As 2007 Approaches...

I'm back from China and Hong Kong. Ha, so the trip was okay overall. I didn't shop much except for bags. Heh. Anyway, better than nothing right?

It's been depressing moment for shopping in Singapore for me. Everywhere is sale here. But, there are either no suitable size left for me, no more clothes I want left in good shape or the clothes still bear expensive tags (for me at least haha). I'm very sad that there is this top in Topshop which I've been wanting to buy for 2 months. It's original price is S$66 and then it's discounted to S$40. But the sizes left are 14 and 16. The top is already baggy, so it's left to your imagination how I'll appear if I bought it :( :( I've checked 3-4 outlets of Topshop, but only Wisma had it. Until a few days ago I guess. I went back to check it again (and actually to get the code number of the top) today, but it's gone. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :'(

Let's talk now about pleasant stuff. I have been watching some movies for the past week. Hmm, as I've written in the previous entries, I caught two French movies. I forgot to write that while in Indo I watched Jackass 2 the movie. Hahahahah it's very crappy but hilarious. I laughed so hard watching it with my brother. Even now thinking of some of the stunts makes me smile or giggle. I never expected that I'll enjoy the show a lot, and I was reluctant when my brother said, "Let's have watch some comedy. Hmm, Jackass 2!" Hahahaha.


So what's the last movie you caught in 2006? Mine is a total letdown!! People, please don't watch Stranger Than Fiction. Or at least, don't have too much high expectation. Kyaaaaaa. It's an absolute disappointment. Boring. Monotonous (and the list of negative adjectives continus...). At least it's not as bad as Happy Feet I think (though someone begs to disagree).

If I didn't watch Stranger Than Fiction today, the last movie I watched in 2006 would be Blood Diamond. Which is terrific! It was beyond my expectation haha. Obviously one of the reasons I watched it is because of Leonardo and much reports that his acting is brilliant in the show. Well, I agree actually, though I still think his performance in The Departed is better, because I think the role in the Departed is much more demanding. Actually I feel some sense of irony watching Blood Diamond. I wouldn't say why now. Maybe in the later years. Anyway, I've found someone who's easily fascinated by blue eyes haha (I still despised Jonathan Rhys Meyers, despite his nice blue eyes :P).

*thinks of Jonathan Rhys Meyers swooshing his butts... and laughs hysterically*

Anyway, I'll leave my review of 2006 for another time. 2007 is just minutes away. Yes, MINUTES away. I pray for a fantastic 2007. Hopefully not much tragic things would happen. I have long accepted the fact that any year would never leave by without any tragic things happening. It would be too unreal. The world has been especially tragic in the recent years.

Anyway, smile people. This is the world we live in. Welcome 2007!

Happy New Year. Hope it'll be a blessingful year for you and your family.

Cheers, Olivia :)


PS. Movie reviews later too. After 12.00 am at least.

In Deep Thought..

Hello. Sorry that I haven't written for ages. If you're wondering what have happened to me in the past week....

Was I...
1. Paddling from Hong Kong across South China Sea?
2. Waiting for my prince charming to wake me up from my beauty sleep?
3. Lost in the forest with Little Red Riding Hood?
4. Too obsessed with James Bond?

Haha. If your answer is either 2 or 3, you're wrong. 4? Hahaha, nope. 1? Partly true. I didn't paddle across. I went on a road trip to China. A mini road trip hehe.

Hong Kong --> Shen Zhen --> Guangzhou --> Macau --> Hong Kong

Shen Zhen: just sightseeing with some shopping

Guangzhou: lots of cheap bags! though sadly 75% of the shops only allow ordering and wholesale purchase :( Well at least I got some bags haha.

Macau: Jackpot! Jackpot! Jackpot! Hahaha... I gambled away about HK$300 on Jackpot hahaha. Sigh. I wasn't that lucky with Jackpot this time :( Oh yeah, the casinos are not really strict with your age in Macau. Anyway, I'm only 2 months away from my B'day! Weeee.

So I haven't really shopped a lot in Hong Kong.. though sale has been going on everywhere (except Zara *cough cough*). I keep reaching Harbour City late, and by then Nine West and FCUK would have closed haha. I shall come earlier tomorrow.

