30.6.09

They Don't Really Care About Us

Watch with caution..strong message..but i just Love the beat! :)

2 Versions of the song:





"They Don't Care About Us"
Song Written and Produced by Michael Jackson

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, aggravation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Bang bang, shot dead
Everybody's gone mad

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Beat me, hate me
You can never break me
Will me, thrill me
You can never kill me
** me, sue me
Everybody do me
Kick me, *** me
Don't you black or white me

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Tell me what has become of my life
I have a wife and two children who love me
I am the victim of police brutality, now
I'm tired of bein' the victim of hate
You're rapin' me of my pride
Oh, for God's sake
I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy...
Set me free

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
trepidation, speculation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
black man, black male
Throw your brother in jail

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Tell me what has become of my rights
Am I invisible because you ignore me?
Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now
I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame
They're throwing me in a class with a bad name
I can't believe this is the land from which I came
You know I do really hate to say it
The government don't wanna see
But if Roosevelt was livin'
He wouldn't let this be, no, no

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, speculation
Everybody litigation
Beat me, bash me
You can never trash me
Hit me, kick me
You can never get me

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Some things in life they just don't wanna see
But if Martin Luther was livin'
He wouldn't let this be

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, segregation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Kick me, strike me
Don't you wrong or right me

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Lyrics gotten from here

More information regarding the song: Here

26.6.09

Michael Jackon is Dead?

I can't believe it! I woke up receiving a text message from Summer stating so. I'm so shocked - then I read online that Farah Fawcett passed away too due to her long time battle with cancer.

MJ's older songs will always be evergreen. I will always remember growing up listening to him. I remember Bad and Beat It were the songs that I always watched at the age of 6+. Then I remember my dad bought one of his concerts' video, and after school (during my primary school years) - we used to watch his video tape (yes, there was no such thing as VCD/DVD then) all the time! And I will forever be amazed of that Smooth Criminal move where he slants down and stands back up..only last year I found out it was a special kind of shoe that they created for that...and it's patented! So here's to you, Michael, who filled my growing up years with great music!! God bless you.

R.I.P MJ & Farah.


Here's a news article from the Telegraph:

Singer Michael Jackson dies in Los Angeles aged 50

Michael Jackson, the singer, has died after suffering a suspected heart attack. He was 50.


The Los Angeles coroner, Fred Corral, said that Jackson was pronounced dead after arriving at UCLA Medical Centre in full cardiac arrest. A post mortem examination is likely to take place today.

Paramedics who responded to an emergency call to the singer's home in Los Angeles said that he had stopped breathing by the time they arrived.

Sources at the UCLA Medical Centre said that the self-styled "King of Pop" did not come out of a coma and died.

Jackson's mother Katherine and sister La Toya had rushed to the singer's bedside at the hospital, while hundreds of tearful fans gathered outside.

Earlier, the singer's father Joe said that he had been told his son was "in a bad way".

Jackson is widely credited with revolutionising pop music with albums including Thriller, Bad and Dangerous but his career was tainted with allegations of child abuse.

He was due to perform a highly anticipated 50-date "farewell" residency at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, south-east London, starting next month. Fears for his health emerged after he postponed the earliest dates, and his aides were forced to deny that he was fighting skin cancer.

Jackson lived as a virtual recluse following his 2005 acquittal on charges including child molestation and kidnap.

While lauded by fans and critics for his infectious pop songs, pioneering dance moves and innovative videos, his increasingly eccentric behaviour earned him the nickname "Wacko Jacko".

He repeatedly denied undergoing cosmetic surgery, despite very visible changes to his face and skin tone, and was criticised for forcing his three children to wear veils whenever they were in public.

Last night leading figures in the entertainment industry expressed their shock at news of his sudden death, which was broken on the US celebrity website TMZ.

Quincy Jones, the music producer who worked with Jackson on Thriller, said: "I am absolutely devastated at this tragic and unexpected news."

Paying tribute to the singer's "talent, grace, professionalism and dedication", he added: "I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him."

Jackson's friend, the illusionist Uri Geller, said there had been no indication that the singer was in a frail condition. "I really have no words. He was a young and terribly fit man and he was getting ready for performances in England. He was just fine, the last I heard."

There was speculation that the pressure of his upcoming London dates may have been too much for him. Jackson last toured 12 years ago.

AEG Live, which organised the O2 concerts, said Jackson had passed a lengthy physical exam in early 2009.

But Max Clifford, the publicist and friend of Jackson, said: "You wonder if the strain of getting fit for this major tour proved too much. In recent pictures he looked anything but healthy. He was always someone who seemed to find it difficult to cope with fame."

