This is the point where my second semester break comes to an end. Yes, That (some say) never ending 6-week long holiday is one that seems to stretch into forever, although that statement only applies to the bored aka boring people:P Knowing I was going to waste away like thrash during the last semester break if I don't find something useful to do, I decided to get a job opposite my right away after Crit week.

Least it made me walk up and down the restaurant aisle non stop for 5 hours, around 3 times a week so I don't go overweight too fast during the long breaks.

But work is work, you can't possibly skip your shift like you skip a class in school. You won't get into trouble, you'll lose the job. So that speaks for another missed out chance to meet my old buddies Properly before all of us run back to our mountain high assignments and project when the term stars all over again. Many run back to the University, while others like me stucked in college. But I'm fine. Somehow hoping this three years wouldn't end so soon because it's Life! (: I don't need to work my ass off to stay on board. Call me lazy, fat, and couldn't care less about my future. I'm just simply too laid back for my own good:D

Carpe diem, carpe diem.

Nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be glad.
&& watching a train passing by, a starry night sky, and ice cream!

Death is one topic often sought after (aside from sex, money and power), the mystery behind what happens next, has been in our ever inquisitive heads ever since we landed Here we could possibly live up to around 80 years on the average, if you're lucky and cross the roads properly most of the time. The bible said Methuselah lived up to nearly a thousand years. Well that's damn cool because you get to watch at least 12 generations grow up and get kids, AND you'll be the one ruling all of them :D But if he doesn't meet death earlier he'll be spending so much time missing people who've gone away earlier. So is it better to fight cancer on earth for ten thousand days, or BAM. Get caught up in an accident where death caught you off guard? (:

Never had any siblings I'd live together with before, but technically, I should have another 2 more siblings. One could have been a brother, another unknown. And its probably something new to many, besides a few primary school friends who was too close for me to be lying to; but I always choose to say, I'm the only child. Always was. Easier that way, because people always react the same way, and I have the generic answer for that.

And then sometimes I'd be envious of those who have a brother or sister to live with (especially on festive seasons), because the only time I'll be worrying about my future is because I'm the only child of this threesome, mum dad and me. And I'm the only one living in this generation, there's no more flesh and blood to relate to. Let alone this clan I'm in that's on the verge of extinction. Haven't met any Cheam's in person outside my famiy circle, only one virtual friend on facebook. And many a times you don't know whether there's really this person on the other side of the cyber planet. Could be just another computer programme like the Architect you see in The Matrix, right.

After being saturated with too much classic language that takes up half the time of reading to understand what the author wants to convey in that sentence, I'll leave Dickens and Austen aside first. I headed to school library the other day to look for my Marketing text actually, but landed on Jodi Picoult's My sister's keeper by chance. Well I think to be a good writer in my liking, you have to be extra observant of things people face everyday and be able to pen them down in Words. Like how an artist brings out an emotion in his abstract art. But sometimes its too abstract for me, so I prefer something easier and simpler to understand like music and dance, or Architecture (It's very practical, actually). Jodi Picoult does it very well, to how she relates to every character, voicing out their opinions and thoughts running through their head by writing in first person's point of view for a couple of important characters, to how she incorporates issues on ethical and moral debate we often hear about. The ending is bittersweet, so better read the last 50 pages alone where you can shed some tears without being caught. (:


Definitely worth a read, if you asked me.
(& the daddy character is a Fireman, and Firemens are Heroes:D )


Ohh, back to school. (:
I won't be around blogosphere when I'm running about in school, that's for sure.
Goodbye, for now!

Human Traces

Seldom have I put myself through books of long narrative literature, or didactic ones at least. Not until I grabbed the book by Sebastian Faulks, titled 'Human Traces' from my cousin's bookshelf of.. of philosophy, to some extent. The titles one would expect to find there ranges from the romantic journeys of Nicholas Sparks, popular scientific and historical thrillers of Dan Brown, a couple of religious, New Age looking titles and epic ones like Human Traces.

