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JPG & Christian Lacroix

2009-07-18T00:35:00.002+08:00

JPG

Christian Lacroix

it's beyond words !

Sound of Silence

2009-07-11T22:35:00.003+08:00

I was watching the Watchmen today, I got pretty emotional when they play 'Sound of Silence' in one of scene about a funeral. I've always like this song , its poetic lyrics, its soft but penetrating vocals, etc. but when I heard the song today automatically it connects me to the death of MJ. sad.
RIP MJ, God bless.

Hello darkness, my old friend,I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of A neon light
That split the nightAnd touched the sound of silence.
And in the naked light I sawTen thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dareed Disturb the sound of silence.
Fools said i,you do not know Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,And echoed In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed To the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.And whisperd in the sounds of silence.

catch it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p910iXIbYmk

Merchandik

2008-08-04T21:50:00.014+08:00

not much info on him besides 20-smtg from Russia, his works favoured by GQ, BMW and many more

luv this

luv this too, b&w looks so awesome with him

tupac thug for life

the illustrations are way way more attractive than the beamer

this one made my heart skipped a beat

Christopher Anderson for Fall 2008 - otherworldly fashion snaps

2008-08-02T15:11:00.021+08:00

luv this, esp the background, blends so well with the objects

i luv this, the contrast, the gal's expression and all, priceless !

this cat rawk so hard till my head could almost drop off
this one reminds me of wong kar wai
anne wintour and her bodyguard
CDG's Tao collection
can you still breathe ? i was out of breath at the end of the slideshow

Banksy - a larger-than-life graffiti artist

2008-08-02T14:33:00.014+08:00

my all-time fav ,monkeys will rule soon

The Wind by Cat Stevens

2008-07-26T18:21:00.002+08:00

luv it! simple yet thoughtful

I listen to the wind
To the wind of my soul
Where I'll end up well I think,
Only God really knows
I've sat upon the setting sun
But never, never never never
I never wanted water once
No, never, never, never

I listen to my words but
They fall far below
I let my music take me where
My heart wants to go
I swam upon the devil's lake
But never, never never never
I'll never make the same mistake
No, never, never, never

My comfort food

2008-07-26T15:15:00.004+08:00

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child? Food, like a loving touch or a glimpse of divine power, has that ability to comfort.

Remember Anton Ego, the notorious food critic in Ratatouille?

He is so hard to please but yet he wrote a positive review for a dish that reminds him of his childhood and warms his heart. That is the kind of comfort food I’m talking about, something that could trigger your fond childhood memories and at the same time nourish your body and soul without giving up for the test of time.

raisins

Call me a sucker but I will not give up on raisin whenever I caught a sight of it. Our love-at-first-sight happened at a small kedai runcit (traditional grocery store) around the neighbourhood. I was attracted by a box of Ligo yellow raisin which I was told by mum that it is actually grapes. So I picked one and since then I was hooked on it for life!

Scones are definitely the best companion for raisins. Life is so beautiful after all, who says you need oyster or abalone in order to feel like you are the richest person in the world?

If I were Marie Antoinette, I will say ‘let them eat scone!’

donut

I could still recall clearly that school holiday was the best period of time because whenever I woke up every morning I will be served with all sorts of breakfast that mom bought from the market. I remember one fine morning I woke up and saw a round fried dough with a hole in the middle and sugar on top. I immediately fell in love with its appearance and after putting in my mouth I became a happy person for the day and the rest of my life! There was no specific donut shop back then and you probably could only get donut from a stall.

I became a happier person when I went to secondary school because I could have donut everyday because there was a Malay kuih stall in the canteen that sold fantastic donut. With so much evolution going on now for the donut, say me a stuck-up but I still prefer the original donut – with only sugar sprinkled on top. Too much coating or filing will only spoil the taste of the dough and its fluffiness which are the two main things that determined how good a donut is.

9-layered kuih

Another gem found in mom's breakfast take-away. It has nine layers with pink and white colors and finished off with red as top layer. I like to ask a lot when I was young and mom was very patient in answering all my doubts. I remembered asking her why called ‘9-layered kuih’. Why not 8-layered or 7-layered? Then she told me because it was really made of 9 layers only. To fulfill my own curiosity I ate it by peeling off one layer by one layer and counting it at the same time, true enough there were really 9 layers. Since then I have developed the habit of eating it by peeling one layer by one layer.

I’m quite a digger for kuih and it sits firmly on my top fav spot among so many other kuih. I’m a slave for kuih after all.

sponge cake (orange-flavoured only)

I love going to pasar malam when I was a kid because there was a decent roti stall which we named ‘Polite roti’ because the owner was so polite whereby he bowed to you after each transaction. Mom is a sucker for pastry as well so I think I inherited bits and pieces of hers. That was the first time I was exposed to sponge cake and the orange flavoured one is so nice till I can’t get the taste out of my head until today. It was super soft and with ample butter taste without killing the orange taste. Heaven!

steamed minced-pork with dried cuttlefish

It is a simple dish and my mom used to cook it for lunch because I was normally in a rush in catching the school bus and I had a bad habit of eating slowly back then. Hence a dish that was easier to chew would be a wiser choice for me. I feel so loved back then caused I got to eat home-cooked food for every single meal and mom will make sure that we have a bowl of hot soup everyday after school. Even a quick lunch like maggi mee was so tasty back then cause mom will add some veggie, fishball and slices of pork to enhance its taste.

home-style pork chop

mom’s secret recipe in marinating the pork and I love the presentation of the dish as mom will have a different steak plate with special fork and knife to go with it. I will help out in laying out the French fries and the green beans on the side and mom will handle the main course aka the pork. She fried it lightly and topped it with her special sauce, the pork was heavenly tender and juicy at the same time. She will normally cook that during school holiday when we were around to help her out. I ain’t a steak person but I can assure you that that is the best pork chop I’ve ever eaten in my entire life!

Mom hardly cooks nowadays due to her busy schedule and everyone else’s busy schedule but whenever she cooks I will make an effort to eat in. I’m grateful to her in developing my passion for food and strengthen my belief in good food does not equivalent to expensive food.

I ‘live to eat’ rather than ‘eat to live’.

GUCCI Resort collection 2009

2008-07-12T18:13:00.012+08:00

luv this collection, the show was done in Rome in line with their 70th anniversary celebration. Hippie Deluxe is how they sum up this collection. Hippie just turns me on, so on.

THIS IS MY FAV, VERY BOHEMIAN AND THE DARK RED COLOUR IS A KILLER !

Gossip Girl

2008-07-12T17:34:00.006+08:00

i luv the wardrobe of those gals, how about you ? (picture courtesy of NYT)

I wrote this to Tun M

2008-06-27T13:47:00.002+08:00

Dear Sir / Madam

I've always been an avid follower of all kinds of pastry so with the arrival of The Loaf to Pavilion KL is truly a blessing from God ! I'm especially thrilled with the Uhuhu lately not to mention other pastry like the magazine, escargo, quiche and pound cake.

I am also impressed with the mannerism of its staff towards customers, however something that happened last evening had changed my perspective towards The Loaf drastically.

As usual I was getting my Uhuhu, while standing in front of the Uhuhu display, I was served by a Chinese gal whom seem to be very junior in her role, looking at the Uhuhu I told her I want a coffee and asked her to pack for me while I made my rounds @ the bread section. Upon return from the bread section I went straight to the check-out.

I noticed something not so right with the cashier as in I couldn't at all feel her warmth towards customers , she is a malay girl with long hair being tied in a down-ward ponytail, I supposed her name is K_____ as printed on the receipt (as per attachment). Bluntly she just uttered the final amount and busy chucking the breads inside the paperbag although I've handed out the money to her ( aren't you supposed to receive the money first if you're being courteous rather than letting the customer kept holding out the money?) ok nevermind that so finally she finished packing and handed me the plastic bag together with a coffee, I was startled then I said 'I'm sorry I ordered a coffee cheesecake but not a coffee'.

She just rolled her eyes and said ' SABAR JE LAH'. then she just went and pick a coffee Uhuhu and chucked it into the paperbag and handed it all to me without a single audile 'Thank you' but a unfriendly stare !

We are not talking about the bakery downstairs of the flat or the rotiman who rode around in his motorbike, furthermore I'm sure these people will have a certain level of politeness towards their customers as well.

This is a high-end and fine bakery so I was very shocked to get that kinda 'response' from her straightaway. She looks like someone who is not happy / about the leave the job.

I strongly think that in any circumstances, you should not say something like that in front of the customer no matter how frustrated you are. I clearly don't see the point of her getting so frustrated in the first place since I didn't even raise my voice or shouted at her about the wrong order that I was given.

Good product is complimentary with good customer service. I certainly do not think that I will want to visit The Loaf any sooner now. Appreciate if the Management could look into the matter before it deteriorate further your quality product.

Yours faithfully

ayam kambing bag !

2008-04-10T20:02:00.004+08:00

Lately, I got pretty carried away by those books :

1. Sense & sensibility
2. what maisie knew
3. mansfield park
4. northanger abbey
5. alice's adventures in wonderland
6. crime and punishment
7. the infinite wisdom of harriet rose
8. blindness (this is blardy awesome ! ) - jose saramago really deserves the nobel
9. emma
10. the scarlet letter (luv this too, very controversial)
11. kidnapped

now reading 'living to tell the tale' by marquez

flicks that i've been tryin to get

1. jellyfish
2. water lilies
3. love songs
4. planet b-boys
5. young @ heart
6. flight of the red ballon

albums that i am trying to get

1. fuck buttons - street horrrsing
2. dodos - visiter
3. junior boys - body language 6
4. the secret - disintoxication
5. collection of colonies of bees - birds
6. the microphones - the glow pt 2
7. clinic - do it
8. the lemonheads - it's a shame abt ray

and lots more, lazy to type la, heh

what to watch this year ?

2008-01-20T22:19:00.000+08:00

1. burn after reading
coen bro, dig their work & the way they dress themselves

2. kung fu panda
jack black, i won't miss anything with him

3. be kind rewind
michel gondry (eternal sunshine, sci of sleep) . wow!

4. the changeling
clint eastwood. he makes me like him more after watching the good, bad & ugly. if he was born 45 years later. he will simply be the most in-demand hollywood hotrod. his charm is so so indescribable and his subtleness just conquers me totally.

5. curious case of benjamin button
david fincher, can't miss this

6. james bond 22
daniel craig ! hooked on him since the layer cake

7. rocknrolla
guy ritchie, can't miss him as well

8. my blueberry nights
wong kar wai, gd stuff

9. funny games u.s.
michael haneke - luv his kinda thriller as in Cache - albeit you got damn pissed in the end due to the open ending

10 shine a light
scorsese does biopic on the rolling stones. ain't a fan of the stones but just curious about the combination

11. 88:88 minutes
with pacino in it. i whack anything with pacino. his role as don michael corleone is good beyond words.

12. sex and the city : the movie
could any gal resist this ? lol !

13. the happenings
i ain't a fan of shyamalan, his Lady in the Water totally let me down ! but this has got Zooey in it. why not?

14. juno
smtg like the lil miss sunshine. i think i can get my hands on it real soon

15. cassandra's dream
woody allen, this old man is so hilarious, his jokes are oh so witty

16. righteous kill
another one with al pacino, together with deniro, why not ?

i suppose that's all for now. i wish they produce more cowboy flicks & indie musical flicks but it will be an exciting year ahead with the Ironman, Jumper, Star Trek, X-files 2, Narnia, The Dark Knight (oh so much hype about it!) , Harry Porter, Rambo, The Incredible Hulk, even the almost-forgotten Indianna Jones is back !
what more could you ask ?

