STREETS of LONDON. How Can You Say You're LONELY? And that the SUN doesn't SHINE?

LONDON?

Ah, during late Autumn or Winter, this numbing feeling can be abysmal.

Shorter days, longer nights.

And the intense chill and frost bites blending well with the cheerless mood.

You might have hummed along with the classic hit called STREETS OF LONDON.

Lovely!

Eons ago, I discovered this tearful song that never fails to instil an absolute sense of tingling foreboding in me.

There's this old world charm about the lyrics that'd probably touch a zillion souls.

Something about life and loneliness entwined, of poverty, reminding us to treasure whatever material wealth we may have now, no matter how frugal we should be, to count our blessings.

In this forlorn world, there'll many who are deprived of company, warmth and food, if we look hard enough.

The STREETS OF LONDON is a song with a soul, beckoning you to incite healing in this cold, dreary world ....

Let me run the meaningful lyrics for you here:

Have you seen the old man
In the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper,
with his worn out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride
Hand held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

Chorus: So how can you tell me you're lonely,
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind

Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
She's no time for talking,
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags.

Chorus

In the all night cafe
At a quarter past eleven,
Same old man is sitting there on his own
Looking at the world
Over the rim of his tea-cup,
Each tea lasts an hour
Then he wanders home alone

Chorus

Have you seen the old man
Outside the Seaman's Mission
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
In our winter city,
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn't care

POVERTY doesn't just exist in third world countries, it's rampant everywhere..

Due to the escalating costs of living, lack of goverment support sometimes, and a poor job market, the current global crunch, many are finding it even harder to support themselves & their families - circumstances forcing them to become homeless or live out on the streets.

And not just the men and women, but also CHILDREN and the DISABLED.

We are going through a global recession now.

Avoid overindulgence.

Go easy on the bank credit and live within your means.

Save money for a rainy day.

You never know when the storm will come.

Get wise, be prepared.

Prevention is better than cure.

Life's full of unexpected surprises that will come aknocking when you least expect them.

Smile, render a kind deed.

If each of us does one part to cheer this trouble world and maintain the harmony, then the entire planet would be a joyous place to live in.

TRY IT!

Let's borrow a line from the evergreen MY FAIR LADY musical -

" WOULD IT BE LOVERLY " .....

Right?

Here's LOOKING at YOU, HAYDEN! Gotcha, We CAUGHT YOU with your PANTS DOWN!

Hey, HAYDEN.

I am dedicating this to you.

To err is human.

The damage's done, and life goes on.

But it's time you show penance and begin your journey to redemption

to ease your own conscience and peace of mind.

You were caught with your pants down when a slew of your private videos documentating your sexual peccadilloes were leaked into cyberspace.

You should have known better than to believe anyone, remember - your closest allies never intended to have your horny dalliances stashed away quietly.

Trust no one with kinky secrets,

You cannot force love on anyone.

The best thing is to be someone who can be loved and the rest is up to them.

Well, the Netizens are up in arms with your expose and are gaming to nail you down.

You win some, you lose some.

Perhaps there's a moral out there that we can derive from your problems,

For one, LOVE in its final embers can still scorch you with pain when it goes awry.

SEX is an intimacy and when it's EXPLOITED, hell knoweth no fury like a woman (or a man) scorned.

We are grateful that we are learning from you.

It's a stark pointer that we should never to take sexual matters for granted.

When you are a celebrity-in-love, ensure that your partner is not a fetish freak before you fornicate mindlessly.

Because there's a price to pay for the frolicking.

The entertainment world is besotted with SHAMS, SCAMS, THRILLS AND SPILLS.

You are for REAL.

I just remember this:

My friend, ADOLFO ALIX JR a young and much sought after PINOY feature film director has a potential movie project in mind.

We discussed it.

It's called PORNO, a sexy tale exploring sleaze in the porn industry, about voyeuristic pleasures, slamming tight the lid on the unscrupulous crooks who rig cameras in lesser known motels to shoot unsuspecting couples fornicating.

By ADOLFO's own admission, " The plot weaves around three leading characters - one who works for porn, one who acts in porn and one who buys porn."

Next?

In REEL, these sharks then transfer the "taped actions" direct into DVDs for mass distribution and consumption.

Aren't they not doing the same thing in REAL?

This project was discussed long before your sex scandal surfaced.

And the most appropriate choice for the lead role would of course go to you, HAYDEN KHO (thumbs up), now infamous for your notorious online sex romps.

ART IMITATING LIFE?

