotional and beautifully directed video than the one I put on this post.

13 Years Old Dad

I first read about this news in a local newspaper and I thought that it was completely ridiculous. Afraid that it may be just total crap, I decided to check online, and to my greatest shock and surprise, it is a true story and 13 years old Alfie Pattern is indeed a father of a baby girl named Maisie.

Alfie and his "little family", Chantelle, Alfie's 15 years old girlfriend, and Maisie, the cute little baby.

Can you believe it? 13 years old dad. I mean seriously, some of us even have siblings that are more than 13 years of age apart from us. Imagine when your child is 20 and you are only 33, that is completely insane and crazy.

Alfie kissing his beautiful baby girl.

Anyway, I think that the UK should really be paying more attention to sex education and teenage pregnancy. How the hell would this innocent looking 13 years old child know about sex at such a young age? I still can't believe that the cute little boy in the picture has already became a father.

Alfie trying very hard to be a young dad.

You all can find the full article about this bizarre story here.

Don't Cha

I suddenly came across these two youtube videos while I was trying to search for more videos related to the American Idol Experience, and I thought that they are both extremely funny and hilarious.





Watch the clips and you'll know why I put the two videos together in one post and under the name of Don't Cha.

American Idol Experience

American Idol Experience, a brand new Disney attraction, has finally opened. Apparently, it provides people with the opportunities to perform and sing on the stage of American Idol. And if you are good, you would be invited to go to Hollywood and be given a chance to participate in the real American Idol.

Many of the American Idol alumni, including all the past winners and some of the contestants, attended the opening ceremony. This was also the first time all the seven idol winners sharing the same stage together. It was really exciting to see all of them standing on one stage.


From the left, it is Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook. and finally our dear host Ryan Seacrest.

David Cook and Carrie Underwood performed a duet of the song "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac, for the media in the brand new attraction's theatre. The stage did resemble the stage of the American Idol. Ha.

They are both my favorite winners of American Idol and I think they have done a spectacular job singing the song together.

They both then performed a solo each with Carrie singing "All American Girl" and David performing "Light On".





They were both amazing and I really like their performances on that night.

I am still searching for more videos related to the event. Will update again if I can find more videos.

Radioactive Crush

Good news everybody, according to FOD, David Archuleta will be joining McFly in their upcoming tour!!

Here is an extract from McFly's MySpace Blog

“We are also pleased to announce David Archuleta (American Idol Runner up) will be the Special Guest on our new Up Close and This Time Its Personal Tour. The tour will be great - we can’t wait for opening night!”

Isn't it exciting? Too bad that I will not be able to watch the tour. I think that Vincent must be overjoyed hearing/ viewing this news; your favorites are going to be performing together on the same stage. Ha.

Let's Talk About Love

Here is a new song recorded by David Archuleta for this charity organisation called "Build-A-Bear". Apparently, if I am not wrong, you will be able to download the mp3 version of the song for free with every 1 dollar donation you made to the organisation. This song is rather fun and light tempo and David has once again did an amazing job.



I still can not find the link to download the song. Well, I shall keep trying.

Hollywood Solo and Top 36 Revealed

Hollywood week has finally came to an end and we have witnessed several incredible acts by some of the contestants and also, inevitably, some really horrendous performances. Here's a recap of the really breath-taking performances on American Idol Season 8 Hollywood Round 3.

Adam Lambert - Believe

What a weird choice of song, I must say, but he has done a fantastic job on the song. The moment he hit the highest note of the song was absolutely incredible. I, however, have a problem with his black nails and I think that it is kind of distracting.

Scott MacIntyre - Home

Our first blind contestant who has made it this far to the American Idol. He was really good and he sang his song with so much emotion that I was really touched by his performance. Quite a different rendition of Home as compared to that of Chris Daughtry.

Lil Rounds - If I Ain't Got You

My personal favorite so far. Have you seen her performance on Whitney Houston's I Will Almost Love You? You will definitely be stunned by her wonderful performance on that song. This time, with Alicia Keys' If I Ain't Got You, Lil Rounds once again has proven to us that she is definitely deserved to be in the top 12.

Danny Gokey - I Hope You Dance

Another of my favorite. He has been getting quite a lot of air time from American Idol Season 8 and we can almost see him in every episode of the Hollywood Week. Though they were many that sang I Hope You Dance for the Solo Round, I believe that he was still one of the, if not, best among all the others who sang the same song.

Matt Giraud - Georgia On My Mind
I can't seem to get the video of his performance, but never mind, he is great. He has done an amazing job playing the piano and singing the song. I have never noticed him until this round. Hmm, my new found favorite.

Well, they are my new top favorite of the shows and I think that they all have a really good chance of getting into the top12. Let's hope that America would vote for them during the upcoming semifinals.

