The Curse Has Been Lifted...

Oh my, thank goodness the curse on Mondays have been lifted. I've been experienceing bad luck for the past 3 Mondays. I was so scared of what may happen today that I prayed to St. Jude and harder than usual. Phew. Hopefully there won't be any more trouble on Mondays.

Anyway, my weekend went well, considering I spent it all alone by myself haha (mom went back to Indo). So yeah, on Friday night I watched Pulp Fiction, which is dammmmnn good haha. I never expected of me liking it so much. Now that I thought of some of the scenes, I found them absolutely hilarious (though some are hilarious in crude manner haha). I don't really understand the R21 rating for Singapore. Well besides all the swearing (with thousands of f, mother and n words), and a bit of violence, I thought it doesn't deserve R21. I thought M18 would be more appropriate haha. Anyway, I think I learnt some points on filmmaking from this movie. I wouldn't mind watching it again. If I ever start keeping a logbook on learning points of movies, I've got this movie to thank for. Anyway, I'll give this movie 8.5 out of 10 stars :) (oh there's this one scene on a restaurant. I found the restaurant very cuteeeee. How I wish that restaurant exists in real life :( )

Gah, I'm excited about the Batam Trip. I'm still waiting some more forms from the person-in-charge. Sigh. Can't wait to complete the booking of slot thing and start looking for ways to raise funds.

Hmm, yesterday I was quite excited by the news that either Jamie Foxx or Edward Norton may be starring as one of the future villain in the Batman sequel. Ahh.. if Edward Norton stars in it, I shall rejoice like crazy. Bale + Norton *shrieks* Anyway, Katie Holmes will not be reprising her role.

Yesterday I learnt something interesting. Sometimes you tell a person of an outcome of a situation. But you only realise much later that that may not actually be the final outcome and the situation continues to develop. However, though the situation develops, its outcome remains the same as the first outcome (even though inside you wish that another outcome should have been produced). So even though you want to tell the person the progress of the situation, you see no point of telling it. Because whether you tell the person or not, the outcome would be the same. Haha. (hopefully you get my point haha).

Cheers.

9 Days Later...

9 Days later and I still can't forget you.

Well, don't get the wrong idea. I'm not in love with anyone! It's just the Muse concert and its impact. I never expected its impact to remain this strong until now. This is the first concert where such thing happen. I still smile when I thought of it. That night is amazing. And I've never been so motivated to practice piano so much.

Oh well, let me not bore you with my ramblings about Muse haha. Much exciting things have been going on for the past week. Well, exciting in a good and bad way. After going for an official detention for latecoming two weeks ago (yes, late for school and you go for DC straight away in the evening), my Geog teacher sent me for his own DC haha for not completing the Geog homework. I seriously didn't know his expectation. I wrote very little, and instead just did some bracketing on the notes (to point out where I can find the answer). And he was unhappy with that. Sighhhh. At least now I know his expectation haha.

On a good note, a group of friends and I have decided to organise a CIP outing to Batam for the organisation of Habitat for Humanities. I was thrilled to have the proposal for it appoved today yay! Now I have to think of ways to get sponsorships and fund raising haha. We need to raise at least $3500 for 3 nights 2 days trip. The sooner we can raise the fund, the better it would be.

I'm also planning to apply to be mentors for Peer Tutoring programme! I'm planning to tutor Maths. Ahhh so exciting :D I can't wait to begin (hmm, this may sound a bit odd of me to say it haha).

Today, I watched The Painted Veil. (Review starts here)Ahhh... it's so nice :D And Edward Norton is HOT, HOT and HOT. Okay, I do admit he looks kinda awful in the first half of the show with his extremely gelled hair. But the last half of the show.. let me just say I couldn't stop smiling and sighing haha. Anyway, not speaking of Edward, The Painted Veil is a beautiful movie. It was shot at the beautiful backdrop of Chinese countryside, and I guess the backdrop makes the plot more unique and complex. I like how the story progresses, and its pace was just right. This movie truly doesn't disappoint :D I'll give it 8.0 out of 10.

Speaking of movie, I watched Midnight movie for the first time in my life during the weekend. Since my mother got a free voucher for hotel, we stayed in the hotel over the weekend. I invited one of my friends to stay for one of the nights. And then we decided to watch Babel haha. Well, it's not as straightforward as it seems. At first, we watched Red Eye on HBO and enjoyed it. We thought that after Red Eyes, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho would be shown. Turns out it was another Psycho (with Julianne Moore and Vince Vaughn haha). So we decided to try and watch 11 pm show for Babel. But it turns out that only the front row is left. So we picked the 1.40 am slot instead haha. I was damn happy that the ticket people didn't check ID haha. So happyyy (though I'm only about 1 month away from my bday hoho). Surprisingly, the theatre was full house. I really never expected that haha.

