Nuffnang Mini Community Initiative - BLOGWHORE GALORE!

Put a group of bloggers together - WHAM BANG, THANK YOU MA'AM. Out of the bubblin' couldron, you pull out 1001 pics. Thanks to Jayden, I showcase to you what happened last Thursday, at Nuffnang's mini community initiative - the babes and hunks who were privileged to go!

TAADAA! All 8 of us!!! + Jaq, the speaker!

Held at The Sun Tent @ Empress Place Park, the set up was perfect. Not too cluttered, comfy cushions, light air conditioning, dim lights and soft music set the stage for an evening to be remembered.

This mini event was splendid. It wasn't an event for the masses, where cliques hung out -- we actually got to talk to and get to personally know everyone better. Yes, I managed to talk to all 7 of the rest there. :) Very nice and communal!

Yes, I had the same question, "Where in the flying rats' ass is Empress place? Of course, Ming, being the person with a perfect sense of direction, knew immediately where it was, but being female (yes blame the lack of testosterone!), I had to run my fingers up and down the street directory to find out where it was. Thank God I wasn't navigating, if not I think I would have gotten Ming very frustrated with my sense of directions (of lack, thereof)....

Stepping up, we were welcomed to a serene atmosphere, the setting was just puuurrffeeeccttt! (only lacking was the red carpet, but seriously, who am I kidding?!?)

Jaq, the coach, taught us the basics of blogging!

With her, was her Mac, which she named Daniel... Now I'm thinking what I should name my Mac. I want a really handsome name, but nothing too cliche like Brad or Matt or Tom. Any suggestions? I really like the male names like Nathanael, Karl, Josh, Caleb, Ray.... (must be handsome name ah.. not handsome, reject immediately!!)

And as a typical Singaporean, if you don't manage to fill our tummy wummies, you ain't going to satisfy us!

The crowd was just nice, not too many, but not too sparse -- friendly atmosphere of learning through hands on interaction exercises and discussion!

Not forgetting, must have individual shots!!! Thanks to Jayden for the pics!

Jayden with Ylva

Huiwen

Nadia..

Kexin! OMG yes that's really her blogsite address!

Immelia...


Jayden and I... *he so young so handsome oredi hor???*
(of course my darling still more handsome la, must score brownie points!!!)


Of course we wore smiles on our faces! Free event, good food, good company, good learning... what more can a blogger want?

(.... oh yah, of course want more ads and more money, more readership, more shoes, bags, clothes, discounts... the lists goes on... ok let's not even get started...)

Nonetheless THANK YOU BOSS MING AND BOSS STEWIE!

Why FIREFOX is SEXIER than IE -NSFW-

VERSUS

You don't need a genius to tell you which turns you on more than the other...

Why Men ALWAYS win in the DATING game

According to the statistics, men get better with age... I actually do agree with this... Your dating pool actually GROWS until middle age! An 18 yr old's dating range is 18-22, whereas a 30 yr old's might be 22-46.

There you have it. We, women, sour with age, like curdled milk! :(

I apologize to the women if that was a bit hate to swallow, have some laughs, on the house!

No one wants some one so choosy they require a special chef to cook their every meal, and needs a waiter with a thick wad of paper to take down their order... even if you are an anaphylaxic, you aren't a a prince/princess! ... but do bring you epipen along everywhere! Dying on your date isn't sexy... and definitely won't guarantee you a second date...


On the first date, the best expectation is to have none.


INTERNET DATING can be fun, but try not to ever miscommunicate...


The risks of internet dating...


Also, try not to see an ex's good friend... things get very complicated...


Lastly, always be honest, but do not discuss things to do with your (little) digit... pun unintended.

9 out of 10 MEN CHEAT

So it happens that I was talking to a friend yesterday afternoon who tells me he has compelling truth that 9 out of 10 men cheat on their wives.

I would never dare to say that I have never cheated before. I have... many a times. And do I feel any remorse? Nope. Why? Maybe because I brush off my shoulders off and tel myself that everyone does it too.

