ELVIS Trivia

ELVIS Data
Name : Elvis Aron Presley
Born : 8 January 1935, 4.35 am
Died : 16 August 1977 (Age 42), 3.30 pm
Parents : Vernon & Gladys Presley
Height : 6'
Weight : 168 pounds (In 1950s), 258 pounds (In 1970s)
Hair : Blond ( Dyed Black)
Eyes : Blue
Blood Type : O+
Shoe Size : 11 D

Traces of Elvis : Places he lived
Tupelo :
1935-1940, 306 Old Saltillo Road. Was built by Vernon and Vester.
1940-1941, Moved into Vester's house, Reese Street.
1942, Rented Apartment at Kelly Street
1945-1946, Berry Street. Minnie Mae also lived together with them.
Commerce Street Apartment
510 Maple Street, moved into Glady's Cousin Frank Richards house.
Mulberry Alley
1010 North Green Street.
Memphis :
1948-1949, Boarding house w/ other 15 families. 572 Poplar Avenue.
1949-1953, Federally funded housing , rent $35 monthly. 185 Winchester Street Apt. 328 (Lauderdale Courts).
1953, Rented apartment. 698 Saffarans Street.
1953-1954, 462 Alabama Street.
1954-1955, 2414 Lamar Avenue.
1955-1956, 1414 Getwell Street.
1956-1957, 1034 Audubon Drive. Elvis first purchased house.
1957, GRACELAND

Elvis in Army :
1958-1959, 14 Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheimm, West Germany.

Favourites of Elvis :
Drink : Pepsi Cola
Cigar : Roi-Tan Blunts
Food : Peanut Butter, Mashed Potatoes, Cheeseburgers
Toothpaste : Colgate
Co-stars : Ann-Margret, Nancy Sinatra
Films : Patton, Dr. Stangelove, Monty Python & the holy grail, Party, Pink Panther, Dirty Harry's flims
Books : Bible, Face of Jesus, Impersonal Life, Prophet, Shroud of Turin (The book he was reading when he died)

Elvis Trivia :

Elvis was Private 53310761 in US Army

Elvis Father - Vernon was born on 19 April 1916 to Jessie McClowell Presley and Minnie Mae Hood Presley in Mississippi.
Elvis Mother - Gladys Love Smith was born on 25 April 1912 to Robert Lee Smith and Doll Mansell Smith in Mississippi.
They married on 17 June 1933.

Elvis had a lot of guitars, mostly gave them away. The last remaining 15 guitar is now in Graceland. The oldest would be a Gibson J200.

PEZ just arrival !

34 PEZ has arrive today from US. I'm so excited about this package because I've not own any US pez.
In Singapore, the importer import from europe. So I've never seen a PEZ in a bag.
The candy have a lots of varieties too and I am so tempted to eat it.

The US package allows me to see the PEZ better in a bag but you have to take some time to turn the PEZ back to face the front. Since it's all in plastic, it's waterproof !!
As for the European version with the cardboard behind and a fixed PEZ look in front, you cannot see the back of the PEZ. Both are nice.
I'm fine with either of the packaging. Does not really matters to me as long as I have the PEZ I want.
I've ordered a McSquizzy from the Open Season too althought it was different from my other 3 open season european PEZ.
I love the Muppets & Sesame Street sets.
Will take more pictures of these sets in future.


Elvis and Star Wars arrived last week from the US too. This is my first ordered PEZ. The star wars was loose, so I use BlueTacks to stick them on my shelves. Ain't they cute ?

ELVIS PEZ

One of the most beautiful PEZ I've ever seen.
This Elvis gift set comes with a CD.
It is also considered a limited edition of 400,000 !!! (Which I think it's way too much!!)
I've ordered it from the US since it seemed that the importer in Singapore didn't bring in this.
If you like Elvis or PEZ, I think this is really something worth collecting.

This post is updated on 28 March 2008 with replacement of new pictures.

Books About ELVIS

I've listed some of my favourite Elvis books :

Elvis Presley Graceland - Official Guidebook
I ordered from www.elvis.com , the official Elvis site.
This books shows many places around Graceland and it's exhibits.









Graceland - An Interactive Pop Up Tour - Chuck Murphy
ISBN : 1-59474-131-X. 2006
Graceland comes alive in front of you.









Elvis - A Celebration - Mike Evans
Big Size. ISBN : 0751-373400. 2002
Pocket Size. ISBN : 1-4053-0703-X. 2002
Full of Elvis pictures from 1935 to 1977. Very well selected.
(I got both of them but I prefer the bigger size book.)




