Cynthia and I have a few secret codes and signs. For instance, when we say that a film is quote unquote Oscar Material, that usually means: ya sure, it is artistic but it can quite boring (Cynthia surely did feel that way). Okay, I personally don’t feel that bored because the acting is solid. Real solid. [...]
Entries from January 15th, 2008
Michael Clayton – Do You Have The Patience?
January 15th, 2008 11 Comments
Tags: George Clooney · Tilda Swinton
Snippet Of My Life Episode 9 – Questions, Questions
January 14th, 2008 8 Comments
One day, a girl in front of me flip-opened her phone. Wallpaper was a picture of two girls. Two good friends perhaps. I thought it was beautiful. I wonder what if you see a guy in front has a wallpaper of two guys instead. Or three, with heads close to one another. Something wrong … with [...]
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Ayumi Hamasaki’s Guilty – It’s Near Perfect In My Book
January 12th, 2008 3 Comments
Year 2000 was when Ayu released “Duty” – my favorite album before “Guilty”. Year 2000 was also the year when she started to realize that she has problem with her hearing that ultimately leads to her losing all hearing in her left ear by the time “Guilty” is released. At times I can’t help but [...]
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Body #19 – Lack Of Fear Factor But The Crowd Was Awesome!
January 11th, 2008 22 Comments
This is not my usual stuffs, I swear. It’s going to be a fun read. I think there are way more girls who can take horror movies than guys. The question is: why?! Amongst all my guy friends, I seem to be the odd one out who truly enjoy watching horror movies. But I can name [...]
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Scarlett Thomas’s PopCo – What A Mess?! (But I Do Know Better About Girls Now)
January 9th, 2008 No Comments
I think “The End of Mr. Y” (2007) is a classic. “PopCo” (2005) is not. Some may argue that plots do not necessarily require closure, protagonists do not necessarily be likeable. Having read “PopCo”, I can certainly see “The End of Mr. Y” a much improved version of “PopCo”. Even the writing style is much better in her [...]
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Gosh, I Could Fall In Love With Nokia Maps!
January 7th, 2008 9 Comments
I admit that I am technologically declined. One day, my colleague SC looked at my new N95 8GB and asked if I have used the Nokia Maps. I said no and he exclaimed, “But that is why people spend so much money for such a phone!” He pointed out that our female colleague JL – [...]
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Eastern Promises – A Believable Mafia Storyline With Good Acting
January 6th, 2008 3 Comments
We all take turn within the squad. Since TK was not particularly delighted by my last pick on “My Blueberry Nights”, I let him pick this time. When he texted me with the movie title, I turned to Cynthia and asked the Walking Life! Encyclopedia what “Eastern Promises” was about. Her immediate reply – knowing [...]
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Omg! It’s 8800GT!
January 5th, 2008 8 Comments
This blog entry will probably lose 99.99% of my regular readers so I am going to be a little bit creative here. It will be as layman as possible and I even have a little game for you. For each paragraph you read, you will collect a certain number of cherries. The heavier the content [...]
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Reality Can Be Cold At Times
January 4th, 2008 6 Comments
No one should see his or her savings seized twice – once at prime age and another time at golden age. My poor aunt who is now in Paris was in Vietnam when the war was lost and witnessed all our family’s assets – pharmaceutical factory, tea plantations, shop houses, and etc. – seized by [...]
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My Blueberry Nights – An Art House Type Of Movie By Wong Kar Wai
January 2nd, 2008 4 Comments
Before I even landed in Singapore, I have already messaged our Movie Review Squad member TK to book three tickets to watch “My Blueberry Nights”. It is rather unusual to have a Hong Kong director to write, direct, and produce an English film that is packed with big names such as Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, [...]
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