I am not attuned to witches riding on brooms nor familiar with the Wicked musical. It got very good reviews from theatre experts when it was staged in Singapore for two weeks, I recall. The local media interviewed the actor who played Fiyero.
Okay, now I'll write a story about a broom ghost. lwl!
It was 3am, everyone was fast asleep; it seems 3am is when the spirits roam the streets. In a remote village household, something started moving; a broom which stayed in the corner of the house when not in use. The broom seemed bent on tidying up the house and started sweeping the floor and verandah. After its chore, the broom jumped daintily out into the nearby wooded area. At this point, dogs started howling Owoooooh...Some people believe dogs' eyes can see far beyond human eyes, even into the spirit realm.
Broom hopped further into the wooded area and a dim light beamed from behind a tree. Owoooooh...more dogs howled. Then a whisper...Meili...Meili! Broom got alerted and seemed to respond to the call, hopped towards it. A little old lady sat behind a tree; she was sobbing as if looking for something she had lost but couldn't recover. And then, Broom started hopping up to the little old lady...lo and behold, it rested on her arm and started tapping lightly to and fro. The lady stopped sobbing as if comforted by Broom.
Meili! Are you there?
Broom hopped up and down around the little old lady who finally gave a demure smile.
Meili, I miss you so much since you've been gone; why must you be taken from me at such a young age; you're all I have.
The next morning, the household people searched high and low looking for their broom but to no avail. The house owner muttered: Why would anyone steal a broom? That's because it's a new broom...you know, sister, new broom sweeps clean. And they laughed it off.
That following night...Broom started hopping back to her house and as usual swept the floor at 3am; this time a little old lady sat on the verandah watching Broom going about her chores, no more sobbing, a smile on her face. ๐⛺
@AdamLambert supported the cast of #BohemianRhapsody tonight at the NYC premiere!
'Adam Lambert and Rami Malek walk the red carpet at the premiere of the movie Bohemian Rhapsody on Tuesday (October 30) at the Paris Theatre in New York City.'
Theater Gone Wrong: Adam Lambert Takes a Spill in Wicked https://www.theatermania.com/video/theater-gone-wrong-adam-lambert-takes-a-spill-in-wicked_1541.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=31oct2018
Happy All Saints Day Lam-My! So you are a saint? Well, I don't feel I'm a saint But Sister Marie, Nun, my convent school Principal Chose All Saints Day for me to be Baptised I recall her saying: Everyone can be a saint! At that tender age of 13, I didn't want to be one Cuz the Saints I studied, went through immense sufferings But there was this little humble girl, St Theresa She didn't do anything spectacular She just offered all her pains due to ill health to God And prayed and showed love and kindness Especially to those in pain and suffering Okay, Happy Halloween / All Saints Day to you Pharaohdoggo!
Whoa! Halloween gone berserk! Red Devil's face is pocked with crimson rubies The face that launches a thousand ships Now launches fire in the labyrinth A serpent's double-tongue flickering Scouring the abyss to catch An unsuspecting prey some enchanted evening Dangling on a huge hook...what could that be Let me consult my All Saints crystal-ball Yeeaah, someone is flapping his wings Halloween King yearns for a twilight fling Find meeee somebodyy tooooo-o-o loove...to love-ove...Chiaang!
Good morning Adam and Friends...today is All Souls Day 2 Nov. Happy All Souls Day to loved ones departed to touch the face of God or simply reunite with Universe from where we all originated. Aha, Adam retweeted for more ghost stories. I'm going to relate some unexplained real ghost situations.
I attended a year-long art course conducted by a very artistic local potter, Mr Sng; the class consisted of 20 of us. While showing us how to make those clay pots using the layer/pinch method and the spinning-wheel method, he would talk a little on the procedure, like getting the pots fired in a kiln. Here is where the ghost comes in lwl! Mr Sng said he needed to come back at times, 3am to switch off the kiln lest the pots get over-fired. Once, some years back, he said he came back to the basement art department to switch off the kiln. Lo and behold, he heard someone whistling outside the room; thought nothing of it because other lecturers also came back in the early hours to complete their work; you know how artists work, at very odd times when a brain-wave strikes. He left the art room after switching off the kiln and decided to find out who the plausible colleague could be, whistling. Well, nobody was anywhere to be seen; maybe he had gone off, he surmised, but it was just minutes ago. Anyway, he left. Mr Sng then elaborated the old college building was used to house prisoners during WW2 and they were left to die there. He then said other lecturers had also heard strange noises when they came in after midnight. By the way, I did rather well for the art course, learnt a lot from the art masters first hand. My two pots and the silkscreen fabric I printed 2m by 2m, butterfly motif, were displayed in the art gallery outside. Mmm wonder if those whistling ghosts liked them. ! ๐๐ฝ✔๐
Now, this next situation happened directly to me. I was half conscious, half sleeping, past midnight. A very heavy weight kept pressing on my body. My subconscious tried to flick it off; aware something was trying to usurp my body. So I started pushing it away with all my strength but the weighty thing wouldn't leave. Finally I used both my arm and legs to kick it off and suddenly woke up. Well, you may say it was just a dream; okay accepted, but I've never felt this sort of thing pressing on me before as if trying to get into my body, relentlessly. After I woke, it made me realise it could be my neighbour's spirit, late school principal, lying in the coffin at the funeral-wake at the void-deck downstairs. By the way, his room is just above mine (condo); he might have lost his way or thought I was his wife. A couple of days later, his funeral procession left the condo for the last time...burial. I waved from my balcony a final farewell to Mr Lee, my 30-year next door neighbour. ๐๐ป๐
You're welcome Rosemary! This Halloween Adam really went wild, almost unrecognisable! Having a whale of a Halloween, his favourite festival...and I got caught up writing fast and furious about his imaginative fashionable makeup and fashion; fire in the eyes and fire in the sky...yeeaah!
Halloween is just round the corner, once again but for now...Velvet Side A, 4th Album is making waves as seen on this billboard from Adam's luxurious car, while driving in LA.
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At the traffic lights...not bad! Hey look at that dog hanging on the billboard Oh, he's everywhere now, very famous dog, you know Adopted from a shelter...now lives like a prince haw haw Sure fits this adage...every dog has its day... He's better-off than real kids...his Daddy dotes on him like mad Good morning Pharaoh Sphinx! Your golden fur glimmers in the wind Soft and smooth as Velvet...
Awww Pharaoh, you feel not quite your bubbly self; don’t be sad, bet you miss Cousin Hazel; it’s okay, you’ll soon be back to normal, prancing around, catching grasshopper and let’s see if Serpentine pays you a slithery visit. Oh, Yutu says : Pharaohdoggo…come jump on my moon, come by the back door not the front…I’ve made a track for you to follow to my crater; we can practise hing-sun kungfu; wheeee…plop ! moon landing whio wheet ! Daddy Javi loves you so much…
@AdamLambert and Javi as 18th century vampires for #Halloween, by @Creativesharka!๐ @AdamL_Daily 2h ago
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Well well ! Dracula must be turning in his coffin to see Glampire's handsome lover.
A new twist to my first Glampire vs Count Dracula feud...2011 > 2019
Adam the euphoric Glampire Count Dracula requires a squire A classy opponent to conspire You are worthy for the hire Hope nothing bloody transpires At his castle quagmire Glampire starts a-winding Up the willowy hill-road reclining Two pristine horses galloping Trip trot…trip trot…over the bridge A sinister full moon shimmering When his gilded carriage rolls in with a swing Count Dracula is ready for the sting Werewolves howl at the castle brink Owooooh! Dracula offers a bloody effervescent drink Pop Rock King bursts into a twilight sing Yeeaah e yeeaah ! on with the show..ooo ! His sonic Superpower sends vampire bats fluttering Dracula attacks…plunges his fangs into Glampire’s neck Woe betide...blood spills out of the tooth bites Glampire fires back an infrared into the demon’s head Rubs his skull-laser ring...a sharp pitch screeches Twists and turns… aarrgghh! Shapeshifter shrivels Into a headless demonic figure...flees The blood-thirsty creature teeters...returns for vengeance Pop Rock King sings...tooooo oo oo looove! Lily White Snake hears her secret lover Swiftly drops from atop the forest...constricts the demon Evil In The Night surrenders...back into the quagmire Glampire and his prolific Loverboy fly hand in hand on cloud 9 Don't be sad Dracula...you're a flamboyant dare-devil...
Adam Lambert - Superpower (Strictly Performance 27.10.19)
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Beautiful vocals, sure got a lot of Superpower. It seems it was the show's decision not to use the Strictly professional dancers; I think the whole performance would have notched up a lot and even inspired Adam; the dance movements would have synchronised the fierce vocals, rhythm and pulse of the song. Terrific vocals from Adam Lambert, looks so handsome.
ADAM LAMBERT @adamlambert 2h ago … #SUPERPOWER from VELVET Side A - Live Session!
Freedom yeeeeaah ! Adam hit his zenith ! .. erm er .. erm er .. erm er .. Adam’s Gal Band is super good, you know… Hey Adam, when I heard New Eyes, I commented some time ago, it was my favourite song from Velvet, I think Superpower has usurped its throne, but a very close 2nd by a hair’s breath haw haw…
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@AdamLambert at the #PrideOfBritain awards in London tonight…
He presented an award, the event will be broadcast Nov 5th on @ITV! … @AdamL_Daily 1h ago
Adam Lambert hosted this Halloween at the Beverly Hilton 2015...
Here's my 2nd Homer story...1 Nov 2019...(new)
Homer lived alone in a shanty hut by the sea; he would go out to sea once a week and returned only after many days at sea, cuz there was nobody at home, he lived alone. One wintry night, he was sitting by his fireplace and then heard some shuffling of feet outside his hut. Who could that be in the middle of a wintry night ? A full moon was shining through the barricaded window. Homer didn't think it could be anybody, maybe a fox scouring food which Homer would leave scraps for. Then a shadow whizzed past the window and he knew someone could be trying to get shelter from the howling wind. He got his rifle and opened the door. Wham! a large figure pushed him to the ground. Homer cocked his rifle and fired a shot at the looming figure. He expected it to fall; Homer, an experienced sharp-shooter hunter never missed, especially at such close range. Nothing happened, it simply disappeared. Homer got back up and examined the ground; the bullet he fired lay there which meant he had missed the looming target! He was getting quite flustered, a little scared as that creature might reappear or hiding somewhere.
Good evening Homer! Who are you? Where are you? I bring good tidings this wintry Halloween. You will know what it is when dawn breaks.
Homer couldn't sleep after that, with his rifle by the side of his bed...but eventually did. Dawn broke...Homer remembered what was said to him by that mysterious figure. He got up, still dark about 5 am; held tightly to his rifle and went to open the door slightly...peeked out. The sea was tranquil and the sun was rising above the horizon...so beautiful ! thought Homer who had felt this every morning of his 70 years living alone in his shanty hut close by the sea. Nothing seemed unusual or scary so he ventured out and walked along the seashore. Then, something caught his eye; his eyesight was still clear as crystal maybe due to the fresh sea breeze and the fresh fish, his staple food which he grilled or steamed; sometimes offered to his neighbours who loved Homer and often helped him; in reality, he was not that lonely.
That brilliant object bobbing up and down about 100 metres away in the sea intrigued him tremendously. Well, as it was almost time for him to go on his usual fishing trip, he got into his 50-year-old boat which he personally built and loved and sped towards the brilliant object in the sea.
What is that? He used his harpoon to bring it closer to his speed-boat which was purring loudly in the early morning tranquility. He was as usual alone, other fishermen would come out later in the day. He tried to scoop the object with his fishing net but it was heavy and he could not get it up. Homer, a very tough experienced fisherman knew he would not be able to heave it up onto the boat; so the next best thing would be to tie it to the side of the boat and bring it back to shore. The commotion alerted a shark which was out for a voluminous breakfast snack...circled and whacked the bulky object; Homer could see those sharp jaw teeth tearing the trunk. Lo and behold it broke in half and what Homer saw was beyond belief...priceless antique sunken treasure floated out.. Where on earth did that come from? The shark on the other hand snorted and swam off disinterested...tasteless! ๐ฆ
Homer started scooping up the pieces with his large fishing net and soon his speed-boat was strewn with gems, antiques, pots, plates; Oh something especially brilliant caught his attention...Wah! he exclaimed : An ancient Chinese boat-shaped gold nugget ! Homer was overwhelmed...he had literally struck gold in the middle of the ocean; gleaming, solid as a rock er gold! on the palm of his hand...This is it ! His rugged face and deep blue eyes looked up to the sky : Thank you ! Happy Halloween dear God ! Oh la la la...Oh la la luuu...In the Lap of the Gods... Homer was euphoric...nothing of this enormity ever occurred to him in his 50 years at sea!
At this moment, a fishing trawler passed close-by : Ahoy! Dad! I see you got a big catch! Thinking it was a haul of fish. Henry, his reunited son whom he had given up for dead, climbed aboard his father's boat. Whoa! Where did you get all this treasure Dad? Good golly! We're rich!
Homer hugged his son whom he saw dragged down into the swirling waves by a shark; Henry his only child. Thank God, he found his way back one fateful Halloween after a long search of 40 years...(my first Homer story 2017).
Recollecting this horrific scene that happened at this very same spot ! Like father like son, his speed and survival instinct enabled his brave boy to escape the mighty shark's jaws; but lost contact with his father as he was rescued by a trawler.
Years went by...Homer's shanty hut became a mansion by the sea; kind and generous, he shared his good fortune with the villagers who he treated as his family that went through thick and thin together with him. And Henry set up his own fish business.
Happy Halloween! Cheers! ๐ฅ๐๐๐ป♂️๐ถ๐ป Happy All Saints Day! ๐
Oh my convent school principal Sister Marie, a Thai princess… chose All Saints Day, Nov 1 for my Baptism...recall her saying, everyone can be a Saint!
❣️ 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ Nov 2️⃣ Happy Halloween!...All Souls Day ❣️
Adam is sick…I’ve followed all his Halloweens 2011 to 2019… Ooops he couldn’t make it this year but we went full-swing with Halloween Spirit from his bed...
Halloween 1 Nov my Baptism By water from the heavens Never expected it to be inspirational Till Adam lured me into his convoluted tunnel Poems and stories started pouring out From the depths of my sub-conscience They just ooze from an unknown realm of my fantasy So I may have an inkling why Adam has fallen sick It drives you crazy and you can’t let go It demands a price…your health takes a toll at times Adam, like you sing : Slow it down…what do you want from me… You are strong and free…that’s worth keeping healthy Wishing you a speedy recovery ! Kind of miss you this Halloween ! This is my first sick ๐ poetry since 9 years Quite different from my other wild concocted catastrophes Like Dracula…Glampire…Serpentine…Tarantula…Garden of Eden…Spider from Mars…name it, I would have written ๐๐คข Thank you Adam extremely !
Lam-My ✍️๐ป
SHฮRKฮ @creativesharka 3h ago Get Well soon Adam! This is my way how send positive energy. ⚡๐๐๐❤️ New chibi @adamlambert
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Very heartfelt drawing, Sharka!
Helloo Pharaoh! How are you doing?
I'm okay Lam-My...but Daddy is sick so I accompany him and keep him warm...๐
You're Daddy's most precious possession, he must feel very comforted, with Daddy Javi as well.
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Pharaoh..ไฝ ็ธ็ธ็ ไบ ni papa beeng ler .. ๐ Yutu
(ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao / hello .. ไฝ ni / your .. ็ธ็ธ papa .. ็ ไบ beeng ler / sick)
็ๅ Yutu ่ฐข่ฐขไฝ ็ๅ ณๅฟ sie sie ni der guan seen
(่ฐข่ฐข sie sie / thank you .. ไฝ ็ ni der / your .. ๅ ณๅฟ guan seen / caring)
Good afternoon CNN Fan! I just heard you use *flamboyant on Christiane Amanpour talking about Brexit; caught my attention cuz never thought Brexit could be *flamboyant…rather interesting use ๐ … 6 Nov 2019.
And mine from my Dracula / Glampire poem 2011 / 2019 :
‘Don’t be sad Dracula…you’re a *flamboyant dare-devil…’ (above)
Lam-My October 27, 2019 … Happy Halloween ! ☠️ My internet Journalist friend !
Good morning Adam, Javi, Pharaoh! Such a lovely new family Aha, Pharaoh wearing sunglasses Yea, I have to protect my super-vision eyes From cameras, now that I’m officially a Rockstar! Not bad, Rockstar Pharaoh! I saw you in Daddy’s sunny pool shaking off the water That’s Hollywood high life… But I’m still the humble ole Pharaohdoggo Won’t change nor do I know how That’s why I like you so much; you’re consistent So lucky to have two caring Daddys Giving you so much love and attention Pride and freedom to reckon Owooooh!
Love motivates, brings out the innate The soul, heart and mind Embarking on the twists and turns of life It gives…more than it takes…that’s the magic! It flushes out hate which takes root…surreptitiously invades Not worth it…even if it brings short-term benefits Love is the opposite…like the grapes hanging on the vines Produce fine wine…invigorates Unlike pseudo...equality, truth, is the only road A brilliant lamp on a lamp-stand Uplifts the lost and forgotten…shines a ray of hope Adam has given a lot of himself to others And as he sings…You get back what you give away Adam, Javi and lovely Pharaohdoggo Fathom and foray day after day…so what’s next… Adam wisely says : I have no idea ! But right now he is in an Overglow of Superpower, in love, mate!
Superpower pie ! for the good the bad and the wise Pharaohdoggo, how are you doing… Did you taste Daddy’s pie Yes! Berry berry berry nice…jump jump pirouette ooooeeeh! Yutu rabbit, you wanna give it a try… ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao … hey Pharaoh bring some to our Crater party Mousy will love it; he nibbles fast and quick To ring in Year of the Rat…bit by bit Porky too will gobble it before he relinquishes What about me ? your slithery Serpentine in the garden of Eden And me…Lily White Snake…Glampire’s secret lover Tammy turtle : piss piss…leave some for me. Oh oh oh oh oh ! Freedom yeeaaah! Wah! looks like the Superpower pie is too small for so many Not to worry…my Daddy will wail…Find meeeeee somebodyyy toooooo..oo..oo And you guys can chorus…altogether one more time…looooove ! Hop step jump…wheeeee plop! where are we… kungfu moon landing! ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐
Lam-My…not feeling so sad now, lingering…
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Superpower berry pie baker ๐ @AdamL_Daily 10h ago
๐๐Superpower toot-toot train 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ Jan 23 ♒ Dawn of Aquarius We made it together under one apocalyptic solar eclipse ๐
ADAM LAMBERT @adamlambert 15h ago @adamlambert announced the launch of the Feel Something Foundation to support #LGBTQ organizations…
FEEL SOMETHING FOUNDATION! Mission: to support LGBTQ+ organizations that are moving the needle for communities of all ages and backgrounds.
@AdamLambert: “I’ve worked w amazing LGBTQ+ organisations & charities over the years.” via https://bit.ly/2TMcHSB
To do this, the singer will be working alongside charities which impact, education, homelessness, suicide prevention and mental health.
And he wants to abolish the term ‘coming out’ as a phrase defining ‘someone simply being themselves’.
“The Feel Something Foundation will shine a light & support existing charities whose work is pivotal in empowering the community.” ๐
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Good evening Adam ! very upbeat logo and yes you are really good at making people and yourself Feel Something. I’ve said a couple of times, that terms : *coming out or *closeted, sound strange to me cuz I don’t hear it at all in Singapore. If someone wants to let others know he/she is gay, that is okay, by all means, but to cudgel a gay person into admission / submission is a definite no! for me. I wrote this little verse when I heard you sing :
Adam, it’s heart-wrenching to hear you sing I don’t need to feel love…just want to feel something Adam’s fans are his main source of aspiration Cuz they always make him feel something To mitigate the emptiness Your special someone will appear when you least expect it You touch so many people’s hearts To make us feel something…better than nothing Your gift from God is in itself an extraordinary something That you use to reach us with everything ๐๐ก
Hello Adam ! Regarding your quote ‘Spring hath sprungeth’ Today is the first day of Spring, Jan 25, 2020 on the Chinese Lunar calendar Millions of Chinese and others celebrate it as Chinese Lunar New Year Greetings to all ๐๐ฅฐ๐
ๆฐๅนดๅฟซไน ! seen nian kwai ler (mandarin) / sun neen fai lok (cantonese) (ๆฐๅนด seen nian / new year … ๅฟซไน kwai ler / happy)
ๆญๅๅ่ดข ! goong si faart chye (mandarin)
I’m cantonese so I wish everyone goong hey faart choy ๆญๅๅ่ดข ! (ๆญๅ goong hei / congratulations … ๅ่ดข faart choy / prosper / windfall)
ๆญฅๆญฅ้ซๅ bo bo goh sing … ๆญฅๆญฅ bo bo / step by step … ้ซๅ goh sing / ascend to the top
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, so we are told Rock n Roll…on with the show… 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 mighty 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, we’re in awe He cares too much, big and small We will follow him forevermore 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 !
Lam-My October 28, 2011 12:19 am
Now looking back, I see some of my Adam aspirations come to pass…
1. beacon light … Adam gives LGBTQ a face, a voice, a guiding light 2. harbour of delight line 4 … well, he performed on The Float Marina Bay Singapore NYE 2015>16 3. blasted off to the moon line 14 … Chang’e 4 lands on the back of the moon, created momentous history Jan 3, 2019 4. album arrives in style line 28 … Adam has successfully released 4 excellent albums, latest 2019
Happy 38th Birthday ! Adam ! 29 Jan 2020
Very thankful to have known you in such an intimate way, for me to write poems and stories which otherwise would never have happened. ๐ฐ๐ท๐๐
This was what I saw from my balcony on 26 Dec 2019. Event of the Century! Earth Moon Sun align directly to Singapore…this is the second time I’ve seen an almost total solar eclipse, from my balcony; the last one was 21 years ago. The sky is not dark, a twilight ambiance overcasts when moon almost obliterates the sun…12 noon Singapore time. I wrote my ecliptic tango poem when moon was moving out of the ring of fire…breaking the ring, bids farewell to its lover.
A solar ecliptic tango unfolds live in the sky From my balcony, I watch moon and sun glide So intimately like lovers, entwined in a kiss of fire Through sporadic patches of dark clouds Soon moon slides right into the centre Obliterating the sun, almost Leaving a ring of fire Thank God for the patches of sparse dark clouds That shield my retina from the flare of brilliance After 20 minutes, moon bids farewell to its lover Breaks the ring and slowly only a fifth of it blocks the sun It’s too bright now so I look, stop, look again, just can’t let go So arresting, formidable, apocalyptic A twilight ambiance casts over the car-park below, and my home I see patches of red, blue, literally see stars due to looking directly at the sun The phenomenon touches me so deeply, almost cry This earth, moon, sun alignment directly in the path of Singapore Will return only after 21 years…oh la la la oh … oh la la lu… Take care ! viral volatile difficult times…
Good morning CNN Fan! I just heard a while ago your use of 3 words you picked from my ecliptic tango poem above…*21 years , *balcony , *intimate / intimacy. I thought coincidences but you have tracked my vocabulary for quite some years, so immediately they registered, 3 words same poem. Actually, it feels quite surreal that I can reply to a CNN Fan, so close like almost reaching out to a friend within minutes. ๐ฅฐ๐
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Haw haw CNN Fan ! You finally picked the crucial word from my ecliptic *tango poem, above…it takes two to *tango…yes indeed moon and sun ! ๐ Just heard it on Cuomo Prime Time, said by Robert Ray Attorney, regarding Impeachment Acquittal.
Wah! the 92nd Academy Awards 2020…Exhilarating ! no dilly-dallying. When I turned on the tv, I wasn’t too keen and then watched on and off…Lo and behold even though I don’t watch movies anymore, my era flashed past. Tom Hanks…Forrest Gump sitting on that bench to wait for his son and the white feather drifting in the wind; and yes, Jane Fonda…On Golden Pond / Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn. Good ole Rami Malek looked superbly handsome! I recalled Adam reverberate that Superpower note : I had my share of sand kicked in my face but I came round…! hit the zenith. I had no idea S Korea is so steeped in film-making, won 4 Oscars, the most covetous, Best Picture whoa! Lim Yun Suk blurted out uncontrollably on CNA.
So the rain doesn’t just stay in the plains in Spain It decides to join Rhapsody Tour in Brisbane Well well, Adam sings in the rain to reach his beloved Glamberts In ponchos soaked to the bone Woman…! you need me…yeeaaah ! Brimstone, hail or rain, his voice powers the Queen train Beating the odds, no letting up singing in the rain again and again ๐ฆ๐ง️
Happy Valentine's Day Adam and Pharaoh ! Hi Daddy! Where are you...need your Valentine hug and kiss Happy Valentine Pharaoh...Daddy is singing in the rain in Brisbane
Pharaoh, first brought home by his Daddy, Dec 2016...he didn't even respond to his new name, as they took their first Runyon hike; Adam kept calling him : Pharaoh ! Hi ! Hi !
“Adam Lambert will perform at the 31st annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York. Honoring media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues, the event takes place on March 19th at the Hilton Midtown in New York.
This year, Lambert is nominated for Outstanding Music Artist for 2019’s Velvet: Side A EP. The singer has been previously nominated in the category twice, ultimately winning the award in 2013, and he’ll release the second part of Velvet on March 20th.
Last month, Lambert launched non-profit organization Feel Something Foundation, whose mission is “to support LGBTQ+ organizations that are moving the needle for communities of all ages and backgrounds.”
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao CNN Fan ! I see you are responding to my poem; well, I just heard Cuomo say : He is *set free…(my Lambgenie poem above). And then, followed by Don Lemon, mentioning 3 times and your caption *purging / purge.
My original use of *purge so innocent ๐คฉ
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Aha! Pharaoh Sphinx! This brings back an unexpected fling Regarding perch and purge When Daddy remarked: You perched? I subsequently interjected: So have you…purged ? Thinking that he wanted to make sure You don’t mess up his new sofa ๐คข Of course, you didn’t like that insinuation Retorted: What a question!