"Cheating"... the word brings with it many connotations - the good and bad and the ugly. Yes I have cheated, but not on any of my bfs, I've cheated on exams. Hell yes, I remember my primary school days, conjuring up methods upon methods to "wriggle" pass the education system's loopholes. One book I remember most is some Simpsons handbook for student. Man I told you, from that pseudo bible, I learnt 1001 ways of cheating in school, and you know what, it was a worthy investment.

But again, I digress, "cheating" here, in the opening paragraph, means to be unfaithful either to a spouse or in a mutually exclusive relationship. This friend of mine, has evidence from like I mentioned, very reliable sources that 9 out of 10 men cheat! I mean I always new that men cheated (as do women) but I didn't know the statistics were so alarming! Yes, perhaps 4 out of 10 would not be so surprising, but 9 out of 10?

Isn't that just unbelievable...??!!??

Then I thought to myself, we're talking here about the incidence of cheating and not the prevalence. Prevalence and incidence are different measures of a disease's occurrence. "Prevalence" means the number of people who currently have the condition, whereas "incidence" refers to the cumulative annual number of people who have a case of the condition. These two measures are very different. For example, a chronic incurable disease like diabetes can have a low incidence but high prevalence, because the prevalence is the cumulative sum of past year incidence rates. A short-duration curable condition such as the common cold can have a high incidence but low prevalence, because many people get a cold each year, but few people actually have a cold at any given time.

So 9 out of 10 as a cheating statistic is a high incidence, but I sure do hope the prevalence is low. 9 out of 10, come to think of it is possible, because as long as at any one time in your life, you've cheated on someone, you make up that number... Or maybe I'm just trying to console myself and trying to explain why this number can be deemed reasonable...

Wonder what this statistic is like for girls, I mean the men must be cheating with someone right, and assume they are the women??!!?? Is it only a select group who serial cheat or is it inherrently ingrained in our DNA?

With statistics of this sort, it's truly hard to defend anyone.. You tell me......

(ADV) Why I LOVE BOYS with BALLS and... a good set of wheels

Boys with balls. Love them or hate them. Love them because of that oh-so-bad-boy factor; hate them because they always seem to break your heart. For some reason, people always claim that girls are attracted to bad boys -- the thrill seeking kinds, the ones that break your heart, leave you, come back and spit on you then, as if it isn't enough, step all over your dead corpse in their muddy sneaks.... (sorry for being too graphic)...


I've never had a love for bad boys, I don't remember any of my exes to be bad boys (at least not when I was with them, though one did become a bad boy later on...) Come to think of it, if my friend's father took sky diving as a hobby I'd be like "Woooow so coooool", but if my father decided one day to take up such a sport, I'd like TOTALLY flip out... it's way toooo dangerous to potentially lose MY daddy through life risking activities as such.

Yet again, there has been something I've realized....

Where the hot and thrill seeking (bad?) boys hang out, so will the GIRLS FLOCK!! But WHY flock, and where?.....

Truly, A new kind of sports culture is emerging in Singapore. Have you noticed them? The GOOD kind of bad boys?!? The city is its playground and the streets are coming to life with the voices and movements of a new generation of urban tribes!!!

TRIBES? ... what tribes? No silly, not the uga-jaga-uga-jaga-uga-jagaaa cannibalistic ones!

Wanna get turned on to an au' natural high?

KUDOS to these new bunch of youth daredevils, who push their limits, for the love of the thrill and the addiction to the adrenalin that comes with the danger... Nike has gone out of their way to salute our youth, from skateboarders and BMX bikers to B-boys and street footballers. For the (scardey-cat fuddyduddy old foggies) people like me who prefer to admire from afar, and never had the courage to talk to these street daredevils, here's a chance and Nike offers you insight into their lives... interview with these undercelebrated stars..vto celebrate their diversity and vitality by focusing on individual narratives, rather than harping on the infrastructure (or lack thereof).

Gives the term "Flying without wings" a whole new meaning huh?

Now you see him.... Now you don't.... all without the crash gear!!!

Confidently global in their outlook, yet proudly local in their pursuits, these are the folks that give our streets a little more buzz and soul. These guys live for the moment and enjoy milking whatever they can out of every living second.

