Curse of the Golden Flower

Caught this great movie by Zhang Yimou today, and I can’t understand why my friends all say it’s a laughable movie.. The acting was phenomenal (especially veterans Gong Li and Chow Yun Fatt), the costumes were really well done… Cinematography was excellent, the plot was scheming, the battle scenes could rival those in Lord of the Rings!

I loved the way different armies representing different royal family members battled each other in different battle gears, holding different loyalties.. I loved the way Gong Li showed helplessness, hatred, indignation and benevolence all at the same time in ONE expression. I loved the weapons and strategies used in the fight scenes. I loved the extravagance of the budget in production. I loved the beauty of the actresses and the way everyone knew kungfu. Most of all, I loved the irony in the plot.

Go see the movie!!

I’m Sensitive

I was thinking that I might fly today
Just to disprove all the things that you say
It doesn’t take a tyrant to be mean
Your words can crush things that are unseen
So please be careful with me, I’m sensitive
And I’d like to stay that way.
You always tell me that is impossible
To be respected and be a girl
Why’s it gotta be so complicated?
Why you gotta tell me if I’m hated?
So please be careful with me, I’m sensitive
And I’d like to stay that way.
I was thinking that it might do some good
If we robbed the cynics and took all their food
That way what they believe will have taken place
And we can give it to people who have some faith
So please be careful with me, I’m sensitive
And I’d like to stay that way.
I have this theory that if we’re told we’re bad
Then that’s the only idea we’ll ever have
But maybe if we are surrounded in beauty
Someday we will become what we see
‘Cause anyone can start a conflict
it’s harder yet to disregard it
I’d rather see the world from another angle
We are everyday angels
Be careful with me ’cause I’d like to stay that way

Rock Bottom.

What’s the worst thing to happen to someone like me?

Well. To love and hate a person in extremes at the same time.

It made me make drunken calls to my ex, hug and kiss a stranger who remotely looked like my ex, smash drinking glasses, slap my best friend, throw away the watch that I’ve been wearing since I was 12.

I’m disgusted with myself.

Many people have had worse things to call it rock bottom. Maybe they lost a limb, maybe they had to witness the love of their life dying right in front of them, maybe they lost their entire fortune they spent their lifetime making in 5 minutes, maybe they got raped, maybe they experienced the holocaust, or genocide, or depression.

Me? I just wanta bounce back.

I think it’s time I got that person out of my system.

I’m single, but I’m only available for myself.

Alanis Morissette on MADtv (A&F spoof!)

LOL this is so gay… I love Madtv..

Awww…

A little girl wants her brother who serves in Iraq to come home.. this breaks my heart so bad…

When are you coming home?

You were almost sixteen when I came into the world.
Mom and Dad had you first then 3 more boys I’m the baby girl.
I sure have a lot to look up to in you, you’re really smart and funny with a big heart too.
After one year of college you knew what you had to do.
It’s just like you wanting to help with the war.
So you joined the army when I was only 4.
This time of year we talk of big plans but you’re over seas in some distant land.
You can’t be here for Christmas, I don’t understand.
Chorus:
When are you coming home, Shaun?
When are you coming home?!
We lit up the house like we always do but it doesn’t seem bright ’cause we can’t have you.
In my prayers I ask God to keep you safe.
And I’m trying to be really brave.
Tell me that the fighting’s through.
Come home!
I really miss you.

It’s hard to enjoy the holidays without you.
But we’re so proud of you and all the red white and blue.
Remember that Jesus is your best friend,
And someday our families will be together again.
Wow! You know we’ll have a great big party then.

Chorus

I want to show you how tall I’ve grown and introduce you to my new friends at school.
Maybe we could go and get some ice cream together but I really don’t care what we do.

Christmas and such

Christmas! And I’m just chilling at home watching Teen Choice Awards on TV. It’s that time of the year, but now it’s also that time of the month… lol.  Don’t wanta go out, just wanta nurse myself back to having enough strength to go out…
At least Christmas eve was great… Met up with Nive (my life-saver, muach!) for an extremely deeelish gourmet vegetarian meal at Original Sin… They make a great mango daiquiri..slurpy slurp.. And after that checked out the expensively-advertised The Cannery chill-out lounges… I though Clinic’s concept was pretty original, but didn’t try their drinks and stuff.. We settled for shisha at this other part of Clarke Quay.. which was crowded with families, tourists, young party-goers etc… I like the roofing they did for Clarke Quay.. at least we’re covered in this monsoon season. haha. One thing about the advertising for the Cannery.. they said they wanta bring the clubs, bars and whatever else they said of Paris, London etc to Singapore.. It’s total bullshit. How do you replicate the bartenders, the crowd (S’poreans just don’t blend with Sophistication that well to me), the weather, etc? You just can’t make Singapore into a mini all-in-one.. I’ll give credit to the management for trying, but experiencing London in Singapore? Not a chance.

