Cheer Up!

Queen Elizabeth and Dolly Parton die on the same day and they both gobefore an Angel to find out if they'll be admitted to Heaven.Unfortunately, there's only one space left that day,so the Angel must decide which of them gets in.

The Angel asks Dolly if there's some particular reason why sheshould go to Heaven.Dolly takes off her top and says, "Look at these, they're the mostperfect breasts God ever created, and I'm sure it will please God to beable to see them every day, for eternity."

The Angel thanks Dolly, and asks Her Majesty the same question.The Queen takes a bottle of Perrier out of her purse,shakes it up, and gargles. Then, she spits into a toilet and pulls the lever.

The Angel says, "OK, your Majesty, you may go in."

Dolly is outraged and asks, "What was that all about?I show you two of God's own perfect creations and you turn me down. She spits into a commode and she gets in! Would you explain that to me?""Sorry, Dolly," says the Angel, "but even in Heaven, a royal flush beats a pair - no matter how big they are".

Product Placement

Heard the other day, over one of my favourite radio channel, BBC on this term called "Product Placement".

The program started with the statement that advertisers nowadays are having second thots on the effectiveness of the 30 sec commercial appearing on the telly. What with modern technology where downloading of shows are rampant, the adverts are skipped.

So to overcome the new problem, advertisers are now putting their products in the script or in other words, in the show proper. This is called "product placement". Give an example. Remember the new series "Lost", you must've seen the episode where the guns were hidden in this steel suitcase where they couldn't open it except for the use of the key. One chap tried to open the suitcase by throwing it from a high ground to some rocks below but the suitcase remained intact. The program mentioned that the brand of the suitcase was clearly shown and mentioned a couple of times by the characters. The suitcase manufacturer actually paid for the product to be scripted into the show (and it was cleverly done). Before you go .."Oh!", here's another example for you.

One of the episodes in the "Apprentice" requires contestants to come up with a commercial for "Dove" the soap. By now you would've guessed correctly that Dove paid for the product to be placed in the show.

The BBC program also mentioned this is possible for US but not Europe as the latter's law doesn't permit it.

On reflection, I relate the above to the key word "Change". How modern technology creates the new problem for the advertisers (change) and how they respond to the new problem with product placement (change). Life is never constant and we face new challenges everyday. We must embrace change for what it is and be flexible to challenge/face it and not shirk away and crawl back into our comfort zone and be left behind ....

Dragonfly1

MM a.k.a MENTAL MASTURBATE

"Do u know what is MM?" my friend asked me the other day. I was like .. ok .. let me guess .. MM as in MM chocolates? Mickey Mouse? Minister Mentor? ..nope nope and nope. When he told me the latest term to be coined around .. I was like OMG and er .. mental as in the mind, and masturbate? So how do u do that? What kind of freaking word is that? Imaginations in my head started to run wild ....

Putting on a serious look, my so-called Mr Know-it-all friend said ... "imagine" (or in NLP terms, "visualize") which I did .. as I was visualing the hand wanking the shaft ... he continued, "when u masturbate, u do it with your hand right? now imagine u do that with your head.". I said "huh?" Then slowly but surely, my head started to roll up and down, nodding up and down (as in Mr Noddy - those with kids should know who I'm referring to)... Then he said "That's it!!" "You're MMing now. Now tell me how u feel?" How do i feel? Mmm ... "damn tiring man!"

Well, he ended the conversation just as swiftly as he had begun. He said "Precisely! MM is tiring. Why? u are thinking and thinking of what to do and still continue to think and by the time u are supposed to take action, u tired already what."

"Oh .." i said. "Thanks" i added. Then it hit me and i smiled ... Alamak! MM is a.k.a. "Procrastination". Must tell Adam Khoo and Stuart ....

Dragonfly1

TOTO - Taking a Gamble or Buying a HOPE

As I dutifully Q-up at the neigbouring Singapore Pools outlet along Frankel the other day, I reflected on the many occasions which I shared to friends and collegues about my concept of my buying a Hope. Before you say HOPE is for the hopefuls or for the hopeless, it's like dreaming or day-dreaming ... I would request you to hold your horses and bear with me whilst I share with you on my concept of "buying a HOPE".

