Saturday, March 31, 2007
I managed to catch Paris Je' Taime on dvd. And boy was it something I wasn't expecting at all.Firstly its not really a movie that you typically expect where its a long drawn story but this was dozens of short films all put together as a movie. The themes were from the title. About Paris and Je Taime (I Love You) , basically love and paris were linked intrinsically in the movie. Some short films were amazingly intelligent and threw you against the wall coz you realised perception really makes a HUGE difference to the truth. Not necessarily always couples but love between father and daughter, a person falling in love with paris the city of lights etc.
The short films were peppered with big Hollywood names like Natalie Portman, Elijah Wood. How did they survive in a French movie? Either in silent short films, short French phrases and lots of English.
I'm in a bit of bind about this one though I still can't quite realise whether I like it or dislike it. After a while I felt very restless and I have to say I'm glad I didn't watch it in theatre. But it was an experience nonetheless.
Ok Grey's and The OC is done. I'm terribly sad that THE OC is done for.
No more Seth, no more Ryan, No more Summer, No more crazy Taylor. BOOHOOOOO
What will I do without The OC??
The same as I did without Sex and the City.
Find another addiction.
I'm such a traitor. I know. Its awful.
I did enjoy the recent themes they explored. Again just as Grey's the fact that life is very fragile was explored. Sudden events throw everything out of whack and remind you what or who is very important to you and what you hold dear to you. The only sad thing is that we need to reminded of such a simple fact only when our world is turned upside down. Its one of those things that give you a bittersweet feeling ain't it?
Onward Mel to Ugly Betty & Prison Break!
posted @ 6:28 PM
Thursday, March 22, 2007
I've been absolutely lazy, tired and finding every excuse not to blog. Terrible ain't it? Too bad!Ok there's a few things up I'll start with what's the foremost on my mind.
1. I had dimsum at Excelsior Hotel, all you can eat buffet very decently priced but only the mango pudding is really good there. Everything else is as Ms JM says "not bad". Check out her account of our outing at http://fishtang.blogspot.com/index.html you can even check out the huge ass mudpie I got from NYDC. For some strange reason others got a small triangle and I got the huge ass one. Go figure. Totally fun and I can't wait for us to do this again.
And I like Jm's account of "blink blink eye" and its 2008. Very true I have this amazing fear that my life will be over and I haven't done everything I want to. I mean it's very normal for people to say oh its ok we have plenty of time we can do it some other time. I've heard my frens tell me that ALL the time. How do you know you have plenty of time? What if someone beats a red light while I'm crossing the road and hits me? What if I get struck by lightning? No seriously what if? Think about it may wanna carpe diem the next time round instead of postponing or procrastinating.
2. My colleague got promoted and I got a wonderful dimsum treat at Crystal Jade Kitchen. So it was Siew mai/ hargows for 2 days in a row man!! Wa lau. I'm pigging out. Zankewww.
3. I finally caught The History Boys which I was DYING to watch. It was interesting and witty. It wasn't funny like the "comedy" that it was supposed to be. And it was very ICKY especially for an old fashioned fart like myself. Pardon me but having so much INSINUATED / implicit almost explicit homosexuality especially with males sends shudders done my spine. I can't understand it two women having a go at it is totally normal but 2 men and I wanna run away! Very strange phenomenon.
4. I went to check out One Rochester coz I got tired of waiting (no worries I'm up for a few more times of it) and checked out Da Paulo Bistro Bar (I think that's the name) ambience is lovely only thing is it relies alot on outdoors and singapore weather is extremely humid so may not particularly wanna spend alot of time there. The food was FAB. The chocolate flourless cake was to die for. It just melted in my mouth. Ooh Laa Laa! The crayfish pasta was just yummmmmylicious. Loads of fresh crayfish. Didn't manage to check out the rest of the places though its pretty huge and pretty expensive too. Boo.
5. Checked out this new Jap place called "Waraku" at Marina Square mall, ground level, near Carl's Jr. My gosh it kicks ass. The sushi is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I had this awesome ebi sushi, agedashi tofu and my new favorite, sea urchin sushi. YUUUUMMMMMMMMY. I had the fried fish with loads of eggs inside which I don't remember the name either. Very yummy. Gorgeous deco and ambience, totally must go, must see and must eat!
6. Now I'm stuck in the I can't remember what I wanted to say even though I initially had alot to say. So OOPSIE.
posted @ 8:14 PM
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
I wanna talk about decision making today.The thing is ever since I was a young kid I've always known exactly what I wanted, how I wanted it and when I wanted it.