This book proved not to be a page turner, as I personally prefer to enjoy a good book slowly, savouring each bite and digesting each line completely before moving on to the next; unlike thrillers or fast-moving plots, I prefer to screen through the paragraph for interesting notes because we are always so eager to know the ending. It took some five years for the research and writing of this novel, so why would I rush through a book in five days?

Set in over fifty years from the Victorian era till the World War began, the novel started off with a french boy named Jacques living in a small town Brittany, ever so eager to become a scientist, anxious to dissect a frog, wondering what when wrong with his elder brother Olivier who went 'travelling in his own world' at such a tender age- in which he was also jealous that his brother had known their deceased mother who died shortly after Jacques's birth. The story then shifts to an English village, where Faulks wrote about an English boy Thomas, and his family and he being closest to his sister Sonia who was 2 years older than he is. Thomas being highly interested in literature, Shakespeare's work and the human psychology, and persuaded by his sister, he went on pursuing Medicine in the University in Cambridge. One day, by chance or by fate, Jacques and Thomas met in Deauville and had set their minds to be in partnership in the future of running a 'clinic for nervous disorders'.

So the story advances throughout their lives: the delightful and dolorous events, the travel adventures, the conflicts, the carnal desire, the war that killed many with 'no reason to die', their theory and postulates concerning the types or nervous disorders and mental diseases that had struck mankind; and ultimately, to figure out what makes us human. No wonder it took Faulks five years to complete this: so detailed, so intricate, yet beautifully placed together the idea of humanity, which is probably the essence that absorbs a reader into the story.

Indeed, a masterpiece of imagination.



And never again, I look at them as the social outcast. People dislike them for their peculiarity and for causing them discomfort, stirring up some kind of fear within one; they're different, they're crazy, they're mad. I met a Schizophrenic on the Subway today, I must say, I felt extremely sad for this soul; as his brain waves instruct him to hallucinate, he speaks to his imaginary friend in loud and brusque manner, eventually people around were at shock with his vagaries. I am not surprised to realised that three quarter of the car emptied within 5 minutes.




" ...for quite simple reasons connected to the limits of their ability to reason, human beings could live out their whole long life without ever knowing what sort of creatures they really were. Perhaps it did not matter; perhaps what was important was to find serenity in not knowing."

How To: Handle Split Personalities.

People play masquerade, too much of it.


But this, is the best way to do it.

Go To DMC (And Beware of F's.)
Credits to Amanda! =3


And Kenichi Matsuyama does it Best.
LOLedXD, literally until roomy had to shush me.


Nice one to kill my claustrophobia and paranoia for the day.
Really. Two weeks without the sight of home. Its getting difficult :/

Character Died Again.

Ungodly hours for-
Muveee :D

Koizora.

I know. Everything I watch, the others might have already watched it a year or two ago.
Why, well certain good movies comes my way they want to, as I prefer.

Hmm. I'm not sure how to rate this Love Story.

All I thought that was the couple looked real cute together, and Japanese don't have a reading culture- least reading hard-copies, but this, originated from the Cellphone Novel, in which the culture at the same time originated from Japan itself. How contradicting.

Well, the Girl, I thought, was naive in heeding the unknown stranger on the phone.
The Boy, was simply just being a boy! hahahahaha Okay wait.
I adore how he always seem to appear in front of her. It was the other way round- instead of following/stalking, he appears in front.

In good seasons, good things tends to appear in front.

Hahaha cut the crap, what kept me going on was probably the silver headed guy. Pretty interesting character for that silver hair shade.
A strong facade but a gentle inside. heh.

Reminds me of A Walk to Remember, except that the girl in it was pretty much cleverer than this one.

In the end, tragic, and then she reminisces on a train.
Trains. Always lock in a feeling of melancholy and yet the moment is enchanting, somehow.

I must get on Trans-Siberian Express one day.


