It's true that sometimes I couldn't find the words to express what I wanted to say, I would do so by posting up music videos instead, these are the same bloggers who made my relish the moment when I could find some time to post up my feelings and thoughts of the day. And it is also thanks to this same group of bloggers who gave me so much untold joy when it comes to blogging. Yes, this is what blogging is about, and I meant REAL blogging, not just taking some photo shots of your own boobs, posing in sexy poses and thinking, "These photos will do the trick for me!".
These are the bloggers who not only share awards with other bloggers whom they think are great and cool, but also share their life with me through their blogs. So, please keep it REAL when blogging cos' that is what REAL blogging is!
1) http://www.sgfriends.net/modules.php?name=MS_TopSites&file=in&id=1030
2) http://sgblogawards.omy.sg under Best Individual Blog category.
And if you happen to come across any blogs with these voting buttons but with lurid photo shots like bikini shots, breasts shots, etc, please help by voting down these blogs as they hurt the integrity of other serious bloggers in the Singapore blogosphere. Seriously, even Singapore's XiaXue wouldn't blog about herself with photos of her wearing nothing but bikini or bra & panties, right?
So, seriously please do help!!
P?S: Although it's true that posts like breasts shots do add some color to a blog, but using such shots to garner more votes to win a blog contest is something that shouldn't be though of, it just hurts a person's pride as a blogger who bothered about blogging. So, please pass this note to all your Singapore friends as well and remember to vote for my blog!!
Sincerely,
Pu Niao
Dang! I sure wish I was a Japanese sometimes, because of all the crazy concerts and 紅白歌合戦 (Kōhaku Uta Gassen) especially. The last time I saw this program on TV, it was telecast after New Year but nonetheless interesting to watch. Until my dumbass father insisted I switched it off! At the beginning of the video, I had thought that it was a special video until somewhere near the middle of the video did I realise that it was a live performance. It's really impressive due to the fact that I see a couple of samurais (Gackt's band actually!) playing music instruments amid a sea of warriors. And by far, this video of Gackt performing on 紅白歌合戦 is by far, the best live performance I have ever seen, whether on television or on the Internet!!
Link to Video: http://www.imeem.com/veluna20/video/Tp1zN3e5/gackt-returner-yami-no-shuuen-kouhaku-2007-commercials/
Teru teru bōzu (てるてる坊主) is a little traditional hand-made doll made of white paper or cloth that Japanese farmers began hanging outside of their window by a string. This amulet is supposed to have magical powers to bring good weather and to stop or prevent a rainy day. "Teru" is a Japanese verb which describes sunshine, and a "bōzu" is a Buddhist monk (compare the word bonze), or in modern slang, "bald-headed."
Teru teru bōzu became popular during the Edo period among urban dwellers, whose children would make them the day before the good weather was desired and chant "Fine-weather priest, please let the weather be good tomorrow."
Today, children make teru-teru-bōzu out of tissue paper or cotton and string and hang them from a window to wish for sunny weather, often before a school picnic day. Hanging it upside down - with its head pointing downside - acts like a prayer for rain. They are still a very common sight in Japan.
There is a famous warabe uta, or Japanese nursery rhyme, associated with teru teru bozu:
Japanese:
てるてるぼうず、てるぼうず
明日天気にしておくれ
いつかの夢の空のように
晴れたら金の鈴あげよ
てるてるぼうず、てるぼうず
明日天気にしておくれ
私の願いを聞いたなら
甘いお酒をたんと飲ましょ
てるてるぼうず、てるぼうず
明日天気にしておくれ
もしも曇って泣いてたら
そなたの首をちょんと切るぞ
Translation:
Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu
Do make tomorrow a sunny day
Like the sky in a dream sometime
If it's sunny I'll give you a golden bell
Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu
Do make tomorrow a sunny day
If you make my wish come true
We'll drink lots of sweet rice wine
Teru-teru-bozu, teru bozu
Do make tomorrow a sunny day
But if it's cloudy and you are crying (i.e. it's raining)
Then I shall snip your head off
The song was written by Kyoson Asahara and was composed by Shinpei Nakayama. Like many nursery rhymes, this song is rumored to have a darker history than it first appears. It allegedly originated from a story of a monk who promised farmers to stop rain and bring clear weather during a prolonged period of rain which was ruining crops. When the monk failed to bring sunshine, he was executed. Many Japanese folk historians, however, believe this story and others regarding the origins of teru teru bozu may have originated from long after the tradition had become widespread, most likely in an attempt to refine the image of the doll. It is more likely that the "bōzu" in the name refers not to an actual Buddhist monk, but to the round, bald monk-like head of the doll, and "teru teru" jokingly referring to the effect of bright sunlight reflecting off a bald head.
And you know what? I can't comprehend the fact that there is a certain Singaporean who doesn't know what Teru Teru Bozu is, despite the fact that she's been blogging herself to fame? Tsk tsk...
Sorry for the lack of posts as I was trying to make some changes for my other main personal blog. But this time, I'm back with good news from reality TV zone!! Seriously, I really really hate reality TV shows and vowed never to watched it after watching the qualifying rounds of American Idol and Singapore Idol. But after chancing upon this video, I think I might need to swallow my own words. Susan Boyle, who hails from Britain may not have the looks, but she sure has the voice. Even Simon Cowell is genuinely impressed, as you can see from the video!! Don't believe me? Check out the video for yourself!!
Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8yowi_susan-boyle-47letnia-ypiewaczka-z-b_music
Don't you wish you can come up with something just as unique as these if you ever have your own company one day? I sure hope I could as it would definitely help very much in terms of sales and it can even start a conversation, which in turn could bring sales too!!
I wonder if Jennifer will give Ange a run for her money? Jennifer sure looks hot and confident and definitely happy too. What do you think?
2. Your breath smells of alcohol, you won't keep your hands off of me, and you make lewd comments. You should be the poster boy for sexual harassment.
3. Our corporation used to be in the black. Thanks to your hard work and dedication to the destruction of employee morale you have managed to put our company deep into the red.
4. The only person that ought to be laid off in this company is you. A hamster could run this company better than you.
5. Brilliant idea increasing our health premiums by 50%. I'd be careful walking on the shop floor. Your health could be at risk.
6. After twenty years of hard work and personal loyalty, you have decided to give me a day off of work. What will be next? Are you next going to pay me minimum wage?
7. You're instituting a weight reduction program? Great! You're going to fire any employee who doesn't lose twenty pounds in one month? Not so great. I hope that you're the first one to get canned. After all, they don't call you Mr. Henry “Fatso” Jenson for nothing.
8. Thank you for instituting the No Smoking policy, the No Personal Email policy, the No Social Conversations policy, the No Eating Food on the Premises policy, and the No Going to the Restroom More than One Time a Day policy. I have a new policy to offer. It's called the No Listening to the Boss policy. I think it will go over extremely well.
9. Putting two employees in one cubicle should really cut cost and reduce energy. I see that you are having the hottest secretary in the company in your cubicle. I'll be sure to pass the news on this to your wife.
10. Having five company meetings in four hours is a bit excessive. Listening to your monotone voice is worse. Looking at your boring statistics puts me to sleep. Watching you scratching your baldhead, fidgeting with the pencil, and picking at your nose is abysmal.