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2008-01-06T18:02:00.000+08:00

So the Year 2008 has come.
I started the year with lotsa wedding whereby on the 1st Jan I was helping out as the bridesmaid and another wedding was on the 5th. Is that a good way to start the year ?
Not forgetting also I was fighting with the flu viruses at the same time, boring, and I took MC on the 1st day of work. That is so not auspicious right ?
I am still unwell now, argh !
I've not even sit down and draft on my NY's resolutions, I know that is so clinche, but one should at least plan something, regardless of whether you actually work towards your plan or not. heh.
anyway I hope all my readers, esp the 'married' ones a wonderful year ahead ;-p
stay happy and healthy throughout !
will write again when I'm as healthy as a horse.

close encounter with the maniac whom is a shame to the chinese male population

2007-12-15T21:23:00.000+08:00

yeah, after so long, i thought my life will be free from all those stalkers and maniac, last encounter was in MV where i was stalked by a guy with the bodysize of The Rock.

so today is a fine saturday and i got up a lil earlier than usual and was so in the mood to sweat and burn some fats, so i get my bum to the gym in pavilion. impulsively, as i passed by the cinema, i went and check out the euff schedule, woot, california dreaming is on, and i was just in time to catch it.... so i was in, seated at the last row, one seat away on my right is mr red (cuz he wore a red tshirt and i have to mention him before anything else becuz he saved my life)
then two seats away on my left is the maniac.

so the movie started. after 5 mins, the maniac switched place to one seat away from me so he is now nearer to me. i thought is nothing so i didn't bother. after 15mins, i am beginning to feel uneasy, cuz the maniac kept turning to my side and stared at me. not only that, he was blardy fidgeting all the while and he changed his sitting position like every blardy 1 min, also, he purposely laughed so loud and at the same time turned and stare at me again with the hope that i will turn and laugh together with him, not even in yr next life k? these has been going on for almost 30mins.
at 1st i thought i will just ignored him totally, but he is doing it more and more frequent even to an extent of moving his body forward so that he could see my face better. oh man, i can't take this anymore, so i started to turn and jeling at him whenever he turned to my side and give him the furious look which says 'what the fuck you looking at maniac ?'

you think he will stop doing it, hell no, and i'm getting more and more pissed, so i sticked out my middle finger and pretend to use it to hold my face, guess what, he was so provoked this time, and he started to call me by making stupid noises.i knew he was up to something kinky with that sound, so i did not turn and look at him anymore.

his stupid voice got louder and louder until mr red on my other side started to turn and look at him, so immediately i gave him the signal of SOS, i stood up, and i moved next to mr red (which means now the maniac is 2 seats away from me) blardy hell, that doesn't stop him fr calling me and it got even louder than before, so mr red sensed something not right and asked me ' do you wanna switch place with me?' immediately i said yes and i have mr red to block the maniac away from me. so he stopped the stupid sound but he was still checking me out on and off even though mr red is now sitting next to me.

the maniac left about half an hour earlier before the movie ends, he purposely walked out from our side you know why ? becuz he wanna kicked my leg, yes he blardy kicked my leg so hard as he passed by me and mr red. fucking loser. when he's gone, mr red immediately turned to me and we exchanged a glance of big relief.

maniac = chinese specky man in early forties, wore office attire with a huge bag, he is not there to watch the movie but simply becuz the ticket only costs him rm5. (euff attracts ppl like that, i saw another one during NYNKE who simply bought the ticket to get a place to zzzz cuz he slept through the whole movie with a loud snore)
mr red = young chap with good english and spiky hair. i thanked him after that for saving my life.

the moral of the story is, try not to watch movie alone, esp a movie that has less than 10 audiences.
so if you were me , how would you react to situation like this ?

p/s : seriously i can't write any review for California Dreaming (endless) the romanian movie cause i got distracted most of the time by that maniac but i still have to act cool and calm. i only able to concentrate fully after he left so the only thing i will say is good is the ending, cuz they play THE song !

euff

2007-12-14T23:34:00.000+08:00

thanks to the european film festival and thanks to the opening of pavilion which is just one spit away from where i work. european flicks are mostly very raw, and they manage to activate yr train of thought during and after the movie, that's the beauty of it.

1. The New Country(Det Nya Landet)
a road movie from sweden. talks about refugees that've been trying to sneak into sweden, their background, their bitterness, their hopes and dreams, their equal share of human rights and their encounter with the locals - some good some bad.
it is very humane, makes you think about all human are born equal, and even refugee has the right to love, to have fun, to develop their talent etc etc.
thus it won The Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2001.
i give 7.5/10

2. NYNKE
not another road movie but a more refined drama with people dressing up like in the Sense & Sensibility, big lacey hat with lacey long dress and lotsa ornaments & accessories. i like. not too humane but very much of feminism. motherhood and losing her edge but things change when she leaves her lame husband who doesn't care about her and goes solo, that's when her talent flourishes. thus marrying the wrong guy will not only ruin yr life, but also yr talent. (wow, i'm talking like an expert. heh) i think modern woman should go and watch this movie, it tells you love might conquers all, but time will still be the best judge.
i give 7/10

i will write again if i manage to watch more before the fest ends on the sunday.

worse to worst

2007-11-28T14:14:00.000+08:00

1.before year 1990 - RM 0.89
2.tahun 1990 - RM 1.10 (up by RM 0.21)
3.01/10/2000 - RM 1.20 (up by RM 0.10)
4.20/10/2001 - RM 1.30 (up by RM 0.10)
5.01/05/2002 - RM 1.32 (up by RM 0.02)
6.31/10/2002 - RM 1.33 (up by RM 0.01)
7.01/03/2003 - RM 1.35 (up by RM 0.02)
8.01/05/2004 - RM 1.37 (up by RM 0.02)
9.01/10/2004 - RM 1.42 (up by RM 0.05)
10.05/05/2005 - RM 1.52 (up by RM 0.10)
11.31/07/2005 - RM 1.62 (up by RM 0.10)
12.28/02/2006 - RM 1.92 (up by RM 0.30)
13.Tahun 2008 - RM ? (will up again very soon)

i stole this from HarakahDaily.net . so from now on
1. stay liquidify
2. don't borrow unnecessary
3. prepare for more demonstration or rally
4. if possible, migrate to other country
next year will be worse economically and politically. be prepared mentally and physically for the worst.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

:-)

2007-11-22T20:51:00.000+08:00

i have a thing for indian decor because they are so colourful

they said 'no news is good news' for the time when I did not scribble anything here meaning i'm living a fairly good life
but having said that, just when i thought about how good i've been during these period of MIA (fr this blog) some sorta bad news strikes me. and my mind went on a roller coaster or perhaps bungy jump.
it's been a while my heart actually wrenched and my mind went like totally shut off for a few hours.
now i really know what they mean by 'all good things come to an end'
but they said things happen for a reason or more, so i'm hoping that this is a turning point , to a better and brighter prospect. fingers crossed.
right i was advised not to mix work with life. so better not dwell on it.

i've kinda place all my thoughts on their right track lately (compare to the tumultuous months before these) thus i'm feeling that i'm starting to look at things in a different angle, don't mean to be morbid but i'm starting to think about my life and direction in a more serious manner. oh gosh i think i'm moving slowly into the mid-life crisis.
i'm starting to hate what i like and like what i hate
i'm starting to see what i don't see
i'm abit startled to see people moving around me
i'm knowing what i really need and want much clearer now
i guess that means i'm starting to get abit wiser
i can see some faint light at the end of the tunnel, but i am yet to see the big sparks
when will i see the big picture ? i wonder

Maurizio Pecoraro - inspired by Pollock & Rothko

2007-10-07T14:25:00.000+08:00

Jean Paul Gaultier - pirates, puffing, bohemian bride - PERFECT!

2007-10-06T11:56:00.000+08:00

he never let me down, my all-time-favourite, I worship him !

bride in bohemian pants, flawless!
Gemma Ward my favourtie !

bride in pants again

who said you can't wear singlet on your wedding?

who said you can't puff when you're walking down the aisle

Lily Donaldson puffed away as she strutted down the runway

i went speechless after all these

his signature white & navy striped top

Christian Lacroix (luv it, colourful)

2007-10-06T11:37:00.000+08:00

luv this, esp with the hat
i see yellow everywhere !

V&R,Tao,Tuleh,Stella McCartney

2007-10-06T11:24:00.000+08:00

viktor & rolf
viktor & rolf

viktor & rolf

tao (part of CDG)

tao

tuleh (luv that bag!)

tuleh

stella mccartney

Valentino - his final collection before retirement

2007-10-06T10:52:00.000+08:00

i luv this red polka dot

YSL - i'm seeing stars

2007-10-06T10:39:00.000+08:00

Isabella

2007-09-30T13:16:00.000+08:00

great art direction + great music , what else could you ask more if a movie could satisfy you in both visual and audio and it's not about love, is about paternal love. it touches the bottom of your heart and makes you weep, but not in a HK-TVB-Drama-series kinda way (exaggerating).

awesome HK movies is as scarce as gold nowadays, especially one with awesome music and bold enough to use a 80's song sang by a deceased singer - the irreplaceable Queen of Cantopop - Anita Mui. bravo.

7.5/10

8/10 for its OST

long dresses rock this season

2007-09-30T12:15:00.000+08:00

emilio pucci
emilio pucci

emilio pucci

diane von furstenberg

anna sui

missoni

tracy reese

paul smith

by Zac Posen

2007-09-30T12:11:00.000+08:00

by Giorgio Armani - woot ! bohemian is back

2007-09-30T12:08:00.001+08:00

I'm loving these - by D&G

2007-09-30T12:01:00.000+08:00

Let Them Eat Cake

2007-09-09T18:44:00.000+08:00

i luv masquerade party

luv this, the dress kinda blend into the wallpaper, i luv wallpaper

i've been procastinating on watching this movie. in fact i was abit reluctant to watch it initially cause i dun fancy kirsten dunst that much in fact i have this phobia towards her performance, thanks to her role in mary jane and the whole spidey thingy. (sorry if i've offended any fans of hers. heh). back to the topic, so the unwillingness waned after listening to its soundtrack. with sophia coppola's movie, you could pretty rest assured on the quality of its OST.

so my 2cents on this is : not very impressive

sophia seems to dwell on marie's personal life by focusing on the fancy, party-animal side of marie rather than the historical side of the whole. she purposely left out something (as in the real meaning behind the line 'let them eat cake' ) and blow up on something else (as in her fancy & unproductive lifestyle)

'let them eat cake' - sophia is trying to portray marie as a cycnical person cause she said it after knowing that the peasantry has no bread to eat. However, it isn't quite as cold a sentiment as you might imagine. At the time, French law required bakers to sell fancy breads at the same low price as the plain breads if they ran out of the latter. The goal was to prevent bakers from making very little cheap bread and then profiting off the fancy, expensive bread. it may have meant that the bakery laws should be enforced so the poor could eat the fancy bread if there wasn't enough plain bread to go around.

it is very much girls' movie, you get to see lotsa pretty and fancy dresses, shoes, jewels, etc.... besides, woman speaks more than man in the movie, her husband is a boring and quiet person, the pretty boy whom she had an affair with hardly speaks, and has little appearence, in fact the pretty boy (jamie dornan) isn't so pretty after the 2nd and 3rd look. to me at least. what is thrilling to me besides seeing pretty boy is the marriage of indie rock + techno + lo-fi to a movie based in the era of the 18th century, especially the scene when The Strokes's What Ever Happened was played, it has transformed The Strokes's music to a different level. definitely a feast to your eyes and ears simultaneouly. not only that, the pastry that was served to marie was bloody awesome (see picture above), at least from the way it looks, i was drooling over all of it, especially those tarts and cakes. heaven.

6/10 for the movie

8.5/10 for its OST

i'm really BREATHLESS

2007-09-08T18:23:00.000+08:00

i prefer this poster, when they blow upthe last scene where michel collapsed

classic scene & myfav scene
she pulls off the short hair flawlessly

this black&white film is definitely more vivid and interesting than any non-b&w film. the plot, the cast, everything about it is so alive, so encrypted. not to mention the main gal whom has a close-to-perfect features. a few things/scene that leaves an impact in my short&long term memory space

in this particular order and priority

1. last scene, when michel was shot, he limped his way from one end to the other. i dunno why, but this scene says a thousand words to me, there's something more than the visual to me, so to speak. CLASSIC

2. after that he collapsed and died at the end of the street, with patricia chasing him from the back. he uttered some words (my bloody dvd was tripping&jamming ) hence i couldn't depict 100% of it.

3. patricia interviewing the famous writer, the scripts are so witty and funny

4. patricia selling NY herald tribune at the streets

5. patricia wearing a man's shirt

6. patricia in a stripe-dress (wow, typical french chic)

7. her little drawstring-handbag (see picture:second-from-bottom)

this film is part of the french new wave after 400 blows (which has an equally impactful last scene), unique and breakthrough from the typical hollywood style with lotsa jump cuts and hand-held camera innovations. something different, especially in that era.

i'm giving it a 6.5/10. how about you ?

book with the most fun

2007-08-19T18:18:00.000+08:00

Heatherism's Facebook
perhaps I was abit left behind. I've been neglecting all the invitation all these while thinking that it is merely another friendster thingy, nonetheless one fine day out of the blue I clicked on one of the invitation and immediately I was brought to a different horizon.
what actually flatters me is its fun-filled site features e.g. happy hours, superpoke, friends details like you can describe how you get to know this person, daily astrology, books that you're reading and would like to read, music you're listening to and the list go on and on......
I've read about Facebook and its Founder Mark Zuckerberg in the Fast Company, back then I was pretty impressed with the young chap and the whole concept of Facebook, but I wasn't initiative enough to check out the webstie, basket me. hah.
anyway, I'm going to explore deeper and further, btw, what are you waiting for if you haven't started with it. ;-)

Hula Girls

2007-08-17T19:33:00.000+08:00

Yu Aoi - whom has stolen the limelight

Hula Girls (now showing in Cineleisure D'sara)

despite of the super duper hyper cold air-conditioned cinema which made me almost freezed to death towards to end of the movie. overall this is a heart-warming movie which touches alot on love within family, neighbourhood, friends & mentor. Japanese is very delicate in everything from their stationery, electronic appliances to music and movies. the movie moves slowly, where it slowly moves towards the bottom of your hearts, even though it has no matching songs or music in between the scenes.

the lesson or message that I could generate from the movie is

never give up in chasing for your ultimate dream against adversity - this might sound common for a core subject of a movie, but hey, the hardest task is to make something common into something uncommon. I guess Lee Sang-il has done it at ease. also a big thumb-up for Yu Aoi, sweet young thing with subtle performance and graceful dancesteps, promising newcomer.

