date:Sunday, May 31, 2009
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what a boring day... nvm anyway i was @ jurong west. i saw 2 men, from cheena, at the age of early 40s?, wearing the Nan Hua PE shirt(the one which was still available 2 yrs ago). i wanted to laugh my ass off manz. damn funny lar. kays no offence. i just wondered how they got it. maybe one kind soul from Nan Hua donated to them i guess... and the shirt looks quite new lol. okay anyway, Sabrina showed my sth, ppl, pls read it carefully. i noe you will be angry.
reference from www.nzherald.co.nz
Textgate: Is 'American Idol' voting fake?
8:53AM Sunday May 31, 2009
By Guy Adams 
'American Idol' finalists Adam Lambert, left, and Kris Allen arrive to the season finale. Photo / AP
They're calling it "textgate", and it's the biggest voting scandal to hit America since hanging chads and a protracted legal battle turned George W Bush into the nation's 43rd President.
Kris Allen, the latest winner of American Idol, was this week exposed as the unwitting beneficiary of tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of illegal block votes cast at the behest of one of the talent show's high-spending corporate sponsors. AT&T, Idol's official "communications partner", admitted providing free mobile phones and texting services to fans of Allen, a singer, guitar player and pianist, at parties organised in his home town of Jacksonville, Arkansas, on the night of the programme's final episode.
The firm made no similar efforts to support his co-finalist, the eventual runner-up Adam Lambert. Scandalously, its representatives also provided Allen's supporters with lessons in how to send so-called "power texts" - which send 10 or more votes at the touch of a single button. Bobby Kierna, one of the 2,000 guests who attended one of the events, told reporters that she had voted for Allen n a university chum of her daughter n 10,840 times in the AT&T "texting zone" that had been set up there.
Her comments were first published by The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Thursday, and rapidly went viral, prompting talk of irregularities in the voting procedure and allegations that AT&T had attempted to "fix" the contest. The phone company issued a swift apology, saying that employees had been "caught up in their enthusiasm", and promising that it wouldn't happen again. But it did little to quell popular outrage or conspiracy theories speculating that Idol's broadcaster, Fox, may have been motivated to influence the show's outcome.
Allen, a clean-cut Christian with a wife and a traditional family background, is a world away from Lambert, a sexually ambiguous singer from Los Angeles who performed the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody" in his first audition. In the run-up to the final, their rivalry was widely billed as a political clash between left and right.
In eight years, American Idol, a US version of the British TV show which stars Simon Cowell, has grown into a national institution. It is by some margin the most popular programme on television, at one point boasting 40 million viewers. It has launched the careers of such household names as Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. But this year, like many network TV shows, it has suffered from falling audiences. The 20 May final attracted just 28.8 million, its lowest rating since 2004. Allen was seen as the most attractive winner in terms of the show's future ability to tap into the lucrative family market.
Talk of an organised effort to rig the final is being fuelled by the refusal of Fox to reveal any details of how scores are counted, or how many votes each finalist polled. All it will say is that roughly 100 million votes were cast in total. In a statement, Fox said it was "absolutely certain that the results of this competition are fair, accurate and verified", claiming an independent monitor was employed to preserve the integrity of the voting process. "In no way did any individuals unfairly influence the outcome of the competition," the statement said.
However, "power texting", together with AT&T's decision to hand out phones at the events, appear to contravene directly Idol's on-screen statement broadcast at the end of each episode warning that votes cast using "technical enhancements" that unfairly influence the outcome of voting can be thrown out.
Even Allen has described the practice as "cheating, apparently", and appeared concerned that the scandal had overshadowed his victory when he appeared on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night chat show this week. "I've no idea what's going on with textgate," he said.
- INDEPENDENT
walao eh, angry ryt? i wanna grr.... nvm pls tag and give some comments.
date:Friday, May 29, 2009
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lol okay i decided to post.
hmm let's start from... monday. hmm i think we had lessons? yar have a little lol. geog lessons are getting interesting lol. aft ytd(which i slept @ 2am aft looking at Newcastle getting relegated D:), i went to sleep cos Mr Q gave us free time. k and anyway the np rm's very clean now.
tues was hmm kinda slack i guess... nth much, just another typical day.
weednesday hmm... drill session. can see that some of my squadmates are really sincere to take the promotion test.
thurs hmm... parade day. didnt see much of the parade though.
k then fri PTC. lol dun wanna comment lar. i told a lot of ppl what happened alr. quite hilarious though lol. haha omg funny.
kk i think i should change my blog skin? black and white is so dull -.- but of course i wun put the bling bling kinda blog skin lar lol. kk nth much haha. bye.
date:Friday, May 22, 2009
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okay more abt today...
sorta no lessons today lol. either teacher let us slack, nvr come or yea just teach and we stoned :X
k lesson ended with the class shooting rubber bands lol. went down with yang le to observe lol.
k haha actually i am pretty impressed with the sec 3s performance, esp some of them, portraying themselves as an NCO(or what you call that new term cadet leader? lol NCO sounds more seh) like in the first parade only, which is not bad. i think they can now set down ground rules in a simplier and faster way. didnt went to see the games session though, but yea i think they will do well... now and the future.
okay so yea Mr Chew told us that sec 3 physics was to give us chance, so we btr buck up. haha k i will study my physics manz. cos Mrs Chang said sth which is very true, our physics is btr than some other subjects needed for the R5s, so yea go physics haha. F=ma lol.
okay nth else alr. got sth else to do now, bye.
