The Greatest of Greatest Hits

UPDATED!

Okay, folks, as you may garner from this post’s title (Greatest of Greatest Hits) it’s all about the Greatest Hits albums that are out there in the market.

Now, you may not agree with me about the Greatest Hits album ranking, but this is based on personal opinion, not sales ranking, so don’t chastise me greatly for it.

Besides, there are probably many Greatest Hits albums out there and what I’m putting up here are just the few that get all the attention.

And here we go.

NO. 11
Most Wanted
Hilary Duff
Songs you’ll recognize: Come Clean, Metamorphosis, Fly
Why: Only two albums and a couple of soundtracks and she’s got a Greatest Hits? What makes that so Great? Chick rock this one is.

NO. 10
#1s
Destiny’s Child
Songs you’ll recognize: Lose My Breath, Survivor, Independent Woman Pt. 1
Why: Totally hot girl group that has won a fair amount of Grammys. No. 10 cause the other albums are just Greater.

NO. 9
10 Years of Hits
Ronan Keating
Songs you’l recognize: Lovin’ Each Day, Life is a Rollercoaster
Why: Not too many chart toppers here, and these songs can easily get forgotten in the sands of time. Not too Great.

NO. 8
Overloaded
Sugababes
Songs you’ll recognize: Ugly, Red Dress, Hole in the Head
Why: Sugababes are Great, but their Brit Pop is a bit too much for people to stomach at times.

NO. 7
My Prerogative
Britney Spears
Songs you’ll recognize: I Love Rock and Roll, Lucky, Oops… I Did It Again!
Why: Britney’s Great too, but her pop quotient has gone down ever since the K-Fed thing. Her comeback is highly anticipated though.

NO. 6
Greatest Hits
Shania Twain
Songs you’ll recognize: Up!, Man! I Feel Like A Woman, You’re Still The One
Why: Shania Twain’s country/pop feel is Great, but this album still doesnt compare up to some of the Top 5.

NO. 5
Singles
New Order
Songs you’ll recognize: Blue Monday, Krafty
Why: New Order has classics thrown in with their modern chart toppers, so this album definitely receives a Great A.

NO. 4
Ultimate Kylie
Kylie Minogue
Songs you’ll recognize: Slow, Chocolate, Can’t Get You Out of My Head
Why: Combining modern hits and old tracks like Locomotion, brings forth an album much like New Order’s, which is fresh yet nostalgic. A Great album which should up her credibility.

NO. 3
Dreams
The Corrs
Songs you’ll recognize: So Young, Angel, Old Town
Why: The Corrs are the best at what they do – making total good, unadulterated fun music! No one does that better than them and that’s why they get the Top 3 Great, in my opinion.

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NO. 2
18 Singles
U2
Songs you’ll recognize: Vertigo, Beautiful Day, One
Why: Great band that they are, you really can’t get enough of their stick-in-your-head-and-never-get-out songs. Timeless music.

NO. 1
The Collection
Alanis Morissette
Songs you’ll recognize: Ironic, Hand In My Pocket, Everything
Why: Alanis Morissette is unofficially the Queen of rock and officially the Queen of angst. Her music is very strong, no-holds-barred, and the lyrics and tune stick in your head and force you to hum them to yourself. Wonderfully Great, and rightfully no. 1.

There we go. And so, go get them! All are out in stores now!

P.S You know who should come out with a Greatest Hits who hasn’t yet? Chantal Kreviazuk. Yeah, with 4 solo albums it’s strange people didnt ask her to make a Greatest Hits yet. Maybe she will soon. Hopefully. But in any case, if not, here’s the latest single off her latest album ‘Ghosts of You’, called ‘All I Can Do’. Scroll down to find the player in the sidebar. It’s really very cool and a great, meaningful song.

The Singapore State of Television

Once every night, I turn on the tube and plonk myself down on my bed to channel-surf before I do other less important stuff.

And it just so happens that I press the button 3, and the famous Channel 8 pops up on my screen. I let out an audible (I do mean VERY LOUD) gasp as Allan Wu opens his mouth, and out comes an outpouring of rather questionable Mandarin.

I cringe. I swear, I cringe every time I hear Allan Wu speak Chinese (or Mandarin, to be exact). It’s actually cringe-able.

