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I wrote a poem encompassing the various magazines Adam was depicted in. Now, I see some new ones and some old ones still hanging in there. lwl!


Referencing 11 Magazine Covers of Adam...2015

All shades and colours of Covers
Out magazine photo reminds me of Ben-Hur
Fault…makes me recall The Godfather
On Billboard…he looks younger and sexier
Attitude slams home the Queen killer
Frontiers strikes up an effervescent overture
Notion is poetry in motion
Diversity without fragmentation
M titillates with a sexy invitation
Next...conjures a daredevil
With the voice of an angel
The HungerTv vagabond picture
Inspired a Ghost Town story of disaster
These diverse Adam personas
Are wonderful brain triggers
For me to write poetry and stories
On all sorts of characters and enigmas
Latest addition...Glamoholic
Invigorates...You Only Live Twice double 08
Finally, 8 Days...typical Sing academic lwl!

Lam-My ~ October 14, 2015 at 7:32 PM

I also wrote a sweet quirky story based on his magazine cover portrayals.


Adam Fiero was drinking at a smoky bar, glancing in all directions; a rather flamboyant-looking bloke. He had just knocked off work, a stint as a model for a magazine. You see, he looked really handsome, tall and sleek with an Elvis swagger; though quite insignificant in the eyes of the townsfolk of the small remote town he worked in. They thought of him as one, scrounging a living in an insipid magazine company, nonetheless his glossy magazine covers raked in the sales.

Soon, a guy came and sat next to him; ordered a drink and smiled...Adam Fiero beamed back a winsome smile.
Suddenly, a commotion broke out in the bar. A hefty guy was beating up another bloke. Fiero looked on and thought, just let them settle their argument. Lo and behold, the hefty guy whipped out a knife and started attacking the smaller guy. Now, Fiero could not hold back any longer...he leapt into the air towards the direction of the gleaming knife which was about to plunge into the other man...and with a high-flying praying-mantis hook and kick...deflected it! sending it swirling across the dimly-lit bar...wheeeeee plonk!
Wah.... everyone stared in awe and the man who was saved, thanked Adam Fiero profusely. To settle everyone back at their seats, Fiero grabbed the mic on the small stage and sang, befittingly Ghost Town and Mad World. Some appreciative folks who loved his singing brought their shoes on stage and laid them neatly in a row in front of him. His powerful, distinctive tenor got everyone up on their feet dancing, and soon everything was back to normal. The knife-wielding assailant was sent out looking downcast but unapologetic, swearing foul words: you son of a .....! as he was led away.

Indeed, Adam Fiero acted like a crouching tiger and his hidden dragon rose to the occasion instinctively!
Soon the townsfolk heard about the incident and wanted to find out who this fine young hero was. Well, he left his job at the model agency as his stint was up. Later, his photos adorned several magazine covers like those shown above.
Aha...it turned out he ain't no scrounging magazine model; he was in fact a billionaire living on his secluded private island...Moral of the story, never judge a magazine by its cover. lwl!

Lam-My ~ August 14, 2015 at 10:26 PM

Sigh

All of his magazine covers are gorgeous! But I'll always have a special place in my heart for the first one from Rolling Stone. I have the magazine and always smile when I happen to look at it. :-)

My favourite of the lot is the Billboard cover; artistic display, like 'Billboard' is written vertically and the soft lighting. Adam looked most natural, young, questioning.

As for his first one, Rolling Stone cover, the little green snake and Adam's expression kind of corroborate; Adam looking a bit scared and the green snake aiming at a particular angle. lwl!

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I found one of my Bert and Saul stories posted into my archive…it’s about survival, putting one’s life on the line for another, getting through a crisis; well, it bears vestiges of present world dilemma...race for a 💉 Covid vaccine.


Bert and Saul were trekking in a vast desert; they had ventured out on their own leaving the group at Burning Man. Half way through, a blizzard hit them and visibility was down to barely 5 metres. They tried getting back, instead they went deeper and deeper into the desert.
Night fell and the cold set in, a direct contrast to the heat in the day. They huddled together beside a dry twiggy bush; the wind was howling like an oncoming freight train…pretty scary even for two adventurous guys.
Soon the much-awaited dawn arrived in the early hours; what a relief and the blizzard had subsided. They continued trekking hoping to reach a place with water as they had consumed every drop in their water-bottles.

Ssss-ssss … what’s that? A snake! Saul the more hands-on person who always helped his Dad to spruce up the garden, knew it was nothing like those he had seen. His protective instinct kicked in…confronted the serpent head-on to try to lure it away from Bert, its venom could kill him. Sure enough, the black-yellow-banded snake moved away from its original target and spewed its venom in Saul’s direction. Whoa ! it missed by inches ! and what a spectacular splash it was, fast and furious. Saul reflexively dodged it. It retreated into the twiggy bush.
Bert was so impressed by the way Saul handled a life-threatening situation and taking the direct line of fire/danger in order to protect him. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for another. They hugged and kissed in the beautiful Aquarius dawn, and moved on in search of water.

Then, Bert spotted a shiny pool in the distance and elatedly directed Saul’s attention to it. They ran towards it hoping to get a drink. But it retreated as if playing catch-me-if-you-can…They never seemed to be able to reach the pool gleaming in front of them. Their mouths were dry and thought about the Lipton Tea song: Lay me down in darkness…Tell me what you see…
Well, after many hours of trudging, they saw another pool of water in the distance, they were not so keen to rush to it this time; in any case they could barely walk.
But this mirage approached them ! Whoa ! It lifted their spirits. Bert shouted for help…Ohhhhh ahoyyyy ! his voice echoed in desperation. It’s a real mirage ! their Burning Man campers had been searching for them; rushed to their rescue ! oooh-la-la…all got back to camp safely. 🌵...🚶🚶‍♂️

Lam-My ~ 12 Aug 2020 Updated (Original 2016)

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Singapore celebrates her 55th Birthday of Independence 9 Aug 2020…her history dates back to 14th century as a thriving seaport.
Hail hail Red Lions are here; jumping into hospital backyards, haw haw ! to give a Big Thank You to the Covid frontline doctors, scientists, nurses, essential workers. Good job Red Lions ! By the way, their name is derived from Singapura – Singa lion – pura city …Singapore.
They are flying at about 200km/h ~ 124mph… Wah ! the landing, they never fall down!
One Red Lion emerging from the cloud, a tiny dare-devil figure, shows how far and high...free falling without opening up the parachute. 🛩️🪁🪁🪁🪁🪁🪁

https://youtu.be/uHdGIcWXGT0

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I chanced upon my weird dialogue story…picture of King in Red Coat commanding his court jester to amuse him…

@QueenWillRock @DrBrianMay @JulienMacdonald – Rhapsody Tour 2019

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Court jester! If music be the food of love, play on!

Yes, your Majesty, whatever you say, your word is my command!

What are you playing Court jester? I don’t recognise the music. Play something current.

Bring it back…bring it back…cuz you don’t know what it means to me…

Hmmm…that’s Lovely!

Can you play Comin In Hot ?

Twang twang twang Comin in hot…Comin in hot…

Is that all?

That’s all I know your Majesty!

