Epic fun day with @Dawid Ng and @Adrian Mok

29th June 2010:
MISSION - MEET UP WITH BULLSEYE AND BLACK POWER @ BURWOOD... AND HAVE AN EPIC FUN TIME

Today was an awesome way to break the boringness of the holidays. We had 3 main objectives to complete: 1) Watch Toy Story 3 in 3D 2) eat lunch 3) CityHunter

1) Toy Story 3 in 3D is a grrrrrrrreeeeeeeaaaaaat movie, and it was made better by Hadrian's mum buying the tix (STILL THANKING YOU HEAPS!) It was another PIXAR masterpiece...srsly. But I'm not gonna give away the plot for those who haven't watched it yet. It had good storyline, good characters (except for badass Lotso) and made you want to cry - as Dawid would know.
Overall, it was 10 out of 10 material. I loved it (Y) Here's the song at the end when Spanish Buzz dances with Jessie, and when the extras/bloopers roll:


2) ate lunch which was maccas. We talked bout the dodgey MasterChef twist and of Bear Grylls' playtime in Northern Kenyaaaa. Some topics included Devon's acidic sauce and Bear drinking from elephant dung :L For those who don't remember:


3) CityHunter was going to be one and a half hours...BUT AN EPIC FULLONSCREAMING ONE AND A HALF HOURS! First up, we played L4D2 - Dark Carnival - on easy coz I was noob. Dawid was coach named "Bullseye", I was Rochelle named "SpanishBuzz" and Hadrian was Nick named "black power" + some AI called Molly as Ellis. In a nutshell, we "accidentally" shot each other a numerous time, I started a few hordes, Hadrian owned all the witches, I liked locking people outside the saferoom, Dawid tried to pipebomb me in the saferoom, I chucked a few Molotovs at the wrong time and we had a rave party in the back of a truck. Have some gameplay...of other people - listen to the screaming, then imagine it 10x louder and that was us:

Then we moved onto CoD4 - and we were all noobs. I chose S.A.S. in honor of Bear Grylls and Dawid chose Spetnaz (?) and I dunno wat Hadrian was :S Anyway, I would kill Dawid, Hadrian would kill me, Dawid would kill Hadrian and you pretty much get the picture. Some guy even asked if he could play with us, then Dawid was like NO! in a gentler way. Have some gameplay in killhouse, the stage we played:


Finally, it was time to depart =( We agreed to do the same thing, except with Karate Kid.

Until then,

I am Optimus Prime (aka mattlam), and i send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting. Autobots, roll out!

The MasterChef Twist WHATADODGE

Soz for a late post, but a post is a post, whenever it is post-ed.


First of all, WHAT A DODGE MasterChef. Sure from the episode before we knew that 3 out of 11 eliminated contestants would be coming back into the comp. BUT THOSE THREE?!?!? By "those" I mean Peter (far right with glasses), Jimmy (Indian guy higher than everyone else), and Courtney (girl sitting). I'm alright with Courtney coming back, coz she went out pretty unfairly on the "name-that-herb" challenge. Jimmy...yeeeaaaaa...I'm ok with him as well coz all he makes is curries, and that's gonna be his downfall...in some dessert challenge, or Australian challenge (again), or some religious challenge, or some "people-allergic-to-curry" challenge. BUT Peter, why did they choose Peter? He's gonna own all of em...AGAIN.

Some of you might be saying: "OH BUT THEY DIDN"T KNOW THAT THEY WERE THE ONES COOKING THE DISHES!" (Yes, Matt Preston lied to the top 7, bout them tasting professional dishes as if it was a masterclass.) Despite this, a few of them already had suspicions e.g. Jono, Marion and Claire kinda deduced that the curry dish was Jimmy's, coz all the components had "Jimmy" written all over it.

When it did come down to revealing the chefs, the top 7 contestants were happy on the outside, but full-on-raging on the inside - and on the videologs. First there were hugs - but coz there were 6 newbies and 7 oldies, Jono was rejected XD Then the top 3 out of the "comebacks" were announced. Then the judges asked for feelings and emotions. Aaron was bout to kill himself, Claire cried for the 2nd time & back at the house, Courtney was like "please don't hate us!" but Alvin said "let them sleep tonight" then did some murderous knife-stabbing action.

