Here’s wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year and a Happy Valentine’s Day!

What an interesting year this is… I was told sometime back that the travel agencies here in Singapore are prepping up a lot because this year’s one of those years where there are lots of long weekends as a public holiday lends either on a Friday or Monday.

Looks like this is the first of the lot!

And it’s an interesting day today as well, I found a couple of things which made my day.

First of all, I found out that 12 February was the launch date for “We Are The World 25” – an amazing round up of big shot artistes who sing together to bring aid to Haiti.

This song was originally sang by Michael Jackson and the hottest stars 25 years ago to bring help to the famine situation in Africa.

Today, the song’s being used to bring help to the earthquake victimized Haitians.

I celebrate and appreciate everyone who decides to buy the song on iTunes or make a donation (every little bit helps), or even tweet about it, etc.

However, for the people who decide to say the song is horrible for reasons like “that dude can’t sing”, “how come this-or-that-artiste is not inside”, “they murdered the song” or “they could have raised more money instead of getting us to give”… I say – “screw you“.

Especially the people who say some variant of “they could have raised more money instead of getting us to give”… that sounds totally like Judas Iscariot to Jesus when he commented “It could have been sold for a year’s wages and the money given to the poor”.

Judas wasn’t caring about the poor… he was concerned more about the money. He was the treasurer and he wanted the money. Likewise, the people who lament about how the money could have been raised by these artistes to give more… are no different from Judas.

So screw you. (Finding the song made my day – finding these knuckleheads didn’t)

Moving on… For the fans of Lord of the Rings… guess what – there’s a fan made prequel (an hour long!)

It was released in December 2009 – Born of Hope.

Now, you won’t be getting any big shots in this one – it is, after all, a fan made film.

But what’s amazing is that it cost the film maker £25,000 to make – a FAAAAR cry from what the original trilogy cost.

Amazing – this is a powerful example of what people can do with a bit of money and a lot of passion.

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Paul Scanlon. King David, King Saul.

My brother’s a crazy fan of the Silent Hill series, a horror game, and the latest one… Shattered Memories. Is the only one I’ve ever played.

Well… semi-played. My brother wanted me in so I indulged him, he did all of the gameplay while I made the personal choices. Why so? At the end of the game, there’s a psychological profiling of the player.

Every player gets a different profile and if a player tries to do something different in the game, make different choices… the profiling is almost always the same.

Which was what he wanted me to see. The game was finished real quick because he knew how and where to go. But when it came to the profiling, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was quite apt.

(Except for the bit that says “Lousy in bed?” – I reject in the name of Christ – I make my own bed every day when I wake up!)

So, what happened this week was Paul Scanlon – a 1st generation Christian pastor from England, visited our church for the 2nd time.

He shared a good message and I think most people enjoyed it at the very last bit (for service 1, anyway) when he linked the offering with season ticket holders of the English Premier League.

One thing that stuck to my head, however, was something he preached.

“Every journey is made up of stages. Every stage has a lesson.”

He mentioned something about recording the stages in life – either metaphorically speaking with memory or recording it down via some other means.

My mind quickly linked to a previous lesson I learned about one difference between King David and King Saul.

King Saul was the first King Israel ever had and King David was the second. Saul, however, went to the “dark side“. King David had the habit of recording down his time, psalms, revelations with God.

Today, we’ve got the ability to record down our thoughts onto digital format where it virtually lasts forever – unaffected by time, wear and tear… save for the occasional hack attempts.

Some people have the habit of recording down every boring nook and cranny of their lives. Others, would only record down significant events in their life… which is rather unlikely as we, being creatures of habit, without regularly posting won’t record down something significant [/tangent]

Now, if we made it a habit to record each stage in life, the little parts going on in our lives… the good, the bad, the ugly and it happens to be an open blog… what would a psychologist say about you?

How would you feel if you blogged regularly, being your true self… and you get psychologically profiled?

It could be interesting – but it could also be terrifying.

Interesting for those who accept everything about themselves. Terrifying for those that don’t.

Everyone only wants to hear what is good to them, nobody wants to hear the truth. You know – “You can’t handle the truth“. (The bit about lousy in bed is not the truth. It’s a lie.)

