The Other Part of Love

Tanya Chua Recently won the Best Female Singer at the 17th Global Melody Awards held in Taiwan. She is a popular singing artist from Singapore who has been described as a combination of Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette and Joni Mitchell. Her first album, “Bored,” became one of Singapore’s fastest-selling albums in 1997. I must admit I never liked Tanya Chua's songs until last September I heard the crowd favourite she sang with Stephanie Sun called Yuan Dian "Original Point".

The lyrics are meaningful, especially this part of the chorus:

Don't feel sorry for me
You have to be good to her who is currently beside you
Don't let your love with her defeated again by time
If she is the one, don't let her go
........
Chemistry is the best tool of communication.

I believe, chemistry plays a significant part in love. When she pouts, you know she disagrees. You can continue each other's sentences subconsciously. You know what annoys him. He knows what makes you smile. You have a common joke that others can't rationalise. Both of you share a song.

I once watched a movie which the female lead left the male lead at the ending (all audiences sighed at that scene because everyone thought the female lead has found her Mr Right). Before the movie ended, the female lead said: There is no song between us. When you are in love, there is a song that both of you are sharing, and the song keeps playing in the background which others couldn't feel. I asked you many times before what song was it playing on your mind when you first saw me. You looked puzzled and I knew you heard none that I listened to. There is no common song between us.

Pink, Rose, Love

Shirley Goldfarb (1925 - 1980)
Pink, Rose, Love: Paintings from the 1960's

In contrast to Goldfarb's later canvases, which are more controlled and compulsive, "Pink, Rose, Love" is one of her early works which reveals a colour sensibility that is soft and forceful.

Where Is The Love?

Three years ago this time in Brisbane, everywhere in the mall was playing Black Eyed Peas's "Where Is The Love". I love its rhythm and lyrics, and could play it 21 times continuously on repeat mode.

I love particularly this part of its lyrics:

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm getting older y'all people get colder
Most of us only care about money makin
Selfishness got us followin the wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting their young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what the see in the cinema
Whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness and equality
Instead of spreading love, we're spreading anomosity
Lack of understanding, leading us away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down
It's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under
I gotta keep my faith alive, until love is found

The Science of Learning

I like a Japanese Buddhism proverb which says:


"When the Student Is Ready,
The Teacher Appears".


I am sure many of you have encountered similar experience before - Sometimes friends blame us for not sharing and exchanging information.

Pancake: Hey, I found a new approach to solve that dilemma in my paper we discussed two days ago.

Friend: I don't think there is any other ways you could solve that dilemma, because the original tecnique doesn't allow any variation.

Pancake: Give me 5 minutes, I will explain the key elements and you make your judgement after my explanation, and see if it make sense.

Friend listened for less than 30 seconds and interrupted: Listen, listen, I tell you what, your suggestion is not going to work. It's not realistic from my point of view.

Pancake: OK, never mind. I still believe it will work.

Two months down the road I presented the paper and it was well received. The same friend phoned me: Hey, how come never mention of that new technique to me before?

Pancake: That IS THE SAME TECHNIQUE that you thought was not working.

Surfers Paradise

I've been thinking a lot recently about my holidays at Surfers Paradise before. May be I am bogged down with too much work lately.

What Generation Are You?

If you were familiar with this handheld LCD Nintendo's Game & Watch, you can't be anywhere less than 30 years old - admit it (hehe ...)

Pickles - The World Cup's Dog

By far the most coveted sports trophy in the world, the World Cup trophy has a long and interesting history.

The current trophy, which was first awarded at the 1974 games in Germany, is not the same one handed over to Uruguay for their victory in the inaugural event on home soil in 1930.

The original trophy, the "Jules Rimet Cup," named after the president of world soccer's world governing body, FIFA, from 1921-1954, was stolen in Brazil in 1983 after the soccer superpower won it permanently for their third World Cup success in 1970.

The trophy has never been recovered and many believe that thieves melted it down, leaving Brazil with only a replica of the cup. However, that wasn't the first time the cup had gone missing.

After surviving World War II hidden under a bed in an Italian home, the World Cup trophy was stolen during a public exhibition just before the 1966 England World Cup. Fortunately, the trophy was found under a bush by a dog named Pickles before the tournament began (what a coincidence, my family dog is called Pickles too!!!).