And I'm wondering whether I'll still have the time and energy for this morbid hobby of watching movies late into the night.
After having to wander around losing orientation in the huge campus last Friday- knowing I'll get lost without a map. That's why I had to be thankful Qing Ling was having a map in hand, and a soul with jelly legs following her around aimlessly~


I need a Segway like Paul Blart's. Or maybe Heely's or a cheap skateboard.

Why?

Why does Korean shows (movies/dramas) never failed to make you shed tears?

Why Traumerei?

Why the Hard Life of a Pianist?

Why, Classical Music?

Why the travails, the pinnacles, then the flatness, torture, the scars?



Wasted emotions? ah, pardon me but I have nothing better to do at 5 in the morning than lying in bed the the dark room, only with the few l.e.d. 's in the room and computer screen.

Click Here to watch.
Click Here for review.

For Horowitz/My Piano seems just exactly like any other prodigy, a piano teacher's unfulfilled dream kind of melodrama. Yes, it definitely is; but there's some substance in it that makes it so spellbinding that it makes me do this at 3.30am. Yea, the warm fuzzy feeling inside with a couple of teardrops.

And movies always Is going to be interesting (for me) when there's one with a precocious talent + is an orphan.
Remember L?


You might think that I'm envious of the talent these people possess, but no. I once did, but not any more.
After much reading and understanding the world these people live in, I decided that I was the lucky one. Having a talent like that and being to perform on stage for the aristocrats in a great historical hall with thousands of audiences and classical music enthusiasts shouting 'bravo' and a long standing ovation after your ornate and exquisite performance is a delightful thing to experience, but many do not see or have knowledge of what goes behind the scenes. The electric, exciting and enjoyable atmosphere during and after a performance is simply the fruit of labour.
I don't wish to live in a world of their physical and mental labour. Seems like they're bounded to this destiny for their whole lives because of the gifting.
I wish to experience much more than then world of treble and bass clefs and demisemiquavers with 7 sharps, 7 flats, agitato con fuoco con fuoco con fuoco... =/

Although this dilettante always wishes for more concentration and sharpness in this hobby of hers. xD

It's a wonder how these people manage to stay sane. With all the intensive lessons in an enclosed studio for 7 hours a day, practicing Russian scales and arpeggios and the same piece over and over again, having friends jeering at your precious fingers and exemption from physical exercises, some even with gloves on, and with minimal social contact for your whole damn life. I'll go berserk XD
Nah. actually its no wonder. Humans can be very interesting. Just looks at the variety of talents around. I have yet to discover mineX)

Why am I contradicting my words >.>

Kit Armstrong is a different case. Literally speaking he can do everything under the sun. Both sides of his brains are equally utilized a lot more than average humans; like his brain waves propagate with a different frequency.

I think its truly an interesting world they have and I'm glad I'm looking from the outside, enjoying their gifting.


Anyway
I'm done with the Korean version. (all hail my return to the Korean craze after 2 years! eh. no. I'm no match for Tracy, Si Wei etc.)

And it ended with a real professional pianist, Julius-Kim Jeong won as the grown up boy (who was picked from the neighbourhood's rubbish dump when he was young) playing Rach's 2nd! Rach's Second man.. Although it was only an excerpt of the entire concerto. And then Traumerei, dedicated to the teacher who kept and fed him, and taught him the piano in her studio for free.
Actually Every character seen playing the piano, is Really, really, playing the piano. So I thought the actor Shin Eui Jae is a Real, child prodigy. Not only in the movie, but for Real. Who knows. Lol there's so little media coverage for this particular movie.

It funny as well, so expect some hard laughter at parts you feel like tearing. XD


I'm going to try out the Japanese version next.
(gotta thank Si Wei for the mighty link.)

and, Beware of Kenichi Matsuyama X)

A Psychological Triller.

I spent a week, on and off, watching another anime, just before the mid year examination.

Heh.

Its Death Note I'm talking about.

I know that people are all over the new movie 'L: Change the World".
A Spin-off from Death Note.

Well, actually I presumed that it must be another useless freaky movie where the protagonist or whoever in it must be a good looking one.