So, if I happened to be profiled… What would it say? Interestingly enough, Chinese New Year is edging close and I actually found a personality-based analysis of mine whilst spring cleaning. It’s done way back in 12 June 2007. I won’t state it all here (and bore you to death) but here’s a gist of it…

Style Name: COMMUNICATING PLANNER
Primary Traits: Passive and Open

A steady, amiable type of person, relating to the DISC factor of Steadiness, can be described as a Planner. People of this kind are patient and persistent, dislike change, and like to take time to plan carefully before acting (hence the name of the style)

• Overview: Patient, Steady, Amiable, Sociable
• Values: Support (and Attention)
• Seeks: Time (and Approval)
• Avoids: Change (and Isolation)
• Under Pressure: Compromises (may also attack)
• Best Approach: Patient, Supportive
• Strategy: Promise (also responds to People)

Overview:
Asher enjoys the positive attention of others and is very much at ease when meeting with new people. Extrovert and outgoing, he places happiness and personal fulfilment above purely material considerations, and works at his best on a social level, rather than in a position where accuracy and precision are required.

In his general dealings with other people, he will prefer to avoid conflict, but when placed under pressure (especially if his social standing is threatened) he will react intensively.

Personality Adaption:
An examination of the changes in Asher’s personality profile shows that he is making quite a large adaptation to meet the needs of his current working environment (or, at least, his personal understanding of those needs).

Advantages:
The factors of Asher’s personality are, in strict terms, too close together to make definitive statements about his approach.

Disadvantages:
While he operates effectively on a social level, this sociability will tend to detract from the effectiveness of Asher in a practical sense.

Communication Style:
Friendly and open to others, Asher’s highly communicative profile means that he values positive relations with other people for their own sake, and is genuinely concerned with others’ feelings, especially in relation to himself.

Decision Making:
Asher sees decision-making as a matter of careful consideration of possible effects.

Organisation and Planning:
Asher’s patient, quiet style can often lead others to overestimate his organisational and planning abilities.

Motivation:
This extremely outgoing personality likes to be the centre of attention; Asher must feel that his colleagues, and others, both like and respect him if he is to feel comfortable in a situation.

Managing Style:
Because of his general lack of assertiveness, Asher will often find management positions difficult.

Style of Management Required:
Asher thrives on excitement and new experiences, and will soon lose motivation if placed in undemanding or repetitive work.

Sexuality:
Excellent in bed as Asher makes his own bed.

Okay, so I made the last one up. But the rest are all true. Of course, I’m not typing out the whole report here. That’s for me to know!

Chinese New Year. Internet Marketing. Zombies.

Yes, I think I’m slowly edging towards madness (if I wasn’t already there).

This week it’ll be a mad busy week for me – I’ll be popping by my uncle’s place to help out with the family bakkwa business, it gets crazy every Chinese New Year.

In the midst of that, I’ll be working on my latest Internet Marketing product. So far, it’s a 5 module product and the aim is to complete it by end March.

However, this week, not only will I have to work with my family’s business, I’ve got to work as much as I can on the product. AND I have church ministry “homework” to complete.

And the last bit about zombies? Fortunately, that’s not my madness. It’s a guy I just met on Twitter (simontay78) whose pretty mad about the Apple iPhone apps. He showed me a video he made about an iPhone game called “Zombie Attack! Second Wave“.

To get to level 80 in 10 minutes… only possible with video editing. I liked his walkthrough of the game and if there’s any app I need help with, I’ll ask him for it.

For now, it’s 4:42AM as I post this. Still working on my product.

The madness is creeping in. Time to hit the sacks. Kill zombies in my sleep. And eat/make bakkwa in the coming days.

The last post I made was in… *gasp* September 23, 2009.

Forgive me, I have sinned.

At the end of last year, I made a commitment that this year’s going to be an awesome year. It will not be anything like before and this year will be my breakthrough year.

I’m thankful because I’ve made great progress already.

During last year’s gift exchange in Christmas, I received a planner. Which was perfect. And I resolved to write down and record my activities for the day. Thus far, great success. I’ve missed a couple of things I wanted to do but overall, it’s good.

I’ve also managed to successfully work at home via the internet. I’ve been able to make a good income online thus far, plus with the little odd jobs here and there, things have been pretty smooth.

I’ve succeeded in terms of a consistent income but have yet to reach the mad fluctuation figures which I’m shooting for.

What do I mean? I mean… I’m getting a fixed, regular, predictable income as I’m doing some work for a local guru currently. However, that’s not where I plan to stay. I’d rather be getting mad, randomly high figures than a fixed amount.