FESTIVALS
Official Selection - Toronto, Pusan, Hawaii, Palm Springs, Taipei Golden Horse, Udine

AWARDS

Japan's official entry to the Academy Awards 2006 Best Film

Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Yu Aoi) and Audience Award - Japanese Academy Awards

Best Picture, Best Actress (Yu Aoi), Best Supporting Actress (Sumiko Fuji) - Blue Ribbon Awards

Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Yu Aoi) – Hochi Film Awards Best Picture,

Best Actress (Yasuko Matsuyuki), Best Supporting Actress (Junko Fuji), New Face (Yu Aoi) – Nikkan Sports Film Awards

Best Actress (Yu Aoi) – Yokohama Film Festival

Hula Girls official website

LOVE II

2007-08-17T19:12:00.000+08:00

Refer to this post : LOVE finally my friend has woken up and consulted me about ways to pursue this particular person. (hah. as if I'm an expert in these courtship thingy)
finally my friend realises
1. no point waiting for someone who has changed to a different person
2. no point thinking of getting back together in the future because everything is changing constantly
3. no point remain at the same spot whereas the other party has moved on with another person

I'm happy for my friend.
We've been good friend since college times, when the friendship is more sincere & genuine
Regardless of the outcome of the courtship, I wish you all the best in your future.

I'm seeing this guy from Vienna

2007-08-13T22:43:00.000+08:00

further to this post - my Austrian lover- this time I'm really falling in luv with a guy from Austria, to be precise he is from Vienna. what a coincidence huh.
we are kinda luv at first sight, through some outing in KLCC, to be precise is a movie date at TGV. In fact my friend is trying to match-make us. lame. hah.
I am so infatuated with him today that I need to blog about him simply because he baked two bagels for me, knowing that I luv this dough with a hole so much.
FYI. bagels are healthier than donuts simply because donuts are deep fried while bagels is baked.
1. Le Chocolat Fromage (dark choc with grated parmesan cheese)
2. Oreo Nutz (white choc with Oreo crunch)
I luv both of them, esp the first one. I never know that parmesan could rock together with dark chocolate so perfectly. The Oreo is a lil' too sweet, but still yummy.
love is blind, I luv every single thing that he cooks or bakes for me.
want to see how delicious is he and his bagels ?
give him a holla at Vienna Bagels :Suria KLCC : K-35, Level 3 (outside TGV)
p/s : looks like i can now ditch my ex bf namely Big Apple in the planet far far away namely The Curve. cool.

tookoo - beijing indie emo rock

2007-08-12T22:58:00.000+08:00

they rock. steady vocals. awesome music which stirs the crowd. this is what i called indie rock. hah. bring more china, taiwan & HK bands in for gig. we need them.

tookoo's myspace
tookoo's official website
rock in china

works of laura den hertog

2007-08-12T22:49:00.000+08:00

summoning the green

strawhat - (this is awesome)

girl reading

works of martin vallin

2007-08-12T22:46:00.000+08:00

i luv this

works of marina zobova

2007-08-12T22:40:00.000+08:00

dig this the most

works of aaron meshon

2007-08-12T20:35:00.000+08:00

1980s throwback

2007-08-02T23:05:00.000+08:00

embrace the 1980s
it's going bigger & bolder
it's going to invade every single detail of your life
it's the era when new wave and synthpop were developed and become popular throughout the decade

check this out, 80s + current music's elements
Chromeo
New Young Pony Club
Various Artist (this one sends me to heaven - italian 80s disco sound - very minimal & low-fi. woot !
Calvin Harris - he is as kick-ass as mark ronson

the journey has just begun.

CANDY

2007-08-01T23:09:00.000+08:00

make this your bible. too bad it's not available in hard copies. i can keep reading and browsing thru it for a zillion times until my eyes become too tired to carry on reading.

click on the 2 links below - download it (the file is pretty big, abt 45MB each) - save it in your computer. and read it whenever you're sad or happy or high or low.

CANDY 8th issue Part I

CANDY 8th issue Part II

if you like it, and wanting for more, click on the below. all the past issues are there

candycollective homepage

enjoy the journey !

hi my name is Heater

2007-07-26T22:39:00.000+08:00

it has gotten on my nerves.
i couldn't take it anymore.
i'm going insane.
i'm losing my temper.
i couldn't even concentrate on anything.
so without a second thought,
i went and confronted him.

me : hey, i couldn't take it anymore.
mr X: ...... (lifting his head in a daze and stare at me blankly with lots of question marks in his head)
me : i know your dept is in charged of all the office's facilites e.g. stationery, furniture, etc.. how about winter clothings ? can you include that as well in the future? i couldn't tahan the sejuk anymore, i feel like i'm working in a big freezer. no matter how many blazer/jacket/cashmere/sweater i put on, i still feel cold. i have to keep myself warm by running to the pantry every 15mins to get some really warm/hot water and drink it immediately. my tongue has gone numb because of drinking too much of hot drink. oh man, my brain will soon go numb as well. can you do something about it?
mr X: hahahaha... young lady, you're not the first one who told me that. in fact we have turn the air cond down.
me: ...... i shall go to winter time and get some winter clothings this weekend.
mr X : hahahaha.. are you serious ?
me: (shivering) do i have a choice ? either that or i will be freezed to death. blame it on the new building and the spanking new air cond system.
mr X: you could say so
me: .... now i really wish i'm a heater instead of heather. (9 out of 10 people will call me that instead of Heather, i used to hate that alot. maybe not anymore) sigh.

Dalai Lama

2007-07-24T23:21:00.000+08:00

me: so how's tibet?
mr X: I didn't go to Tibet lah. But close though. I went to Kathmandu in Nepal and the outskirts. Very raw and very exciting place except that you must get used to their water. Lhasa the capital of Tibet is north east of where I went. Kathmandu has a lot of Tibetan influence and the people look like a range from Thai, to Tibetan to Chinese to Burmese to Indian. But they're all Nepalese. Many fled Tibet when there was some kind of crackdown there.It will be good to visit Bhutan (which is one of the most closed countries in the world) and Tibet.
Anyway, for now I won't be going to Tibet until I get a reply for the job application I put in. I applied for the post of "Dalai Lama". I think its a "don't call us we'll call you situation!"

i burst out into a pretty loud laughter after reading the last line, i really thought that he's applying for a new job.... mana tau, kena punk'd.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

2007-07-23T23:26:00.000+08:00

I'm feeling like a bridge over troubled water.
I'm feeling that nothing can hold me down.
I'm trying hard to act as tough as the bridge but
The water wouldn't stop gathering its force against me.
I'm not sure how long can i last.
When the bridge collapse, it doesn't mean that i'm freed to flow with the water
The water will just wallop me
I will be forced to live in a new environment with no sense of security
I will be a slave to the water
They will be free to turn me into any disaster that could harm the mankind

My time has yet come to shine.
All my dreams are on their way.

I heart them all, do you? part II

2007-07-09T21:34:00.000+08:00

parisian rock band - Second Sex - look out for them - awesome!
another parisian band - rock&roll - tight shit!

allistair allan - from his album on party people - tight !

allistair allan - i heart her spec, her teeth, tight !

taken by allistair allan

taken by allistair allan - for a second i thought she is gwen stefani

i heart them all. do you ?

2007-07-09T21:04:00.001+08:00

manage to cruise during work today, i indulge myself in these

heart the theme of these designs
another kick-ass magazine

by mrzyk & mariceau

by joshua hagler

by marsea goldberg (i luv this alot)

i see OBEY. yay.

by vicky newman

from a psychedelic exhibition themed 'summer of love'

summer of love

summer of love (my favourite)

summer of love

OD punya pasal

2007-07-05T19:45:00.000+08:00

OD sial. on muffin. now i'm sick.
my head is spinning around & around & around
my nose is running around & around & around
gonna be a good gal, gonna take the med and just KO till the next day because I bloody need to get well before the weekend.
outta here.

mmmuffin me

2007-07-04T21:02:00.000+08:00

if you've been following my rants close enough, you will definitely know by now that I'm hopelessly devoted to sweet food e.g. donuts, bagels, etc etc lately I decidedly to cut down my sugar intake, so instead of donuts & cakes I'm on the rebound for muffins. I miss Mrs Fields's muffins, too bad they are no longer available in M'sia.

however, exactly 5 hours ago, my passion for muffin is wrecked tragically

here's what happen, in brief.

so today is the 'Muffin Day' for our company. (just a theme, is a get-together kinda tea party). muffins were given as door gift, followed by motivational speech by the CEO, etc etc . then came the highlight of the day aka muffin eating competition. 3 participants in each group, the group which ate the most muffins win. so the organiser starting to force people into the contest, being extremely 'lucky', I was in. (as a newbie there, no choice but gotta be 'sporting' la). so my group has 2 other male colleagues. on top of muffins, each was given a bottle of mineral water ( to makes you swallow more muffin ) guess what, we ate 22 muffins within 5 minutes. 3 of us. if you do your maths right, about seven each. bloody 7 muffins within 5 minutes. we didn't get the 1st prize, the winning team ate 25 muffins ( all the 3 participants are big-sized male with big appetite) anyway, it was pretty fun though.

consequently I begin to

walk like muffin

talk like muffin

drive like muffin

smile like muffin

work like muffin

smell like muffin

taste like muffin

think like muffin

blog like muffin

bathe like muffin

sing like muffin

sit like muffin

stand like muffin

eat like muffin , no actually I have no appetite for any kind of food until now.

after 5 hours, my burp still has the taste of muffin, damn gross !

I swear to god. no muffin for me for the next 6 mths.

tsk tsk tsk tsk. i wonder how will my stool looks like later. in the shape of muffin ?LOLOL.

see, muffin makes me talk grossly

one shall stand and one shall fall

2007-07-01T23:58:00.000+08:00

Megatron - back then

thundercats - my hero!

the Smurf - i heart their little colourful houses !

bloody awesome. it left me in an awe after stepping out of the cinema.

back then when i was a kid, i still remember watching its animation, although i'm not a hardcore fans of it, my favourite that time was Thunder Cat, together with my sister, the only thing we look forward to for the day is the CARTOON TIME !

followed by The Smurf. my favourite, of all time.

back to transformers. prior to the movie i got plenty of 'education' from my brother as in how to differentiate the autobots, where are they from, what is the cause of vengence , etc etc. he even showed me some animation back in the 80's where prime was battling with megatron, aka the classic scene.

movie is a way to stir our imagination, it manages to capture whatever you think is not possible to happen in the real life. for that, i think michael bay did a fantastic job. as i was watching it, i kept thinking about what if the autobots are for real, like i can be myself during 'normal' time, and let say if i was attacked by someone, i can transform into 'heatherbot' LOLOL. and beat the hell out of the bad guy. isn't that fantastic ?

however the 'good-looking' autobot that caught my eyes are not the good ones, but i'm very much impressed with the bad ones aka megatron. he is so handsome and sophisticated looking. makes me drool alot. heh.

our seats are pretty front, about 5th row from the screen. hence there are certain scene whereby i did not manage to get a holistic view of it. so i must watch it again, and maybe again. wow, can't wait for it !!

LOVE

2007-06-30T18:11:00.000+08:00

I've witnessed a few broke-ups lately. When the love is gone, nothing is left. regardless of how many years that relationship lasted. there's nothing much I can do to to them but all I can offer is probably a pair of ears + a shoulder for them to cry on. they don't expect you to say or comment on anything, but they just want someone to listen to them when they need to let out all the bitterness in them. I always tell them. CRY OUT LOUD if that makes you feel better.
there's only 3 ways in resolving a problem, any problem : FACE IT. ACCEPT IT. DIGEST IT. people tend to stuck on the 1st phase namely face it. they can't face the truth that their lover is no longer in love with them. they can't face the truth that their lover is leaving them, for good.It's all hard in the initial stage, thus time is the best medicine. it will dilute your problem to an extent where you're able to even digest it. once you're able to digest it, you're get out of it real soon.
witnessing all these sad drama, makes you appreciate the state of no-strings-attached even more. especially when you're a typical sagittarian whom enjoys care-free days without having any 'line-of-reporting' or any sorts of 'responsibilities'.
life is already so complicated. why complicate things further ?
however, it all boils down to what you want in the end.
how you sow your seeds shall determine the harvest.