Guards ! Send him to the gallows…Useless!

Give me a another chance, I’m working on it…whiiooo whiiooo! doong doong doong chang…

That sounds like a Rock odyssey, all right, your life is spared by the hair on my chinny chin chin!

(Court jester leaves mumbling) : He who knows not he knows not is a fool!

What are you mumbling? You ingrate! I just spared your life!

(Bows, retreats)…Yes, yes! Almighty King of Ethereal! haw haw…(softly)

Are you still sneering? Court jester!

Er Er no…something got caught in my throat; I’ve come of age.

Guards! Send him to the gallows anyway!

(Cries) ‘ Let me go…let me go…I’m just a poor boy…nobody loves me…spare me from this monstrosity…’

Lam-My ~ 8 Sept 2020 (updated/original 13 July 2019)


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My poem includes most of Adam Lambert’s Velvet album titles…turns out a bit morbid, or uplifting depending on your disposition.

Velvet intricately woven, smooth, elegant
The Stranger You Are the deeper to fathom
Superpower tags on a Covid lyric :
All the witches and the Covid better get out of my way…aye aye
Wearing mask and keeping a 1.5 metre distance
So as to keep a lid on Covid from rampaging at random
Adam and Pharaoh continue Ready To Run the Runyon

That Overglow
Where the moment goes
Leave me all alone
But you would never know
It’s got a hold on you
People, but there is no human connection ~ Adam Lambert

Smell the Roses at home or the fresh air out in the open
Closer To You is not possible, many die on their own
Frontline workers, nurses, doctors, hold their hands as they gasp their last
With New Eyes, their soul is free…no more pain, no respirators
Hop step jump On The Moon…Feel Something
Meet Loverboy in the far-off Aquarius constellation…from stardust to stardust…

Lam-My ~ 4 Sept 2020

Velvet

https://youtu.be/E53PkThqKDE

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A majestic bow…Rhapsody Tour 2019

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2 Maestros come face to face
Do you know what we are living for…Dr Brian
Oh yes! but Roger and I almost threw in the towel
Now, with renewed energy which you ooze
From every note you push
I found new inspiration to revitalise Queen
We brought it forward, as they say, new bottle old wine
Keeping good ole Queen intact but when you sing
It changes the whole field…an old-new Rock dichotomy

Oh, I may even have energy to travel to another galaxy
For starters RoboFrank is waiting for me on Saturn
I wonder how he’s doing, in those celestial rings

I too have embarked on new creativity, inspired by your brilliance
With New Eyes I see the love in your eyes, my partner-in-crime
Our destiny is extravagantly intertwined…

Lam-My ~ 14 Sept 2020

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1306186333057175556

Hey Pharaoh ! So you are back with Grandpa, Step-Mom and Hazel ! Wah !

Ni hao Lam-My, yes, I’m so well-taken care of, can’t ask for more.

How is Hazel ?

He’s fine…so happy to eat, sleep, shit together oooops; oh hiking and running…then go home for lunch specially served up by Step-Mom on a silver platter, belly belly nice !

Pharaoh, it should be very nice not belly nice.

Aha ! Grammar lesson from Singapore Oooeeeh! But no difference to me, my antenna ears can pick up the minutest sound even from space ! 🐕🐩

再见 jai jian Internet Aunty…we’re watching Daddy on tv…he’s going to the Moon ! I wish I could go with him and then hop step jump ! wheeeee plop ! onto the other side to meet 玉兔 Yutu my moon pal in his deep freezing crater. 🌘🐇

Lam-My ~ 17 Sept 2020

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Now this brings me back to my Beacon Light poem 2011 :

Adam is the beacon light
Shimmering in the depth of night
Guiding young and old alike
Into the harbour of delight
Sexy man we love you so
Your struts and thrusts and body rolls
Thrill us to bits to our very own soul

You made it big ! I told you so !
Your hair and fashion, chic and bold
Set us speculating on our toes
Expect the unexpected to uphold
It ain’t that deep as we are told

Adam is blasted off to the moon 🌜🌛
Causes an upset, a big bang boom
A huge Superstar is born real soon
Thanks universe for this heavenly boon

Full of surprises, master of intrigue
Not succumbing to hate nor defeat
Prowling the stage…a theatric beast
Wailing out notes that don’t exist
Glam Nation…a galactic treat
By all accounts a world-class feat
Triggers an avalanche of tweet tweet tweet
Fans adore you at your feet

Your voice so high rises to the sky
Some of your songs make us cry
Hope your album arrives in style
Rooting for it to rock sky-high
Handsome Adam, labelled Outlaw?
How can that be, his love touches all

What are you bringing this summer or spring
Come to our city to sing and swing
Anticipating the next scintillating
Adam Lambert, the Pop Rocker King !

10 years whiz by…and we view the world with New Eyes
His prolific singing empowers the mind
In the midst of the Covid scourge that kills 950,000 lives
A vaccine marathon races to beat the finish line
Be that as it may, Adam is flying to the moon to croon...
Lift off ! 💥🚀🌓 Show time !

Lam-My ~ 16 Sept 2020 ~ Updated with last verse Covid (Original Oct 2011)

Boots shoes boom bang
Adam is walking with a swank
By the shine of the moonlit bank
Rants, vents, foes, friends
All aboard…to lend a hand

Bang boom shoes boots
Pharaoh tip-toes, pees and hoots
Marking territory in frantic mood
Grandpa feeds him slurping soup

Boom shoes boots bang
Fashionista avant-garde trends
Tooooo looove a boyfriend
Waiting round the Canyon bend

Shoes boots bang boom
Fly me to the back of the moon
Down a gigantic crater room
Where we hang out nice and loose
By the light of the silvery moon

Boom shoes boots bang
Pharaohdoggo is pulling a prank
Digs a deep hole in the sand
Hides his Daddy’s blue suede pants

Boots and shoes
So many to choose
Pharaoh got a whole lot to chew
No, Lam-My, I don’t
In fact I protect them
I like the green-tip pair
That Daddy wore with Gatzby Gang
Aha, where is the other blue suede shoe?
That’s my favourite so I hide it
Huh? Where?
Somewhere under the stairs
Where Daddy cannot find it
Why do you like the blue suede shoe so much?
He needs to wear them to perform for Elvis
All right…I’ll bring it
My favourite is the elegant tall boots
But quite dangerous, he tripped once walking down the steps
Singing Radio Ga Ga but his wobble kungfu saved it
Pharaoh, your natural paws are the best for running, they don’t slip
Scampering down Runyon with a flick and a kick, you lick it ! 🐕

Lam-My ~ 25 Sept 2020 – Updated

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Blue Suede Shoes

https://youtu.be/u64BiP4rFHU

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Wah! Now 30,006,290 total streams! (4 October 2020) on Spotify…Velvet Album

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For me, Overglow relates so closely to present Covid pandemic especially this line 'People, there’s no human connection'… feels clairvoyant, and Superpower, Adam added in the lyric 'All the witches and the Covid better get out my way aye aye'. I like all his Velvet songs, relatable.

