Usually, I'm not up for remakes or reboots, unless the films really sucked in the first place so the producers are restarting the franchise with new casts, new directors and new/old storylines.
I read that Michael Bay is remaking the Nightmare on Elm Street a few months ago. The movie is about this scarred killer with knifes for fingers, traumatizing kids in their dreams as they sleep. It is now a cult horror classic and apparently Jackie Earle Haley, AKA Rorscharch from the Watchmen movie, is taking on the iconic role of the crazed murderer. I must say, I was skeptical until I saw the trailer.
It looks good enough to catch it in the cinemas. Oh yes, since Drag Me To Hell, I love watching only GOOD horror films in crowded places with the lights off and good surround sound system...
Add this to my list of movies to catch this year, please!
Finally the exams are over and I want to thank God for that.
Mind you, it's a four-day process with four exams about management stuff. Yes, you don't have to tell me twice that it's boring. Trying to cram loads and loads of information into my head in a day's time and then chucking them right out after the paper is a very, very complex and difficult process. Trust me. After that third day, I couldn't take it anymore and I got really frustrated with the last examinable module and all its information. So I slept with unease, feeling the anger and guilt within myself accumulating to greater heights.
The only redeeming part of the next day was that I tore up some of the chapters I was not going to study and it felt damn good. My apologies to Mr. Azhar Abdul Salam... I don't hate your module really. It was just damn frustrating trying to remember all the facts.
Now that Hell has finally froze, I can relax and do some awesome things. Hmm... I don't know how to phrase the planned activities so I'm just going to list them according to the dates
1) Record an album for my friends
Apparently, my friends want to make an EP and I'm not only going to play the piano for them. I'm going to be the role of a music producer, looking out for the overall sound and all that jazz. I have doubts about the pianist role though. I'm not exactly what you call an awesome pianist who can come out with tunes right on the spot. Hmm...
2) Attend the Mosaic Music Festival
YES! With so many genres of music being played live at one venue, this is one event that I will not want to miss. Besides, it's free at some places. I'm going to ask some of my friends to come join me. I'm seriously considering paying to attend some performances. Mmm... Heineken Music Club...
3) Sydney Trip
Heading to Sydney with my poly mates this holiday season to visit some television network(Fox network, if I'm not wrong). It will be quite an experience because it's only been a year and I'm already going overseas with them! Wow! I'm really am excited about this one...But not as excited as to going to...
4) Europe!
So just one day right after I come back from Sydney, I'm going to head off to the European region with my Dad and my Elder Sister. What was seemed like a great opportunity to relax, explore and back-pack across the counties with only my Elder Sister was gone as my Dad isn't fine with the idea. Apparently, I'm a living magnet for shenanigans. So now, we're on a tour group and that sucks the excitement out of the trip... Oh well, it's still Europe so I shouldn't be complaining so much.
Yeah, so that's all for now. Don't worry, I'll do frequent updates about my upcoming activities on this blog since I'm free from my duties at school. Yayness!
Now, to leave you guys with an amazing video about T-Shirt War I saw on the Youtube. Credit goes to Wei Jie for introducing this to me. For your info, I'm not really particularly fond of stop-motion videos because it's becoming less and less unique. I just like the quirky storyline that this video offered =D
I guess as you age, life only gets tougher. I bet the guy who coined the phrase “Life is a bed of roses” had it easy for him. I wonder what’s his secret to living a stress-free life.
Primary school is what I call the honeymoon period in life. Kids go school and get education. Sometimes what the parents expect from the Education Package becomes more and surpasses their expectations. Children’s emotions begin to unveil itself in front of the opposite sex. Even their vocabulary starts to colour up their lives and parents start hearing really naughty things at home. Honestly, even I thought I had the best time of my life in primary school. But I didn’t swear as much except for “hell”.
But who are we to blame our children for learning. I think we should accept for what is going on but grind the ground values and beliefs into them so they know what is right and wrong.
Then comes the later part of secondary school. This is when opinions start to form and stereotyping begins. Students are forced to join clique or be ostracized. And homework is coming in like we’re receiving fan mails everyday. Oh ho ho! Life then sure sounds great. It’s not about the pressure that homework gives us; it’s about the peer pressure. Peer pressure is one of the main causes of depression and enlarging one’s ego bubble.
Secondary school also means exploring the different parts of your body in the presence of people of the opposite sex, if you get my drift. No, I’m not going that deep. I’m just talking about going first base and not getting a home run here unless teenagers are really stupid enough not to buy a condom before they do “it”. Sometimes, when teenagers feel lonely, they often try to find a companion to talk about their feelings then later they get lip locked.
Now, polytechnics and junior colleges are now considered the prime suffering period to me. In every test, assignments and ICAs, I have to be at the peak. Now, how the heck can I be at the top of my game every week? It’s not like I’m robot who can just accept assignments and go with the flow of it. And I have to compete with my classmates. I’m not really that awesome but I do try very hard to get things done without procrastinating.
After school, the suffering goes on and on, even until the workplace where bitter rivalry and jealousy between colleagues gives you a day of hell at work. It sets you thinking about Life in general.
I got this quote from a movie that pretty sums up everything that I had typed
“Life is just one beauty contest after another. Screw the rest and do what you love.”
But think about it, without all these suffering in Life, would you learn how to live your life to the max? The answer is no.
Because “Suffering” teaches us how to accept and embrace challenges.
I am feeling not so hot right now. Not like shining, bright hot, confident sun. I feel pretty much like a loser... So what better movie can I pick that is about losers?
