Forever Farrah!

Today, she is but a shadow of what she was in her heyday. Some may even say she is hideous looking. The poor girl has undergone many things in her life; a failed marriage, broken relationships and sickness. Thank God, she came through. It was great news to hear that Farrah has just licked colon cancer and I think the worse is over for her.

The goddess of the 1970’s and every college boy’s pin-up girl, Farrah is most memorable in her red bikini showing an unbridled mane of blonde hair and a wide sunshiny smile. In fact that hair-style sparked off a hair styling craze world-wide. Every girl in town wanted a Farrah Fawcett hairstyle. Remember the same thing happened in the 1980s when Lady Diana captured the world’s adoration with her hairstyle.

For those in the fifties, she is the Charlie’s Angel-Jill Monroe. All the other angels cannot hold a candle to her. She just lights up our idiot boxes when she comes on! She was even nominated for a Golden Globe for that role!

A beautiful young girl, Farrah was named the "Most Beautiful Student" by her classmates while in school in Corpus Christi, Texas. After graduation, in the fall of 1965, she attended The University of Texas majoring in Arts. Farrah then left her hometown and moved to California to pursue a career as a model. She later added acting to her endeavors, appearing in I Dreamed of Jeannie, Logan’s Run and Charlie’s Angels.

In Hollywood, she fell in love with Lee Majors and after five years of courtship, married him. But love has not been kind to Farrah. The marriage did not work out and they were divorced. She was then involved with pretty boy, Ryan O’ Neal and had a son by him. There were a few broken relationships after that as well. So who says beautiful stars are happy?

Farrah appeared twice in Playboy and those issues sold like hot cakes.

To me Farrah will always be the youthful and beautiful Jill Monroe in my mind’s eye. She will never grow old. Her image will be that lively and full-of-fun Jill-captured and immortalized in time.

Quote of the Day:

“I've fallen in love many times… always with you.” Unknown

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Real Bad Headlines!

Do you still think newspaper editors are masters of the English Language; that they are beyond reproach? Think again.

The following headlines are a laugh. These editors thought they were smart. However, the results proved otherwise for they now have both their feet in their mouths.

Have fun.

Crack found on Governor’s Daughter.

(What a naughty editor!)

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

(No, really? Plain stupid editor!)

Police begins Campaigns to Run down Jaywalkers

(Now that’s taking things too far, don’t you think?)

Is there a Ring of Debris around Uranus?

(Not if I wipe it thoroughly!)

Panda Mating fails; Veterinarian takes Over.

(What a guy!)

Miners Refuse to Work after Death

(Good-for-nothing deadbeats!)

Juvenile court to try Shooting Defendant

(Maybe this will work better than a normal trial.)

War Dims Hope for Peace

(Isn’t it obvious; unless you are a cuckoo!)

If the strike isn’t settled, it may last awhile.

(You think so?)

Cold wave linked to Temperatures

(Who would have thought?)

Enfield (London) Couple slain, Police suspects homicide

(Can there be any other possibility?)

Red tape holds up new bridges

(I didn’t know they were that strong!)

Man struck by lightning: Faces Battery Charge

(He must be one heavy duty battery then!)

New Study of Obesity looks for Larger Group Test

(Weren’t they fat enough?)

Astronaut takes blame for gas in space

(Beans should never be included in his lunch pack!)

Kids make nutritious snacks

(Must have tasted like Kentucky Fried Chicken!)

Local High School Dropouts cut in half

(Chain-saw massacre revisited?)

Hospitals are sued by seven foot doctors

(Boy, are they tall!)

Typhoons rip through cemetery; hundreds dead

(Isn’t it obvious!)

I hope the editors of local papers will take a leaf from these booboos and not put their feet in their mouth as well……unless they are foot fetish!

Quote of the Day:

“A laugh is a smile that bursts.” Mary Waldrip.

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Pug Faces - A Menace to Society!

I guess he is rich-doesn’t have to slog. All day long, I see him walking his mutts. If it is not him, it is his wife. Look at their faces- dull, vacant and expressionless. I guess they have three dogs-all with licences to pee and defecate anywhere they like including in front of your driveway! The dastardly owners merely guide the animals to where they want to do their business and put on an indifferent ‘Charlie Chaplin’stance when you look them in the face. Such impudence! Shame to them both, husband and wife. Pugfaces!