Surely!

If Boys are boys, then

MEN WILL always BE MEN, right?

MEN belong to the dominant specie.

They are the hunters,

They are more daring and explicit .....

Definitely more adventurous.

No holds barred?

Sure, challenges accepted.

CHANGING IN THE OPEN?

MAKING HOT SEX IN DARK ALLEYS?

SKINNY DIPPING IN SOME QUIET LAKES?

FILMING YOURSELF BALLING YOUR GIRL FRIENDS?

So the FETISH in you is still egging you to take the plunge?

You're rearing to go again?

Be careful, because unseen eyes may be trailing your sly movements with cameras.

Hungry voyeuristic eyes may be feasting deliciously on your glorious genitals.

You may just be the roast meat for the drool.

Or maybe, you may have this FETISH of secretly enjoy immensely, the thrills of being watched.

But do spare a kind thought for your unknowing, participating girl friends (they're innocent) -

Just like the notorious SEX VIDEO SCANDALS of Hong Kong EDISON CHEN and YOURS, of course.

Not forgetting your bevy of beautiful actresses.

Roll over, buster.

IT'S TIME YOU WISE UP.

CHEAP THRILLS ALWAYS COME WITH A PRICE.

So indulge wisely.

It's common to read online of frustrated blokes who always feel so liberated to the extent of wanting to "flash" themselves in public, wanting to run down the streets or ejaculating in a shop frequented by females NAKED AND SUNDRY.

It must be the stress of modern day living taking its toll.

Take note that thrills come with spills.

There's always a price tag for wrong doings.

EVERYTHING IS RELIGIOUSLY INCORRECT.

MEN MAY BE MEN.

But hey -

HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU DUDE!

GOTCHA,

CAUGHT YOU IN YOUR NAUGHTY ACT .....

Oh no, not again!

The HAYDEN KHO SAGA continues. From ONLINE to Pirated DVDs, all over ASIA.

CURIOSITY KILLS THE CAT, peeps!

HAYDEN KHO is NOW basking in his new-found regional fame.

His infamous SEXUAL TRYSTS - those of balling his beautiful actresses has arrived at another chapter.

Their private escapades gleefully romped right out of the bedroom ..... into pirated DVD release, found mostly in ASIA.

It's FEAST for the EYES - the REAL stuff.

These downloaded-for-a-quick-buck DVDs are known to be openly sold at night bazaars in MALAYSIA, along the streets of Silom in THAILAND, and in homeland PHILIPPINES, amongst others.

And is known to be selling like hot cakes, raking in great profits, distribution rights tossed aside, courtesy of HAYDEN KHO.

Everyone enjoys a free ride, get the drift?

Film producers who are mindful of cashing in, or jumping onto the bandwagon may well be considering HAYDEN to star in some soft porn flicks soon.

He's currently the hottest candidate around for voyeuristic sex-for-peeps.

No, the DVD pirates are never going to leave anyone alone where there's money to be made.

SEX IS BUSINESS.

Where business is concerned, these profiteers have "a nose" for shady scandals.

SCANDALS SELL.

And they'd readily spread their tentacles far and wide whenever they smell something looming in the horizon.

More than one year ago, they were peddling EDISON CHEN sex DVDs with glee.

This time round, HAYDEN KHO has shaken off EDISON CHEN and unexpectedly usurped his throne.

Not that EDISON is complaining.

He is in fact only too pleased to bestow the undesirable crown onto HAYDEN.

This is the name of the game.

The spills are here, after the thrills.

AND WHAT OF THE LOVESTRUCK LADIES, KATRINA HALILI, to speak of one?

The late poet ,W.H.AUDEN best sums this singular episode in his poem, THE DREAM:

Dear, though the night is gone

Its dream still haunts to-day,

That brought us to a room
Cavernous, lofty as
A railway terminus,
And crowded in that gloom
Were beds, and we in one
In a far corner lay.

Our whisper woke no clocks,
We kissed and I was glad
At everything you did,
Indifferent to those
Who sat with hostile eyes
In pairs on every bed,
Arms round each other's necks
Inert and vaguely sad.

What hidden worm of guilt
Or what malignant doubt
Am I the victim of,
That you, then, unabashed,
Did what I never wished,
Confessed another love;
And I, submissive, felt
Unwanted and went out.

NOW, WHAT'S NEXT, PUSSY CAT?

WHATEVER THE CASE, JUST LEAVE THE HAPLESS WOMEN ALONE.