Tho there are many avenues for hopeful punters to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow week-in week-out here in sunny Singapore ... I just wanna talk about TOTO for the moment. Why? Cos to me, it's like no frills and simple to buy a hope, not so complicated for a simpleton like me ..

4-D or 4 digit and STRIKE!.
Let me sidetrack abit. Don't usually do 4-D cos I've heard of lots of frustrating experiences. The scenario is always the same ... the 4-D punters eagerly buy numbers ... and wait and wait ... and then change numbers ... and viola! the old numbers strike first prize! ... visualise the poor souls pulling your hair out and letting go at the unprintable expletives (in Hokkien somemore) and you know what I mean.

As for STRIKE, tho I am a MU supporter for a long long while, I enjoy football as it is .. simple pleasure of rooting for the red devils. Not with analyzing each game with the intensity of punting or having to guess how many goals the match will be, who is going to score first etc. It takes away the fun, for me. Truth be told, I have no time nor the patience for that ... so I just to stick to my plain simple "2 systems 7 pls, and the rest quick pick to make $10". Quick and simple, my buying of HOPE.

Now for some facts .. all of us in Singapore must know that the draws are on Mondays and Thursdays with kitty prize of at least S$500K per draw. The kitty prize is snowballed if there is no Group 1 winner (6 numbers not including additional number) until eventual winner(s) emerged. So what is the probability of striking the 1st prize, you ask? Well, the answer is .....(drumroll please ..) 1 in 8,145,060 chance!!!! This is to choose the correct 6 numbers from the possible 45. Hey, wait a minute, you say, 1 in 8 million? then what the heck am I still buying after these years knowing the slim possibility of getting my pot of gold?

My reasonsing is simple .. for the downside, for 20 bucks a week .. my sunk-in cost or losses for a year is $1040, nothing more! That's the limit. As for the upside, kekeke ... If you have the limiting self belief that the 1 in 8 million chance is almost impossible for you and decide not to touch TOTO, well, to me it's kinda sad isn't it? Are you denying yourself a chance, the opportunity to buy a hope! Think about it. I must qualify that I am advocating all of you to now put in your very last dollar on TOTO but you see, there are already so many winners out there ... so for me, I will continue to buy my HOPE .... :) I will let u know when it's my turn ..or maybe not ...

Life begins at 40

Well, that phrase sounds familiar isn't it. I will myself to believe that. Having life after 40 of course has its plus and minuses. On the plus side, it puts you in a position to say as a matter of fact to certain group of people (younger of course) that you eat more salt than they eat their rice ... without batting an eyelid ... I've done it a few times, usually at the appropriate time and with the appropriate audience. And yeah, I got my point across.

Having breathed the air here on mother earth for the last 43 years ... I have gone thru life's ups and downs ... vaguely remembering certain milestones in history (there are so many) ... the first black and white TV, the first mobile phone (it is very very big, as big as men's shoes - I am not kidding), pirate taxis, the 36-door shit collection truck, dominance of Liverpool in the 80s (boy, how I hate them) .. Sky and Globe theatre (now same location as Great World)... the movie S.W.A.L.K.(Sealed with a loving kiss - where they play all songs from Bee Gees) and many many more. Hey, I remember paying for my mee-pok dry 30 cts a bowl, bee-hoon soup, 20 cts ... Wah! .. I suddenly feel so, so, so old ... ;p

Believe me, I would have given it all to turn back the clock .... where I can start all over again. Do certain things differently ... but of course there are things which I wouldn't change for anything in the world .. that being my wife and family whom I cherish, love and treasure ...

Talking about turning back the clock, I'm always amazed about stories of time travel ... having read the novel titled "TimeLine" by Michael Crichton and of course enjoyed the trilogy of "Back to the Future" - Michael J Fox - at the movies. I day dream alot and have already a strategy on what I would do if I were to go back time, just say to go back one week, it's good enough for me. You know what I'll do? I will bring back the toto and 4D results from the present and go back time to place the bets. Sure win one lah!

So here it is, the very first post of this blog ... signing off for now .. old man need to take beauty sleep ...

Dragonfly1

Men After 40s

After a few months of uncertainty, this blog is form and ready to fly. Men after 40s? why this blog? obviously, there are men after 40s that need this blog and the fact that i set it up shows that there are people who needs this.

cheers and keep a look out on our key editor/writer to this blog.