Of course, other things on ‘House of Joy’ make me cringe too, including Randall Tan’s absolutely horrific acting and the horrible, horrible plot of the story which is even worse.

Now, correct me if I’m wrong here, but a basic requirement on acting on Channel 8 is that you have to be able to speak Mandarin right, isn’t that so? Not just in the right yin diao ( – , / , v, \ ) but also to be able to make sure the viewers don’t choke on their own spit. But every time Allan Wu says money (QUAN! Wo hui jiun kuai han niu QUAN) I actually stare at the screen in disbelief while my mom bursts out laughing.

Here are 2 disclaimers:

1) My Mandarin isnt the best of the best either… I would say it’s just B+ (barely there A at most) so you may say I have no right to comment BUT…

2) I’m sure a lot of viewers out there will agree with me about Allan Wu’s Mandarin-speaking skills BUT…

3) Allan Wu is a fantastical actor with fantastical looks and he speaks English quite well SO…

WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU ACTING IN A MANDARIN DRAMA SERIAL!

Oh, my GOODNESS! Allan Wu, the famous host of Amazing Race Asia. Allan Wu, a finalist in Fear Factor bringing pride and joy (not to mention horror and disgust at the ground nightcrawlers and whatnot) to Singapore. Allan Wu, ex-varsity football player and huge guy with good looks and damn-good arms to match. Allan Wu, married to Li-Lin, who is about the only woman in the world who can match him in looks and brains, and who is a radio DJ/Dance Floor judge/ex-TripleNine actress/Mother.

WHY, Allan, why would you move to Channel 8 when you can’t even speak Chinese properly?

Simple answer.

Because Singapore local-made English television has no hope.

To prove my point, let me recap quickly some of the TV shows on Channel 5 you can find by turning on the TV randomly.

Monday
7.30 – 9.30: So You Think You Can Dance 2
10.00 – 11.00: America’s Next Top Model Cycle 6
11.00 – 12.00: Nip/Tuck 2

Tuesday
8.00 – 9.30: Phua Chu Kang / My Sassy Neighbour / Turning Point
10.00 – 11.00: CSI: Miami
11.00 – 12.00: Criminal Minds
12.00 – 1.00 am: The O.C Season 3

Wednesday
10.00 – 10.30: The Finer Side
10.30 – 11.30: Project Runway 3

Thursday
8.00 – 9.30: Coffee Talk and Hawker Woks/The Yang Sisters/Without Warning
10.00 – 11.00: Prison Break
11.00- 12.00 am: Commander in Chief (until some person at ABC stupidly cancelled it)

Friday (MY FAVORITE DAY)
7.30 – 8.30: Smallville 5
8.30 – 9.30: Charmed 8
10.00 – 11.00: Ghost Whisperer
11.00 – 12.00 am: Survivor Cook Islands

Saturday
10.00 – 10.30: Tab TV
10.30 – 12.30: M1 commerical-free movie

Sunday (ANOTHER GREAT DAY)
10.00 – 10.30: Incredible Tales
10.30 – 11.30: The Apprentice
11.30 – 12.30: Alias 5
12.30 – 1.00 am: Friends 2

I realized that on the TV schedule, there is no space whatsoever for local acting. Local shows made in English go the way of hosting at the most. Tab TV, IT, Finer Side etc. Acting is seriously lacking because there is just so many ang-moh shows cashing in on Channel 5 that there simply is no space for good local English teletime. Foreign talent invasion happens not only in real life, but in reel life too. Once one show goes off air, another one returns to take over the slot (Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Veronica Mars, anybody?)

Many people realized that years ago when Survivor first hit our shores and everyone went gaga over it (including me) but I just realized it yesterday after Allan Wu tried to speak Chinese. It struck me quite hard, with about as much finesse as a sledgehammer in heat.

So when I ask friends, “What Singaporean acting shows do you hear of?” they go “Phua Chu Kang, My Sassy Neighbour, etc etc”. which brings me to my next point of view.

Are all the Singaporean shows we can come up with My Sassy Neighbour, which is not Sassy at all, and Phua Chu Kang, which, by the way reminds us all that Singlish is very much certifiably NOT the official speaking language of our nation? Sure, sure, they show our Singaporean nature and all, but Maggi and Me (not to mention The Yang Sisters) showed of our Singapore side (multiracial jokes and Singlish included) and yet there was still a good level of class, though it must be said that there is something wrong with our state of television if sitcoms have to show the class.