All in all I totally bombed a couple of hundred bucks yesterday, so today I’m just laying low… No hangover whatsoever, and the weather today’s been incredibly nice… not sunny, I hate sunny weather.. I just like the cooling breeze and the impending-but-never-here rain… Gloomy and sublime. Nice.

And here’s my Christmas wishlist…

- Finish my degree and diploma…hard work hard work hard work…SO i’ll need a lot of motivation from myself and I won’t be needing distractions of any kind from anybody.

- Health, wisdom and happiness for everyone I love…my family, my closest friends, and people who know me and don’t hate me… lol..

- Less bloodshed around the globe (non-blonde way of saying “World peace”..lol)

- Travelling to Nepal (for trekking for 5 days), London (because I’ve always wanted go there), Scotland (to see Shuwen!) or NZ (to see Jenn!)

- Job placement at a 5-stars hotel! Hopefully in London or Florida… hehe.

- I wanta see my Hunn (who failed to turn up on Christmas morning)… bleah…

So Merry Christmas to everybody who reads this..!

Dread.

Just caught Lord of War starring Nicholas Cage on dvd…
I hafta say it’s really friggin good… Not overdone, but very poignant in relating what happens when a man dips his fingers too deep in supplying killing machines in wars that happen for the wrong reasons… And this movie was based on actual events.. Quite educational !
“Evil prevails” no matter how you look at it… Temptations of money, the promise of getting what you want, etc. A worthy quote from the movie, “There are 2 tragedies in life: 1 is not getting what you want, and the other is getting what you want.”

I guess the latter refers to the dissatisfaction of finally getting what you have not been getting; dissatisfying because upon getting what you haven’t got in the past, you realise it doesn’t do anything for you. It doesn’t serve any purpose of justifying what you think you have been fighting for. It just leaves nothing more to be done and you’re just stating the obvious that everyone’s already accepting but are too blinded or apathetic to point it out.
Like saying Singapore is a boring place and drawing up a list of why it’s boring, trying to get everyone to agree with you. Everyone already knows it’s boring. Get my point?

Anyways, Merry Christmas to everybody & hopefully your Christmas is better than mine. It’s not that hard.

PS: I got Crash and Cinderella Man in my mail today! Yipee.

Gasp.

This is just scary…!
http://ebaumsworld.com/2006/12/parasite-attacks-ant.html

I just only knew abt this after watching the video…
Parasite fungi can infect insects, invading their bodies and making them the host for their own reproduction, pretty much like how viruses spread! Science is fascinating and scary at the same time! Lol.

By the way, check out Hollywoodclicks.com… Online movie rental. I’m just trying it out for free now… I’m supposed to receive Cinderella Man and Crash in my mail soon… Let’s see how that one goes.

I know I’ve been lazy…

Yet I think I deserve a little bit of indulgence in myself… This year has not been all a bed of roses for me… People who know me well enough will know exactly what happened, but in a nutshell, it’s mostly relationship problems and a lot of short temper, which resulted in broken things, figuratively and literally.

My plans for Christmas are cancelled, and I’m left to plan something else for myself. I don’t know, if this is just me, but when holiday trips get cancelled, I just wanta go on a lesser-budget but impromptu one, just for the sake of filling up the holidays… It’s like my mental self telling me: this Christmas season, you’re going to spend it really well. And so it shall be. Vancouver got cancelled, which was a HUGE deal for me considering how snow and hot chocolate and all that nonsense got traded for humidity and teh tarik. Bangkok was cooking but the nothing really came out of it, and now I’m thinking of going to KL to join some friends there… I just have this way of justifying my way of filling up my disappointment.. like stuffing custard into puffs. (yes my similes mostly relate to food)

Or maybe I’m just trying to avoid missing someone too much, in case i end up crying in bed on Christmas eve….

Delightful Stewie!

Sorry haven’t been writing much, I’m hooked on youtube! Let the clip do the talking.