Hmm... occasional odd traffic jams here and there - and there're also the few odd roads with strangely free-flowing traffic during rush hour for the past few working-days... maybe this has something to do with the random setting up of police blocks around the key areas in Penang. Btw, there seems to be a permanent police block along the FIZ Phase 3 - Kg. Jawa main road, for now until the heightened security alert gets taken off.

Anyhow, I found this year's Oscars a tad more interesting although it's much more toned down in terms of pomp and splendour. After all - we get to see:

1. a very pregnant (and glowing) Catherine Zeta-Jones singing on stage and looking as big as Queen Latifah for their number from "Chicago";

2. Michael Moore being literally pushed off stage by the producers by means of playing up the music and pulling down the microphone - to stop him from going further with his very-anti-Bush statements in his acceptance speech for Best Documentary Feature;

3. and definitely the 75th Oscar's most memorable moment - a firstly superbly dumbfounded Adrien Brody slumping paralysed into his chair as soon as he realised he won Best Actor for his role in "The Pianist" later gets on stage and surprises the award presenter, Halle Berry, with a big wet kiss that lasted for a good 15-20secs or so before taking his award and giving one of the most meaningful speeches of the night. In a replay of his reaction when his name was announced, if you listen carefully, you can hear him muttering out "Holy Shit!"