Friday, June 13, 2008

Dull, dull, dull

I could go on at length about the dullness of Euro '08 (I'm not only saying that because England is out and thus essentially leaving me rudderless and at a loss for who to root for, since I'm already firmly behind Spain and yea they happen to have the most number of players from Lfc. So what's your point?), the dullness of this season's Top Chef Finale (a reality cooking series which by the way was what Hell's Kitchen started out to be but have since sunk into the deepest, slimiest pit of gratutious drama and yet more gag-inducing histronics for the sake of *good TV*. ) Unlike HK, Top Chef is still ALL about the creating of awesome, kick-arse and of course, impossible to replicate-in-my-own-kitchen food) or even the dull staleness of what 8 days has become (which these days only seem to contain tiresome, repetitive gossip ripped off from the likes of TwoP, Go Fug Yourself and Entertainment Weekly. Then there is the embarressing way they fawn over shows that *are now making it's latest season debut on local TV!! Yeah!!!!* but which in reality are inevitably TWO seasons late. There is NO way you can get me excited over the acerbic wit of Dr Gregory House in the ALL NEW Season of House when I've already watched that like oh, only half a year ago. So please stop trying to make it sound like it is indeed a brand! new! season! Because that's just gross. And y'all come across as fluffing twits instead of the intelligent beings that I know you're capable of being!

But no, of course I will not. Instead let me use this opportune time to urge all of you who are IT Showphiles to make your way down to Suntec today and tomorrow for the best and biggest show of the year. Now why the sudden interest you wonder? It's not like I can actually afford that Asus notebook that I've been lusting after for the past 3 months so this is as good a time as any for me to live my life vicariously through yours. And also to garner a lil support for the baby sis who will be making an appearance with 3 other mates from Miss Sweetheart Pageant 2008 for Courts Auction booth. So go on. You know you want to. Gorgeous machines, even more gorgeous babes, what more could one ask for in these so very, very dull times of our lives?

3 comments:

Swee Moh said...

Seriously, Daphne, your attitude sucks big time: England couldn't deliver in any way compared to what we've seen in this Euro 08 so far. I'm not only referring to teams like the Netherlands with their energic, enthusiastic playstyle, Spain and Portugal with their artistic skills, Croatia with their creativity and excelling sense for strategics, but also to the passion and courage of teams like Russia, Rumania and even Turkey! And victory has also been theirs against complacent teams like Italia, Germany or even France. Actually, the French and her fate might relate the best for why the English had to and got kicked out of the Euro 08: They lined up with a well-known set of players, skilled and experienced, but once the game started they neither could play together nor did they bring up any creativity nor passion. Just think of Thierry's arrogant and cross attitude both in the game against the Netherlands and Italia and compare it with striker comrades' like Klose's or Ronaldo's.
In short, I'm sick of football teams where both the importance and arrogance of certain star-players outweighs team-play and ends up with lacks both in strategics and creativity. Football's about team-play and that the English lack that more than ever a native Englishman I've met yesterday (in a Chinese restaurant) during the game between Austria and Germany seconded that right away. If there's anything I should miss about the English during this summer, it's lots of ale and bloodsheed in the streets around.

Unknown said...

ahh.. u finally update! holland is out too, looks like spain is one of the few "football power" left, if they survive tonight. lol

ladyironchef

Swee Moh said...

What's all that biased fanboy/-girlism about? Seriously, England, France, Italy and even Holland in the quarter simply sucked. Sorry if you're not used to more creative, interesting and entertaining football. Apart from those Turkish "Joker Goals" in the last minutes, the team that played more interesting always won so far in this Championship. Guess it's your problem if you can't live with a Russian or Croatian being the new "Zidane". And Spain simply rocked the second halftime this evening. I've got no idea how the Germans want to beat them in the finals. They're strong in everything!

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