They amaze us with their skills, humble us with their rootedness and inspire us with their perseverance. Everyone of them is fiercely proud of his or her individuality, yet deeply conscious of being a part of a larger community. They strive for perfection, but at their own pace and time. They prize thrills and thrive on spontaneity. It's all about play.

This got me thinking, maybe I should be more adventurous and actually take up a sport of some sorts? Sitting on my fat ass all day long isn't going to get me healthy. Maybe I too, should take up break dancing... so as any girl would do... I emailed my girl friend about it,

ME: "Aye babe, thinking of taking up break dancing, wanna join? Call me XOXOXO!"

Her response: *nothing*.... but she did send me the picture below.. and when they say a picture paints a thousand words -- hell yes, it does. And I quickly got the idea whether or not she thought we should engage in rough tumble and play together...

I digress, back to these daredevil youths, they embrace the physicality and danger implicit in what they do with imagination and creativity, accepting that learning is the key to mastery. This is their story - a story built around a different lifestyle. For them, the tribe is their culture and the proud badge of their identity.

But truly, nothing turns a girl on more than a guy with good ball sense and a good set of wheels (whatever kinds they may be...) Bad boys or not, we still flock to them like bees to honey..

Intrigued? You should be.

Find out more at nike.com.sg.

Bill Gates on stage live when BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!!

Imagine how embarrassing this situation would have been. This redefines the word "embarrassment". Watch how Mr. Gates responds, to errrr.. this not too flatteringly optimal situation.

Like I said, sometimes we just have to learn how to laugh at ourselves, life would be so much easier to get by..

President BUSH Beat-Boxing Vs. 10 Yr Old Boy - WHO WON?

President Bush Beat Boxing...



Now watching this 10 year old boy beat box... who will emerge the winner? You decide. My decision is clear...

Wine cum Poolside Party @ Junkie's

Question: What happens when you but wine, alcohol, girls and a bunch of testosterone filled boys together?

Ans: Like every Saturday night, it gets boring without a bit of friends and fun. What's a girl to do on a Saturday night other than chillin' with a bunch of girlfriends? Last Saturday night was no different. Since mid terms were over, it was "acceptable" to reward myself with a good time out with friends over wine in Junkie's semi-new house! (yes we trashed it while we were there)

After Denka's birthday dinner at Thai Express, Ming dropped me off at Junkang's house while he went home to watch the Red Devils at war.

Abu, Jay, Hado, Raine and me!

And yes, if you were wondering that's the new and improved Brennan, fresh out from BMT, sporting his new hairdo (what hair??!?), muscles ripling, skin tanned like a brazillian, chatting up Wanlin, a girl friend of mine. :) Guess, the army does make men appreciate women more huh?

Then of course, when you leave the weeee-men alone, we get up to doing what we do best, creating havoc, where it counts!

And of course, nothing is more fun than pulling pranks on one another.. the old fashioned way!

.. and of course as a blogger, we never commit the cardinal sin of NOT camwhoring!!

Finally, anyone can tell me what's wrong with this picture?...

WHAT THE HELL, 5 girls there but then all the boys want to do is touch the bitch, Mimi! Either they are damn drunk, or we low quality goods.. :(

9eek 9oddess on TODAY, Daily SG & gets TOMORROWED

It's not everyday you get to be on TODAY, get tomorrowed and get to be on Daily SG, unless of course, it's for a super duper damn good cause (or a freaking big scandal, read: politics, sex or both combined even better).

So it happens that on the fateful day of 19th October 2007, I get the honor of having a sweet spot on all three publications (well, sorta).

Thanks to the good job of the National Council Against Drug Abuse latest campaign, which embodies the slogan, "If you play, you pay". We're fortunate that in Singapore, drugs are that rampant, so perhaps in a certain way, we aren't that tempted -- there aren't that many opportunities that we come across that exposes us to the risk...

I remember being in the States and that it was much easier there to get hold of such substances.. many a times I must admit that it did pique my curiosity and since many friends were taking it, and surviving, it didn't seem that dangerous... but on the other hand, I'm glad I made a choice to stay clean...

