Miss Songkran 2007

How time flies, it seems like only yesterday when I wrote a post on the Thai Festival of Songkran in 2006. Now it's here again but this year the organisers have decided to hold the festival a month earlier so as to take advantage of the warm weather while we still can.

I thoroughly enjoyed last year's event even though the weather was quite miserable with the cold and the rain. However I must admit this year's event was a little under par compared to last year's. There were less Thai dances but the all time popular Miss Songkran Beauty Contest was still on!


This is contestant number 1. Don't ask me her name because I've forgotten, I was too busy taking pictures than paying attention to the MC announcing their names as they paraded onto the stage.

This is contestant number 2. All the contestants were sponsored by Thai restaurants and businesses all over Melbourne and entry is open to anyone who likes to give it a go.

This is contestant number 3. There are 12 contestants this year as compared to 13 last year. The winner will be crowned by special guest Miss Natalie Glebova, Miss Universe 2005.

This is contestant number 4. I'll let you feast your eyes on these lovelies and make your own decision on who should be Miss Songkran 2007.

Contestant number 5.

Contestant number 6.

Contestant number 7.

Contestant number 8.

Contestant number 9.

Contestant number 10.

Contestant number 11.

And last but not least, contestant number 12. So? Do you have a favourite?

Can't make up your mind? Have another look, contestants number 1 to 6.

And contestants number 7 to 12. Don't ask me who won the title because I left early after the first round. If it was up to me, they're all winners!

Where's Dolly?

The pictures below were taken by me not too far from where I lived. I was taken back a bit when I first saw it but then I could see the funny side of things so I start to imagine the following dialog between a little girl and her mummy.
Little girl: Mummy, have you seen Dolly?
Mummy: No honey, where did you see her last?
Little girl: Last night when I went to bed but this morning I couldn't find her anywhere.
Mummy: Hmm...I think I did see her with your brother Tom this morning.
Little girl: Why would Tom want Dolly for? He's a boy.

The End.

All Night Long I'm Horny

All night long I'm horny
All night long I'm horny
All night long I'm horny
All night long I'm horny
All night long I'm horny
All night long I'm horny

You got me horny in the morning and you know
I tried to call you but I can't find the telephone
I sent a message through the internet but it rejected
I wrote you a letter and I send it through the post

The post it takes so long
So I got to sing this song
To let you know how I feel, what's the deal baby
And I can't wait for you
And the things you make me do
My heart is ringing so I'm singing this song for you

I'm horny, horny, horny, horny
So horny, I'm horny, horny, horny
I'm horny, horny, horny, horny
So horny, I'm horny, horny, horny tonight

Beach Volleyball

For those of you who knows me, I'm not a sports enthusiast and will seldom post on a sporting event. However having said so, sometimes I may make an exception if the event is women beach volleyball!

An artificial beach was created on the lawn of Alexandra Gardens to hold the Moomba Waterfest Beach Volleyball Tournament for 3 days over the weekend. Don't know why but I found myself drawn to the tournament.

I don't know how the game is played, nor do I know that these ladies were playing for the finals that day but I just couldn't pull myself away from the match...

Funny how I saw a lot of people taking photographs of the players too, not just me. They must be big fans of the players, I'm not into beach volleyball normally but today, I don't know what got into me...I may become a fan also.

Hmm...good games ladies. I think I'm getting the hang of it now, from now on women beach volleyball is my spectator sport! Nice bods, oops...I mean ball.

Bollywood @ Moomba

I first saw these Bollywood dancers a year ago at Sidney Myer Music Bowl during the Commonwealth Games where they were part of Sunidhi Chauhan's concert.

I've always thought they were part of Sunidhi's entourage visiting Melbourne at the time but little did I know they were actually Melbourne's own Bollywood Dancers!

In addition to performing for any kind of public or private functions, they also teach Bollywood lessons for anyone who wish to be able to dance like them and like in those Bollywood movies!

I like Bollywood Dances a lot, they are full of vibrant and lots of energy in their moves. I remember when I was little and my grandmother used to take us to see those old Hindi movies so long ago. It would always be full house and everybody loved them even though we didn't know what they were talking or singing about!

But time has changed and the music gets even better and louder with contemporary influences. The dances are modern but are influenced by Bhangra (traditional Punjabi) and other classical Indian dances making them part of the Bollywood craze currently taking the world by storm.

Do visit their website here for details of their upcoming events and classes if you are interested in taking some lessons yourself. Today here at Moomba they were having a free workshop for everyone teaching simple moves so we can all join in their dances later!

The moves are simple enough, from what they showed us. Well, it looks easy enough until you do it. Just imagine changing light globes and swapping flies with your hands and galloping like a horse!

After the lessons they encouraged everyone to join in their dance but very sorry if you think you're going to see me dance today! I always have a good excuse for not participating because who else is going to take the pictures right?

So enough of my gas bagging, my pictures don't do them justice. To truly experience the energy of these dancers you have got to watch them strut their stuff, enjoy the video below.

Dai Loong

Today is Labour Day meaning it's a holiday and the last day of Moomba celebration. I made plans to catch the annual Moomba Parade but unfortunately I reached the city late, very very late indeed!

The parade was ending when I got there and I only got to see the end bits. You can read my last year's post on the parade here, sorry I couldn't bring you the whole parade this year.