George, to cheer them up, was saying "look at Julie! she embraced this challenge! and look at her now!" But I was thinking LOL jks you top 7 contestants are gonna go home next challenge.

Dawid and I were also sad that Philip didn't make it :( Jake...was being a stoner again. And that other guy, Devon?, well, his sauce almost burnt everyone's tongue coz it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too acidic, so he deserved to go.

Anyway, tonight's gonna be a 10 vs 1 celebrity chef challenge SO WATCH IT :D


I am Optimus Prime (aka mattlam), and i send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting. Autobots, roll out!

Has got me thinking... ft. Ludacris

Yoooooooooooooooooooooooo.

While listening to the radio, Tik Tok was playing - this made me think of Ke$ha - which made me think of My First Kiss - which made me think of 3OH!3 - which made me think of featured artists in pretty popular songs - which made me write this.

I've noticed that, during May/June this year, a lot of songs topping the Australian charts included the song name - artist's name BUT THEN ft. someone else. I'm not saying that it's a bad thing - some songs with more than one singer do deserve their spots on the chart. There are exceptions e.g. Brian McFadden (ALTHOUGH he uses autotune in pretty much every song)

Where's the evidence? Here:
Airplanes - B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams
Billionaire - Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars
Pyramid - Charice ft. Iyaz
OMG - Usher ft. Will.i.am
Shut It Down - Pitbull ft. Akon
Telephone - Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce
Baby - Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris
My First Kiss - 3OH!3 ft. Ke$ha
Nothing On You - B.o.B. ft. Bruno Mars
Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz ft. Ludacris
Put It In A Love Song - Alicia Keys ft. Beyonce
Empire State Of Mind - Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys
Eenie Meenie - Sean Kingston ft. Justin Bieber
I Made It - Kevin Rudolf ft. Birdman, Jay Sean, Lil' Wayne
Getting Over You - David Guetta ft. Chris Willis, Fergie, LMFAO
I'm pretty sure you've heard AT LEAST one these songs... You know anymore, leave a comment.

Those last two examples were trying to set a new record for ft. artists lol jks. But seriously, the main artist either wants a feminine voice, to hire someone who is more famous so that they will become famous, or to give the unimportant/repetitive parts to someone else.

Until the next song with "ft." in it's title,

I am Optimus Prime (aka mattlam), and i send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting. Autobots, roll out!

The MasterChef Twist

:O One of the most anticipated episodes of Masterchef! (But I watch every single one anyway.) And Dawid and I were doing our top-notch live commentary again on msn.

The twist was revealed that 3 eliminated contestants would be coming back into the comp. There were like 11 contestants who came back, which led to the first outbreak of commentary by us. We were like, "I hope Joanne's not coming back." "Ohh wait, she's not there!" :O "And where's Carrie?!" "Who's that blonde chick again?"

Then the judges were like, the others don't know bout it!! :O (Oh, and Aaron was saying that the only way the comp could get better was if they had "a rocket and blast us to the moon".)

Then we placed out bets. I opted for Matt, Philip and Courtney coz they're the juniors and look good and share a name (I chose Fiona at first buuut she died). David betted for Matt, Philip and Skype/Courtney.

First challenge: cleaning prawns
In this, they all had to clean 400g prawns and make sure that the poop tube (gooch tube :L) was gooone. One would get eliminated. Courtney said that she grew up prawning, and she finished first. Gary was saying how some people were on 200g, while some were on 50g. Then everyone started putting their hands up saying "I'm next, I'm next" Finally, it came down to Sharneeeeee and Kate. Dawid and I wanted Sharnee to go through, coz we didn't like KAte's dancing in the beginning-KatyPerry-credits thing. Unfortunately, Kate was faster and rounded off the top 10. But Sharnee took loosing well - she didn't cry and kept on saying OK, and she hugged everyone before she left... except for Kate :P