Though local English acting in recent times has gone down, the number of actors has instead risen dramatically. So where do the excess go?

1) Arts Central (Front is good, but with Eunice Olsen there promoting arts and all with her politically correct voice, Randall you stand no chance)
2) Kids Central (dominated by Kids, for Kids, with a couple of exceptions being the funny Mervyn and Evelyn, who in their own right are very grown-up kids and that’s great)
3) Overseas (Travelling back and fro costs an entire day’s pay in its own right and besides why would Malaysians let our actors sui sui bian bian qiang fan wan (Steal rice bowl)?)
4) Channel 8

Yes, so that leaves the Chinese channel, even though most of our English actors screw up in that langauge. After all, there are TWO chinese channels (U and so while the veterans take the good primetime 8 pm slots on 8 (Quan Yifeng, Bryan Wang Lu Jiang, Marcus Chin and Mark Lee) the ‘crossover leftovers’ (as my mom so fondly calls them) are left with the 9 pm drama serial, while U gets the Hongkong soap operas.

Okay, so at least they have a job. But they could at least have gotten some Mandarin lessons first. In any case though, while their Mandarin still needs a good deal of improving, the second thing that causes me to cringe is the horrible plot each drama serial have. I swear, each of the 9 pm dramas reminds me of one of the past dramas on the channel.

It’s as if all the scriptwriters one fine day just ran out of ideas and decided to recycle, reuse and reduce material (cause it’s good to be environmentally conscious) from their previous scripts. It’s either the in-law who hates the new daughter’s boyfriend or mom, or the cad who’s been screwing another woman and slapping his wife/girlfriend all around the place, or the business executive who gets in trouble with the law and has to run away and says a tearful goodbye to his family.

In fact, yesterday on ‘House of Joy’ i watched Chen Hanwei run after Bus 107 which Ivy Lee was on and I just BURST OUT LAUGHING. Could the storyline get anymore tacky and out-of-a-storybook? And as if that wasn’t enough, Chen Hanwei later ran to the nearest clinic with Ivy’s on-screen baby in arms. Running here running there. Someone get the poor guy a Gatorade already.

So if the Channel 8 and Channel 5 drama-acting leaves viewers in shock and disbelief (of the bad kind), then where else can we turn to?

The so-called ‘ang-moh’ TV shows, which, by the way, are exciting, interesting, fresh and very captivating to watch. So it’s no wonder we turn to the foreign TV, ’cause the foreign TV, frankly, is a much better source of entertainment.

There. I said it. And then…

I am suddenly reminded of the chicken-and-egg question.

Was it the poor scripting that led to the introduction of new American TV and the loss of Growing Up, Triple Nine and Heartlanders, or was it the introduction of the new American TV that led to the poor scripting?

I completely have no idea. And I’m sure one day it’ll all come to me in a drama serial dream.

But until then, I’m going to watch some TV. And you know which kind.

FUN FUN FUN

Kar Liang – [noun]: An alien ‘How will you be defined in the dictionary?’ at QuizGalaxy.com

AYOH! What nonsense lah. Like I’m an alien. Wanna know alien, find R2-D2. Last I heard he was on Star Wars but then Angelina bought, oops, I mean, adopted another baby and I got distracted.

In other news, I am officially addicted to blogthings. Blogthings are hot. They are very fun to do especially if you’re a person who has finished reading “Notes From An Even Smaller Island” and “Scribbles From The Same Island” and have nothing else fun to do.

Also, I decided that online shopping is really very addictive. It’s fun, it’s interesting, it’s wild (yes, it IS okay) and it rocks my socks. There’s no downside to online shopping (except for the loss of $$$ and the slightly-spoilt eyesight) and you can buy whatever you want on your butt! Ain’t that fun or what.

My GPA I shall not disclose. It’s rather private.

Also, FRIENDS ARE IN TAIWAN! Ayoh. Sob sob. Makes me so sad. I actually wanted to go for taiwan trip one but dunno how forgot… To Shawn, Ye Wei, Hongxiu, Yi Nan, Marvin and Nose, come back in one piece okay! Also do not forget I require lots of photos and gifts!