Did you TREASURE those MOMENTS when LOVE can be THIS WONDERFUL, SO WONDERFUL?

THERE COULD BE A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD SIMPLY STANDS STILL.

WHERE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

'Tis the time when you fall head-over-heels in love.

You playfully rub your nose against your lover's.

You nuzzle close -

Lovingly caress his or her hair,

You gaze deep into the eyes before you

Plant a peck on the lips

And boy!

THIS TINGLY FEELING IS EVER-SO-THRILLING!

You're transported to the neverland of your heart

where there's a ethereal paradise of warm sunshine and merry chirping birds,

CAN LOVE BE THIS WONDERFUL, SO WONDERFUL?

JOHNNY MATHIS pays homage to this addiction called LOVE in his soulful hit WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL.

" Sometimes we walk hand in hand by the sea
And we breathe in the cool salty air
You turn to me with a kiss in your eyes
And my heart feels a thrill beyond compare
Then your lips cling to mine

It's wonderful, wonderful
Oh, so wonderful, my love

Sometimes we stand on the top of a hill
And we gaze at the earth and the sky
I turn to you and you melt in my arms
There we are, darling, only you and I
What a moment to share

It's wonderful, wonderful
Oh, so wonderful, my love

The world is full of wond'rous things it's true
But they wouldn't have much meaning without you

Some quiet ev'ning I sit by your side
And we're lost in a world of our own
I feel the glow of your unspoken love
I'm aware of the treasure that I own
And I say to myself

It's wonderful, wonderful
Oh, so wonderful, my love

And I say to myself
It's wonderful, wonderful
Oh, so wonderful, my love! "

TONIGHT LET US CELEBRATE THE SPLENDORS OF LOVE -

Let's give a toast to this feeling of elation,

LOVE HURTS AND HEALS,

But it's better to have loved than not at all,

Right?

Sigh .....

ZOE TAY. Her DICHOTOMY between the GLAM PUSS + ANGEL personas. The QUEEN still REIGNS!

Beautiful women?

Let's check this one out.

ZOE TAY from SINGAPORE.

Our team is trying to find the appropriate superlatives:

She is a

Woman of style.

Beautifully clad,

Attractively staid.

Fashion icon.

Understated actress.

She's one soulful contradiction

MAKING HER STATEMENT .....

Roll on, buddy.

ZOE TAY IS STILL SINGAPORE'S TOPMOST GLAM PUSS.

Queen of Caldecott Hill SINGAPORE.

She has been, FOR MORE THAN ONE DECADE.

Passe, you said?

We beg to differ.

She basked in the limelight during her hey days as a top fashion model - long before she metamorphosized her transition into a stunning actress.

We dare say that there's not one female artiste in MediaCorp Singapore that can photograph as well as ZOE TAY does.

She crosses diverse roles on print, from the sublime to the sultry, the alluring housewife to the vixen.

She's the ANGEL. She's the DEMON.

There's this X-factor in her all her pictures, go ask any glitterati and paparazzi.

ZOE shines. Non-plussed at best.

Maybe only Miss FANN WONG comes close

But that's another story.

We adored ZOE years ago.

And we still have the hoots for her NOW.

She is one actress that has withstood the test of time.

She's still sparkling at 40, gloriously attractive all these years,

Some of her once-upon-a-time tarty fans have switched camps,

And may be unkind with their snide remarks about her.

But no matter -

To each his own and spite is adherent in most things we do,

Just like this song A CERTAIN SMILE -

We'll still go on carrying this torch for her.

A certain smile, a certain face
Can lead an unsuspecting heart
On a merry chase
A fleeting glance can say
So many lovely things
Suddenly you know why my heart sings

You love awhile and when love goes
You try to hide the tears inside
With a cheerful pose

But in the hush of night
Exactly like a bitter sweet refrain
Comes that certain smile
To haunt your heart again

ZOE TAY, the Glam Puss Dichotomy revisited and personified once more.

THIS QUEEN STILL REIGNS DESPITE CHALLENGERS FROM A STEADY STREAM OF SUCCESSORS-IN-WAITING.

There are simply, too many copy-cats,

Talking about FASHIONISTAS -

Our team researched into myriad of pictures of ASIAN BEAUTIES and am captivated by the perennial elegance and allure of:

In HONG KONG, BRIGETTE LIN CHING HSIA, LILY HO and JENNY HU reign supreme, past and present.

In SINGAPORE, our unanimous votes go to ZOE TAY, JACELYN TAY and PHYLLIS QUEK.

