it was waffles night at gelare and despite a heavy dinner, i still gobbled down a large waffles with ice cream.
even before leaving for waffles, rand had to come up with a silly idea that i could be a clone trooper to raid gelare to secure a table for the gang since it was 1/2 prices night.
me a clone trooper??? huh. first it was the package, now- clone trooper?
i didn't get it. too much food we must have had.
anyhow randy and i just couldn't figure where in episode III was there a blue coloured clone trooper.
so what's next? will lucas start on episodes VII, VIII, IX?
join the bright side.
lovely knife.
the cake was real. not styrofoam.
the wedding was lovely.
the couple cute.
the bridesmaid funny.
a jie mei i had to call "your honour"
and the other i was told,
i should hope that i'll never see her professionally.
well, let's just say if i am a convicted villain prosecuted by her, i will die a happy man.
the moris minor cool,
the driver that came along with it even cooler!
and of cos, there was the pig...
GOD bless them all.
mark called one day to ask if i would keep PAWS for good. his mother had given him the ultimate ultimatum. "keep the pussy cat and i will sleep in the living room!" something along those lines. he got felicia to MMS me a couple of pictures of PAWS.
i know i will like this cat.
ownership transfer will take place real soon.
i feel sorry for mark and felicia.
hope PAWS will like it here in the east.
'Bewitched' statue plan bothers, bewilders but Salem touts it as tourism booster
By Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff | April 28, 2005
SALEM -- When the cast and crew of ''Bewitched" flew into Salem in 1970 to film episodes of the television sitcom, Witch City rolled out its red carpet.
Elizabeth Montgomery, the actress who played twitchy-nosed Samantha Stephens, was honored at official dinners. Fans thronged The House of the Seven Gables and other historic sites used in the filming. And Oct. 7, 1970, was declared ''Bewitched Day" in Salem.
But now some in Salem are upset over plans by the TV Land cable network to honor the late Montgomery with a 9-foot bronze statue in a city infamous for its 17th century persecution of people feared to be witches. The statue would depict Montgomery sitting sidesaddle on a broom. It would stand in a downtown park at the corner of Essex and Washington streets.
''It's insensitive to what happened in 1692," said Jean Harrison, one of several Salem residents opposing the plan. ''She was a fictional witch, but the people who died were not witches."
Mayor Stanley J. Usovicz Jr. said the statue will bring a bit of whimsy to town and maybe a boost to Salem's seasonal tourist trade. He said the city insisted that the statue be placed away from sites associated with the witch trials, such as a park dedicated to the memory of the 19 accused witches hanged on Gallows Hill in 1692.
''I see this as something like the Red Auerbach statue in Boston," he said of the bronze figure of the former Celtics coach on a bench at Quincy Market. ''It's a place where people will stop, get their picture taken, and have a little bit of fun while they're visiting Salem."
Last night the project cleared another hurdle: The city's Design Review Board approved minor changes to the park where the statue will go. The Salem Redevelopment Authority will take a final vote on the plan May 17.
The Samantha Stephens role, which is about to be reprised by Nicole Kidman in a ''Bewitched" movie, would join a cast of characters immortalized in bronze across America by TV Land, including Ralph Kramden, Andy and Opie Taylor, and Mary Richards. TV Land, which shows reruns of old television programs, calls the statues TV Land Landmarks.
Some critics oppose the statue on other grounds, saying the series was set in Westport, Conn.
''The connection to Salem is tenuous at best," said John Carr, a former member of the city's Historical Commission. ''They didn't live in Salem on that show. They came here 40 years ago to film three or four episodes, and now we're going to put up a 'Bewitched' statue at one of our most visible intersections."
A TV Land executive defended the selection of Salem for the statue. ''The idea behind our landmarks is to celebrate America's favorite TV characters in places where there is a connection to them," said Rob Pellizzi, senior vice president of TV Land. TV Land hopes to unveil the Montgomery statue June 15.
Although Ralph Kramden, of ''The Honeymooners" fame, was a Brooklyn bus driver, TV Land put his statue outside the New York City Port Authority bus terminal. Mayberry was a fictional town, so the network put a statue of Andy and Opie Taylor, from ''The Andy Griffith Show," in Raleigh, N.C.
By contract, TV Land's statue of Mary Richards, heroine of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show," was placed in downtown Minneapolis, where Moore tossed her tam-o'-shanter into the air before every episode. The statue of Dr. Robert Hartley, the psychologist of ''The Bob Newhart Show," sits in Chicago, where the comedy was set.