Sigh. Out.

Notes From An Even Smaller Island

If you’re bored now, or if you have the notion you’re going to be bored soon during the holidays, and you’re not the kind who enjoys playing dota 24/7 or going to school all the time for projects, then what I’m about to suggest is good.

No, it’s NOT sports, so relax.

Notes From An Even Smaller Island: Singapore through a young Brit’s eyes!
Neil Humphreys

I have not read a funnier piece of work since Jason Hahn’s Asking For Trouble: Tales of Saffy and Amanda (I have Table for Three, but I think that work was slightly lacklustre). Singapore as seen through a young Brit’s eyes is a very funny, very comical and at the same time very insulting piece of literature. Diverging away from the typical ang-moh-trying-to-be-Singapore kind of writing, Neil Humphreys takes pride in the fact he is a Brit, and uses that inexperience to bring out the Singaporean culture wonderfully, and as some might say, woefully.

Notes From An Even Smaller Island is Neil’s best work out of his trilogy of Notes books (no pun intended). Very simply put, it’s very honest. No fanciful language that may confound the common Singaporean, but language that we all understand, littered everywhere with pieces and bits of Singlish.

Not taking any chances, Neil doesn’t just focus on the good Singaporeans do, but also our bad points. Things like comparing home to any other place in the world, being kiasu, etc, are given extra screentime and shone a spotlight on. Neil, basically, glorifies the actions people have criticised Singaporeans for, and for that, he brings out a very admirable, funny spirit from his book.

Wonderfully mastered, this Brit has shown that he is becoming a good Singaporean indeed, and reading his very funny, laugh-a-minute entries (much like a diary) from being on this even smaller island is a great enjoyment for the bored Singaporean educated teenager.

Some quotes from the book (don’t chastise me for them, I just quote the writing from the book):

“David was Chinese-Singaporean, and had invited me to stay with him in Singapore. My reply was ’sure’, wondering where it was in China.”

“Large sections of the British population hold a rather simplistic view of geography and demography… and it goes like this. Decent white people come from Britain, loud white people come from Australia, and loud, arrogant white people come from the United States. Darker white people with silly accents come from Europe… and brown people come from Pakistan… Black people come from Africa, which is where Sir David Attenborough goes to make his wildlife programmes. Yellow-skinned people come from China, where they spend their days bowing and eating with chopsticks.”

Already, this is only from the prologue. I could not have possibly laughed more, but this book had me from the first sentence (which, by the way, piques your interest and makes you realize you have a sense of humour after all).

**** 4 Stars!

Dreams are just dreams…?

Now that Sec 4 graduation is near, and I know a lot of Sec 4s (from many schools) read my blog, all I can say is: Good luck for your future in JC, and may you guys achieve your dreams.

Speaking of which, what are dreams? What is that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow called life?

A lot of people say that dreams are fake things. Dreams are there for motivation and nothing more. They can’t be achieved and in the end, a person’s dreams will all be scrapped when he is lying on the deathbed, slowly wasting to death.

That would be what a pessimist would say. Either a pessimist, or someone who has been through a very un-charmed life.

Now the happy people would say dreams are achievable as long as people are willing to work hard for them, and in the end when the dreams are there the satisfaction and enjoyment is all worth it.

Depending on your dreams.

Sure, the simple goal of getting an A, or making it into a CCA, or getting Gold for a project… all those can be worked towards as long as sweat is put in, and effort, to get to the end with your desired results.

Now, let’s say you want to blast off into space. A dream, yes, but how are you going to work hard towards that? It IS possible, but how much is one willing to sacrifice to achieve that dream?

To earn your first million/billion. Lots of hard work and I don’t mean memorizing a textbook and regurgitating its contents incessantly. Hard work and a good level of intelligence. It’s no more just about how much you study. It’s about being smart and hence, being worthy of that money.

How much you are willing to sacrifice for your dream is a relation to how worthy you are of your dream.

Yes, everyone has a dream, but how many of you are worthy enough of your dream? How many of you are fit for your goal?

Let’s say a person sucks like shit in physics. He can’t get the As for physics, at most a B+. And he expects he can be an astronomer or astronaut? What shit is he thinking?

