Through the looking glass

Life is weird.

Caught a strange sight on Channel 8 last night. On Saturdays, there is this variety show, with one of the segments being a competition. In the past, it used to be little kids karaoke-ing their hearts out (overly made up sequinned 5 year old girls trying to act sultry... ack). Now, it's morphed into some kind of dance competition.

So the usual hip hop groups come out and do their thang. Some good, some mediocre, some average. And then suddenly, I see a young teenage couple on TV. Dressed in ballroom attire. Yes. Ballroom attire. That means tight black pants, ruffled shirt, and some frilly little dress.
They start dancing to rock around the clock, which is rock and roll and swingable. Except they are NOT dancing swing. They are dancing some weird melange of West Coast Swing and Ballroom. Given that I HATE west coast swing and posey-ball room, this of course is close to the ultimate nightmare (i exaggerate, but you get the idea). Watching them was like driving red hot nails into my eyes. And to top it off, they were doing aerials. Yes, a pair of 14 year olds doing all these lindy aerials. Aerials which few in performance lindy class have been able to do.... yet.

Ok rant over :)

Other random thoughts :
1) Read Rich Dad Poor Dad this past week cos my boss has been talking about it. It's an interesting book which provides you good food for thought. Essentially, it's saying that we should be smart about money. Let it work for us rather than the other way round. Be careful of the liabilities and assets that you are taking on. Be smart in taking risks. Be disciplined.

In other words, easy to say, but hard to do. Nevertheless, it did make me realise that I need to work harder at being financially savvy. Took a look at my stock portfolio again and realised that things could have been done differently.

2) Highlight/funniest moment of the week : Staring at footloose's boobs on the bus to Milennia Walk in a misguided attempt to raise her self-esteem. Yes, footloose, our relationship has reached a whole new level! What will H think of that? (Actually, H found it quite hilarious)

Well, time to go. Signing off.

Ajantis is peering eagerly in the mirror.