I think when it comes to drugs, everything boils down to personal choice. We have an "ADAM" in all of us, where we point the accusing finger at the person next (and sometimes closest) to us and say "Eve made me do it, Eve made me eat of the apple..." But really, no one can put a gun to your head and force you to do something (unless you take this literally!!), so as individuals, what really matters is you make a stand and stick to it.

Why risk throwing everything away by getting hooked, and worse still, getting caught and put behind bars? I really never liked those scare campaigns where they showed posters of this woman with cancerous sores all over her mouth from smoking too much. I don't think scare tactics work, in fact I think they are a turn off. There has to be a balance between the real truth and just plain gore.

I think this NCADA campaign this year has been done very tastefully, a good balance between the facts and also engaging youths in playing a part in spreading the message. Not only have they chosen mediums such as blogs to spread the message (7 bloggers have been recruited for this campaign), they are also investing heavily on online mediums -- a very tactical move. Afterall, my mother knows that if she can't get me on my cell, she can always skype me, gtalk me or MSN me.

Youths today are a hip, upwardly mobile, online generation who can think and stand on their own 2 feet. Let's make a stand and say YES TO LIFE.

Y I HATE KENNYSIA too but LOVE XIAXUE

Like NadNut, I hate Kenny Sia too! How dare he post such an unglam picture of me!? At least Xiaxue has the kindness in her heart to photoshop me and provide a decent facial reconstruction before posting pics of us online!

Anyway, last weekend all 10 of us met up at Ming's house for dinner! Yum yum! He bought in Indian food from Tanglin Club (OMG so good!)... 7 mins on the lips, 7 inches on the hips yah?

Bloggers United!

Mike, Wendy, Me and Julian

But anyway we had a good time pigging out and talking about the push up underwear Kenny bought from New Urban Male!

(Check out Kenny's blog for more explicit images of him in the underwear + check out his before and after shots, goody two shoes me won't post it up here!)

Being the oinks oinks that we were, we topped dinner off with like 24 sinful donuts from the donut factory compliments from KENNY SIA (NadNut lined up with him long long for it)!

How else to end the night better by bringing Kenny and his newest girlfriend (pictured below)

to Singapore's newest nightspot, St. James PowerStation! :) ... but before all that fun, of course our top blogger in Malaysia had to take a dump...


and while he did, the girls had their own fun.... (we sure can have fun without men!)

But we girls get bored too... so off we scooted to St. James! Mike actually had his company car that night, so we were well equipped with 2 cars -- ming's tank and Mike's. Off to a night of good, clean fun! We went to Bellini's, which is the jazz chill out room in St. James. Wendy and I got stopped by the bouncer because we didn't bring our IC but... thank God they admitted us in the end!!! KILLJOY!

Huiwen, Nadia, Wendy, SuAnn, Estee (bottom left pic) Nadia, Huiwen, Estee (bottom right pic)





Kenny with his HAREM of girls... man that lil' perv!

What better way to end the night by....

A FULL FRONTAL LESBIAN SHOT :)

Kenny and SuAnn, come back to Singapore soon (they're Malaysian) to hang out with us! Thanks Mister. Ming for arranging everything and showing us a good time! :) Wooooooot! One more shot of fun flavoured vodka please! :)

Pimping Zouk's, MOS' and FHM's Mags -singapore shocker-

"Drugs - If you play, you will pay"

Typical FHM Poster? Look again!

That's the new tagline for this year's Anti-Drug Campaign (the website is drool-worthy!), targeted at youths at risk of falling prey to the use of synthetic drugs. Was this campaign a flight or failure to launch?

This 4-month long campaign was launched by the National Council Against Drug Abuse (NCADA) yesterday @ SMU and this initiative aims to grab the attention of youths through street-art and online interactivity. It also marks a refreshing change in strategy - for the first time in a decade, NCADA is doing away with its annual anti-drug TV commercial.

