Watching Stomp tonight made me realize how a bunch of talented and creative people can turn everything, including the kitchen sink, into sexy percussion instruments capable of producing melodious cacophony that sends waves of aural orgasm to my ears.

Listening to this year's Malaysian Idol winner sing with that tight-underpants-induced-falsetto, on the other hand, is enough to make anything in my pants shrivel.

Sure I won myself a pair of spanking new shoes but I'm not sure if actually winning that competition was a good thing. I only have myself to blame if the Malaysian entertainment fraternity will now stay even further away from me and get a restraining order in effect on grounds that I've got some kind of funky foot fetish going on.

Now, if only I'd put in a bit more effort to get the other pair of shoes...

I'm in the mood for some nitpicking. So stand back, people. This could get ugly.

1. On entertainment related weblogs, especially those that comment on reality entertainment shows' performances, apparently everybody's trying to be the expert in judging the contestant's performances, which ends up being nothing more than a regurgitation of the professional judges' opinions most of the time.
2. The ones that talk about technology or gadgetry are simply rehashing whatever anybody can find on either Slashdot or Engadget, offering no opinion of their own in actually using or experiencing for themselves the stuff they're putting up as their weblog entry. Oh, whatever that's from Google or Apple is cool and whatever that's from Microsoft is suspect. They advocate the use of Open Source products but in reality they don't run it on their own PCs as pirated Microsoft stuff can be easily obtained for a couple of bucks in town, even though they're supposedly bug ridden and full of vulnerabilities. Otherwise, how else can they play the latest games?
3. There are those who totally ignore the basic rules of grammar and write as if they are instant messaging or SMS-ing by using abbreviations like ur, ppl, pls, dat, dun, lolz, omg, wtf, knn, ccb, mch, etc. Is there a character limitation imposed anywhere?
4. On the other side of the coin, some don't believe in abbreviation. Maybe they don't realize that had they used gila, jadi, ada instead of giler, jadik or ader they can save themselves a keystroke. On top of that, words such as korunk, konpem, kompius, tomolo really grates.
5. When taking group pictures, at least one person in the picture has to have his or her hand gesturing the peace sign.
6. Food has to be posed properly and photographed before consumed.
7. Don't get me started on those who do any of the above and then get paid for doing it.

I would certainly appreciate it much if anybody can enlighten me on the reason(s) for the following:

• Why can't people aim properly when they use public toilets? The day they learn to stop spraying all over the place (and also flush the toilet after using) will be the day the "pay-to-pee" concept will die.
• Why must there be toll booths? Highways are supposed to cut down travelling time. Toll booths just negates whatever time that's gained and causes more jams in most highways I know around the Klang Valley.
• Why does that one particular numbnut I see driving a Perodua Kenari sits as if he's in an F1 car? There really isn't any aerodynamic advantage in doing that.
• Why on earth did my Dad buy Mawi World's album? The last time I knew he bought an album was Rohana Jalil's.
• What on earth possessed my Dad to buy Rohana Jalil's album last time?
• Wait. My Dad actually bought Rohana Jalil's album?