The whole neighbourhood is going to the dogs; surroundings, environment, stench and all

I hope one fine day, these two nincompoops wil get the due desserts-stepping on the very poop of their mutts! That will be a laugh then, won’t it?

Quote of the Day:

"The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finder." Foster's Law

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Celebrating Sweet Youth!

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 is the sonnet for all times. The finest!

The writer certainly got his wish come true. If he had wanted to immortalize the youth’s beauty, he has succeeded. When he declared that each time the sonnet is being read, the youth comes alive again and again, in a sense he is speaking of his own immortality as well.

Here is the sonnet.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed:

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Enjoy!

Quote of the Day:

“Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.” William Safire

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Moore is More!

I have just watched A Man of all Seasons on DVD. I missed it the first time it did the circuit as I was too young or opportunity did not come my way then. All is not lost. Despite these past 40 years, the movie continues to be crisp and engrossing and the dialogue, editing and acting is so good that it certainly deserves the cluster of Academy Awards it won including Best Picture for the year 1966.

The story is simple-about a man who stuck to his principles when everyone else has abandoned theirs for convenience, power, wealth, and the status quo. Expediency rather than principles dictated the actions of the courtiers and their families. It is the same today.

Sir Thomas Moore. The Lord Chancellor went against the King by not supporting his marriage to Anne Boleyn. The King’s fears drove him to have Moore imprisoned, tried in a kangaroo court of sort and finally had him beheaded in the Tower of London. The open court scene at the end was spell-binding especially Moore’s rebuttals!

In this movie, we saw the abject and low-down treachery of Cromwell, Wosley and Richard Rich – all for runaway ambition, gross corruption and transient power. Moore’s death was later to be followed by Cromwell’s execution for treason. As if by divine intervention, sex-crazed Henry VIII had to die from the dreaded syphilis!

The movie is well paced and is entertaining enough. Do see it some time.

Quote of the Day:

“It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.” Earl Warren

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The Rush is On!

After sending my daughter for her weekly tuition, I went to SS2 to do some shopping with my wife and son.

Before reaching the market proper, we were hijacked by a mobile van displaying Pensonic household goods. We were prompted to go up the van to have a look and they gave us a survey form to fill. They reward us by giving us a sample CD featuring snippets of songs from The Veronicas. The idea of a mobile display centre is actually novel but Pensonic goods have yet to make a name; since their after sales service continues to be bad.

The SS2 Sunday market has turned pretty busy. The rush is on; what with the Chinese New Year just around the corner. To top it all, The State assemblyman for the SS2 area, Lim Choon Kim has managed to secure temporary hawking licenses for the many illegal hawkers so that they can trade without harassment until the Chinese New Year. So the SS2 market has now more stalls to serve the needs of the buying crowd. I saw Choon Kim, relaxing in nearby MJ Restaurant overlooking the Sunday market. He is one smart alec, investing in the future of his political career. Kudos to him!

Yes, the ‘ugly’ enforcement officers from the Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya are around in full force in their blue uniforms. This time around, they were rakyat-friendly. They were quick to smile and in fact, some of them were busy shopping as well.

There were so many Chinese New Year paraphernalia on sale; from clothing to food to cooking utensils and the whole rigmarole. Customers were seen crowding the “ting-ting tang-tang” stalls to taste a myriad spread of cookies and biscuits and subsequently buying by the kilos. The man selling sweetmeats was doing roaring business and so was the guy selling ornamental jewelry.

The usual noise, din and dirt was still present at the wet market section. Chinese customers were busy buying mandarin oranges by the boxes, chickens by the half-dozens and huge chunks of pork. No, they did not miss the fish stalls – the Chinese must have fish for the Chinese New Year as they quote the age-old saying; “Nien Nien You Yee.” Pomfrets are the favourites. They also bought plenty of large prawns as well to store for the New Year. As usual, the Malay vegetable hawkers were screaming bargain prices at the top of their voices.

I guess the SS2 Sunday market will become busier as Chinese New Year approaches. The soya bean drink seller has finished selling his pails of fresh soya drink and has gone home by then. So, we could not buy any this time around. We bought what we wanted; fetched my daughter from her tuition and went home.

Quote of the Day:

"Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower.” Unknown

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The 'Tallahatchie River Suicide' I Know

As the song by Bobbie Gentry goes, “Billy Joe jumped off the Tallahatchie River Bridge.” They said he committed suicide because of his guilt associated with throwing his child into the self-same river.

