Dance Off and Parkour@SG

This weekend was a Blast with the Dance Off at Club Play. 

Being a big fan of Freestyle Dance i couldnt 

waste my time not checking out the event. 

and enjoy the pictures 

                                                   

                                           the energy level among the contestants was amazing
                                   and they have proved their hard work well on the Dance floor ,
                                         an amazing groups was a bunch of malay boy dancers
                                         refer pic below , the guys with the caps ...

On another note , was checking out parkour on the youtube site 

and gt inspired after the dance off to make a vid clip 

check out below . 

Inspired by MADONNA - Jump 

Why reviving democracy will fail... in the little known place of Potong Pasir

I read daily with much discouragement about the developments 

at Potong pasir .with so much online support for the revival 

and return of the estate to the Chiams.

 

Nevertheless only 2000 over signatures are collected after 

the last 2 days when in fact 8000 is needed. With the estate total

voters for Lina Chiam at 7,859. Could it be seem that the online

support and love for Mr Chiam See Tong is stronger

 than on the ground.

After devoting 27 years of his life to Opposition Politics 

and a strong hold of the estate , could the clock have finally 

tick to its end. have the people of the Estate finally got divided 

after promises of a better future , an incoming Upgrading ,

a newer rejuvenation of the Town.

The fact that Mr Chiam has suffered and survive

 a medical situation is a double edged sword.On

 one hand he is reverred for his Political strength 

and determination but on the contrary 

he is also likened as someone who should let 

go of his domain and retire.Could this be the 

reason for the division at the estate

at the moment. 

another thought

 that if NSP fielding someone as capable

 and politically media Savy as Nicole Seah does not warran

t her an opportunity into Parliament , what is the general 

perception of Ms Lina Chiam...with no political connections

 in the past except thru her husband...Singaporeans are generally 

a realistic bunch of people and they may have 

questioned her abilities to manage their estate.So a 

candidate from another affiliation seems 

a more practical answer.

I am keeping my finger crossed that the outcome

 will be peaceful and amicable , watever the result

 and consequence.

I respect Mr Chiam , and I respect Potong pasir 

resident for their past years of support and dedication

 and loyalty.But it seems that the situation in

 potong Pasir has reached a turning point.

It may just be a new beginning

 ...but at the same time i sense a

 worrying feel that 5 years later 

Little Potong Pasir may not be

here anymore.

this is just my personal opinion and 

everyone is entitled to 

their own story. 

Singa Of Singapura -LION in the City (Remembering JB Jeyaretnam)

Its been a while since my last posting and
this time around I really wanted to write
about something more interesting
and closer my the heart and ideals.








Joshua Benjam Jeyaretnam

(5 January 1926 – 30 September 2008
more commonly known as
"J.B. Jeyaretnam"

"J.B.J

became the first opposition
politician since
Singapore's independence in
1965 to win in Parliament, when he
defeated the candidate
of the governing People's Action Party
(PAP) by-election in the constituency of
Anson. He was re-elected at the 1984
general election, but lost his seat in
Parliament in 1986 following a conviction
for falsely accounting the party's
funds ( he always maintained was
politically motivated).



He returned to Parliament after the
1997 general election as a

Non-Member Member of Parliament
(NCMP) . he was stripped of his NCMP
seat in 2001 when he was declared
bankrupt after failing to keep u
with payment for damages to
PAP leaders as a result of a libel
suit. He left the Worker that later
that year.

He was discharged from bankruptcy
in 2007,and founded the Reform
Party in June 2008.

He died of heart failure September 2008,
three months after founding the Reform
Party which is now led by his son,
Kenneth Jeyaretnam.

Excerpt taken - At the funeral parlour this afternoon,

Kenneth Jeyaretnam related
to us how despite warnings from doctors about
his father's heart condition, JBJ kept putting
off medical treatment until such a time
when he could finish his immediate task.



And what was this task that was so urgent?

He had been toiling in court to bring the
Singapore Government to bear for not
holding a by-election after a PAP MP
had passed away recent
He didn't have to do this, nor did he have
                                      
to form a new political party, or to revive his
law practice. At the age of 82, he should
have long retired, as both of his sons are
successful professionals.

Even to his last day, he battled for justice
for accountability for a free Singapore.
He gave away his life, literally, to the pursuit
of genuine Democracy in Singapore.

                              

Fashion Forward - MFW (Men's fashion Week @ SG)

 

          This year End march 2011 was an 

           interesting twist to my weeklies of things to do ,

             with the task at work of turning around 

            about 6-8 new stores over the course of 

           2-3 weeks , i had a good break in between

              to look at a fashion event that supposedly 

                was Singapore's premier Fashion Labels.

                ...paraded down the catwalks .........  

on my part the night started trying to

       figure the dress code..lol ..not being one too 

     over fussed about what to wear..I a Jeans / 

  Tees /Berms sorta guy ...i had amassed 

        quite a good collection of jackets and blazers

     and shirts thru brands that i work with 

    such Massimo Dutti , Zara , Ted baker 

    but hardly wear them ..decided to take 

      turquoise as my color of the nite.well.

  with every Tom ,Dick and 

      Harry wearing black ....nowadays 

          Mens Fashion Week Singapore Edition

          , the cul de sac .......of events that is to 

           put this tiny dot of 5 million on the fashion map

         to the likes of Paris , New York and Milan 

 MFW Opening Party

    Featuring Kim Choong-Wilkin  

                                         

  Grey Goose was the official Vodka for the nite

                          

                                        

                                       

             a niche corner to express the love for Japan and help her                      

       thru these tough times were also set up  

    i Did what i can do by doodling 

                  

                                                      

An enduring STAR Fizzles onto the night -LIZ taylor

I first notice her when i was a kid watching "Cleopatra"

The violet eyes framed (because of a miraculous mutation) with double lashes;
 the bone-china skin and purplish-black hair; the dangerous curves, 
the “dark, unyielding largesse.....

She had the sublime arrogance of a queen, and the hard pragmatism of 
someone who knew that power is infinitely more desirable than beauty.

Remember, this is the self-titled “Mother Courage” who bore five 
children, who married eight times, burying one husband (producer Mike Todd), 
and who befriended a series of beautiful, deeply damaged men – friendships
 that would lead, on one level, to her seminal and utterly critical work with
 AIDS charities and education.














In 1956, she became a confidante to James Dean (her co-star in Giant): 

Also in 1956, she would run to the side of her closeted gay, drug-addicted and
 tragic friend Montgomery Clift when he smashed his car into a telephone pole
 after leaving a party at her house. She held his broken head in her hands;
 she gathered his bloody teeth until help arrived. And she remained his friend
 throughout his turbulent life.

As she did with Rock Hudson, when rumours of his being gay 
and HIV-positive roared through the industry and press. Since he had 
just kissed Linda Evans on Dynasty, the tabloids were filled with repugnant 
speculation by her and other cast members, who feared that they had
 caught AIDS by talking to him, it would appear.








Michael Jackson was her last anterior husband, so to speak 
(the lusty Taylor always had a romantic partner and close gay
 or sexually inscrutable friend – and he was always damaged,
 yet touched by her truly maternal warmth).






like the loyal-to-a-fault Egyptian queen she famously portrayed,
 Taylor used her nine lives to showcase her beauty and deploy the
 power it gave her.

Elizabeth Taylor’s life is too big beyond daily comprehension and gorgeous too to apprehend. So we must have faith that she used her time here very well, and that the lifelong star, whose “first memory is of pain,” is, at long last, whole and secure in the firmament – her altar.

    

Long Live Cleopatra