Adam is in Rome and shared a video...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1312456045378244610

On tour, many moons ago, I saw a lot of the wall to wall and ceiling Renaissance Paintings on the Life and Passion of Christ, Bible; a lot of Italian Sculptures everywhere; St Peter’s Basilica awe-inspiring ! Ingenious art, designs, patterns ceiling to floor, stained-glass windows. Embalmed Popes in caskets lay beneath altars; I initially thought they were wax-works but gasped when told they were real Popes who had passed on many years. I looked again, real, whoa.

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

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Lo and behold God created humans on the Sixth Day and rested… Bible

The real Adam in Rome…

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Calls to mind Joseph on top of Marina Bay Sands

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Most fashionable mask wearer …

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula mask …

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George Young Singapore with huge Chinese Lion head mask …

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@AdamLambert on Instagram Stories with #VELVET! He has submitted it for Grammy consideration in the Best Pop Vocal Album category.

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Yes, it’s high time Adam Lambert gets his way overdue Grammy !
祝你成功 ju ni cherng goong !
(祝你 ju ni / wish you .. 成功 cherng goong / success)

Velvet Album, very cathartic, relevant to present convoluted Covid times, with an uplifting respite booom booom beat; it still boils down to the emotion and skill he delivers them with, like a prolific Chinese calligrapher, one decisive stroke after another to paint his songs through life’s ups and downs, like his painful breakups, loneliness, yet you can derive strength when he sings them, such as…

I get back up when I fall
Rip the paint from the wall
When I win, I’mma run and take the money
Try to put me in a box
Make me something I’m not
Don’t give a f..k ’cause I’m gonna take back
My superpower, my superpower

Roses in Adam’s Garden of Eden used as his home stage…Hey there Pharaoh !

https://youtu.be/z87LeBX1x0A

This line in The Light song by Mediacorp that I posted months back, has panned out, yes… ‘ I see light…drowning out the shadows…just fight ‘ much clearer now and not so scared; Sing economy is making a surprisingly quick and big right-about turn around; we have embarked on phase 3, a cautious opening up, authorities keeping extremely close tabs, to prevent any unforeseen Covid recurrence.
Well, blood samples of 3 recovered Covid Singaporeans saved the day for Present Trump who within 10 days was up and about doing what he loves most; campaigning.
Antibodies from the 3 recovered Singaporeans’ blood samples were sent on request, and used to manufacture drugs / antibodies that contributed to his swift recovery; Trump’s immunity has been woken, still got to be careful.
Singapore has also helped other countries; contributed $100 million to Covid organisations to help in relief funds for the poor. Dipped deep into reserves, $100 billion to save collapsed local businesses. Eye-opener of my lifetime.

https://youtu.be/cTsmXbRNmSI

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I Want To Break Free ~ Adam Lambert Queen John Deacon

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Doong ta da doong doong doong ~ ta da doong doong doong

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An eye for an eye…

One cool autumn day, Bert and his beloved dog Pharaoh were hiking in the woods… all of a sudden rain started to pour. They were soon drenched and Pharaoh kept shaking out the water from its drenched fur. Bert picked him up and started running for shelter. Thank goodness, they spotted a hut and beelined towards it. Bert knocked on the door but no one came; he then gave it a push, it creaked open; it was a deserted hut, maybe the owners had left.
Pharaoh seemed attracted to a barn next to the hut. He started scratching at the door trying to get into the barn. Bert peeked in but there was nothing except for a pile of straw; hold on a minute…a rather surreptitious wooden cover sticking out under the straw. Bert got nearer and Pharaoh kept sniffing and scratching at it.
At this moment, squeaky noises were heard from within, Bert lifted the cover…nothing, except for an entanglement of cobwebs and a rustic smell.
Pharaoh jumped in, it seemed to sense something…then without warning…zooom ! down down down it fell right through the opening. Bert called out frantically; he was not able to get inside as it was too small. He squeezed himself in, one leg at a time, yelling, Pharaaooh… ! It always kept very close to its Daddy and wouldn’t disappear like that. Bert finally managed to squeeze his whole body in…

Pitch-dark, Bert switched on his torch…whaz ziz zhis ? An underground cavern, stalagmites and stalactites glimmered in the dim light.
Buddy ! Where are you ? No signs of his beloved doggo.

As he was groping in the dark to avoid the hanging stalactites, he heard some squeaky voices and saw faintly a number of silhouettes lurking; he directed his torch at the silhouettes…Whoa ! they did not appear human, with big dark eye sockets, no eyeballs; they were holding Pharaoh ! Bert was getting really scared now…what was he dealing with ? At this moment Pharaoh sensed his Daddy’s presence, immediately leapt from the alien’s grip and scampered onto his Daddy’s outstretched arms.

Meantime, the aliens left by the back door…they were not aggressive and a strange droning sound accelerated outside. Bert held Pharaoh tightly, peeped through the ajar back-door. He couldn’t believe his eyes…a flying drone sent out brilliant sparks and zoomed above the clouds like a shooting star…it soon disappeared.

Where did they come from and what do they want ? Maybe they were trying to kidnap Pharaoh for their alien experimentation; aliens living amongst us ? All kinds of probabilities crept into Bert’s mind.
He decided to explore this strange place…got out into the backyard with Pharaoh eagerly tripping by his side; actually hardly a yard; it was a large expanse of wasteland with a maze of reddish clay paths, no trees nor shrubs. Where is this ? Never been here before, yet so close to my home…the reddish clay reminded Bert of Mars.

Hellooo ! We come in peace ! Bert jumped with a start ! What ! I thought they had left. More aliens appeared ! Their dark eye-sockets no eyeballs stared at Bert, talking in nasal squeaky voices.

Pharaoh ! Run ! Run !
The place seemed so unrecognisable with twists and turns of clay tracks, a complete contrast from the woods they hiked in.

The aliens came closer : Hellooo ! Wait ! We are not here to scare you !

Who are you ? Bert clutching Pharaoh, in case they snatched him.

We are Martians ! We have lived here in prehistoric times and return occasionally to monitor its progress, we understand your language. Very glad to meet you and your beautiful smart doggo. We need a favour…would you let us examine your intriguing dog. See, we do not have 4-legged aliens, let alone with luminous eyeballs that sparkle in the dark. We want to replicate such beautiful new eyes ! 👽💫
Lam-My ~ 18 Oct 2020...continue

Bert was stunned in disbelief but he was always very liberal and tolerant of unusual happenings. He agreed to let them examine Pharaoh. Without wasting a moment they held Pharaoh and stroked him lovingly, gazing hard at its alert basenji eyeballs, perhaps started programming them. Pharaoh had a closeup view, didn’t sense fear and peered into their dark hollow eye-sockets; literally open windows to their brain; Pharaoh seemed able to connect with them. They could be blind, thought Bert and use their sensors to see / detect their surroundings; that may be the reason they got so attracted to Pharaoh’s eyeballs that illuminate in the dark, to them like twinkling stars…on four legs ! 👀💫

A month passed and Bert was ruminating on those Martians whom he just couldn’t let go in his mind; it was obsessing him; he decided to put it to rest once and for all. He with Pharaoh tripping by his side, got to the woods where they had their first extraterrestrial encounter. Got to the hut which looked like any other home, but deserted and rundown. Walked in by pushing open the unlocked door and as Bert was about to lift the wooden door-cover to get into the cavern, he saw something that shook him to the core. Two Pharaohs ! with alert identical basenji eyes !