Truth be told, I too am privy to a similar occurrence of a suicide this side of the Pacific Ocean. It might not be that off-shoot of the mighty Mississippi, but it is one roaring river in Pahang. My story involves a baby girl as well but there was no infanticide.

A pretty lady met a well-heeled small-town business man in Kuala Lumpur. He was enamoured by her beauty and. winning ways He wanted to start an affair with her but she insisted on marriage. He was already married and bigamy was out of the question.

He cajoled her to come to his home-town and put her up at a hotel. The wife of the businessman came to know of his affair and there was frequent bickering and quarrels which sent him to her bedside at the hotel almost every night. She soon became pregnant. He sent her to Chinese Maternity Hospital in Pudu. A daughter was born.

I guess the situation was untenable. She could not endure it anymore. One day when he was out of town, , she ventured out of her hotel in a heavy downpour, leaving the baby asleep in her cot.

No one knew what happened until a hotel staff came by to check on the baby because she was crying incessantly. A police report was made when the mother could not be located in the hotel and a search mounted. A day later, they found her body, thrashed up and broken upon a clump of bamboo stems along the riverside. Apparently she jumped from the bridge of the river just outside of town.

That was in 2004. That daughter of hers would be 23 years old today.

Quote of the Day:

“Life is simple, its just not easy.” Unknown

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Moving Liabilities!

If you have the wherewithal, you can choose a beautiful imported sports car as a Mercedes SLK to your heart’s content. I am certainly deficient in the moolah department and have to be contented with two aging jalopies. Mind you, my patriotic nature won’t allow me to think of buying any foreign makes. It is the Proton for me-first and last. (Tongue in cheek).

The government New Automobile Policy last year rung a death knell for many an old car owner. Overnight, we were deprived of thousands of dollars when the second-hand market went bust! Finance is no longer available for aging cars and not everyone has ready cash in hand to take your car. To compound my concerns, the two cars are starting to show metal and machine fatigue.

The power in both cars is fading with each passing year. The various operating systems and the bodywork have been under constant strain. I had to send them to the mechanics ever so often. First, the power windows won’t work; now it’s the driver door’s car lock which won’t open to me. The roof panel of one car is like the surface of the moon and I won’t be surprised if water seeps right through into the upholstery some day soon.

My old lady has complained to me that it is best to get rid of both cars and buy a new one - a Kancil that is economical and easier to drive and park. Moreover my daughter can drive it when she starts college.

Anyway, it is always easier to say then to do. I will wait for an opportune time to sell these 2 cars. Maybe I will consult a few car-knowledgeable friends before I act. Pray for me.

Quote of the Day:

“I'm retired - goodbye tension, hello pension! “ Author Unknown

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The Old Home Town No More!

The last time I was there in my old home-town was about a year back. It was 2005 and we were there on the occasion of All Souls’ Day.

We cleaned my grandfather and grandmother’s graves as well as that of Donny’s and Jeffrey’s little boy’s. We then sprayed water over their graves and said our prayers for the salvation of their souls. Completing our obligations, we then drove in the direction of our old home-town; a place which was familiar as I practically grew up there.

However, the town has changed. My mind could still make out what the original town was like. This town was not unlike other towns. Small population-almost everyone knew each other and their families. The shops served the needs of the town-folks and the population of the nearby villages and plantations.

It was a three-road town, with a main round-about marking the center of town. In the center of the round-about, was a signpost indicating the directions to adjacent towns and villages. The road on the left leads to another round-about which will then lead you to Malacca and Tangkak. While the road going south will lead you to Asahan and the fabled serene-looking Mount Ophir or Gunung Ledang, the road on the right will lead you to Kesang and its abandoned tin mining pools of crystal blue water.

South of the main round-about is a concrete bridge. The town folks will sit on the bridge span in the evening to chat. Adjacent the bridge was the bus cum taxi station and just beyond the bridge is a zinc-roofed food-court. Behind the bus station were padi fields and the meandering muddy Kesang River.

The church still stood there. I took my wedding vows at this church. How time flew! Some nostalgia here. It needed a new coat of paint,though.

I remembered between the shop-blocks were hawkers plying their trade. Meon’s satay was heavenly. Tao Loh’s mee-soup and fried noodles were the best. The Kan Loh Mee was second to no-one. Bo Jeng’s curry in a dilapidated restaurant was just unforgettable! Gu Chap’s beef soup noodles is beyond comparison.

