Sentosa Island Singapore

Just spent three days in Singapore and thought I’d share some of my thoughts on attractions there and on Sentosa Island as of January 2011.

If you want to book Sentosa Island Resorts World visit:
http://www.rwsentosa.com

If you want to book some tours or harbor cruises in Singapore visit:
http://www.dosomethingdifferent.com

(I printed up my vouchers from the DoSomethingDifferent website and called locally to confirm each reservation and had no problems. Very smooth and enjoyable process)

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Mom’s Christmas Present – Where My Bitches Remix Competition

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsXbEwodWSI

Merry Christmas Mom! I was trying to think of a unique Christmas present for you this year. So remember when you visited me in China a couple years ago and we made the “Where My Bitches At?” video? (Original video posted above). Well, I decided to do a remix competition and you get to pick the winner!

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Christmas Story: Chinese Restaurant Singing

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTq20prt0K8

The waiters singing Deck The Halls at the Chinese restaurant in the movie Christmas Story.

Now I know so many people that love this scene so much from that movie. I just showed this clip to a Chinese friend of mine and asked them if they thought it was funny. They said, “No, it’s normal”. They didn’t see the humor in it. They said “That’s what I would sound like if I sang the song”.

So I bet in China they must have some movie clips where Westerners are trying to sing Chinese or something like that. Anyways….I love this scene from the movie.

Merry Christmas 2010!

The Digital Nativity Story

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA
What if the Christmas nativity story happened in modern times? How would it be represented in social media? Here’s one group’s rendition.
Excerpt of article:
A popular new video takes the Immaculate Conception into the 21st century. Designed by Excentric, a Lisbon, Portugal-based digital marketing company, “The Digital Story of the Nativity” tells the familiar biblical story through Google searches, e-mails, tweets, Facebook “Likes” and Foursquare “check-ins.”
Story about the video is here:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/12/17/nativity.story.video/index.html?hpt=C2

Composer’s Interview From Hell

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Lg4sc_Iuk

I found this on YouTube and thought it was just so great. And yes, I’ve heard some of these same questions and comments before. Here’s the description from the video:

A collection of some of my strangest conversations with the press, all boiled down to one interview. Yes, I was really asked all of these questions by various arts journalists and audience members. The names and situations have been changed to protect the innocent (me).

Cirque du Soleil and James Cameron form 3D partnership

MONTREAL — A group of entertainment heavyweights including Cirque du Soleil and Canadian director James Cameron have formed a partnership to produce theatrical 3D projects.

Reel FX and Cirque du Soleil Images are the production partners.

“Shooting with the Cirque du Soleil team has been one of the most enjoyable experiences of my professional life,” Cameron said in the release.

“It’s a unique opportunity for me, and my 3D partner Vince Pace, to bring the Cirque du Soleil experience to a worldwide audience through the magic of 3D cinema.”

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20101209/james-cameron-cirque-du-soleil-101209/

Email Q&A: Please Give Me a Christmas Tree

Originating from one of my old blog posts about giving Donations as Christmas Presents:
https://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2008/11/making-donations-as-christmas-presents/

I received this email:

i am member of a Shaloom Church in Pakitan. i am founding a Christmas Tree But i have no meet a Christamas Tree. Sir Plz Send me a Christmas Tree. Before a 25 December . My Pastor is a very upset. For a Christmass Tree. My all Planing is panding. i am waiting your’s to gift.

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