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VV o n g B a
08-08-2003, 03:29 PM
please excuse me while i gag on my vomit. :gross: *passes out*

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The Singapore Tourism Board honored Ricky Martin by naming a yellow orchid speckled with crimson spots after him.

"Hello, sexy, how are you?" the 31-year-old singer asked the dainty flower during the naming ceremony Friday at Singapore's downtown Botanical Gardens.

"You're supposed to talk to your plants, right?"

The Renaglottis Ricky Martin is a hybrid of the Renanthera bella and Trichoglottis loheriana species, both indigenous to Southeast Asia, the tourism board said. It produces small star-shaped flowers year-round.

Martin told reporters that making his latest album, "Almas del Silencio," was a "very beautiful, creative process."

"It was about doing music, no egos," he said. "It was about challenging emotions, and (being) daring, and I think it's something that must be done more often in this business."

Martin said he plans to release a new English-language album next February, followed by a world tour, including stops in Australia and Asia.

Article link (http://www.salon.com/ent/wire/2003/08/08/orchid/index.html)

AliBabaIncorporated
08-08-2003, 03:34 PM
Things like this make me glad we ejected Singapore from Malaysia. :blink:

krome
08-08-2003, 03:35 PM
So does this prove he's gay now?

SunWuKong
08-08-2003, 03:49 PM
hahhah where did you find this article? i want to send it to my friends.

VV o n g B a
08-08-2003, 03:57 PM
^ appended to original article

Ogumo
08-08-2003, 06:16 PM
I used to think singapore was so cool too...

Chris
08-08-2003, 06:21 PM
hahah this is hilarious. hehe too bad I can't bad mouth singapore. Lot of good friends from there. :P

Eros
08-09-2003, 12:46 AM
Meh... publicity stunt, both for Ricky and Singapore.