Here, students are using graffiti art to paint on 2 police men escorting a young drug offender away.. a cool twist on the original ad

Students are using graffiti art as a way of adding a "spunk" to the typical anti-drug message. They are taking real ads such as Perlini's silver, MOS' and FHM's and overlaying the images with the stark message, "if you play, you will pay".

This new campaign gets a 2 THUMBS UP from me. We're so used to seeing so many campaigns in Singapore, sometimes, I for sure, brush off another campaign as insignificant and "same old, same old". We've been flooded with so many messages from different campaigns, the speak good English campaign, the courtesy campaign, etc, it's inevitable that when another campaign launches, the messages gets lost in all that noise.

Zouk advertisement being "pimped" up as well, with the NCADA message painted on the t-shirt.

However, I must commend NCADA for a great job this year. Their change in strategy has been definitely well thought out. More often than not, TV commercials are the main medium for spreading campaign messages and they are a must-have in the marketing mix. However, this time around, they are eliminating this medium and concentrating on using the online medium.

A lot of youths are indeed spending a lot of time online, we blog, blog surf, (re)check our emails (every 5 minutes) and spend half our day facebooking (*sheepish look*)... I feel that using the internet as a way to target youths is a fun and fresh thing to do! Who would have thought any national campaign would be so bold as to defy traditional, almost "fail-safe" mediums like TV?

My favourite of the lot -- Perlini Silver's model gets painted on a set of handcuff, hammering home the NCADA message!

The launch of the campaign also caused quite a "BANG". Youths were allowed to be creative as seen in the pictures below, transforming traditional poster advertisements into those that cause us to look twice.

Here's a clip on how a normal looking poster can be pimped up all for a good cause!

All in all, I'd like to say GOOD JOB to NCADA for stepping outside the box and being willing to experiment with novel and creative ways of reaching out to youths. We're a contemporary bunch and the last thing we need are the boring same old messages over and over again in our faces. We all know that drugs are bad, we've been hammered home the message since moral ed lessons in primary school -- we don't need to be lectured, we need to be educated. And educating us, you are -- in a way that catches our attention as well as connecting with us on a personal level.

Well done. I never thought any national campaign would actually wow me -- this is the first (and I hope not the last)!....

My ONLY pic from POPOUT!

As insane as it sounds, I hosted POPOUT on the 4th of October and I have only ONE pathetic pic! Number one mistake, not bring my camera, But then again I was in such a mad rush. I had a major mid term that afternoon and on the 5th ( the next day) had another midterm scheduled!

So muddle headed me, as usual, like every other day, I forget to take along with me my camera. (at least I remember my business card).

So I met this dude, Eric, apparently, going to start his company at the end of this year when he goes over to live with his gf in Australia. Sweet story... I wish them luck!

I need to go hunt down more POPOUT pics now!

Later skater!
eStee

Cannot Stop Cursing (Part II)

In my previous post, I blogged about the boy who could not stop cursing. It may have come across funny, to me, at least initially but this is a very real illness. In the above video, the makers of SouthPark show that this is a very real illness and although they have added a funny twist to it, it sounds like they are serious in spreading awareness about this debilitating illness..

Tourette syndrome is an unusual chronic medical condition characterized by the childhood onset of multifocal motor and vocal tics, which may include phonation, vocalization, or the articulation of formed words, including obscenities or profanities. This explains the sudden outburst of vulgarities and profanities. Imagine not being able to control yourself -- this sure leads to very embarrassing situations. The worst thing, haveing to explain it all.

Little people know about this illness and might take it as you making fun of them. I personally have not met anyone in Singapore with this illness before and am really curious how it manifests.

Anyone know about/met someone like this before?

Boy Who Cannot stop Cursing -BBC Documentary

In 1999, 16 year old John was featured in a BBC documentary. He has Tourette's Syndrome and cannot stop cursing at the top of his lungs. His punctuations are "afuck off", "whore", "fucking idiot", "cunt", etc...

Imagine what life wil be like suffering for Tourette's.

MALE versus FEMALE Brain - why we act differently!

This is the funny version..... scroll down to find the real scientific version which explain gender differences in brains...




