Before Sunrise

Before Sunrise is an old movie from way back in 1995. I've read of it occasionally but never watched until now. It's a love story between Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) whereby 2 strangers meet on a train bound for Vienna and then Paris. The whole movie revolves mainly around these 2 characters and their conversations. Normally I wouldn't continue watching but I persisted because I needed to know how it ends though some parts were a little boring. Definitely not something I would swear to watch again and again, worth watching but once is enough. It helped that Ethan Hawke was so hot. Something about the simple interaction between these 2 was captivating that I caught myself smiling at times. Jesse, an American visiting his girlfriend in Madrid to find out that she no longer loves him decides to travel Europe for a couple of weeks after the breakup. Then he meets Celine, a French girl heading back to Paris who broke up with her boyfriend 6 months ago. Jesse somehow manages to persuade Celine to get off at the Vienna stop to spend a day with him just sightseeing before he leaves for home. The way he persuaded her was adorable. Their relationship as 2 total strangers that struck up a conversation in a train revealed the magic of such easy conversations, no pressure, just 2 regular people talking about their lives and eventually falling for each other accompanied by the scenic backdrops of Vienna. Even their teasing fake phone calls were so mushy...yet, so sweet.
******SPOILER ALERT : Don't read any further if you don't want to know how it ends because I'm so totally revealing it ******

As they only had until the next morning to be together, growing more and more fond of each other the more they talked. There's a dilemma between trying to see each other again or take this as their final night together, they decided and made a vow that this will be their last night together so they are going to spend it enjoying each other's company. No emails, no phone calls because in their own words, it's too depressing. They know they will only write once, call once in a while and eventually lose touch because it's never going to work being so far away. When time came for Celine to take the train back to Paris and Jesse to take the first flight back to the US, parting words were so much harder to say compared to a couple of hours before. In a desperate spontaneous moment, they decided they will meet back here in 5 years (no, Jesse says it's too long), 1 year...no....6 months on this very day. So they agreed, hugged and kissed a tearful goodbye. Celine: "Goodbye". Jesse: "Bye". Celine: "Au Revoir". Jesse: "Later". THE END
Did they meet up 6 months later? I don't know but this movie has a sequel Before Sunset which is set 9 years after this event (which I will watch).

World Cup Winner

SPAIN ~~!!! :)

Awesome!!!! Euro 2008 winners and NOW, the World Cup. History made for Spain. This is a good good night/morning! (I still like the Dutch team though, but I love Spain, ain't nothing gonna top that) :D

What's with the darn oracles?

First you got Paul the Octopus from Germany predicting football match winners, then you got another wannabe-oracle from Singapore...some bird, and another octopus called Pauline or something from Netherlands. Now, you got elephants predicting winners. What the f**k, it was something real cute when I first heard of this Paul the octopus but now everyone seems to want their pets to predict world cup winners. It totally gets on my nerves already. Think about it, how far wrong can they be? There's only either option A or option B, 50-50 probability and a dash of luck. It's not rocket science for goodness sake. Why don't I get my dog to predict World Cup winner also? It has become silly and annoying.

ECLIPSE

I caught Eclipse on the first day of its opening in Malaysia, 8th July 2010. It was good., what do you expect a Twilight fan to say? I can't say anymore other than it was so good, it had funny moments too, Jacob talked too much and too slowly, Bella is still a bitch and Edward is to die for. Hey Peen, promised you I won't reveal anymore than this. :P

Dream Final

Worth it. All worth it...staying up for the game. Never would I have guessed both my favourites will be playing each other in the World Cup 2010 Finals. The Spain-Germany match was really frustrating. Spain had most of the possession, their passing was almost impeccable, mesmerising to say the least but Germany looked dangerous too for just fleeting moments only anyway. They were so shut out, so much for all their big talk. *laugh* My reflexes were in overdrive tonight. I practically jumped out of my chair when Spain scored. Spain emerged the rightful winners and they'll be meeting Netherlands in the finals of my dreams. I am so happy that I don't need to watch a team that I don't like in the finals. :) Now the problem is how am I going to get any sleep, it's already 4.30am.