Elvis And Me - Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
ISBN : 0-425-09103-1. 1985
King and Queen ! With photos.









Elvis What Happened ?
ISBN : 345-272153-195. 1977
Elvis closest companions tells a story. With photos.
(I think this book is long out of print. I got mine at Amazon, secondhand copy.)







This is Elvis 2004 Tour Book.
I think it's only for sale at the concert venue.










The Elvis Encyclopedia - David E. Stanley w/ Frank Coffey
ISBN : 1-57215-320-2. 1995, Reprinted in 2004.
Detail timeline of Elvis, massive data on movies and music.









Warman's Elvis Field Guide - Paul Kennedy.
ISBN : 0-89689-136-4. 2005
A little book packed with Elvis photos and values for his vinyl records.









Elvis - 50 Greatest Love Songs (Hal Leonard Music Book)
ISBN : 0-634-04082-0. 2002
For Piano & Guitar.









Elvis Fashion - Julie Mundy
ISBN : 0-7893-0987-4. 2003
Full colour pages. Enter the King's wardrobe.









Elvis Remembered (25 years later) - Charles Hirshberg & Editors of LIFE
ISBN : 1-929049-56-0. 1995, Reprinted 2000
Pictures are of good quality and well selected.








Elvis by the Presley - Priscilla & Lisa Presley
ISBN : 0-307-23741-9. 2005
Who knows Elvis best ? His family of course !









Private Elvis - The missing years - Elvis in Germany - Andreas Schroer
ISBN : 0-688-04609-6. 2002
I think this is the most comprehensive book about Elvis in Germany.










Elvis Recording Career 50th Anniversary - Forever in the Groove - Susan Doll
ISBN : 0-7853-8367-0. 2003
I like this book because of it's rather unique shape. Looks like a vinyl records. Pack with pictures.


Elvis Treasures - Robert Gordon
ISBN : 0-375-50626-8. 2002
Loved this book. Contains removable reproduction of Elvis letters, driving license…etc.
It's my treasure too !!!

For The Love of ELVIS

I was shopping at Carrefour in 2003 and came across a VCD. Titled : Elvis 56.
I know who Elvis was but I've never really listen to any of his songs or watched his movies.
Out of curiosity, I brought the VCD.
I've expected to see just a singer singing and in 1950s, would probably be just standing there singing. Like a woodblock.
But Elvis was different and I still think he's the one and only.
There's something magical about him.
His voice, moves and music was unique.
The songs he sang seems ALIVE .
That was what attracted me.
From that day onwards, Elvis became the Idol of my life.
There are so many published books about Elvis that I don't think anyone knows exactly how many are there.
Elvis is just about everywhere.
Elvis mechandised are countless.
There is Cookie Jar, Doormat, Lunchbox, Pens, Guitar…. Just about anything.
It was really difficult to compile something complete.
Or maybe even impossible,as the data is ever increasing with all the Elvis activities going on.
I was lucky to be able to attend an Elvis concert in Singapore, August 2004.
It was a very special experience for me.

Sometimes, reading Elvis books kind of makes me feel a little sad.
Felt that he was lonely. Even though he was always surrounded by people.
I really don't know. I'm not there so I can't comment.
Only people with him most knows the best.
I won't be writing anything about his last day, it's too sad.
Everytime I read about Elvis last few final hours, I can't help feeling down.
But there are times I felt motivated by Elvis too.
It's his music. His songs.
So much energy and life in his songs.
His songs will just perk anyone up.
It's his songs that attracts a large crowd of fans in the world today.
The King lives in our heart
And will always be …………

8 Tags

I've been tagged by wildlivealive and I'm new to this but it seems pretty interesting.
This project calls for sharing 8 personal facts about myself, then tagging 8 other bloggers to do the same. Here are the rules, which were passed to me:
-Each player must post these rules first.
-Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
-People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
-At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
-Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

8 Things about me !
1) I love toys and collecting stuffs. Then again, maybe I just like buying things.
2) Aquarium Fish Keeping was my longest hobby. When I was very young, maybe about 3 years old. I would keep 2 goldfish or guppies in a little plastic tank and walked around the neighbourhood with it !
3) Like to listen to vinyl records. It gives me a feel of the past. I would often think these records used to belong to who. Music relaxed me.
4) I hate people who gave their personal love letters away for others to read.
5) When I was in Secondary School, I accidently crashed a classroom glass door out of anger and resulting in 8 stitches and 5 injections on my right hand. The scar is still there, I doubt it will ever be gone.
6) Finding a right job and doing a good job.
7) I've once fell deeply in love with one person which I wished I didn't.
8) Looking for a very RICH godmother or godfather.