So how was Babel? (Review starts here) It is good, though I think it could be better in some ways. As some of you might have known, the story involves 4 countries. I found the Japanese section the most touching part. I like how it uses actions to describe the feelings of frailness and loneliness. The other sections are nice as well, though I found some parts extremely draggy, because you can kinda predict what will happen next. The cinematography is amazing as well. Rich, vivid, contrasting colours against dim settings to convey the different emotions. I had just realised today that I guess the theme for this movie shouldn't be language barrier, as marketed or as the title suggests. The movie doesn't really potray this issue I guess. Desperation would be one theme which think all the sections can relate to. 7.0 stars out of 10.

Yesterday when I was going home I finally had an idea of what I could write if ever I want to write a movie script next time. I really didn't know that the GP Mass Media reading package would have such an impact on me :P The story would involve several main characters and their lives in some sense. I feel that the issue would not be covered enough with just one character. I wouldn't say the specific issue of the script (though I'm quite surprised why there hasn't been any movies so far on the topic... maybe in the future considering one ongoing saga about it. Well, that's a major clue for you =)

I'll stop here. More next time :)

Thankfully Safe and Sound

Oh my gawd. I almost died in Muse Concert. This is the most rock n roll concert I've ever been to. The first ever concert which I didn't leave unscathed. I lost my hair band... and my specs got bent :S all thanks to some stupid guy who was doing the stuff where sometimes in concerts people tried to float above other audiences' hands. And that guy's foot kinda pushed down my specs I guessed. I was damn pissed with the guy and some guys behind me who kept pushing me, and muttered "motherf*****" several times. Oh my gawd.

Well, about the specs thing, I'm glad at least I found it. At first I thought I'd have lost it haha. So now i'm wearing my spare pair of specs. Thankfully I have a spare pair :)

Other than that, the concert was marvelous. It lives up to my expectation. Okay, guess the number of the crowd? 6,000! And all are for standing. I guess this explains why when me and Steph reached Fort Canning Park at 6 pm, the queue was already extremely long haha. I saw some people who brought mattress to the venue O_o hilarious hahaha. Anyway, when we got into the real venue, the crowd looks kinda overwhelmingly scary... but it looked this way only on the side closer to the entrance thankfully haha. I bought a merchandise in the form of Muse Tour T-shirt. There's this Muse blouse which I like.. but I thought the tour t-shirt would be more memorable :)

Anyway, at first I started at 15-18 rows from the front. I was kinda sad.. because I really want to see my handsome, the lead singer Matt Bellamy as close as possible. But then I thought never mind, as the concert progresses I'll be able to move closer to the stage haha. And I was right! See the pictures below. These are my views. Both pictures are not taken with any zoom.

At the beginning of the show....

Towards the ending of the show...

But.. the bad thing about being in front is that you're very likely to get pushed. And I really mean pushed. With all the sweaty bodies against you. Eww. I stunk horribly by the end of the show. Couldn't go to sleep just like that :s I was horribly wet too by the end of the show. This is because, in the front crowd it's really hot, and my specs keeps getting fogged up. So the security guards splashed water on us occasionally. I guess this is a good and bad thing. Oh, and my specs broke during one of my favourite songs, Plug In Baby. It was 4th last song haha.

Haha, oh speaking of Matthew Bellamy, he looks exactly the same in pictures. Just that in person, you can really see that he's really slender and slim. About his shortness... well I can't really tell. Because maybe the other members are kinda short as well. They look they're of normal height haha. Oh, Matt's guitar and piano skills are astounding, amazing, astonishing, overwhelming.. (and the list goes on). I'm already amazed at how well he plays in videos and tv concerts, and to see it in person is really crazy. I like the style the drummer plays too. Seriously.

Sigh, so the concert ended at 10.30. I was quite surprised that the crowd which turned up are majority of 25-30ish, not like teenagers. Not much Caucasians surprisingly either. I heard some Indo conversations. I guess this is due to the fact the the Indo date for Muse tour was announced like a month after Singapore's date is announced. That's why some people might have purchased the tickets. And... not surprisingly, the guys formed the majority of the crowd. 65-35 is the rough ratio. I guess the girls mostly turn up for Matt hahaha (kidding). Well, I turned up because of their music and, I have to admit, Matt. But if in first place I don't like their music, I wouldn't have turned up in the concert. And if I wasn't amazed with Matt's guitar and piano skills, then I wouldn't have gone to the concert as well. Yeah, I guess you get my point :) (hopefully)

Well, I guess $87 is more than worth it for Muse concert tix :)

On last note.. I'm quite sad Leo lose in golden globes.. though I'm not that surprised actually. Forest Whitaker has been getting lots of buzz for his role in Last King of Scotland. I think he'll most likely win the Oscar.

