i know this is darn lagging. but i just watched the american idol finale last night. taped it back then and i forgot all about it until last night when i was clearing my recorder. and my verdict (keeping in mind that carrie won)? carrie was so solid with her vocals. but bo was the better performer. and rofl with ryan dropping the coin into that 'gutter' thing. he embarrassed himself on international tv. haha!

listening to the songs. bo's first song (long and winding road) was not bad. i liked it. his second song (vehicle), well, he could have done better. his last song (inside your heaven) totally rocked. beautiful, beautiful! i think he did so much better than carrie for that one.

listening to carrie. her first song (inside your heaven), well...the vocals were great definately. so were her vocals for er...everything. second song (independence) not bad. third song (angels brought me here) woah! her glory note was perfect. but she was off on the last note!!!! she seriously zao sia-ed. wasted. that's the most important part of the song and she sort of screwed it. but it obviously didn't hurt her any.

therefore, no problem that carrie won. it could have gone either way. i think that bo is good at performing. his vocals are ok, they are enhanced by his performing. he'll be a big hit at live concerts. but carrie's vocals are good on it's own. she's like olinda. better heard than seen. live concert can wait. can't wait to hear her on radio.

today i'm listening to the 'inside your heaven' duet bo and carrie sang that i downloaded. omg. what are they singing?! it's painful listening to them. maybe it's just my recording. bo is way too loud. carrie is like backup. and they are not harmonising. their voices are so clashing. it's just so painful. *wince*
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been to sentosa lately? i went yesterday. and well...i think sentosa has deteriorated. i mean, sentosa was supposed to be an island resort, a retreat from the hustle and bustle of mainland. but it's not anymore. sad.

i miss the monorail. it's one of the main attractions of the island. now that it's gone, travel around the island is so inconvenient. getting up the beach line bus, i had no idea where it was going. a tourist was telling me that it was like a mystery journey. just get on and hope you get where you want to go. and we had to fight with huge crowds of people rushing to get on the bus.

and everywhere i turn, there's barricades and construction. messy. made walking so inconvenient. we'd walk and suddenly, there's a dead end where there used to be a passage. lucky that restaurant allowed people to cut across. else it was a long walk back to the starting point again. cars are all over the place. it's convenient for drivers but its a blot on the landscape.

went on the carlsberg sky tower. well...it's nothing spectacular. after being jostled by a huge bus load of indian tourists, the view was more or less like what you'd see if you climbed to the top of a high HDB flat. no big deal. only difference is that it's aircon and it revolves so you don't need to walk.

everything is so expensive. images of singapore is open. we wanted to go cos it used to be free. thought can go in, cool down with the air con before going back to costa sands. but it now cost $10 for adults. the entry fee for most of the attractions are like that. and the food. the cheapest was like, $6 plus. and that was for a plate of chicken wings. sigh.

let's just say, i'm disappointed with sentosa. lucky the dragon trail is still there. the day they remove that will be the day i start to boycott sentosa. it's becoming less of a retreat from the mainland than an extension of the mainland. the musical fountain has been playing the exact same lame thing for the past 3 years. what a turn off. the spice/herb/flower gardens, originally there's a long looooonnnnnnngggggg staircase to climb. but it's there to let you slowly enjoy the plants and flowers. now, they're building covered escalators. where's the point in that? sure, it's easier for people but you're seperated from the nature that you're supposed to appreciate. imagine,
tourist: i went to the spice gardens in sentosa.
friend: how was it?
tourist: no idea. took an escalator up.
not much difference from driving along the pie and seeing the bushes on the side of the car.

how does singapore expect to attract tourists if they turn their only island resort into something exactly like what can be found on mainland? why would tourists want to come here then? even me, a local, is starting to be turned off by sentosa. expensive, commercialised, inconvenient. sigh. buck up singapore.