One of the goals for this month in terms of what I wanna do is to compile and complete my latest internet marketing project. I’ve been meaning to complete it but I’ll admit to the inner editor getting in the way. I’ve managed to shut him up a bit but he still nags consistently – so that’s resulting in the delay.

Other than that, another goal is to commit Twitter-seppuku.

As it stands, I’m following 9,742 followers and 11,913 followers. I’ve already unfollowed a bunch of tweeple via Untweeps.com which helps me find the “stale” tweeple… people who’ve stopped tweeting in a certain period of time.

My goal is to lower the number of people I’m following to about 100 or so.

Why the drop?

I was in Singapore’s Top 5 Twitter list before and it was simply by applying the “I’ll-follow-you-so-you’ll-follow-me” approach and by the grace of God, managed to get in the top 5.

However, after I hit into the early 5 figures, I realized that it’s a “hollow bird”. I ceased my building of Twitter followers using that approach.

I’ll be using another approach to build followers and will reveal it in the future. For now, I’m doing it so I can truly build a real, genuine relationship with the people I am following.

Many great things are going to happen in 2010. This will be the most amazing year, ever.

I had an interesting thought of late… well, not really of late, this thought has been brewing around in my head for a while now and I just decided to put it into words.

Ever heard of stories where people discover they’re about to die in 40 days and they start to discover life by doing everything they’ve never tried before? Bungee jumping, skydiving, confessing to that girl, getting laid, trying new foods, travel, give/help more people, seeking forgiveness, et cetera.

Well, they’ve just been given a “Deadline” in their life. So, to turn back the clock a little bit… I had initially thought that “Life Begins With A Deadline” – but thought that it was in its raw state… so I never did use it except in a Twitter post (which I can’t find anymore).

We all know that death is a part of life and while there are still many people with a fear of death, I believe this is what helps some of them to truly live life.

Let’s take this “new age” concept a little bit down to the realm of human talk.

Ever had a deadline when you simply have to hand up a certain piece of work or project? You might not have realized it but its exactly because you have that deadline that you can do so much work.

Had a piece of work have no deadline, most likely, you will put it off because you think “I’ll get to it later”. Examples?

• Insurance (Nothing’s going to happen)
• Dating (I’ll ask her next time!)
• Exercise (I’ll get in a program next month)

… and a whole lot more I cannot possibly list here (wanna list yours? add it in the comments!)

But, imagine if a deadline was suddenly imposed upon you and you find out that you have a disease – you immediately start thinking of the costs it would incur upon you and your loved ones (too late for insurance), you dare to try asking her out for the first and final date (romantic huh?), you probably won’t exercise but if you think that exercise is going to rid you of that disease, you might get into it regularly (and if you have enough time left to fight it!)

However, for most people… they just can’t “self-impose” a deadline upon themselves. That’s why Procrastination exists. If you’ve got a real “deadline”, your procrastination would vanish by itself. Procrastination is simply a lack of a Time-limit Goal.

So, if you truly wish to maximize your life and time, utilize deadlines. It’ll make you work faster and more determined towards achieving it. Some people may truly HAVE to have a real deadline before they can do anything… others, can impose it on their own minds.

For myself, I’ve been feeling a little uncomfortable in my chest area in a way I’ve never felt uncomfortable before in the past few days. Instead of focusing on the pain, I use it to “imply” a deadline upon myself to get to doing the work I’ve been setting out to do.

Many people I know just choose to complain and moan about how uncomfortable and sick they are to other people – they don’t know that they’re adding more sickness to themselves (probably talk about this in another post).

So, want to truly experience life and have the courage to do what you’ve always wanted to do? Get a deadline. Most people avoid pain rather than gain pleasure – so, if you have a deadline with costs to it, you’ll do more to avoid it than try to get the gains of your goals. Okay, let me de-abstract that statement using the example of a man dying soon:

• Dating – If I don’t do it now, I’ll never get to know what she thinks!
• Experience – If I don’t try it now, then when? I’ve always been too scared to try before, there’s nothing to lose even if I fail now.
• Changing – I’ve been a horrible person all my life, now that I’ve been given time to make things right, I’m going to do it.

… and again, so much more I can’t possibly list.

Life Begins At Death.

Watch out world – Singapore has a new batch of Firewalkers!

In this post, I’m going to recount the time I spent during Tony Robbins “Unleash The Power Within” 2009 4-day weekend seminar held at Hall 2, Singapore EXPO.

