Biology determines much of the way we live.

From the moment we were born, we know how to breathe and eat.

As we grow older, new instincts kick in.

We become territorial.

We learn to compete.

We seek shelter.

Most important of all, we reproduce.

Sometimes biology can turn on us though.

Biology sucks sometimes.

Biology says we are who we are from birth

that our DNA is sentenced to unchangeable.

Our DNA doesn't account for all of us.

We're human.

Life changes us.

We develop new traits,

become less territorial.

We learn from our mistakes.

We face our greatest fears.

For better or worse, we find ways

to become more than our biology.

The risk, of course, is that we can't change too much

to the point we don't recognise ourselves.

Finding our way back can be difficult.

There is no compass, no map.
We just have to close our eyes,

take a step,

and hope to God we'll get there.

Grey's Anatomy

Season 7, Episode 4

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The press has to hammer him straight (no pun intended) after the World Cup?

Jul 18, 2010

SUNDAY PEOPLE

Is there more to Ronaldo than meets the eye?

-- PHOTO: AFP

Cristiano Ronaldo has sparked more talk that he plays for the other side by partying with American gay pop star Lance Bass.

The Portuguese footballer, the highest paid in the world, enjoyed a wild night out with the *NSYNC singer in Tribeca, New York's gay district, last Wednesday.

The 25-year-old has been slammed for jetting off to the Big Apple after his poor showing at the World Cup.

He left after revealing that he had paid a woman to give birth to his baby, but sparked fury by leaving his son with relatives in Portugal.

Eyebrows were raised when he became a father with a surrogate mother, and not his girlfriend.

In New York, he met up with his Russian lingerie model girlfriend Irinia Shayk, 24, but reignited the 'nudge-nudge, wink-wink' whispers when he hit the town with Bass, 31.

Ronaldo hid his face as the two men strolled into a chic eaterie. A witness told the Daily Star: 'Cristiano seemed very happy. Lance looked like the cat with the cream to be up close and personal with a hunk lusted after by the gay community.'

The footballer has long been the subject of gay rumours. He likes to wax his chest, enjoys mega-tans and has no qualms posing in his underwear.

He recently commended Portugal's decision to allow gay marriages, saying: 'We must respect the choices of each other, because all citizens should have the same rights and responsibilities.'

However, he has dismissed speculation that he is gay, saying: 'I'm at ease with my sexuality, so it's not a problem for me.'

Source : The Sunday Times, Singapore

I have no issues with gay people. I'm just surprised by the allegations made. But who cares as long as he plays good football on the pitch. I'm sure he doesn't too because he is too filthy rich to bother with people's opinions - at least for now...

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If you were around Stadium MRT station sometime one month back on 15 June, you might have come across the above unusual sighting.

I mean, any well-conditioned, completely indoctrinated law-abiding Singapore citizen would be wondering, "DUDE! WHAT THE HECK IS THIS IDIOT DOING KICKING A BALL AT AN MRT STATION??!! HE SHOULD BE ARRESTED, FINED AND CANED FOR CAUSING PUBLIC UNREST!!!" :)

The good news is that this Messi-wannabe had every good reason to be juggling his balls surrounded by plenty of glass panes and windows.

This is the Behind The Scenes take on the supposed spontaneous Adidas Viral video shoot.

Presenting Wilson and Ee Wei in their positions as "Passengers-In-Waiting".

"James Rich", Xavier and Jerry as the other cluster of passengers. Where's Adler?

There he is. Obviously he thinks he can do better than the freestyler actor.

There were 2 cameramen on the set.

Someone is preening his hair to look good on his first video appearance.

Damn. I total envy his jersey! And I bet he gets to keep like all 3-4 sets of it after the shoot!!! That includes the new Adidas Viral 50 boots!

You have to be there to witness the skills of this dude. He totally rocks!

Incidentally, the young man on the right picked out the entire wardrobe for the freestyler-actor.

That man with the black sling bag - an actor too.

One of the sequence requires the boys to get into the train cabin. They did this like 4-6 times in all. No, the train schedule was not interrupted for this shoot. So imagine waiting, entering, exiting and taking the return train on the opposite side for each shoot.

Chilling out after all the HARD WORK! Right.

These are 6 of the chosen ones amongst those who had responded to my call on Facebook to be part of the shoot. What started out as just helping a friend's sister to source for kid-power, I ended up cheperoning them for the entire shoot.

They get paid $10 bucks an hour and a total of $30 for just 2.5 hours of work. Not a cent for me though. That's justice for you. Nah, I turned up with them because of possible legal implications I might get myself into should anything bad happens to any of them and also out of curiosity to spy on an Adidas video shoot. Admit it, you would too.

The wardrobe guy happens to be a former student. Daryl saw my online call for teenage actors for the shoot and turned up to surprise me. He was doing a stint with Adidas as part of his polytechnic work attachment. How cool is that???

The above pictures were embargoed until I know for sure that the video is out online. The producers even told the boys not to breathe a word about the video which was supposedly to look totally spontaneous. I did not sign any non-disclosure consent so I am free to blow their cover. Haha.

Check out the video 2 entries below this one or at the archives (click Others then the Messi @ MRT links).

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Ad-hoc video or shot on purpose?

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