If Borat got nominated for Oscar's Best Actor (which is highly likely), I shall laugh like a mad woman.

Cheers :)

12 Summarised

The first 12 days of 2007 has been okay. Some interesting life pointers learnt. Besides the Drama thing, I learnt how to make decision quickly. I was eligible for H3 Maths. So I was put in the position to choose between Maths and Drama. After considering and listening to answers for the questions posed during the briefing session, I decided not to take Maths. That's a difficult decision. You know how much I love Maths. Yeah, but with me decided to join the crew for the upcoming major Drama production, West Side Story, there won't be no time for H3 Maths.

It has been a great and interesting start of the year. Never expected to learn something important so early in the year. I hope that 2007 would have something more for me on its hands :)

Today I saw one of the most beautiful scenes in my life. I can't believe I never really notice it. Well that scene was standing below a street lamp when raining. I was waiting for the pedestrian traffic light to go green, when I looked above my umbrella, and noticed the scene. The scene somewhat looks different when you see it from afar, which I've done on a few occasions. I guess perspective is the key word :) A little inspiration injected into my life.

On the last note, I somewhat feel artistically deprived. I haven't found a new muse until now. Sigh.

Let me add...

I failed my Drama audition by the way. HAHAHA. But... I think I did better than my last year's audition, which is really awful. I really need to improve my posture and pronunciation. At least the advice and tips from the assessor (who is a drama senior) really help :)

Haaa... I think I'm beginning to accept that acting is not my thing. It's not as easy as it seems. It requires a lot of passion, research and patience. But..... I still want to work in the movie industry! (or at least the entertainment industry). So maybe I should start learning on directing and cinematography. I shall see on how it goes :) Though I seriously think that cinematography will be more of my thing.

Cheers :)

Countdown...

5 more days to Muse concert!

5 more days till I see how short the Muse lead singer is!

5 more days till I see whether he'll be in what I called 'pig-tails'! (plus the wind effect).

Hmm.. I found out the dates for the Rachael Yamagata and Jose Gonzalez concerts today.. as well as the prices. I think if I go I'll most likely purchase the students' tickets. I'll most probably be going for Rachael Yamagata's only.

I'm now starting to dread for not going to Kings of Convenience concert last year :( After listening their album a few times, it's actually nice :)

At last I found someone who kinda likes Edward Norton too ahh. More reason to watch Painted Veil :D

Cheers :)

2006 in review: Finale

Okay last entry for 2006 in review (I so need to move on to 2007 haha).

My favourite movies of 2006:
1. Volver
2. Casino Royale (I'm so gonna watch this for don't know how many more times haha)
3. The Departed
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. The Illusionist (I seriously found this nicer than the Prestige haha.. can't believe I just wrote that).

My favourite songs of 2006: (random order)
-The Kooks- Ooh Laa
-Muse- Supermassive Black Hole
-Razorlight- In The Morning
-Razorlight- America
-Lily Allen- Smile
-Scissor Sisters- I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
-Tapes n Tapes- Cowbell
-Jose Gonzalez- Crosses
-Justin Timberlake- My Love
-Nelly Furtado- Maneater
-Thom Yorke- The Eraser
-Corinne Bailey Rae- Put Your Records On
-Keane- Is It Any Wonder?
-The Raconteurs- Steady as She Goes
-Hot Chip- Over and Over (ahahaha oh my gawd, this song is very brainwashing)

There are not much important moments in 2006 in my life I guess, well at least relatively to other years.

Some moments to remember....
1. Velvet Goldmine experience
2. Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand and Oasis Concerts
3. Chasing after Franz Ferdinand after their concert haha (and getting some autographs)
4. Visiting Singapore Biennale 2006 (and collecting the badges haha)
5. First ever drama audition (which I still found quite amusing until now.. especially the dance section)
6. Watching Casino Royale for 2 consecutive days in the theatres
7. Swearing and cursing as I read (with someone) the South Park screenplay haha.

That's all for now. haha

PS. Wish me luck for drama audition tomorrow :)

2006 in review: Movie Posters

Since I'm on the subject of movie posters, I might as well continue on it. So what are your favourite movie posters? Here are my top 5 favourites of the year:

Brick posters set
I really like seeing these posters as a set. I guess they really sets the background and the tone of the movie. Love the originality of the concept.



Little Miss Sunshine
I don't know why, but after watching this show and I take another look at this poster, the line "nobody gets left behind in the movie" comes to my mind. I guess this poster really tells what you can expect from the movie. Fun, exciting and yet emotional family tale. A poster from one of the best movies of 2006.


Pathfinder
I have no idea what this movie will be about. But the poster itself is enough to make people talking. My jaw drops when I saw this poster for the first time. Lots of details to this one. Full view to enjoy it in its most glorious state.