I have used both… perch and purge The first, in my poem Cicada Perches outside my window In hot sexual manoeuvre Much to my amusement…purge became a media sensation And that instigated me to write a separate Purge poem ๐
A splurge to purge is on the upsurge Mounting an intensive search for smirch Potential candidates swoop onto a perch To get a helicopter view of the political scourge Who will be the first? How many will be submerged? I give due respect to all involved The purger as well as the purged Cuz I have no beef in this House immerse Be not afraid for I’m with you always ~ Jesus’ verse The Last Supper, in the Garden of Gethsemane…His Passion serves… Meanwhile a curve ball smashes into the murk Candidates strategise in a roundabout reverse For now, stoic Pharaoh has no sofa to perch Cuz his Daddy is on a whirlwind Rhapsody Tour berserk ! ๐ ๐
Lam-My March 28, 2018 January 19, 2019 22 Feb 2020 - Latest updated
Updated additional verse Covert and overt strategies converge To reinforce upcoming political converse Impressed by the relentless fight to the last, electorate My advice however is work as one unit, not split…you take the universe ☯️ With consideration to present dire situation of widespread coronavirus ๐ฅฐ๐ท
Good afternoon Rosemary Church ! CNN Newsroom I just heard you bringing up Singapore again, with regard to SARS 2002-2003 and yes you advise other countries perhaps to do what Singapore is doing to curb the COVID 19 spread. Well, I have gone through both episodes of these killer viruses, the latter still ongoing and our Government is urging all of us to be vigilant. I think the key is…don’t procrastinate; arrest it right from the start. I think Singapore was about the first country in the region ( I saw on tv) to set up the scans and screens to detect flu symptoms and fever…at Changi Airport. There were some grouses like why are we so scared? Well, Singapore learnt it the hard way; a selfless doctor gave his life for us to learn this very precious lesson; so yes, you are quite right to ask why other countries are not carrying out the procedures like Singapore. Well, we too were not that prepared for SARS as now with COVID 19. The dedicated doctor and his family paid such a high price for Singapore to witness firsthand the havoc an unknown virus can wreak. Immediately jumped into action cuz once it gets into the wider community, there’s little chance of stamping it out. So the tracing and quarantine have to be stepped up day and night. That selfless doctor went all out to save his patients but SARS was so lethal ! it finally got him too. His wife could only see him through the glass panel outside his completely sealed hospital room; towards the end. Earlier on, he drove past his house every day and waved from his car, dared not get into the house let alone hug his children, then 10 and 4. His wife clasped a large framed photo of her husband close to her heart as she walked into their house, the photo facing the entrance of their house as if to let him know : You can come home now...he was finally home. It was really touching; there was no funeral, too contagious…
Happy๐ Not so Happy๐ฅ Leap Year 29 Feb 2020 ! Here we come… Leap Year + Solar Eclipse…Wah! No wonder we’re in utter confusion Signals from the heavens… Take cover, we’re all in the same boat together Riding the convoluted waves of the treacherous ether Coronavirus 19…at every turn, nook and corner Singapore is thrashing through boundless border…hold on tight ! It’s dark in here…be not afraid…take a leap of faith… Follow the light of our celestial equator… ๐ฆ ๐ฉบ๐
~ Lam-My 29 Feb 2020
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao CGTN ! I just heard the word *pendulum on Big Story on the nomadic people of Kazakhstan moving their herds from pasture to pasture and back again, building their temporary homes / yurts…I thought it a rather unique analogy like the pendulum, moves and returns to the same spot…when the pastures grow again, also denotes time/life. ๐๐ค️๐๐ถ♀️๐ถ And mine: ‘…like a *pendulum, left right left right…don’t know what’s next ‘…(previous page / poem)
Hello Shannon Bream Fox News ! I just heard you use the word *cudgel and you pronounced it so emphatically, it rang a bell.
Mine : If someone wants to let others know he/she is gay, that is okay, by all means, but to *cudgel a gay person into admission / submission is a definite no ! for me. January 22, 2020
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Hey there CNN Fan ! Yep I heard *riding the waves…a while ago, Newsroom.
Mine above, poem : *Riding the convoluted waves…
Appreciating the media journalists / writers keeping tabs of my poems, stories vocabulary…today, I score 3, haw haw hat-trick ! ๐ฅฐ
Covid-19 is sending a loud signal That something so microscopic Can cause a pandemic Time to wake up…nothing is permanent So help one another while we take cover It’s at such times when the world is in lock-down That I appreciate I can still write poems and stories I’m alone yet I can communicate with anybody Sounds like a paradox but has to do with infrastructure Without which it’s not possible and therein lies the real ground zero ๐๐ค๐๐ป♀️๐งซ
Pharaoh ! How are you feeling… Your golden fur is so well groomed ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Lam-My ! I’m home with my Daddy Romping everywhere…super fengshui He thinks I’m in the backyard But I always face the door to guard my territory It’s an instinct even though the place is so safe I saw a picture of your old house, Pharaoh Evokes memories of my poems and stories Like serpentine lurking in the garden of Eden To tempt Daddy Adam with a forbidden apple And praying mantis bringing news from queen hydra All the uncles who baby-sit you This new house is more open and very luxurious And you can tippy toe tippy toe grandiose Hi Adam ! love your new hit song Roses ! ๐น๐๐๐ก
ไฝ ๅฅฝๅ ni hao ma ? Pharaohdoggo ! (how are you)
Ooooeeh ! Yutu ! ๅฅฝไน ๆฒกๅฌๅฐไฝ ็ๆถๆฏ hao jui mei ting dao ni der seow si
(ๅฅฝไน hao jui / long time .. ๆฒก mei / no .. ๅฌๅฐ ting dao / hear .. ไฝ ็ ni der / your .. ๆถๆฏ seow si / news)
ไธ่ฝๅบๅป็ฉ bu nerng choo chui wahn …
(ไธ่ฝ bu nerng / cannot … ๅบๅป choo chui / go out … ็ฉ wahn / play)
ๆฅๆ็็ฉ้ฃ่ธขๅๅคซ , ๅฅฝๅ ? lai yueh chiew wahn fei ti goong fu , okay ? … wheeeee plop!
(ๆฅ lai / come .. ๆ็ yueh chiew / moon .. ็ฉ wahn / play .. ้ฃ่ธข fei ti / fly kick .. ๅๅคซ goong fu , ๅฅฝๅ hao ma / okay? )
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Pharaoh ! Run Run…where are you going? I no no…just where the path leads me Smelling the ground will lead me to Runyon to meet my buddies Why do yo keep looking back… Wanna make sure Daddy is still there Also the leash is dragging me Daddy can’t catch me so he puts a big red leash Owoooh! Yea, basenjis are fast runners with long legs You are so fortunate and free When most people are under lock-down You said it Lam-My…I am free and my Daddy dotes on me As for me, I simply follow you and Daddy to write my hodgepodge poetry Got to be vigilant…act fast, be ahead of Covid 19
Lam-My 18 Mar 2020
Haw haw CNN Fan ! I just heard you use *infrastructure…helping people cope with Covid 19 using technology, by Dr Amy on Cuomo Prime Time…18 Mar 2020
And mine, above poem: I’m alone yet I can communicate with anybody Sounds like a paradox but has to do with *infrastructure Without which it’s not possible and therein lies the real ground zero ๐๐ค๐ฅ️
ไฝ ๅฅฝ, ๆฉไธๅฅฝ ! Steven Jiang ! I see you like the word *herculean ๐ 2nd time…I just heard you on CNN talking to Paula Newton…reporting from Beijing, comparing Covid-19 to WW2.
And here is my *herculean :
Joseph swims the 100-metre-butterfly Looking more like a dolphin Up and down his body undulates And when he surfaces His outstretched arms rotate Liken to majestic water ballet Reminiscent of the killer-whale’s tail Splashing above the ocean With three Olympic Champions hot on his heels He just has to accelerate, no two ways about it Trained as a child to chase his comrades Coach gives the other kids a head-start If not, he’ll be a body-length apart Well, this tactic effloresces at the Rio Olympics They chase, he sparks Good heavens ! he clinches the Butterfly Gold! Beating not one but 3 Champs in a row Looking quite dazed on the podium Joseph pulls off a super *herculean for Singaporeans! In a decisive win, by a body-length distance He came, he saw, he conquered with resplendence!
Lam-My 19 Mar 2020
Regarding the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics in July…well, ‘to be or not to be, that is the question’ ~ Hamlet.
2️⃣1️⃣ March 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ Spring Equinox ๐ฉบ๐️
Velvet, Adam’s beautiful new album Smooth, curves, blends with the earth Malleable glamorous Roses…by any other name would smell as sweet Takes the mind off for a bit of upbeat Chases off the gloom and doom standstill on the streets Superpower takes the heat…shifts it So we can defeat the invisible Covid 19 What is that ? Overglow you never know Whacks you at ground zero Lo and behold where are we ? On The Moon Hop step jump ! Wheeee…ready to free fall With New Eyes to take you on a frog leap Earth looking like a hanging Blue Marble And that’s where I am right at this moment…in space Writing my hodgepodge poetry… We better do whatever we can, whenever we can The world is changing gear, faster than we can conceive, topsy turvy Today is the March Equinox, start of Spring, pointing at Pisces Hello hello Aquarius ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao, I can see you Astrology says : In AD 2597, the March equinox will move into Aquarius the water-bearer Others say it’s already here…Dawn of Aquarius Be that as it may, we are marching onward to seal this elusive Covid crisis ๐งฌ๐ซ๐ค♓♒
Our world in lock-down limbo Isolation, solitary confinement Groping for an exit, can’t find it Mounting deaths in the thousands Covid 19 has sunk its teeth Deep into the human respiratory system Scientists are working on vaccines, drugs To turn around this life-death crux
Yesterday, I went out to get groceries My usual once a week ritual Our government has done meticulous tracings of clusters So the rest of us can go about unquarantined Purposely say, Hello ! to everybody They just smile peacefully, politely Not a word as they would need to open their mouth My next-door neighbour however, walking her beloved doggie is chatty Even asks me to call her if necessary The taxi-driver coughs once, even that scares the hell out of me He’s also wary as the elderly are more susceptible to Covid 19
I watch on tv, a Minister cry at a Parliamentary session No, he didn’t contract Covid 19…just so touched thanking health workers Putting their lives on the line, all-out to assist He tries to regain composure but his tears keep welling Doctors, nurses, volunteers, virologists are the front-line heroes Dedicating their time and compassion What better friend than one who lays down their life for another As for the 2020 Olympics…postponed to next year 2021 Well, Joseph Schooling’s 100-m butterfly Olympic record 50.39 seconds Refuses to budge, a sort of unforeseen walkover And Adam’s timely Velvet album connotes vulnerability, with strength, resilience SARS 2003 gives Singapore a head-start; a hero doctor dies to teach us That we have to nip it in the bud…so Covid 19 this time round, can’t run amok Meticulous tracing of clusters and quarantine fast and furious dawn to dusk Give most of us more freedom without quarantine…it may last…economies hit hard…๐ฅ๐๐๐ค๐
Lam-My ~ 26 Mar 2020
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ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao ! Christiane Amanpour ! I just heard you giving advice regarding Covid-19 and then you said emphatically, “like what they do in Singapore” . I enjoy your in-depth informative shows very much and I know you came here for the Singapore Summit, shaking hands with PM Lee. ๐
One dim moonlit night, Bert was returning home after a singing stint at a local bar. He took a winding shortcut round a hill. Suddenly, a bright light flashed across his windscreen. Although the light was bright, it cast a dark shadow on the windscreen rendering it impossible to see what was in front. That was frightening when you couldn’t see where you were driving. He stepped hard on the brakes and the tyres screeched to a deafening halt. He got out immediately and realised it was so close to the edge, his car could have hurtled into the forest ravine.
Helloo…a soft low voice greeted him. I’ve been waiting to hitch a ride down this stretch of endless road. Endless? What did he mean, the road junction was right ahead; Bert used this road many times. He invited the stranger, a rather good-looking young man into his car as he said he needed a ride. The young man introduced himself as Fred and said he was a wrestler at the club. Oh yes, now Bert recognised him and had seen one of his shows, admired his beautiful contoured muscles.
At the road junction, Fred got off and thanked Bert. As he drove on, suddenly, he saw a crowd surrounding a pile-up of vehicles and the wailing of ambulances rang out into the night. Bert parked his car by the roadside, got out to see if he could render any help. A man was lying on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on his face. He opened his eyes and stared at Bert. No ! It was Fred ! whom he had just given a lift to. How could that be? He just got off at the road junction. Unfortunately, Fred didn’t make it, he stared at Bert, eyes wide-open and the paramedic gently pressed his eyes down and said he was gone…dead. Bert was totally flabbergasted as he had just spoken to Fred a short while ago and he was fine! Bert recalled Fred talking about an endless road ! He got goosebumps…weird thoughts flooded his mind…his Spirit was hitching a ride and talking to him in his car ? Bert was visibly shaken, held Fred’s hand for the last time, it was still warm…Farewell my friend…Bert bowed his head.
The following night, Bert was as usual singing in the small family bar; and in memory of Fred the wrestler, he sang Ghost Town followed by Another Lonely Night. At the end of his performance which comprised 8 songs from his album The Original High, the diners applauded, and some walked up the stage, arranged their shoes neatly in a row on the stage. Bert was touched by their heartwarming gesture. Then, the inexplicable happened…Fred walked on stage ! He left his shoes alongside the others. Bert stared at him and was taken aback, befuddled as he thought he was dead !
After his singing, Bert walked around the tables as he always did to show his appreciation to his fervent fans for their nightly attendance at the bar. He came to a table with a dim table-lamp…he saw Fred, alone. Bert politely asked if he could join him. Fred beamed a heartfelt smile and gestured for him to sit down at the small table for two. Bert noticed Fred had tears in his eyes as he looked at him. He was even more perplexed now. Fred stammered rather uncontrollably that his twin brother, Seb, his only family member, died in an accident. And listening to Bert singing Another Lonely Night made him cry.
Whoa! there was Bert’s answer ! He had held Seb’s hand not Fred’s at the scene of the accident. Not quite sure how to console Fred, he asked softly if he was with Seb when he passed on. Fred pressed his clenched fist to his heart and replied with an apologetic no, with sorrow and regret. He said he was at home watching tv when the news of the accident popped up on screen. He rushed there but Seb was gone, dead.
Bert choked up a bit too and whispered consolingly that he had given a lift to Seb and talked to him just minutes before the accident; bade him a last farewell as he lay dying on the stretcher by the roadside. Fred stared at Bert rather confused…how could that have happened; Seb would have been in his own car driving to that fateful point of no return! If only he had indeed been in Bert’s car instead, Fred sobbed.
That night, as Bert drove along that same stretch of road on his way home, he kept contemplating what Fred said…that he wished Seb had been in his car (Bert’s); still wondering about that ‘endless road’ Seb mentioned.
It seems OBE, Out of body experience can occur at the moment between life and death and instances of people returning from death have been recorded with vivid descriptions of what they saw as they floated above their body; for instance, doctors fighting to save their life in an operation room. In a rather scary situation, a distressed pilot reported he saw himself piloting the plane while sitting on the wing of the plane.๐ค๐๐
2012… Adam and Queen perform a series of pulsating concerts… 300,000 fans in Kiev… Stretching out his hand to the massive crowd, he reciprocates their love Reminds me of Moses parting the Red Sea I Want To Break Free…
Outlaws of Love expresses an emotion so deep Like a beacon-light, scanning the dark treacherous seas In search of love, peace, solidarity with LGBT
A trip in an Edo garden…wearing a black sexy singlet, studded shorts, boots, tantalising summer fusion Fans wave their sunflowers and yellow-black boomaramas As he pummels the air, on stage in reciprocal
A whirlwind touch-down into China for a bountiful harvest Confronting it head-on, his first visit into uncharted waters Everywhere he goes, Adam begets heartfelt moments ๆ็ฑไฝ wor ai ni ! ‘What do you want from me’ … a duet with Zhangwei, letting him sing all the high notes…
Jazz boomerangs Downunder Is This Love…soft lighting caresses his silver crowning glory What’s next on the agenda…never a dull moment, declare Glamberts the world over
Oki dok homeward bound…a ghost train rumbles into PLL town Debonair Glampire in blue suit and ruffle, lurks a ghost compound Donning sexy fangs and a winsome smile, Cuckoo Glampire irks a taste of blood Strikes up a sleazy conversation on the train’s surreptitious vampire pub
The last lap…striking his signature pose, clenched gloved fist in the air, legs stretched, full black He flings and twirls a white straight-jacket strapped like a jackass! Unfazed, gallant Knight of the Night fights back Rockgod Trespasses, globe-trots into amphitheatres, Glamberts have his back
2013-2018… So far, we have covered cities west to east and back east to west…passing several times through… Singapore, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Helsinki, Rio, Sydney and back to LA, New York, Las Vegas, Berlin, Paris, London etc…
Rough, tough, lob it with love…with Adam, it’s never enough Ding Ding…all aboard, move on, forget the scorn; a titillating potpourri awaits a new Aquarius dawn I Was Born To Love you…Tokyo’s song that Freddie Mercury once performed
Hop step jump…toot-toot train…Queen jet-plane zooms across terrains Queen finally gives Singapore a try Singapore! ไฝ ๅฅฝๅ ni hao ma ! Amazing ! Maestro Brian speaks Mandarin addressing Padang’s 55,000 ๅฅฝ hao ! / good! …enthusiastic crowd choruses
Across the road, City Hall Dome, Parliament…Singapore’s birthplace; secured her Independence from the British Right back to where he started, a full circle…Lee Kuan Yew lay in state as millions mourn his passing at age 91, Father of Singapore. He is quite poetic even as he urges us to ‘ Follow that Rainbow…if you find a grain of gold…dig it up ! ‘
QAL advances into UK…Las Vegas…The Show Must Go On… Dr Brian paints his cosmic paradigm, twangs his ole red guitar…whiieeo-whiieeo! Maestro Roger encircled by drums of different tension, strikes Boom boom pa! Boom boom pa!…We will…We will Rock you! Prof Edney, keyboardist weaves his magical tapestry on the keys In perfect synchronicity with bass guitarist Neil Tyler Warren, energetic prolific drummer Together they propel Adam Lambert to the pinnacle Of his formidable vocals, like a meteorite streaking across the cosmos As their futuresque kaleidoscope ricochets 70s’ ethos Concluding 2018 in their Las Vegas 3-week residency Lugging along Pharaohdoggo… Bring it back…bring it back…Bohemian Rhapsody…you don’t know what it means to me… Brian sings to Freddie Mercury QAL tour de force kills it with no mercy with the last drop of their energy and expertise…
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Adam and Pharaohdoggo ! You both sure need some ้ฉฌๆญฅๅๅคซ ma bu goong fu Well, no problem for Pharaoh, he leaps flying ้ฉฌๆญฅ ma bu Pounds Runyon canyon…no sweat ๐ The same goes for Yutu…floats ้ฉฌๆญฅ ma bu on one-sixth gravity ๐ Adam, your ้ฉฌๆญฅ ma bu is very strong you know, on high platforms It’s the lungs and heart…most vital of our respiratory system And Covid attacks the most vulnerable point, liken to ‘drowning’ ๐ท๐ฑ Sends the whole world into a tailspin ! ๐ช️๐จ
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao ! Natalie Allen and Manisha Tank CNN Newsroom… I just heard you report on the big spike in Covid cases in Singapore today. Manisha is right about the close living proximity in the foreign workers dormitories; now they have spruced up the living quarters only 2 or 3 workers per room, which means more separate housing areas / facilities, and they are not allowed to socialise, to remain in their rooms, with medical care when required. The other reason for the spike of 786 cases highest in a day since it started could also be due to :
‘ Singapore scientists on the front lines of fight against Covid-19 : … the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star), … discovers test that can tell if a person has Covid-19 in as little as five minutes. … This sample is then put in a portable device that will give the result in about five to 10 minutes … Mar 25, 2020 ‘
So faster testing would be able to track down a larger no. of cases in a shorter time. Actually, Changi Airport put up scans and monitors to detect fever, flu-like symptoms right from the beginning, 3 Jan 2020 when authorities got wind of the Wuhan outbreak and it was 2 weeks later that the first Covid case surfaced in Singapore, 23 Jan.
Singapore A*Star scientists have been very vigilant since SARS 2003 and so test kits were ready to go any time. At the beginning, when Wuhan was in dire need for these test kits, masks, Singapore sent 10,000 to Wuhan, China thanked Singapore. Quite recently, Singapore sent 5000 test kits to Malaysia. ASEAN + China Japan S Korea work very closely with regard sharing of resources. In reality, we have been working very closely all the time as far back as 50 years ago.
I’ve said earlier, the spike in the number of Covid cases though of utmost significance, is not the top issue; it’s how the Country deals with it; this may last, so there must be a contingency plan in place; this enormous problem has to be tackled on multi fronts, most outstanding would be identifying the infected persons, separating them via tracing / testing so that the rest can carry on relatively safer in their work, school (all closed, online classes); the other urgency is money for day to day livelihood, food, medical care and our Government for the first time dipped into the Reserves, $60 billion with emphasis to shore up small, medium-size businesses so that when the Storm subsides, they would be able to carry on from where they left off with fewer workers laid off. I think our Government has done a meticulous job on all fronts. 10 died…elderly with ailments. God is with you. Rest in Peace.
Where is this place...where is everybody...aha, I see a light flickering down the road; maybe I can find a soul, just keep walking...awwwwh traffic light, where are the cars, vehicles ? This is getting stranger by the minute. ๐ฆ
Prrrrrrr aloha ! Where are you going? it's a dead-end road.
Helicopter ! but there's no pilot ! I'm getting really confused now. I'll climb up the dangling rope ladder...waah it's bringing me higher...drifting precariously...Heeeelp meeee ! ๐ฌ
Hoooo...hoooot...an owl, those big luminous eyes might help light my way out of this convoluted time syndrome.
What are you gibbering madam? ๐ฆ
Whoa! Owl can respond ! Ni hao Owl ! You are so serene and have a bird's eye-view, I want to know what place this is.
Well, have you heard of Limbo ?
Holy cow ! I'm in Limbo ?
Hoooo-hooot ! yes madam, are you visiting one of our lost souls ? have not seen you around here...it's a very beautiful place, don't worry...now if you excuse me, I have to go feed my babies up on the tree...hooooot
So I'm back on square one. Good morning ! Do you need a ride, hop onto my toot-toot caravan...๐
Okay, can you take me out of Limbo ?
Where is that?
It'right here...Wise Owl told me this place is Limbo.
...ti ti ti ti ti...
Are you okay madam...we are going to take you off the respirator since your monitor is showing a rise in your heartbeat; you came in very low at 40 per minute; we thought you won't make it, it's 70 now, you bounced back...we'll let you breathe on your own, you're going to be okay...๐ฃ๐
Adam and his furry family An encompassing picture of total serenity Amid upheaval, death, chaos People scramble to get back to normalcy Their lives suddenly smashed to smithereens It makes me wonder…Covid so microscopic yet so powerful Brings the most intelligent species to their knees Adam’s success is not a fluke He built it up resolutely cuz he knows where he’s going Blessed with charisma, humility, brain, voice That Dr Bri adamantly nicknames 1-in-a-billion Ni hao Pharaoh…now is your time with your Daddy Cuz he is housebound owoooooh…๐๐๐ฆบ๐ก Jelly looks so dignified rather than wrestling Pharaoh to the ground ‘Superpower’ that Adam performed fits the One World Together At Home Where we are forced to stand on our own two feet yet not alone ‘Climb every mountain…Cross every sea, follow every rainbow’ Till you find your peace…piece ๐๐
Adam’s IGTV: You are the Champions ... Sychronised from their homes... Waah!
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So much energy in the directing of Superpower…great job all ! Adam as usual…live wire !
Unexpectedly appropriate lyric : All the Covidvirus better get out my way, aye aye ๐ฆ
I know I’m not the only one who thinks this shit ain’t okay, oh no You kick us down in the dirt but we ain’t goin’ away, aye aye I get back up when I fall Rip the paint from the wall When I win, I’mma run and take the money ๐ค
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As the Tokyo Olympics hangs precariously on the precipice of 2021…due to Covid-19, Joseph shines a light from the Rio 2016 Olympics…I call it the Swim of the Century because not only did Joseph bring home Singapore’s first ever Gold in a decisive body-length Win, 3 seasoned Olympic Champions, Michael Phelps, Chad le Clos, Lรกszlรณ Cseh, fought tooth and nail in a triple-way tie for Silver; this 100 metre butterfly race will go down in history as the most scintillating and glamorous.
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This evening 25 April, Dick Lee, Singapore singer, composer of Home our 20-year-old National song will lead the whole of Singapore together with other local artistes and a 900-strong choir, to Salute, Thank our front-line doctors, nurses, scientists, healthcare workers, migrant workers and Singaporeans in our battle together against Covid 19. We can go to our balconies and sing together at 7.55 pm broadcast live on CNA Mediacorp. A meteor shower will light up the sky. ๐✨
I just heard a report on the Covid spike in Singapore on CNN.
This caught my attention : that at the beginning, Singaporeans were very confident but now our confidence seems diminished…Not true. To date : 12,693 Covid cases, Recovered : 1,002, Deaths 12 ! one of the lowest death tolls in the world; that tells you the medical facilities / doctors / nurses / healthcare workers are of a very high standard. So to say we have lost confidence in our perception and fight against Covid in Singapore does not hold water.
You are right about the schools all shut and people work from homes. That’s because PM Lee Hsien Loong and Ministers are working towards a clear reduction for a period of at least 1 month; circuit-breaker extended to 1 June 2020. Right now apart from the foreign workers hitting the highest number, 8000 cases, there are still no signs of a rapid widespread; local transmission about 25 a day on average and we know where these clusters are so we avoid those areas for the time being. For instance, if I want to go to one of the stores still allowed to open, to buy a pair of CPU speakers, my present ones are old and cannot turn up the volume to hear Adam’s ethereal bombardment and Queen’s booom booom pah…I can just hop onto a bus and go to the shopping complex nearby but I would not loiter and also must wear a mask and keep a safe distance of 1 to 2 metres from other people. The point is I have the freedom and confidence, unlike what Manisha implies that we have lost our confidence…We haven’t…that will be the day !
Regarding the foreign workers, they like to work in Singapore, though Covid highlighted the crammed quarters which gave rise to the Covid spike; some brought it from their own country when they returned. PM Lee just came on tv to say the foreign workers problem has been contained by separating them, those ill from those mild cases in different isolation areas where they are not allowed to mingle or leave. They like to work here because their salary is 4 to 5 times higher than what they can get in their own country; and in this present Covid pandemic, they would most likely be laid off with no pay in their home country and what if they fall seriously ill…are there enough respirators / ventilators ? Now they are paid without working, free lodging, best medical treatment, clean hygienic nutritious food. I think they are still getting a much better deal than if they had returned to their home country; any time.
Good morning CNN Fan! Just heard Anderson Cooper and a Doctor (previous show) use the word *confidence twice emphatically. And mine above. You have jumped to my defence a couple of times. ๐ Regarding the low number of deaths, it could be attributed to Singaporeans’ strong immune system against diseases not just Covid; clean nutritious food and clean water, efficient sanitation all these and more, crucial to the building up of strong immune system against diseases; the local low Covid cases, deaths attest to this. Rest in Peace the Elderly departed.
๐ท 4️⃣ May 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ Countries are starting to open up but far from over Covid 19
I just heard a melancholy group song sung on CGTN / via Pan Deng; very nice song and lo and behold this line caught my attention : ' The *silver lining is love…’
And mine, based on a real *silver lining I saw from my balcony one early morning :
April 9, 2020 ~ Lam-My permalink
This morning 7am, I saw the silver full moon from my balcony…Waah! As the saying goes, every cloud has a *silver lining…so too every moon has a *silver lining. This is what I saw from my balcony…a live *silver lining which is now embedded in a song by CGTN. ๐
Madam Yap Lay Hong, 102, is Singapore’s oldest coronavirus survivor.
She was discharged from Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Friday (May 1).
Madam Yap was among 16 residents and staff at the Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home who caught the virus – a cluster that led to a ban on visitors to all nursing and old folks’ homes in April.
“Today is a day of happiness as we welcome home our residents who fought hard to recover and overcome the Covid-19 virus.
“They were discharged from the hospitals and are now resting well at the home. We thank the heroic and selfless efforts of our front-line healthcare colleagues who nursed them back to health.”
Madam Yap, who was born during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, is among the rare centenarians worldwide battling Covid-19. The oldest to survive the virus is a Dutch woman in the Netherlands, 107-year-old Cornelia Ras, who recovered in about 20 days.
