THIS POST DOES NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT MY VIEWS ON ISSUES CONCERNING TEENAGE DRINKING, COPYRIGHTED STUFF AND SLANDER. ANYTHING MENTIONED IS NOT MEANT TO HARM ANYBODY, OR IF YOU WILL, ANYTHING CONCERNING THE PERSON. OR HIS FAMILY. OR THE DOG. I COULD GO ON FOREVER, BUT I'M BORED.

Yes, nowadays more bloggers are getting persecuted for posting their opinions. Kinda iroic when they proclaim free speech on one hand, and on the other aggresively maul anybody who speaks ill on the government. Like a bear pouncing on a rat.

Commercials can either be good or bad, impactful or easy to forget, irritating or amusing, short or long. You get the idea.

The Heinekein commercial is an example of a good commercial, in my opinion. It skillfully integrates in funny elements with the product that it is trying to promote, and to top it off, a humourous yet believable scene. I saw it a couple of times on Channel 5, and it brings a smile to my face. Watch it!

Another one that I enjoy would be the minty sweet commercial (can't remember the name). Its neither too long nor too short, and although it is plain retarded, its funny in a stupid way. And i remember it, blame myself for having lousy memory. So, its good.

On the other hand, we have commercials that are painful to watch.

Right now, the 2 commercials that I think are crappy are as follows.

1. The anti-dandruff shampoo that i can't remember the name.

The first part was typical, starting off with a question. In this case, as I was watching channel 8, the question roughly translated was, "What is the difference between a man and a woman?". It then jumps to the usual zoom-ins of dandruff in hair, and how the 1337 shampoo cleanses and rehydrates the scalp, before rejuvinating the scalp, which typically results in the hairs standing at attention. Useful if you need a self-defense mechanism, just use your head as porcupine spikes.

So basically, after they finish with the info, the screen suddenly jumps to that Korean singer that possesses the much sought after "non-threatening good looks", before zooming onto his face while he cruises by in some rich-kid car. And he suddenly goes "Wo Shi Rain", which means "I am Rain".

Ok, I know he is a pop symbol of sorts, but I just don't understand why they decided to chuck him into the ad like that. I mean, you look at the product, and suddenly this guy jumps into the picture proclaiming that he is "Rain" not unlike how I proclaim "I am drunk." Seriously, he could have said "I am drunk" and it wouldn't have changed the impact the commercial had on me. I mean, find a better way to intro his participation in the shampoo business! Like, let him parade around a little more with his good looks rather than throwing him into the rojak at the end.

DISCLAIMER: I AM A NORMAL MALE, WITH NORMAL TENDENCIES. I AM NOT GAY.

Now that i've successfully cleared myself of any accusations concerning the recent sodonomy issue and such and such, i can continue.

2. The Swensons Commercial. Yup, all of them.

Cmon, after viewing the commercials many times, I finally got the meaning of the commercials. They were trying to convince people that going to Swensons to unwind would be the best goddarned decision of their lives. I had to watch the commercials a few times before I could get it. And I'm a LIT student, specially trained in the field of over analysing and being super aware of hidden meanings. Nah, I aint that pro.

*For the model definition above, please refer to the wikipedia article "Kang Zi Yang"*

What? There isn't an article on him!!?? Blasphemy! His lit marks are impressively impressive!

Back to Swensons.

Well, I can only remember 2 commercials concerning it, one with the dirty kid with the cleaned car, and the other with the boy in the rain and a woman with dangerously heavy makeup wielding an umbrella-ella-ella-ella-eh-ehOMG my brain is degrading.

Other than the fact that the makeup could probably stop a speeding ferrari, I just did not understand why she did not want to share the umbrella with the boy.

And both boys proclaim "I'm SO going to Swensons!". They do it rather mechanically, like how the news reporter in Spiderman 3 announces, "This COULD be the end of Spiderman!". Oh I hope I didn't spoil the 1 year plus movie for any of you. But of course the pseudo american accents of the boy could not compare up to the real stuff.

Anyway, after going to Swensons, you would probably come out broke anyway. How to relax???

P.S. I'm running kinda low on new songs, so if you have any nice songs, send me or tell me! Preferably chinese, as i'm trying to balance my pathetic chinese music library with my English music one.