I learned a whole bunch while I was there – watching Tony Robbins teach and helping some people out of their own personal problems LIVE in front of a crowd of 5,000 people from 16 countries. He spoke to and helped a Japanese wife who couldn’t give birth by helping her to see that her happiness does not lie in a child that might never come; another 22-year young Hong Kong woman discovers why she is constantly depressed and over-emotional and how she’s trapped herself into a never ending cycle.

Here’s a quick video I made about my Firewalk experience. Enjoy!

As for me, there were 2 things in particular that I would like to point out here.

1. “Who We are Today is the Result of the Choices We made Yesterday,
Who We Become Tomorrow is the Result of the Choices We make Today”

That simple statement sums up a lot of the things that we do to ourselves – because of our own limiting beliefs and thoughts, we often tend to hold ourselves down. Not letting us go forward and doing what could be better for us… because we are afraid. Afraid because of fear… fear of failure, fear of success, fear of unknown, fear of loss, fear.

There was a session where we had to write down what were the negative decisions we made before and how it has benefited us in anyway.

I wrote that I had decided that I will avoid making mistakes others make by learning from theirs – while this has benefited me in terms of not having to experience what pains they go through… I also lose that exact experience. Without the experience, I won’t know how precious and important it really is!

Then I recalled something amazing…

When I was 15 years old (that’s 10 years back), I…

• was lonely,
• got angry easily,
• was pretty vulgar,
• was very violent,
• spoke my mind and hurt people without knowing it,
• had no understanding…

The good thing is, I went to City Harvest Church and started to change but I do believe I was 15 when I said… “I don’t want these anymore! I want friends! I want to be happy! I want to laugh! I want to enjoy life to the max!” and I decided to change my life.

10 years down the road to today… I see the results of that decision. Wow. Time flies. I am who I am today because of the decision made 10 years ago. Of course, I had a lot of help and support from the folks at church, but nevertheless, the decision started from within me.

(Thank You God)

And the second thing is… hrmm, what was the second thing?… Oh yes…

2. “Learn to Burn Energy like Coals, not Lighter Fluid”

Huh? What’s this got to do with anything?

You see… attending this seminar took EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY outta me. I was completely, utterly, spent. When Tony said “Go to level 110, go berserk” – I took it literally (part of the whole ‘enjoy life to the max’ mindset I got going). And physically went ape-wild.

So, being already physically worn down due to the high-level activity and being sleep deprived, I caught a bug from one of the members. I met that members’ friends on day 3 and they told me he was down with fever.

Day 3 was 50% screwed because I caught that fever. It didn’t catch on strong until I did another activity by Tony Robbins.

It’s quite like a “deliverance” seminar I’ve experienced in church – without the laying on off hands and casting out of demons and stuff.

After that “deliverance” effect, I was 110% overspent on energy and I almost collapsed. The last time I felt that physically worn out was during my army training days at the Standard Obstacle Course (S.O.C.) training.

The energy we’ve got to burn can be used in 2 ways… either we burn them like coals – where it’s slow, constant but long-lasting. Or like lighter fluid, a huge powerful burst but gone almost instantaneously. To go further in life, one’s gotta maintain the energy so one does not burn out too early!

Tony’s been doing this type of whole-weekend seminars (with only 1 break for the whole day) for the past 32 years and it amazes me how much energy he’s got. The only other people I know who could possibly be on par or higher is Pastor Kong Hee.

So as it turns out, I missed out on day 4 totally as I had to recover at home… I had fever and I lost my voice. Nevertheless, I got what I needed during the 3 days.

Asher “FIREWALKER” Aw

As City Harvest Church (CHC) celebrates it’s 20th Anniversary at the Singapore Indoor Stadium (I absolutely love the tagline by the way), I was once again reminded of my starting days in City Harvest.

This year marks me as a Quarter-Century Young Man As A Decade Old Christian! Meaning – I’ve been in City Harvest for 10 years exactly.

After watching the recollection videos of CHC and chatting after the service ends, I asked some people like my cell group leader Kelvin Guo if they remembered their first days in CHC. He says he can vividly remember it… as can I.

I came to church at the age of 15 and I believe I was the last group of street witnessing victi… uh… success stories before CHC decided to do away with it and apply the Caring System. I came after keeping in touch via email with my then cell group leader, Jairus Yuen – who today has gone on to greater heights as zone leader.

