Archive for December, 2008

eli gonzales or his twin

12,911 days old today

almost 13,000 days on earth (calculate yours) and i not quite sure what i have done or achieved.  at least not played or enjoyed and experienced enough i think. then again, i do a lot of it in my fantasy land.

started to rediscover facebook again today.  it is actually very much like a glass house.  no privacy at all.  all your friends see what you do online with facebook.  scary.

will be going up to KL today with bil (bro in law). will be in the car while he drives.  will be mostly work, jogging, eating and soaking in the tub in cyberia. hope it wont be too stressful a trip.

feeling old

was with some friends just now and they were showing me photos of their parties the last few days.  gosh, it was mostly of hot young guys without shirts.  and i mean young like early to mid 20s.  some still in university and others already starting their professional career.  when i look at the pics, i just cant help but feel so old. i cant imagine myself enjoying in the parties like those.  not that i was ever a party animal. but now with my age, i prefer small groups, just quiet wine sipping at someone’s house may be watching tv, playing taboo.

weirdest movie sequel

i must say this is the weirdest movie sequel idea i ever heard.  cant wait to see it. 

so titanic the movie was based on historical events.  it has the whole history epic make up.  then they do a sequel where they find Jack (leonado) frozen undersea.  got him up, reanimated him, as in bring him back to life.  he escaped and is caught in the “future” where he finds Rose already dead.

is like from historical epic, to sci-fi triller.  and it is staring leonado as well.  i actually think leonado is a very capable and good actor.  so no way is this a B grade ripe off.

try looking for the triller and check it out.

six packs on obama

not a good pic to judge his looks, but just focusing on the abs … isnt that 6 packs?

but still with a bit of love handle?  hmmmm ok i am going no where trying to achieve my 6 packs.  beginning to feel like a fantasy.

first day of holiday …. and other musing

recently i was addicted to secondlife.  for those unfamiliar secondlife is a virtual world environment where you create yourself as an avatar and interact with others.  it is like an advance chatting and socializing in a WOW environment without the gaming objectives.  

but the reason why i was addicted, is the same as why i used to be addicted to reading online erotic stories and chatting.  it is a sordid affair.  you cannot believe the amount of sex you can have in secondlife and you create the environment, so it is one step closer than text fantasizing.  the visual element is very addictive.

oh and yes i am the female in the picture.  that is the whole idea of secondlife … to be able to lead the life that you are not in real life.

any case soon after my labido wane off, i started to take interest in the secondlife (SL) environment.  for instance you can create furniture, cloths, cars and practically anything in a virtual world.  couple with that, secondlife has a very very development financial system.  you buy linden dollars (secondlife currency) with real money and you get to spend it in SL.  There is even an site to track the black market exchange rate of SL to USD which fluctuates with demand.

what this interested me is

  1. ability to create stuff.  that has always been an interest for me.  reason why i like programming is because every program is like a creation.
  2. money.  have never been a very money oriented person.  guess i was always a little boy mentality.  but i might finally be growing up a bit with regards to realizing i do need so stable income and savings/investment in order for me to retire early or not be worried about my old age. and of course to enjoy life now, my monthly expenses is not low either.
so i started thinking i might create some simple stuff and may be start selling it in SL. of course it will take some time.  but i guess it will be fun and can be a hobby.
then this morning i was reading an article online how an iphone application that plays farting sound is now the top selling application on iphone at USD 0.99 per download. the number of downloads slowly climbed from 200 to 13,000 a day on 22 Dec 08.  that is like average of USD 800 in one day as apple takes 30%.  WOW! a farting sound application!
ok i am now downloading the iphone SDK and bunch of development resources.  but you cant imagine the process of getting an iphone app to run and to be on the apple store.  the process is so tedious, it makes me wonder why are the so much crap still on the app store.
well i was thinking why no do it for jailbreak phone.  then again, i wont be able to sell it at USD0.99 a pop.
oh well is xmas eve and the start of my one month official off from my official work.  i say official because i still my side line programming to catch up on and 2 weeks of military service.  so no, it is not 1 whole month of idling.
but may be i will get around to updating this blog with new design and updating the version.
happy holidays everyone.
p/s: link to asian heartthrob finalist for 2008.  personal favorite, Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines.  oh wait, the 3 countries i go to every month.
Derrick Tee, MALAYSIA
Dingdong Dantes, PHILIPPINES
Allan Wu, SINGAPORE

challenging times … to keeping fit

is the holiday seasons again. i think this is the first time i have a long break of a month from my day job. too bad i still have my side line to catch up with and 2 weeks of military service.

while the holiday season is a challenging time for keeping the body weight down, this year might not be that bad as i am likely to be in cyberia or military and will likely avoid most party since bf is not around.

oh by the way is bf’s birthday today.  happy birthday.

no photo evidence of my half marathon

obvious that is not me in the photo.  they keep sending me emails about the marathon photo but when i search online they have no photos of me.  so as good as no photo evidence i completed the 21km in my personal record timings.  oh well at least i know.

next year i will target to pose for the cameras and wave.  note to myself, make sure i have pair of photogenic sunglasses on.

twin fantasy?

i never had twin fantasy for some reason.  i guess one is more than i can handle.

without being greedy just give me either one of the twin.  nice mirror effect below.

boy next door hotness

no need to be models.  more down to earth, boy next door, decent looking guys …. especially straight ones are the hottest.

am a geek, and this look cool

am a geek and have always been fascinated by applied technology.  this is a very cool application of 3d modeling, image processing and human machine interaction.

bollywood hunks … attracting gays too

MUMBAI – BOLLYWOOD’S leading actors are hitting the gym as never before, adding brawn and biceps to their on-screen repertoires and winning a legion of new fans in the process – including other men.