The current FIFA World Cup trophy was made by Italian sculptor Silvio Gazazniga in 18 carat gold and depicts players supporting the earth. It is 36 centimeters tall and weighs 4.97 kilograms.

The trophy was first displayed in Korea in 1997 at an event organized by a FIFA sponsor.

As FIFA itself now keeps the original trophy, the champions of World Cup's tournament will take home a gold-plated replica, which is a little smaller than the original.

Under FIFA regulations revised after the disappearance of the Jules Rimet Cup, even three-time champions cannot permanently keep the trophy.

At the foot of the trophy are inscribed the names of past champions. Some information reported that the famous trophy was already full with inscriptions of past champions after the 2002 World Cup.

Wonder is it a "new trophy" for this year's World Cup?

Aussie, Aussie, Oi Oi Oi

Yesterday evening was Australian sporting history. First ever World Cup goals, along with first ever World Cup victory. 3 goals in 7 minutes.

I am not too well-versed with soccer games. Overall, I found yesterday evening game a bit wishy-washy in the first half for both teams, so I switched off my telly when it was Australia nil against Japan 1. Honestly, I was shocked when my sister Woofhams sms-ed me around 11ish, telling me the score was Australia 3 against Japan 1 - great play by Socceroos!

For today's games, not much predictions needed for Brazil Vs Croatia. How about South Korea Vs Togo, and France Vs Switzerland? What's your pickings?

32 Teams, 64 Games, 1 Prize.

Never Post Your Photo On The Internet

Don't believe it? Look at photos on the left. I feel sorry for this guy.
Source: Extracted from the website http://philbhomepage.blogspot.com

Green Tea, Next?

I am still puzzling why does LG named its latest phone - Chocolate? Apart from the packaging, it looks like Nokia N80 to me (and nothing like dark chocolate)!

Picture above: LG Chocolate

Speak of Nokia N80, I've finally decided to step out of comfort zone and ventured into PDA phone. So, I bought O2 Mini S instead.

Reason of not buying O2 or other smartphones before: (1) hate to use stylus and (2) dislike to be part of the stereotyping statistics.

Main reason for buying O2 eventually: don't want to be too complacent with Nokia.

Picture above: My latest pet, O2 Mini S

How You Are In Love?

I was browsing other blogs a while ago and found the following site interesting.

http://www.blogthings.com/howareyouinlovequiz/

However, treat the feedback with more than a pinch of salt. Only the first line is true of pancake ;D

Cafe Terrace

Many like Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night, I prefer The Cafe Terrace. How I wish the painting could include more crowd in the terrace (my humble view).

Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles (1888)

The Love Boat

Those who were born during 1970s and before should be familiar with a TV drama called "The Love Boat". I still could recall how interesting it was every Tuesday urging our Mama to cook dinner earlier so my sister and I (my brother was still a baby when "The Love Boat" was first aired in Brunei) could watch the drama & not miss our dinner at the same time. Captain Merrill Stubing seemed so resourceful and Dr Adam Bricker was funny.

Today I am going to share another interesting "Love Boat" story. A swan fell in love with a swan-shaped paddle boat (which is 5 times his size) near the German town of Muenster. So what said in glossy magazines are right: Love is blind. However, in this German swan case - it also seems very A.I. (aka Artificial Intelligence).

I want to be Einstein, not Edna

Just when I thought I have enough of "surprises" for one week, I received this news from my IQ test.

Congratulations, Pancake! Your IQ score is 118.

This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others. Your Intellectual Type is Precision Processor. This means you're exceptionally good at discovering quick solutions to problems, especially ones that involve math or logic. You're also resourceful and able to think on your feet. And that's just some of what we know about you from your test results.

Based on my careful analysis of the last sentence (which I kept in bold), I believe the time and emotion of oneself would have impact on the score too. I used to score a 130! Disappointing.

Germany, Berlin, Udo

Berlin is a place that I would like to go back again with my family, apart from Turin in Italy.

The streets in Berlin weren't as quiet as you've seen in pictures when I took them. I've managed to get those Germans to move so I could get a clear view of "snowy Berlin".