Born in 1958, Jackson made his musical debut with four of his older brothers in the Jackson Five before embarking on a solo career.

His 1982 album Thriller - which included the hits Beat It, Billie Jean and Thriller - is still the best-selling album of all time, with more than 26?million copies sold. His lifetime sales tally is estimated at 750?million.

In 1994, he married Lisa Marie Presley, the 26-year-old daughter of Elvis Presley. The couple separated two years later and Jackson later married Debbie Rowe, a 37-year-old nurse he met while undergoing plastic surgery in 1997. They had two children, Prince Michael and Paris Michael Katherine, before divorcing in 1999.

Jackson had custody of the two children and of a third, Prince Michael II, whose mother's name has never been made public.

18.6.09

Property never tasted this Good

I always knew my dog Bobo wasn't the studious type..since he ate up homework and all (Proof: Click here )but I just realised that he was actually more the business-minded kind.. Digging up soil and scratching the car was no longer exciting.Added bonus: he has a new partner in crime, Blossom.

Last Saturday I heard some rustling sound outside the house, I thought the dogs were just messing around with the newspaper or something..little did I know they did a big mess!

The whole of outside was scattered with Paper money and plastic houses!! Little did I know what they were up to..MAN, they were playing... MONOPOLY!!!!!!!

There goes Antoine's Ben 10 Monopoly

I was too amused to get upset..so I asked him one question: So Bo, how many houses did you buy?

They never fail to surprise me.

14.6.09

Cupcakes Horror

I never liked baking. I don't bake nor do I have the flair for it. But for my best friend's sake, I attempted. I wanted to surprise her for her 25th birthday. So that's what I did (Bad move!) So a week before her birthday, I practiced making some cupcakes..I bought the ready-made cake mix - Betty Crocker's Chocolate Fudge to accustomise myself. My aunt helped me cause I don't even know where the bake tins, mixer and ingredients are kept!

So, my friend loves the song Pokerface by Lady Gaga - so that's the theme I went along with..make some cupcakes and decorate them with shapes Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ ..boy was it difficult. So I tried anyway..

and this was how the 'practice' cupcakes came out to be:

Looks so weird n kiddy lol

So last week was her birthday and I was geared up for 2nd and final attempt! On Thursday I was supposed to get that cake mix after work. But something came up at work and I hadn't the chance to purchase it. Rang my aunt (my baking surgeon haha) and she was like: NO WORRIES, I'll teach you how to make a cake from scratch.

So that's what we did. The mixing machine HAD to spoil midway through the mixing!! We had to manually stir the mix till it became smooth.

We made it!

Out from the oven. Phew it baked alright!

Now for icing..Okay..with the practice cupcakes I used lime juice and icing sugar..but my mum recommended making "Royal Icing" for the base as the white is really, well.. white. But the process is pretty tedious! You need to beat egg-white and icing sugar till they become creamy like this:


Time to dress up the cakies:


After 4 hours.. here's the final results (some of it):Ofcourse, the drama doesn't end there..after a day in the fridge (I wanted the icing to dry up)..I took the cupcakes out..OH NO!!!! the top icing melted a little due to the change of temperature.and the colours started smearing =(
I rang my aunt and we started
OPERATION SALVAGE THE CUPCAKES immediately! Took out the top ones (Hearts, Spades, Clubs and Diamond - they were the worse ones..) and changed the royal icing to not so royal haha..aka mix the icing sugar with water..the colour runs less that way..anyway..the reworked ones look so weird..but I had to give it to her anyways haha
I've to think of colour coordination in the future..it looks rather dull to me:

Then the die decided to melt!! I had to reshape it in the nick of time..

Birthday girl with her cakes
I shall redeem myself!!!!!!

13.6.09

Spain, oh how I miss thee!

View from the computer room of Univesidad de Salamanca

Long hot days and the cool summer breeze,
Ancient buildings and beautiful sceneries
Oh how I wish that time would freeze,
Once again - for me to see everything that I dearly miss

31.5.09

Do you wanna be on top?

Estee Lauder is having a nationwide modeling search and they were in Penang since Thursday. So happened 2 of my friends decided to join it ans some of us tagged along to give them our support. They went through 3 hours of prepping up in total - the wait, make-up, hair, wardrobe and finally, POSING for the best photo.

RedRayne & Summer


Time to pose for the camera




These were the photos they decided on for the entry shot:


All the best to you both!!

I must say they both look stunning! :) I've so proud of them and I hope this opens up more opportunities in life..