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Perhaps I shouldn't have let this snake into my house. Because everytime I see it, I want to touch it and feel its nice texture.

And perhaps you don't know it. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Death Adder. You might think I am crazy enough to own a snake, let alone touch it. But indeed, I love it so much. I'm always afraid it will distract me from my studies during this hectic exam period. Fortunately for me, I'm not that obsessive with it as you'd expect me to be.

A brief introduction to the Death Adder...

"Acanthophis is a genus of highly venomous elapid snakes. Commonly called death adders, they are native to Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, and are among the most venomous snakes in the world. Death adders are very viper-like in appearance, having a short, robust body, triangular shaped heads and small subocular scales. They also have vertical pupils and many small scales on the top of the head. Their fangs are also longer and more mobile than for most other elapids."

-Wikipedia, man's second best friend, behind google.

Hear that? Death Adders are among the most venomous snakes in the world. It kills, it frags and it pwns. Get a clue right now?

Yes. The Death Adder is my ultimate partner in scoring headshots. It will deliver YOU fatality.

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This isn't the first time I experienced a heartfelt disappointment over brainless American votes. One I can remember, it was the 2004 US elections when warmonger George W. Bush reclaimed the "imperial throne" of American dominion.

Oh yeah, it could be because of his sweet and tender, all-American good looks which spur the opposite sex's votes. But Kris' victory in American Idol 2009 is all a fluke. Yet again, how could millions of Americans be so dumb?

Kris doesn't even have half of the vocal range of Adam Lambert. He's just a pretty face who belongs to the category of Zac Efron and the Jonas Brothers that's why millions of dumb teenage girls voted for him.

Sometimes, democracy really doesn't work at all.

"[Kris] is probably the right winner in terms of being a nice guy," Cowell told Ryan Seacrest during the Thursday morning interview on the Idol host's syndicated radio show. "[But] was he the best singer in the competition?  No."

- After stating that Kris Allen wasn't good enough to compete with Adam in the finals, Simon is still skeptical that he deserves to be crowned champion.

Simon knows best.

Yes, probably Kris is very much better than most of us. He is creative and knows how to control his voice very well. But if you compare the statistics of these things to Adam Lambert, Adam is by far a class above, more superior and in a league of his own. Some might insist that Kris connects emotionally with the crowd better, makes you feel warm and pleased; not blown away by stellar performances. But if you watch the performances by Adam with Tracks of My Tears and Mad World, you will think otherwise. Adam is a master of all trades and the rightful winner of American Idol.

Adam is a prophet of Music, a delightful artiste and possesses a behemoth voice. A victory for Adam will spell victory not only for Adam, but a victory for Music. Now that Kris has won an upset win over the deserved winner, we have to criticise the voting system by American Idol.

About 38 million votes were cast from Arkansas after American Idol's final performance show on Tuesday night according to AT&T, Fox's KLRT-TV affiliate in Little Rock, AR reported Wednesday night. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Arkansas only has a population of 2.86 million, which would mean that -- assuming the hard-to-believe 38 million figure is accurate -- its residents somehow managed to cast an average of more than 13 votes for every man, woman and child living in the state.

- This isn't working at all.

Now I wonder how the hell Kris Allen managed to beat vocal powerhouses Allison and Danny Gokey in the top 4 and top 3 weeks respectively. Adam was lightyears ahead of Kris in terms of talent but Kris was the tweeny type that teenage girls go crazy for, and that's why he's won. Idol is a popularity contest first, singing contest second.

Let's boycott American Idol.

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Nowadays people really get health-concious. Never before have we seen people control their diets so seriously.

A traditional, authentic Hakka dish namely Lei Cha will surely spur the health-fanatics to go gaga over it. In chinese, "lei" means grind and "cha" means tea. Clearly, this "grinded tea" is made of a certain type of tea lead grinded with peanuts and mixed with hot water to produce superbly fragrant green soup.

The chef has to cook several dishes of vegetables to complement the soup, alongside the must-have rice. After this, just simply mix the the vegetables, the rice, the soup, with peanuts and taufu; as a consequence it is a very healthy yet tasty dish: Lei Cha Fan.

*Note that not everyone will appreciate this dish, some loath it mainly beacuse there is no meat!

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