Let’s say someone is crappy at drawing. He can’t draw out a stick figure for nuts. And his dream is to be a cartoonist or a graphic designer.

Now this is why some people say dreams are just there for a motivation factor. Because in the end, this person doesn’t achieve his dreams. And no wonder. Do they sacrifice much to get to their goal?

Yet, if a person is shortsighted and he wants to be a pilot, and he is willing to go get Lasic or surgery to correct that eyesight, no matter how much $$$ it costs, then he is very VERY worthy of his dream.

Play to your strengths (to quote Mad-Eye Moody) and learn about what you CAN do, not CANNOT do. And then plan your future, your goals and dreams from there. Those who DO achieve their dreams, they do so because they work hard for them and the goals are realistics ones, set in a time frame and space.

Of course, why call it a dream if it can be attained so easily?

That’s up to you to decide. What the definition of a dream is. It could well be something attainable within years, or something that takes decades.

But in the end, make sure you get what you want. Don’t lie on a deathbed and reminisce about the days chasing that dream. Have no regrets. The dream has to be one you can get in the end, if not, what is life worth living for?

Of course, the dream IS a motivational factor. Dreams are there for us to work towards, so they can’t be those which can be attained in a matter of months and then you are satisfied with life. If you have gotten your first dream set another goal. Set another sight. For most people, one or two dreams is enough. Because in the end they will leave the world not even fulfilling all of those dreams.

For me, two is good. One to achieve by mid-life, another by the time I die.

After all, what are dreams if they are unattainable? My answer: Wishful thinking.

Time to work towards those pots of gold!

Celebrity Married Couples

What makes a marriage work?

How in the world do married people stand each other everyday? A man and a woman. Obviously very different in many ways.

The agreement of a toilet seat (“Damn it, woman, leave it up!”), the division of labour (“I do dishes on Thursday nights only!”), the division of TV time (” It’s Friday! Barclays English Premier League highlights! Who wants to watch K-Dramas?!”) and many many others…

Behaviorally and anatomically, a man and a woman are very much different (as you may have noticed). Already, a marriage is very hard to work out for a long term thing, and it needs a lot of compromise and whatnot.

Now, imagine the whole situation on stage. Those arguments about a toilet seat, about division of labour, TV time and sex on a stage, for people to watch, gawk and googled at. Or, Googled with a capital G.

That’s what celebrity couples have to go through. Everybody’s watching their every move. Every argument, every vial of blood around a neck, every jump on a couch, every ‘fictional’ baby, every bitch-slap, every fight. Basically, everything.

There’s so much stress. Plus, throw in a couple of crazy kids and constant acting gigs, and you have on your hands a married couple on thin ice constantly.

Throughout thesse few years, I have come to believe celebrity couples can never last. The “I Do” said at the altar only means “I agree to be put through a couple of years of living hell with you, and then get a huge media spotlight on me when we break up.”

If a married couple truly stay together for at least until I turn 20, then that is what I call TRUE LOVE.

Let me list some celebrity couples that have not made the cut of true love (Cupid can send me a cheque anytime for winning this bet):

Yang LiBing and Li Nanxing: Dunno what the hell went wrong.
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee Jones: Dunno what the hell went wrong. Maybe her boobs were too big?
Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston: Whitney has got to be very stupid if she still stays with Bobby after that drug hell he put her through. Damn it, Bobby, leave her alone!
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston: Brad is just another horny blond male. Think frat dude. Jennifer Aniston is the other horny blond. They had true love once, but then a hornier, hotter, thicker-lipped woman came in and swooped the frat dude out of the varsity Kappa Chi sorority house.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez: Bennifer was the last straw. Ben hated that name, so dumped off Lopez and got himself another Jennifer who could kick media ass if that name ever popped out again.
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman: If Tom never broke from Nicole, he never would have made that legendary hop on Oprah’s couch. Everything happens for a reason.
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline: It must have been his debut ‘album’ that forced Britney to divorce him. She couldn’t live with a musically-deaf half.
Rose McGowan and Marilyn Manson: Already, this was NOT a match made in heaven. Rose hated Manson’s rock-and-roll lifestyle which involved a lot of drugs. She was smart.
Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears: They were boyfriend-girlfriend. Nothing too surprising about their break.
Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow: Their love was strong and powerful. But something snapped all of a sudden and they just decided to move on. At least they’re still best friends.

