Pink Panther Is Really Pink

I wonder if anyone has heard that really dumb joke that goes " What did Pink Panther say when he stepped on an ant?"
Ans: dead-ant, dead-ant, dead-ant, dead-ant dead-ant dead-ant dead-ant. (Sing the Pink Panther tune).
Actually, this answer does not make sense, cos Pink Panther does not talk.
Except in the movie of course starring Steve Martin -- which by the way i have no intention of watching. Its just a bit too slapstick for me. Although Zoolander with its lame jokes was really funny. It could also be due to it recently being unbanned. hahaha.
Anyway, i was travelling from Yio Chu Kang to Clementi the other day and was looking at the in-train television screen. Unfortunately, all they screened was the advert (peeks) of Pink Panther 2. Which lasted approx 1 min. They screened this over and over and over. It was highly irritating. Lucky for them, the sound is always turned down, or i am certain someone would have smashed the television then.
Having said that, after watching it for like 10 times ,(non-continuously of course, i just happen to sit in an ideal spot for my eyes to keep glancing back at the screen) i scrutinised the advert and found 3 revelations that you might not have known about this short clip.
One, the part where the giant globe rolls in front of the cyclists is a bit fake, cos they break fall so nicely (obviously all stuntmen), as well as they look really prepared for the thing to come rolling in front of them -- of course they are. Its makes the scene quite duh!
Two, after Steve Martin falls from the room onto the reception table, (it is obviously another stuntman and Steve is just waiting by crouching behind -- the two guest onlookers also seem rather calm considering the roof just caved in.) he stands up, then notice the lamp after he presses the bell. It actually goes out or kind of short-circuits cos the room was in the first place flooded and water comes pouring down too. Rather interesting detail.
Three, Pink Panther 2 looks like a really bad show. Please do not watch it.

We frequently...

I was reading this book lately called "More than words -- contemporary writers on the works that shaped them. " I really liked it a lot and i recommend it strongly to those who like reading. It is basically modern writers talking about their walk with God and how other writers were inspirational to them and how God used even secular writers to influence their faith. I think what made me like it most is because there were many snippets of REALLY meaningful passages as the authors try to summarise their most touching moments. I am seriously not the soppy type but i must say some of the paragraphs were truly heartfelt and remarkable.
Its edited by Philip Yancey by the way and he also talks about his love for John Donne's writing and explains how it shapes his focus on pain and suffering in walking with Christ.
"Give me O Lord, a fear, of which i may not be afraid." This was written by Donne in his book of devotions and Yancey expounds on it in 3 pages that really touched me. Its really hard to summarise this passage from pg 119. However, basically its showing that Donne was really sick and he finally realised that the world has everything for us to be afraid of. He thus concludes that his best course is to cultivate a proper fear of the Lord.
I think the chapter on Ray Bradbury, the science fiction writer is also good. The author Calvin Miller cites 3 reasons for reading Bradbury while growing up -- besides being highly excited in the adventures. One -- to celebrate art. Two -- to broaden his understanding, three --to escape the heaviness of the moment and four -- to believe in a better world. While reading this, i could not help but think that the first 3 reasons are exactly why i play chess. HAHAHA. Although i never really put in down in so many words. And the fourth reason is why i read books like the one i just reviewed, making me happier and more equipped to face the world, knowing that its not only dogmatic Christian principles that God can use to make us stronger.

Cont from title ... dont see in life what we havent first seen in art. Robert Browning

I was having some conversations with my friends lately, as well as reading the papers and i was thinking "Man, the world is really screwed up, why are people so stupid sometimes." (Yes, unfortunately, i am sometimes as blunt in thoughts as in words).
Then, i happened to be reading an Old Testament Commentary on Amos and Hosea and came across this verse in Hosea 7:11. "Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria (Instead of God). " ESV -- English Standard Version. Ephriam here refers to the northern Kingdom of Israel, the NLT translation translates 'Ephraim' into 'the people of Isreal'.
The commentary by Alec Motyer goes on to explain that the root of the ills of the people of God lie in them failing to grasp the knowledge of God. Or having grasped, forsake it. Kind of interesting i thought if applied to modern society. See also Hosea 7:9 on what Motyer calls a unacknowledged aging process.
I think the whole book must be read in context but my whole point is this : How to teach wisdom (which is different from 'worldly knowledge' as used by me here) -- to a world without God? Sometimes we are taught to trust our feelings in some matters. Then others say using your head is just as important or more crucial at other times.
Kind of a sad thought for Valentines Day, but then again, Hosea's analogy of his 'wife of whoredom' (1:2 and to the end for reconciliation and argument completion sake) is solemn and a good reminder to the analogy of God's love to a people that have chosen a different path.

"He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth." Genesis 8:10-11

God gives wisdom to the wealthy

My best friend Tim has undertaken a business venture. I guess you know you are of the older generation when your best friend is making money for his wedding. hahahah. Anyway, in order to not adulterate and disintegrate the true business sense (which is always a bit cryptic to me) -- please click on the banner advert of pixel website below. Read the FAQ, which is only a page and come to grips with the idea of 'nothing ventured, nothing gained'. I always wanted a chess cafe, but i never really thought it would make money. Maybe i just want a place to read and relax for the rest of my life.
By the way, that chess icon on Tim's page www.millionsingaporedollars.com is a link to my blog, somewhere at the bottom of the page. Its free 8 pixels, so you can put an icon up too, and wish for some fame. Because at least most of us are less controversial as Xiaxue, and personally (arguably), much more interesting. The smiley in the middle is his gf, Grace's, blog, which i recommend having a read too, because she does write quite well. A bit too serious at times for my liking, but hey(!) they are lawyers, and i am insens--abel.

Eating Rabbit

I realise that my brother has this towel that displays a print on it of a rabbit with an egg beater. Under the picture however, there are the words "Cooking Rabbit".
I do understand that most probably the manufacturers intended it to be a kid's towel; but i cannot help feeling a sense of indignation at them encouraging cannabalism. HAHA. Besides, it takes much less letters to print "Rabbit Cook".
The one redeeming factor of the towel i must admit is that its a egg beater utensil the rabbit is holding. It is wearing an apron by the way. Which probably means its male because women seldom wear aprons in the kitchen anymore as they believe strongly in emancipation. Somehow, the apron is a sign of domesticated subservience -- you only see it in films to stereotype male house husbands these days.
Anyway, coming back to my point on the egg beater, i dont think you cook rabbit (as in prepare it to eat) using a egg beater, thus most likely the towel is just suggesting that the rabbit is doing some cooking and not 'A rabbit cooking another rabbit'. But you never know. Towels are subtle these days. Next time i eat rabbit (if ever i get a repeat of my Montreal delicacy) i would be sure to ask the cooks how they prepare rabbit meat as long as they speak English. If i did try the question in French I have a strange feeling they might come after me with an egg beater.