Getting saved – when the altar call was given… my neighbour (if memory serves me right, it was a brother named “Yao Cai” – I can remember because his name sounds like “Medicinal Herbs” in Chinese) asked me if I would like to go down. I went to the altar call but… get this… I had no idea why I was going down.

When service ended, I was congratulated and was told I’m now a Christian.

“Huh?”

That quick? That quick.

Ever since then, I’ve just been attending church and service regularly. If there was any event that “sealed the deal” for me to become a Christian, I believe it was the day when Pastor Kong was praying for some kind of anointing to come upon the young of CHC.

Again, I “gong gong” went down to the altar call – not really knowing what was going on. I lifted my hands (as he commanded) and I prayed (as he called us to) and I did accordingly. But then, I suddenly felt something different. I peeked open my then closed eyes and noticed that I’m standing all alone… right in the middle of the front of the stage while everyone around me was “slain”.

Then, suddenly, Pastor Kong came upon me and laid hands on me.

But he wasn’t alone.

3 other church helpers were there and as their hands supported me while Pastor Kong prayed – I felt myself being lifted from the ground. My feet was off the ground all the while Pastor Kong prayed really hard – his hands upon my head and as my head was tilted back, I recall a bright light shining in my face but most amazingly… a tear dropped from my face. I was crying.

I also recall saying in my head… Wait a minute, why am I crying?

I believe it was the power of God.

Now as I write this blog post, I believe I was “injected” with the Holy Spirit during that moment of laying of hands.

Nowadays, I don’t know if something like that will ever surface again because Pastor Kong is now much more sharper than he was… back then, everything was raw and on unfamiliar ground – today, he’s a Powerhouse for God!

• I clearly remember the days in Hollywood Theatre, Tanjong Katong (today, it’s been taken over by Sheng Siong Supermarket).
• I clearly remember the days of heading to cell group.
• I clearly remember the days starting out in ministry (from Bookstore, to Choir, to Drama today).
• I clearly remember the good times and the bad times.
• And most importantly, I clearly remember God working in His own way… reaching out to an unknown, blur, no-idea-what’s-happening 15 year old boy… through his servants.

His love for me has realized into my being saved into his family.

So with this post, I want to say… Thank You God. For loving me. Thank You… for changing and moulding me. And thank You… for City Harvest Church.

Happy 20th City Harvest Church!

The technical term for blog is web log. Nowadays, a blog can be used for many reasons – it can be personal or meant for business purposes. So it’s interesting (at least it is, to me) how people forget about what it means to blog.

What does it mean? It means…

• Being able to let people know what’s going on in your life

I know this is kind of redundant but it strikes me as stupid when I ask people for their blog addresses and they shy away… saying they don’t want too many people to know about their life. Why did you start a blog in the first place then? Might as well keep a physical book and write your own diary and hope nobody ever sees it.

Yeah, I understand the importance of privacy… but there’s the option of making posts private. Other than that, just having a blog is like having an open diary where the whole world can see it. It’s therapeutic in a sense that it lets more people know what’s going on in your life and thought life.

It’s therapeutic because people want to connect with other people.. and an online format of communicating is an easier way for many people to express how they truly feel.

So, if someone asks for your address… don’t be shy – just give it. Otherwise, why have it in the first place?

• Being subject to risks

When you have a blog and you update it, it means your thoughts and your opinions are subjected to risks. Not everybody on earth is going to agree… also, some people will agree wholeheartedly.

Having an open diary also subjects you to possible “stalkers” – I know cause I’ve had my fair share of it. (For people who say “Wa… AT LEAST you have a stalker”… I say “It’s not exactly a fun experience”.

Take for example, I wrote a post some time back about Michael Jackson and wrote a simple poem to him. He’s been my idol since I was a kid and I’ve always been supportive of him.

But when I posted it up – I got some responses (privately) who say good riddance, death to a pedophile, they send jokes about him, etc. Did it hurt me? Yes. This is someone I love and respect.. being insulted. Then some people say I’m over zealous about him and make fun of me – they transfer their ridicule of M.J. onto me. Did it hurt me? Yes.

But this is the point of having a blog – risks are inevitable.

• Recording your life and moving on

Most people use a blog to record their personal life and thoughts. Even if no one reads the blog or leaves a comment – they sometimes write a blog post that says “Haven’t been blogging because of [insert reason]“.

