The Bleak Truth

Rihanna taking no wardrobe risks for Malaysia show

By SEAN YOONG – 11 hours ago

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The good girl gone bad has promised to be good for one night. R&B sensation Rihanna will shun skimpy outfits when she performs in Malaysia next month, said the concert's organizers on Tuesday.

The Malaysian organizers of Rihanna's Feb. 13 stop on her "Good Girl Gone Bad" tour voiced hopes that protests would not mar the Grammy-winning singer's show.

Rihanna's management is "aware of the country's regulations and the difficulties of doing a show," Razman Razali, managing director of Pineapple Concerts, told The Associated Press. However, a district branch of the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, which blasted Lavigne's on-stage moves as "too sexy" last year, said in an online commentary that Rihanna was "sexier and more dangerous" than Lavigne.
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Isn’t sad how some people grip on the lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?

30 Seconds To Live

I am a nerd. There, I said it. I am wearing big, thick glasses and I can’t seem to grow hair on my head; my favorite TV channels are History Channel and Nickelodean and I think the coolest American Idol ever is Taylor Hicks (OK, now that’s weird!)

So when somebody says I am nerd or 'weird', gee, I am not sure I want to argue with that. I guess I am just proud wearing the badge.

But what I saw on a documentary on History Channel last Saturday was something mind-blowing and life changing. It gave me a whole new meaning of life, as we know it. It really changed the way I perceived things. Y'know, those little things. Like – us.

Not sure you follow? Now just consider this;

If the 4.5 billion history of planet Earth were to be condensed in 24 hours, human existence would only count for 30 seconds.

Wow. Can you believe that? We are just a tiny fraction in the grand scheme of things. I feel small and insignificant. I think we’re should all do. To be clear, I am not talking about damage to the larger systems, I am just saying there is more to life than what we make it to be.

The lesson and knowledge I took in from the documentary were many. Among them; Life is short so live your life to the fullest as if you only have 30 seconds to do that. It really did open my eyes. I want to make a change and leave a legacy to the humankind like solving climate change issues, finding new flu strains or curing cancers when I am gone but for now I want to start small.

Like answering question that haunts many of us, “When we die, how would we like to be remembered with?”

O yes, we all want to be Taylor Hicks, but have we really done something about it?

Damn, I haven’t lived!