Hmm.. so the year 2006 is coming to an end soon. I guess I learnt some stuff this year. Especially my family members. It's strange that as my relations with Mom deteriorates, mine with Dad and Bro improve. I realised this year that I got my lame genes from my Dad O_O hahaha. I don't know what's going on with my Mom O_O I guess now I understand how my brother really feels sometimes. My mom likes attention, but she can't be bothered with giving other people's attention. Heh. I guess I know why now my brother and I are more quiet compared to her.

Anyway I'll write again soon. Clubhouse is closing :( I watched this movie yesterday which I don't really like. To the person who watched Mystic River twice, I guess you wouldn't like it as well. Cause it has no ending. Maybe it's supposed to be open interpretation O_O

Later.

PS Happy belated merry xmas! May this Christmas brings joy to you and your family. Oh ya by the way, I spent my Christmas in Macau. Haha. Most sinful Christmas I've ever had.

Yay!

I've bought the Muse concert tickets :D :D

I guess I was damn excited when I found out that actually if I purchased the tixs by today, it'll be $85 and I would save $25 from buying in January instead. Yay!

Ahh.. Mango has started sale in Singapore =( (thx j.lo for the info). I must try to go there when I go back to Singapore (which is Sunday).

Last but not least, one of my handsomes have got 2 Golden Globe nominations for one category. Yup, ONE category. I'm so proud of Leo :) (I can imagine somebody going "Ah, fat man!" haha)

Later.

Hello World

Hello. Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I’ve been lazing around in Jakarta. I've just changed to the new Blogger. So far so good. I haven't really explored it in depth.

Here are some key words of what I’ve been doing for the past 13 days:
-Katamari Damaichi (this Japanese rolling game in PS2)
-The Right Word (the ultimate GP vocab book! *note the sarcasm*)
-Differential Equation (oh I don’t mind doing Maths for homework)
-GP essay outlines (somebody must be sick of this word *winks*)
-Final Fantasy XII (I just found out 2 days ago that one of my eyecandies is playing this game too O_O how interesting)
-Buying pirated DVDs (well, I counted and it’s about 8-9 DVDs)

I hate to admit it that I’ve not been watching many movies lately. Well, it’s one movie in 13 days O_O Such a shame thing to say for a movie aficionado. I need to watch more movies! At least I watched that movie yesterday. It was Brick! I’ve been wanting to watch this movie for ages *shrieks* Well, it lives up t

o my expectation, I’m glad to say that (you don’t know how disgusted I was with Happy Feet after being totally let down by it). The ending is sweet but kinda astonishing.

(The movie is reviewed below)

I've been playing Final Fantasy XII like crazy. Yesterday I played 7 hours O_O Today I played 5 hours. I'm trying to curb my time with PS2. I want to watch more movies and do more maths! I hope I can finish with Maths by Friday. Then I can do GP comprehension haha.

By the way, the next thing I'm gonna tell you might surprise you. I'm.. going.. Hong Kong again! Hahahaha. I know, the last time I visited it was last month. But, this time I may be going to China via Hong Kong. So I may be spending only 2-3 days in Hong Kong, while the rest of the trip in China. I think I'll mos

t probably be back by 28 December. This is because I need to do some Internet homework. Ughh.. it sucks when I can't really do it in Jakarta. The Econs Breeze wouldn't just work. Might be because of Zonealarm (it's a firewall programme). But, my bro's com doesn't have Norton. So I can't turn it off. Gah.

Let me leave you with some nice movie pictures. Such pictures do inspire me of studying Cinematography (which is kind of like Photography in the form of film) after my masters hopefully.

From Manhattan, directed by Woody Allen

Brick by Rian Johnson

I still can't find Casino Royale's gunbarrel shot (clear version). I just loveee that picture.