Some interesting differences between men's and women's brains, collected from sources listed below. Read with a grain of salt, and further investigate the ones that get you riled up.

1. Men's brains are larger, but as they age, they also shrink faster than women's brains. (Source)

2. Women's brains operate at a higher temperature, due to burning more glucose. (Source)

3. Women use more of their brains when they think. (Source)

4. Men's brains contain roughly 6.5 times the amount of grey matter related to general intelligence as women's brains, while women's brains contain about 10 times as much white matter related to general intelligence as men's. Researchers point to this finding to explain the controversial belief that in general, men may naturally excel at math while women tend to excel in areas like language. Read more about this research here

5. Men tend to score an average of 4 to 5 points higher on intelligence tests, as reported by the journal Intelligence in Sept. 2006. Don't believe us? Click here

6. The average man will think about sex as often as once a minute, while the average woman will think of sex much less often, as infrequently as once every one or two days. (Source)

7. Why do women always want to talk? Researchers have found that connecting with another through talking will trigger the pleasure centers in a woman's brain, a high second only to an orgasm. (Source)

8. Baby girls have been observed to typically have stronger reactions than boys to disturbing or distressful sounds. (Source)

9. A 20-second hug will trigger the release of oxytocin in a woman's brain. The effect of this chemical will often give the woman a feeling of trust in the person hugging her. (Source)

10. Many authors and researchers have said that men use fewer words per day than women. Depending on which study you believe (if any), the "word gap" can be anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 words a day. (Here's an interesting dissection of "word gap" claims at the Language Log.)

Thanks to The Digital Beat for this article

Lessons in Life - 10 Things I've learnt in the last 23 yrs

Life hands hands you blows, yes indeed it does. No one ever said that life was a bed of roses and even if you were really inhabiting a house made of roses, mind you -- beware of the thorns.

Being alone at home on a Wednesday night got me thinking about the more pertinent issues in life. Maybe this can be attributed to the lack of sleep from burning the midnight oil last night. Maybe it's the stress from the post popout event TDM had... some lonely nights get me thinking... thinking about what really matters and what are the more important things in life...

1) Never take your parents for granted -- Spend time with them


2) Some things are more important that studies -- outside school experience counts.


3) Never neglect your girlfriends (by that I mean same sex friends), they are the ones who will stand by you no matter what


4) Love can be the sweetest drug or the cruelest poison. If you don't feel for someone, let them go, sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind

5) No matter what you do you, can never please everyone, so stop trying so hard. Please those who really matter. Learn to laugh at yourself, for all it's worth..


6) Don't ever forgot God


7) Make as many friends as possible. One they you will need them and they, you


8) Pain is inevitable, pain makes you stronger. Pain keeps you fighting. Fight on.


9) Spend money on yourself buying the things you like. Don't be a scrooge. What's all the moolah in the world when you're not happy?


10) Love yourself, above all. Because if you don't love yourself, others won't as well. When you finally learn to love yourself and embrace your self (faults included), only then will you be able to love someone else

When blogging gets TOO FAR

How do you know if you're a true blogger? How do you know when you've taken blogging to the next level? How do you know when your eat and live and breathe to blog?...

This is how...

TOP 10 Reasons to GET MARRIED (Female & Males Perspectives)

After receiving a downpour of feedback from my earlier post (TOP 10 reasons NOT to get married, I figured, we need to balance the scale a tad bit by offering the top 10 reasons why one SHOULD get married.

It's not like I'm against marriage, I think 23 is WAY toooooo young, but what would I know anyway? I've never been in a position to even think about getting married.

Nonetheless,

From the woman's perspective; she could marry for the following:

stability

love

Body guard

Someone you can fart in front of and not get embarrassed

Lawn boy

Car Mechanic

VCR Programmer

TV Remote Locator

Taste Tester for your cooking

Body Warmer

From the man's perspective:

Sex

personal slave

key locator

wallet locator

food preparation

lunch packer

child nurturer

phone dialer

family birthday reminder

schedule coordinator

But on a more serious note, here are the more realistic top 10 reasons, starting from number 10 down:

No. 10: No one will ever ask you again—so, why aren’t you married yet?