It goes by the name though, telling me that its another horror movie in the market.
Plus what I see in the papers, a pale human looking downwards, I and judged that , that must be the ghostly one. Pale, you see.

But I guess I was wrong to judge a movie by its name.

I checked out the one of the coolest anime ever.
Its a psychological thriller - gets the viewer to figure about the messy situation where the characters get into extreme conditions.

Its about Brilliant Minds.

I can rate all the characters and give them a placing in terms of brainy-ness.
And If I were a character in it, I know I'll be nowhere near the top. >.>

Still, the Brilliant Characters are:


Light Yagami.
The bored, yet probably top student in Japan.
He wants justice, but in a wrong way.
Full of pride, and values his life a lot.
Selfish - only use people and discard (kill) them once they're done with his business.
The ultimate human psyche,
You love him, and yet you hate him - thats the way it is.


L.
The young, 24 year old, top private detective in the world.
He'll put his life on the line on catching Kira.
Has very little pride,
I guess you can never find another human like him,
Quirky, but you'll love him to bits.


Near.
L's successor who solved the Kira case.
He's 15 when he started off where L has left.
He took more precautions than L which practically saved his life.
Calm and defensive, plus the help of the case's base of L, and Mello's side, he solved the Kira case that have been going on for 6 years.
You love him because he's so cute with the bishounen look, he won't love you.
He's too busy meddling with his 101 kinds of interesting toys.



Mello.
Prior to becoming L's successor together with Near, he gave it up and went on with his own plans to catch Kira.
In relation to his death (and Matt) benefited Near when he caught Kira off guard.
Kinda emotional, unlike Near who is the calm one.
You'll love him if you're the hardcore type.


Amane Misa.
She is not your average lala. Of course, she is pretty shallow compared to the rest of the characters, and can’t read ahead like everyone else, but she is pretty smart even then by human standards as she knows how to cover her paths by acting means and knows when not to speak.
She is probably as obsessed with Light as much as Light is obsessed with Justice, which brought to a sad ending.

A more detailed description of the characters here.




Someone whose charater you can never find in reality:

"L, Coil, and Denuve, the world's top 3 detective, I am all 3 of them. Here, I'll give you a strawberry so keep this a secret."



There, for me, I got to go back studying, after feeling so left behind these characters >.<

korean dramas?

I don't usually go after korean movies. usually those sloppy-emo-dull-slow-boring-lovelove kind. I just happen to come accross one advertisement one day, on channnel 5. And this princess hours trailer appeared. it was kinda cute. so I decided to watch it. afterall pmr's over.

and woow the cast really can make you go all ga-ga over it.

the guys(and girls) ARE exceptionally - cute.

not to say malaysian actors aren't so cute, but hey, the whole teen cast are like sooo cute.

>> bouncy cheerful princess







>> whole-day-smile guy






>>emo guy.




if you badly want to waste your time watching tv, I suggest you waste your time on this. you'll get ADDICTED. LOL.

movie marathon

I've been planning for a movie marathon this holidays. the 1st time I didn't survive long. all because I watch some shows on channel 5 which are so boring, I fell asleep on the living room sofa. I totally failed that time round. but at least yesterday, i manage to watch 3 movies. hahah.
eight below, brokeback mount, and dreamer. eight below... its bout some antartic adventure.
with huskies woofing around, they were cute. I didn't know dogs can survive with little food on the antartic winter for six months. wow. my dog, can't last without food for even a day. with normal climate which do not make dogs hungrier. maybe huskies are a better breed. they run for miles pulling a sled and my dog gets tired easily after a cat chase. which he normally loose out to. stupid and stubborn.

About brokeback mount, totally sux. I'm never gonna watch it ever again. damn sien and disgusting. enough of my review on it.

Dreamer was some horsie show. young actress Dakota Fanning was acting... haha.cute. She always acts as a clever brat. I can't believe 10 year old kid would go for a horsie race auction. or whatever it is. Nice family show... it's recommended.

Turns out as a short movies review afterall.
I guess i'm gonna starve for movies until pmr ends.
Boohoo.