Totally should have done this for PHYF125

Maybe En. Rahim would’ve given me an A for awesomeness.

THIS IS....... CONFUSINGGGGGG!

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Disney dream portraits

As a child, I’d always loved Disney fairytales. Even now, they hold a special place in my heart. So imagine my delight when I found these gems – celebrities bringing Disney characters to life, with the aid of none other than Annie Leibovitz herself!

Penelope Cruz & Jeff Bridges as Beauty and the Beast

JLo and Marc Anthony in happier times

Rachel Weisz as Snow White

Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella

Jessica Biel as Pocahontas

Roger Federer as King Arthur

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©Annie Leibovitz, Disney Resorts

Don’t judge a book by its cover…

…or a house by its front.

This seemingly tiny house at Port Melbourne, Australia is more spacious than it seems. I’m not entirely sure if I want to live in such a long, narrow house, but I’m loving the interior design! Especially the bathroom that opens into a private outdoor shower in the garden.

                                                        

It’s selling for only $1,300,000, if anybody’s interested!

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Typewriter artist: Keira Rathbone

Instead of using pencil and paint like many artists do, Keira Rathbone uses typewriters to create her unique artwork.

Obama

 

Miss Moss and a close-up

Typing a piece of artwork

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This guy plays a PVC pipe instrument.

…no, seriously.

He’s pretty good at it too.

To those saying “wait, what?”, watch.

The latest atrocity to hit our airwaves

UPDATE: Apparently, 8TV has apologized. Good to know!

Anybody saw the Ramadan ads on 8TV? Personally, I’ve given up on local television for a while now, so I missed these distasteful ads that 8TV has been airing. (And “distasteful ads”, my dear, is an understatement….)

15 seconds into the video, and I already feel offended. Not as a Chinese, but as a Malaysian. Many people are getting all worked up about the fact that the offending girl in the ads is portrayed as a Chinese, but frankly, there are far more pressing issues. Skin color and religion aside, I am beginning to wonder where my rights have gone.

Am I not allowed to wear “tight & revealing clothes”? (Very chauvinistic indeed; their attempts to censor the girl’s shoulders is laughable.)

Is “eating in public” a crime now?

Who’s to say what’s right and what’s wrong? A few narrow-minded bigots with narrow views of how the world should be? Yes, you’re allowed to have your own views, as do I. It’s when you start forcing them on the masses that it becomes a problem. They preach respect and tolerance, but sadly, do not practice these same values themselves. Respect and tolerance works both ways. It’s give and take – you can’t expect to gain respect without earning it; you can’t expect tolerance in return for such animosity towards others.

That said, I personally would not eat in the presence of someone who is fasting. It’s the polite, Malaysian thing to do. All that I’m saying is that we shouldn’t judge those who do want to eat in public. It’s a free country, after all.

Perhaps the perpetrators of this outrage filmed it with the best intentions, but the presentation clearly came out the wrong way. Maybe the people at 8TV who let these ads go on air can explain…?