My use of *carnage has come home to roost…just saw on CNA caption on tv / Adam Bakhtiar / business news Singapore…’Corporate Carnage’. I like this combination, double C…alas under devastating corporate losses due to Covid 19. Don’t worry…we will return with the Lion’s roar, raw! Right now all the Singapore banks and essential corporations are still open for business, they never closed at all; restrictions easing for other companies, stores, even home-baked kway / cookies which were not allowed and the kway / cookies turned bad cuz these are freshly baked, no preservatives. Petitions were lodged. Must wear mask and sit 2 metres apart at hawker / food centres etc etc…
The other day I went to my usual NTUC supermarket and a line formed outside, so I thought just to limit the number going in; but at the entrance a girl pointed the thermal scanner at my forehead and scanned my Pioneer card or any ID will suffice; lo and behold, the girl said 36.3; I repeated 36.3…she said loudly, very healthy; haw haw smiled and thanked her! I’ve taken Singapore’s freedom of where I can go as a right of way; suddenly it dawned on me wah ! whaz zis zhis…but grateful. ๐
My first use of *carnage was about the Orlando massacre of 49 gay people; then later spoken by the President…’American carnage’. That’s why I said, *carnage has come home to roost, from a long way. ๐
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Aha, Adam likes Light at the End of the Tunnel … oki dok this is for you Adam Lambert !
https://twitter.com/i/status/1257836193313468417
I see light…drowning out all the shadows…just fight
You’re not alone…
I see light…at the end of the tunnel…just fight…
https://youtu.be/cTsmXbRNmSI
By Mediacorp Singapore
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Hello hello CNN Fan ! ni hao ไฝ ๅฅฝ !
I just heard you use *ad hoc on CNN Tonight.
I somehow felt you would be the one to pick it up cuz like I said before, you’re sharp and hot on my heels; you have reused it aptly in regard the Covid *ad hoc ppe procurement.
Okay mine:
‘…I have not socialised for many years, mostly alone at home, other than quick chats with my neighbours, grocery store people, taxi-drivers, *ad hoc; but I don’t feel strange being on my own. I reach out to people… also connect with my online Fans who track the vocabulary I use in my poems and stories; this was started by my CNN Fan and now others are jumping onto my toot-toot caravan.’ ๐๐๐
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The Light song lyric (above) … The word ‘drowning’ is strong; relates to the fearful ‘drowning’ by Covid infected people who can’t breathe; also, the stark message : just fight !
Rest in Peace people who have left to touch the face of God.
I found this tucked away in my story files, it struck a chord with the present dire straits of the Covid pandemic; the world fighting tooth and nail to keep above water or drown in one’s own fluid in the lungs.
Bert and Saul were on their way to distribute boxes of food to those living on pavements by the roads, in makeshift tents and cardboard boxes. They were driving along a secluded road and suddenly a dark figure rushed across the road in the path of their car. Screeeech…! The tyres came to an abrupt halt. Saul got out immediately to see if the person got hurt. The youth dashed off to the opposite side of the road and disappeared into a cluster of slum houses. Thank goodness, nothing happened but Bert said they should go there to distribute the boxes of food as the slum looked dilapidated and poor. Saul agreed and Bert drove into a narrow dimly-lit mushy lane. Suddenly, Saul caught sight of the youth again and told Bert perhaps they should check him out. He seemed to be clutching a bundle tightly to his chest. Bert stopped the car and Saul got out.
Hello! Good evening, you need help? Saul called out from a distance. The young man turned, without responding and walked off deeper into the slum.
Bert thought perhaps they should continue with what they had set out to do; distribute food to the poor and needy. Saul and Bert handed out a lot of boxes, about two hundred, containing delicious home-cooked meals prepared by Saul and Bert who are very good cooks. The boxes contained different combinations of pasta, meat burgers, vegetables, banana, tomato, even dessert like jelly, fruit, and styrofoam cups of hot coffee as the weather was extremely cold.
As they were moving around the dilapidated slum, Saul spotted the youth again running frantically with the bundle he was clutching. Bert knew there was something not quite right; decided to accost him; especially wanted to know what was in the bundle.
Hey! Stop! We want to help you! Bert yelled at the top of his lungs; as we know he’s got a booming voice. Something fell out of the bundle and the young man swiftly picked it up but this time he didn’t run off; perhaps he could feel Bert and Saul genuinely wanted to help him.
What’s in the bundle you are holding? Bert politely inquired.
The guy started sobbing and opened up the bundle.
Nooooo!…gasped Bert and Saul. It was a lifeless puppy!
I’m Rego, my puppy got run over by a car as it was looking for me. I always took him with me but this evening I was in a rush as I was late for work and so left him at home alone. Bert and Saul looked petrified at the sight of the bleeding puppy.They were at a loss as to what to do even though they have a lot of experience with dogs. Then Saul noticed twitches in the unconscious puppy’s struggling closed eyes.
Bert, I think it’s still alive! Bert and Saul immediately took Rego and his bundled-up puppy into their car and raced down the street like an ambulance ferrying a dying patient to hospital.
At the animal clinic, the vet immediately fixed an oxygen mask to the puppy’s mouth and administered CPR to revive its faint heartbeat. Meanwhile, Bert and Saul waited with tense Rego outside. After 20 minutes of expert intensive treatment, the vet said he did all he could, now it was just up to the puppy. Rego stood by his beloved puppy watching it anxiously, and then saw a movement in Bobby.
Bobby ! …Rego whispered into its little erect ears. Rego bundled it up again to keep it warm and radiated a smile for the first time.
Bert and Saul paid a nominal fee to the vet, thanked him for the timely rescue. They drove Rego back to the slum area, his home, and handed him the last two remaining boxes of food; one for Rego and one for Bobby.
Rego called out and waved thankfully as Bert and Saul drove off… Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Take care Rego!...with a broad smile and thumbs up. ๐ถ๐
Aha, Pharaoh is civic-minded, he moves 1.5 metres away Skips one seat from Jelly haw haw Pharaoh, why do you need to make a circle before you plop down I’ve seen this even on Daddy’s bed like sniffing and circling ๆฉไธๅฅฝ jow sarng hao good morning Lam-My Well, I want to ring-fence my territory, so no one can invade it Owooooh ! I see, everything is territorial, animal instinct, humans, too You glanced at Jelly and then turned away…you don’t like her? She’s okay, my only companion right now Hi Jelly ! Do you like Pharaoh ? Oh yes, he’s adorable and a fast runner, not easy to dominate You both don’t know how fortunate you are in this lock-down crises So well-groomed, tufts of golden fur…showered with love So Jelly, have you perfected sticking your tongue out to sing like Uncle Adam No, I finally realise no one can out-sing Uncle Adam Owooooh ! ๐๐๐ฆบ๐ก
Lam-My 16 May 2020
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By the way, when I watched Live the Solar Eclipse from my balcony on 26 Dec 2019 the Covid pandemic already started; whoa ! sign from the sky; the moon blocks the sun almost in entirety leaving a ring of fire; in ancient mythology it spells catastrophe…a monster is eating up the sun.
This is what I saw from my balcony 26 Dec 2019 12 noon – Solar eclipse / coincides with start of Covid 19…on hindsight.
I could see it spectacularly only when the sun is blocked so the glare is less damaging to my naked eyes.
I just heard on CNN… ‘ Four-star Army General Perna at the Rose Garden called the effort to develop a vaccine by the end of the year a “Herculean task” on Friday. ‘
Looks like my Trump-Writer Fan likes strong words; yes *Herculean fits above context to a T ! All the best to your *Herculean endeavour !
Well, here is part of my longer poem : Olympics 2016
Good heavens ! he clinches the Butterfly Gold! Beating not one but 3 Champs in a row Looking quite dazed on the podium Joseph pulls off a super *Herculean for Singaporeans In a decisive win, by a body-length distance He came, he saw, he left, a Gold Olympian !
Bert and his beloved dog were out on a jog. Trip trip trip across the bridge overlooking a chasm. Pharaoh trotted briskly keeping close to his Daddy on the narrow winding path.
Daddy, someone is following us… Really? I don’t see anything. A long shadow was noticeable, could be cast by a tree as evening shadows are long.
Daddy, the shadow is dancing… What? Phara, are you okay? Ooooeeh…Pharaoh continued whimpering. All right, I’ll check it out.
Wham! Something dropped from atop a precipice…A net ! They were trapped ! whoa ! Whiioo! Whiioo ! The chieftain blew his whistle…a group of natives emerged from the chasm labyrinth. They formed a circle around Bert and Pharaoh who sensed imminent danger and started trembling.
They struggled but the more they did that, the tighter the noose got. Where did these wild natives come from, this day and age…About ten of them dragged the net and it was barbaric like a scene from the movies. Pharaoh was shivering head to toe; Bert tried to keep calm while being prodded into the dark chasm; the only light source was through rock fissures where water was also seeping down. Ooooeeh…Pharaoh gave out a whimper of fear.
All of a sudden…Pooom ! Pooom !…a large well-camouflaged reptilian lifted its head which was earlier thought to be a rock by Bert. It started spewing sparks and smoke from its mouth, irritated by the commotion…A dragon ! Bert too was feeling jittery now.
Aarrrgh ! Pooooh ! The natives’ dragon threw a tantrum, storming around…To appease it, they hurled chunks of meat to feed it. The narrow chasm was shrouded in smoke and darkness, almost zero visibility except for the twilight seeping through. Bert thought this would be his only hope to freedom while the natives were tending to their dragon. Took out a sharp penknife he always carried with him on a hike…cut the net open and crawled out.
Phara Run! Pharaohdoggo understood the command Run!
Both made a dash for the ravine entrance, groping and feeling their way in the twilight. The natives hardly noticed their stealth escape.
Daddy! We better get back to the main road before they realise we are gone.
Too late…Bong Bong Bong ! The natives were hitting their gongs to alert their guards at the precipice. They soon caught up with them, threw another net from atop the precipice and recaptured them ! shouting and banging the gongs to signify their success.
Dragon came ambling out of the chasm… Pooooh ! Pooooh…! Puff their magic dragon wanted more servings of meat. What followed was abominable! The natives carried Bert and Pharaoh…lay them in front of the dragon’s mouth to serve as fodder… Waah! what now…
Bert had a flashback on Daniel in the the Lions’ den…Daniel played his harp and the lions left him alone. There was nothing else Bert could do now but to distract the dragon, its green eyes gleaming at him…in desperation, he sang for his life and Pharaoh’s…
So there I said it And I won’t apologize to you anymore Cause I’m a grown-a** man And I won’t live again And I’m sick and tired of living in your shadow So there… I said it yea…
His ethereal Vocals reverberated the chasm and soared…Dragon ambled closer to Bert, tilted its head responding to Bert’s vocals which had reached a Crescendo…Dragon looked and listened…At this juncture, the natives who treated their dragon like a kind of god, got together and decided this was a good *omen ! Bert and Pharaoh were set free… ๐ค๐๐
~ 30 Nov 2018
p/s Maybe Bert didn’t smell raw enough to be eaten… ah, but his Vocals impressed even a dragon. By the way, Adam responded to my story on a Snapchat video depicting some black ravens on a tree with the word OMEN ! on it. ๐
People are getting restless and desperate For some tete-a-tete escapade On the beach, at the mall, a leap of faith A free fall at your own risk
Pharaoh and Jelly on the other hand ๐️๐๐๐ฆบ Romping friskily on Adam’s sprawling land Meanwhile Adam Lambert is funding his FS Foundation Proceeds to render LGBTQ Covid
As for me, alone at home contemplating Waiting for the coast to clear before further venturing… CNN Fan, Trump Writer, 4-Star Herculean General, Dr Fauci, picking my vocabulary Incentivise my poetry and story writing on anything under the sun
Doctors, nurses, covered from 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 say a final goodbye to those in their last dying moments As virologists, scientists tirelessly spearhead a vaccine
CNA Adam Bakhtiar reports Corporate carnage The jingle ‘Singapore Airlines you're a great way to fly’ that I grew up with Echoes its knell in silence on the tarmac But silver-lining, golden butterfly Joseph Schooling’s 50.39s Stands resilient till next year’s Tokyo Olympics
Mighty Covid 19 now pretty much dictates… Decrees wearing mask, staying 6 feet / 2 metres apart Invisible yet so powerful Humans forced to shift their paradigms Work from home, switch to digitalisation connections
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 to procreate the human species So what are we left with…
Be that as it may, united we stand, divided we fall Quarantine, isolate, pick up the pieces, eradicate Covid ! Confront it head-on, leave no loophole for the virus to spawn Has 21st century gone wrong ? No, but I feel a turning point of no return
Back to the drawing board, rethink, reinvent A never-seen-before unknown hangs… Coronavirus spikes that fuse into human cells, replicate, suffocate Our defenceless immune system that can’t recognise its enemy 369K dead…who will lift us out of this masquerade death trap ? ๐ฆ ๐ฉบ๐๐ก️
Lam-My ~ 29 May 2020
Covid masquerade Why did this word jump out of my head Impromptu, caught me by surprise So I try to rationalise, ruminated quite a while I think it’s the mandatory mask we have to wear Liken to a masquerade party More dangerously, Covid 19 too is masquerading Corona ~ crown , spikes ~ thorns ~ crown of thorns That our immune system can’t recognise That in fact is the crux of the tragedy 6 million infected…369K deaths, never before so deadly To the 2.64 million recovered You give encouragement we will eventually defeat it Even if it mutates many years down the road Your immune system may have a little inkling how to fight it Instead of being in total fatal darkness Brings to my mind Lee Kuan Yew’s advice Follow that rainbow…if you find a grain of gold…dig it up… You who have recovered from Covid Have found and dug up your grain of gold…treasure it !
RockBiker races across the murky moor A daredevil, he waits for Dracul to settle their score A tall figure with a lean and hungry look approaches Sizes up this handsome Biker at the misty brook Yearns for a taste of his flamboyant blood Offers a goblet of red fizzling tequila Biker savours…spews it into the ether The fanged demon wastes no time…lunges Quick as lightning, Rocker fires his ultraviolet laser A smouldering purple envelopes the demon Blood shot out, his head spins …aaaarggh! Vrooom vrooom…RockBiker follows up the onslaught Comin in Hot, heaves his motorbike, directs the headlights With a deafening sonic screech! …eeeeeeek! Seeping into Dracul’s sensitive protruding ears Werewolves render reinforcement Snarling, blood thirsty fangs salivating Biker decides to take cover by the river Not so fast…Dracul regains his colour Venomous vampires with hooked talons Swarm RockBiker in an all-out siphoning Flicking his pompadour dark hair, sensing imminent danger He escapes into the chasm…Vroooom vroooom… With music to soothe the savage beast Arrives safely back at his antique mansion Dooong ! The doorbell hauntingly lingers A neatly-attired butler, named Roger emerges Opens the skull-crafted door A waft of steamed hot beef drifts to the fore Butler takes Biker’s long-tail coat Incense on the rosewood table from two fragrant candles Evokes nostalgia of his yonder lover The doorbell sounds another solitary…Dooong! Butler hurriedly opens the door Ooooh-la-la…two long-lost lovers With New Eyes, Biker gazes, touches…their secret love effloresces thereafter ๐
Lam-My ~ 4 June 2020 ~ (original July 2019 few changes)
Dooong…! doorbell lingers a third time Who could it be…but before Butler could reach the door…it flies open ! Whoozz !…a vampire Bat emerges, clutches Biker’s neck Blood-thirsty Bat starts siphoning…fresh blood oozes RockBiker flicks it off…lo and behold, its venomous fangs sink deeper Biker staggers…puts up a fight… 'I can’t breathe !' Drops onto the floor, motionless, like a sack of potatoes Butler Roger jumps to his master’s rescue…fishes out a scarlet laser Points it directly at the blood-salivating vampire It lets go of its feasting…a purple light swiftly escapes through the front door Master ! Wake up ! No reaction…Butler has to act fast before Rocker is gone forever Meanwhile, petrified Loverboy strokes Biker’s face…kisses him with a kiss of life Rocker’s New Eyes slowly open…returning from a far-off place of transience…๐️๐ฆ
My Trump Writer Fan is hot on my heels, actually it feels surreal to have a WH Fan of such high station. I just heard his use of *dominate the battlespace; like I said, he likes strong words… *carnage *herculean *dominate. Ironically, my use of *dominate regards Pharaoh, my internet dog / Adam’s dog; I said : Pharaoh is adorable, a fast runner, not easy to *dominate… 16 May 2020.
American *carnage : Spoken by the President at his 20 Jan 2017 Inauguration. *Herculean task : Spoken by 4-Star General Perna on making a Covid vaccine by Jan 2021.
I really hope, black or white…both see the light as soon as possible and I feel strongly *carnage committed, seen worldwide on air, must be addressed without a shred of doubt. ๐คจ
Our Blue Marble hanging in eternity Out in space captured from the other side of Moon By satellite – China At this moment our beloved Blue Marble is facing a crisis People all over are struggling to scrape out a living Yet there are still others who would take the life of another…why Let’s hold on together regardless…gender, creed or colour Would you strangle George Floyd if he was your brother ? I think you would let go if your brother cried : ‘I can’t breathe…’ Because your love would have screamed out loud for you to halt the murder He lost his job due to Covid 19 and had to get by… Rest In Peace George Floyd, God is with you…forever
Lam-My ~ 1️⃣0️⃣ June 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣
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I appreciate the use of words from my poems/stories by High-Level people :
1. President Trump : American *carnage in his Inauguration Speech 20 Jan 2017
And my use :
June 13, 2016 – I wrote about the Orlando massacre of 49 mainly gay men in a nightclub: ‘The attacker saw a fault-line, a crowded gay club, lax security, for him to execute maximum *carnage.’
2. Four-Star General Perna said : Manufacturing of a Covid vaccine by Jan 2021…A *Herculean task.
My poem : 2016 Rio Olympics
‘Joseph Schooling pulls off a super *Herculean for Singaporeans He came, he saw, he conquered as a Gold Fly Olympian!’
3. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper said : *dominate the battle space…(which he later withdrew) May 2020
My poem : ‘Pharaoh is adorable, a fast runner, not easy to *dominate…' (within close proximity of time)
4. Dr Anthony Fauci, American immunologist, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases used : *replicates replicating replication to explain testing regarding coronavirus. May 2020
My use : ‘Adam Lambert’s masterclass is not easy to *replicate at all…song, There I Said It…’ May 2020.
5. PM Lee Hsien Loong’s speech, 7 June 2020 : Securing Singapore’s future in a post-Covid-19 world … Among other important advice he said : *Reinvent yourself to survive…
My Covid poem 29 May 2020
Back to the drawing board, rethink, *reinvent A never-seen-before unknown hangs… ๐ 9 June 2020 Lam-My
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‘Singapore will embark on human clinical trials next week on 23 healthy individuals for a potential treatment for Covid-19.
The phase one trial, developed by Singapore-based biotechnology company Tychan, will be conducted by the SingHealth Investigational Medicine Unit and take about six weeks.
It is meant to determine the safety and effectiveness of TY027, a monoclonal antibody or immune system protein that specifically targets Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, said Tychan in a statement on Wednesday (June 10).
TY027 is being explored for the treatment of Covid-19 patients by slowing the progression of the disease and speeding up recovery, as well as potentially to provide temporary protection against infection, the company said.'
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I just posted our beloved Blue Marble (above), captured by China’s Longjiang-2 satellite from the other side of Moon; I like Adam’s a cappella; resonates the Moon mystique; I think Adam may be the only Singer able to bring out this specialty. Each time I ponder on the Blue Marble, taken in real time, it feels so surreal that we are all on it, which means we are essentially floating in space…I’m a true space alien ๐ฝ, don’t mess with me…๐
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 phenomenons, 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 Identify, block off those billions corona spikes from 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 recovery, completed human trials, manufacturing
When I watched the spectacular Solar Eclipse, 26 Dec 2019 I felt so overwhelmed, tears welled up in my eyes…moon blocked the sun, interlocked in a 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 A foreshadowing of a catastrophe ? 8.5 million infected worldwide, 4.5 million recovered, 455,000 dead… Exterminate the Covid ! Arrest it lock stock barrel, this pervasive rampant killer ! ๐๐ท๐ก
Velvet + astrology + kungflu้ฃ่ธข fei ti + Covid Handsome Adam The Stranger you are The Closer To You Cuz we want to figure out How you survive your share of ‘sand kicked in your face’ And come through On the Moon Helloo Pharaoh…do you have Superpower? Ni hao Lam-My! … Answer is no But I am surrounded by love and I scamper where I like No one stops me…would you consider that Superpower oooeeeh ๐๐ก Pharaoh, yes, Freedom is Superpower Daddy sings : I want to ride where I like…vrooom vrooom on his motorbike
Velvet is smooth and sensual Flows like the curves of the torso Are You Ready To Run…Loverboy Follow me follow me…down down down the Von Karman Crater Oooooh it’s dark and cold… Not to worry I’ll hang onto your Overglow Whiit whiit ! I’m Yutu…crawl into my rabbit hole for a galactic panorama ๐๐ Hey Yutu, have you heard of the new kungflu้ฃ่ธข fei ti flying kick… No, Lam-My, what’s it like… It’s lethal ! Got to be careful…after you execute the kungflu้ฃ่ธข fei ti, you must go hah-ha-chooo…to expel all the Covid ! Wear a mask ! ๐ท
V for Velvet…first zodiac age Aries… Thousands years before present Pisces Comin In Hot…Aquarius Each lasts 2,160 years Pisces continues to rule the heavens maybe another 60 years Till a Pitcher of Water splashes my Pisces constellation Meanwhile steer us through the Covid Catastrophic, stay home…smell the Roses With New Eyes, we’ll reign in the dawn of Aquarius By which time I would be long gone reunited with magnifique Universe ♈๐♓๐♒๐
Wah! I just saw 5 F-15SG zoom across the sky above my block of condo, roaring very low in Arrow formation; you know why, this year’s National Day 9 August can’t be held in the Stadium because of Covid distancing, so these fighter jets will be flying very low above the heartlands bringing the Singapore flag to the people; in fact they zoom past 5 times already roaring above my balcony. They’ll probably be donned up, also the usual red smoke trials. I saw a tanker plane the other day, extra big, can carry a lot of stuff like limousines or toilets as once requested for the special summit. 5 arrowhead formation fighter jets just whizzed past right above my balcony, very low, loud. Wonder if the Red Lions parachutists will drop onto our rooftop… ✈️๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ️๐ญ๐ฌ
https://youtu.be/Cily_mffF_0
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June 25, 2020 12:26 am
Thank you Juneau Blogger-in-Chief and Staff of Adam Salon for posting above video of the chinook helicopter bringing our Singapore Flag to the people. I’ve never felt so emotional cuz I see this every year for 50+ years performed at the Stadium or Padang; now it suddenly dawned on me it can be taken away just like that, due to Covid; well, since people can’t go to see the National Flag fly-past personally, then the next best thing is, It has to come to us.
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Ooooh-la-la Adam Lambert, Terrance Spencer and Johnnie Rice are back together; I saw this magnifique Trio live when they came to Singapore, Trespassing…still very gooood ! Yes, once you got it, you got it for life. Wah! Adam zi singing, moving, fashionista, always 1st class ! smooth and sexy Adam, Johnnie, Terrance. Adam is using his home turf as concert hall ! Superb ! Reinvent yes!
And Prince Pharaoh stroked by his Rock King down by the poolside haw haw!
My poem : a splurge to purge surged Now *surge has overtaken *purge, courtesy of coronavirus As the number of cases spurts…I need to find another word ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao brain, can you find a substitute for *surge That is now flooding the tv
Brain serves me a curve ball…Covid swells in waves of hell Knows no bounds, recoils up and down Nowhere to hide, in the air, on the ground, nooks and corners The lungs asphyxiate in one’s own fluid How are we going to subjugate mighty Covid Our immune system is fast asleep zzzzzzzz…wakie wakie…half a million dead Health systems, freedoms, economies in schizophrenic dichotomy ๐ฅ๐
A strange plight so uptight but Covid spurs me to write ๐ฌ✍️๐ป Young, strong people simply ignore, they want a fight Because their immune system will rise to the occasion Have you considered damage to your lung condition… Older folk better take utmost precaution as our immunity weakens
Time for me to get groceries…ๅๅคด่ง huay toh jian .. see you on return Girl at the supermarket entrance scans my pioneer card, Beeep ! My face shows up on a small computer screen, records 36.7 C ๐ก️ A voice says : your temperature is normal…welcome ! ๐ฅฌ๐ถ️
Wheeling the voluminous amount of foodstuffs in my trolley bag Across the long and winding overhead bridge, heading home I’m still averse to taking a taxi; only 8 passengers on a big sanitised bus, less risky No doubt, paranoia has set in even though only 10 new community cases; migrant workers infection in quarantine dormitories too decreases
We are now in phase 2 opening; wear mask and adhere to 1.5-metre distancing Our Government leaves no stone unturned, ensuring zero chance of a pervasive Covid re-emergence 3rd phase soon to resume, life back to normal as much as permissible Badly battered economy requires immediate rejuvenation A convoluted uphill struggle back to the top, where we were dealt a free-fall down down down
Singapore was born out of a crisis…says PM Lee HL So here we are all geared up to fight a highly-contagious deadly nemesis Manufacturing antibodies discovered from recovered patients by Singapore scientists To block the Covid protein spikes from fusing into cell membrane of the lungs and vital organs A worldwide scientific marathon feverishly working on a vaccine…shall lift us from the ashes of the killing blight of Covid 19…๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฌ๐
Howling wind, flapping curtains undulating up and down the tall stained-glass windows in Glampire’s mansion. A lot of booom booom from the sound system…right in the midst of Halloween 2017 ! Ooooh-la-la! Glampire’s close-knit Halloween camaraderi…there’s a child too!
A hissing sound from the basement cellar…someone or something was woken from its slumber; slithered, poked its head through an ajar oaken door to sneak up on the commotion. Not happy when others were enjoying in revelry, decided to put an end to the party.
All of a sudden, all the lights went out…the child started shouting; but was picked up and calmed. Glampire made a dash for the main switchboard and turned the lights back on.
Awwwww… a sigh of relief was heard from the party. Then, Glampire’s first concern :
Where is my son!
Everyone started yelling: Adani !… Come out ! Not time for hide-and-seek…they looked every nook and corner. All too familiar to Glampire, these disappearing acts lately, instantly aroused his suspicion. He made a dash for the fortified mansion front door, jumped onto his black stallion waiting outside and sped away. Wearing full black leather, only his vampire fangs gleamed in the full moonlight. He was out with a vengeance; no, not for blood. Actually, he didn’t care so much for that; he was an ethical vampire and siphoned blood with his fangs only as a last resort.
Owooooh!…Werewolves howled from the hilltop, his target destination. He knew to his bone who had abducted his precious son! It had all the hallmarks of Dracul’s demonic doing; their eternal feud and his suspicions were always right.
When Glampire got to the hilltop, he yelled at the top f his lungs, half singing half wailing: Adani…where are yooouu ? His powerful ooooo vibrato resounded from the hills to the valley. Alas! no response from his son. Glampire was really scared now, he knew Dracul was ruthless and merciless.
Kraacck ! A giant winged blood-sucker bat perched on the drooping willow tree. Lo and behold! Adani was having the ride of his life on the bat’s back!
Daddy Daddy! Come get me! The little boy called out to his Daddy.
Hold on tightly Baby!
Glampire aimed his laser weaponry at the bat’s wing. He was a sharp-shooter and made sure it would not touch even a hair of Adani’s, his top priority. Dracul gave out a cry of fury… whenever he was shot by Glampire’s infrared laser.
Arrrrggh ! And instantly shapeshifted back to his human form still clutching Adani lovingly in his arms. You see, Dracul though a vampire, adored kids and would never harm them because he had always longed for a child of his own but never succeeded in bearing one. Finally, for fear of getting another dose of that laser at his most vulnerable anatomy, his head…he left Baby Adani on the hill-slope. A wind-blown long flowing black silk cloak whizzed past, disappeared into the abyss of the dense demonic forest.
Glampire got down, rushed to get his son, carried him up and patted him all over, head to toe to make sure he wasn’t harmed.