The roads are still there but the hawkers-they have all gone now. They can live only in my memory.

Today, a nondescript bazaar sits atop the old bus station site. The bus station has taken over the padi fields and the old food court is now supplanted by a row of modern double-storey shops and offices.

I felt like a stranger. I was a stranger. No one knew me. The place was no longer familiar. I did not belong anymore.

Except for the church, there was just no nostalgia or attachment left to feel emotional or sentimental about my old hometown. Time and development has changed my hometown. The new hometown was my hometown no more…

I brought my family to a chicken rice shop. They knew we were not from these parts. Quickly we had our lunch and left the place.

Quote of the Day:

“When you finally go back to your old hometown, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood” Sam Ewing

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Awesome Aishwarya to Wed……

Speculate no more. The world’s darling is getting hitched. At 33, Aishwarya Rai, one of the world’s most beautiful women has decided to leave singlehood. She was formally engaged to Abishek Bachchan in New York on January 14^th and is expected to tie the knot on February 19^th.

A former 1994 Miss World, Aishwarya who goes by the nickname Ash, has been on every one’s list of the most eligible girls yet to be married. Was she choosy? There were so many reported romantic trysts amongst the Mumbai gossip columnists but nothing came to pass. Then she got engaged to Abishek, scion of the Bachchan family; the first family of Bollywood.

Acting-wise, many are overtly critical of Ash’s acting capability - some saying that it continues to be wooden. Seriously, she can act. Watched how she acted with complete confidence in Bride and Prejudice. Then in Mistress of Spices, see how she lights up the screen literary with her incredible beauty and grace. In these two films, you may not see a vibrant Ash but in the Hindi movies she acted in, she had proven to the world that she can dance, lip-sing and tease with absolute ease. For those of you who have seen Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin, see how she danced ever so gracefully in front of Palace of the Golden Horse and The Mines and then cavorts enticingly around the tourist spots on Langkawi Island. What a sight to behold!

Ash is the most beautiful Hindi star to date. We hope she will enjoy a happily married life with Abishek. All our best wishes to the lucky couple!

Quote of the Day:

“To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.” Ogden Nash

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She May Just Charm The Pants Off You!

Alyssa Milano was a promising starlet. She started off with being saccharine sweet and girl-next-door nice. Then she grew naughty - very naughty, much to our delight and pleasure.

She was given all the cheeky rebuts against Tony Danza, the main protagonist of the hit TV series, “Who’s the Boss?" However, grew out of that character she did and today, she is on her own, continuing her ascent and shining ever brilliantly in show business. The hit TV series, “Charmed” is sufficient testimony.

Beautiful she was, beautiful she is. God has indeed endowed upon this lady all the best attributes a human can have. Firstly, she has such a beautiful face that they practically mould Ariel, the little mermaid in the Disney animated movie after her face, looks and expressions. Then, watch out for that break-all-resistance smile - it will melt the strongest and the fiercest of male hearts. To boot, she has a body - so svelte, voluptuous, curvaceous and toned – fabulously exquisite to behold and sensuously adoring to hold. (I have yet to see where the seven tattoos are.) Above all, she wields the adroit skills of a consummate actress to sustain herself firmly in Hollywood.

Whether she's chilling out in jeans and a T-shirt or doing the red carpet in a sexy evening gown, Alyssa can go from formal to casual in a heartbeat and look awesome. A real hottie!

Alyssa flaunts her sexy assets in many films. She was sexy and seductive in Melrose Place and erotic in Fear and Poison Ivy. Then, she stripped down next-to-nothing for those infamous provocative advertisements for Candie’s perfumes. Believe me. She did confess that she has so much energy daily and love having sex just to drain away those unspent energy. I like her honesty and her guts!

Alyssa is 35 today, sultry and captivating. And oh yes, she can surely sing. In fact, five of her song albums have gone platinum in Japan.

The best is yet to come. Love her or lust after her, the sky is the limit for lovely Alyssa.

Quote of the Day:

“Opportunity is a bird that never perches.” Claude McDonald

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A Harem Holiday With Sarah Brightman

Transport yourself into the exotic world of the middle-east. Watch the unbelievably spectacular golden sunsets as you relax your weary body and mind in the shadows and coolness of the enticing verdant oases. Then, join fabulous Sarah Brightman as she traipses through the vast sandy dunes. See how she spins her magic with songs and dance with a harem of a long by-gone era.

