Don't catch "My Name is Earl" Ep. 2 if You are Homophobic
8th October 2007, Monday
A good 4 weeks left before flying off to Kansai...while my young sibling and her beau getting all honey-coated with excitement, hoping for a full experience the full Japanese sight & sound as well as the cool autumn especially with our sunny island just tweak its thermostat abit too much over the weekend as even nights were so humid and sleeping without air conditioning is inhumane...
As for myself, I just commit myself fully to complete my current project at home while at the personal front, I am glad to pick up the groove to update more on my webpage which I recently renewed for the 3rd year....
The weekend was pleasantly enjoyable... a full day out with the La Tendo clique on Saturday which began with the weekly badminton session which had been hogging my Sundays so it was a pleasant change back to Saturday...
It also marks the return of Vincent and Ferris to the badminton courts after individual commitments leading to their sabbatical from the game...
To the shop, it had been a busy afternoon with customers streaming in for the new shipment and unanimously fixated with the question of where the new shop will be located and when exactly is the move, which got EK slightly irritated for repeatedly replying the FAQ though it is still part of his duty to spread the word...
The "Moving Out Sales" (not "Closing Down" which one customer mistakenly mentioned which led me to an involuntary sniggering fit) also mean the need to clear some of the mountain of old stocks which with those spare hands available that day surely helped them out.
The main event of the day would be the group dinner which commemorates Tay-chan's birthday as well as drawing lots for the gift exchange for the X'mas party...
Due to my recent weariness for overpriced vegetarian food, I suggested to EK to find a good place where both delectable vegetarian and non vegetarian cuisines can be served, and he came out with the cozy open-air hawker center beside Allson Hotel, a stone throw from the shop...
We were supposed to sing the birthday song in advance to Miyano as well with her tanjoubi days away; but the choice of the food court was deemed a bit "low-class" for her...
In the candid & frank manner she is well-known for, almost no one really gave a hoot for her persistent proclamation though by the end of the dinner which everyone just bought some food to share in a potluck manner surely changed her mind that the place though without the ambiance of a 5-star eatery, is far from being "low-class" as our taste buds could verify...
There was a wide screen LCD TV telecasting the EPL game between Man Utd & Wigan at that time which caught the attention of most of us especially those were mesmerized by the WCCF game...
It was scoreless by halftime when we got there but the goal tally kept increasing while food was continually served on our table...with the Red Devils finally finding their scoring boots for a 4 goals wallop of the hapless Lactics for the first EPL game this season when they score more than 2 goals...
While savoring the spicy sting ray, satay & grilled chiken wings, we started brainstorming for our 2nd Lovely Frenz X'mas party after the success of the previous one...I shall go into more detail perhaps some other day...
My missus perhaps got a bit indigestion after the hearty (though the cholesterol level surely not doing much good to our hearts) on the way back as Chan, Karen and ourselves continued to rattle on how much fun the "Win, Lose or Draw" (our new charade this year) is gonna turn out to be...
Sunday was a great day to just slack within the comfort of the room as an afternoon shower surely alleviate the heat shrouding the island a little...
Did some chores and some updating some issues as well as catching some sitcoms such as "The Office" of course as well as another NBC sitcom which I am growing to savour alot is "My Name is Earl"...
While I missed most of the run on local TV, I had been catching as many episodes on the cable channel, Starworld... The initial deep redneck accent (especially Joy) might turns one of, but seriously it is becoming one of the most mad-cap comedy ever as the karma-believing Earl tries to undo his past accumulation of bad deeds.
I missed Season 2 which sees Earl been imprisoned for what his ex-wife Joy had done & Season 3 began with him struggling in the prison..
However it did offered him a chance to correct one mistake in the premiere episode and struck of the list...
In episode 2, he was summoned by the prison warden (a rather incompetent one who was assigned the post against his will by his mayor wife); who requested Earl to sooth the tension between the "black" gang and the "hispanic" gang who engaged in fights forever...
It turned out that the leaders of the respective gangs, Jamal & Hector grew feelings for each other during confinement together and became an item...
Their explicit display of affections (including kissing and flirting) can be really hilarious but nauseating as well for homophobic viewers...Earl's solution for them to reconcile didn't help matters eother...
Nevertheless it was just too funny to be missed...will continue catching Earl's misadventure in the cell...
Also managed to catch the latest installment of "Music Station" which is a 3 hour special (taking away the CMs left around 2 and a half hours) where Tamori and Mariko counts down "100 songs that make you smile" and "100 songs that make you cry"...
It was a great mixture of J-pop songs from the last 4 decades or so and surely brought a lot of memories as I hummed along most of them while the missus kept anticipating the likes of NEWS and SMAP to be featured in the list while bemoaning how come Otsuka Ai got like plenty of songs in as well...(perhaps her presence in the show helps a lot)
At the end of it, it was such a great way to commemorate the late Sakai Izumi for Zard's "Makenaide" to be No.1 of the former list and fittingly enough Utada Hikaru's "Flavor of Life" clinched the spot for the latter ranking...
Ultimately old-time bands like B'z (in the midst of their 20th anniversary celebration) & Mr Children still rocks and for sure attained the evergreen status in the J-pop scene...
