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Drama. Comedy. Amazing.
The 3 words to describe this life.
The life of Derrick.

Idol Curse
For some weird reason, this season's American Idol(AI) is not going my way at all. I don't really follow AI that much ever since the season of Fantasia, which was a loooong time ago, but because star world apparently paid a lot to broadcast AI this season, they show it almost everyday, the same episode about 3 times a day. There was even once they showed the same episode consecutively! Ridiculous...

Anyway back to the story. I am seriously cursed this season. All the people that i was rooting for, have all been eliminated even before the top 6! So i have decided to not root for anyone, just in case my favourite get kicked out again. Psh...

First it was that cool black girl with the husky voice called Asia or something. I thought her voice was totally unique and powerful, and not to mention her name is so interesting. It's a continent! But she got eliminated like immediately. Total bummer.

Then it was that philipino girl. She is cute and pretty. Look a lot like the hi-five asian girl who got knocked up and left the show for a while. Feelings go up yeeah Feelings do down woooo... Ok i don't watch hi five btw. Seriously. I don't watch it. So anyway, i thought she would be able to pull off a jasmine trias. Don't know whether you guz can still remember that cute hawaiian girl who managed to make it so far because of her cute innocent look. She even cried on national TV and got all the men in america calling in to stop her from crying, allowing her to stay in the competition.

And finally, there was Michael who just got eliminated and was hailed as one of the most shocking elimination ever in idol history. I really thought that he deserve to win. He was so so so good. And he looks like a james blunt who goes to gym and sound more manly than james blunt. Did i mention that i love james blunt? Michael always gave a great performance. He never fails to impress me. Too bad he is gone.

And now the remaining 7... I guess most people hope that David guy will win. The one that looks so young and innocent. The one that has a goodie 2 shoes look. His voice and smile melts all the hearts of girls, aunties and grannies. He just look too innocent already. He makes the wholesome Carrie Underwo0od look like a slutty whore. Ok that was a bit of exageration. But you get my drift. And he so doesn't look like an american idol. If he wins, he is going to be like that old man who won. That tyler guy. I bet everyone forgot he actually won the title.

And i just realised something. The only people from idol who actually managed to stay in the music industry are the people who kept their figure or became slimmer, eg carrie and kelly. Those who turned fat were eliminated, eg fantasia and clay. Looks like jordin is going to disappear soon. That girl is inflating like a balloon. During the idol gives back show, she wore this body tight black dress which was suppose to give a slimming effect. I thought there was going to be another case of janet jackson "closet malfunction". I was expecting the dress to give way to her huge body. Ok that would have been a horrible sight... Oh no... i tried to imagine it... now i can't get it out...

Signing out - 4/13/2008 09:00:00 PM

Facebook
Yesterday, i was so bored that i decided to surf on facebook. And seriously, the guy who invented facebook is a genius! Pure genius! Because of facebook, i can actually make friends with my future school mates even before getting to the school!

I finally found out how to join the NYU network and groups. I may look computer savvy but actually all i can do it surf the net and blog. :P And i was so bored that i decided to do some facebook stalking! The thing about facebook is that you put so much stuff on it, people can get a first impression of you without even meeting you.

So i searched for singaporeans who are heading to nyu stern with me. And i found this guy called Benjamin Lim i think. Scrolled through his profile. Look at some of his pics. And just by that i realised that his good friend went to NY earlier, he got fat/stocky in the army process because he looked so much better in his HCJC days (he used to look pretty cool and happening, now he looks like guofeng), and he is super garung about going to nyu because he already bought his air ticket and is an active contributor on the nyu incoming freshman group. All this by reading his wall and scanning his photos. Haha... i know... its stalking and intruding into people's privacy. I was that bored.

Haha i think i'm really super KPO. Reading other people's wall to wall conversation. But i got a reason! Im checking whether people are talking bad about me! Like my sister who was bitching to a friend about somebody who was also on her friend list. She had no idea that people could read her wall and would be notified through the facebook newsfeed. She was devastated when i told her the whole world could read it, especially if her friend is as nosey as me.

The wonders of facebook... Now to do research on that RJC girl heading to nyu stern too...

Signing out - 4/10/2008 03:35:00 PM

School Pride
I realise time really flies when ya jobless! Is it tuesday already? Goodness...

Anyway this post is for all of you who wear your school shirts with pride. Like people from St Andrew's(once a saint, always a saint... There is seriously nothing saintly about the SA people I know...) and Catholic JC(apparently they don't really like their school. Its just that their shirts are really comfortable.). And i know that every single ACS boy/girl is proud to wear his/her school shirt. Even if its the imitation of the US college A C J C shirt. Or their orientation shirt. Any shirt with the ACS logo on it should be worn with pride.

Therefore, please make sure these shirts do not get out to the public! I am not saying don't wear it out into the public. Im saying don't let some CHINA man wear it!

The other day i boarded the bus to see someone wearing an ACJC Hockey college shirt. I scanned the guy. Look like in the 50s. China look. Wearing construction safety boots. Dirty pants. ARGH!!! HOW ON EARTH DID THAT GUY GET HOLD OF THE SHIRT! He has turned the ACS shirt into a GIODARNO shirt!!! It was soooooooo insulting. Yes i may not be from ACJC, but still! It had our emblem on it! The griffon-like creature has become a chinese dragon! Faint...