I luv you Mr K

2007-06-30T18:01:00.000+08:00

the choon in the Pepsi tvc that i ranted in my previous post... is called
Hey Hey Now by The Cloud Room
see, that's what i called efficiency
it's time like this you know who to count on
Mr K is a reliable chap when it comes to music & movie

HATS OFF TO YOU & MUACKS !

that Pepsi TVC

2007-06-21T23:13:00.000+08:00

I know most of you out there is in the advertising industry
I know and am sure that you've seen the latest Pepsi TVC, the one which tries to tell you about is newly-designed can, it has a girl dancing with some bollywood gals.
I am not potato-coach enough to catch it as often as i want. hence the clueless-ness.
I just want to know about the song they use in that TVC
I think it is a song that they will play in TAG.
I just bloody can't recall that song , is a nice choon.

pls help.
i've asked the most talented & handsome (self-acclaimed) Creative Director cum Copywriter cum Producer in town but the only answer he can give me is

"you go to YouTube and send me the link first. then only i can figure out ma"
.................................................... (3 drops of cold sweat + crows flying by my head)

Rules of Work

2007-06-19T20:42:00.000+08:00

Nobody likes to follow rules. but some of it here are pretty practical and pretty make-sense. especially when you have to see so many different people everyday with different mood, character and background. i don't write the rules, neither do i have the talent and ability to do so. it's a book which is quite popular nowadays. just read it as a means to pass the time or just for the sake of reading if you are someone who doesn't believe in those self-help book. however result is not guaranteed even though you follow it whole-heartedly.

3.10, 4.10, 5.7, 8.10, 10.6 = my personal favourite rules.
what's yours ?

Rule 1 WALK YOUR TALK

1.1 get your work noticed
1.2 never stand still
1.3 volunteer carefully
1.4 carve out a niche for yourself
1.5 under promise and over deliver
1.6 know something others don’t
1.7 be 100% committed
1.8 enjoy what you are doing
1.9 develop the right attitude
1.10 never let anyone know how hard you work

Rule 2 KNOW WHAT YOU’RE BEING JUDGED AT ALL TIMES

2.1 dress well
2.2 cultivate a smile
2.3 no limp fish – develop the perfect handshake
2.4 exude confidence and energy
2.5 develop a style that gets you noticed
2.6 pay attention to personal grooming
2.7 be attractive
2.8 be cool
2.9 speak well
2.10 write well

Rule 3 HAVE A PLAN

3.1 know what you want long term
3.2 know what you want short term
3.3 study the promotion system
3.4 develop a game plan
3.5 set objectives
3.6 know your role
3.7 know yourself – strength and weaknesses
3.8 identify key times and events
3.9 anticipate threats
3.10 look for opportunities

Rule 4 IF YOU CAN’T SAY ANYTHING NICE – SHUT UP

4.1 don’t gossip
4.2 don’t bitch
4.3 stand up for others
4.4 compliment people sincerely
4.5 be cheerful and positive
4.6 ask questions
4.7 use ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
4.8 don’t swear
4.9 be a good listener
4.10 only speak sense

Rule 5 LOOK AFTER YOURSELF

5.1 know the ethics of your industry
5.2 know the legalities of your industry
5.3 set personal standards
5.4 never lie
5.5 never cover up for anyone else
5.6 keep records
5.7 know the difference between the truth and the whole truth
5.8 cultivate your support/contacts/friends
5.9 understand others’ motives
5.10 assume everyone else is playing by different rules

Rule 6 BLEND IN

6.1 know the corporate culture
6.2 speak the language
6.3 dress up or down accordingly
6.4 be adaptable in your dealings with different people
6.5 know where to hang out, and when
6.6 understand the social protocols
6.7 know the rules about authority
6.8 know the rules about the office hierarchy
6.9 never disapprove of others
6.10 understand the herd mentality

Rule 7 ACT ONE STEP AHEAD

7.1 dress one step ahead
7.2 talk one step ahead
7.3 act one step ahead
7.4 think one step ahead
7.5 address corporate issues and problems
7.6 talk of ‘we’ rather than ‘I’
7.7 walk the walk
7.8 spend more time with senior staff
7.9 get people to assume you have already made the step
7.10prepare for the step after next

Rule 8 CULTIVATE DIPLOMACY
8.1 ask questions in times of conflict
8.2 don’t take sides
8.3 know when to keep your opinions to yourself
8.4 be conciliatory
8.5 never lose your temper
8.6 never get personal
8.7 know how to handle other people’s anger
8.8 stand your ground
8.9 be objective about the situation
8.10put things in perspective

Rule 9 KNOW THE SYSTEM – AND MILK IT

9.1 know all the unspoken rules of office life
9.2 know what to call everyone
9.3 know when to stay late and when to go early
9.4 know the theft or perks rule
9.5 identify the people who count
9.6 be on the right side of the people who count
9.7 be well up on new management techniques
9.8 know the undercurrents and hidden agendas
9.9 know the favourites and cultivate them
9.10know the mission statement and understand it

Rule 10 HANDLE THE OPPOSITION

10.1 identify the opposition
10.2 study them closely
10.3 don’t back-stab
10.4 know the psychology of promotion
10.5 don’t give too much away
10.6 keep your ear to the ground
10.7 make the opposition seem irreplaceable
10.8 don’t damn the opposition with faint praise
10.9 capitalize on the career enhancing moments
10.10cultivate the friendship and approval of your colleagues

my new austrian lover

2007-06-15T20:55:00.000+08:00

he looks like my ex, as yummy as my ex, i can't stop thinking of him. We met in Avenue K, i was loitering around alone after work, he then caught my eyes. i guess i caught his eyes too. we were stealing glances at each other. at last he ended up in my body. the whole thing happened really fast, in less than 20minutes. his body was so elastic, you can almost flip him with or without anything. he wasn't too 'huge', just nice for me.

after the 'tiring' process, we chatted till the break of dawn.

he came from Austria , (whoa what a beautiful and arty-farty country !) he was then made popular in his career in New York where the new yorkers actually need his services every morning without fail. after the tremendous success, he started to venture into Asia, so far he is only active in 2 areas in Malaysia namely Avenue K & Plaza Damas.

that's him on the left. he was borned by the name of Bagel in the year 1683 in Vienna, Austria, when a local Jewish baker created him as a gift for King of Poland to commemorate the King's victory over the Turks that year. He was fashioned in the form of a saddle to commemorate the victory. His name was originated from beugal (stirrup) is considered plausible by many, both from the similarities of the word and due to the fact that traditional handmade bagels are not perfectly circular but rather slightly stirrup-shaped.
believe it or not, i still heart my ex. they are both different to me. my ex, mr donut is solely made of flour, but bagel is made of wheat and topped with poppy and sesame seeds. you can even stuff it with salmon, chicken and any other thing (just like the sandwiches). he is not as popular as my ex, due to the fact that malaysian generally has sweet tooth, but he is more of a healthy snack with lotsa seeds, onion and caraway.

whatever it is, they both have an important place in my heart. forever and ever. till the end of time.

just random

2007-06-14T21:54:00.000+08:00

after that super scarry dream that i had last saturday. i think i'm finally out of the spell. guess what, i had 2 sweet dreams consecutively for 2 nights ! one was about dreaming of someone i like, another was about dreaming of the food that i like ! i wish i could live forever in that dreams !
i've nothing much to grunt about lately, besides being broke all the time, hehe. work was fine. people around was fine. but there's one thing that i could not tolerate. the so called leaders - whom was supposed to be smarter and making our life easier.
flood, crime rates are increasing and worsen like nobody's business. sigh.

lately, things that happen around me makes me appreciate this fine chinese proverb which sounds like this
'good horses don't eat grass that it leaves behind'.
alright, contoh ayat :
my ex-company called me up yesterday and offered renumeration which is better than what i'm getting now. however i'm a good horse that doesn't eat grasses that i left behind.
got it ? heh.
too bad, i've seen lotsa lame horses around me lately.
whatever is in the past. leave it in the past.
if the past was so perfect. why did it become the past ?

one hell to rule it all

2007-06-09T19:23:00.000+08:00

so last night was awesome , with the people and music
so today i'm tired , physically and mentally, partially thanks to the alcohol
so after watching the Science of Sleep, i went to take a nap (with the hope to rejuvenate myself)
so i have to force myself to wake up after one hour of god-knows-what kinda crappy bad dream. here's the synopsis

i was seated in a car with 2 other humans, one of them is tin kosong and its other-half. they were mocking at me with some nonsenses which i can't really recall by now. they were abducting me to somewhere and will not let me get out of the car. i was screaming hysterically in the car and asking them to release me from their hell. they were both laughing saitanly. at that point of time i could feel that my body was kinda shivering and my brain is in the most chaotic situation. guess what it didn't stop there. then i don't know how i managed to get out of the car and there i was in the busiest street of KL - jln bukit bintang where i see tonnes of zombies wandering around together with some android. (yeah i guess i am anticipating the Transformer movie too much). so i was fucking nervous to see the scene, then there was this guy in early thirties kept tailing me, with a face that says 'i'm gonna get you'. the last scene i remembered was i was running for my life amidst the android and zombie.
ARGH !!!!!!!!! I FORCED MYSELF TO WAKE UP. i did it but i woke up feeling mind-dead. i was feeling MUCH MUCH more tiring than before, as if i had not been sleeping at all since the night before. the fear is so engraving. immediately i dashed to the bathroom and washed my face. then i was thinking to myself, i must let it all out, so i went to my bro whom is next door and told him all about my nightmare. still feeling not enough, then i called up a few friends and just chat it away.
this is the worst nightmare i've ever get so far. i don't know what does it imply.
am i having too many things on my plate ? or was it because of the movie that i've just watched ? (science of sleep is awesome, very mind-blowing)
there goes my saturday afternoon. i try to make myself happy by eating lotsa junk food. but the traumatic sensation is still there.
SIGH.

you decide your best part II

2007-06-06T19:16:00.000+08:00

what do you get when you work in an organisation ranked #15 in the Fortune 500

1. endless names to remember
2. endless processes and procedures to follow or live by
3. endless mission, motto, logo, history, company's structure,vision, etc... to remember (thanks to the 1st day induction programme which runs from 9am-5pm)
4. endless courses and seminars to attend along the way
5. endless panaromic view of the city from your workstation (this is not generic, solely depends on your luck)
6. endless literature to go through in order to understand the whole organisation better
7. endless missing of MSN messenger (any type of instant messaging is a total ban) and liberal Internet surfing (your surfing is monitored every second of the day by the system administrator)
8. endless chilling thanks to the brand-new and centralised air-cond system

that's all for now. stay tuned for further updates.

Flags of our Fathers

2007-06-03T21:51:00.000+08:00

i ain't a sucker for war movies
i ain't a sucker for clint eastwood's movies
but i am a sucker for this movie
clint captured the spirit of the photo (as in the poster) which has become the centre of the storyline.
i like the way he let the movie flow with the voice of a narrator, it won't really wrench your heart until the end of the movie where it brought out a solid & unsettling point -
what really makes a hero?
those who survive the war ?
or those who sacrifice for the war ?
in fact nobody is a real hero, people are just destined to all the acts and causes.
watching how the 3 heroes end their life, especially hayes really makes me think what's the point of being a hero when you can't even get the most basic thing in life - happiness

my most memorable quote from the movie
there are no such things as heroes, I finally came to understand why they were so uncomfortable being called heroes. Heroes are something we create, something we need. It's a way for us to understand what is almost incomprehensible.

so your world stop spinning without my presence, sweet

2007-06-01T23:53:00.000+08:00

I know i've been by your side more than 8 hrs a day for the past one-and-a-half year
I know you suffer from temporary memory-loss all the time
I know you're bad at geography (you're the first adult who asked me 'is malaysia in the southeast-asia region?)
I know you're bad at IT related matter e.g. email
I know you like to brag (on everything from your belongings to people to career)
I know your chinese is as bad / worse than the bananas
I know you are good at talking bad about people and spreading secrets that people thought will be safe with you to the whole world
I know you have 'impeccable' knowledge in music, it kinda knocked me out of my chair when you said karen mok is the HK version of norah jones cause they both play jazz music
and the list goes on indefinitely...
may 31st marked the last day of our relationship. it is official. everyone knows about it.
why do you still bug me by wanting to get that bloody tel number that you could just get by opening your big mouth to ask for it ?
why do you have to spoil my ONE-AND-ONLY day that reads 'officially off-work'
you win. TIN KOSONG. for the supremacy of shallowness and for having the guts to order me around even though i'm no longer your 'slave'.
but hang on. i live by the motto that reads
IGNORANCE IS BLISS , i will continue to ignore you in order to stay blissful.
the moral of the story is = don't contribute to the society by getting your mealticket from a dictator, especially one that goes around with an empty but big stomache which makes the most noise.