Daddy, it was so fun riding on the bat’s back, I had a bird’s eye-view…like you always sing : Spread your wings and fly away…fly away…fly away…
Glampire Daddy was so relieved his cute son actually enjoyed the ordeal ! and came off unscathed, so brave. Soon they were back in their vampire mansion to continue their Halloween party ! ๐น๐ฆ
I wrote several poems on Rhapsody Tour 2019…these 2 pictures captured my imagination :
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A walk I have to take…the gilded throne awaits My stunning King’s coat and Q crown, fashion opulence A lot at stake with every step I make On my 5-inch shimmering platforms… Bound by duty to liberate my comrades Looking down, I contemplate… How to surmount and free LGBTQ retrograde I am here…I’m there…I have no fear With two Queen Maestros…they steer clear A pathway for the Queer We are the Champions…We will Rock you ! Do you see me…the time is ripe for me to Feel Something and Ride it ! ๐๐
Alone in Ghost Town since the passing of his closest friend, Raven… Bert was visiting Raven’s grave. It had been Another Lonely Night, one after another without him by his side. As he was meditating alone in the dark, sitting on Raven’s tombstone with the inscription My Love Raven, penned by him…he heard a faint whisper :
Hi Bert…don’t be sad, I’m in a more serene place now, no more craves which ultimately drove me to my death.
Startled, Bert looked behind the tombstone as the voice seemed to have come from there. Nothing, and then a dried leaf started moving across the tombstone. It was dark and Bert took out his torch and shone on it. Oh, it was a large red ant, carrying a big dried leaf to build its nest. Bert admired its tenacity, the leaf would be something like a strong muscled man heaving up a car, in comparison. Bert was feeling tired after driving a long distance alone to the remote graveyard. At that moment, the voice was heard again. Bert looked everywhere around the tombstone; nothing in sight. He looked further into the graveyard…a flickering dim light, like someone with a lit cigarette. The person seemed to beckon to him to come nearer…Bert’s first thoughts : Raven is back ! He got up and got nearer to see if it was indeed Raven; no…he wasn’t there. He got back and sat on the tombstone; then a shadow cast over the words, My Love Raven, that was tearfully inscribed by him when his long-time partner took his last gasp of air; he died of an overdose.
It was his weekly ritual to feel solace and Raven’s love. He walked unsteadily out of the graveyard, looking back to check for any strange sights or sounds. It was dead silence except his footsteps. He got back into his car and drove off.
Bert !…
Startled…the same voice was following him. He parked his car by the roadside and got out; took in some fresh air to calm his nerves. Swiish…a dark mass whisked across the road, almost hit by an oncoming vehicle. And then a shadow of a person glided across the trees lining the road. It seemed to be wearing a big hat with two long quills, had a white beard and two long plaits. As another passing vehicle’s headlights shone at it, the figure appeared to be waving at him ! Bert wiped his eyes and looked again. Yes, it was still there. He waved back, being the responsive loving person he is. The supposed ghost disappeared and never accosted Bert again. Was that Raven trying to console him…Bert cried, as he did love Raven a great deal but he finally thought it was time to let go…
Lam-My ~ 21 July 2020 ~ (2 Nov 2015 ~ updated)
(Graveyard photo by : Bliznetsov...Fordham Law News)
Ooooh-la-la Pharaoh basking, haw haw…I like the luxuriant purple efflorescence of this tree. I recall writing about it the first time I saw it in Adam’s Garden of Eden.
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Pharaoh sphinx…you look so blissful amid a worldwide pandemic.
ๆฉไธๅฅฝ jow sarng hao Lam-My…yea you got it right, so blissful…what’s a pandemic?
It’s a long long story, Pharaoh, you just continue giving your special love to your Daddy and all your caring uncles, oh, me as well ! ๐๐
Why are you always twitching your ears?
I hear little strange sounds which you can’t hear.
Has Serpentine paid you a visit?
Psssss…sss
Who is that?
Me again, Serpentine….
What do you want from me?
No, not you, I brought a juicy red apple for your Daddy Adam, owner of Garden of Eden. He is a very talented person, that’s why millions of Fans love him. But this time round, he has gotten more careful, don’t think he’ll take my juicy red apple; it got him banished from his Garden of Eden. But now he owns one, not bad, pssss…pssss…see you in worse times to come…
Away from me ! Serpentine before I trample you to pieces !
Really ? Try ! You won’t win, I got lots of tricks up my sleeves, oooops, mouth, from which I spew temptations that you can’t resist; want a juicy bone ?
No, not from you Serpentine…I don’t buy into your sleaze…Owooooh! Okay, maybe I’ll just give it a lick to get a bit of the taste.
Have a nice meal, if you need more, you can always count on me, Pharaohdoggo…love your beautiful fur in the sunshine…๐๐๐ก
A wavy kiss curl, a flamboyant swirl Both looking down to Feel Something To render help through his FS Foundation to LGBTQ Time stagnates, yet almost like moments ago so vibrant When these two pictures were taken First one Adam’s Velvet album which was to take off in 10 solo concerts, cancelled Second photo, New Year’s Eve of 2019…
Happy New Year Dr Handsome You look as if you are on a movie set Aha, 21st century Gatsby What are you gonna pull off next… Never a dull moment…Glambert quote As we gloat and float all over the globe On our hot-hair balloon…whiioo wheet up here Hitching a ride with Adam is mind-boggling Don’t waste time haggling Get on your feet…now that brings me To the great big feat…Chang’e-4 touching down On the unseen other side of the Moon to swoon 3 Jan Historic 1st ever moon landing on Von Karman Crater ! Also, the peanut-shape Ultima Thule NASA 1 Jan To the furthest time and space of our solar system… Brian May sending it off on his cosmo guitar But nothing compares with Adam Gatsby and Pharaohdoggo As I journey live on my Hodgepodge Poetry…๐๐๐ฃ๐
Lam-My ~ 3 Jan 2019 (original) Covid already happened, fever scans, propped up at Changi Airport ๐ฉ️๐ฃ๐ ~ 20 July 2020 ๐ท
I wrote stories and dialogues on Praying-mantis and lo and behold Adam came up with this Praying-mantis Snapchat, which suddenly dropped into my archives: 2017
Adam’s voice :
https://youtu.be/qGlmvUsgX6c
https://youtu.be/G5Wc4E6Ep4c
Helloo let me in…helloo zhiiiiii…
Who is that?
Me, praying-mantis, you know, Lam-My’s favourite insect friend.
What do you want from me?
Well, I’ve come to deliver a message from my colony.
What colony?
It’s very close-by your home on the hill…I always ogle at you as you run with your dog; what’s its name er…just at the tip of my tongue…ya, Pharaoh. Hey, I like you a lot, you’re such a gentleman but Pharaoh, not so much. He killed my friend Greg! So sad, I pined for Greg a long time. He was always there for me and I love his haunting song day and night.
Awww, really sorry about that; actually Pharaoh is a very well-behaved dog; I think he was in a bad mood.
It’s okay, I found a new Cricket to be my soulmate; she sings like crazy vibrating and twirling her wings.
So what’s the message?
Well, our queen has laid a whole new batch of eggs which just hatched and we are throwing a big party. We, her loyal underlings are going all out to invite as many guests as possible. Straight away, I thought of you because I’ve heard you sing ‘Find me somebody tooooo loove ! and my queen would certainly love that, now that she has to mate again…zhiiiiiii !
Adam: Okay, I’ll come! Can I bring a date?
Sure! except Pharaoh.
But he’ll be all alone at home and I never leave him all by himself. I take him wherever I go.
Reluctantly : Oookay then; just make sure he doesn’t kill any of my friends. He seems quite adverse to mantises. Come, follow me…
Pharaoh, we’ve been invited to a praying-mantis party.
Praying-mantis ! Owoooh ! Isn’t it the one that hides and irritates me, in the bush?
And so Pharaoh followed his Daddy with Praying-mantis leading the way to its colony; Mantis praying all the time. Pharaoh was well-behaved and didn’t kill anyone. Praying-mantis’ prayers were answered. * * * * * * * * * * * * * After the party :
So what happened at the praying-mantis party? Did the stoic one give any trouble?
Oh no, the stoic one was in tip-top behaviour but I had to stop his urges when he grrrrrrrr at those myriad tiny cute mantises hatching from their cocoons. I like their triangular faces, alert big eyes. And those legs when outstretched are twice the length of its body.
Where was the mantis colony?
You have seen the place before…the one where Pharaoh stopped to examine the bush and grrrrrrrr on Runyon hill, close-by my home. ๐ฆ๐๐ถ♂️
Lam-My: You must be living in your new residence now…bet it’s humongous; well, you’ll probably let us in a bit later; actually, Adam, you can take your time, your safety comes first; times are changing, hanging in the balance.
็ฑไฝ ็ๆญๅฃฐ ai ni der ger sherng … love your singing voice
็ฑ ai / love .. ไฝ ็ ni der / your .. ๆญๅฃฐ ger sherng / singing voice
Lam-My ~ 27 July 2020 ~ (Original Oct 2017)
p/s My last sentence seems quite prophetic… ‘times are changing, hanging in the balance.'
Praying Mantis Kung-Fu by 133art on deviantart.com
Hey Pharaoh, you are so alert ! What made you turn so abruptly…
ๆฉไธๅฅฝ jow sarng hao Lam-My, good morning my internet aunty…๐ I heard a strange sound; well Daddy is driving his dashing open-top so I can pick up even the wind with my antenna ears. Maybe Daddy is making those chit-chit sound to attract my attention.
You are looking so healthy; at this point in time, health is of utmost importance, or fall prey to dear friend mighty Covid.
Who is Covid?
Aya ya ya it’s better you not know, you should be able to kill it dead; it’s not interested in dogs, it loves humans because they have no clue how to exterminate it, and even if they do, it mutates; the whole debacle wreaks havoc.
Hey Pharaoh, I notice Daddy put a safety leash on you so you can’t stand up on the dashboard or put your head out of the car
Yeah, then I can feel things simply whizz past…oscillating in orbit !
You haven’t been to your favourite haunt, Runyon Canyon to run run run…
No, Daddy feels it’s not so safe, like you just explained. I’m okay but he needs to take extra precaution of his God-given resonance chamber.
Wah ! Pharaoh, that’s deep; no wonder you say you’re a big boy now and can fend for yourself.
Not only fend for myself, I have to take care of my Daddy, at times, he gets real lonely and I’m there to give him love always…it’s a win win you know, I get my munchy marrow on a silver platter…Owoooh! ๐ก๐๐
Wah ! Pharaoh, you might have beaten your Daddy in handsomeness haw haw ! maybe by just 0.001 point. Your flare-out antenna ears and big round eyes seal the deal.
่ฐข่ฐข sair sair internet aunty from the opposite side of the world. My Daddy is very handsome and talented and takes extremely good care of me. Looove him owoooh!
How do you know your Daddy is handsome and talented?
I love his face and smell, and his voice chut chut, means he’s got something for me to explore; that’s why you say I’m alert, I’m trained owoooh ! My favourite is run run run on the canyon and you ask where am I going? Nowhere but so free, run wherever I like, I know the Runyon road like the back of my hand er paw; lately not so much, we stay at home.๐๐ก๐
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.
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. ๐ต...๐ถ๐ถ♂️
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, shows how far and high the free fall, without opening up the parachute. ๐ฉ️๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช
ๅจ ! ๅคงๅฎถๅฅฝ (ๅจ hi ! ๅคงๅฎถ da jiah everyone, ๅฅฝ hao good)...Truck and Roll is trundling back, round and round, up and down the winding road... ✈️๐๐๐๐
Truck and Roll go go go On with the show…we merrily follow Skies and seas, up and down winding roads From west to east, north to south These Maestros are tough, made of sterner stuff Ringing in a new dawn, a new day, a new tableau What will they bring the morrow Brian’s cosmo guitar squeals wheeoo…wheeooo Roger’s multi drums stir up a classic brew Booom booom pah ! Booom booom pah ! We Will… We Will Rock you… ! Prof Spike at the keyboards ready to spew In sync with Neil on bass guitar at every cue Tyler stomps in, his low drums encapsulate the arena Enter all-time Glam Rocker ! rolls out the Queen menu With mettle of steel, cuts the deal at his zenith Yeeah ee Yeeah .. on with the Showoooo ! all vocal cylinders fire on his 5-inch heels ! Lift off !๐ฅ
Lam-My ~ 19 Aug 2020 Updated ~ (Original June 2018)
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Wah ! Adam’s house is one big theatre, main prop himself, multi-faceted wardrobe, he even has a standby proficient cameraman, Terrance; maybe he’s getting ready for something ! I like this combination, stupendous !
Well well, yep, 11.5 long and winding years; Adam never stopped, now, he and Queen have no choice…Covid. Lay me down in darkness, tell me what you see… I have seen it all from AI 2009 Mama to present round-the-world efflorescence Mama, on live streams and videos. Thank you so much all involved bringing them to millions around the world, so clear, spectacular, on the very day of each show. My fast and furious marathon writing, city to city, QAL, 9 years now; still not quite done, they are Opening Rock In Rio 2021. Now do you understand why I call them 3 Maestros and their Tip-top Team of engineers, fashionistas, drivers, cooks, security, logistics; mind-boggling ! providing food for the soul.
Mama AI 2009 and Mama Queen and Adam Lambert Rhapsody Tour 2019
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The Show Must Go on - Padang City Hall Parliament Place - 17 Sept 2016 Singapore
https://youtu.be/Y6zdYcCyV-Y
When Queen and Adam Lambert performed The Show Must Go On at the Padang, 17 Sept 2016, it instantly struck a chord; it fitted City Hall / Parliament Place / Padang so starkly. It was here that the British Flag was lowered right in front of City Hall steps and in its place the Japanese Flag was raised after the infamous Surrender of Singapore 1942. 3 years of hell ensued, that took the unarmed innocent lives of 50,000, under the Japanese occupation. Singapore was returned to the British at the end of WW2 1945; also rectified at City Hall / Padang; after the dropping of 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans. 144 years later, Singapore finally stood on her own 2 feet – Independence in 1959. Lee Kuan Yew fought without a single bullet; secured Singapore’s total Freedom from the British in stages. He fought tooth and nail as a double-starred Upper Honours Lawyer from Cambridge, against the Queen Counsel at their Supreme Court, so eloquent and powerful, they finally granted Independence in stages. Now, you see why The Show Must Go On fitted so elegantly and powerfully when Queen and Adam performed it at the Padang. Ironically, the Queen of England granted Singapore’s Independence and Queen sort of bring it to full circle. 55 years have passed and today, we are still fighting for The Show To Go On; there is no two ways about it, mighty Covid confronts us at the crossroads ! Take the wrong turn and many will perish but Lee Hsien Loong and his Team of Experts have so far kept the deaths very low, 27 to date in spite of the fact we have 56000+ infections, mostly migrant workers quarantined in dormitories; community cases down to about 5 per day for past few months. Singapore government has so far spent over $100 billion to save collapsing businesses and those in dire needs, ongoing. Changi Airport is cautiously flying to some agreed connected destinations. Adam Lambert’s documentary The Show Must Go On fits him to a T as he too struggled to get back on his feet each time he fell. For Singapore, it’s not a Show, not a Pantomime, it’s life and death, one critical wrong move, that’s all it takes, but we never give up, it’s a Sing trait.
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…
You! What are you staring at? Do you know who I am?
Er er your majesty Emperor Maximus, this is my Daddy! He is playing you in the movie. My name is Pharaohdoggo, my Daddy rescued me from the shelter. Don’t be so fierce !
All right, you seem like a very alert doggo.
Wham! Bam! What’s that noise?
We are Emperor Maximus’ bodyguards! Pharaohdoggo ! We’ll catch you by your doughnut tail ! for not bowing to our Emperor! Stop staring at him!
Ooooeeh! Daddy! Save me!
Pharaoh ! Run !
Guards ! Catch him by his doughnut tail, he’s a very swift runner.
Wheeee…fly away…fly away…fly away…thud ! Where am I ?
ๅพไน ๆฒก่งๅฐไฝ ไบ hern jui mei jian dow ni ler / long time no see you already
็ๅ ! Yutu…? Now I’m safe on zi Moon…those Emperor guards can’t get me finally!
Not so fast you whimsy basenji !
Pharaoh ! ๅฟซ่ท่ฟๆ็ๅ ๅญๆด kwai pow jin wor der too-zi doong !
( ๅฟซ kwai / quick .. ่ท pow / run .. ่ฟ jin / into .. ๆ็ wor der / my .. ๅ ๅญ too-zi / rabbit .. ๆด doong / hole) ๐๐๐
Daaaady! Catch me ! I’m f..f..faaall-ling…
Pharaoh! wakie wakie! we’re going for a nature ramble around our new vicinity…
Uff uff…Don’t mess with me Maximus !…my Daddy will get you good and proper !
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 ! ๐
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 ! ๐ฝ๐ซ
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 ! ๐๐ซ
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 ๐๐…๐
2️⃣4️⃣ Nov 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ
Covid chimes a deadly dirge ๐ 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 ๐ฅ๐๐ฅฃ PM Lee once said on tv…if any country can survive Covid, it’s Singapore He made good on his promise !
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.
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. ๆญๅๅฆ 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.
๐๐ 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.
้ๅธธๅผบๅคง็ๆๅ !
(้ๅธธ fei charng / very .. ๅผบๅคง chiang da / powerful .. ๆๅ cherng goong / successful)
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 ๐ No family, no friend by their side ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ Virologists, scientists, doctors tirelessly work on a vaccine Yes finally ! a life-saver Vaccine shines a ray of light on our destiny ๐
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 ๐♂️
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 ๐ช️
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 ? ๐ท
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 ๐ญ 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...๐ฐ️ 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 ! ๐ก๐งฟ๐ค
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. ๐คข๐ท
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 ! ๐
Dr Wen and Dr Choo … my Chinese kin. ๐
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. ๐
The Light By Singapore Mediacorp Singers / Song Writers
Waah ! Chang'e 5 return-capsule streaks through the night sky bringing its priceless cargo of moon soil / rocks home to Beijing. Many helicopters and vehicles spread out to search the huge wide snow-covered grasslands of Inner Mongolia / China. Yes ! they found their return-capsule intact nicely landed in the snow. They were awed ! Billions-year-old moon soil / rocks that actually flew from outer-space into their backyard !
I tried to follow the convoluted procedures of docking and undocking of the 4 components of Chang'e 5 orbiter, lander, ascender, returner. Goodness me ! my brain got all entangled; so many times they join and separate and join again and separate. This one is dramatic, after the ascender carrying the moon soil/rocks blasted off from the lander on the moon, to dock with the orbiter circling the moon, unloaded its moon collections, to be stored in the return-capsule, was commanded by Beijing control to smash into the moon so as not to leave any space junk floating around that may hinder future explorations, their next probes Chang'e 6,7,8. The final separation was between the return-capsule and orbiter, 5,000 km above earth, before touching down in Inner Mongolia / China.
ๆญๅไธญๅฝ ! goong si zhongguo .. Congratulations China ! You are going to lead us through 21st Century !
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CCTV Scientists opened the return capsule of China’s lunar probe Chang’e-5 in Beijing on Saturday 19 Dec 2020 morning and took out the lunar samples container.
Cathartic words from Adam and he too jumps onto our *light at the end of the tunnel tooot tooot train...
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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 ๐ Amid a run-amok wild Covid pandemic ๐
Lam-My ~ 12 Dec 2020
Wah ! Adam’s *bough note goes into overdrive right onto the next phrase…
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. ๐ฅฐ
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 ! ๐
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 :
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 ๆฐๅนดๅฟซไน we shall catch a dream ๐
Lam-My ~ 3 Jan 2021
๐ฅ Senior staff Nurse Sarah Lim first to be vaccinated in Singapore
https://youtu.be/mSPvVfEw2ho
๐ก The Light - By Singapore Mediacorp Singers / Song Writers
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 ! ๐๐ท
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 …
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. ๐
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Year of the Ox ~ Chinese New Year 12 Feb 2021 ๐ ๆฐๅนดๅฟซไน ! sun neen fai lok (Cantonese)
(ๆฐๅนด sun neen / New Year .. ๅฟซไน fai log / happy)
๐ Hey there Pharaoh! Long time no see; I rarely hear you bark.
ไฝ ๅฅฝ 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 ๆณ่็ 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 ๆณ่็ fa lao warng ? ๐๐
No clue whatsoever ooooeeh!
https://twitter.com/i/status/1349475785204228098
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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 ๐๐ encircled the vast snow-covered grasslands…Home sweet home ๐ after a 23-day whirlwind moon excavation, bringing home billion-year-old invaluable moon soil, rocks all the way from outer space ๐!
๐ฆ 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.
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My favourite Chinese song by late Teresa Teng…most prolific Taiwanese Singer. This line keeps popping into my brain : ๅจๅช้ jai na li / where .. ๅจๅช้ jai na li ่ง่ฟไฝ jian guo ni .. (่ง่ฟ jian guo / saw / ไฝ ni / you)
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 … ็่่ ไฝ ็ฌๅพ็่่
(็ tian / sweet .. ่ mi / honey .. ไฝ ็ฌ ni seow / you smile .. ๅพ de / begets .. ็่่ 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. ๐๐ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuopTuxWQAAtxXH?format=jpg&name=large
Wah ! Close up ! Hey Pharaoh, your Dracula fangs are so white and clean, ah but they don’t siphon bloood ๐. 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…!
๐๐๐ As water under the bridge rolls on ๐ 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
Wah ! NASA Rover Perseverance is 20 metres from the surface of Mars…selecting a spot to land, lowered by a Skycrane !
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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 ๅคฉ้ฎไธๅท / Tianwen-1 circling Mars orbit, shows Tianwen-1 beaming live back to Beijing ground control as Mars comes into view !
้ๅธธๆผไบฎ，ไธ็ไธๆต ! .. fei charng peow liang , shir jie e lieu !
(้ๅธธ fei charng / very .. ๆผไบฎ peow liang / beautiful .. ไธ็ shir jie / world .. ไธๆต e lieu / first class)
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Perseverance ! ๅคฉ้ฎๅฐ็ซๆ ,ไธๆฅไบ ! Tianwen reaches Mars , coming down…
(ๅคฉ้ฎ Tianwen .. ๅฐ dao / reaches .. ็ซๆ huor seeng / Mars .. ็ซ huor / fire .. ๆ seeng / star .. ไธๆฅไบ siah lai ler / coming down ..ไธ siah / down .. ๆฅไบ lai ler / coming)
ๅคฉ้ฎ 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 : ้ฎๅคฉ mun teen (reversed, ้ฎ mun / ask .. ๅคฉ teen / sky), which literally means ask the sky; it means she did not know the answer so ask the sky. ๐
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Photos, Adam Lambert on Instagram, hiking with Pharaoh :
ReplyDeletePhoto Oct 30, 2018 - @AdamLambert at the #BohemianRhapsody premiere in New York.
@AdamLambert has arrived #BohemianRhapsody
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Click on very short clip.
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@AdamLambert during his Wicked days!
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ReplyDeleteI am not attuned to witches riding on brooms nor familiar with the Wicked musical. It got very good reviews from theatre experts when it was staged in Singapore for two weeks, I recall. The local media interviewed the actor who played Fiyero.
ReplyDeleteOkay, now I'll write a story about a broom ghost. lwl!
It was 3am, everyone was fast asleep; it seems 3am is when the spirits roam the streets. In a remote village household, something started moving; a broom which stayed in the corner of the house when not in use.
The broom seemed bent on tidying up the house and started sweeping the floor and verandah. After its chore, the broom jumped daintily out into the nearby wooded area. At this point, dogs started howling Owoooooh...Some people believe dogs' eyes can see far beyond human eyes, even into the spirit realm.
Broom hopped further into the wooded area and a dim light beamed from behind a tree. Owoooooh...more dogs howled.
Then a whisper...Meili...Meili! Broom got alerted and seemed to respond to the call, hopped towards it. A little old lady sat behind a tree; she was sobbing as if looking for something she had lost but couldn't recover. And then, Broom started hopping up to the little old lady...lo and behold, it rested on her arm and started tapping lightly to and fro. The lady stopped sobbing as if comforted by Broom.
Meili! Are you there?
Broom hopped up and down around the little old lady who finally gave a demure smile.
Meili, I miss you so much since you've been gone; why must you be taken from me at such a young age; you're all I have.
The next morning, the household people searched high and low looking for their broom but to no avail. The house owner muttered: Why would anyone steal a broom?
That's because it's a new broom...you know, sister, new broom sweeps clean.
And they laughed it off.
That following night...Broom started hopping back to her house and as usual swept the floor at 3am; this time a little old lady sat on the verandah watching Broom going about her chores, no more sobbing, a smile on her face. ๐⛺
Lam-My
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ReplyDeleteLucifer 2018...vs...Moosifer 2013
I named the latter Moosifer because it reminded me of a moose but Moosifer has been relegated to Lucifer in 2018.
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Actually I still have a soft spot for Moosifer...like he's searching for something...Lucifer found that something. lwl! ๐ฆ๐ฆ
By the way 1 November 1962, my Baptism, finally arrives safe and sound.๐ฃ๐
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Happy All Saints Day Lam-My!
So you are a saint?
Well, I don't feel I'm a saint
But Sister Marie, Nun, my convent school Principal
Chose All Saints Day for me to be Baptised
I recall her saying: Everyone can be a saint!
At that tender age of 13, I didn't want to be one
Cuz the Saints I studied, went through immense sufferings
But there was this little humble girl, St Theresa
She didn't do anything spectacular
She just offered all her pains due to ill health to God
And prayed and showed love and kindness
Especially to those in pain and suffering
Okay, Happy Halloween / All Saints Day to you Pharaohdoggo!
Lam-My... 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ ๐๐ณ
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ReplyDeleteWaaah! Adam has gone super wild, his Halloween has just begun wheeooo wheeeet...
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Red Devil's face is pocked with crimson rubies
The face that launches a thousand ships
Now launches fire in the labyrinth
A serpent's double-tongue flickering
Scouring the abyss to catch
An unsuspecting prey some enchanted evening
Dangling on a huge hook...what could that be
Let me consult my All Saints crystal-ball
Yeeaah, someone is flapping his wings
Halloween King yearns for a twilight fling
Find meeee somebodyy tooooo-o-o loove...to love-ove...Chiaang!
Lam-My
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Good morning Adam and Friends...today is All Souls Day 2 Nov. Happy All Souls Day to loved ones departed to touch the face of God or simply reunite with Universe from where we all originated.
ReplyDeleteAha, Adam retweeted for more ghost stories. I'm going to relate some unexplained real ghost situations.
I attended a year-long art course conducted by a very artistic local potter, Mr Sng; the class consisted of 20 of us. While showing us how to make those clay pots using the layer/pinch method and the spinning-wheel method, he would talk a little on the procedure, like getting the pots fired in a kiln. Here is where the ghost comes in lwl!
Mr Sng said he needed to come back at times, 3am to switch off the kiln lest the pots get over-fired. Once, some years back, he said he came back to the basement art department to switch off the kiln. Lo and behold, he heard someone whistling outside the room; thought nothing of it because other lecturers also came back in the early hours to complete their work; you know how artists work, at very odd times when a brain-wave strikes.
He left the art room after switching off the kiln and decided to find out who the plausible colleague could be, whistling. Well, nobody was anywhere to be seen; maybe he had gone off, he surmised, but it was just minutes ago. Anyway, he left. Mr Sng then elaborated the old college building was used to house prisoners during WW2 and they were left to die there. He then said other lecturers had also heard strange noises when they came in after midnight.