Funny because they’ve got zero comments all the way – but they still feel the need to explain to the world why they’ve not been blogging.

And when they do, they move on.

It’s what I love about blogging – it allows people to express themselves and record down the different aspects of their life. No matter how insignificant. Every person on this planet (especially in the more technologically advanced countries) want to feel like they are part of something bigger than they are.

When people are sad, blogging helps them to express how they truly feel without bottling it up. When people are happy, they record it down so they can always refer to it in the future. And the list of emotions goes on.

In conclusion, this blog post is mostly about personal blogs. I won’t go into the business aspect of using blogs because there’s a whole science to it.

No blog should ever be perfect – because perfectionism is boring.

Dare to blog.

It’s only a matter of time… about sooner or later.

For most people.

Dad asked me not too long ago questions that were along the lines of – “When are you going to get attached?”, “You need to get married soon!”, “You’ve not even been with a girl before – don’t make me worry for you!” and stuff like that.

Hey, I were my dad, I’d be asking me the exact same questions too.

Am I asking too much for the kind of girl I want to stick around with? Is that too much to ask? I don’t want to be with some girl just to “try out” (even though lots of people have advised me so).

Here’s what I believe – I believe that there IS such a thing as dramatic love. All those love dramas? I believe that happens very often in the lives around us… it just so happens that while we’re going through it, we never really know the beautiful story that’s being weaved.

So, if I were to get attached, what am I looking for? There are certain things that matter and many things that don’t matter. I think it’s easier for me to talk about what are the things which don’t matter.

• Height (I’m secure with my height – tall girls are A-okay)
• Age (+/- 5 years is okay with me – I don’t mind older women)

But for things which matter…

• Belief (has gotta be Christian)
• Mindset (intelligence is sexy to me)
• Dreaming-Realist

I don’t talk so much about looks because it’s the one thing which can be quite a variable (of course, she mustn’t look all that bad, physical attraction weighs heavy for all dudes). If a girl ain’t all that pretty, dressing up and make up can help her a lot. And for a pretty girl, dressing up and make up really seals the deal.

So when will I get attached?

I don’t know.

Probably not so in a long time.

And probably not with someone in Singapore.

I just haven’t met any girl in Singapore whom I am perfectly comfortable with, can laugh easily with and can have an intelligent conversation with.

Of course, I don’t want to get attached to a female version of me… *sigh* It’s just too difficult.

Michael Jackson has passed on… but he lives forever in digital form and we can celebrate his life.

Here are *my* Top 10 Michael Jackson Songs. They are not in order of preference because they’re all great to me and I believe most people will vote “Thriller” as number 1.

Other than being “King of Pop”, Michael Jackson’s also the “King of Music Television” in my opinion… because they don’t make music videos like these anymore.

*NOTE: Some (or most) of these videos may be disabled by embedding but you can still click on the videos to be brought to the actual video on YouTube and you can watch it there!*

Black Or White: Does the lyrics still apply today? Heck yeah. Even more so.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoJ6OO6lR4

Remember The Time: Well, phones and Spain with a dance scene in Egypt. Plus, Eddie Murphy!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_n7cftdkl0

Liberian Girl: Try naming all the stars you see in the video! (Answers at end of video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ethtD4R1kk

Will You Be There: Some people (like me) remember this song as “River Jordan”… or maybe it’s just me

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvYygjcMDdQ

Speed Demon: Pull over and get your ticket

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEVj2_9Fojo

Heal The World: The lyrics… really needed today too.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W61Q-EZ8R7M

Smooth Criminal: Who can forget that “other” trademark?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex30DYwQlHU

Beat It: I think this is where a lot of “Face Off” dance sequences seen in dance competition got started

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkGOiS75Lwk

Billie Jean: David Cook did a cover of this on American Idol (which I liked) but still… here’s the original (and where the “Moonwalk” was born!)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-blEgMyJwU

Bad: The classic Michael Jackson in black… but after being black. Okay, my bad. Nevermind, I’m digging myself to nowhere.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACPsfcsg4ZE

OH CRAP!

I ran out of 10 slots! And I haven’t inserted the classic Thriller yet!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8

Ah… there we go.

These are *my* top 10 (okay, maybe 11) and I know there are waaaay more great hits I haven’t mentioned here. Nevertheless, Michael, you’ve done great. You deserve a good rest now.

Rest in peace, Michael Jackson.