Coachella is the new heaven. to me at least

2007-05-28T10:09:00.000+08:00

out of a sudden, i was thinking of the Coachella this morning. actually i've been thinking alot about it lately, wondering when can i actually be part of the people sleeping on the grass, wake up only to plan which gig to go to, isn't that better than being in heaven ?

to rub it on, i found this link

day one

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42636-photos-coachella-2007

day two

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42644-photos-coachella-2007-day-2

day three

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42645-photos-coachella-2007-day-3

you decide your best

2007-05-25T11:01:00.000+08:00

i'm a believer in opportunity comes to those who are well equipped and prepared.
of course a sprinkle of luck and charms does stimulate the whole process
never disregard your ability and knowledge no matter how tough & difficult the environment is
always have faith in yourself and your ability. never listen to 'those' voices around you.
never let the negative energy gets into you. it will eat into you and eventually you'll become a very demotivated person.
success always comes with lots of hardwork. and the presence of human is in fact very tiny in the massive universe hence teamwork could work wonders all the time.
great teamwork + great guidance/direction = great companies
US Fortune magazine polled a list of top 500 companies worldwide in its July issue every year.
FORTUNE Global 500
it is ranked by sales & revenue.
just some stats (from the latest list of 2006)
1. by country -
EU - 172 companies
US - 170 companies
Japan - 70 companies
2. by city -
Tokyo - 52 companies
Paris - 27 companies
NY - 24 companies
by all means these companies promise a brighter future and a promising career growth.
if someone comes to you and tell you that he/she has just gotten into one of the company in the list which was ranked top 20.
here is the common reaction one will get (ranked from the most common to the least common)
1. so you will be leaving KL soon ah ?
2. which one, how come i've never heard of it ?(malaysian is commonly not very knowledgeable abt those companies in the list, especially those in the EU)
3. how's the pay? (this is a must-ask question)
4. where is the office ? must be in the twin towers huh.
and the list go on. but the most hilarious one is
what is Fortune 500 companies ? you switch line into fortune telling ? (ROFL)
no matter what or how, i will keep reminding myself to do my very best in everything. regrets are solely for losers.

how often do you find the right person ? ONCE

2007-05-24T16:37:00.000+08:00

the movie tagline itself blew me away.
it's a modern musical + love story sets in the streets of dublin. the guy is an irish and the gal is an immigrant from czech. they wrote songs together and from there their unique flowers of love bloom.
i've checked out the songs in there. very much of belle & sebastian + feist. nice one.
must watch. must watch.

Gung Ho means CAN DO !

2007-05-23T17:44:00.000+08:00

it kinda motivates me, in my current state-of-mind

This unofficial motto of the US Marine Corps is an abbreviation for the Mandarin Gongye Hezhoushe, or industrial cooperative.
The term was used in China, starting in 1938, to refer to small, industrial operations that were being established in rural China to replace the industrial centers that had been captured by the Japanese.
The phrase was clipped to the initial characters of the two words, gung ho (or gung he, as it would be transliterated today), which means "work together." This clipping became a slogan for the industrial cooperative movement.
Enter Lt. Col. Evans Carlson, US Marine Corps. Carlson was a military attache in the US embassy to China in the late-30s.
In China, Carlson reported on both the operations of the Chinese army in the field as well as the country's industrial capacity and was favorably impressed by the industrial cooperatives. When he returned to the States and the US entered WWII, Carlson was appointed commander of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion.
Recalling his time in China, Carlson chose gung ho as the motto for his elite battalion and by late 1942 was widely adopted throughout the Marine Corps as an expression of spirit and "can do" attitude.
So the term "Gung Ho" now becomes a slang term meaning extremely enthusiastic and dedicated.

Other words and expressions that entered English during World War II include flak, gizmo, task force, black market, and hit the sack.

love will never tear us apart

2007-05-17T22:44:00.000+08:00

the love bug, they share the same colour with my hubby

today is blardy tragic. i almost lost my husband.

so i was answering the nature call.in the midst of it, i heard a loud water dropping sound - then i looked around and see if there's any spacecraft landing on the roof of the loo or any golden treasures fallen from the sky. negative.
then when i looked into the pail of water next to me. i saw my husband was actually drowning inside. SOS ! frantically i called up the ambulance to do a simple anatomy. he was alright for a few minutes, still talking and stuff. but after that he went to a coma and can't pronounce the number 2, 4 and 9 properly. as a result, i need his PIN number and the PUK code to wake him up. but all my efforts were to no avail. then i decided not to push him too hard. i let him rest for a while.
fast-forward to an hour later.
i put all his parts together. guess what,
HE'S AWAKE !
i was SO SO SO glad to see him back to my side, although he is not as perfect as he was (his body parts is still abit jammy) but i am so happy that he chosed to stay with me and we shall age gracefully together.
MY LOVE TO YOU IS IMMORTAL - MY SONY ERICSSON K650i

i will never leave you should you not leave me.

i will be away. mentally.

2007-05-16T14:12:00.000+08:00

just not in the right track to blog.

my current state-of-mind is like a junkyard. conjured by too many things.

hopefully the clouds will be gone real soon.

Fafinette

2007-05-05T21:17:00.000+08:00

collaboration of french and american !

My all-time favourite brand LeSportsac has some new injection after Diane von Furstenberg, Jonathan Adler and Tokidoki and last but not least the fashionista Gwen Stefani. this time is the french organic designer Fifi. Fifi created a story in pictures to bring to life the tale of a girl “who was looking for the magic in her life and discovers the tree that blooms LeSportsac bags.” (wow, i wish i have a forest of trees that blooms bags of all brands!)

some write-up from Lesportsac's press release on Fifi

Fafi is synonymous with whimsical, cartoon-esque depictions of girls and women and has a huge cult following of hipster girls of all ages. The Paris resident began her career as a graffiti artist and later evolved, developing clothing, jewelry, books and more, all embodying her signature aesthetic and designs. She became a household name among the fashion elite soon after she began selling her illustrated designs at Colette, the trendsetting and authoritative leader in the underground fashion world, which inspires fashionistas, designers and artists across the globe. Her playful designs exemplify young femininity while attracting a sophisticated and fashion forward audience.

for more of her work, check out http://www.fafi.net/

i LUV it. it gives me the sweet sensation of watching wizard of oz and pairing it up with graffiti. that kinda crossover. i like the white little creature, i like the trees, i like the gal's hair (the style and the colour) and the little yellow flower on the tree!

lesportsac never let me down. :-)

go get glazed

2007-05-05T20:19:00.000+08:00

yummylicious than any heart-throbs !

The Dutch, for example, believe that eating doughnuts on New Year's Day will bring good fortune. and I, personally believe that eating doughnut whenever you're down or unhappy could cheer you up ! so I was walking to the ladies near TGIF in The Curve yesterday, then something caught my eyes - before the turn to the toilet there's this new shop reads " Big Apple Doughnut & Coffee " my heart actually skipped a beat, actually a few. then i was thinking to myself. finally, finally something has landed on this piece of land that is so deprived of quality doughnut. so i immediately answered my nature call and head back to the shop and study each of the doughnut as if i was choosing my wedding ring. heh. they hv about 10+ flavour from green tea, their signature glazed, chocolate, peanut butter, etc etc. the layout is like Beard Papa where by you can see their kitchen. each doughnut comes in a brief description (a bit like the over-rated Bread Story). here comes the million dollar question : should I eat or shouldn't I ? FYI : I've just stuffed myself with some salad from Italiannies (you know how's their portion like , aight?) and washed it down with some cold beer. looking at the size of the doughnut (it's 10% smaller than Dunkin Donuts). so i was telling myself. no harm taking just ONE doughnut into my stomache, since it won't really take up THAT much of space. done with convincing and consoling myself. i picked one glazed doughnut (reason being: its description says that's their signature donut) and left the place like a happy bird whom had just got its worms. the texture is softer than DD, the sweet sensation is pretty much the same with DD, I wish it was less sweeter, at that very moment I miss Mister Donut :-( however I will still go back there and try all the other flavours that they have. (yeah, i'm hopelessly obsessed with dough with a hole in the middle) overall i think it scored pretty much the same with DD. but wait till I've tried all of them. stay tuned. heh.

genie, just one wish will do

2007-05-02T14:42:00.000+08:00

bring me to
Union Park, Chicago, IL, July 13th, 14th & 15th

Friday, July 13
Pitchfork Music Festival & All Tomorrow's Parties Present: Don't Look Back
Featuring a Performance Of...
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Gza: Liquid Swords
Slint: Spiderland

Saturday, July 14
Yoko Ono
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
Clipse
Iron & Wine
Battles
Grizzly Bear
Califone
Twilight Sad
Girl Talk
Professor Murder
Fujiya & Miyagi
Oxford Collapse
Dan Deacon
Beach House
Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound

Sunday, July 15
De La Soul
New Pornographers
Stephen Malkmus
Of Montreal
Jamie Lidell
The Sea and Cake
Menomena
Klaxons
The Ponys
Deerhunter
Nomo
Craig Taborn's Junk Magic

A Movie Meme

2007-05-01T20:42:00.000+08:00

1. Name a movie that you've seen more than 10 times
a few actually, Totoro, and Chau Sing Chee's movies

2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in the cinema
nope, too little time too many movies

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a movie
a few actually, morgan freeman, jake gyllenhaal, edward norton, dustin hoffman

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to watch a movie
a few also, adam sandler, ben stiller, murphy brown, tobey mcguire

5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from
Survive Style 5+ : what's your function in life ? The Sixth Sense : I see dead people

6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs
The Sound of Music perhaps : but not ALL of them i could remember. another one is Empire Records , i luv all the songs there, but not to the extent of remembering all the lyrics

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with
Take my breath away (Top Gun), Somewhere over the rainbow (Wizard of Ox)

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone to see
Little Miss Sunshine !

9. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops
Jamie Fox ?

10. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?
Nope

11. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it
plenty, the most recent one is Perfume. miss that when it actually got to show in the cinema here. :-(

12. Ever walked out of a movie?
yeah, a super boring Thai horror flick ,forgot its name. we walked out after the first 15 mins and sneaked into The Devil Wears Prada which was happened to be nextdoor.

13. Name a movie that made you cry in the cinema
Million Dollar Baby, a few more

14. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?
horror, indie, biopic

15. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?
Jurassic Park ? that's the one i can remember (coz i was q-ing up with my parents, those before that doesn't really leave a mark in my memory )

16. What movie do you wish you had never seen?
a lot actually, the recent one will be Lady in the Water

17. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?
Barton Fink, it makes you feel uneasy throughout the movie, but you'll still stick to the end

18. What is the scariest movie you've seen?
when i was younger, is the Exorcist, the recent one is The Ring (jap version), only the last scene. you know which one right ?

19. What is the funniest movie you've seen?
Chau Sing Chee's movies when i was younger, the recent one will be the Shaun of the Dead, hahaha, the movie title alone could make me laugh

what's your thought on these ?

2007-04-28T22:06:00.000+08:00

good art

2007-04-28T21:56:00.000+08:00

good art

2007-04-28T21:49:00.000+08:00

good stuff

2007-04-28T21:13:00.000+08:00

Mira Calix

2007-04-26T10:13:00.000+08:00

her real name is Chantal Passamonte.she plays neat and good shit. dig her album covers as well. blend well with her music & her flawless vocals.

Favourite Worst Nightmare

2007-04-25T11:37:00.000+08:00

luv them. they never let me down !

overall is good. alex turner's vocal got me really rooted on this particular track - Only One Who Knows. bass-less & drum-less track. more or less a song on a dying relationship.

Only Ones Who Know Lyrics
In a foreign place, the saving grace was the feeling,

That it was a heart that he was stealing,

Oh he was ready to impress and the fierce excitement,

The eyes are bright he couldnt wait to get away,

I bet the juliet was just the icing on the cake,

Make no mistake no,

And even if somehow we could have shown you the place you wanted,

Well I'm sure you could have made it that bit better on your own

And I bet she told a million people that she'd stay in touch,

Well all the little promises they dont mean much,

When theres memories to be made,

And I hope you're holding hands by new years eve,

They made it far too easy to believe,

That true romance cant be achieved these days,(so fucking true!i so fucking agree)

And even if somehow could have shown you the place you wanted,

Well I'm sure you could have made it that bit better on your own,

You are the only ones who know

reading list for the freakishly serious and the seriously freaky......