By the way, I did rather well for the art course, learnt a lot from the art masters first hand. My two pots and the silkscreen fabric I printed 2m by 2m, butterfly motif, were displayed in the art gallery outside. Mmm wonder if those whistling ghosts liked them. ! ๐๐ฝ✔๐
Now, this next situation happened directly to me. I was half conscious, half sleeping, past midnight. A very heavy weight kept pressing on my body. My subconscious tried to flick it off; aware something was trying to usurp my body. So I started pushing it away with all my strength but the weighty thing wouldn't leave. Finally I used both my arm and legs to kick it off and suddenly woke up.
Well, you may say it was just a dream; okay accepted, but I've never felt this sort of thing pressing on me before as if trying to get into my body, relentlessly.
After I woke, it made me realise it could be my neighbour's spirit, late school principal, lying in the coffin at the funeral-wake at the void-deck downstairs. By the way, his room is just above mine (condo); he might have lost his way or thought I was his wife. A couple of days later, his funeral procession left the condo for the last time...burial. I waved from my balcony a final farewell to Mr Lee, my 30-year next door neighbour. ๐๐ป๐
ReplyDeleteAdam is having a whale of a time flapping those devil's wings.
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ReplyDeleteWhoa!! His latest Halloween costume is on another level .... very clever!!
You're welcome Rosemary! This Halloween Adam really went wild, almost unrecognisable! Having a whale of a Halloween, his favourite festival...and I got caught up writing fast and furious about his imaginative fashionable makeup and fashion; fire in the eyes and fire in the sky...yeeaah!
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ReplyDeleteHalloween is just round the corner, once again but for now...Velvet Side A, 4th Album is making waves as seen on this billboard from Adam's luxurious car, while driving in LA.
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At the traffic lights...not bad!
Hey look at that dog hanging on the billboard
Oh, he's everywhere now, very famous dog, you know
Adopted from a shelter...now lives like a prince haw haw
Sure fits this adage...every dog has its day...
He's better-off than real kids...his Daddy dotes on him like mad
Good morning Pharaoh Sphinx! Your golden fur glimmers in the wind
Soft and smooth as Velvet...
Lam-My
Awww Pharaoh, you feel not quite your bubbly self; don’t be sad, bet you miss Cousin Hazel; it’s okay, you’ll soon be back to normal, prancing around, catching grasshopper and let’s see if Serpentine pays you a slithery visit. Oh, Yutu says : Pharaohdoggo…come jump on my moon, come by the back door not the front…I’ve made a track for you to follow to my crater; we can practise hing-sun kungfu; wheeee…plop ! moon landing whio wheet ! Daddy Javi loves you so much…
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I was wondering what Adam was doing...oh, they are dramatising a song and the lady has to guess the title, she doesn't hear the music...very funny !
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Was he flying on this? Safe or not...Daddy be careful ooooeeh! ๐๐๐️
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ReplyDelete@AdamLambert and Javi as 18th century vampires for #Halloween, by @Creativesharka!๐
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Well well ! Dracula must be turning in his coffin to see Glampire's handsome lover.
A new twist to my first Glampire vs Count Dracula feud...2011 > 2019
Adam the euphoric Glampire
Count Dracula requires a squire
A classy opponent to conspire
You are worthy for the hire
Hope nothing bloody transpires
At his castle quagmire
Glampire starts a-winding
Up the willowy hill-road reclining
Two pristine horses galloping
Trip trot…trip trot…over the bridge
A sinister full moon shimmering
When his gilded carriage rolls in with a swing
Count Dracula is ready for the sting
Werewolves howl at the castle brink Owooooh!
Dracula offers a bloody effervescent drink
Pop Rock King bursts into a twilight sing
Yeeaah e yeeaah ! on with the show..ooo !
His sonic Superpower sends vampire bats fluttering
Dracula attacks…plunges his fangs into Glampire’s neck
Woe betide...blood spills out of the tooth bites
Glampire fires back an infrared into the demon’s head
Rubs his skull-laser ring...a sharp pitch screeches
Twists and turns… aarrgghh! Shapeshifter shrivels
Into a headless demonic figure...flees
The blood-thirsty creature teeters...returns for vengeance
Pop Rock King sings...tooooo oo oo looove!
Lily White Snake hears her secret lover
Swiftly drops from atop the forest...constricts the demon
Evil In The Night surrenders...back into the quagmire
Glampire and his prolific Loverboy fly hand in hand on cloud 9
Don't be sad Dracula...you're a flamboyant dare-devil...
Lam-My
November 1, 2011 Original / Updated 2019
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Beautiful vocals, sure got a lot of Superpower. It seems it was the show's decision not to use the Strictly professional dancers; I think the whole performance would have notched up a lot and even inspired Adam; the dance movements would have synchronised the fierce vocals, rhythm and pulse of the song. Terrific vocals from Adam Lambert, looks so handsome.
ADAM LAMBERT @adamlambert 2h ago … #SUPERPOWER from VELVET Side A -
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Freedom yeeeeaah ! Adam hit his zenith ! .. erm er .. erm er .. erm er .. Adam’s Gal Band is super good, you know…
Hey Adam, when I heard New Eyes, I commented some time ago, it was my favourite song from Velvet, I think Superpower has usurped its throne, but a very close 2nd by a hair’s breath haw haw…
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@AdamLambert at the #PrideOfBritain awards in London tonight…
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2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ 1 Nov Happy Halloween ๐ ! Happy All Saints Day! ๐
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Adam Lambert hosted this Halloween at the Beverly Hilton 2015...
Here's my 2nd Homer story...1 Nov 2019...(new)
Homer lived alone in a shanty hut by the sea; he would go out to sea once a week and returned only after many days at sea, cuz there was nobody at home, he lived alone. One wintry night, he was sitting by his fireplace and then heard some shuffling of feet outside his hut.
Who could that be in the middle of a wintry night ? A full moon was shining through the barricaded window. Homer didn't think it could be anybody, maybe a fox scouring food which Homer would leave scraps for. Then a shadow whizzed past the window and he knew someone could be trying to get shelter from the howling wind. He got his rifle and opened the door.
Wham! a large figure pushed him to the ground. Homer cocked his rifle and fired a shot at the looming figure. He expected it to fall; Homer, an experienced sharp-shooter hunter never missed, especially at such close range.
Nothing happened, it simply disappeared. Homer got back up and examined the ground; the bullet he fired lay there which meant he had missed the looming target! He was getting quite flustered, a little scared as that creature might reappear or hiding somewhere.
Good evening Homer!
Who are you? Where are you?
I bring good tidings this wintry Halloween. You will know what it is when dawn breaks.
Homer couldn't sleep after that, with his rifle by the side of his bed...but eventually did. Dawn broke...Homer remembered what was said to him by that mysterious figure. He got up, still dark about 5 am; held tightly to his rifle and went to open the door slightly...peeked out. The sea was tranquil and the sun was rising above the horizon...so beautiful ! thought Homer who had felt this every morning of his 70 years living alone in his shanty hut close by the sea. Nothing seemed unusual or scary so he ventured out and walked along the seashore.
Then, something caught his eye; his eyesight was still clear as crystal maybe due to the fresh sea breeze and the fresh fish, his staple food which he grilled or steamed; sometimes offered to his neighbours who loved Homer and often helped him; in reality, he was not that lonely.
That brilliant object bobbing up and down about 100 metres away in the sea intrigued him tremendously. Well, as it was almost time for him to go on his usual fishing trip, he got into his 50-year-old boat which he personally built and loved and sped towards the brilliant object in the sea.
What is that? He used his harpoon to bring it closer to his speed-boat which was purring loudly in the early morning tranquility. He was as usual alone, other fishermen would come out later in the day. He tried to scoop the object with his fishing net but it was heavy and he could not get it up. Homer, a very tough experienced fisherman knew he would not be able to heave it up onto the boat; so the next best thing would be to tie it to the side of the boat and bring it back to shore.
The commotion alerted a shark which was out for a voluminous breakfast snack...circled and whacked the bulky object; Homer could see those sharp jaw teeth tearing the trunk. Lo and behold it broke in half and what Homer saw was beyond belief...priceless antique sunken treasure floated out..
Where on earth did that come from? The shark on the other hand snorted and swam off disinterested...tasteless! ๐ฆ
Lam-My ...continue
Homer started scooping up the pieces with his large fishing net and soon his speed-boat was strewn with gems, antiques, pots, plates; Oh something especially brilliant caught his attention...Wah! he exclaimed : An ancient Chinese boat-shaped gold nugget ! Homer was overwhelmed...he had literally struck gold in the middle of the ocean; gleaming, solid as a rock er gold! on the palm of his hand...This is it ! His rugged face and deep blue eyes looked up to the sky : Thank you ! Happy Halloween dear God !
ReplyDeleteOh la la la...Oh la la luuu...In the Lap of the Gods... Homer was euphoric...nothing of this enormity ever occurred to him in his 50 years at sea!
At this moment, a fishing trawler passed close-by : Ahoy! Dad! I see you got a big catch! Thinking it was a haul of fish.
Henry, his reunited son whom he had given up for dead, climbed aboard his father's boat.
Whoa! Where did you get all this treasure Dad? Good golly! We're rich!
Homer hugged his son whom he saw dragged down into the swirling waves by a shark; Henry his only child. Thank God, he found his way back one fateful Halloween after a long search of 40 years...(my first Homer story 2017).
Recollecting this horrific scene that happened at this very same spot ! Like father like son, his speed and survival instinct enabled his brave boy to escape the mighty shark's jaws; but lost contact with his father as he was rescued by a trawler.
Years went by...Homer's shanty hut became a mansion by the sea; kind and generous, he shared his good fortune with the villagers who he treated as his family that went through thick and thin together with him. And Henry set up his own fish business.
Happy Halloween! Cheers! ๐ฅ๐๐๐ป♂️๐ถ๐ป Happy All Saints Day! ๐
Oh my convent school principal Sister Marie, a Thai princess… chose All Saints Day, Nov 1 for my Baptism...recall her saying, everyone can be a Saint!
Lam-My ❣️✍️๐ป
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Halloween 1 Nov my Baptism
By water from the heavens
Never expected it to be inspirational
Till Adam lured me into his convoluted tunnel
Poems and stories started pouring out
From the depths of my sub-conscience
They just ooze from an unknown realm of my fantasy
So I may have an inkling why Adam has fallen sick
It drives you crazy and you can’t let go
It demands a price…your health takes a toll at times
Adam, like you sing : Slow it down…what do you want from me…
You are strong and free…that’s worth keeping healthy
Wishing you a speedy recovery !
Kind of miss you this Halloween !
This is my first sick ๐ poetry since 9 years
Quite different from my other wild concocted catastrophes
Like Dracula…Glampire…Serpentine…Tarantula…Garden of Eden…Spider from Mars…name it, I would have written ๐๐คข Thank you Adam extremely !
Lam-My ✍️๐ป
SHฮRKฮ @creativesharka 3h ago
Get Well soon Adam!
This is my way how send positive energy. ⚡๐๐๐❤️ New chibi @adamlambert
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Very heartfelt drawing, Sharka!
Helloo Pharaoh! How are you doing?
I'm okay Lam-My...but Daddy is sick so I accompany him and keep him warm...๐
You're Daddy's most precious possession, he must feel very comforted, with Daddy Javi as well.
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Pharaoh..ไฝ ็ธ็ธ็ ไบ ni papa beeng ler .. ๐ Yutu
(ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao / hello .. ไฝ ni / your .. ็ธ็ธ papa .. ็ ไบ beeng ler / sick)
็ๅ Yutu ่ฐข่ฐขไฝ ็ๅ ณๅฟ sie sie ni der guan seen
(่ฐข่ฐข sie sie / thank you .. ไฝ ็ ni der / your .. ๅ ณๅฟ guan seen / caring)
Good afternoon CNN Fan! I just heard you use *flamboyant on Christiane Amanpour talking about Brexit; caught my attention cuz never thought Brexit could be *flamboyant…rather interesting use ๐ … 6 Nov 2019.
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‘Don’t be sad Dracula…you’re a *flamboyant dare-devil…’ (above)
Lam-My October 27, 2019 … Happy Halloween ! ☠️ My internet Journalist friend !
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Good morning Adam, Javi, Pharaoh!
Such a lovely new family
Aha, Pharaoh wearing sunglasses
Yea, I have to protect my super-vision eyes
From cameras, now that I’m officially a Rockstar!
Not bad, Rockstar Pharaoh!
I saw you in Daddy’s sunny pool shaking off the water
That’s Hollywood high life…
But I’m still the humble ole Pharaohdoggo
Won’t change nor do I know how
That’s why I like you so much; you’re consistent
So lucky to have two caring Daddys
Giving you so much love and attention
Pride and freedom to reckon Owooooh!
Love motivates, brings out the innate
The soul, heart and mind
Embarking on the twists and turns of life
It gives…more than it takes…that’s the magic!
It flushes out hate which takes root…surreptitiously invades
Not worth it…even if it brings short-term benefits
Love is the opposite…like the grapes hanging on the vines
Produce fine wine…invigorates
Unlike pseudo...equality, truth, is the only road
A brilliant lamp on a lamp-stand
Uplifts the lost and forgotten…shines a ray of hope
Adam has given a lot of himself to others
And as he sings…You get back what you give away
Adam, Javi and lovely Pharaohdoggo
Fathom and foray day after day…so what’s next…
Adam wisely says : I have no idea !
But right now he is in an Overglow of Superpower, in love, mate!
Lam-My
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Pharaohdoggo, how are you doing…
Did you taste Daddy’s pie
Yes! Berry berry berry nice…jump jump pirouette ooooeeeh!
Yutu rabbit, you wanna give it a try…
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao … hey Pharaoh bring some to our Crater party
Mousy will love it; he nibbles fast and quick
To ring in Year of the Rat…bit by bit
Porky too will gobble it before he relinquishes
What about me ? your slithery Serpentine in the garden of Eden
And me…Lily White Snake…Glampire’s secret lover
Tammy turtle : piss piss…leave some for me.
Oh oh oh oh oh ! Freedom yeeaaah!
Wah! looks like the Superpower pie is too small for so many
Not to worry…my Daddy will wail…Find meeeeee somebodyyy toooooo..oo..oo
And you guys can chorus…altogether one more time…looooove !
Hop step jump…wheeeee plop! where are we… kungfu moon landing! ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐
Lam-My…not feeling so sad now, lingering…
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Superpower berry pie baker ๐ @AdamL_Daily 10h ago
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Whoa ! Bono and Magnifique Band ! Wah they displayed our Flag, panoramic, 50-metre stage across the crowd.
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10 Dec 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ ๐๐ช
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ADAM LAMBERT @adamlambert 15h ago
@adamlambert announced the launch of the Feel Something Foundation to support #LGBTQ organizations…
FEEL SOMETHING FOUNDATION! Mission: to support LGBTQ+ organizations that are moving the needle for communities of all ages and backgrounds.
@AdamLambert: “I’ve worked w amazing LGBTQ+ organisations & charities over the years.” via https://bit.ly/2TMcHSB
To do this, the singer will be working alongside charities which impact, education, homelessness, suicide prevention and mental health.
And he wants to abolish the term ‘coming out’ as a phrase defining ‘someone simply being themselves’.
“The Feel Something Foundation will shine a light & support existing charities whose work is pivotal in empowering the community.” ๐
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Good evening Adam ! very upbeat logo and yes you are really good at making people and yourself Feel Something.
I’ve said a couple of times, that terms : *coming out or *closeted, sound strange to me cuz I don’t hear it at all in Singapore. If someone wants to let others know he/she is gay, that is okay, by all means, but to cudgel a gay person into admission / submission is a definite no! for me.
I wrote this little verse when I heard you sing :
Adam, it’s heart-wrenching to hear you sing
I don’t need to feel love…just want to feel something
Adam’s fans are his main source of aspiration
Cuz they always make him feel something
To mitigate the emptiness
Your special someone will appear when you least expect it
You touch so many people’s hearts
To make us feel something…better than nothing
Your gift from God is in itself an extraordinary something
That you use to reach us with everything ๐๐ก
Lam-My
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Hello Adam ! Regarding your quote ‘Spring hath sprungeth’
ReplyDeleteToday is the first day of Spring, Jan 25, 2020 on the Chinese Lunar calendar
Millions of Chinese and others celebrate it as Chinese Lunar New Year
Greetings to all ๐๐ฅฐ๐
ๆฐๅนดๅฟซไน ! seen nian kwai ler (mandarin) / sun neen fai lok (cantonese)
(ๆฐๅนด seen nian / new year … ๅฟซไน kwai ler / happy)
ๆญๅๅ่ดข ! goong si faart chye (mandarin)
I’m cantonese so I wish everyone goong hey faart choy ๆญๅๅ่ดข !
(ๆญๅ goong hei / congratulations … ๅ่ดข faart choy / prosper / windfall)
ๆญฅๆญฅ้ซๅ bo bo goh sing … ๆญฅๆญฅ bo bo / step by step … ้ซๅ goh sing / ascend to the top
่็ mo si / lion dance …
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Adam is the beacon light
ReplyDeleteShimmering 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, so we are told
Rock n Roll…on with the show…
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 mighty 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, we’re in awe
He cares too much, big and small
We will follow him forevermore
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 !
Lam-My
October 28, 2011 12:19 am
Now looking back, I see some of my Adam aspirations come to pass…
1. beacon light … Adam gives LGBTQ a face, a voice, a guiding light
2. harbour of delight line 4 … well, he performed on The Float Marina Bay Singapore NYE 2015>16
3. blasted off to the moon line 14 … Chang’e 4 lands on the back of the moon, created momentous history Jan 3, 2019
4. album arrives in style line 28 … Adam has successfully released 4 excellent albums, latest 2019
Happy 38th Birthday ! Adam ! 29 Jan 2020
Very thankful to have known you in such an intimate way, for me to write poems and stories which otherwise would never have happened.
๐ฐ๐ท๐๐
This was what I saw from my balcony on 26 Dec 2019. Event of the Century!
ReplyDeleteEarth Moon Sun align directly to Singapore…this is the second time I’ve seen an almost total solar eclipse, from my balcony; the last one was 21 years ago. The sky is not dark, a twilight ambiance overcasts when moon almost obliterates the sun…12 noon Singapore time. I wrote my ecliptic tango poem when moon was moving out of the ring of fire…breaking the ring, bids farewell to its lover.
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A solar ecliptic tango unfolds live in the sky
From my balcony, I watch moon and sun glide
So intimately like lovers, entwined in a kiss of fire
Through sporadic patches of dark clouds
Soon moon slides right into the centre
Obliterating the sun, almost
Leaving a ring of fire
Thank God for the patches of sparse dark clouds
That shield my retina from the flare of brilliance
After 20 minutes, moon bids farewell to its lover
Breaks the ring and slowly only a fifth of it blocks the sun
It’s too bright now so I look, stop, look again, just can’t let go
So arresting, formidable, apocalyptic
A twilight ambiance casts over the car-park below, and my home
I see patches of red, blue, literally see stars due to looking directly at the sun
The phenomenon touches me so deeply, almost cry
This earth, moon, sun alignment directly in the path of Singapore
Will return only after 21 years…oh la la la oh … oh la la lu…
Take care ! viral volatile difficult times…
Lam-My ๐☀️
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ReplyDeleteFebruary 5, 2020 8:58 pm
Good morning CNN Fan!
I just heard a while ago your use of 3 words you picked from my ecliptic tango poem above…*21 years , *balcony , *intimate / intimacy. I thought coincidences but you have tracked my vocabulary for quite some years, so immediately they registered, 3 words same poem. Actually, it feels quite surreal that I can reply to a CNN Fan, so close like almost reaching out to a friend within minutes. ๐ฅฐ๐
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February 7, 2020 10:14 pm
Haw haw CNN Fan !
You finally picked the crucial word from my ecliptic *tango poem, above…it takes two to *tango…yes indeed moon and sun ! ๐
Just heard it on Cuomo Prime Time, said by Robert Ray Attorney, regarding Impeachment Acquittal.
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Wah! the 92nd Academy Awards 2020…Exhilarating ! no dilly-dallying. When I turned on the tv, I wasn’t too keen and then watched on and off…Lo and behold even though I don’t watch movies anymore, my era flashed past. Tom Hanks…Forrest Gump sitting on that bench to wait for his son and the white feather drifting in the wind; and yes, Jane Fonda…On Golden Pond / Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn.
Good ole Rami Malek looked superbly handsome! I recalled Adam reverberate that Superpower note : I had my share of sand kicked in my face but I came round…! hit the zenith. I had no idea S Korea is so steeped in film-making, won 4 Oscars, the most covetous, Best Picture whoa!
Lim Yun Suk blurted out uncontrollably on CNA.
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ReplyDeleteFebruary 13, 2020 10:37 pm
Whoa! Crazy Little Thing in the rain in Brisbane !
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So the rain doesn’t just stay in the plains in Spain
It decides to join Rhapsody Tour in Brisbane
Well well, Adam sings in the rain to reach his beloved Glamberts
In ponchos soaked to the bone
Woman…! you need me…yeeaaah !
Brimstone, hail or rain, his voice powers the Queen train
Beating the odds, no letting up singing in the rain again and again ๐ฆ๐ง️
Lam-My
Happy Valentine's Day Adam and Pharaoh !
ReplyDeleteHi Daddy! Where are you...need your Valentine hug and kiss
Happy Valentine Pharaoh...Daddy is singing in the rain in Brisbane
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Pharaoh, first brought home by his Daddy, Dec 2016...he didn't even respond to his new name, as they took their first Runyon hike; Adam kept calling him : Pharaoh ! Hi ! Hi !
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Happy Valentine ! All !
ADAM LAMBERT @adamlambert 51m ago
ReplyDeleteEurope/UK! The VELVET tour is on sale now!!
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ReplyDeleteFebruary 14, 2020 8:35 pm
ADAM LAMBERT @adamlambert 1h ago
Come thru sunshine in Sydney!! Yay!!!!!
ADAM LAMBERT @adamlambert 4h
๐น Happy Valentine’s Day ๐น Love, Yours Truly. ๐ธ: @Charlie__Chops
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ADAM LAMBERT @adamlambert Feb 14
Thrilled to perform at the @glaad awards this year!!
Rolling Stone :
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“Adam Lambert will perform at the 31st annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York. Honoring media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues, the event takes place on March 19th at the Hilton Midtown in New York.
This year, Lambert is nominated for Outstanding Music Artist for 2019’s Velvet: Side A EP. The singer has been previously nominated in the category twice, ultimately winning the award in 2013, and he’ll release the second part of Velvet on March 20th.
Last month, Lambert launched non-profit organization Feel Something Foundation, whose mission is “to support LGBTQ+ organizations that are moving the needle for communities of all ages and backgrounds.”
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ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao CNN Fan !
I see you are responding to my poem; well, I just heard Cuomo say : He is *set free…(my Lambgenie poem above). And then, followed by Don Lemon, mentioning 3 times and your caption *purging / purge.
My original use of *purge so innocent ๐คฉ
https://youtu.be/gciEn01PmLs
Aha! Pharaoh Sphinx!
This brings back an unexpected fling
Regarding perch and purge
When Daddy remarked: You perched?
I subsequently interjected:
So have you…purged ?
Thinking that he wanted to make sure
You don’t mess up his new sofa ๐คข
Of course, you didn’t like that insinuation
Retorted: What a question!
I have used both… perch and purge
The first, in my poem Cicada
Perches outside my window
In hot sexual manoeuvre
Much to my amusement…purge became a media sensation
And that instigated me to write a separate Purge poem ๐
A splurge to purge is on the upsurge
Mounting an intensive search for smirch
Potential candidates swoop onto a perch
To get a helicopter view of the political scourge
Who will be the first?
How many will be submerged?
I give due respect to all involved
The purger as well as the purged
Cuz I have no beef in this House immerse
Be not afraid for I’m with you always ~ Jesus’ verse
The Last Supper, in the Garden of Gethsemane…His Passion serves…
Meanwhile a curve ball smashes into the murk
Candidates strategise in a roundabout reverse
For now, stoic Pharaoh has no sofa to perch
Cuz his Daddy is on a whirlwind Rhapsody Tour berserk ! ๐ ๐
Lam-My
March 28, 2018
January 19, 2019
22 Feb 2020 - Latest updated
Updated additional verse
ReplyDeleteCovert and overt strategies converge
To reinforce upcoming political converse
Impressed by the relentless fight to the last, electorate
My advice however is work as one unit, not split…you take the universe ☯️
With consideration to present dire situation of widespread coronavirus ๐ฅฐ๐ท
Lam-My 23 Feb 2020
February 26, 2020 4:00 am
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon Rosemary Church ! CNN Newsroom
I just heard you bringing up Singapore again, with regard to SARS 2002-2003 and yes you advise other countries perhaps to do what Singapore is doing to curb the COVID 19 spread. Well, I have gone through both episodes of these killer viruses, the latter still ongoing and our Government is urging all of us to be vigilant. I think the key is…don’t procrastinate; arrest it right from the start. I think Singapore was about the first country in the region ( I saw on tv) to set up the scans and screens to detect flu symptoms and fever…at Changi Airport. There were some grouses like why are we so scared?
Well, Singapore learnt it the hard way; a selfless doctor gave his life for us to learn this very precious lesson; so yes, you are quite right to ask why other countries are not carrying out the procedures like Singapore. Well, we too were not that prepared for SARS as now with COVID 19. The dedicated doctor and his family paid such a high price for Singapore to witness firsthand the havoc an unknown virus can wreak. Immediately jumped into action cuz once it gets into the wider community, there’s little chance of stamping it out. So the tracing and quarantine have to be stepped up day and night.
That selfless doctor went all out to save his patients but SARS was so lethal ! it finally got him too. His wife could only see him through the glass panel outside his completely sealed hospital room; towards the end. Earlier on, he drove past his house every day and waved from his car, dared not get into the house let alone hug his children, then 10 and 4.
His wife clasped a large framed photo of her husband close to her heart as she walked into their house, the photo facing the entrance of their house as if to let him know : You can come home now...he was finally home. It was really touching; there was no funeral, too contagious…
Happy๐ Not so Happy๐ฅ Leap Year 29 Feb 2020 ! Here we come…
ReplyDeleteLeap Year + Solar Eclipse…Wah! No wonder we’re in utter confusion
Signals from the heavens…
Take cover, we’re all in the same boat together
Riding the convoluted waves of the treacherous ether
Coronavirus 19…at every turn, nook and corner
Singapore is thrashing through boundless border…hold on tight !
It’s dark in here…be not afraid…take a leap of faith…
Follow the light of our celestial equator… ๐ฆ ๐ฉบ๐
~ Lam-My 29 Feb 2020
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao CGTN ! I just heard the word *pendulum on Big Story on the nomadic people of Kazakhstan moving their herds from pasture to pasture and back again, building their temporary homes / yurts…I thought it a rather unique analogy like the pendulum, moves and returns to the same spot…when the pastures grow again, also denotes time/life. ๐๐ค️๐๐ถ♀️๐ถ
And mine:
‘…like a *pendulum, left right left right…don’t know what’s next ‘…(previous page / poem)
Hello Shannon Bream Fox News ! I just heard you use the word *cudgel and you pronounced it so emphatically, it rang a bell.
Mine :
If someone wants to let others know he/she is gay, that is okay, by all means, but to *cudgel a gay person into admission / submission is a definite no ! for me.
January 22, 2020
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Hey there CNN Fan ! Yep I heard *riding the waves…a while ago, Newsroom.