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Movie Review
Brick (8.0 stars out of 10)
There’s a lot of hype for this movie from magazines and movie websites. I guess it really deserves it. This movie feels fresh for me, maybe it’s because I never thought that the mystery detective genre can be set in high school. If you’re wondering what Brick is, well it refers to a brick of drugs (marijuana some sort?). The ending leaves me very surprised. There’s one scene towards the end that makes me go “Oh.. my.. gawd..” because of how fast it happened. Ehm, if you’re wondering whether this movie is too serious for you, well I don’t think it’s too serious to be watched by teenagers. I enjoyed this show thoroughly.

007 doesn't mind, does he?

Hello! So, I'm back in Singapore... and leaving for Indonesia today! Haha. The past 2 days have been rather great. 2 days ago, I went for the Japanese Exchange programme thingy and interacted with some Jap students. Thanks to Steph Ng for getting me a slot :) Eh despite the language barrier, we managed to communicate with 'Tarzan' language, and for my case, through drawings. The students are grouped and sent for different activities. So for my case it was drawing. Despite falling into the same group as the irritating group of ACJC boys *cough cough*, me and 2 other people managed to get another table. Which mean I didn't have to interact with the rowdy group of boys (ugh, i hate them).

Haha here comes the crazy thing which I did. I... watched... Casino Royale for two consecutive days. That's right... TWO consecutive days haha. Yes yes I'm kinda crazy. Hmm, the first time I watched it, I was really smitten by the amazing blue-ness of Daniel Craig eyes. Ooolala. (You know that I'm such an eye person haha). The second time I watched it.... I was more crazy about his eyes hahaha (not to such an insane level though). I remembered there's one scene where at his back was the sea, and so I was comparing his eyes with the sea. Oh my gawd.. their colour was amazingly similar O_O In the words of one woman who was describing Hayden Christensen eyes (well for me this will refer to Daniel Craig), "I feel like swimming in his eyes." Hahahaha.

Anyway Casino Royale was good. It was beyond my expectation! Haha. Then yesterday, before watching Casino Royale (again), I watched Happy Feet. Which is horrible >.<>.< (both movies are reviewed below) You may ask why I'm willing to watch Casino Royale twice. No it's not because of him actually. It's because I got nothing better to do, and so I was following someone's suggestion *ehem ehem*. I guess both of us are crazy haha. Anyway the ticket was $6.50 for both days (we watched Casino Royale in the Cathay and Cathay Orchard). So yeah it wasn't that bad. I paid $7.00 for Happy Feet, cause we watched it in Lido. If I paid $9.50 for Happy Feet, I'll be very p***ed off. Haha. Thankfully.

Later :)

P.S. I only found out 4 days ago that Jude Law was in Hong Kong last Friday O_O Oh my gawd. In the same island as Jude Law haha. He was there to celebrate Dunhill 40 years anniversary in Hong Kong. Oh my gawd.... I was like 3 MTR stops away from the venue. Ughhhhhh. Anyway, he was only in Hong Kong for 40 hours (what's with number 40). Ha, better luck next time.
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Movie Reviews
Casino Royale (7.5 stars out of 10)
This movie has proven a lot of naysayers wrong. When it was revealed who the next James Bond was, many people called him 'too blond. too bland'. Some even called him James Blond. Well, they are so wrong haha. As I've said, this movie is beyond my expectation. It's fast-paced (excluding the back part.. which is rather draggy), and just when you thought the movie was finishing, it revealed a twist. This James Bond is more realistic to today's world. No invisible car. No funny gadgets. Yet it's more gritty, darker and realistic. The movie's really action-packed and enjoyable. This movie will be in my recommended list of 2006, which I think is a rather disappointing year for movie. Oh on the last note, I love how they do the iconic shooting to the screen thing. It's so much better than Sean Connery walking and hopping to the screen in Dr No. Hahaha.


Happy Feet (6.0 stars out of 10)
Too much singing. An absurd plot. This movie is a major disappointment for me. I thought it'll be terrific or something. The movie is very draggy and there aren't much funny moments. The only good thing about this movie is the very realistic animation. There's one scene which I really like. It's the one where the penguins are braving against the wind in order to reach the unknown world. How the people managed to make the snowscape so real is amazing. Well, that's the only good point I think haha. If you're gonna watch this show, don't have too high expectation.