2007-04-23T12:39:00.000+08:00

grab these from PaperMag

Lars Nilsson, creative director of the French fashion house Nina Ricci:
1. The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer by David Leavitt
2. Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and his Black-and-White Ball by Deborah Davis
3. Brando Unzipped by Darwin Porter
4. Isherwood: A Life Revealed by Peter Parker
5. The Muses Are Heard by Truman Capote

Tad Friend, writer for The New Yorker and author of Lost in Mongolia:
1. March by Geraldine Brooks
2. The Last Face You'll Ever See by Ivan Solotaroff
3. The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp, M.D.
4. What to Expect in Your Baby's First Year by Heidi Murkoff, Sandee Hathaway and Arlene Eisenberg ("...")
5. Did I mention that my wife and I are expecting twins?

Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis, writer:
1. Marie Antoinette by Stefan Zweig
2. Mademoiselle de Maupin by Theophile Gautier
3. The Odyssey by Homer
4. Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions by Pope Benedict XVI
5. King Wren: The Youth of Henri IV by Heinrich Mann

Debi Mazar, actress on HBO's Entourage:
1. Easter Rising: An Irish-American Coming Up from Under by Michael Patrick MacDonald
2. Living Presence by Kabir Edmund Helminski
3. Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda
4. Italian with Ease by ASSiMiL Books
5. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Karen O, singer/songwriter for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs:
1. Cosmos by Witold Gombrowicz
2. A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert
3. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories by Carson McCullers
4. Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
5. The Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates

Maripol, artist:
1. Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln
2. The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq
3. Platform by Michel Houellebecq
4. Think Like a Genius by Todd Siler
5. Perfume by Patrick Skind

hou lan wong ah (i'm so fucking prosperous & lucky)

2007-04-20T12:22:00.000+08:00

can ATHF chase the bad luck away from me? go Frylock go !

could hardly wait for them in big screen...

they said when you're consistently showered by bad lucks. you should keep telling yourself that you're the most lucky and prosperous person in the world, or say things which are the opposite of it.

it will reduce the negative energy from accumulating and in the hope of bringing good luck in.

so i have to steal the tagline of Digi and perhaps should dress myself from head-to-toe in yellow !

bad luck sui-ness go away, come back in no other day!

digger for these

2007-04-16T11:29:00.000+08:00

stole this from a interior design webby. i want my wallpaper to be that way!

been digging these lately

1. samamidon -the album: but this chicken proved false-hearted (courtesy of Boon)

2. 65daysofstatic - the album: the destruction of small ideals

3. maximo park - the album: our earthly pleasures

4. stars of the lid - the album: and their refinement of the decline

5. kings of leaon - the album: because of the times

6. xiu xiu - all the albums

7. cornelius - the album : sensuous (super duper good!)

8. M.I.A. - the album : bird flu

Snatch

2007-04-14T23:31:00.000+08:00

another witty & high-energy flick by guy ritchie. i find it way way way better than lock, stock. this is more composed, more sub-plots and more narration on each character. but it is still another film on masculinsm. i really wonder when will guy do a movie on feminism. madonna please help to look into that. just look will do, don't bother to act in it.
everyone does well, including brad pitt (he reminds me of Fight Club during his fighting scenes). guy looks pretty restless on the plots. each plot is closely connected to each other, giving you no room for a breather. he tends to use this fast-forward effects to make things look more lively.
MONEY is the main theme. followed closely by revenge. diamond is a gal's best friend - the same thing can be applied in this movie everyone is after the diamond, 86 carats. fuuyoh ! well i wasn't really attracted to it cause it goes pale in comparison with the characters' name
franky four fingers
boris the blade
brick top
cool names innit ?
i got a bit messed up with the characters towards the middle, as in who is after who and who's killed who, etc etc. yet i'm still hanging on to it tightly cause i've fallen in luv to the mood and the flow of the movie, just like the Layer Cake. and oh yeah, the one thing that i know brit indie flick won't let me down, for sure, is their movie soundtrack - infused with indie music ! if you compare this with lock, stock. the latter has more indie rock songs ! yay. also not forgotting dry brit humour. most of the pricks in it are pretty dumb but still in for big the money.
i was asked this question once : i notice you like to watch this sort of gangsta/mafia movie, why ? reason being : movie is supposed to fill in the gap of the realism and the surrealism. i think gangsta /mafia flick does it. (to me at least)
rated 7.9/10

survive style 5+

2007-04-14T13:56:00.000+08:00

my fav scene - with the Cake's i will survive as the b/ground music - awesome !
good colour composition

definitely in one of the best movie i've seen so far for this year !

5 + simply means it is made up of 5 stories

1. a husband whom is in a constant wish to kill his wife whom seems to have superpower - strong, tough and able to fly. they live in a beautiful house with colourful theme for each room, long walkways, antique and unique ornaments, (i wish my house could look like that). they don't talk to each other, no script for them. all is about action. how they try to kill each other. they finally feel tired of killing each other at last and they have actually began to treat each other differently like exchanging glances & smiles, the wife actually decorate the already beautiful house for christmas with grotesque christmas ornaments and they are sitting down together admiring the wonderful house and enjoying a moment together. it all ended when vinnie jones (the paid-killer) knocked on the door and found out that the wife that he was supposed to kill (as ordered by the husband previously) is still alive. he went mad and immediately killed her on the spot. i dont' know whether to classify this as a happy or sad story. i would decipher it as the couple is having some problem, hence the husband is always visualizing about how he had killed the wife and how the wife wanna kill him. he even get the help from the murder service to have his wife killed. but in the end he seems to have softened up and decided to give a second chance to their marriage. but it was too late. it might look very 'kill bill ' but deep down inside the message is simply about forgiving.

2. yoko the creative director of an ad agency (yeah this is a movie created by the Dentsu in Jap) is always in a state of trance by having strange ideas for her ads. she always laugh at her joke, but deep down inside she has this constant doubt of her ideas as in its functionality. she could be happy for a second and depressed for the next second. a typical city folks -forever in a confused state-of-mind. her love affair with abe is simply some icing to the cake. simply to let you know that she doesn't allow any 'grey' matter in her life. either she love you or she hate you. period.

3. a happy family living in a big house with 2 beautiful children. father is the solely breadwinner for the family. things changed after they went to a famous hypnotist show (a talk of the town kinda show) where the father volunteered to be hypnotized to become a bird. but the hypnotist was murdered before the show ended. thus left the father stranded forever as a bird but with the body of human. the family went for all sorts of doctor to cure him but to no avail. in the end they finally able to accept him whole-heartedly as what he is now thanks to the youngest son. i luv this story the most, i luv his son, he is so witty, he sees things through the heart and soul. he knows that the father is tired of being the solely breadwinner, and he can see that he is happy now as a bird. he said this that really touched me deep down inside ' he is my dad and he is a bird' the scene where his dad fly in the sky with the husband (in the 1st story) with the song 'i will survive' by cake as the background music is so perfect ! the song is not about break-up here but about changes ! people are very sceptical and afraid to make any changes. but they forget that there's another horizon waiting to be unfold after you've made the changes.

4. 3 small-time pricks and the homosexual love stories between 2 of the guys. pretty loose story, not really able to tie with the rest. but i luv the music cue that strikes up whenever the gay couple staring at each other lovingly (anyone knows the song?)

5. vinnie jones as the owner of a murder house. he is constantly finding the answer to his favourite existential question -what is your function in life ? he is always with a japanese guy as his translator. i find his story pretty annoying due to the fact that i can't hear what he says, because he will speak in english and the translator will do the translation at the same time. argh ! the story could barely support the rest, why need vinnie jones, any jap actor with the killer face will do the same wonder.

they have beautiful visual presentation, wonderful actor & actress, matching song, humane storyline.

i think it deserves 8.8/10

before i forget....

2007-04-14T11:22:00.000+08:00

some highlights of my life for the past few weeks :

Apartment Khunpa's gig (cross border) (22nd march)
the opening band was pretty boring, it was a rainy thursday night, the crowd was lessen by 50%. i came from a hearty and sumptuous dinner + after dinner drink. but still couldn't resist ordering a Mai Tai (to layan it with Apartment Khunpa's music). maybe i set my expectations too high. i don't find all their songs to be very nice. some are too emo, some all too monotonous, but the last few songs were pretty good. esp the slow ones. the lead singer did a good job, with his own style of body language, dance steps and voice. by the way, the Mai Tai was so-so only. i still prefer Pina Colada !

zouk's anniversary -TAG - the usual routine but not with the usual gang, heh. (23th march)
so tonight is suppose to be the 3th anniversay of Zouk (everyone was asking, 3 years only meh?!) anyway, the theme was supposed to be some hollywood glamour shit. but being malaysian, we normally don't give a shit. free-flow started from 9pm, i arrived about 10++, full house !!! as if they are giving out cash money on the door. can't even squeeze into the VIP lane. forget it. went to upstairs and stick to my routine. hang out with this group of fun & lovin friends. and we share the same taste in music !! they have very distinctive hairstyle, dressing, tattoos, etc.. one of them actually speaks a different language when she gets tipsy. hahaha. cute !

Tatsuya Yoshida (from The Ruins) 24th march
in case you wonder, here's the write-up on the email flyer:
Ruins Alone is Tatsuya Yoshida (of Japanese avant-punk legends The Ruins),one monstrous character who is described in wikipedia as "the "indisputablemaster drummer of the Japanese underground" & "rhythm section goneballistic".Tatsuya uses "elements ofeverything from sheer noise to disco and pop."For those who have been digging the wonderfully rich tapestry of Japaneseavant-punk/experimental & out-there rock music, Yoshida-san is a legend whohave been playing with tonnes of extremely godly names such as John Zorn,Painkiller, Keiji Heino, Mike Patton, Acid Mothers Temple etc.
it was held in an art gallery at Annexe Central Market. a small room with woody touch with lotsa painting on the wall. the opening act was done by Ciplak and Akta Angkasalepas (i hope i get the name right). they didn't play any proper music, it's all experimental sound, like the sound of you zip and unzip your jacket/pants, puking sound, throat sound, mess-up guitar sound, mess-up drum sound, and some visual stuff like burning the jacket and put their body on fire. i saw people start moving away from their place until the main act of the nite came on stage.
Yoshida is man in late thirties wearing a golden-rimmed glasses. he is a full time designer and part time musician. people from nowhere start flowing in when he was doing the sound-check. tighten-up your seat back and ready for the journey into sound ! his drum skill is extraordinary, fast and accurate, that's why he could afford to do all the mixing using the synthesizer and add in some weird vocals by himself. his music is a mixture of drum sound, trip hop, metal rock and his distinctive vocals (not really singing but some high-pitched shouting).
when the show was over, my ear was abit blocky (the venue isn't so suitable for this kinda noisy gig, no sound proof at all, everything is in wood and concrete). but it was an eye-opener for me. saturday night not wasted !

birthday party at Sanctuary (27th march)
for a friend who claimed that he was a Thai in the life before
i am starting to believe it, he has the Thai's quality. party hard, drink hard, play hard,
the organiser was trying to set up lotsa surprises for him, like stalking him into the cinema and bash him up after the movie was over, but all the plan A, plan B and plan C failed simply because too many unexpectations. the movie plan failed because no more seats left (mind you don't underestimate Mr Bean). so at last they all decided to just hang around The Curve while waiting for the birthday boy to finish up his movie.
JW was served like water during that night. birthday boy was drinking it NEAT most of the time. but yet i didn't see any signs of him being tipsy or a bit on the high side. Champion !
it's a tuesday night, so the club was pretty quiet. everything started to move to the slow side pretty early ard 1am++. i was pretty sober, but still manage to enjoy myself :-)

Blood donation (30th march)
it's friday ! after a hard-day of work, we decided it's time to pay back to the society with our blood. it feels good after donating blood, you feel kinda refreshed. this event is organised by a renowned property developer, so they actually serve you buffet after blood donation, and some premium like t-shirt, key chain and a cert.
QUESTION : is it bad for health if i down a few glasses of beer after donating blood ?
being in a high state, why not stop over twilight for a dose of indie music ? good move, ended up too exhausted till i couldn't drive back home till the next day. champion konon.

Stomp the Yard (31th march)
it's a last min plan with my bitch. i knew i will sure fall asleep in the cinema, true enough. never walk into the cinema when you're half hangover & lack of sleep. i think is not fair for me to rate the movie, but i think overall is 'pass'. it's the 31st of the month that day, so basically all the Baskin Robins had this long queue which for a moment you thought they were giving out cash money. thank god i'm not a big fan of BR 31 , prefer Andersen. i am not sure is it the age factor or what, i'm losing my interests in hitting the mall during weekends. nothing but just crowd crowd and crowd.