And here is a list of the top 36 that have made it to the semifinal rounds. Some of the names on the list are really unexpected, for example Nick Mitchell aka Norman Gentle, drama queen Tatiana Del Toro and drama king Nathaniel Marshall.

1. Anoop Desai
2. Von Smith
3. Alex Wagner Trugman
4. Adam Lambert
5. Taylor Vaifanua
6. Jasmine Murray
7. Arianna Afsar
8. Casey Carlson
9. Megan Corkrey
10. Mishabonna Henson
11. Stevie Wright
12. Joanna Pacitti
13. Kendall Beard
14. Kristen McNamara
15. Alexis Grace
16. Scott MacIntyre
17. Lil Rounds
18. Jesse Langseth
19. Allison Iraheta
20. Danny Gokey
21. Ricky Braddy
22. Matt Giraud
23. Ju’not Joyner
24. Jorge Nunez
25. Brent Keith
26. Stephen Fowler
27. Nick Mitchell
28. Jackie Tohn
29. Tatiana Del Toro
30. Nathaniel Marshall
31. Jeanine Vailes
32. Kai Kalama
33. Anne Marie Boskovich
34. Kris Allen
35. Michael Sarver
36. Matt Breitzke

That is it for American Idol this week.

Trust and Blood

Just when I thought that Heroes has started to become more interesting and less boring, here comes this week episode, Trust and Blood, which completely disproves my previous thought.

Some of the questions I stated in my previous post has been answered. For example, Noah did agree to help out Nathan in exchange for the safety of his family, the government still has no idea that Nathan can fly and that Hiro has lost his power, etc. Peter's power was also briefly mentioned in this episode; he can now only acquire and use one ability at a time, which I think it totally sucks, for Sylar will now become the strongest meta human among all the others and no one can compete on the same level as him anymore. He would soon turn unstoppable and become the ultimate villain.

One interesting development of this episode, however, would be the storyline of Sylar and Luke. Luke is a troubled teenagers who has a crappy relationship with his mother. He can emit microwave radiation, which can melt, burn objects and potentially kill a man. Wait, he did kill a man in this episode. Sylar seems to be rather interested in Luke, perhaps due to his rebellious nature. It would be rather interesting to see how the relationship of the two of them would develop in the upcoming episodes. Sylar has finally got a sidekick. Ha.

One of the other things I hate about this episode would be the death of Daphne. It was really sudden and unexpected and I think it is just another desperate way of the writer to turn Matt into this person fulled of rage and wants only revenge, a character twist which is highly unlikely to happen on Matt should the tragic death of his lover has not occured. I love Daphne and I think her ability is super cool, not to mentioned she could travel back in time with the help of Ando. I like her hair too, short and white, kind of reminds me of Storm from the X-men. I would really miss her. But in Heroes, we would never know that one is truly dead, the writers of the shows has shown us a myriad of ways they could bring back the dead to the show, either through the regeneration ability or the infamous twin creations of Niki Sanders. Perhaps the gunshot did not really kill Daphne, one would never know, and we will just have to wait and see.

One small observation, I realised that Hiro's English has improved tremendously over the past seasons. The way he speaks English now is completely different from that of the previous seasons. He is now more fluent and the pitch of his voice seems to have become lower, not as cute and innocent as the Hiro we once used to see on the previous season.

Generally, this week's episode is kind of disappointing, mostly because we can not see much progress in the story line. Several questions are still not being addressed in the episode, i.e. the sudden change of Nathan and the Precognition power of Matt. I certainly hope that the next episode will be better scripted and more exciting.

Superwoman

I stumbled across this amazing live performance by Alicia Keys for her new single, Superwoman, on Youtube and I thought that she is totally incredible and the ending of the song is absolutely fabulous. So, here I am, sharing this wonderful performance by Alicia Keys. Hope that you will enjoy it as well.

Transamerica

I have not watched a really nice and touching movie for quite some time, until today.

Transamerica is a multiple award winning independent dramedy film about a transsexual woman, Bree (Felicity Huffman) who is going to undergo her final surgery procedure to fully become a woman, until she receives a call from a boy, Toby (Kevin Zegers), who claims to be his son. Afraid that Bree is unable to face her own past, her therapist refuses to give a go for her operation unless she can finally accept her/his old self. Toby turns out to be Bree's son, who she had with her/his college friend, a juvenile delinquent who works as a male hustler for his living. The shows then follows the story of Bree who goes on a road trip with Toby, which changes their lives tremendously.


Personal journey towards self discovery is one of the few major themes depicted of the movie and the director did an amazing job depicting this controversial and contentious issue of transsexualism in a hilarious, and yet touching manner. Felicity Huffman has also done an excellent job portraying the character of a transsexual women in the show. She has been nominated and won numerous awards, including the Golden Globe and the Academy, for her amazing performance in Tranamerica.



I hope that everyone can go and catch a glimpse of this incredible film. It is definitely worth downloading and watching.

Once again, Tansamerica.