On to the finals Oranje

It's inching closer, Netherlands have gone to the finals of the World Cup with a convincing win albeit tense last couple of seconds. Now if Spain can whip Germany's butt in their match, it would setup my dream final. Final scoreline:

Netherlands 3 - 2 Uruguay

Into the semis

Super awesome! Both my favourites are in the semis. Netherlands and Spain. My world cup dream almost coming true. I do hope this 2 teams can make it all the way to the end. Let's make it hard for me to decide who I want most to win if the finals is between Netherlands and Spain. I hope Spain will kick the Germans back to Germany trophiless in their semifinal clash. I'm still bummed that they whipped Argentina, whipped them bad indeed. Poor Messi, I like that guy.
And no...I did not stay up to watch Spain vs Paraguay. 2.30am match, siao, it's not even finals. I woke up to switch off my pc.

A wave of orange

A wave of orange has enveloped my world! The Netherlands has kicked Brazil out of the World Cup and rightfully so! What a game...so tense. But the better team won. They played like heroes, they won like heroes.

NETHERLANDS!

Where The Heart Is

I......LUV it. Where The Heart Is. It's an old movie which came out 10 years ago. Starring Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd and James Frain. Who's James Frain you may ask, I didn't know either but he is so adorable in this show. Omigosh and I just wiki-ed him a minute ago, he's also acting in True Blood Season 3. Foooo....Anyhooooo, this movie is about a pregnant 17 year old who got dumped by her ass of a boyfriend at a Wal-mart store and all the perils in life she had to go through having the baby as well as the unexpected friends that helped her along the way. It's a beautiful story about facing challenges, never giving up and finding love. There's a song in this movie that I really like. Check it out below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fsvAnJ47MA
And OMFG, on a separate note...True Blood Season 3 has started!

World Cup

GO ORANGE FOR HOLLAND

I could have had extra sleep

Why I wasted my time watching the game when I know England not gonna make it. Oh gawd the scoreline is embarassing. Go home. I go to bed better. (beckham looks real hot tonight, watching from the side)

Lakers make magic

The NBA finals between LA Lakers and Boston Celtics was over and done with on Friday morning (Malaysian time). Unfortunately I was stuck at work and wondering why was I even there in the first place. I could have taken off and stayed home to watch the finals live. It seemed exciting. Anyhoo, because I was HARD AT WORK, I had to rely on the minute-by-minute reports from Yahoo! News. I didn't have a major favourite though I realised in the end I was leaning towards Lakers to win. They were trailing Celtics all the way till the 4th quarter when they finally took the lead and eventually, WON THE WHOLE DAMN THING! (under the awesome guidance of Phil Jackson their coach who was actually the coach for Chicago Bulls during their massive runs of being champions in the 90s. I was big fan of Chicago Bulls during the Michael Jordan/Scottie Pippen era) Awesome!

Brothers

I love this movie. I almost cried watching this. Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman were really good in it. And so was Jake Gyllenhaal. It's a drama about war, brotherhood and love. What people do for love. This show is so touching and captivating in every way. Two awesome movies in a day.

Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia is a very good movie. Light and interesting. Remarkable how someone's passion, a book and then a blog could change someone else's life decades down the road. Yeah, and the movie made me hungry..

World Cup 2010

World Cup is starting and it is impossible that I don't say something about it. My picks for this year, are the same picks I almost always make - Spain, Holland and England. In situations where they all lose, then whichever team that looks better.

Safe journey

My dear friend, you are now on a plane with 12 hours to spare. I hope you enjoy your flight in BUSINESS class and soak in all the perks of it. :P May both of you make wonderful memories over there and have the best experience ever ever ever! I know you have all sorts of emotions running wild in you right now, I think I heard it in your voice but don't worry. As I always say, everything will be alright, in fact it will be AWESOME...no, it will be Legend-wait for it-DARY! Take care and see you when I see you. :) HUGS

R.I.P. PodPod

I bought my Ipod Classic more than a year ago and it was a joy to use. It has more capacity than I would ever get to fill but this lovely little thing helps me sleep at night. Then…I killed it. That fateful night, a couple of weeks ago. Pod Pod was plugged in and innocently lying on my desk. For some reason, I turned in my seat trying to get something from my bed and my giant leg swiped the USB cable, pulling my Pod Pod from the top of my table to its death on my cold hard tiled floor. I heard a loud smack. I froze. Then I went Oh My F-ing God! F F F F F F! I picked it up, I heard it whirring over and over. I was like going on along the lines of omg, omg, omg, omg, please work, please work, omg, shit, shit, shit, omg, omg. Sadly, it was stuck. It couldn’t boot, it just kept whirring in and out of consciousness. Out of desperation, I whacked it on the palm of my hand but it didn’t help. Nor did it do any good to my palm. The next day, I googled for help. Many forums suggested re-dropping it. Apparently it works for many. Alas, there was hope! I dropped it on the carpeted floor, not once, not twice…3 times. My hands quivered as I tried starting it up after each drop. Didn’t work. Genius! I ceased and called it a day on the dropping activity in case my colleagues thought I had gone cuckoo. (tried that again when I got home…no, it didn’t work also). Finally, I took it to the shop and tried to get them to fix it but I was told, my harddisk is bonkers already. I would need to pay RM500+ to get a replacement.

