Happy Independence Day 2009

Happy Independence Day, my American friends. 

233 years of independence from British rule. You guys have come a long way.

Enjoy the barbeque.

 

Early Celebrity Deaths – Must be Tough to Be Famous

Michael Jackson – died at 50 in 2009 (massive heart attack)

Marilyn Monroe – died at 36  in 1962 (suicide or overdose)

Elvis Presley – died at 42 in 1977 (overdose or massive heart attack)

John Lennon – died at 40 in 1980 (murdered/shot)

Kurt Cobain – died at 27 in 1994 (suicide)

James Dean – dead at 24 in 1955 (car accident)

Jimi Hendrix – dead at 27 in 1970 (choked on own vomit)

 

Michael Jackson and Farah Fawcett are both Dead. Double Whammy!!

Wow…..

Woke up, fired up the news reader and this is the first thing I saw from the New York Times:

http://bit.ly/JackonFawcett

 

We Got Good News!

http://bit.ly/goodpaper

 

Sangria and Bling on Saturday 30th May

A friend of mine, an ex Managing Director of an international ad agency has successfully re-positioned herself. She has a few interests now including a gourmet food and champagne business called the Good Life Club. She has also ventured into jewelry design and making and even though I don’t wear jewelry myself, I am very impressed. This is definitely a labour of love for her seeing how much blood, sweat and joy she pours into each piece. She has an online shop here. 

If you are keen to see and buy her work, she is having a “serious afternoon of sangria and bling” this Saturday 30th May. 

You may see some of her work at her online store but here is a selection of her work.

I’ll probably drop by at some point so hope to see some of you guys there.

 

Test blog from iPhone

It works!

 

Kindness and Generosity

Kindness and generosity are not measured by dollars and cents.

It’s measured by time and deed.

Thank you.

And thank You.

 

Mas Selamat Conspiracy Theory by DD

So this is my conspiracy theory.

They never found him.

In order not to lose face, they looked high and low for a guy who looked very much like Mas Selamat.

Then they bribed him with lots of money, threats or a combination of the two.

After he “agreed”, they took this dude for major reconstructive surgery to make him look exactly like Mas Selamat Kastari. Of course, they had to wait a number of months for him to recover an for any remnant scars to heal. 

Then they had to gently mess up his leg a bit so he would limp.

When everything was perfect, they “found” him in JB.

Cool.

(Disclaimer: I write Fiction)

 

Re-Branding the Husband

I have a friend who can’t pronounce her husband’s name after being married for 8 years.

So much so that her family, her friends and their kids calls him by her new “name”.

 

A 20 Year Dance

Today caught up with sweet yesterday

They danced tentatively at first

Slowly Without them knowing

Rhythm snuck up

The dance grew faster

And raw

Until the eternal intervened

And brought them back

To the present

Where they belonged

Eternally