In THAILAND? PENPAK SIRIKUL and SINJAI PLENPANICH.

In the PHILIPPINES we are wowed by HEART EVANGELISTA and ANNE CURTIS.

These are BRANDS, not mere products, irreplaceable and will endear and glow- as long as the aura of glimmer still shimmers.

Kudos.

PRETTY BOY ACTORS. BEAUTIFUL MEN. The PREENING of the MALE PEACOCKS.

NOT SO LONG AGO, it was WONDER WOMAN.

These days, it's ADONIS on the prowl.

20 years before, you'd want to call a straight man "a man".

You wouldn't dare label him as "pretty".

Or "beautiful" for that matter.

That's UNmanly. That's resentment. That's an insult.

You'd probably get a pow-wow PUNCH!

TIMES HAVE SINCE CHANGED.

Men tend to be more free-spirited in outlook and in charm.

They are contend to give the female gender a run for their money, when it comes to men outdoing the women these days.

That's the name of the game.

Gone are the days of the male prude.

It's modern time, where the male model or actor wouldn't balk to show all and sundry, to be buck naked, in seductive poses displaying skin, baring frontals with generous showings of pubic hair.

And ahh ...in exotic THAILAND, it's a MUST for fashion stylists.

Pubic hair is so sexy (they claim) ..... so hush-hush, show all, la - to be noticed, to be the ultimate "sex symbol".

SEX APPEAL is "so in".

The male form is no longer a subject of controversy.

You wanna be famous?

Then if you have it, FLAUNT it!

Metrosexuals dab themselves daily with branded skin lotions and fragrances, visit the male spas, go on diets, hit the gym ever-so-often to attain the ADONIS chiselled body.

The market is now besieged with male products and services creating a specialized target segment for the manufacturers and advertising agencies.

Before it was the butt story, now it's the frontal in full glory.

So sexy, la.

Oh yeah, for the guys, it's ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, I CAN DO BETTER.

The condensed lyrics of this song run thus:

Anything you can do,
I can do better.
I can do anything
Better than you.

No, you can't.
Yes, I can. No, you can't.
Yes, I can. No, you can't.
Yes, I can,
Yes, I can!

Anything you can be
I can be greater.
Sooner or later,
I'm greater than you.

No, you're not. Yes, I am.
No, you're not. Yes, I am.
No, you're NOT!. Yes, I am.
Yes, I am!

I can shoot a partridge
With a single cartridge.
I can get a sparrow
With a bow and arrow.
I can live on bread and cheese.

And only on that?
Yes.
So can a rat!

Any note you can reach
I can go higher.
I can sing anything
Higher than you.

No, you can't. (High)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I can. (Higher) No, you can't. (Higher)
Yes, I CAN! (Highest)

Anything you can buy
I can buy cheaper.
I can buy anything
Cheaper than you.

Fifty cents?
Forty cents! Thirty cents?
Twenty cents! No, you can't!
Yes, I can,
Yes, I can!

Anything you can say
I can say softer.
I can say anything
Softer than you.

No, you can't. (Softly)
Yes, I can. (Softer) No, you can't. (Softer)
Yes, I can. (Softer) No, you can't. (Softer)
Yes, I can. (Softer)
YES, I CAN! (Full volume)
I can drink my liquor
Faster than a flicker.
I can drink it quicker
And get even sicker!
I can open any safe.
Without bein' caught?
Sure.
That's what I thought--
you crook!

Any note you can hold
I can hold longer.
I can hold any note
Longer than you.

No, you can't.
Yes, I can No, you can't.
Yes, I can No, you can't.
Yes, I can
Yes, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I No, you C-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-N'T--
CA-A-A-A-N! (Cough, cough!)
Yes, you ca-a-a-an!

Anything you can wear
I can wear better.
In what you wear
I'd look better than you.

In my coat?
In your vest! In my shoes?
In your hat! No, you can't!
Yes, I can
Yes, I CAN!
Anything you say
I can say faster.
I can say anything
Faster than you.
No, you can't. (Fast)
Yes, I can. (Faster) No, you can't. (Faster)
Yes, I can. (Faster) Noyoucan't. (Faster)
YesIcan! (Fastest)
I can jump a hurdle.
I can wear a girdle.
I can knit a sweater.
I can fill it better!
I can do most anything!
Can you bake a pie? No.
Neither can I.

Anything you can sing
I can sing sweeter.
I can sing anything
Sweeter than you.