Pharaoh ! he gasped not able to tell which one was Pharaoh. One of them jumped onto Bert’s lap as it always did. The other stared but did not react.

Hellooo ! Earth friend ! Good to see you again. Do you like my Pharaoh clone ? Bert was shaken by this unexpected turn of events.
Its name is Phaidor.

Phaidor ! Bert blurted out !

Phaidor immediately responded…wagged its tail elatedly on hearing its name…a different tone by a human. And jumped onto Bert’s lap, wah ! gave Bert a dry debut face lick exactly like what Pharaoh did whenever he missed his Daddy after a long absence; the only difference, Pharaoh’s was moist and slurpy. Bert was overwhelmed beyond words.
Pharaoh and Phaidor 🐕🐕…🏕

Lam-My 18 Oct 2020

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Covid chimes a deadly dirge 🔔
People on the verge
In an urgent search for
Food, money, cures, jobs, security
A fatalistic potpourri of anxieties

Vaccines are close at hand, December
But for the majority, the elderly, the chronic sick
May not be vaccinated till next May
It’s better to stay safe…wear a mask, reduce close contact
Avoid large gatherings…keep a safe distance 1.5 metres
Actually it’s easier said done…I’m guilty of that

Two days ago, my temperature recorded 36.8 C at the supermart entrance
Your temperature is normal, welcome…
Says a voice on the thermal screen with my masked face
Merrily shopping, mingling, social distancing out the window
A cute little Indian boy on a stroller was screaming his head off 👦
My motherly instinct kicked in and went closer to comfort him
He eventually stopped crying when I pointed to his bruised knee

On my way home, however, crossing a winding overhead bridge
I remove the mask whenever there’s nobody
To replenish oxygen as the mask does hinder breathing
That’s a health hazard, but compared with being hooked on a respirator
Mind over matter…devil and the deep blue sea

We are at phase 3, cautiously, we sort of made it
To see the dazzling light at the end of the tunnel
Crushing Covid by its head…zero local transmission
For 14 days, exactly 2 weeks…its incubation
Now the economic spill-over…many businesses collapse to a point of no return
Government subsidises with handouts amounting $100 billion
Matching, training, adapting job seekers to new companies
Contributes $100 million to global assistance 🏥💉🥣
PM Lee once said on tv…if any country can survive Covid, it’s Singapore
He made good on his promise !

Lam-My ~ 24 Nov 2020

Wah !

PM Lee Congratulates CNA On Winning Channel Of The Year, They Beat Out CNN & BBC…

On Friday (13 Nov), the United Kingdom-based Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) named CNA the Channel of the Year, beating out noted international media divisions from BBC and CNN. Nov 18, 2020.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulated the Mediacorp-owned group on 18 Nov, stressing the need for a trusted news source in these “fragmented and sometimes fractious” times in terms of media.

CNA was formed by Mediacorp in 1998, and claims to be positioned to “Understand Asia”, with a focus on international news through Asian lens.

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Whoa! Art in Space…Love this drawing ! follow the loop ~ its entry into the moon’s gravitational orbit.

Artist’s illustration of the Chang’e 5 spacecraft’s initial elliptical orbit around the moon.
Credit: CCTV

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This screen grab from an animation of the Chang’e 5 mission shows the spacecraft in orbit around the moon.
Credit: CNSA

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Last night the brilliant full moon was shining on my window-sill…wah ! felt the glow of the halo and I gazed at it right above my window, knowing Chang’e 5 is orbiting, braking, about to land !…very very close now, 200 km above the moon.
恭喜啦 goong si la ! Congratulations !


By CNSA , CGTN

The Chang’e-5 probe successfully landed on the near side of the moon, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on Tuesday.

With the space probe’s ascender on top, its lander made a touchdown at around 11:00 p.m. (Beijing Time), becoming China’s third probe that has successfully made a soft landing on the moon. It has sent back footage of the moment it landed.

In the next two days, the lander will collect about two kilograms of lunar samples.

The Chang’e-5 probe includes a lander, ascender, orbiter, and returner. After the spacecraft entered the circular lunar orbit 200 kilometers above the moon, the lander-and-ascender pair split, descended, and landed at the planned area on the moon.

The lander will shovel some surface material and also drill a two-meter-deep hole and scoop up the soil from inside it, which will act like an archive of the moon, with the bottom recording information from a billion years ago and the top more closely reflecting the present day.

The samples will then be stored in the ascender, which will lift off from the lunar surface to transfer the moon samples to the returner and orbiter waiting in the lunar orbit. The unmanned rendezvous and docking in the lunar orbit will also be the first such task conducted by China.

Then, at a proper time, the returner will separate from the orbiter and carry the samples back to Earth, which will finally land in North China’s Inner Mongolia.

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Footage of the landing moment sent back by Chang’e-5 ( gif ) 1 Dec 2020

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Last night I saw the 2nd night of full moon, so huge and round lighting up the spreading old tree and field outside my window-sill. I could see the dark patches on the moon so clearly wondering if Chang’e 5 had landed.

非常强大的成功 !

(非常 fei charng / very .. 强大 chiang da / powerful .. 成功 cherng goong / successful)

Wah ! My toot-toot train rumbles and trundles home from a long long time ago...
tooot tooot ! climb aboard ! 🚂😁

Jan-Dec 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ 💉👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️

Covid-19 one year on...

People are getting restless and desperate
For some tete-a-tete escapade
On the beach, at the mall, family reunion
A leap of faith, a free fall at your own risk

Doctors, nurses, health-workers, covered head to toe in protective gear
Walk resolutely into Covid infected wards, the direct line of fire !
What better friend than one who lays down their life for another
To bid a final goodbye, holding their trembling hand as they gasp their last 🛌
No family, no friend by their side 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
Virologists, scientists, doctors tirelessly work on a vaccine
Yes finally ! a life-saver Vaccine shines a ray of light on our destiny 💉

The jingle ‘Singapore Airlines is a great way to fly’ that I grew up with
Echoes its knell in silence on the tarmac...vigilantly slowly opening
Huge warehouses, expo halls, a Changi Airport vacant plot
Turned into Covid facilities for treatment, testing, tracing, isolating
Ahh, a silver-lining in Golden butterfly Joseph Schooling
His winning time 50.39s remains standing till 2021 Tokyo Olympics
Let's rally behind him for another herculean fly flick kick 🏊‍♂️

Mighty Covid pretty much dictates…
Decrees wearing mask, staying 6 feet / 2 metres apart
Invisible yet so powerful
Humans forced to rethink, reinvent, recuperate
Corporate carnage


Will we ever annihilate Covid completely
Not really, only temporarily, a fatalistic reprieve
Once it mutates, wreaks havoc again
It’s natural selection, survival of the fittest
So what are we left with…
Be that as it may, united we stand, divided we fall
Work together, keep a lid on Covid
21st century apocalypse ! a turning point of no limit 🌪️