Random fact: I tried being mute like Dwayne but it didn't work out as well as I thought it would be. I was devastated. =O
As many of you would not know, the Oscar Academy Awards committee had expanded the Best Picture category from 5 films to 10 films so as to garner people to watch the awards show as the mainstream films will be nominated. Though 2009 had a bunch of good films, but I thought only some of them deserve the Best Picture spot.
Just take a look at the nominations:
Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire A Serious Man Up Up in the Air
My pick for top 5 films to be nominated for the Oscar would be Avatar, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, The Hurt Locker and Up in the Air.
As much as I find Avatar to be overrated, I can't help but give Avatar a nod for creating such a surreal cinematic experience for the movie-goers. Despite it's groundbreaking effects and breakthrough in technology, the story still sucked.
You guys should know Inglourious Basterds. Hey, this movie came from Quentin Tarantino, one of the greatest directors working in the movie industry, so you should know how amazing this film is. If you haven't check it out, go rent it soon. Though set in Nazi-Occupied France, Quentin still has the knack for writing bad-ass dialogues for his characters.
As for the other 3 movies...
Jason Reitman, director of Up in the Air, proved himself to be a force to be reckon with only 3 amazing films under his belt in only a decade: Thank You For Smoking, Juno and finally this. His father would've been really proud of him. Though I haven't seen An Education, I think it is like a great period drama that Oscar needs for its Best Picture Category. The Hurt Locker is just simply an exceptional film about a bomb defuser in Iraq getting hooked to the tension and it deserves its nomination as well.
See that! You still can have mainstream films in your category with only 5 films! I don't see the point of expanding to 10 films...I'm rooting for either Inglourious Basterds or Up in the Air to win Best Picture...I don't think Avatar deserves it. Awarding The Hurt Locker would be fine as well.
"Random Thoughts for Valentine's Day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap." - Joel Barish, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
How true... Wouldn't you agree?
And it is such an amazing coincidence that the start of the new decade has our Chinese festivities coincide on the day lovers commemorate their love for each other. An encouragement to those swinging singles out there: Hey, at least we don't get to spend our V-Day alone this year! *Smiles*
Anyways, I just had my reunion dinner with my family for our Chinese New Year's Eve and I don't feel like celebrating. Partly, because the exams are coming and I hardly touched anything. But mainly, it's the typicality of CNY that drains the festive spirit out of me. Going to houses and houses to visit relatives of sorts... Seeing kids running around in their new, bright red clothes... Stuck in the car for at least 30 minutes and the only source of entertainment is a quarrel that involves something about monetary blessings packed in a red sack and a very bossy mother. Hmm... The horror of CNY fails to surprise me.
As for Love, I am going to forgo it and proceed with my life. I have a feeling I may be setting my sights on another girl who is also kind of cute and quirky in her own unique way. Hmm, I feel that I might have reveal too much information.
But, you know, the mind is sometimes a stubborn one. So... Time will tell.
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Time will reveal the secrets of the world to the possessor.
"Being left out. the whole context of it. everything that revolves around it. it’s just this inner circle with the imaginary boundary that I can never enter, right? it is just this cycle, where we would only be needed when one of the people in the circle isn’t there, when we actually get the inside joke…because it’s something we finally know about.
i’m sick of that imaginary boundary. i don’t give a fuck anymore. i don’t want to bother about trying to enter the circle. because even if i keep trying? nothing happens. i wouldn’t be part of anything. i will still be the extra one in the circle, and then i will have to step out because i felt like i wasn’t needed.
fuck it. i don’t even see the need of trying.
or wait…did i even bother trying after awhile? I think I did. but from the start, it was pretty damn obvious that I wasn’t needed."
That's what she says.
I feel useless for not being able to cheer this girl up. Oh, why do I care? I don' know. I guess I'm the only guy silly enough to believe that true Love still exists.
I was exposed to so much corny and cliched romance-comedy movies from a very young age that I also finally gave in and believed in true love. Though having seen love tragedies happened right before my eyes, from families to friends, I still held on to the belief that one day, I will find the One.
After reading what she posted on her blog-cum-photo album, I can only assume that she is in no state for a relationship for she is no longer a believer herself.
I do not have the ability to reignite the flame of passion in her for Love.
I'm not her ideal boyfriend as I pale in comparison to guys like Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I have no charming personality. I have no nice smile. I have no nice clothes. I have nothing, except for my brains, which pisses off some competitive people in my class.
All in all, I have absolutely nothing unique to offer. I am just a fat geek sitting in his swivel chair, posting naive thoughts on the Net, half hoping somebody comes across and think I am a good person.
I am going to Sydney this March holidays with my poly mates and and I can't emphasize how excited I am for this trip. Pancakes on the Rocks... Sydney Fish Market and some other places I had forgotten. I am so going to locate these places and bring these friends along with me to enjoy the scenic views of the Sydney harbours and all. It's a great place to chill and hang out.
After the Sydney trip, I'm going to Europe with my Dad and Elder Sister. What we originally planned was a bag-packing trip through places like France, Italy and England. Sadly, my Dad's too old to walk around with a heavy bag on his back. So, the people I'm gonna be with are my Dad, my Elder Sister and a whole bunch of strangers. Gosh...
Oh well, I need to get away from school, some people and my crazy crush... This is perfect time to charge myself as all my reserved energy are going to be depleted after the exams...
Sydney~ Here I come again!
Loving my results at the moment... Though I still think that the Music Video wasn't what I wanted.. Hmm, Zaidah would agree with me.
