What is life?

Forget about controversies. This is an entertainment (guilty pleasures) of many that is still viewed by 1 billion people worldwide.

Forget about objectifying women. Beauty pageants are actually putting women into the spotlight to fight causes for charity and in some cases women’s rights.

All that, Miss Universe had thought me some good stuff, this year’s is so much more meaningful:
1. How diverse our world’s culture is. Our Geography lessons are so limited in our own country that we seem to forgot there are many nations that are worth to learn from.

2. Beauty is not clear-cut defined. I was surprised to see Miss Tanzania compete with her bald head. To be honest, she is pretty gorgeous. I guess her bald head really helped her to stand out. If she has wavy hair like the rest of the contestants, she might be crowned instead of the equally sassy Miss Japan.

3. Maintaining your cool. There’s been a lot of talk about Miss USA fell on her bottom and still managed to get into top 5 (another shocker). As expected, she was booed from the audience, and yet she maintained her cool and answered her question. A true sportsmanship at show here…

4. It’s about time the domination of Latin Americans and Europeans to end. Yes I admit they are all hot, but hey, hotties are found globally. What about indians, koreans, thais and filipinos from Asia and other countries form Africa? Well it is about time that the crown goes to miss Japan…

So there’s a lot to learn from miss universe. I hope all the misconception of women wearing swimsuits, parading her bodies would all end.

Just a list I come up and refer to if i’m thinking to go somewhere out of the country. Here goes in random order:

20 Countries I wish to Go
1. Italy - Hands down one of the nicest country I wanted to go. I heard Milan is just great. Rome? Love the authencity. Possibly I stop by to Venice if i’m there.

2. Japan - Tokyo may be one of the busiest cities in the world (and possibly the most costly to live in), I want to feel the craziness of the city, and hop in their bullet trains to sight see (don’t know why but i just want to experience how fast can it go). Culture there is really cool, so there’s more to expect than original sushi.

3. Spain - Espanol, baby! Great architecture there, and also the culture. I’m not into matadors or something like that. One of the reasons i wanted to learn Spanish so that i can mingle around with the locals. Cities i wanted to go are Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia.

4. Korea - The South one to be specific, and guess what,  i just missed the oppotunity to go there :(… Anyways here’s what i wanted to experience: the food and the sights. Heard Seoul is quite happening there too …

5. Thailand - Great place to go to, and darn i want to ride on a tuk tuk! Bangkok’s nightlife is kinda cool too (Mot the ones you’re thinking you dirty minded peeps!)

6. France - Paris is definately a must-see, Nice is nice (pardon the pun). Definately i’m going for the Eiffel Tower and the Norte Dame!

7. China - Beijing and Shanghai (Hong Kong is in if you count it’s in china) tops the list of must go cities in China. This would be the largest country i would like to visit and i think it would take months to visit all the famous places there.

8. Philippines - Beaches are a must when it comes to Philippines. A must have delicay is the belut (a disgusting looking duck foetus, they collected the eggs just before they hatch). I heard it’s kinda tastes good…

9. Germany - Best time to go is during Oktober fest… (Hints for beer-loving peeps!). Berlin, Cologne and Munich are cities to go sight seeing.

10. Portugal - Wine, tarts, Mediterranean food… Never knew there’s so much good stuff from there!

11. Nedtherlands - Or Holland (which i found out its not correct to use it interchagably). What more to expect than filed of tulips, windmills and the most liberal society ever found on earth?

12. Vietnam -

13. Ireland -

14. Denmark -

15. UAE - The sole country in the Middle East on my list, yeaps… Just wanted to see how upscale Dubai is… If only i’m rich enough to enjoy it.

16. India - The Delhi and Taj Mahal piques my interest to go there.

17. Australia - Sydney and Melbourne here I come! I felt like going to the roller coasters there… they seem pretty awesome

18. Taiwan - Food, Sights and History. Period.

19. Greece - Magnificent historic background and hey what else you wanna see in Athens by the way?

20. UK - I definately fall for the Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Double Decker buses and everything else that all found in London.

By the way, it’s just a thought. You can’t stop a guy from dreaming!

You heard me….

Yeaps, our technology keeps evolving and hey it’s getting more errrm… "personal pleasures satisfying…"

for those who have not heard this song from avenue Q:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo

I just got to know that Avenue q is a musical which is a spoof of sesame street… complete with appealing monsters and human characters (I would say the evil twin of it). Plus it had won awards!

Come to think of it… that statement does hold truth

It’s no new thing that we noticed that gender roles have been changed, far from the traditional gender roles. No more men is the sole provider of the family and the women in the house is the caretakers of the children. Things that are considered as "boys toys" are now well recieved by the ladies, the reverse is also true.

Now most women are employed and can provide equal financial stability for the household, more women are gaining control of their lives, getting more rights and do so much more to break the mould of "what women should do". Men on the other hand, willing to share household chores, raising kids and involving themselves more into the family.

In terms of relationships, more women are open to get their Mr. Right, to persue rather than waiting for the right one, and sometimes be blatantly honest what they wanted in their love life. More men are fine with being submissive in relationships, letting their partner to wear the pants and so on.

Is the change good or bad? To me i feel indifferent about this. At one note i’m fine with the ladies getting equal control in anything, and at the same time worry that the guys may not like it. Well, it kinda blows a man’s high ego.

I heard the song "I Wanna Have Your Babies" by Natasha Bedingfield. A song that clearly depicts a girl being honest what she wanted in love, but tries not to rush it to scare the guys off. A clear indication that the girls are no longer the timid one in romantic persuits…