Second challenge: mashed potato
Seeing a forklift with a massive box of potatoes driving towards the kitchen, I thought it would be like GTA and it would drive inside and run everybody over. Luckily, it didn't happen, but the box was pretty unfairly placed. Anyway, some people were good, everyone else was bad. Philip was the smart one and just chopped off the skin, while everyone else was peeling... Skye said she would have a backup plan... Kate said she had never cooked mashed potatoes... Philip was uber fast and finished first. I thought he was like zoolander, but less gay, coz of his fashion. Once again, the hands started rising after the first guy finished. AND MATT PRESTON WAS THE SOLO JUDGE for this challenge, so he was nom nom noming his way though all the mashes. Courtney said that she did not want to loose this one coz, after loosing the mint and pesto challenge, she said that she would fear basic cooking :L But he kept on saying that the mashes were LUMPY. In the end, it was Kate and Daniel. (Round bout now Dawid was commenting on the fat guy staling for timee.) Again, David and I wanted Kate to die... and she did! But when she did go, she was being drunk and high5ing everyone, saying "Time to goooooooooooo Katieeeeeeee!"

Third challenge: French pancakes
The final 9 had to cook 10 very very thin pancakes. Philip was funniest in the video logs saying that he had never cooked pancakes, never ate pancakes for breakfast, and that HE ONLY DRINKS PROTEIN SHAKES for breakfast :L With the judging, THEY COMMENTED ON LUMPY AGAIN!!! Anywayz, the judges went around getting their hands onto all the pancakes, then ate them, then told contestants to cook 1, 2, 6 more pancakes again. Eventually, there was Matthew and Jake. Unfortunately, Matthew screwed up ONE pancake, for it was, quote Matt Preston, "thick on one side and thin on the other". Then they tasted Jake's, and pretty much immediately said IT'S GOOD. :O for me and David - MATTHEW WAS GOOOOONNNNEEEE! Funny thing was that George was having a quite word with him afterwards, and it seemed as if he would give him an apprenticeship, but then it was like lol jks go away :(

Fourth challenge: eggs Benedict with hollandaise sauce
Top 8, and this dish was meant to be easy - it sure didn't look that way. This one wasn't that appealing to me, so I'll cut to the chase. It was timed - Daniel forgot to cook an egg - Skye's sauce broke (?) when she plated. Sooo they both were kicked out. Even Daniel described his dish "in two words: epic fail"

It was the final 6... but it would be saved for tomorrow's episode. Tomorrow would include "the come back of the century". Oh and the 6 will be cut down to 3. Also, their dishes will be judged BY THE NORMAL CONTESTANTS! :O And Adam was like (in the preview) "I dunno how to taste this!"

Good MasterChef sesh once again!


I am Optimus Prime (aka mattlam), and i send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting. Autobots, roll out!


P.S there was actually no sign of the normal top 7 contestants throughout the whole episode :O even though it was included in the preview for the episode

You are NOT the father... AGAIN!

THIS HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE FUNNIEST VIDEOS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON YOUTUBE! When I was first introduced to this via Dawid, I could not stop laughing. The supposed mother always gets owned, and the supposed father always dances. There are many videos on all the different women who think some guy is their baby's father, but I think this one is a prime example. Enough of the talking, now watch it :L Also note how the crowd reacts - makes it funnier.



Note some of the comments:
rpcarp
Look at him...he white!!
BboyFreeman13
why is this chick so bad at math lol
adamgergich96
good to see DNA research goin to good use.
jamaicangal1991
This is why black people are viewd in such a negative manner.
pussyStarter
"1010% he is the father", it reminded me to the kat williams movie
abbieraismyname
I feel sorry for the kids.

AND just in case you didn't laugh the first time:




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Has got me thinking... Roast Penguin

Being asian, it is no surprise that my mum just read the Chinese newspaper. Of course, there was the main headline of Joo-li-ya Gi-il-a-ad becoming the new PM of Aus. But there was one article which was a standout... for me.