Labels: NHNP
date:Thursday, May 21, 2009
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okay now It's Easy To Trace, The Tracks Of My Tears now T.T
omg damn zzz. like in the morning when i knew that Kris won. i went *insert whatever upset words here*. somemore some i cheering and i went more urgh.. okay i admit that Kris is a good singer, but Adam's still better like as always. i still prefer Adam's No Boundaries. gosh... >.<
okay forget abt it. Adam will still publish an album and i will buy it no matter what.
okay more abt today. went to the hall trice. first was this social etiquette lesson thingy. lol the lesson was hmm how should i put this... a new experience i guess. some things that i didnt actually noe in the past.
k next was the assembly. haha ehs ppl be appreciative hor cos Yang Le told me before the presentation that he will try to be as funny as possible lol. yea he was too nervous(cos he stand beside someone :X), but he was damn happy cos he was standing beside that person. yea let's give Yang Le a rd of applause(do it by the way we learnt it lol). haha.
k last one was the talk by the Principal. gosh okay i noe the level's results still suck, but yea we are gonna gear up alr manz. muahahaha...
isnt this nice?
kk nth much alr. bye.
date:Wednesday, May 20, 2009
title:
American Idol Season 8 Finale Review =D
Round 1:
Adam Lambert- Mad World: Haha i like how he 'floated' up. plus all the dry ice lol. and his cape haha. well-ly sang.
Kris Allen- Ain't No Sunshine: Good performance. i like his voice in some parts of the song.
Round 1 Winner was Kris. well, Adam was great, but he was better.
Round 2:
Adam Lambert- A Change Is Gonna Come: What else can i say manz. great performance.
Kris Allen- What's Going On: It was good, but Adam was better.
Round 2 Winner Adam. YAY!
Round 3: No Boundaries
Adam Lambert- OMG OMG OMG. i like how he sang it.
Kris Allen- Hmm the pitch was sorta too high for him i guess, good performance though.
Overall, i believe and hope that Adam will win. haha. you know the audience didnt stop clapping for Adam lar. best manz. haha. okay nth much to post for the day alr. haha k bye.
date:Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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OUCH!
k my jaw hurts now... T.T fine i play soccer in sch today then the ball came down i wanted to stop it but it bounced and hit my chin instead. but nvm i will be fine like tmr lol.
omg AI's tmr. haha the finals. Adam Lambert VS Kris Allen. muahaha who will win? i hope it's Adam. and yea i think some ppl(not from my sch) is totally T.T one said,"i will hate AI if Adam wins." i was like can i slap you? like seriously, so what he's gay then you ppl have to discriminate him izzt? zzz. if Adam wins(and he most likely will), then i will laugh damn loud and say "YES!!!! ADAM WIN!!!" trust me, i will do that manz. in you guys face ppl.
kk Adam will confirm win anyway. haha.
k bye.
date:Sunday, May 17, 2009
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Okay a super boring Sunday. stone-ed at home -.- okay yay at least tmr's finally a sch day. haha.
okay just some info i just saw, Tamil Tigers have decided to 'silence their guns', which means the war since 1983, the war finally ended. okay so all the stuff that we have been studying in SS has finally ended. hmm.. what are your thoughts abt it? hmm i think it's good for Sri Lanka i guess.. less killing blabla. so the University Admission thing how? kays haha.
okay getting back my papers tmr *fingers crossed* haha all the best to myself lol.
okay nth much to post for today. BORED -.- bye.
date:Saturday, May 16, 2009
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Hahaha... Champions of England.
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Yes! TITLE Winners again. muahaha!
wow the ManUtd-Arsenal match was really scary man. Arshavin is really a talent. Van Persie and Fabregas also quite not bad. Fast flowing game. haha.
great season for the devils too. with upcoming of many new talents like Federico Macheda etc... , Ryan Giggs getting the PFA Player of the Year. now a new challenges comes ahead, retaining the Champions League. now, who else can overtake ManUtd manz? at most win us in matches once or twice only, aft that tire spoil alr. haha in your face man!
k enough gloating haha. k i think i gloat one more thing. American Idol. A-K affair haha. Adam and Kris. k i am looking forward to it. haha good game Gokey. BUT SO LONG DUDE. haha go home manz. haha sry even though you sang You Are So Beautiful which is a great song, but too bad, Cryin and Heartless is still btr. haha lazy to comment abt the judges choice songs.
kays hmm nth alr lol. oh when the Gary Neville lifts title pic comes out, I WILL PASTE BIGBIG ON MY BLOG haha. k bye.
date:Friday, May 15, 2009
title:
Mid-Yr Exam Review...