Back to the drawing board, reignite the entrepreneurial spirit
A never-seen-before unknown hangs precarious
Coronavirus spikes fuse into human cells, replicate, suffocate
Our defenceless immune system that can’t recognise it
Millions infected, thousands dead…who will lift us out of this masquerade ? 😷

Did you say masquerade ?
But Covid is not a charade, in fact it's real as hell !
So why did the word jump out of my head
Impromptu, took me by surprise
I rationalise...the mandatory mask we wear
Liken to a motley masquerade party 🎭
More dangerously, Covid too is masquerading
Corona / crown , spikes / thorns...Crown of thorns reminds me of Jesus
Latest: 70 million cases, 1.59 million deaths...one person dies every 30 seconds...🕰️
Well, like the 2 handsome Mediacorp singers aspire :
I see light drowning out all the shadows...just fight !
I see light at the end of the tunnel...just fight ! 💡🧿🛤

Lam-My ~ 10 Dec 2020

I just heard Dr Reiner on CNN Don Lemon show, saying *carnage inflicted by Covid taking such a heavy toll, just today alone in the US, 3000 deaths, numbers have been high for quite some time. Don Lemon reports, showing figures, it’s more than 9/11. He also said he can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Earlier on, Anderson Cooper said they are in a very dark tunnel, how long the tunnel is, they don’t know but hoping for a welcome light; a double whammy Covid and Election fallout.

*Corporate carnage above, used by Adam Bakhtiar CNA.

The origin of *carnage is my description of 49 gays massacred (2016) which in fact was my first word but *carnage jumped out because it was so bloody and lustful.
This word doesn’t seem to go away even after 5 years and each time the *carnage increasingly devastating. 🤢😷

2️⃣0️⃣ Dec 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ 💉

Many doctors and the media have voiced their deep concern on Covid getting out of control but they are optimistic, and I think they like the Mediacorp song...*light at the end of the tunnel...

15 Dec 2020
So touched by a health worker who got the vaccine; she says she faces Covid patients every minute of the day. I think it’s more than just a vaccine to her, it’s her lifeline; she cried.

A doctor in Iowa wanted to show the vaccine is safe, got vaccinated, shown on tv and said he felt fine after 12 hours, just a bit of soreness on the shoulder above the upper arm. Smiled and said there is *light at the end of the tunnel on CNN with Robyn Curnow who said *The Light.

Dr Gianfranco Pezzino explains so graphically : The Light is the Vaccine but cautions that we are still groping in the dark tunnel; but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
He has resigned as Health Officer of Kansas due to strong opposition against his orders to implement restrictions to reduce Covid infections, save lives.

Dr Esther Choo Professor & Emergency Physician : We say *light at the end of the tunnel but the tunnel is incredibly long, she says.

I say we are speeding through the convoluted tunnel on a toot-toot turbo train ! 🚝

Dr Wen and Dr Choo … my Chinese kin. 😁

14 Dec 2020
Sandra Lindsay, ICU nurse NY, first person to get the Pfizer vaccine; she says: This is the *light at the end of the tunnel but we are not out of the woods yet.
Well, I finally get to see the face, hear the voice of a healthcare worker that I admire so much, in my poems (above).

Dr Leana Wen also says she sees *light at the end of the tunnel and we will get through the tunnel together.

Sara Sidner says there is *light in this very dark tunnel, as she reports on site, refrigerated trucks -71 C transport Pfizer vaccines to Michigan.

12 Dec 2020
CNN Fred Pleitgen, German journalist says the authorisation of Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine by US FDA is *herculean; he was interviewing CEO of BioNTech – Germany.

I recall General Perna, head of Operation Warp Speed saying : a vaccine by end of this year is *herculean...vaccine scientists / doctors have succeeded ! Covid herculean heroes !

Well, my *herculean, Joseph Schooling is going to fight other *herculean Champs come 2021 Olympics. In any case, Joseph has already gone down into Gold Olympics history.

Dr Reiner on CNN laments *carnage, the high death toll in the US and Adam Bakhtiar CNA describes businesses inflicted as corporate *carnage.

My original use of *carnage *herculean *purge, have reached 1st 2nd 3rd respectively in my word-marathon, 2017 - 2020.
Well, it culminates with a big bang in a double C...Covid Carnage.

Lam-My ~ 20 Dec 2020
Whoa ! 3x20 / 60+3 / 63 / 369 number that unlocks the universe. 😊

The Light
By Singapore Mediacorp Singers / Song Writers

https://youtu.be/cTsmXbRNmSI

2️⃣5️⃣ Dec 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣

Cathartic words from Adam and he too jumps onto our *light at the end of the tunnel tooot tooot train...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1342230895542071297

https://twitter.com/i/status/1342226330633588738

https://twitter.com/i/status/1338677013587120130

https://twitter.com/i/status/1337568621875388417

Wah ! Adam Lambert !
Everything else changes
But your singing remains steadfastly tenacious
Same beautiful voice that I first heard !
From the heart, and face that launches a 1000 ships
Like I said in my above poem, 21st century apocalypse
And you just tuck it in your pocket and lick it 🐕
Amid a run-amok wild Covid pandemic 💀

Lam-My ~ 12 Dec 2020

Wah ! Adam’s *bough note goes into overdrive right onto the next phrase…

https://twitter.com/i/status/1334207106447253517

1️⃣ Jan 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣

Row row row your boat down the estuary
Merrily merrily merrily merrily, arrived 1st January

Happy New Year 2021 ! World ! Yes, we have arrived on 1 Jan 2021 !
Here, I’d just like to say Thank you ! to all my poetry/story Fans ! wherever you may be. 🥰

Above all Thank You God for steering me through another year, keeping me safe.

Now for some juicy news…Adam Lambert has a brand new boyfriend, Oliver ! May ye both love each other forever ! Hey Pharaoh ! You got a new Uncle oooeeeh ! 🐕

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1345215437269827584

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CNA
‘SINGAPORE: While 2020 has been an “exceptionally testing year” for Singapore, there is now *light at the end of the tunnel, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his New Year message on Thursday (Dec 31).

Straits Times
"We can now see *light at the end of the tunnel," said Mr Lee, adding that Singapore's economy is beginning to see signs of stabilisation as well after its most severe downturn since independence.
But it will still take some time before enough people are vaccinated to prevent another major uncontrolled outbreak, he noted. In the meantime, people have to remain disciplined and continue practising precautionary measures.'

Mothership
'Singaporeans can see the *light at the end of the tunnel...
PM Lee noted that the fatality rate of the virus has been kept low, and that the number of new local infections has come down to a handful a day, and even zero on many days.'

Total cases 58,662 .. Recovered 58,476 .. Deaths 29

Today-online
'With economic rebound in sight, PM Lee urges S’poreans ‘not to falter in this final stretch'
Read more at :

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/pm-lee-new-year-message-2021

Lam-My :
PM Lee brings up the rear with there is now *light at the end of the tunnel.
The most number of times was said by brilliant Doctors interviewed on CNN. It was also said twice on CGTN / Dialogue.