No. 9: You can bring into this world your future wheelchair pushers.

No. 8: You no longer have to pay the single person surcharge on cruises.

No. 7: You will never have to make over-compensating gestures to diffuse suspicions of homosexuality.

No. 6: You no longer have to keep up the pretense of being content in the Lord alone.

No. 5: You no longer have to wonder if you are going to get lucky on date night.

No. 4: You no longer have to be the target audience of pet products commercials; you can join a whole new demographic group.

No. 3: No one will ever try to set you up again with their awkward niece/nephew.

No. 2: Your parents will only have one thing left to complain about—when are we getting some grandkids?

No. 1: You no longer have to use I Corinthians 7 to justify singleness, but can now use that passage to badger your spouse into having sex with you. That’s the last time she will feign headache.

TOP 10 Reasons why you should NOT marry

So this is HILARIOUS. In the span of the last month, I have heard that like 5 friends are getting married. Yes they are my age - 23- and in my opinion, 23 is sooooooooo young, it's almost unimaginable.

I cannot imagine getting married now - NO - that's a scarey thought. I don't have the $$$, don't have the education (still stinking undergrad) and don't have the ability to plan for such a big day.

Sarah Ma, my ex JC classmate, I hear, has moved to Jacksonville, FLorida to be with her husband. And this kick-ass girl was the epitome of girl power back then, and the last person I'd imagine to fall into the temptation of walking down the red carpet in a gown!

No, don't be mistaken, I absolutely support the sanctity of marriage 100%, I think it's a beautiful commitment and act of love but 23 years old is a tad bit too young , No? Then again my mother got engaged to my dad at like 19, and by my age was already carrying around a big fat very ready to explode belly containing what we might consider to be a young human being.

23 years old and getting married. I'm scared. Scared because marriage is SOOOO far away, like at LEAST LEAST LEAST a couple of years or more and second, oh my god, that means you're OLD. OLD mature people get married, I think I'm just tooo childish to be able to call myself a wife. That freaks me OUT.

Is it just me, or is 23 really OK, assuming you've found the right person?

Nonetheless, for those of you who share my sentiments, here are the top 10 reasons why you should NOT get married, for now at least. But in a couple of years if you still are harbouring thoughts of singlehood, then you better hook up fast...


1. Think of all the debts you could pay off with that 10 GRAND you dropped on ONE DAY.

2. You will be too drunk to remember it, so all that time and planning goes to waste.

3. Everyone is secretly cursing your marriage and finding fault with your relationship, so why do you want to buy them an expensive meal and provide them with an open bar?

4. Your $2,000 wedding dress could feed an entire village of starving children, OR YOU COULD WEAR IT FOR ONE DAY.

5. That rock on your finger is evidence of bloodshed in the diamond mines.

6. Instead of a down payment on a home, you have a down payment on an article of clothing. Good luck raising your kids in between the white layers of taffeta.

7. Does the word “forever” mean anything to you? F O R E V E R! You're officially trapped.

8. Months, years, of planning are over in 8 hours or less.

9. No matter how much “product’ the salon puts in your hair, it will still fall by reception's end and you will look like Medusa rather than the put-together Mrs. Blank you wish to be.

10. You’ve been found guilty of creating a gift registry. It’s the social equivalent of being outed as a greedy, needy, brat. You’ve actually sent your friends and family on a “scavenger hunt” for your most wanted possessions… shouldn’t “the one,” be enough for you???

Courtesy of Oddcouple!

Beware of CHEE KO PEKS when you SKINNY DIP!

Girls, remember that if you go skinny dipping, wear goggles, and also check if there are any live human corals, sea anemones, and buayas lurking down beneath!

Actions speak LOUDER than words

Because sometimes, actions speak louder than words and....


words and talk are cheap, but actions speak volume...

“Love is patient; love is kind
and envies no one.
Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude;
never selfish, not quick to take offense.
There is nothing love cannot face;
there is no limit to its faith,
its hope, and endurance.
In a word, there are three things
that last forever: faith, hope, and love;
but the greatest of them all is love.”