Day 2 Thurs 30/4
SS and EmathsP2. Hmm haha dun really have comments. you guys can read my paper.
Day 3 Mon 4/5
EnglishP2. Gosh Obama. best man -.- omg why go GP -.- faints... but the paper okay lar. haha.
Day 4 Tues 5/5
HCL P2 and GeogP1. haha chinese is omg. just sth happened. wth 10mins leh. kays then geog. hmm the paper was okay i guess...
Day 5 Wed 6/5
AmathsP2 and ChemP2. Lol. OKAY FINE I DIDNT GO TO SCHOOL. yea was sick then MC. but ehs to people who say i can slack, I DID STUDY OKAY? SEE THIS! I DID STUDY THE NIGHT BEFORE THE PAPER!
Day 6 Thurs 7/5
NP DAY! okay PhyP2 and HistElec. lol physics was okay. hist omg. why hitler?! i feel like slapping you for not coming out to talk abt your elections -.-
Day 7 Tues 12/5
AmathsP1 and GeogP2. lol. cant comment much. still okay bahs.
Day 8 Wed 13/5
EmathsP1. Hmm... got a few quite tricky. the rest should be okay.
Day 9 Thurs 14/5
ChemP1. lol. try the paper to know more.
Day 10 Fri 15/5
PhyP1. starting was okay. then aft 3/4 of the paper... -.-
kays and thats the end of the 3 WEEKS of exams. omg it finally ended. okay first time we try the sec 3 and 4 topics together. quite taxing though to like memorise so much. but there's one good thing, if you dunno one chapter, you can still do well in other chapters, not like class tests or common tests.
okay so it's the end of mid yrs uh? but i still need to study. well... that's sec 4 life. getting used to it alr. just realised i still have other more topics to learn. btr self study.. soon.
kkays i wanna facebook lol. bye.
date:Thursday, May 7, 2009
title:NPCC DAY 7th MAY
NPCC DAY 7th MAY7th may is a special day for NPCC, it was the time were we celebrated the founding of NPCC. haha i am bad at words, btr dun use my english to type what kinda celebration stuff lol.
k today was np day. Mrs Lee told us to reflect the four yrs in NPCC with our squad etc. lol then i say Mrs Lee so like that is np de 新年 lol GONG XI FA CAI! k though it's in the midst of the exams, i shall just blog on this very special day :)
k first i shall start with today. woke up earlier than usual and reached sch to chat abt the history paper later on. changed into full-u haha and omg there's a sudden change. okay initially there was no flag raising cos of thurs(assembly day), then it was the temp taking exercise. but yea NP managed to request for flag-raising, when we just knew abt it today :D
k made all preparations and started the whole ceremony. haha the ceremony damn long lol. nvm it was fun anyway. k then got back to class, exams, and went down to np room. haha then we had some conversation abt studying and lack of security lol.
k then as we waited for dismissal, hxx was like making those damn funny actions lol.
k then was dismissal.
k that's abt all for today. shall not go into further details.
hmm let's blog abt sth special. okay this may be quite surprising but my squmates and i only had 2 np days for morning assembly. cos yea sec 1 and sec 3 rained. well at first i was quite disappointed that there's no flag raising today. then yay haha have. i think it was quite good for us.
k jerald chew has the pics. no pics to post haha.
k let's reflect lol. well, our squad has attended a lot of events since sec 1. hmm first was the swearing in ceremony. lol that was like yrs ago lol. hmm i think sec 2 would be more, and i can rmb more(lol old alr lost memory). cssp project, annnual camp, civil defence, SANA, hmm anymore? oh yea classification shoot. lol that time we were still using the old revolver lol. k maybe more abt civil defence course. haha i guess everyone still rmb that officer lol. haha he was like.. lol.
k i think the most impt highlight to some of us was the open house 2007. it was the first time us(sec 2s) participated in a FDC. the bonding sessions were fun. haha then my squadmates and i were planning for cca ex 2008. lol the days at mac were fun. initially aft our first planning, we didnt knew why it was called a simple proposal, then we realised it was really a simple proposal when we were sec 3s. k so the open house came. haha i still rmb how i tried my very best saying the speech lol.
k then was cca ex. training was tough, planning was tough, but we had fun. our squad was a lot more bonded through this. k many more came. camps, lectures, courses. that was our sch holiday in june. though it was tired, i had fun. well, haha i think i will blog abt all these another time.
k then it was annual camp. we went through a lot, planned a lot, did a lot, order a lot(LOL!). those were the days with my squad.
nah wun post abt sec 4. want to reserve it for another day.
k that's all. want to know more? wait for another day lol. bye.
HAPPY NPCC DAY!Labels: NHNP