A penguin was killed in a man-made fire. =O x2 Don't worry, though, it was not deliberate. There was this guy who wanted to clear the weeds, somewhere in Australia. So he decided to light the pesky plants on fire (it's actually a pretty good and fun idea, if I do say so myself). Anyway, the weeds were in an area with penguins, so they used dogs to round-up the penguins before the fire was lit. Unfortunately, one penguin did not get round-up. Soooo it died in the burning weeds.

It wasn't the first time, apparently. Back in 2001, they tried burning weeds, but killed like 40 or so penguins.

So it's got me thinking:
- has it happen to any other animals?
- what did they do with the dead penguins?
- why aren't they banned from burning weeds?
- did they eat the penguins?

See, these are the stories you can expect from a Chinese newspaper.


I am Optimus Prime (aka mattlam), and i send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting. Autobots, roll out!

Overheard ~ June/July 2010 Collection

JULY

Girl:

"Who was the first woman on Earth?"

Boy:

"Uhh..."

Girl:

"Think of an apple."

Boy:

"Granny Smith?"

- Red spy

Tourist:

"What is that?"

Guide:

"That's the famous Opera House."

Tourist:

"That's Oprah's house?"

- TPW

Mother to child on train:

"Leave your pants on, there are lots of people around."

- Mat

Girl 1:

"Is soy milk better for you than regular milk?"

Girl 2:

"Yeah because it's made from soy sauce, so it has less fat in it."

- Darcy

Girl:

"That guy has a scar across his stomach."

Guy:

"You think it's from a cesarean?"

- Mish

JUNE

Schoolboy to friend:

"How long did you go on Facebook last night? I was on for, like, three hours from five to six."

- Karen

I am Optimus Prime (aka mattlam), and i send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting. Autobots, roll out!

(Y) Boomers

Just watched epic game of the Australian Boomers vsing Argentina in basketball! It wasn't talked bout much, but I mangaed to catch the LIVE action on One. In the end, Australia owned their opponents 97 - 58.

It was a good match. A very good match. However, Australia seemed to dominate from the beginning. They got the first shot in, got the most 3-pointers in (11/23 compared to 6/22) and they had a few intercepts.

Also, the team worked well. They even pulled the tricks: one incident included an Aussie dribbling after a fast-break, while being marked, so he passed it... BACKWARDS... WITHOUT LOOKING to another taller Aussie who dunked it. There was also this massive black guy (Nathan Jawai - look out for him). Number 15, what a beast. He looked slow on his feet, but he could dunk and reject!

Let's look at the background infos coming into this game:

ARGENTINA
- they won the first ever FIBA World Championship in 1950
- took out gold in 2004 Athens Olympics
- took out bronze in 2008 Beijing Olympics
- have players playing for the Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets, Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers
- have never gotten less than a bronze in the FIBA Americas Championship
- ARE CURRENTLY RANKED 1ST BY FIBA =O

AUSTRALIA
- we are ranked 11th by FIBA
- have players playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trailblazers (Bogut's not in the team anymore)
- have won gold in 1971, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2007... for the FIBA Oceania Championship =="
- appeared 12 times in olympics, havent won a medal
- appeared 9 times in FIBA championship, havent won a medal
- we actually have a nickname for the team

Sooo for Australia to beat Argentina in tonight's bball match 97 - 58 was pretty, no, veeerrry awesome. I'm just glad that I watched it =) Plus, it's been a while since the LA Lakers beat the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals, so it was good to watch some live basketball. (But this match was not as 'skillfully entertaining' as the NBA ones.)

This is just game 1 of a 3 game series, I think, called the Boomer Challenge or something. Hope they keep it up, all the way throughout the series, but also throughout the actual championship this year.

XTRA info:
- after the game, the Boomers were signing autographs... just letting you know.
- and everyone thinks that the Argentinians will scout the Boomers a bit more before the next match :L

At least we beat SOMEONE in the sporting world recently...*cough*GERMANY*cough*worldcupsouthafrica2010


I am Optimus Prime (aka mattlam), and i send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting. Autobots, roll out!