A good 4 weeks left before flying off to Kansai...while my young sibling and her beau getting all honey-coated with excitement, hoping for a full experience the full Japanese sight & sound as well as the cool autumn especially with our sunny island just tweak its thermostat abit too much over the weekend as even nights were so humid and sleeping without air conditioning is inhumane...
As for myself, I just commit myself fully to complete my current project at home while at the personal front, I am glad to pick up the groove to update more on my webpage which I recently renewed for the 3rd year....
The weekend was pleasantly enjoyable... a full day out with the La Tendo clique on Saturday which began with the weekly badminton session which had been hogging my Sundays so it was a pleasant change back to Saturday...
It also marks the return of Vincent and Ferris to the badminton courts after individual commitments leading to their sabbatical from the game...
To the shop, it had been a busy afternoon with customers streaming in for the new shipment and unanimously fixated with the question of where the new shop will be located and when exactly is the move, which got EK slightly irritated for repeatedly replying the FAQ though it is still part of his duty to spread the word...
The "Moving Out Sales" (not "Closing Down" which one customer mistakenly mentioned which led me to an involuntary sniggering fit) also mean the need to clear some of the mountain of old stocks which with those spare hands available that day surely helped them out.
The main event of the day would be the group dinner which commemorates Tay-chan's birthday as well as drawing lots for the gift exchange for the X'mas party...
Due to my recent weariness for overpriced vegetarian food, I suggested to EK to find a good place where both delectable vegetarian and non vegetarian cuisines can be served, and he came out with the cozy open-air hawker center beside Allson Hotel, a stone throw from the shop...
We were supposed to sing the birthday song in advance to Miyano as well with her tanjoubi days away; but the choice of the food court was deemed a bit "low-class" for her...
In the candid & frank manner she is well-known for, almost no one really gave a hoot for her persistent proclamation though by the end of the dinner which everyone just bought some food to share in a potluck manner surely changed her mind that the place though without the ambiance of a 5-star eatery, is far from being "low-class" as our taste buds could verify...
There was a wide screen LCD TV telecasting the EPL game between Man Utd & Wigan at that time which caught the attention of most of us especially those were mesmerized by the WCCF game...
It was scoreless by halftime when we got there but the goal tally kept increasing while food was continually served on our table...with the Red Devils finally finding their scoring boots for a 4 goals wallop of the hapless Lactics for the first EPL game this season when they score more than 2 goals...
While savoring the spicy sting ray, satay & grilled chiken wings, we started brainstorming for our 2nd Lovely Frenz X'mas party after the success of the previous one...I shall go into more detail perhaps some other day...
My missus perhaps got a bit indigestion after the hearty (though the cholesterol level surely not doing much good to our hearts) on the way back as Chan, Karen and ourselves continued to rattle on how much fun the "Win, Lose or Draw" (our new charade this year) is gonna turn out to be...
Sunday was a great day to just slack within the comfort of the room as an afternoon shower surely alleviate the heat shrouding the island a little...
Did some chores and some updating some issues as well as catching some sitcoms such as "The Office" of course as well as another NBC sitcom which I am growing to savour alot is "My Name is Earl"...
While I missed most of the run on local TV, I had been catching as many episodes on the cable channel, Starworld... The initial deep redneck accent (especially Joy) might turns one of, but seriously it is becoming one of the most mad-cap comedy ever as the karma-believing Earl tries to undo his past accumulation of bad deeds.
I missed Season 2 which sees Earl been imprisoned for what his ex-wife Joy had done & Season 3 began with him struggling in the prison..
However it did offered him a chance to correct one mistake in the premiere episode and struck of the list...
In episode 2, he was summoned by the prison warden (a rather incompetent one who was assigned the post against his will by his mayor wife); who requested Earl to sooth the tension between the "black" gang and the "hispanic" gang who engaged in fights forever...
It turned out that the leaders of the respective gangs, Jamal & Hector grew feelings for each other during confinement together and became an item...
Their explicit display of affections (including kissing and flirting) can be really hilarious but nauseating as well for homophobic viewers...Earl's solution for them to reconcile didn't help matters eother...
Nevertheless it was just too funny to be missed...will continue catching Earl's misadventure in the cell...
Also managed to catch the latest installment of "Music Station" which is a 3 hour special (taking away the CMs left around 2 and a half hours) where Tamori and Mariko counts down "100 songs that make you smile" and "100 songs that make you cry"...
It was a great mixture of J-pop songs from the last 4 decades or so and surely brought a lot of memories as I hummed along most of them while the missus kept anticipating the likes of NEWS and SMAP to be featured in the list while bemoaning how come Otsuka Ai got like plenty of songs in as well...(perhaps her presence in the show helps a lot)
At the end of it, it was such a great way to commemorate the late Sakai Izumi for Zard's "Makenaide" to be No.1 of the former list and fittingly enough Utada Hikaru's "Flavor of Life" clinched the spot for the latter ranking...
Ultimately old-time bands like B'z (in the midst of their 20th anniversary celebration) & Mr Children still rocks and for sure attained the evergreen status in the J-pop scene...
Japanese word of the day: 負けないで~ma-ke-na-i-de~(Don't Give up) Zard's bestselling song but also inspire many people in the past and present to never give up even you are 2 gay gang leaders in the prison but deeply in love
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