Rant and Rave

I just wanted to comment on some things since i am now free with some time to write nonsense.
1. Ever realise how tetra paks of drinks are actually worse of with that pouring hole? You know the white plastic cover that acts as a pouring device on one side of the packet? Quite a long time ago you had to cut the packet on both sides by lifting up the flaps so that air can travel in and the water inside would not come out in "chunks". Now, with this new invention, you can pour the thing without having to cut any of the sides but the water always comes out in fists of splatter and blobs. I just think maybe we can be less lazy sometimes and just cut the sides to pour it in the first place. Although i guess you can argue that you cant drink from the packet unless you also had a pair of scissors, which makes it that much more convenient with the plastic hole.
2. The way people review movies is a load of rubbish. Everyone says movies are subjective; and no doubt they are. But shouldnt we all be trying to read less biased reviews then. Instead of having one silly, universal, final rating based on thousands of valid reasons; why not encompass different scales for different aspects of the movie? I mean Singaporeans are the foremost consumers of cinema screenings, isnt it about time the reviewers got slightly more intelligent? For instance, recent reviews of Transformers ranged from 4.5 stars to 2. The former found the nostalgia warm and fuzzy but the latter thought the plot weak and script lacking. Couldnt we split it up then? Heres my very summarised take on Transformers.
Overall i found it very entertaining and edge of your seat kind of thing. For CGI and action-packed sequences i give it 5/5. However, certain characters were terribly developed and some even seemed irrelevant. There were many loopholes in the plot as well. A lot of the lines were somewhat cheesy and catered mainly to audiences that loved Transformers cartoons when they were younger. If you are going to Transformers to be intellectually stimulated i would not recommend the movie at all.
I think Straits Times is on the right track by having a open ended category for their reviews: 'The one part in the movie that will justify the ticket price and another that will eject you from your seat' -- something to that effect. But seriously, everyone else is just changing the pictures of their scores/5. From normal stars to popcorn and guy yawning in a chair. I think its about time less superficial features were varied and more objectivity instilled.

Why didnt i think of this earlier.

Since everyone seems to think that i have strange music taste, i finally realised i should post some songs that i like from my favourite band: "Cake". This is their second greatest song (to yours truly only) called "Frank Sinatra". They have more fans then you think, and yes i never know what their lyrics mean most of the time. Thats the point. Its irrelevant. To me their best song is "Shadow Stabbing", its on youtube too but with no original MTV. They are more famous for their cover of "I will survive" which is online too but with rather old vids. Maybe i should post my favourite female artiste soonz too.

Patriotic Jumpsuits

This is for Louise who is so kind as to sing "Wheels" with me. HAHA.

We should just use clones.

As a die hard soccer fan, the transfer speculation regarding which players are off to which clubs and all the REAL big money transfers are actually very intriguing to me. I know that i am not really weird and that many fans spend time to comment on the transfer rumours and which potential signings they really want and which they would rather just be fake.

I recently realised that skysports has this column where fans can put in their own transfer speculation. This is rather interesting to me because a lot of the people commenting here claim they have seen this or heard that. Whats really funny is that many say they know the groundsmen or the father of a player or they saw directors talking to other players. Its truly hilarious. I thought i would pick the first 7 that have "concrete evidence" and contrast them with the top 7 stories coming from the tabloids. At the end of the transfer months, lets see which of the mediums were actually more accurate.

From the people on the streets:
1.have heard from a very reliable source that John O'Sea is weighing up a move to Celtic.
2. David Healy will sign for Everton and not Fulham because the dad told me.
3. My cousin is a groundsman at Spurs and has seen Morten Gamst Pedersen on the ground with the deal that he will sign in the next 7 days.
4. Talking with my many sources, Jose Antonio Reyes will sign for Athletico Madrid and Arsenal will top up 6million for Torres.
5. Been told by an agent friend of mine that Giles Barnes will sign for West Ham for 3m + matty Etherington.
6. I have seen Phil Jagielka and Jason Koumas outside Bellefield training ground and they are going to sign for Everton in the next couple of days.
7. This is a winner -- i was on a flight back to spain from newcastle and i spoke with Roberto Carlos who said he has a desire to work with Big Sam in the premiereship at Newcastle.

The Tabloids say (Chose those that are not entirely confirmed):
1. Viduka has agreed in principle to join Newcastle.(likely according to them)
2. Djbrill Cisse is a loan target for Bolton.
3. Chelsea are to highjack the transfer of Daniel Alves.
4. West Ham are going to buy Tim Cahill from Everton.
5. Arsenal are to sign Auxerre's Bakari Sagna.
6. Sunderland have been given the green light to sign Celtic's Thomas Gravesen.
7. Bayern Munich are about to wrap up the deal to sign Franck Ribery.(likely too-- apparently!?!)

Abel's hypothesis is that both sides will do badly. Basically because although certain news may be true,this is just at the initial stage. The player may not be interested in moving to a particular club or the club he is currently at may not want to sell. It is only if the buying and selling party are both amicable that something will happen, and by then it would more and less be confirmed when we read about it anyway.
Conclusion: We soccer fans are wasting our times reading such news. But we already knew that anyway. Come on YOU SPURS!! Sign Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry!! =)