6.30am vs an unforgettable farewell bash (2nd - 6th april)
for the whole week i've been getting up at 6.30am, for a campaign that is goin on - compulsory to be in the office before 9am. shit wei. the last day was hellish, i could feel that my energy and battery level is so low that is beyond the chargeable limit. and so happen that friday night is a must-go-out night (farewell for a foreign friend whom is leaving malaysia for good). i thought i could catch some quality nap in between the hours, but i guess when you're too too too tired, you just can't nap. dragging my tired body to the twilight, i decided not to give a damn to anything but just drink the hell out of it. it was an unforgettable night, trust me.

forget about yoji, onto black circuit party (7th Apr)
champion habis me. i was granted a free ticket by the speedzone for the yoji's rave. but my lazy bump told me not to claim it during 5-7pm, thought i could buy it at the door. bad news came in around 8pm telling me that tickets were all sold out, ticket booth was all closed. frantically i jogged my phone up and down and dialled every possible number that could get me ONE ticket. it all came back with the same answer. 'babe, is really sold out, unless you go over now and look for the people you know, you have to be there physically, maybe they will let you in without the ticket'. fuck, i was thinking, why not give it a try ? but as i was driving near the KL Tower, i could sense that something is not so right, the traffic actually started way way before there, and everywhere is badly jammed up. not to mention to find a car parking space nearby. so i said to myself - forget it. moral of the story is - never take a free ticket for granted.
so i went over to Aloha for the Johnie Walker black circuit party - hip hop night with dj from Taipei (yay). it was a fun night with my old buddy and some new friends. free flow of JW - on the rock baby, rawks ! happy to bump into some friends which have not met for some time, and friend that you've just met but they happen to remember you pretty well. ;-)
as i was busy dancing to JT, Ciara, PDD, PCD, Nelly , friends in yoji actually text me saying that they were pretty pissed and was leaving the party earlier. couldn't take it anymore. so packed that they could not even move their head around. well well well, i went speechless for a while.

hellish

2007-04-13T15:29:00.000+08:00

ain't a big fan of him, just luv this photo

y'day was hellish, trust me, until i lost mood in everything - ditched the gym, ditched everyone, i just need some time on my own. to put my thoughts and myself together. looks like i need to look at things in another perspective.

the chinese feng shui said you will go through a bad cycle for 5 yrs, then another good cycle for 5 yrs. but how come my bad cycle is like never-ending ?

nelly furtado said 'why does all good things come to an end'

i said 'why does all bad things never end ? esp on me ? '

sigh.

on the way (our fav line)

2007-04-02T10:43:00.000+08:00

i like this kinda drawing and the colours, favourite yellow !

i've been lazing for so long, not that i'm in a state of honeymoon or in the lala-land or whatsoever that makes me too happy until couldn't find anytime to write anything.

i'm just pretty worried about certain things lately- career, money, etc etc. that's why my fingers are busy crossing themselves till they couldn't spare anytime on anything else !

anyway, i'm planning on a long entry, to update on all the things that happened (be it good or bad) when i wasn't blogging. heh.

stay tuned !

reality checks

2007-03-22T18:09:00.000+08:00

slowly and gradually i pick up the bits and pieces of the fact that

1. nothing is forever, not even those friends that you think could last you till the day you die.
2. ambiguosity is a bitch. either you get what you want or you fuck up a big time.
3. truthful and sincere friendship is getting harder and harder to get as you aged.
4. everyone has its own agenda, the free gap in yours doesn't mean the same to mine.
5. a true friend will not use you to please its other friends. that's the lamest thing to do if you are a human of dignity.
6. whatever has happened is a fact albeit it is a history. you can't erase the past.
7. it goes like a cycle. you are always fated to bump into people that you used to be real close after a very long time.
8. keep your friend close, keep your enemies even closer. if i so happen to fall into your category of enemies. so learn to luv me bitch. muacks.
9. is not hard for me to distinguish between real and fake. so stop tryin too hard. is ugly if you can't even do the 'real' part, what again faking stuff.
10. our directions in life and our valuation system towards human, material and soul is going in a different direction - blame no one - that's part of the process of growing up.

lately, i've been listening to.....

2007-03-21T14:34:00.000+08:00

1. tim hecker - the album - harmony in ultraviolet
2. lupe fiasco - catchy
3. the klaxons - esp the track gravity's rainbow & four horsemen
4. arcade fire - the album - neon bible (although not as catchy as the 1st, but at least it is not a 'sophomore jinx' kinda scenario
5. juggaknots - the album - use your confusions - SO KICK-ASS
6. OOIOO - the album - taiga - good when you need just wordless music to unwind
7. dalek - everything of it
8. air - pocket symphony
9. modest mouse - their new album - we were dead before the ship even sank - the album title is more catchy than its music - maybe it takes time to digest...
10. 50 cents - the track 'you don't know' - i seriously don't know why i'm digging it so much out of a sudden

The Beat that my Heart Skipped (De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté)

2007-03-21T12:22:00.000+08:00

i prefer this french version poster, it says more with the blood on his shirt.

so i went for it last night at the only place in town that show the movie-cineleisure d'sara - its Picture House section (something like GSC International screen) where they will show those damn nice flicks without you knowing it, unless u check their movie listing everyday. heh.

i've been wanting to watch it, reasons being :

1. i dig the movie title

2. i dig movie with piano as the co-theme

overall is quite a good one, albeit there are some draggy part in between. i have some questions

1. what is the electro (which i think is electroclash ) that thomas is digging with his Sony headphone ? i know plenty of telepopmusik and bloc party are playing in his headphone, but what are the electro stuff that he said he luv and he happily shared it with his dad.

2. what is the beat that actually makes his heart skipped a beat ? at first i thought was the extraordinary relationship of him between his thuggish life and classical piano music. but towards the end of the movie. i think the beat was simply when he is holding the gun deciding whether to cross over to the dark side by ending the life of the notorious russian guy. (that's why the french poster speaks for a thousand words).

personally i think thomas is a typical guy approaching 30. not sure of his directions in life and tend to look back to the past. his has this ambiguous feelings towards everyone around him. to his colleague's wife that he slept with (is lust more than love), to his piano coach (whom eventually became his girlfriend) and to his father (i think he loves him the most ). after a failing the audition, he finally realised that his talent is not in piano playing. his passion for playing piano was simply just a nostalgic spot that he had for his late mother. the last scene was shown with blood on his Christian Dior white shirt (as on the french poster) depicted that he ain't in favour of a thuggish life but he did that for his late father. that's why towards the end he had actually changed from his funky Chelsea boots to a normal leather shoes. (i kinda dig his Chelsea boots!)

is a french movie, so you don't have to worry about not seeing any nice shirts, jacket or shoes. i luv all the shirts that thomas was wearing in the movie, especially those he wore to this piano lessons. it is so subtle yet attractive. his black leather jacket still tops it all ! vintage and used leather jacket. priceless !

i was told that it was a remake of Fingers (1978). besides that, i watched Zodiac's trailer. wow, it has my 3 favourite stars in it - jake, chloe and robert jr. !

rate 6/10

Elizabethtown

2007-03-17T22:59:00.000+08:00

so romantic, watching sunrise together

one of my favourite scene

directed by cameron crowe , whom also directed Vanila Sky, Jerry McGuire & Almost Famous

ain't a big fan of kirsten and orlando. but i thought i need to watch a laid-back movie. so it went. quite a touching movie, laced with family, friends and lovers' love. i like the character played by kirsten, she is mysterious, witty and bubbly at the same time. orlando's performance was just passable. susan sarandon is good, she has only 3-4 scenes. but she stole the limelight, especially the last scene, where she gave her speech during her husband's funeral.

the movie is full of witty quotes. here are some of it :-
I’m impossible to forget, but hard to remember.

There's a big difference between a failure and a fiasco.

Is there such a thing as partial cremation.

Drew, it was real, and it was great, and it was really great. (this is a great dump-line. orlando's gf said this to end their relationship)

Men see things in a box, and women see them in a round room.(i luv this quote the most)

I think I've been asleep most of my life.

Hey, you're only 45 minutes away. You wanna meet halfway and see the sunrise? At this point it's probably easier to stay up!

What is that word...? Whimsical! (orlando said this when he went and see his father's deadbody)

I don't know a lot about everything, but I do know a lot about the part of everything that I know, which is people.

I've just recently decided that the things we know aren't black and white.

I've spent so much time thinking about all the answers to the problem, that I forget what the problem *actually* was.

Death and life. And death and life. Right *next door* to each other! There's like, there's a hair between them. (this is so true, death and life is just separated by a fine thin line)

I want you to get into the deep beautiful melancholy of everything that's happened. (i will melt if someone say this to me ;-)

It takes time to be funny. It takes time to extract joy from life. (susan sarandon said this during her speech at her husband's funeral)

Sadness is easier because its surrender. I say make time to dance alone with one hand waving free.

I'm going to miss your lips. And everything attached to them.

If it wasn't this... it'd be something else. (orlando's deceased father famous line)

300 - Honour, Glory & Love

2007-03-16T14:04:00.000+08:00

reminds me of darth vader
village demonished by the brutal beast
reminds me of lady in the water - shyamalan's

interesting script was written for this scene

kill je la

spartan - i luv the thing that spartan wear on the head, reminds me of trojan washing powder

again trojan washing powder

this is spartan !

personally i don't really like it. i expect something more gore, more brutal, more blood-splattering ,more chiseled flesh....

the history part was pretty comprehensive.

the costume design - awesome, especially the greek ladies and of course the persian king Xerxes (what a name to pronounce !) i can't help but admiring those accessories he was wearing.

the fighting scene was ok, get to see plenty quite fake looking head flying here & there.

virtual backgrounds + dark sepia & muted color tones = graphic novel roots sensation + visual and audible feast for the senses. (bravo)

the music - blended orchestral + heavy metal score (bravo also)

rate 6/10

yohji, margiela, V&R, manish arora - grotesque stuff !

2007-03-15T16:05:00.000+08:00

moschino - needless to wear anything. just get the tan will do.
yohji yamamoto mocking LV

yohji again

viktor & rolf

martin margiela

manish arora - new dehli's designer (my pick)

manish arora again

gareth pugh (uk)

tagged by lil271 ! i'm a weirdo in 6 ways...

2007-03-15T11:03:00.000+08:00

honourly tagged by lil271 to write on my 6 weirdness

the rules are as follows; each person who gets tagged needs to write a blog post of their own 6 idiosyncrasies (abnormal behaviour, habits etc.) as well as clearly state this rule. after you state your 6 weirdness you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their multiply id at the bottom of your blog. don’t forget to leave a comment that says "you’re tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog for information as to what it means."

here you go !

1. dislike talkin on the phone (unless is work-related). i have this tingling sensation in my head after chattin for a while. hate it. that's why i hardly talk alot over the handphone. i prefer sms sometimes.

2. i read the newspaper backwards. i prefer to read what is goin out outside malaysia. local news is very much the same everyday. ini gaduh itu, itu gaduh ini. ini rasuah itu, itu rasuah ini.

3. i can eat desserts as a meal. be it lunch or dinner. even breakfast. y'day i had a hell lotta brownie for breakfast. courtesy of my sis. she got them from the house of brownie.

4. my eyes tend to wander when i'm having a conversation with anyone. i just luv observing people. everyone is like a storybook. waiting to be unfold.

5. i have a thing for guy that looks not so clean, not so proper, not so decent. appearance wise i mean.

6. i dislike taking bath or shower. i wouldn't do that more that twice a day. unless i hit the gym or something like that. and i took at least half an hour for that. don't ask me why it takes me so long. i just need to do it MY WAY.

seira, shuk yin, fonkey monkey, jill chow, jerry, casey loh - you're tagged to do what i've just did.

Lion's Head 獅子頭

2007-03-13T12:53:00.000+08:00

Lion's head is a HuaiYang dish consisting of large meatballs (pork) (about 7-10cm in diameter) stewed with vegetables.

The name derives from the shape of the cabbage, which together with the meatball resemble a lion's head.
The dish originated from the region of YangZhou and ZhenJiang in JiangSu province. Jiangsu Cuisine's main cooking techniques are braising and stewing, thereby enhancing the original flavor and sauce. The elegant color, novel sculpts, with salt and sweet taste will soothe your stomach. The Jiangsu cuisine has several branches, including Shanghai cuisine.

In northern China, especially in Beijing, the dish is known as "Sixi Wanzi" ("Four Happy Balls") because the meatballs are usually served in a set of four.

First mix the ground pork, egg white, crabmeat, rice wine, salt, scallions and ginger into a rather stiff mixture. Then divide it into 4 portions and roll each portion into a meatball. Add cabbage, chicken broth together with meatballs into casserole and place on low heat and simmer for long time until its done.

It has the fragrance of the pork and crab and the color of the dish is as bright as orange.