Actually the Mediacorp Singer who sang the line *I see light, at the end of the tunnel…just fight…did attract my attention; he looks cute with his oversized jacket, keeps him warm, studio must be very cold. But it was not the light nor the tunnel so much, it was the last 2 words *Just fight…and we now know what *Just fight…turns out to be...catastrophic event of 2020-2021.

*The Light is written by Chinese singing reality competition SPOP champion Jarrell Huang and The Celebrity Agency artiste JJ Neo who said:
“The idea for the song came about when I was personally feeling unsettled and overwhelmed by the current COVID-19 situation. However, coming together with the team to complete the song took away so much anxiety...”

*The Light Singers : Daryl-Ann, Desmond Tan, Fang Rong, Felicia Chin, James Seah, Liwani Izzati, Richie Koh and Sharon Shobana.

‘The Light‘ is specially produced by Mediacorp to thank Singapore’s frontline heroes fighting COVID-19.'

'Senior staff nurse Sarah Lim from the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) was the first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Singapore on Wednesday (Dec 30).'

Singapore is also manufacturing its own vaccine.
'Positive interim results were announced by Singapore’s Covid vaccine candidate ARCT-021, developed by Arcturus Therapeutics in collaboration with scientists from the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. Shipments are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2021. Other countries are also in talks with Arcturus for potential vaccine purchases, including Israel, with a purchase agreement of up to $275 million.'

⛵
Row row row your boat down the estuary
Merrily merrily merrily merrily, arrived 1st January
Vaccine vaccine vaccine, keep us Covid free
Busily busily busily busily scrub your kitchen clean
A very Happy New Year paint the whole town green
Seen nian kwai ler 新年快乐 we shall catch a dream 😊

Lam-My ~ 3 Jan 2021

🏥
Senior staff Nurse Sarah Lim first to be vaccinated in Singapore

https://youtu.be/mSPvVfEw2ho

💡
The Light - By Singapore Mediacorp Singers / Song Writers

https://youtu.be/cTsmXbRNmSI

Pre-vaccine… an update of one of my Covid poems in my archive showing alarming increase…

Never in my wildest fancy
Would I have imagined writing poetry on a virus!
That looks like a ball of pin-heads on tv
They have existed since the dawn of humanity, evolutionary
Scientists spending so much time, effort, resources to annihilate it
People have overcome phenomena, moon, space, Mars
Yet at a loss on Covid barging into every vein of our lives
Would the mighty virus one day outsmart humans
That will be the day…nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
Perhaps a master antibody, like a master key could unlock the crisis
Block off those billions corona spikes fusing into human cells
Scientists worldwide are closing in on a vaccine to ring-fence the convoluted Covid
I see light at the end of the tunnel…Just fight…cheer on the Mediacorp Singers
Singapore scientists discover 5 potent antibodies from recovered patients
That deter Covid infecting the lungs, buy time for the body’s immune system
29 deaths is testament to the Singapore scientists and doctors expertise, the heart-and-soul dedication of nurses, health workers and Government luminary

When I watched the spectacular Solar Eclipse, 26 Dec 2019
I felt so overwhelmed, tears welled up my eyes…moon blocked the sun, interlocked in celestial dance
Hardly suspecting, unknown to the world, Covid 19 had broken out simultaneously
Moon Sun tango in and out the clouds, a stunning epiphany right above my balcony
Was that a foreshadowing of the Covid catastrophe ?
8.5 million infected worldwide, 4.5 million recovered, 455,000 dead…
Exterminate the Covid ! Arrest it lock stock barrel, this pervasive killer nemesis ! 🛌😷

Lam-My ~ 19 June 2020

Latest Worldwide : Covid Cases 89.5M .. Recovered 49.7M .. Deaths 1.92M – 10 Jan 2021
Singapore : Total cases 58,836 .. Recovered 58,580 .. Deaths 29

This is exactly what I saw live from my balcony…26 Dec 2019 and even as I click on these pictures now, tears well up my eyes, have no idea why.

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Lam-My ~ 10 Jan 2021

🚀🌒☀️⭐🏮

David Bowie made a documentary of Singapore; he was intrigued by the local Chinese street opera and embedded it in his hit song 'Heroes' just for one day. In the video, a curtain drops symbolising consummation of marriage...wife or concubine; not sure of storyline.

David Bowie sings : I, I will be king … And you, you will be queen …

https://youtu.be/VMs1mhnoItY

Space Oddity ~ David Bowie

https://youtu.be/iYYRH4apXDo?list=PLX97zdobMSpPQEYqft7P78XXOF3EPDqNE

Adam Lambert performs Starman for #ABowieCelebration:#JustForOneDay!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1348133037087862784

The Straits Times Joyce Teo
9 Jan 2021

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong rolled up his sleeve for the Covid-19 vaccine injection yesterday, as the nationwide vaccination effort to combat the coronavirus swung into high gear.
A left-hander, PM Lee was administered the shot in his right arm by nurse Fatimah Mohd Shah, and experienced no side effects despite a 30-minute precautionary wait.

“It is painless, it is effective and it is important,” he told reporters at Singapore General Hospital (SGH), where he received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the only one to be approved here so far.

Video CNA

Nurse Fatimah became very famous. 😊

https://youtu.be/_iYcL_iq-c8

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Year of the Ox ~ Chinese New Year 12 Feb 2021 🐂
新年快乐 ! sun neen fai lok (Cantonese)

(新年 sun neen / New Year .. 快乐 fai log / happy)

🐕
Hey there Pharaoh! Long time no see; I rarely hear you bark.

你好 ni hao internet aunty !

Wah, you still remember your smatter of mandarin.

Sure, you drum it into my miniscule brain. Okay test…what is your Chinese name?

Owooooh ! I can’t recall.

Clue : doe rae mi fa…

That’s not my name.

Okay, Pharaoh 法老王 fa lao warng / Pharaoh king.

Owooooh! I’m a king !

Yep, your name says so. So why were you barking?

I wanted to distract Daddy, get him to take me out for a run on Runyon…it’s been a long time.

You won’t be going out for long runs due to Covid.

Oh that again ! It’s such a nemesis ! But I’m not scared.

Well, your body immunity would lick it. Do you know what I’m talking about 法老王 fa lao warng ? 🙂🐕

No clue whatsoever ooooeeh!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1349475785204228098

Lam-My 15 Jan 2021

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This must have been the most heart-wrenching moment for the Chang’e 5 Beijing ground control crew, their eyes fixated on the screen. First sighting ! ☄️ of Return-capsule back into the earth’s atmosphere about 5000 km above earth, streaking home, lands in Inner Mongolia / China where many helicopters and lorries 🚁🚚 encircled the vast snow-covered grasslands…Home sweet home 🚀 after a 23-day whirlwind moon excavation, bringing home billion-year-old invaluable moon soil, rocks all the way from outer space 🌒!

欢 迎 回 家 huan ying huay jia ! (欢迎 huan ying / welcome .. 回家 huay / return 家 jiah / home)

https://youtu.be/M2wstcwM3M4

One of my favourite Chang'e 5 videos; Immaculate ! 非常漂亮 !

