Natalie Gauci
penny March 15th, 2008
I was rooting for another contestant, Matt, at the time of Aussie Idol 2007. The other finalist, Natalie, won.
Here’s a video of her winning single.
Kinda catchy.
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Ryan Reynolds.
penny February 2nd, 2008
Ajay got me back to watching the 90s TV series “Two Guys and a Girl”, and hence reminded me about Ryan Reynolds, the Canadian actor who played ‘Berg’ in the show. Since I finished watching the 3 seasons the past week, I looked him up wondering what this actor is up to at the present time. I read somewhere he’s in talks to play The Flash… anyone confirm this?
Anyhow, I also came across some writing from Reynolds. A nice, funny piece of light reading… enjoy!
More musical blabber.
penny November 4th, 2007
It’s interesting how my ear catches a tune in the radio, and I have to find out who is singing, so I can get it playing on my own time. It’s very rare that you find out AFTER hearing the tune, so I try to catch a good length of lyrics so I can do a quick Google search. I love the internet.
After which I’d be able to find a copy online, and if I love the tune I’d hunt the album, then other works by the artist.
I thought I’d share some of my thoughts about my latest finds. Some songs mentioned here are uploaded in my Multiply site [if they're not there yet, i might put them up in the future].
The Cat Empire. This is an Australian alternative band from Melbourne. I’ve heard my friend Malu rave about them ever since I’ve known her. I happened too see them do an unplugged special on TV some weeks ago, and they are fantastic! They are kind of like a ska, swing, jazz rock band, heavily seasoned with Latin influence, in my opinion. I have all of their three albums now, and I like listening to them when I’m in need for a pick-me-up. My favorite would have to be the album So Many Nights.
Fat Freddy’s Drop. A New Zealand band I heard about from friend Shamin. They are great to hear to mellow out without getting droopy-eyed. [They had a gig last night here in Sydney, and was invited to come see it. But seeing I am feeling somewhat impoverished at the moment, no fancy events for me yet =P]
Damien Rice. First heard the song Delicate by this American singer, played in the House MD soundtrack. I have got to be enamored with the songs by Damien Rice the most at the present time. They are simply divine. I don’t know what it is, but even with not much instruments, the bravado just blows me away. I would have to say, I mostly play his song Cannonball to cheer myself up. Listen to it. It’s a great song.
TV chatter
penny October 7th, 2007
[Pen editing so the post makes much more sense]
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I didn’t think I’d get used to Aussie tellie (shortened form of television). I guess it’s mostly because it’s a lot like british programming? We Pinoys had our bit of Benny Hill and Mr Bean at home, so the humor can be a bit familiar. But not all of it is of that tone of humor, don’t get me wrong!
I have here a bit of commentary on some Aussie shows I get to watch sometimes on the tellie [I wish I could just get used to the shortening of words, "bogan" as Ali calls it. I love hearing them talk that way hehe] I know I shouldn’t have any time to spare [believe me, I don't!], what with all the work that comes with a phd. But then, guilty pleasure is primetime mindless shows on the tellie. I didn’t do any ‘research’ so I could be talking about ‘franchised’ shows here. Anyhow… If my supervisor sees this list… I am soooo dead [I swear, I don't get to watch them all the time!]
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Heroes @ Singapore
AJ Jorge September 11th, 2007
Catching up with blogging is hard especially if you have lots of materials with little time to blog.
Heroes cast were here in Singapore when Pen was here the second time around. Hiro Nakamura, Officer Matt Parkman, Dr. Suresh and Nikki/Jessica Sanders were present.
Grey’s TV show
penny September 9th, 2007
Ok. Episode nine of the first season finally reeled me in. Hooray for Syph Boy! Once I’ve watched enough eps, I’ll put up a feature 
Janep Avatar Simpsons Style
AJ Jorge July 17th, 2007
In honor of the forthcoming much anticipated Simpons movie, everyone is encouraged to make his own Simpsons avatar here.
I had a hard time making my traits with the limited selection over at the site. This is the best I can come up with. [pen edits with hers too]
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Transformers T-Shirt
AJ Jorge July 6th, 2007
Yuga is giving away Transformers T-shirt in his site - yugatech.com/blog.
All you need to do is leave a comment in this entry telling who is your favorite Transformers and why.
I’d easily pick Jazz. I would’ve picked Optimus Prime or Bumbleebee but people everywhere are also choosing them. So I’d go with the lesser known Autobot. More than that, Jazz is an uber cool car taking the form of a Porsche. Jazz for me is cooler than Bumbleebee, Ironhide or Ratchet. Prime’s cargo exterior is still a mystery for me (where the heck does it go whenever Prime transforms?!). Hot Rod will be another choice as he is another sports car in the cartoons but he is not one of the original robots of the show. And when Hot Rod became Rodimus Prime, kids all over are craving for him.
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Knight Rider Movie
AJ Jorge July 6th, 2007
After selling KITT from the hit show Knight Rider, it seems we will be seeing a reincarnation of KITT in the big screen.
The 80s fads are catching up on us. I’m not complaining though as long as they don’t destroy my childhood memories. Come to think of it, a cool talking car in the 80s was really awesome. But in this day and age, can they pull it off? We already had Fast and the Furious movies, Dukes of Hazard, Starsky and Hutch, etc. How will Knight Rider be any more different from theirs? Put and AI on the car and let it say one liner witty lines?
It is also rumored that the producers want Ben Affleck portray Michael Knight.
South Park, Simpsons and 24
AJ Jorge May 26th, 2007
Coolness.
In a span of one month, 24 has been parodied by 2 famous cartoon shows.
SouthPark:
and Simpsons
I liked the SouthPark episode better than Simpsons’. Though Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub guest stars in Simpsons as Jack and Chloe (their 24 characters), South Park has a better parody. I especially liked the times when Cartman says “Damn it!” ala Jack Bauer.
As an additional treat, when South Park aired their episode (which has something to do with a nuke bomb hidden in Hillary’s snatch), 24 producers actually gave Matt Parker and Trey Stone - creators of Southpark - a real prop nuke suitcase bomb.
If you want to watch the two episodes, search Snuke for Southpark’s episode while Simpsons’ is season 18 episode 21.