The songs and the background music are indeed beguiling and catchy, and can cast a deep trance on you as you immersed yourself in an hour long of mystical escapism. Such tracks as “Beautiful, It’s a Beautiful Day, Nessun Dorma, Free, Stranger in Paradise, The War is Over, The Journey Home and Mysterious Days” are spell-binding and memorable.

Sarah Brightman, known as the Angel of Music is unique - her mesmerizing vocal prowess, her penetrative looks, her cat like-actions, her seductive movements, stage charisma and her magnetism. She is just unbeatable!

Do not miss out on this outing. Enjoy!

Quote of the Day:

“When love is not madness, it is not love.” Pedro Calderon de la Barca

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I Remembered….

Let us look back. Many things have happened to us. Let us list these milestones.

.…singing and performing publicly on the grounds of Rim Padang with Mr. Kessler on his trusty accordion in Standard 1.

….crying at the bus-station in Std 1 when my school bus left without me.

….the bullying at the end of school term when bigger boys punched their enemies as they got out from the school gate.

….swinging like Tarzan from a riverside tree into the muddy waters at the bend of the Kesang River.

….coming late for school and have to be paraded during school assembly in our laterite-soaked school shoes.

....how my canvas school bag stank when a bottle of coffee spilled all over it.

….being caned publicly for joining a bunch of truants playing at the Henry Gurney Park during school hours.

….being infatuated with my class teacher in Standard 4.

….camping in a haunted house at the base of Mount Ophir in Form 2.

....plucking and feasting on langsats on the tree while my friends waited impatiently on the ground for me to throw them bunches of the fruits.

….seeing my first Japanese X movie, “ Seduction Ninja Style”.

….seeing my first blue movie on a bed-sheet on campus

….having my first motorbike, a Honda C-70

….buying my first car, a Mazda 808

….my first disaster date!

….buying my first share on th KLSE

…. losing big time on the KLSE

....becoming a husband.

....becoming a father.

There are more milestone incidents which I will blog in the coming months.

Quote of the Day:

“Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect.” Chinese proverb

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A Death on Campus

He was a Sarawakian Assistant District Officer from Bau. He had been ambushed by communists before, was shot but he survived. He still had the bullet slug in his body as a grim reminder. So he decided to take a break and go to university. He was boisterous and convivial. We somehow clicked during orientation week in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 1972.

We became fast friends. We were always looking for each other and looking out for each other's interests. He had a ‘fat’ Sarawak Foundation Scholarship but poor me had to be supported by a State Government loan. Since he had savings, he could flaunt a bit on campus. As he was a matured student, he had his way with the girls on campus. I was just his docile Tonto. He was also my SOS bank when I need some money to tide over until my loan installment arrived.

We did many things together. Having lunch and dinner together was a daily affair. Together on my motorcycle,we went for midnight shows in town; to the occasional dance at the Penang Nurses Hostel, had beer at the nearby army mess and shared many joyous moments clowning around.

During the term holidays he would go traveling especially to Haadyai, Thailand; coming back with many expensive looking bush-jackets to show off in the lecture rooms. On one occasion, he came back with a pipe and smoked in quiet elegance at the back of the lecture theatre.

Romance-wise, he has left his sweetheart, a nurse in Sarawak for someone else. Somehow things did not work out between them and there were many misgivings.

One day, somehow, he suddenly got sick and had to be warded in the Penang General Hospital. The doctors could not diagnose him precisely because his symptoms kept on changing. I visited him daily and he was most interested in completing his assignments in hospital. I would take back these completed assignments and hand them over to the respective lecturers or tutors.

One evening, after coming back from hospital, someone informed me that my friend has passed on. He had severe internal hemorrhage and virtually bled to death. I rushed back to the hospital with my friend, Param. Then I went into the morgue. He was covered in a white sheet from head to toe. On his big toe was a card stating that he was “Bukan Umat Islam.” I said my prayers with the fervent hope that God will resurrect him on Judgment Day and left.

His body was brought back to the new Central Facilities and laid in state. All the students then filed past the coffin to pay their respects before the body was flown back to Sarawak for burial. Before they shut the coffin lid, I put his copy of the Second Malaysia Plan, his favourite book, into it. He must have loved that book that much being an administrator in heart and soul. I was one of the pallbearers that carried his coffin to a waiting van that whisked his body to Bayan Lepas Airport.