Here are also some examples of true love:
Courtney Cox Arquette and David Arquette: The most beautiful couple, in my opinion, and a wonderful example of true love. Their love is so passionate and real, and they just enjoy each other’s company.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner: Violet has just made their marriage so beautiful… Wonderful people, those two, and together they kick butt.
Madonna and Guy Ritchie: A bit of fighting here and there, but overall a good marriage, especially with the new Malawian kid in the picture.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin: They jetset, they fly around, but they still keep in good contact with each other.
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore: They have got a real spark going. At first people were skeptical of their relationship, but they proved they could last and that their love was real.
Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz: The two of them are very good at hiding their feelings, but even so it is obvious that they are very much in love.
Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley: He made her wear a wedding dress! White, and not black and not adorned with black crystals spelling vulgarities! Is that love, or what?
Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman: You can hear the love spill from ‘Back to Basics’.

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Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe: This is the latest couple to have formally announced their separation. Separation, and not divorce, thankfully. This couple was originally my most beautiful couple, because they shirk away frm the media spotlight and they are understanding and cool to their kids. You can’t get a couple as sweet and nice as this one. But recently, because of work clashes (Walk the Line and Crash) they started to get snippy at each other. And Ryan’s new movie, Flags of our Fathers, needed to be filmed rigorously, so he didnt have time for Reese. Throw in an alleged rumor that Ryan was having an affair, and things got out of hand.

It was then that they announced their separation to work things out. Not DIVORCE, thankfully, just a separation. They have kids, and Reese and Ryan know how important they are to their kids. They love each other deeply (I can see it) and they are probably two of the nicest celebrities on Hollywood. If any couple can make it through a rocky marriage and emerge stronger than ever, it’s them. Cue Shania Twain’s “You’re Still The One”.

Get marriage counselling or something. For the sake of your children and your well-wishing fans.

Work this out. And, hopefully, they don’t join the list of broken marriages.

P.S Hopefully the couple in the ‘true love’ list stay together forever.

Oh, please

Oh, please, like I have nothing else better to do.

Seriously, like I have nothing better to do than to fight with people over a POST ON MY BLOG.

Isn’t that silly?

People, come on, we’re getting older. We’re becoming more mature. Or, so we’re told to be.

Would you, as seniors, as the new leaders of our school, the next generation of Singapore’s sons, want to let your juniors see this? What kind of example are you setting by doing such crap? I will not question your worthiness of being a leader, but immature acts such as these are plain disgusting.

And yet I’m dealing with people who tag nonsense shit on my blog under ‘anonymous’ names even though I have said that there would be no more mention of it on my blog.

It is really very stupid.

We’re getting older. And yet the ‘proof’ that I’m seeing are tags that a certain few people have so immaturely put up here. The tags are deragatory, childish, and not at all funny. Why would people sink so low and do such crass, low-class things?

The tags remind me of what a young kid, maybe 9, 10 at most, would say to someone he dislikes. It’s extremely foolish and childish, and no doubt I already have a good inkling who could be so childish.

I’m indifferent. Because let’s face it, in society, there are always people who are going to criticize you and try to anger you or whatever. There are also people who like doing foolish nonsense and bask in the gloriousness of the immaturity.

If I get angry, or whatever, at this situation happening now, and anyhow tag on people’s blogs with no proper thought or whatsoever, then I’m no better than the people who did it in the first place. If you get so angry at what a stranger says, then when you grow up things are just going to get worse, and not all your bosses will have tagboards you can ‘anonymously’ flame.

So all that has been happening now is merely a show of very unique childishness and immaturity. Grow up, as I say once again. If you want to prove my previous blog post wrong, then GROW UP and I will take my words in the previous post back.

GROW UP. That’s all I want from you guys. By the looks of the tags I’ve just deleted, I have a good feeling that it will take another 10 years for that to happen.

P.S If I don’t like something on the tagboard, or if it is questionable, of course I will delete it. It’s common sense. You don’t like something, get rid of it. The tagboard is meant for constructive, mature, sensible comments.