No, you can't. (Sweetly)
Yes, I can. (Sweeter) No, you can't. (Sweeter)
Yes, I can. (Sweeter) No, you can't. (Sweeter)
Yes, I can. (Sweeter) No, you can't, can't, can't (sweeter)
Yes, I can, can, can (Sugary)

Yes, I can! No, you can't!

AND SO THE WAR OF THE GENDERS BATTLES ON.

You tell me.

Now, here's the song:

HAYDEN Kho versus EDISON Chen. Of ANGELS and DEMONS. Will the REAL CHILD please stand up?

HAYDEN KHO from the PHILIPPINESS in 2009.

EDISON CHEN from HONG KONG in 2008.

Two lost souls, like-minded spoilt brats from wealthy families to start off with.

They must be very bored, because they both shared the same bizarre interest of filming themselves having sex with nubile actresses.

Cheap thrills that eventually "screwed" their reputations and those lovestruck maidens who readily frolicked with them.

Falling in love blindly with the wrong guy may not be the wisest thing.

BOTH are celebrated artistes basking in the glory of their achievements, once-upon-a-time adored by millions of fans around ASIA.

Not any more.

These are pretty boy hunks with a sorry yarn to spin - a cobweb of sexual perversions behind closed doors, the spiders beckoning the unsuspecting butterflies,

then for inexplicable reasons, these trysts are exposed online for zillion of netizens to relish.

It's all about SEX, LIES and VIDEOTAPES.

Both wear a facade of deception,

ANGELS OF THE MORNING on REEL.

DEVILS IN DISGUISE in REAL.

Sparkling contrast, of their REEL and REAL roles.

Nothing to be proud of, everything to be condemned.

In moments of screaming out loud their orgasms, did these two nut heads ever spared a thought of the irreparable damages they might have caused if unintended "leakages" were spilled unknowingly?

It's liken to unprotected sex without a condom, leading to an unwanted pregnancy.

Trust no BEST friends with your sex videos. NEVER.

So there!

They were role models before, but then were extremely arrogant, inconsiderate and now dangerous.

They thought that the world evolved around them.

Well, the world beamed for a while, until the ring of truth caught up with them.

LOOK at the real mess they have caused - global outrage.

TENESSEE WILLIAMS, famed playwright/novelist once said:

" I CAN'T STAND A NAKED LIGHT BULB ANY MORE THAN I CAN STAND A RUDE REMARK OR A VULGAR ACTION."

Aptly put.

Their online sex scandals.

HAYDEN KHO pleaded with the paparazzi to blame it on the ACTION and not the SINNER.

To ERR is human, right?

The doctrines of forgiveness and redemption exist in our hearts - and not in our words.

There's been too much hatred, angst and pain.

We have been treated to a media spectacular.

Now let some peace prevail.

Let closure come.

Everything may be easier said than done, but it's time for healings here.

For the sake of the victims, let's unite to bury the shameful past.

It's time to put their unwarranted deeds to rest.

Would you?

Will you?

Alas, it's just NOT the end yet.

There are the die-hards who are not that forgiving, who cannot forget.

THE HAYDEN KHO SEX VIDEO SCANDAL even reached the SENATE for hearing in late May, 2009.

It's here in court that the brouhaha took another bashing.

It had not only "rained" with consternation, it really "poured".

An enraged ex-Cop called ABNER AFUANG took the law in his own hands, stormed right to where HAYDEN KHO was seated and proceeded to douse him with water from a mineral bottle.

All these boiled down as a cheap kind of circus entertainment, like the unfolding of a sex drama between EDWIN KHO the Villian and KATRINA HALILI the Virtuous.

Here's quoting KATRINA HALILI on her own admission:

" I loved Hayden. I was young so I was easily blinded to think that I was the only one who owned his heart.

But like any relationship that began with lies, this did not go anywhere.

I never thought that every embrace and kiss was scripted.

I fully gave my heart and soul to a man who was doing his own movie.

I was so foolish, instead of a doctor, he was a director. I made a mistake and I admit it.

My fault is that I loved him and I believed that he loved me too completely.

He told me I was the princess in his other world. I was young so I was made to believe easily.

But like all other relationships that started with a lie, this went nowhere.

I gave my heart and soul wholly to a man who turned out to be doing his own movie.

I was stupid.

Instead of a doctor, he was a director.

He said I was his princess in his second world.

I was young - it was easy to make me believe.

I am the victim here. Every day I am the victim each time the video is watched."

Or is it really so?

ANGELS AND DEMONS.

Will the real culprit kindly stand up!