1Q84 is the 10th Murakami book that I have read. There are similarities when compared to The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. It is divided into three books that span across three consecutive time periods. Each chapter is named using a phrase found inside that chapter. 1Q84 further explores the concept of free will versus destiny and fate. [...]
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – A Deeper Look Into The Saga Thus Far
November 28th, 2011 6 Comments
Cue to perfection, at the very nanosecond that this show was ended, the dude next to me bellowed in pain. For a good ten or twenty seconds, I wasn’t counting. It could well be half a minute. I was giggling. I could feel his pain, even though I could not relate. Like having 117 minutes [...]
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Puss In Boots – Too Cute To Even Think
November 22nd, 2011 No Comments
Life can be like scenes from your favorite movies. Take today as an example. I felt like being Rachel McAdams in “Morning Glory“. I was excited to face the day, with added responsibility as one of our colleagues was on compassionate leave. No problem. In our team, we watch over each other’s back. We are there [...]
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Drive – Memorable Story, Great Soundtrack
November 12th, 2011 No Comments
OK. Yet another Gosling movie. This one is good. Much darker than I have expected. It is an artistic movie that captivates. In this movie, Gosling drives cars and works in a garage. He seldom talks. In fact, a good chunk of the movie contains no dialogues. As an audience, in most part, I would [...]
Tags: Carey Mulligan · Ryan Gosling
The Ides of March – Politics, And More Politics
November 12th, 2011 No Comments
When we told our friends that we have watched “The Ides of March” on November fifth, the most common response would be, “The what?”. Ides! Then we added, “That Clooney show”. Or I think we should have said, “That Gosling show”. Gosling is involved in quite a few films these days. He must be one [...]
Tags: Evan Rachel Wood · George Clooney · Ryan Gosling
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle By Haruki Murakami – So Unreal, So Mesmerizing
November 6th, 2011 4 Comments
The paperback version of “The Wind-up Bird Chronicle” is more than 600 pages long. It sat inside my bookshelf for a long time because I was not sure if I have the patience to digest such a mightily thick book (to me that is). I brought it along anyway for my trip to Hong Kong. I [...]
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Thrall: Twilight Of The Aspects By Christie Golden – Powerful, And Moving
October 24th, 2011 No Comments
After I have finished reading Thrall in Hong Kong, I said to Cynthia, “Drop everything you are reading now and start to read this!” It is that good. Rewind to the day when we were at the airport. On several occasions, I struggled if I shall read another book written by Christie Golden. Price is [...]
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My Favorite Quotes From “Aleph” By Paulo Coelho
October 22nd, 2011 7 Comments
I enjoy reading Paulo Coelho’s novels. They are always inspirational. Or simply put – food for the soul. To be frank, I enjoy reading some of his earlier works better than his recent ones. Hence my expectation for “Aleph” was not that high. This book surprises me on several fronts. First, it is quite a [...]
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Friends With Benefits – Mila Is Adorable
October 16th, 2011 No Comments
I don’t think it has anything to do with aging (I hope). It was a pretty hectic week at work. In some instances, you can almost measure how overloaded one is by observing the number of mistakes one begins to make. I read the showtime of 17:30 as 7.30pm, which was obviously wrong. Saturday traffic [...]
Tags: Justin Timberlake · Mila Kunis
Apple Of My Eye – A Taiwanese Movie, A Nostalgic One For Me
October 10th, 2011 2 Comments
How many of us end up spending the rest of our lives with our school day sweethearts? Do you remember the time when love was so awkward, so childish? We kept on reading and sending the signals wrongly, but yet our puppy love affair appeared to be at the center of our universe, all that [...]
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