Glee - Good Vibrations

I'm not a gleek. But due to yesterday's epic live commentary of MasterChef with Dawid on msn, we could not get enough of Puck's awesome rapping in the preview for the Glee episode afterwards. And so we decided to tune into Glee. It was actually very very funny, i mean, good.

Here's the song ( but not the vid =[ )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W46GExsPoY

Here's the whole ep. which is also funny coz of the suggestive dances by everyone, the egging scene and of course the good vibrations:
http://www.casttv.com/shows/glee/funk/yi0tn71

Some quotes we lol'ed @ included:
"The Vibrations good like Sunkist"
"It's such a sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet sensation"
"so feel the vibration | Come on come on | Feel it feel it"
"And I'm here to prove to you" (?)

I guess good previews/ads do work...


I am Optimus Prime (aka mattlam), and i send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting. Autobots, roll out!

What is a gooch?

Supz. This is my first blog! so here goes nothing... And before I start, I would like to say: "Boys, have a safe and happy holiday." - quote every-single-sports-captain-in-assembly-today


Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo what is a gooch?

In the beginning:
, on the day of the athletics carnival, I "took" my cuz's (u'kno who you are) phone. And I made some discoveries...checked out his contacts... the usuall. BUT THEN it came to his messages. And with a bit of help from another friend, we decided to expand this cuz's social life (or destroy it, depending on perspective).

It was first brought up:
when we were re-sending dodgey-looking tiexts to his 'a "man" da', this new guy/girl friend called alex, and his bro, we got replies... and one rep in particular by his brother caught our attention.

The actual tiext:
by his bro replied saying: "on your gooch" :O Exhibit A right there. Being azn and wanting to expand our vocabulary *cough*, we decided to ask everyone and anyone (on my cuz's phone's contacts list) WHAT IS A GOOCH?!?!?

The reactions:
were mixed. But the important one was from the bro. He taught us intellectually and intelligently: "You are the gooch" This sparked a wild fire of mass tiexting. Oh, and the wild fire of mass replies =.="

Tiexts tuned into half-tiexts half-calls, which turned into calls, which tuned into tiexts, which turned into... etc. We could not stop laughing. Probz a highlight of the athletics carnival =)

Once home, we were still puzzled by the gooch, so this cuz decided to google it. He then posted his scientific findings on my fb wall... and... we finally learnt what a gooch was.

From http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gooch:

1. gooch
Gooch, A.K.A. "grundle" is the area that attaches ones sac to ones ass-hole.
When i play sports, i have to powder my gooch to prevent extreme amounts of irritating sweat.

2. gooch
area between nuts and ass hole. guy cooch = gooch
i have cancer of the gooch

3. gooch
Skin between you nutsack and asshole
I have a huge gooch.
Dude, stop playin with your gooch.

4. gooch
The piece of skin connecting the scrotum and testes to the poop chute. The gooch is also attached to the bacon strip which is located directly on the undercarriage of the testes.
I think i need to get deodorant for my gooch, it always sweats profusley, I think the gooch glands are swollen.

5. gooch
Noun: Gooch - The tender area that resides between the ball sack and the Anal cavity
Example: Henry was loading a couch into a truck and slipped and cracked his gooch. He than cried out "Ouch! I cracked My gooch!"

Since then, our 'fantastic four' group of azns have incorporated it into our daily SCHOOL life, in words/phrases such as:
"You are the gooch."
"You are not the father. You are the gooch." *start dancing*
"zomagoochness"
"goochbag"


Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo what is a gooch?
Answer: Dawid

Remember: If your name is Henry, and you happen to slip and crack your gooch, you might want to powder your gooch before playing sports next time, or put deodorant on your gooch before it sweats... and if it's a huge gooch, you should check if you have cancer of the gooch.


I am Optimus Prime (aka mattlam), and i send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting. Autobots, roll out!


P.S. while I was blogging this, the word 'gooch' was underlined in red... according to spell-check, it's spelt wrong or not a word =P