In the ensuing weeks, rumours and theories abound. This was the story from the Sarawakian quarter. It seemed he had left his girlfriend for another girl and the ex-girlfriend was incensed and had put a charm on him. As the charm could not cross the sea, someone was commissioned to bring it over to Penang and when the carrier finally arrived in Penang, the charm worked to the detriment of my friend and brought his eventual demise.

So when the communist could not get him, his ex-girlfriend did. How sad and disturbing!

On hindsight, I think he died from dengue hemorrhagic fever. Dengue was not a big thing then.

Quote of the Day:

“A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.” Grace Pulpit

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Love and Lust – Enjoy and Lose!

Mention Sylvia Kristel and one immediately associate her with Emmanuelle, the sex addict in the controversial soft-core Emmanuelle trilogy of the mid-1970s. The sexy image created in this trilogy was so over-powering and enduring that Sylvia Kristel, was forever type-casted to act in similar roles throughout her film career. She played Lady Chatterley’s Lover, the biopic, Matahari and the sex comedy, Private Lessons.

In 1974, Sylvia first exploded onto the silver screen as Emmanuelle, the sex naiveté turned sex personified. It was grossly successful and had critical cinematic appeal. It gave birth to a sequel a year later called Emmanuelle-the Anti Virgin. The trilogy ended in 1977 with Goodbye Emmanuelle.

In the first Emmanuelle, we find Emmanuelle, living in Bangkok together with her husband Jean, several years older than her. She likes him because he was her sex guru and awakened in her bizarre sexual cravings and was tolerant of extra-marital affairs in the pursuit of sexual happiness. The lusty offering in a darkened plane in flight was a super turn-on and most memorable. It will appeal to many who are interested in the perverted side of sex. The tender way that the story was presented as well as the French style gives it a very erotic feel throughout.

Emmanuelle 2 released a year later really takes the cherry! It was the erotic masterpiece of all time! It was so naughty that it inadvertently spawned a barrage of sleazy sequels. A drama with sex, Emmanuelle 2 went oriental once more, coupling the ancient art of acupuncture with sex, showcasing erotic body massage, an orgy with sailors on shore leave; a tryst in a changing room with a tattooed polo player and a truly ‘see-feel’ voyeuristic encounter in a ballet school.

Artfully rendered, beautifully photographed, the sex scenes really pushed the limits on just how far a film could go in screen erotica. The music by Francis Lai was spot-on. Beautiful and haunting! A very good classy sequel.

In Goodbye, Emmanuelle, Emmanuelle and her architect husband continued their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dalliance between her and a film director started to turn serious her husband shows the very traditional signs of jealousy.

When all is said and done, once all the lust in your loins is gone, where do you go? It is the classic love versus lust discourse! Love will be destroyed by lust as one goes on a never-ending addictive sex adventure. It is sexual gratification, pure and simple. And then there is Emmanuelle!

Quote of the Day:

“You can't wrap love in a box, but you can wrap a person in a hug.” Unknown

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Maiden Speech- Adult English Class

It was almost 2 p.m. when I got to Lot 10 at Taman Mayang. Fortunately, there was no traffic. I quickly unlocked the entrance and switched on the main. The lights came on. However, I could not get the air-conditioner in my classroom to work.

Thank God, my students have not arrived. Quickly, I switched to another class room where the air-conditioner worked. The students then trooped in. It seemed they were ferried from Kampung Chempaka by the two adult lady students. There was an additional two students. One was a First Year Quantity Surveying student from UTAR and the other a Form 3 girl.

So as not to make the class- a really assorted one - a dull graveyard shift, I involved them in class activities. I started with an activity called the Student Biography Exchange. In this activity, students interviewed one another, got the details required and then introduced one of the students to the class. For many, this was the first time they stood before a class to speak in English.

Then we had a grammar lesson to get them to know the building blocks of English-the parts of speech. Subsequently, they were engrossed in group work to pair work and finally individual task. We had reading next followed by oral comprehension and vocabulary building. I ended my first class at 4.15 p.m. I was happy, tired but certainly relieved that my first day of teaching the class was over.

I intend to start drills in my next class to help them to recognize sentence structure patterns and to learn word and sentence stress. Bet your bottom dollar that I will also be throwing in a few tongue twisters to help enliven the classroom atmosphere!

Quote of the Day:

“Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets.” American proverb

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