But I did get to see a little bit at the end like these flamenco and spanish dancers and some other groups but right at the end was the Chinese Lion Dance troupes with Dai Loong, the biggest dragon in Australia!

Dai Loong is so big that it requires 200 people to participate in many facets of the parade. To stage a procession, there are two lion dance troupes; a musical percussion group; carriers of traditional weapons, mythical creatures, traditional banners, flower baskets – all who have particular significance – and of course, around 100 dragon legs.

Here's Dai Loong, I couldn't take a picture of the whole length of it's body but you should watch the video I posted below to see how long and big it is. Enjoy!

I Believe I Can Fly...

Ahh..so refreshed after a week hiatus! Not missing blogging at all but since I'm all geared up I might as well start posting again. Many thanks to all of you who left kind comments on my last post regarding my absence.

It's the Moomba Festival weekend here in Melbourne and there's lots of happenings in town along the Yarra River and Docklands all weekend. Moomba is an annual festival in Melbourne where it's just a great excuse to have lots of fun!

There's plenty of activities to see and do at Moomba but the one event I love to see is the Birdman Rally on the Yarra! The rally involves contestants to strap on their self constructed flying crafts and battle it out to see who can 'fly' the furthest.

There's no rules to what craft you want to build, this guy built himself a green dragon. Dragons are known to fly so the stories go...

...but this one ends up in the water like every other contestants! The idea is to have fun and just enjoying the attention you get from the audience with their cheers and jeers!

Then the judges will decide on what points to award the contestant, this one scores a 4.5 which is not too bad. Mayor John So is one of the judges in today's rally.

Some people are really enthusiastic about winning, they'll build a really aerodynamic craft hoping to 'go' the distance and win the first prize which is a holiday package for 2 to Hawaii!

Some believe they are superheroes that can fly without any aid of a flying craft. All they need is their flying capes but they all end up wet.

This guy must've stole his idea from Leonardo DaVinci's flying craft coz the similarity is uncanny. Too bad it didn't make the distance but he scored a 4.5 also!

Then we had Count Dracula himself showing us how it's done since he's very good with flying as a bat at night but unfortunately not during the day and ended up yes, you guessed it, in the water. He scored just a 3.

This guy looks like he has a mattress strap to his back or is that a light weigh aerodynamic wing? Unfortunately not aerodynamic enough and he scored a 3 also. Better luck next year.

The last contestant is also last year's winner and this year it looks like he's made much improvement on his craft, it looks like a glider which means he's bound to 'hover' for a split second longer than the other contestants.

And he made it! Nice landing too, he has gone the farthest than any other contestants with a smooth landing on the water with minimum water splash.

He scored 6.5 and gets to retain his championship for the Flying Birdman of the year 2 years in a row! Now he'll be jetting off to Hawaii soon.

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly

Application For Hiatus Leave

Dear Readers,

I am writing to apply for a few days off blogging due to tiredness, stress, writer's block, sien-ness or just plain laziness. It will just be a couple of days maybe a week or maybe more? So what say you? Can onot? I wanna go on holiday from blogging a bit lah, so sien can die lidat aitelyu!

So thank you very much for understanding and approving my hiatus leave in advance hor!

Kamsia kamsia!

Your siao siao Melbourne counterpart blogger,
Wuching of The Whills

Eww! What The Hell Is It?

I saw the most hideous looking thing in a shopping center in Chinatown in Singapore!

Eww! What the hell is it?! Looks like some kind of hairy caterpillar or grub crawling in dirt!

Worse still it's edible! Of course it's none organic coz it's some sort of sweet made with peanuts. Tastes delicious like 'kern therng'. I don't know what it's called but if you do please leave me a comment and let me know ya!

This will be my last post on my Visit Malaysia/Singapore Year 2007. Sorry you had to put up for so long reading boring posts on my trip, I promise you won't get anymore post on my trip again but more on local events here in Melbourne from now on. Have a great week ahead!

Cartoon Wuching

I asked Jonzz to draw a cartoon version of me...

Here's the Cartoon Wuching! What do you think? Look like me onot? Remember it's just a cartoon rendition of me, not supposed to be my true likeness. I like it, he even drew the same clothes I had on and my camera sling pouch! Good one Jonzz! Thanks a bundle!

Here's the real me for comparison. So if you like to get yourself drawn by Jonzz, go ask him nicely and you might get lucky! He's even drawn Ian Liew and JoMel as well, go check them out at his blog. Jonzz I have a suggestion, you should draw a comic strip every week on the bloggers you meet and create funny stories based on what they've written on their blogs. And you can starring me anytime you like!

Biggest Fan!

I saw the biggest fan I've ever seen in my life! Yes, never in my life have I seen this biggest fan until that faithful day when I went down to Bugis Street hawker lanes.

Just look at the length of the blades, spanning across the entire ceiling making it easily the world's biggest ceiling fan. Now tell me you haven't seen one bigger and yes, it does work because it's breezy and cool standing underneath it but I wouldn't like to be underneath too long in case it drops down!

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I'm feeling rather lazy tonight and don't feel like writing this post so you'll just have to use your imagination to figure out what the photos are showing. People always say a picture speaks a thousand words so see if you can figure out the story of this post.

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