Mine above, poem :
*Riding the convoluted waves…
Appreciating the media journalists / writers keeping tabs of my poems, stories vocabulary…today, I score 3, haw haw hat-trick ! ๐ฅฐ
Covid-19 is sending a loud signal
ReplyDeleteThat something so microscopic
Can cause a pandemic
Time to wake up…nothing is permanent
So help one another while we take cover
It’s at such times when the world is in lock-down
That I appreciate I can still write poems and stories
I’m alone yet I can communicate with anybody
Sounds like a paradox but has to do with infrastructure
Without which it’s not possible and therein lies the real ground zero ๐๐ค๐๐ป♀️๐งซ
Lam-My 15 Mar 2020
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ReplyDeletePharaoh ! How are you feeling…
Your golden fur is so well groomed
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Lam-My ! I’m home with my Daddy
Romping everywhere…super fengshui
He thinks I’m in the backyard
But I always face the door to guard my territory
It’s an instinct even though the place is so safe
I saw a picture of your old house, Pharaoh
Evokes memories of my poems and stories
Like serpentine lurking in the garden of Eden
To tempt Daddy Adam with a forbidden apple
And praying mantis bringing news from queen hydra
All the uncles who baby-sit you
This new house is more open and very luxurious
And you can tippy toe tippy toe grandiose
Hi Adam ! love your new hit song Roses ! ๐น๐๐๐ก
Lam-My 16 Mar 2020
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ไฝ ๅฅฝๅ ni hao ma ? Pharaohdoggo ! (how are you)
Ooooeeh ! Yutu ! ๅฅฝไน ๆฒกๅฌๅฐไฝ ็ๆถๆฏ hao jui mei ting dao ni der seow si
(ๅฅฝไน hao jui / long time .. ๆฒก mei / no .. ๅฌๅฐ ting dao / hear .. ไฝ ็ ni der / your .. ๆถๆฏ seow si / news)
ไธ่ฝๅบๅป็ฉ bu nerng choo chui wahn …
(ไธ่ฝ bu nerng / cannot … ๅบๅป choo chui / go out … ็ฉ wahn / play)
ๆฅๆ็็ฉ้ฃ่ธขๅๅคซ , ๅฅฝๅ ? lai yueh chiew wahn fei ti goong fu , okay ? … wheeeee plop!
(ๆฅ lai / come .. ๆ็ yueh chiew / moon .. ็ฉ wahn / play .. ้ฃ่ธข fei ti / fly kick .. ๅๅคซ goong fu , ๅฅฝๅ hao ma / okay? )
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Pharaoh ! Run Run…where are you going?
I no no…just where the path leads me
Smelling the ground will lead me to Runyon to meet my buddies
Why do yo keep looking back…
Wanna make sure Daddy is still there
Also the leash is dragging me
Daddy can’t catch me so he puts a big red leash Owoooh!
Yea, basenjis are fast runners with long legs
You are so fortunate and free
When most people are under lock-down
You said it Lam-My…I am free and my Daddy dotes on me
As for me, I simply follow you and Daddy to write my hodgepodge poetry
Got to be vigilant…act fast, be ahead of Covid 19
Lam-My 18 Mar 2020
Haw haw CNN Fan !
I just heard you use *infrastructure…helping people cope with Covid 19 using technology, by Dr Amy on Cuomo Prime Time…18 Mar 2020
And mine, above poem:
I’m alone yet I can communicate with anybody
Sounds like a paradox but has to do with *infrastructure
Without which it’s not possible and therein lies the real ground zero ๐๐ค๐ฅ️
Lam-My 15 Mar 2020
ไฝ ๅฅฝ, ๆฉไธๅฅฝ ! Steven Jiang ! I see you like the word *herculean ๐ 2nd time…I just heard you on CNN talking to Paula Newton…reporting from Beijing, comparing Covid-19 to WW2.
ReplyDeleteAnd here is my *herculean :
Joseph swims the 100-metre-butterfly
Looking more like a dolphin
Up and down his body undulates
And when he surfaces
His outstretched arms rotate
Liken to majestic water ballet
Reminiscent of the killer-whale’s tail
Splashing above the ocean
With three Olympic Champions hot on his heels
He just has to accelerate, no two ways about it
Trained as a child to chase his comrades
Coach gives the other kids a head-start
If not, he’ll be a body-length apart
Well, this tactic effloresces at the Rio Olympics
They chase, he sparks
Good heavens ! he clinches the Butterfly Gold!
Beating not one but 3 Champs in a row
Looking quite dazed on the podium
Joseph pulls off a super *herculean for Singaporeans!
In a decisive win, by a body-length distance
He came, he saw, he conquered with resplendence!
Lam-My 19 Mar 2020
Regarding the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics in July…well, ‘to be or not to be, that is the question’ ~ Hamlet.
2️⃣1️⃣ March 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ Spring Equinox ๐ฉบ๐️
ReplyDeleteVelvet, Adam’s beautiful new album
Smooth, curves, blends with the earth
Malleable glamorous
Roses…by any other name would smell as sweet
Takes the mind off for a bit of upbeat
Chases off the gloom and doom standstill on the streets
Superpower takes the heat…shifts it
So we can defeat the invisible Covid 19
What is that ? Overglow you never know
Whacks you at ground zero
Lo and behold where are we ? On The Moon
Hop step jump ! Wheeee…ready to free fall
With New Eyes to take you on a frog leap
Earth looking like a hanging Blue Marble
And that’s where I am right at this moment…in space
Writing my hodgepodge poetry…
We better do whatever we can, whenever we can
The world is changing gear, faster than we can conceive, topsy turvy
Today is the March Equinox, start of Spring, pointing at Pisces
Hello hello Aquarius ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao, I can see you
Astrology says : In AD 2597, the March equinox will move into Aquarius the water-bearer
Others say it’s already here…Dawn of Aquarius
Be that as it may, we are marching onward to seal this elusive Covid crisis ๐งฌ๐ซ๐ค♓♒
Lam-My ~ 21 Mar 2020 Spring Equinox
Our world in lock-down limbo
ReplyDeleteIsolation, solitary confinement
Groping for an exit, can’t find it
Mounting deaths in the thousands
Covid 19 has sunk its teeth
Deep into the human respiratory system
Scientists are working on vaccines, drugs
To turn around this life-death crux
Yesterday, I went out to get groceries
My usual once a week ritual
Our government has done meticulous tracings of clusters
So the rest of us can go about unquarantined
Purposely say, Hello ! to everybody
They just smile peacefully, politely
Not a word as they would need to open their mouth
My next-door neighbour however, walking her beloved doggie is chatty
Even asks me to call her if necessary
The taxi-driver coughs once, even that scares the hell out of me
He’s also wary as the elderly are more susceptible to Covid 19
I watch on tv, a Minister cry at a Parliamentary session
No, he didn’t contract Covid 19…just so touched thanking health workers
Putting their lives on the line, all-out to assist
He tries to regain composure but his tears keep welling
Doctors, nurses, volunteers, virologists are the front-line heroes
Dedicating their time and compassion
What better friend than one who lays down their life for another
As for the 2020 Olympics…postponed to next year 2021
Well, Joseph Schooling’s 100-m butterfly Olympic record 50.39 seconds
Refuses to budge, a sort of unforeseen walkover
And Adam’s timely Velvet album connotes vulnerability, with strength, resilience
SARS 2003 gives Singapore a head-start; a hero doctor dies to teach us
That we have to nip it in the bud…so Covid 19 this time round, can’t run amok
Meticulous tracing of clusters and quarantine fast and furious dawn to dusk
Give most of us more freedom without quarantine…it may last…economies hit hard…๐ฅ๐๐๐ค๐
Lam-My ~ 26 Mar 2020
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ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao ! Christiane Amanpour ! I just heard you giving advice regarding Covid-19 and then you said emphatically, “like what they do in Singapore” . I enjoy your in-depth informative shows very much and I know you came here for the Singapore Summit, shaking hands with PM Lee. ๐
Story time … OBE
ReplyDeleteOne dim moonlit night, Bert was returning home after a singing stint at a local bar. He took a winding shortcut round a hill. Suddenly, a bright light flashed across his windscreen. Although the light was bright, it cast a dark shadow on the windscreen rendering it impossible to see what was in front. That was frightening when you couldn’t see where you were driving. He stepped hard on the brakes and the tyres screeched to a deafening halt. He got out immediately and realised it was so close to the edge, his car could have hurtled into the forest ravine.
Helloo…a soft low voice greeted him. I’ve been waiting to hitch a ride down this stretch of endless road.
Endless? What did he mean, the road junction was right ahead; Bert used this road many times.
He invited the stranger, a rather good-looking young man into his car as he said he needed a ride. The young man introduced himself as Fred and said he was a wrestler at the club. Oh yes, now Bert recognised him and had seen one of his shows, admired his beautiful contoured muscles.
At the road junction, Fred got off and thanked Bert. As he drove on, suddenly, he saw a crowd surrounding a pile-up of vehicles and the wailing of ambulances rang out into the night. Bert parked his car by the roadside, got out to see if he could render any help. A man was lying on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on his face. He opened his eyes and stared at Bert.
No ! It was Fred ! whom he had just given a lift to. How could that be? He just got off at the road junction.
Unfortunately, Fred didn’t make it, he stared at Bert, eyes wide-open and the paramedic gently pressed his eyes down and said he was gone…dead. Bert was totally flabbergasted as he had just spoken to Fred a short while ago and he was fine! Bert recalled Fred talking about an endless road !
He got goosebumps…weird thoughts flooded his mind…his Spirit was hitching a ride and talking to him in his car ? Bert was visibly shaken, held Fred’s hand for the last time, it was still warm…Farewell my friend…Bert bowed his head.
The following night, Bert was as usual singing in the small family bar; and in memory of Fred the wrestler, he sang Ghost Town followed by Another Lonely Night. At the end of his performance which comprised 8 songs from his album The Original High, the diners applauded, and some walked up the stage, arranged their shoes neatly in a row on the stage. Bert was touched by their heartwarming gesture.
Then, the inexplicable happened…Fred walked on stage ! He left his shoes alongside the others. Bert stared at him and was taken aback, befuddled as he thought he was dead !
After his singing, Bert walked around the tables as he always did to show his appreciation to his fervent fans for their nightly attendance at the bar.
He came to a table with a dim table-lamp…he saw Fred, alone. Bert politely asked if he could join him. Fred beamed a heartfelt smile and gestured for him to sit down at the small table for two.
Bert noticed Fred had tears in his eyes as he looked at him. He was even more perplexed now. Fred stammered rather uncontrollably that his twin brother, Seb, his only family member, died in an accident. And listening to Bert singing Another Lonely Night made him cry.
Whoa! there was Bert’s answer ! He had held Seb’s hand not Fred’s at the scene of the accident.
Not quite sure how to console Fred, he asked softly if he was with Seb when he passed on. Fred pressed his clenched fist to his heart and replied with an apologetic no, with sorrow and regret. He said he was at home watching tv when the news of the accident popped up on screen. He rushed there but Seb was gone, dead.
Lam-My ...continue
Bert choked up a bit too and whispered consolingly that he had given a lift to Seb and talked to him just minutes before the accident; bade him a last farewell as he lay dying on the stretcher by the roadside.
ReplyDeleteFred stared at Bert rather confused…how could that have happened; Seb would have been in his own car driving to that fateful point of no return! If only he had indeed been in Bert’s car instead, Fred sobbed.
That night, as Bert drove along that same stretch of road on his way home, he kept contemplating what Fred said…that he wished Seb had been in his car (Bert’s); still wondering about that ‘endless road’ Seb mentioned.
It seems OBE, Out of body experience can occur at the moment between life and death and instances of people returning from death have been recorded with vivid descriptions of what they saw as they floated above their body; for instance, doctors fighting to save their life in an operation room. In a rather scary situation, a distressed pilot reported he saw himself piloting the plane while sitting on the wing of the plane.๐ค๐๐
Lam-My ~ 28 Mar 2020
Tour de force 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣2️⃣-2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣
ReplyDelete2012… Adam and Queen perform a series of pulsating concerts…
300,000 fans in Kiev… Stretching out his hand to the massive crowd, he reciprocates their love
Reminds me of Moses parting the Red Sea
I Want To Break Free…
Outlaws of Love expresses an emotion so deep
Like a beacon-light, scanning the dark treacherous seas
In search of love, peace, solidarity with LGBT
A trip in an Edo garden…wearing a black sexy singlet, studded shorts, boots, tantalising summer fusion
Fans wave their sunflowers and yellow-black boomaramas
As he pummels the air, on stage in reciprocal
A whirlwind touch-down into China for a bountiful harvest
Confronting it head-on, his first visit into uncharted waters
Everywhere he goes, Adam begets heartfelt moments
ๆ็ฑไฝ wor ai ni !
‘What do you want from me’ … a duet with Zhangwei, letting him sing all the high notes…
Jazz boomerangs Downunder
Is This Love…soft lighting caresses his silver crowning glory
What’s next on the agenda…never a dull moment, declare Glamberts the world over
Oki dok homeward bound…a ghost train rumbles into PLL town
Debonair Glampire in blue suit and ruffle, lurks a ghost compound
Donning sexy fangs and a winsome smile, Cuckoo Glampire irks a taste of blood
Strikes up a sleazy conversation on the train’s surreptitious vampire pub
The last lap…striking his signature pose, clenched gloved fist in the air, legs stretched, full black
He flings and twirls a white straight-jacket strapped like a jackass!
Unfazed, gallant Knight of the Night fights back
Rockgod Trespasses, globe-trots into amphitheatres, Glamberts have his back
2013-2018… So far, we have covered cities west to east and back east to west…passing several times through…
Singapore, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Helsinki, Rio, Sydney and back to LA, New York, Las Vegas, Berlin, Paris, London etc…
Rough, tough, lob it with love…with Adam, it’s never enough
Ding Ding…all aboard, move on, forget the scorn; a titillating potpourri awaits a new Aquarius dawn
I Was Born To Love you…Tokyo’s song that Freddie Mercury once performed
Hop step jump…toot-toot train…Queen jet-plane zooms across terrains
Queen finally gives Singapore a try
Singapore! ไฝ ๅฅฝๅ ni hao ma ! Amazing !
Maestro Brian speaks Mandarin addressing Padang’s 55,000
ๅฅฝ hao ! / good! …enthusiastic crowd choruses
Across the road, City Hall Dome, Parliament…Singapore’s birthplace; secured her Independence from the British
Right back to where he started, a full circle…Lee Kuan Yew lay in state as millions mourn his passing at age 91, Father of Singapore.
He is quite poetic even as he urges us to ‘ Follow that Rainbow…if you find a grain of gold…dig it up ! ‘
QAL advances into UK…Las Vegas…The Show Must Go On…
Dr Brian paints his cosmic paradigm, twangs his ole red guitar…whiieeo-whiieeo!
Maestro Roger encircled by drums of different tension, strikes Boom boom pa! Boom boom pa!…We will…We will Rock you!
Prof Edney, keyboardist weaves his magical tapestry on the keys
In perfect synchronicity with bass guitarist Neil
Tyler Warren, energetic prolific drummer
Together they propel Adam Lambert to the pinnacle
Of his formidable vocals, like a meteorite streaking across the cosmos
As their futuresque kaleidoscope ricochets 70s’ ethos
Concluding 2018 in their Las Vegas 3-week residency
Lugging along Pharaohdoggo…
Bring it back…bring it back…Bohemian Rhapsody…you don’t know what it means to me… Brian sings to Freddie Mercury
QAL tour de force kills it with no mercy with the last drop of their energy and expertise…
Lam-My ~ continue
Quarantine fashion in West Hollywood…picking up dinner with a booom booom pah!
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Adam, like your jiggity-jig, helluva weird but uplifting. ๐
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Adam does ้ฉฌๆญฅๅๅคซ ma bu goong fu : (ma / horse .. ๆญฅ bu / stance .. ๅๅคซ goong fu / martial art)
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Shaolin ma bu
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ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Adam and Pharaohdoggo !
You both sure need some ้ฉฌๆญฅๅๅคซ ma bu goong fu
Well, no problem for Pharaoh, he leaps flying ้ฉฌๆญฅ ma bu
Pounds Runyon canyon…no sweat ๐
The same goes for Yutu…floats ้ฉฌๆญฅ ma bu on one-sixth gravity ๐
Adam, your ้ฉฌๆญฅ ma bu is very strong you know, on high platforms
It’s the lungs and heart…most vital of our respiratory system
And Covid attacks the most vulnerable point, liken to ‘drowning’ ๐ท๐ฑ
Sends the whole world into a tailspin ! ๐ช️๐จ
Lam-My 17 Apr 2020
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao ! Natalie Allen and Manisha Tank CNN Newsroom…
ReplyDeleteI just heard you report on the big spike in Covid cases in Singapore today. Manisha is right about the close living proximity in the foreign workers dormitories; now they have spruced up the living quarters only 2 or 3 workers per room, which means more separate housing areas / facilities, and they are not allowed to socialise, to remain in their rooms, with medical care when required. The other reason for the spike of 786 cases highest in a day since it started could also be due to :
‘ Singapore scientists on the front lines of fight against Covid-19 : … the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star), … discovers test that can tell if a person has Covid-19 in as little as five minutes. … This sample is then put in a portable device that will give the result in about five to 10 minutes … Mar 25, 2020 ‘
So faster testing would be able to track down a larger no. of cases in a shorter time.
Actually, Changi Airport put up scans and monitors to detect fever, flu-like symptoms right from the beginning, 3 Jan 2020 when authorities got wind of the Wuhan outbreak and it was 2 weeks later that the first Covid case surfaced in Singapore, 23 Jan.
Singapore A*Star scientists have been very vigilant since SARS 2003 and so test kits were ready to go any time. At the beginning, when Wuhan was in dire need for these test kits, masks, Singapore sent 10,000 to Wuhan, China thanked Singapore. Quite recently, Singapore sent 5000 test kits to Malaysia. ASEAN + China Japan S Korea work very closely with regard sharing of resources. In reality, we have been working very closely all the time as far back as 50 years ago.
I’ve said earlier, the spike in the number of Covid cases though of utmost significance, is not the top issue; it’s how the Country deals with it; this may last, so there must be a contingency plan in place; this enormous problem has to be tackled on multi fronts, most outstanding would be identifying the infected persons, separating them via tracing / testing so that the rest can carry on relatively safer in their work, school (all closed, online classes); the other urgency is money for day to day livelihood, food, medical care and our Government for the first time dipped into the Reserves, $60 billion with emphasis to shore up small, medium-size businesses so that when the Storm subsides, they would be able to carry on from where they left off with fewer workers laid off. I think our Government has done a meticulous job on all fronts.
10 died…elderly with ailments. God is with you. Rest in Peace.
Short impromptu story ... Convoluted syndrome ...
ReplyDeleteWhere is this place...where is everybody...aha, I see a light flickering down the road; maybe I can find a soul, just keep walking...awwwwh traffic light, where are the cars, vehicles ? This is getting stranger by the minute. ๐ฆ
Prrrrrrr aloha ! Where are you going? it's a dead-end road.
Helicopter ! but there's no pilot ! I'm getting really confused now. I'll climb up the dangling rope ladder...waah it's bringing me higher...drifting precariously...Heeeelp meeee ! ๐ฌ
Hoooo...hoooot...an owl, those big luminous eyes might help light my way out of this convoluted time syndrome.
What are you gibbering madam? ๐ฆ
Whoa! Owl can respond ! Ni hao Owl ! You are so serene and have a bird's eye-view, I want to know what place this is.
Well, have you heard of Limbo ?
Holy cow ! I'm in Limbo ?
Hoooo-hooot ! yes madam, are you visiting one of our lost souls ? have not seen you around here...it's a very beautiful place, don't worry...now if you excuse me, I have to go feed my babies up on the tree...hooooot
So I'm back on square one. Good morning ! Do you need a ride, hop onto my toot-toot caravan...๐
Okay, can you take me out of Limbo ?
Where is that?
It'right here...Wise Owl told me this place is Limbo.
...ti ti ti ti ti...
Are you okay madam...we are going to take you off the respirator since your monitor is showing a rise in your heartbeat; you came in very low at 40 per minute; we thought you won't make it, it's 70 now, you bounced back...we'll let you breathe on your own, you're going to be okay...๐ฃ๐
Lam-My 22 April 2020
Adam and his furry family
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Amid upheaval, death, chaos
People scramble to get back to normalcy
Their lives suddenly smashed to smithereens
It makes me wonder…Covid so microscopic yet so powerful
Brings the most intelligent species to their knees
Adam’s success is not a fluke
He built it up resolutely cuz he knows where he’s going
Blessed with charisma, humility, brain, voice
That Dr Bri adamantly nicknames 1-in-a-billion
Ni hao Pharaoh…now is your time with your Daddy
Cuz he is housebound owoooooh…๐๐๐ฆบ๐ก
Jelly looks so dignified rather than wrestling Pharaoh to the ground
‘Superpower’ that Adam performed fits the One World Together At Home
Where we are forced to stand on our own two feet yet not alone
‘Climb every mountain…Cross every sea, follow every rainbow’
Till you find your peace…piece ๐๐
Lam-My ~ 21 April 2020
Waah! Adam’s mansion…
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Adam’s IGTV: You are the Champions ... Sychronised from their homes... Waah!
https://instagram.com/tv/B_NzSlGhgPM/
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So much energy in the directing of Superpower…great job all ! Adam as usual…live wire !
Unexpectedly appropriate lyric :
All the Covidvirus better get out my way, aye aye ๐ฆ
I know I’m not the only one who thinks this shit ain’t okay, oh no
You kick us down in the dirt but we ain’t goin’ away, aye aye
I get back up when I fall
Rip the paint from the wall
When I win, I’mma run and take the money ๐ค
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As the Tokyo Olympics hangs precariously on the precipice of 2021…due to Covid-19, Joseph shines a light from the Rio 2016 Olympics…I call it the Swim of the Century because not only did Joseph bring home Singapore’s first ever Gold in a decisive body-length Win, 3 seasoned Olympic Champions, Michael Phelps, Chad le Clos, Lรกszlรณ Cseh, fought tooth and nail in a triple-way tie for Silver; this 100 metre butterfly race will go down in history as the most scintillating and glamorous.
https://youtu.be/w4E5mqGnzIc
This evening 25 April, Dick Lee, Singapore singer, composer of Home our 20-year-old National song will lead the whole of Singapore together with other local artistes and a 900-strong choir, to Salute, Thank our front-line doctors, nurses, scientists, healthcare workers, migrant workers and Singaporeans in our battle together against Covid 19. We can go to our balconies and sing together at 7.55 pm broadcast live on CNA Mediacorp. A meteor shower will light up the sky. ๐✨
I just heard a report on the Covid spike in Singapore on CNN.
ReplyDeleteThis caught my attention : that at the beginning, Singaporeans were very confident but now our confidence seems diminished…Not true. To date : 12,693 Covid cases, Recovered : 1,002, Deaths 12 ! one of the lowest death tolls in the world; that tells you the medical facilities / doctors / nurses / healthcare workers are of a very high standard. So to say we have lost confidence in our perception and fight against Covid in Singapore does not hold water.
You are right about the schools all shut and people work from homes. That’s because PM Lee Hsien Loong and Ministers are working towards a clear reduction for a period of at least 1 month; circuit-breaker extended to 1 June 2020. Right now apart from the foreign workers hitting the highest number, 8000 cases, there are still no signs of a rapid widespread; local transmission about 25 a day on average and we know where these clusters are so we avoid those areas for the time being. For instance, if I want to go to one of the stores still allowed to open, to buy a pair of CPU speakers, my present ones are old and cannot turn up the volume to hear Adam’s ethereal bombardment and Queen’s booom booom pah…I can just hop onto a bus and go to the shopping complex nearby but I would not loiter and also must wear a mask and keep a safe distance of 1 to 2 metres from other people. The point is I have the freedom and confidence, unlike what Manisha implies that we have lost our confidence…We haven’t…that will be the day !
Regarding the foreign workers, they like to work in Singapore, though Covid highlighted the crammed quarters which gave rise to the Covid spike; some brought it from their own country when they returned. PM Lee just came on tv to say the foreign workers problem has been contained by separating them, those ill from those mild cases in different isolation areas where they are not allowed to mingle or leave. They like to work here because their salary is 4 to 5 times higher than what they can get in their own country; and in this present Covid pandemic, they would most likely be laid off with no pay in their home country and what if they fall seriously ill…are there enough respirators / ventilators ? Now they are paid without working, free lodging, best medical treatment, clean hygienic nutritious food. I think they are still getting a much better deal than if they had returned to their home country; any time.
Good morning CNN Fan!
Just heard Anderson Cooper and a Doctor (previous show) use the word *confidence twice emphatically. And mine above. You have jumped to my defence a couple of times. ๐
Regarding the low number of deaths, it could be attributed to Singaporeans’ strong immune system against diseases not just Covid; clean nutritious food and clean water, efficient sanitation all these and more, crucial to the building up of strong immune system against diseases; the local low Covid cases, deaths attest to this.
Rest in Peace the Elderly departed.
@AdamLambert @DrBrianMay @OfficialRMT performed a special version of WATC, "You Are The Champions", from their homes!
ReplyDeleteWah! coordinated from each of their homes, so far yet so close...๐️๐ก๐️
On Adam's IGTV:
https://instagram.com/tv/B_NzSlGhgPM/
๐ท 4️⃣ May 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ Countries are starting to open up but far from over Covid 19
ReplyDeleteI just heard a melancholy group song sung on CGTN / via Pan Deng; very nice song and lo and behold this line caught my attention : ' The *silver lining is love…’
And mine, based on a real *silver lining I saw from my balcony one early morning :
April 9, 2020 ~ Lam-My permalink
This morning 7am, I saw the silver full moon from my balcony…Waah! As the saying goes, every cloud has a *silver lining…so too every moon has a *silver lining.
This is what I saw from my balcony…a live *silver lining which is now embedded in a song by CGTN. ๐
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Madam Yap Lay Hong, 102, is Singapore’s oldest coronavirus survivor.
She was discharged from Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Friday (May 1).
Madam Yap was among 16 residents and staff at the Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home who caught the virus – a cluster that led to a ban on visitors to all nursing and old folks’ homes in April.
“Today is a day of happiness as we welcome home our residents who fought hard to recover and overcome the Covid-19 virus.
“They were discharged from the hospitals and are now resting well at the home. We thank the heroic and selfless efforts of our front-line healthcare colleagues who nursed them back to health.”
Madam Yap, who was born during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, is among the rare centenarians worldwide battling Covid-19. The oldest to survive the virus is a Dutch woman in the Netherlands, 107-year-old Cornelia Ras, who recovered in about 20 days.
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Joyce Lim Senior Correspondent
My use of *carnage has come home to roost…just saw on CNA caption on tv / Adam Bakhtiar / business news Singapore…’Corporate Carnage’. I like this combination, double C…alas under devastating corporate losses due to Covid 19. Don’t worry…we will return with the Lion’s roar, raw! Right now all the Singapore banks and essential corporations are still open for business, they never closed at all; restrictions easing for other companies, stores, even home-baked kway / cookies which were not allowed and the kway / cookies turned bad cuz these are freshly baked, no preservatives. Petitions were lodged. Must wear mask and sit 2 metres apart at hawker / food centres etc etc…
ReplyDeleteThe other day I went to my usual NTUC supermarket and a line formed outside, so I thought just to limit the number going in; but at the entrance a girl pointed the thermal scanner at my forehead and scanned my Pioneer card or any ID will suffice; lo and behold, the girl said 36.3; I repeated 36.3…she said loudly, very healthy; haw haw smiled and thanked her! I’ve taken Singapore’s freedom of where I can go as a right of way; suddenly it dawned on me wah ! whaz zis zhis…but grateful. ๐
My first use of *carnage was about the Orlando massacre of 49 gay people; then later spoken by the President…’American carnage’. That’s why I said, *carnage has come home to roost, from a long way. ๐
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Aha, Adam likes Light at the End of the Tunnel … oki dok this is for you Adam Lambert !
https://twitter.com/i/status/1257836193313468417
I see light…drowning out all the shadows…just fight
You’re not alone…
I see light…at the end of the tunnel…just fight…
https://youtu.be/cTsmXbRNmSI
By Mediacorp Singapore
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Hello hello CNN Fan ! ni hao ไฝ ๅฅฝ !