It tastes rich but not greasy.

p/s : the most authentic lion's head , so far in KL can be found at Jade Express at Lot 10. albeit the crab and ginger taste is not that strong. but they added the most unhealthy but yummy ingredient in the middle of the meatball - salted egg york.

try it. if you're a non-Muslim. heh. (no way you could substitute the pork with chicken or turkey, as suggested by some cook book, the good taste is gone !)
my new obsession - as in food. heh.

Juno Mak 麥浚龍

2007-03-13T10:11:00.000+08:00

i am always grateful about one thing. able to read and write chinese.

he is the only one young artist in HK that i could appreciate, especially on his passion in music (dark trip hop) and fashion (streetwear)

i got the know about his blog this morning, and i got so carried away reading it.

i like his taste in movies.

check it out ..... if you are able to read chinese.

http://www.think-silly.com/juno/

A Scanner Darkly - (same initial with Substance D)

2007-03-12T00:09:00.000+08:00

my fav character in the movie & one of my fav actor
movie that will never get to show here. basket.

Directed by richard linklater - whom also directed before sunrise, before sunset, school of rock , etc. he filmed the movie digitally using Rotoshop - an animation tech called interpolated rotoscope which was previously used in his movie 'waking life'. he uses this tech because it could give audience an experience of lucid dreaming.

it was based on the novel by philip k. dick whose famous works include 'blade runner'.

keanu is the undercover to spy on a group of heavy drug user. the story backgroud is 'seven years from now' that is the period when US lost on war with drug. SUBSTANCE D is an highly addictive drug, to combat the war with substance d, the US government invented a scanner system which uses a 'scramble suit' to disguise a person's gender, voice and basically everything.

keanu fallen in luv with winona, a drug dealer and heavy drug user, only to realise that she is actually his boss (his superior who often disguise in the 'scramble suit' as Hank. keanu later got addicted to substance D which has stopped the two hemispheres of his brain from communicating. As a result, Arctor is no longer able to distinguish between his roles as a drug user and a policeman, which makes him incapable of performing his job as a narcotics agent. it's a conspiracy without him realising where winona is actually part of a greater police operation to infiltrate New Path, and Arctor had been selected, without his knowledge or consent, to carry out the sting. New Path is a rehabilitation program where keanu is renamed "Bruce" and put through psychological reconditioning treatments. he has serious neurocognitive deficits from his withdrawal from Substance D, which has turned him into a mentally retarded, childlike automaton. To further his rehabilitation, they send him to work at an isolated New Path corn farm.

here's the best scene , and the last scene as well, where keanu spotted rows of blue flowers hidden between rows of corn; these blue flowers are the plant source of Substance D. As the film ends, keanu hides one of the blue flowers in his boot, so that, when he returns to the city New Path clinic during Thanksgiving, he can give it to his 'friends' -undercover police agents i.e. winona

it's very pathetic to see people wasted their precious life on drug abuse.

keep your mind and body clean.

i would rate 8/10

Donnie Brasco

2007-03-11T17:52:00.000+08:00

a more kick-ass gangsta movie - at least to The Departed

it has two of my fav actors - al pacino & johnny depp- how could i resist ?

it was based on a true story - joseph d. pistone aka donnie brasco alias Donnie Brasco, was an FBI agent who worked undercover for 5 years in NY city for the mafia Bonanno family.

johnny depp plays the role of donnie, alongside with the wise man 'lefty' -al pacino who always stood up for him. even though he knew that he was the rat in the family at last.

i luv the role of lefty more than donnie. lefty has this double characteristics. he always called himself the wise guy, he said ' a wise guy never pay for his drinks'. although he is a mafia, he has a family and enjoy watching animal planet at home. he delivers little nuances here and there that define his character and show that if he hadn't fallen in the wrong crowd decades ago, he might have turned out to be an okay guy.

his best scene is when his junkie son was hospitalised,he broke down on his knees and cried. he still remember that his son was borned in the same hospital 28 years ago, where he was lying on the bed looking sick, exactly the same thing happen after 28 years, but this time the doc said his son's heart stop beating, just like a watch stop moving. they need to pump his heart back. hearing this, depp was touched by his paternal love. he decided to stay by his side and support him throughout the ordeal. the friendship between lefty and donnie is one the most beautiful friendship in the cinematic history. they bonded within a short time. and donnie wanted to give lefty the money to get him out of the mafia because he's been wanting to do that, he just doesn't know how to get out of the mob world. the longer the two men are together the more of Lefty's behavior and mannerisms donnie seems to pick up and use even in his personal life.

another scene i like - the massacre - where they drag donnie along to do the 'cutting' for the corpses . donnie put up a good performance, you can see those muscles on his face are shivering and trembling.

they said any film about Italian gangsters seems to need a scene of cooking. true enough, there's a scene where they divide the cash money next to a kitchen table where a chef is busy baking pizza.

again 8.5/10

400 blows

2007-03-11T17:20:00.000+08:00

famous last scene - Antoine ran to the sea and everything ended in this freeze pane
i prefer this movie poster to the other one because it has the famous last scene

i feel like doing a movie marathon so i ransacked my sister's collection of DVD

it is the film of the french new wave. also the biography of the director - François Truffaut, it was drawn directly out of Truffaut's heart. It is dedicated to Andre Bazin, the influential French film critic who took the fatherless Truffaut under his arm at a time when the young man seemed to stand between life as a filmmaker and life in trouble.

it can be divided to 3 parts

antoine in the family

antoine in school

antoine in detention centre then to a work camp

there are a few scenes that i like in the movie

1. antoine plays a rotating silinder-shaped thingy with rene. he kept moving his body upside-down in order to get the maximum excitement.

2. antoine being interrogated at the detention centre, where he tells everything about his family, how he became the unwanted burden for his family, he only lives with the mum when the relatives passed away, his mum got him before she was married and married to the step-dad just to give antoine the first name. he was fed poorly, sleep in a sleeping bag instead of a cosy bed.

3. antoine escaped from the work camp during a soccer game. he kept running for more than hours, passing by the farms, the mountain, the highway and finally into the sea. he tried to ran into the sea but he turned back.

the last scene says so much, and it rounded up the whole movie perfectly. caught between land and water, between past and future. It is the first time he has seen the sea.

i would rate 8.5/10

Muse & Air

2007-03-09T15:47:00.000+08:00

sing for absolution was taken for this album - absolution - MUSE

one hell of a party was taken from this album - pocket symphony - AIR

MY RECENT DARLINGs it just keep looping and looping in my playlist.......

SING FOR ABSOLUTION

Lips are turning blue A kiss that can't renew

I only dream of you My beautiful

Tip toe to your room A starlight in the gloom

I only dream of you And you never knew

Sing for absolution I will be singing And falling from your grace ooh

There's nowhere left to hide In no one to confide

The truth burns deep inside And will never die

Lips are turning blue A kiss that can't renew

I only dream of you My beautiful

Sing for absolution I will be singing Falling from your grace

Sing for absolutionI will be singing Falling from your grace yeah

Our wrongs remain unrectified And our souls won't be exhumed

ONE HELL OF A PARTY (vocals by JARVIS COCKER ! )

Please do not follow where I am leading Someone must clear these things away

Here in the burnt out husk of the morning Struck out with nothing left to say

Yeah this was one hell of a party Nobody ever got to bed

But the morning after's killing me And I have to rest my head

And just where were we trying to get to I can't recall one single word

And the faces that pushed themselves before you Congeal into one, nothing transferred

This was one hell of a party And it's still living in my head

But the morning after shines so cold So follow where I live

This was one hell of a party Nobody got to go to bed

Let's face it now, it's over But this morning after's killing me

rant + dalek's abandoned language

2007-03-09T12:30:00.000+08:00

my latest obsession - dalek's abandoned language

i've been so busy lately, with all sorts of everything and nothing. sigh.
i'm trying to change my lifestyle, to a more productive and healthy way. i think i'm slowing working my way towards it.
i think my life has come to a certain point where a change is compulsory, or else i'll be static or not moving anywhere further. be it a crisis or a dilemma. but i'm gonna face it, change it and accept it with an open mind.
i do not know how to express it, but i keep having these confused and mixed feelings towards everything and everyone that is around me.
e.g. the feeling that i used to have for element A is slowing fading away and without me realising it, the new feeling or thoughts towards it will just come and take up the space of its previous feelings. it all happen so naturally and as-a-matter-of-fact-ly.
i don't know how long this process will take place ? or it is an never-ending process so that i could keep changing myself to a better me.
life is a bitch, but i luv bitching and being bitched !
whatever it is , i am always ready.
TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL !

mahjong, lion dance, ang pow ....

2007-03-04T23:15:00.000+08:00

plenty of 1st-time during this CNY

1. 1st time i see the world champion lion dance troop performing live , good shit ! with the pillars and them doing the stunts, mind you, the team i saw is just their junior team. i've kinda fallen in luv with lion dance after watching it. when is the annual lion dance competition that will normally be held in genting ?
2. 1st time i play mahjong, i took about few minutes to learn all the basic rules and story of each character, then i am playing ! i've fallen in luv, again. with mahjong. heh. is a brain-tickling game, you will do better if you are good at maths ,too bad i'm not :-(
3. 1st time i go for a rock concert during CNY . MUSE !
4. 1st time i get one whole week off for CNY.
5. 1st time i get crowned the queen of a fashion nite during CNY. and won lotsa pressie. yay !
6. 1st time in CNY where i only get to lou-sang for less than 5 times. heh.
7. 1st time where i didn't play any poker at all during CNY.

that's all for the 1st-time thingy.
i need to pack up my festive mood and buckle up for the year ahead !

Trip Hop - The Knowledge - Bed Club

2007-03-02T19:22:00.000+08:00

keep walking, trip hop !

from the almighty wikipedia, i found these

Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap) is a term coined by British dance magazine Mixmag, to describe DJ Shadow 's hip hop instrumentals that (inspired by Organized Konfusion's track "Releasing Hypnotical Gases") changed-up the beat and pallet mid-cut, giving the listener the impression they were on a musical journey. The word trip in the title refers to a psychedelic experience. Later, the Trip Hop description was applied to a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of England's hip hop and house scenes. Sometimes characterized by a reliance on breakbeats and a sample-heavy, often moody sound pioneered by Coldcut's remix of Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full", trip hop gained notice via popular artists such as Portishead, Björk, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Tricky, and rock-influenced sound groups such as Ruby, California's DJ Shadow, and the UK's Howie B.

basically the crowd is not much.

1. not many into trip hop, hip hop yes, plenty, but not trip hop.

2. it's on wednesday

3. it's at Bed.

4. not many aware about the freeflow

the knowledge is trying to educate us with trip hop. but i thought it should be darker.

to me i think the perfect trip hop party should be barely litted up, everyone dresses in black or anything lacey in black. played nothing or darker than portishead or sneaker pimp. dark, acidic, lotsa scratching, will make a great trip hop night. and of course better with free flow of any kinda of alcoholic drinks. heh.

it ended around 12. since it's a wednesday. i might as well swing by mambo jambo.

suddenly i feel like i'm hanging out with my mum & dad with their recorder on.

they said music is like wine, the older the better. i'm still pondering if it works that way for me.

Muse world tour '07 - are you asphyxiated ?

2007-02-26T20:01:00.000+08:00

kicked off on 25th feb 8pm

it was a fine sunday, kinda warm weather, i kinda lay low on the night before to reserve my 'battery' for the gig. heh. the ticket says starts at 8pm, i manage to arrive at 7pm. the stadium was already flooded with tonnes of skinny youngsters in black tight t-shirt and skinny black jeans. and lotsa stalls selling Muse t-shirt, in some dunnowhat kinda design, simply cut and paste the logo, tour dates and venue. etc etc. and some fake backstage pass for sale. WTF ? alright, pass that. let's fast forward to a few hours to the concert. it only started around 8.45pm. out of a sudden the whole stadium turned pitch dark and the drum sound of 'knight of cydonia ' kicked in. fucking awesome. i somehow or rather guessed so that that will be the first song, true enough. matt was kinda not steady with his vocals during the first few lines. but after that he was doing his shit. HE IS ONE HELL OF A ROCK STAR ! guitar and piano are like his second skin. he breathes through them ! piece of cake to him. not to mention his vocal ability. especially songs like 'knight of cydonia' , 'time is running ou' where you need to sing with all your emotions and strength at the right place. he manipulated his vocals flawlessly.

the middle part of the concert was infused with luv where matt serenaded a few of their slow songs with very minimal music. everyone started to wave with their lighter. for a glance it looked like fireflies near the river. what a scene to behold !

older songs were played towards the end of the concert. where people are pretty low on their energy level and can't really sing word-by-word for the whole song. the encore was pretty short. (but i was told it was longer than the one in sg). everything ended around 10.45pm, in a very smooth and disciplined manner.

i would rate 7.5/10