I believe my sister Woofhams will look superb in this orange outfit, and I will look good in the two greens. I particularly like the green with beige jacket.

I've a German friend called Udo. He's more than 6 feet tall, and when we walked together in UQ before we really looked like a giant & a dwarf! Udo is the most funny/friendliest guy & the most filial man I've ever come to know. He "stole" some lollipops for me from his officemate's desk when we first met. Vanessa and I used to call him Adrien Brody, may be because he moved to our building coincided with the time Adrien Brody won the Grammy. Recalled back, I couldn't find other reasons why did Van & I gave him that nick. Udo didn't look geeky to me. In fact, he's more ER's Dr Green, Friends' Russ & Harry Potterish (because of his glasses) than Adrien Brody-ish.

Regarding the filial part, his grandma was very ill in 2003, and he took half a year off his PhD to look after her. I really admire that filial part of him at that time. And I was deeply moved by him two days before his departure, a few of us decided to give him a farewell lunch at UQ's Wordsmith Cafe. I backed out from the plan last minute because it coincided my meeting with my supervisor. Udo told Song (another of my good buddy at UQ) to reschedule our lunch to afternoon tea so I could join them.

In fact, two of us had slight reciprocal feelings at that time, but neither knew how to express our feelings. We only revealed our feelings in e-mail many months after I've left Brisbane. Udo is currently seeing a girl, and I am happy for him because he's not cut out to be a long distance relationship material which implies it's no point for us to pursue the impossible.

I believe every good frienship brings many happy memories. With Udo, memories are sweet. I don't wish to turn back the clock, because I knew he's currently very happy with the right woman.

What is your phoebia?

Sub-title of today's page: The Other Side of The Story

During a casual chat with a new friend in Vietnam two weeks ago, he asked me what are my three greatest fear?

He told me his list: (a) boss misunderstands him; (b) women crying in front of him and (c) no peace.

I shared with him my list: (1) Marriage; (2) no money (hence no food on table) and (3) feeling helpless.

He showed me a disbelief face when he saw what appeared on top of my phoeb list. He immediately commented that I shouldn't have a lack of suitors to prove that first answer wrong. In fact, he was wrong. My marriage phoebia began when I was 14 or 15 years old (Thanks to my unnecessary good long term memory). I started to lose faith in the marriage institution ever since I saw in a movie a poor, married man swept away all food on the dining table which his skinny wife was about to eat. From then on, I am afraid of marriage, no money, no food and the sense of helplessness (the exact feeling the poor wife must have felt when her angry husband threw away her food).

I fear in my marriage:
1. my husband would hit me with a baseball bat
2. my husband would ignore all my creative suggestions and think they are all rubbish
3. my husband would reduce my confidence to as low as a doormat
4. my husband would stop listening to me
5. my husband would think I could never be better or at least as good as him in everything

I once shared with Aunt Agnes that I am a marriage phoeb.
Guess what was her response?

Aunt Agnes: why made you think so?

Pancake: because I worried one day he'll stop to love me, and in one movie I watched many years ago, the husband hit the wife with a baseball bat and called her STUPID. You know how I hate people say the word S-T-U-P-I-D.

Aunt Agnes: don't worry my dear. With your arms' strength, it's more like the case of you hit your husband with your plain right hand than he hits you with a baseball bat.

Sigh ..... Aunt Agnes definitely not the right person to discuss marriage phoeb. She knew she was not only "like" but definitely was (IS) "in love" with Uncle Richard the minute she bumped into him when she was a secondary five student while Uncle Richard was the library assistant. They had a marathon, long distance relationship because grandpa sent Aunt away to work in a foreign land. Finally in 1986 (may be 9 years after their first date), they got married without blessing from grandpa. I admired Aunt Agnes for her courage. From day one of her marriage, she never regretted her choice and never doubt Uncle Richard's sincerity. They have had many ups and downs in their marriage, and have agreed to disagree on many issues, but never disagree for one minute that they will take care of each other till they are old, without teeth. How romantic. Now, they live together in Malaysia with two beautiful children, my cousins Belinda & Brian.

Now, what is/are your phoebia?