(非常 fei charng / extremely .. 漂亮 peow liang / beautiful)

Lam-My 23 Jan 2021

🔟 Feb 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣
My toot toot train rumbles home in the Year of the Ox 🏞🛤🚂🚧

Year of the Ox / 牛 niu – 2021 🐂

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Flashback
In 2020 Chinese New Year Eve, 24 Jan 2020, I wished everyone here at Adam Lambert, 新年快乐 ! seen nian kwai ler !
In 2 days time, Lunar New Year ushers in Year of the Ox / 牛 niu…12 Feb 2021, 1st day of the 1st lunar month, new moon, start of the Spring Festival 春节 choon jie…(Lunar calendar).

You would notice what I wrote last year made no reference to Covid which had already broken out and millions of Chinese/China were going back to their far-off homes, villages to reunite with their families…团圆庆祝新年 tuan yuan ching ju seen nian.

(团圆 tuan yuan / reunion .. 庆祝 ching ju / celebrate .. 新年 seen nian / new year. Their to and fro trips were chaotic to the max.

What I wrote in 2020 (last year):
Hello Adam ! Regarding your quote ‘Spring hath sprungeth’
Today is the first day of Spring 春节 choon jie, 25 Jan 2020.
Millions of Chinese and others celebrate it as Chinese Lunar New Year.
Greetings to all ! 😊🐕

新年快乐 ! seen nian kwai ler ! (mandarin) / sun neen fai lok ! (cantonese)
(新年 seen nian / new year … 快乐 kwai ler / happy)

恭喜发财 ! goong si faart chye (mandarin)

I’m cantonese so I wish everyone goong hey faart choy 恭喜发财 !

(恭喜 goong hei / congratulations … 发财 faart choy / prosper / wealth

步步高升 bo bo goh sing … 步步 bo bo / step by step … 高升 goh sing / ascend in career

One year on Chinese Lunar New Year starts 12 Feb 2021, lasts 15 or 16 days and we have somewhat survived the brutal onslaught of one lunar year of Covid 19.
It came upon us so unexpectedly last year as Chinese people worldwide were celebrating, wishing one another :
新年快乐 ! seen nian kwai ler ! (mandarin) / sun neen fai lok ! (cantonese) Happy New Year !

Have no fear sturdy and hardworking Ox is going to see us through 2021 🌳🐂
Four days ago, when I opened my front door, lo and behold, I saw a beautiful red paper-bag hanging on the gate handle; Wah ! Chinese New Year has arrived, were my first thoughts…in it were 4 fresh tangerines which are used for Chinese New Year visitations; symbolism of health, prosperity. I guess the community people want to show their concern and care in these difficult times of the pandemic; restrictions in home visits/gatherings…only within own family, no more than 8 persons per group. Anyway, those tangerines are really juicy and sweet…Thank you ! whoever brought them and hung them on my gate !

Lam-My ~ 10 Feb 2021 🍊🍊🍊🍊

1️⃣2️⃣ Feb Year of the Ox 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣

🧧🧨🏮🐂
Sun neen fai lok ! 新年快乐 ! (cantonese)

Happy New Year World ! 😊 新年快乐 ! seen nian kwai ler !

jing yuet neen chor yut (jing yuet / 1st month lunar calendar .. 年初一 / neen chor yut .. neen / year .. 初一 / chor yut / day 1.
1st day of 1st month, new moon, lunar/solar calendar 12 Feb 2021.

Singapore Chinatown…Bulls are frolicking rather than people, milling around…

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The Singapore Lion Dance troops lost 90% of their annual Chinese New Year takings which are sizable as companies, coffee-shops, homes, businesses, banks, invite them to usher in the Lunar New Year for prosperity and good luck.

Some good news: the whole aviation sector of Singapore Airlines : staff, air crew, pilots, stewardesses, caterers, engineers have all been fully vaccinated, 2 Pfizer doses 3 weeks apart. So SIA is back in business with prearrangements with countries they are flying to, regarding testing, quarantine, vaccination. Also, the navy, army, health, transport, food, essential sectors have all been fully vaccinated, including some old folks. The next bulk of vaccines, Moderna arrived ahead of schedule.

Here’s is one highly skilled Lion Dance troop, last year 2020.

https://youtu.be/RfX_wDxmg-U

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My favourite Chinese song by late Teresa Teng…most prolific Taiwanese Singer.
This line keeps popping into my brain : 在哪里 jai na li / where .. 在哪里 jai na li 见过你 jian guo ni .. (见过 jian guo / saw / 你 ni / you)

https://youtu.be/tc2tW0jFHPo?list=PL1qJe515a3HbsGyghU9C1DbQrphtu1sZK

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Helloo Pharaoh ! Some enchanted evening…a beautiful smile of radiance; now that brings me to Teresa Teng’s song, above : tian mi mi…ni seow de tian mi mi … 甜蜜蜜 你笑得甜蜜蜜

(甜 tian / sweet .. 蜜 mi / honey .. 你笑 ni seow / you smile .. 得 de / begets .. 甜蜜蜜 tian mi mi / sweet honey); your smile is as sweet as honey.

Pharaoh, you look so healthy and well-groomed.

Hi ! Internet aunty ! You know by now, my Daddy makes sure I get the best treatment, he dotes on me more than his diamonds. He says I’m his most precious possession. 🐕💎
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Wah ! Close up ! Hey Pharaoh, your Dracula fangs are so white and clean, ah but they don’t siphon bloood 😄. Your antenna ears are still my favourite ! next comes doughnut tail.

How much is that doggie in the window whoh whoh !
The one with the antenna ears
Transparent eyes and blue curly tail
How much is that doggie in the window…
Alas, that doggie’s not for sale Owooooh…!

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🚑💉🛌
As water under the bridge rolls on 🌃 we are still in the deadly midst of Covid, one year on. Scientists, virologists emerge with life-saver Vaccines !
To date worldwide : Cases 111 M .. Recovered 62.6 M .. Deaths 2.46 M

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Love Adam Lambert cyberpunk2077 !

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1️⃣ Mar 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣

Wah ! NASA Rover Perseverance is 20 metres from the surface of Mars…selecting a spot to land, lowered by a Skycrane !

https://youtu.be/M4tdMR5HLtg

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This is big big history in the making…first ever two Superpowers meet each other on Mars ! Oh la la la la…Oh la la luuuuu ! belly belly exciting !

China's 天问一号 / Tianwen-1 circling Mars orbit, shows Tianwen-1 beaming live back to Beijing ground control as Mars comes into view !

非常漂亮，世界一流 ! .. fei charng peow liang , shir jie e lieu !

(非常 fei charng / very .. 漂亮 peow liang / beautiful .. 世界 shir jie / world .. 一流 e lieu / first class)

你好 ni hao Perseverance ! 天问到火星 ,下来了 ! Tianwen reaches Mars , coming down…

(天问 Tianwen .. 到 dao / reaches .. 火星 huor seeng / Mars .. 火 huor / fire .. 星 seeng / star .. 下来了 siah lai ler / coming down ..下 siah / down .. 来了 lai ler / coming)

https://youtu.be/dPsJw-bx0B8

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天问一号 Tianwen e hao .. Tianwen 1

天 tian / sky .. 问 wen / ask .. 一号 e hao / no. 1

天问 Tianwen .. comes from the long poem of the same name written by Qu Yuan (about 340–278 BC), a poet of ancient China. (from Chinese article)

Now, I recall my late Mom occasionally said in Cantonese : 问天 mun teen (reversed, 问 mun / ask .. 天 teen / sky), which literally means ask the sky; it means she did not know the answer so ask the sky. 🚀

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Photos, Adam Lambert on Instagram, hiking with Pharaoh :

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Good morning Pharaoh ! You look wild and handsome ! 吃早饭了吗？(吃 chir / eat / had .. 早饭 jow charn / breakfast .. 了吗 ler ma / already ?)

