Sex Appeal Has Science Written All Over It...

I happened to watch this documentary on Discovery, about 'The Science Of Sex Appeal' which I think is really an educational one. I actually learnt some new stuff about the opposite sex, huhu. So, lessons in brief:

1) Male which are considered a 9 or a 10, but less successful are less attractive compared to an average joe who is successful. (So guys, good looks don't sell as much as deep pockets!)

2) Ovulating women are more flirtatious and send more 'signals' to the opposite sex (and showing more skin too, huhu). Something to do with their raging hormones I supposed.

3) Women who experience adrenaline rush are more...how to say this...giving. Basically when we engage in thrill sports like bungee or just been on a rollercoaster, huge amounts of dopamine (pleasure hormone) gives us the high, and so we find everything more attractive than supposed to (which according to a friend of mine explains why mat rempits got all the chicks!)

4) Women can change their perception of a man based on the car he drives. Basically different cars show different perceptions of power and security (which confirms statement 1). So ladies, there is a reason why guys are more into his toys and rides!

5) Women (and men!) walk differently when they're trying to show off their sexiness and all. Yes, we all have our own sexy struts; you women with your swinging hips, and us guys with our manly shoulder swaggering motion. Kira jalan maintain la...

6) Math plays a vital role in determining a beautiful face. Symmetry is everything!

7) It's in our genes that we aim for the perfect 10

Here's a playlist of some of the clips shown in the documentary. Happy watching and learning about the opposite sex:)

Channel 707: You Made Me Smile For Being Malaysian

It's Merdeka Day today. Today marks the 52th anniversary of the nation's independence. H1N1 is still spreading like wildfire, I'm preserving my energy in the fasting month, I've done my necessary shoppings. So what better way to spend a public holiday of doing nothing rather than living a bum marking on the couch. I've always enjoyed watching channel 707 (Astro translation: Discovery Travel & Living). I've always been fascinated with all the great places to go around the world, to explore the great people and the great food around the world. The travel journalist sure did their job well. I just feel like not working, spending a whole year just, travelling.

But today, channel 707 did more than just that. Channel 707 brought me back home and make me realise how great it is to live here in Malaysia. I was watching back to back episodes of Passage To Malaysia and I have to say 'Hey, being Malaysian is not a bad thing at all'. One episode talks about how Jamie (the host that is) went throught the festivities celebrated here in Malaysia (i.e. Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali), and how the concept of warmth, family, togetherness being portrayed. It's cool to see Jamie celebrated Hari Raya with the Negeri Sembilan royal family, chatting around with the now Almarhum Tuanku Jaafar, and enjoying great hospitality by the royal family. Then you see Denise (another host, which is interestingly hot) travel down the waters of Langkawi, Penang, Pangkor & Melaka, exploring the wonders of flora & fauna, culture & history. I was amazed to see a Caucasian family been living in Pangkor Island for the past 4 generations, settling down with the locals and loving it. Woww, it just amazes me that we are so proud and bragged about living overseas, yet little that we know that the foreigners think Malaysia as more than just home.

Another show, 'Food Safari' talks about Malaysian food loved by the Australians. There's a Malaysian restaurant owned by a Chinese family and they cook and serve beef rendang, laksa, even roti canai. Malay cuisine being prepared by a Chinese? That is just so 1 Malaysia. And some time ago I've watched Anthony Bourdain's show about his journey into Malaysian culinary world and how he was just mesmerised by the fusion that is going on. Wow, I do watch a lot of TV, haha...

So there you go, watching these shows made me realised that Malaysia is home. We arm warm, fun loving people with nice food to eat and nice places to go to. The foreigners gave two thumbs up to what Malaysia has to offer, and so why can't we? Yes of course, we have cracks and voids here and there in our system. To Astro, I think your Negaraku concept of airing Malaysia related material during Merdeka month is just brilliant! As a Malaysian I just want to say terima kasih...

P.S: I just laughed my ass off hearing Denise's pronunciation of an-gin lembut lembut...