The latest weight-training convert is Aamir Khan, who enlisted the help of physical trainer Satyajit Chourasia two years ago to get in shape for the film Ghajini, which is released on Dec 25.

His daily four-hour regime appears to have paid off.

Giant advertising hoardings show a shaven-headed Khan, who plays a man with memory loss who tattoos himself and takes Polaroid pictures to remember people and places, stripped to the waist, exposing a finely-ripped torso.

The 43-year-old said the film’s director A. Murgadoss told him to bulk up because it was essential for the character.

‘I too felt that I will not be able to do justice to my role if I am not in this shape,’ he said this week.

Asked whether his new look could help boost box office takings, he said it was creating ‘a lot of buzz among viewers, which is good for the film’. Historically, the muscle-bound macho hero has never been in vogue in Bollywood.

Instead, leading men were as likely to be measured by the manly thickness of their chest hair or how they carried a tune or moved in the set-piece song and dance routines.

Eyeing the success of Hollywood’s Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1980s, Bollywood’s Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt began working out, winning accolades and a dedicated fanbase.

But it was not until megastar Shah Rukh Khan got a ‘six pack’ for his 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om that muscle tone became a must for aspiring Bollywood actors.

Actor John Abraham enlisted the help of Hollywood personal trainer Mike Ryan to prepare for appearing on camera in only a pair of swimming trunks on Miami beach in the film Dostana, which was released in October.

‘I went on high protein and vigorous training to get that kind of look,’ he said. ‘It was essential to work out more because I had little time on my hands and had to get that kind of muscular look to complete the film on time.’

His new look has won him a legion of new fans, including in the gay community, he added.

‘Earlier some women used to make a pass on me but now even men make passes at me,’ said Abraham, who has been nicknamed The Hunk.

Satyajit Chourasia is full of praise for actors he has worked with, from Aamir Khan to Saif Ali Khan and Zayed Khan, as well as Hrithik Roshan and Ajay Devgan.

‘All the actors are very dedicated. They don’t skip their exercises and maintain themselves which you can see with their looks on the big screen,’ he said.

Demand is now so high that Chourasia said he has had to open a second gym in Mumbai, two in his home town of Nagpur, some 900 kilometres east of Mumbai, and two in the Indian capital New Delhi.

But having a perfect physique can have its disadvantages.

British director Danny Boyle has said that casting a Bollywood beefcake as the lead in his hit film Slumdog Millionaire would not have worked, even though Indian actors had the talent.

Instead he cast a skinny British Asian actor, Dev Patel. The film is now a hot favourite at next year’s Oscars.

‘You know when guys can’t put their arms down cause they have all this muscle mass? They’re 18; they’re only just beyond kids – and their heads are really small,’ Boyle told The Huffington Post on Nov 25.

‘They haven’t put any weight on their heads. So you’ve got these tiny little heads and big bodies; that was just wrong for the film.’ — AFP

nice gadgets … big and small

digital hour glass … drains light instead of sands

smart and hot

 

The hair can do with a bit of styling, but a researcher, 1.85m and look at that solid body.

I can only drool.

Zaki Hamid, 30, Researcher

Height: 1.85m.

Weight: 78kg

Exercise regimen: I go to the gym three times a week. I usually start off by warming up on the treadmill for 15 minutes before working on my chest, shoulders and back with free weights. I’m also a member of the Tango Lyrical Theatre, which is a dance troupe. I go there to do ballroom, salsa and Argentine tango, among other dances. We train three times a week as well. During the weekends, I play football or swim.

Diet: I eat five full meals a day. Besides breakfast, lunch and dinner, my other two meals are my break meals, which consist of energy boosters such as protein shakes. I don’t take oily food.

hungry … waiting for lunch

now if only the houseboy is as hot as this guy and does the housework without shirt on. will be full just staring at him.

good to be dirty

now my mum and i can be proud to say that our house is good for the immune.  i wish.

but this ad is so funny i just have to post it.

cheap home

so … many of us dream of owning our own land and building our own house.  but the cost of that puts it out of reach for many asians.  or i should say singaporeans.  where land and everything else is expensive.

but if we can just save enough to buy a small piece of land, may be i can build a house using containers.  invest a bit on the interior renovation.

one problem i can see is that, on rainy seasons, it will be damn noise inside.  oh have to think about electricity, water and wastage disposal.

hmmmm may be i can dream of buying a small island in philippines and have this as home. but it might be cheaper to get someone to build a simple timber house on the island.

mental block

nothing to post … mental block.

utt gallery

special post on utt. you can tell his bod is not fantastic … which makes it a very realistic attainable goal.