I just heard you use *ad hoc on CNN Tonight.
I somehow felt you would be the one to pick it up cuz like I said before, you’re sharp and hot on my heels; you have reused it aptly in regard the Covid *ad hoc ppe procurement.
Okay mine:
‘…I have not socialised for many years, mostly alone at home, other than quick chats with my neighbours, grocery store people, taxi-drivers, *ad hoc; but I don’t feel strange being on my own. I reach out to people… also connect with my online Fans who track the vocabulary I use in my poems and stories; this was started by my CNN Fan and now others are jumping onto my toot-toot caravan.’ ๐๐๐
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The Light song lyric (above) … The word ‘drowning’ is strong; relates to the fearful ‘drowning’ by Covid infected people who can’t breathe; also, the stark message : just fight !
Rest in Peace people who have left to touch the face of God.
I found this tucked away in my story files, it struck a chord with the present dire straits of the Covid pandemic; the world fighting tooth and nail to keep above water or drown in one’s own fluid in the lungs.
ReplyDeleteBert and Saul were on their way to distribute boxes of food to those living on pavements by the roads, in makeshift tents and cardboard boxes.
They were driving along a secluded road and suddenly a dark figure rushed across the road in the path of their car.
Screeeech…! The tyres came to an abrupt halt. Saul got out immediately to see if the person got hurt. The youth dashed off to the opposite side of the road and disappeared into a cluster of slum houses.
Thank goodness, nothing happened but Bert said they should go there to distribute the boxes of food as the slum looked dilapidated and poor. Saul agreed and Bert drove into a narrow dimly-lit mushy lane.
Suddenly, Saul caught sight of the youth again and told Bert perhaps they should check him out. He seemed to be clutching a bundle tightly to his chest. Bert stopped the car and Saul got out.
Hello! Good evening, you need help? Saul called out from a distance.
The young man turned, without responding and walked off deeper into the slum.
Bert thought perhaps they should continue with what they had set out to do; distribute food to the poor and needy.
Saul and Bert handed out a lot of boxes, about two hundred, containing delicious home-cooked meals prepared by Saul and Bert who are very good cooks. The boxes contained different combinations of pasta, meat burgers, vegetables, banana, tomato, even dessert like jelly, fruit, and styrofoam cups of hot coffee as the weather was extremely cold.
As they were moving around the dilapidated slum, Saul spotted the youth again running frantically with the bundle he was clutching. Bert knew there was something not quite right; decided to accost him; especially wanted to know what was in the bundle.
Hey! Stop! We want to help you! Bert yelled at the top of his lungs; as we know he’s got a booming voice.
Something fell out of the bundle and the young man swiftly picked it up but this time he didn’t run off; perhaps he could feel Bert and Saul genuinely wanted to help him.
What’s in the bundle you are holding? Bert politely inquired.
The guy started sobbing and opened up the bundle.
Nooooo!…gasped Bert and Saul. It was a lifeless puppy!
I’m Rego, my puppy got run over by a car as it was looking for me. I always took him with me but this evening I was in a rush as I was late for work and so left him at home alone. Bert and Saul looked petrified at the sight of the bleeding puppy.They were at a loss as to what to do even though they have a lot of experience with dogs.
Then Saul noticed twitches in the unconscious puppy’s struggling closed eyes.
Bert, I think it’s still alive!
Bert and Saul immediately took Rego and his bundled-up puppy into their car and raced down the street like an ambulance ferrying a dying patient to hospital.
At the animal clinic, the vet immediately fixed an oxygen mask to the puppy’s mouth and administered CPR to revive its faint heartbeat.
Meanwhile, Bert and Saul waited with tense Rego outside. After 20 minutes of expert intensive treatment, the vet said he did all he could, now it was just up to the puppy.
Rego stood by his beloved puppy watching it anxiously, and then saw a movement in Bobby.
Bobby ! …Rego whispered into its little erect ears.
Rego bundled it up again to keep it warm and radiated a smile for the first time.
Bert and Saul paid a nominal fee to the vet, thanked him for the timely rescue. They drove Rego back to the slum area, his home, and handed him the last two remaining boxes of food; one for Rego and one for Bobby.
Rego called out and waved thankfully as Bert and Saul drove off… Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Take care Rego!...with a broad smile and thumbs up. ๐ถ๐
Lam-My ~ 1 Jan 2018
https://twitter.com/i/status/1261399286715043841
ReplyDeleteAha, Pharaoh is civic-minded, he moves 1.5 metres away
Skips one seat from Jelly haw haw
Pharaoh, why do you need to make a circle before you plop down
I’ve seen this even on Daddy’s bed like sniffing and circling
ๆฉไธๅฅฝ jow sarng hao good morning Lam-My
Well, I want to ring-fence my territory, so no one can invade it Owooooh !
I see, everything is territorial, animal instinct, humans, too
You glanced at Jelly and then turned away…you don’t like her?
She’s okay, my only companion right now
Hi Jelly ! Do you like Pharaoh ?
Oh yes, he’s adorable and a fast runner, not easy to dominate
You both don’t know how fortunate you are in this lock-down crises
So well-groomed, tufts of golden fur…showered with love
So Jelly, have you perfected sticking your tongue out to sing like Uncle Adam
No, I finally realise no one can out-sing Uncle Adam Owooooh ! ๐๐๐ฆบ๐ก
Lam-My 16 May 2020
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By the way, when I watched Live the Solar Eclipse from my balcony on 26 Dec 2019 the Covid pandemic already started; whoa ! sign from the sky; the moon blocks the sun almost in entirety leaving a ring of fire; in ancient mythology it spells catastrophe…a monster is eating up the sun.
This is what I saw from my balcony 26 Dec 2019 12 noon – Solar eclipse / coincides with start of Covid 19…on hindsight.
I could see it spectacularly only when the sun is blocked so the glare is less damaging to my naked eyes.
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I just heard on CNN…
‘ Four-star Army General Perna at the Rose Garden called the effort to develop a vaccine by the end of the year a “Herculean task” on Friday. ‘
Looks like my Trump-Writer Fan likes strong words; yes *Herculean fits above context to a T !
All the best to your *Herculean endeavour !
Well, here is part of my longer poem : Olympics 2016
Good heavens ! he clinches the Butterfly Gold!
Beating not one but 3 Champs in a row
Looking quite dazed on the podium
Joseph pulls off a super *Herculean for Singaporeans
In a decisive win, by a body-length distance
He came, he saw, he left, a Gold Olympian !
Lam-My ~ Mar 2020
'There I Said It…'
ReplyDeleteBert and his beloved dog were out on a jog. Trip trip trip across the bridge overlooking a chasm. Pharaoh trotted briskly keeping close to his Daddy on the narrow winding path.
Daddy, someone is following us…
Really? I don’t see anything.
A long shadow was noticeable, could be cast by a tree as evening shadows are long.
Daddy, the shadow is dancing…
What? Phara, are you okay?
Ooooeeh…Pharaoh continued whimpering.
All right, I’ll check it out.
Wham! Something dropped from atop a precipice…A net ! They were trapped ! whoa !
Whiioo! Whiioo ! The chieftain blew his whistle…a group of natives emerged from the chasm labyrinth. They formed a circle around Bert and Pharaoh who sensed imminent danger and started trembling.
They struggled but the more they did that, the tighter the noose got. Where did these wild natives come from, this day and age…About ten of them dragged the net and it was barbaric like a scene from the movies. Pharaoh was shivering head to toe; Bert tried to keep calm while being prodded into the dark chasm; the only light source was through rock fissures where water was also seeping down. Ooooeeh…Pharaoh gave out a whimper of fear.
All of a sudden…Pooom ! Pooom !…a large well-camouflaged reptilian lifted its head which was earlier thought to be a rock by Bert. It started spewing sparks and smoke from its mouth, irritated by the commotion…A dragon ! Bert too was feeling jittery now.
Aarrrgh ! Pooooh ! The natives’ dragon threw a tantrum, storming around…To appease it, they hurled chunks of meat to feed it. The narrow chasm was shrouded in smoke and darkness, almost zero visibility except for the twilight seeping through. Bert thought this would be his only hope to freedom while the natives were tending to their dragon. Took out a sharp penknife he always carried with him on a hike…cut the net open and crawled out.
Phara Run! Pharaohdoggo understood the command Run!
Both made a dash for the ravine entrance, groping and feeling their way in the twilight. The natives hardly noticed their stealth escape.
Daddy! We better get back to the main road before they realise we are gone.
Too late…Bong Bong Bong ! The natives were hitting their gongs to alert their guards at the precipice. They soon caught up with them, threw another net from atop the precipice and recaptured them ! shouting and banging the gongs to signify their success.
Dragon came ambling out of the chasm… Pooooh ! Pooooh…! Puff their magic dragon wanted more servings of meat. What followed was abominable! The natives carried Bert and Pharaoh…lay them in front of the dragon’s mouth to serve as fodder… Waah! what now…
Bert had a flashback on Daniel in the the Lions’ den…Daniel played his harp and the lions left him alone. There was nothing else Bert could do now but to distract the dragon, its green eyes gleaming at him…in desperation, he sang for his life and Pharaoh’s…
So there I said it
And I won’t apologize to you anymore
Cause I’m a grown-a** man
And I won’t live again
And I’m sick and tired of living in your shadow
So there… I said it yea…
His ethereal Vocals reverberated the chasm and soared…Dragon ambled closer to Bert, tilted its head responding to Bert’s vocals which had reached a Crescendo…Dragon looked and listened…At this juncture, the natives who treated their dragon like a kind of god, got together and decided this was a good *omen ! Bert and Pharaoh were set free… ๐ค๐๐
~ 30 Nov 2018
p/s Maybe Bert didn’t smell raw enough to be eaten… ah, but his Vocals impressed even a dragon. By the way, Adam responded to my story on a Snapchat video depicting some black ravens on a tree with the word OMEN ! on it. ๐
Lam-My ~ 21 May 2020.
People are getting restless and desperate
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On the beach, at the mall, a leap of faith
A free fall at your own risk
Pharaoh and Jelly on the other hand ๐️๐๐๐ฆบ
Romping friskily on Adam’s sprawling land
Meanwhile Adam Lambert is funding his FS Foundation
Proceeds to render LGBTQ Covid
As for me, alone at home contemplating
Waiting for the coast to clear before further venturing…
CNN Fan, Trump Writer, 4-Star Herculean General, Dr Fauci, picking my vocabulary
Incentivise my poetry and story writing on anything under the sun
Doctors, nurses, covered from 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 say a final goodbye to those in their last dying moments
As virologists, scientists tirelessly spearhead a vaccine
CNA Adam Bakhtiar reports Corporate carnage
The jingle ‘Singapore Airlines you're a great way to fly’ that I grew up with
Echoes its knell in silence on the tarmac
But silver-lining, golden butterfly Joseph Schooling’s 50.39s
Stands resilient till next year’s Tokyo Olympics
Mighty Covid 19 now pretty much dictates…
Decrees wearing mask, staying 6 feet / 2 metres apart
Invisible yet so powerful
Humans forced to shift their paradigms
Work from home, switch to digitalisation connections
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 to procreate the human species
So what are we left with…
Be that as it may, united we stand, divided we fall
Quarantine, isolate, pick up the pieces, eradicate Covid !
Confront it head-on, leave no loophole for the virus to spawn
Has 21st century gone wrong ? No, but I feel a turning point of no return
Back to the drawing board, rethink, reinvent
A never-seen-before unknown hangs…
Coronavirus spikes that fuse into human cells, replicate, suffocate
Our defenceless immune system that can’t recognise its enemy
369K dead…who will lift us out of this masquerade death trap ? ๐ฆ ๐ฉบ๐๐ก️
Lam-My ~ 29 May 2020
Covid masquerade
Why did this word jump out of my head
Impromptu, caught me by surprise
So I try to rationalise, ruminated quite a while
I think it’s the mandatory mask we have to wear
Liken to a masquerade party
More dangerously, Covid 19 too is masquerading
Corona ~ crown , spikes ~ thorns ~ crown of thorns
That our immune system can’t recognise
That in fact is the crux of the tragedy
6 million infected…369K deaths, never before so deadly
To the 2.64 million recovered
You give encouragement we will eventually defeat it
Even if it mutates many years down the road
Your immune system may have a little inkling how to fight it
Instead of being in total fatal darkness
Brings to my mind Lee Kuan Yew’s advice
Follow that rainbow…if you find a grain of gold…dig it up…
You who have recovered from Covid
Have found and dug up your grain of gold…treasure it !
Lam-My ~ 31 May 2020
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RockBiker races across the murky moor
A daredevil, he waits for Dracul to settle their score
A tall figure with a lean and hungry look approaches
Sizes up this handsome Biker at the misty brook
Yearns for a taste of his flamboyant blood
Offers a goblet of red fizzling tequila
Biker savours…spews it into the ether
The fanged demon wastes no time…lunges
Quick as lightning, Rocker fires his ultraviolet laser
A smouldering purple envelopes the demon
Blood shot out, his head spins …aaaarggh!
Vrooom vrooom…RockBiker follows up the onslaught
Comin in Hot, heaves his motorbike, directs the headlights
With a deafening sonic screech! …eeeeeeek!
Seeping into Dracul’s sensitive protruding ears
Werewolves render reinforcement
Snarling, blood thirsty fangs salivating
Biker decides to take cover by the river
Not so fast…Dracul regains his colour
Venomous vampires with hooked talons
Swarm RockBiker in an all-out siphoning
Flicking his pompadour dark hair, sensing imminent danger
He escapes into the chasm…Vroooom vroooom…
With music to soothe the savage beast
Arrives safely back at his antique mansion
Dooong ! The doorbell hauntingly lingers
A neatly-attired butler, named Roger emerges
Opens the skull-crafted door
A waft of steamed hot beef drifts to the fore
Butler takes Biker’s long-tail coat
Incense on the rosewood table from two fragrant candles
Evokes nostalgia of his yonder lover
The doorbell sounds another solitary…Dooong!
Butler hurriedly opens the door
Ooooh-la-la…two long-lost lovers
With New Eyes, Biker gazes, touches…their secret love effloresces thereafter ๐
Lam-My ~ 4 June 2020 ~ (original July 2019 few changes)
Dooong…! doorbell lingers a third time
Who could it be…but before Butler could reach the door…it flies open !
Whoozz !…a vampire Bat emerges, clutches Biker’s neck
Blood-thirsty Bat starts siphoning…fresh blood oozes
RockBiker flicks it off…lo and behold, its venomous fangs sink deeper
Biker staggers…puts up a fight… 'I can’t breathe !'
Drops onto the floor, motionless, like a sack of potatoes
Butler Roger jumps to his master’s rescue…fishes out a scarlet laser
Points it directly at the blood-salivating vampire
It lets go of its feasting…a purple light swiftly escapes through the front door
Master ! Wake up !
No reaction…Butler has to act fast before Rocker is gone forever
Meanwhile, petrified Loverboy strokes Biker’s face…kisses him with a kiss of life
Rocker’s New Eyes slowly open…returning from a far-off place of transience…๐️๐ฆ
Lam-My ~ 6 June 2020 (new)
My Trump Writer Fan is hot on my heels, actually it feels surreal to have a WH Fan of such high station. I just heard his use of *dominate the battlespace; like I said, he likes strong words… *carnage *herculean *dominate. Ironically, my use of *dominate regards Pharaoh, my internet dog / Adam’s dog; I said : Pharaoh is adorable, a fast runner, not easy to *dominate… 16 May 2020.
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*Herculean task : Spoken by 4-Star General Perna on making a Covid vaccine by Jan 2021.
I really hope, black or white…both see the light as soon as possible and I feel strongly *carnage committed, seen worldwide on air, must be addressed without a shred of doubt. ๐คจ
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Our Blue Marble hanging in eternity
Out in space captured from the other side of Moon
By satellite – China
At this moment our beloved Blue Marble is facing a crisis
People all over are struggling to scrape out a living
Yet there are still others who would take the life of another…why
Let’s hold on together regardless…gender, creed or colour
Would you strangle George Floyd if he was your brother ?
I think you would let go if your brother cried : ‘I can’t breathe…’
Because your love would have screamed out loud for you to halt the murder
He lost his job due to Covid 19 and had to get by…
Rest In Peace George Floyd, God is with you…forever
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I appreciate the use of words from my poems/stories by High-Level people :
1. President Trump : American *carnage in his Inauguration Speech 20 Jan 2017
And my use :
June 13, 2016 – I wrote about the Orlando massacre of 49 mainly gay men in a nightclub:
‘The attacker saw a fault-line, a crowded gay club, lax security, for him to execute maximum *carnage.’
2. Four-Star General Perna said : Manufacturing of a Covid vaccine by Jan 2021…A *Herculean task.
My poem : 2016 Rio Olympics
‘Joseph Schooling pulls off a super *Herculean for Singaporeans
He came, he saw, he conquered as a Gold Fly Olympian!’
3. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper said : *dominate the battle space…(which he later withdrew) May 2020
My poem :
‘Pharaoh is adorable, a fast runner, not easy to *dominate…' (within close proximity of time)
4. Dr Anthony Fauci, American immunologist, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases used : *replicates replicating replication to explain testing regarding coronavirus. May 2020
My use : ‘Adam Lambert’s masterclass is not easy to *replicate at all…song, There I Said It…’ May 2020.
5. PM Lee Hsien Loong’s speech, 7 June 2020 : Securing Singapore’s future in a post-Covid-19 world …
Among other important advice he said : *Reinvent yourself to survive…
My Covid poem 29 May 2020
Back to the drawing board, rethink, *reinvent
A never-seen-before unknown hangs… ๐ 9 June 2020 Lam-My
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‘Singapore will embark on human clinical trials next week on 23 healthy individuals for a potential treatment for Covid-19.
The phase one trial, developed by Singapore-based biotechnology company Tychan, will be conducted by the SingHealth Investigational Medicine Unit and take about six weeks.
It is meant to determine the safety and effectiveness of TY027, a monoclonal antibody or immune system protein that specifically targets Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, said Tychan in a statement on Wednesday (June 10).
TY027 is being explored for the treatment of Covid-19 patients by slowing the progression of the disease and speeding up recovery, as well as potentially to provide temporary protection against infection, the company said.'
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I just posted our beloved Blue Marble (above), captured by China’s Longjiang-2 satellite from the other side of Moon; I like Adam’s a cappella; resonates the Moon mystique; I think Adam may be the only Singer able to bring out this specialty.
Each time I ponder on the Blue Marble, taken in real time, it feels so surreal that we are all on it, which means we are essentially floating in space…I’m a true space alien ๐ฝ, don’t mess with me…๐
Adam Lambert On The Moon :
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Never in my wildest fancy
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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 phenomenons, 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
Identify, block off those billions corona spikes from 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 recovery, completed human trials, manufacturing
When I watched the spectacular Solar Eclipse, 26 Dec 2019
I felt so overwhelmed, tears welled up in my eyes…moon blocked the sun, interlocked in a 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
A foreshadowing of a catastrophe ?
8.5 million infected worldwide, 4.5 million recovered, 455,000 dead…
Exterminate the Covid ! Arrest it lock stock barrel, this pervasive rampant killer ! ๐๐ท๐ก
Lam-My ~ 19 June 2020
Velvet + astrology + kungflu้ฃ่ธข fei ti + Covid
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The Stranger you are
The Closer To You
Cuz we want to figure out
How you survive your share of ‘sand kicked in your face’
And come through On the Moon
Helloo Pharaoh…do you have Superpower?
Ni hao Lam-My! … Answer is no
But I am surrounded by love and I scamper where I like
No one stops me…would you consider that Superpower oooeeeh ๐๐ก
Pharaoh, yes, Freedom is Superpower
Daddy sings : I want to ride where I like…vrooom vrooom on his motorbike
Velvet is smooth and sensual
Flows like the curves of the torso
Are You Ready To Run…Loverboy
Follow me follow me…down down down the Von Karman Crater
Oooooh it’s dark and cold…
Not to worry I’ll hang onto your Overglow
Whiit whiit ! I’m Yutu…crawl into my rabbit hole for a galactic panorama ๐๐
Hey Yutu, have you heard of the new kungflu้ฃ่ธข fei ti flying kick…
No, Lam-My, what’s it like…
It’s lethal ! Got to be careful…after you execute the kungflu้ฃ่ธข fei ti, you must go hah-ha-chooo…to expel all the Covid ! Wear a mask ! ๐ท
V for Velvet…first zodiac age Aries…
Thousands years before present Pisces
Comin In Hot…Aquarius
Each lasts 2,160 years
Pisces continues to rule the heavens maybe another 60 years
Till a Pitcher of Water splashes my Pisces constellation
Meanwhile steer us through the Covid
Catastrophic, stay home…smell the Roses
With New Eyes, we’ll reign in the dawn of Aquarius
By which time I would be long gone reunited with magnifique Universe ♈๐♓๐♒๐
Lam-My ~ 24 June 2020
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Kungfu or Kungflu they are both lethal. ๐๐
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Wah! I just saw 5 F-15SG zoom across the sky above my block of condo, roaring very low in Arrow formation; you know why, this year’s National Day 9 August can’t be held in the Stadium because of Covid distancing, so these fighter jets will be flying very low above the heartlands bringing the Singapore flag to the people; in fact they zoom past 5 times already roaring above my balcony. They’ll probably be donned up, also the usual red smoke trials. I saw a tanker plane the other day, extra big, can carry a lot of stuff like limousines or toilets as once requested for the special summit. 5 arrowhead formation fighter jets just whizzed past right above my balcony, very low, loud. Wonder if the Red Lions parachutists will drop onto our rooftop… ✈️๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ️๐ญ๐ฌ
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Thank you Juneau Blogger-in-Chief and Staff of Adam Salon for posting above video of the chinook helicopter bringing our Singapore Flag to the people. I’ve never felt so emotional cuz I see this every year for 50+ years performed at the Stadium or Padang; now it suddenly dawned on me it can be taken away just like that, due to Covid; well, since people can’t go to see the National Flag fly-past personally, then the next best thing is, It has to come to us.
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Ooooh-la-la Adam Lambert, Terrance Spencer and Johnnie Rice are back together; I saw this magnifique Trio live when they came to Singapore, Trespassing…still very gooood ! Yes, once you got it, you got it for life. Wah! Adam zi singing, moving, fashionista, always 1st class ! smooth and sexy Adam, Johnnie, Terrance. Adam is using his home turf as concert hall ! Superb ! Reinvent yes!
And Prince Pharaoh stroked by his Rock King down by the poolside haw haw!
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Wah ! Is this what you call a lock-down…so busy, signing his Velvet Vinyls for shipment worldwide.
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Hello there Pharaoh! I see you are also busy snooping around, well at least you don’t disturb Daddy signing his boxes of vinyls.
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Lam-My …I don’t want to mess up his painstaking work but I’m always close-by in case he needs me Owooooh…
Meanwhile also highlighting his face artistry…
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My poem : a splurge to purge surged
Now *surge has overtaken *purge, courtesy of coronavirus
As the number of cases spurts…I need to find another word
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao brain, can you find a substitute for *surge
That is now flooding the tv
Brain serves me a curve ball…Covid swells in waves of hell
Knows no bounds, recoils up and down
Nowhere to hide, in the air, on the ground, nooks and corners
The lungs asphyxiate in one’s own fluid
How are we going to subjugate mighty Covid
Our immune system is fast asleep zzzzzzzz…wakie wakie…half a million dead
Health systems, freedoms, economies in schizophrenic dichotomy ๐ฅ๐
A strange plight so uptight but Covid spurs me to write ๐ฌ✍️๐ป
Young, strong people simply ignore, they want a fight
Because their immune system will rise to the occasion
Have you considered damage to your lung condition…
Older folk better take utmost precaution as our immunity weakens
Time for me to get groceries…ๅๅคด่ง huay toh jian .. see you on return
Girl at the supermarket entrance scans my pioneer card, Beeep !
My face shows up on a small computer screen, records 36.7 C ๐ก️
A voice says : your temperature is normal…welcome ! ๐ฅฌ๐ถ️
Wheeling the voluminous amount of foodstuffs in my trolley bag
Across the long and winding overhead bridge, heading home
I’m still averse to taking a taxi; only 8 passengers on a big sanitised bus, less risky
No doubt, paranoia has set in even though only 10 new community cases; migrant workers infection in quarantine dormitories too decreases
We are now in phase 2 opening; wear mask and adhere to 1.5-metre distancing
Our Government leaves no stone unturned, ensuring zero chance of a pervasive Covid re-emergence
3rd phase soon to resume, life back to normal as much as permissible
Badly battered economy requires immediate rejuvenation
A convoluted uphill struggle back to the top, where we were dealt a free-fall down down down
Singapore was born out of a crisis…says PM Lee HL
So here we are all geared up to fight a highly-contagious deadly nemesis
Manufacturing antibodies discovered from recovered patients by Singapore scientists
To block the Covid protein spikes from fusing into cell membrane of the lungs and vital organs
A worldwide scientific marathon feverishly working on a vaccine…shall lift us from the ashes of the killing blight of Covid 19…๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฌ๐
Lam-My ~ 3 July 2020
Spread your wings and fly away…
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My Halloween story on … Spread your wings…
Howling wind, flapping curtains undulating up and down the tall stained-glass windows in Glampire’s mansion. A lot of booom booom from the sound system…right in the midst of Halloween 2017 ! Ooooh-la-la! Glampire’s close-knit Halloween camaraderi…there’s a child too!
A hissing sound from the basement cellar…someone or something was woken from its slumber; slithered, poked its head through an ajar oaken door to sneak up on the commotion. Not happy when others were enjoying in revelry, decided to put an end to the party.
All of a sudden, all the lights went out…the child started shouting; but was picked up and calmed. Glampire made a dash for the main switchboard and turned the lights back on.
Awwwww… a sigh of relief was heard from the party. Then, Glampire’s first concern :
Where is my son!
Everyone started yelling: Adani !… Come out ! Not time for hide-and-seek…they looked every nook and corner. All too familiar to Glampire, these disappearing acts lately, instantly aroused his suspicion. He made a dash for the fortified mansion front door, jumped onto his black stallion waiting outside and sped away. Wearing full black leather, only his vampire fangs gleamed in the full moonlight. He was out with a vengeance; no, not for blood. Actually, he didn’t care so much for that; he was an ethical vampire and siphoned blood with his fangs only as a last resort.
Owooooh!…Werewolves howled from the hilltop, his target destination. He knew to his bone who had abducted his precious son! It had all the hallmarks of Dracul’s demonic doing; their eternal feud and his suspicions were always right.
When Glampire got to the hilltop, he yelled at the top f his lungs, half singing half wailing:
Adani…where are yooouu ? His powerful ooooo vibrato resounded from the hills to the valley.
Alas! no response from his son. Glampire was really scared now, he knew Dracul was ruthless and merciless.
Kraacck ! A giant winged blood-sucker bat perched on the drooping willow tree. Lo and behold! Adani was having the ride of his life on the bat’s back!
Daddy Daddy! Come get me! The little boy called out to his Daddy.
Hold on tightly Baby!
Glampire aimed his laser weaponry at the bat’s wing. He was a sharp-shooter and made sure it would not touch even a hair of Adani’s, his top priority.
