I thought "I Survived A Japanese Game Show" currently showing on Channel 5 was pretty trashy... Am surprised that it's actually an American reality tv show... well, cos there's like all these Japanese gameshow audience (all super on and into the mood) totally enjoying themselves and laughing their heads off at the silly games the (poor? I added a question mark 'cos well, after all, they are voluntarily throwing away their pride on TV for the $250,000 prize money) American contestants are put through... And I am not sure why I felt strange, but suspect cos it was pretty unusual to have such an atypical asians-get-to-ridicule-caucasians scenario...

I feel like the show is intentionally humiliating... In the episode I just watched, the elimination game (the loser will have to leave the show) was unflatteringly titled "You Look Funny Stuck On A Wall"... The two participants had to like wear velcro suits and with the help of some trampoline pad, jump to fit the human outlines on this "velcro-compatible" wall... Before the participants proceeded with their game, the Japanese host actually turned to the audience and speaks to them in Japanese "Applaud if you think the Americans look silly!!" I mean, seriously... that was kinda mean... though it was probably intended to be funny. Now... somehow one of the participants was just super talented and managed to fit into the human outlines quite perfectly each time... whereas her fellow participant was just pretty off... And so at the end when they announced the winner, the game host like leaves the loser stuck on the wall for an excrutiatingly embarrassing 30 seconds or so (cos they are wearing velcro suits, they unfortunately can't get themselves unattached from the wall without external help) and then goes oops, XXX, how are you feeling up there...?! Seriously, I almost felt like strangling him...

This show made me cringe... By the end of the show I decided that one episode's enough.... :P Be warned... But i suppose you can catch it if you want some cheap, brainless entertainment... I just hope for your sake that not every episode's this bad... :P

I feel rather restless at work these days... It's not as if I have nothing to do; rather, there's nothing very exciting to do... :P The thing I have to do entails meticulously planning out implementation timeline, digging up old history... both of which I am terrible at! And DCF is just DCF. Aargh, but I suppose I have to grit my teeth and just get them done somehow. Deep down I know I am sitting on time bomb that can explode anytime... Maybe this time round I wun be so lucky... hai.

Hmmm, it appears that consultants (the reputable ones) earn good and easy money. Do half a job can earn almost $200k... And the recommendations made/ work produced don't even seem that solid/concrete. It appears that what matters most is to learn and master the art of persuasion, so that you can effortlessly convince your customers that your findings are credible... ;P

Floral beauties

Yesterday was photo outing to Sentosa, to put into practice the three most impt concepts- aperture, shutter and ISO... However, I wasn't too good/attentive a student and was instead was a little wandery, trying to get good shots of interesting subjects...

This is my favourite picture of the day. It didn't seem that lovely to me when I snapped it, but after cropping away the distracting elements, it usurped the following picture to be my favourite one. There's just something so inexplicably beautiful about this pair of flowers... And 'cos I took this pic across some leaves/stalks, there's this subtle green vignetting effect as well :)

A fallen flower I discovered on the steps... The shadow behind the flower somewhat framed it nicely for me. There's this poignancy amidst the beauty of the still-fresh flower... Due to bright sunlight, the flower petal still ended up slightly overexposed/ harsh... But it's alright :)

Somehow these flower reminded me of fairies! Perhaps due to the way the petals were "folded" behind...

There were a bunch of bright red ones too!

A pink congregation :)