Superman Returns
Whether you hate or love this movie, a Superman fan or not, I guess you'll have a lot to say about this poster. This poster really stands out from the other Superman Posters.

V for Vendetta
This poster's very straight to the point, and I just love the use of mute colours to convey the rebel mood of this movie. If you ever want to give me a movie poster, this would be one great choice :)

Other interesting posters...

Grindhouse Poster

I just love this new poster of a movie called Grindhouse. It will contain 2 feature parts, one directed by Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction) and another by Roberto Rodriguez (Desperado, Sin City).

(image taken from comingsoon.net)

2006 review part one: School + Handsomes

I better start reviewing 2006! hahaha.

So how is it school-wise? Well, it's kinda okay. I met some new interesting people in my life. Hopefully my friendship with them will go to a greater length in 2007. I still think that I haven't realised the full potential of some of my friendships. Because sometimes I still feel uncomfortable talking to them about some stuff.

I remember at the start of the school year I was hating Economics so much (like a lot of people). I never passed any econs test until like Term 3. And the first time I passed I was smiling like crazy haha. Anyway, my relationship with Econs have much improved now. I have to admit (ehem) that Mdm Rahimah, my Econs teacher, does play a part in that in some way. I don't know, I didn't really like her at first, but as the year progresses the class get along with her better haha.

Since ACJC is my first mixed school in ehm 7 years, you may be wondering my dating status now haha. Did my hormones rage at the sight of boys? Did I go so crazy that I went to stalk those boys whom I fancy? First of all, let me recite this conclusion that many people have on ACJC: "Eh, ACJC have a lot of handsome boys!" Hahahahahahaha. True or false? In my opinion... the answer is FALSE. Haha, throughout the year, I have only 2 eyecandies. One JC one, one JC two. Sigh. The number didn't increase. ACTUALLY, I learnt of something this year....

The more you look for more handsome boys, the more your standard of boys you like goes down. (I have several prime examples for this hahahah... and they know about it haha).

So, in conclusion, I'm still single haha. And I will most likely still be next year. I guess this is one of the outcomes of being in arts class. Sometimes it feels like I'm in a girls school haha.

Anyway, I believe that men in 30s are in their primes hahahaha. Maybe that partly explains why I don't fancy many boys... despite my raging hormones muahahahaha.

Speaking of men, let's talk about my favourite subject: my handsomes!! So who was I really crazy about in 2006? HAHA. The candidates are: Joaquin Phoenix, Christian Bale and Leonardo Dicaprio (and Daniel Craig *blushes* hahahaha I will explain). According to the wise woman I spoke to (who listens to majority of my gushes haha), it is Christian Bale hahaha. Even though now I gushes about Leo and Daniel most of the time, she said it was nothing to the Bale era haha. So I guess this year I rekindle my fascination with Leo (whom I fancied when I watched Titanic for the first time haha). And I begin fancying the oldest man I've ever like at 38 years old hahaha... it's none other than James Bond himself hahaah. I think I like him because of his BLUE eyes. His eyes are the bluest I have ever seen. Leonardo's eyes fall slightly behind. I shall put it in the comparison between Singapore and Hong Kong's blue sky. Hong Kong's sky will never be as blue as Singapore's. Yup. Hahaha. Though I think James Bond's bod is a bit overly buffed hahahahaha.

So which handsome will I fancy the most next year? Will it still be Bale? Or maybe Jake Gyllenhaal? Or will Leonardo overtake Bale? Hahaha... I really don't know.

I've written a lot for this entry. So I'll continue next time :D

=D

Oh my gawd, I almost died making my very first blog skin. I choose Jake Gyllenhaal because I have a number of his pictures *smiles guiltily*. He's damn photogenic :D and sexy haha.

I'm happy at how it turns out :D Hope you like it too!

I thought it's necessary to start 2007 with new blog skin haha.

Cheers.

*guilts*

Lemme tell you what I was doing up to the 2 minutes before New Year...

Econs E-Learning Homework

HAHAHAHA... *smiles embarrassingly*

Anyway I managed to see the fireworks at Marina Bay from my house. My father commented it was nothing as how Hong Kong's firework would have been (in Tsim Sha Tsui especially). I agreed absolutely. Anyway, the last part of the firework display was quite beautiful.

I could hear all the bustle and celebratory noises from Orchard right now. Hmm, so 2007 has finally come. Happy new year peeps :)

*prays of spending 2008 new year countdown in Hong Kong. wishing of becoming one of the people in the gigantic, human flood in Tsim Sha Tsui or Causeway Bay. Disneyland would be good too :) *

PS Mom is sleeping. Such an unmemorable new year countdown haha.

Hmm, never expected this picture to become handy haha.


I still smile when I see these two pictures.
Me and Bro getting drunk with Alien in Disneyland HK, New Year Countdown 2006