Dracul gave out a cry of fury… whenever he was shot by Glampire’s infrared laser.
Arrrrggh ! And instantly shapeshifted back to his human form still clutching Adani lovingly in his arms.
You see, Dracul though a vampire, adored kids and would never harm them because he had always longed for a child of his own but never succeeded in bearing one.
Finally, for fear of getting another dose of that laser at his most vulnerable anatomy, his head…he left Baby Adani on the hill-slope.
A wind-blown long flowing black silk cloak whizzed past, disappeared into the abyss of the dense demonic forest.
Glampire got down, rushed to get his son, carried him up and patted him all over, head to toe to make sure he wasn’t harmed.
Daddy, it was so fun riding on the bat’s back, I had a bird’s eye-view…like you always sing : Spread your wings and fly away…fly away…fly away…
Glampire Daddy was so relieved his cute son actually enjoyed the ordeal ! and came off unscathed, so brave. Soon they were back in their vampire mansion to continue their Halloween party ! ๐น๐ฆ
Lam-My ~ 5 July 2020 (Updated)
Adam finally sold his Hollywood Hills previous house for 2.92 million.
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I recall fondly the *perch on the sofa in the old house, and Runyon...
Helloo Pharaohboy!
Perched? Daddy asked.
Well, I heard purged? haw haw!
You are quite a Rockstar, aren’t you…
This is the best perched/purged picture of you; I like the zoom effect.
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Adam's garden of Eden...wrote poems and stories like Serpentine tempting Adam with juicy apple ๐ณ๐๐
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@AdamLambert shared Stufish Studio’s post on Instagram Stories:
A year ago 10th July 2019...opening night of Queen and @AdamLambert tour...
Out with Roses trishaw...lo and behold...vroom vroom motorbike… I want to ride where I like…
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A walk I have to take…the gilded throne awaits
My stunning King’s coat and Q crown, fashion opulence
A lot at stake with every step I make
On my 5-inch shimmering platforms…
Bound by duty to liberate my comrades
Looking down, I contemplate…
How to surmount and free LGBTQ retrograde
I am here…I’m there…I have no fear
With two Queen Maestros…they steer clear
A pathway for the Queer
We are the Champions…We will Rock you !
Do you see me…the time is ripe for me to Feel Something and Ride it ! ๐๐
Lam-My 11 July 2020
A graveyard tale…
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Alone in Ghost Town since the passing of his closest friend, Raven… Bert was visiting Raven’s grave. It had been Another Lonely Night, one after another without him by his side.
As he was meditating alone in the dark, sitting on Raven’s tombstone with the inscription My Love Raven, penned by him…he heard a faint whisper :
Hi Bert…don’t be sad, I’m in a more serene place now, no more craves which ultimately drove me to my death.
Startled, Bert looked behind the tombstone as the voice seemed to have come from there. Nothing, and then a dried leaf started moving across the tombstone. It was dark and Bert took out his torch and shone on it. Oh, it was a large red ant, carrying a big dried leaf to build its nest. Bert admired its tenacity, the leaf would be something like a strong muscled man heaving up a car, in comparison.
Bert was feeling tired after driving a long distance alone to the remote graveyard. At that moment, the voice was heard again. Bert looked everywhere around the tombstone; nothing in sight. He looked further into the graveyard…a flickering dim light, like someone with a lit cigarette. The person seemed to beckon to him to come nearer…Bert’s first thoughts : Raven is back !
He got up and got nearer to see if it was indeed Raven; no…he wasn’t there. He got back and sat on the tombstone; then a shadow cast over the words, My Love Raven, that was tearfully inscribed by him when his long-time partner took his last gasp of air; he died of an overdose.
It was his weekly ritual to feel solace and Raven’s love. He walked unsteadily out of the graveyard, looking back to check for any strange sights or sounds. It was dead silence except his footsteps. He got back into his car and drove off.
Bert !…
Startled…the same voice was following him. He parked his car by the roadside and got out; took in some fresh air to calm his nerves. Swiish…a dark mass whisked across the road, almost hit by an oncoming vehicle. And then a shadow of a person glided across the trees lining the road. It seemed to be wearing a big hat with two long quills, had a white beard and two long plaits. As another passing vehicle’s headlights shone at it, the figure appeared to be waving at him ! Bert wiped his eyes and looked again. Yes, it was still there. He waved back, being the responsive loving person he is. The supposed ghost disappeared and never accosted Bert again. Was that Raven trying to console him…Bert cried, as he did love Raven a great deal but he finally thought it was time to let go…
Lam-My ~ 21 July 2020 ~ (2 Nov 2015 ~ updated)
(Graveyard photo by : Bliznetsov...Fordham Law News)
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ReplyDeleteOoooh-la-la Pharaoh basking, haw haw…I like the luxuriant purple efflorescence of this tree. I recall writing about it the first time I saw it in Adam’s Garden of Eden.
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Pharaoh sphinx…you look so blissful amid a worldwide pandemic.
ๆฉไธๅฅฝ jow sarng hao Lam-My…yea you got it right, so blissful…what’s a pandemic?
It’s a long long story, Pharaoh, you just continue giving your special love to your Daddy and all your caring uncles, oh, me as well ! ๐๐
Why are you always twitching your ears?
I hear little strange sounds which you can’t hear.
Has Serpentine paid you a visit?
Psssss…sss
Who is that?
Me again, Serpentine….
What do you want from me?
No, not you, I brought a juicy red apple for your Daddy Adam, owner of Garden of Eden. He is a very talented person, that’s why millions of Fans love him. But this time round, he has gotten more careful, don’t think he’ll take my juicy red apple; it got him banished from his Garden of Eden. But now he owns one, not bad, pssss…pssss…see you in worse times to come…
Away from me ! Serpentine before I trample you to pieces !
Really ? Try ! You won’t win, I got lots of tricks up my sleeves, oooops, mouth, from which I spew temptations that you can’t resist; want a juicy bone ?
No, not from you Serpentine…I don’t buy into your sleaze…Owooooh! Okay, maybe I’ll just give it a lick to get a bit of the taste.
Have a nice meal, if you need more, you can always count on me, Pharaohdoggo…love your beautiful fur in the sunshine…๐๐๐ก
Lam-My ~ 22 July 2020
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A wavy kiss curl, a flamboyant swirl
Both looking down to Feel Something
To render help through his FS Foundation to LGBTQ
Time stagnates, yet almost like moments ago so vibrant
When these two pictures were taken
First one Adam’s Velvet album which was to take off in 10 solo concerts, cancelled
Second photo, New Year’s Eve of 2019…
Happy New Year Dr Handsome
You look as if you are on a movie set
Aha, 21st century Gatsby
What are you gonna pull off next…
Never a dull moment…Glambert quote
As we gloat and float all over the globe
On our hot-hair balloon…whiioo wheet up here
Hitching a ride with Adam is mind-boggling
Don’t waste time haggling
Get on your feet…now that brings me
To the great big feat…Chang’e-4 touching down
On the unseen other side of the Moon to swoon 3 Jan
Historic 1st ever moon landing on Von Karman Crater !
Also, the peanut-shape Ultima Thule NASA 1 Jan
To the furthest time and space of our solar system…
Brian May sending it off on his cosmo guitar
But nothing compares with Adam Gatsby and Pharaohdoggo
As I journey live on my Hodgepodge Poetry…๐๐๐ฃ๐
Lam-My ~ 3 Jan 2019 (original)
Covid already happened, fever scans, propped up at Changi Airport ๐ฉ️๐ฃ๐
~ 20 July 2020 ๐ท
I wrote stories and dialogues on Praying-mantis and lo and behold Adam came up with this Praying-mantis Snapchat, which suddenly dropped into my archives: 2017
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Helloo let me in…helloo zhiiiiii…
Who is that?
Me, praying-mantis, you know, Lam-My’s favourite insect friend.
What do you want from me?
Well, I’ve come to deliver a message from my colony.
What colony?
It’s very close-by your home on the hill…I always ogle at you as you run with your dog; what’s its name er…just at the tip of my tongue…ya, Pharaoh. Hey, I like you a lot, you’re such a gentleman but Pharaoh, not so much. He killed my friend Greg! So sad, I pined for Greg a long time. He was always there for me and I love his haunting song day and night.
Awww, really sorry about that; actually Pharaoh is a very well-behaved dog; I think he was in a bad mood.
It’s okay, I found a new Cricket to be my soulmate; she sings like crazy vibrating and twirling her wings.
So what’s the message?
Well, our queen has laid a whole new batch of eggs which just hatched and we are throwing a big party. We, her loyal underlings are going all out to invite as many guests as possible. Straight away, I thought of you because I’ve heard you sing ‘Find me somebody tooooo loove ! and my queen would certainly love that, now that she has to mate again…zhiiiiiii !
Adam:
Okay, I’ll come! Can I bring a date?
Sure! except Pharaoh.
But he’ll be all alone at home and I never leave him all by himself. I take him wherever I go.
Reluctantly :
Oookay then; just make sure he doesn’t kill any of my friends. He seems quite adverse to mantises. Come, follow me…
Pharaoh, we’ve been invited to a praying-mantis party.
Praying-mantis ! Owoooh ! Isn’t it the one that hides and irritates me, in the bush?
And so Pharaoh followed his Daddy with Praying-mantis leading the way to its colony; Mantis praying all the time. Pharaoh was well-behaved and didn’t kill anyone. Praying-mantis’ prayers were answered.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * After the party :
So what happened at the praying-mantis party? Did the stoic one give any trouble?
Oh no, the stoic one was in tip-top behaviour but I had to stop his urges when he grrrrrrrr at those myriad tiny cute mantises hatching from their cocoons. I like their triangular faces, alert big eyes. And those legs when outstretched are twice the length of its body.
Where was the mantis colony?
You have seen the place before…the one where Pharaoh stopped to examine the bush and grrrrrrrr on Runyon hill, close-by my home. ๐ฆ๐๐ถ♂️
Lam-My:
You must be living in your new residence now…bet it’s humongous; well, you’ll probably let us in a bit later; actually, Adam, you can take your time, your safety comes first; times are changing, hanging in the balance.
็ฑไฝ ็ๆญๅฃฐ ai ni der ger sherng … love your singing voice
็ฑ ai / love .. ไฝ ็ ni der / your .. ๆญๅฃฐ ger sherng / singing voice
Lam-My ~ 27 July 2020 ~ (Original Oct 2017)
p/s My last sentence seems quite prophetic… ‘times are changing, hanging in the balance.'
Praying Mantis Kung-Fu by 133art on deviantart.com
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Dancing Kung-Fu Praying Mantis – theswellelife.com
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ReplyDeleteIt’s easy to get Pharaoh, my internet dog…I just say, Pharaoh, where are you?…and lo and behold he appears; not by fluke, many times already…๐คฃ
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Hey Pharaoh, you are so alert ! What made you turn so abruptly…
ๆฉไธๅฅฝ jow sarng hao Lam-My, good morning my internet aunty…๐ I heard a strange sound; well Daddy is driving his dashing open-top so I can pick up even the wind with my antenna ears. Maybe Daddy is making those chit-chit sound to attract my attention.
You are looking so healthy; at this point in time, health is of utmost importance, or fall prey to dear friend mighty Covid.
Who is Covid?
Aya ya ya it’s better you not know, you should be able to kill it dead; it’s not interested in dogs, it loves humans because they have no clue how to exterminate it, and even if they do, it mutates; the whole debacle wreaks havoc.
Hey Pharaoh, I notice Daddy put a safety leash on you so you can’t stand up on the dashboard or put your head out of the car
Yeah, then I can feel things simply whizz past…oscillating in orbit !
You haven’t been to your favourite haunt, Runyon Canyon to run run run…
No, Daddy feels it’s not so safe, like you just explained. I’m okay but he needs to take extra precaution of his God-given resonance chamber.
Wah ! Pharaoh, that’s deep; no wonder you say you’re a big boy now and can fend for yourself.
Not only fend for myself, I have to take care of my Daddy, at times, he gets real lonely and I’m there to give him love always…it’s a win win you know, I get my munchy marrow on a silver platter…Owoooh! ๐ก๐๐
Lam-My ~ 4 Aug 2020
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Wah ! Pharaoh, you might have beaten your Daddy in handsomeness haw haw ! maybe by just 0.001 point. Your flare-out antenna ears and big round eyes seal the deal.
่ฐข่ฐข sair sair internet aunty from the opposite side of the world. My Daddy is very handsome and talented and takes extremely good care of me. Looove him owoooh!
How do you know your Daddy is handsome and talented?
I love his face and smell, and his voice chut chut, means he’s got something for me to explore; that’s why you say I’m alert, I’m trained owoooh ! My favourite is run run run on the canyon and you ask where am I going? Nowhere but so free, run wherever I like, I know the Runyon road like the back of my hand er paw; lately not so much, we stay at home.๐๐ก๐
Lam-My ~ 5 Aug 2020
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.
ReplyDeleteBert 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. ๐ต...๐ถ๐ถ♂️
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, shows how far and high the free fall, without opening up the parachute. ๐ฉ️๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช
https://youtu.be/uHdGIcWXGT0
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ReplyDeleteๅจ ! ๅคงๅฎถๅฅฝ (ๅจ hi ! ๅคงๅฎถ da jiah everyone, ๅฅฝ hao good)...Truck and Roll is trundling back, round and round, up and down the winding road... ✈️๐๐๐๐
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Truck and Roll June 2018 Europe Tour
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Truck and Roll go go go
On with the show…we merrily follow
Skies and seas, up and down winding roads
From west to east, north to south
These Maestros are tough, made of sterner stuff
Ringing in a new dawn, a new day, a new tableau
What will they bring the morrow
Brian’s cosmo guitar squeals wheeoo…wheeooo
Roger’s multi drums stir up a classic brew
Booom booom pah ! Booom booom pah !
We Will… We Will Rock you… !
Prof Spike at the keyboards ready to spew
In sync with Neil on bass guitar at every cue
Tyler stomps in, his low drums encapsulate the arena
Enter all-time Glam Rocker ! rolls out the Queen menu
With mettle of steel, cuts the deal at his zenith
Yeeah ee Yeeah .. on with the Showoooo ! all vocal cylinders fire on his 5-inch heels !
Lift off !๐ฅ
Lam-My ~ 19 Aug 2020 Updated ~ (Original June 2018)
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Wah ! Adam’s house is one big theatre, main prop himself, multi-faceted wardrobe, he even has a standby proficient cameraman, Terrance; maybe he’s getting ready for something !
I like this combination, stupendous !
https://twitter.com/i/status/1296390924671557633
Well well, yep, 11.5 long and winding years; Adam never stopped, now, he and Queen have no choice…Covid. Lay me down in darkness, tell me what you see… I have seen it all from AI 2009 Mama to present round-the-world efflorescence Mama, on live streams and videos. Thank you so much all involved bringing them to millions around the world, so clear, spectacular, on the very day of each show. My fast and furious marathon writing, city to city, QAL, 9 years now; still not quite done, they are Opening Rock In Rio 2021.
ReplyDeleteNow do you understand why I call them 3 Maestros and their Tip-top Team of engineers, fashionistas, drivers, cooks, security, logistics; mind-boggling ! providing food for the soul.
Mama AI 2009 and Mama Queen and Adam Lambert Rhapsody Tour 2019
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The Show Must Go on - Padang City Hall Parliament Place - 17 Sept 2016 Singapore
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When Queen and Adam Lambert performed The Show Must Go On at the Padang, 17 Sept 2016, it instantly struck a chord; it fitted City Hall / Parliament Place / Padang so starkly. It was here that the British Flag was lowered right in front of City Hall steps and in its place the Japanese Flag was raised after the infamous Surrender of Singapore 1942. 3 years of hell ensued, that took the unarmed innocent lives of 50,000, under the Japanese occupation. Singapore was returned to the British at the end of WW2 1945; also rectified at City Hall / Padang; after the dropping of 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans. 144 years later, Singapore finally stood on her own 2 feet – Independence in 1959. Lee Kuan Yew fought without a single bullet; secured Singapore’s total Freedom from the British in stages. He fought tooth and nail as a double-starred Upper Honours Lawyer from Cambridge, against the Queen Counsel at their Supreme Court, so eloquent and powerful, they finally granted Independence in stages.
Now, you see why The Show Must Go On fitted so elegantly and powerfully when Queen and Adam performed it at the Padang. Ironically, the Queen of England granted Singapore’s Independence and Queen sort of bring it to full circle. 55 years have passed and today, we are still fighting for The Show To Go On; there is no two ways about it, mighty Covid confronts us at the crossroads ! Take the wrong turn and many will perish but Lee Hsien Loong and his Team of Experts have so far kept the deaths very low, 27 to date in spite of the fact we have 56000+ infections, mostly migrant workers quarantined in dormitories; community cases down to about 5 per day for past few months. Singapore government has so far spent over $100 billion to save collapsing businesses and those in dire needs, ongoing. Changi Airport is cautiously flying to some agreed connected destinations.
Adam Lambert’s documentary The Show Must Go On fits him to a T as he too struggled to get back on his feet each time he fell.
For Singapore, it’s not a Show, not a Pantomime, it’s life and death, one critical wrong move, that’s all it takes, but we never give up, it’s a Sing trait.
Lam-My ~ 29 Aug 2020
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ReplyDeleteI 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
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ReplyDeleteLino DiSalvo @LinoD replying …
I’ve got an awesome character for him in an upcoming project @adamlambert.
Stay tuned ๐✨
That brings me back to Emperor Maximus.
By Creativesharka
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You! What are you staring at? Do you know who I am?
Er er your majesty Emperor Maximus, this is my Daddy! He is playing you in the movie.
My name is Pharaohdoggo, my Daddy rescued me from the shelter.
Don’t be so fierce !
All right, you seem like a very alert doggo.
Wham! Bam! What’s that noise?
We are Emperor Maximus’ bodyguards! Pharaohdoggo ! We’ll catch you by your doughnut tail ! for not bowing to our Emperor! Stop staring at him!
Ooooeeh! Daddy! Save me!
Pharaoh ! Run !
Guards ! Catch him by his doughnut tail, he’s a very swift runner.
Wheeee…fly away…fly away…fly away…thud ! Where am I ?
ๅพไน ๆฒก่งๅฐไฝ ไบ hern jui mei jian dow ni ler / long time no see you already
็ๅ ! Yutu…? Now I’m safe on zi Moon…those Emperor guards can’t get me finally!
Not so fast you whimsy basenji !
Pharaoh ! ๅฟซ่ท่ฟๆ็ๅ ๅญๆด kwai pow jin wor der too-zi doong !
( ๅฟซ kwai / quick .. ่ท pow / run .. ่ฟ jin / into .. ๆ็ wor der / my .. ๅ ๅญ too-zi / rabbit .. ๆด doong / hole) ๐๐๐
Daaaady! Catch me ! I’m f..f..faaall-ling…
Pharaoh! wakie wakie! we’re going for a nature ramble around our new vicinity…
Uff uff…Don’t mess with me Maximus !…my Daddy will get you good and proper !
Lam-My ~ 10 Sept 2020 ~ (updated original 27 Apr 2019)
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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 ~ 7 Sept 2020 (updated original 13 July 2019)
Boots shoes boom bang
ReplyDeleteAdam 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 ! ๐
Lam-My ~ 25 Sept 2020 – Updated
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Blue Suede Shoes
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ReplyDeleteOne 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 ! ๐ฝ๐ซ
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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 ! ๐๐ซ
ReplyDeleteA 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 ๐๐…๐
Lam-My 18 Oct 2020
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ReplyDeleteCovid chimes a deadly dirge ๐
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 ๐ฅ๐๐ฅฃ
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 !
ReplyDeletePM 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.
ReplyDeleteArtist’s illustration of the Chang’e 5 spacecraft’s initial elliptical orbit around the moon.
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This screen grab from an animation of the Chang’e 5 mission shows the spacecraft in orbit around the moon.
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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.
ๆญๅๅฆ 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.
้ๅธธๅผบๅคง็ๆๅ !
(้ๅธธ fei charng / very .. ๅผบๅคง chiang da / powerful .. ๆๅ cherng goong / successful)
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ReplyDeleteCovid-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 ๐
No family, no friend by their side ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ
Virologists, scientists, doctors tirelessly work on a vaccine
Yes finally ! a life-saver Vaccine shines a ray of light on our destiny ๐
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 ๐♂️
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 ๐ช️
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 ? ๐ท
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 ๐ญ
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...๐ฐ️
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 ! ๐ก๐งฟ๐ค
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. ๐คข๐ท
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ReplyDeleteMany 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 ! ๐
Dr Wen and Dr Choo … my Chinese kin. ๐
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. ๐
The Light
By Singapore Mediacorp Singers / Song Writers
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ReplyDeleteWaah ! Chang'e 5 return-capsule streaks through the night sky bringing its priceless cargo of moon soil / rocks home to Beijing. Many helicopters and vehicles spread out to search the huge wide snow-covered grasslands of Inner Mongolia / China. Yes ! they found their return-capsule intact nicely landed in the snow. They were awed ! Billions-year-old moon soil / rocks that actually flew from outer-space into their backyard !
I tried to follow the convoluted procedures of docking and undocking of the 4 components of Chang'e 5 orbiter, lander, ascender, returner. Goodness me ! my brain got all entangled; so many times they join and separate and join again and separate. This one is dramatic, after the ascender carrying the moon soil/rocks blasted off from the lander on the moon, to dock with the orbiter circling the moon, unloaded its moon collections, to be stored in the return-capsule, was commanded by Beijing control to smash into the moon so as not to leave any space junk floating around that may hinder future explorations, their next probes Chang'e 6,7,8.
The final separation was between the return-capsule and orbiter, 5,000 km above earth, before touching down in Inner Mongolia / China.
ๆญๅไธญๅฝ ! goong si zhongguo .. Congratulations China ! You are going to lead us through 21st Century !
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Scientists opened the return capsule of China’s lunar probe Chang’e-5 in Beijing on Saturday 19 Dec 2020 morning and took out the lunar samples container.
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ReplyDeleteCathartic words from Adam and he too jumps onto our *light at the end of the tunnel tooot tooot train...
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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 ๐
Amid a run-amok wild Covid pandemic ๐
Lam-My ~ 12 Dec 2020
Wah ! Adam’s *bough note goes into overdrive right onto the next phrase…
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ReplyDeleteRow 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. ๐ฅฐ
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 ! ๐
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‘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.'
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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 ๆฐๅนดๅฟซไน we shall catch a dream ๐
Lam-My ~ 3 Jan 2021
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Senior staff Nurse Sarah Lim first to be vaccinated in Singapore
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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…
ReplyDeleteNever 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 ! ๐๐ท
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
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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
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Adam Lambert performs Starman for #ABowieCelebration:#JustForOneDay!
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The Straits Times Joyce Teo
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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. ๐
https://youtu.be/_iYcL_iq-c8
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Year of the Ox ~ Chinese New Year 12 Feb 2021 ๐
ๆฐๅนดๅฟซไน ! sun neen fai lok (Cantonese)
(ๆฐๅนด sun neen / New Year .. ๅฟซไน fai log / happy)
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Hey there Pharaoh! Long time no see; I rarely hear you bark.
ไฝ ๅฅฝ 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 ๆณ่็ 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 ๆณ่็ fa lao warng ? ๐๐
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 ๐๐ encircled the vast snow-covered grasslands…Home sweet home ๐ after a 23-day whirlwind moon excavation, bringing home billion-year-old invaluable moon soil, rocks all the way from outer space ๐!
ๆฌข ่ฟ ๅ ๅฎถ huan ying huay jia ! (ๆฌข่ฟ huan ying / welcome .. ๅๅฎถ huay / return ๅฎถ jiah / home)
https://youtu.be/M2wstcwM3M4
One of my favourite Chang'e 5 videos; Immaculate ! ้ๅธธๆผไบฎ !
(้ๅธธ fei charng / extremely .. ๆผไบฎ peow liang / beautiful)
Lam-My 23 Jan 2021
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ReplyDelete1️⃣2️⃣ Feb Year of the Ox 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣
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Sun neen fai lok ! ๆฐๅนดๅฟซไน ! (cantonese)
jing yuet neen chor yut (jing yuet / 1st month lunar calendar .. ๅนดๅไธ / neen chor yut .. neen / year .. ๅไธ / chor yut / day 1.
1st day of 1st month, new moon, lunar/solar calendar 12 Feb 2021.
Happy New Year World ! ๐ ๆฐๅนดๅฟซไน ! seen nian kwai ler !
Singapore Chinatown…Bulls are frolicking rather than people, milling around…
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRm58LLhclUGMp2Vyb0hdP_bwVSqxefqOW8HA&usqp=CAU
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQP_cvnE0kAcfevxN9J2NdZvF80w_25s_7qcg&usqp=CAU
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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 : ๅจๅช้ jai na li / where .. ๅจๅช้ jai na li ่ง่ฟไฝ jian guo ni .. (่ง่ฟ jian guo / saw / ไฝ 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 … ็่่ ไฝ ็ฌๅพ็่่
(็ tian / sweet .. ่ mi / honey .. ไฝ ็ฌ ni seow / you smile .. ๅพ de / begets .. ็่่ 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. ๐๐
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuopTuxWQAAtxXH?format=jpg&name=large
Wah ! Close up ! Hey Pharaoh, your Dracula fangs are so white and clean, ah but they don’t siphon bloood ๐. 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…!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Euqmjv6XMAA4spB?format=jpg&name=900x900
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As water under the bridge rolls on ๐ 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 !
https://twitter.com/i/status/1359755209623363584
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ReplyDeleteWah ! 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 ๅคฉ้ฎไธๅท / Tianwen-1 circling Mars orbit, shows Tianwen-1 beaming live back to Beijing ground control as Mars comes into view !
้ๅธธๆผไบฎ，ไธ็ไธๆต ! .. fei charng peow liang , shir jie e lieu !
(้ๅธธ fei charng / very .. ๆผไบฎ peow liang / beautiful .. ไธ็ shir jie / world .. ไธๆต e lieu / first class)
ไฝ ๅฅฝ ni hao Perseverance ! ๅคฉ้ฎๅฐ็ซๆ ,ไธๆฅไบ ! Tianwen reaches Mars , coming down…
(ๅคฉ้ฎ Tianwen .. ๅฐ dao / reaches .. ็ซๆ huor seeng / Mars .. ็ซ huor / fire .. ๆ seeng / star .. ไธๆฅไบ siah lai ler / coming down ..ไธ siah / down .. ๆฅไบ lai ler / coming)
https://youtu.be/dPsJw-bx0B8
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ๅคฉ้ฎไธๅท Tianwen e hao .. Tianwen 1
ๅคฉ tian / sky .. ้ฎ wen / ask .. ไธๅท e hao / no. 1
ๅคฉ้ฎ 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 : ้ฎๅคฉ mun teen (reversed, ้ฎ mun / ask .. ๅคฉ teen / sky), which literally means ask the sky; it means she did not know the answer so ask the sky. ๐
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Photos, Adam Lambert on Instagram, hiking with Pharaoh :
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ev1sPOlXYAIzHzS?format=jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ev1sPbuXEAMzhtA?format=jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ev1sPq5XcAQw5c1?format=jpg&name=small
Good morning Pharaoh ! You look wild and handsome ! ๅๆฉ้ฅญไบๅ？(ๅ chir / eat / had .. ๆฉ้ฅญ jow charn / breakfast .. ไบๅ 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.
ๅ่ง jai jian，่ฐข่ฐข seh seh internet aunty …๐๐ฉ๐๐ฆบ๐ฆฎ⛺
Lam-My ~ 6 Mar 2021