Congratulations to Steve-n-Wei

There seems to be so many weddings going on lately. About three weeks ago, my cousin Linda married to her boyfriend of many years, Brian. Today is the big day of my another cousin, Steve, married to the woman of his dream, Wei-Wei. Next is the turn of my much younger cousin, Jeffery. Then, it might be followed by Colin, Boy-Boy, and then next June or August would be my own brother (Dato_K's) turn!

I love weddings, more specifically speaking, I love to attend weddings. I love the merrier atmosphere of weddings. Everyone laughs, everyone toasts. Kids running around, in-laws give funny speeches. It's a great opportunity for family to come together, reunion of friends you haven't met in a while, and also it's a focal point for boys to meet girls (and vice versa).

Come Rain or Come Shine

I didn't manage to take many photos in Ho Chi Minh City last week. It rained most of the time. Thanks God all of us were arranged to stay at Park Hyatt which is only 5 minutes walk from Sheraton Saigon where the meeting was held. I walked with other colleagues every morning - I must say, very struggled walk. Vietnamese drivers don't seem to pay much attention to traffic lights. These are some of the photos I have taken using my handphone.

Caption of photos shown: friendly salesgirl; the place where I bought the fridge magnet; and busy commuters without helmet on.

Home

The Chinese characters are hieroglyphical. The earlier a stage at which they were found during the course of their evolution, the closer they would resemble the objects or concepts they represent. Take for example, the Chinese character "home/family". Doesn't it look like many people living under one big, stable roof?

Among all Chinese characters, I particularly like this character because it brings harmony & warmth, and it shoulders responsibility. Also, this character appeared, respectively, in my great-grandfather's (Kok Kah, translation: a Country) and step-grandfather's name (Kah Teck, translation: a man who is efficacious).

Monday Blue

Today is frustrating at work.

"Said also don't listen
Listen also don't understand
Not understand also don't ask
Ask also don't do
Do also do wrong
Wrong also don't admit
Admit also don't improvise
Improvise also not happy
Not happy also don't say"

Sigh ..... Is this called Life?

Lost in Encryption

I thoroughly enjoying Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. I have not yet got around to reading The Da Vinci Code - I do own it (bought it few months ago in Ho Chi Minh City), I just haven't got around to reading it yet. My guess is I probably the one & only in my country to own a pirated copy of The Da Vinci Code! Digital Fortress however caught my interest because it related directly to mathematics, algorithms, computers and network security. Dan Brown certainly does his homework w.r.t. computer security technology and he talks intelligently about encryption algorithms. The crux of this story revolves around a new encryption algorithm which, even with a relatively small numeric key, is almost completely unbreakable. I found the book fast-paced and engaging. I usually don't take many forays into the world of crime & thriller fiction, but if you like encryption and algorithms, I highly recommend this book.

One imperfection of this book: I wish Susan Fletcher is a more useful person in the book than just a flower vase. May be the book is meant to be of patriarchal content, but it doesn't make sense a country's National Security Agency would hire such a dumb head as head of crypto.

8-1-16-16-25 18-5-1-4-9-14-7!

G'Day

Have a good week ahead! I'll be away for a few days, and promise will post some great photos of my trip when I come back.

The Art of Work

• Be realiable (if you do your work well, you've nothing to worry about)
• Be wary (you can never be too complacent - watch your back and always be ready to pull out the necessary defences)
• Be confident (if you think you can, you can; and vice-versa)
• Be happy (there is a proven, positive correlation between happy employees and productive performance).

Snowy Berlin

Favourite boots Euro$139










Favourite scarf AUD18








My happy smiling eyes - Priceless

Candle-lit Lunch

Today is an interesting day filled with (1) smiles & (2) REAL laughters (really spiced up an usually-dull-Saturday)!

First, I managed to create many XML codes for my Portal Content Management workshop. I'm thinking of investing in the Stylus Studio software when I find time. (Speak of time, I am looking forward to my 5 days leave during the 1st week of June).

Second, I scheduled to meet a good friend for lunch today. Knowing it's Saturday, I've reserved parkings and table in advance. I didn't see my friend as I entered the cafe on time, instead was greeted by Grace Pow Yi, the owner. We chatted a bit and something interesting caught my eyes: a blue table with a red candle all lighted up in the middle of the table (I should take a photo!). We are all very familiar with the usual casual atmosphere of Blues Cafe, and can you imagine blue table cloth & red candle in the middle of the day ;-))))

I asked Pow Yi: That candle-lit lunch looks a bit too warm for a Saturday afternoon, don't you think? Who on earth would call for an over-decoration like such?

