i'm abit miffed that last night's American Idol was postponed due to a simultaneous broadcast of President Bush's third prime-time news conference of his presidency. Anyway, this week's theme is Movies and i'm very excited over what the contestants are gonna sing tonight... Last year, Clay Aiken sang Somewhere Out There during Movies night & this song has become a perennial favorite of mine eversince. Moreover, Quentin Tarantino, cult director of some of the best movies i've ever seen (i.e. Pulp Fiction & Kill BIll Vol.1) is making an appearance as guest judge. The idea is quite preposterous of course (why the hell is a film director judging a singing competition?? it's totally irrelevant, i tell you) but I'm willing to give him the benefit of a doubt; maybe he's just as controversial as Simon in his comments. I'm only keeping my fingers crossed that he wont be as sugar-coated as Paula...
*Yikes~* My american idol anticipations are getting waaaayy out of hand~!! I'm probably just brimming over with anxiety over what my favorite contestants are gonna sing this week...
There was a blackout in the northwestern part of Singapore late tuesday night, with about 80 000 homes affected. Thankfully, i'm NOT staying in Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Timah, Bukit Panjang or Jalan Bahar and thus my home was not plunged into total darkness like those of my friends staying in those areas. HOwever, just when i was starting to feel all smug about it, a loud explosion rocked the entire neighbourhood here in taman jurong... It was 130am and it was definitely no thunderstorm... A peek out of my window revealed a brouhaha occurring at the road junction where WestPoint Clinic was (the place where i normally visit the doctor when i'm sick) with a couple of police cars parked along the kerb. By this time, my mind was racing with visions of suicide bombers with grandiose agendas running amok in this little out-of-the-way neighhourhood. Soon though, my inquisitive nature got the better of me and I decided to go downstairs and check out the commotion myself. When I reached there, a steady crowd had already gathered (all as kaypoh as i was, i suppose) and some firemen were putting out the flames on what seems to be the remains of an ambulance... Nothing really very exciting but u can check out the details of the incident here.
What was really mindboggling was the fact that no one in my family was awakened or even stirred from their comfortable slumber! hmmm.. Perhaps the ability to sleep like logs even through deafening explosions is a dominant gene in my family... ;p
PS: my apologies to those who tried to comment on my haloscan board but could not; I wasnt aware that it wasnt working as it should have. At any rate, the problem has been fixed.