I thought about it. I was planning to get an Ipod Touch later this year or the next year. Why would I want to spend another 500 bucks for this now. After a couple of days of pondering and saying my goodbyes to Pod Pod, then it was the birth of my Ipod Touch. End of story.

And yes, that's Adam Lambert. I HEART HIM. Maybe I'll blog about the pathetic group of Idol contestants in the latest season after this. I miss Adam Lambert. American Idol Season 9 is sooo boring (except for an occasional few good performances that gave me bits of chills) and I used to like Kara as a judge but gawd, she's so annoying and fake this season. That crying bit she did to one of Big Mike's performances felt so ultra fake. It's like someone said, hey, a judge needs to cry this season since we lost Paula...so, someone please cry. Yeah, whatever, what do I know, it's show biz.

Aras

I'm liking his music very much. Very acoustic, indie songs.
http://www.myspace.com/oddus

34 degrees Celcius

I'm baking in the sweltering heat of a Saturday afternoon. My internet line has finally gone back to close to normal. It had been slow as hell for the past 3 days. Maybe the cables melted from the perpetual burning heat. It has been a somewhat blurry week. I've been slumped on my office seat wishing the minute hand would hasten its pace. Then my days started getting a little brighter and perkier as the week approached the weekend. But some things just get me down again so suddenly. Nevertheless, life is full of ups and downs.
Next update, my iPod Touch and the death of my original iPod.

Quick Bits

• Did anyone watch the Grammy's recently? It was interesting in some parts. I really liked the duet between Elton John and Lady Gaga. And Beyonce's performance was nice but I wished she had performed Single Ladies instead. It would be cool to watch. Pink's bit was awesome and surprising. It's so not like her at all but I like the song. I think I hated the Eminem/Little Wayne/what's-his-name performance. What's with the underwear-showing pants? It is so uncool, unhip & unfashionable. Btw, I wonder if there was a barricade of bodyguards surrounding the stage looking out for a certain Kanye when Taylor Swift got the album of the year award. My favourite bit of the show was when one of the announcer's (a comedian, I don't know his name), was joking around on stage and pulled out his Ipad from underneath his coat. That was funny. Didn't expect that.
• Ra ra ah ah ah, rama ramama, Gaga ooh lala. That tune has been playing in my head all week. I've been going ra ra ah ah ah everyday. It's a song by the way. Lady Gaga's Bad Romance to be exact. I love it.
• What's with American Idol having Joe Jonas as a guest judge?? All he did was nod and go YEA. *shake head* I enjoyed the Katy Perry guest judge segment. She's so direct and in your face and it's interesting watching her and Kara trade insults. I'm looking forward to watching Ellen Degeneres as a judge.
  
• My current obsession (mild obsession btw) is Glee. This show is colourful, bright, funny, smart and the music's good. I really like Kurt (the gay dude). He is so funny and cool at the same time. Then, Rachel, annoying but adorable with a weird fashion sense. There was one part when Kurt and Quinn were saying that Rachel dresses like a grandmother and a toddler at the same time.
  
• I watched Legion recently, despite Soon Yee telling me that it was a load of crap, I still had to see this load of crap myself and agree wholeheartedly that it is a whole load of crap. Don't get me wrong, the action and effects are fine but the story line is bullshit. Angel's with machine guns, God instructing an army of mean angels to annihilate human race by seeking out and killing a certain baby mama not so Terminator-style(why need to send a bunch of useless angels that can't do their job? Just send the Terminator) , and what's with the zombie-ish human possessing angels with sharp teeth..are they demons or angels?, and where did Michael hide his huge angel wings after he cut it off?, and that final line between Gabriel and Michael "You gave him what he wanted, but I gave him what he needed"...WTH??. Yiiisshh.
  
• I just realised all my quick bits above only had to do with either TV or music. God, I have no life. Well, what do you want me to talk about right? Work?! (LOL, roll on the floor LOL). I have enough of that bullshit to give me stress pimples.
  
• Happy Chinese New Year!