Good morning Lam-My ! Yes, Daddy fed me with my favourite mashed dog food.

What are you doing at the sign-post ?

You can see what I’m doing.

Okay, rephrase… why do you do this at certain spots when you are hiking ?

Marking my territory, to show other dogs nearby that it belongs to me.

Are there other dogs around ?

Yes, I like them and run up to smell them out. I have 3 close doggie pals; Jelly, Hazel, Oliver.

再见 jai jian，谢谢 seh seh internet aunty …🐕🐩🐕‍🦺🦮⛺

Lam-My ~ 6 Mar 2021

1️⃣8️⃣ Mar 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ 😷🚑💉

Kungflu vs Kungfu
One is invisible, the other invincible
Kungflu hit the world in Dec 2019
Same time as the solar eclipse unravelling in the sky
That I watched live happening above my balcony
So profound, tears welled up in my eyes
No inkling whatsoever its catastrophic symbolism
Spread like wildfire out of control
No, not the solar eclipse, the other just as wild
Engulfing the whole world
Worldwide Updated : 134 million confirmed cases, 2.9 million deaths

Kungfu on the other-hand dates back 1500 years China
少林功夫 shao lin kung fu / Shaolin kungfu
林 lam / forest, that’s my name ~ Lam-My 😊
I know no kungfu nor did I contract kungflu
Very scared as I’m in the high-risk age group
PM Lee Hsien Loong and his Team of Experts
Ministers, scientists, doctors, nurses, health/food/transport caregivers, Army
Led us through the dark Covid tunnel step by step, inching our way, making sure we don’t slip
To reach the bright light shining at the exit of this twisted viral abyss 😷

Lam-My ~ 18 Mar 2021

Two amicable Covid volunteers came a-calling
My front door was open
Do you want to have vaccination? they asked politely
I hesitated a bit and said yes
They asked when I would like to have it
Being a little jittery, I asked for a week or two interim
Handed over my IC and they took down the details
Gave me an appointment at the nearby polyclinic
28 April 2021 which added up to a perfect 10
19 May 2021, second jab 3 weeks later
1 million Singaporeans have already been fully vaccinated
Wanted to know Pfizer or Moderna
The nice lady said I will know at the vaccination
Through the course of our conversation, found out
Yung Shern the nice young man got his Politics Degree from U of Toronto
To which I responded…you’re aspiring to be prime minister 😊
I reciprocated: my daughter got her English Hon Degree from the same U

Lam-My ~ 26 Mar 2021

✝️
Jesus Resurrection.
Bible history has it that when Mary Magdalene went to the tomb, she saw the large boulder rolled back and Jesus’ body they buried on Good Friday, after Jesus’ Crucifixion, was not there.
Skeptics say, it may have been stolen or taken away, but the huge boulder at the tomb entrance and followers praying outside would have raised alarm; as it stands, no such incident had been recorded. This is the cornerstone of Christianity.
All right even if you think it’s just a story, okay. The significance of death and rising up again is what life is about; a simplified analogy : plants die but their seeds rise from the ground; life goes on. Just like we are in the midst of a deadly pandemic, but we know we will rise from this catastrophe stronger and wiser. Happy Easter !

4 April Easter Sunday 2021 Lam-My Singapore

2️⃣0️⃣ April 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣

Came across this rather relatable comment I made, when Adam was in Shanghai on a Talk Show.

Aha, Adam seems to have learnt the correct way of holding the chopsticks; this is the only way that allows the chopsticks to be mobilised without them getting entwined. It’s a kind of lever system with one chopstick supported and the other movable, up and down for picking even one grain of rice.
For more sinister use, a kungfu sifu / master can kill with a pointed pair of chopsticks which can be used to jab at the enemy using internal kungfu force. It was practised in ancient times and that skill may still be in existence.

Nov 2015 Shanghai

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Now, there’s some rumour-mongering circulating about *kungflu; well, I’ve news for the creative initiator using kungflu as a weapon; no not those kungfu killer-chopsticks mentioned above. Kungflu and Kungfu have something in common, they kill without you knowing what killed you because it happens when you least expect it and you are gone for good; extremely lethal ! 😷🥢

Chopsticks story…

Bert was driving through a lonely road on his way to meet a long-time friend whom he had not seen for many moons…wonder what he looks like now…reminisced Bert, stroking Pharaoh leaning against his arm. Suddenly…eeeeeeeek ! Bert jammed on his brakes as a car was speeding, overtaking him on the narrow road. Whoa! That was a close shave, Pharaoh howled Owooooo! Then a loud Bang ! He got out of the car holding Pharaoh tightly and ran to the spot where the loud Bang was emitted. Dead silence; what happened?

He got back to his car and went on his way to meet his one-time confidante. When he reached the address given to him by his friend, Bartholomew (Bart), he rang the doorbell. An elderly lady opened the door and asked what Bert wanted.

‘I’ve come to pay a visit to Bartholomew,’ he gave me this address on the phone. The lady looked perplexed and stammered…with tears in her eyes.
‘Bart died in a car crash last year; he was a daredevil F1 racer, won many trophies; alas, all it takes is just one fatalistic time; his car spun into the air as he turned the corner of the race-track; the engine caught fire; he managed to crawl out of the mangled burning wreckage; lay on the grass; paramedics rushed to douse the fire burning him.
The lady wiping away tears : ‘He didn’t make it, pronounced dead; my Son was always like that, pushed himself to the limit; that limit took his life.

Bert was so saddened by the tragic demise of his long-time confidante; he gave a consoling hug to Bart’s Mom and said : ‘Yes, madam, you are absolutely right, he always pushed himself to the limit.
‘But… I heard Bartholomew’s voice on the phone ! I would never forget that low husky voice.’
Then he felt an eerieness…what about that speeding car that screeched past him on the lonely road; what was that? It simply dissipated!

Bert gave Bart’s Mom his phone number for her to contact him if she needed help.
‘Pharaoh, say goodbye to madam’…Pharaoh stretched out his paw…Ooooeeh! he whimpered.

He then rummaged his satchel…lo and behold, took out a pair of chopsticks; Bart’s Mom was surprised as Bert handed them to her.
‘That’s the last thing he left me with, his pair of kungfu chopsticks; we used to attend kungfu sessions by a master who taught us how to use chopsticks for self-defence by mustering and channelling our body’s internal force through the chopsticks and use them as a weapon.
Bart’s Mom held them close to her heart with both hands, even though she rarely ate with chopsticks, feeling Bartholomew’s presence like he had returned to comfort her. 🥢

Lam-My ~ 20 April 2021