Singapore's radio stations are so tame. Radio 91.3 has some version of this but never this hardcore.
Background: A Jewish Girl calls in to radio to prank her parents by telling them over national radio that shes together with an Italian Catholic. Her parents have no idea they are talking over national radio. You will hear all the typical Jewish stereotype right out of the Jew parents mouth. Its hilarious, spend 5 mins listening to this thing.
After years of trawling through the net and national archives and Esmond's cabinet under the living room TV, I finally found a video of Esmond when he was a toddler. This video is the whole truth and sheds light on Esmond's current personality.
I admit I am a travel junkie. I spend almost all my income on it. But I simply love it. From now on however, I shall chronicle the entire travel process, from how I earn/save/steal the money, straight down to the planning and the trip itself. You can follow the entire process on a seperate blog of mine at http://thescrawnytraveller.blogspot.com/
This was a hand played out against SC last saturday. I really liked the way i played this hand, just like a hand i read in Samy Farha's book.
We were playing small stakes poker, 10c/20c with about close to $200 on the table in total. Before this hand, SC and I went heads up.
I got 79 unsuited on the button and was playing like a total maniac, raising any 2 cards. I went on to make it 80c. SC on the big blind called. The flop came Q 6 8, giving me an open ended straight draw. SC betted into me, which was unsurprising. I called. The pot had about $6+ The turn came a 5, giving me the nuts, SC bet $2 and i re-raised $6. SC went on to push all-in with a further $12 more and I called and went on to win the hand. SC flipped over top-pair.
SC rebought and played much more conservatively. Few orbits later, SC on the button raised 4 times the BB and i called with A7 unsuited. Flop came A 2 8
I came out betting, everyone between SC and I folded and SC called. At this point I knew i was beat. SC was playing so conservatively and I put him correctly on Ace pair with top kicker.
The turn came a 4.
I checked, giving up on the hand and SC checked, most probably to lure me in further as I was just caught with a huge river bluff few hands back.
The river came a 3.
I wasn't even interested in the hand anymore when i picked up a dismal, fleeting look of fear in SC. Tell! I started thinking how I could win this hand. My check on the turn could be seen as a check for a free card. I pondered for a while, then betted $4, which was around 3/4 pot. I stoned for about 2 seconds then started bursting out laughing.
Then i started this whole Samy Farha talk about how I will tell everyone the story of my hand after the hand. Mind you, the hand isn't even over yet! SC stared at the board, then convinced himself that I had A5, a reasonable holding from the way I played and went on to fold the hand. He blamed his check on the turn to let me catch my "straight". I mucked of course, raking down a pot that didn't belong to me at all. Post game chat revealed he didn't laydown AK-A10 but A8. He laid down 2 pairs!
Watching this video really reminds you of how fortunate you are having an education here in Singapore. These Chinese are obsessed with the prospect of success.
I just endured a movie at the theatres. Its called Terminator Salvation and after watching it, you will know why its called salvation. The show needs some serious salvaging.
The movie was already ranging between terrible and fucking terrible when the great people governing the movies in this island decided to cut out a scene or two. Its fine if they censor it without me knowing, now thats good censoring. But hell no! The ENTIRE scene suddenly changed from 1 person in the shelter to 4 people out in the open.
WHATS THIS?! SINGAPORE CENSORSHIP BOARD, AM I SUPPOSED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIES. "LETS CROSS OUT THIS SCENE AND LET VIEWERS FIGURE WHAT HAPPENED! ADDS TO THE INTERACTION!"
If i wanted interaction movies, I would have went to watch some porn movie where they do their thing and I do mine.
Seriously, have we ever stopped to think, why give us the best education in the world, nurture us, only to censor the information we are about to receive.
IF WE THINK ITS BULLSHIT, WE ARE VERY WELL CAPABLE OF IGNORING IT, WE DON'T NEED A NANNY SNIPPING SCENES OFF JUST BECAUSE NANNY THINKS ITS UNSUITABLE!
This whole censorship thing is a huge plus point for people to just download the UNCENSORED versions online and watch it on their comp.
Disclaimer: this is not by any chance a shoutout to support online piracy, I think online piracy is selfish and irresponsible.
But I can't help but see this GLARING CONTRADICTION in the policy of Uncle Nanny! First we proclaim to the world, SINGANANNYPORE is going to put out a tough stance against piracy! The next thing you know, we come out showing snipped versions of movies. THE ONLINE DOWNLOADED VERSION IS FULLER THAN THE MOVIES U PAY FOR IN THE THEATRES!
Now just go through this with me. All these are really rough estimates. Petrol to theatre $5 Parking $3 ERP (kaninabu) $1 Movie ticket on a weekend $10
Total cost of a CENSORED version of a movie $19
Downloading or streaming the movie cost: $0/Getting caught. (Piracy is a crime)
When you really need to piss in the theatre, CAN YOU PAUSE THE SHOW? When you want to grab a drink, CAN YOU PAUSE THE SHOW TO BUY THE OVERPRICED DRINKS? When the show gets boring, CAN YOU FAST FORWARD? When you want to revisit the scene where Ronald rides Scarlett Johanssan and Kiera Knightly real hard, CAN YOU REWIND THE SCENE? When you want to watch the FULL UNCENSORED version of the show, CAN YOU ENSURE NANNY DOESN'T SNIP PARTS OF IT OUT?
So its all these inconvenience AND the $19 bucks to watch the show at the theatre. Tell me again why the fuck should I watch a movie at the cinemas?