And that wasn't the end of it. When the bus was reaching my stop, i stood at the door to wait for the door to open. That guy tried to get pass me by pushing me away and wiggling his hand in front of me to tap his ezlink card. I was like hellooo... im obviously getting out too! So i turned around and gave a fake smile and said "im getting out too." He backed off.

When we got off the bus, everything was confirmed. He started talking to his other china friend in that china accent and was talking soooo loud. It was seriously the most unsightly thing! What if someone thought ACS boys are like that?!

Just to clear that: We aren't like those china people. We are NOTHING like them. We happen to be gentlemen who are smart and goodlooking. nodnodnod.

Signing out - 4/08/2008 11:33:00 PM

What a fantastic week!
As you most of you know, i have been jobless and i am sooooo loving it. I can imagine my retirement days already. Whoot! So far whatever i planned to do, i did it.

1) I woke up at around 11am everyday. The feeling is.... every day is a good day feeling. haha... Compared to those days in army when i had to wake up at 530am!!! Looking back... Puke blood.

2) I exercised everyday. Yup EVERYDAY! Like at least 10 push ups and 10 sit ups. hahaha! That's a big achievement already!

3) I didn't watch Oprah and Ellen everyday though... Watching animes were more attractive. Finished Fate Stay Night in 2 days. Decent anime.

4) But i didnt get to sun tan AT ALL. Apparently the weather hates me. Everytime i go out to sun tan, the sky become all cloudy! WORST, the other day i sat there for like 2 minutes and it started to pour cats and dogs. Psh... Then i thought i could go gym but my stupid condo keeps the gym key at the guard house and the guard house is like in the rain so i didn't bother getting the key. Didn't want to get my shoes wet. My precious Asics shoes...

The bad thing about this is that i get lazy to do everything else. I don't read the papers now... I don't blog often... In fact, i went out only a few times because i was just too lazy to leave the comfort of my home. Oh.. the pleasures of being jobless. You have to experience it for yourself to believe how good it is.

Verse of the day:
Taste and see that unemployment is good! -Derrick 1:2

Derrick 1:1 being: Life is good! If you live it Derrick's way.

Oh oh and in the few occasion that i actually left my house, 2 people commented that I'm funny! That totally made my day.

Signing out - 4/04/2008 11:08:00 PM

the devil's advocates
Woe to you! Those who try to tempt me to stray away from the path of dieting! There are many of you out there who apparently think im joking about dieting! Im DEAD SERIOUS about it!

Reason 1:
In 3 weeks time, i will be heading to thailand and i plan to go snorkelling and sun tan on the beach. This would mean i will have to take my shirt off, and i happen to be a very considerate person. I don't want people around me disgusted by my flabbiness. I don't want them to lose their appetite because they see some fats jiggling around in the sun. I will not let that happen! I know its abit far fetch to expect abs in 3 weeks but i don't plan to make people lose their appetite because they feel depress after looking at the six packs... wish i could though. hehehe...

Reason 2:
In 4 months time, i will be flying to new york to start my tertiary education in NYU. I don't know whether you realise this or not, but we asians are not exactly the best looking race in the world. Our faces are flat, as if we all got punched in the face by our gynae when we emerged from our mother's womb. We get fat easily. (not everyone but i do!) We are short. (Except for yaoming) We have black hair and eyes which is rather boring. There are a few exceptions like andy lau and maggie q and lucy lui but in general, you gotta admit, we are not good looking. (I want to say we are ugly but that just sounds too depressing)

Look at the ang mohs! They have sharp features. They got great hair color, which ranges from blonde to ash brown. Their eyes are colored, like blue or green. And they look good with their colored eyes. Try it on an asian. It's just wrong. It looks demonic. And for some weird reason, those who keep their bodies fit have really good bodies, unlike asians whose body don't really look that fantastic even when its toned.

So anyway when school starts, i gotta make a good first impression. And remember, im up against these ang mohs whose gene's are superior to us in terms of looks. I have to compete against people like the football jocks! People you see from the cast of smallville! Eish... And i don't want the girls to go:
"Eww check out that fat asian kid! Haha! He has no friends! Oh wait he has the book worm club to befriend with! Hahaha!"

This must not happen.

Instead, they should be saying:
"Hey girl friend! Have you met Derrick? He is dead hilarious! And oh my god... isn't he like the cutest asian eveeeer!!"

Reason 3:
I don't want to die of heart attack early. And this is the most important reason. Really. The most important reason. I want to stay healthy. Yup. Nod nod. Ok fine... I couldn't think of another reason and there must always be 3 points to an argument... It just sounds better with 3. Not 2, not 4, but 3. Live longer. nodnodnod.

Sooo stop discouraging me! Stop tempting me to eat all those fatty food or super sweet stuff! Like encourage me to eat salad or something. Must lose the stupid fat on me!

Signing out - 4/01/2008 09:29:00 PM