But I've learnt slowly but surely this isn't exactly socially acceptable.
Once when I was younger I went out with my cousin who was giving me a treat. Now in my young mind I had done something to deserve it so I could choose whatever I wanted and I already knew it. I chose Swensons together with all the dishes and I never asked all the other people who were with us what they wanted or whether they would like it. I just zoomed forward.
After that, my mom gave me a real severe tongue lashing for being so damn inconsiderate.
My mom's words really sunk in and from that day onwards I did my very best to ask what others wanted which results in alot of the times no decisions being made at all. Mostly cause everyone can't come to a consensus and sometimes you need a leader who's willing to make that decision and go with it.
I know alot of times it comes across that I can't make a decision to save my life.
The actual issue is I rather say "I don't know" in a few instances,
* one would be I'm not taking the fall for a wrong decisions that someone or all of you may not like,
*another would be hell man I ain't even gonna try making a decision coz no one takes my opinion seriously anyway I'm just wasting my time so you guys decide I'll just follow
But the truth is if I was by myself without having to worry about anyone else's feelings or being considerate or having be socially accepted and all that nonsense I would have just gone to eat what I wanted and been happy about it or party where I wanted. If I made a mistake I have no one to blame but myself. I've always always trained myself ever since I was a kid to take responsibility for the consequences of all my decisions. I knowingly make wrong decisions at times but its what I want not what someone else wants and I can accept the consequences.
Its very difficult to stomach someone else making my decisions for me, its like I've lost the most important core of myself.
Another thing I wanna talk about is "waiting".
I realised lately especially I'm always waiting.
Waiting for my boss to come back. Waiting for my colleagues so I can finish my work. Waiting for my friends to decide when they are free. Waiting for my friends to tell me whether they wanna go out. Waiting for my parents. Waiting for movies to come out soon. Waiting for sales. Waiting for acquaintances to make up their minds coz I have no say in the matter.
I've spent HOURS waiting for people. Hours of precious time that I could've been using for so many other productive stuff. I want to do plenty of stuff too. Lots of people don't want to do what I want to do. So what do I do?
Do I continue to wait for the whole universe to tell me how to live my life?
Or do I start living my life without waiting for the whole universe?
Yes I am rather bitter about this.
Simply because I can see myself doing lots of stuff I rather be doing than WAITING.
Its become a very very bitter word for me to even say.
There was a time in my life I gave up waiting for everyone and I just went ahead with what I wanted to do. I think I was the most productive during that period of time.
Now I'm just wasting.
posted @ 10:05 AM
Monday, March 05, 2007
So I got to visit the National Museum today the one that has got a $132 million makeover.
Yeah you heard right.
Since my fren's working at the NHB she gets to bring in guests for free and since I was invited I totally grabbed the offer.
There's the History Gallery which is the one you have to pay for.
Its totally cool and high-tech.
1. You are given this digital "companion" which explains to you all the stuff you're looking at. WOW.
2. Its really huge and has LOADS of stuff there.
3. Its information overload and you're definitely not gonna finish it in a day coz there are 2 routes. I figure each route will take a day.
Then there's the Living Galleries which is split into the "food", "film", "fashion" & "photography" museum. Free after 6pm and open till 9pm. The food one was WAY cool. You could smell different stuff, there's a video about the "tok tok mee man" which is kinda cute and there are sights, sounds, films abt making roti prata, satay, etc. Very amusing.
The rest just didn't cut it for me.
You gotta check out the food one at least. Its free man.
Architecture is FUCKING amazing.bloody hella huge place.
Surprise! I finally brought my camera out and remembered to take pics. YAY.
SO the pics below are these chandliers which have shows every fifteen minutes or so, you have to check the schedule and the lights move according to music. VERY COOL.
The escalator one is basically the architecture, all the way up to the chandliers.
And the food is this very nice n dirt cheap restaurant basement of the cathay.
3.90 for this very nice sausages and below the glass which u can't really see is mashed potatoes.
YUMMY.
So after this I managed to catch The Pursuit of Happyness which I really wanted to catch and I gotta say Will Smith's character got it so right.
Don't ever let anyone tell you, you can't do it.
If you want something, go get it. Period.
I believe in this very strongly I've fought so hard for the things I've wanted so bad.
Worked so damn hard to achieve it.
Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouth, others earn it.
But silver spoons get lost real easy too.
Something I've realised is struggles bring out the best and worst in you, but the best shines so much brighter. Struggles strengthen not just yourself but the bonds you forge with others too.
That's something that can never be lost.
Never.
posted @ 12:14 AM