''Those landmarks all have been very well received," Pellizzi said. ''When it came to Samantha Stephens, we felt Salem would be a fun place to make a connection."
Some see the statue as a crass advertisement for the cable network, which is giving the statue to the city, will maintain it, and will be acknowledged on a small plaque.
''We all know the real reason they want to put that statue here is that it's good PR for them," said Meg Twohey, a resident for more than 20 years.
Not everyone is bothered by the return of ''Bewitched" to Salem, the self-proclaimed ''Halloween Capital of the World." Some in the city's Wiccan community say they welcome the tribute to one of America's best-loved witches.
''Many of us love and adore the show; we grew up watching it," said Jerrie Hildebrand, 50, a graphic designer and practicing Wiccan. ''But it has nothing to do with our religion. . . . I only wish I could twitch my nose and make my house clean."
Kathy McCabe can be reached at kmccabe@globe.com.
sparrows, how can anyone dislike them? or even loathe birds at all? i can understand why crows are being shot down very so often these days but they are different.
i wake up to the sound of the birds' chirping just outside my window every morning. well, at least that's one of the first sounds i hear before i am conscious enough to recognise the buzz of the traffic on marine parade road.
now, you must think that i am really getting very upset with my housemates. on the contrary, i can't be. if i do, i might as well stay alone and be a hermit. this mess is irritating but i guess they come in rather useful when i am bored, at least i have something to make fun of them with later - an exhibition it shall be. i can see it - "life leftover art". nice. more to come soon. tomorrow morning at the sink perhaps. well, i could clean up or i could just pretend i don't see anything. what's your take on this?
day breaks. the sun is ascending, its reflected rays spilling on the kitchen floor illuminates the room with its warmth. freshly out of bed to get my cup of tea, i find the repeat of last night's incriminating evidence that might just put my housemates away for good, giving me sole custody to our house. new addtions were made to the sink. this is truly a work of art!
i have positive ID on this indian man. i do not have a name. i just have a joke. i did not make this joke up based on any racial prejudice. it was purely an incident that happened by the merlion park yesterday.
this indian man had handed his video camera over to a chinese couple, most likely tourists from china, so that they could record a clip of him posing in front of the infamous merlion.
"just press the red button and it will shoot!" the man in the turban demanded.
the clip was shot.
the chinese couple returned the camera, walked off. "let's have a picture with the durian," the man told his partner...
the above story may not be as funny as a joke should be. i was just being silly. bored- in need to share what i heard and saw. perhaps i am a bad storyteller.
i just can't help but think about our countries' tourism promotion taglines. "uniquely singapore" - singapore just needed to use that kind of a phrase people will question. "incredible india" - short, precise, clear. why can't we be as simple as just like press the red button and it will shoot ?
maybe malaysia is truely asia.
nope. not drunk. just bored and had to come up with this entry.
this article is probably found half a day after it was left in the sink. i needed a drink and had gone into the kitchen to pour myself a glass of water. and there it was in the sink- a fork, a knife and a plate. if i have the ability to pull fingerprints out of it like the dudes in CSI or CTU, i would have IDed the culprit. that would be unthinkable for now, i should keep on doing what i do best and so that is how i have come up with a brillant project idea with article #1.
so, this was how it all started. life at sea breeze apartments has been a breeze through the first couple of weeks. my senses must have become more sensitive to my surroundings as time went by. coming home from a long day's shoot, i started seeing clutter in common areas like how article #1 was spotted by the kitchen sink. like any clutters, they came in packs - glasses with a sip of whisky leftovers, as if it was left just to reward the idiot who finds it; plastic packagings for food with nothing much edible left; wine bottle collections which increased daily, steadily; and the migration of tobacco all over the apartment floor with the help of the sea breeze right out of east coast park.
this mysterious occurence must have happened during my absence here at the apartment. "it is inevitable!" i thought, reminding myself that i am not staying alone. if i have more money, or even am willing to spend more just enough to kick any asses out of here and have this apartment for my own indulgence, i would not have made this entry in my blog.
any previous attempts to alert the housemates of my opinion on the cleanliness failed completely since article # 1 was just found a couple of hours ago.
my brillant idea will involve the documentation of the produce of these mysterious occurence right here at 550A. i am committed to come up with an excellent report with the articles that will be found, still. and in so doing, i shall curate and stage an exhibition of the articles and title it: leftovers. so watch out for it. coming to a gallery near you!
labour day