Pow Yi replied: THAT IS the table you've asked us to design for your lunch today, haven't you?

I was almost hyper-ventilated for five seconds.
Blue table cloth & red candle! My friend must be thinking I have been hexed by the goddess of madness!!

I asked Lito the waiter to remove the candle because I didn't want us to look like a pair of weird witch & wizard who were about to perform a ritual. For the first time in my life, I really could sense the real meaning of palpitation. Lunch was good, but honestly I've never been distracted by a blue table cloth as much as this before. Before I left the cafe, Pow Yi apologised. Mark the other waiter was confused when I told him I needed two big parkings right by the side of the cafe, and a specific good spot for table where I could have good aircon circulating.

Don't laugh. I know you guys are still laughing at me. Yes I should tone down my over-organised skill - it has failed me big time today. Nevertheless, it was fun, and I had a great laugh at myself when I recalled the incident a while ago. The above picture was meant for laugh, of course the table setting wasn't as elaborate as that! ;-)))))

Pancakeism p.20052006:Life doesn't have to be too serious all the time.

NumB3rs

Albert Einstein, three rules of work:
1. Out of clutter, find simplicity.
2. From discord, find harmony.
3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

I noticed in every word of Einstein lied his passion for the measure of relativity eg. clutter vs simplicity, discord vs harmony.

Be Yourself

"Continue being yourself and the right people who treasure your character will come your way!"

Technology helps?

I like this message a friend e-mailed me this morning, a flaw of modern living:

"A woman wanted to reach her husband on his mobile phone but discovered that she was out of credit, She instructed her son to use his own phone to pass across an urgent message to his daddy who was on site.

After junior had called, he got back to mummy to inform her that there was a lady that picked up daddy's phone the three times he tried reaching dad on themobile.

Women!! She thought.

She waited impatiently for her husband to return from work and upon seeing him in the driveway, she rushed out and gave him a tight slap, for good measure. People from the neighborhood rushed around to find out what the cause of the commotion was. The woman asked junior to tell everybody what the Lady said to him when he called.

Junior said "The subscriber you have dialed is not available at present. Please Try Again Later"...

HaHa .....

Speak of phone technology, what do you think of this Nokia N80 (I d/l it from the page with users' report)? It is selling at BND1,118 currently - too steep to my taste.

Btw, Happy Birthday to Mama!

Princess Lulu

Mama is very busy these two weeks. She is too preoccupied with this Korean soap - Princess Lulu. But a lot of good things came out of dialogues of this soap. For example, Mama shared with me 2 meaningful quotes from the show:

1). Your value depends on what you do. A director post can be given to you, but a "good" director depends on your performance.

2). You have to face the reality. Cover your head with your right palm will only temporarily shield you from rain drops, but you have to think ahead of action plans for heavy rain.

Baby Chloe

In February, my younger cousin Sarah delivered her first baby. This is baby Chloe! HaHa ... excuse the grumpy face, she is currently still at the camera-"angst" stage.

Jiji My Hamster

Jiji is overweight! May be I should stop feeding him cornflakes and wholemeal biscuits haha ...

Red Eyed Pea & Queen Latifah

My brother's hamsters: Red Eyed Pea (left) & Queen Latifah (right).

Happy Mothers' Day

Yesterday was a special day. It was special not because it was Mothers' Day, nor it was because Mothers' Day coincided with my cousin Linda's wedding.

It was special because my brother Dato_k has said something very meaningful, and I believe should be the greatest gift to our Mama.

We went out for dinner with Dato_k's in law family to celebrate HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY. Weird, I noticed sales attendants even greeted men with "Sir, Happy Mothers' Day". Am I losing touch with this world, or it is the trend to greet men Happy Mothers' day and to women Happy Fathers' day. If they really cared so much about this event, at least they should make the effort to spell check (see picture), it should read: Happy Mothers' Day!

Anyway, above story is not the focus of what I am going to say today.