Target Tags for 8 people : (5 more to go)
1) http://ricksastropics.blogspot.com/ Blogs on Astronomy with fanstastic pictures.
2) http://letsbefriends.blogspot.com/ Who is friends ?? Many cute animals ....
3) http://www.thingsthatmakeyougoaahh.com/ Animals photos you'll never forget seeing.

TRANSFORMERS

Updated Post on 11 February 2009













I was bored. Actually, I was out looking for some PEZ today.
Ended up watching a movie "Transfomers" at Plaza Singapura Golden Village.
Didn't have much expectations for this movie but was caught by surprised !
I love this movie.
The futuristic looks on the Transfomers and they way they transformed are COOL !
After the movie, I went straight to look for the toys.
Brought 2 Titanium die-cast Transformers - BumbleBee & Megatron by Hasbro.
Wanted to buy the bigger ones but I couldn't find Bumble Bee or Optimus Prime.
Sold out, I guessed.
Hope the stocks will be replenised soon.
Tomorrow,I'll be out for Transfomers hunting !!!

Post Additions 11 February 2009:
Added link for Transformers collectibles.
Please click here to see my movie transformers collectibles!
I am now looking forward to watching Transformers 2 - Revenge of the Fallen movie.
About four more months to go...26 June 2009!
Hope it is as good or even better than the first one.

Eating Fish Alive !

I was watching the 10 o'clock news today and was SHOCKED to see that there is actually a resturant in Taiwan that served "LIVE" fish on the table !!!!
How could they do this !! My anger rose.
The fish body was being put in the pan of HOT BOILING Oil,
fish head was covered with a towel.
Afterwhich, it was put on a plate, sauce over the fish and served alive.
On the table, the fish was still seen breathing.
Mouth opening and closed.
It was reported that the fish can last about another half hour !!!
The customers was taking the flesh of the fish out bit by bit and into their mouths. I want to PUKE !
Just how could they eat it ! Don't they know how painful the fish was?
This is animal ill treatment, cruelty to animals......
This dish ought to be banned. The newsreporter said that the local authority had requested this restaurant to stop this dish but I don't know if it was STOPPED !! Anyone knows ?
It should not be a request, it should be a DEMAND ! Ban it !
There are many ways to make money, everyone also wants to make money but not like this please.....

Mint Museum of Toys

Singapore Place of Interest :
Mint Museum of Toys
http://www.emint.com/
26 Seah Street
Singapore 188382
Tel: +65 6339 0660
Fax: +65 6334 3373
Opening Hours : 9.30 am to 6.30 pm

















Admission charges (subject to change)
Adult: $10.00
Child 2 to 12 years old: $5.00 (2 years below : Free)
Senior citizens: $5.00 (60 years and above)
Family promotion: $24.00 (2 adults & 2 children)
Family promotion: $28.00 (3 adults & 1 child)






This is a very interesting place. Full of unique toys.
The museum is a 5-storey shop house located near Raffles Hotel.
When you enter, you will be asked to take a lift to the highest floor and walked your way down.
The toys exhibits are all very neatly and nicely displayed. Very large collection.
Toys from all over the world and many are vintage and mint condition.
If I'm not wrong, all this toys belongs to only 1 collector.
He has a very large collection on Beatles too. An entire showcase for Beatles.
As for me, I like his Star wars, Astro Boys, Felix the Cat, Flintstones & TinTin collections.
I've only visited this museum once. Heard that they will change some of their toys every 3 months. Probably will go there again at end of the year.

Finally...My internet works !

I was not able to serve the net since last Saturday when I changed my dial-up plan to broadband. Only then I realise how important the internet was to me. Felt something was missing, not be able to access my blog or e-mails. Guess I am addicted to the net. Imagine all the trouble trying to get connect. Bring the modem here and there. Asked the service provider, asked the modem company, call the technical help line. To say the truth, I was losing my patient. Finally, they sent a technical guy down to fix the problem, it was due to some missing link in their network ........Argh,,,,,, whatever !! I'm Back !!!
Will be adding a section for Elvis soon. Still trying to do more research and take pictures of my Elvis collectibles. Do come back later if you like Elvis. Meanwhile, I'm back to surfing again........