I believe yesterday Dato_k has ordered food for a continent of people, not for 12 persons. We didn't manage to finish all food on the table. Before Dato_k settled the bill, he said to me: Che, we need Woofhams Che here to help with the food. Two of us couldn't finish as much food as we did during the Lunar Year's Eve reunion dinner at Empire Buffet. We are A TEAM, it has to be all THREE OF US then we could conquer this food battle better than other tables.

I listened, I smiled and I told our Mama of what Dato_k has just said. I believe this is the most beautiful gift to our Mama. No matter how different in character and thinkings of her three children, we want her to know: we are her great children, and we are A GREAT TEAM!

As old Chinese proverb goes: you can snap a pair of chopsticks, but you can't snap a bunch of chopsticks easily. You can't snap especially these three chopsticks joined forces!!!

My Teacher, My Friend

Mrs Lim, my first Economics teacher, has always a good mentor to me.

This morning, she wrote these words in her e-mail which I would like to share with my sister, my brother and friends. They are meaningful words.

Sometimes we do need some encouraging words to remind ourselves that we are in fact MUCH MUCH BETTER than many people in this world.

We do not have the following problems to worry about :-

1. poverty

2. war

3. famine, drought or flood

4. natural disasters

5. health related issues

Our so called 'problems' are really quite trivial in life. We are depressed when :-

1. people backstab us

2. we do not have delicious food

3. children misbehave

4. we do not have time to go overseas

5. we are overloaded with work

6. we can't sleep or not enough sleep

7. we do not see eye to eye with someone

8. we do not have something nice to wear for certain occasion

9. people misundertood us................................ the list goes on and is endless.

Of course we can't help being sad or depressed because we are human and no one is perfect. But we should remind ourselves how lucky we are and try not to be depressed too often because of whatever that has happened. Being depressed will not alter things..........................................

Why not smile and face the facts and take it as lessons in life.

Inspiring words from Mrs Lim.

Exclusive for Women

I was arranged by the host university to stay at FrauenHotel when I was in Berlin two months ago. It's a hotel exclusive for women guests only, and all their employees are women too.

Berlin has a few hotels like such. Inside the hotel, all rooms look very pleasant. I was given the largest room in the hotel (again, Thanks the host agency) and I love the orange, yellow & red colour design in the room. Given the time, I would love to re-design my room this way. I was also impressed by the two toffees they placed on my pillow when I checked in. No, I didn't eat them, I am not a sweets-craz woman. HaHa .....

What make(s) you happy?

At this moment, I believe the thought of drinking coffee while listening to Corinne Baily Rae's jazz cd with a flea-less dog by my side is most soothing.

Good Luck Charm

The 20th century American charm bracelet features a variety of lucky charms in a bright mix of brass, copper, sterling silver and gold-plated metal.

The bracelet (see picture) is typical of the kind of jewellery worn by adolescent girls in the 1950s and 1960s, collected charm by charm while travelling through the flea markets, jewellery stores and yard sales of the heartland. There are usually 13 charms on it, demonstating the use of "unlucky" 13 as reversed bad luck. Clockwise from the top, they are:

a silver heart engraved with initials: love for the named individual
a brass heart pierced by an arrow: smitten romantic love
a silver horseshoe: attraction or "drawing" luck
a gold wishbone set with a pearl: wishes come true
a silver horseshoe on which is placed a wishbone, a four-leaf clover, a horseshoe and the words "Good Luck": good luck
a gold and green enamelled four-leaf clover: luck
a silver money bag with a $ sign: wealth
a copper horseshoe on which is placed a four-leaf clover: good luck
a brass heart padlock: faithful love
a silver spread of playing cards: gambling luck
a gold double horseshoe set with an artificial diamond: money luck
a brass money bag marked 1000: wealth
a silver horseshoe: attraction or "drawing" luck

Quote from: http://www.luckymojo.com/charmbracelets.html

Unsure it's lucky or unlucky having to lug such a chunky bracelet on your wrist, HaHa (",)

Idol Fever

Please don't mistake me for a big fan of either American, Australian, Malaysian or Singapore idols.

I just happened to spot Daniel Ong from last week's Urban paper, and wondering whether the idol programme hires same stylist for their Asia franchise counterparts (see pictures).

Co-host of Singapore Idol (Daniel Ong):
Co-host of Malaysian Idol (Kui Jien):